ae ‘ prom F ae : Bes Tr CISA daar nage fh od R tore i ite ; spoT HOC NCS Mae ad eee BS eb ae 5 OY ete et aa o ae et eS NT eR i = Re Althea ee Bs nlisphile ** Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping EDGAR ALLAN POR. | FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION OF ‘‘ YE BIBLIOPHILE,” AN ORIGINAL BLACK AND WHIT! SKETCH BY E. J. MEEKER, AND MADE FoR ‘‘NEw YorK BIBLIOPHILE,” A NEW WORK OF HENRY DE PENE Du BOIS, NOW IN THE PRESS. NUMBER 2222 01 THIS COLLECTION. ] Art Collection of Henry de Pene du Bois, of Hew Dork, Author of—‘‘An Historical Essay on the Art of Bookbinding,” American Correspondent of ‘‘Le Livre” (Octave Uzanne, Editor), etc., etc. NEW YORK: GEORGE A. LEAVITT AND CO., 787 AND 789 BROADWAY. June, 1887, Uv SSSS S AAI) *‘ Livres nouveaulx, livres vielz et antiques.’-—ETIENNE DOLET. Gilles Menage somewhere wrote over two hundred years ago:—‘‘ Les livres ont toujours été la passion des honnétes gens.” And that is the reason, I suppose, why Mr. HENRY DE PENE DU Boils is so popular in New York as a Bibliophile and Grolierite. I presume further, that it is also the reason why he gave to literature his interesting volume on the ‘‘ Art of Bookbinding,”—is why he has been chosen as the American cor- respondent of that fascinating Parisian magazine, ‘‘Le Livre,” whose des- tinies are superintended by Octave Uzanne, the author of some of the most delightful works in the French language—and is why Mr. PENE vv Bots has been engaged for so long a time on the compilation of his volume on ‘American book-collectors entitled—‘‘New York Bibliophile,” and which will be shortly issued from the Paris press. The Library and Art Collection of Mr. Penz pv Bors has been his sole hobby during many years, and he daily could truly repeat the words penned by old Pynson in the sixteenth century :— “‘ Styll am I besy bookes assemblynge, For to have plenty it is a pleasaunt thynge.” His Collection had great newspaper notoriety before he contemplated putting it on the market in consequence of his intention of living altogether in Maris after September of this year. The Collection of this Louisianian Creole—for Mr. PeNnE Dv Bors is a native of New Orleans—has long been, in the words of ‘‘ Town Topics”—‘‘the envy of brother enthusiasts,” and ‘*To-Day”’ two years ago, spoke of his—‘‘noteworthy assemblage of French classics and fine bindings,” adding, ‘‘Mr. PENnr pv Bois isa nephew of the French author Hanri DE PENE and a collector of decided inherited taste.” Any number of extracts might be reprinted in regard to the value of the Library of Mr. PenE pu Bors, whom the ‘“‘ Art Amateur” styled—‘‘con- noisseur in the arts of the bibliophile,” but two more and those from the ‘*New York Tribune” will suffice. On the third of June, 1883, that jour- nal said :— ‘“‘A good book-collector here is HENRY DE PeNnE pu Bots. He is said to be of Huguenot extraction and is the New York contributor to ‘ Le Livre’ of Paris. He has an Iumense Liprary in Brooklyn, strong in the French ee ee i TO, LT ALE ALT LA LL A LL AS A TE IE oon - PROEM. iil classics, in fine editions, and in old Gothic books....MR. PENE DU Bors, it is said, can tell a Durer by merely feeling the paper, and he owns a copy of the ‘Roman de la Rose,’ which cost six hundred dollars.” The “New York Tribune” six months ago, when a rumor of the dis- persal of the Collection had been bruited around, stated further :— ‘« ...the Library of Hanry PENE Dv Bols, a well known member of the Grolier Club. Mr. Pens pu Bors has lived in New York for many years, but has decided to return to his own country and, as a preliminary step, is going to dispose of his entire Library. As the author of the well- known ‘Essay on the Art of Bookbinding,’ his Collection is naturally rich in specimens of that art. On the bindings of some of these volumes are such names as Trautz-Bauzonnet, Dérome, Chambolle-Duru, Rousselle, and well-known American and English binders. These gorgeously-tooled cov- ers guard treasures such as vellum manuscripts, black letters, examples of Aldus, Elzevir, Hardouyn, Galliot du Pre and other master printers. Modern examples include first and limited editions, classics and biblio- graphical works. Some fine prints and water-colors, as well as some inter- esting autographs, complete the collection.” ‘« ood wine needs no bush” may be all very well, but the endorsement of the results of years of book-finding and book-hunting by the newspapers quoted above, is almost a necessity in the face of the cynical scepticism which seems to environ everything in association with the sumptuous hoards of the bibliophilistic amateur, who devotes his life to collecting and who believes in the suggestions of the eminent poet and book-connoisseur Frederick Locker-Lampson:— “‘Itisa good thing to read books, and it need not be a bad thing to write them; but itis a pious thing to preserve those that have been sometime writ- ten; the collecting, and mending, and binding, and cataloguing of books are all means to such an end,” * The ‘Pens pu Bors CaTaLoGuE” has been arranged in Ten Divisions as follows:— I. Art, comprising Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Costume, Her- aldry, Choice Bindings, etc. ; also, Illustrated Books, many of which are UIUC. cio sie vlan coins csehr pigs we eee ne -ceccees.+ Numbers 1 to 352 Il. Vettum Manuscripts, including Illuminated Treasures and Tater Manuscripts, etC......--.02 seeeee A UNL Ra ROE Sra Numbers 353 to 388 TIT. ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHS.......- seeereeeess Numbers 3889 to 522 IV. Earuy Typoerapay, consisting of Incunabula, Black Letters, and other Rare Books printed before the year 1600—also splendid Aldine and Blzevirian Imprints.......... py Ala il oad ce eeeee.- Numbers 523 to 698 V. Brsniograpny, and Authorities on Literature, Binding, Book-plates, etc., also Rare Book Catalogues......---- veceeeeesesNumbers 694 to 866 VI. Curtosa AND Facetia, including Rare Illustrated French Erotica, .. Numbers 867 to 1321 VIL. Porrry AND DRAMA......- IRV Sa a ei VIIL Varra Lrrerarta, including History, Americana, Biography, Fic- tion, Travels, etc. ; also some Addenda, mostly duplicates, and consigned from another SOUFCE......... 022s eer ee eee ee cones Numbers 1566 to 1882 PROEM., IX. Prints anp AQUARELLES,.... .,. Numbers 1888 to 2457 X. Curios anp Lrsrary FURNITURE Numbers 2458 to 2496 * * * The ‘‘PENE pu Bors CATALOGUE,” the first auction bibliography issued in America with page illustrations, begins with the Division devoted entirely to “ Art, UNIQUELY ILLUSTRATED Books, Binpin@s, etc.” This section is arranged alphabetically and numbers 1-352. best French, German, American and English authorities on the Fine Arts. It makes in itself a nearly perfect library for general reference purposes on the various subjects incorporated in the department. Pre-eminent among the gems of the First Division are two of the vellum volumes, issued by the Grolier Club. “A Decree of Star Chamber,” one of two copies on vellum, and the only example that can ever be sold, as the other is preserved in the safe of the Grolier Club to be owned for- ever by that organization. Mr. Pene pu Bors had his copy most superbly bound in Paris by Lortic, with the armsof Jean Grolier in colored leathers on the sides. He is also the owner of one of the two vellum copies of the Grolier Club’s reprint of the “« Rubaiyat” of Omar Khayyam. Two other Grolier Club books are in the Catalogue—Robert Hoe’s werk on ‘‘ Book- binding,” a limited edition of two hundred copies, and ‘‘ Knickerbocker’s History of New York,” limited to one hundred and seventy-seven copies. Quite a number of unique books are in this Division:—Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Works and Life”—a magnificent copy illustrated with additions making three thousand engravings in all, and splendidly bound in sey- enteen volumes by Tout; an extra-illustrated Bryan’s ‘‘Painters and It comprises the Engravers,” the London edition of 1821 extended from two volumes to fourteen by the insertion of many hundreds of prints, embracing portraits of the artists mentioned or specimens of their work; Robert Hoe’s edition of Maberly’s “‘ Print Collector,” a large paper copy extra-illustrated with eighty extremely rare and original prints by Durer, Beham, Rembrandt, Hollar, Raphael-Morghen, and other masters of the burin; Pepys’s ‘‘ Diary,” ten volumes extra-illustrated with portraits and views; the ‘ Cambridge Portfolio,” with numerous additional illustrations; Durand’s ‘‘ Souve- nirs” of the great French General Hoche, extra-illustrated; Le Roy de St. Croix on the ‘ Marseillaise Hymn,” uniquely extended; proofs before let- ters on India paper of many of the gems of the ‘‘ London Art Journal,” in square large folio; etc, It is but to be expected that we shall find many grand reliures in the library, of an authority on book-binding. Mr. PENE pv Bors’s own book on “Bookbinding ” is presented in a form as handsome asit is possible to have it. The author’s own copy isa limited edition of one, is printed entirely on Japan paper, is uniquely extra-illustrated with rare engravings, and is su- perbly bound in doublé by Bradstreets, who printed the book. A volume that cannot fail to attract attention is a copy of De Thou’s “‘ History,” pre- sented by its author to King Henry the Fourth of France, dedicated to that monarch, printed by Estienne, and bound under the supervision of De Thou, by Clovis Eve, for Henry of Navarre. Anotherroyal binding of im- portance. must have special mention. It is King Louis the Thirteenth’s copy of the‘ True Points of the Catholic Faith;” and is a presentation one from the author, Cardinal Richelieu, to his master. Needless to say, PROEM. Vv the covers are one mass of fleurs-de-lys, which also decorate handsomely bound volumes formerly belonging to King Louis Philippe. Among other historical bindings are tomes that were the property of Napoleon the Third, Madame de Pompadour, Prince Demidoff, the Duke of Marlborough and other eminent personages. Reliures of interest by Dérome, Du Seuil, etc. ; examples of alto-relievo silver bindings; hand-painted eighteenth century specimens; volumes stamped with the royal arms of France and an artistic engraved papier-maché binding, are in this Division of the Catalogue. In this galaxy of art, literature and illustration are editions-de-luxe and volumes illustrated with the best etchings. There are:—a set of ‘‘ Original Etchings by American Artists,” India paper proofs, with dupli- cates on Japan paper; the etchings of the ‘‘New York Etching Club,” signed artists’ proofs on India paper; Koehler’s luxurious work on ‘‘ Etch- ing,” with proofs on Japan paper; a limited edition of fifty impressions, and one of the choicest sets of ‘‘ Poets and Etchers,” published at Boston, 1882; ‘A Score of Etchings,” brilliant proofs before letters; the very scarce Young’s ‘‘ Leicester Gallery,” a large paper copy with proofs on India paper; a Holland paper example of the ‘‘ One Hundred Chefs- d’CEuvres in Parisian Collections”; Jutsum’s ‘‘ Masterpieces of German, French and Dutch Art,” proofs before letters and mostly on Japan paper; and John Kay’s ‘‘ Caricature Portraits,” a fine copy of the best edition, and published in 1888 in ‘‘ Edinbro’ town.” Some really magnificent galleries of engravings are in this section, viz. :—the ‘‘ Le Brun Gallery,” three volumes, Paris, 1792-96, and with two hundred and one copper-plates; ‘‘Art Treasures of America,” limited edition and India proofs; an original subscriber’s copy of the “ Gallery of Contemporary Art”; ‘the French Aquarellists,” limited edition, heavy vellum paper; the ‘Italian School of Design,” with masterpieces of illus- tration engraved by Bartolozzi and others; the ‘‘ Luxembourg Gallery,” Paris 1710, with magnificent plates after Rubens by Edelinck, Audran, etc.; “Masterpieces of French Art,” limited edition, India proofs before letters; and the ‘‘ New Gallery of British Art,” the edition: de-luxe, with proofs before letters on India paper. Quite a number of works on costume, such as Guillaumot and Planché, are in this Division, including a handsome copy of Pyne’s “Costume of Great Britain,” the plates of which are colored by band. The somewhat kindred subject of heraldry has a few representatives :— the ‘‘Blason des Couleurs,” the limited reprint and uniquely colored; Guillim’s ‘‘ Display of Heraldry,” 1677-79; and the rare French heraldic and genealogical authorities of De Milleville, Jouffroy des Eschavaunes and the Marquis de Magny. A large number of volumes are devoted to Biblical illustration, among them being those of Kraus, La Trobe, Martin, Royaumont and Stimmer, also Curmer’s beautiful edition of the ‘‘New Testament,” and a large paper copy of Bida’s ‘‘ Gospels,” proofs before all letters and in a magnifi- cent reliure of David. Nearly the whole of the First Division warrants particular attention being called to it in entirety, number by number. In addition to those I have already specified, 1 pick out alphabetically some extremely choice books of beauty and luxury:—‘‘L’Art,” the great French art magazine for the years 1878-83, inclusive; limited subscription edition of ‘‘ Les Arts vi PROEM., Somptuaires,” with colored plates by Ciappori; Bartlett and Beattie’s “Switzerland,” large paper, with open letter proofs; Batty’s ‘* Select Views of Europe,” an almost unique copy, with the plates in three states, and another work by Batty, his ‘* French Scenery,” with the plates in two states; Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s copy of Hans Burgkmair, fifty-two folio wood engravings; many works illustrated by Gustave Doré; the privately printed ‘‘ Monuments of Design,” by Baron Vivant Denon; the 1622 Arnheim edition of Albert Durer’s ‘‘ Human Proportion ”; a collection of nearly one hundred engravers’ proofs—an unique, large paper and India paper assemblage, mostly proofs before letters, with the artists’ autograph signatures thereon; Schmidt’s beautifully illustrated edition of the ‘‘ Poems” and ‘‘ House of Brandenburg,” by the warrior monarch Fred- erick the Great; subscription edition of the “ Gazette des Beaux-Arts,” in fifty-four volumes, from the commencement in 1859 to 1883 inclusive; largest paper copy of Gell and Gandy’s ‘‘Pompeiana,” with dupli- cate India proofs before letters; Gonse’s ‘‘ Japanese Art,” also the French edition of Audsley and Bowes’s work on the same subject; edition- de-luxe of ‘‘ Great Modern Painters,” with proofs on India paper; Hamer- ton’s art works, including large paper copies and original editions of his “Landscape” and ‘‘Graphic Arts”; ‘“‘Labyrinthe Royal,” printed at Avignon in 1601, being a very rare, contemporary work on Henry of Na- varre and Marie de Medicis, his Queen; Arsene Houssaye’s splendid folio volume on Moliére, limited edition; large paper copy of Ireland’s ‘‘ Views on the River Thames”; the original edition in forty volumes of Jardine’s ‘* Naturalist’s Library ”; Kueller and Wauters’ splendid work on +*Ancient Historic Tapestries”; many of Paul Lacroix’s charming works of an art character; original subscriber’s copy of Lodge’s ‘‘ Portraits” in parts, as issued; Mayer's ‘‘ Oriental Views,” with delightfully colored plates; Michaud’s ‘Crusades, ” illustrated by Doré, and splendidly bound by Dupré; large paper copy of ‘‘ Paradise Lost,” with John Martin’s plates, London, 1827; Perrot and Chipiez’s ‘‘ History of Art,” in six volumes; a large paper copy of the Du Bois edition of Plutarch, with duplicate sets on India paper and proofs of the plates in two states; largest paper copy of Pugin and Heath’s ‘‘ Paris,” with India proofs before all letters; Rapin’s “ English History,” with Vertue and Houbraken’s plates; Renouvier’s privately printed work on engraving, a presentation copy from Charles Sumner; Rossetti’s ‘‘ Blessed Damozel,” one of a limited edition of thirty-five copies, with India proofs; a splendidly illustrated work by Peter Paul Rubens, published at Antwerp in 1642; original edition of Ruskin’s ‘Seven Lamps of Architecture,” as well as a large paper copy of the last edition of the same; limited ‘‘ Jouaust” edition of ‘ Paul and Virginia,” elegantly bound by Smeers; large paper copy of the ‘‘ Picturesque Tour of the Seine,” published by Ackermann in 1821; ‘ Romeo and Juliet,” limited edition on Japan paper of Dicksee’s charming designs; Sotheby’s ‘“‘Principia Typographica,” three volumes, limited edition; the ‘‘ Anti- quarian Itinerary,” large paper and profusely illustrated; signed artist’s proofs of Barnard’s “‘ Sketches” to Thackeray; and “Lives of the Archi- tects and Sculptors,” bound by the famous bibliopegistic house of Cham- bolle-Duru. These are a few samples of what the Art Division of the ““PENE pu Bots CATALOGUE” is composed. There is hardly a great engraver or oe PROEM. vil master in painting and sculpture, of ancient and modern times, but who 1s re are volumes found in some form or another in the department, and the entirely devoted to narrating and illustrating the lives and art work of the great painters, but more particularly—Cellini, Boucher, Jean Bologne, Raffaello Sanzio, Claude Lorraine, Kaulbach, Millet, Rembrandt, Rey- nolds, Salvator Rosa and Van Dyck. * * * The “‘Manuscript Division,” Numbers 353-388, of the ‘‘PENE DU Bors ConLEection,” has as fine an exhibit of choiceness of vellum exam- ples and loveliness of illumination as were brought together in either the Trivulzio, Rushton M. Dorman or Rush C. Hawkins MSS.—all of which were sold by the Luavirrs, within the last thirteen months. The human mind can conceive of nothing of greater beauty in hand- painted missal work than the glorious “ Firmin-Didot Hours ” in this Col- lection, and which I have no doubt belonged to King Charles the Sixth of France. Here, among the PENE pu Bors treasures is this fifteenth century vellum manuscript of former royal ownership, dazzling the eyes with forty-three painted miniatures, three hundred and thirty-eight pages, upon which are ten thousand inches of illuminated border, and with thousands of illuminated capitals and sentence finials in colors heightened with gold. Such a volume can only be seen in the Bibliothéque Nation- ale, the British Museum or the libraries of the extremely wealthy. Vying in importance with the last named is the ‘‘ Golden Legend” of James de Voraigne, a fourteenth century codex with one hundred and two miniatures, and thousands of illuminated initials on the seven hundred and fifty-six large-quarto pages of vellum. This manuscript of Italian workmanship, has been valued at two thousand dollars. Of a different school and of equal literary value is the magnificent four- teenth century ‘‘ Testament de Jehan de Meung,” which, charming as it is in illuminated work, is equally so in the reliure, which is by the famous Petit of Paris. Devotional illuminated véllum manuscripts make up a good quota of the Second Division. The different schools of medieval miniaturists are all in this section. Thus we have—an early fourteenth century Anglo-Norman ‘“ Missale Romanum,” with thirteen miniatures and hundreds of capitals in gold and colors, on the last page being over twenty lines of ancient English verse written about the time of Chaucer; a splendid Fifteenth century ‘Hore ” of Flemish execution, with thirty miniature paintings and hundreds of capitals, all in gold and colors so exquisitely finished that it may have been the work of John Van Eyck; a handsome ‘Getydenboek,” or Dutch missal of the fifteenth century with beautifully illuminated miniatures, borders and capitals; and an early fifteenth century “ Heures dela Vierge” of French workmanship, on vellum, with ten miniatures, capitals and borders, forming full-page illuminations in colors heightened with gold, and hundreds of other lovelily decorated initial letters that exhibit all the scrupulous care and patient detail, so peculiar to French manuscripts of that date. Some heraldic drawings and MSS. will interest genealogists; an early seventeenth century diploma of the University of Padua will delight Shakespearean collectors; an erotic volume on vellum in French script viii PROEM., will titillate the senses of amateurs who gather facetie; and a beautifully written ‘‘ History of Belle Isle-en-Mer ” will charm bibliopegists as well as antiquaries, it being ina reliure by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Some authorities on illumination, including a manuscript volume that tells the secrets of the almost lost art of the preparation of gold and colors for manuscript work; two framed paintings on vellum some centuries old; and some of the beautiful chromolithographic reproductions of the Arundel Society, are in this department. Three printed tomes made unique by hand illumination must. be called attention to. These are two “Hore,” printed by the Hardouyns, one being in a Grolier binding, was issued from the press in 1499, and has forty-six painted miniatures in colors, heightened with gold; and an— Unique large paper copy of the ‘‘ Roman de la Violette,” with two sets of plates, one deliciously illuminated in a manner fully equal to that of the best monastic miniaturists of the middle ages. This handsome volume was the property of King Louis Philippe’s son, the Duc d’Aumale, who has recently given to the French nation, as a museum, the Palace of Chan- tilly and its famous library. * * * ‘ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHS ” is the title of the Third Division, and it includes nearly one hundred and forty numbers of rare and interesting documents or signatures of historical and eminent personages. Mr. PEne pv Bors some years ago was left by the will of its owner the ‘Russell Collection of Autographs” of United States presidents, states- men, authors, etc. This will be found in the catalogue as an unit, and is number 518. It comprises a collection of over two hundred and twenty letters, wholly in the caligraphy of the various writers, or separate signa- tures, some of the last mentioned with MSS. above them. This unique, most valuable and interesting gathering contains signatures or handwriting of ten of the United States presidents, commencing with Washington. The ‘‘ Russell Collection” has also letters or signatures of governors of States, poets, artists, singers, historians, philanthropists, actors, ete, A notable feature of the Collection is an addition by Longfellow to the ‘Psalm of Life,” and a letter in which Edward Everett tells the story of his association with Jenny Lind. The next number to the last named is the “‘Comédie Francaise Tom- bola” of autographs of distinguished members of the French stage, authors, critics, etc, This album, which the ‘‘New York Tribune ” priced at one thousand dollars, is full of fascinating reading matter in the handwriting of some of the most prominent people associated with French literature and the Paris stage. It includes among other valuable MSS. an original quatrain entitled “ Liberty and Love,” one of the last productions of the pen of the great novelist Alexander Dumas. The Autograph Division has some extremely important documents and letters outside of numbers 518 and 519. Among them are three quarto pages entirely in the handwriting of Vol- taire, in which he writes fully to Tauler, respecting his ‘‘ Siécle de Louis XIV.” Equally desirable from the amateur’s standpoint are the following letters:—one from Henry the Fourth of France and Navarre to the Count of Viereville, in which the “white plumed king ” requests that nobleman PROEM. ix te devote all his attention to the counteracting of plots of assassins; another from Louis the Thirteenth, at the dictation of his master, Car- dinal Richelieu, in relation to the Duc de Guise and his fellow conspira- tors; one from that despicable sensualist King Louis Quinze to the Presi- dent of the Parliament, at Paris; and another with the signature of Caulaincourt, Duke of Vicenza, to the American Minister at the Court of the Tuileries and on behalf of the Great Napoleon, who on his return from Elba desired to continue the friendly relations that had existed between France and the United States. There are also other historical papers of equal consideration written by, or dictated, or with the signatures of:—Anne of Austria; Abd-el- Kader; Admiral de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse; the Duc de Choiseul; General Dumoulin; Foucquet, Duke of Belleisle; Citizen Henriot; Napo- leon the First; Necker; Prince Talleyrand; and Cardinal de Bernis, who orders the arrest of an aristocratic brace of elopers, on behalf of the Pope. Mr. Pene vu Bors purchased some years ago from the ‘‘ Alfred Bovet Collection ” quite 1 number of letters, some combined with sketches, by eminent artists. These will be found in this Division, and are of:— ‘*Cham,” Chardin, Corot, Couture, Daumier, Delacroix, Delaroche, Doré, Gérome, Baron Gros, Jacque, Meissonier, Raffet, Regnault, etc. Sardou, Augier, Scribe and Ponsard are among those who represent the dramatists, and Adam, Auber, Berlioz, Carafa, Cherubini, Gounod, Halevy, Massé, Meyerbeer, Offenbach, Poniatowski, Reyer, Rossini, Thomas and Verdi, the musical composers. As a litterateur of distinction, Mr. PENE pu Bots had a strong penchant for letters written by the authors of France. He has examples of:— About, Juliette Lamber Adam, Béranger, Bérat, Bourgoing, Capefigue, Coppée, Courcelles, Cuvier, Droz, both the elder and younger Dumas, Guizot, Hugo, Humboldt, Janin, Lamartine, Lammenais, Lecureux, Legendre, Littré, Martin, Merimée, Mignet, Morellet, Peignot, Rémusat, Sainte-Beuve, Sandeau, Sarcey, Simon, Sully-Prudhomme, Thiers, Tocque- ville, Topffer, Vernet, Villemain, Werdet and Uzanne. * a * “ Drviston THE FouRTH—EARLY TyPpogRaPuHy” is arranged chronologi- cally. It commences with number 523, ends with 693, and is arranged in three sections:—I. Tomes printed between 1470 and 1600; II. Aldine Imprints; and III. Elzevirian Imprints. The Incunables range from 1470 to 1500, the first book in the depart- ment being printed with the types of Gunther Zainer, at Augsburg, about the first named date. They also comprise examples of the presses of Venice, Strasburg, Cologne, Leipsic, Milan, etc., including likewise, one of the tallest copies in this country, of the first edition of the ‘ Nuremberg Chronicle” printed by Koberger in 1498, and illustrated with over two thousand wood engravings by Pleydenwurff and Michael Wolgemuth, the Master of Albert Durer. In contrast with this ‘‘editio princeps” can be compared the second edition of the same grand work, published at Augs- burg in 1497. Mr. PenE vu Bois has made a specialty of collecting the most beautiful and expensive imprints of the Parisian press. His ‘‘ Meschinot,” one of the most desirable volumes published by the famous Galliot du Pre, whose books are rising higher in the estimation of bibliophiles every year, is the PROEM. 1528 edition. When displayed at the Grolier Club, last year, it was asserted by the press, to be the grandest piece of Trautz-Bauzonnet’s reliure’ in the exhibition. A fac-simile of the doublé of this bibelot, will be found on page 155 of the Catalogue and through the kindness of my friend Ingersoll Lockwood, who chose it for his ‘‘ Bookmaker” articles on bindings, as the choicest example of the tooling of Trautz-Bauzonnet in America, -Ga!- liot du Pre is also shown to excellent advantage by three other volumes— one of which is a ‘‘ Jehan Le Maire” imprinted in 1531, with numerous woodcuts, also charmingly bound by» Bauzonnet; two delightful bibe- lots, the ‘‘Ordonnances” of 1533 and 1534 respectively, both demonstrating the typographical beauty of Galliot du Pre’s issues. They are bound by Thibaron-Echaubard. The Parisian Sixteenth Century Typothete are well exemplified in the Library and proved by volume after volume, to have infused that true esthetic taste into book publishing, which they hold to this day. When we turn over the pages of these lovely bibelots with Renaissance initials and beauteous fleurons, we can immediately recognize the part ‘‘ Lutetia” played in the art typographic, by changing the rough, crude harshness of the Teutonic influence into what became the cultured apotheosis of the highest recognition, by the printery, of the love of the true and the beau- tiful. The earliest example of the press of Paris is the “editio princeps ” of “St. Hilary,” printed by Jodocus Badius in 1510. Then follow Regnault’s 1518 ‘‘Breviarium Romanum” illustrated with very beautifully exe- cuted wood-engravings and the text rubricated throughout; ‘‘ Le Jardin de Plaisaunce’”’—extremely rare, with curious wood-block illustrations and printed by Philip Lenoir in 1527; Jean Marot’s “ Poems,” the original edition of 1532, printed by Geoffroy Tory and bound by Duru in red crushed levant; a fine example of Maioli reliure ona “ Greek Testament” by Robert Estienne, 1549, and another specimen of the same genre of binding, the ‘“‘ Chronicle of Philip de Comines,” imprinted by Groulleau in 1551; Sorbin’s ‘‘ Allegresse de la France” bound by Thibaron-Echaubard and printed by Chaudiere in 1569; the remarkably rare work of Coppier de Valley on the ‘‘ Massacre of St. Bartholomew ” printed in the year of that outrage on humanity and bound a la Jansen by Duru; ‘‘ La Puce de Madame Des Roches ”—excessively rare, printed by Angelier in 1573 and bound by Simier; the extremely rare Estienne and 1578 original edition of the ‘‘ Poems” of Des Portes, bound by Chambolle-Duru; the 1578 edition of Joachim du Bellay’s poetical works, printed by Morel and bound by Thibaron-Echaubard in the Jansenist style; a very rare bibelot on the offen- sive King Henry the Third of France, from the press of Chesneau in 1574 and bound by Capé; an extremely rare work by the unfortunate scholar and bibliopole Henry Estienne, printed in 1579; the 1581 edition of Pel- letier’s ‘‘ Poems” elegantly bound by Niedrée; the remarkably rare and excessively curious collection of four bibelots on Henry the Third of France, issued in 1589 and bound by Thibaron; and an extremely scarce and charm- ingly bound volume on the ‘‘ Peace between France and Spain,” Paris, 1598. Two of the grandest works, however, in this superb. collection of sixteenth century imprints are—the 1572, and best edition of the PROEM. xi “Chronicles of Monstrelet,” published by Pierre I’Huillier, and splendidly bound by Bertrand ; and— The magnificent and exceedingly rare ‘‘ Montaigne ” of 1595, superbly bound by Belz-Niedrée in lemon levant morocco, doublé with crushed red Jevant morocco, and edges gilt on marble, an edition that Brunet says “ is perfectly and correctly executed, and so continues until the present day for the authenticity of text.” Nothing like the collection of Aldine Imprints in this Catalogue has ever been offered at public auction in America. There are over’ fifty numbers running from 607 to 658, and which are chronologically arranged from 1501 to 1592, inclusive, to which are added some Aldine bibliography and Manutian literature. Most of these volumes came from the Syston Park Library. They exhibit not only all the changes of imprints, but of types, such as Italic, over which the Aldi had a monopoly, and improve- ments in the Greek and Roman fonts. Hardly a volume of these fifty lacks the famous ‘‘ Anchor and Dolphin” stamp in gold upon the sides by Duru, Lewis, Bozerian, or Roger Payne. One, however, a 1566 ‘‘ Cesar,” edited by Paulus Manutius, is the finest piece of Grolieresque tooling in the entire Collection. Where the Aldi leave off, the Elzevirs begin. There are some forty numbers with the Elzevirian Imprints of Leyden, Amsterdam, and even Utrecht, attesting the prolific work of their presses. The dates of issue run from 1624 to 1689. Nearly every one is bound by Roger Payne, and in red crinkled morocco. They include the first duodecimo recorded by Bérard, the best Elzevir ‘‘ Terence,” and numerous popular volumes on jurisprudence, medicine, classics, etc. There is hardly one, but what has the delightfully engraved titles, which make Elzevirs so desirable. Many editions are not mentioned by Bérard, they are so rare, and all are the ‘‘ne plus ultra” of Elzeviriana. Besides the early typography, with illustrations already named, attention should be called to:—the 1514 ‘‘Passion of Christ,” with its quaint engravings on wood; the numismatically illustrated ‘‘ Lives of Emperors,” printed at Lyons in 1550; a “ Vulgate Testament ” of 1560, with curious woodcuts; the 1591 Venice edition of the work on “ Human Propottion,” of Albert Durer; Luther's ‘‘ New Testament,” printed at Nuremberg, 1594—1606, with curious illustrations; Speckle’s “ Archi- tecture,” Strasburg, 1599; and the ‘ Brabant Chronicle,” of 1600, illustrated with admirably executed page portraits. The German and Swiss Reformations have many numbers in this depart- ment. The earliest is a Luther tract printed at Leipsic in 1519; two were illustrated by Hans Holbein in his earlier days at Basle and Zurich; and Lucas Cranach also adorned some brochures of the reformers with wood- cuts. The 1522 tractate of Erasmus antedates Panzer as a Zurich imprint. The following volumes of particular interest are also in the Fourth Division:—the extraordinarily rare and original edition of Dionysius Afer’s “‘ Description of the Earth,” and printed at Ferrara in 1512; the 1521 ‘‘Pliny,” printed by Cratander at Basle; the ‘‘ Flanders Chronicle,” most curiously illustrated with wood-block engravings, and printed in 1531, at Antwerp, by Wm. Vosterman; Dante, an edition issued at Venice, in 1536, with numerous wood-block cuts, and bound by Tout, a la Jansen; Sebastian Munster’s work on “‘ Navigation,” printed in 1587 at Basle, and PROEM. illustrated with many wood engravings; Boccaccio’s ‘‘ Genealogy of the Gods,” Venice, 1581, and the Giunta “ Decameron,” of 1587; Rocca’s “‘ Bibliotheca Vaticana,” printed at the Vatican, 1591; and— President de Thou’s copy of the Lyons ‘ Herodian,” of 1559, with that grand old bibliophile’s autograph signature. * * ‘‘ BIBLIOGRAPHY AND AUTHORITIES ON LITERATURE, BINDINGS, etc.,” constitute the Fifth Division. There are over one hundred and seventy numbers, ranging from 694 to 866. Many limited editions of rare works on these subjects, will be discovered in the bibliographical department. The Dibdiniana include—a portion of the page proofs of the ‘‘ Biblio- theca Spenceriana,” covered with the good bibliophile’s interlineations and corrections—they are so diffuse as to be as bewildering as a maze; a large paper copy of the 1842 and best edition of the ‘‘ Bibliomania ;? and—an unusually tall copy of the ‘Aides Althorpiane.” There are also large paper copies of—Brissard-Binet’s ‘‘Life and Editions of Cazin”; Lang’s “‘ Books and Bookmen;” Auguste de Reume’s “ Varietés Bibliographiques et Litteraires;’ Wynne’s ‘Private Libraries of New York;” Johnson’s “ Typographia;” and Horne’s ‘! Bibliography.” Bauchart’s ‘‘Women Bibliophiles of France” is one of fifty copies on China paper. I should also notice:—the Peignotiana, twenty numbers, mostly limited editions and unique; Bigmere and Wyman’s ‘Bibliography of Print- ing;” Leypoldt’s ‘* American Catalogue,” three large quarto volumes bound by Bradstreets; the facetious ‘Bibliotheca Scatologica;” Barbier on ““Anonymous Works;” the bibliographical volumes of Paul Lacroix, Nisard and Querard; Marius-Michel’s “ History of Bookbinding,” profusely illustrated and in two volumes; Max Rooses’s Christopher Plantin and his editions; the ‘‘ Fontaine Catalogue” 1875-1879, bound by Bertrand; and “ Le Bibliophile Francais,” seven volumes bound by Belz-Niedrée. Among the library book catalogues of rarity are those of—J. CO. Brunet; Firmin-Didot, twelve volumes; Charles Nodier, an unique copy; Guilbert de Pixérécourt, large paper, with notes by Nodier and Paul Lacroix; Baron James de Rothschild; the Rowfant Library, with frontispiece by George Cruikshank; and—the bogus Count de Fortsas Library by Renier Hubert Ghislain Chalon, of Mons, the king of bibliographical hoaxers, Before leaving this section, it is a duty to advert to the most striking feature in it, and which is— The ‘‘PENE pu Bors Collection of Book-Plates, Early Typographical Devices and Later Printers’ Marks,” one of the finest ‘‘ ex-libris” gather- ings in this country, and containing six hundred and fourteen examples dating from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Of these, nearly one hundred and fifty are printers’ marks, and the balance, over four hundred and sixty are book-plates, mostly heraldic and of distinguished personages and blue-blood families, such as the Bonapartes and Bourbons. * * * The Sixth Division is the ‘‘Curtosa AND Facet1™.” It embraces 867 to 1821, over four hundred and fifty numbers alphabetized, a larger f PROEM. X1iL. quantity than has ever been sold before in this country at auction, in one collection. Nearly the whole of the numbers in the Division are either large paper, limited, suppressed, or choice paper editions, or have some peculiar bibliographical excellence, or desirable feature about them. Many are unique. For instance, we have a copy of the ‘‘ Lady of the Camelias” with original unpublished verses in the handwriting of Alex- ander Dumas fils, and there are five pages of his own good round hand on the ill-fated heroine of his romance, who in real life, was Marie Duplessis —while mentioning this, I should also speak of a limited edition-de-luxe of the same work in large octavo and bound by Rousselle. Cazotte’s “Amorous Devil,” bound by Trioullier, is also unique. It is a copy of the rare 1845 edition having, in addition to Beaumont’s charming wood- cuts, another set of illustrations in two states. Huart’s facetious mili- tary work is colored by hand. The very beautiful edition of Curmer’s ‘‘Perrault,” printed from engraved plates, has added to its own fine illus- trations a set of India proofs, mounted on Japan paper, of etchings by Lalauze. An early edition of Voltaire’s ‘‘Pucelle” extra-illustrated, is bound by Dérome. The Guizot edition of ‘‘Abelard and Eloisa” is large paper and is made unique by the addition of nearly thirty plates. Anda rare volume ‘‘ La France Libre” has some inserted original MSS., in the handwriting of its author, the celebrated French Revolutionist, Camille Desmoulins. The following editions-de-luxe, printed entirely on either China, What- man or Japan papers, etc., add to the bibliophilistic interest of the extraor- dinary and erotic books in this section :— ‘‘The Amours of Henri Quatre” is one of twelve copies entirely on Japan paper,with the portraits of himself and mistresses, in two states; the ‘‘Chants Historiques et Populaires,” bound by Champs, is printed on blue paper and is one of twelve copies; Daudet’s amusing volume ‘‘ Tartarin sur les Alpes” illustrated with aquarelles, is a heavy Japan paper example, and the same author’s “ Prodigious Adventures of Tarrascon,” is large paper; Dondey’s satirical work on the French Remantic School, is one of ten copies on Japan; the ‘‘ Amorous Life ” of the libidinous Du Barry, the mistress of that sensualistic Minotaur, Louis the Fifteenth, is bound by Rousselle, and is aChina paper copy, with the portraits in two states, both Holland and China; a handsome reliure of Pagnant covers a Japan paper copy of Du Buisson’s ‘‘Tableau de la Volupte,” illustrated with Eisen’s erotic plates ; Gaultier Gargville’s salacious poems is one of ten on China paper; Marie Garcia’s ‘‘ Confessions d’Antonine” is one of seven on China; a thick Japan paper copy of the magnificent edition-de-luxe of Juliette Lamber Adam’s ‘‘Song of the Newly Wed,” with splendid por- trait and erotic etchings, is one of the handsomest specimens of French typography belonging to Mr. Penk Du Bors; Legouve’s ‘‘ Merite des Fem- mes,” a Whatman paper example, is bound by Rousselle, and has Lalauze’s frontispiece in three states; Pezay’s ‘‘ Zelis au Bain ” is one of ten copies on Japan paper, bound by Pagnant, as is also the ‘‘ Toilette des Dames,” pub- lished in the same series; Saint Albin’s “Salle d’Armes” is a China paper copy, of a limited issue of twenty; Quantin’s ‘‘Ovide” with tinted vig- nettes, bound by Rousselle, is a China paper issue, and the ‘* Anacreon and Sappho,” the ‘‘ Bucolics” of Virgil and the ‘‘ Lucien,” in the same PROEM. series, are not only superbly bound by Amand, but are on Japan paper; ‘*‘ Son Altesse la Femme,” by Octave Uzanne, the friend of Mr. PENE Du Bots, ison Japan paper, and among other erotic works of his, is a magnificent copy on China paper of ‘‘Mceurs Secretes,” charmingly illustrated by Avril and luxuriously bound with doublé by Bradstreets. An unique collection of satirical cartoons, broadsides, etc., principally issued during the Paris Commune, is one of the features of the Curiosa Division. It includes nearly nine hundred pieces, all of great historical interest, and illustrates a most eventful period in the annals of the centre of civilization. The delightful novel of ‘‘Manon Lescaut” is represented by four dif- ferent editions— the Glady, Jouaust, Lemerre and Bourdin. All are “ de- luxe.” The first-named is on China paper, and is in a beautiful reliure, copied after a volume belonging to Queen Margaret, and has a superb doublé. The Jouaust copy is unique, extra-illustrated, one of twenty copies on China paper, is bound by Bertrand and formerly belonged to Jules Janin, who edited another edition of the work. Marius Michel’s binding on the Lemerre edition is a beautiful example of inlaid work and tooling; the Bourdin is a large paper. The Collection boasts the possession of Madame de Pompadour’s copy of *‘ Rabélais.” There are also three other editions:—that edited by Paul Lacroix and in a devotional binding; an original issue of Dore’s illustrated edition; and the Lemerre, handsomely printed and a limited issue on Holland paper. There are seven numbers of Restif de la Bretonne, including some orig- inals, and a magnificent volume in folio with his text to Freudenberg and Moreau’s erotic plates. The Curiosa and Facectie of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- turies in the Division, include some extremely rare and valuable works, such as:—Alkmar’s ‘‘ Reynard the Fox,” with Ewerdingen’s illustrations, Leipsic, 1752; the suppressed and excessively rare ‘‘Amours of Anne of Austria”; Boileau’s ‘‘Satires,” one of the earliest editions and bound by Hardy-Ménil; the ‘‘ Amorous History of the Gauls,” the extremely rare original edition; the Chevalier d’ Aceilly’s ‘‘ Poems,” the original issue of 1667, bound by Hardy-Ménil; the “‘Memoires de Montmartre,” 1786, bound by Chambolle-Duru; two of the erotic works of the younger Crebil lon, one of which is his ‘‘Moral Sopha”; the 1616 “New Recreations” of Bonaventure des Periers, very rare and bound by Duru, also the 1711 and 1753 editions of his ‘‘ Cymbalum Mundi,” the last-named in a binding by Capé; the extremely rare and early satirical work on the French Academy, by Antoine Fureti¢ére and bound by Bauzonnet; the original edition of the ‘ Leviathan,” of Hobbes of Malmesbury; a very rare, sup- pressed and erotic work on the Jesuits with facetious title-page, printed at Cologne in 1725 and superbly bound in mosaiced morocco by Chatelin; Dr. William King’s privately printed and suppressed ‘‘ Toast,” 1736, and of the greatest rarity; the ‘‘ Liaisons Dangereuses,” with erotic plates and the original edition; a magnificent copy of the ‘‘ Farmers’ General,” edition of La Fontaine, bound by Chambolle-Duru; also other editions of the ‘‘ Tales,” illustrations by Fragonard and others, and a large paper copy of the 1796 edition of the “‘Fables” of La Fontaine; seven splendid editions of Le Sage’s works, among them the 1747 ‘‘Gil Blas,” bound. by anime PROEM. XV David, and the extremely rare edition of his ‘‘Turcaret,” bound by Cham- bolle-Duru; the Marshal Duke of Luxembourg’s ‘‘Amours,” Cologne, 1694; the excessively rare and original French edition of *‘‘ Lazarillo de Tormes,” Brussels, 1699, bound by Rousselle; the original edition of Merimée’s ‘‘ La Guzla,” in a Marius-Michel reliure; Mirabeau’s ‘‘ Errotika Biblion,” the very rare original edition of 1783; the ‘‘ True Falconer” of the Chevalier de Morais, Paris, 1683; the ‘‘ New Founding Hospital for Wit,” 1698; the magnificently illustrated ‘‘Metamorphoses” of Ovid, Paris, 1767, in a handsome reliure; the original edition of the ‘‘Confes- sions” of Jean Jacques Rousseau; the extraordinary ‘ Parthenologia” of Dr. Schurig, Dresden, 1729-32; Voltaire’s ‘‘Henriade,” the 1770 edition and with Eisen’s plates, in a Derome binding; and—— Francois Barréme’s ‘“‘ Grand Banquier de France,” the original edition, bound by Parisot, and almost unique, the only other copy known being in the ‘‘ Bibliotheque Nationale.” Limited editions of great rarity, some of which have been already speci- fied, are in the department. To these should be added :—Aretino, in both Italian and Latin; Beaumont’s ‘‘ Women and the Sword,” illustrated by Meissonier and bound by Amand; the Jouaust ‘‘ Variétés Historiques et Littéraires” of Fournier; Blondeau’s ‘‘ Erotic Dictionary,” also Delvan’s, bound by Rousselle; the Lemonnyer ‘‘ Baisers,” of Dorat, large paper and superbly bound in red levant; Arséne Houssaye’s ‘‘Sonnets,” bound by Rousselle and magnificently illustrated; the Orso series of bibelots, erotic reprints from rare originals; the first edition of the ‘‘ Nineteenth Century Satyrical Parnassus,” very erotic; Poggio, both in French and English; Sauval’s ‘‘ Scandalous Chronicle,” large paper; Tillier’s large paper ‘‘ Mon Oncle Benjamin”; ‘‘Gamiani,” the erotic masterpiece of ‘‘George Sand” and Alfred de Musset; Jesse’s ‘‘ Beau Brummell”; Pisanus-Fraxi’s erotic bibliographies; and the Sieur Theophile’s ‘‘Parnasse Satyrique,” for the writing of which the author was condemned to be burnt alive. Among other notable books in the Facetious Division are:—the original editions of Balzac’s ‘‘ Physiology of Marriage” and ‘‘ César Birotteau;” Tony Johannot’s ‘‘Don Quixote;” large paper copy of the ‘‘ Contes Remois,”’ illustrated by Meissonier; the Didot minimos—Hamilton, Vol- taire, etc., bound by Niédree; a large paper ‘‘ Songe du Poliphile,” bound by Rameau; a large paper ‘‘ Contes et Nouvelles,” illustrated by Duplessis- Berteaux ; Coran’s ‘‘ Rimes Galantes,” large paper; Cunningham’s ‘‘Nell Gwyn,” large paper; Vivant Denon’s etchings, limited edition, including the Priapic series; Dinaux’s ‘‘Sociétés Badines,” very scarce, erotic and curious; the ‘‘ Antiquities of Herculaneum and Pompeii,” in French, with the ‘“‘Secret Museum” and eight framed water-colors after the same; large paper copy of Jules Janin’s ‘‘ L’Ane Mort;” the *‘ Ananga Ranga,” of Kalyana Malla; the Didot edition of Legouve’s ‘‘ Merit of Women,” large paper; ‘‘ Faublas,” with plates; Marmontel’s “‘ Contes Moraux,” Paris, 1765; quite a number of Marc de Montifaud’s facetious works. with etchings; ‘‘ Histoire des Papes,” ten volumes, and wickedly illustrated; Topffer’s humorous albums, very scarce; the Marquis de Sade’s ‘ Justine,” one of a hundred and fifty, and an exceptionally fine copy of the rare, original edition of his ‘‘ Crimes of Love,” bound by Hardy; and a large paper copy of the ‘‘ Utopia” of Sir Thomas More, edited by Dibdin, printed by Bulmer, and bound by Bedford. PROEM. The books on Emblems and the ‘‘ Dance of Death” have been placed in this department. Of the first named there are:—the 1652 Cats; the 1630 Cramer; the 1648 and 1659 Saavedra-Faxardo; the 1698 Boria; the 1710-11 Conlin; the 1614 Beza; and the excessively rare, original edition of George Wither’s ‘‘ Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne,” printed at London in 1685. Full as this section is, like the rest of the Collection, of handsome reliures, the following ought not to be forgotten:—Anquetil’s ‘‘ Intrigue du Cab- inet,” the Hamilton Palace copy bound by Derome; the ‘‘ Melusine”’ of Jehan d’Arras, limited edition, and bound in red crushed levant by Hardy; the ‘‘ Avantvres dv Baron de Feneste,” in a binding by Capé; Barbey D’Aurevilly’s exceedingly rare work on ‘‘Beau Brummell;” and the original edition of the ‘‘ Chansons” of Béranger, in a splendid reliure of Thouvenin. * * * ‘*PonTrRy AND DRAMA,” the Seventh Division, takes in numbers 1322 to 1565 inclusive. Dramatic literature has its rarest volume in this section, in an unique copy, luxuriously bound, of the original edition of the ‘‘ Figaro” of Beau- marchais, of whose works there are other first editions. ‘‘ Moliére, the Shakespeare of France,” is done honor to, in ten numbers, among them, being the very rare Elzevir Moliére of Amsterdam, 1683-1689; a large paper copy of Van Laun’s translation with Lalauze’s etchings; the Utrecht edition, in French, of 1713, and the Paris of 1823, 1824-26, and 1848; a China paper copy of Houssaye’s ‘‘ Comediennes de Moliére,” with the portraits in three states, and Coquelin on Moliére’s ‘‘ Misanthrope,” on China paper—both handsomely bound by Bradstreets. There are:—a beautiful edition of the 1717 Terence, in French, with plates, and bound by Rousselle; the ‘‘ British Theatrical Gallery,” London, 1825; a collection of eighty photographs of French members of the stage; the ‘‘ Galerie Théatrale,” one hundred and forty-four full-length portraits, and limited to ninety-nine copies; Houssaye’s ‘‘ History of the Comédié Fran¢aise,” 1680-1880; and several volumes from the library, and stamped with the initial, of the great French tragedienne, Rachel. The English stage is shown in the following editions: Beaumont and Fletcher, the first collected edition of 1647; the Baskerville 1671 edition of Congreve, bound by Belz-Niedrée; Mrs. Centlivre’s ‘‘ Dramatic Works,” an exceedingly fine copy of the first edition of 1760-71, bound by Derome; Henry Sotheran’s limited edition of the ‘‘ Dramatists of the Restoration,” fourteen volumes; large paper copy of Ford’s ‘‘ Dramatic Works,” edited by Gifford and Dyce; Greene’s ‘‘ Plays,” edited by Dyce, and a limited edition printed by Whittingham; limited Chiswick Press and best edition of Marlowe; large paper copy of Massinger, printed by Bulmer; a large paper copy of Middleton’s ‘‘ Dramatic Works,” bound by Riviére, excess- ively rare; large paper copy of Pickering’s edition of ‘‘ Peele,” bound by 3edford; Sheridan, limited edition, and printed by De Vinne; large paper copy of Webster's ‘‘ Dramatic Works,” published by Pickering; and— Important Shakespeareana, first and foremost of which is John Payne Collier’s privately printed ‘‘ Shakespeare,” limited to fifty-eight sets of eight volumes each, and for subscribers only; also—edition-de-luxe of Shakespeare, with Monzies’s etchings; minimo Corrall edition, by Picker- ing; Ballantyne’s ‘‘Shakespeare,” large paper; Hudson’s handy edition of Shakespeare; and Parker Norris’s portraits of the ‘‘ Bard of Avon.” PROEM. xvil French Poetry has many more numbers than those already mentioned, belonging to the previous Divisions. There are—the ‘‘ Anciens Poetes de France,” printed by Jouaust and edited by Guessard in ten volumes; the extremely rare ‘‘Tragiqves,” of D’Aubigny, printed at Geneva in 1616; Boileau, the 1747 edition in five volumes; Gombauld’s ‘‘ Epigrammes,” original edition, Paris, 1657; large paper copy of the Abbé De La Rue’s great work on the troubadours; Barbey d’Aurevilly’s ‘‘ Poesies,” large paper, privately printed and bound by Chambolle-Duru; the “*Poems ” of Clotilde de Surville, bound by Thouvenin, and the plates in five states; nine numbers of Theophile Gautier’s works, some originals, one, a limited edition, and another printed on China paper; Delphine Gay’s ‘“‘ Last Day of Pompeii,” bound by Belz-Niedrée and a presenta- tion copy to Madame Récamier; Guizot’s copy of Merimée’s ‘‘ La Jaquerie’’; Alfred de Musset’s complete works, an elegant copy in eleven volumes, and bound by Smeers; and— Victor Hugo’s ‘‘ Works,” some original, limited editions on China and other papers, and some splendidly bound by Amand and Marius-Michel. English and American poetry have some desirable editions for book-lovers:—Aytoun’s ‘‘ Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers,” handsomely bound; Mrs. Browning’s ‘‘ Poems,” large paper and limited edition on Holland; large paper ‘‘ Burns” in six volumes; Keats, a Whatman paper copy of the Buxton-Forman edition, only thirty printed, also the limited edition of the same poet, printed by De Vinne; Nicholas Rowe’s ‘‘ Phar- salia”’ of Lucan, large paper; beautiful copy of the first edition of Henry More’s ‘‘ Platonica,’” Cambridge, 1642; Longfellow’s ‘‘ Works,” large paper copy of the Riverside edition, in eleven volumes; the ‘‘ Amon- tillado”’ Poe, with India proofs; Pope’s Works in French, and illustrated by Marillier; Hoole’s ‘‘ Tasso,” large paper, printed by Bensley, 1803, and two other editions in French, one with Cochin’s, and the other with the Gravelot plates; Tom Taylor’s ‘‘Songs of Brittany,” superbly bound by Alfred Matthews in elegant morocco doublé; original edition of Doré’s ‘** Vivien” and ‘‘Quinevere,” of Tennyson, engraver’s proofs on India paper; edition-de-luxe of Wordsworth in eight volumes; and—the ‘‘ Percy Society’s Publications” in thirty volumes, with the suppressed brochures. Some unique, large paper and rare gems for the bibliomaniac have to be mentioned :—Ariosto, Paris, 1795, large paper, unique, and. with two sets of proofs before letters of the superb engravings; a splendid example of the typography of Bodoni, printed at Parma in 1793; the Lemerre edition of Dante, on China paper, and bound by Cuzin; the charmingly illustrated Didot ‘‘ Homére,” a large paper copy; a beautiful large paper example of Caro’s “ Virgil,” with the plates of Lempereur, Tardieu, etc. ; and a delightful copy of the “‘ Psalms,” translated into French by Clement Marot and Theodore Beza, a fine specimen of the reliure of the genre Le Gascon. * * * “‘ Division VIII.—Varia LirerRAris,” beginning with number 1566, and ending with 1882, concludes the whole of the books and MSS. of the PenE Dv Bots Collection. Among the rarities of this Division, are:—the editio princeps of Pas- cal’s ‘‘ Provinciales,” printed at Cologne in 1657, a volume of excessive scarcity, bound by Capé, and a magnificent copy; also one of the equally Xviii PROEM. excessively rare Original edition of the ‘‘Pensées” of Pascal, Paris, 1670, a superb copy, bound by Lortic; extremely rare Funeral Orations by Bos- suet, Bourdaloue and Flechier, original editions, and bound by Trautz- Bauzonnet and Chambolle-Duru; Saint Real’s << Conjuration des Es- pagnols,” Paris, 1674, very rare, and bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet; original edition of Thackeray’s ‘‘ Vanity Fair”; the very rare “‘ Oliver Cromwell Memoirs,” London, 1740, with plates by Audran, Faber, etc.; Terence, printed by Baskerville, 1772; ‘‘ Napoleoniana,” which belonged to the late Prince Demidoff, also a relic of the Second Empire, stamped with the arms of Napoleon III.; Citizen’ Gregoire’s volume on “ Trees of Liberty”, unique, and bound by Duru; a most extraordinary collection of two hundred and four original caricatures of Isaac, Robert and George Cruikshank, Row- landson, Woodward and Gillray, all etched on copper, published 1807-19, and colored by hand; Prince Paul Demidoff’s copy of Xavier de Maistre; the 1827 Montesquieu, bound by Purgold and tooled by Bauzonnet ; Sainctyon’s ‘‘Grand Tamerlan,” Amsterdam, 1678, and bound by Thou- venin; and the ‘‘ Contes” of Charles Nodier, original edition end unique. The Americana include—the 1685 chap-book life of Columbus, by his son; Hennepin’s ‘‘ Louisiana,” the first edition of Paris, 1683; a copy of the ‘‘ Massachusetts Indian Psalter ” of 1709, extremely rare, but incom- plete; excessively rare, and early ‘‘Lawsof New York,” printed in 1762, 1765-82, and 1789; also the ‘‘ Natural History of New York,” eighteen volumes; Schoolcraft’s ‘‘ Indians”; ‘‘ Presidential Messages of Washing- ton,” 1798-97; Noah Webster's ‘‘ English Language,” Boston, 1789, and bound by Rousselle; and that valuable recently published authority, the ‘America Heraldica ” of Count de Valcour-Vermont. History embraces good editions of the works of Lingard, Milman, Burnet and Prescott, the two last named large paper copies. Notable books also in this Eighth Division are—a large paper copy of ‘‘Jane Eyre” with duplicate signed proofs, on Japan paper; Thomas Carlyle, edition-de-luxe, in twenty volumes; Fenelon’s ‘‘Télémaque,” Paris, 1824, and bound by Simier; Washington Irving’s ‘‘Sketch Book,” edition-de-luxe and large paper; also the same of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne in thirteen volumes; Littre’s ‘“‘ French Dictionary,” five thick, large quarto volumes; Mercator’s Atlas, Amsterdam, 1628; Saint Pierre’s “Paul and Virginia,” with India proof illustrations, and a large paper copy in French, with Chodowiecki’s beautiful etchings of the ‘ Clarissa Harlowe,” of the old London bookseller-novelist, Samuel Richardson, and the limited edition-de-luxe of the same author, in twelve volumes, and published by Henry Sotheran. To this Division have been joined some volumes from the private library of the late Josiah Sutherland, Judge of the Supreme Court of New York, and from other sources, some duplicate copies of works already catalogued in the preceding seven Divisions. Among these are:—‘‘the French Aquarellists””; Gonse’s ‘‘ Japanese Art ;” ‘*Grands Peintres Francaises ” ; Hamerton’s ‘‘Graphie Arts,” large paper ; limited edition of Keats, Sheridan and Pepys; Van Laun’s Moliere, with Lalauze’s etchings; Pisanus Fraxi’s erotic bibliographies; and Koehler’s ‘‘ Original Etchings by Ameri- can Artists,” proofs in two states, or India and Japan. % * * PROEM. xix ‘PRINTS AND AQUARELLES ” is the title of the Ninth Division, compris- ing numbers 1883—2457. The original water-colors, crayons and other sketches are all by emi- nent masters. About the most important of these art works belonging to Mr. PENE vu Bors is the ‘‘ Queen Esther and Haman” of the eighteenth century artist Fragonard. There are two Chodowieckis, one of a ‘‘ Peda- gogue,” the other of a ‘‘ Girl and her Brother.” An oil painting by Hob- bema has been executed on ancient copper, the verso of which has a medieval “‘ Madonna and Child,” probably some four hundred years old. Felix O. C. Darley’s painting of ‘‘ Washington Irving and His Friends at Sunnyside,” will be found in this Division. Its purchaser will receive an autograph letter of the artist relating a curious circumstance in connection with this design, for which Darley was paid seven hundred dollars. Among the other originals are:—‘‘ Sunday Morning,” by Bellows; ‘Going to the Colonies,” by the inimitable Rowlandson;:‘‘ A Japanese Study,” by Somm; Horace Vernet’s ‘‘ Napoleon the Third at the Battle of Solferino;” Gavarni’s ‘‘ Beautiful Equestrians” and “‘ Mother Pipelot,” two characteristic water-colors; the ‘‘ Martyrdom of St. Ovide,” by Jouve- net; ‘‘ Ye Bibliophile,” the original black and white made by Meeker for the frontispiece of the forthcoming volume of Mr. PENE DU Bois; ‘Tasso ” by Stothard; an aquarelle by W. Lloyd; the “ Spirit of the Cru sades,” an oil study painted for Mr. PENE pu Bots by Victor Naegle; an ‘‘Ttalian Beggar,” by Ceccia; ‘‘ Portrait of a Young Girl,” by C. J. Bridg- man; ‘‘ A Cavalry Engagement,” by Dietrich the Younger; four Bacchan- alian subjects by Deschanelli and Dhoult; “‘ Dutch P sasant,” by Picart; ‘Marshal Turenne at the Siege of Turin,” charcoal study by Lerigue; “the Soldier’s Promenade” and ‘‘the Devotees,” by Cafli; anc “* Bel shazzar’s Feast,” an ancient painting on parchment attributed to Hemskirk. There are many engravings by the Old Masters, nearly all. of which are fine, original, excellent impressions. Albert Durer’s well-known ‘‘ Virgin with the Monkey,” plates from his ‘‘ Little Passion,” and original wood- cuts by him are of importance. The masterpiece of Lucas Van Leyden, the ‘‘ Ecce Homo,” as well as his ‘‘ Crucifixion,” are excellent examples. Sebald Beham’s ‘‘ Pacientia,” of which a fac-simile will be found at the commencement of the “Print Division,” Wolgemuth’s ‘Knight in Armor” and a number of Incunabulic wood engravings should all be carefully inspected by amateurs. Bega, Berghem, Claude Lorraine, Dietrich, Dujardin, Hollar, Rem- prandt, Van Dyck and Waterloo are among the Old Masters represented by original etchings from their burins. It is safe to say that, with the exception of one notable sale, there has never been congregated together at auction in the United States so remark - able and valuable a collection of engravings as those described in the “PrpnEe pu Bors CATALOGUE,” and by the aid of one of the best experts on prints in America, and whose decision on mooted questions is generally regarded as authoritative. It is impossible to particularize in this Proem on the merits and beauties of all these brilliant prints. I shall content myself with indicating the more important specimens. These are:— Raphael Morghen’s ‘‘ Transfiguration ” and ‘ Madonna” after Raffaello- Sanzio; ‘‘ Apollo and the Muses” after Mengs, and the ‘Repose in Xx PROEM. Egypt ” after Poussin; Mandel’s ‘‘ Madonna della Sedia,” after Raffaello, a grand open letter proof; Richomme's ‘Triumph of Galatea” after Raffaello and ‘“ Thetis” after Gerard; H. C. Muller's “ Psyche” after Prudhon; Laugier’s ‘‘ Sappho” after Gros, a proof before letters on India paper; Massard’s “‘ Atala” after Girodet; Nanteuil’s ‘‘ Louis Quatorze ” and ‘‘ Pierre de Coislin,” portraits by St. Aubin; Strange’s ‘“‘ Venus” after Guido and his ‘““Venus and Adonis "; Anderloni’s ‘Holy Family ”; Audran’s ‘‘ Portrait of Colbert”; several worthy of more attention by Bar- tolozzi, Beauvarlet and De Launay, among which, by the last named, is the erotic ‘‘ Too Inquisitive Wife ” and ‘I Will Pass;” Beryic’s ‘‘ Education of Achilles” and ‘ Louis Seize,” the Jast an impression before the plate was broken; ‘St. John” and ‘‘St. Sophia,” both proofs before letters by Bettelini; Bouillard’s “ Daphne and Apollo,” open letter proof; Calamat- ta’s “ Portrait of Dante,” proof before letters; ‘‘ Mlle. Clairon as Medea” by Laurent Cars and Beauvarlet: Drevet’s ‘‘ Louis Quatorze,” “ Boileau,” etc.; Edelinck’s masterpiece “ Philip de Champagne,” also his ‘‘ Due de Berry ” and ‘“ Duc d’Anjou”; Ficquet’s ‘‘La Fontaine ”; Forster’s ‘* La Vierge 4 la Legende ” after Raffaello, the engraver’s tenth proof, and an open letter proof of his ‘‘ Three Graces ”; Francois’s ‘‘ Birth of Venus,” after Cabanel; remarque proof of Hollyer’s ‘‘ Portrait of Napoleon” after David; Jacquemart’s ‘‘ Moses,” after Michael Angelo, proof on parchment; Le Buas’s ‘‘ Daphnis and Chloe,” after Boucher; Longhi’s ‘‘ Bonaparte es Ryland’s “‘ Triumph of Venus,” after Angelica Kauffmann and his ‘“ Jupiter and Leda”; Schuppen’s ‘‘Portrait of Louis the Dauphin”; proof of Scriven’s Portrait of ‘‘ Nell Gwynne ”; “ Vidal’s “ Confidential Soubrette,” and ‘‘the Toilette Merchant” after Laurens; Aristide Louis’s “ Portrait of Napoleon” known as the ‘“ snuff-box,” after Delaroche, a trial proof; Wille’s ‘‘Little Physician” after Netscher, his ‘‘Jean Baptiste Masse” and other portraits; and: Lalauze’s ‘‘Entry of Charles the Fifth into Antwerp” after Hans Makart, a subscriber’s proof on Japan paper, Modern Etching, which has had such great popularity of late years, is most admirably exemplified in original impressions by :— “Appian; Bastien-Lepage; Bocourt, an artist’s proof signed of his ‘* Reply of Mirabeau ”; Bracquemond; Brunet-Debaines; Casanova; Cham- pollion; Corot; Courtry; Coutil; Daubigny; Delacroix; Denon; Detaille, a remarque proof; Feyen-Perrin; Flameng; Fortuny; Birket Foster ; Gail- lard; Gaucherel; Gautier; Girodet; Gravier, his ‘ Lady Teazle,” ‘‘ Rosa- lind” and ‘‘ Faithful,” all remarque proofs; Guerard; Seymour-Haden, his “‘ Cowdray,” ‘‘Egham Lock,” first state, “‘Old Chelsea,” ‘‘ Brig at Anchor,” and ‘““ Twickenham”; Hedouin; ‘Charles Jacque; Jacquemart; Angelica Kauffmann; Lalauze; Lansyer; David Law; Le Gros; L’Hullier; Leloir; Louis; Meryon; Marshall; Millet; C.O. Murray; Waltner; Whistler, his ‘‘ Boats at Mooring,” ‘‘ Chelsea,” etc., and last, but not least, Meis- sonier, of whose own etched work there is his “ Rapport,” a proof, and ‘* Punchinello.” The American school of etching, acknowledged by European con- noisseurs to be one of the best in the world, is proved to be so by examples of Coleman, Ferris, Swain-Gifford, Hamilton, William Hart, Hopkins, and Peter Moran. These are ‘‘de luxe,” being on either Satin, or India and Japan papers, In this Collection of Prints but few of the greater ancient and modern painters are unrepresented by engraved or etched work after their master- PROEM. XXi pieces, The graver has done honor and paid tribute to the brush of— Boucher, Meissonier, Fortuny, Dupré, Fragonard, Gérome, Millet, Murillo, Guido, Huet, Le Brun, Greuze, Claude, Cabanel, Benjamin Constant, Ary Scheffer, Ostade, Raffaello Sanzio, Turner, Chaplin, Gavarni, Tissot, David, Hals, Makart, Morris, Troyon, Correggio, Eisen, Domenichino, Veronese, Bonnat, Titian, Mengs, Barbarelli, Delaroche, Laurens, Netscher and Du Bois. * * * The Tenth Division, and last, consists of some forty numbers of ‘* CurtIos AND LIBRARY FURNITURE,” There area few ceramic specimens, such as a Royal Dresden plaque painted after Wouvermann, for King Augustus the First, of Poland, at the beginning of the eighteenth century—and pieces of Sévres porcelain, which belonged to the Emperor Napoleon the Third, and came from the palaces of St. Cloud and the Tuileries. Some objects in bronze and other metals are in the section, viz. :—statu- ettes of John Gutenberg, Napoleon the First and Frederick the Great; a clock and pendants belonging to the Dr Pens family, and which Theophile Gautier described in his ‘‘ Capitaine Fracasse”; an ancient bronze relievo, the ‘‘Blind Beggars” ; also another—‘‘Satyrs Toying with a Nymph”; and a medieval guild insignia, a massive iron key two feet high, carried in procession by a ‘‘moyen-age” trades-union of locksmiths at Nuremberg, four hundred years ago. A Hindoo and phallic carved ivory; a seventeenth century Venetian ivory wedding casket; and a cameo portrait of the Great Napoleon, sculp- tured from a piece of his monolith in the ‘‘ Invalides,” at Paris, by the de- signer of the sarcophagus of the ‘‘ Little Corporal,” will all be found in this department, as well as two remarkable specimens of ancient, transparent, painted glass, one of early English origin, made of pot-metal glass, and the other attributed to the brush of Albert Durer, and so described in the San Donato Palace Catalogue, and which was purchased at the auction sale of the Art Collection of Prince Demidoff. * * * The mode of distribution among other collectors was decided by Mr, PENE Dv Bors in fayor of the only rational method by which a connoisseur, who desires to sell his treasures, can do so in the easiest. and most profitable manner. He sent them toauction. He sent them, like a sensible man, to GeorGceE A. LEavITT AND Co., the oldest and best auction house in Amer- ica; one which was founded over half a century ago, and has gone through various mutations of firm name from the time when it had two separate heads, who united. These were the celebrated book-auctioneer KEEsE and the late SenATOR JAMES E. Coo.ey, the father-in-law of Mr. GroreE A. LEAviTt, who came from an old family of New York booksellers and publishers. It is the same old reliable house of business it ever was, and it may not be out of place here to give a list of a few of the names and figures of some of the Art Sales of Paintings, Statuary, etc., which aggregated over $10,000 each, conducted by GEorGE A. LEAVITT AND Co., between January, 1878, and May, 1887: J. H. Sherwood, $127,069 for two sales in 1878 and 1880; John Wolfe, $117,715; S. P. Avery, $113,503.50 for four sales in 1876, 1878, 1880 and XXil PROEM. 1881; Thomas Reid, $105,744 for two sales in 1881 and 1885; J. Abner Harper, $105,490; Milton S. Lathom, $101,205; Adolf Kohn, $93,242.50 for four sales in 1874, 1877, 1882 and 1888; H. T. Chapman, Jr., $87,259.50 for two sales in 1873 and 1875; H. L. Dousman, $82,655; Albert Spencer, $82,530; J. Stricker Jenkins, $74,833.04 for two sales in 1876 and 1879; S. A. Coale, Jr., $71,477; J. C. Runkle, $66,195; R. E. Moore, $54,298.70 for five sales in 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878; Knoedler & Co., $51,344 for two sales in 1879 and 1880; Levi P. Morton and Robert Hoe, $50,687.50; Beriah Wall, $47,570; John Pondir, $46,208; Benj. Nathan Estate, $39,117; Le Grand Lockwood, $34,261.29; William Henry Hurlburt, $31,955.85; Judge C. H. Truax, $31,750; ‘‘A Well-known Philadelphia Connoisseur,” $80,- 942.50; George H. Andrews, $30,601; Cottier & Co., $80,580; J. P. Beau- mont, $30,417.50; A. D. Morgan, $29,148.50; William Libbey, $27,550; B. F. Carver, $26,393; W. B. Duncan Estate, $24,847.15; A. D. Huyvetter, $22,668; Stephen Harris, $21,970; Stewart Brown, $20,380; R. H. Witt- haus, $19,244.65; Thomas Walsh, $17,480; G. H. Kensett, $17,165.41; R. B. Livermore, $17,060; J. L. Graham, $17,003.34; A. L. Vouros, $16,765.55; Hannah Stiner, $16,752.50; M. G. Murphy, $16,492.83 ; J. F. Henry, $16,330; P. L. Everard & Co., $15,857.50; Isaac Walker, $15,656; Richard R. Haines, $15,571.47; 8. H. Godkin, $14,820.50; Thomas Gilbert, $14,204; Carlton Gates Estate, $13,942.90; Eugene Weeks, $13,883.50; Artists’ Fund Society, $13,707.49; Davis Jones Estate, $13,375; W. Manton, $13,126; T. P. Rossiter Estate, $12,922.89; W. R. Williams, $12,694 ; Benj. Fitch, $12,097.50; Mary E. Feyh, $11,753.17; T. J. Taylor, $11,471; W.S. Macy, $11,258; W. J. Kerr, $11,237; S. Michelena, $10,902; George Longman, $10,685.55; J. H. Dolph, $10,620.69; Louis J. Jordan, $10,375.49; Susan Paulmier, $10,335.45; W. P. Shaw, $10,331.47; Eugene Boban, $10,325.88; John La Farge, $10,000. Sales of Paintings, etc., running up into thousands of dollars each have also been conducted by the Leavirrs. I extract from a schedule of only notable sales, which foots up to over three millions of dollars, such names as:—J. R. Brevoort, Joseph Mozier, James Boylan, J. O. Eaton, P. Viani, William Powell, Jr., L. Prang & Co., Francis Tomes, J. C. Brevoort, Prof. Bossi, R. E. Moore, L. H. Tasker, W. D. Paterson, D. E. Van Valkenberg, OC. A. Falk, J. N. Balestier, J. M Crapo, C. L. Frost, J. Milbank, J. McCormick, J. M. Patterson, S. B, Wright, Louis Durr, Governor Caleb Lyon and B. Homer Dixon. Millions upon millions of dollars worth of books have been sold on behalf of the publishers of this country at the ‘‘Leavirr Book TRADE SALES” and in accordance with the system originated by S—eNATOR CooLEy about 1825, and continued for over sixty years since by himself and his succes- sors down to the auction house now represented by Mr. EuGENE O’ConnorR, who preserves the old trade name of the business inherited by his prede- cessor, Mr. Grorer A. LEAVITT. And this firm of Grorer A. LEAvitr AND Co. have charge of the ‘* PENE Dv Bots CoLLEcTION.” Of the same character of Library Auction Sales as that to take place next month have been the few following out of over a thousand others, which have been held under the LEAvirr egis since 1876 :— The Brinley Library, $112,494.27, parts one to four, inclusive, with the fifth part still to be sold; Joseph J. Cooke, $69,904.78; Henry C. PROEM. Xxiil Murphy, $50,278.63; William Menzies, $49,860.68; Rushton M. Dorman, $24,310.00; Charles Tracy, $19,188;01; Charles Fiske Harris, $16,610.65 ; J. H. V. Arnold, $16,421.38; Eben Tasker, $14,677.56; Alexander Far- num, $14,423.75; General Rush C. Hawkins, $13,168.08; Dr. David King, $12,484.01; Almon W. Griswold, $12,325.13; 8. H. Remsen, $9,059.14; Bartholomew Skaats, $8,114.42; W. C. Prescott, $7,991.79 ; Harrison Library, $7,667.84; Charles O’Conor, $7,481.63; 8. F. Olney, $6,950.98 ; Senator Matt. H. Carpenter, $6,864.69; Governor William Beach Law- rence, $6,772.39; Charles Storrs, $5,942.84; Senator H. B. Anthony, $4,929.17; and James L. Claghorn, $4,763.82. The above named twenty-four Library Sales make up by themselves a total of $502,620.59! *, * I would not have entered upon these details in this place, but for the fact that the well-known bibliopole, Mr. E. F. Bonaventure, has lately printed a brief essay on ‘‘ Books and Book Collecting.” No one is more willing than myself to acknowledge that he has done as much, if not more, - good than any one of his business rivals, in the spread of the knowledge and recognition of what are good bindings, what authors should be collected, and what editions should be chosen for the shelves of the collector, but, I am not willing to endorse his advice to book amateurs in respect to the where, when and how they should only buy. It may be all very well for him to personally object to book auction sales, but he has no right to try and dissuade connoisseurs from purchasing at them. How is the library of aliving collector, or the estate of a dead one to be realized to its uttermost value unless by the book auction? It might suit Mr. Bonaventure, the bookdealer, and his confréres to buy libraries ‘‘ en bloc” for the minimum amount possible, but it would be manifestly im- possible for him to give as much witha due regard to the modest profits of his business as could be obtained in the open competition of every book collector and bookdealer in the United States, on every lot, by itself, at a library auction sale. There maybe occasional bargains, and there may . be prices paid far more than what some booksellers might charge, but, after all, the book auction is the crucial test of normal market book values. Since reference has been made to Mr. Bonaventure, I will now finish with him, by quoting from him:— ‘« The cost of rare books, at sales, is invariably much higher than the game works would command at stores. The demand in all cases where real rarities are involved is always so great as to put an excessive premium on the object of competition.” If American book auction sales depended upon dealers alone, Heaven help literary property. In London and Paris the book auctioneer is the best friend of the bookseller, and he is always regarded as such. It is about the only mart now-a-days where purchases can be made for the shelves of the bookdealer, and it is a well-known fact that at a recent sale in London, one bibliopolist’s bill amounted to over a million of dollars, and for which he was given credit. I am confident with such societies in our midst as the Grolier Club, which is doing good missionary work, and with magazines devoted to the exploitation of old books, that the collecting of private libraries will be more popular than ever, and with the corresponding increase in the number of XXiv PROEM. amateurs will also come greater knowledge of prices, not only among book- dealers, but among bookbuyers. The last named, it has been my experi- ence to discover, know the commercial as well. as the literary value of books better than the majority of American booksellers. In fact, most bookdealers have learned more from their customers, than they have from their books of reference. ‘‘ Experientia docet.” * * * The ‘‘ PENE Du Bots ConiEction,” from which I have wandered very considerably, is, however, the real matter with which we have to do. It can be safely asserted that no such Collection of Fine Bindings, Good Editions, Modern Standard Works of Real Merit, Ancient Book Nuggets, Beautiful Manuscripts and Rare Prints have been sold in New York for many years back. In purchasing from this Collection, connoisseurs and dealers will have the benefit of the ripe experience of a master, who has proved his being a true Bibliognoste in cold type, as well as by his book- shelves. The dispersion of such a Library and such Prints is a positive public benefit. It gives an opportunity for the exhibition of treasures of literature and art. It spreads the knowledge which is requisite for both the bibliophile and the bibliopcle who, in purchasing from the “ PENE DU Bors CoLLEction,” will do so inthe interests of wisdom and culture. The truest friends a man can have are his books. They are not only useful but ornamental, not only exhilarating but thoughtful aud restful. Quaint old Thomas Fuller pointed out their real value when he wrote in the old long ago: ‘*To divert at any time a troublesome fancy, run to thy books; they presently fix thee to them and drive the other out of thy thoughts, they always receive thee with the same kindness.” CHARLES SOTHERAN. New York Press Club, May 18, 1887. aii Zz WI {Vili NIQMMMNAT [ FRONTISPIECE TO ‘‘ TERENTIUS,” LYONS, 1493. ] hve Catalogue OF THE PMene Mu Hors The sizes of books in this catalogue are defined relatively to signatures and according to the following page, height and inch measurements : LARGE FOLIO, over 18 inches ; FoLio, below 18 and over 13 ; SMALL FOLIO, below 13 and over ITI, LARGE QUARTO, below 15 and over II; QUARTO, below 11 and over 8; SMALL QuaRTo, below 8 and over 6. ' LARGE Ocravo, below 11 and over 9; OCTAVO, below g and over 8 ; SMALL Ocravo and TWELVEMo, below 8 and over 6. MINIMO, below 6 inches. These eleven designations preserve the important part of the nomenclature formerly used, and do away with the old technical paper prefixes, such as ‘* Royal,” ‘* Foolscap,” ‘‘ Crown,” etc., as well as the confusing smaller sizes of the past. These represented in all, both big and little, some two hundred possible book sizes, ranging from an ‘‘ Antiquarian Folio,” to a ‘“‘ Pot 128mo.” As the old specific definitions are now gradually becoming almost obsolete, this new schedule was formulated. It was wisely recognized that the present time is inopportune for the measurement of books by the metric system. COMPRISING PAINTING, SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE, CosTUME, HERALDRY, CHOICE BINDINGS, ETC.; ALSO ILLUSTRATED Books, MANY OF WHICH ARE UNIQUE, ** Ars est celare artem.” %)ESOPI Phrygis Fabvle. [Greek and Latin Text | in parallel columns.] Square minimo, vellum. Cologne, apvd Loannem Tornaesivm, 1619 RARE. With curious wood-block cuts, including portrait of Aisop on title, CURMER’S BEAUTIFUL EDITION OF THOMAS A’KEMPIS. 2 A’KEMPIS (Thomas). L’Imitation de Jésus Curist, Tra- duction Nouvelle de M. L’Assk Dassancre. J//uminated Srontispiece and title in gold and colors—also every page sur- rounded with an elegant woodcut border,—numerous vignettes, Jancy initial letters, etc. Large 8vo, fresh half blue mo- rocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1835-42 CURMER’sS beautifully illustrated edition of the ‘‘ Imitation of Christ,” in splen- did condition, with margins equal to large paper. 3 ALBUM, containing a large number of vignette illustrations by CaMPIGLIA, Pazzi, GREGORIJ, DE GHENDE, MOREAU LE JEUNE, SIMONET, efc., some of nudes. Large 4to, fine red morocco gilt, blue watered silk ends, edges gilt. With heraldic book-plate of the Earl Grosvenor. 4 ALDINE (The), a Typographic Art Journal. Profusely wlustrated with charming wood engravings, etc. Vols. 5, 6 and 7 in 3 vols. Folio, half morocco (Vol. 7 lacks title). N. Y., 1873-74 $0 fy ly. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 3 5 ALLESSON (L. E.). Abbildungen der Rindvieh und An- dern Hansthier—Racen mit Text von WECKHERLIN. 30 tinted lithographed plates of cattle. Oblong large folio. Stuttgart, 1827 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY AMERICAN ARTISTS—EDITION- DE-LUXE—WITH INDIA PROOFS AND SEPARATE ARTISTS’ PROOFS ON JAPAN PAPER. 6 AMERICAN ETCHINGS.—ORIGINAL ETCHINGS By AMERICAN ARTISTS. With an Introduction and De- scriptions by S. R. KOEHLER. 20 efchings—PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, WHATMAN PAPER cover, in cloth case; a/so another set of Artists’ Proors of the same on JAPAN PAPER, SIGNED, mounted on cardboard with heavy plate mats in portfolio, fresh half morocco, cloth sides, nickel lock and key. Together 2 vols. Square large folio. N. Y., 1883 EDITION-DE-LUXE, LIMITED TO 203 IMPRESSIONS, each numbered and signed by the editor S. R. Koehler, of which this is No. 166. This is a series of twenty original etchings, of greater merit and artistic excellence than has ever before been offered in book form. The work is a purely original one in concep- tion and execution. It is truly representative not only of American art, but of the individual excellence of each of the twenty artists who have contributed to its pages. The following is a list of subjects and etchers:— Winter Evening, : ; P . HENRY FARRER. His Own Doctor, : : T. W. Woop, V.P.N.A. The Inner Harbor, Gloucester, ' . STEPHEN PARRISH. A Tower of Cortes, ‘ é ‘ THOMAS MorAN, A.N.A. The Ponte Vecchio, . : 3 . JOSEPH PENNELL. The Lion in Love, 4 ; F. S. Cuurcu, A.N.A. An Old New England Orchard, GEORGE H. SMILLIE, N.A. “*’?Tween the Gloamin’ and the Mirk, When the Kye Come Hame,” . Mrs. M. Nimmo MorAN. The Three Cows, ; : i - J. FoxcrorrT Cote. Canal Boats on the Thames, : 4 CuHas, A. PLATT. ** And Drive Dull Care Away,” : . I. M. GAUGENGIGL. The Deserted Mill, y : KRUSEMAN VAN ELTEN, N.A. Harvest at San Juan, New Mexico, ; . PETER MORAN. A Cloudy Day in Venice, ! ‘ SAMUEL CoLMAN, N.A. The Mora Players, X i . FREDERICK DIELMAN, N.A. The Mouth of the Apponigansett, : R. SWAIN GIFFORD, N.A. Fishing Boats on the Beach at Scheveningen, M. F. H. De Haas, N.A. At ‘Marblehead Neck, : . JAs. D. SMILLIE, N.A. The Smugglers’ I ae Place, : : J. C. Nico, A.N.A. Twilight, ; : . J. A. S. Monks. ““ The great variety of these SOAK by twenty representative American etchers will be noticeable at a glance. Europe and America have both furnished themes, and the time-honored glories of Florence and Venice are found side by side with the almost tropical splendor of Mexico and the simpler, but not less poetical, scenery of the coast of New England, while the Indian and the negro stand upon the same basis, as regards their artistic usefulness, with the cavalier of the seventeenth century. Nor is the ideal note wanting, although the prevail- ing key is decidedly realistic.” —J/ntroduction. 4 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. EDITION-DE-LUXE OF TWENTY ORIGINAL AMERICAN ETCHINGS. 7 AMERICAN ETCHINGS.—TWENTY ORIGINAL AMERICAN ETCHINGS, PusLisHeD UNDER THE fi a> oe AUSPICES OF THE “ New York Etching Club.” Eprrion- DE-LUxE, NUMBERED AND SIGNED ARTISTS’ PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, Introduction and description of each etch- ing by S. R. KoEHLER. Square large folio, fresh three- quarter russia gilt, beveled sides, top edge gilt, others uncut, - N. Y., 1884 No. 13 of LIMITED EDITION of 195 copies, with impressions on India paper. These etchings are truly characteristic not only of American art and of the individual excellence of each artist who contributes a sketch, but also in the minor details of paper, printing and typography. The following artists and subjects are represented:—‘‘ The Olive Trees of the Riviera,” by SAMUEL CoLMAN; ‘Rye, England,” by CHARLES A. PLATT; ‘* Business Neglected,” by J. G. Brown; ‘‘ The Pool,” by PETER MorAn; ‘Evening, New York Harbor,” by HENRY Farrer; ‘‘ An Interesting Chap- ter,” by PERcy Moran; ‘‘ The Thames at Limehouse,” by C. A. VANDERHOFF; ‘“A Summer Afternoon,” by ELiis F. MILLER; ‘‘ Thinking It Over,” by T. W. Woop; ‘‘ Solitude,” by E. L. Perrce; ‘‘ The Castle of San Juan de Ulva, Vera Cruz,” by THoMAS MorAn; ‘* Bellissima,” by I. M. GAUGENGIGL; ‘‘ Gar- diner's Bay, L. I.,” by Mrs. M. N. Moran; ‘‘ Harbor Scene,” by J. C. NICOLL; “‘ A Symphony, Nineteenth Century,” by F. S. CHurcu; ‘‘ The Cottage by the Sea,” by KRUSEMAN VAN ELTEN; ‘‘ The First Needlework,” by SEYMOUR J. Guy; ‘“* Mills at Mispek,” by STEPHEN ParRIsH; ‘‘ A Japanese Fantasy,” by Leon Moran,” and ‘* Below Chestnut Street Bridge, Philadelphia,” by JosrrH PENNELL. 8 AMERICAN HisTORICAL AND LITERARY CurRIOsITIES. First and Second Series (complete). Collected and edited by J. Jay Smirn and Joun F. Watson. Consisting of fac. similes of original documents relating to the events of. the Revolution, etc., etc.—with a variety of reliques, antiquities and modern autographs. Large 4to, cloth, gilt (foxed). Phila., 1847 This valuable and interesting publication is entirely out of print and difficult to find. *s 9 AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION.—Catalogue Illustré Officiel de la 23 Section des Beaux-Arts de l’Exposition Universelle d’Am- sterdam, 1883. Jllustrated with some 200 reproductions after the original designs of the artists. 8vo, fresh crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1883 FS: ~, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 5 THE MAGNIFICENT SERIES OF FRENCH AQUAREL- LISTS. 1o AQUARELLES.—SOCIETY OF FRENCH AQUAREL- LISTS. Text by the best French Critics. /d/ustrated with plates in photogravure—printed in tint, and with designs in fac-simile by Louts Lretoir, Epouarp DE- TAILLE, GUSTAVE Dork, JULIEN LE BLANT, JULES Worms, Eucine LAMBERT, EDOUARD De BEAUMONT, Mme. La BaronneE N.*‘DeE ROTHSCHILD, FERDINAND HeivsputH, A. Dr NEUVILLE, GEORGES VIBERT, Ev- Ging Lami, JULES JACQUEMART, CHARLES DELORT, James Tissot, and others: 2 vols. in1. Large folio, half morocco, silk sides and ties, totally uncut. Paris, Goupil & Co., 1883 OUT OF PRINT AND SCARCE. No. 7 OF LIMITED EDITION, ON VERY HEAVY FRENCH VELLUM PAPER. This volume, representing the best art work of the ‘‘ Society des Aquarel- listes,” or French Society of Water Colorists, is printed on magnificent vellum paper from the mills of Marais. The work of each artist in the volume or étude is composed of five subjects in color both in text and separate plate. There are twenty-four in all of these etudes or studies. They each form a delightful series of illustrations, and include a frontispiece, vignettes and plates inde- pendent of the text. A number of pen-designs, studies and crayon sketches profusely illustrate the text, which is thus collaborated by the artist whose water- coloys are given. The artists represented and described in this magnificent work are—Louis Leloir, Edouard Detaille, Gustave Doré, Ernest Duez, F. Louis Frangais, Mau- rice Leloir, Ferdinand Heilbuth, Mme. Madelaine Lemaire, A. de Neuville, Georges Vibert, Eugéne Lami, Roger Jourdain, L. Eugene Lambert, Jules Worms, Julien Le Blant, Jules Jacquemart, Charles Delort, James Tissot, Henri Harpignies, Edouard de Beaumont, Baronne Nathaniel de Rothschild, Henri Baron, Eugene Isabey and Gustave Jacquet. 11 Art AGE (The), a Monthly Illustrated Newspaper, from the Commencement, April, 1883, to March, 1886, inclu- sive (Part 15, October, 1884, lacking); @/so—Art Journal, L’Art Moderne and Art Amateur. Together 40 parts. Square folio, in cloth portfolio. N. Y., eé., 1877-87 GRAND WORK ON ANCIENT ART, WITH ETCHINGS. 12 ART ANCIEN 4 1’Exposition de 1878 par MM. ED. DE BEAUMONT, TH. BiAls, EDMOND BONNAFFE, FREDERIC 4 ~ 225 DarceL, Henri DarceL, DuRANTY, H. Epuruss!, BEN- JAMIN Fitton, P. GASNAULT, HENRI LAvVoIX, PAUL Mantz, Evuc. Piot, A. R. DE LiksvILLE, O. RAYET, ARTHUR RHONE, et MME. GERMAINE DE POLIGNY, sous la Direction de M. Louis Gonsr, Redacteur en chef de la “Gazette des Beaux-Arts.” Profusely illustrated with etchings and other tllustrations—some ON INDIA PAPER. Thick large 4to, sewed, uncut. Paris, 4. Quantin, 1879 Among the etchers whose work will be found in the above are—Jacquemart, Gaillard, Le Rat, Gaujean, Gaucherel, Dujardin, Champollion, Gilbert, etc. Me <7, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. “L’ART”—THE SPLENDIDLY PRINTED AND ILLUS- TRATED FRENCH MAGAZINE. 13 ART.—L’ART, Revue Hespomapaire ILLustREE, for the years 1879-80 inclusive [each year in 4 vols.]. To-- gether 8 vols. With numerous full-page etchings, wood engravings, etc.,afler or by the best modern masters. Folio, half red morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1879-80 THICK PAPER EDITION. This magnificent art work has no rival in its pecu- liar excellencies. The best etchers and artists of Europe have been united to make this splendid magazine, with its charming typography, the superior of either the ‘‘ Portfolio” or the ‘‘ Art Journal.” ‘* There has, up to the present time, been no such spirited venture as the art journal established in Paris at the begifning of the present year (187s), under the laconic name of ‘Z’4rt.’ It has defects, but it has the great merit of being full of life and energy. The wonder is how'a journal on such an im- portant scale can find the degree of public support which must be necessary to its existence. The proprietors of ‘ Z’A7t’ do not rest satisfied with an appeal to their own fellow-citizens or even fellow-countrymen; they have agents all the world over, even at such places as Bucharest and Constantinople. The proprietors of ‘Z’Art’ evidently intend to give it as cosmopolitan a character as they possibly can. The list of writers includes men of three or four differ- ent nations, and the subjects treated comprise everything of artistic interest in the world. It is evident that the proprietors of ‘Z’Art’ are doing their best to improve it. . . . The publication is always lively and interesting, though not governed by much severity of taste. It is fullof what the French call actualité. The proprietors seem determined to spare no effort, and we cordially wish them success.”—PHILIP GILBERT HAMERTON. 14 ART.—L’ART, Revur HeEspomaparre ILLustR#E, for the years 1881-83 inclusive [each year in 4 vols.|. To- gether 12 vols. Folio, red cloth, top edges gilt. Paris, 1881-83 MAGNIFICENT WORK ON ALL THE ARTS. 15 ARTS SOMPTUAIRES (Les), Histoire du Costume et de PAmeublement et des Arts et Industries qui s’y Ratta- chent sous la direction de Haucarp-MauGcf, Dessins de Cius, Crappori—Introduction Générale et Texte Explica- tif par Cu. Lovanpre. Jilustrated with several hundred beautiful plates in RICH COLORS designed by CIAPPORI. 3 vols. 4to, half red morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, chez Pauteur, 1852-58 VERY SCARCE. ISSUED BY SUBSCRIPTION at 400 francs unbound. This is a superb work and the handsomely executed chromolithographic plates in gold and colors embrace a multitude of subjects—armor, missal work, costume, stained glass, heraldry, painting, sculpture, jewelry, etc.—exhibiting the manners, cus- toms, beliefs, superstitions of the peoples of Europe from the Fifth to the Seventeenth Century inclusive. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 7 “ ART TREASURES OF AMERICA”—INDIA PROOFS. 16 ART TREASURES OF AMERICA. Jilustrated with about hundred engravings on wood. 10 sections folio (complete) ISO 160 photogravures, PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, and several ’ 2% and each in a silk-covered portfolio. Phila., 1883 LIMITED EDITION, of which this is No. 127, and is an original subscriber's copy complete. This work gives a description and a list of the contents of the principal picture galleries of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chi- cago, Providence, St. Louis, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Louisville, Washington, Montreal, Fall River, Cleveland, Taunton, New Haven, Rochester, Pittsburgh, etc. Etc. FOUR EARLY VOLUMES OF “L’ARTISTE.” 17 ARTISTE (L’), Nouvelle Série. Vols. 1 to 4 inclusive. Profusely illustrated with engravings, lithographs and etch- ings after the great old and modern masters. Large 4to, half red morocco, cloth sides (binding rubbed and a cover loose). Paris, 1857-58 The admirable art magazine, ‘‘ L’Artiste,” contains most excellent prints by Veyrassat, Masson, Gavarni,: Metzmacher, Bracquemond, C. Nanteuil, etc. Some are on India paper and the descriptive text is by the best art critics of France. THE FRENCH EDITION OF THE KERAMIC ART OF JAPAN. 18 AUDSLEY (G. A.) Et BOWES (J. L.). La Céramique Ly h) 0 Japonaise. Containing 32 full-page plates (17 of which are ( in gold and colors) and descriptive text, with numerous wood engravings printed in colors; produced from original Japanese works of the greatest beauty, representing the entire range of Japanese Keramic Art, ancient and modern, Large 8vo, illuminated cloth, beveled sides, gilt top edge, others uncut. Paris, /irmin Didot, 1881 This is the French edition of the splendid work on ‘‘ Japanese Ceramics” of Audsley and Bowes. ‘The plates are exactly the same as those published in the London edition of Henry Sotheran. The translation was made by Louisy, and the work was printed under the direction of Racinet. ‘‘ The glory of this book is the chromolithography ; for which, indeed, some new name ought to be invented, so unlike is it to anything which has been called chromolithography before. No one who has not seen them, or others resem- bling them, can form any conception of the powers of Japanese artists.” =S/AKER (W. S.). Mepa.iic Portraits or WasH- S| incton. Portrait. 4to, half morocco, cloth sides, totally uncut. Phila., 1884 19 Beautifully printed on heavy paper. Containing all the known Washington pieces, to the extent of six hundred and fifty-one numbers, accurately described and arranged into appropriate groups, each group being preceded by historical and critical notices; the whole supplemented by a copious index, care- fully prepared with a view to its use as a means of reference. oo 315-0 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. LARGE PAPER COPY OF BARTLETT AND BEATTIE’S SWITZERLAND—WITH OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 20 BARTLETT (W. H.). 109 dd/ustrations to W1LL1AM BEAT- TIE’s “ SWITZERLAND.”—OPEN LETTER PROOFs ON INDIA PAPER. Folio, half red morocco, cloth sides (rubbed). London, 1836 LARGE PAPER, and brilliant impressions of these beautiful plates, with the in, serted book-plate of James L. Claghorn. A few of the mounts are foxed slightly. William Henry Bartlett was the most eminent of the pupils educated by John Britton, the architectural antiquary. He traveled extensively through America, Europe, Asia and Africa. 21 BARBER (Mrs. Mary). Some Drawings of Ancient Em- broidery. 30 specimens on 30 large plates, executed in the jirsi style of chromolithography. Large 4to, cloth gilt extra, gilt edges, London aud Manchester, Henry Sotheran & Co., 1880 “‘ This most beautiful series of illustrations of fine old embroidery was the work, we believe, of many years’ careful study on the part of the lady author, who prepared it as her contribution to the work of Church restoration, at the suggestion of one of our greatest and universally respected architects, Mr. Butterfield. Mrs. Barber having died before her laborious work was pub- lished, Mr. Butterfield undertook, at her request, to superintend its issue; and a superb book it is, and most instructive to all who are interested in the wide subject of Church embroidery, and the worthy production of Church vest- ments.” —Literary Churchman. TUER’S BEAUTIFUL WORK ON BARTOLOZZI. 22 BARTOLOZZI anp uis Works ILLUSTRATED. Biograph- ical, Anecdotal and Descriptive. By ANDREW W. TuER, Being an Account of the Life and Career of FRAN- CESCO BARTOLOZZI, R. A.; with remarks on his Prints: Why sought after ; increasing rise in value ; modern reprints from worn-out plates, and how to distinguish; falsely tinted, and how to distinguish; a list of copper- plates known to be still in existence ; BARToLOzz1’s Pupils; Sketches of their Lives ; Collecting Prints as a hobby, and as a profitable hobby; How to judge Prints; Proofs and “states” of Prints; How to handle Prints ; Deceptions with Prints ; Stipple Engraving, with Descriptions and II- lustrations; Print Sales; Art Auction Rooms, general gossip, and including the most extensive list of this great master’s works yet compiled. Finely printed in old-face THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. 9 type, with 13 fine plates in red and bistre, by BARTOLOZZI. 2 vols. large 4to, antique vellum binding, top edges gilt, others uncut, and interleaved for additions. London, Field and Tuer, n. d. Mr. Tuer has succeeded in cataloguing upward of 2,000 examples of these fashionable prints; the largest list hitherto compiled—Le Blanc’s—contained only 700. Among the illustrations are a pair of beautiful and exquisitely fin ished fancy subjects in stipple, from copper-plates engraved by Bartolozzi in 1783, in brilliant condition, entitled: ‘‘A St. James's Beauty,” and ‘‘A St. Giles’s Beauty,” painted in red on old paper; and a pair of highly finished por- traits, from-the original copper-plates, of Sarah, Countess of Kinnoul, and Robert Auriol, Earl of Kinnoul, engraved by Caroline Watson in 1799, also in brilliant condition, printed on old paper in brown ink; a charming vignette of Cupid printed in red; a ticket for the Mansion House ball, 1773, etc., all printed direct from the plates. BATTY’S SELECT VIEWS—WITH THE PLATES IN THREE STATES: i 23 BATTY (Robert, Ziewt.-Col., #.R.S.). Select Views of Some ’ of the Principal Cities of Europe, with Descriptive Text. 92 fine plates engraved from original paintings by R. GRAVES, _-F. B. Becker, E. Goopatt, W. R. Smiru, R. Batty, EL Le Krux and others. Large-4to, old half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (a few plates foxed slightly). London, Moon, Boys & Graves, 1832 EXCESSIVELY RARE. ‘This ALMOST UNIQUE book has the thirty fine plates in three states—Finished India Proofs, Unfinished Etchings on India and Outline Key Plates. The vignette title is in two states, both on India paper; one finished and the other Etched and unfinished. A very limited number were published in this manner at £36, 2.e., $180, and the fact that any impressions were taken of the etched plates is unknown to both Allibone and Lowndes. LARGEST PAPER COPY OF BATTY’S FRENCH SCENERY —WITH THE PLATES IN TWO STATES. 50 24 BATTY. French Scenery. élustrated with 117 fine plates ' . 150 —Proors ON INDIA PAPER—/from original drawings by the author, engraved by HEATH, FINDEN, WALLIS and other eminent engravers. Large 4to, half morocco, cloth sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. London, Rodwell & Martin, 1822 LARGEST PAPER and very scarce. Published at £31 10s., 7.e., $157, with PLATES IN TWO STATES, finished engravings and unfinished etchings—both states on India paper. 25 BAURENSEIND (Michael). Schreib Ktinst. W2th nu- merous plates of caligraphy and engraved title by CHRISTO- PHER WEIGEL. Oblong 4to, vellum. Nuremberg, 1716 Rare. Weigel is best known as an engrayer of Scripture prints. He also engraved in mezzotint. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 2 26 BAXTER (Thomas). An Illustration of the Egyptian, : Grecian and Roman Costume, with Descriptions. Front. and 40 fine outlines, some of nudes, selected, drawn and engraved by the author (foxed slightly and front. stained). 4to, boards, uncut. London, 1810 VERY SCARCE and exceedingly valuable to artists, sculptors and collectors on account of its faithful delineation of the antique. { 25~ 77 Bavet (C.). Précis d’Histoire de l’Art. Hundreds of fac- ' similes from paintings, bronzes, sculptures, etc. Small 8vo, paper, Paris, Quantin, n. d. Jol 28 BazINGHEN Collection Catalogue, partially priced ; also— Hur.sertT Collection Catalogue. 2 pieces. Sewed. / yf 29 BEHMEN (Jacob), FEHLAUEN (George), etc. Neuein- 4 gerichteter Vielvermehrter Geistlicher Frauen Zimer Spiegel. Engraved front., title and numerous plates of women, commencing with “EVE,” an apple in her hand and a tiger skin around her middle. Thick minimo, black morocco, gilt, one brass clasp. Nuremberg, 1666 Rare. Stamped on the side in gold with ‘‘V. M., 1673.” /73 30 BELINA (A. M. de). Nos Peintres Dessinés par Eux- ? memes. Notes Humoristiques et Esquisses Biographiques. Numerous portraits of great modern artists, sketched by them- selves, 8VO, paper, uncut, Paris, 1883 70 31 BERGERAT (Emile). Tueopnire Gautier, Peintre- ' Etude, suivie du Catalogue de son (Euvre peint dessiné et gravé. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1877 LIMITED EDITION of 10 copies on China paper and 100 on “ papier vergé,” of which the above is one of the last named of this interesting volume on Theo- phile Gautier. 32 Bernatz und Scuupert. Bilder aus dem Heiligen Lande, mit erlauterndem Texte. Lngraved title and numerous plates on INDIA PAPER after the original pictures of BER- NATZ, Oblong 4to, 1 vol. (complete and in 4 parts), sewed. Stuttgart, 1839 33 BERND (C.S. T.). Die Allgemeine Wappenwissenschaft. Engraved heraldic plates. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. (2 copies.) Bonn, 1849 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE ILLUSTRATED BEURNON- VILLE CATALOGUE. 34 BEURNONVILLE.—CaTaLocuE pes TaBLEAUX ANCIENS DE TOUS LES ECOLEs composant la Trés Importante Col- lection de M. LE Baron DE BEURNONVILLE. J/ustrated with full-page engravings and etchings after works of the most celebrated masters, SOME EROTIC. Thick large 4to, cloth, totally uncut. Paris, 1881 LARGE PAPER and LIMITED EDITION. Handsomely printed on heavy toned paper, and with beautiful impressions of the plates. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 0) 35 BIBLISCHE GESCHICHTE Erzahlt nach den Worten h der Schrift. With numerous illustrations on wood after ' Scunorr, DietHEe, Ester, RITTER, GROSSE, JAEGER, NiEPER and SEItz—also rubricated title and capitals—and red line borders. Large 4to, paper, uncut. Leipzig, x. da. MAGNIFICENT LARGE PAPER COPY OF BIDA’S GOSPELS BOUND BY DAVID—PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS. 36 BIDA.—LES SAINTS EVANGILES. Traduction de / Lf b- BossvEt, tirée des CEuvres de Bossuet, par M. Le Watton, Membre de l'Institut. Jagnificent plates, wood engravings, etc. 2 vols, square large folio, superbly bound by DAVID and in fresh red crushed levant morocco, extra gilt, rounded corners, inside gold borders, edges gilt on marble, and in drop leather lined cases. Paris, 1873 LARGE PAPER PROOFS BEFORE ALL LETTERS. No. 69 of limited edition. These splendid volumes can be counted among the grandest works ever issued by the French press. The plates were designed by Bida, and engraved under the direction of Ed. Hédouin by Henriette Browne, Bida, Bodmer, Bracque- mond, Chaplin, Deblois, Flameng, Gaucherel, Gilbert, Girardet, Haussoulier, Hédouin, Massard, Mouilleron, Nanteuil and Veyrassat. The ornaments in the text —titles, chapter heads, initial letters, head and tail pieces—were designed by Ch. Rossigneux and engraved on steel by Gaucherel. The “‘ caractéres typographiques” were specially engraved by F. Viel-Castel after the designs of Ch. Rossigneux. The etchings were printed by Salmon and the text with red borders and occasional rubrications by Claye. The paper was specially manu- factured for the work by C. and J. Honig-Breet at Zaandyle, Holland. Alexander Bida, the celebrated French artist, according to Clement and Hut- ton’s ‘‘ Artists of the Nineteenth Century,” was—‘‘ born at Toulouse, 1813. Officer of the Legion of Honor and the Order of Leopold. Pupil of Delacroix. Water-color artist and designer. Has visited the East. The following pencil- drawings are at the Luxembourg: ‘ Refectory of Greek Monks’ (1857); ‘ Evening Callin the Crimea’ (1857); ‘The Field of Boaz, Bethlehem’ (1861); ‘ Massacre of Mamelukes’ (1861); and ‘ Prayer ina Mosque.’ Bida has sometimes painted portraits. His exquisite designs for the Gospels are well known by their exhibi- tion in 1867 and at other times since then. ‘This artist has made many designs for ‘Le Tour du Monde.’ At the Walters Gallery, Baltimore, ‘are three pic- tures by Bida,—‘ The Prayer upon the House-Top,’ ‘Moses on a Mountain, resting on a Rock,’ and a representation of the custom in some Eastern country where annually the people prostrate themselves for a horse and rider to pass over their bodies. This artist represents with wonderful power the life and scenery of Oriental countries, and his scriptural scenes are not surpassed in force and directness by any other painters of like motives.” P. G. Hamerton, writing in ‘‘ Etching and Etchers” of utility in etching as a mode of illustrating fine books, says:—‘‘ The most noteworthy instance of this is its employment by M. Hachette for his unprecedented edition of the ‘ Four Gospels,’ illustrated by Bida with one hundred and twenty-eight pictorial compositions, which were etched by Bida himself, and fifteen other etchers. The enormous sum of money lavished on the production of this work would never have been risked twenty years ago on an enterprise which depended upon etch- ing for itssuccess. At that time a publisher determined to invest fifty thousand pounds in a monumental enterprise would have selected line engraving as a matter of course, and the intensity of the general prejudice against etching, both in the trade and out of it, would have prevented him from even taking’ it THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. into consideration as an admissible kind of art. Times are changed, however. The fame and splendor of this great publication, of which a hundred and forty proof copies on Dutch paper were sold at £85 apiece, whilst £425 was the price of an ordinary one, ought not entirely to eclipse many minor publications, which have been illustrated with a few plates.” 2 oe 37 BIDA.—L’Hisrorre DE Josepu traduite de la Sainte Bible par LEMAISTRE DE Sacy. With beautifully executed plates after the magnificent designs of BIDA, also other illustrations in the text and every page surrounded by red-line borders. Square large folio (loose). Paris, Hachette, 1878 Splendid edition, on vellum paper. Lys 0 38 BIGOT (Charles). RApHAEL and the Villa Farnesina. ‘ Translated from the French by Mary Heatry. With 15 engravings of RAPHAEL'S masterpieces by TIBURCE DE Mare, . 4to, fresh paper, uncut. London, 1884 This edition was limited to 150 copies, all numbered and signed, of which the above is No. 4. [‘‘ THE BooKBINDER,” A SIXTEENTH CENTURY CUT BY JosT AMMAN, ] Bindings of interest and Value. SPLENDIDLY BOUND COPY OF “THE ART OF BOOK- BINDING”—LIMITED EDITION OF ONE AND EXTRA ILLUSTATED. /00. 39 PENE DU BOIS (Henry pr, U. S. Editor of Le Livre), HISTORICAL ESSAY on tHE ART or BOOKBIND- ING, 4to,superbly bound by BRApsTREET, in crushed blue BL, 2 | 9- THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. levant morocco, doublé with crushed red levant morocco ends, pointillé lace-work borders tooled in gilt, with the corners mosaiced in blue morocco gilt, also white silk ends, tooled gilt borders, leather joints, top edge gilt, others uncut, with the covers bound in. N. Y., Bradstreet Press, 1883 UNIQUE AND AUTHOR’S OWN COPY OF LIMITED EDITION ON THIN JAPAN PAPER OF ONE COPY. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with engravings mostly on INDIA and mounted on THICK JAPAN PAPER. Among these are—*‘ Chiffonier Discovering Rats Eating a Book”; ‘‘ Incasing a book”; fine portraits of Napoleon by Racinet, of President De Thou, of Amyot by Scriven after Laguiche; of Charlemagne, and of Charles V.; Lalauze’s title to ‘‘ Caprices d’un Bibliophile.” The volume is arranged in the following order—Preface, sibliopegia, the Catenati, of Morocco Leather Binding, Grolierii et Amicorum, Jacques Auguste de Thou, of Bookbinders and Bibliography. ‘Mr. Du Bois seems to have explored the dark ages, by the aid of a pretty clear light from intelligent sources, and succeeded in gathering much information about@elebrated books of great value, in elaborate and jeweled bindings,” etc. The Paper World. ROBERT HOE’S WORK ON BOOKBINDING—THE GROLIER CLUB LIMITED EDITION. 40 HOE (Robert). A Lecture on Bookbinding as a Fine Art, delivered before the GROLIER CLuB, February 26, 1885. With 63 plates, page reproductions of bindings. 4to, half cloth, top edge gilt, others rough. N. Y., published by the Grolier Club, 1886 LIMITED EDITION. ‘‘ The Publication Committee of the Grolier Club certify that this is one of two hundred copies of a special edition of ‘ Bookbinding as a Fine Art,’ printed in the form of demy quarto on Holland paper, in the month of November, 1886.”—Printed note on end paper preceding half-title. HENRY THE FOURTH’S COPY OF DE THOU—A PRESEN- TATION VOLUME AND PROBABLY BOUND BY CLOVIS EVE. 41 Binving.— | IAC. AVGVSTII | THVANII | Histor- IARVM | svi Temporis|. Wath large printer's mark of the ESTIENNES on the title. Thick folio. Original royal binding of vellum gilt, edges gilt, with outer cover of vellum, with flaps, also drop case. | Parisiis, | apud Viduam M. amerti Patissonit typographi Regi. | Ln officina Roberti Stephant. | M.DCIIII. | [1604] MAGNIFICENTLY BOUND COPY or PRESIDENT pE THOU’S ‘* History of his Own Time,” and belonging to KING HENRY THE FOURTH of France and Navarre, to whom it is dedicated. The reliure is doubtless that of Clovis Eve. It is of vellum and each of the four corners of both sides has the royal crown and the letter ‘‘ H,” below which is “ LIII.” The back has no bands and is alternately tooled with a royal crown above the letter ‘‘ H,” and a regal crown above a ‘‘ fleur-de-lys.”” On each 14 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. side is stamped in gold an heraldic achievement, five and a half inches tall—at the top of which is a large royal crown from which proceed in circular shape a. collar of ‘‘SS.” and the collar of the ‘‘Saint Esprit,” and depending therefrom the Cross with dove in the centre, or badge of the order. The middle is taken up with three distant cognizances, each surmountcd with a regal crown —a shield charged with the royal lilies of France to the dexter—a shield bear- ing the arms of Navarre ‘‘ de geules, 4 une chaine d’or (a vara), pos¢ée selon toutes les partitions c’est-d-dire en double arle, en Sautoir, et en écartele,” to the sinister—and below two sprays of laurel, in the centre of which is the letter ce LS Bad The relationship of Henry the Fourth, the owner of this volume; De Thou, the author of it, by whom it was presented to the King; and Clovis Eve, the relieur who probably bound it, is told in the following extracts from Cundall’s ‘‘ Book- bindings Ancient and Modern,” pp. 67-68 and 72-73:— ‘ The most celebrated amateur and patron of bookbinding, at the end of the sixteenth century, was Jacques Auguste De Thou (better known to bibliographers by his Latinized name, 7Auwanus). He was President of the Parliament of Paris under Henry IV. and distinguished asa great historian. He was also an intimate friend of Grolier. It was his son who was executed by Richelieu with Cinq Mars at Lyons in 1642. Pére Jacob in his ‘ Traité des plus belles Biblio- theques,’ speaks of the large number of books possessed by the Presidenty all of which are bound in morocco or gilded calf skin, which is another extravagance in this Parnassus of the Muses. “In a letter to M. Pauline, Paris, M. Jerome Pichon gives precise details as to the bindings of these books. From him we learn how many kinds of bind- ings Auguste de Thou had adopted; red, green and lemon morocco—the last more especially for books relating to the exact sciences—fawn-colored calf with gold lines—a solid and rich style of binding afterwards adopted by the President de Longueil, and also by Du Fay—and lastly WHITE VELLUM. In this last class of bindings De Thou imitated the style of the Elzevirs, with the difference that he had his arms stamped upon them, and had them embellished with gold lines in spite of the difficulty of work upon vellum. The edges of these books were gilt ‘‘In 1593, in the reign of Henry IV., De Thou was appointed keeper of the Royal Library in place of D’Amyot. He then employed Clovis Eve, whose shop was at Mont St. Hilaire, close to the Royal Library, to bind the King’s books, and in all probability availed himself of his services for his own library. This Clovis Eve was both a bookseller and a bookbinder, which, as we have already seen, was a necessary combination. ‘Some even,’ as we read in the Guide des Corps Marchands, in the chapter upon bookbinders and gilders, ‘ some even possessed a printing-office.’ These were the privileged few, who in Paris possessed the same right of uniting all the industries of a book as Aldus did in Venice. Those who confined themselves solely to the industry of bookbinding were usually in the employ of some rich amateur, and formed part of his house- hold, like those employed by Grolier. We know that Malherbe, by the recom- mendation of his bookbinder, Provence, sent a youth to Pieresc, who was a great lover of well-bound books. Clovis Eve is little known as a bookseller, prob- ably because the exigencies of his duty as the King’s bookbinder occupied him completely. In 1605 he was still in office, but five years later his son Nicholas had succeeded him. He, in his turn was succeeded by his son Clovis, who was King’s bookbinder up to 1631. We also hear of Louis Le Duc as binder to Henry IV. in 1598. ‘* The Eves were almost the only binders who succeeded in making two sides of a book and its back the three parts of one congruous whole. The backs are WITHOUT BANDS and the square lettering is in pleasing contrast to the flowing beauty of the ornament. To Clovis Eve are probably due the beautiful volumes in green morocco, with the fleur-de-luce bearing the royal arms of Louis XIII. Many of them, following the fashion of using Greek letters, have a lambda ‘A’ at each corner; on those bound for Henry IV. occurs sometimes the letter THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 15 H, with or without the number IIII. following it. A few had the inscription ‘ Henrici IIII., patris patrize virtutum restitutoris.’”’ This volume is noticeable outside of its binding and historical associations as a magnificent example of typography. It is in splendid condition, with margins between three and four inches in width, and isa grand specimen of one of the best Parisian presses, it having been printed by a member of the Stephanus or Estienne family. From Bigmore and Wyman’s ‘‘ Bibliography of Printing ” we learn that Henry Estienne, the first printer of that name, wasa man of noble birth, but little is known of his early history. He alienated himself from his family and abandoned his title, preferring to win distinction in promoting the then comparatively new Art of Printing, and thus throwing open the sources of learning to students generally. Hehad threesons—Francis, Robert and Charles —all printers of distinction, The youngest son, a printer of Paris, was even a finer scholar than his brothers. During his youth he traveled much throughout Europe. increasing the vast stores of his learning upon scientific and artistic subjects. On his return to Paris he became a physician, About the time (1550) his brother Robert fled to Geneva, Charles, impelled by his inherited tastes, abandoned the profession he was adorning, and established himself as a printer. He produced a very large number of books, which appeared with extra- ordinary rapidity. His great merit won him the title of ‘* King’s Printer,” which was never granted to Henry. He remained ‘‘ Rex typographus ” from 1551 to 1561. He also wrote a number of works upon scientific subjects, and others on grammar and criticism. He died in affluent circumstances. For nearly two hundred years some member of his family was carrying on the art typographic in France and Switzerland with the greatest distinction. The above was exe- cuted by Robert Estienne, one of the most celebrated of the Parisian typothetz. The dedication reads—‘‘ Christianissimo Franc. et Navar. Regi Henrico IIII.”’ and the above, as stated, was the presentation copy of its famous biblio- philistic author to the Monarch who Macaulay has made the hero of his ‘‘ Battle of Ivry ’— ‘Oh! was there ever such a knight, in friendship or in war, As our sovereign lord, King Henry, the soldier of Navarré.” After various mutations it came into the possession of John, Baron Carteret of Hawnes—whose heraldic book-plate adorns one of its end papers—and thence to New York, where it now shines as one of the brightest gems of the Pene du Bois Collection. KING LOUIS THE THIRTEENTH’S COPY OF THE “PRIN- CIPAL POINTS OF THE FAITH,” AND PRESENTATION COPY OF THE AUTHOR, CARDINAL RICHELIEU. 37 42 Binding.—RICHELIEU. Les Principavx PoINcTs DE f LA Foy CATHOLIQVE DEFENDVS CONTRE LESCRIT AD- DRESSE AV Roy PAR LES MINISTRES DE CHARENTON PAR MONSEIGNEVR L’EMINENTISSIME CARDINAL DVC DE RICHELIEV. Fine engraved title by MELLAN, fine her- aldic head-pieces, engraved initials, etc. Large 4to, hand- somely bound in red morocco, extra gilt, broad gold bor- ders, coat-of-arms on the sides, gold dentelle borders, gilt edges. Paris, de /’Imprimerte Royale dv Lovre, 1642 VERY RARE anda GRAND copy of RICHELIEU’s defence of the Catholic Faith, with broad margins, and dedicated to King Louis the Thirteenth, whose copy it was, and to whom it was presented by the great Cardinal. It afterwards came into the ‘‘ Bibliotheca Lamoniana” and still later into that of ‘‘ John Townley, Esq.” It has both the book-plates of those collections. On page 16 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. three, it is stamped with the royal library mark, and on the back and title is the shelf number, ‘‘ D 49.” The volume is a regal example of binding. The tooling on the back is ‘‘a crown above a fleur de lys,’’ repeated several times. In the centre of the cover are the arms of Louis the Thirteenth, surrounded by the grand collars and crosses of the Ordets of Saint Esprit and of Saint Louis—these are surmounted by a crown—and the whole is encircled by a wreath. The. broad wide gold borders are composed principally of fleurs-de-lys. KING LOUIS PHILIPPE’S COPY OF BAILLY. 43 Bindinwg.—BAILLY (M. A.). Exposé de l’Administration Générale et Locale des Finances du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d’Irlande. 2 vols. 8vo, red crinkled morocco extra, inside tooled borders, leather joints, gilt edges. Paris, /irmin Didot, 1837 VERY SCARCE. King Louis Philippe’s copy and stamped on both the back and sides of both volumes with crown and monogram ‘“‘L. P. O.” The false titles are stamped with ducal coronet, monogram and—‘‘ Bibliotheque de S. A. R. Mgr. Le Duc D’Orleans.”’ KING LOUIS PHILIPPE—A VOLUME WITH HIS ARMS. 44 Binding.—BONNELLIER (Hippolyte), Guy Eder— Tome Troisitme. Red morocco extra. Paris, 1830 Formerly the property of King Louis Philippe and stamped on the sides with his coat of-arms (‘‘ the lilies of France with Orleans label’’), crown, the grand collars and insignias of various orders, standards, etc. Stamped on the title—‘* Bibliotheque du Roi, Palais Royal.” THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON THE THIRD’S COPY OF AN OPERA OF BELLINI. 45 Binding.—BELLINI et ROMANI. Les Capulets et Les Montaigus, Tragédie Lyrique, Paroles de FrLix Romanl, Musique de VINCENT BELLINI. Small 8vo, green watered silk, gilt inside dentelle borders, edges gilt. aris, 1849 This volume, the libretto of Bellini’s opera based upon ‘‘ Romeo and Juliet,” came from the Library of the Emperor Napoleon the Third. It is bound in green watered silk, and is profusely gilt. The borders are principally composed of pansies. On the front cover is an imperial crown above the letter ‘‘N,”’ and the back is decorated with the Napoleonic crown and eagle. MADAME DE POMPADOUR’S COPY OF THE ‘HISTORY OF CHARLES THE FIFTH,” WITH HER COAT ARMOR STAMPED ON THE SIDES. 46 Binding.—VERA er FIGUEROA (Don Jean Antoine de, Comte de la Rocca, etc.). Histoire de ?EMPEREUR CHARLES V.,, traduite d’Espagnol en Francois par le SIEUR DU PERRON LE Hayer, etc. 1 vol.in 2. Minimo, mot- tled calf gilt, red edges. Brussels, /rancots Foppens, 1663 RARE, evidently from the press of the Elzevirs, as their well-known cut of the buffalo’s head appears over the dedication. For the purpose of making this minimo into two volumes a second title was carefully added in MS. to what is THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 17 changed into Vol. 2, and the last two lines of page 159 have been also written in at the end of Vol. I. The coat armor of Madame de Pompadour is stamped in gold on both sides of both volumes. ‘The bearings are ‘‘ three towers, two and one,” the shield is surmounted by a coronet and rests upon a mantle lined with ermine, the exterior of which is decorated with ‘‘towers.” The stamp on these volumes is a varia- tion of that reproduced in Bauchart’s ‘‘ Les Femmes Bibliophiles,” who says that the Marquise gathered a library together at great cost. After her death a catalogue was made of her books by the Parisian bookseller Jean Th. Herissant, from the cards furnished by her librarian, the Abbé de la Garde. Most of her books, like the above, were bound by Dérome le Jeune. PRINCE DEMIDOFF’S COPY OF AN EXCESSIVELY RARE PIECE OF NAPOLEONIANA—WITH THE ARMS OF THE KING OF ROME. G50 47 Binving.—BUTTURA (Antonio). Nascenpo iL Primo Fictio A NAPOLEONE IL GRANDE ode, recata in un’ Ode Francese da GIANBATTISTA CHAUSSARD. Small 8vo, red crinkled morocco gilt, stamped on the sides in gold with large heraldic achievement, gold dentelle borders, blue watered silk ends, gilt edges. [Paris], 1811 MOST RARE and limited edition, printed without place of publication or printer's name. It is the original text of Buttura, and French translation by Chaussard on opposite pages of the ode of the former on the birth of the King of Rome, son of the great Napoleon and Maria Louisa. It is stamped on the sides with the arms of Napoleon’s heir and exhibits the heraldry of Rome, France, Milan, Lombardy, Venice and Savoy. On an end paper is the stamp—‘* Bibliotheque de San Donato,” showing it came from the Library of Prince Demidoff, a relative of the Bonapartes. THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH’S COPY OF A SEVEN- TEENTH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT. 050 48 Binving.—Le NOUVEAU TESTAMENT de Nostre 50 Seigneur Jesus Curist, Traduit en Francois, selon |’Edi- tion Vulgate, avec les Differences du Grec. Engraved title by VAN SCHUPPEN after DE CHAMPAGNE. Small 8vo, crushed sage morocco gilt, edges gilt on marble. Mons, Gaspard Migeot, 1667 RARE, and every page is carefully ruled with red ink. On the sides are stamped in gold a coronet, coat-of-arms and supporters. The style of the tool- ing on back is that of Dérome—a bunch of flowers springing from a vase being the most frequent tool used. On an end paper isa label bearing the arms of the Duke of Marlborough and below the inscription—’‘ from the Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace. Purchased, March, 1883, by Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly, London.” GERMAN BINDING, WITH SILVER ALTO-RELIEVO ORNAMENTS. 49 33(nVit1g.—ANDACHTSBUCH FUR GEBILDETE KATHOLIKEN. Engraved front., vignette title and plates. Small 8vo, red mor., extra gilt, edges gilt, silver clasps, Bamberg, 1798 RarE. Very fine example of German binding of the last century, with large silver clasp on which are depicted fruits in alto-relievo, also large attach- 18 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. ments to the clasp, measuring four inches by three and three-eighths and repre- Senting on one side ‘‘ The Fall of Manna in the Wilderness,”’ and on the other— “ The Spies returning from the Promised Land with Grapes.” Above these two subjects are the heads of cherubs EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GERMAN BINDING, WITH SILVER CHAIN, ETC. 5° Binding.—CuristeryK Onperwys en Gebeden Getrok- ken. vont. Small 8vo, bound in shagreen, with silver corners, two clasps, etc., gilt edges tooled. Venlo, [1775] RarE. This curious specimen of eighteenth century binding has two clasps, which with the attachments are floriated and with birds thereon. The eight corners are similarly ornamented, also the two attachments, to which is joined a long link chain, to enable the owner to allow it to swing from the arm. 51 Bindving.—Naxareni (Wilhelm, 2. P. S. /.). Himmlisch Palm-Gartlein. Drey und zwanzigster druck. Plates and Jront. Minimo, black morocco gilt, clasps, edges gilt. Cologne, 1778 Rare. Curious eighteenth century binding with metal rims, clasps and twelve bosses on each side. HAND-PAINTED GERMAN BINDINGS OF THE LAST CENTURY. 52 Binding.—REGENSBURGISCHES LIEDER. Manual mit Alten und Neuen Evangelischen Psalmen und Lobge- sangen vermehret nibst einer bequemen Lieder Concor- danz, Minimo, painted vellum gilt, edges gilt and paneled. n. p., H. G. Zunkel, 1742 UNIQUE EXAMPLE of eighteenth century hand-painted binding. The body of this reliure is white vellum. On the back, painted by hand, are groups of flowers. On the foreside is represented, also painted by hand, Mary Magdalene at the foot of the cross upon which is the dying Saviour, and on the back of the cover is King David seated with the harp on his knees. The borders of both sides are stamped in gold. The edges are gilt, upon which are roses painted by hand. 53 Binding.—LUTKENRAM (J.). Der Vorschmack Gott- licher Gute durch Ottes Knade. Portrait of author and plate. 12mo, painted vellum, gilt edges. Braunschweig, 1712 UNIQUE SPECIMEN of ornamental vellum binding painted by hand. The back and sides are original paintings of tulips. The borders are also painted in various colors by hand and finished by gold tooling, giving a most admirable result in illuminational effect. ARTISTIC PAPIER MACHE AND ENGRAVED BINDING. 54 Binving.—SALM (Madame la Comtesse de). Poésies. Small 8vo, half morocco gilt, papier maché sides, gilt edges. Paris, /. Didot, 1811 Rare. This very curious binding was executed by F. Levervre. The back is half red morocco gilt, with tooling of Cupid, roses, etc. The ends are green $25 2, J ioe Scarce. Handsomely bound, with the Imperial eagle and grand cross of the Legion of Honor on the back, and the letter ‘‘D” between a chaplet and two branches. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 19 watered silk. The sides are papier maché lacquered. Before the lacquer work was put on the borders were tooled and emblematic designs were engraved thereon and gilded. That on the front side represents two Cupids—one is happily flying; the other is dejectedly seated, on a rock, beside a bush, his quiver and arrows on the ground. The artist who thus employed the burin has signed the design and in the left corner—‘‘Callier, née Foxon.” The engraving on the back-side is of a grape vine, on three of the leaves of which has been engraved the words—‘‘ J’aime jusqu’a l’ivresse,” which may be trans- lated—‘‘ I love almost to madness.” RARE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDING STAMPED WITH THE ROYAL ARMS OF FRANCE. 55 Binving.—LOUIS XVI—SACRE rer COURONNE- MENT pe LOUIS XVI. Roi de France et de Navarre a Rheims le II. Juin 1775, Précédé de Recherches sur le Sacre des Rois de France depuis CLovis jusqu’a Louis XV., et suivi d’un Journal Historique de ce qui c’est passé a cette Auguste Cérémonie. uriched with a very large number of plates, head and tail-pieces, etc., engraved by LE SteuR Patas—also folding map. ‘Thick 8vo, handsomely bound in fine old original Spanish calf gilt, edges gilt on red. Paris, 1775 VERY RARE and with handsome binding, on the back and corners of which are fleurs-de-lys and stamped on the sides with the royal arms of France, crown, collar of the ‘‘ Saint Esprit,” etc. 56 Binding.—_ALMANACH ROYALE Année Bissextile, MDCCLXXXVIII. Thick small 8vo, fine old red crushed morocco gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt. Paris, 1788 RARE. A good example of late eighteenth century French binding. It is tooled in the style of Dusseuil. On the sides are stamped in gold the monogram ‘* H. D.,” between the fleurons, immediately above the tower being a serpent. A sans culotte has been at work on the label at the back. He has erased the word ‘‘ Royal” thereon, also on the title with ink the words—‘‘ Royal,” ‘‘a sa Majeste,” ‘‘Monseigneur le Duc d’Orleans” and ‘‘ Roi, and crown on the title vignette. 57 Binding.—_ALMANACH ROYAL Annee Commune , "also the royal arms MDCCXCI. présenté a Sa MajesTE pour la premiere fois en 1699, par LAURENT D’Houry, editeur. Thick small 8vo, fine old stamped red morocco extra gilt, fan- farre pattern, blue raw silk ends, gilt edges. Paris, Za veuve a’ Houry, 1791 Fine eighteenth century example of stamped binding. inving.—ALMANACH IMPERIAL pour I’an M.DCCC.VI. Thick small 8vo, red crinkled morocco gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt. Paris, Zestu, 1806 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 59 Binvding.—ALMANACH ROYAL. pour I’an MDCCC- XVIII. Thick small 8vo, green crinkled morocco gilt, inside gold tooled borders, edges gilt. Paris, Zestu, 1818 VeRY Scarce. The back is tooled with fleurs-de-lys, and on the sides are stamped the royal arms and crown of France, etc. 60 Binding.—NOTICE pes Tasreaux Exposés dans la Galerie du Musée Royal. Small 8vo, red crinkled mo- rocco gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt. Paris, 1816 Stamped on the sides in gold, with the crown and royal arms of France, with the grand collar and cross of the Order of Saint Esprit. The tooling on the back and the dentelle borders are composed almost entirely of fleurs-de-lys. 61 Binding.—Lectiones THEo.Locic~# de Sacramento Ordinis et de SS. Trinitate. 2 vols. small 8vo, fine old red mo- rocco gilt, edges gilt. Rouen, 1781-82 These charming examples of Dérome'’s reliure are dedicated to Cardinal La Rochefoucauld and have his coat armor above the dedications. 62 Binding.—La Constitution FRANCAISE, decrétie par l’Assemblee Nationale Constituante, aux Années 17809, | 1790 et 1791. Colored maps. Minimo, morocco gilt, edges gilt on red. Paris, 1791 A good example of the typography of ‘‘ Didot jeune,” in an eighteenth century red morocco reliure. LIMITED EDITION OF TWO COPIES OF A CURIOUS WORK. 63 Binvding.—Recvei, DE QueELQuES Pré&ces Curieuses sur l’Origine des Etrennes et Diverses Particularités de cette Coutume chez les Francais. 8vo, red crinkled morocco, watered silk ends gilt tooled, leather joints, totally uncut, 8vo. Paris, Dentu, n. d. Almost unique, being No. 2 of a limited edition of two copies. FRENCH PATRIOTIC RELIURE—ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE TRICOLOR. 64 Binvintg.— CLARETIE (Jules). Le Drapeau—Edition Illus- trée. With page engravings by A. DE NEUVILLE, en- gravings on wood after the designs of EDMOND Morin, and an etched portrait of the author by A. GILBERT, with colored borders in red, white and blue. 4to, citron crushed levant morocco gilt, inlaid with colored leathers, blue and red silk ends, with vellum joints, gilt edges. Paris, 1879 LIMITED EDITION printed on vellum paper by Quantin. This work on the ‘‘ French Flag” is what may be called patriotically bound by BoOuLINEAU, of Paris, The back is inlaid with red, white and blue leathers on the citron morocco, The front side is paneled gilt—at the four corners are small squares of inlaid red, white and blue—and the centre is similarly inlaid with the tricolor, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION, 21 3” 65 Binding.—PLINIJ SECVNDI Historie Mvndi Libri XXXVII. ed. Iacosvs DALECAMPIVS, variis Qvoqve Sicism. GELENII, FREDENANDI PINTIANI et aliorum Lectionibus. Vignette on title, which ts rubricated. ‘Thick folio, fine stamped old pigskin, on wooden boards, two brass clasps (MS. name of former owner on title). [Geneva,] Svmptibvs Tacobi Crispini, 1631 RARE. Dibdin says this is—‘‘ A work beyond all praise; but in no subse- quent edition has its merits been sufficiently appreciated.” James Crespin was a descendant of John Crespin. who left France for Geneva at the beginning of the sixteenth century, on account of religious difficulties. After having been a lawyer he became a printer. £6 66 Binving.—CHRISTIADOS LIBELLUS Denno Recog- f nitus et locupletus ab autore IoacniMo A BEust. Wumer- ous very curtous woodcuts. 12mo, vellum. Wittenberg, 1616 RARE. Bound in vellum and a portion of ancient manuscript with red and black script. The text of the volume is polyglot—Latin, Greek, Hebrew and German. {@- BINDING. The above are a few bindings of interest, but those exe- cuted by the great relieurs will be found under the names of those authors, etc., whose works they beautify. K 25 > 67 BLANC (Charles, Alember of the Institute). Grammaire des Arts du Dessin—Architecture, Sculpture, Peinture, Jar- dins, Gravures en Pierres Fines, Gravure en Médailles, Gravure en Taille-Douce, Eau Forte, Maniére Noire, Aquatinte, Gravure en Bois, Camaien, Gravure en Couleurs, Lithographie. Pvrofusely illustrated with wood engravings, many full-page. 4to, half calf gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, Aenouard, 1870 Handsomely printed by J. Claye. / Ff 68 BOLOGNE (Jean). La Vie et ’?CEuvre de, par ABEL Des- f JARDINS d’aprés les Manuscrits Inédits recuellis par M. FOUCQUES DE VAGNOUVILLE. Profusely illustrated with numerous full-page plates and other tllustrations in the text. Folio, fresh cloth, edges uncut, Paris, Quantin, 1883 The celebrated sculptor Jean de Bologne was born 1524 and died 1605. His style was founded on that of Michael Angelo. His best-known work is the equestrian statue of Henri IV. on the Pont Neuf at Paris. 4/0 69 BONNAFFE (Edmond.) Les collectioneurs de l’Ancienne f France, Notes d’un Amateur. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1873 LIMITED EDITION of 6 copies on parchment and 600 on papier verge, of which the above is one of the last named. P <* go [BON NAFFE.] Les Collectioneurs de l’Ancienne Rome. ’ Rubricated title, with border. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1867 No. 13 of a limited issue of 45 copies on ‘‘ papier velin,” with wide margins. 5 cop pap , £ A THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 7% BOSC (Ernest, Architect), Dictionnaire de 1’Art, de la Curi- osité et du Bibelot. Profusely illustrated with wood engrav- ings, many full-page, also many plates illuminated in metals and colors. Thick large 8vo, fresh three-quarters levant morocco, gilt top edge, others uncut. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1883 A most valuable dictionary of art, archeology, antiques, curios, jewelry, books, etc., and most articles of bijouterie and vertu. 72 BOUCHER (Frangois). 33 plates designed by BOUCHER 40 tllustrate the works of MOLIERE, reduced and etched by T. DE Mart—also three portraits, two vignettes and vignette title. Large 4to, in portfolio. Paris, Lefilleul, 1881 No. 221 of LIMITED EDITION of: 600 copies, of which 60 are on Japan paper like the above, which is also “a copy with artist’s signed proofs as well as on Japan paper. 73 Bouton (V. M., Engraver). Traité Elementaire et Pratique pour Appendre a Graver sans Maitre. Small 8vo, cloth. Paris, n. d. LIMITED EDITION, all copies signed by the author like the above. With engraved title fac-simile of Grolier binding, cuts, fancy initials, etc. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY OF BRYAN’S PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS—AND EXTENDED FROM TWO VOLUMES TO FOURTEEN. Ly6Lh"4 BRYAN (Michael). A BIOGRAPHICAL anp CRITI- 16, CAL DICTIONARY or PAINTERS ann ENGRAV- ERS, from the Revival of the Art under CIMABUE, and the alleged Discovery of Engraving by FINIGUERRA to the Present Time ; with the Ciphers, Monograms and Marks used by each Engraver; and an ample list of their works. Together with two Indexes, Alphabetical and Chronologi- cal: to which is prefixed an Introduction containing a brief account of the Painters of Antiquity. ine original impression of the portrait of BRYAN. 2 vols. extended to 14 by the insertion of nearly 800 prints—portratts of the Artists and specimens of their Works, many of which are rare and valuable, with a set of 14 extra title-pages, especially printed for this copy. ‘Thick 4to, half russia extra, uncut. London, 1821 UNIQUE anp SPLENDIDLY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WORK. This copy of Bryan’s great book contains a collection of prints that, at this day, it would be difficult to duplicate. It comprises portraits of nearly all the most distinguished artists of the past, with engravings and etchings after their works, also original etchings by the artists themselves. This is the only edition of Bryan that can be illustrated with any degree of perfection, it being of quarto size and the type large andclear. Well illustrated as this copy is, it can be further embellished by the addition of other engravings without rebinding, as it is interleaved with old-fashioned hand-made paper for THE PENE. DU BOIS COLLECTION. 23 that purpose. The following is an analysis of the portraits and subjects in the different volumes : Vol. 1.—Portraits of Van Achen, Aikman, Albani, Albertinelli, Aldegrever (2, one very fine and rare), Correggio (2), Allori (2), Altdorfer, M. Angelo (2), Colonna, Cerquozzi, Sofonisba Angosciola, Artois (2), Asselyn, Backer, Bagli- oni, Bagnacavallo, Baillu, Baker, Baldovinetti, Van Balen, etc. Specimens or subjects engraved or painted by Abati, Correggio; Appleman (a Landscape proof before letter) Cecchi, Freeman, Kilian, Rossi, Battaglia, Zentner, de lode, Mays- sens, Van Asch, Balley, Backhuysen, Hollar, Bannerman, etc. Vol. 2.—Portraits of Barry, Bauer, Mrs. Beale and her son Charles, Becca- fumi, Beham, Della Bella (2, one engraved by Hollar), Bellini, Berghem, De Bie (2), Bloemaert (2), Le Blon, Boccaccino, Bonvicino, Vander Borcht, Bordoni, Boscoli, Bosschaert, Both (2), Botticelli, etc. Specimens or subjects engraved by Romney, Chambers, Mary Beale, Bega, Della Bella (2 original etchings), Beich, Van Bemmell, Rembrandt, Schiavonetti, Berghem, Vostermanns, Blank- hof, Bloemaert, Evedi, Betti, Richeton, Bonvicino, W. Hollar, Bordone, Collin, Corner, etc. Vol. 3.—Portraits of Boucher, Bramer, Brueghel (3), Brongino, Bronkhorst, Brower (2), Le Brun, Burgkmair, Buffaimacco, Bugiardini, Cagliari, Calcar, Callot (3), Cambiasco, Campi, Annibale Caracci, Agostino Caracci, Lodovico Caracci, Caravaggio (2), Cigoli, Carloni, Carpaccio, Carpi, Castagno, Castelli, Carallini, etc. Specimens or subjects engraved cr painted by Cochin, Cars, Vander Does, Breenberg, Vandyck, Brill, Brongino, Jenkins, Bronkhorst, Larg- illiere, Corner, Paul Veronese, Fernell, Canaletti, Heath, Ferretti, Caracci, Nicholson, Varrall, Caravaggio, Casanova, Godefroy, Castiglione (2, original etchings), etc. Vol. 4.—Portraits of Caredone, Aepino, Cimabue, Van Cleeve, De Cleyn, Clovis, Comode, Cotes, Samuel Cooper, Coques, Corte, Cortona, Cosiers, Costa, Coypel, Cranach (2), De Crayer, Currado, Dandini, Danckert, Delmont, Deynum, Deutsch, Dow, Dicpenbeck, Vandiest, Le Piper, Dobson, Domeni- chino, etc. Specimens or Subjects engraved or painted by Cheron, Cecchi, Miller, Evedi, Cooper, Coques, Borgognone, Ferretti, Campana, Cortona, De Iode, Falconet, Menabusni, Neefs, Vandyck, Cuyp (7 examples), Dahl, Batta, Decker, Waumans, Collin, Paul Pontius, Van Diest, Bannerman, Domenichino (5 examples), Dow (5 examples), etc. Vol. 5.—Portraits of Albert Durer (3), Elsheimer (2), Empoli, Van Es, Hu- bert and John Van Eyck, Fabriano, Faithorne, Farinato, Ferrari, Le Fevre, John Hayles, Fiesole, Floris (2), Fontana, La Fage, Francesca, Franco, Fran- cois, Fatter, Farini, Gaddi, Del Garbo, Garofalo, etc. Specimens and Subjects engraved or painted by Albert Durer (2, the Death of the Virgin and St. Veronica’s handkerchief, both scarce), Frei, Ferretti, Elsheimer, Betti, Hollar, Everdingen, Ferg, Major, Ferri, Chambers, Feti, Waumans, Franchoys, Fuller, Fyt, Gainsborough (3 examples), Lightfoot, Shaw, W. R. Smith, Garbiere, Boutrois, Garofalo, Rolls, etc. Vol. 6.—Portraits of Genga, Artemesia Gentileschi, Horatio Gentileschi (2), Mascall, Gerbier, Ghirlandajo, Gibson, Mrs. Gibson, Gimignani, Giorgione, Goltzius, Granacci, Greenhill, Van Belcamp, Geldorp, Garrard, Guercino, Hannemann, Hayman, Van Heck, Daniel Van Heil, John Van Heil, Leo Van Heil, Hemskerk, Hilliard, Hodges, Van Hoeck, Hoefnagel (2), Hogarth, Holbein (4, all scarce), Hollar, Henry Hondius, Abraham Hondius, Honthorst (2), etc. Specimens and Subjects engraved or painted by Gessi, Walker, Giorgione, Corner, Goldberg, Van Goyen (2 examples), Pariset, Falconet, Van Heck, De Hiem, Van Heil, De Bourdonay, De Heusch, Van Heyden, Dance, Daniell, Hobbema (2 examples), Coques, Hogarth, Hundecooter, Hondius, Meyssens, etc. Vol. 7.—Portraits of Jamesone, Jansen, De Iode (3), Jordaens, Van Kessel, Ketel, Kilian, Klocker, Kneller, Knufer, Koeck, Laer (2), Lairesse, Lambert, Lanfranco (2), Laniere, Largilliere, Lely, Leoni, Luca, Van Leyden (2), Liber- ale, Pordenone, Ligozzi, Van Lirt, Lippo, Lippi, Lombard (2), Claude Lor- 24 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. rain (2, one engraved by J. Boydell, very fine and rare), Lotto, etc. Speci- mens and Subjects engraved or painted by Hutenberg (2), Van Huysum (2 examples), Huysman (2 examples), Jamesone, Janson, Jansen, Du Jardin, De lode, Jordaens, Kalf, Quellinus, Kierings, Knufper, De lode, Koning, Lyvyus, Vander Leeuw, Leoni Lingelback (2 examples), J. Boydell, Claude Lorrain (5 examples), Lotto, etc. Vol. 8.—Portraits of Mabuse (2), Maganza, Mannozzi, Mantegna (2), Man- zuoli, Masse, Matham, Quintin, Matsys, Parmigiano (2), Medina, Mehus, Memmi, Mercier, Merian, Messina, Vander Meulen, Meyer, Meyers, Meyssens, Miel, Mieris (mezzotint by Bathon, very fine and rare), Mignard, Mirevelt (2, one engraved by Delphius after Vandyck, very fine and scarce), Momper (engraved by Vosterman after Van Dyck, fine), Monamy, Monoyer, etc. Speci- mens and Subjects engraved or painted by Sandrart, Mariani (2 examples), Cochin, Vander Does, Medina, Mercier, Metzu (2 examples), Van der Meulen, Meyssens, Pariset, Falconet, Miel, Hibbart, Francis Mile (2 examples), Mire- velt, Pellegrino, Mola, Molenaer, Momper, Bretherton, Kneller, etc. Vol. 9.—Portraits of Perugino, Charles Moor, Antonio More, Morland, Moroni, Morto, Murray, Mytens, Naldini, Nienlant, I. Oliver, Peter Oliver, Adam Van Dort, Opie, Orley, Orcagna, Pagani, Paggi, Palma (2), Passignano, etc. Specimens and Subjects engraved or painted by F. Moucheron, I. Moucheron, Murillo, Vandyck, Betti, Vander Neer (3 examples), Zetner, Meyssens, Maria di Fiori, I. Oliver, Opie, Ridley, Ostade (3 examples), Pagani, Ceechirs, etc. Vol. 10.—Portraits of Penni (2), Peruzzi, Pesello, B. Peters, Poelemburg (2, one engraved by De Iode after Vandyck, fine), Pollajuolo, Da Ponte (Bassano), Pontormo, Porbus, Fra Bartollomeo, Salviati, Paul Potter, Poussin, Prestel, Primaticcio, Procaccini, Provenzale, Puligo, Quellinus (3), Raphael (2), Bra- mante, Francesco Fracia, Mare Antonio, Raggi, Kembrandt, Guido, Sir Joshua Reynolds (engraved by Facius atter Gilbert, open letter proof, very fine and rare), Ricci (2), Jonathan Richardson (rare), Riccio, etc. Specimens and Subjects engraved or painted by Peruzzi, Hollar, Vostermans, Lips, Del Piombo, De lode, Van Dyck, Bessano, Ferretti, Claussin, Potter (2 examples), Poussin, (7 examples), Zetner, Prestel (rare etching of himself). Sandrart, Pynacker (2 examples). Quellinus, Lauwers, Raphael, Rembrandt (3 examples), Guido, Stuart, Reynolds (2 examples), Bretherton, etc. Vol. 11.—Portraits of Ricke, Rigaud (2), Riley, Riminaldi, Roestraten, Romano, Rombouts, Roncalli, Roselli, Rosso (2), Rubens (2), Prince Rupert, Rustici, Ryckaert, Sacchi, Sadeler (4), Salini, Salimberi, Salviati, Del Sarto (3), Savery (2), Schalcken, Schiavone, Schoen, Schorel, Schurmans, Schut, Schwartz, Scorza, Segers (2), Snayers, Snyders, Soest, Sogliani, Van Son, etc. Specimens and Subjects engraved or painted by Ricke, Dance, Bannerman, Phelps, Julio Romano, Romeyn, Roos, Salvator Rosa (3 examples), Kilian, Vandyck, Rubens, Garner, Dobson, Chambers, Ruysdael (4 examples), Ryckert, Bouttats, Chapelet, Langlois, Del Sarto, Freeman, Mongin, Schagen, Schalcken, Schidoni, Vosterman, De Iode, Israel Sylvestre (2 examples), A. Stock, Corner, Sneyders, etc. Vol. 12.—Portraits of Ribera, Sprangher (2), Stalbemt, Starnina, Steenwyck (2), Stimmer, Stevens, Stone, Strada, Streater, Strozzi, Stubbs, Subtermans, Le Sueur, Sybrecht, Tempesta, Teniers, Testa, Theodore, Thielen, Tiarini, Tibaldi, Tillemans, Tintoretto (2), Titi, Titian, Trevigi, De Troy, Del Vaga, Vandyck (2), Vanloo, Vanni, Vannini, Vansomer, Vasari, Uccello, Udine, etc. Specimens and Subjects engraved or painted by Boulonois, Jan Steen, Steen- wyck, Vosterman, Stoop, Lely, Bretherton, Francin, Ferretti, Swanefeld (2 examples), Teniers (6 examples), Terburg, Bouttats, Collin, Van Thulden, Tilborgh, Hissings, Tintoretto (5 examples), Titian (3 examples), Van Tol (2 examples), Turchi, Valentin, Vandyck (4 examples), Chambers, De Vargas, Vecchia, etc. Vol. 13.—Portraits of Van Veen, Velasquez(rare), Vande Velde, Veneziano, Verhaecht, Verrio, Vignali, Leonardo da Vinci, Visscher, Volterra, De Vos, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 25 Vosterman, Vouet (2), Vroom, Waegman, Watteau, Vander Werf, Vander Weyde, White, Willaerts, Willemans, Wissing, Winstanley, De Wit, Wolge- mut (rare portrait of this early wood-engraver, master of Albert Durer, and designer and engraver of the cuts in the celebrated Nuremberg Chronicle), Worlidge, Wouters, Wouvermans, Wyck, Zeloti, etc. Specimens and Sub- jects engraved or painted-by Vander Velde (7 examples), Kneller, Van Caukercken, Vernet (2 examples), Victovis, da Vinci, Sandrart, Vivares, Vieiger, Di Volterre, Boulonois, Vandyck, De Voys (2 subjects), De Vries, Waterloo (2 subjects), Hibbart, Watteau, Bourne, Weeninx, Van Steen, Wildens, Heckenuer, Wilson, (3 examples), Collin, Wouters, Wouvermans (5 examples), Wyck, Wynants (6 examples), etc. Vol. 14.—Portraits of Zucchero (Taddeo), Frederick Zucchero, Sir H. Bacon, Sir F. Bourgeois, Flatman, Gyles, Hoppner, Ozias Humphrey (rare), Ann Killigrew, Edward Pierce, Paul Sanby, Tilson, etc. Specimens and Subjects engraved or painted by Zorg, Zucchero, Zucherelli, Bacon, Chambers, Ridley, Colloppy, Kamp, Flatman, Godefroy, Dance, Daniell, Bannerman, Falconet, Pariset, Tilson, Chambers, etc. ISO 75 BRYAN (Michael). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, , Biographical and Critical. New Edition Revised and Enlarged, edited by RopeErtT EpMuND GRAVES, B.A.; of the British Museum. Vol. 1 (A-~-K—all published). Thick large 8vo, fresh cloth, totally uncut. London, 1886 ‘* Since the appearance of the last edition of Bryan’s ‘ Dictionary of Painters and Engravers,’ which was issued in 1849, the publication of many valuable works on art and monographs on artists, some of them embodying the results of careful researches among city records, guild books and church registers, par- ticularly in Italy and in the Netherlands, has furnished many new sources from which material has been derived for the correction and enlargement of this work. Most especially is the editor indebted to the invaluable works of Messrs. Crowe & Cavalcaselle, Burckhardt, Milanesi and Morelli on the Italian painters, of Messrs. Crowe & Cavalcaselle, Weale and Kramm on Flemish and Dutch art, and of the late Sir William Stirling-Maxwell on the artists of Spain. “* Besides the addition of a large number of names which were not included in the former edition or its supplement, new authority has been given to every one of the old entries by a careful revision, and in most instances by important changes. In several cases the notices have been supplied by contributors specially qualified for the task, such as Mr. W. B. Scott, Dr. J. P. Richter, the late Mrs, Heaton and others. ‘These will be distinguished by the writer’s initials. It is anticipated that the new matter introduced will enlarge the work to double its former size.”—Fvom the Preface. DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI’S COPY OF HANS BURGK- MAIR. ) b. 76 BURGKMAIR (Hans). A collection of 52 large woodcuts , by this Master ; representing Scenes in the Life of the EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN, Folio, morocco extra, uncut. Circa 1520 VERY RARE and curtIous. Brilliant original impressions in fine condition, from the collection of Dante Gabriel Rossefti, the poet-painter, and with his autograph on a fly-leaf. They are very curious, showing, with a fidelity ob- tained from but few other sources, the domestic and military habits and customs, architecture, and costumes of the middle ages, by a remarkable and eminent artist of that period. The binding of the above is rubbed somewhat. ‘* Hans Burgkmair was born at Augsburg in 1472 and died 1559. It has been supposed that he studied under Durer, but there is only a difference of one 0 113 26 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. year in their ages, and Burgkmair’s style differs materially from that of Durer; he was rather a founder of a school of his own. Several of his pictures are pre- served at Augsburg, and possess considerable merit.”—SPOONER. ‘* The work as a whole bears the stamp of Burgkmair’s genius. The subjects from the youth and the education of the hero are clearly and vividly treated, and the political and domestic scenes, by which they are followed, afford us an in- sight into the court life of those days. Stately and dignified personages are paraded before us with all their brilliant surroundings, and there is especially one charmingly artless picture of the young king with his consort, Mary of Burgundy, seated together and engaged in sweet converse in the garden, ‘each the other’s speech acquiring,’ as runs the pretty legend beneath. The battle scenes also, with the combats of the pikemen, display great excellence anda direct study of nature.”—WoOLTMANN. = JACCIA (F.). Jerusalem, seu Palestina Nova [with German Text]. ngraved title, map and numerous plates. 4to, old calf. Vienna, 1706 Stamped on sides with coronet and coat-of-arms of former owner. UNIQUE COPY OF THE CAMBRIDGE PORTFOLIO. 78 CAMBRIDGE PORTFOLIO (The), edited by the Rev. T. Smiru, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Gonville and Caius College. Jllustrated with many portratts, etchings of the colleges, halls, churches and principal objects of antiquity at Cambridge, wood-carvings, etc.,and many woodcuts. 2 vols. large 4to, half olive morocco, gilt edges. Cambridge, 1840 UNIQUE and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED copy, with many choice prints on India paper, portraits; also Bruin’s very large bird’s-eye view of Cambridge in 1575 in the finest state, and which the catalogue cutting inserted says is worth 41 ts. 6d. The same cutting also prices the above at £4 4s. HANDSOME VOLUME ON ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITEC- TURE. 79 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES of England. and Wales, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial. ight fine plates on INDIA PAPER, and numerous wood engravings. Large 4to, fresh cloth gilt, beveled sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. London, 1885 The text is written by those best acquainted with the various cathedrals, every one of which have their distinctive features illustrated. 80 CaTLin (George). Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians. Vol. 2. Map and numer- ous plates from CATLIN’S own drawings. Large 8vo, cloth, uncut, London, 1845 81 CATTERMOLE.—Evenings at Haddon Hall, edited by the BARONESS DE CALABRELLA. With 24 steel plates after GEORGE CATTERMOLE, engraved by STOCKS, GOODYEAR, C. and’H. Rotts, BENTLEY, BRANDARD, COUSEN, GRIF- THE PENE DU BOIlS COLLECTION. 27 FITHS, FISHER, RADCLIFFE, ENGLEHART, HIGHAM and ALLEN (some foxed slightly). Thick large 8vo, old cloth, gilt edges. London, Henry Colburn, 1846 ‘‘ There are signs in George Cattermole’s works of very peculiar gifts, and perhaps also of peculiar genius...... The antiquarian feeling of Cattermole is pure, earnest and natural; and I think his imagination originally vigorous, certainly his fancy, his grasp of momentary passion, considerable; his sense of action in the human body, vivid and ready.”"—RUSKIN. THE LIFE OF CELLINI, BOUND IN JANSEN STYLE. ¥ 00 82 CELLINI (Benvenuto). Vie, Ecrite par lui-méme. Traduc- f tion de LEopotp LECLANCHE. Notes et Index de M. Franco. Jilustrated with 9 etchings by ¥, LAGUILLERMIE, and reproductions of the works of CELLINI, some in metal, Thick large 8vo, fresh crushed levant morocco, @ /a JANSEN, inside gold dentelle borders, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1881 Handsomely printed by Quantin on superfine paper. HOLLAND PAPER COPY OF THE “ONE HUNDRED CHEFS D’GEUVRE.” 83 CENT CHEFS-D’EUVRE COLLECTIONS PARIS- 3 (> 0 IENNES. Text by ALBERT WOLFF. 100 superb etchings, % ' executed by the best living French etchers expressly for this work, the subjects embracing 100 of the greatest modern paint- ings— Text and plates all printed throughout upon FINE HoL- LAND PAPER. Complete in 12 parts. Folio, satin port- folio, with silk ties. Paris, 1885 No 142 OF EDITION LIMITED TO 675 NUMBERED COPIES. Undoubtedly the most beautiful book of modern etchings extant, any description of which must fall short of doing it justice. Every etching is by an eminent French etcher, and is done expressly for this work. It is very different from the general ‘‘ book of etchings” made up of old plates. The painters represented are Boucher, Greuze, Hals, Hobbema, Leys, Metzu, Francesco Raibolini, Rembrandt, Teniers, Terburg, Vande Velde, Corot, Dau- bigny, Decampes, Delacroix, Diaz, Dupré, Fortuny, Fromentin, Gericault, Isabey, Marilhat, Meissonier, Millet, Rousseau, Scheffer and Troyon; the_en- gravers by Toussaint, Géry-Bichard, Lefort, Lalauze, Boulard fils, Courtry, Champollion, Greux, R. de Los Rios, Rajon, Bracquemond, Kratkée, Mordant, Chauvel, and others. 84 CHAMPFLEURY (Jules Fleury Husson, a# Champfleury). I. Le Violon de Faience—Nouvelle edition, avant Propos de Auteur. With 34 etchings by JULES ADELINE, and rubrt- cated title. Small 4to, sewed. Paris, ZL. Conguet, 1885 No. 78 of a LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies on Imperial Japan paper—and the whole work limited to 500 copies in all, of which 350 were on “‘ papier velin du Marais.” This is a very beautiful volume, and the etchings (of which the plates were destroyed) are most delightful and brilliant. Like the text, which was printed by Lahure, they were struck off on heavy Japan paper, and by Chardon Aine, 28 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 85 CHARLES V., Rot pr France. Etocr Historique de, par M. pe VILLETTE. Fine engraved portrait of KiNG CHARLES THE Firtu dy LE VassEuR, vignette title with head and tail pieces by E1sEN and S1MONET. 4to, half calf, top edge gilt, others uncut, by Petir-Simier. Paris, 1767 RARE, with dedicatory letter to Voltaire from the author. ‘Fhe head-piece over the second part contains a fine portrait by Eisen of Bertrand du Guesclin. The Marquis de Villette, author of the above, married—‘“‘ une jeune personne charmante” who had been brought up by Voltaire and Madame Denis. He bought the Chateau of Ferney after the death of Voltaire and conserved the philosopher’s heart. 86 CHATTO (W. A.). Treatise on Wood Engraving. With upwards of 400 wood engravings by JOHN JACKSON. Thick 4to, fresh half red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, N. Y. [London], n. d. 87 CHAUVIGNE (A. A., fils). Décoration sur Porcelaine et Faience précédé d’une Notice Historique sur l’Art Céra- mique. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1880 88 CLAUDE LORRAIN, Sa Vie et ses CEuvres d’aprés des Documents Inédits, par MME. Mark PatTTIsON, auteur de “The Renaissance in France,” suivi d’un Catalogue des (EHuvres de CLAUDE Lorrain, conservées dans les Musées et dans les Collections Particulitres de l'Europe. Pro- Susely illustrated, Large 4to, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 “* The landscapes of other great artists, as Gaspar Poussin and Salvator Rosa, engage little of our time and contemplation to run over the scanty confines of their scenery compared with the august and boundless expanse of Claude.”— SPOONER. 89 COHEN (Henry). Guide de l’Amateur de Livres a Vig- nettes du XVIII¢ Siécle. 8vo, fresh half morocco, top edge citron, others uncut. Paris, 1870 LIMITED EDITION of 550 copies printed by Jouavst on China, Whatman and Holland papers, of which the above is No. 386. This work contains the descrip- tion of more than 450 works illustrated by Boucher, Cochin, Gravelot, Eisen, Moreau, Marillier, Monnet, Le Barbier, etc., with plates, vignettes, head and tail pieces, and the names of the artists who have cooperated as designers or engravers. g0 COLLECTION pe VIGNETTES. Scrap Book, contain- ing a large number of Vignette Illustrations by MorEau LE JEUNE and CampimGLia, many of Nudes, etc. Oblong 4to, half green morocco, gilt, cloth sides. 2 a ee COLLIGNON (Maxime). Manuel d’Archéologie Grecque. Profusely tllustrated with objects of Greek art and arche- ology. 8vo, fresh half crushed red levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. Paris, Quantin, n. d. ee om THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 29 92 COSTUMES MILITAIRES, with Text by A. GUILLAUMOT fils. A series of 50 plates in colors of military costumes from 1789 to 1815 designed by CHARLET. Large 4to, loose in portfolio. Paris, 1886 No. 40 of limited edition. 93 CROWE (J. A.) and CAVALCASELLE (G.B.). The Life of TITIAN, with some Account of His Family. Wzth portrait and tllustrations. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh half calf gilt, marbled edges. London, 1881 SECOND EDITION. ‘‘ No such gap has existed in the history of art as that which is filled by the present volumes. Everything on the subject is now super- seded. Here will be found in a digested and orderly form all the materials gathered by Jacobi, Cadorin, Bermudez, Sandrart, Hume, Gachard, Pungileoni, Morelli, Lorenzi, Campori, and others, and additional information of great value derived from the letters found at Simancas, letters from Titian, Charles the Fifth, Philip the Second, and others.” —Zondon Atheneum. 94 CRUIKSHANK (Robert).— Chronicles of the Bastille— First Series—The Bertaudiére, an Historical Romance. With the admirably executed plates of ROBERT CRUIKSHANK, 8vo, fresh half morocco, gilt edges. London, 7. C. Mewdy, 1845 VERY SCARCE. A fine copy, with good impressions of the plates. It has been believed that Miss Emma Robinson was the author of ‘‘ Whitefriars,”’ the above and ‘‘ other historical novels of the Harrison Ainsworth breed.” 95 CRUIKSHANK (George).—The Horseshoe, the True Legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil, by Epwarp G. FuicHtT. With illustrations drawn by GEORGE CRUIK- SHANK and engraved by JOHN THompson. 4to, half calf gilt, edges gilt. London, D. Bogue, n. a. This copy has the text and plates mounted on drawing paper and ruled with lines in red ink. aIANTE ALIGHIERI. The Vision of Hell, Pur- }]| gatory and Paradise, translated by Cary. ///us- trated with the marvellous designs of GUSTAVE Dorf. 2 vols. in rt. Very thick large 4to, fresh half morocco gilt, beveled cloth sides, gilt edges. London, z. d. SCARCE and out of print. Full of the loftiest imaginative insight—the tenderest gaze of fancy. ‘‘ The most Dantesque work on Dante that was ever produced.” —London Times. 7 DAVILLIER (C., Baron). Spain, translated by J. THom- 9 Ly ki 0 son. Profusely illustrated by Gustave Dor&, Thick large 4to, fresh half morocco gilt, beveled sides, gilt edges. N. Y. (London), 1876 ‘* With us Doré is better known as a designer on wood, an illustrator with an imagination grotesque and prolific beyond all precedent—a mind Teutonic rather than French in its character, looking not so much on the surface of things as at what is hidden underneath, studying the moral of life; a French Albert Durer, to whom existence is less a comedy than a tragedy.”—S. G. W. BENJAMIN. 30 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. ‘eh 98 DELABORDE (Henri, Viscount). La Gravure en Italie. ; Avant Marc-ANTOINE (1452-1505). Profusely illustrated. Large 4to, fresh illuminated cloth, beveled sides, top gilt edge, others uncut. Paris, 2. d. The author of this most important volume on primitive engraving commences with a description of the Florentine Niellos. The work is exhaustive and is full of fac-similes of the most noteworthy early Italian prints. 99 Derr (Willem Jacobszoon). L’Ctuvre de, Décrit par D. vO FRANKEN. Fine portrait by J. TAANMAN and fac-stmile painter's marks. to, fresh cloth. Amsterdam, 1872 DENON’S ARTS OF DESIGN—PRIVATELY PRINTED. 100 DENON (Vivant, Baron), MONUMENTS DES ARTS DU ‘s os DEsSIN CHEZ LES PEUPLES TANT ANCIENS QUE MODERNES, / “i recueillis par le Baron Denon, Ancien Directeur-Gén- éral des Musées de France, pour Servir a l’Histoire des Arts; lithographies par ses soins et sousses yeux. Decrits et expliques par ARMAURY DuvAL. 310 flates. 4 vols. large folio, half green morocco gilt, top edges gilt (some pp. slightly foxed). Paris, Hirmin Didot, 1829 PRIVATELY PRINTED. A monumental work. Vol. 1 contains ‘‘ Origine, progres et decadence des Arts du dessin leur Renaissance en Europe’’; Vol. 2, ‘* Ecoles de peinture, depuis la Renaissance des Arts, Ecoles Italiques”’; Vol. 3, the same; Vol. 4, Ecoles Francaises. The whole comprising Denon’s Catalogue of his own extraordinary collection of Antiquities, Curiosities, Paintings, Draw- ings and Works of Art. It was printed at his private expense for presentation only. Copies have been sold abroad for large sums, and but few have reached this country. Brunet, in speaking of this fine work, says—‘‘ Recueil interéssant, tiré A 250 exemplaires seulement. Le premier volume est specialement consacré a histoire des Arts du Dessin chez les différens peuples du monde; les trois autres se rapportent 4 l’histoire de la Peinture en Europe, depuis l’époque de la renaissance des Arts.” tor DESCRIPTIONS PITTORESQUES de Jardins du Gout le Plus Moderne. With some 30 plates. 4to, half mottled sheep gilt, citron edges (foxed slightly). VERY SCARCE, Leipzig, 1802 102 DICKENS (Charles). A Series of Character Sketches from DicKkeEns from Original Drawings by FREDERICK BARNARD, 6 plates. Large folio, loose in portfolio. London, 1884 PRooFrs ON INDIA PAPER. These sketches are of—‘‘ Mr. Pecksniff,” ‘* Mr. Peggotty,” ‘‘ Rogue Riderhood,” ‘‘ Little Nell and her Grandfather,” ‘‘ Mr. Weller, Sen., and Mr. Weller, Jun.,” and ‘‘ Caleb Plummer and his Blind Daughter.” 103 DORE. Tue LEGEND OF THE WANDERING JEw. Poem, with Prologue and Epilogue, by Prerre Dupont; Biblio- graphical Notice by PauL Lacrorx (BIBLIOPHILE JACOB); with The Complaint and BERANGER’s Ballad set to Music by Ernest Dor. Translated with Critical Remarks by GEORGE W. THORNBURY, J/lustrated with 12 large draw- SHO Eee > GO ! 80 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 31 ings on wood by GUSTAVE Dork, engraved by GAUCHARD, Roucet and JAuvER. Large square folio, half roan, gilt edges. London, Addey & Co., 1857 FIRST AND BEST EDITION, with brilliant impressions of the celebrated plates. ‘*M. Doré, the well-known illustrator of. the sublime pantomime of Rabelais, that clown Luther of Satirists, has presented to the art-world the Legend of the Wandering Jew, ina series of grotesque yet epical pictures, truthful as Holbein, exact as Durer, broadly humorous as Hogarth. Of Doré’s genius, it seems almost a work of supererogation to say much. Every one who turns over these pages will at once acknowledge the profundity and versatility of his imagination, the brilliancy of his fancy, the power of his pathos, the richness of his poetry. His figures are as individualized as Sterne’s wise buffooneries. His landscape is luminous with picturesque beauty, and radiant with local truth.”—GEORGE W. THORNBURY. 104 DULAURE (J. A.). Histoire Physique, Civile et Morale de Paris depuis les Premiers Temps Historiques jusqu’a nos Jours. Ji/ustrated with numerous steel engravings of views, etc., of Paris. 8 vols. 8vo, half russia, uncut, by KOEHLER. Paris, Ledentu, 1834 A most valuable history of Paris, with a description of all its monuments and buildings, its manners, customs, etc., etc. “Cet ouvrage est le fruit de longues recherches; mais malheuresement en le composant l’auteur a été trop préoccupé de sa haine contre les prétres, les rois et les nobles, pour conserver toute l’impartialité qu’on est en droit d’attendre d’un historien. Ce défaut, quinuira sans doutes beaucoup au succes futur de l’Histoire de Paris, a été cependant, la cause principale de la vogue momentan¢e qu'elle a obtenue.’”’—BRUNET. 105 DUNLAP (William). History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States. 2 vols. large 8vo, boards (foxed slightly). RARE. N. Y., 1834 106 Dumas (F. G.). Paris Salon Catalogues, 1879 to 1882 inclusive. Jl/ustrated with hundreds of original designs by the artists themselves. 4 vols. 8vo, fresh half morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1881-82 DURER’S CELEBRATED WORK ON HUMAN PROPORTION —THE ARNHEIM EDITION OF 1622 IN DUTCH. 106* DURER.—Beschryvinghe van ALBRECHT DvrER, van de Menschelijcke Proportion, etc. 1n’t Latijn ende Hoogh- duytsch tot Nurenbergh ghedruct tot koste van syne nae- ghelaten Wednvve, In’t Iaer ons Heeren, 1527. Pro- fusely illustrated with plates, many folding, diagrams, tables, etc. Small folio, vellum foxed and title mended). Arnhem, Zan Lansz Boeckverhooper, 1622 RARE. This work of Durer on proportion is said to have resulted from his studies of his picture of Adam and Eve. His works were written in German, and after his death translated into Latin. The above has been retranslated into Dutch. The figures illustrating it were executed by Durer in a most admirable manner. ‘* He [Durer] was the first artist in Germany who practised and taught the rules of perspective, and of the proportions of the human figure according to mathematical principles.” —SPOONER. 32 THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. 107 Durer (Albrecht). In seiner Bedentung fur die Moderne Befestigungiskunst, dargestellt von G: V. Imuor. WVu- merous folding plates. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Nordlingen, 1871 108 DuvaAL (Mathias). Précis d’Anatomie a l’Usage des Artistes. Profusely illustrated. Small 8vo, half crushed red levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, Quantin, n. d. ,]BERHARD (H. W.). Catalonien in Malerischer, 4 Architectonischer und Antiquarischer Beziehung. 30 plates of Spanish views, subjects, and architec- ture. Large folio, half vellum, cloth sides. Leipzig, 2. d. 110 EIGHTEEN ETCHINGS by English, French and German Artists. With Notes by Puitip GitpertT HAMERTON. Folio, cloth, gilt edges, London, 1877 The original etchings, not process reproductions, in the above are by Abel Lurat, W. Wise, Francis Seymour-Haden, Brunet-Debainés, A. Legros, C. Beyer, P. G. Hamerton, Ernest George, A. Briend, J. D. Watson, L. Friedrich and A. Queyroy. UNIQUE AND FINE COLLECTION OF ENGRAVERS’ PROOFS. 111 ENGRAVINGS. A COLLECTION OF NEARLY 150 En- GRAVINGS ON STEEL, EXECUTED, MOSTLY IN LINE, IN THE HIGHEST STYLE OF THE ART, FOR THE “ BOOK OF BEAuTY,” “ KEEPSAKE,” ‘BOOK OF Gems,” “ LANDSCAPE ANNUAL,” “LyRICS OF THE HEART,” TuRNER’S “TOURS,” AND OTHER ANNUALS—4y the following dis- tinguished engravers: LumB Stocks, R. Watts, J. T. WiLmorE, J. B. ALLEN, JOHN Pye, R. BRANDARD, W. MILLER, E. J. Roserts, J. Goopyear, C. Heat, and J. Cousin; after paintings or drawings by M. A. SueEx, J. West, J. M. W. Turner, D. Roperts, J. D. Harpino, C. STANFIELD, R, SmirkE, G. R. Lewis, T. Uwins, S, Prout, T. StroTHarpD, W. Harvey, G. CATTERMOLE, R. P. Bonnincton, E. LANDsSEER, D. MAcLIsE, SiR W. BEECHEY, J. M. Wricut, ef. 2 vols. folio, old half mo- rocco extra, gilt edges (not uniform in color). London, z- @. UNIQUE. The whole of the exquisite engravings in these volumes are choice large paper proofs, on India paper, mostly before letters, and a large pro- portion are presentation impressions with the autographs of the artists. They embrace a great variety of subjects, and if any Grangerite wishes to break up such a collection matter will be found suitable for insertion in Shakespeare, Scott, Byron, Cowper, Don Quixote, Walton’s Angler, Edgeworth’s Tales, etc., etc. Among the gems will be found the rare portrait of Shakespeare after THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. 33 Boaden; the beautiful portraits of Cowper and Lingard, both engraved by Lumb Stocks; ‘‘ Byron’s Dream,” after Harding; ‘‘ The Falls of the Rhine” and “‘ Virginia.Water,” after Turner; ‘‘ Windsor Castle,” after Harding; ‘‘ The Escurial,”’ after Roberts; ‘* Venice,” after Prout; ‘‘ Interior at Abbotsford,”’ after Roberts; “‘ Pike Pool,” after Inskipp, and a ‘‘ Bull Fight at Seville,” after Roberts. All of these are the choicest selected proofs on India paper, before letters, and most of them are signed by the engravers. Many others equally deserve mention, but space forbids. 112 EupEL (Paul). Le Truquage—les Contrefacons Dévoilées. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 113 EupEL. Collections et Collectioneurs. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 114 EupeL. Le Hotel Drouot et la Curiosité en 1881 et 1882. 2 vols, small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1882-83 Most interesting volumes on the great auction sales of Paris. 115 EVANGILES (Les), de Notre Seigneur Jesus CuRisT, selon S. MaTTHEWw, S. Marc, S. Luc, S. Jean, traduction de Le Maistre DE Sacy. W#th numerous illustrations, vig- nettes by THEOPHILE FRAGONARD—the text printed within ornamental borders—illuminated front. and title. Large 8vo, crimson calf, extra gilt, marbled edges. _ Paris, 1837 The vignettes of Fragonard are ably supplemented by the typography of Everat. 116 EveLyNn (John). Sculptura; or, the History and Art of Chalcography, and Engraving on Copper. Plate and copy of a mezzotinto portrait engraved by PRINCE RupERt, also inserted portrait of EVELYN after WoRLIDGE. Small 8vo, old calf. London, 1769 117 EXPOSITION pres BEAUX ARTS, Salon de 1881. 40 fine photogravures ON INDIA PAPER, Of the principal pic- tures of the year and 150 other illustrations, with 320 pages of letterpress. Large 8vo, half morocco gilt, top edge gilt. Paris, 1881 No. 527 of limited edition of 550 numbered copies on Holland paper. The text by Bernard, Gcetschy, Montrosier, Saint Juirs, Schéfer, Stoullig, Vachon, Volabregne and De Veyran. 118 EXPOSITION pres BEAUX-ARTS, Salon de 1882. 40 jine photogravures of the principal pictures of the year and 180 other illustrations, with 320 pages of letterpress. Large 8vo, half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, other uncut. Paris, 1882 No. 206 of 581 numbered copies. The text by Burty, Dernard, Champier, Drumont, Fleurichamp, Gcetschy, Catulle Mendes, Montrosier and Schéfer, THE PENE DU BOS COLLECTION. (F. J.). La Musique mise a la Portée de tout le Monde. Small 8vo, half calf (covers loose and stained). Paris, 1830 Fetis, the Belgian composer and writer on music, is best known by his ‘* Universal Biography of Music and Bibliography of Music.” THE LAST EDITION OF FERGUSSON’S ARCHITECTURE. 120 FERGUSSON (James). History or ARCHITECTURE; in all Countries, from the Earliest Time to the Present Day. With hundreds of engravings. 2 vols. thick square 8vo, fresh cloth, top edges gilt. NY 2584 ‘* Mr. Fergusson’s beautiful and most popular books have superseded all other Histories of Architecture. It is not only that the extraordinary abundance of his illustrations gives him a special advantage over all his rivals or predecessors, but no other writer has ever had so firm a grasp of his subject, or has been so well qualified to deal with it in all its branches.” —Saturday Review. 121 FIRMIN-DIDOT (Ambroise). Catalogue Illustré des Des- sins et Estampes Composant la Collection de, précédé d’Introductions par M. CHARLES Bianc et M. GEORGES Dup.essis. ac-simile plates at the end of celebrated en- gravings in the FirmM1N-Dipor collection. ‘Thick 4to, half morocco gilt. Paris, 1877 No. 99 of LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies on Holland Paper. The Firmin- Didot Collection of Prints was one of the most famous in Europe. It was sold by auction at the Hotel Drouot, Paris, in May, 1877. 122 FIRMIN-DIDOT. Essai Typographique et Bibliogra- phique sur l’Histoire de la Gravure sur Bois, pour faire suite aux Costumes Anciens et Modernes de César VE- CELLIO. 8vo, fresh red crushed levant morocco, inside dentelle gold borders, edges gilt on marble, by THIBARON- ECHAURARD. Paris, 1863 Presentation copy, with the original signature of the author. 123 Firmin-Dipot. Another copy of the same. Sewed, uncut. 124 FisHer’s Drawing-Room Scrap-Book, with Poetical Illustra- tions by L. E. L[anpon]. Vumerous steel plates (some foxed slightly). 4to, half morocco, cloth sides, gilt edges. London, 1833 125 Firry Cartoons of Eminent Personages from the Whitehall Review. Large 4to, cloth. [London], 1880 Includes portraits of Prince of Wales, Gladstone, Disraeli, Queen of Spain, Pope Leo XIIL., etc., also a number of Empresses, Princesses, Duchesses, Countesses and Mrs. Langtry. 126 FLAXMAN (John). 39 outline plates illustrative of HOMER. Large 4to, paper. Carlsruhe, 1829 127 FLAXMAN. 33 outline plates to the “ Iliad” of HOMER, en- graved by SCHNORR. Small gto, Leipzig, 1859 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 35 Ye Wied FORREST (C. R., Zieut.-Col.). Picturesque Tour along the L/gs ,/ 8 Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India. With map, 24 highly finished views and 2 vignettes in aquatint. Large 4to, old cloth, gilt edges (map stained). London, 2. Ackermann, 1824 RARE and beautifully colored plates. ‘‘ This beautiful work presents the most picturesque scenes of the valleys of these most celebrated rivers. With the description much history is interspersed.” —ALLIBONE. 129 FOSTER (BirkET). GemsorArtr. Chromo-Lithographed by THomAS KELL. 12 exgutstte fac-similes of the original water-color drawings, mounted in passe-partouts, Large square folio in portfolio. London, A/cQueen, 1874 VERY SCARCE, on account of the sets having been broken up for framing. Birket Foster was elected an associate of the Society of Painters in Water- Colors in 1859 and a full member three years after. His pleasant rural scenes, devoted almost exclusively to the portrayal of child-life, have always been most popular. ‘This series comprises:—‘‘ The Blackbird’’; ‘‘ The Ride on the Donkey’’; ‘‘ The Pet Calf”; ‘‘ Blowing Bubbles”; ‘‘ Returning from Market”: ‘‘Feeding Pigeons”; ‘‘ Children Catching Butterflies”; ‘‘ Going tothe Spring ”; ‘‘Shrimping ”; ‘‘ Filling the Pitcher”; ‘‘Come Baby!” and ‘‘ Birdnesting.” S. C. HALL wrote in the London Art Journal:—“ Birket Foster’s pictures recall to our memory the dear remembrance of our own childhood, it has done us more good to gaze upon them than to have placed before our eyes the grandest piece of historical painting, or the finest example of mural decoration ever conceived by the subtlest artist.” FREDERIC THE GREAT’S HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF BRANDENBURG AND POEMS, ILLUSTRATED BY SCHMIDT. 129* [FREDERIC THe Great.]|—Mémoires pour Servir a Histoire de la Maison de Brandebourg. J/é/ustrated with engraved title, 12 portraits of Prussian rulers and some 35 vignettes, all engraved by the celebrated master G. F, SCHMIDT. 4 vols. in 2. 4to, old mottled sheep gilt, marbled sides and edges, Berlin, Chretien Frederic Voss, 1767 VERY RARE. The third volume of the above is bound up with Frederic the Great’s ‘‘ Poesies Diverses,” imprinted at Berlin by Chretien Frederic Voss in 1760, which is also illustrated with vignettes and engraved initials. George Frederic Schmidt, who illustrated the above, was a Prussian engraver who studied in Paris under Nicholas Larmessin. Spooner says:—‘‘ He acquired a skill in handling the graver, with a neatness and firmness seldom surpassed. In 1742 he was received into the Academy at Paris, and engraved for his recep- tion-piece his fine portrait of P. Mignard. In 1744 he returned to Berlin, and was soon after appointed engraver to the King. In 1757 he went to St. Peters- burg at the invitation of the Empress Elizabeth, and executed several portraits and other plates with great success. In 1762 he returned to Berlin, where he discovered a new talent in etching and engraved several plates in the manner of Rembrandt, which were greatly admired; he also engraved in the manner of Della Bella and Benedetto Castiglione with equal success.” 130 FrRomMMEL (C., Professor). Baden und Seine Umgebungen in Malerische Ansichten, mit Beschreibung von SCHREIBER. Numerous steel engravings of views. 1 vol. in 4 parts. 4to, sewed. Carlsruhe, 1825 36 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 131 FRENCH REVOLUTION.—Tafereelen van de Staatsom- wenteling in Fraurijk. With hundreds of plates illustrative of the French Revolution—portraits of distinguished char- acters, generals, orators, statesmen, etc., under the Revolution, Consulat and Emptre—views, battles, scenes, executions, ete., etc. (many folded). 2 vols. 8vo, boards. Amsterdam, 1794-1827 _VERY SCARCE and excellent collection for the purpose of extra illustrating the stirring times of the First Republic and the First Empire of France. =a)| ALERIE des Belvedere in Wien in ihren Meister- | werhen. /ll/ustrated with steel plates in the Vienna Gallery after RAFFAELO, DEL SARTO,CORREGGIO, PARMIGIANO, TITIAN, CARRACCI, Gui1bo, HOL- BEIN, CRANACH, VAN EyCk, RuBENs, VAN Dyck, TENIERS, MURILLO, REMBRANDT, Dow, etc. Large 4to, paper, uncut. 133 GALLERIE LEBENDER BRITISCHER KUNSTLER. [With German Text.] 28 stee/ plates after the original paintings of TURNER, ROBERTS, HARDING, CLENNEL, DEWINT, AUSTIN, STANFIELD, BONNINGTON, PROUT, CATTERMOLE, FIELDING, Cox, efc. 4to, boards. Berlin, 2. d. ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER’S COPY OF THE “GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART.” 134 GALLERY or CONTEMPORARY ART, an Illustrated Review of the Recent Art Productions of all Nations by ARMAND SILVESTRE and others, edited by J. EUGENE REED. 60 fine photogravures, proofs on INDIA PAPER, and nearly 150 wood engravings in text, 6 sections, folio in cloth portfolios with ties. Phila., 1884 No. 125 of IMPERIAL EDITION, limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is an original subscriber's copy. The following artists are represented in this magnificent series of photograv- ures:—C. E. Armand-Dumaresq, Albert Aublet, Henry Bacon, J. F. Balla- voine, G. Becker, Jan Van Beers, Jean Benner, B. Beyschlag, J. A. Breton, F. A. Bridgeman, J. Caraud, A. Casanova, C. A. Coessin de la Fosse, P. C. Comte, Benjamin Constant, J. Coomans, P. A. Cot, G. Courbet, L. L. Cou- turier, J. E. Danton, H. A. Diffenbach, Madame A. Enault, G. Ferrier, Louis Gallait, Jean Geoffroy, Victor Giraud, Alfred Gués, G. Haquette, F. Heilbuth, P. G. Jeanniot, L. Jimenez, J. Jimenez-Aranda, Marcellin Laporte, Henri Lerolle, Hector Le Roux, Chester Loomis, A. Maignan, E. Manet, B. Masson, E. Medard, L. Mélingue, G. Moreau de Tours, H. Moster, C. L. Muller, J. de Nittis, F. Pelez, L. Perrault, E. Pinchart, P. A. Protuis, E. Richter, J. Rongier, A. Schreyer, A. Stevens, J. G. Vibert, G. Werthemer, Florent Wil- lems and Felix Ziem. In addition to the above nearly every artist and sculptor of note referred to in the text is, where practicable, illustrated by a wood engraving. LSS 2 te THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 37 SUBSCRIPTION EDITION OF THE “GAZETTE DES BEAUX-ARTS,” COMPLETE FROM 1859 TO 1883, in 54 VOLUMES. 3235 GAZETTE prs BEAUX-ARTS, Courrier Européen de l’Art et de la Curiosité—Rédacteur en Chef, M. CHARLES BLANC, from the commencement in 1859 to 1883, inclusive. 50 vols., including the ‘‘ Exposition Catalogue, 1878,” half red morocco, not quite uniform, and 4 vols. in parts as issued. Together 54 vols. 4to (a few pp. in some vols. slightly foxed). Paris, 1859 to 1883 COMPLETE SET and VERY SCARCE SUBSCRIPTION EDITION in perfect con- dition. The text is by the best European Art Critics and Experts, and is pro- fusely illustrated with beautiful woodcuts, steel engravings and etchings, many on India paper and proofs before letters by or after—Flameng, Geffroy, Nilson, Lehmann, Dien, Gainsborough, Rembrandt, Blanc, Delacroix, Curzon, Dau- bigny, Raphael, Bracquemond, Le Vieux, Jacquemart, Poussin, Rosotte, O’Con- nell, Hauser, Albert Durer, Millet, Greuze, Goya, Watteau, Hedouin, Degroux, Gaucherel, Delanne, Leonardo da Vinci, Jacque, Ingres, Gérome, Fromentin, Meissonier, Hemling, Flandrin, Appian, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Velasquez, Cabanel, Baudry, Carey, Gigoux, Chardin, Guillermie, Rubens, Didier, Scheffer, Lalanne, Brion, La Guillermie, Achard, Campagnola, Hals, Bronzino, Deveaux, Fragonard, Goncourt. Popelin, Schreyer, Durand, Leys, Paul Potter, Schenck, Lambert, Van de Meer, Valentin Hedouin, Van Eyck, Van Goyen, Lopez, Lalauze, Legros, Madrazo, Sant, Gaujean, Gubl, Kaulbach, Champollion, Gil- bert, Menze, Lenbach, Unger, Montefiore, Rajon, Adrien Brauwer,T. de Marc, Prudhon, Menzel, Munkacsy, Mongin, Amberger, and others, including all the most distinguished etchers and engravers in Europe. 136 GAZETTE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Courrier Européen de 1’Art et de la Curiosite for the Year 1881. Wiuth numerous beauti- Jul etchings and illustrations. Large 8vo, 1 vol. (complete and in 12 parts), sewed. Paris, 1881 137 GLEICHNISSE DES HERRN nach den Worten der Schrift. 16 illustrations after SCHNORR, FUHRICH, GROSSE, JAEGER, NIEPER, PLETSCH, SEITZ and WISLICENNS—a/so vignettes, ornamental borders and tnitials, 4to, boards. Leipzig, A/phons Durr, 1869 LARGEST PAPER EDITION OF ‘“‘ POMPEIANA”—WITH DUPLICATE PROOFS. 138 GELL (Sir Wm.) and GANDY (John P.). Pompriana, The Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii, wth beautiful line engravings by GOODALL, COOKE, HEATH, Pye, étc. Proofs on INDIA PAPER, with @ DUPLICATE SET PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS @/so on INDIA PAPER. Thick 4to, fine old morocco gilt, broad inside gold border, leather joints, gilt edges (binding rubbed). London, Rodwell and Martin, 1817-19 LARGEST PAPER, with duplicate set of India proofs as stated above. The proofs and etchings alone of this edition were published at £18 18s. With 38 THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. heraldic book-plate of ‘‘ Charles Beckford Long,” containing thirteen quarter- ings, crest and motto, This is the most satisfactory work ever published on Pompeii. It gives in a small compass the result of the excavations for many years, from the commence- ment of operations in 1748. ‘*T leave Topography to classic Gell.”—-Byron’s ‘‘ English Bards.” 139 GELL amd GANDY. Pompeiana: the Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii. MVumerous plates, other illus- trations and vignettes. 8vo, fresh half morocco, top edge gilt, by R. W. SmirH. London, 1875 140 GERNING (J. J. Von, Baron). Picturesque Tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne, with Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events and Popular Traditions Translated by JoHN BLack. Embellished with map and 24 BEAUTIFULLY COLORED engravings from original drawings by M. SCHULTZ, engraved by T. SUTHERLAND and others. Large 4to, old cloth, gilt edges. London, . Ackermann, 1820 VERY RARE and BEAUTIFULLY COLORED plates. 141 GerspacH. La Mosaique. With numerous illustrations of ancient mosaics. 8vo, fresh half crushed red levant mo- rocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. Paris, Quantin, n. d. GOLDSMITH’S VICAR OF WAKEFIELD IN FRENCH, WITH AQUARELLE ILLUSTRATIONS. 142 GOLDSMITH (Oliver), Le Vicaire de Wakefield.—Tra- duction Nouvelle et Compléte par B. H. CAussERON. Illustrated with numerous colored illustrations “a laquar- elle” and in the text—vignettes, etc. ‘Thick large 8vo, fresh cloth, beveled sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 2. d. One of the beautifully illustrated editions from the Quantin press. 143 GOLDSMITH. Der Landprediger von Wakefield. l//us- trated with woodcuts by Lupwic RICHTER and J. G. FUL- HAAS, Small 4to, cloth gilt, edges gilt. Leipzig, n. d. The ‘‘ Vicar of Wakefield,” translated into German by Ernst Susemihl, with life and essay on Goldsmith by Otto Roquette. GONSE’S MAGNIFICENT WORK ON JAPANESE ART— LIMITED EDITION. 144 GONSE (Louis, Directeur de la Gazette des Beaux Arts). L’ART JAPONOIS. Jllustrated by 64 full-page engrav- ings, 30 of which are colored; there are in addition 13 etch- ings, 21 plates in heliogravure by the DUJARDIN process, and over 700 other engravings, exclusive of fac-similes of seals, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 39 autographs, etc. 2 vols. large 4to, fresh illuminated satin, edges uncut. Paris, 4. Quantin, 1883 No. 74 of limited edition on Japan paper. The imported price of the above is 120 dollars. This magnificent work, of which but a limited edition was published, met with a ready sale among all interested in Japanese art. The work was the first published giving a general history of art in Japan. The author, M. Gonse, himself a well-known collector, had unusually fine facilities for the faithful performance of his work. The period reaches from the ninth to the nineteenth century. 2 1S 145 GOYA (Francisco). Etude Biographique et Critique suivie Be de l’Essai d’un Catalogue Raisonné de son CEuvre Gravé et Lithographie. Portrait. Large 8vo, half cloth. Paris, Renouard, 1877 THE GREAT MODERN PAINTERS, 6 0, 146 GRANDS PEINTRES FRANCAIS et Etrangers, Ouvrage d’Art, Publié avec le Concours Artistique des Maitres— Texte par les Principaux Critiques d’Art. Profusely illustrated with 450 photogravures and woodcuts.—PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER. 2 vols. in 8 parts, folio, in portfolios (complete as published). Paris, Goupil and Co., 1884 This exquisite book is one of the most magnificent specimens of book-making of ancient or modern times. The text (pp. 384) and plates throughout are printed on heavy paper. The reproductions on steel and wood consist of the best examples of twenty-four of the leading artists of the present day, viz. :— BouGUEREAU, ALMA-TADEMA, MuNKacSY, BONHEUR, HENNER, BAUDRY, LEFEBVRE, BRIDGMAN, KNAus, BRETON, BONNAT, MILLAIS, ISRAELS, Jacque, LAURENS, VAN MARCKE, DE NITTIS, HERKOMER, MEISSONIER, BOULANGER, CHAVANNES, MADRAZO, MESDAG and GEROME. Of the 450 illustrations, 24 are on India paper. But one of the most impor- tant features of this grand exhibit is the reproduction in the text of the sketches or studies of those masters of all that is greatest in art. Such an insight is sel- dom vouchsafed to the uninitiated, and the originals are unattainable, even by the wealthiest. THE GROLIER CLUB’S “DECREE OF STAR CHAMBER,” ON VELLUM—ALMOST UNIQUE, AND MAGNIFICENTLY BOUND BY LORTIC, OF PARIS. Y 0, 147 GROLIER CLUB.—A DECREE or STAR CHAMBER : Concerning Printing—Made July 11, 1637, Reprinted by the GRoLIER CivpB, from the First Edition by ROBERT BARKER, 1637, with Preface and Appendix. Jfac- simile coat-of-arms, head-pteces, etc.—also ILLUMINATED coat-of-arms of GROLIER CLUB on title—and covers (which are bound in the volume) printed in gold. 8vo, magnificently bound by Lortic FRERES, of Paris, in crushed brown lev- ant morocco gilt, and blind tooled, paneled, in the centre of which is let in the heraldic bearings of the GROLIER CLUB in colored and mosaiced leathers, the proper heraldic THE PENE* DU BOIS COLLECTION. tinctures, doublé with red crushed levant morocco, gilt tooled borders, leather joints, and watered crimson silk ends, gilt edges, in leather-lined cloth case. [N. Y., 1884] ALMOST UNIQUE, being ONE oF TWO PRIVATELY PRINTED VELLUM COPIES only, of which the other is conserved in the safe of the Grolier Club, and of a limited edition in all of—‘‘ one hundred and fifty copies printed from type, in the month of December, 1884,” and by Theo. L. De Vinne & Co. The circumstances of the acquisition of this copy by Mr. Pene du Bois is thus told in ‘‘Town Topics” :—‘‘ The first book published by the Club, entitled ‘A Decree of Starre Chamber Concerning Printing,’ consisted of 150 copies, two being printed on vellum. These vellum copies were sold at auction by Mr. William L. Andrews on Monday evening, after Mr. Hoe had finished his address, and brought $81. The first choice went for $45 to Mr. Henri P. du Bois, who is the New York correspondent of ‘Le Livre,’ and the second for $36, to Mr. George A. Armour, of Chicago, who generously presented the copy to the Club.” After Mr. du Bois purchased the copy in gilt vellum covers, as stated above, he sent it to Paris to be bound, the reliure costing him over $60, making a total, with duty, of nearly $125. THE GROLIER CLUB’S RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM— ONE OF A LIMITED ISSUE OF TWO COPIES ON VEL- LUM. 148 GROLIER CLUB.—RUBAIYAT or OMAR KHAY- YAM, the Astronomer Poet of Persia, Rendered into English Verse by EDwarpD FitzGERaLp [Reprinted from * the edition of BERNARD QuaritcH, London, 1879]. IL- LUMINATED device of the GROLIER CLUB in colors on the title—and illuminated head-bands from examples in OWEN Jones’s “Grammar of Ornament.’ 8vo, vellum cover illuminated after an example in AupsLEyY’s “ Outlines of Ornament,” totally uncut. N. Y., Zhe Grolier Club, 1885 ALMOST UNIQUE, being one of TWo PRIVATELY PRINTED COPIES ONLY On VELLUM. The volume was one, as the end paper before the title states, of — “One hundred and fifty copies on Japan paper, and two copies on vellum, printed from type, for the Grolier Club of New York, in the month of May, 1885.” This was executed at the press of Theo. L. De Vinne & Co. The sale of the two vellum copies of the ‘‘ Rubaiyat” is narrated in the ‘“Book Mart” of December, 1885, as follows :—‘‘ The feature of the evening was an amateur auction in which General Rush C. Hawkins displayed an adaptability and versatility of description that would put to shame the average book auctioneer who, as a rule, thumps and hammers, and bangs away without any regard to consequences. A limited edition of only two vellum copies of Fitzgerald’s translation of ‘Khayyam’ were disposed of. The first was purchased after very lively competition for the sum of eighty dollars by Henri Péné du Bois, the American correspondent of Ze Zivre, who thus put to shame the millionaires present, and proved that the leavening of the Club by a French bibliophile was just what was necessary. The other copy was bought by the father of Seth Low, Mayor of Brooklyn.” 40, KS: THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. 41 THE GROLIER CLUB’S EDITION OF WASHINGTON IRVING’S KNICKERBOCKER—LIMITED EDITION OF 177 COPIES IN ALL. 149 GROLIER CLUB.—IRVING (Washington). A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty; containing among Many Surprising and Curious Matters the Unutterable Ponderings of William the Doubter, and the Chivalric Achievements of Peter the Headstrong—the Three Dutch Governors of New Amsterdam; being the only Authentic History of the Times that Ever Hath Been or Ever Will be. Published by ‘“‘ DiepRICH KNICKERBOCKER.” A New Edition, con- taining unpublished corrections of the Author, wth cd/us- trations by Gro. H. BouGuHTon, WILL. H. DRAKE and HOWARD PYLE, and etchings by Henry C. ENO and F. RAUBICHECK. 2 vols. 8vo, boards, rough edges. N. Y., printed for the Grolier Club, 1886 PRIVATELY PRINTED for the members of the Grolier Club with the following statement on the end paper preceding the title:—‘‘ The Publication Committee of the Grolier Club certify that this copy is one of an edition of 175 copies on Holland paper and 2 copies on vellum, all of which were printed in the month of May, 1886. The printed list of subscribers and the summary of contents will be found at the end of the second volume.” Boughton's etchings to the above are in three states, two of which are on Japan before letters and one on hand-made paper. The vignettes, head and 9 pieces, are in various shades of bistre and sepia. The printing is by De inne. 150 GROLIER CLUB. _ Transactions of the GrRoLIER CLUB, from its Foundation, January, 1884, to July, 1885. Part 1. 4to, boards, uncut. N. Y., Grolier Club, 1885 With the above is a separate Catalogue of the Grolier Exhibition of ‘‘ Modern Book-bindings.” The transactions commence with an account of Jean Grolier —an account of Exhibitions of MSS., Etchings, Book Illustrations, etc. It also contains addresses of Robert Hoe, Theodore L.» De Vinne, William Matthews, etc, 151 GROLIER.—Recherches sur JEAN GROLIER, sur sa Vie et sa Bibliothéque, suivies d’un Catalogue des Livres qui lui ont Appartenu par M. Le Roux bE Lincy. Thick large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Z. Potter, 1866 This splendid work by the Secretary of the ‘‘ Société des Bibliophiles Frangais”’ was printed by Jouaust on thick hand-made paper. It should more properly go under Bibliography in this catalogue on account of its admirable subject-matter and careful catalogue of the library of the great bibliophile, but as the publica- tions of the Grolier Club are justly put in the ‘‘ Art Division” this keeps them company. GROSE’S MILITARY ANTIQUITIES. 152 GROSE (Francis, #..S.4.). Military Antiquities, Respect- ing a History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time, including a Treatise on Ancient Arms THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. and Armour. JVumerous fine copper-plates of arms, armor, weapons, horse accoutrements, etc. 2 vols. thick 4to, calf, gilt (titles cut slightly and joints broken). London, 1812 VERY SCARCE. This work is particularly valuable to collectors of ancient arms and armor, as it contains much information that cannot be obtained in any other authority, as the writer was for many years a member of the Heralds’ Col- lege, from which he resigned. He was Adjutant and Paymaster of the Surrey Militia, but devoted much of his time to traveling through England, Scotland and Wales sketching for the valuable works which he subsequently gave to the world. Grose’s habits, especially in early life, were of too convivial a character for either his purse or his reputation, and many a jolly circle of ‘‘ good fellows” could answer in the affirmative the query of Burns— ‘* Ken ye aught of Captain Grose ?”’ Noble’s sketch of his figure and character is truly graphic. 153 GuIcHARD (E.). De l’Ameublement et de la Décoration Intérieure de nos Appartements. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1880 LIMITED EDITION of sixty copies, of which the above is one on Seychall Mill paper. GUILLAUMOT’S EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COSTUMES. 154 GUILLAUMOT (A., Fils). Costumes du XVIII¢ Siécle d’aprés les Dessins de WATTEAU Fits, DesRais, LECLERE, Cocuin, etc., tirés de Collections Particuliéres. 60 etchings by GUILLAUMOT, after WATTEAU, COCHIN, efc, Large 4to, cloth. Paris, 7. Cagnon, n. d. LIMITED EDITION printed on thick paper. 155 GUILLAUMOT. Costumes du XVIIIe Siécle tirés des Prés-Saint Gervais avec l’Autorisation de MM. V. Sarpbou, Pu. GILLE et Cu. LEcCOcCQ. 20 etchings by A. GUILLAU- MOT FILs, after the designs of DRAUER. Large 4to, loose in cover. Paris, 1874 IMPRESSIONS ON INDIA printed on thick paper. 156 GuILLAuMoT. Another copy of the preceding but ordinary edition on thick paper. AMERTON (Philip Gilbert). Thoughts about Art. Small 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1882 HAMERTON’S “GRAPHIC ARTS”—ORIGINAL EDITION. 158 HAMERTON. THE GRAPHIC ARTS. A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting and Engraving, in com- parison with each other and with Nature. With 54 tllus- trations after ancient and modern masters—RAPHAEL, MAC- LISE, TURNER, LEIGH, MULREADY, HARDING, HOLBEIN, $0 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 43 DurReER, BEwick, TITIAN, HOLLAR, REMBRANDT, HOLT, Hurst, DELANNE, VISSCHER, STRANGE, efc., reproduced in fac-simile, Thick folio, fresh vellum, gilt, uncut, by Fawn. London, Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 1882 LARGE PAPER COPY and LIMITED EDITION of 350 copies, with proofs of the plates on India paper. Mr. Hamerton has enjoyed exceptional opportunities for gathering the ex- perience and information necessary to a work like the above. Aided by the confidence of the most distinguished artists of his time, Mr. Hamerton does not write from the limited experience of one man, but expresses what may be fairly considered to be the state of existing knowledge. Besides this, his pecu- liar work as Editor of Zhe Portfolio has brought him into the closest contact with black and white art in all its reproducible forms, and made him minutely acquainted with various processes of reproduction, and their respective merits. Such a work as ‘‘ THE GRAPHIC ARTS” necessarily required illustration. The publishers spared neither trouble nor expense in illustrating it as completely as the present very advanced state of the printed arts would permit. All kinds of engraving, and most kinds of drawing, are represented, either by the best living masters or by the most able of their younger brethren; and with regard to the dead, their best works are reproduced in very close /ac-stmile. LARGE PAPER COPY OF HAMERTON ON LANDSCAPE. 159 HAMERTON. Landscape. With original etchings and many illustrations and drawings. Thick folio, fresh half morocco, totally uncut. London, 1885 LARGE PAPER. LIMITED EDITION of 525 copies on superfine laid paper. The above is the first edition and has brilliant impressions of the etchings, etc., by or after Palmer, Paris, Massé, Moore, Claude, Brandard, Yon, Courbet, Dameron, Graham, Turner, Corot, Thomas, Girtin, Reynolds, Brunet-Debaines, Dawson, Titian, Linnell, Hunt, Landseer, Murray, M’Culloch, Cox, Parrish, Lalanne, Daubigny, Harpignies, Greux, Slocombe, Hobbema, Huysmans, Guillaumet, Durer, Hardy, Reid, Van Eyck, Pennell, etc. Many of these are original etchings. 160 HAMERTON. ETCHING AND ETCHERS. 35 etchings by HADEN, PALMER, JACQUEMART, CHAUVEL, JONGKIND, eZ. Large 8vo, illuminated cloth, top edge gilt. London, 1876 The original edition of the above work is now rare and expensive. Copies frequently sell for $75 to $100. With the heraldic book-plate of William Miller. 161 HAMERTON. Examples of Modern Etching, with Notes by Puitip GILBERT HAMERTON. With 20 etchings by BALFOURIER, BODMER, BRACQUEMOND, CHATTOCK, FLAa- MENG, FEYEN-PERRIN, SEYMOUR-HADEN, HAMERTON, HESELTINE, LAGUILLERMIE, LALANNE, LEGROS, LUCAs, PALMER, RAJON amd VEYRASSAT. Large 4to, cloth, gilt edges. London, 1876 Hamerton’s purpose in getting these plates together was to show the various directions which the art of etching is taking in the practice of skillful contem- poraries, who have little in common beyond the employment of the same tech- nical methods. 162 HaMERTON. The Intellectual Life. Portrait of Da Vinci etched by FLAMENG. 12m0, cloth, Boston, 1883 44 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 163 HAMERTON. . Chapters on Animals. Small 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1882 164 HAVARD (Henry). L’Art a travers les Moeurs. J//ustratea with numerous fine plates by GOUTZWILLER. Thick large 4to, cloth, beveled sides, gilt edges. Paris, 1882 Handsomely printed on thick paper. 165 HAVARD. Histoire de la Peinture Hollandaise. With numerous illustrations after the great painters of Holland. 8vo, fresh half crushed red levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. Paris, Quantin, 1882 166 HAVARD. La Hollande 4 Vol d’Oiseau. Ji/ustrated with etchings by MAXIME LALANNE, and other tllustrations after the same. Large 4to, silver cloth gilt, beveled sides, gilt edges. Paris, 1881 167 HEFNER (J. von). Trachten des Christlichen Mittelalters. Vols. 1 to 3 inclusive. J//ustrated with over 200 plates of armor, medieval scenes, coats-of-arms, etc. Folded and uncut (not complete). Mannheim, [1840] .VERY RARE CONTEMPORARY WORK ON HENRY OF NAVARRE. 168 HENRI QUATRE.—LABYRINTHE ROYAL de L’HEr- CVLE GaAv.Lois Triomphant svr le Sviect des Fortunes, Batailles, Victoires, Trophées, Triomphes, Mariage et autre faicts Heroiques et Memorables de Tres-Auguste et tres Chrestien Prince Henry IIII Roy de France et de Nauarre. Representé a l’entree Triomphante de la Royne en la cité d’Auignon le rg Nouembre l’an MDC ou sont contenues les Magnificences et Triomphes dressez a cet effect par la dite ville. ugraved title, portraits and plates. 4to, calf gilt, red edges. Avignon, Jagues Bramereau, 1601 VERY RARE. With fine contemporary portraits of Henry the Fourth and Marie de Medicis, his Queen. Both have anagrams beneath them as follows: ‘* Henry de Bovrbon Roy né de Bonhevr.” ‘* Marie de Medicis Royne Ie me dis ia mere d’vn Roy.” Preceding the last-named is the bookseller’s permission to publish, and signed by Ferriol Gay, Vicar of the Inquisitor General of Avignon. HERALDIC WORKS OF RARITY. 169 HERALDRY.—BLASON (Le) des Couleurs en Armes, Livrées et Devises par SICILLE HERAULT D’ALPHONSE V.,, Roi d’Arragon—Publié et Annote par HIPPOLYTE CocH- ERIES. Small 4to, folded ready for binding and in cloth cover. Paris, Auguste Aubry, 1860 Unique. LimirEeD EDITION, of 350 copies of which 310 were on “‘ papier verge,” 20 on vellum paper, 9 on ‘‘ papier chamois,” 8 on China paper and 3 on lJ, KO. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION 45 vellum. The above is carefully ruled in red throughout and under every line, as well as on the borders. Many of the margins are three and a quarter inches in width to a text of two and five-eighths wide. There are fac-similes of printers’ marks, head and tail pieces, and the shields descriptive of tinctures are colored by hand in colors and metals. The work was compiled between the years 1425 and 1458, and the above is edited from the editions printed at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth centuries. 170 HERALDRY-—GUILLIM (John, Pursutvant.at-Arms). A DISPLAY OF HERALDRY: Manifesting a more Easie Access to the Knowledge thereof than hath been Hitherto published by any, through the Benefit of Method; where- unto is now Reduced by the Study and Industry of JOHN GUILLIM, to which is added a Treatise of Honour Mil- itary and Civil, according to the Laws and Customs of England, collected out of the most Authentick Authors, both Ancient and Modern by Capr. JOHN LOGAN; Illus- trated with a Variety of Scvlptvres suitable to the several subjects; to which is added a Catalogue of the Atchieve- ments of the Nobility of England, with divers of the Gen- try for examples of Bearings. With 105 plates of heraldic bearings, mostly 4 to the page, numerous armorial cuts in the text and 16 page portraits—rubricated title (mounted). 3 vols. int. Thick folio, sheep (a few pp. holed and torn with- out interference with the text generally). London, 1677-79 VERY RARE. The portraits are of—King Charles the Second; King James the Second, as Duke of York; George, Earl of Torrington; Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury; Heneage, Lord Finch; Charles, Earl of Carlisle, mended; George, Duke of Buckingham; Charles, Marquis of Winchester; William, Earl of Cra- ven; Bertram, Earl of Ashburnham; Robert, Earl of Ailesbury; Thomas Belasyse, Viscount Falconberg (Cromwell’s son-in-law); Cacily, Baron Baltimore; Henry job Marquis of Worcester; Henry, Earl of Arlington, Sir William De la More. Richard Blome, the editor and publisher of the above, was—“‘ originally a ruler of books and paper, who hath since practised, for divers years, progging tricks in employing necessitous persons to write in several arts.” 171 HERALDRY.—COLLECTANEA HERALDIC. Small 4to, calf, gilt edges. UD, i the VERY RARE collection of works on heraldry, from the libraries of and with the heraldic book-plates of James Maidment and William Bentham. It includes the following :—Storm (J. J.), ‘‘ Theses des Principes dv Blason, ou l’Art .Heraldiqve,” armorial cuts, Le Mans, 1690; Moller (D. G.), ‘“ Pro- mulsis Artis Heraldice,”’ Altdorf, n. d.; Schmerzel (M.), ‘‘ De Natvra et Indvle Artis Heraldic,’ Halle, 1740; ‘‘ De Artis Heraldic Exercitatio II. in Alma Philurzea,” Leipsic, 1689; ‘‘ De Jure Insignium,” large engraved shield, Wurtz burg, 1723; Linchivs (I. T.), ‘‘ De Probatione per Insignia et arma Gentilitia,”’ Altdorf, 1716; Waldshmidt (W.), ‘‘ De Milatione Insignivm et Sigillorvm,” Leipsic, 1746; Fichtner (I. G.), ‘‘ De Fractione Insignivm, A/tdor/, 1751. ° 172 HERALDRY —ESCHAVAUNES (Jouffroy de). Ar- morial Universel précédé d’un Traité Complet de la Science du Blason et suivi d’un Supplement. Zxgraved 46 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. Jronts., heraldic wood engravings, page illustrations and numerous coats-of-arms in GOLD AND COLORS. 2 vols. large 8vo, cloth, gilt edges (slightly foxed). VERY RARE, Paris, Curmer, 1844-48 173 HERALDRY.—MAGNY (Claude Drigon, Marguts de). Nouveau Traité Historique et Archéologique de la Vraie et Parfaite Science des Armoires. Over 50 plates in GOLD AND COLORS, containing more than a thousand illuminated coats-of-arms, also vignettes and fancy tnitial letters. ‘Thick . large 4to, half russia, uncut. Paris, 1856 VERY SCARCE. The author of the above and other heraldic works was made a Marquis by the Pope. He founded an heraldic college in Paris in 1841 and did a thriving trade. After his death in 1879, his two sons continued the gene- alogical business. 174 HERALDRY.—MILLEVILLE (Henri J. G. de). Ar- morial Historique de la Noblesse de France. J//uminated Front. and numerous coats-of-arms, views of castles, ete. Large 8vo, cloth, gilt edges. VERY SCARCE, Paris, Amyot, n. d. 175 Herzoctuum Nassau. Wumerous plates. Large 8vo, boards (stained). Wiesbaden, 1846 176 HISTOIRE pres QUATRE Fits AYMON trés Nobles et trés Vaillans Chevaliers, introduction et Notes par CHARLES MARCILLY. Every page illustrated through- out the text and over the text with designs in colors by EUGENE GRASSET—“ gravure et tmpression par CHARLES GILLoT.” 4to, fancy cloth binding in gold and color, beveled sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1883 LIMITED EDITION on Japan paper, of which 100 copies were printed on paper from the Imperial manufactories of Japan, and 100 on “‘ papier de Chine.”’ UNIQUE LIFE OF GENERAL HOCHE., 177 HOCHE (Lazare, General), SOUVENIRS er COR- RESPONDENCEH, par HYPPOLITE DURAND, Pro- Jusely EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. 8vo, fresh half crushed levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, by AD. BERTHAUD. Paris, 1832 UNIQUE, CURIOUS and very exact life of the great French Republican General Lazare Hoche. This copy is extra-illustrated by original autograph of Hoche to military document dated the Third year of the French Republic; Assignat of ‘‘ cing livres”; 21 portraits and three other plates, among these are four of Hoche by Pregot, Le Pachez, Lambert and Bonneville; portraits of Revelliere-Lepeaux, Rembell and Paul Barras, members of the Directory, by J. B- Compagnie; por- traits of Napoleon, 2 and proofs before all letters, and another by Jaubert; also portraits of Houchard, Pichegru, St. Just, Montaigne, Bertrand du Guesclin, William Pitt, Marquis de Bonchamp, Charette, Cadoudal, Voltaire and Chenier. Likewise plates of events in Hoche’s career by Duplessis-Bertaux, R. Vinheles, D. Vrydag and S. Fisher. ay [21 RIS <4, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 47 178 HOLBEIN (Hans), par PauL Mantz. With 21 fine large etchings and 50 engravings on wood, Square folio, cloth, uncut. Paris, 1879 Handsomely printed on thick paper, and engraved under the direction of Edouard Liévre. Some of the prints are on Holland paper and others on India. The text is full of illustrations, including ‘‘ The Dance of Death.” 179 HOILLAR.—A Description of the Works of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver WENCESLAUS HOLLAR, disposed into Classes of Different Sorts; with some Account of His Life. 2 vignette portraits, 1 on title, and views. 4to, half crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, by E. Rous- SELLE. London, printed for the Editor Gleorge| Viertue|, a Member of the Society of Antiquartes, 1745 VERY RARE. Wenceslaus Hollar was born at Prague in 1607 and died in 1677—“‘‘in the deepest poverty and distress, under the most afflicting circum- stances.” Spooner writes as follows of engravings by Hollar:—‘‘ There are about 2,400 prints by this artist, executed with great lightness, freedom and spirit, but in a firm and finished style. Some of his prints possess considerable merit, and his subjects comprise portraits, landscapes, animals, insects, still life, ruins, furs, shells, etc. Large prices have been obtained for a few of his prints, which have become extremely rare.” GUSTAVE DORE’S BIBLE—ELEGANTLY BOUND. 180 HOLY BIBLE, containing Old and New Testaments accord- ing to the Authorized Version. Profusely illustrated by GusTAvE Dorf. 2 vols. thick large 4to, magnificently bound in fresh brown morocco, raised beveled panels, extra gilt and inlaid with blue morocco on backs and sides, with broad inside gold borders, watered silk ends, gilt edges. London, z. d. A splendidly bound copy of the ‘‘ Holy Bible,” illustrated with the wonderful and characteristic designs of the great modern master Gustave Doré. LIMITED EDITION OF HOUSSAYE’S WORK ON MOLIERE. 181 HOUSSAYE (Arséne, ancien directeur de la Comédie Fran- caiseé). MOLImRE, sa Femme et sa Fille. Magnificenily illustrated with full-page etchings, wood engravings, etc., vig- nettes, head and tail pieces—portraits, scenes in the life of MOLIéRE, scenes in his plays—numerous rubrications through- out the work, rubricated title, etc., etc., also many illustrations in red. Square folio, fresh three-quarters red crushed levant morocco, extra gilt, green morocco mosaic let into the back, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, Dentu, 1880 No. 150 of a limited edition of 500 copies in all, of which the above is one of the Holland paper copies printed by Francois Dehons, and sealed with the ** cachet de Moli¢re” in red wax. ‘The above copy has the parchment paper covers bound in. 48 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 182 HOUSSAYE. Histoire de l’Art Francais au Dix Huiti¢me Siécle—Couston, BoucHarpon, Houpon, PIGALLE, CLo- DION, RIGAUD, LARGILLIERE, WATTEAU, LANCRET, SAN- TERRE, VAN Loo, La Tour, CHARDIN, GREUZE, VERNET, BoucHER, FRAGONARD, Davin, PRUDHON, CAMPRA, RAMEAU, GRiTRY, etc. Front. of portraits on INDIA PAPER. 8vo, fresh half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, Paris, Henri Plon, 1860 183 HULME (F. Edward). Suggestions in Floral Design. 52 fine plates in gold and colors, Large 4to, fresh illuminated cloth, beveled sides. London, z. d. These Floral Designs have all been kept bold in form, simple in color, and of a size that should present no difficulties in reproduction. The volume is full of suggestive ornamental decoration that cannot fail to be of the greatest value to both manufacturer and designer. 184 Fgoaee|LLUSTRATION NOUVELLE par une Société Af;N\ | de Peintres-Graveurs a l’Eau-Forte 1868-75. 7 vols in 2. A collection of over 300 etchings by the best modern French artists. Thick large folio, half crushed levant morocco gilt, top edges gilt. Paris, A Cadart, 1868-75 The earlier volumes of these charming series of etchings are very scarce in a complete form, almost all the sets having been broken up and the separate prints peddled out at so much a-piece. LARGE PAPER COPY OF IRELAND’S THAMES VIEWS. 185 IRELAND (Samuel). Picfuresque Views on the River Thames, from its Source in Gloucestershire to the Nore, with Observations on Public Buildings and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity. 56 fine copper-plates printed in septa and woodcuts tin text. 2 vols. 4to, mottled calf gilt, yellow edges (stained slightly and 1 vol. rebacked). London, 1792 LARGE PAPER, and with very fine impressions of the plates. A similar copy to the above sold at the Beckford sale for £4 5s. BARTOLOZZI AND OTHER ENGRAVERS’ PLATES, AFTER THE OLD ITALIAN MASTERS. 186 ITALIAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN. A Series of Select Studies, from the Original Drawings of the most Eminent Masters. A series of 91 beautifully executed plates, en- graved by F, BARTOLOZZI and others. 4to, half morocco, gilt edges. London, 1842 VERY SCARCE. Includes choice examples by Guercino, Michael Angelo, Domenichino, Annibale, Ludovico and Agostino Carracci, P. da Cortona, Carlo Maratti, Elisabetta Sirani, Pellegrino, Tibaldi, Franceschino, etc., etc. Published at £10 Ios, 7 S0188 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 49 187 ITALIAN MASTERS, Drawings by, with Critical Notes by J. Comyns Carr. With mounted fac-similes reproduced by the autotype process from the originals in the collec- tion at the British Museum. Square large folio, half morocco, cloth and beveled sides. London, 1877 The masters illustrated in these beautiful reproductions are—Andrea Man- tegna, Pietro Perugino, Francesco Francia, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo di Credi, Michael Angelo Buonarotti, Titian, Paul Veronese, Andrea del Sarto, Giulio Pippi, called Romano, Benvenuto Tissio da Garofalo and Jacopo Liozzi. AMESON (Anna).. History of our Lorp, as 4 | exemplified in Works of Art with that of His Types; St. JoHN Baptist and other Persons of the Old and New Testament. Continued and Completed by Lapy EastLake. With 31 etch- ings and 281 wood engravings from paintings, mosaics and ancient tvory carvings. 2 vols. fresh tree-marbled calf gilt extra, inside gold borders, edges gilt. London, 1864-72 BEST EDITION. ‘‘One of the most eloquent of our female writers; full of feeling and fancy; a true enthusiast, with a glowing soul.”—CHRISTOPHER NortuH. Eastlake, in his preface to ‘‘ Kugler’s Hand-book of Italian Painting,” truly remarks:—‘‘Some acquaintance with the legends and superstitions of the Middle Ages is necessary to the intelligence of many of the Italian and German works of art as the knowledge of heathen mythology is to explain the subjects of Greek vases and marbles. By a fortunate combination of artistic talent and appreciation with precision of thought, and a power of setting forth the older legends in poetical language, Mrs. Jameson was singularly qualified for the task she had undertaken. She at once succeeded in arousing an interest, and in sup- plying information in a condensed and agreeable form.” ‘Mrs. Jameson’s work would deserve a high place regarded only as a book of antiquarian inquiry. With admirable taste and judgment, both of pen and pencil, she has opened a curious branch of learning well-nigh forgotten among us—the vestiges of which, nevertheless, surround us on every side.”— Edinburgh Review. 189 JANIN (Jules), Voyage en Italie. With engraved title and views by, or after J. D. Harpinc, W. R. Smiru, E. CHALLIS, W. Rapvc.yrFE, J. B. ALLEN, JAMES REDAWAY, E. GOODHALL, SAMUEL Prout, CHARLES HeEatTu, J. T. WILLMORE, W. WaLLIs, THomas Hicuam, W. H. Barr- LETT, F. W. Topuam, and fine portrait of RAFFAELO SANZIO, engraved by W. Hoty. Large 8vo, half smooth red morocco, gilt (a few pages slightly spotted and one margin torn). Paris, 1839 The margins are equal to large paper. 50 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. ORIGINAL EDITION OF JARDINE’S NATURALIST’S LIBRARY. 190 JARDINE (Sir William, Bart.). THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. 1,200 fine plates, MOSTLY COLORED BY HAND. 40 vols. uniform, fresh half green calf, gilt top, edges gilt. Edinburgh, 1833-44 VERY SCARCE and the original Edinburgh edition with the impressions of the plates much brighter and more carefully colored by hand than in the 1844-55 reissue of H. G. Bohn. The volumes were published at six shillings each in boards. The new and handsome binding of this copy is worth at least one dollar and a quarter a volume. In the preparation of this valuable series Sir Wm. Jardine was assisted by Swainson, Waterhouse, MacGillivray, Bushman, Selby, Scomburgh, Hamilton, Smith, Hamilton and James Duncan. Each volume contains a memoir of a celebrated Naturalist. ‘‘ Blackwood’s Magazine” styles its editor ‘‘ an excellent practical observer,” and the ‘‘ London Atheneum” says that—‘‘ This book is perhaps the most interesting, the most beautiful and the cheapest series ever offered to the public.”’ It is divided into four series—‘‘ Mammalia,” ‘‘ Ornithology,” ‘* Entomology ” and ‘‘Ichthyology.”, There are 13 volumes of ‘‘ Mammalia” containing an introduction in one volume, and the following separate volumes—Lions and Tigers; British Quadrupeds; Horses; Elephants, etc.; Marsupialia; Seals, etc.; Whales, etc.; Monkeys. ‘‘Dogs” are in two volumes, as are the ruminating animals—Deer, Antelopes, Goats, Sheep, Oxen, etc. The ‘‘ Entomology ” isin 14 vols.—British Birds, 4 vols.; Sun Birds; Humming Birds, 2 vols.; Game Birds; Pigeons; Parrots; Birds of Western Africa, 2 vols.; Fly Catchers; Pheas- ants, Peacocks, etc. There are seven volumes of ‘* Entomology ”—Introduction; British Butterflies; British Moths, etc.; Foreign Butterflies; Foreign Moths; Beetles; Bees. The ‘‘ Ichthyology” is in six volumes—Introduction and Foreign Fishes; British Fishes, 2 vols.; Perch, etc.; Fishes of Guiana, etc., 2 vols. EDITION-DE-LUXE OF THE MASTERPIECES OF GERMAN, FLEMISH AND DUTCH ART. 191 JUTSUM (Carl T.). MEISTERWERKE OF GERMAN ART. Part 1, Early German, Flemish and Dutch Painters. Part 2, Contemporary German Art. J/lustrated with 113 etchings, line engravings and “ lichtdrucks,” PROOFS BEFORE LETTER, MOSTLY ON JAPAN PAPER, avd with over 200 engravings on wood and fac-similes of artists’ sketches. 2 vols. in ro sections as published. Folio, contained in two satin covered portfolios with ties. N, Y., 1883 LIMITED ETITION, of which this is number 314. The text throughout is beau- tifully printed on fine HOLLAND PAPER, and is a masterly and comprehensive illustrated review of German, Flemish and Dutch art, from Albert Durer to Hans Makart; including Cranach, Cornelius, Claude, Chodowicki, Cuyp, Burg- mair, Breughel, Both, Berghem, Becker, Balen, Dow, Dietz, Van Eyck, Goltzius, Hals, Hobbema, Holbein, Jansen, Kauffman, Kaulbach, Knaus, Leutze, Lucas Van Leyden, Matsys, Max, Metger, Mieris, Muller, Ostade, Perugino, Piloty, Rembrandt, Rubens, Ruysdael, Schongauer, Steen, Steinla, Teniers, Terberg, Unger, Vandyck, Wohlgemuth, Wouverman, and many others too numerous to mention here. The illustrations are worthy of the text; the etchings are all by celebrities of the modern school—many being original painters’ etchings; the line engravings are the most superb efforts that the masters of the burin are capable of producing 30 f THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 51 —both etchings and engravings are proofs before letters on Japan paper. The *‘lichtdrucks ” are beautiful fac-simile reproductions in color of chalk and water- color drawings. The engravings on wood interspersed throughout the text are most interesting, in many cases being fac-similes of sketches and studies by the principal artists which have never before been engraved. SYALIDASA. SaxkoontTata, or the Lost Ring, an Indian Drama, translated into English Prose and Verse from the Sanskrit of KaLipasa, by MONIER Wituiams. Beautifully tlluminated borders and head-pieces by OWEN JONES. 4to, illuminated cover, uncut. N. Y., 1885 No. 103 of Limited Large Paper edition of about 120 copies on Japan paper, with head-pieces and borders in color by De Vinne. Several editions of this great Indian drama have appeared abroad, but this is, we think, the first attempt to bring it to the notice of American readers. The best evidence of its appreciation by scholars is perhaps shown in Goethe’s lines: ““ Would’st thou the young year’s blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed ? Would’st thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakoontala! and all at once is said.” The pictorial borders to the illustrations, as well as the other illuminations, are taken from MSS. in the British Museum. The Sakoontala was first made known to the world, by the translation of Sir William Jones, in 1789, and until this event Sanskrit dramatic literature was unknown. Of all the Indian poets the most celebrated was Kalidasa, who flourished in the middle of the century preceding the Christian era. The translation by Monier Williams has long been a favorite with Oriental scholars. Says Humboldt: ‘‘The Poems of Kalidasa contain charming descriptions of nature, and his tenderness of feeling and rich- ness Of creative fancy entitle him to a high place in the ranks of the Poets of Nations.”’ 193 KAULBACH (Wilhelm von). KavuLBacu ALBuM, text von Dr. Jutius Grosse. Jllustrated with many plates of a@ humorous character after KAULBACH, and engraved by J. G. FLEGEL. Oblong 4to, old cloth (foxed somewhat). Stuttgart, 7. d. SCARCE and with good impressions of the plates on India paper. KAY’S PORTRAITS—FINE COPY OF THE BEST EDITION. 194 KAY (John). A Series oF ORIGINAL PORTRAITS AND CARICATURE ETCHINGS, by the late JoHN Kay, MINIA- TURE PAINTER, EDINBURGH ; with Biographical Sketches and Illustrative Anecdotes. [Edited by H. Paton.] 357 portraits and etchings. 2 vols, thick 4to, half morocco. Edinburgh, 1837-38 VERY RARE. An unusually fine and perfect copy of the first and best edition of this rare collection. John Kay, the author of these prints, was born in 1742, near Dalkeith, Scotland, and very early gave strong proofs of natural artistic ability. He was, however, when in histhirteenth year, apprenticed by his relatives to a barber in Edinburgh, which ‘‘ profession’ he carried on formany years. In 1785, when in his forty-third year, he conceived the idea of attempting to etch on copper. Some prints which he published met with such unexpected success, 192 52 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. that he resolved to shave no more, and to devote himself entirely to art. He Started a small print shop in Parliament Square, Edinburgh, where he sold his productions, and the windows of which being always filled with his most recent works, used to be a great attraction to the loungers of the time; and to almost the year of his death (1826) at the age of 84 he continued to delight and amuse his patrons with the productions of his needle. For a period of half a century few persons of any notoriety who figured in the Scottish capital escaped his notice, and he occasionally indulged in caricaturing such local incidents as might amuse the public. In this way he formed a collection altogether unique. Indeed, Chambers in his ‘‘ Lives of Illustrious Scotchmen,” says: ‘‘that no city in the empire can boast of so curious a chronicle’ It may be added that his etchings were universally admitted to possess one merit, which of itself at this day stamps them as of great value, namely, that of being exact and faithful likenesses of the persons intended to be represented. EDITION-DE-LUXE OF KOEHLER’S GREAT WORK ON ETCHING—WITH PROOFS ON JAPAN PAPER. 195 KOEHLER (S. R.). Ercuine, an Outline of its Technical Processes and its History, with some remarks on Collec- tions and Collecting. Zhe text illustrated by numerous reproductions and accompanied by 30 sine plates by old and modern etchers, proofs on JAPAN PAPER MOUNTED ON CARD- BOARD, with heavy mats, loose in portfolio. ‘Together 2 vols. Large 4to and square large folio, uniform fresh half russia gilt, cloth sides. N. Y., 1885 EDITION-DE-LUXE, limited to sixty copies, with the plates all numbered and signed by the author, of which this is No. 12, and published at $100 to subscribers only. The following subjects and etchers are represented:—‘‘ Evening,” by R. S. Gifford, N. A.; ‘‘Summer,” by J. M. Gangengigl ; ‘‘ Twilight in Arizona,” by T. Moran, N. A.; ‘‘ The Fisherman’s Home,” by C. A. Vanderhoof; ‘‘ Charles V. and his Brother Ferdinand,” by C B. Hofer; ‘‘ The Sudarium,” after Dtirer; ““Hunter and Dogs,” after Pieter de Laer; ‘‘ Mother with the Black Veil,” after Rembrandt; ‘‘ The Man Riding a Donkey,” after Nicholas Berghem ‘“ The Mountebank,” by Dietricy; ‘‘ Peasant Woman driving Pigs into a Stable,” by Jacque; ‘‘ La Rue des Toiles, Bourges,” after Méryon; ‘‘ Viewin Amsterdam,” by Lalanne; *‘ Tripod,” after Gouthicre, by Jacquemart; ‘‘ The Falls of Tivoli,” by G. L. Brown; ‘‘ Sweet is the Hour of Rest,” by Henry Farrer; ‘‘ Annes- quam,”’ by S. Parrish; ‘‘ A Fallow Field,” by J. D. Smillie, N. A.; ‘‘ Rue du Mont Cenis, Montmartre,” by C. A. Platt; ‘‘ The Home of the Muskrat,”’ by Mrs. M. N. Moran; ‘‘ Church of San Miguel and Pueblo House, at Santa Fe, N. M.,” by Peter Moran; ‘‘ A Street in London,” by J. M’N. Whistler; ‘‘ View in Venice,” by Otto H. Bacher; ‘‘Scene in Venice,” by C. Corwin; ‘‘ Portrait of a Man (Le Doreur),” by Flameng, after Rembrandt; ‘‘ Soldier and Laughing Girl,” by Jacquemart, after Van der Meer van Delft; ‘‘ Hen Defending her Brood,” by Unger, after Snyders; ‘‘ Landscape and Sheep,”’ by J. D. Smillie, after Jacque; Trial plate to illustrate technical points; ‘‘ Portrait of an Old Lady,” by Rajon, after Rembrandt, in two states. SPLENDID WORK ON ANCIENT HISTORIC TAPESTRIES. 196 KUELLER amdWAUTERS. Historic TAPESTRIES at the National Exposition of Belgium, 1880, with French text by ALPHONSE WauTERS. J/lustrated with 125 reproductions, ; | THE PENE. DU BOIS COLLECTION. 53 somé COLORED IN FAC-SIMILE of the most anctent tapestries of Flanders, Gobelin and other sources, mostly executed after the drawings of H. F. KuELuer, “Artiste Peintre,” and Jrom the originals themselves. One volume (complete and in rx parts), in fresh half morocco portfolio, with cloth sides, flaps and ties. Brussels, 1881-82 LIMITED EDITION. This is one of the grandest works ever published on ancient E vuropean ‘Tapestry. There is a good general index and separate indices to the various parts, the examples were loaned by many of the European monarchs and from the colleetions of the best museums, nobility, churches and other sources wherever available. The subjects of the tapestries are historical, classical, legendary, erotic and scriptural, many being taken from the works of the great medizval masters. Such an united collection can probably never be gathered together again, and the form in which itis now presented is of incalculable ser- vice to painters, designers, art decorators, and all those who are now aiding the nineteenth century Renaissance, whether as workers, patrons or connoisseurs. The work is dedicated to the King of the Belgians. 197 KRAUS (John Ulric) HISTORISCHE BILDER BIBEL. 188 admirably executed plates, Sour to the page. Folio, old half sheep. Augsburg, 1702 VERY SCARCE. This eminent engraver, Spooner says, was—‘‘ born at Augs- burg in 1645 and died there in 1719. He imitated in engraving the manner “of J. Le Clerc. He also copied several of the prints of Albert Durer and Lucas Van Leyden. He engraved some landscapes and perspective views, and many biblical subjects from his own designs for the booksellers.” 198 KRAUS. SiGNoRuM VETERUM IconEs. A collection of 50 plates of anctent statuary—mostly of nudes. Small folio, cloth. RARE. Augsburg, 2. d. JACROIX (Paul, Bibliophile Jacob). Louis XII. ‘| et ANNE DE BRETAGNE. Chronique de |’Histoire de France. J/i/ustrated with 14 chromolithographs, 15 page engravings and about 200 wood engravings in the text after original designs of the period de- scribed in the text of the volume. ‘Thick 4to, fresh half red morocco, cloth sides gilt, edges gilt. Paris, Georges Hurtel, 1882 This splendid work was illustrated by—Lalauze, etcher; Garcia, Thiercy, Piret and Tissot, aquarellists; Goutzwiller, Thadée, Garcia, Kreutzberger, Hurtel, etc., designers; Nordmann, Chataignon, Danne, Levié, Garcia-Mincia, Cottelot and Benard, chromolithographers; etc. 200 LACROIX. XVIIe Siécle: Lettres, Sciences et Arts— France, 1590-1700. Jllustrated with 17 fine colored plates and 300 woodcuts. Thick large 8vo, fresh half red mo- rocco gilt, edges gilt. Paris, /irmin-Didot, 1882 Beautiful and instructive, Lacroix’s books have no equal in the annals of art and literature. 54 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. zo1 LACROIX. XVIIIe Siécle: Institutions, Usages et Cos- tumes—France,1700-1789. Jilustrated with 21 fine colored plates and 350 woodcuts. ‘Thick large 8vo, fresh half red morocco gilt, edges gilt. Paris, 1878 The illustrations are after Watteau, Vanloo, Rigaud, Boucher, Lancret, J. Vernet, Chardin, Jeanrat, Bouchardon, Saint Aubin, Eisen, Gravelot, Moreau, Cochin, Wille, Debucour, etc. 202 LACROIX. Sciences et Lettres au Moyen Age et a l’époque de la Renaissance. With 13 fine colored plates executed by CompérRE, DauMont, PRALOU and WERNER, ard 400 wood- cuts. Thick large 8vo, fresh half red morocco gilt, edges gilt. Paris, 1877 The plates in this volume are taken from the best manuscripts, miniatures and books in the principal public and private libraries of Europe; the Louvre, Musée de Du Sommerard, Bibliothéque Mazarin, etc.; from the great collections of Belgium, Germany, England, Italy, etc.; the private collections of M. Rothschild, the Brothers Boisseree, Duc de Luynes, etc. No pains have been spared to make the work an universal gallery of the Middle Ages and the Re- naissance. ‘The letter-press also is extremely valuable, as it reunites in a com- pendious form the information comprised in many expensive works; and places at the disposal of the ordinary reader information which hitherto has been the sole property of the rich and the learned. 203 LACROIX. The XVIIIth Century, its Institutions, Cus- toms and Costumes—France, 1700-89. J//ustrated with 21 chromolithographs and 350 wood engravings after WAtT- TEAU, VANLOO, RiGAUD, BoUCHER, LANCRET, J. VERNET, CHARDIN, JEANRAT, BOUCHARDON, SAINT-AUBIN, EISEN, GRAVELOT, MOREAU, COCHIN, WILLE, DEBUCOUR, ¢/c. Thick large 8vo, half red morocco, gilt. London, 7. @, 204 [LACROIX.] Curiosités de l’Histoire des Arts par “ P. L. Jacos, BIBLIOPHILE.” Small 8vo, old half morocco, top edge gilt. Paris, 1858 VERY SCARCE. . Containing articles on parchment and paper, playing cards, origin of printing, book-binding, jewelry and medieval music. 205 LALANNE.—Chez Victor Hueco par “Un Passant.”” ///us- trated with 12 etchings by MAXIME LALANNE, Large 8vo, half morocco, totally uncut. Paris, 1864 An interesting volume on Victor Hugo, illustrated with etchings by Lalanne. 206 LANDON (C. P.). Annales du Musée et de l’Ecole Mod- erne des Beaux-Arts. Mumerous plates and portraits. Vols. 1 and 2, Small 8vo, half roan (not uniform). Paris, 1805 207 LANDON. Annales du Musée—Salon de 1817. Outline plates, some folded and of nudes. Small 8vo, half roan. Paris, 1817 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 55 / 56 208 Lanpscape Francais (Le)—France. Lngraved title and charming steel plates of views. Small 8vo, calf gilt, inside gold border, edges gilt. Paris, 1834 With broad Re equal to large paper and beautifully illustrated. The text is by Hugo, Nodier, Lamartine, Saint-Beuve and others. /, 209 LANGENDYK (P.), De Graaven van Holland in Jaar- dichten. Jilustrated with vignette titles, engraved false title and 32 portraits of the rulers of Holland from the earliest times. 2 vols. small 4to, vellum. VERY SCARCE, Haarlem, /. Bosch, 1745 256 210 LA TROBE (J. A.). Scripture Illustrations, Geography , and Topography of the Bible. Vumerous engravings on steel and wood—also maps. Large 4to, half morocco, top edge gilt. London, 1838 ee 211 LAURENT-RICHARD Collection. Catalogue de Tab- leaux Modernes et de Tableaux Anciens [with preface by EMILE BERGERAT]. JVumerous charming etchings after or by GAUJEAN, COURBET, COUTURE, LEFORT, MASSARD, DELACROIX, HEDOUIN, e/c. Large 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1878 FINE UNCUT COPY OF THE LEBRUN GALLERY. F 6 212 LEBRUN (T. P. P.) GaALtrie Des PEINTRES FLAMANDS, / HOLLANDAIS ET ALLEMANDS. Ouvrage enrichi de Deux Cent une Planches gravées d’apres les meilleurs Tableaux de ces Maitres, par les plus habiles Artistes de France, de Hol- lande et d'’ Allemagne. 3 vols. folio, boards, uncut. Paris, 1792-96 An unusually fine and perfect copy of this rare Gallery, which contains 201 fine copper-plates after the Old Masters of the Flemish, Dutch and German Schools, including examples of Rembrandt, Durer, Holbein, Rubens, Vandyck. Potter, Teniers, Ostade, Hals, Dow, Bol, Mieris, Terburg, Metzu, Waterloo, Netscher, Bergen, etc., etc., engraved by Houbraken, Deguevanviller, Vinkles, Zancher, Le Bas, Guttenberg and others of the best engravers of the period. This fine work, which was twenty years in publishing, is one of the most interesting of its class, and exhibits nearly all the best pictures of the Flemish School, with the history, description and mercantile value of each, written by a painter whose whole life was devoted to this particular department. The picture dealers in all countries refer to the opinion of Lebrun as of the first authority. 6 O 212* LENCKER (John). Prrspecriva in welcher ein seichter ‘ Weg ae ding es Seyen Corpora Gebew vnd was muglich in Grund Zulegen ist Versuckt oder vnversuckt dauch’ gar geringe Instrument i in die Perspectivo, etc., etc. Augraved title, portrait by LUCAS KILLIAN, diagrams, etc.(title mended ). Small folio, old boards. Nuremberg, [1616] VERY RARE and early work on perspective. The dedication is dated , “Nurnberg den 14 Novembris Anno 1571.” Hans Lencker was a famous engraver on precious metals, as well as on copper, some engravings from the last named, and dated 1573, bear his mark. 56 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 213 LEROY (Louis). Les Pensionnaires du Louvre. Vumer- ous illustrations by PauL RENOUARD. Large 4to, fresh cloth gilt, beveled sides, edges gilt. Paris, 1880 UNIQUE WORK ON THE MARSEILLAISE HYMN. 214 LE ROY DE SAINT CROIX. Le Chant de Guerre pour Armée du Rhin, ou la Marseillaise—Paroles et Musique de la Marseillaise, Son Histoire, contestations 4 propos de son Auteur, Imitations et Parodies de ce Chant National Francais. xtra illustrated with nearly 40 plates, some of which are inlaid, or are proofs, or on Japan on India pa- per, etc. Large 8vo, bound by “TRIGULLIER SR. DE PETIT-SIMIER”’ in fresh half crushed red levant morocco, extra gilt back, top edge gilt, others uncut, with the covers bound in. Strasbourg, 1880 UNIQUE and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. Bound up with the above are—‘‘ Encore la Marseillaise et Rouget de Lisle par Le Roy de Sainte Croix,” Strasburg, 1880, and ‘‘ La Marseillaise and Rouget de Lisle par Le Roy de Sainte Croix,” Strasburg, 1880. Among the plates in the above are—‘‘ The Siege of the Bastille,” ‘* Rouget de Lisle Singing the Marseillaise,” views of Strasburg and the Champ de Mars, also portraits of Michael Angelo, Victor Hugo, Béranger, De Musset, Rachel, Vernet, Pichegru, Rouget de Lisle, Madame Roland, Byron, Kleber, Henry IV., Kotzebue, Napoleon I., St. Cyr, etc., etc. 215 Leroy (Charles). Ramollot au Salon. With etched front. dy FELIX REGAMEY. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1883 216 LETTRES (Les) et tes ARTS—REVUE ILLUSTREE. With numerous etchings, engravings, fac-similes and other illustrations, mostly full page and many in the text. Vols. 1 to 4 inclusive (complete, and in 12 parts), sewed, uncut. Paris, Boussod Valadon et Cre, 1886 Included with the above lot is a morocco extra gilt reading portfolio for the same. Among the contributors to these volumes were—MM. E. Caro, F. Coppée, Maxime du Camp, Alexander Dumas, Ludovic Halévy, Leconte de Lisle, Désiré Nisard, Edouard Pailleron, and Jules Simon of the ‘‘ Académie Fran- caise’; and MM. Jules Zeller, Jules Breton, Léo Delibes, Charles Gounod and Ernest Reyer of the ‘‘ Institut”; also MM. Aderer, Marcel Ballot, Camille 3enoit, Barbey d’Aurevilly, Th. Bentzon, René de Boisdeffre, Paul Bourget, Maurice Bouchor, Henri Bouchot, Anton. Briickner, Ignaz Brill, Fernand Calmettes, F. de Carpegna, Henri Cazalis, Chabouillet, Henri Cochin, James Darmesteter, Auguste Dorchain, Dr. Dujardin-Beaumetz, Anatole France, Louis Ganderax, Théophile Gautier fils, Mme. Judith Gautier, MM. Gerspach, Edouard Grenier, Maurice Hamel, José-Maria de Heredia, Paul Hervieu, Henry Houssaye, Paria Korigan, Capitaine Kudelka, Léopold Lacour, Octave Lacroix, Henri Laujol, Jules Lemaitre, André Lemoyne, Achille Luchaire, Frédéric Masson, Guy de Maupassant, F. de Mély, Eugéne Mintz, Pierre de Nolhac, Jacques Normand, Georges Ohnet, E. Paladilhe, Armand de Pont- martin, Claudius Poppelin, Emile Pouvillon, Adolphe Racot, Dr. Renaut, Victor Roger, Charles Salomon, Francisque Sarcey, Jacques Saugé, A. de Saint-Albin, Armand Silvestre, André Theuriet, Maurice Tourneux, Antony Valabrégue, Vicomte E.-M. de Vogiié, Ch.-M. Widor, Charles Yriarte, Mlle. Helen Zim- mern, etc., etc. “dg, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 57 THOMAS DE LEU—VERY RARE AND CURIOUS COLLEC- TION OF EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGRAV- INGS. 216* LEU (Thomas de). Beatz semperqz Vircini. MARIE, 61 plates ; Quindecim Misteria Rosarii B. MARI& VIRGINIS, Parts, chez Pierre Firens, 1616, 3 plates ; Les Sainctes Images de Dirv le Pire et Div le Fits, Auecques les representations des Neuf Anges, etc., Paris, chez Nicolas de Mathoniere, 1608, 12 plates; Le Curist et les 12 Apotres, 14 plates , Septem Vrbis Ecclesize primariz Indvl- gentiarvm, I.: le Clerc excud., 7 plates ; S. Vvo, S. LEo- NARDVS, S. FRANCISCVs DE Pavia, SS. Icnatiu LoyOLA et Fr. Xaveru. Together 101 very rare and beautiful plates. 4to, maroon colored morocco extra, gilt back, sides and edges, by De WarTINES. Paris, 1608, e¢c. VERY RARE. Priced $75; see inserted catalogue cutting. § 5 217 LIEVRE (Edouard). Works of Art in the Collections of ( x50 36, England, with Descriptions. 50 plates, drawn by LIEVRE, and etched by BRACQUEMOND, CourTRY, FLAMENG, GREUX, LE Rat, LHERMITTE, T. LievRE, MUZELLE, Rajon, RANDELL avd VALENTIN. Square large folio, loose in cover. London, z. d. re EDITION of 500 copies only printed on HOLLAND PAPER by J. Claye, 18) aris, This beautiful work contains fifty admirably executed etchings of some of the most chaste objects of art selected from the best English collections—carvings, ceramics, bronzes, armor, jewels, plate, etc., etc. 218 LINTON (W. J.).. THe History or WOOD ENGRAV- ING 1n AMERICA. With numerous tllustrations, some Sull-page, after or by ANDERSON, ADAMS, JONNARD, LINTON, CLosson, ef. Large 4to, half cloth, veneer sides, edges uncut, London, 1882 LIMITED EDITION, and each signed with the original autograph of the author. AN ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER’S COPY OF LODGE’S POR- TRAITS. 219 LODGE (Edmund). Portraits or ILLusTRIOUS PERSON- AGES OF GREAT BRITAIN, with Biographical and Historical Memoirs. Third edition. Wzth an entirely new set of plates and 60 additional subjects, in all 240 jine portraits, 12 vols. [complete in 80 parts, as published] large 8vo, paper. London, 1829-35 AN ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER’S copy, and cost £30 unbound, z.¢., $150. “It is impossible to conceive a work which ought to be more interesting to the present age than that which exhibits before our eyes our ‘fathers as they lived,’ accompanied with such memorials of their lives and characters as enable us to compare their persons and countenances with their sentiments and actions.’’—S1r WALTER Scorr. ‘’ These volumes contain not fewer than 240 portraits by the most celebrated artists, from original paintings in the possession of the nobility and gentry of 58 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER OF MANY OF THE BEST “ART JOURNAL” PLATES. 220 LONDON ART JOURNAL. 37 lates, PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER, mounted on thin card, with extra wide margins. Square large folio, half morocco, beveled cloth sides, gilt edges (rubbed). London, 7. @. THIS MAGNIFICENT VOLUME contains fine impressions of many of the prin- cipal plates issued in the ‘‘ London Art Journal.” The subjects, painters, sculptors and engravers represented are:—‘‘ The Case- ment,” by J. Stephenson, after G. Newton, R. A.; * Landing of the Prince of Orange,” by W. Miller, after J]. M. W. Turner, R. A.; “‘ The Newspaper,” by C. W. Sharpe, after T. S. Good; *‘ The Dangerous Playmate,” by E. dis Portbury, after W. Etty, R. A.; ‘*Cavalier’s Pets,” by J. Outrim, after Sir E. Landseer, R. A.; ‘‘ The Fisherman’s House,” by A. Willimore, after F. Danby, A. R. A.; ‘‘ Yorick and the Grisette,” by H. Bourne, after G. S. New- ton, R. A.; ‘Ruins in Italy,” by T. A. Prior, after R. Wilson, R. A.; ‘« Florimel and the Witch,”’ by G. A. Periam, after F. R. Pickersgill, A. R. A.; ‘‘ The Installation,” by W. Taylor, after B. West, P. R. A.; “ Hebe,” by W. H. Mote, from the Statue by Canova; “‘ The Tambourine,” by C. Rolls, after P. Williams; ‘‘ The Filatrice,” engraved by E. Roffe, from the Statue in pos- session of the Duke of Devonshire; ‘‘ The Stolen Bow,” by P. Lightfoot, after W. Hilton, R. A.; ‘‘ Protecting Angels,” by E. Roffe, from the Bas-Relief by Ernest Rietschel; ‘‘Morning” and ‘‘‘Night,” by Roose, from Bas-Reliefs by Thorwaldsen; ‘‘ Rest in the Desert,” by J. Cousen, after W. Miller; ‘‘ Musi- dora,” by J. H. Baker, from Statue by R. J. Wyatt; ‘‘ Crossing the Ford,” by L. Stocks, after W. Mulready, R. A.; ‘‘ Juliet and the Nurse,” by S. Sangster, after H. Briggs, R. A.; ‘‘Sea-Shore in Holland,” by J. C. Bentley, after Sir A. W. Calicott, R. A.; ‘*The Mother,” from the Group by J. H. Foley, A. R.A.; ‘‘The Bagpiper,” by R. C. Bell, after Sir David Wilkie, js ss «The Son of Niobe,” by J. H. Baker, after J. Leeb; “‘ The Raffle for the Watch,” by G. Greatbach, after W. Bird, R. A.; ‘* The Infant Bacchus,” by T. Vernon, after Sir M. A. Shee, P. R. A.; *‘ Napoleonis Mater,” by W:.Fe, Mote, from the Statue by Canova; ‘‘ Highland Mary,” by Edwin Roffe, from the Statue by B. E. Spence; ** Persian Warrior,” by C. Cousen, after W. Etty, R. A.; ‘‘ Lady Godiva,” by J. B. Allen, after G. Jones, R. A.; *‘ The Farm Yard,” by J. Godfrey, after T. S. Cooper, A. R. A.; ‘* The Bashful Beggar,” by W. H. Mote, from Group by M. Gandolphi, of Milan; ‘* Council of Horses,” by T. A. Prior, after J. Ward, R. A.; ‘‘ The Faithful Messenger,” by E. Roffe, from Statue by J. Geefs, of Antwerp; ‘‘Cupid Bound,” by E. R. Whit- field, after T. Stothard, R. A.; ‘‘The Tired Soldier,” by F. Croll, after F, Goodall. 221 LUBKE (Wilhelm). EccLrsiasticaL ART IN GERMANY during the Middle Ages, translated with Appendix by L. A. WHEATLEY. Jilustrated with 184 engravings. Large 8vo, cloth. Edinburgh, 1877 ‘To all interested in the study of ecclesiastical art, the appearance of this volume will be welcome, both on account of the vast research which it exhibits, and the number and evident utility of the illustrations.” SR, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 59 wy) ABERLY (J.). The Print Collector. An Intro- ‘| duction to the Knowledge of Ancient Prints, with Suggestions as to the Mode of Collecting. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by RosBert Hog, Jr. With illustrations. Thick large 8vo, fresh half crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt. N. Y., 1880 ““'The book commends itself alone without comment to all collectors and lovers of prints, and it is so wholly without rivals in its comprehensiveness and accuracy that its publication makes it at once a necessary part of every collector’s library, while as a history of engraving and kindred arts it is invaluable to all classes of intelligent readers."—V. Y. Evening Post. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED AND LARGE PAPER COPY OF ROBERT HOE’S EDITION OF MABERLY’S PRINT COL- LECTOR. 223 MABERLY. Tue PRINT COLLECTOR—An Introduc- tion to the Knowledge necessary for forming a Collection of Ancient Prints, with an Appendix containing FrELp- ING’s Treatise on the Practice of Engraving. Edited with Notes, an Account of Contemporary Etching and Etchers, and a Bibliography of Engraving by ROBERT HOE, Jr. Thick 4to. Elegantly bound by R. W. Situ in full green crushed levant morocco, extra tooled, gilt back, paneled sides in gilt, doublé with red crushed levant morocco, lace-work pointille and dentelle tooled gilt borders, leather joints, top edge gilt, others uncut, and in drop cloth case. N. Y., 1880 UNIQUE Anp LARGE PAPER, limited to 50 copies, printed on What- man’s hand-made paper and one copy printed on vellum, of which this is No. 45. This copy has been enriched by the insertion of upwards of 80 extra illustra- tions, including fine specimens of almost every style of engraving described in the volume, with some portraits and examples of the work of most of the famous engravers and etchers mentioned. Among the rare originals will be found the famous ‘‘ Great Horse” of Albert Durer; ‘St. Bartholomew,” ‘‘ St. Thomas,” ‘‘ St. Matthew”’ and ‘‘ St. Philip,” all engraved by Hans Sebald Beham; Allegorical Subject, by Henry Aldegrever; “St. Peter,” by Henry Goltzius; ‘‘ Jesus and the Samaritan Woman,” by Rem- brandt; Landscape, by John Both; ‘‘ Dogs,” by W. Hollar; ‘‘ Lady Boyd,” by J. McArdell; ‘‘ Portrait of Raphael Morghen,” engraved by himself; ‘‘ Female Head,”, etched by Bartolozzi; ‘‘The Laughing Audience,” by W. Hogarth; also original etchings by Seymour Haden, J. A. M. Whistler, C. Meryon, L. Flameng, C. Jacque, J. Jacquemart, A. Appian, Henry Farrer and a complete proof set of Daubigny’s ‘‘ Voyage de Bateaux.” Where it has been difficult to obtain fine, original impressions of the early Masters, such as Martin Schoen, Albert Durer, Marc Antonio, Lucas Van Leyden, Paul Potter, Claude, Rembrandt, Berghem, Callot, etc., the want has been supplied by the famous reproductions of Armand Durand. These prints, copied from the finest impressions in existence, are of such wonderful fidelity that it is sometimes difficult for even experts to detect a difference between the copy and the original. Among them will be found the world-famed ‘‘ Knight and Death,” ‘‘St. George,” and ‘‘ Crest with a Skull,” of Albert Durer; ‘‘Adam and Eve,’’ ‘‘ Venus ” and ‘‘ Poetry,” of Mare Antonio; ‘‘St. Veronica’s Veil” 60 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. and the ‘‘ Nativity,” of Martin Schoen; ‘‘ Christ and Mary Magdalen,” of Lucas Van Leyden; ‘‘ Burgomaster Six,” ‘‘ Jewish Bride,” ‘‘ The Mill” and the “‘ Beg- gars,” of Rembrandt, etc., etc. The whole forms a valuable, curious and instructive collection which commends itself to all those interested in the beau- tiful art of engraving. 224 MAQUET (Auguste). Paris sous Louis XI1V.—Monuments et Vues. Vumerous illustrations, portraits, views, etc. Large 4to, sewed, uncut. Paris, Laplace Sanchez et Cie, 1883 A grand work printed in large type on thick paper. 225 MARIE (Adrien). Une Journée d’Enfant Compositions Inédites par ADRIEN Marie [with English Text]. 20 plates in colored heliogravure of DujaRDIN. Large 4to. Illuminated cloth. N. Y., 1884 Adrien Marie is one of those inordinately successful illustrators whom pub- lishers try to keep at the work of book-decoration, but who are pushed by an invincible impulse towards oil- -painting and canvas. The above consists of numerous charming drawings printed in various shades of ink. It has been pro- nounced by all the press as one of the most delightful records of child-life ever published. ‘** Une Journée d’Enfant’ here you see, In twenty drawings by Marie— Supremely Skilful. The clever Artist here unfurls, The hopes and fears of little girls Short-frocked and Frillful ! In bed, in bath, at dinner, tea, At lessons, music, romping, We, A Baby Beauty clearly see, Divinely Wilful !” —London Punch. /, 226 MaRLBoroucH (Duke of). Catalogue of Collection of Pic- tures of, from Blenheim Palace—First Portion. Large 8vo, sewed. London, 1886 Y 2S 227 MARTIAL ACHIEVEMENTS of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815. Vignette titles and 52 fine plates engraved in AQUATINT dy SUTHERLAND, CLARK, Dv- BOURG and others from designs by W. HEATH. Large 4to, old half morocco, totally uncut. London, /. /enkins, 1814 228 MARTIN (John). Illustrations of the Bible. 20 fine plates engraved tn mezzotinto. Folio, old cloth, uncut. London, Charles Tilt, 1838 RARE. By the famous illustrator of Milton, who not only made these grand designs, but engraved them with his own hand, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 61 MASTERPIECES OF FRENCH ART—THE SPLENDID IM- PERIAL EDITION. 229 MASTERPIECES or FRENCH ART ILLUSTRATED: V0, being a Biographical History of Art in France from the Earliest Period to and Including the Salon of 1882. By Louis ViarpoT and other Writers, edited by Wm. A. ARMSTRONG. Jllustrated with the choicest works of the best french Artists, Ancient and Modern, and consisting of 100 photogravure plates, INDIA PAPER PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS, and over 100 wood engravings by French Artists. 2 vols. folio, and done up in ten sections (or parts), each in a loose fresh cloth portfolio. Phila., Gebdie & Co., 1882 IMPERIAL EDITION, and issued in ten sections, at $12.50 each, to subscribers only. Each section contains 10 photogravure plates, India proofs before let- ters with about forty pages of text, India proofs, and wood engravings, and en- closed in a cloth portfolio. The Imperial Edition was limited to one thousand copies, and no more will be printed. The above is No. 96. MAYER’S ORIENTAL VIEWS—COLORED PLATES. 5 he, 230 MAYER (Luic1). ORIENTAL VIEWS, ¢ ¢.:— 4 I. Views 1n Ecypt from Original Drawings in the Posses- sion of Sir Robert AINSLI£, taken During His Embassy to Constantinople. With Historical Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Natives. 49 finely colored plates engraved by and under the direction of THomas MILTON. II. Views IN THE OrtToMAN Dominions in Europe and Some of the Mediterranean Islands from the Original Drawings taken for Sir Rospert AINSLIE. With Histori- cal and Descriptive Text in French and English. 35 finely colored plates. III. Virws In THE Orroman Empirg, chiefly in Caramania, a Part of Asia Minor Hitherto Unexplored with Some Curious Selections from the Islands of Rhodes and Cyprus and the Celebrated Cities of Corinth, Carthage and Tripoli. With Historical and Descriptive Text in French and Eng- lish. 24 finely colored plates. TOGETHER 3 VOLS. Folio, fine old russia, extra gilt (re- backed and a few pages foxed). London, printed by T. Bensley, 1801-10 A very fine collection of Oriental views, and which are colored equal to water- color drawings. 7,00 231 MAYNARD (L’Abbé U.). La Sainte Vierge. With 14 { beautiful plates in colors and metals, 3 photogravures and 200 woodcuts by Huyor. Thick large 8vo, fresh half red morocco gilt, edges gilt. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1877 In this superb volume are reproduced many of the grandest works of Durer, Holbein, Raffaelo, Cranach, Correggio, Van Eyck, Michael Angelo, Rubens, Titian, Paul Veronese, etc, /; 62 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 232 MENARD (René). I/’Art en Alsace-Lorraine. d/ustrated with numerous fine etchings on Holland paper, woodcuts and fac-similes. Thick large 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1876 The hundreds of illustrations in this handsomely printed and superb work were executed under the direction of Léon Gaucherel. 233 MERIAN (Matthew). Florilegivm Renovatvm et Avctvm Variorvm Maximeqve Rariorvm Germinvm, Florvm ac Plantarvm. Engraved front., vignette title and nearly 180 botanical and horticultural plates—with MS. index at the end. Small folio, boards, uncut. Frankfort, apud Matthacum Merianum, 1641 RARE. There were two Matthew Merians, one, the eminent Swiss designer and engraver, married the daughter of Theodore De Bry, and was the instructor of the celebrated Hollar. He died at Frankfort in 1651. Matthew Merian, the younger, is said to have studied painting successively under Sandrart, Rubens and Van Dyck. He was famous for his equestrian portraits and etched a few plates. 234 MERIMEE (Prosper)—ses Portraits, ses Dessins, sa Biblio- théque. Etude par Maurice TourNneux. Portraits on INDIA PAPER, cuts and vignettes. Small 4to, fresh half crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, and with the covers bound in by BRADSTREETS. Paris, Charavay freres, 1879 LIMITED EDITION, printed on heavy laid paper. 235 MEYE (Heinrich). The Stone Sculptures of Copdén and Quirigu4. With Historical and Descriptive Text by Dr. Jutius Scumipt. Translated from the German by A. D. Savace, late of the New York Metropolitan Museum. With 20 plates drawn by Mrve. Square large folio, fresh half morocco, cloth sides, top edge gilt. N. Y., 1883 Published at twenty dollars. The sculptured monoliths of Copan and Quiri- gua, reproduced in the plates, rank indisputably with the most interesting and noteworthy monuments of tropical America. They clearly betray the end for which they were produced—to display, embodied in stone, to the population settled in these regions, and to hand down to after-generations, the religious ideas and traditions which reigned in the spiritual life of these people. The number of places in Central America which at the present day attract attention by the presence of these monolith statues is by no means large—that is, if we look for an assemblage of many such statues on one spot. In most of the better- known collections of ruins, the statues occur singly, or else, as in the case of Santa Lucia Cosumalhualpa, the sculptured figures are represented exclusively by reliefs. 236 MEYER (Julius). Geschichte der Modernen Franzosichen Melerei seit, 1789. Profusely illustrated with page wood- engravings. 2 vols. large 8vo, paper, uncut Leipzig, 1866-67 PP 275 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 63 SPLENDID COPY OF MICHAUD’S CRUSADES AND ILLUS- TRATED BY DORE. 237 MICHAUD (Joseph). HISTOIRE pes CROISADES par MICHAUD, de l’Academie Francaise. J//ustrated with 100 grand plates, after the magnificent and characteristic original designs of GUSTAVE Dork, and engraved by BEL- LENGER, Doms, GUSMAN, JOUNARD, PANNEMAKER, PISAN and QUESNEL—a/so vignette portraits on titles of DorE and MICHAUD, 2 vols. square folio, splendidly bound by Dupr£ in crimson crushed levant morocco, elegantly tooled on the backs and sides, rounded corners, also broad inside gilt dentelle borders, edges gilt. Paris, Furne Jouvet et Cte., 1877 A splendid edition of Michaud’s grand ‘‘ History of the Crusades,” splendidly printed by Corbeil, splendidly illustrated by Doré, and splendidly bound by Dupré. 238 MIELOT (Jean). Vie de SaAInTE CATHERINE D’ALEXAN- DRIE, Texte Revu et Rapproché du Francais Moderne, par Martius SEPErT de la Bibliotheque Nationale. umer- ous exquisite chromolithographs by URRABIETA, DAUMONT and LEVEIL, wood engravings and initial letters, photogra- vures, etc., and every page surrounded with charming tinted borders. Thick large 8vo, half red morocco, extra gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. Paris, Georges Hurtrel, 1881 Jean Mielot, the author of this work, was one of the secretaries of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. THE LIFE AND ART WORK OF THE FRENCH PAINTER, MILLET. >) 7S 239 MILLET (J. F.). La Vie et ’Ceuvre de, par ALFRED SEN- SIER—Manuscrit publié par PauL MAnvTz, avec de Nom- breuses Illustrations. Profusely tllustrated with portraits of MILLE?, Aeliogravures and other page illustrations after his works, and numerous others in the text. Large 4to, fresh half crushed red levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, Paris, Quantin, 1881 This is a complete biography and thorough account of the art work of the great French painter, Jean Francois, Millet. It is admirably illustrated. ‘“The late M. Millet, besides being a landscape. painter, was a great figure- painter. In the opinion of many, and those not the admirers of the newest phase of French art, the Courbet-Manet-Corot school, he was the first French painter of his time. Certainly, the French school has never produced an artist with such thorough devotion to nature, or who has so truthfully rendered scenes and emotions of natural life, his works having nothing theatrical or cynical about them.””—THEOPHILE GAUTIER. 64 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. LARGE PAPER COPY OF MARTIN’S MILTON. 240 MILTON. PARADISE LOST. Spienpip EDITION. Handsomely printed in large type and illustrated with the celebrated series of engravings by JOHN MarRTIN. 2 Vols. 4to, half morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (foxed slightly). London, Septimus Prowett, 1827 LARGE PAPER copy, original edition and brilliant impressions of the plates. The finest edition both in illustration and typography of Paradise Lost. ‘It may be doubted whether the Creator ever created one altogether so great as Milton, taking into one view at once his manly virtues, his superhuman genius, his zeal for truth, for true piety, for freedom, his eloquence in display- ing it, his contempt of personal power, his glory and exultation in his country.” —W. S. LANDoR. 241 MITCHELL (L. M.) A History of Ancient Sculpture. Numerous fine woodcuts and six plates in phototype. ‘Thick large 8vo, fresh cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. N. Y., 1883 242 MONTROSIER (Eugéne). Les Artistes Modernes—Qua- tri¢me Partie—Peintres Divers. With 40 biographies illus- trated with designs and sketches, ornamental letters, and head- pieces by G, Fraipont—also 40 photogravures on INDIA PAPER, and the whole of the text tinted and with borders. Large 8vo, cloth, top edge gilt. Paris, 1884 243 MOREAU LE Jeune. 18 Plates, engraved title and por- trait engraved by DUBOUCHET, after the engravings designed by MOREAU LE JEUNE in 1776-83, and to serve as a history of eighteenth century manners and costume. Large 4to, loose in cloth gilt portfolio, with cloth flaps. Paris, 1881 LIMITED EDITION of 490 impressions only of these plates were issued. 244 Morirz (K. P.) Gotterlehre oder Mythologische Dichtun- gen der Alten. Mumerous outline mythological plates, 12mo, half sheep. Berlin, n. d. 245 MUSSET (Alfred de). LZ¢chings to illustrate the works of ALFRED DE MussEt—VFour Series. 42 etchings designed by HENRY PILut, and engraved by Louis MONZIES, 4 port- folios. Small 4to, boards. Paris, 1878 246 MVSAEVM HISTORICVM et Physicvm Ioannis IMPERI- ALIS Phil. et Med. Vicentini, etc. Augraved title and nu- merous copper-plate portraits. 4to, marbled boards. Venice, apud /Juntas, 1640 RARE and a good example from the celebrated press of the great Florentine printers—the Giunti or Juntz. On the last page is the Giunta printer’s mark ‘*a fleur-de-lys and Cupids.” Among the more important portraits in the above volume are those of Arnold of Villanova, Alciatus, Cardinal Baronius, Heinsius, Guiceardini, Strada, Davila, Grotius, Scaliger, Porta, Paulus Manutius, Ray- mond Lulli, Cardinal Pole, Bellarmine, Tasso, etc. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 65 THE MUSEE NAPOLEON—WITH GOOD IMPRESSIONS OF THE PLATES. t, 247 MUSEENAPOLEON. Les Monumens Antiques du Musée Napoléon, avec explications par J. G. SCcHWEIGHAEUSER et Louis Petit RapeL. With numerous plates designed and engraved by THOMAS PiROLI and published by F. and P. PirANEsI. 4 vols. 4to, old Spanish calf gilt, edges gilt. Paris, Panckoucke, 1804-6 With excellent impressions of the plates of the sculpture of ancient Greece and Rome. 2 248 ww | APOLEON Een EGYPTE, Waterloo et le Fils de ! EY bistoa , cae i | |’Homme par BarTHeLEMy et Mery, précédés d’une Notice Littéraire par M. Tissot, de l’Acad- émie Francaise. With numerous illustrations by Horace VERNET and HteE. BELLANGR, ‘those which are full page being ON INDIA-PAPER and slightly foxed. Large 8vo, half morocco, gilt (rubbed). Paris, n. d. VERY SCARCE and India-paper proofs. THE NATIONAL GALLERY—FIRST EDITION. 4/, 249 NATIONAL GALLERY of Pictures by the Great Masters. Presented by Individuals or Purchased by Grant of Parlia- ment. 114 jine engravings on steel, with descriptions. 2 vols, 4to, roan, gilt edges. London, /ones’s Temple of the Muses, n. d. First and BEST EDITION. This collection contains engravings on steel in stipple and line of the most famous paintings in the British National Gallery— subjects by Hogarth, West, Wilson, Copley, Beaumont, Reynolds, Gainsbor- ough, Wilkie, Jackson, Beechey, Opie, Poussin, Canaletta, Correggio, Velas- quez, Caracci, ‘Tintoretto, Vandyck, Giorgione, Claude Titian, Rubens, Guido, Domenichino, Rembrandt, Murillo, Raphael, etc., etc., A few are foxed. 128’ 250 NATIONAL GALLERY (The). Etchings from, with ' Notes by R. N. Wornum. 18 fine plates. Large 4to, cloth gilt, edges gilt. London, 1876 These plates after Masaccio, Bellini, Giorgione, Moroni, Mantegna, Velas- quez, Rembrandt, Cuyp, Maes, Hobbema, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Turner and Landseer were etched by Flameng, Le Rat, Rajon, Wise, Waltner, Brunet- Debaines, Gaucherel, Richeton, and Chattock. Gq, 251 NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century, with Memoirs. Adout 150 portraits finely engraved on steel after REYNOLDs, LAWRENCE, SHEE, PHILLIPS, PICKERSGILL, HOppner, ¢éc., etc. Vols. 1, 2,3 and 4. Large 8vo, half russia. London, 1834 FIRST AND BEST EDITION with fine impressions of the plates. Uniformly printed with and forming a most admirable continuation to Lodge’s portraits. A very desirable set for illustrators, containing, as it does, all the important celebrities—literary, legal, naval, military, theological, political—of the present century. 66 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 252 NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY of Distinguished Americans, with Biographical Sketches. With supplement- ary volume. Profusely illustrated with steel portraits. § vols. large 8vo, cloth. Phila., 1852-67 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF THE GALLERY OF BRITISH ART —PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. 253 NEW GALLERY or BRITISH ART, with Descriptive Text. Consisting of 100 engravings on steel from the works of distinguished British painters—PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. 10 Sections (complete with title and index). Large square folio, loose in morocco portfolio, with flaps and silk ties. N. Y., 1883 No. 461 of LIMITED EDITION-DE LUXE sold to subscribers only. _ The artists represented in this beautiful series are:—H. Dawson, F. Goodall, Erskine Nicoll, F. Holl, J. Phillip, T. Creswick, Sir Edwin Landseer, Daniel Maclise, P. H. Calderon, R. Ansdell, J. S. Copley, W. Mulready, Sir T. Lawrence, Sir J. Reynolds, Sir A. Callcott, Marcus Stone, T. > Faed, 2. Roberts, W. Collins, Mrs. E. M. Wood, G, J. Pinwell, G. Romney, fs Linnell, G. H. Fripp, C. W. Cope, J. F. Herring, P. Williams, T. Unwins, E. M. Ward, G. E. Herring, Sir M. A. Shee, J. S. Raven, F. Tayler, T. Gainsborough, B. W. Leader, S. L. Fildes, J. C. Loutherbourg, C. S. Lidderdale, W. F. Witherington, Miss R. Solomon, A. Solomon, G. Jones, G. Smith, F. R. Lee, T. S. Cooper, Frederick Leighton, J. Nash, E. J. Poynter, R. Wilson, H. P. Briggs, C. Stanfield, L. J. Pott, W. Callow, J. Pettie, S. Bough, A. Cooper, T. M. Richardson, Sir David Wilkie, F. R. Lee, Sir W. Allan, W. Evans, E. Davis, T. S. Goode, J. A. Hammersley, W. P. Frith, Vicot Cole, R. A. Hillingford, J. Tennant, R. Rothwell, J. D. Harding, R. P. Bonnington, H. T. Dawson, Joseph Clark, Holman Hunt, G. Lance, Sir C. L. Eastlake, W. Hogarth, Birket Foster, Jacob Thompson, C. W. Nicholls, J. Constable, H. Le Jeune, A. Clint, D. W. Wynfield, J. A. Bell, J. E. Millais, C. J. Lewis, A. H. Burr, C. R. Leslie, G. Chambers, H. Jutsum, J. V. Gibson, J. C. Hook, H. Wyatt, J. W. Inchbold, C. Landseer, T. Graham and P. Nasmyth. The beautiful plates were engraved by L. Stocks, J. C. Bentley, C. Cousen, J. Redway, F. Joubert, W. Greatbach, W. Richardson, E. Challis, H. Bourne, C. W. Sharpe, F. A. Heath, R. Graves, E. Goodall, W. Finden and other well- known engravers. 254 NEWTE (Thomas). Prospects and Observations on a Tour in England and Scotland. Natural, Economical and Literary. Jap and numerous plates engraved by F, CARY from designs of A. GRANT. 4to, old mottled calf, extra gilt, marbled edges. London, 1791 ‘‘Newte’s Tour is a work replete with profound research and useful infor- mation. It was written by Dr. Wm. Thompson.”—Dr. PARR. 2ss NUMISMATIC.—Zepernick (C. F.). Die Miinzen und Medaillen der Ehemaligen Capitel und Sedisvacanzen bei den Cathedralen und Kirchen der Deutschen Erz-, Hoch- und Unmittelbaren Reichs-Stifter. Vamerous numismatic plates of coins and medals, descriptive MS. on some. 4to, boards. RARE. Halle, 1848 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 67 —x|PPENHEIM (Ancel, expert). Connaissances ‘| Neécessaries 4 un Amateur d’Objets d’Art et de Curiosité. Small 8vo, fresh half crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, Rouveyre, 1879 LIMITED EDITION of 100 copies on parchment, Japan, China, tinted and Whatman paper, of which the above is one of the last named. Many of the lines in the text, the fleurons, printer’s marks, etc., are printed in sepia. This work contains an alphabetical list of objects, the date of their manu- facture, the commercial price, etc. The volume is invaluable to a collector of curios or objects of art. ¢ 66 257 ORTELIUS (Hieronymus). Schone Bildnus in Kupferge- f stochen, etc. Mumerous plates of biblical women, com- mencing with EVE spinning from an impromptu distaff, SUSANNAH, the woman taken in adultery, etc. Small 4to, cloth (title mounted and. some pp. stained). Augusta, 1610 VERY RARE and curious 17th century engravings, some of nudes. =JARIS SALON.—Catalogue Illustré du Salon, publié sous la Direction de F. G. Dumas, 1880 to 1886 inclusive. Wz7th several thousands of reproductions from the original designs of the artists. 7 vols. 8vo, fresh half red crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt, other uncut. Paris, 1880—86 3 YO 259 PATTISON (Mrs. Mark). The Renaissance of Art in { France. With 19 illustrations on steel. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh half morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1879 Written by the present wife of Sir Charles Dilke. ‘‘ This is the first complete account that has appeared of one of the most important, and at the same time difficult, periods in the history of French art. . . . In any case Mrs. Pattison’s work even now is an indispensable guide to its subject. No reader will lay down the work, carefully thought out and attractively written, without a feeling of satisfaction, and there is probably no man in this special branch of art who would not have been glad to have written such a work.”—London Atheneum. ns 260 PEIGNOT (Gabriel). De la Maison Royale de France, ou f Précis Genealogique et Anecdotique sur la Famille de BouRBON et sur les Illustres Aieux, depuis SAINT ARNOUL, en 596; etc. Portraits. Small 8vo, half morocco. Paris, 1815 [S75 258 VERY RARE, and No. 66 of a limited edition. HENRY DE PENE’S LIFE OF THE COUNT DE CHAMBORD. 650 261 PENE (Henri de). HENRI pe FRANCE. J/lustrated | with numerous portraits and other illustrations, including etchings, line engravings, fac-simile aquarelles, fusains, ete., etc. Large 4to, half levant morocco, top edge gilt. Paris, Oudin, 1884 This volume, written by the uncle of Mr. Péne du Bois, is a biography of the late Count de Chambord, the soi-disant King Henri V. of France. 68 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 262 PENNANT (Thomas). Some Account of London. Jaf, portraits, folding plates of views, antiquities, etc., some engraved by HEATH and MOSTLY PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS. Small 8vo, fresh half calf gilt, citron edges. London, 1813 VERY SCARCE in this fine state. ‘‘ This work is one of the most pleasing topo- graphical performances that has ever appeared.’’—LOWNDES. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY OF PEPYS’ DIARY. 263 PEPYS (Samuel). Diary and Correspondence of, from his MS. Cypher in the Pepysian Library, with a Life and Notes by RicHarp Lorp BRAYBROOKE, deciphered with Addi- tional Notes by Rev. Mynors Bricut, M.A. Fac-similes, etc. 10 vols. 8vo, half levant morocco, by R. W. SmirH, top edges gilt, others uncut. N. Y., 1884 UnIQuE. No. 79 of a limited edition of 169 copies of which the above is on Holland paper. This copy is illustrated by the addition of about 100 portraits and views, some of which are very fine and scarce, including some splendid proofs on India paper, including Pepys after Hales, Nell Gwyn after Lely, Wilmot after Lely, Sir Isaac Newton after Kneller, Duchess of Cleveland after Lely, Sir C. Wren after Kneller, the Earl of Clarendon after Lely, Countess of Rochester after Lely, Inigo Jones after Vandyck, Mrs. Pepys after Hales, etc., etc. ‘“‘ The best book of its kind in the English language. Pepys is marvellously entertaining: the times and the man peep out in a thousand odd circumstances and amusing expressions. The ablest picture of the age in which the writer lived, and a work of standard importance in English literature.’—Zondon A the- neum. THE HISTORY OF ART BY PERROT AND CHIPIEZ., 264 PERROT (Georges) amd CHIPIEZ (Charles). History of Art. Translated and Edited by WALTER ARMSTRONG, t, €.i— I. History or Art in Pheenicia and its Dependencies, from the French. J/lustrated with 644 engravings in the text and 10 steel and colored plates. 2 vols. II. Hisrory or Art in Ancient Egypt. Jl/ustrated with 598 engravings in the text and 14 steel and colored plates. 2 vols. III. History or Art in Chaldea and Assyria. J///ustrated with 452 engravings in the text and 15 steel and colored plates. 2 vols. TOGETHER 6 voLs. 4to, fresh half red levant morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1883-85 ‘‘M. Perrot’s name as a classical scholar and archeologist, and M. Chipiez’s as a penetrating critic of architecture, stand so high that any work from their pens is sure of a warm welcome from all students of the material remains of antiquity. These volumes are the first instalment of an undertaking which has for its aim the history and critical analysis of that great organic growth which, beginning with the Pharaohs and ending with the Roman Emperors, forms what is called Antique Art.” —Preface. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 69 265 PERSIUS.—Av.i1 Perstt Fiaccr Satyras Sex ad Fidem Optimarvm Editionvm, etc., edidit G. F. SrBa.pvs. Livery page of the text and numerous charming illustrations engraved by J.M.Scumipt. 8vo, mottled calf gilt, marbled edges. RARE. Nuremberg, 1765 266 PICTURESQUE AMERICA, or the Land We Live In, ed ited by WiLL1AM CULLEN BRYANT. MVumerous engravings on steel and wood by American artists. Parts 1 to 1g inclu- sive. Large 4to, sewed. a Yo. tie ts 267 PICTURESQUE SKETCHES, comprising Architectural Sculpture, Statues, Monuments, Tombs, Fountains, Capi- tals, Cathedrals, Iron-Work, Details of Ornament, etc. 26 plates. Oblong 4to. Boston, 1885 ' 268 PLANCHE (J. R.). Cyclopedia of Costume, including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent of Europe. Profusely illustrated with colored and metal plates, mostly from MSS., and woodcuts. Thick 4to, fresh half red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. N. Y. [London], 1877 THE DU BOIS EDITION OF PLUTARCH—LARGE PAPER— WITH DUPLICATE SETS OF INDIA PROOFS OF THE PLATES AND IN TWO STATES. z 6 P¥ 269 PLUTARCH.—Virs pes Hommes ILLustrRES DE PLU- / TARQUE traduites du Grec par D. Ricarp. J/lustrated with plates and portraits from statues, bas-reliefs, etc.—the plates IN TWO STATES ON INDIA PAPER—ONE BEFORE LET- TERS—also maps, some colored, 15 vols. in 27 (all with separate titles). Large 8vo, fresh half red morocco (slightly foxed in some vols., etc.) Paris, chez F. Aug. du Bois, éditeur-proprietaire, 1837-41 LARGE PAPER, WITH DOUBLE SET OF INDIA PROOFS as stated above. Dominic Ricard devoted almost his entire life to his translation and edition of Plutarch. He interpreted this grand old author from the most correct texts, and with an exactitude of historic truth that entirely put into the shade the labors of his predecessors Amyot, Tallemant and Dacier. His version is clear, and reads easily and agreeably. The beautiful plates and carefully executed maps were taken from the most authentic sources. 269* POE. LeCorbeau [The Raven], Poéme, par EpGar Por. Traduction Francaise de STEPHANE MALLARME. Avec illustrations par EDOUARD MANET. Folio, paper. Paris, 1875 No. 102 of an edition limited to 240 copies, each signed, like the above, by the translator and the artist, the celebrated Manet, the leader of the realistic school of painting in France. 79 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 270 POETISCHER BILDERSCHATZ der Vornhemsten Bib- lischen Geschichte des Alten und Neuen Testamentes. Illustrated with 300 half-page engravings. 2 vols. in 1. 8vo, marbled calf extra gilt, edges gilt and tooled. Leipzig, 1758 RARE. Fine old eighteenth century binding, with admirably executed prints and two vignettes on titles. LIMITED EDITION OF POETS AND ETCHERS—SIGNED PROOFS. 271 POETS anno ETCHERS.—Poems by T. B. Aupricn, W. C. Bryant, R. W. Emerson, J. R. Lowett, H. W. Lonc- FELLOW and J. G. WuitTier.—Lichings by A. F. BEL- Lows, SAMUEL CoLMAN, HENRY Farrer, R. Swatn-GIF- FORD and J. D. Smitiir. Square large folio, loose in cloth portfolio, with inside leather joints. Boston, 1882 LIMITED EDITION of fifty impressions, the above being No. 2. These charming etchings, illustrating the works of our greatest American poets, are all, to the number of twenty, signed by the etchers themselves. They are in cut cardboard mounts and are China paper proofs before letters. The text is illustrated further by a number of vignettes by Smillie, Bellows, Colman, Farrer and Swain-Gifford. 272 PORTFOLIO (The). An Artistic Periodical, edited by P. G. Hamerton. Profusely illustrated with fine large etchings and photogravures. Folio, half morocco, gilt top edge. London, 1876 Probably no fine art periodical has enjoyed so well-deserved a reputation as Hamerton’s Portfolio; and as it is now universally conceded that by etchings alone can the colors of painting be presented to the imagination, the earlier por- tions of this famous periodical will increase in value daily. LARGEST PAPER COPY OF PUGIN AND HEATH’S PARIS —WITH INDIA PROOFS BEFORE ALL LETTERS. 273 PUGIN and HEATH. Paris and its Environs Displayed, with Topographical and Historical Descriptions by L. T. VENTOUILLAC. A series of 200 picturesque views from drawings by AUGUSTUS PUGIN and engraved by C. HEATH. 2 vols. in 1. Thick large 4to, morocco ‘extra gilt, edges gilt (foxed slightly and binding rubbed). | London, 1833 LARGEST PAPER INDIA PROOFS BEFORE ALL LETTERS, and published at £8 8s. With both English and French texts. ‘¢ The works of Mr. Pugin are invaluable to the antiquary, as well as to the artist and architect.” —ALLIBONE. 274 PuSCHNER (J. G.). Blumen Buch. early 50 plates of flowers. Large 4to, sewed, uncut. ’ n. p., n. a. RARE. Puschner flourished at Nuremburg from about 1670 to 1720. He is best known as an engraver of portraits. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 71 PYNE’S COSTUME—WITH PLATES COLORED BY HAND. /2 275 PYNE (W.H.). THe COSTUME or GREAT BRITAIN. f 60 fine plates beautifully colored by hand in fac-simile of the original drawings. Folio, half roan, uncut (binding rubbed). London, William Miller, 1808 An UNUSUALLY FINE copy of this rare and valuable book, of which a very limited number were issued. It was never reprinted on account of the great expense attending its publication. The text was printed at the celebrated Press of W. BULMER, and each print engraved in aquatint on copper, and exquisitely colored by hand in fac-simile of Pyne’s very clever and artistic drawings. This artist is well and favorably known as the author of ‘‘ The Microcosm,” a work to which many artists (Turner included), are indebted for the spirited figures in many of their foregrounds. He is also the author of that magnificent publica- tion, *‘ The History of Royal Residences in Great Britain,” and many other works issued by the celebrated publisher, Ackermann. —]AFFAELO (Sanzio). The Book of RAPHAEL’S “| Cartoons, by R. CaTTERMOLE. Portrait, vig- nette title and fine steel plates engraved by A. W. WARREN. 8vo, cloth gilt, uncut. London, 1845 ““ The engravings by Warren are gems of themselves.” —Monthly Review. 3/3 277 RAMBOSSON (J.). Les Harmonies du Son et Il’Histoire f des Instruments de Musique. J//ustrated with 200 wood engravings and § chromolithographic plates. Thick large 8vo, fresh half morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. Paris, irmin-Didot, 1878 One of the most important works on music published in this century. RAPIN’S ENGLAND, WITH VERTUE AND HOUBRAKEN’S PLATES. 6 2% 278 RAPIN p—E THOYRAS. History of England, translated { by TINDAL. Japs and the series of heads and monuments by VERTUE and HOUBRAKEN; also numismatic plates. 5 vols, thick folio, old calf, gilt. London, 1743-47 FINE CLEAN copy, with good impressions of the plates. ‘* Rapin and Hume are our two great historians. Rapin is important, and always unaffected and laborious—a work which may readily and ought always to be compared with Hume. It is full, valuable, and a sort of substitute in the absence of all other writers. ‘Tindal is not unworthy to be the successor of Rapin; equally diligent and copious, with the same attachment of the best interests of Englishmen, and, like his predecessor, a sort of general substitute in the absence of other writers.”—PROFESSOR SMYTH. 62 § 279 REMBRANDT (Paul). L’Ceuvre Complet de RemBrRanprt, - decrit et commenté par M. CHaRLeEs BLANc. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh, half red crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut, by AD. BERTRAND. Paris, 2. d, The best authority on Rembrandt, with a ‘‘ catalogue raisonné” of all the etchings of the master and of his paintings. There are no illustrations to this issue, the text being left blank in places for the insertion of cuts or etchings. ‘“ Rembrandt van Rhyn holds a distinguished place among the most popular engravers of his country. This extraordinary artist, who owed everything to At 72 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. nature, has established an epoch in engraving more than any other master. He was the inventor of a process, for which he was entirely indebted to his genius, and which has thrown a charm over his prints that is indescribable. His plates are partly etched, frequently much assisted with the dry point, and occasionally, though rarely, finished with the graver They evince the most extraordinary facility of hand, and display the most consummate intelligence of the effect of light and shadow. His point, playful and free, sports, if the expression may be allowed, in picturesque disorder, and, by an enchanting negligence, produces, as if by accident, the most surprising effects, which are, however, always regu- i by his perfect acquaintance with the principles of chiar-oscuro.’”’— RYAN, 280 RENOUARD (J.). Croquis d’Animaux. 16 Aumorous colored page plates. 4to, boards, red edges. [ Paris, n. d.] RENOUVIER ON ENGRAVING — PRIVATELY PRINTED AND WITH INSERTED LETTER OF CHARLES SUM- NER. 281 RENOUVIER (Jules). Des Types et des Maniéres des Maitres Graveurs pour Servir a |’Histoire de la Gravure en Italie, en Allemagne, dans les Pays-Bays et en France— XVe Siécle. Large 4to, half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Montpelier, 1853 VERY SCARCE, PRIVATELY PRINTED and presentation copy with autograph letter inserted of Charles Sumner, who writes:—‘‘At Mr. Furness’s, 3d Dec. 59. Dear Mr. Hammersley. Here is a copy of Renouvier’s unpublished work on Engravers, which I hope may interest you. I beg you to accept it as a Souvenir of the pleasant hours which I passed in examining your collections. Believe me, My dear Sir, with much regard, Sincerely yours, CHARLES SUMNER.” 282 RENOUVIER. Des Gravures sur Bois dans les Livres de Srmon VostRE, Libraire d’ Heures—avec un Avant—Propos par GrorceEs DupLessis. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Auguste Aubry, 1862 LIMITED EDITION, with illustrations in fac-simile of the wood engravings printed in the fifteenth century in Books of Hours by the famous typographer, Simon Vostre. 283 RENOUVIER. Des Gravures en Bois dans les Livres p’ANTHOINE VERARD, Maitre Libraire, Imprimeur, En- lumineur et Tailleur sur Bois de Paris, 1485-1512. 8vo, fresh half crushed red levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, by NIEDREE. Paris, 1859 LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies and with fac-simile illustrations of the ‘Dance of Death,” in the works printed by the great French printer, Anthoine Verard, 1485-1512. 284 REVUE DE L’ART Chretien. Profusely illustrated, many full- page plates, and illuminated in gold and colors—every page with carmine border. Jany., April and October, 1834; Jan., April and October, 1885; April, July and October, 1886. Together 9 parts, Large 4to, sewed. Lille, 1884-86 SO J 6 LHL PENE DU BOTS: COLLECTION. 73 285 REYNOLDS (Sir Joshua, ?.2.4.). Works, Vols, 2 and 3. 8vo, fine old calf gilt, marbled edges. London, 1809 PRESENTATION Copy. With inscription on sides:—‘‘ Presented to Mr. Rob ert Ball Hughes by the Royal Academy of Art for the best basso-relievo. Lon- don, December 10, 1823.” 286 RHINE (The), from Mayence to Cologne [with German text]. Lngraved title and numerous plates of scenery. Ob- long small 4to, cloth. London, x. @. 287 RiepeL (G. F.). A collection of over 750 separate engravings of natural history on some 50 plates. Folio, half sheep. ° 288 RIGOLLET.. Histoire des Arts du Dessin depuis l’Epoque Romaine jusqu’a la Fin du XIVe Siécle. With separate volume of engraved plates of antiquities, paintings, statuary, etc., etc. Together 3 vols. 4to (1), and 8vo (2). Paris, 1863-64 289 RIS (L. Clement de, Conservateur du Musée de Versailles). Les Amateurs d’Autrefois. W2th 8 etched portraits. Thick large 8vo, fresh half crushed crimson levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, with covers bound in and by BRaD- STREETS, Paris, Plon, 1877 LIMITED EDITION and on thick hand-made paper. The connoisseurs whose collections and lives are narrated in thisiandsomely printed volume are—Jean Grolier, Jacques Auguste de Thou, Claude Magis, Cardinal Mazarin, Michael de Marolles, Evrard Jabach, Countess de Verrue, Pierre Croyat, Antoine de la Roque, Leon de Madaillan, Count de Lassay, Count de Caylus, Jean de Julienne, Pierre Jean Mariette, Auguste Blondel de Gagny, Paul Randon de Boisset, Laurent de la Live de Jully and Vivant Denon. ‘The eight etched por- traits are of the more important of thes® collectors. There is a good biblio- graphical index in addition to the general and alphabetical one. 290 RogperT (Karl), Le Fusian sans Maitre, Traité Pratique et Complet sur l’Etude du Paysage et Fusain. //ates. Large 8vo, boards, uncut. Paris, 1874 Printed on heavy paper. An important work on art, being a treatise on crayon work with the fusain, 291 RomBERG (J. A.) avd STEGER (F.). Geschichte der Bau- kunst bei den Assyrien, Medern, Babyloniern, Persern, Phoniciern, Israeliten und Indern. W7th numerous plates wlustrating the architecture of ancient Asta. Large ato, boards. Leipzig, 1844 292 Rosa (Salvator).- Life and Times of, by Lapy MorcGan. Portrait and inserted front. 2 vols. 8vo, half russia gilt. London, Henry Colburn, 1824 ‘* Lady Morgan has produced two of the most amusing octavos we have met with, even in this biographical age.” —Edinburgh Magazine. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. THE BLESSED DAMOZEL—LIMITED EDITION OF THIRTY-FIVE COPIES, WITH INDIA PROOFS. 293 ROSSETTI (Dante Gabriel). The Blessed Damozel. Lllustrated with reproductions after the designs of KENYON Cox. Large 4to, vellum gilt, beveled sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. N. Y., 1886 The above is one of the edition with proof impressions on India paper, limited to thirty-five copies. The appendix is by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer. 294 Rot (J. M.). Augsburgsches Friedens Gedachtuns, das ist Friedens Vemahlde welche seit Anno 1650, etc. Weth numerous historical and allegorical plates relating to the annals of Augsburg. Oblong large 4to, boards (last few pages mounted). Augsburg, circa 1741 295 ROYAUMONT (Sieur de, feu Monsieur Le Maitre de Sacy et Prieur de Sombreval), Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, avec des Explications Edifiantes, Tirées des Saints Peres, pour Régler les Mceurs dans toutes Sortes de Conditions. Jl/ustrated with over 260 copper- plate engravings by DE VEL—some plates of nudes, etc. Thick small 8vo, vellum (MS. on title, stained and some pages torn). Brussels, 1747 A RARE copy of Royaumont Priced £16 16s. in a London bookseller’s recent catalogue. SPLENDID ILLUSTRATIONS BY PETER PAUL RUBENS— ANTWERP, 1642. 296 RUBENS (Peter Paul). Pompa INTROITUS FERDINANDI AusTRIACI, Hispaniar. Infantis, etc., in Urbem Antwerpiam, Iconibus a P. P. RUBENIS delineatis et comment. G. GEVARTII illustrata. , With 40 superb full-page engravings, and many of them large folded plates designed by PETER PAUL RUBENS, and engraved by PauLus PonTIUS and TH. A THULDEN, and hundreds of numismatic and medallic plates in text, Square large folio, old calf extra gilt, edges gilt. Antwerp, Zoannes Meursius, 1641 [1642] RARE, with REMARKABLY FINE IMPRESSIONS of the plates. It contains the very rare portrait of Prince Ferdinand designed by Rubens and engraved by Paulus Pontius, fine views of Antwerp, and is an extremely useful book fora decorative artist or architect. THE LUXEMBOURG GALLERY—PARIS, 1710. 297 RUBENS. La GALLERIE pv PALAIS pv LUXEM- BOURG, peinté par RuBEens. Magnificent portrait of RuBENS after VAN Dyck and engraved by AUDRAN, dedica- tory plate with portrait of MARIE DE MEDICIS engraved by Massk, portraits of FRANCIS and JEANNE DE MEDICIs dy RUBENS engraved by EDELINCK, and 20 are plates, some aG / 6, Ry 17° THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 75 double size, after the paintings of RuBENs drawn by NATTIER and engraved by CHASTELLON, DUCHANGE, LoIR, AUDRAN, TROUVAIN, PICART, SIMONNEAU and VERMEULEN. Large folio, half roan. Paris, Duchange, Graveur du Roy, 1710 _ A-splendid copy, with brilliant impressions of the plates after the grand paint- ings of Rubens in the Luxembourg. 298 RUSKIN (John). The Seven Lamps of Architecture. With the original illustrations drawn and engraved by the author. Large 8vo, original cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1849 VERY SCARCE AND ORIGINAL EDITION. This is one of the rarest of Ruskin’s works. ; it ‘* To Mr. Ruskin art has a deep moral and religious significance, both in its uses and in its connection with the character and condition of the artist. Every touch is, for him, the thought of a human intellect and the voice of a human heart. He seems to kiss the very footsteps of that art of which he is the great expositor.”—London Times. 299 RUSKIN. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Weth cllus- trations drawn by the author. Thick 4to, fresh boards, totally uncut. Sunnyside, Orpington. Kent, George Allen, 1880 LARGE PAPER and printed at the Chiswick Press on heavy Whatman paper. 641 ALDUS.—PORTIO (Camillo). La Congivra de’ Baroni ‘ey del Regno di Napoli contra il Re FerpINANDO PRIMO. Bound by Storr in maroon morocco, extra gilt, with the ALDINE device on the sides, inside gold borders, edges gilt and blank leaves at end. In Roma, 1565 RARE, a handsome specimen of Aldine Roman letter. With the Syston Park heraldic book-plate inserted, and the Aldine anchor and dolphin on title. £60 642 ALDUS.—VICTORIUS REATINUS (Marianus). De / Sacramento Confessionis, seu Pzenitentiz Historia, etc. Rome, apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi F, 1566 ; also— , CONTARENI (Gaspar, Cardinal). De Sacramentis Christiane Legis et Catholic Ecclesie, Florence, apud Laurentium Torrentinum, 1553. TOGETHER 2 vols. in 1. Small 8vo, red morocco, extra gilt, with the ALDINE device in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, gilt edges. Rome, apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi F., 1566 VERY RARE, with the Syston Park heraldic book-plate inserted. SUPERB JEAN GROLIER RELIURE ON A 1566 ALDINE CAESAR, EDITED BY PAUL MANUTIUS ALDUS. 3 643 ALDUS.—C. IVLII CAESARIS Commentariorvm. De ( Bello-Gallico, Ciuli Pompeiano, Alexandrino, Africano, Hispaniensi—Gallie, Hispaniz, locorumq. insignium pictura Nomina tum vetera, tum recentia explanata Io. MICHAELIS. BRvTI. Scholia quibus loci plurimi obscuriores explicantur Corrigente. ALpo. Manvtio. Paviu. F. With maps and page cuts. Thick minimo, fine old con- temporary GROLIER binding of dark brown morocco, the sides and back covered with gilt floriated and scroll work ornamentation, edges gilt. Venice, 7 aedibus Manutianis, 1566 VERY RARE, and a superb piece of Grolieresque tooling, making the volume fully worthy to have been among the treasures of Jean Grolier. The printer’s device of the Aldi will be found on both the first and last pages. The text is in Italic letter. Ly g 0 644 ALDVS.— | Dve Orationi | di GREGORIO NazaNnzENo | f Theologo, | In una de le quali, si tratta quel che sia Vescouado, et | quali debbiano efferi i Vesconi. | Ne 1’ altra, del’ amor verso i Poueri. |. Et | il primo sermone | di S. CeciL10 Cipriano | sopra |’ Elemosina, | _ Fatte in Lingva Toscana | dal Commendatore | ANNIBAL CARO. | Col Priuilegio di N.S. PP. Pio V.| Et dell’ Jil. Sig. di Venetia. | 4to, maroon morocco, extra gilt, with the ALDINE device in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, edges gilt, blank leaves at the end. Venice, apfpresso Aldo Manvtio, 1569 VERY RARE, in Italic letter, with charming initial letters, and the mark (/$0 ! /U, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 187 of the Aldi on the title. From the Syston Park collection, with heraldic “‘ex- libris.” Dedicated to Cardinal Farnese. ‘‘From him [Annibal Caro] we have besides Italian translations from the Greek of some of the works of Gregory Nazianzen and St. Cyprian, Aristotle’s Rhetoric, and History of Animals, which he left unfinished; several volumes of his own familiar letters, together with those he wrote in the name of Cardinal Farnese, are considered perfect models of elegance, grace and simplicity.” — ROSE. 645 ALDUS.— | P. TERENTIVS | AFER | A. M. ANTO- NIO MVRETO | Emendatvs | eivsdem MVRETI Argv- menta | et Scholia | in Singvlas Comoedias. | Thick square minimo, bound by R. Srorr in green crinkled morocco, extra gilt, with the ALprNne device in gold on the sides, inside dentelle gold borders, edges gilt. Venice, apud Aldum, 1575 VERY RARE, and the Syston Park copy, with heraldic book-plate. The first example in the collection printed by the grandson of Aldus Manutius. On the title-page is an oblong vignette portrait of ‘‘ Aldvs Pivs Manvtivs,” the founder of the Aldi, and on the back of the title-page their crest, “‘an eagle,” their coronet and their arms—‘‘in chief an eagle, in base an anchor and dolphin,” with the legend—‘‘ Ex privelgio Maximiliani II. Imp. Caes. Avg,” and below—‘‘ Editio Aldi Manutij Paulli F. Aldi IV.” 646 ALDUS.—|In | Q HORATII FLACCI | Venvsini | Librum | de Arte Poetica | ALp1 Manvstm | PAvLLi F. | Api N. | Commentarius | Ad BARTHOLOMAEUM CAPRAM, Io, Francisci F, | Iuriconsultum, | 4to, maroon morocco, extra gilt, with the device of the ALDI in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, edges gilt, blank leaves at end. Venice, apud Aldum, 1576 VERY RARE and from the library of Syston Park, with heraldic book- plate. This is a commentary on Horace by the grandson of the elder Aldus, whose vignette portrait embellishes the title. There are also numerous initial letters and fleurons, some with nudes. 647 ALDUS.— | PHILIPPI MOCENICI | Archiepiscopi Nicosiensis | Regni Cypri, etc. | Vniuersales Institutiones ad hominum Perfectionem; | quatenus Industria parari potest. | Large 4to, green morocco, extra gilt, with ALDINE device in gold on the sides, inside gold dentelle borders, gilt edges (some pp. stained). Venice, apud Aldum, 1781 VERY RARE. With the Syston Park book-plate inserted. The mark of the Aldi on the title is a fine large example. There are also charming head and tail-pieces and initial letters, as well as a handsome page plate of Renaissance design at the end of the dedication to Gregory the Thirteenth. 648 ALDO MANNVCCI. Locvtioni di TERENTIO: ouero Modi Famigliari di Dire: ne quali con la copie di Forme, e Con- cetti si possone Latinamente spiegare tutte le occorenze giornali: selti da ALDo Mannvcci. With vignette and border on title, fleurons and initial letters, Small 8vo, green 188 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. morocco extra gilt, with the ALDINE device in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, gilt edges. Venice, Aldus, 1585 VERY RARE, and from the Syston Park Library, with inserted book-plate. On the title is the MS.:—‘‘ Ex libris Jacobi de Benedictis.” 649 ALDOMANNUCCI. Eleganze insiene con la Copia della Lingua Toscana, e Latina. Scielte da ALDO MANNUCCI vtilissime al comporre nell’ una, e I’ altra lingua. Minimo, purple morocco extra gilt, with the ALDINE device in gold on the sides, dentelle inside gold borders, edges gilt, by C. Lewis. Venice, presso Aldo, 1586 VERY RARE, and from the Syston Park Library sale, with heraldic book- plate. With engraved border, including the dolphin and anchor of the Aldi, fleurons and fancy initials. A fine copy with the exception of title mended in margin and a leaf of the dedication. EXCESSIVELY RARE ALDUS—ONLY THREE COPIES KNOWN. 650 ALDUS MANUCCIUS. Inscriptionis Gordian Vicetiz Effosse Explicatio. Small 4to, bound by C. Lewis in dark blue morocco gilt, with the ALDINE device in gold on the sides, dentelle inside gold borders, edges gilt, blank leaves at the end. [ Venice, Aldus, 1588] EXCESSIVELY RARE, only three copies being known. The above, which was the Syston Park copy, has a page of manuscript facing the first leaf. 651 ALDUS.—CONTARINI (Gasparo). Della Repvblica et Magistrati di Venetia libri V. di M. GASPARO CON- TARINI, che su poi Cardinale. Wi#th fancy initial letters and fleurons. Small 4to, maroon morocco extra gilt, the ALDINE device in gold on the sides, gold inside dentelle borders, edges gilt. Venice, Presso Aldo, 1591 VERY RARE fine copy, and from the Syston Park Library with heraldic book-plate. With matter on the same subject by Donato Giannotti, Sebastiano Erizzo and Bartolomeo Caualcanti. 652 ALDUS.— | MARII NIZOLII | Brixellensis | Thesaurus CICERONIANAS, | In qvo post ipsivs Mari Nizo.it Additiones, | Bastt1y ZANCHI et Doctissimorum aliorum virorum, addita sunt | multa, et quiden diquissima per MARCELLUM Squar- | CIALUPUM, prout legenti patebit. | Square folio, red morocco extra gilt, with the ALDINE device in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, edges gilt. Venice, Aldus, 1591 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park Library. With large anchor and dolphin of the Aldi on title, and head pieces representing the presentation of a volume to a Roman monarch. The colophon reads:—‘‘ Venetiis, MDXCI. Apud Dominicum Nicolinum,” to which might be added—‘“‘ sed typis Aldi.” 653 ALDUS.—Converso Et Passio SS. Martyrum Arra#, Hit- ARIZ, Dicn&, Evnomia#, Evrropia, que ante annos J <1 xv JS O THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 189 PAULLO minus MCCCC. cum Commentario Marci VEL- SERI. Small 4to, dark blue morocco extra gilt, with the ALpINE device in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, edges gilt, with blank leaves at the end. Venice, apud Aldum, 1591 VERY RARE and fine copy, with the Syston Park book-plate inserted. Charming initials and head-pieces. 654 ALDUS,—Della VicissitvDINE O’ MvTABILE VARIETA delle Cose nell’ Vniverso Libri XII., di Lvict REGIO FRANCESE tradotti dal Kr. Hercote Cato. 4to, dark blue crinkled morocco, extra gilt, the ALDINE device in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, edges gilt, by R. STORR. Venice, presso Aldo, 1592 VERY RARE, with the ‘‘ex-libris” inserted of the Syston Park Library. Printed in Italic types, with charming fleurons and initial letters. 655 ALDUS.—ORIBASII SARDIANI Collectorvm Medici- nalivm Libri XVII., Qvi ex Magno Septvaginta Librorum uolumine ad nostram etatem foli peruenerunt, loANNE Baprista Rasario, medico, Nouariensi, interprete. Charming initial letters. Thick small 8vo, red morocco, extra gilt, with the ALDINE device in gold on the sides, edges gilt. Venice, apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi F., Cum priuet- gio Pont, Max. et Senatus Veneti, in annos My Hie, VERY RARE. From the Syston Park Library, and with this note in MS. on an end-paper:—‘‘ No copy of this edition seems ever to have been sold in any of the famous collections. Extremely rare, not collated by Renouard, and men- tioned among his ‘ Desiderata.’ The editors of the ‘ Serie’ [vide No. 656] had never seen it, as they merely give it on the authority of Volpi and Crevenna.”’ 656 ALDUS.—SERIE DELL’ EDIZIONE ALDINE per Ordine Crono- logico ed Alfabetico Terza Edizione con Emendazione e Giunte. Small 8vo, crinkled purple morocco gilt, with the ALDINE device in gold on the sides, edges gilt, by R. STORR. Florence, Giuseppe Molint, 1803 RARE. From the Syston Park Library, with heraldic book-plate, also with the armorial ‘‘ ex-libris” of ‘‘ Sylvester, Lord Glenbervie,”’ on back of title and the autograph signature on title of that British blue- blood. The above admirable bibliography of the Aldine editions has a folded sheet genealogy of the Aldus Manutius family. It is of five generations, commenc- ing with Manuzio da Bassiano, father of Aldo Pio Manuzio, whose wife was a Torresani, and ending with Paolina Manuzio, the great-granddaughter of the founder of the first Aldine press in Venice. It also shows intermarriages with * the Odoni and Giunta families. 657 ALDI PII MANUTII Scripta Tria Longe Rarissima a Iacoso Moretuio denuo Edita et Illustrata. Green mo- rocco extra gilt, with the ALDINE device in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, ,gilt edges, blank leaves at the end. Bassano, ¢typis Remondintanis, 1806 RARE, and from the Syston Park Library, with inserted heraldic book-plate. It has the anchor and dolphin of the Aldi on the title and last page. 190 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. FIRMIN-DIDOT’S WORK ON ALDUS MANUTIUS—A PRE- SENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. 658 ALDE MANUCE et I’Hellénisme a Venise par AMBROISE Firmin-Dipot de |’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. Portraits and fac-simile. Thick 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Ambroise Firmin-Didot, 1875 PRESENTATION COPY, with autograph inscription of the author:—‘ A Monsieur Reiset Directeur du Museé du Louvre hommage de la part de AMBR. FirMIN-Dipor.” The volume is divided as follows:—‘‘ Hellénisme dans l’occident ”. “ Tsabella D’Este, Marquise de Mantone”’: ‘‘ Correspondance Inédite des Réfugiés Grecs en Italie”; “ Zacharias Calliergi et les Calligraphes Crétois”; ‘‘ Premiéres Im- pressions Grecques ”; etc. SIVA NIA \\ SLA AW woe |THE DEVICE OF THE ELZEVvIRS. ] Elzeviviana, 659 ELZEVIR.—Novum TEsTAMENTUM GR&CUM, ex Regijs alijsque optimis editionibus cum cura expressum. Minimo, fine old morocco, tooled, extra gilt, edges gilt. Leyden, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1624 VERY RARE, with MS. on end-papers and title leaf. This ‘‘ Greek Testament” is the first volume issued from the press of the Elzevirs given in Bérard’s ‘‘ Essai Bibliographique sur les Editions des Elze- virs.” None precede it—no work of earlier date is given in the chronological list of the duodecimos in that authority, Bérard says:—‘“‘ Cette édition du Nouveau Testament Grec est la premiére qui ait été donné par les Elzevirs. Elle passe pour la plus correcte, et celle de 1633 est regardée comme la plus belle.” The last and best authorities on early printing, Messrs. Bigmore and Wyman, write as follows respecting — ‘‘The Elzevir Family, who flourished in Holland during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, (who) were famous for the ele- gance of their type, the excellence of their press-work, the accuracy of their text, and their successful efforts to introduce the duodecimo as an improvement upon the larger and more expensive forms of books. Their type was highly esteemed in this country, and furnished the model for that of the First Caslon. Of twelve printers belonging to this family, at least seven were celebrated for special excellence. ‘‘Louis Elzevir, the first printer of the family, was born at Louvain, and established himself at Leyden, His first book was an edition of Eutropius in 715 275 THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. Ig! 1592, and it is excessively rare. He continued to print in that city until his death in 1617. He adopted for his device the arms of the Batavian Republic and the motto ‘ Concordia res parvee crescunt,’ which motto, adopted by Jo Steels, with another device, Brunet and other bibliographers, were led to believe that Elze- vir’s and Steels’s devices were the same. ‘“* The five sons of Louis were all printers—the youngest, Bonaventure Elze- vir, achieving great celebrity as the publisher of the famous duodecimo classics. Louis, a grandson of the first Louis, was the founder of the Elzevir press of PUIMSRO EAT. (25:80 803 ae hee eis ed eee ‘* The Elzevirs did not aim at luxury, like the Aldi and the Stephens, for they printed only one work upon vellum, but devoted their endeavors to fur- nishing accurate works for common use.” Respecting the Elzevirian device, of which a cut is given above, and which is on the title of this number and most of those following, the bibliographers just quoted, say:—‘‘ The emblem of the olive tree and vine, under it an old man gathering fruit, on the other side on a scroll the motto, ‘ Non Solus’ (not alone), was a later and better-known mark of these famous printers. The adopting for their mark of the prolific vine—crowned by Grecian fable as the greatest blessing to mankind, and the gift of the wise Minerva—was very appropriate for a family so many in number and so multitudinous in works.” Another mark of the Elzevirs, and which will be found on the titles of some of the succeeding numbers represents:—‘‘ Minerva and her owl beneath an Olive Tree with the motto—‘ Ne extra olea.’” SUTHOLT ON UNIVERSAL LAW-—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 660 ELZEVIR.—SVTHOLT (Bernard). Dissertationes Vnde- viginti quibus Universum Jus Institutionum ex Principiis Explicatur, etc. Minimo. Bound by RoGER Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. Leyden, ex Oficina Elzeviriorum, 1633 VERY RARE, fine copy, and not mentioned in Bérard, with the buffalo head-line over the dedication. This binding is correctly given as Roger Payne’s on the authority of the expert of Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, who catalogued the library of the late Sir John Hayford Thorold, Baronet, of Syston Park, Lincolnshire, the book-plate of which collection will be found inserted in the above, as in nearly all the following numbers of Elzeviriana. Wherever Roger Payne is represented as the relieur of any volume in this sub-division, it is asserted upon the expert testimony of that most able of living British bibliographers, John Bohn. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ANATOMIST SPIGEL’S “ISAGOGES”—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 661 ELZEVIR.—SPIGEL (Adrian, phzlos. ac Medici Patauint). Isagoges in Rem Herbarium, Libri Duo. Minimo. Bound by RoGER Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. Leyden, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633 VERY RARE, fine copy, unknown to Bérard, and with handsomely en- graved title. From the Syston Park sale, with heraldic book-plate. The en- graved title is a brilliant impression. Priced $25 ina N. Y. catalogue. Adrian Spigel, known also as Van den Spigel, was one of the most eminent medical writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He was Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Padua—was made a Knight of St. Mark, and deco- rated with a collar of gold. 192 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. VERY RARE 1634 ELZEVIR IN A ROGER PAYNE BINDING. 662 ELZEVIR.—IONSTON (Iohan., Doct. Medici). Enchiridion Ethicvm, ex Sententiossissimis Dictis Concinnatum. Mi- nimo. Bound by RoGER Payne in red morocco gilt, edges gilt. Leyden, ex officina Elseviriana, 1634 VERY RARE. Fine copy and from the Syston Park Library. Priced $22.50 in a New York book catalogue. The author was a learned philological writer, a talented musician, a college professor and a divine. THE RAREST ELZEVIR TERENCE, 1635. 663 ELZEVIR.—PVB. TERENTII Comeedize sex ex Recen- sione HeinsiaNna. Engraved title. Minimo, green mo- rocco gilt, edges gilt on red. Leyden, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1635 VERY RARE. The engraved title represents ‘‘ Scipio crowning Venus, nude.” From the library of ‘‘Canheveau adcat. du Roy,” vide his name in MS. on title. Onend paper is the note—‘‘ Editio genuina. Lib. rariss.” This is arubricated copy. It is the best of the two editions of 1635 and which Bérard says is most sought after by amateurs, having the buffalo’s head over the dedicatory epistle of Heinsius, the Testimonia following, etc., and with page 101 paginated in error 69, and page 104, 108. It has further the rare index and the vignette portrait of Terence. At the MacCarthy sale a copy sold for 66 francs—but it has gone up considerably in value within the last sixty to seventy years. AN ELZEVIR EDITION OF CALVIN NOT MENTIONED BY BERARD, BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 664 ELZEVIR.—CALVIN (John). Analysis Paraphrastica Theologicarum, Disputationibus contexta avctore DANIELE CoLonio. Thick minimo. Bound by ROGER Payne in red morocco gilt, edges gilt on marble. Leyden, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1636 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park collection, with library stamp on back of title and ‘‘ buffalo’s head ” cut over dedication. Priced $25 in a New York book catalogue, vide inserted cutting. Not mentioned by Berard. CLOPPENBURG’S RARE WORK ON SACRIFICES, AND IN ROGER PAYNE’S BINDING. * 665 ELZEVIR.—CLOPPENBVRG (J.). _ Sacrificiorvm Patri- archalivm Scholia Sacra. Minimo, Bound by ROGER Payne in red morocco gilt, edges gilt. Leyden, ex officina Elsevirtorum, 1637 VERY RARE, and from the Syston Park collection. Not mentioned by Bérard, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 193 PATERCULUS, 1639, BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. § 20 666 ELZEVIR._M. VELLEIVS PATERCVLVS cum Notis GERARDI Vossi. G. F.} With engraved title. Minimo. Bound by RoGer Payne in red morocco gilt, edges gilt on marble. Leyden, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1639 VERY RARE, the Syston Park copy, and priced $33 in a New York book catalogue, see inserted cutting. When the 1520 Froben and original edition of Paterculus appeared it was considered throughout Italy to be a spurious work, and Asulanus in the preface to his folio Livy did not hesitate to attack it. The style of Paterculus is pure and elegant, showing internal evidence of its being genuine. THE APHORISMS OF CORVINUS, BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. / vs 667 ELZEVIR.—ARNOLDI JOHI. F. CORVINI J. V. D. Digesta per Aphorismos Strictim Explicata. Thick minimo. Bound by Rocer Payne in red morocco, gilt, edges gilt. Amsterdam, apud Ludov. Elzevirium, 1642 VERY RARE. The Syston Park copy, with engraved title. Under two of the figures in front are engraved the words ‘‘ Tribonianus ” and ‘‘ Theophilus.” THE AMSTERDAM ELZEVIR PRESS—AN EXAMPLE BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. § 25 668 ELZEVIR.—VERUS (lIoannes Baptista). Rervm Vene- \ tarvm Libri Quatuor ad Illustrissimum PeETRUM ConTa- RENUM FRAncisci F. Handsome engraved title of armor, battle scene, arms, etc, Minimo. Bound by RoGrER PayNE in red crinkled morocco, edges gilt. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1644 RARE, from the Syston Park Library. With the ‘‘ buffalo’s head” cut over both dedication and first page of text. THE ROMAN JURISPRUDENCE OF CORVINUS, IN ROGER PAYNE’S BINDING. £4) 2.57669 ELZEVIR.—CORVIN (I.). Ivrisprvdentia Romana H. / VuLtTe Contracta.. Fine engraved title, including figure of * Justice,” portrait of the author, etc. Minimo. Bound by Rocer Payne in red crinkled morocco, edges gilt. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1644 RARE, from the Syston Park Library. 194 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. PORTA ON NATURAL MAGIC—LEYDEN, 1644. 670 ELZEVIR.—PORTA (J. B., Weapolitani).. Magize Natu- ralis Libri Viginti. ngraved title, cuts, fancy initials. Thick minimo, red crinkled morocco, edges gilt. Leyden, apud Hieronymun de Vogel [sed typis Elzevirit |, 1644 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park Library, with heraldic book-plate. The ‘‘ buffalo’s head cut ” of the Elzevirs will be found over the dedication. Porta was an alchemist of the Arnold Da Villanova and Cardan school. He was the founder of the ‘‘ Secreti,”’ a society fashioned somewhat after the style of our modern Theosophical Societies. He had to defend himself in Rome from the charge of magical practices. AN ELZEVIR GROTIUS, HANDSOMELY BOUND BY DURU. 671 ELZEVIR.—H. GROTII et aliorum Dissertationes de Studiis Institutendis. ine engraved title. Thick minimo. Handsomely bound by Durv in crushed green levant morocco, inside dentelle gold borders, and edges gilt on marble. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirtum, 1645 RARE, and a superb copy on thick paper. ‘* Grotius hic Hugo est, Batavum captivus et exul Legatus regni, Suecia magna tui.” THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 672 ELZEVIR.—MATTHIA (Christian). ' Historia ALEx- ANDRI MAGNI, sive PRoDROMUS Quatuor Monarchiarum. Minimo. Bound by RoGer Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirtum, 1645 RARE, and from the Syston Park Library, with inserted heraldic book-plate. On the printer’s device on the title of above Minerva takes the place of the old Philosopher. Priced $27.50 in a New York book catalogue. SUPERB COPY OF CHARRON ON WISDOM AND IN FRENCH. 673 ELZEVIR.—CHARRON (Pierre). De la Sagesse—Trois Livres. Handsomely engraved title. Minimo, vellum, gilt edges, Leyden, chez les Elseviers, 1646 RARE, a beautiful Elzevir with broad margins and ‘‘suivant la vraye copie de Bovrdeayvx,”’ with the book-plate inserted—‘‘ Bibliotheque de Mr. J. Renard.” The title represents four females tied to a pedestal on which stands a naked woman, whose visage is seen reflected in a mirror, held by a hand pro- ceeding from a cloud. Pierre Charro’s work on ‘‘ Wisdom ’ is really an abridg- ment of Montaigne. On account of its scepticism it was threatened with sup- pression by Parliament. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 195 A 16446 ELZEVIR DEDICATED TO DES CARTES—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 2 674 ELZEVIR.—HOGELANDE (Corn. Ab.). Cogitationes, v J quibus Dei Existentia; item Anime Spiritalitas, et Possi- bilis cum Corpore Unio Demonstrantur. Minimo. Bound by Rocer Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1646 RARE. The Syston Park Library copy, and which was priced $25 in a New York book catalogue, vide inserted cutting. Dedicated to Réne Des Cartes. THE EMINENT DUTCH JURIST ARNOLD VINNEN’S “DE PACTIS”—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. £/ 2.5675 ELZEVIR.—VINNIUS (Arnoldus, /. C.). De Pactis \ Tractatus, edente Simone Vinnio A. F. Philologo. Mini- mo. Bound by Rocer Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. Leyden, ex officina Elzeviriorum, 1646 RARE. The Syston Park copy, and which was priced $25 in a New York book-catalogue, vide inserted cutting. With the buffalo’s head twice repeated. AN ELZEVIR GROTIUS DEDICATED TO MAZARIN AND IN ROGER PAYNE’S BINDING. b 676 ELZEVIR.—GROTIUS (Hugo). Philosophorvm Senten- ( tic de Fato et de eo quod in Nostra est Potestate. Minimo. Bound by RocEeR Payne in red crinkled mo- rocco, gilt edges. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1648 VERY RARE, and dedicated to Cardinal Mazarin. The Syston Park Library copy, and priced $33 in a New York book catalogue. The bibliophile De Thou and Grotius were the warmest of friends, and cor- responded together until the death of the former. For embracing the tenets of Arminius Grotius was condemned to perpetual imprisonment, but escaped from the fortress of Loevestein in a book chest. LUBIN’S KEY TO THE GREEK LANGUAGE, 1651—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. £2$§ 677 ELZEVIR.—LVBIN (Eilardus). Clavis et Fvndamenta Grece Lingve. Minimo. Bound by RoGER PAYNE in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 165% RARE. The Syston Park Library copy, and with inserted heraldic book- plate. The celebrated philologist and theologian Eilard Lubin was Professor of Poetry at Rostoch. Some of his works are devoted to the hypothesis of two co-eternal principles, God and nothing, of which the latter stood in the place of the evil principle of the Manicheans and other theorists. 196 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. THE FAMOUS ENGLISH JURIST RICHARD ZOUCH’S ELE- MENTS OF LAW—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 678 ELZEVIR.—ZOVCHEVS (Richard). Elementa Jurispru- dentiz Definitionibus, Regulis et Sententiis Selectoribus Juris Civilis, Illustrata. Minimo. Bound by RocGErR PAYNE in red morocco, gilt edges. Leyden, apud Johannem et Danielem Elsevirios, 1652 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park Collection and with that heraldic book-plate inserted. Daniel Elzevir, named on the title of the above, was a son of Bonaventure, achieved great fame in Leyden, and afterwards at Amsterdam,—‘‘ continuing to print until his deathin 1689 . . . . His widow carried on the business after his death; and the last book issued by the family was in 1712 by Abraham Elzevir, alderman at Leyden, the sole survivor of the family.” HUGO GROTIUS’S MINOR WORKS IN ROGER PAYNE’S RELIURE. 679 ELZEVIR.—GROTIUS (Hugo). Opuscula-Quedam Hac- tenus Inedita Aliaque ex Belgice editis Latine Versa— Argumenta Theologici, Juridici, Politici. Minimo. Bound by RoGer Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1652 VERY RARE. With the Minerva and owl cut of the Elzevirs on the title, also the buffalo-head over the dedication and commencement of text. From the Syston Park Library sale and priced $22, see inserted book-catalogue cutting. “ROME ILLUSTRATED,” ELZEVIR, 1657—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 680 ELZEVIR.—ROMA ILLVSTRATA, sive Antiqvitatvm Romanarvm Breviarivm, accessit GEorGci Fasricit Chem- nicensis Veteris Romze cum Nova Collatio ex Nova Recen- sione ANTONI! Tuysi1 J.C. Minimo. Bound by Rocer PAYNE in red crinkled morocco gilt, edges gilt. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios, 1657 VERY RARE and fine copy. The false title is engraved, upon which is depicted a female figure—on the real title is the Elzevir cut of Minerva, her owl, etc. From the Syston Park sale and priced $30, see inserted catalogue cutting. A JURISPRUDENTIAL WORK OF CORVINUS~— PRINTED BY ELZEVIR AND BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 681 ELZEVIR.—CORVINUS (I. A.). Posthvmvs Pacianvs, sev Definitiones Iuris utriusque, Viri CL. Iuti Paci a Berica, I. C., Posthume. Minimo. Bound by RoGER PAYNE in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios, 1659 RARE and from the Syston Park Library. 375 KS THE PENE DU.BOIS COLLECTION. 197 HIPPOCRATES’S PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE—AN ELZE- VIR IMPRINT OF 1660 IN ROGER PAYNE’S BINDING. 682 ELZEVIR.—Macni Hippocratis Cot, Medicorum Prin- cipis, Coacee Prenotiones, Greece et Latine, opvs Divinvm, cum Versione D. ANutTi Forst1 Mediomatricis et Notis Jou. Jonstint Med. Doct. Thick minimo. Bound by RoGER Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1660 VERY RARE and from the Syston Park Library. Priced $27.50 in New York book-dealer’s catalogue, vide inserted cutting. LIFE OF THE FAMOUS FATHER PAUL—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 683 ELZEVIR.—SARPI (Pere Pavl). La Vie de. Minimo. Bound by Rocer Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. Leyden, chez Jean Elsevier, 1661 VERY RARE and from the Syston Park Library. Priced $30 in New York book-dealer’s catalogue, vide inserted cutting. Father Paul is celebrated in literature as the author of the History of the Council of Trent. VIOLLET LE DUC’S COPY OF A 1663 ELZEVIR. 684 ELZEVIR.—AEGIDII MENAGII Poemata Qvarta Editio Auctior et Emendatior. Vignette printer's device. Minimo, smooth morocco gilt, edges gilt on marble. Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1663 ” RARE and from the library of and with the book-plate of ‘‘ Viollet le Duc. The text is in four languages—Greek, Latin, French and Italian. It also con- tains verses in honor of the Elzevirs., CORVINUS ON THE CANON LAW—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 685 ELZEVIR.—CORVIN (Arnold). Jus Canonicum per Aphorismos strictim Explicatum. Minimo. Bound by RoGeErR Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1663 VERY RARE, fine copy and from the Syston Park Library, with inserted heraldic book-plate. GROTIUS ON THE TRUTH OF THE CHRISTIAN RELI- GION—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 686 ELZEVIR.—GROTIUS (Hugo). De Veritate Religionis Christiane Editio Novissima. Minimo. Bound by ROGER Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1669 VERY RARE, fine copy and from the Syston Park Library, with inserted heraldic book-plate. Priced $30 in New York book catalogue, vzde inserted cutting. 198 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. EXCESSIVELY RARE ELZEVIR, PRINTED AT UTRECHT BY PETER ELZEVIR—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 687 ELZEVIR.—Pau i Cotomesit Opuscula. Minimo. Bound by RoGER Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. Utrecht, apud Petrum Elzevirium, 1669 EXTREMELY,.RARE and unknown to Brunet, Bérard, etc. From the Syston Park Library, and with heraldic book-plate. SCHELIUS ON THE LAW OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE —IN ROGER PAYNE’S BINDING. 688 ELZEVIR.—ScHELIUs (Rab. Herm.). De Jure Imperii Liber Posthumus, editus cura THEopHILI Hocersi. Min- imo. Bound by RocGer Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. Amsterdam, apud Danielem Elzevirium, 1671 VERY RARE, fine copy, and priced $25 in New York book catalogue, vide inserted cutting. From the Syston Park Library, and with heraldic book-plate. MARIN’?S HEROIC POEM OF “L’ADONE”—BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 689 ELZEVIR.—MARINI (J. B.). L’Adone, Poema Heroico, con gli Argomenti del ConTE SanviTaLeEe l’Allegorie di Don LorENZo Scoto. 4 vols. minimo. Bound by RoGER Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. Amsterdam, D. Zisevier, 1678 VERY RARE, and from the Syston Park Library, with heraldic ‘‘ ex-libris.” Priced $33 in a New York book catalogue, vide inserted cutting. Some of the plates are missing, but otherwise a good copy. Giambattista Marini, the eminent Italian poet, was born in 1569 and died in 1625. He was patronized by Marie de Medicis, who settled upon him a liberal pension. Marini is charged by Italian critics with being the great corrupter of their poetry, by the introduction of extravagant figures and unnatural conceits, which were called the stile Marinesco. ‘* Besides his [Marini’s] Adone, of which there are many editions, one of the best of which was that of Elzevir, Amsterdam, 1678, in 4 vols. 12mo, there are ‘La Stragé degli Innocenti,’ ‘Rime,’ ‘La Sampogue,’ etc., and also a collec- tion of letters.’”—ROosE. ‘ TAVERNIER’S VOYAGES, PRINTED BY THE ELZEVIRS. 690 ELZEVIR.—Les Six Voyaces de JEAN BAPTISTE TAVER- NIER, Ecuyer Baron d’Aubonne, en Turquie, en Perse et aux Indes. MVumerous plates and maps. 3 vols. minimo, old calf. [Holland, Zlzevir,| 1679 VERY RARE, and vide pp. 214-215 of Bérard, as to the fact of this being printed by the Elzevirs. The title only reads on the imprint—‘‘ Suivant la Copie Imprimée a Paris.” The Elzevir head-piece of the buffalo’s head will be found over the dedication ‘‘au Roy.” ne th i \ [Portugal aa } ——— a6 [ FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE ENGRAVED TITLE-PAGE OF THE ALMOST UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL EDITION OF ‘‘LE GRANDE BANQUIER DE FRANCE” BY FRANCOIS BARREME, AND BEING NO. 892 OF THE ‘‘PENE DU _ bBols COLLECTION. ’’ | 240 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. by Frenchmen, Captain Jacques deemed it necessary to treat the ship as if she had come from the coast of Barbary. All was given up to pillage. Barreme, who would not submit tamely to an outrage which would either ruin him or destroy his credit, resisted the enemy and received a terrific sword cut, the scar of which he bore for ever after. He would inevitably have lost his life in attempting to save a precious valise containing letters of credit on Leghorn if a gentleman named Beaumartin had not arrested a second stroke of the deadly sabre. This event happened on St. Martin’s Day, but the exact calculator has not fixed the date of his unhappy encounter with Captain Jacques so well as to enable us to make anything but conjectures concerning the precise period he visited the commercial cities of Italy and probably various other seaports of Europe. In 1668 we find Sieur Barreme married, settled in Paris, and living at the extremity of the Rue Dauphine, near the Pont-Neuf. He made his calculations, revised those of merchants, kept books according to a system of‘ double entry, and wrote verses in his leisure moments. It must be known that Barreme’s great passion was poetry, and above all the composing of acrostics. He made them for King Louis Quatorze, for Colbert, and even for De La Reynie. They were most assuredly the verses of a good calculator, for it was by the aid of his ‘‘Stances Chretiennes”’ that he obtained a profitable privilege for his ““Comptes Faits.” He narrates the circumstances of this memorable event, and at the same time allows us to see in what naive estimation the mathematician held the poet and the stanzas addressed to the King. ‘This occurred in the year 1668:— “‘On Friday, the 27th of January, six days before the King left for the ‘Franche Comte,’ His Majesty, being at Paris in the Louvre, I knelt before him and presented to him, on vellum, my ‘Stances Chretiennes et Royales,’ supplicating him very humbly to accord me the privilege for them and the books of the ‘Comptes Faits’ for public sale. He took the book, and after having read four lines, gave it to Monsignor the Duke de Saint Aignan, saying these words:—‘ I accord it, provided that is good.’ The next day I gave myself the honor of going to salute Monsignor the Duke de Saint-Aignan in his apartment in the old Louvre, and having asked him if he had had patience to read the stanzas I had presented to His Majesty on the preceding day, he answered me that it was easy to have patience to read beautiful and good things.”’ The works of Barreme, so poorly and coarsely printed in these tines, were first published in an elegant and correct style and always with a certain amount of costliness. The one from which we have taken the curious engraving repro- duced herewith was very expensive in production at the date of its origin. Bear- ing in mind the minute care then given to certain details, it can be supposed that this engraved title represents a portrait of the author of the ‘‘ Comptes Faits,” and this gives it iconographic value. Without doubt the personage who holds the letter of exchange is his son N. Barreme, or perhaps his son-in-law. We have already spoken of the strange passion of Barreme for poetry. In fact he did not content himself with composing the ‘‘Stances Chretiennes et Royales”’ which obtained his privilege for him, he also addressed his effusions to all the high functionaries of the Court, as well as to all whose names were noted in finance. The ‘‘ Vessel of State,” for instance, which figures at the end of each of his sections of the ‘‘ Grand Banquier de France,” and which is also intended to recall the arms of France, gives place to two most burlesque quatrains in honor of De La Reynie who had been the companion of the cele- brated Regnard in Lapland, and afterwards became one of the ministers highest in favor with Louis XIV. The fortress surrounded by symbolical bastions, which is also inserted in the book, depicts the capital of France. Barreme’s work, according to the ‘‘ Maga- sin Pittoresque,” appeared in February, 1687, yet the author was obliged to leave it incomplete. He died in Paris, 1703, without being able to finish ‘‘ Le Grand Banquier de France,” of which the above copy is almost unique, one other only being known, as stated above, and which is in the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris. THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. 241 “WOMEN AND THE SWORD ”—ILLUSTRATED BY MEIS- SONIER, LIMITED EDITION, AND BOUND BY AMAND. & 9° 893 BEAUMONT (E. de). L'EPEE er irrs FEMMES. Eie- ganily printed Srom large type on superfine paper, with five full-page plates in photogravure after the ORIGINAL DESIGNS by E, MEISSONIER, made expressly for the author ,and numerous vignettes. Large 4to. Bound by Amanp in blue crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. Paris, Jouaust, 1881 EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. The edition was bought up by collectors and amateurs for the fine series of illustrations after designs by Meissonier, which were executed expressly as a matter of friendship for the author. THE “CHANSONS” OF BERANGER—ORIGINAL EDITION AND SPLENDIDLY BOUND BY THOUVENIN. ?2¢ 894 BERANGER (M. J. P. pe). CHANSONS. 2 vols. minimo. Bound by THOUVENIN in dark blue morocco, extra gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt (foxed some- what). Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautes, 1821 VERY RARE, ORIGINAL EDITION anp PRINTED sy FIRMIN DIDOT. The fac-simile illustration of the reliure on this number is the same as that given in the ‘‘ American Book Maker” of February, 1887, as one of the best examples of Thouvenin’s binding in this country. Mr. Ingersoll Lockwood, in his essay on ‘‘ Bookbinding as an Art and an Industry,” says:— ‘* These latter-day Romans [the Republicans of the First French Revolution] cried out for Spartan simplicity. They fell upon the sumptuous bindings and destroyed them as things to be hated. True, they must have books, but hence- forth let them be clothed in republican simplicity, sheep or calf. And such were, in fact, the books of the Revolution. In the place of delicate fillet, dentelle, floral or geometrical tooling, popular taste called for and got the Phrygian cap, the fasces of the lictor, sword and torch scales, and even a full- length figure of Liberty herself. With the establishment of the Directory there was a return to emblems of quite another genre—the frivolous and gallant, the meretricious and erotic. At this period it was that the Bradel binding (boards) took its rise in France. This half-binding could never succeed in winning for itself in France that popularity which it was later destined to gain and hold in England and America. ‘* Turning from this period of utter sterility in the art of book decoration, the First Empire attracts attention through the work of its binder, the elder Boze- rian. Like the period in which he was active, his work is gaudy, heavy and lacking in taste; but he marks the dawn after the long night, and anything is preferable to that wretched iconoclasm which hates art because it is bright and beautiful. The younger Bozérian, of the Restoration, even surpassed his brother in the production of profusely gilded covers. He has been called the ‘Brummell of Fine Bindings’; but the one fact that will ever secure him a place in the book-lover’s calendar is that Thouvenin was his pupil. ‘‘ Thouvenin, like the two Bozérians, was not a great artist, but he was original. He was a man enamored of his art, his treatment of which at times was delicate and refined. He was only too willing to turn back to the great masters, but the public loved glitter and display. On this page [of the ‘* American Book Maker,” February, 1887] will be found two specimens [2. ¢., of this ‘‘ Beranger” and ‘‘ Poesies de Clotilde,” wide supra] of Thouvenin’s tooling. They prove conclusively that this beautiful art, which had been sick 242 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. unto death a quarter of acentury before, was now at least convalescent. The tooling of the back of the larger volume especially is refined and tasteful. ‘The position of Thouvenin was peculiar, but not infrequent in the world of art. He was really not in sympathy with the art methods which his patrons in particular and the public in general forced him to follow. Thouvenin would gladly have restored the glorious traditions of French book decoration, just as he did the finish and solidity of Deréme’s bindings, which had been during the Revolution supplanted by cheap, flimsy work, But there were two repellent forces at work, two counter-currents which were ever ready to bear Thouvenin away from his purpose. The first was the prevailing fashion to imitate English binders, although in reality superior work was done in Paris, and the second was the craze of the romanticists, to whom a stamp in gilt of a cathedral door was more pleasing than a gold tooling by Le Gascon. In his poem on book- binding, published in 1822, Lesné, whose poetry was no better than his bind- ing, has this couplet on the subject of Anglophobia: * Cet artiste amateur détruisit la folie De regarder l’anglais avec idolatrie.’ ““The reference was to Bozérian, but it is no truer for that. Lesné also opened fire upon Dibdin, the bibliophile, for his strictures upon Thouvenin’s tooling. Dibdin was on the side of the plaque cutters. He accused the elder Bozérian of being too much infatuated with gold tooling, and found fault with Thouvenin for working with irons heated in fiery ovens. No doubt Thouvenin would have been only too glad to depend upon his fetits fers; but what can one artist do when the public cry out for the stamp of a Gothic cathedral upon a book? It means for the artist either stamp work or starvation. Thouvenin died in 1834.” ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE “CHANSONS NOUVELLES” ‘ OF BERANGER—BOUND BY AMAND. 895 BERANGER. CuHansons NouveELtes et Derniéres de P. J. DE BERANGER, dédi¢es a M. LuCIEN BONAPARTE. Small 8vo, half blue crushed levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, Perrotin, 1833 ORIGINAL EDITION, and bound by Amand. 896 BERANGER. Songs of, done into English Verse by WILLIAM Younc. Small 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Blackwood & Sons, 1878 897 BERAT (FRép£ric). CHANSONS, PAROLES er MUSIQUE. With illustrations by T. JoHANNoT, RAFFeET, Bipa, GENDRON, LANCELOT, MouILLERON, E. Leroux, PauQquetT, A. MurSAuD, GRENIER, C. NANTEUIL, GERARD SEGUIN and H. Pottin, engraved on wood by JarDIN— with portrait of the author, engraved by AUGUSTE BLAN- CHARD after VICTOR POLLET. 8vo, yellow calf gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt (binding stained slightly). Paris [1850] VERY SCARCE. The celebrated French composer, Berat, was born in 1800 and died in 1855. / OV 898 BEVERLAND.—La Peche Originale, traduit Librement du Latin d’ADRIEN BEVERLAND par J. FrépERIC BERNARD. Réimpression sur |’Edition la plus Compléte de 1741, notice Bio-Bibliographique par “un Bibliophile.” Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1868 No. 98 on Holland paper of a limited edition of 237 copies. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 243 Pi oe 6} asecgttede, LANGER ll wrasezhh Tete ae €e HOOLE ——————- ) BOOQOE; OK GOOCE; [‘‘ CHANSONS DE BfERANGER,” PARIS, 1821. GOLD TooLInG By THOUVENIN, NUMBER 894 OF THE PENE DU Bols COLLECTION, | 244 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. “VARIETES HISTORIQUES ET LITTERAIRES”— CURIOUS AND EROTIC REPRINTS. 899 BIBLIOTHEQUE ELZEVIRIENNE. — Variétés His- toriques et Littéraires Recueil de Piéces Volantes Rares et Curieuses en Prose et en Vers Revues et Annotées par M. EDoUARD Fournier. 1o vols. small 8vo, cloth, uncut. Paris, P. Jannet, etc., 1855-63 Printed by Jouaust, and a limited edition on ‘‘ papier vergé.”” This series consists of reprints of very rare, early, erotic, curious and historical tractates, many by forgotten authors, and all edited by the celebrated litterateur Edouard Fournier. TOUCHATOUT’S SATIRICAL AND REPUBLICAN HIS- TORIES OF THE KINGS AND EMPERORS OF FRANCE. goo BIENVENU (Cuartes Leon) —“ ToucuarTout,” His- TOIRES TINTAMARRESQUES, 2. ¢.:— I, HisroIRE DE FRANCE TINTAMARRESQUE depuis les Temps les plus Reculés jusqu’&A Nos Jours. ///ustrated by G. Larossk, with the assistance of DRANER, A. GILL, P. Hapo., A, LE Petit, Ropipa, efc. II. HistorrE TINTAMARRESQUE DE NAPOLEON III. Pro- Susely wlustrated, Paris, 1877 III. La D&GRINGOLADE Impériale—Seconde Partie de Histoire Tintamarresque de Napotreon III. With illustrations by G, Larossr, mostly colored full page. Paris, 1878 TOGETHER 3 vols. Large 8vo, half red morocco, gilt, top edges gilt. Paris, 1877, etc. Touchatout is one of the.most honest French journalists and authors. He believes in the Republic. In the above works, as well asin his writings in the “* Charivari,” ‘‘ Figaro” and other journals of the same order, he has ridiculed and made into a veritable burlesque the Monarchists, both Legitimist and Orleanist—and particularly the Imperialists, whose ‘‘ Man of Sedan,” M. Badinguet, has been the principal target for satirical digs from his vitriol- tipped pen. gor BIGARURE (La), ou Meslange, Curieux, Instructif et Amusant de Nouvelles, de Critique, de Morale, de Poesies, et autre Matiéres de Littérature, d’Evenements Singuliers et Extraordinaires, d’Aventures Galantes, d’Histoires Secrettes et de plusieurs autres Nouveautés Amusantes avec des Réflexions Critiques sur chaque Sujet. Vols. 2, 5,8, 9 and 10, Small 8vo, paper, uncut. La Haye, 1750-51 EROTIC and VERY RARE. 5 5 go2 Bijou pres Dames, Plates dy BLANCHARD (one torn). Minimo, old morocco, gilt. Paris, 1808 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 245 J ov go3 [BLACKFORD (Henrietta Ely) ], 7. ¢. “ Fanny Lear.” Le Roman d’une Americaine en baci accompagné de Let- tres Originales. Thick small 8vo, boards, rough edges. Brussels, 1875 LIMITED EDITION, on thick Holland paper. ‘‘ Fanny Lear,” who died last year, was a Philadelphian. ‘“‘ The culmination of her romance was in Russia, in connection with the Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinowich, the nephew of the Czar, whom she met in St. Petersburg. He was a weak-minded youth, and purloined a part of the Crown jewels for her to wear at a ball. He brought the jewels from Russia to Paris, where they were living. He was compelled to desert her, and in revenge, with the aid of some writer, she published a scandalous book entitled ‘Le Roman d’une Americaine en Russie.’ For this she was expelled from Paris.’—Mew York Times. /25 9°04 Biessesors (Pierre Corneille) le Lion D’Angélie suivi du ( Temple de Marsias. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, Gay, 1862 Erotic. Only 115 copies printed, the above being No. 94. hy 0995 BLONDEAU.—DICTIONNAIRE EROTIQUE Latin-Francais par NICHOLAS BLONDEAU, avocat en Parlement,Censeur des Livres et Inspecteur de I’Imprimérie de Trevoux (XVIIIe Siecle) Edité pour la Premiére Fois sur le Manuscrit Original avec des Notes et Additions de Francois NoéL, Inspecteur Général de l’Université, Précédé d’un Essai sur la Langue Erotique par le Traducteur du Manuel d’Erotologie de ForBERG, Thick small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, /stdore Liseux, 1885 No. 240 of 375 copies on Holland paper of the limited edition of this very erotic volume, which is a philological curiosity. /0-. 926 [BLover (Paul)], z. 2, ‘Max O’Rell.” John Bull and his hi ait, Island. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1884 1756 9°97 BOCCACCIO.—CONTES bE BOCACE, Traduction Nou- ' velle, Augmente de divers Contes et Nouvelles en Vers imités de ce Poete Célébre, par LA FONTAINE, PASSERAT, VERGIER, PERRAULT, DoRAT et autres; et Enrichie de Notes Historiques sur les Principaux Personnages que BocaAcer a mis sur la Siene, et sur Usages Observés dans le Siécle ou il Vivoit par A. SABATIER DE CASTRES. With portratts, engraved titles and numerous plates after or éy GRAVELOT, CocHIN, MAILLET, e/c, 10 vols. minimo, mottled sheep. Paris, 1801 RARE EDITION and excellently illustrated. 56U go8 BOCCACCIO. Il Decameron, tratto dall’ Ottimo Testo ' Scritto da FRANCESCO D’AMARETTO MANELLI Sull Origi- nale dell’ Autore. 5 vols. square minimo, sewed, uncut. Venice, Vitarelli, 1813 VERY SCARCE EDITION, and reprint of that of Lucca, 1761. With portrait of Boccaccio by G. A. Zuliani. 246 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. EARLY EDITION OF BOILEAU’S SATIRES—BOUND BY HARDY-MENIL. 909 [BOILEAU.] Sarires pv SieuR D***, Engraved frontis- piece, vignette title, head and tail pieces. Minimo. Bound by Harpy-MeEniL, in crushed red levant morocco gilt, inside gold borders, rounded corners, edges gilt on marble. Paris, 1669 VERY RARE and ruled with red ink. This is the fourth original edition, and contains more than those which preceded it, as well as the—‘‘ Discovrs au Roi.” It has vignette cuts, fleurons, etc. 910 BONNAFFE (Edmond). Physiologie du Curieux. Rubri- cated title and printer’s mark. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1881 “papier vergé de fil” of LIMITED EDITION of 600 numbered ‘ No. 444 on copies. gtr BOYER pe SAINTE-SUZANNE (Le Baron de). Nores bD’UN CuURIEUX. 4to. Bound by E. Rousse Ltr, in half dark green levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Monaco, 1878 No, 241 of a LIMITED EDITION of 300 numbered copies of this curious work, which includes the following subjects:—‘‘ Lettre 4 un Curieux de Curiosités”; , “les Acteurs et le Théatre chez les Romains”; ‘‘Inventaire du Cardinal Mazarin’”’; ‘‘les Administrateurs sous l’Ancien Régime”; ‘‘les Tapisseries Tissées de Haute ou Basse Lisse”; ‘‘ Lettres Inédites de Charles Nodier 4 Jean de Bry”; ‘‘ Derni¢re Lettre du Général A. de Beauharnais.” 912 BRAZIER (Nicolas). Chroniques des Petits Théatres de Paris, Réimprimées avec Notice, Variantes et Notes par GEORGES D’HEYLLI. 2 vols. thick small 8vo, vellum paper, totally uncut. Paris, Ed. Rouveyre et G. Blond, 1883 LIMITED EDITION on ‘‘ papier vergé”’ with new rubricated titles, as well as fac-simile titles of the 1837 edition of this rare work, which is both dramatic and facetious. LARGE PAPER COPY OF JESSE’S LIFE OF BEAU BRUMMELL. 913 BRUMMELL.—Tue Lire or GEORGE BRUMMELL, Esq., commonly called BEAU BRUMMELL. By Cap- TAIN JESSE. Revised and Annotated Edition from the Author’s own interleaved copy. With forty portraits in color of BRUMMELL and his contemporaries. 2 vols. thick large 8vo, boards, totally uncut. London, 1886 LARGE PAPER and No. 30. ONLY ONE HUNDRED and FIFTY numbered copiks of this fine edition printed—ONE HUNDRED for ENGLAND and FIFTY for AMERICA. This re-issue of Jesse’s ‘‘ Life of Beau Brummell,”’ which has been a scarce book for a long time, contains a quantity of new matter now published for the first time, collected by the author, but which it was not deemed fitting to insert in former editions. Many notes have also been added, as well as forty illustra- tions, after Dighton and others, of contemporaries of Brummell. oer f 160° {3s ‘del THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 247 914 BRUMMELL. Another copy of the same. 2 vols. thick large 8vo, fresh cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. N. Y. (London), 1886 Limited edition of 500 copies, printed from type, for sale in England and America. 915 Burty (Philippe). Maitres et Petits Maitres. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1877 EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE AMOROUS HISTORY OF THE GAULS. 916 [BUSSY RABUTIN (Roger, Comte de).| Histoire Amour- euse des Gaules. Minimo, old calf. — A Liege, 2. d. EXTREMELY RARE. This is the first edition of this celebrated volume of erotica and was so proved to be by an article in ‘‘ Le Livre.” On the title the author’s name is given in MS. as—‘‘ Messire Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy.” This was the Odell copy and has that collector’s signature on title. The key to the names of the characters will be found on the leaf after the title. This work, which has been described as worthy of Petronius Arbiter, was written for the author's mistress, the Marquise de Montglas. He describes the gallant adventures and intrigues of the great people of his own time, not for- getting his cousin, Madame de Sévigne. AILLY (Jacques DeE).] DIVERSES PETITES POESIES pv CHEVALLIER p’ACEILLY. Min- imo. Elegantly bound by HARDY-MENIL in red crushed levant morocco, super extra gilt, inside gold dentelle borders, rounded corners, edges gilt on mar- ble. Paris, Andre Cramotisy, 1667 VERY RARE. Original edition of these charming poems with the genuine title, which was replaced in the larger number of copies, where the words ‘* et se donnent au Palais,” were suppressed in consequence of being considered a serious imprint. Didot, in his Catalogue of the 1878 sale (No. 358), says that only three copies of the original edition were with the genuine title, and that Charles Nodier, when he edited a new edition of this charming poet’s works, could neither procure nor see a copy. The Didot example in old morocco sold for 157 francs. The above, in perfect condition, is in a superb binding by a cele- brated house of Parisian relieurs. 918 CANONGE (L. Placide). Maudit Passeport, ou les Infor- tunes d’une Drogue. Small 8vo, sewed (foxed). New Orleans, 1840 VERY RARE. Placide Canonge is one of the editors of ‘‘ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans,” the oldest French newspaper in this country. He is a writer of great merit, and is thoroughly appreciated in France. Canonge would have been a famous American if he had written in English, but Mr. Cable had never heard of him when he wrote about the Creoles of Louisiana. 919 CAREL (A.). Folles de leur Corps. Wath illustrations by Hopk, printed in pink, also the title—other cuts, mostly face- tious. 4to, fancy paper cover, uncut. Paris, Ed. Monnier, 1884 A very curious work, somewhat. erotic. 248 THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. - 920 CARNET D’UN MonDaAIN GAZETTE PARISIENNE, Anecdotique et Curieuse, par “ ETINCELLE.” With facetious illustra- tions by A, FERDINANDUS, the plates colored. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Ed. Rouveyre et G. Blond, 1882 FACETIOUS and CURIOUS. 921 CARRE (Fabrice), Flagrant Delit—Comédie en un Acte. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 922 CARROSSES (Les), a Cing Sols, ou les Omnibus du Dix- septi¢me Siécle. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, /zrmin-Didot, 1828 LARGE PAPER, limited edition on Holland paper of a very few copies, and printed for the ‘‘ Société des Bibliophiles Francaises.” Presentation copy from the author, vzde MS. on cover. 923 CASANOVA (Jacques de Seingalt). A Collection of 48 steel engravings in illustration of his very facetious Memoirs. (48) EROTIC AND RARE. Casanova’s Memoirs, to which the above are illustra- tions, transcend in interest those of all other adventurers from Gil Blas down- wards, with the added merit of being genuine and not fictitious. Accomplished, generous and of an audacity that never failed him in the most critical moments, he visited every Court of Europe, conversed with the most famous men, and intrigued with women everywhere. He relates all these transactions with a cynical precision that is sometimes frightful, and only to be forgiven in favor of the terseness of the style and the brilliancy of the narrative. UNIQUE COPY OF “LE DIABLE AMOUREUX,” AND BOUND BY TRIOULLIER. 924 CAZOTTE (Jacqurs), Le DIABLE AMOUREUX. ROMAN FANTASTIQUE PAR J. CAZOTTE, précédé de sa Vie, de son Procés, et de ses Prophéties et Revelations par GERARD bE NERVAL. J/lustrated with 200 designs éy EDOUARD DE BEAuMoNT. §8vo, fresh half dark blue crushed levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, by “ TRIOULLIER SR. DE PETIT-SIMIER.” Paris, Leon Gaurvet, 1845 UNIQUE COPY of this very rare edition, which is priced as high as 60 francs in Paris in boards. The above is unique, having, in addition to de Beau- mont’s charming woodcuts, three portraits of Cazotte, as well as a set of plates in two states. Cazotte’s early life was spent among the Jesuits, to which order he ceded his estates in the Isle of Martinique. After becoming an Illuminé and Martinist he brought an action against the Order of Jesus for the recovery of his prop- erty. It was Cazotte who prophesied in 1788, at a reception, before the French Revolution, the untimely fate that would befall, during the reign of terror, many of his auditors of the ‘‘ haut monde.” “** Le Diable Amoureux,’ donné par l’auteur comme une nouvelle emprunté de l’Espagnol, est un conte tiré de sa seule imagination. L esprit et la grace, la vivacite et le naturel de la narration sont les qualités.” —VAPEREAU. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 249 G 925 CENT NOUVELLES NOUVELLES (Les), suivent les Cent Nouvelles contenant les Cent Histoires Nouveaux, Qui sont moult plaisans 4 raconter en toutes bonnes Compagnies; par Maniere de Joyeusete. 2 vols. minimo, sprinkled calf gilt, inside gold borders, gilt edges, by “* PETIT SUCCR. DE SIMIER.” A La Haye, chez P. Gosse et J. Neaulme, 1733 RARE, from the library of and with the heraldic book-plate of ‘‘ Thos. For- rest Betton.” Sir Walter Scott in ‘‘ Quentin Durward” thus speaks of Louis XI. and the above work: ‘‘ He [Louis] even mingled in the comic adventures of obscure intrigue with a freedom little consistent with the habitual and guarded jealousy of his character, and he was so fond of this species of humble gallantry that he caused a number of its gay and licentious anecdotes to be enrolled in a collection well known to book-collectors, in whose eyes (and the work is unfit for any other) the right edition is very precious.” 926 Cent RecetTTes (Les), de Mlle. Francoise. Thick 4to, paper, uncut. Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1886 This volume of choice cooking receipts is printed in large type on thick paper. DON QUIXOTE—ILLUSTRATED BY TONY JOHANNOT— ORIGINAL EDITION. “you 927 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Michael de), L’Ingenieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, traduit et “Annoté par Louis Viarpotr. Profusely illustrated with the hu- morous and characteristic wood engravings of ‘TONY Jo- HANNOT, 2 vols. large 8vo. Bound by H. Crasse in half morocco, gilt. Paris, Dubochet, 1836-37 FIRST EDITION of this extremely high-priced issue in Paris, and with brilliant impressions of Tony Johannot’s illustrations. The frontispieces are on India rt the figure of ‘‘ La Torralva” is turned to the right—in later issues to the left. ideal 928 CERVANTES. Don Quichotte de la Manche traduit de l’Espagnol par FLor1AN, Ouvrage Posthume. W7th plates after LEFEBVRE, LEBARBIER, e/c., by HALBoNn, Coiny, MAs- QUELIER, GAUCHER, GopEFROY, #063) vols. small 8vo, old Spanish sheep, gilt. Paris, Didot, 1799 / 7S 929 Cre sont LEs SecrEs DES Dames deffendus 4 Reveler publiés pour la Premiére Fois d’aprés les Manuscrits du XVe Siécle, avec des Fac-simile, une Introduction, des Notes et un ’Appendice par les Drs. Al. C * * * * et Ch. Ed. C**** Fac-similes printed in red and front. in 3 states or tints. Small 8vo, vellum, paper, totally uncut. Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1880 No. 34 of a limited edition of 342 copies on vellum, China and Holland papers and ‘papier vergé.” This is one of 25 Holland paper copies—the text is mostly in French Gothic and some is in red. 250 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 930 CHAMPSAUR (Félicien), Paris—Le Massacre. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 A series of short essays on celebrated Parisians—Judic, Daudet, Nina de Villars, Marie Colombier, un Amour de Gambetta, Croizette, Madame Adam, Arsene Houssaye, etc. CHANTS HISTORIQUES—LIMITED IMPRESSIONS OF TWELVE COPIES ON COLORED PAPER. 931 CHANTS HISTORIQUES er POPULAIRES du Temps de CHARLEs VII. et de Louis XI. publiés pourla Premiére fois d’aprés le Manuscrit Original avec des Notices et une Introduction par M. LE Roux DE Lincy. Small 8vo. Bound by V. CuHamps in fresh half crushed dark green levant morocco, the back tooled in gold and inlaid with red morocco, rounded corners, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. Paris, dug. Aubry, 1857 Rare. This is one of twelve copies on colored paper (blue) out of a limited edition of 352 in all. This copy has the rubricated title in three states —China paper, blue and pink. 932 CHASSANT (Alph., jaleographer). Les Nobles et les Vilains du Temps Passé ou Recherches Critiques sur la Noblesse et les Usurpations Nobiliaires, front. and fleurons ; also—-Nobiliana, Curiosités Nobiliaires et Héraldiques Suite du Livre Intitule les Nobles et les Villaines, front. Together 2 vols. Small 8vo, boards, uncut. Paris, Aug. Aubry, 1857-58 LIMITED EDITION of 600 copies, the above being on ‘‘ papier vergé.” This very interesting volume enters fully into the right of ‘cuissage” and other strange customs of feudalism. “LES CONTES REMOIS”—LARGE PAPER COPY AND ILLUSTRATED BY MEISSONIER. 933 CHEVIGNE (Louis, Comte de). Les Contes Rémois. Fine portrait on INDIA PAPER, after DEeBAy—-also numerous engravings on wood after the original designs of E. MEIs- SONIER. Large 8vo, fresh half dark green morocco, extra gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, Librairie de ? Académie des Bibliophiles, 1868 LARGE PAPER edition of these facetious poems, of which a considerable por- tion of the merit attached to them is owing to the fact of their having been illustrated with the graphic designs of the great painter Meissonier. 934 CHEVIGNE.—Opinions des Journaux sur “Jes Contes Rémois.” Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1869 °935 CHORIER.—ALvisim S1cE& Toletane Satyra Sotadica de Arcanis Amoris et Veneris Alvisia Hispanice scripsit Latinitate donavit JoANNEs MEuRsIUS—re vera auctore NicoLao CuHorRIER. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 LIMITED EDITION of 100 copies of this excessively erotic work. The first edition of this work was printed in 1660, and was somewhat imperfect—the above is the complete text. The notorious volume ‘‘l’Ecole des Biches” was written as a pendant to the above pederastic and tribadistic volume. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 251 G20 936 CHORIER.—Les Dialogues de Luisa Sicra, ou Satire f Sotadique de NicHoLas CHorIER—pretendue écrite en Es- pagnol par Luisa SIGEA et traduite en Latin par JEAN Meursius—Edition mixte Franco-Latine. 4 vols. small : 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, /stdore Liseux, 1881 VERY SCARCE and limited edition printed by Becus on Holland paper. Q 50937 CHRONIQUE SCANDALEUSE (La), Publi¢e par f OcTAVE UZANNE, avec Préface, Notes et Index. Z%nted Jront. by Lavauze, head-piece by MONGIN, fleurons and Sancy tnitial letters. ‘Thick large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, A. Quantin, 1879 LIMITED EDITION of the erotic ‘‘ Scandalous Chronicle’ on ‘* papier verge,” handsomely printed by Quantin and uniform with the remainder of the ‘‘ Docu- ments sur les Mceurs du XVIIIe Siécle” edited by Octave Uzanne. 25° 938 CIZE.—Histoire du Whigisme et du Torisme, composée par \ Mr. DE CizE cy-devant Officier au service d’Angleterre. Small 8vo, boards, uncut. RARE, Leipzig, 1717 6 oe 939 CLARETIE (Jules). La Vie 4 Paris, 1880, 1881, 1882 and 1885. 4 vols. small 8vo, half red morocco, top edges gilt (3) and sewed (1). Paris, 1880-85 oO @ 940 Coss (Lyman). The Evil Tendencies of Corporal Punish- ' ment. In two parts. Part 1, Objections to the Use of the Rod; Part 2, Substitutes forand Preventatives of the Use of the Rod. 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1847 JS’ 941 Conen (E. Yancey). Sir Cupid and other Poems. 8vo, limp vellum paper, totally uncut. Cambridge, 1884 BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED at the Bradstreet Press on heavy hot-pressed paper. Issued by the author for private circulation among his personal friends. 3 OV 942 COLLECTION p’HeErRomweEs Er Pieces FuGITIves de : DoRAT, COLARDEAU, PEZAyY, BLIN DE SAIN-MorE et autres, 10 vols., Frankfort, 1769; also uniform, ‘ RICH- ARDET—Poeme,” 2 vols., Zzege, 1776. Together 12 vols. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. RARE.—A curious collection of French Erotica and Facetiz, mostly consist- ing of reprints of rare works, both prose and verse, as well as unpublished originals from very scarce MSS. THE DIDOT MINIMO EDITION OF THE BEST FRENCH WORKS—HAMILTON, VOLTAIRE, ETC.—BOUND BY NIEDREE. ? SQ 943 COLLECTION pes MEILLEURS OUVRAGES de la ' Langue Francoise dédiée 4 Son Altesse Royale Madame DUCHESSE D’ANGOULEME, I5 vols. square minimo. Bound by NIEDREE in yellow calf gilt, inside dentelle gold bor- ders, edges gilt. Paris, Didot, 1814-19 LIMITED EDITION, printed on ‘‘PAPIER VELIN” by Dipot. This charming little series includes—‘* Mémoires du Comte de Grammont, par Antoine Hamil- 252 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. ton,” 3 vols.; ‘Contes d’Hamilton,” 3 vols.; ‘‘ La Henriade, poeme de Vol- taire, suivie des Notes et des Variantes,” 2 vols.; ‘‘ Lettres de la Comtesse de Sancerre, suivies d’Aloise de Livarot, par Madame Riccoboni’, 2 vols.; ‘‘ Let- tres de Mylady Juliette Catesby par Madame Riccoboni”; ‘‘ Histoire du Mar- quis de Cressy, suivie d’Ernestine par Madame Riccoboni;” ‘‘ Mémoires du Comte de Comminge par Madame de Tencin;” ‘‘ Le Siege de Calais, Nouvelle Historique par Madame de Tencin”’; ‘‘ Lettres de Mistriss Fanny Butlerd a Mylord Charles Alfred Comte d’Erford par Madame Riccoboni.” 944 CoLomBEy (Emile). Ruelles Salons et Cabarets, Histoire Anecdotique de la Littérature Francaise. Small 8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt (rubbed). Paris, 1858 RARE and cuRIOUS work on taverns and cabarets. LARGE PAPER “SONGE DE POLIPHILE.” 945 [COLUMNA (Francesco).] Soncr bE Po.ipHiLe, Tra- duction Libre de l’Italien. 2 vols. small 4to. Bound by RaAmEAv in half crushed blue levant morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, Didot, 1804 LARGE PAPER and limited edition of this extremely rare and curious work written by a Dominican monk of Venice. 946 Comic SaLon de 1883 par H. pe Sta. JLudicrous carica- tures of Paris Salon pictures. Large 8vo, sewed. Paris, 1883 “CONTES ET NOUVELLES”—ILLUSTRATED BY DUPLESSIS-BERTAUX—LARGE PAPER COPY. 947 CONTES Er NOUVELLES en Vers par Votraire, VERGIER, SENECE, PERRAULT, MoncRIF, et le P. Ducer- CEAU. Engraved portraits on titles and many vignette illus- trations mostly facetious after the designs of DuPwxssis- BEeRTAUx. 2 vols. large 8vo, half dark blue morocco gilt, edges gilt. Paris, Leclere fils, 1862 LARGE PAPER and limited edition of one hundred copies. 948 COPPEE (Francois). MADAME DE MAINTENON, Drame en Cinq Actes avec Prologue en Versréprésenté pour la Prem- iére Fois au Theatre National de l’Odeon le r2 Avril 1881. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1881 LARGE PAPER COPY OF CORAN’S GALLANT RHYMES— BOUND BY TRIOULLIER. 2 Qu 949 CORAN (Charles). Rimes Galantes. 8vo, fresh half crushed . levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut by “‘ TRIOULLIER SR. DE PETIT-SIMIER.” Paris, 4ibrairie ad’ Amyot, 1847 LARGE PAPER and very scarce. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 253 THE FACETIOUS “MEMOIRES DE MONTMATRE” BOUND BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU. 256 950 COUDRAY (Le Chevalier de). Mémoires Litteraires de yoo Montmatre. Small 8vo. Bound by CHAmBOLLE-DuRU, 1869, in crushed dark green levant morocco, extra gilt, inside dentelle gold borders, rounded corners,totally uncut. Neuchatel avd Paris, 1786 VERY RARE, FACETIOUS, and in handsome Chambolle-Duru reliure. With vignettes on title of the head of a donkey and at theend an ass. This was a presentation copy, and at the bottom of the title is the following MS. note:— ‘** Par M. le Chevalier du Coudray, ancien Mousquetaire, auteur des Nouveaux Essais Historiques sur Paris. Ces memoires plaisants m’ont été donnés par lauteur, en l’Année, 1788.’ Among the facetious matters broached in this volume are—‘‘In Favor of Unfaithful Women” ‘the Origin of Beards and their Variations’’; ‘*‘ Historical Anecdotes on the ‘Ass ” - etc. THE YOUNGER CREBILLON’S JAPANESE HISTORY. 951 CREBILLON tz Fits (C. P. J. de). L’Ecumoire, Histoire Japonaise avec les Curieuses Figures de l’édition “a Pekin 1733.” TZinted and facetious illustrations. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Brussels, Henry Kistemaechers, 1773-84 Erotic. LIMITED EDITION on Japan paper and tinted “‘ papier verge.”’ The younger Crebillon, we are told,—** was a gay companion so full of wit and humor, and he wrote a series of licentious novels which pleased Miss Staf- ford, a young, handsome and rich Englishwoman, so much that she came to France and married him,” The 1734 edition of the above work caused the imprisonment of the author at Vincennes, it being claimed there were satirical concealed allusions to the Papal bull ‘‘ Unigenitus,” Cardinal de Rohan and the Duchesse de Maine. ‘* Crebillon (fils) was born in Paris in 1707, and died at the age of 70. It is related that his father, who was a noted dramatist, being asked one day which was his best production, pointed at his son, and said: ‘ I don’t know which is my best, but there is my worst.’ If his father was called the A‘schylus of France, surely the son might be called the Petronius. M. d’Alembert once said: ‘ Cre- billon, the father, paints in the blackest colors the crimes and wickedness of man. The'son draws with delicate and just pencil the refinements and shades, and even graces of our vices, that seductive levity which renders the French what is called amiable, but which does not signify worthy of being loved, in short our manners, at once frivolous and corrupt, wherein the excess of depravity combines with excess of ridiculousness.’ He was fora time in high repute for his wit and gaiety, which made him a pleasant companion, and for his clever, but licentious novels, which are best forgotten.” —CATEs. Ly S0 952 CREBILLON te Fits. Le Sopha, Conte Moral. Nouvelle SIS” Edition. Fronts. by BOVINET after BINET. 2 vols. minimo, sewed, uncut (foxed somewhat). Paris, chez Pillot, an VII. VERY RARE. This is one of the rarest of the works of the younger Crebillon, and it is considered his most erotic, notwithstanding it is called on the title a “* moral tale.”’ 953 CUNNINGHAM (Peter). THe Story or NELL Gwyn and the Sayings of CHARLES THE SECOND. Portrait after LELY ON CHINA PAPER @7d INSERTED PLATES OF INDIA 254 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS. Large 4to, folded loose in board covers, suitable for binding or extra illustration. N. Y., 1883 LARGE PAPER. No. 82 of 100 printed and numbered copies. New edition, beautifully printed, with an index now first added. J 30 954 CYRANO pe BERGERAC (Savinien), CEuvres Comiques, . Galantes et Littéraires, a/so, Histoire Comique des Etats et Empires et du Soleil. Nouvelles éditions revue et publiée avec des Notes par “ P. L. JAcos, BIBLIOPHILE.” 2 vols. small 8vo, cloth, rough edges. Paris, 1858 “* Edition Bibliothéque Gauloise ” on ‘‘ papier vergé.” ‘* J'‘aime mieux Bergerac et sa burlesque audace, Que ces vers ou Motin se morfond et nous glace.” —BOILEAUv. with Preface and Index and Appropriate Descrip- tions in English, Italian and French. 50 Aine engrav- ings, executed on copper by the most eminent artists of Rome. Oblong 4to, cloth. New Orleans, n. d. ““ SECRETED FROM THE PAPAL POLicE after the Restoration of Order and just imported into America.” 2 Ss 955 Sg AELLI (G.). Relic of the Italian Revolution of 1849, ) S THE “DANCE OF DEATH ”—VARIOUS EDITIONS. /uv 956 DANCE OF DEATH.—L’Avpuaset de la Mort de Hans ' Hosein, Entouré de Bordures du XVIe Siécle et Sinois d’Anciens Poemes Frangais sur le Sujet des Trois Mors et des Trois Vis publiées d’aprés les Manuscrits par ANA- TOLE DE MoONTAIGLON. Vignette on title and every page surrounded with borders, mostly illustrating the ‘“ Dance of Death” and taken from early printed books. 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, Zvoss, 1856 Rubens once said that he had learned a great deal from the pictures of the “* Dance of Death,” and he recommended them strongly to the study of many of his own profession, while Erasmus was so much struck by the wonderful dis- play of genius exhibited in this great work, that he conceived a strong friendship for Holbein, sat to him for his picture, and recommended him to Sir Thomas More, and to this incident England was indebted for the many excellent per- formances which it afterwards received from his pencil. 957 DANCE oF DEATH.—La DANSE DES MortTs comme elle est Depeinte dans la Louable et Célébre Ville de Basle pour Servir d’un Miroir de Nature Humaine—(French and German Text). With engraved illustrations after the originals by MATTHEW MERIAN. Small 4to, cloth, red edges. Basle, 1744-56 RARE. With two titles, the French dated 1756, and the German, which has a curiously engraved border, 1744. This copy has the heraldic book-plate of —‘‘ John Lynch, D.D., Dean of Canterbury.” THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 255 /13 958 Dance oF DEATH at Basle. With the text in three lan- guages—English, French and German, With numerous wood engravings of the “ Dance of Death” at Basle. 4to, boards. Basle, 2. d. Jie 959 Dance or DratTH.—Massmann (H. F.). Die Baseler Todtentanze in Getreuen Abbildungen. Small 8vo, with separate large 4to volume of plates with 81 fac- simile illus- trations of the “ Dance of the Death’ in 22 plates and 27 lithographs. Together 2 vols. Sewed. VERY SCARCE. Leipzig, 1847 so 960 DANCE oF DEATH.—BILDER DES TopEs oder Todtentanz fur Alle Stande. With illustrations by MERKEL engraved by FLEGEL, 4to, sewed, uncut. Leipzig, 1850 ! [oe 961 DASSOUCY (Charles Corypeau). Aventures Burlesques. Nouvelle Edition avec Preface et Notes par EMILE CoLomBEY. Jortrait on INDIA PAPER. Small 8vo, cloth, rough edges. Paris, 1858 ‘* Bibliothéque Gauloise” limited edition, on ‘‘ papier vergé,” issued under the direction of Paul Lacroix, who says:—‘‘ Ce volume est bien fait pour réhab- iliter Dassoucy, une des victimes des arréts trop rigoureux de Boileau. Il con- tiendra plusieurs ouvrages en prose trés-gais et trés amusants, qui n ‘ont pas été réimprimés depuis prés de deux siécles, et qui sont trés-rares par consequent. Ce sont les Avantures de France, les Avantures d’Italie, les Pensées dans le Saint-Office de Rome, la Prison, etc. Ce sont enfin les mémoires de Dassoucy écrits par lui-méme.” LIMITED EDITION OF ALPHONSE DAUDET’S TARTARIN ON JAPAN PAPER. | fore 962 DAUDET (Alphonse). TarTARIN suR LES ALPES—Nou- veaux Exploits du Héros Tarasconnais. /¢/ustrated with colored plates (aquarelles) by ARANDA, DE BEAUMONT, MONTENARD, DE MyrRBACH, RosslI, and numerous other illustrations in the text, portrait of DAUDET, etc. Thick 4to, sewed, totally uncut. Paris, Ca/mann-Levy, 1885 ‘* EDITION DU FiGARO.” No. 55 of limited edition of 125 copies printed on heavy Japan paper under the artistic direction of ‘‘ Guillaume freres.” LARGE PAPER COPY OF TARASCON’S PRODIGIOUS ADVENTURES. J ov 963 DAUDET.—Aventures Prodigieuses de Tarascon. /Pro- ‘ Susely illustrated with vignettes and other cuts. Large 8vo, cloth, illuminated cover, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, Dentu, 1887 LARGE PAPER edition of this very eccentric work of Daudet. cre 964 DAUDET. Numa Roumestan—Meeurs Parisiennes. Small 8vo, cloth, uncut. ORIGINAL EDITION, Paris, 1881 THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. Daupet. Le Nabab—Mceurs Parisiennes, Small 8vo, sewed, uncut, ORIGINAL EDITION, Paris, 1880 DAUMIER. Les Cent et Un Rosert Macaire, Com- posés et Dessinés par M. H. Daumier sur les Idées et Legendes de M. Cu. Puttipon—texte par MM. Maurice AtHoy et Louis Huarr. 101 full-page lithographed plates—all humorous—fleurons, etc. 4to, half smooth green morocco, edges gilt. Paris, 1840 VERY SCARCE, [DEFOE (Daniel).] Histoire du Diable, traduite de Anglais. Engraved fronts. 2 vols. bound in tree mar- bled calf extra gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt. Amsterdam, aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1729 VERY SCARCE EDITION. “‘Farless on high stood unabashed DeFoe.” —The Dunciad. DELPIT (Albert), Les Amours Cruelles. Small 8vo. Bound by BRADsTREETS in half crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1884 Detpit. Les Maucroix, Comédie en Trois Actes en Prose. Small 4to. Bound by V. Camps in half crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, covers bound in. Paris, 1883 ° 970 DeELpit. Mademoiselle de Bressier. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut, Paris, 1886 VERY RARE AND LIMITED EDITION OF DELVAN’S MODERN EROTIC DICTIONARY. 971 DELVAN (Atrrep), DICTIONNAIRE EROTIQUE MODERNE par “un Professeur de Langue Verte.” Nouvelle Edition Revue, Corrigée. Considerablément Augmentée par l’Auteur et Enrichie de Nombreuses Cita- tions. Thick small 8vo. Bound by E. RovussELLE in half crushed red levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Bale, zmprimerie de Karl Schmidt, n, d. VERY RARE and VERY LIMITED EDITION of this celebrated issue of Del- van’s *‘ Modern Erotic Dictionary,” printed on Holland paper exclusively for the members of the Biblio-Aphrodiphile Society, and not to be—‘‘ mis dans le commerce.” This wonderful dictionary is a philological revelation and erotico- physiological curiosity. DEMOUSTIER’S MYTHOLOGY—WITH FREE PLATES. 972 DEMOUSTIER (C. A.) Lettres a Emilie sur la Mytholo- gie. Portrait and plates by Aupouin, after Monnet, some erotic (a few short), 3 vols. small 8vo, half morocco, gilt edges. Paris, Renouard, 1801 VERY RARE. With the heraldic book-plates of John Hunter and Henry Terry. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 257 ‘/5,0973 DEMOUSTIER. Another edition of the same work. Portrait by TarpiEu, and charming erotic plates after MorREAU, dy D’ELvAUvx, Dr GHENDT, FRIERE, SIMONET and THOMAS (some foxed slightly). 6 vols. in 3. 8vo, tree-marbled calf extra gilt, inside gold dentelle borders. Paris, Renouard, 1809 VERY SCARCE and beautiful edition, in good condition. DENON’S CELEBRATED ETCHINGS—INCLUDING THE PRIAPIC SERIES. S soo 974 DENON (Vivant, ancien Directeur Général des Musées). L’EUVRE GENERAL DE, AVEC UNE NOTICE TRES DETAILLEE sUR SON CEUvRE PAR M. D’ALBERT DE LA FIZELIERE. Being a collection of 317 etchings, mostly designed and engr aved by this celebrated artist, the whole forming the most complete and varied album possible Jor the study of engraving and etching—also portraits. 2 vols. 4to, folded in sheets ready for binding. Paris, A. Barraud, Libraire Editeur, 1873 VERY SCARCE. Limited edition, printed on heavy paper, and of which this copy is No. 77. A series of 317 etchings by the gifted artist who executed the admirable drawings for Bonaparte’s great work on Egypt. The etchings are mostly original, but include some copies of Rembrandt and other Old Masters. The eleventh (suppressed) series, and which is included in the above, consists of over thirty etchings of priapic and very erotic subjects. Among these is the celebrated ‘‘ Nun’s Dream,” ‘‘ The Thirteenth Labor of Hercules,” ‘‘Offerings to the God Priapus,” etc., etc. 975 Denon. Point de Lendemain. Minimo, sewed (no front). Brussels, 1883 Eroric and limited edition of 510 copies. 976 [DreNnon.| Notice Bibliographique (sur) le Conte Point de Lendemain. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Strasbourg, 1861 LARGE PAPER and rare. 977 DESBARROLLES (Ad.). Chiromancie Nouvelle—Les Mystéres de la Main Révélés et Expliqués, Art de Con- naitre la Vie, le Caractére, les Aptitudes et la Destinée de Chacun d’aprés la Seule Inspection des Mains. Vumerous cuts. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris,’ 2.4; 978 DESBARROLLES ¢¢ JEAN Hippotyte. Les Mystéres de l’Ecriture Art de Juger les Hommes sur leurs Auto- graphes. ac-similes. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 979 DESMAREST (Pierre Marie). Témoignages Historiques ou Quinze Ans de Haute Police sons NAPOLEON, 8vo, boards, uncut (MS. name over dedication). Paris, 1833 RARE. The author was chief of Napoleon’s ‘‘ Haute Police” during the Consulate and Empire. 258 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. UNIQUE COPY OF CAMILLE DESMOULINS—WITH ORIGINAL MSS. 980 DESMOULINS (Camille). La France Libre. 8vo, sewed, uncut. [Paris], 1789 VERY RARE, anda curious French Revolutionary brochure, written by the celebrated Camille Desmoulins, who was guillotined in 1794 along with Danton and others. Two octavo pages of original MS. in the handwriting of Desmoulins are affixed to the brochure. 981 DESPORTES (Philippe). CEuvres de, avec une Introduc- tion et des Notes par ALFRED MicuHIELs. Hugraved front. —fac-simile title of the 1758 edition. Small 8vo, cloth, rough edges. Paris, 1858 ‘* Bibliothéque Gauloise ” limited edition on ‘‘ papier vergé,” issued under the direction of Paul Lacroix, who says :—‘‘ Desportes est un grand poéte, peut- étre un de nos meilleurs poétes Frangais. Cependant ses poésies, dont il y a plus de trente éditions, n’avaient pas été réimprimées depuis le commencement du dix-septi¢me siécle, M. Michiels a consacré une étude trés-importante a ce poéte éminent.” ‘ The 1573 ‘‘ Estienne”’ edition of this libidinous poet’s work will be found in the ‘‘ Early Typography ” division of this catalogue, No. 589. DES PERIERS’S NEW RECREATIONS—THE VERY RARE 1616 EDITION—BOUND BY DURU. 982 DES PERIERS (Bonaventure).— | Les | NOVVELLES | RECREATIONS, et | Ioyevx devis | de feu BonauEn- TURE DES PERIERS, valet | de chambre de la ROYNE | DE NAvARRE | Augmentées de plusieurs autres nouuelles | fort ioyeuses et recreaiues, non | encores veues, ny imprimees | par cy deuant.| Minimo. Bound by H. Duru in crushed red levant morocco, inside dentelle gold borders, rounded corners, edges gilt on marble. Lyons, par Noel Brun, 1616 VERY RARE EDITION, and charming little bibelot, bound by Duru. Des Periers was the valet-de-chambre to Queen Margaret of Navarre, and he had made one of the circle of distinguished wits and people of genius who com- posed her court. His motto throughout life was ‘‘ Loisir et liberté,” and his death was a suicide’s. He killed himself in the delirium of fever and despair, with his sword. His ‘‘ Nouvelles Recreations ’’ are in the style of the ‘‘ Hep- tameron”’ of his mistress, and it was published for the first time after his death by Nicholas Parisot and Jacques Pelletier. ‘* Dans les ‘ Recreations’ et le ‘Cymbalum,’ la prose est vive, aisée, claire, enjouce, et bien qu’on n’y trouve pas l’energie et l’eloquence, c’est le style d’un excellent prosateur.”—VAPEREAU. THE “CYMBALUM MUNDI” OF BONAVENTURE DES PERIERS. 983 DES PERIERS.—CYMBALUM MUNDI, ou Dialogues Satyriques sur Differens Sujets, avec une Lettre Critique THE PENE DU BOLS COLLECTION. 259 par ProspeER MARCHAND. Vignette on title. Minimo, old calf, gilt. Amsterdam, chez Prosper Marchand, 1711 VERY. RARE, with the autograph of ‘‘A. J. Odell” on top of title, which is rubricated. This work, was not only so erotic, but so irreligious that it was. con that onl editions demned by the Sorbonne. It was rigidly suppressed, and so severely, y one copy of the first edition is known. The above is one of the rarest of this strange work. ANOTHER COPY OF THE PRECEDING WORK—BOUND BY of 5 O 984 D CAPE. ES PERIERS. The same,. with—Lettre Critique par ProsPER MarcHaNnp—Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigée et augmentée de Notes et Remarques, communiquces par plusieurs Savans. Lxgraved frontispiece, vignette title and plates by B. Picart after F. DE BAKKER. Small 8vo. Handsomely bound by Care in crushed red levant morocco gilt, inside gold dentelle borders, rounded cor- ners, gilt edges (témoins). Amsterdam, 1753 EQUALLY RARE, with the above named, but with Picart’s plates. It is superbly bound by Capé. J 25985 D eS? 986: D ESPREAUX (Jean Etienne). Mes Passe-Temps: Chan- sons suivies de l’Art de la Danse, Poéme en Quatre Chants Calqué sur l’Art Poétique de BorLeau DEeEsPREAUX. Illustrated with engravings after the designs of MOREAU LE JEUNE and with music—also silhouette portrait of the author. 2 vols. three-quarters morocco, top edges gilt. Paris, 1806 VERY SCARCE.” Printed by Crapelet. EUX BISCUITS (Les), Tragédie, traduite de la Langue que’ l’on Parlait jadis au Royaume d’Astracan, et mise depuis peu en Vers Frangais. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. [Pais], se vend a Astracan chez un libratre MDCCLII. (reprint) 1866 No. 107 of limited edition of 120 copies on Holland and China papers of this erotic work. SO 987 D’EZE (G.) et MARCEL (A.). Histoire de la Coiffure des fO 988 D Femmes en France. Ji/ustrated with 242 cuts of head- dresses and hair-dressing. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1886 IDEROT (Denis). Le Neveu de Rameau, Nouvelle Edi- tion Revue et Corrigée sur les Différents Textes avec une Introduction par CHARLES ASSELINEAU. Small $8vo, boards, uncut. Paris, 1862 260 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. DINAUX’S “SOCIETES BADINES”—VERY CURIOUS AND EROTIC. 989 DINAUX (Arthur). Les Sociétés Badines Bachiques Lit- téraires et chantantes leur Histoire et leurs Travaux Ouvrage Posthume de M. ARTHUR DinaAvux revu et classé par M. Gustave Brunet. With etched portrait by G. Staat (loose). 2 vols. 8vo, fresh half crushed orange levant morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1867 VERY SCARCE, erotic and curious. 990 DINAUX. The same. 2 vols. 8vo, paper, uncut. 991 [DONDEY (Theophile).] Lettre Inédite de PurtoTHte O’NEppy auteur de ‘‘ Feu et Flamme” sur le Groupe Lit- téraire Romantique, dit des Bousingos—TH&oPHILE GAvu- TIER, GERARD DE NERVAL, PETRUS BoreEL, BoucHARDY, ALPHONSE Brot, etc. Large 8vo, half calf uncut, with the covers bound in. Paris, P. Rouguette, 1875 VERY RARE. One of 10 copies on China paper out of an edition of 110 in all. EDITION-DE-LUXE OF DORAT’S KISSES AND LARGE PAPER. 992 DORAT (C, J.). LES BAISERS, précédés du Mois de Mai, poéme (par DORAT). Frontispiece and engraved plate by CHARLES EISEN, engraved title, 22 vignettes, and 22 tatl-pieces by EISEN, and 2 by MARILLUIER. Large 8vo. Superbly bound in red crushed levant morocco elegant, inside gold borders, edges gilt, others by De SAMBLANCx- WECKESSEN, - Rouen, /. Lemmonyer, 1880 LARGE PAPER. No, 345 of LIMITED EDITION on ‘‘ papier vergé.” This is a splendid reprint of one of the most charming books issued from the press in the last century. A copy of the original edition was priced 3,000 francs, uncut by Morgand-Fatout, and another copy by the same, bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet, 2,200 francs. Also priced 35 guineas in a late London catalogue, bound in ordinary calf. 993 DORAT. Poésies. 4 vols. minimo, old calf. Geneva, 1777 A pretty little edition of the poems of the author of ‘‘ Les Baisers.” 994 DORAT. Poésies de. Fine portrait engraved by N. DE Launay. Minimo, sewed, uncut. Geneva, 1777 VERY SCARCE edition of Dorat’s charming and erotic poems. 995 [DORAT.] Mes Fantaisies—Troisitme Edition, Considér- ablement Augmentée. Lngraved false title, vignette on title and head and tail pieces designed by E1SEN and engraved by DE LONGUEIL and DE GHENDT. Small 4to, half calf, red edges. La Haye e¢ Paris, 1770 RARE. One of the volumes of Dorat’s poems containing pieces quite as facetious as the “ Baisers.” THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 261 a7 Fr 996 DORE.—Histoire aussi Interessante qu’ Invraisemblable de l’Interpide CAPITAINE CASTAGNETTE, Neveu de l’Homme ala Téte de Bois par “ MANUEL.” Jllustrated with 43 : wood engravings, some full page, by GUSTAVE Dork. Large 4to, half green morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1862 This is one of the most amusing works illustrated by Gustave Dore. 3b CO 997 DOUZE FACETIES. 12 facetious pieces, with cuts repro- duced in fac-simile and of “l’ordre des cocus réformés” and “Ja patente des cocus.” Small folio, paper. Brussels, Gay et Douce, 1881 VERY FACETIOUS and AMOROUS. Limited edition of 500 copies, of which the above is No. 428. The bibliographical notice before the preface shows that only two of the patents in the above were known before the reprint, viz., that of ‘‘ Bavarde”’ and that of ‘‘ Curieuse.” \S 7 998 DRESDEN GALLERY. A collection of twelve erotic sub- ’ jects mostly from Heathen Mythology, photographs after RuBEens, VAN Dyck, Guipo, TITIAN, PALMA VECCHIO, Poussin, KorrMANN, MICHEL ANGELO, PAUL VERONESE and CORREGGIO. Small 4to, red cloth. LARGE PAPER COPY OF GUSTAVE DROZ’S CHEF- D’CEUVRE. DSO 999 DROZ (Gustave). Monsieur, Madame et Bébé. With t numerous tllustrations by EDMOND Morin, and with etched portrait-frontispiece of the author by LEOPOLD FLAMENG. Thick large 8vo, fresh half crushed red levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, with the colored covers bound in. Paris, Victor Havard, 1878 SUPERB EDITION-DE-LUXE, LARGE PAPER, and printed on ‘“‘ papier vélin.” CHINA PAPER COPY OF THE LIFE OF MADAME DU BARRY. ISU 1ooo DU BARRY (La Comtesse). Sa vie Amoureuse—le Gaze- tier Cuirassé—GrIMM-BACHAUMONT—les Chansons—les Epigrammes—les Actes Officiels—ses Trois Amoureux— Louis XV.—Lorp SEYMOUR—LE Duc DE Brissac—le Tribunal Révolutionnaire—la Guillotine—Portraits Au- thentiques—les Maitresses du Roi par PAUL DE SAINT Victor—Histoire de MADAME DU BARRY par ARSENE HovussaveE. With portraits in two states—HOLLAND AND CHINA PAPER. Small 4to. Bound by EMILE ROUSSELLE in crushed purple levant morocco gilt, rounded corners, inside dentelle gold borders, edges gilt (¢émozins), with the covers bound in. Paris, 1878 LIMITED EDITION of 25 copies on China paper. This superbly printed volume is from the press of Alcan-Levy. ‘The title-page is rubricated, and some of the text is printed in red. This life of the lecherous Du Barry, the complaisant mistress of Louis XV., is from the pen of Arséne Houssaye. Needless to suggest, it is erotic and delightfully written in honor of the High Priestess of the Parc aux Cerfs. 262 THE PENE DU. BOTS COLLECTION. roor DU BARRY. Anecdotes sur, publiées par OCTAVE UZANNE avec Préface et Index. Tinted front. by La- LAUZE, heraldic head-piece by GAUZEAN, fleurons and fancy initial letters. Thick large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 4. Quantin, 1880 LIMITED EDITION on ‘‘ PAPIER VE RGE,’ " handsomely printed by Quantin, and uniform with the remainder of the ‘‘ Documents sur les Mceurs du XVIIIe Siecle ” edited by Octave Uzanne. The above volume contains a pretty thoroughly complete collection of the ‘* Ana” of Louis the Fifteenth’s celebrated mistress, who died by the guillotine in 1793. The ‘‘ Lettres Originales” of Madame Du Barry were forged by Pidansat de Mairobert—and the two different editions of her ‘‘ Memoires”’ by Madame Guérard and La Mothe Langon. JAPAN PAPER COPY OF THE TABLEAU DE LA VOLUPTE HANDSOMELY BOUND BY PAGNANT. FG (pOx002 [DU BUISSON, ze.] “M. D. B.”—Tableau de la Volupte, me Poeme en Vers. Reimpression sur l’édition de “ A Cythere, 1771.” With Etsen’s erotic plates engraved by DE MALVAL, also head and tail pieces and tnitial letters designed by MESPLES—ceach page surrounded by a rose border. 8vo, handsomely bound by PAGNAnrt in brown crushed levant morocco extra, inside gold borders, rounded corners and gilt edges, in leather-lined drop case. Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1882 One of 10 copies on JAPAN PAPER out of a LIMITED EDITION of 600 in all. The plates and vignettes are in duplicate and in two colors—sepia and black. The beautiful typography is the work of Unsinger’s press. Paul Ulrich Du Buisson was the author of the tragedies of ‘‘ Nadir” and ““ Scanderberg.”’ He perished on the scaffold during the Reign of Terror along with his friends Hebert and Ronsin. 0 1003 Ducret (Alexandre). Les Brouillons de la Société. Small r 8vo, sewed, uncut. Annecy, 1872 Dedicated to General Garibaldi. J. CY 1004 [DUDEVANT (Amandine Lucile Aurore Dupin).] Letters of GEORGE SAND, Translated and Edited by RAPHAEL LEDOS DE BEAUF ORT, with Preface and Biographical Sketch by the Translator. Jiustrated with 6 portraits of GEORGE SAND af various periods of her life. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth. London, 1886 The name of ‘‘ George Sand”’ is said to have been given to Madame Dudevant by Jules Sandeau, the academician, and was adopted by her to denote a mascu- line style in her writings, / vs O 1005 DUFOUR (Pierre). Histoire de la Prostitution. Wumer- ous steel plates on INDIA PAPER. 6 vols. in 3. 8vo, half green morocco, top edges gilt, others trimmed. Paris, 1851-53 In this learned work—the best we have on the subject—many of the chapters are devoted to dissertations on matters of general interest to students of litera- fA Qu THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 263 ture. We instance chapter XXIV., containing a treatise on the erotica verba ot the French language, the Argot, its origin, etc.; also in chapter XXXIL., highly interesting bibliographical account of the Aretino plates by Marc Anvoain, etc, etc. The author was threatened with criminal prosecution, and pledged himself never to reproduce the work; it has now become scarce. UNIQUE COPY OF DUMAS’S “LADY OF THE CAMELIAS,” WITH ORIGINAL VERSES IN MS. BY THE AUTHOR ON THE ILL-FATED HEROINE. 1006 DUMAS (Alexandre, f/s), La DAME aux CAMELIAS, Préface par M. JULES JANIN—Quatriéme édition entiére- ment revue et corrigée. Small 8vo, half russia, gilt. Paris, 1852 UNIQUE COPY. With inserted heraldic book-plate. This copy has inserted five pages of original poetry in the handwriting of Alexandre Dumas fils and written by him on the heroine of this most remarkable story, upon which is founded ‘‘ Camille” and ‘‘ La Traviata.” Mr. Pene du Bois writes that the above MS. is a—‘‘ Copy made by Alex. Dumas fils—in his own hand, and as he says, ‘de ma plus belle écriture ’— of verses written by him on his hearing of the death of| Marie D(uplessis), who was the ‘ Dame aux Camélias.’ The verses were never published, save in the edition of the play made for the artists of the ‘Comédie Frangaise.’ The ‘Gaulois’ published lately a fragment of these verses, as a literary sensation. The verses are accompanied by a letter to his fried Paul Foucher.” This MS. copy of the verses was in the possession of Mr. Péne du Bois pre- vious to its publication. LIMITED EDITION-DE-LUXE OF THE “LADY OF THE CAMELIAS.” 1007 DUMAS Fits. La Dame aux Camélias, Préface par M. JuLes Janin. Ltched portrait of MARIE DUPLESSIS, proof before letters. Large 8vo. Bound by E. RousseLLe in three-quarters crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in, Patis, 1872 No. 205 of limited edition of 500 numbered copies on Holland paper. 1008 CILAW (Ary). The Romance of a German Court, a Translation of ‘‘ Le Roi de Thessalie.” 2 vols. CA small 8vo, cloth. London, 1886 BOOKS OF EMBLEMS—INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF GEORGE WITHER’S EMBLEMS. 638 1009 EMBLEMS.—WITHER (George).— | A | Collection | of | Emblemes, | Ancient and | Moderne: | Quickened | With Metricall Illvstrations, both | Morall and Divine: And disposed into | Lotteries, That Instruction, and Good Counsell, may bee furthered | by an Honest and Pleasant Recreation, | By GzeorGE WITHER. | The First Booke | . 264 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. fine portrait, engraved title by MARSHALL, numerous plates of emblems by CRISPEN Pass, Small folio, mottled calf, gilt. London, frinted by A. M. [Augustine Matthewe\ for Henry Taunton, and are to be sold at his Shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard, MDCXXXV. EXCESSIVELY RARE, and a fine copy of the ORIGINAL EDITION with all the plates. With the heraldic book-plate (coronet, supporters nine quarterings) of—*‘ The Right Honble. Henrietta Countess of Pomfret Lady of the Bed- chamber to the Queen.” A few pp. are mended carefully and there are MS. marginalia. The volume contains the leaf at the end of the ‘‘ Lotteries,” with movable Index, which, Lowndes says, is so often wanting. On anend paper is the following MS. note:— “* These engravings, in their original state, were first published at Cologne, 1611, vide Rollenhagen in Brunet. Wither borrowed the fine engravings and destroyed the verses, substituting his own, see his first preface to the Reader, towards the end, where he speaks with sufficient confidence of himself. But now probably for one person who reads his verses, less admire his engravings. The portrait of Wither is probably from an original by C. Jannsen, which sold in Gutch’s sale for £13. The frontispiece is not by Crispen de Pass, but by one Wm. Marshall.” 1010 EMBLEMS,—CRAMER (Daniel). Octoginta Emblemata Moralia Nova. Engraved title and symbolical illustrations. Minimo, vellum (loose in cover). : Frankfort, Zvca /Jennistus, 1630 VERY RARE WORK on emblems, but lacking a few pages. The text and illustrations are printed on one side of the page only. tort EMBLEMS.—SAAVEDRA-FaxarpDo (Don Diego de). Idea de un Principe Politica representada en Cien Empresas. With engraved title and 100 designs of emblems in the text. Thick minimo, old calf (MS. name on back of title). Amsterdam, apud Loh. Lansonium Luontorem, 1659 VERY SCARCE EDITION of this famous work on emblems. 1012 EMBLEMS.—SAAVEDRA FacHarpo (Diego). L’Idea di vn Prencipe Politico Christiano, ugraved false title, vignette portrait on title and numerous engravings of emblems. 4to, boards, vellum (stained). RARE, Venice, 1648 1013 EmpLems.—CATS (Jacob).—_JOH. VAN BEVERWICK’S Schat der Gesontheydt Met veerfen verciert door de Heer IACOB CATS, Ridder, etc. Handsome portrait on title and numerous emblematic engravings in the text—also several false titles. ‘Thick 4to, fine old red morocco gilt, tooled gilt edges. Amsterdam, /an Jacobsz Schipper, 1652 RARE. The emblems and other works of Cats have for two centuries been household books in Holland, both for their moral doctrine and the ingenious designs with which Adrian Van de Venne symbolized their teachings. 22S THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 265 1014 EmBiems.—Borta (Joannes de). Moralische Sinn Bilder. Vignette title, and with over 100 curtous plates of emblems. Small 4to, half sheep (foxed). RARE. Berlin, 1698 1015 Empiems.—Con in (Albert Joseph). Der Christliche Welt Weise beweinet die Thorbeit der Neuentdechten Narren Welt. Numerous extremely curious and emblematic plates, many erotic and diabolical. 2 vols. in 1. Thick small 4to, old sheep (some plates mounted and a few pages soiled, etc.) VERY RARE, Augsburg, 1710-11 1016 EmpLeMs.—BuNyAN (John). Divine Emblems, or Tem- poral Things Spiritualised, etc., with Preface by ALEXAN- DER SmitH. Engraved title and numerous emblematic designs. Small*4to, cloth, gilt edges. London, . d. 1017 EmBLeMs.—Brza (Theodorus). Poemata Varia, accessit Iac. Lecriu V. Cl. Ionah seu Poetica Paraphrasis. Vu- merous cuts of emblems, etc. Minimo, boards. RARE. n. p., ex typographia Lacobi Stoer, 1614 1018 ENTRETIENS (Les), des Cafés de Paris et les Différens qui y sur Viennent. Par Mr.leCe deM * * *. &n- graved front., also curious fleurons, head-pieces, etc. Minimo, crushed green morocco extra, gold dentelle inside borders, rounded corners, edges gilt on marble by ALLO. Trevoux, Ltenne Ganeau, 1702 EROTIC and VERY RARE. This little volume contains many facetious pieces, among which are—‘‘ Avanture d'un Fourbisseur, qui trouva sa femme au Cafe avec son amant,” ‘‘ Procez entre un Auteur et un Librairesse au sujet de Cocu- age,” and others better and worse. torg Epicurr’s Cook Boox. ‘Translated and Arranged by “One of Them.” s1r2mo, cloth. Rochester, N. Y., 1881 1020 ETUDES SUR LA TOILETTE. A series of ten double-page studies on the toilet extracted from “la Vie Paristenne.” Large 4to, sewed. Paris, 2. d. EROTIC DESIGNS, more or less nude and exhibiting the various articles in the transition of the toilet of the women of fashion and the demi-monde of Paris and elsewhere. to2t ETUDES sUR LA ToILETTE. Another copy. 1022 ABRITII.—Le Convent Hospitalier, Conte tiré du IO) Livre de l’Origine des Proverbes d’ALOYSE CyN- © THIo de Gui Fasriti (XVIe Siécle). Litterale- ment traduit pour la Premiére Fois, Texte Italien en Regard. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1885 FACETIOUS. LIMITED EDITION of 120 copies, of which the above is No. 28. On the cover is the note—‘‘ Avis aux Libraires. Edition privée. Ce volume ne doit pas étre ‘mis en yente ou exposé dans les lieux publics’ (Loi du 29 Juillet 1881).” 266 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1023 Fav (J.). The Anatomy of the External Forms of Man, intended for the Use of Artists, Painters and Sculptors. 20 Jine lithographs, some of nudes, and with descriptions. Large 4to, in portfolio, London, z. d. 1024 FemMMEs AvUJOURDHUI. A Series of twelve double page studies on the toilet, extracted from “ La Vie Parisienne.” Large 4to, sewed. Paris, 2. d. EROTIC DESIGNS, more or less nude and exhibiting the various stages in the developments of the life and toilet of fashionable women of the present day. 1025 FemMMEs AvjourRDHUI. Another copy. 1026 FERTIAULT (F.). Histoire Anecdotique et Pittoresque de la Danse chez les Peuples Anciens et Modernes—He- breux, Grecs, Romains, Francais, Anglais, Chinois, Alle- mands, Russes, Sauvages, Grecs Modernes, Italiens, Espag- nols, etc. Minimo, vellum, covers bound in. Paris, Auguste Aubry, 1854 ‘La danse est une poésie muette.”—SIMONIDE. 1027 FETES er COURTISANES pe 1a Grice, Supplément aux Voyages d’ANACHARSIs et d’ANTENOR, Comprenant 1°, la Chronique Religieuse des Anciens Grecs, Tableau de leurs Moeurs Publiques; 2° la Chronique qu’ aucuns Nom- meront Scandaleuse, Tableau de leurs Mceurs Privées; 3° un Almanach Athénien; 4° la Description des Danses Grecques, etc. Fronts. by DE Launay after GARNEREY, pupil of Davip—also costume plates. 4 vols. 8vo, sewed, . uncut (some pp. stained), Paris, 1831 Fourth edition of this celebrated work on the Festivals and Courtisans of ancient Greece, with Anacreontic chants and music by Mehul. 1028 FEvILLET (Octave), Julia deTrécceur. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1877 1029 FIELDING (Henry). Tom Jones, ou Histoire d’un En- fant ‘Trouvé, Traduction Nouvelle et Compléte. 4 vols. 8vo, sewed, uncut (no illustrations). Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1833 ‘What a master of composition Fielding was! Upon my word, I think the Cidipus Tyrannus, the Alchemist, and Tom Jones, the three most perfect plots ever planned; and how charming, how wholesome Fielding always is! To take him up after Richardson is like emerging from a sick room heated by stoves into an open lawn ona breezy day in May.” —CoLERIDGE. 1030 FILLE (La) de Mapame Ancor. Opera Comique en Trois Actes—Paroles de Mm. CLAIRVILLE, SIRAUDIN et Koninc—Musique de M. C. Lecoce—Notice Historique par JULES CLARETIE. Music and numerous vignette illus- trations by P. HapoL—and colored costume plates by GREVIN, Large 8vo. Bound by LemarBELey in half cloth, totally uncut, with the covers bound in. Paris, 1875 Original illustrated edition of this charming facetious opera, with the covers bound in. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION 267 1031 FLEURIOT (Zenaide). Raoul Daubry, chef de Famille. Illustrated with 32 wood engravings by G. DELORT. Thick large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1879 1032 FLORIAN (J. P. C. de). Fables, précédées d’une Notice par CHARLES Noprer de |’Académie Francaise et d’un Essai sur la Fable. Jiustrated with page illustrations (some foxed slightly) and vignettes by VICTOR ADAM. Large 8vo, crushed crimson levant morocco, inside gold dentelle borders, edges gilt on marble. Paris, 1838 RARE EDITION of these charming fables. The above copy is bound by David. 1033 FOURNEL (Victor). Du Role des Coups de Baton dans les Rélations Sociales et en Particulier dans 1’Histoire Littéraire. Minimo, half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1858 Scarce. A curious flagellational work on the rod. 1034 FouRNEL. Ce qu’on Voit dans les Rues de Paris. Small 8vo, half cloth, uncut (foxed slightly). Paris, 1858 1035 FOURNIER (Edouard). L’Esprit des Autres Recuelli et Raconté par EpouarD Fournier. Small 4to, fresh half crushed sage levant morocco, the back gold tooled and inlaid with red morocco, rounded corners, top edge gilt, others uncut, by V. CHAMPs. Paris, 1857 VERY SCARCE. Presentation copy with autograph of the author—‘‘ A son ami Adolphe Delahays, EDouARD FOURNIER.” 1036 FOURNIER. L/’Esprit dans l’Histoire Recherches et Curiosités sur les Mots Historiques. Small 8vo, half red morocco, gilt. Paris, 1857 Among other famous historical phrases Fournier tries to settle what was really said in regard to the Old Guard at Waterloo. Heasserts Cambronne used one word only and not what is in the histories at all! 1037 FRANCAIS (Les)—pPEINTts PAR Eux-MEMES. Encyclo- pédie Morale du Dix Neuviéme Siécle, 5 vols.; also con- tinuation of the same, “Les Francais des Provinces,” 3 vols. Together 8 vols. Profusely illustrated with page wood engravings and in the text. 8 vols. large 8vo. Paris, LZ. Curmer, 1841-42 VERY SCARCE and humorous, with many facetious illustrations. Among the contributors to this humorous work were:—Jules Janin, Balzac, Mme. Angelot, Couailhac, Alphonse Karr, Regnault, Blaze, Delacroix, Francis Wey, Perrin, Boul, Tissot, and many others. A copy was sold some time since in New York for $65.00. EXTREMELY RARE AND EARLY SATIRICAL WORK ON THE FRENCH ACADEMY—BOUND BY BAUZONNET. you 1038 FURETIERE (Antoine). Plan et Dessein du Poeme { Allegorique et Tragico-Burlesque, intitulé les Couches de Academie Francoise. Minimo, crushed green levant 268 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. morocco, extra gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt, by BAUZONNET. Amsterdam, Pierre Brunel, 1687 VERY RARE. This curious work, which ridicules the French Academy, was written by a member who was also Abbé de Chalivoy. With key to the names including La Fontaine, Boyer, Charpentier, Le Clerc, etc. This copy was bound by Bauzonnet, came from the Nodier Library, and has _ his ‘* ex-libris.” Fureti¢re aided his friends Racine and Boileau in their plays, and his ‘‘ Roman Bourgeois”’ was edited by Fournier and Asselineau. ‘* L’académicien Charpentier traita Furetiére d’escroc, de fils de laquais, d’infame, de sacrilege, de protecteur de filous et de filles publiques, etc. Fure- ticre répondit par des ‘ Factums,’ qui sont regardés comme des modéles mais dont tous les traits ne sauraient étre entier¢ment excusés par de langage de ses adversaires.”—VAPEREAU. 1039 AGUIN.—L’Immaculée Conception de la VIERGE MarizE, Poéme de Ropert Gacuin, Docteur en 51474 MOLIERE (J. B. Poquelin). Complete Dramatic Works ‘ of, translated and edited by Henry Van Laun, with Memoir, Introductions, and Appendices, wherein are given the passages borrowed or adapted from MOoLIERE by English Dramatists, with Explanatory Notes. Fine portrazt and etchings on INDIA PAPER, executed specially for this edt- tion by LALAUZE. 6 vols. large 8vo, boards, totally uncut. Edinburgh, 1875-76 LARGE PAPER and with the 35 plates of Lalauze on India paper. ‘* Masterly etchings, full of dramatic feeling, and rich in subtle suggestiveness of color.”—Daily Telegraph. ‘‘ Exceedingly characteristic etchings from the skilful pencil of M. Lalauze, of Paris, which are entitled to the praise of being not only admirably executed, but really illustrative of Moliére’s text.” —Glasgow News. ‘As regards mere faithfulness of translation, it is astonishingly correct. Besides writing a modest prefatory life, Mr. Van Laun has prefixed to each play an Introduction containing all necessary information respecting its sources and circumstances, and has added to each an appendix of peculiar interest. These appendices contain full extracts from the plays in which English playwrights have done themselves the honour to ‘ convey’ Moli¢re’s good things. . . . The portrait of Moliére is extremely fine.” —Academy. 1475 MOLIERE. (Céuvres de Monsieur DE Mo.LitreE—Nou- velle edition, Revue, Corrigée et Augmentée. Portrait and numerous plates. 4 vols. minimo, old calf, gilt. Utrecht, Guillaume Van de Water, 1713 VERY RARE EDITION. The portrait is by A. De Blois after Mignard. 1476 MOLIERE. (Euvres de Moire, avec un Commentaire Historique et Littéraire; précédées du Tableau des Moeurs du Dix-Septiéme Siécle, et de la Vie de Mouiére par M. Petirot—-Nouvelle édition. Portrait of MOLIERE and plates by or after Lt JEUNE, BUGUET, ADAM, CAZENAVE, etc. 6vols. 8vo, half morocco, top edges sprinkled, others uncut. Paris, Azdlaud, 1823 EXCELLENT EDITION of Moliére and printed by Rignoux. The value of the above edition is in the notes, etc., of Petitot, himself a tragedian, and the editor of Alfieri and Cervantes. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 351 ge 51477 MOLIERE. GEéuvres Complétes avec les Notes de tous les Commentateurs. 7 vols. 8vo, tree marbled calf extra, marbled edges (one binding damaged). Paris, 1824-26 This SPLENDID EDITION of Moli¢re was edited by L. Aime-Martin. It is illus- trated with the admirable plates of Desenne, of which some in this copy are foxed. The first 200 pages of the first volume have an exhaustive preface, a life of the dramatist and a history of the comedians or ‘‘ Troupe de Moliére.”’ SUPERB COPY OF MOLIERE, WITH TONY JOHANNOT’S ILLUSTRATIONS. 6 208 1478 MOLIERE.--CEuvres de, Précédée d’une Notice sur sa Vie et ses Ouvrages par M. SAINTE-BEUVE. Portrait and profusely illustrated with vignette wood engravings by TONY : Jouannot. Thick large 8vo, fresh red calf extra gilt, in the style of and probably by Marius-MicuEL, gold dentelle inside borders, edges gilt (a few pp. foxed). Paris, Dubouchet, 1843 A SUPERB Copy of this delightfully illustrated edition of the works of the Shakespeare of France. CHINA PAPER COPY OF HOUSSAYE’S “* COMEDIENNES DE MOLIERE”—WITH THE PORTRAITS IN THREE STATES—SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND. / 2 OV 1479 MOLIERE.—HOUSSAVE (Arséne, ancien directeur de la ' Comédie Francaise, 1849-1856). Les Comediennes de Moutre. Portraits in three states and some rubrications. Large 8vo. Sumptuously bound by BRADSTREETS in crushed blue levant morocco extra gilt, with the letter “ By? in gold on the sides between a wreath and a spray of leaves, doublé with crushed red levant morocco gilt, leather joints, rounded corners, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. Paris, 1879 No. 15 of limited edition of 25 copies on China paper, with the proofs of the ten portraits in three states—before letters on Holland, in ‘‘ crayon sangu- ine” (genre Boucher), and on China paper. CHINA PAPER COPY OF COQUELIN’S BOOK ON MOLIERE —HANDSOMELY BOUND BY BRADSTREETS. // 3 1480 MOLIERE et le Misanthrope par C. COQUELIN de la / Comédie Frangaise. Small 8vo. Sumptuously bound by BRADSTREETS in half crushed red levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. Paris, 1881 UNIQUE and VERY RARE. This is one of 15 copies entirely printed on China paper. Inserted is a page autograph letter signed of the author, the distinguished French actor, Coquelin. 1481 MOLIERE sa Vie et ses Guvres par JULES CLARETIE. Minimo. Bound by ADOLPHE BERTRAND in crushed red levant morocco extra gilt, rounded corners, inside gold dentelle borders, gilt edges. Paris, #. @. LimITep Issuk. The beautiful edition of Alphonse Lemerre handsomely bound by Bertrand, of Paris. e 4 i 352 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1482 Mo.terisre (Le), Revue Mensuelle, Parts 79 to 87 in- clusive, and from 89 to 92 inclusive. Together 13 parts. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1855-86 1483 Monnier (Marc). Les Aieux de Figaro. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1868 1484 Monsetet (Charles), Les Premitres Présentations Célébres. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1867 ORIGINAL AND BEST EDITION OF THE IRISH MELODIES —ILLUSTRATED BY MACLISE. 1485 MOORE (Thomas). Irish Melodies. ///ustrated by D. MacuisE, #.A. 4to, green morocco extra, inside gold dentelle borders, edges gilt. London, Longman, 1846 ORIGINAL and BEST EDITION, every page engraved on thick plate paper, and illustrated with the exquisite engravings and floral designs of Daniel Maclise. Published in 1846 on fine thick paper at £3 3s., and on thin paper in 1850 at %1 11s. 6d. Several other reprints have been issued, with which the above can be compared as ‘* Hyperion to a Satyr.” 1486 [MORE (Henry).] WYXOZIA, Platonica; or a Platoni- call Song of the Soul, consisting of Foure Severall Poems. Hereto is added a Paraphrasticall Interpretation of the Answer of APOLLO consulted by AMELIUs, about PLo- TINUS Soul Departed this Life. By H. M. Masrer of Arts and Fellow of Christ’s College in Cambridge. Minimo. Bound by JENKins and CEcit in mottled ¢alf gilt, inside gold borders, citron edges. Cambridge, Roger Daniel, 1642 VERY RARE and a BEAUTIFUL Copy of the first edition. “Dr. Henry More, the celebrated Platonist, esteemed one of our greatest divines and philosophers, and no mean poet.”’—SAMUEL JOHNSON. 1487 Moynet (M. J.). L’Envers du Théatre, Machines et Dé- corations. With 60 wood-engravings. Small 8vo, half yellow calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. Paris, 1874 ELEGANT COPY OF ALFRED DE MUSSET—BOUND BY SMEERS. ? G IS 1488 MUSSET (Alfred de). CEuvres Completes. Fine portraits | and rubricated titles. 11 vols. minimo. Elegantly bound by SMEERs in crushed blue levant morocco extra gilt, inside gold dentelle borders, edges gilt on marble, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1876 This BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED and LIMITED EDITION on papier vergé is divided as follows:—Biographie de A. de Musset; Poésies, 1828-52, 2 vols.; Comédies de Proverbes, 3 vols.; Contes et Nouvelles; Nouvelles; Confession d’un En- fant du Siécle; Mélanges de Littérature et de Critique; CEuvres Posthumes. 1489 MUSSET. (CEuvres Posthumes de ALFRED DE MUSSET. Small 8vo, cloth, totally uncut. Paris, 1860 ORIGINAL EDITION, with the covers bound in. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 353 Ww O 1490 MUSSET.—Perreav (Adolphe). ALFRED DE MusseT, G l’Homme, le Poéte. Small 8vo. Bound by V. CHAmpsin half green crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, covers bound in. Paris, 1862 25 © 1491 MYSTERES DES THEATRES 1852 par EDMOND DE , Goncourt, JULES DE GoNncouRT et CORNELIUS HOFF 8vo, half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1853 LARGE PAPER and very scarce. @ § 1492 NODIER (Charles). Poesies, Recueillies et Publi¢es par N. DELANGLE. Small 8vo, half calf, cloth sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1829 LIMITED EDITION on toned laid paper. / 8 @ 1493 OPERA (L’)—Eaux ForTEs ET QUATRAINS PAR “ Un ABONNE.” Illustrated with most charmingly executed etch- ings of the operatic stage of France—and titles. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, Libratre des Bibliophiles, 1876 Only a LIMITED EDITION of this beautiful work was printed by JouausT on ‘‘ papier de Hollande” and ‘‘ papier de Chine.” Go 1494 OSSIAN (Fils de Fingal, Barde du 3e Siecle). Poésies \ Galliques traduites sur l’Anglais de MACPHERSON par LETOURNEUR. fortrait and plates by TARDIEU. 2 vols. small 8vo, boards. Paris, 1810 RARE. New edition with the poems of other bards translated by J. Smith, with an essay on the authenticity of Ossian by Ginguené. ‘* Ossian, sublimest, simplest bard of all, Whom English infidels Macpherson call.’’ — CHURCHILL. , So 1495 OUTREPONT (Charles D’). La Mort de Cuartes L., Roi d’Angleterre, Drame en Quarante-deux Scénes, 8vo. Bound by E. RovussE.LLe in fresh half crushed blue levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt. Paris, 1827 RARE and printed by Firmin-Didot. a ve 1496 PARNASSE CONTEMPORAIN, Recueil de Vers Nou- veaux 1866. Large 8vo, crushed ted levant morocco ele- gant, rounded corners, inside dentelle gold borders, gilt edges. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1866 VERY SCARCE. The first book published by the new school of French poetry out of which came the ‘‘ Academie Francaise” of to-day, Coppée, Sully, Prud- homme, etc. In the list of contributors are Gautier, Baudelaire, Mendes, Houssaye, Fertiault and many others of greater or less importance, such as Henry Winter, who on page 207 of this copy has corrected by his own hand an error and affixed his signature. LARGE PAPER COPY OF PEELE’S DRAMATIC WORKS —BOUND BY BEDFORD. 44 225 Oi497 PEELE (George). Dramatic Works. Collected and edited, with some account of his Life and Writings, by the 354 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. Rev, ALEX. DycE. SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS, AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME. ac-stmile. ‘To- gether 3 vols. Small 8vo, fresh polished yellow calf extra gilt, dentelle borders, gilt edges by F. Beprorp. London, Pickering, 1829-39 LARGE PAPER. Very RARE and printed by C. Whittingham. Most sets of Pickering’s collection of Dramatists have the original edition of the above in two volumes. ‘* Peele and Marlowe were the contemporaries of Shakespeare; both had ex- quisite feelings for poetry, and excelled in description, to which the former lent beauty, the latter sublimity.’”-—GirrorD. (© 1498 Penne (H.Cholmondeley), From Grave to Gay: a Vol- / lume of Selections from the Complete Poems of, Portrait. Minimo, fresh cloth, beveled sides, rough edges. London, 1884 Printed on thick paper. THE PERCY SOCIETY’S PUBLICATIONS—THIRTY VOLUMES. A ¢ {f- . * bia /O/ £35 1499 PERCY SOCIETY’S Publications, Complete, Comprising f an Extraordinary Collection of Early and Rare Specimens of English Poetry, Edited by Eminent Literary Men. Illustrations. 30 vols. small 8vo, half red morocco, con- tents lettered, top edges gilt. London, printed for the Percy Soctety, 1840-52 A beautiful copy, scarce. From the very limited number of copies printed, and those for members, and not for sale, these works will always be very difficult to procure; the above contains all the publications of the Society, and includes: ‘‘Karly English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications.” The establish- ment of the Percy Society in 1840 was for the purpose primarily of paying a noble tribute to the memory of Bishop Thomas Percy, editor of—‘* The Reliques of Ancient Poetry.” The editors of the valuable works in this interesting series were:—J. P. Collier, J. O. Halliwell, T. Crofton Croker, Charles Mackay, T. Wright, A. Dyce, E. F. Rimbault, W. H. Black, W. Chappell, Peter Cunningham, F. W. Fairholt, P. Bliss, T. J. Pettigrew, W. J. Thoms, James Goodwin, James H. Dixon, M. A. Denham, W. Sandys and C. Hardwick. This set, which includes the suppressed Gosson’s ‘‘ Quippes for Upstart New- Fangled Gentlewomen,” and Bansley’s ‘‘ Pride and Abuse of Women,” is arranged as follows:—Vol. 1, ‘‘ Old Ballads,” ‘*Songs and Ballads relative to the London Prentices,” ‘‘ Historical Songs of Ireland,” ‘‘ Pain and Sorrow of Evil Marriage,” and ‘‘ The King and a Poor Northern Man ”. Vol. 2, ‘‘ Minor Poems of Lydgate,” ‘‘ Early Naval Ballads of England,” ‘‘A Search for Money,” and ‘‘ Mad Pranks and Merry Jests of Robin Goodfellow”; Vol. 3, ** Political Ballads,” ‘‘ Strange Histories,” ‘‘A Marriage Triumph,” and ‘‘ History of Patient Grissel”; Vol. 4, ‘‘ Specimens of Lyric Poetry,” ‘‘ Boke of Curtasye,”’ ‘‘Christmas Carols,” and ‘‘ Nursery Rhymes of England”; Vol. 5, ‘* Kind Hearts Dream,” ‘‘A Knight’s Conjuring,” ‘* Meeting of Gallants at an Ordi- naire,” and ‘* Two Angry Women of Abingdon”; Vol. 6, ‘* Ancient Poetical Tracts of the XVIth Century,” ‘‘ Cock Lorell’s Bote,” ‘‘Crown Garland of Golden Roses,” ‘‘ Hutton’s Folies Anatomie,” and Wotton’s ‘‘ Poems”; Vol. 7, ‘‘ Harmony of Birds,” ‘‘ Paraphrase Seven Penitential Psalms,” Drayton’s ‘Harmony of Church,” ‘Jack of Dover,” and ‘‘A Kerry Pastoral”; Vol. 8, /06 co’ cf} THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 355 ‘Selection Latin Stories” and Gifford’s ‘‘ Dialogues of Witches and Witch- craft”; Vol. 9, Rowlands’s ‘* Four Knaves,” Thomson’s ‘* Poem to Congreve’s Memory,” ‘‘ Pleasant Conceits of Old Hobson,” ‘‘ Maroccus Extaticus,” and “Great Frost Old Ballads”; Vol. 10, ‘‘ Lord Mayor’s Pageants”’; Vol. 11, ‘Ow! and Nightingale’ Croke’s ‘‘ Thirteen Psalms,” Hall’s ‘‘ Historicall Expostulation, etc. ,”” and Rich’s ‘‘ Honestie of this Age”; Vol. 12, ‘‘Reynard the Fox, from Caxton’s edition”; Vol. 13, ‘‘ Keen of South of Ire- land,” ‘‘ Six Ballads,with Burdens ’’ and “ Lyrical Poems, 1589-1600 ”’; Vol. 14; John Audelay’s ‘‘ Poems,” ‘* St. Brandan,” and ‘* Romance Emperor Octavian ”’; Vol. 15, ‘’ Friar Bakon’s Prophesie,” ‘‘ Poetical Miscellanies,”’ and ‘* Crown Gar- land of Golden Roses, Part 11”; Vol. 16, ‘* Seven Sages” and ‘* Romance of Sir Tryamoure’; Vol. 17, “Scottish Ancient Ballads” and ‘‘ Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs ”; Vol. 18, Hawes’s ** Pastime of Pleasure”; Vol. 19, ‘* Civic Garland ” and ‘‘ Thomas Becket”; Vol, 20, Barnfield’s ‘* Affectionate Shepherd,” “Wit and Folly,” ‘‘ Proverbs and Popular Sayings ” and ‘‘Song of Lady ’. Vol. 21, ‘‘ Popular Songs, Illustrative of French Invasion of Ireland’’; ’<* Tnterlude Four Elements,” ‘‘ Disobe- dient Child,” ‘‘ Autobiography Mary Countess Warwick ” and ‘‘ Westward for Smelts”; Vol. 23, ‘‘ Fifteenth Century Songs and Carols’; ‘‘ Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Festive Songs” and ‘* Popular English Histories”; Vols. 24, 25 and 26, Chaucer's ‘‘ Canterbury Tales”; Vol. 27, ‘‘ Beleeve as you List,” and ‘‘ Satirical Songs and Poems on Costume”; Vol 28, ‘‘ Anglo-Saxon Passion of Saint George,” ‘‘Poem on Times of Edward II.,” ‘* Poems of William de Shoreham,” and ‘‘ Triall of Treasure’; Vol. 29, ‘* Fugitive Tracts and Chap Books,” ‘‘ Man in Moone,” *‘ Use of Dice Play,” ‘‘ Loyal Garland ” and ‘* Poems and Songs, Assassination Duke of Buckingham”; Vol. 30, *‘ Gar- land of Good Will,” ‘‘ Britannia’s Pastoral ” and ‘‘ John Bon and Mast Per- ” son. Bessy’ Vol. 22, ‘‘ Citizen and Uplondyshman,’ 1500 PLAYBILL of the Gilbert Dramatic Association, edited by H. Pene pu Bois and L. J. Huxine, Jr. Vol. 5. Nos. 1 to 6 inclusive (all published). Large 5vo. Brooklyn, 1885-86 THE AMONTILLADO POE—DE LUXE, WITH INDIA PROOFS. 1sor POE (Edgar Allan). The Works of—the Amontillado Edition; with a Memoir, by Ricuarp Henry STODDARD. Beautifully illustrated with etchings, photogravures, portrait and fac-similes. 8 vols. fresh cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut. N. Y., 1884 No. 262 of limited edition of 315 copies signed and numbered. This is the finest and most complete edition published of Poe. on Holland paper. It is printed 21502 POE, The Raven. With Comment by EpmuND C. STED- MAN, With nearly 30 graphic tlustrations after GuUs- TAve Dorf. Square folio, illuminated cloth, beveled sides, gilt edges. N. Y., Harper, 1884 1503 POPE.—(Euvres Complettes d’ALEXANDRE PopE, Tra- duites en Francois—Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigée, augumentée du Texte Anglois mis a coté des Meilleures Portraits and plates by MARILLIER. 8 vols. 8vo, Paris, Chez Veuve Duchesne, 1779 as issued with the rare plates of Marillier. The por- The illustrations by Marillier to the above hose he designed for Dorat, Prevost, etc. Piéces. sewed, uncut. RARE, entirely uncut trait is by Le Beau after Kneller. edition of Pope are fully equal to t 356 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1504 POUGIN (Arthur). Figures d’Opera Comique—MapaMeE Ducazon, ELLEvion, LES GAVAUDAN. Three etched por- traits by Masson. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1875 1505 PRAED (Winthrop Mackworth). Poems, with Memoir by DERWENT COLERIDGE. Portrait. 2 vols. 12mo, fresh half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. N. Y., 1865 “‘ These poems are the most graceful and finished verses of society that can be found in our language, it is impossible to doubt.” Miss MITFORD. THE CELEBRATED TRAGEDIENNE RACHEL—VOL- UMES FROM HER LIBRARY. 1506 [RACHEL.]—Phédre, Tragédie de RacinzE— Nouvelle Edition Conformé a la Representation. Small 8vo, half morocco, cloth sides. Paris, 1818 This volume came from the library of the great tragedienne Rachel, is stamped on the side with her initial letter ‘‘R ”, has her ‘‘ ex-libris ” on the half-title— a letter ‘‘R” with the motto—‘‘ Tout au rien,” and also has inserted a “ Bulletin d’Adjudication” of the auction sale of her library. A duplicate of this, No. 162, sold for 1,200 francs at the sale of her books. 1507 [RACHEL.]—Les Nombres d’Or par L. BetMonTev. Quatri¢éme Edition revue et augmentée. Small 8vo, half yellow calf, gilt. Paris, Amyot, 1845 From the library of Rachel. and a presentation copy from the author with his autograph signature on the half-title, a portion of which has been mended. Stamped in gold on the side with the letter ‘‘R”, with Rachel’s book-plate on the half-title and with an inserted *‘ Bulletin d’ Adjudication.” 1508 [RACHEL.]—Custine (Le Marquis de). La Russie en 1839. 4 vols. small 8vo, morocco, blind tooled, inside dentelle gold borders. Paris, Amyot, 1843 From the library of Rachel, with her book-plates inserted in all the volumes, which are stamped on both sides of the four volumes with her initial letter ‘‘R.” 1509 RACINE (J.). Giuvres Completes, avec les Notes (choisies) de tous les Commentateurs—é€dition publiée par L. Armé- Martin. Jilustrated with plates designed by PRuD’HON, GIRODET, GERARD, efc. 6 vols. 8vo, half purple roan gilt, totally uncut. Paris, Lefevre, 1820 VERY SCARCE. This is the best, most complete, and first edition of the Aimé- Martin edition of Racine. It was printed by Didot, on papier vergé. Racine—‘' contests with his immediate predecessor, Corneille, the glory of being the greatest among the French tragic dramatists. His grace and melody of diction are exquisite; and his refined tenderness of feeling, often melting into profound pathos, breaks out through all the barriers imposed by the unities, and the simple plots and the monotony of the rhymed Alexandrine verse.” 1510 ReNAN (Ernest, de 2’ Académie Francaise). Eau de Jou- vence, suite de Caliban. 4to, half crushed levant morocco, top ed e gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1881 ORIGINAL EDIi ON of this remarkable play by the author of the “ Life of Jesus.” A> Q < Ov 6 0 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 357 1511 RevUED’ART DRAMATIQUE—Directeur, EDMONDSTOULLIG. Vols. 1 and 2 (complete and in parts as published). Large 8vo, sewed. Paris, 1886 1512 RoosEvELT (Blanche). Stage-Struck. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1884 1513 Rousseau (J. B.). CEuvres Choisies. 2 vols. minimo, Spanish calf gilt, edges gilt. Amsterdam, 1777 With the book-plates of ‘‘ Victor J. B. Dorgeval.” 1514 ROYER (Alphonse). Histoire du Théatre Contemporain en France et 4 l'Etranger, depuis 1800 jusqu’a 1875. 2 vols. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1878 T5i5. bs CERAN (Tulius). Les Louisianaises, Poésies Nouvelles. Premier Volume. 8vo, half cloth. New Orleans, 1840 All published, and at $4, véde the title. 1516 SAINTE-BEUVE (C. A.). Poésies Completes. Small 8vo, half calf, gilt. Paris, 1869 This revised and augmented edition includes—Joseph Delorme, Consolations and Thoughts of August. 1517 SARRAZIN (Gabriel). Pottes Modernes de l’Angleterre. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1885 The poets written up in this volume are—Walter Savage Landor, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Algernon Charles Swinburne. 3001518 SCHILLER (Friedrich Von). Sammtliche Werke. Por- I ¢ lo te trait and plates engraved by SCHILLER and others after RETHEL, STELKE, MUCKE, SCHRODER, ¢éfc. 12 vols. small 8vo, half calf. Stuttgart, 1835-36 1519 SCHILLER. Jungfrau von Orleans, Berlin, 1802; SCHILLER’S Braut von Messina und Jungfrau, Cardsruhe, 1818; HER- pDER’s Gedichte, erster theil. Together. 3 vols. Small 8vo. 1520 SCUDO (P.). Critique et Littérature Musicales, First and Second Series; also—L’Année Musicale par P. Scuno, First, Second and Third Years. ‘Together 15 vols. Small 8vo, uniform half red morocco (4) and old sheep, gilt (1). Paris, 1856-62 These important musical criticisms are excessively rare and of unfrequent occurrence together. 358 THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. 1521 SECOND (Alberic) e¢ BEAUVALLET (Léon). La Vicomtesse Alice, Drame. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 PAYNE COLLIER’S PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE—LIMITED TO 58 SETS FOR SUB- SCRIBERS ONLY. if 0, 08522 SHAKESPEARE (William). PLays AND POEMES WITH THE PurEsST TEXT AND Brierest Notes, EDITED By J. PAYNE COLLIER. 8 vols. (in 43 parts complete as issued) 4to. London, privately printed for the Subscribers, 1875-78 VERY SCARCE and LIMITED EDITION of 58 sets, published for subscri- bers only, beautifully printed by Thomas Richards on heavy hot-pressed paper with extra wide margins, each play being separately paginated and duplicate sets of titles being given to suit the taste and wishes of the owner in binding, and is divided as follows:— Vol. I. The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado about Nothing; Vol. II. Love’s Labours Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Taming of the Shrew, All’s Well that Ends Well; Vol. III. Iwelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, King John, King Edward the Third, King Henry the Second, King Henry the Fourth—Part I.; Vol. 1V., King Henry the Fourth— Part II., King Henry the Sixth—Parts I., Il. and III., King Richard the Third; Vol. V. Henry the Eighth, Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Titus and Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet; Vol. VI. Timon of Athens, Julius Cesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear; Vol. VII. Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Pericles Prince of Tyre, The Two Noble Kinsmen; Vol. VIII. A Yorkshire Tragedy, Macedorus, Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, Sonnets, A Lover's Complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim. Mr. Collier in his preface remarks that—“‘‘ As to the text I have been guided, and indeed governed, by a close examination of, I may say, every authentic impression that has been issued from the year 1596 to the present day. ‘¢T have inserted in my present edition three plays which have never yet been included in any collection of the works of the great dramatist—Edward the Third, indubitably by Shakespeare; The Yorkshire Tragedy, to which he contributed, probably in the haste to prepare it for representation; and Mace- dorus, to which it seems certain he added a scene on some revival of a popular old drama, most likely in existence before Shakespeare joined a theatrical com- pany. This very scene may, possibly, have been his earliest contribution to the stage. ‘* My original proposal was to furnish fifty subscribers with three plays in return for every £1 transmitted to me from time to time as the work pro- ceeded. I had calculated that printing and paper for each play would not cost more than £12 to £15, and such was the case in the outset; but as I advanced I found that many of the plays, from their bulk, cost from £15 to £20—in several instances nearly £25. For this increase I ought to have been but was not prepared, and as I was sure that my subscribers could not wish me to be a heavy loser by my labours, I ventured in one instance to make an additional callon them. As, however, I felt that I ought not to pursue a course so irregular and irresponsible, I resolved after much deliberation and very unwill- ingly to add to my fifty a few more names. so as to make my edition consist of 58, instead of 50 copies,” THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. EDITION-DE-LUXE OF SHAKESPEARE, WITH MONZIES’S ETCHINGS. T0573 SHAKESPEARE. The Dramatic Works of SHAKES- SHS (656 PEARE—the text of the first folio edition. ///ustrated with charming etchings by M. Monztxs, from new designs by M. Pitie, and a faithful reproduction of the DROESHOUT portrait, head and tail pieces—beautifully printed on the finest paper. 8 vols. 8vo, cloth, rough edges. Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1383 EDITION-DE-LUXE, published at £5. Limited edition of 550 copies only, on Holland paper and all numbered, this being No. 89. ‘It is, then, an eminent service to Shakespearian literature which Mr. William Paterson renders when he issues an edition of the poet’s works which is an exact reprint of the famous folio, In this case we have not a fac simile reproducing the size, shape and every detail or defect of the original, but a handsome edition in eight octavo volumes, with the best paper and the most delicate of typography, presenting an exact transcript of the folio, with the spelling and the metrical disposition of the original, and with all the minutiz of italics, parenthesis and the like with which a text of that period abounds. We may almost fancy we are nearer to the poet in intelligence and sympa- thy when we have his words as he or his companions set them down. cathe We need only remark, in conclusion, that the work is illustrated throughout with etchings of great finish and delicacy, which, for the most part, indicate a real Shakespearian sentiment.” —London Times. ‘““It is a significant fact that Mr. Paterson should have gone to France for work of this kind. We doubt if he could have got it done so well in England. It is not that we do not possess etchers, men capable of far higher work than this, but, as a rule, the English artists in this kind are unable or unwilling to bend their talent to the business of miniature illustration. Here we see MM. Pille and Monzies quietly going through the whole series of plays without a single failure. ‘They are workmanlike and skillful, and, on the whole, they have produced an excellent edition of Shakespeare, which we recom- mend to all lovers of handsome books.” —Saturday Review. THE RARE CORRALL EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE. 1524 SHAKESPEARE. Works. Vignette woodcuts, head and tail pieces. 9g vols. minimo (3$ inches by 14), cloth, uncut. London, William Pickering, 1825 Dedicated to Earl Spencer, and known as the ‘‘Corrall edition,” after its Published in three editions £2 2s., or with thirty engravings £2 178.5 printer. The above is the first named of the three. or on India paper £4 4s. LARGE PAPER COPY OF BALLANTYNE’S SHAKESPEARE. 1525 SHAKESPEARE. Plays of, printed from the Text of SAMUEL JOHNSON, GEORGE STEEVENS and Isaac REID, With portrait by Evans, and engraved head-pieces by or after STOTHARD, FITTLER, Howarpb, THOMPSON, SMIRKE, 360 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. etc. 12 vols. large 8vo, old half red morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut (foxed somewhat, and binding rubbed). London, 1807 LARGE PAPER. Ballantyne’s edition and very scarce. HUDSON’S EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE. 4/20 1526 SHAKESPEARE. Works, the Text Carefully Restored $729 According to the First Editions; with Introductions, Notes Original and Selected and a Life of the Poet by H. N. Hupson.—Revised Edition with Additional Notes. 12 vols, small Svo, limp russia, rounded corners, gilt edges, in leather case. Boston, 1883 Student’s Handy Edition. ‘‘In Shakespearean criticism Hudson is one of the student’s best guides that we have in English speech.” —FURNIVALL. THE DELIUS SHAKESPEARE. 1527 SHAKESPEARE. The Royal SHAKESPEARE, The Poet’s Works in Chronological Order from the Text of PROFESSOR DeELius with the addition of the “Two Noble Kinsmen ” and Epwarp III., and an Introduction by F. J. Furni- VALL, Portraits, fac-simile, and numerous fine steel plates and wood engravings. 3 vols. thick 4to, fresh half morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. London, 2. d. This edition of the Works of Shakespeare is without doubt one of the most complete ever issued, containing asit does not only the acknowledged works, but also the ‘‘ Two Nobie Kinsmen” and ‘‘ Edward III.,” two plays which are considered by competent authorities to contain much of Shakespeare’s work. The chief object in the chronological researches of Professor Delius is to point out the growth and working out of the genius and dramatic career of the Bard of Avon. 1528 SHAKESPEARE. Dramatische Werke ubersetzt von AuGuUST WILHELM VON SCHLEGEL und Lupwic Tircck. Portrait of SHAKESPEARE 4y H, SAGERT. 12 vols. in 6, Small 8vo, cloth, Berlin, 1851-52 VERY SCARCE German translation of the plays of Shakespeare by Schlegel and Tieck. Y J 6 1529 SHAKESPEARE, The Portraits of SHAKESPEARE, by U J. Parker Norris, Jdlustrated with numerous portraits of SHAKESPEARE. Thick 4to, fresh half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Phila., Robert M. Lindsay, 1885 Limited edition of 500 copies on thick laid paper. ‘* Look here, upon this picture, and on this.”—//amlet. 26 : | £6 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 361 1530 SHAKESPEARE.—BLACK (William). JUDITH SHAKESPEARE. Illustrated by Aspey. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1884 1531 SHELLEY (Percy Bysshe). The SHELLEY Birthday Book and Calendar. Compiled and Edited by J. R. Turin. Portrait, Minimo, fresh cloth, gilt edges. London, 1885 SHERIDAN’S DRAMATIC WORKS—LIMITED EDITION, PRINTED BY DE VINNE. with an Introduction by RicHarD Grant WHITE. Por- DS 6 1532 SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley). The Dramatic Works, a 50 ( traits. 3 vols. 8vo, boards, totally uncut. N. Y., 1883 No. 69 of edition printed from type, and limited to 350 copies on Japan and Holland papers. ‘Tt is printed from type by the house of De Vinne & Co., which is well-known for the affectionate care bestowed by it upon the finer and more costly class of work, and the impression is limited to thirty copies on Japan paper and three hundred and eighteen on Holland paper. It may, therefore, be called an edition of luxury, and indeed by the beauty of the page, the per- fection of the press work, the excellence of the paper, and the severe style of the plain binding, it is entitled to the respectful consideration of the serious collector. Mr. White reviews the career of the author with vivacity and acuteness, and whatever else may be said of his introduction everybody will call it interesting.” —Mew York Tribune. 1533 SOIREES PARISIENNES par “Un Monsieur de l’Or- chestre,” for the Years 1874 to 1883, inclusive. Wath illustrations by SARAH BERNHARDT, CHERET, GREVIN, Masst, Viert, Yvon, efc. Together 10 vols. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1874-83 These interesting volumes, principally a summary of music and the drama in Paris during the years specified, have prefaces by Ludovic Halévy, Jacques Offenbach, Theodore Barriére, Alphonse Daudet, Ed. Goudinet, Edouard Pailleron, Ad. D’Ennery, Emile Zola, Henry Becque, and Charles Gounod. 1534 SPIELHAGEN (Friedrich). Was die Schwalbe Sang, and Ultimo by SPIELHAGEN. 2 vols. in I. Small 8vo, cloth gilt, marbled edges. Leipzig, 1877 7 2 § 1535 STEDMAN (Edmund Clarence). Poets of America, Small 8vo, fresh half morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. Boston, Riverside Press, 1885 / 2 0 1536 SToRY (William Wetmore). Poems. 2 vols. small 8vo, fresh cloth, top edges gilt. Boston, Riverside Press, 1886 362 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. THE POEMS OF CLOTILDE—BOUND gecm=——spppepees BY THOUVENIN—AND WITH THE —— PLATES IN FIVE STATES. J Pod537 SURVILLE (Marguerite Eleonore > — MAAAMMmAmA a EI! a THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 363 LARGE PAPER COPY OF HOOLE’S TASSO—WITH HANDSOME PLATES. 7 SO 1539 TASSO (Torquato). Jerusalem Delivered, an Heroic 4 Poem, translated from the Italian by Joun HOoote. The Eighth Edition, with Notes. Portrait by ANKER SMITH after EB. C. Knicut, and plates by S. SHELLEY after FiT- LER, etc. (some slightly foxed). 2 vols. 4to, red morocco, blind tooled, gilt inside dentelle borders, edges gilt. London, 7. Bensley, 1803 LARGE PAPER and a fine copy, from the library of Emanuel Martin, with his book-plate. The dedication ‘‘ to the Queen” was written by Samuel John- son. SPLENDID EDITION OF TASSO ILLUSTRATED BY COCHIN. stage | XK F-91540 TASSO. La Jérusalem Delivrée en Vers Francois par ' L. P. M. F. Baour-Lormian. Jilustrated with a superb series of charming plates engraved after the designs of Cocuin dy Varin, Damprun, LINGEE, DELIGNON, TIL- LIARD, PREvosT, SIMONET, Dactos, PaTAs, TUERRE and Sr, AuBIN. 2 vols. large 4to, half blue morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut (rubbed slightly). Paris, 1796 RARE. Printed by Didot in handsome large type. Priced $17.50, see New York book-dealer’s inserted catalogue cutting. The above is the original edi- tion of Baour-Lormian’s edition, with original and brilliant impressions of the plates. SUMPTUOUS EDITION OF TASSO, WITH GRAVELOT’S PLATES. 4/ OU 1541 TASSO.—Jerusalem Delivrée, Poeme du TAssE, traduit par \ Lesrun. Lngraved fronts., with portraits of Tasso and GRAVELOT, vignette titles and plates by GRAVELOT—many erotic. 2 vols. small 8vo, elegantly bound in crushed purple levant morocco extra, dentelie inside borders, gilt edges. Paris, an 11 Eve Republicaine VERY RARE and the beautiful edition of ‘‘ Bossange, Masson et Besson.” A magnificent copy in superb condition. Lebrun, the translator of the above edition and the celebrated lyric poet, was known as the ‘‘ Pindar of France.” After the great Revolution Lebrun was made a member of the Institute of France. Napoleon gave him a pension of 6,000 francs. 3 OG 1542 TASSO.—Jérusalem Delivrée, Poéme du TassE, Nouvelle Traduction. Engraved front. and head-pieces. 2 vols. minimo, original mottled calf gilt, dentelle inside borders, edges gilt. © A Londres, 1780 SONGS OF BRITTANY, SUPERBLY BOUND BY ALFRED MATTHEWS IN ELEGANT MOROCCO, DOUBLE. / (503543 TAYLOR (Tom). Ballads and Songs of Brittany, trans- ; lated from the “Barsaz Breiz” of VicomTE HERSART DE LA VILLEMARQUE, with some of the Original Melodies 364 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. Harmonized by Mrs. Tom Taytor. With illustrations by J. Tissot, J. E. Mitzais, 2. A., J. TENNIEL, C. KEENE, E. CorBouLD and H. K. Browne. Small gto. Elegantly bound by ALFRED MATTHEWws in red crushed levant mo- rocco extra, doublé with crushed purple levant, exquisitely tooled and mosaiced with leather at the corners, leather joints, edges gilt. London, 1865 A SUPERBLY BOUND Copy of this excellent work extracted from the ‘‘ Barsaz Breiz,” or poetic treasury of Brittany, a body of ballads with as distinct and consistent an impress of their time upon them as the very best preserved examples of Border Minstrelsy. / 04544 TENNYSON (Alfred, Zord). Idylls of the King—Vivien and Guinevere. J/lustrated with the characteristic and charming designs of GUSTAVE Dork on INDIA PAPER—EN- GRAVERS PROOFS. 2 vols. Elegantly bound in red mo- rocco gilt, beveled sides, inside gold borders, leather joints and gilt edges. London, 1867-68 ORIGINAL EDITION and engraver’s proofs on India paper. 1545 Tennyson. Works. Fine portrait. Small 8vo, cloth, gilt edges. N. Y. (London), 1884 1546 TENNyson. The Cup and the Falcon. 12mo, fresh cloth, uncut. N. Y. (London), 1884 1547 TENNYSON. ‘TIRESIAS and other Poems. Small 8vo, fresh cloth, uncut. London, 1885 1548 Tennyson. Lyrical Poems, Selected and Annotated by Francis T., PALGRAVE, 8vo, fresh cloth, rough edges. London, 1885 LARGE PAPER and edition limited to 500 copies only. BEAUTIFUL EDITION OF TERENCE--BOUND BY ROUSSELLE. 1549 TERENCE. Les Comédies de, avec la Traduction et les Remarques de Mapame Dacier. Engraved front. by PICART, and numerous plates in outline—vignette titles. 3 vols. square minimo, bound by E. RoussE..e in half crushed brown levant morocco, top edges gilt. Rotterdam, aux depens de Gaspar Fritsch, 1717 VERY RARE. Brunet calls this—‘‘ Edition la plus recherchée de cette traduction,’’ and quotes the Didot copy as having sold for 324 francs, the Labédoyére for 381 francs, the Rénouard for 250 francs, and the Solar for 265 francs. 150 THEATRE FRANCAIS, publié par C. ScHirz—Quat- riéme Serie. Minimo, cloth. Bielefeld, 1846 1551 THEURIET e¢ Lyon. La Maison des Deux Barbeaux, Comédie. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 365 1552 THEDORA. Notes et Croquis. Texte par RAOUL TOUCHE et ViCTORIEN SARDOU. Vumerous illustrations, mostly colored by hand, etching of SARAH BERNHARDT @s “ Theo- dora” —fac-simile autographs. Large 4to, paper. Paris, 1886 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THREE HUNDRED ENGLISH SONNETS. 1553 THREE HUNDRED ENGLISH SONNETS. Chosen and Edited with a few Notes, by Davip M. Main, Editor of ‘A Treasury of English Sonnets.” 8vo, paper, rough edges. Edinburgh, 1884 No. 55 of limited edition on LARGE PAPER. Only 100 copies printed. 1554 TIERCELIN (Louis). CORNEILLE et Rotrou, Comédie. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 1555 TOWNSEND (George Alfred, ‘‘Gath”). PRESIDENT CromweELL—a Drama in Four Acts. Large 8vo, paper, uncut. N. Y., Z. &. Bonaventure, 1884 No. 14 of LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies privately printed for subscribers only at $5 each. Copy signed by the author. LARGE PAPER COPY OF CARO’S VIRGIL IN ITALIAN. 1556 VIRGIL.—L’Eneide di Vircitio del Commendatore ANNI- BAL CARO. Fine portraits and engraved titles dy FICQUET, DEFEHRT and CHENU after ZoccHI, also plates, head and tail-pieces by LEMPEREUR, TARDIEU, LE VEAU, ¢fc. 2 vols. 8vo, half crushed levant morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, Quzllan, 1760 LARGE PAPER and a splendid copy of the Italian translation of the ‘« Aneid” by the celebrated poet Annibal Caro, and which was his masterpiece. 1557 [VITET (Louis).] Les Barricades Scénes Historiques Mai 1588. 8vo, half cloth, uncut. Paris, 1826 VERY SCARCE and ORIGINAL EDITION of this tragedy of fifteen scenes by this eminent French republican litterateur. 1558 Vitu (Auguste). Les Mille et Une Nuits du Théatre. 2 vols. small 8vo. sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 1559 VOLTAIRE (F. M. A. de). The Dramatic Pieces of, and the Henriade translated by SMOLLETT, FRANCKLIN and others. Portrait and 6 fronts. 7 vols. 12mo, old calf gilt (MS. names on title). London, 1769-74 ‘‘ Smollett and Francklin were, fora valuable consideration, induced by the booksellers to suffer their names to appear as translators, but they had no farther share in the concern.” —LOWNDES. 1560 VOLTAIRE. Le BRUTUS de MONSIEUR DE VOLTAIRE, avec un Discours sur la Tragédie. Small 8vo, half purple roan. RARE. Paris, 1731 366 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. LARGE PAPER COPY OF WEBSTER’S DRAMATIC WORKS —PUBLISHED BY PICKERING. S¥ce 1561 WEBSTER (John). The Works of, Now First Collected with Some Account of the Author and Notes by the Rev, ALEXANDER Dyce, B.A. Small 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, William Pickering, 1830 LARGE PAPER and printed on ribbed paper. This copy includes (loose) the very rare appendix printedin 1838. It also has the heraldic book-plate of Langford Sotheby Browne. Hazlitt calls attention in his ‘‘ Dramatic Literature ” to the similarity between the *‘ general conception and individual expression ” of the plays of Webster and those of the Bard of Avon, which is nothing extraordinary, considering the two authors were contemporaries. Sir Walter Scott writing to Dyce in 1831, remarked:—‘‘ Webster, I think, is one of the best of our ancient dramatists.” -’ An author that liy’d in the Reign of King James the First and was in those Days accounted an Excellent Poet. He joyn’d with Decker, Marston and Rowley in several Plays, and was likewise author of others, which have even in our Age gain’d Applause.” —LANGBAINE. / 350 1562 WHITTIER (John Greenleaf). Poetical Works of. Por- i traits and illustrations. Small 8vo, stamped morocco, beveled sides, inside gold borders, gilt edges. Boston, Riverside Press, 1885 <§ 1563 WINTER (William), “Henry IrvinNG.” Portraits. Small 8vo, paper, totally uncut. N. Y., 1885 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF WORDSWORTH’S POETICAL WORKS IN EIGHT VOLUMES. 3 ¥ 061564 WORDSWORTH (William). Poetical Works of, Edited { by Wituiam Knicut, LL.D. Z¢ched fronts. 5 di i, 8 MurRrRAy after original drawings by Joun M’WHIRTER, A. R. A. 8 vols. 8vo, cloth gilt, uncut (lacks portrait). Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1882-86 LIMITED ISSUE and published at $4 per volume. This is the only edition uni- form in size with the library editions of the English classic authors. 2S 1565 Wortp’s Curistmas Hymn (The), a Song of Songs. ‘ Selected and arranged by W. H. and S. H. Warp. Ji/us- trated with reproductions after the Old Masters. 4to, fresh cloth, gilt edges, N. Y., 1883 (3 MAny numbers of Porticand DraMATIc LITERATURE will be found in both the First and Sixth Divisions of this Catalogue. They have been so placed on account of their facetious or artistic character. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 367 VIII. Vavia Literaria, History, AMERICANA, BioGRAPHY, FICTION, TRAVELS, ETC.; ALSO SOME ADDENDA, MOSTLY .DUPLICATES, AND CONSIGNED FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, ‘©O mes livres! mes économies et mes amours! une fete a mon foyer, un repos Al’ombre du viel arbre, mes compagnons de voyage! ..... et puis, quand tout sera fin pour moi, les témoins de ma vie et de mon labeur.”—JULES JANIN. a 25 1566 Asour (Edmond). Rome Contemporaine. Large 8vo, boards, totally uncut. Paris, 1861 @O 1567 ABourT. Germaine. Small 8vo, half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. Paris, 1872 6 6 1568 ASSOP.—FRANCISCI-JOSEPHI DESBILLONS Fabule A‘soPl& curis posterioribus omnes feré Emendatz quibus Acces- serunt plus quam CLXX. nove quinta editio. Vignette on title of “ Cupids in a printing office.” Minimo, old red mo- rocco gilt, dentelle inside borders, gilt edges. Paris, Barbou, 1769 Rare. A fine example of binding of the genre Dérome. 2 2 § 1569 A’KEMPIS (Thomas). L’Imitation de Jésus Curist, Tra- duction Inédite du XVIIIe Siécle avec le Texte Latin en Regard Dédiée a N. S. P. te Pape Pie IX.,, publiée par Ap. HarzreLp—Deuxiéme Edition contenant un Bref du Souverain Pontife et des Lettres de NN. SS. les Arche- véques et Evéques. ///ustrated by CLAUDIUS CIAPPORI, after original designs, also steel plates on ndta paper. Large 8vo, fresh half levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1870 HANDSOMELY PRINTED EDITION on “‘ papier vergé,” with the Latin and French texts on opposite pages. 368 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1570 ALEXANDRE (C.). Dictionnaire Grec-Francais. Thick large 8vo, old sheep. Paris, 1850 1571 America. An Account of the European Settlements in. Maps. 2 vols. 8vo, half old calf (slightly foxed). London, /. Dodsley, 1757 1572 AMERICAN ARCHIVES. Consisting of a Collection of Authentic Records, State Papers, Debates, Letters, and other Notices of Public Affairs, the whole forming a Documentary History of the Origin and Progress of the North American Colonies, etc., edited by PETER Force, Fourth Series, March 7, 1774, to the Declaration of Inde- pendence, July 4, 1776, 6 vols.; Fifth Series, from July 4, 1776, Vols, 1, 2 and 3. Together 9 vols. Thick folio, half russia. Washington, 1837-53 This Monumenta Americana, the great storehouse of British Colonial and American History, was printed at great expense, by order of the Government, for private distribution, and not for sale. 1573 AMERICAN STATE PAPERS.—Documents Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States from the First Session of the First Congress. Vols. 1 to 21 inclusive. Thick small folio, half russia. Washington, 1832-34 Divided as follows:—Foreign Relations, 4 vols.; Indian Affairs, 2 vols.; Finance, 3 vols.; Commerce and Navigation, 2 vols. ; Military Affairs, 2 vols.; Naval Affairs, 1 vol.; Post Office, 1 vol.; Public Lands, 3 vols.; Miscellaneous, 2 vols.; Claims, 1 vol. 1574 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ART: Conducted by Pror, SILLIMAN and James A. Dana. Vols. 1 to 8 inclu- sive and Vol. 10. ‘Together g vols. 8vo, half sheep (name on titles). New Haven, 1846-50 1575 ANDERSON (John J.). Did the Louisiana Purchase Extend to the Pacific Ocean and our Title to Oregon? 8vo, sewed. San Francisco, 1880 1576 ANGLO-SAXON ORTHOGRAPHY. Handbook of. Front. 12mo, half roan. NY, Tees 1577 ANGLING.—FisHING witH THE FLy. Sketches by Lovers of the Art, with Illustrations of Standard Flies, collected by C. F. Orrts and A. N. CHeny. Wumerous colored plates of flies. Small 4to, cloth. Troy, 1885 1578 Anton (C. G.). Destruccion de los Templaros. Small 8vo, sprinkled sheep (stained). N. Y., 1828 A rare volume on the Knights Templar. pow THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 369 THE FRENCH AQUARELLISTS—EDITION-DE-LUXE. 1579 AQUARELLISTES FRANCAIS, SOCIETE pr, Ov- VRAGE D’ART PUBLIE AVEC LE CONCOURS ARTISTIQUE DE TOUS LES SOCIETAIRES, TEXTE PAR LES PRINCIPAUX CRITIQUES D’ART. Jllustrated with plates in photogravure ON INDIA PAPER and with designs in fac-simile, 2 vols. in 8 sections, square folio, and loose in portfolios (complete as published). Paris, Goupil & Co., 1883 1580 ATKINSON (T. W.). Oriental and Western Siberia, Narra- tive of Seven Years’ Explorations and Adventures. With map and numerous tllustrations. Large 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1858 1581 ATWATER’S Manual of Logic; Irvinc’s CoLumBus, Vols. 2 and 3; British Almanack, 1886; etc. Together 8 vols, Small 8vo. 1582 Bacon (Edwin M.). Dictionary of Boston. Jaf. Small 4to, fresh cloth. Cambridge, 1383 1583 BAILLY (Anatole), Racines Grecques et Latines, Pavzs, 1869; GasTON Paris’s Role de l’Accent Latin dans Fran- caise, Paris, 1862; CHABANEAU’S La Conjugaison Fran- caise, Paris, 1868. Together 3 vols. Sewed. 1584 BAIRD (Charles W., DD.). History of the Huguenot Emigration to America. /Vumerous plates, maps, etc. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut. N. Y., 1885 With two inserted autograph letters from the author in reference to the liter- ary work of Mr. Pene du Bois. 1585 BarRr(M.). Jardin Zoologique d’Acclimatation. ///ustrated. Large 8vo, cloth. Tours, 1867 SPLENDID BASKERVILLE IMPRINT. 1586 BASKERVILLE.—PUBLII TERENTII AFRI Come- diz. Large 4to, red crinkled morocco, gilt. Birmingham, typis Johannis Baskerville, 1772 VERY RARE and a fine example of the typography of the celebrated eighteenth century English printer, John Baskerville. “The typography of Baskerville is eminently beautiful; his letters are in gen- eral of a slender and delicate form. ... He united in a singularly happy man- ner the elegance of Plantin with the clearness of the Elzevirs..... He seems to have been extremely curious in the choice of his paper or ink.... In, his italic character, whether capital or small, he stands unrivalled; such elegance, freedom and perfect symmetry being in vain to be looked for among the speci- mens of Aldus and Colinaeus.”—DIspDIn. 37° THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1587 Bett (Sir C.). THe Hanp; Its Mechanism and Vital Analysis, as evincing design, and illustrating the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, with Notes, etc., by ALEXANDER SHAW. Small 8vo, half calf, marbled edges, by HarR.ey. London, 1877 1588 Biack (William), Adventures in Thule. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. London, 1883 1589 BOECE, Consolation de la Philosophie, traduite par le P. R. pe Ceriziers, S. J. Engraved false title Minimo, vellum. Paris, [1639] RARE. With the MS. note on title, ‘‘ Ex Libris Francisci Maisiere,” also with an autograph note on an end paper from J. Gentil, the exile from France under the Coup d’Etat, who came to Louisiana with Elisée Reclus, the great geographer, and founded a newspaper, Le Louisianais. Although a large portion of the ‘‘ Consolation of Philosophy,” by Boethius, is in verse, it is in no sense a poem, the metrical portions having been written by its author, a Roman statesman, to relieve the monotony, not only of composi- tion, but of imprisonment, which he left for his execution. Queen Elizabeth of England, while confined in prison by her sister Mary, translated the ‘‘ Carmina’”’ of Boethius into English, as her ancestor Alfred the Great did into Saxon just a thousand years ago. 1590 BONAPARTE (Lucien), et ses Mémoires 1775-1840, d’aprés les Papiers Déposés aux Archives Etrangéres et d’autres Documents Inédits, par Tu. Iunc. 3 vols. 8vo, fresh half morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1882-83 1591 Bonner (Sherwood). Suwanee River Tales. J/Justrations by F. T, MERRILL, Small 8vo, fresh cloth. Boston, 1884 FIRST EDITIONS OF BOSSUET, OF EXTREME RARITY AND BOUND BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU—WITH ORIGINAL MSS. 1592 BOSSUET (Jacques Benigne, Bishop of Meaux, etc.).— | Oraison Funebre | de tres-Haute | et Tres-Puissante PRINCESSE | ANNE DE GONZAGUE | DECLEVES, | Princesse Palatine. | Prononcée en présence de Monsigneur le Duc, de | Madame la Duchesse, et de Monsigneur | le Duc pe Bourson, dans l’Eglise des Carme- | lites du Fauxbourg Saint Jacques, le 9. Aoust 1685.| Par MEs- sIRE JACQUES BENIGNE BOSSUET ...| etc. 4to. Lleraldic vignette on title and engraved head and tail pieces dy LECLERC. Handsomely bound by CHAmMBOLLE-DuURU in crushed brown levant morocco, inside dentelle gold borders, rounded corners, edges gilt. Paris, Cramoisy, 1685 EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION and UNIQUE, having two pages inserted of original MSS. in the handwriting of the great Bossuet. A copy of this volume was priced 400 francs in Morgand et Fatout’s cata- logue, vide inserted catalogue cutting. This copy has wider margins. ““The strength and sincerity of his [Bossuet’s] religious convictions have never been assailed, any more than his eminent talents and learning have been called in question.” —RoBERT JAMIESON, D.D, oS THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. a71 1593 BOSSUET.— | Oraison Funebre | des Tres-Haut | et Puissant Seigneur | Messire | MicHEL LE TELLIER, | Chevalier, | Chancelier de France. | Prononcée dans l’Eglise Paroissiale de Saint Gervais, | ou il est inhumé, le 25 Janvier 1686. Par MrssirE JACQUES BENIGNE BOSSUET.... | Zngraved heraldic vignette on title, and head and tail pieces by THOMASSON and ROULLET after ParosEL. 4to. Handsomely bound by CHAMBOLLE- Durvu in crushed red levant morocco, inside dentelle gold borders, edges gilt. Paris, Cramoisy, 1686 EXTREMELY RARE and original edition, priced 150 francs unbound in re can yey catalogue, vide inserted catalogue cutting in preceding num- er. 1594 BorTiceR (K. W.). Geschichte des Deutschen Volkes. Steel plates. 2 vols. 8vo, boards. Leipzig, 1835 ORIGINAL EDITION OF BOURDALOUE’S ORATION ON THE PRINCE DE CONDE—BOUND BY TRAUTZ- BAUZONNET. 1595 BOURDALOUE.— | Eloge Funebre | de Tres-Haut, Tres-Puissant | et Tres-Excellent. Prince | HENRI DE BourBon | PRINCE DE CONDE, | et Premier PRINCE DU Sanc. | Prononcé a Paris le 10 jour de Décembre 1683. en l’Eglise | dela Maison Professe des Peres de la Com- pagnie | de Jesus, | Parle Perr BourDALové, delamesme Compagnie. | Vignette portrait on title and head and tail pieces engraved by LECLERC. 4to, Handsomely bound by TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET in crushed red levant morocco, inside gold dentelle borders, gilt edges. Paris, Sebastien Marie Cramotsy, 1684 VERY RARE and asuperb copy of the original edition, with very wide margins and bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Morgand-Fatout priced a copy of this volume at 350 francs in their 1882 catalogue The Jesuit D’Arruis, speaking of Bourdaloue, said : ‘‘ Lorsque le Pére Bourda- loue précha 4 Rouen, les artisans quittoient leurs boutiques pour l’aller en- tendre; les marchands leur négoce; les avocats le palais; les médecins leurs malades. Pour moi lorsque je préchai l’année d’apres, je remis toutes choses dans l’ordre, personne n’abandonnoit pas son emploi.” ‘“The style and imagery of Bourdaloue seem to rush upon us with the force of a mountain torrent; he is the Demosthenes of French divines; but it cannot be denied that his art is too apparent; and that all the subordinate parts of his composition seem to be purposely Aeft down, in order to sharpen the force of his logic, and to aggravate the terror of his invective. In the higher departments of sermon composition, he is, doubtless, without a rival; our Horsley seems to have had much in common with that eminent divine, as, in the deeper scenes of Christ’s sufferings, and in the delineation of the day of judgment, there was much about both these preachers which exhibited a]l the sublimity of which such subjects are capable.” —DIBDIN. 372 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1596 BROCKHAUS’S _ Conversations-Lexikon. Allgemeine Deutsche Real-Encyklopedie Zwolfte Ungearbeitete, Verberserte und Vermehrte Auflage. 15 vols. thick large 8vo, half morocco gilt, cloth sides, Leipzig, 1875-79 The best German Encyclopedia. EDITION-DE-LUXE OF “JANE EYRE,” WITH DUPLICATE SIGNED PROOFS ON JAPAN PAPER. 1597 BRONTE (Charlotte).- Jane Eyre. With etched portrait éy BLANCHE DILLAYE, and etchings by J. Henry Hitt, STEPHEN ParRISH, EDITH LORING PIERCE, HENRY FARRAR, E. MatTuack, G. D. CLEMENTS, and P. Moran, also initial letters designed by JouN STEVENSON, 2 vols. large 8vo, fresh half crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. Phila., Robert M. Lindsay, 1884 HAWoRTH LARGE PAPER EDITION. No. 73 of limited edition-de luxe of 75 copies on WHATMAN HAND-MADE PAPER, WITH DUPLICATE SIGNED PROOFS OF THE ETCHINGS ON JAPAN PAPER. ‘‘Almost all that we require in a novelist, the writer has,—perception of charac- ter and knowledge of delineating it, picturesqueness, passion and knowledge of life. Reality—deep, significant reality—is the characteristic of the book.” — Fraser's Magazine. 1598 BROWN (Robert, M. A.). Countries of the World, being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas and Peoples of the Globe. Profusely illus- trated, 6 vols. in 3. 4to, fresh half morocco gilt, cloth sides, marbled edges. London, z. d. This most comprehensive work contains not only the ordinary geographical details, but also much previously unpublished information that the author has collected during extensive journeys and voyages. He was assisted by many experienced travelers and correspondents, whose descriptions of the regions of which they were personally acquainted form not only a thoroughly readable work, but a most valuable one of reference for the student, the man of busi- ness and the investor. ‘The author’s lively descriptions in ‘The Countries of the World,’ while scrupulously accurate as to facts, and giving the living marrow rather than the dry bones of geographical science, will give a clearer idea than would tons of geographical encyclopedias.” — Scotsman. 1599 BscHEIDER (G.). Das Heilige Land. Front. 12mo, cloth, Augsburg, 1794 1600 Bunner (H.C.). The Midge. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1886 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE GOLDEN TREASURY “ PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.” > 1601 BUNYAN (John). The Pilgrim’s Progress from this World to that which is to Come delivered under the Similitude of a Dream wherein is discovered the Manner of his Setting-out, his Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country. Vignette on title on 750 [13 , SO THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 373 InpIA PAPER Jy C. H. Jeens after Horman Hunr. Small 8vo, fresh Cambridge calf gilt, inside dentelle gold borders, edges gilt by R. W. Smiru (a few pages slightly damaged). Cambridge, England, University Press, 1862 LARGE PAPER copy of the Golden Treasury edition, and with this note on verso of false title—‘‘ Five hundred copies of this large paper edition were printed March 12, 1862.” LARGE PAPER COPY OF BURNET’S REFORMATION. 1602 BURNET (Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury). Tur History OF THE REFORMATION of the Church of England. A New Edition. 6 vols. large 4to, sewed, uncut. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1816 LARGE PAPER limited edition, and published at £9 9s. Upon the first publication of this work, the author obtained the thanks of both Houses of the British Parliament, with a desire that he would prosecute the undertaking and complete the valuable work. ‘“T am reading Burnet’s ‘Own Times.’ Did you ever read that garrulous, pleasant history ? full of scandal, which all true history is;—no palliatives, but all the stark wickedness that actually gives the momentum to national actors— none of that cursed ‘Humeian’ indifference—so cold, and unnatural, and inhuman, etc.” —CHARLES LAMB. 1603 CABLE (George W.). -The Creoles of Louisiana. Map and numerous fine woodcuts. Small 4to, fresh cloth, gilt. N. Y., 1884 1604 Capart (A.). Catalogue Complet d’Eaux-Fortes Origi- nals, 1873, 74, 76, and 1878. Ji/ustrated with portrait of Capart and 23 original etchings by Appian, Rizot, La- LANNE, MARTIAL, VEYRASSET, LALAUZE, FEYEN-PERRIN, etc. 4 pieces, small 8vo, paper. Paris, 1873-78 Valuable as containing specimens of the early efforts in etching of artists of now known celebrity. 1605 CAMPBELL (John, Zord). Lives of the Lord Chancel- lors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England. /Portratts. ro vols. small 8vo, fresh cloth. Boston, 7. @. ‘‘T need scarcely advise every reader to consult Lord Campbell’s excellent work.” —MACAULAY. EXTREMELY RARE CARICATURES BY ROWLANDSON, WOODWARD, GILLRAY, ISAAC CRUIKSHANK, ROBERT CRUIKSHANK AND GEORGE CRUIKSHANK—ALL COL- ORED BY HAND. 1606 CARICATURES.—TEGG’S CARICATURE MAGA- ZINE, or HUDIBRASTIC MIRROR. 4 vols. oblong 4to, half roan. London, 1807-19 A MOST EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF 204 ORIGINAL CARICATURES By ROWLANDSON, WOODWARD, GILLRAY, ISAAC CRUIKSHANK, ROBERT S256 b 60 374 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. CRUIKSHANK AND GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, ALL ETCHED ON COPPER AND COL- ORED BY HAND. These etchings were originally published at sixpence plain and Is. colored, but of late years their value has been considerably enhanced by the competition of numerous collectors on the one hand and their extreme rarity on the other. Some of the following prints included in these volumes have not long since been sold in London auction rooms for half a guinea to £6 each:— ‘" Comedy in the Country and Tragedy in London,” Rowlandson; ‘‘ Dandies at Tea,” Robert Cruikshank, 1818; ‘‘ The Cobbler’s Cure for a Scolding Wife,” Rowlandson; ‘‘ Rigging out a Smuggler,” Rowlandson; “ Snuffing our Boney ” powerful early etching by George Cruikshank, 1814; ‘‘ A Dutch Toy or a Pretty Play-thing for a Young Princess,” a satire on the contemplated marriage of Princess Charlotte with the Prince of Orange, George Cruikshank, 1814; ‘‘ Com- fort to the Crows,” Gillray; ‘‘ Pidgeon Hole at Covent Garden Theatre to Coop up the Gods,” Rowlandson; ‘‘ Romeo Coates the Amateur of Fashion ”; ‘* After Sweet Meat Comes Sour Sauce!” Rowlandson; ‘‘ Bartholomew Fair,” Row- landson; ‘‘Richardson’s Booth at Fairlop Fair,” ‘A Lilliputian Auction,” Isaac Cruikshank; ‘‘ Joanna Southcote Excommunicating the Bishops,” Row- landson, 1814; ‘‘ Kicking up a Breeze at Nell Hamilton’s Hop,” Rowlandson: **Gambols on the River Thames (During the Great Frost),” Feb., 1814, George Cruikshank; ‘‘ Fight between Cribb and Molineaux, Sept. 28th, 1811,’’ Row- landson; ‘‘ The Clerical Magistrate,” George Cruikshank, 1819; ‘‘ The Irish Poet’s Grace,” Isaac Cruikshank; ‘‘ Female Politicians,” and Pastime in Por- tugal, Rowlandson, etc. The earliest date of any print in this collection is 1807—the latest 1819. It is impossible to say how near completion the set is, as so many have been broken up from time to time. Apparently two title-pages are lacking of four, but that is of little consequence to either the Cruikshank or Rowlandson collector, as the titles appear to have been executed by other and inferior artists. EDITION-DE-LUXE OF CARLYLE’S WORKS. 1607 CARLYLE (Thomas), CompLrere Works—EDITION-DE- Luxe. Jllustrated by fine etchings, steel engravings and photogravures, including portraits, historical views, etc. PROOF IMPRESSIONS—frinted on parchment linen paper. 20 vols. large 8vo, cloth, edges totally uncut. Boston, 1884 Of this beautiful edition but 350 copies were printed. Each is numbered, this set being No. 67. It is divided as follows:—Frederick the Great, 7 vols.; Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches, 3 vols.; French Revolution, 2 vols.; Essays, 4 vols.; Past and Present, John Knox and Miscellanies; Resartus, Teufeldréckh, Heroes and Hero Worship; Life of Schiller; Life of John Sterling and Latter-Day Pamphlets. There is a General Index. THE STERLING EDITION OF THOMAS CARLYLE. 1608 CARLYLE. CompLtetE Works—THE STERLING EpI- TION. ine portraits, maps, ete. 20 vols. small 8vo, fresh half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. Boston, 1885 1609 CARLYLE (Jane Welsh). Letters and Memorials of, Pre- pared for Publication by THomas Cartyte. Edited by JamMEs ANTHONY FRoupDE. 3 vols. 8vo, fresh half blue calf extra, top edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1883 Best English library edition. 3 SO 0 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 375 1610 CAssELL’s Technical Educator, an Encyclopedia of Tech- nical Education. Profusely illustrated by colored plates and wood engravings. 4 vols.in 2. Thick large 8vo, fresh half calf, marbled sides and edges by R. W. SMITH. London, z. d@. This valuable reference work includes papers on every important subject in art, chemistry, electricity, mechanics, biography, engineering, photography, building, etc. 1611 CELEBRITES CONTEMPORAINES. Portraits and fac-similes, 14 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Quaniin, 1883 Includes—Renan, Erckmann-Chatrian, Rochefort, Feuillet, Zola, Ferry, Flo- quet, Lesseps, Naquet, Claretie, Paul Bert, Labiche, Clemenceau, Freycinet. 1612 CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL (H.). From Grave to Gay, Be- ing a Volume of Selections from his Complete Poems. Fine etched portrait by W. SHERBoRN. Small 8vo, fresh cloth gilt, beveled sides, totally uncut. London, Longmans, 1884 Printed on thick paper. 1613 CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL. Another copy. 1614 CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL. Another copy. , 1615 CINNAMUS (J.). De Rebus Gestis Imperat. Constantinop. IOANNIS et MANUELIS CommMENORUM Historiar. Libri IV. Cornetius Touuius Primus Edidit, vertit, catigavit. Small 4to, red crinkled morocco extra gilt, edges gilt. Utrecht, 1652 RARE, first edition and with the Greek and Latin text in parallel columns. With the heraldic book-plate of the Syston Park Library inserted. Brunet only mentions the 1670 Paris edition of this valuable volume on the two above-named Byzantine Emperors. 1616 CLUVER (Philip). Introdvctionis in Vniversam Geograph- iam, Tabulis zeneis, /ustratd Accessit P, BERTI. Mini- mo, vellum. Amsterdam, Apud Henr. Wetstenium, 1686 RARE. With numerous maps, including America. 1617 CODES FRANCAIS et Lois Usuelles Décrets, Ordon- nances et Avis du Conseil d’Etat par H. F. RiviiRE avec les Concours de MM. Faustin HELie and Pau Pont. Very thick large 8vo, half morocco. Paris, 1884 Twelfth edition, corrected and enlarged. 1618 COLUMBUS (Fernando). Historie del CHRISTOFORO COLOMBO suo Padre e dello scoprimento, ch’ egli sece dell’ Indie Occidentali, etc. Minimo, old calf, gilt. Venice, Guiseppe Tramontin, 1685 RARE and CHAP-BOOK EDITION of the life of Christopher Columbus by his son Fernando. 376 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1619 ConsTANTIN (Aime). Etudes sur le’ Patois Savoyard. 8vo, sewed. Paris, 1878 1620 Cooxk (James, Captain). Narrative of Voyages round the World, with an Account of his Life, by A. Kuppis. Front. Small 8vo, fresh cloth, gilt. London, 1883 1621 COOPER (J. Fenimore). Precaution, a Novel, with a Dis- course on his Life and Writings by Wittiam CULLEN Bryant, Steel front., fine portrait by MARSHALL, and numerous woodcuts from designs of F. O. C. DARLEY. r2mo, cloth. N. Y., James G. Gregory, 1863 Original ‘‘ Gregory ” edition and very scarce. The above and following six lots are all clean desirable copies, with beautiful clear, bright impressions of the plates. 1622 Cooper. The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susque- hanna, Steed front., vignette title and numerous woodcuts Srom designs of F. O. C. DARLEY, and engraved by F. GIRSCH and others. 12mo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., W. A. Townsend & Co., 1859 Cooper. The Bravo. Steel front., vignette title and num- erous woodcuts from designs of F. O. C. DARLEY, and en- graved by R. HENSHELWoOoD and others. 12mo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., W. A. Townsend & Co., 1859 Cooper. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish. Steel front., vig- nette title and numerous woodcuts from designs of F. O. C. DaRLey, and engraved by J. 1. Pease and others. I12mo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., W. A. Townsend & Co., 1859 Cooper. Wyandotté, or the Haunted Knoll. .Syee/ Sront., vignette title and numerous woodcuts Srom designs of F. O. C. DaRLEy, and engraved by MARSHALL and others. 12mo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., W. A. Townsend & Co., 1859 1626 Cooper. The Red Rover. St¥ee/ Sront., vignette title and numerous woodcuts from designs of F. O. C. DARLEY, en- graved by ALFRED JONES and others. 12m0, cloth, uncut. N. Y., W. A, Townsend & Co., 1859 Cooper. The Last of the Mohicans, a Narrative of 1757. Steel front., vignette title and numerous woodcuts Srom aestgns of F. O. C. DaRLey, and engraved by J. D. SMILLIE and others, N. Y., W. A. Townsend & Co., 1859 COURCY (M. Pol de). Le Combat de Trente Bretons contre Trente Anglais d’aprés les Documents Originaux des XIVe et XVe Siécles; suivi de la Biographie et des Armes des Combattants. ///uminated front. of the combatin colors heightened with silver and gold, and 2 plates of the THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 377 arms of the sixty combatants. 4to, half red morocco, cloth sides, top edge gilt. St. Pol-de-Léon, chez /’auteur, n. d. LIMITED EDITION. A page and a half account of one of the Breton com- batants will be found on pp. 35-36, véz., Du Bois, alias Du Bois-Ourhaut on Coatgourhaut, who bore for coat armor ‘‘d’or au lion de sable, brisé d’une fasce de gueules.” THE VERY RARE CROMWELL MEMOIRS, WITH THE PLATES BY AUDRAN, FABER, ETC. 0 1629 CROMWELL (Oliver). Memoirs of the Life and Actions of, as Delivered in Three Panegyrics of Him Written in Latin, with an English Version of Each, the whole I[llus- trated with a Large Historical Preface, with a Collection of Divers Curious Historical Pieces relating to CROMWELL, etc., by Francis Peck, M. A. With superb mezzotint por- traits of CROMWELL and the compiler by FABER, the first named after LELY, folded portrait in line of HAMPDEN éy AUDRAN, also portraits of Fatrrax, Essex, LApy Fau- CONBERG, “ikewise vignettes, numismatic tlustrations, fac- simtles, coats-of-arms, etc. Large 4to, calf, gilt. London, printed 1740 VERY RARE, with all the title-pages to the panegyrics—‘‘ the First as said by Don Juan Roderiguez de Saa Meneses, Conde de Penaguiano, the Portugal Ambassador; the Second, as affirmed, by a certain Jesuit, the Lord Ambassa- dor's chaplain: yet both it is thought composed by Mr. John Milton (Latin Secretary to Cromwell) as well as the Third.” The work has neither publisher’s nor printer’s name and was privately printed. The above was the Osterley Park copy and has the heraldic book-plate of the Earl of Jersey. 1629* CROSS.—GeEorGE Exiot’s Life as Related in Her Let- ters and Journals, Arranged and. Edited by her Husband J. W. Cross. Portraits on INDIA PAPER and views. 3 vols., small 8vo, cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, 1885 1630 CRUIKSHANK.—ANSTEY (Christopher). The New Bath Guide, or Memoirs of the B-N-R-D Family, in a Series of Poetical Epistles. A New Edition with a Bio- graphical and Topographical Preface and Anecdotal Anno- tations by JoHN Britton. Front. and engraved title by S. WILLIAMS, and 5 spirited etchings by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Small 8vo, original cloth, totally uncut. London, 1830 VERY SCARCE. First edition, containing the Cruikshank plates. This isa remarkably clean fine copy with early impressions of these inimitable etchings by the greatest of all English caricaturists. 1630* CRUIKSHANK.—ELLISTON (Robert William, “ Come- dian”), Lifé and Enterprise of, by GEoRGE RAYMOND. Portrait by PENSTONE and numerous characteristic tllustra- tions by CRUIKSHANK and Puiz. Small 8vo, cloth. London, 1857 378 THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. 1631 DANTIER (Alphonse). Les Femmes dans la Société Chré- tienne. J/lustrated with photogravures on INDIA PAPER and over 200 wood engravings. 2 vols, 4to, fresh half red morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1879 1632 Dawson (Henry B.). The Sons of Liberty in New York. Large 8vo, paper. Poughkeepsie, 1859 PRIVATELY PRINTED. Presentation copy from the author, with his auto- graph. 1633 [DE FOE (Daniel).] The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Written by Himself. Zymdbellished with engravings Jrom designs by THOMAS STOTHARD, and vignette titles. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh half yellow calf gilt, marbled sides, citron edges. London, John Stockdale, 1804 VERY RARE, with excellent impressions of Stothard’s first set of plates to Robinson Crusoe. ‘This book (Robinson Crusoe) shall be the first Emilius shall read; in this ideal, will, for a long time, consist his whole library, and it will always hold a distinguished place among others.””—ROvSSEAU. 1634 DEFOE. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, with Memoir of the Author. W4th 12 illustrations in per- manent photography after T. STOTHARD’S designs. 8vo, cloth gilt, beveled sides. London and N. Y., 1881 1635 DreLany (Mary Granville). Autobiography and Corre- spondence, 2 fortraits. 2 vols. small 8vo, fresh cloth. Boston, 1882 Revised and edited by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey. 1636 Dr Prysrer (J. Watts). History of Carausius, the First Sailor King of England, Large 8vo, paper, uncut. Poughkeepsie, 1858 Presentation copy from the author. 1637 De Quincey (Thomas). Personal Recollections of, by J. R, FINDLAY. 2 fortraits. 12mo, fresh cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, 1866 Printed on thick Whatman drawing paper. 1638 DrscHANEL (Emile). A Batons Rompus Variétés Morales et Littéraires. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1868 PRESENTATION Copy, with autograph inscription of the author. 1639 Despouits. Astronomie. Cuss and plate. 8vo, illumin- ated cloth, gilt edges. Tours, 1861 1640 Des Houx (Henri). Ma Prison. Small 8vo, sewed un- cut. Paris, 1887 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 379 DIERE’'VILLE VOYAGE TO NEW FRANCE—THE 1708 EDITION. 1641 DIERE’VILLE (Monsieur). Relation du Voyage du Port Royal de l’Acadie ou de la Nouvelle France, ete. 12mo, old sheep. Rouen, 1708 VERY RARE, with eight-page addendum at the end to the same. ‘* A relation of the voyage from Port Royal to Acadia or New France, in which may be seen a detail of the various movements, etc. The description of the country, the occupations of the French who are there established; the manners of the different nations of savages, their superstition and their hunting, with a dis- sertation on the beaver. Also contains a relation of a combat between the French and the Acadians against the English.” 1642 DRAKE.—Our Great Benefactors; Short Biographies of the Men and Women most Eminent in Literature, Science, Philanthropy, Art, etc. Edited by SAMUEL A. DRAKE. Nearly 100 portraits. Thick 4to, fresh cloth. Boston, 1884 1643 Drumont (Edouard). La France Juive—Essai d’Histoire Contemporaine. 2 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 2. d. 1644 Dumas (Alexandre). Sa Vie, Son Temps, Son Cétuvre par H. BLaze DE Bury. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 1645 Dumas (F. G.). Illustrated Catalogue of the Paris Salon of 1881, ’82 and ’83 [French text]. With nearly 1,100 illustrations in fac-simile after the original designs of the artists, 3 vols. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris and N. Y., 1881-83 1646 Dukes (E. J.). Every-Day Life in China, or Scenes along River and Road in Fuh-Kien. - Map and numerous wood- cuts from sketches by the author. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. London, 1885 1647 [DurAND (Alice Marie Celeste Henri) |, 2. ¢., “ HENRY GREVILLE.” Le Vou de Nadia. With numerous illustra- tions by ADRIEN MARIE, many full page. Large 8vo, illuminated cloth, beveled sides, gilt edges. Paris, 1883 1648 EDEN.—The First Three English Books on America [? r511]—1555 A.D., being Chiefly Translations, Compila- tions, etc., by RICHARD Eben, from the Writings, Maps, etc., of PrnetRo MarTIRE of Aughiera (1455-1526), SEBAS- TIAN MUNSTER, the Cosmographer (1489-1552), SEBAS- Tran Casot, of Bristol (1474-1557), Grand Pilot of Eng- land, with Extracts, etc., from the Works of other Span- ish, Italian and German Writers of the Time, edited by EDWARD ARBER, F.S.A. Handsome initial letters, fac- similes, etc. 4to, cloth. Birmingham, 1885 ‘This volume cannot fail to interest the cultivated reader. One is able therein to look out on the New World as its discoverers and first explorers looked upon 380 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. it. Now-a-days this globe has but few geographical mysteries; and it is losing its romance as fast as it is losing its wild beasts. In the following Texts, however, the Wonderment of its Discovery in all its freshness is preserved, as in amber, for all time: and they also contain notices of not a few barbaric civilizations which have long since passed away from off the face of the earth.”—ARBER. 1649 ELBoRN (Barbara). Bethesda. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. N. Y. (London), 1884 1650 ETUDES suR LES Passions. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. New Orleans, 1849 1651 FAMILIEN BiBEL, oder die Ganze Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments ubersetzt und neu revidirt von D. LEANDER VAN Ess. Portrait and plates (some foxed). Thick large 8vo, half calf (rubbed). Hildburghausen, 1838 HANDSOME EDITION OF TELEMAQUE—BOUND BY SIMIER, 1652 FENELON. Aventures de Télémaque, avec des Notes Géographiques et Littéraires. Portrait by ROGER, and map. 2 vols. 8vo. Handsomely bound by “Simrer R. Duron” in red calf gilt, paneled and diamond sides, inside gold fillets, edges gilt (foxed in parts). Paris, Lefevre, 1824 ELEGANT copy of this delightful French classic. Archbishop Fenelon’s best known work is his ‘‘ Telemachus,” which has been translated into nearly every European language, and has been turned into verse in English, Latin, Greek, etc. 1653 FERRY (Gabriel, Zowts de Bellemare). Scenes de la Vie Mexicaine. Small 8vo. Bound by Lorric in crushed dark blue levant morocco, inside gold dentelle borders, edges gilt. VERY SCARCE, Paris, 1856 1654 FIGUIER (Louis). Vies des Savants Iustres depuis 1|’An- tiquité jusqu’au Dix-neuvitme Siécle. With numerous portraits and other illustrations, 5 vols. large 8vo, half morocco. Paris, 1876-81 Complete in five volumes, z. ¢., I., Savants de l’Antiquité; II., Savants du Moyen-Age; III., Savants de la Renaissance; IV., Savants du Dix-septi¢me Siécle; V., Savants du Dix-huitiéme Siécle. Bound uniformly with the following two numbers. 1655 Ficuier. La Terre avant le Déluge. 25 page illustrations by Riou, 345 cuts and 8 colored plates. J.arge 8vo, half morocco, Paris, 1879 1656 Ficurer. Connais-toi toi-méme, Notions de Physiologie. 25 page illustrations, 26 portraits, 115 cuts and 1 chromo- lithograph. Warge 8vo, half morocco. Paris, 1879 1657 Ficuter. Le Lendemain de la Mort. Small 8vo, boards, rough edges. Paris, 1872 6) V {o¢ THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 381 1658 Ficurer. Le Téléphone, son Histoire, sa Description, ses Usages. J/lustrated. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 2. d. 1659 FicuierR. Primitive Man. 30 plates and numerous cuts in text of pre-historic weapons, etc. 8vo, cloth (some pages loose). N. Y., 1870 1660 FISKE (Stephen). Off-Hand Portraits of Prominent New Yorkers. Small 8vo, fresh cloth, top edge gilt. N. Y., 1884 FLECHIER’S DISCOURSE ON CHANCELLOR LE TELLIER —BOUND BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU. 1661 FLECHIER (Esprit).—Oraison Funebre | de Tres-Haut | et Puissant Seigneur | Messire | MicueL Le TELLIER, | Chevalier, | Chancelier de France. | Prononcée dans l’Eglise de l’Hotel Royal des Invalides, | le 22 jour de Mars 1686, | Par M. FLecutEer, Abbé de Saint-Severin et de Baigne, Aumosnier ordinaire de Madame la Dauphine, | nommé par Sa Majesté al’Evesché de Lavaur. | With engraved vignette title, and head and tail pieces by 'THOMASSIN and ROULLET after LE CLERC and PAROSET. 4to. Hand- somely bound by CHAMBOLLE-DuURU in crushed brown levant morocco, inside dentelle gold borders, rounded corners, edges gilt. Paris, Cramotsy, 1686 ORIGINAL EDITION and VERY RARE, costing Mr. Pene du Bois $25. Louis XIV., complimenting the celebrated French orator Flechier on his appointment to the Bishopric of Nismes, said, ‘* Ne soyez pas surpris si j'ai recompense si tard votre mérite: j’apprehendois d’étre privé du plaisir de vous entendre si je vous faisois évéque.” 1662 FLEMING and TIBBINS. Royal Dictionary, English and French, and French and English. 2 vols. thick large 4to, half red morocco. Paris, /trmin-Didot, 1875 Compiled from the Dictionaries of Johnson, Todd, Ash, Webster and Crabb, from the last edition of Chambaud, Garner and J. Descarricres, the sixth edition of the Academy, the complement to the Academy, the Grammatical Dictionary of Laveaux, the Universal Lexicon of Boiste, and the Standard Technological Works in either Language. 1663 Fou DE PALERME Nouvelle Sicilienne, par M. * * * , Louisianais. Small 4to, sewed. New Orleans, 1873 1664 FOURNIER (Edouard). Histoire des Enseignes de Paris revue et publi¢ée par LE BIBLIOPHILE JACOB, avec un Ap- pendice par J. Cousin, Bibliothecaire de la Ville de Paris. With frontispiece by L. E. FOURNIER, 84 designs on wood and a 15th century plan of Paris. Thick small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 UNIQUE Copy with inserted autograph letter from Fournier to Auguste Aubry, the publisher. 382 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1665 FourNniER. Enigmes des Rues de Paris. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1860 1666 Fournier. Paris Démoli. Nouvelle Edition. Revue et Augmentée, avec une Preface par THEOPHILE GAUTIER. Small 8vo, sewed, rough edges. Paris, 1883 HOLLAND PAPER COPY, with rubricated title. 1667 FourNiIER. Histoire du Pont Neuf. 2 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1862 1668 FourNiER. Le Vieux-Neuf Histoire Ancienne des In- ventions et Découvertes Modernes. 3 vols. small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1877 1669 FourNiER. Paris Capitale. Portrait. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1881 1670 FOX.—Memories of Old Friends, being Extracts from the Journals and Letters of CAROLINE Fox, from 1835 to 1871. Edited by Horace Pym. Fine portrait etched by HuBERT HERKOMER. Large 8vo, fresh half crushed levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. London, 1882 There were few of the great literary lights of this century—Wordsworth, Carlyle, Coleridge, Macaulay, Irving, Froude, etc.—that were not the acquain- tances of Caroline Fox. 1671 FRANKLIN. Life of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, with many Choice Anecdotes and Admirable Sayings of this Great Man, by M. L. Weems. are portrait of FRANKLIN. 12mo, sheep. VERY SCARCE, Phila., 1829 1672 FREEMAN (Edward A.). History of the Norman Con- quest of England, its Causes and Results. Colored maps. 6 vols. small 8vo, fresh half roan, top edges gilt. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1873-79 Published at twenty dollars. 1673 FROISSART (Sir John). Chronicles of France, England, Spain, etc., fromthe latter part of the Reign of Epwarp II. to the Coronation of Henry IV., translated by Tuos, Jounes. Sront. (cut down). 12 vols. small 8vo, half morocco, gilt (MS. names on some titles). London, 1808 THIRD EDITION, with life of the author, essay on his works, criticism on his history and dissertation on his poetry. Sir Walter Scott, in his ‘‘ Tales of My Landlord,” thus speaks of the above:— “* Did you ever read Froissart?”’ ‘‘ No,” said Morton. ‘‘I have half a mind,” said Claverhouse, ‘‘ to contrive you should have six months’ imprisonment in order to procure you that pleasure. His chapters inspire me with more enthu- siasm than even poetry itself.” Thomas Johnes, the translator of Froissart and Monstrelet, was a bibliophil- istic friend of T. F. Dibdin, who gives a most eulogistic account of his grand library, Allibone says—‘‘In 1807 the splendid mansion of Col. Johnes, with THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 383 much of its valuable contents, was destroyed by fire: the loss amounted to £70,000. The energetic Bibliomaniac was not, however, to be discouraged, and built and adorned a new edifice. Evelyn would have been delighted with the colonel, for he planted above three millions of trees on his Cardiganshire estates.” Jp 0 1674 GARDNER (Samuel R., ZZ.D.). History of England 2 ~< b from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1603-1642. Map. to vols. small 8vo, fresh cloth. London, 1884 This valuable work, published by Longmans, fills up a considerable portion of the ‘‘ History of England” lacking between the works of Froude and Macaulay. ‘‘ Mr. Gardner is a historian in the truest sense; that is, he does not merely repeat in new forms the conclusions of others, but goes directly to the original authorities, reconstructs in imagination the periods of which he treats, and gives prominence only to such causes as lead to important effects. . . . In the most troubled ages, which are generally judged from a strictly party standpoint, he strives after complete impartiality, doing justice to the actions and motives even of those with whom he has no personal sympathy.” — 7'#e London Globe. 1675 GaTLinc Guns of Large Calibre. Report on. Plates, ete. Large 4to, cloth. _. Washington, 1864 1676 GAYARRE (Charles). Essai Historique sur la Louisiane. 2 vols. small 8vo, boards, totally uncut. New Orleans, 1830-31 1677 GAVARRE. Histoire de la Louisiane. 2 vols. large 8vo, sewed, uncut (foxed). LARGE PAPER. New Orleans, 1846-47 1678 GayaRRE. Creoles of History and Creoles of Romance. Small 8vo, sewed. New Orleans, 1885 1679 GEOGRAPHIA NOVISSIMA Asie, Africe et Americe, also ZEILING’s Lexicon, 2 vols.in1. Thick 12mo, vellum (foxed). Frankfort, 1708 [7a 8 Rare. Stamped on the sides with the coat-of-arms, coronet, etc., of—‘‘ Baro: Hacklperg : Maximilianys : Erasmvs.” 1680 GIRAULT-DuviviER (C. P.), Grammaire des Grammaires sur la Langue Frangaise. 2 vols. thick 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1873 GONSE’S MAGNIFICENT WORK ON JAPANESE ART— LIMITED EDITION. 1681 GONSE (Louis, Directeur de la Gazette des Beaux Arts). L’ART JAPONOIS. Jdlustrated by 64 full-page engrav- ings, 30 of which are colored; there are in addition 13 etch- ings, 21 plates in heliogravure by the DUJARDIN process, and over 700 other engravings, exclusive of fac-similes of seals, autographs, etc. 2 vols. large 4to, fresh illuminated satin, edges uncut, Paris, 4. Quantin, 1883 No. 906 of limited edition on Japan paper. The imported price of the above is 120 dollars. ‘This magnificent work, of which but a limited edition was pub- 384 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. lished, met with a ready sale among all interested in Japanese art. The work was the first published giving a general history of the art of Japan. The author, M. Gonse, himself a well-known collector, had unusually fine facilities for the faithful performance of his work, The period reaches from the ninth to the nineteenth century. 1682 GOODALE (George L., M.D., Professor of Botany in Harvard University), Witp FLowERs oF AMERICA. With 50 well-executed and colored plates from original drawings dy IsAAc SPRAGUE. Thick large 4to, fresh half red mo- rocco, top edge gilt, orhers uncut. Boston, 1882 Isaac Sprague, the eminent botanical artist, has brought to this work the skill and experience acquired by association with Audubon, and during his extended investigations conducted under direction of Prof. Asa Gray, of Harvard Uni- versity. iti Mr. Isaac Sprague, who has drawn these flowers, is without a superior in the country as a botanical artist. The pictures are absolutely correct in the delineation of the organs and in the tone of color. The process of lithography has been marvelously successful The accompanying text by Professor Goodale is admirable.” — The New York Independent. 1683 GOODRICH (Frank B.). The Tribute Book, a Record of Munificence, Self-Sacrifice and Patriotism of the American People during the War for the Union. /Pvo- Jusely illustrated, Large 8vo, morocco elegant, beveled sides, gilt edges. N. Y., 1865 1684 GorpDon (C. G., General). The Journals of, at Kartoum. Printed from the original MS. Introduction and Notes by A.E. HaLLe. Fine portrait, 2 maps and 30 tllustra- tions after sketches by GENERAL GoRDON. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. Boston, 1885 THE GREAT MODERN PAINTERS. 1685 GRANDS PEINTRES FRANCAIS et Etrangers Ouvrage d’Art, Publie avec le Concours Artistique des Maitres— Texte par les Principaux Critiques d’Art. Profusely wllustrated with 450 photogravures and woodcuts—PROooFs ON INDIA PAPER PRINTED IN COLORS. 2 vols. in 8 parts, folio, in portfolios (complete as published). Paris, Goupil & Co., 1884 This exquisite book is one of the most magnificent specimens of book- making and illustrating of ancient or modern times. The text (pp. 384) and plates throughout are printed on the finest plate paper. The reproductions on steel and wood consist of the best examples of twenty-four of the leading artists of the present day, viz:—BoUGUEREAU, ALMA-TADEMA, MUNKAcsy, BoNHEUR, HENNER, BAuDRY, LEFEBVRE, 3RIDGMAN, KNAUS, BRETON, 30NNAT, MILLAIS, ISRAELS, JACQUE, LAURENS, VAN MARCKE. DE NITrtIs, HERKOMER, MEISSONIER, BOULANGER, CHAVANNES, MADRAZO, MESDAG and GEROME., Of the 450 illustrations 24 are on India paper. But one of the most important features of this grand exhibit is the reproduction in the text of the sketches or studies of those masters of all that is greatest in art. Such an insight is seldom vouchsafed to the uninitiated, and the originals are unattain- able, even by the wealthiest. 1 $6 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 385 GRANT’S OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. 1686 GRANT (James). Old and New Edinburgh—Its His- tory, its People and its Places. Profusely illustrated. 3 vols. 4to, half morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. London, 7. d. In Edinburgh—or Modern Athens, as it is often called—every step is histori- cal; the memories of a remote and romantic past confront us at every turn and corner, and every spot is associated with some thrilling or heroic deed. On the one hand we have, almost unchanged in general aspect, yet changing in detail at the ruthless demands of improvement, the Edinburgh of the Middle Ages—‘‘the Queen of the North upon her hilly throne”—the city of the Davids and of five gallant Jameses—her massive mansions of stone, weather- beaten, old, dark and time-worn, teeming with historical recollections of many generations of men; many painful and many pitiful memories, some of woe, but more of war and wanton cruelty; of fierce combats and feudal battles; of rancorous quarrels and foreign invasions; and of loyal and noble hearts that were wasted and often broken in their passionate faith to religion and a regal race that is now now more. On the other hand, and all unlike the warrior city of the Middle Ages, beyond the deep ravine overlooked by Princes Street—that most beautiful of European terraces—and by that noble pinnacled cross which seems the very shrine of Scott, we have the modern Edinburgh of the days of peace and pros- perity, with all its spacious squares and far-stretching streets, adorned by the statues of those great men who but lately trod them. And sothe Past and the Present stand face to face, py the valley where of old the waters of the North Loch lay. In the old city there is not a street wherein blood has not been shed again and again, in war and local tumult, for it is the Edinburgh of those days when the sword was never in its scabbard; when to settle a quarrel a la mode de Edimbourg was a European proverb; when the death-bed advice of Bruce was carried out, and truces were made, but seldom peace, with England; and when it has been said that many a Scottish mother had never a son left to lay her head in the grave, for in foreign war or domestic feud all had gone before her to the land of the leal. New Edinburgh appeals to us in a different sense. It tells peculiarly in all its phases of modern splendor, wealth, luxury and all the arts of peace, while ‘‘in no other city,” it has been said, ‘‘ will you find so general an appreciation of books, art, music and objects of antiquarian interest.” In picturesque beauty the capital of Scotland is second to none. ‘‘ What the tour of Europe was necessary to see I find congregated in this one city,” said Sir David Wilkie. ‘‘ Here alike are the beauties of Prague and of Salzburg, the romantic sights of Orvieto and Tivoli, and all the magnificence of the Bays of Naples and Genoa. Here, indeed, to the painter’s fancy may be found realized the Roman Capitol and the Grecian Acropolis.” 1687 GRANT (U. S., General). Personal Memoirs of. Por- traits, fac-similes and plans. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh cloth, gilt. N. Y., 1885-86 Issued to subscribers only. 1688 GREAT Kincs and Great Preachers. Stories of Eminent Rulers and Memorable Religious Teachers and Reformers. With numerous illustrations. 8vo, fresh cloth, gilt. London, 2, d, S 6 {f 3 Yb ! F7 Oe as? 386 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1689 GREELEY. The New Yorker, edited by Horace GRrEE- LEY. Various numbers, 1837. Large 4to, half roan (binding broken), N.Y, 1937 UNIQUE COPY OF CITIZEN GREGOIRE’S TREES OF LIB- ERTY—BOUND BY DURU. 1690 GREGOIRE (Henri, 42d¢). Essai Historique et Patriot- ique sur les Arbres de la Liberté, par GREGOIRE, membre de la Convention Nationale. Minimo. Bound by Duru in crushed red levant morocco, rounded corners, inside dentelle gold borders, top edge gilt. Paris, an [/me de la Republique Francaise VERY RARE, ORIGINAL EDITION, with autograph letter signed of this celebrated revolutionary character. It is of two pages quarto, has woodcut heading, and is dated ‘‘ Liberté, Egalité. Paris an 12 de la Republique.” Brunet’s copy sold for 51 francs in 1868. 1691 GRUNDLICHE NACHRICHT vom Conclave oder Neueste Historie des Romischen Hofes. Portraits of Popes INNo- CENT XIII. amd CLement XLI., also other plates of cere- monies, 12mo, vellum (MS. on title). RARE. Frankfort, 1721 / ) 2.52592 GUIZOT (F. P.G.). The History of France from the / Earliest Times to the Year 1879. ‘Translated by Ropert Buack, M.A. With 340 «illustrations by distinguished artists and colored map. 6 vols. large 8vo, fresh half red crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt. Boston, z. d. 1693 GuizoT (Madame), Lettres de Famille sur l’Education. 2 vols, small 8vo, half green morocco, cloth sides. Paris, 1860 LARGE PAPER COPY OF HAMERTON’S GRAPHIC ARTS. 1694 HAMERTON (P.G.). THe Grapuic Arts. A TREAT- ISE ON THE VARIETIES OF DRAWING, PAINTING, and En- GRAVING, in comparison with each other and with Nature, With 54 twllustrations after Ancient and Modern Masters— RAPHAEL, MACLISE, TURNER, LEIGH, MULREADY, HARD- ING, HOLBEIN, DuRER, Bewicxk, TiT1An, HoLiar, Rem- BRANDT, HoLt, Hurst, DELANNE, VISSCHER, STRANGE, etc., reproduced in fac-simile. Thick 4to, vellum, gilt, uncut. N. Y., Macmillan [London], 1882 LARGE PAPER, UNCUT, and LIMITED EDITION of 350 copies printed on thick paper, with plates on India paper. 1695 HaMERTON. Etching and Etchers. J/lustrated with 12 etchings, 11 by the author and by LALANNE. 8vo, cloth extra, top edges gilt. Boston, 1886 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 387 6 § 1696 Harris (William). Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of James I. Small 8vo, old calf (name on title). London, 1753 LARGE PAPER EDITION-DE-LUXE OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE’S WORKS. 7 / Ov%691 HAWTHORNE (Nathaniel). Works, viz.: Vol. I., Twice- ; Told Tales; Vol. II., Mosses from an Old Manse; Vol, IIL., The House of Seven Gables, The Snow Image, etc.; Vol. IV., The Wonder Book, Tanglewood Tales, etc.; Vol. V., The Scarlet Letter, The Blithedale Romance; Vo VE, The Marble Faun; Vols. VII. and VIII., Our Old Home, English Note Book; Vol. IX., American Note Book; Vol. X., French and Italian Note Books; Vol. XI., Dolliver Romance, Septimus Felton, etc.; Vol. XII., Biographical Sketches, Life and Index; (Supplementary Volume) Dr. Gtimshawe’s Secret. With Introductory Notes by GEORGE Parsons Laturop. J/lustrated with proofs of the 26 etchings (original designs) by BLUM, CuuRCH, DIELMAN, GIFFORD, SHIRLAW and ‘TURNER, and a new vignette wood- cut in each volume, excepting the last, which contains a new steel portrait of HAWTHORNE, engraved by WILLCOX. Together 13 vols. Large 8vo, original boards, uncut. Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1883 LARGE PAPER and Edition-de-Luxe. Only 250 copies printed. Although only published four years ago, this edition-de-luxe is entirely out of print. A set was lately sold in New York for $125.00. ‘* Another characteristic of this writer is the exceeding beauty of his style. It is clear as running waters are. Indeed he uses words merely as stepping- stones, upon which, with a free and youthful bound, his spirit crosses and re- crosses the bright and rushing stream of thought.” —LONGFELLOW. /86 1698 HAWTHORNE, Our Old Home, and English Note- l Books. Etched fronts. and vignette titles, 2 vols. small 8vo, fresh cloth, top edges gilt. | Boston, verstde Prsss, 1883 HANDSOME COPY OF HAYWARD’S BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAYS. 2 / 2§ 1699 HAYWARD (A.). Biographical and Critical Essays Re- r printed from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections, Both Series Complete in 5 vols. 8vo, fresh polished yellow calf gilt extra, inside gold borders, top edges gilt. London, 1858-73 1700 Haywarp. Selected Essays. Vol. II. Fresh cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1879 THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF HENNE- PIN’S LOUISIANA—PARIS, 1683. (2 1701 HENNEPIN.— | Description | de la | Louisiane, | Nou- ‘ vellement Decouverte | au Sud’Ouest de la Nouvelle 388 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. France, | par Ordre du Roy. | Avec la Carte du Pays: les Moeurs | et la Maniere de vivre | des Sauvages. | Dedie’e a sa Majesté. | Par le R. P. Louis HENNEPIN, | Mission- aire Recollet et | Notaire Apostolique. | Large folded map (fac-simile). Small 8yvo, totally uncut. Paris, chez la Veuve Sebastien Hure, 1683 EXTREMELY RARE and First Edition, a copy of which sold at the Murphy Sale (lot 1193) for $70. Field says:—'‘ It has been the fashion until late in this age to deride the work of Father Hennepin, as smacking of the marvelous. Indeed. some of our savants have endeavored to prove that the very excellent Father Recollect never saw any of the wonders he narrates. This severe criticism proceeds from sources which entitle him to the benefit at least of a doubt of its impartiality.” ‘“‘ Hennepin was persecuted and has been severely criticised, chiefly on account of his opposition to the Jesuits, and because he counseled William IIT. (in whose dominions he had sought for the freedom and safety which he could not find in France) to send out missionaries to the New World. His enemies considered such advice from a monk as heretical and detestable; it simply proves the wiser, purer, and more Catholic Christianity of Hennepin, who had no bigoted horror for other sects than his own.” —STEVENS, 1702 Hreyt und Beruepscu. Reisehandbuch fiir die Rhein- lande. Steel views of the Rhine, etc. Small 8vo, cloth. Hildburghausen, 1866 1703 Hircucock (Edward). Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts. Maps, numerous lithographic plates and woodcuts, 2 vols. 4to, cloth, uncut. Amherst, 1841 1704 HOWE (Henry). Historical Collections of Virginia, con- taining a Collection of the most Interesting Facts, Tra- ditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc., relating to its History and Antiquities. Map and many woodcuts. 8vo, sheep. Charleston, 1852 1705 Howeiis(W. D.). Three Villages. Minimo, fresh cloth, red edges. Boston, 1884 1706 Hue (Fernand). La France et l’Angleterre a Madagascar, Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 1707 HUGUENOTS.—Ptrinre de l’Assemblée Generale du Clergé de France, contre les Calomnies, Injures et Faus- setz, que les Pretendus Reformez ont Répandues et Ré- pandent tous les Jours dans leurs Livres et dans leurs Préches, contre la Doctrine de l’Eglise, Portée au Roy par le Clergé en Corps, le XIV, Juillet M.D.C LXXXV, Paris, Frederic Leonard, 1685; also— DECLARATION du Roy portant Defense de Nommer des Experts de la R. P. R. Registrée en Parlement le 7 Sep- tembre 1684, Parts, Francois Muguet, 1684; also— DECLARATION du Roy concernant les Biens des Consis- toires Registrée en Parlement le 7. Septembre 1684, Parts, Frangois Muguet, 1684. TOGETHER 3 pieces. 4to. Paris, 1684-85 EXTREMELY RARE and relating to the Catholic and Huguenot Controversies in France during the reign of Louis the Fourteenth. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 389 / 6 UG4708 HULME (F. Edward, F.LS., F.S.A.). Familiar Wild y Flowers. Profusely illustrated with colored plates. 4 vols. small 4to, morocco, imitation alligator skin, crimson edges. London, 2. d. Published at $7.50 per volume in leather. ‘‘The colored figures are exquisitely beautiful; they are more like finished paintings than prints, and the appearance of the work is elegant throughout.’’— Gardener's Magazine. / 56 1709 HUTCHINSON, [Thomas]. History of the Colony of A Massachusetts-Bay, from the First Settlement in 1628 until its Incorporation with the Colony of Plimouth in 1691. 8vo, old half calf. RARE. London, 1760 THE IMPERIAL DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY. / Sb 1710 IMPERIAL DICTIONARY of Universal Biography, a ( Series of Original Memoirs of Distinguished Men, of all Ages and all Nations, by Writers of Eminence in the Various Branches of Literature, Science and Art, by Eapir, NICHOL, WALLER, LANKESTER, Bowen, Dove, Brown, etc. With numerous portraits on steel and engraved titles. 3 vols.in 16. Large 8vo, cloth gilt. London, n. d. _ “‘Next to History, in its larger sense, Biography is the most valuable and interesting record which Literature can offer to mankind. If the one presents us with the great drama of humanity in its entire action and full development, the other furnishes us with the innumerable and subordinate dramas of all the prominent actors on the world’s stage.” —Preface. b y 1711 INTERMEDIAIRE. Parts 25-66; 68-70. Together 45 parts. ( Large 8vo, sewed. Paris, 1885-86 The Parisian Notes and Queries. EDITION-DE-LUXE OF THE SKETCH BOOK. V2 SO 1712 IRVING (Washington). Sketch Book of GEOFFREY : Crayon, Gent. Profusely illustrated with original designs by DaRLEY, Hart, HUNTINGDON, and many others en- graved on wood by RicHARDSON—fortrait on steel, after Stuart NewrTon. Thick large 8vo, cloth, rough edges. Phila., 1882 LARGE PAPER, with all the illustrations on INDIA PAPER. 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London, 1838 1719 JANZE (La Vicomtesse Alix de), Les Financiers Autrefois— Fermiers Generaux, Paris, 1886; Annuaire Charlon, 1880; SAINTE BEuve, Causeries du Lundi, Tome Premier; Bon- NIERES (R. de), Memoires d’Aujourdhui, Deuxiéme Serie. Together 4 vols. 1720 JOHNSON (A. B.). Guide to the Right Understanding of our American Union. 12mo, cloth. i 1721 JOHNSTON (Alexander Keith). National Atlas of His- torical, Commercial and Political Geography, with Copious Index. Colored maps, each mounted on linen, Large folio, old half morocco, cloth sides. Edinburgh, x. d. 1722 Jones (Paul). Life of, by A.S. Mackenzin. Fine portrait. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1845 LIMITED EDITION OF JOHN KEATS. 1723 KEATS (John). Letters and Poems, with Annotations by Lorp Houcuton, and Edited with a Memoir by J. Git- MER SPEED. 4 fortraits, 2 in colors, and 1 on Japan paper from Haypon’s Mask, etched by J. F. SaBin. 3 vols. 8vo, boards, totally uncut. N. 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Flexible What- man paper wrap in cloth case; a/so—the 20 plates ARTISTS SIGNED PROOFS ON JAPAN PAPER MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD, with heavy plate mats enclosed in portfolio, with lock and key. Half morocco, cloth sides, with flaps and ties. Together 2 vols. Square large folio. Wi, wid LIMITED EDITION-DE-LUXE of 203 copies, of which this is No. 30. 2 661727 LA CONDAMINE (C. M. de). Extracto del Diario de be Observaciones hechas en el Viage de la Provincia de Quito al Para por el Rio de la Amazonas y del Para a Cayana, Surinam y Amsterdam, 12mo, mottled calf, gilt. Amsterdam, Joan Catuffe, 1745 RARE. The author’s own copy with his heraldic stamp on the title:—‘‘ Ex lib. Car. Mar. De la Condamine.” // 31728 LA CONDAMINE. Relation Abrégée d’un Voyage Fait ( dans l’Intérieur de l’Amerique Meridionale depuis la Cote de la Mer du Sud jusqu’aux Cétes de Bresil et de la Guyane au descendant la Riviére des Amazones. Plate by Tarpizu of Peruvian bull-fight. 8vo, sewed, uncut (foxed and no map). VERY RARE. Maestricht, 1778 P Gv 1429 LAMB (Martha J.). History of the City of New York, : its Origin, Rise and Progress. Profusely illustrated with portraits, tinted plates, colored maps and wood engravings tn text. 2 vols. large 4to, cloth, gilt. N. Y., 1877-80 /30373° LATOUCHE (H. de). Grangeneuve. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh Fae three-quarters crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, Victor Magen, 1835 LARGE PAPER. Baron Hyacinthe Joseph Alexandre Thabaud de Latouche, dit Henri de Latouche, is celebrated for his association with George Sand. He was the editor of the ‘‘ Figaro” and wrote a large number of volumes of great —merit. La C 1731 Latour (Major A. L.). Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15. Large 8vo, sewed, totally uncut (no atlas), Phila., 1816 392 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. °1732 LA TOVR D’AVVERGNE (Henry de, Sovverain Duc de Bovillon). Les Memoires de, addressez a son Fils le PRINCE DE SEDAN. Minimo, half calf gilt, marbled edges. Paris, Rene Gvignard, 1666 RARE, ORIGINAL EDITION of these memoirs addressed by the autobiographer to his son, the great Turenne. With the heraldic book-plate of ‘‘ E. N. Nor- cott, R. N.” 1733 LEFEBvRE (René). Paris en Amerique. Small 8vo, half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. Paris, 1872 1734 Le Maour (Emm.) and Decalisne (J.). Traité Général de Botanique Descriptive et Analytique. With 5,500 cuts by L. STEINHEIL and A. RIocREUX. Thick large 4to, half morocco (a few pp. at end mended). Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1868 1735 LE ROUX DE LINCY. Le Livre des Proverbes Francais précédé de Recherches Historiques sur les Proverbes Francais et leur Emploi dans la Littérature du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance. 2 vols. thick small 8vo, cloth, rough edges. Paris, 1859 “Edition Bibliothéque Gauloise” on “ papier vergé.”’ 1736 [L’ESTOILE (Pierre de).] Memoires pour Servir A l’His- toire de France—depuis I515 jusqu’en 1611. With en- sraved fronts. and portratts. 2 vols. 12mo, old calf, gilt. Cologne, Herman Deuren, 1719 RARE, edited by Godefroy. With portraits of Gabriel D’Estrées, Henri IV., Marshal Biron, members of the royal family and other distinguished personages of France. These are executed by Harrewyn, pupil of Romeyn de Hoghe. This copy has the book-plate of —‘‘ Germain Barre, Cure de Monville prés Rouen.” ' 1737 LINCOLN (Abraham). History of, and of the Overthrow of Slavery, by Isaac N. ARNOLD, Portrait Thick 8vo, fresh half calf, beveled sides, marbled edges. Chicago, 1866 1738 Lincotn. The Obsequies of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Portrait, engraved title, and numerous woodcuts, Large 8vo, morocco extra, gilt edges, N. Y., 1865 1739 Linpa (Lvca di) and Bisacciori (Maiolini, Marchese). Le Relationi et Descrittioni Vniversali et Particolari del Mondo. Thick small 4to, vellum, Bologna, 1674 RARE, stamped with coats-of-arms of former owner on title. [4/S 01749 LINGARD (John, D.D.). The History of England from red the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of as THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 393 WituraM and Mary in 1688, With 10 portraits newly etched by DAMMAN. 10 vols, thick 8vo, fresh cloth. (Edinburgh) Boston, 1883 NEW COPYRIGHT LIBRARY EDITION. ‘‘ Dr. Lingard’s book is the fruit of great industry, learning and acuteness, directed by no ordinary talent. It is written in a clear and agreeable manner. The narrative has the perspicuity of Robertson, with more freedom and fancy. His diction has the ornament of Gibbon, without his affectation and obscurity. To one desirous of making a study, and not a mere amusement of the history of his country, we know no general History of England that we would sooner recommend than the one before us.”—Ldinburgh Review. 1741 LisTE GENERALE des Postes de France dressée par Ordre de son Eminence Monseigneur le CARDINAL DE FLEURY, Ministre d’Etat. Minimo, old calf. Paris, 1729 RARE. With vignette coat-of-arms of Cardinal de Fleury and entirely printed from plates. 97S 1742 LITTLE CLASSICS, edited by RossITER JOHNSON. [1 vols. Minimo, cloth, red edges. Boston, printed at University Press, 1875 Arranged as follows—‘‘ Exile,” ‘‘ Intellect,” “* Life,” ‘‘ Laughter,” ‘‘ Love,” ‘‘ Romance,” ‘‘ Mystery,” ‘‘ Comedy,” ‘‘ Fortune,” ‘‘ Heroism” and *‘ Child- hood.’”’ ‘* A series of exquisitely printed volumes in flexible binding and red edges which gather up the very choicest things in our literature in the way of short tales and sketches.” — Buffalo Courter. / 03743 LirtLe Pitcrim (A), reprinted from ‘ MACMILLAN’S f Magazine.”” The Open Door; The Portrait; Two Stories of the Seen and the Unseen by the same author. Together 2 vols. small 8vo, cloth, red edges. Boston, 1883-85 LITTRE’S GRAND FRENCH DICTIONARY. ) 7 25744 LITTRE.—Dictionnaire de la Langue Frangaise; par E. LittrR£, de l'Institut (Académie Francaise et Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres). A/so Supplement. 5 vols. thick large 4to, half red morocco, cloth sides. Paris, 1878 ‘‘ No language that we have ever studied, or attempted to study, possesses a Dictionary so rich in the history of words as this great work which M. Littré has fortunately lived long enough to complete. To the love of order, system and clearness which belongs to the French mind, he has joined a degree of patience in research and scientific thoroughness in comparison, which we have been accus- tomed to associate with German rather than with French erudition. The courage which could undertake such a task as this might have been considered mere uncal- culating rashness if the workman had not lived tocomplete his colossal per- formance. ‘The entire work contains 4,708 pages, and M. Littré’s Dictionary contains twice as much printed matter as the whole of the Waverley Novels, with a few thousand of novel-pages into the bargain. ‘Mere bigness is, however, one of the least of its many claims to attention. M. Littré is not the first man who has made a big Dictionary, and we all know 394 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. that in labors of this kind the author whose name is on the title-page avails him- self of the services of others. The wonder is that so vast an undertaking should have been carried through from beginning to end without the slightest hitch or flaw, and in perfect obedience to one great governing idea.”’— Saturday Review. 1745 LOSSING (Benson J.). Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812, or Illustrations by Pen and Pencil of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics and Traditions of the last War of American Independence. ///uminated Sront. and pro- Jusely illustrated with wood engravings by LOossinc and Burritt, chiefly from designs of the author. Thick large 8vo, half green morocco gilt, top edge gilt. N. Y., 1868 1746 Louisiana Biographies, Part I, containing History of the Governors; Pau Morpuy (The Chess Player); and Jean LaritTe (The Pirate), Large 4to, sewed. New Orleans, 1882 1747 Macautay (Thomas Babington, Lord). Life and Letters of, by his Nephew GrorcE OrrTo TREVELYAN, M.P. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, half morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1876 “* There are no limits to his [Macaulay’s] knowledge on small subjects as well as great: he is like a book in breeches.” —SyDNEY SMITH. 1748 MAC-GEOGHEGAN (Abbé) and MITCHELL (John). History of Ireland, Ancient and Modern, Taken from the Most Authentic Records. Svee/ plates, portratts and wooa- cut borders, 2vols.in1, Thick large 4to, morocco extra gilt, beveled sides, inside gold borders, gilt edges. N. Y., 1868 1749 M’CuinTock (F. L.). Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Maps and numerous woodcuts. Small 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1860 PRINCE PAUL DEMIDOFF’S COPY OF XAVIER DE MAISTRE. 1750 MAISTRE (Xavier de). Euvres Complétes. Nouvelle Edition, Revue par l’Auteur. Three engraved plates after CHASSELAT. 2 vols. 8vo, morocco gilt, inside gold den- telle borders, edges gilt. Paris, 1828 PRINCE PAUL DemIDoFF’s copy and stamped in gold on the sides with his crown and initials ‘‘ P. D.”’, also on half-titles with the library stamp of the “* Bibliothéque de San Donato.” 1751 Mancin (Arthur), Nos Ennemis et Nos Alliés Etudes Zoologiques. Mumerous illustrations by BAYARD, FREE- MAN and others. Large 8vo, half morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. Tours, 1870 (25 i THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 395 1752 MARBOIS (Barbé). History of Louisiana, particularly of the Cession of that Colony to the U.S. of America. Large 8vo, boards, totally uncut (foxed). Phila., 1830 1753 MARMONTEL (J. F.). Belisaire. Engraved plates. Minimo, calf gilt, inside gold tooling. A Londres, 1780 Fine original calf binding. THE MASSACHUSETTS INDIAN PSALTER,. 4 1754 MASSACHUSSETT PSALTER: Asuh Ukkuttoohomaon- 1a 10 gash David weche wunnaunchemookaonk ne ansukhogup, John ut Indiane kah Englishe Nepatuhquonkash ne woh sogkonpagunukhettet kakoketahteoekuppannegh aketu- mannat kah wohwohtamunat Wunnetuppantamwe Wus- sukwhongash, Boston, N. E. Uppointhomunneau B. Green, kah F. Printer wutche quhtiantamwe Chapan- vkkeg wutche onchekehtormnnat wunnaunchummookaont ut New England, etc. Small 4to, old calf, on wooden boards (binding broken). Boston, N. E., printed by B. Green and F, Printer for the Honourable Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England, etc., 1709. EXTREMELY RARE. The English title of the 1709 Indian Psalter reads —‘* The Massachusett Psalter: Or Psalms of David, with the Gospel according to John, in columns of Indian, and English, Being an Introduction for Training up the Aboriginal Natives in Reading and Understanding the Holy Scriptures.” This copy is imperfect, only having 146 leaves. It lacks—the first seven leaves, also signatures R, S, T, V, W, Y, Z, BB, EE, HH, II, and some occasional leaves throughout, as well as the last two leaves. ‘* Next to Eliot’s Bible this is the most important monument of the Massa- chusset language. The translation was made by the Revd. Experience May- hew.”—JOHN HAMMOND TRUMBULL. ‘The Indian language had been familiar to him [Experience Mayhew] from infancy, and he was employed by the commissioners for propagating the gospel in New England to make a new version of the Psalms and of John, which work he executed with great accuracy in 1709.”—-WILLIAM ALLEN. 1755 MATYrHEws (Brander) amd BuNNER (H.C.). In Partner- ship. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1884 Presentation copy from Mr. Matthews to Mr. H. de Pene du Bois. 1756 Maury (M. F., Zewt.). The Physical Geography of the Sea. Large 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1855 §.1757 MERCATOR (Gerardus). Atlas Minor, a I Hondio plurimis zneis Tabulis auctus et illustratus. /Vwmerous maps. Oblong small 4to, vellum (MS. on title). Amsterdam, ex officina Ioannis Lanssontt, 1628 VERY RARE, with maps of New Spain, ‘‘ New Virginia,” Florida, Cuba, etc. 396 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1758 Mercier (Alfred). L’Habitation Saint-Ybars ou Maitres et Esclaves en Louisiane. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. (2 copies.) New Orleans, 1881 1759 MreRIMEE (Prosper). Colomba suivi de la Mosaique et Autres Contes et Nouvelles. Small 8vo, half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. Paris, 1871 1760 MERmeEt (Emile), La Presse Francaise. Portrait. Thick small 8vo, cloth. Paris, 1884 1761 MICHELET (Jules). The Bird. With 210 illustrations by GIACOMELLI. Large 8vo, cloth, gilt edges. London, 1869 1762 MicureLetT. L’Insecte—Nouvelle Edition. J/lustrated with 140 wood engravings designed by H. GIACOMELLI. Large 8vo, half red morocco, gilt. Paris, 1876 Finely printed edition of Michelet’s great entomological work, and a worthy companion to his book on ‘‘ The Bird.” Ds 1793 MippieTon (J. Henry). Ancient Rome in 1885, Maps and numerous woodcuts. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, 1885 ** Possis nihil urbe Roma Visere majus.”—HOoRACE. ae 1764 MIGNE (J. P.) Dictionnaire Universel de Mythologie Ancienne et Moderne. Large 8vo, half morocco (rubbed). Paris, 1855 A most valuable work by the editor of the ‘‘ Patrologia,” and includes a good account of the religions of the American Indians, Aztecs, etc. DEAN MILMAN’S HISTORICAL WORKS—MURRAY’S LIBRARY EDITION IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES. 4 06 1765 MILMAN (Henry Hart, Dean of St. Paul’s). Historica ‘ Works, #. é.:— I. History of the Jews, from the Earliest Period down to Modern Times. Third edition, thoroughly Revised and Extended. 3 vols. London, 1863 II. History of Christianity from the Birth of Curist to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire. A New and Revised Edition. 3 vols. London, 1863 III. History of Latin Christianity, including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of NicHoLas V. Third edition. 9 vols. London, 1864 TOGETHER 15 vols. 8vo, uniform fresh half purple calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. London, John Murray, 1863-64 Brest ENGLISH LIBRARY EDITION of this valuable series of historical and ecclesiastical works, which Prescott styled—‘‘ learned and luminous.” THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 397 yOu 1766 MILMAN. HisTorica Works, @. é.:— ; I. History of the Jews, from the Earliest Period down to Modern Times. 3 vols. in 2. II. History of Christianity, from the Birth of CHRIST to the Abolition of Paganism inthe Roman Empire. 3 vols, in 2. III. History of Latin Christianity, including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of NicHoLas V. 8 vols. in 4. TOGETHER 14 vols. in 8. Small 8vo, uniform fresh half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. N. Y., Cambridge University Press, 1881 LIBRARY EDITION of this valuable series of historical and ecclesiastical works, which Prescott styled—‘‘ learned and luminous.” This edition is—‘‘ reprinted from the newly revised and corrected London edition.” 36 1767 MircueLy (Donald G). | Out-of-Town Places; with Hints ( for their Improvement. Mumerous woodcuts. 12M0, fresh cloth, top edge gilt. N. Y., 1884 MOLIERE TRANSLATED BY VAN LAUN AND ILLUS- TRATED BY LALAUZE. 4/25 1768 MOLIERE (J. B. P. de). Complete Dramatic Works of. ie The Library Edition translated and edited, with Memoir, Introductions and Appendices, wherein are given the pas- sages borrowed or adapted from MOLIERE by English Dramatists, with Explanatory Notes by Henri VAN Laun. Portrait and exquisite etchings by ADOLPHE LALAUZE, 6 vols. large 8vo, cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, Paterson, 1875-76 ‘‘As regards mere faithfulness of translation, it is astonishingly correct. Besides writing a modest prefatory life, Mr. Van Laun has prefixed to each play an Introduction containing all necessary information respecting its sources and circumstances, and has added to each an appendix of peculiar interest. These appendices contain full extracts from the plays in which English play- wrights have done themselves the honor to ‘ convey’ Moliére’s good things. . The portrait of Moli¢re is extremely fine.” —Academy. US 0 1769 Monror (James). View of the Conduct of the Executive in the Foreign Affairs of the United States, connected with the Mission to the French Republic, during the years 1794-96. Phila., 1797 cos 1770 MONTAIGNE (Michel de). Essais. ine portrait of Montaicne dy Nort Pruneav. 3 Vols. small 8vo, crinkled morocco gilt, dentelle gold inside borders, watered crimson silk ends, with gilt tooled borders, edges gilt, by P. MESLANT, Paris, Jean Francois Bastien, 1783 RARE and much sought after edition. Brunet says:—“ Edition imprimée sur tres beau papier, et beaucoup plus soignée pour la correction que plusieurs du méme editeur,” z. ¢., P. Coste. 9/2 1771 Monrecuco.! (Raymund). Arte Universal de la Guerra, ‘ Minimo, mottled sheep. Madrid, 1808 398 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. MONTESQUIEU BOUND BY PURGOLD AND PROBABLY TOOLED BY BAUZONNET. 1772 MONTESQUIEU (Carl de Secondat, Baron de), CEuvres Complétes de MonreEsguigu, précédées de son Eloge, par D’ALEMBERT. Nouvelle Edition. Portrait by Pour- VOYEUR ON INDIA PAPER. Thick large 8vo. Bound by PURGOLD in russia extra gilt, dentelle gold inside borders, edges gilt. Paris, De Bure, 1827 VERY SCARCE EDITION but foxed slightly in parts. The illustration of the reliure in this volume is the reproduction that appeared in the ‘* American Book Maker ” of March, 1887, where Mr. Ingersoll Lockwood says:— ‘“ Purgold, too, belongs to this period of decorative stamp; but his chief claim upon the attention of the student arises from the fact that he was the pre- decessor, if not the instructor, of Bauzonnet. “On page 66 [of the March, 1887, ‘‘ American Book Maker | will be found a camera reproduction of a piece of work [z. ¢., Mr. Pene du Bois’s Montesquieu bearing the imprint of Purgold, Paris, 1827, an admirably finished binding from a mechanical standpoint. In all probability the tooling was done by Bauzonnet himself.” 1773 Montu (The), an Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Science and Art. J//ustrations. Vols. 1 and 2 (July, 1864-—June, 1865). 8vo, half roan, London, 1864-65 1774 Morcan. Priced Catalogue of the Art Collection formed by the late Mrs, Mary J. Morcan. 8vo, cloth, gilt edges. N. Y., 1886 1775 Murcer (Henry). Le Pays Latin. Small 8vo, half calf. Paris, 1853 1776 NAPIER (Henry Edward). Florentine History from the Earliest Authentic Records to the Accession of FERDINAND THE THIRD, Grand Duke of Tuscany. 6 vols, small 8vo, fresh half yellow calf gilt, top edges gilt. London, Edward Moxon, 1846-47 ORIGINAL EDITION. ‘‘ His [Napier’s] impartiality appears to double advan- tage after the partizanship of Sismondi, otherwise the greatest of modern his- torians.”—Zondon Atheneum. RELIC OF THE SECOND EMPIRE—STAMPED WITH THE ARMS OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON THE THIRD. 1777 NAPOLEON III.—ReEcueit prs ADHESIONS ADRESSEES AU PRINCE-PRESIDENT A L’OCCASION DE L’ACTE DU 2 Décempre, 6 vols. large 4to, red morocco gilt, edges gilt. Paris, Zmprimerie Centrale de Napoléon Chaix, 1852 VERY SCARCE. These volumes are elegantly bound and stamped on the sides with the coat-of-arms, imperial crown, Sceptre, grand cross of the Legion of Honor, etc., of Napoleon the Third. But a very few copies of this work were printed for the members of the Court and the Persigny-Morny clique. It contains some 20,000 addresses and adhesions in favor of the resuscitation of the Empire in the person of Prince Louis Napo- leon, then President of the French Republic. The fifth volume consists of tables and indices. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 399 VTEEL i \ 3) Bae MONEESQUI EY ROE EDS S Yack fh oy € } [Oe % Qo [Works OF MONTESQUIEU, PARIS, 1827. BINDING BY PURGOLD AND TOOLING PROBABLY BY BAUZONNET. NUMBER 1772 OF THE PENE Du Bols COLLECTION. ] 400 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. . PRINCE DEMIDOFF’S NAPOLEONIANA AND WITH HIS “ EX-LIBRIS” STAMP. SOv 1778 NAPOLEON.—Politique de NApoLron par un Ancien Officier de la Grande Armée, Zortrait, Toulouse, 1833; BraGIo.t, Bataille de Friedland, French and Italian text in opposite columns, portrait, Paris, Didot, 1807; BraGci- oui’s Ritorno di NapoLtronrt Canzone, Paris, 1815; RUELLE (A.), Le Dernier Reve a Saint Héléne, Parts, 1840; Couronne Poétique de NaPpoLeon, Paris, 1840. In 2 vols. 8vo, stamped russia, marbled edges, almost uni- form. Uv. p., V. a, These volumes came from the library of San Donato, belonging to Prince Demidoff. 1778* NAPOLEONIDE (La), di Sterano Ecip10 PETRONJ, dedicata a sua Maesta l’Imperatrice Regina e Reggente. 100 engraved vignette medallions after medals struck tn honor of Napoteon. Large 8vo, half roan, totally uncut (rubbed, title cut and some pp. foxed), VERY SCARCE, Paris, Didot, 1813 1779 NEWELL (R. H., Orpheus C. Kerr). There Was Once a Man. Woodcuts, Small 8vo, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1884 EXCESSIVELY RARE AND EARLY LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 1780 NEW YORK. Laws or New-York from 11th Nov., 1752,to 22d May, 1762. Published according to an order of the General Assembly. Digested by Wittiam Luiv- INGSTON and W, SmiruH. Vol. 2. Folio, old law calf, N. Y., printed by William Weyman, 1762 EXTREMELY RARE. Contains laws enacted under Governors George Clinton, James De Lancey, Sir Charles Hardy and Cadwallader Colden. 1781 NEW YORK. Laws of the State of New York, passed Sixth of February, 1773, to Third of April, 1775, inclu- sive; also Laws of the State of New York, commencing with the First Session of the Senate and Assembly after the Declaration of Independence and the Organization of the New Government of the State, Anno 1777. 2 vols. in 1. Folio, old law calf (binding broken, also lacks one title). N. Y., printed by H. Gaine, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, in the Province of New York, 1775, and Poughkeepsie, State of New York, printed by John Holt, Printer to the State, 1782. VERY RARE. From the library of BROcKHOLST LIVINGSTON, with his auto- graph, Contains the last laws enacted in New York by the British Government under Governor Tryon, and the first by the new dispensation under Governor George Clinton. i) 2:6 f 66 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. _ 408 1782 NEW YORK. Laws or THE STATE OF NEw YORK, comprising the Constitution and the Acts of Legislature since the Revolution from the First to the Twelfth Ses- sion inclusive. Published according to an Act of the Legislature passed the 13th April, 1786. 2 vols. folio, old law calf. N. Y., printed by Hugh Gaine, at his Printing-Office and Book-Store at the Bible, in Hanover-Square, 1789 VERY RARE. From the library of BrocKHoLsT LiviNGsTON, with his armorial book-plate in each volume. 1783 NEW YORK.—Journal of the Legislative Council of the Colony of New York. Began the gth day of April, 1691, and ended the 3d day of April, 1775. 2 vols. thick folio, half law sheep. Albany, 1861 1784 NEW YORK.—Documents Relative to Colonial History V0 of N. Y. State procured in Holland, England and France, by J. R. Bropueap, edited by E, B. O’CALLAGHAN. Maps, fac-similes, etc. 11 vols. large 4to, cloth. Albany, 1856-61 1785 NEW YORK.—NatTurRAL History OF THE STATE OF 2706 /25 York. Jilustrated with maps, woodcuts and a vast number of lithographic plates, a large proportion of which are finely colored by hand. 18 vols. large 4to, cloth. N. Y., 1842-52 This set includes—Part 1, Zoology, by James De Kay, 5 vols.; Part 2, Botany, by John Torrey, 2 vols.; Part 3, Mineralogy, by Lewis C. Beck, 1 vol.; Part 4, Geology, by William W. Mather, E. Emmons, James Hall and Lardner Vanuxem, 4 vols.; Part 5, Agriculture, by E. Emmons, 4 vols., and Part 6, Paleontology, by James Hall, 2 vols. 1786 NEW YORK.—HistTory or THE City or New York, by Davip T. VALENTINE, Maps and lithographic views. 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1853 1787 New YorK.—The Old Stadt Huys of New Amsterdam. Large 8vo, paper. N. Y., 1875 NODIER’S WORKS—RARE EDITIONS. 1788 NODIER (Charles). Contes—Trilby, le Songe d’Or, Bap- tiste Montauban, la Fée aux Miettes, la Combe de l’ Homme Mort, Inés de las Sierras, Smarra, la Neuvaine de la Chan- deleur, la Legende de la Sceur Béatrix. J//ustrated with etchings, artist’s proofs on India paper by TONY JOHANNOT., Large 8vo. Bound by “TRIOULLIER S[UCCESSEU]R DE PetTit-SimiER,” fresh half crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt. Paris, [1843] UNIQUE and ORIGINAL EDITION, with Johannot’s plates, and original autograph quarto letter signed Charles Nodier, dated ‘‘le rer Mai, 1826,” and sane ig to ‘‘ Monsieur le Marquis de Chateaugiron, rue de Castiglione, No. 4, aris. 402 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1789 NODIER. (CEuvres Complétes. 11 vols. 8vo, fresh half red morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others “témoins.” Paris, 1832-37 This is the first complete collection of Charles Nodier’s works, many being published for the first time. The set includes:—‘‘ Romans Contes et Nouvelles, 6 vols, z. ¢., Vol. 1, ‘‘ Jean Shogar”; Vol. 2, ‘‘Le Peintre de Saltzbourg (third edition), ‘‘ Adele” (second edition) and ‘‘ Therese Aubut ” (third edition); Vol. 3, ‘‘ Smarra” (second edition), ‘‘ Trilby ” (second edition), ‘‘ Melanges ” (second edition) and ‘‘ Héléne Gillet ” (second edition); Vol. 4, ‘‘ La Fée aux Miettes ” (second edition); Vol. 5, Reveries-Miscellanées, Varictés de Philosophie, d’ His- toire et de Littérature; Vol. 6, ‘‘ Mademoiselle de Marsan” (second edition), “‘le Nouveau Faust et la Nouvelle Marguerite”’ (first edition) and ‘‘le Songe d’Or ” (first edition); Vol. 7, ‘‘le Dernier Banquet des Girondins” (first edition) and “‘ Etude Historique suivies de Récherches sur l’Eloquence Révolutionnaire,” Vol. 8, ‘‘ Souvenirs et Portraits” (second edition); Vol. 9, ‘*‘ Notions Elemen- taires de Linguistique ” (first edition); Vol. 10, ‘‘ Souvenirs de Jeunesse ” (second edition); Vol. 11, “‘ Contes en Prose et en Vers ” (first edition). 1790 NODIER. Le Seine et ses Bords. With vignette wood en- gravings, mostly page, by MARVILLE and FOUsSSEREAU. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut (one page mended). Paris, 1836 This is one of a very limited edition on China paper. 1791 Norman (B. M.). New Orleans and Environs, with Brief Sketch of the State of Louisiana. Minimo, cloth. New Orleans, 1845 THE LIVES OF THE NOBLE NORTHS. 1792 NORTH (Roger). The Lives of Ricur Hon. Francis Nortu, Baron Guitrorp, Hon. Sir DupLEY Nortu and Hon. and Rev. Dr. Joun Nortu. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth. London, Henry Colburn, 1820-26 BEST EDITION, with notes and illustrations, historical and biographical. Lord Guilford was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Kings Charles II. and James II., and Dr. John North was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. 1792* NORTHCOTE (James, &.A.). Fables Original and Selected —Second Series. Portrait and 280 beautiful engravings on wood, Small 8vo, boards, uncut (a few pages damaged), London, John Murray, 1833 NEARLY SIXTY CONSECUTIVE VOLUMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. 1792** NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. Vols. 35 to 94 inclu- sive (complete and in 122 parts). 8vo, sewed, uncut. Boston, 1832-62 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 403 6 0 1793 NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA: Being Results of Recent Ethnological Researches from the Collections of the Royal Museum at Berlin. Published by the Directors of the Ethnological Department. ‘Translated from the German. With 13 plates, five of which are in colors, Square large folio, fresh half morocco, cloth sides. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., n. d. Published at twenty dollars. 1794 NoTEs AND Queries, a Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men and General Readers. Vols. 9, 10 and rr complete; Vol. 12 (lacks part 295); Vols. 13 and 14 (lacking a few parts to complete). Together 6 vols. in 142 parts. 4to, sewed. London, 1884-86 1795 NUREMBERG.—Mandat uber Etliche Puncten der Gemeinen Zahl Hochzeiten Halben; Vernuerte Hochzeit; Extract aus eines Erbarn Rath der Stadt Nurenberg; Der Stadt Nurnberg verneurte Allmossordnung. 4 pieces in 1, Small 4to, sewed. Nuremberg, 1617-36 With coats-of-arms on the title. 1796 OipHANT (Margaret). Sir Tom. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. London, 1884 1797 OweEN (David Dale). Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, and incidentally of a portion of Nebraska. Vumerous maps, lithographic plates and woodcuts. Thick large 4to, cloth. Phila., 1852 1797* OwEN. The same. Another copy, but in 2 vols. 1798 Paine (Martyn). Soul and Instinct as Distinguished from Materialism, Portrait. Large 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1872 1799 PAPSTWAHL (Die). Curtous plates. 8Vvo, sewed. Augsburg, 1846 Very curious work on the Papacy. MAGNIFICENT COPY, BOUND BY CAPE, OF THE EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE “ PROVINCIALES ”—OF EXCESSIVE RARITY. PASCAL (BuaisE).|— | Les PROVINCIALES | ov LEs , ) iv 1800 [ ‘i Lettres Ecrites [ PAR LOVIS DE MONTALTE, | a vn PROVINCIAL pe ses Amis. | Er Avx RR. PP. IESVITES; | suR LE SuJET DE LA MORALE, ET DE LA PoLITIQUE DE CES Péres. | 4to, handsomely bound by CAPE in crushed brown levant morocco, inside dentelle gold borders, rounded corners, gilt edges. A Cologne, che’s Pierre de la Vallée, M.DC.LVIL, 4 dy IO57 ORIGINAL EDITION anp EXTREMELY RARE. THIS MAGNIFI- CENT copy cost Mr. Penge pu Bois FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY 404 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. FRANCS, vide inserted catalogue cutting. It came originally from the library of ‘‘ Jn. Hte. Basse,” wide inserted book-plate. Bossuet, on being asked which of the French works he would prefer to have been the writer, replied: ‘‘ Les Lettres Provinciales’”’; and Father Bon- hours, once disputing with Boileau concerning the difficulty of writing pure French, mentioned several as, in his opinion, models of style. 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Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1670 EXCESSIVELY RARE, ORIGINAL EDITION and HIGH PRICED, vide two inserted catalogue cuttings of Morgand-Fatout, respectively priced 500 and 400 francs. On one it is stated—‘‘ Deux éditions ont été publiés sous la méme date, celle-ci et une autre en 334 pp. M. L. Potier a decouvert A la Bibliothéque Nationale un exemplaire a la date de 1669, contenant 365 pages, ce qui prouve la priorité de celle-ci.” The beautiful Pene du Bois copy has 365 pages, in addition to the prefatory leaves and table. 1803 Payn (James). Thicker than Water. 12mo, fresh _ half cloth. N. Y., 1883 James Payn has given his hero the name of Charles Sotheran. EDITION-DE-LUXE OF PEPYS. 1804 PEPYS (Samuel). Diary and Correspondence of, from his MS. Cypher in the Pepysian Library, with a Life and Notes by RicHarpD, Lord BRAYBROOKE, deciphered with Addi- tional Notes by Rev, Mynors BricHT, M.A, Fac-similes, etc. 10 vols, 8vo, boards, totally uncut as issued, N. Y., 1884 Limited edition of 169 copies, of which the above is on Holland paper. Pepys’ Diary presents a true and most interesting portraiture of the busy and important times of King Charles I., Oliver Cromwell, King Charles II., King James II. and King William. There are no books of their class in the language for which it is more desirable that the widest possible circulation should be obtained. “It is the book of books to dip into at random, to rummage for things curious THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 405 and entertaining, to ransack for the light it throws on contemporary men, man- ners, morals, and society, and to consult for the valuable historical facts it dis- closes, and the interesting public and private events and occurrences it describes. A wonderful mosaic of things great and small, in church and state, in politics and affairs, in business and society, in the world of scandal and intrigue, in art, science and literature, and in the daily and household life and customs of artisans, merchants, gentry, nobility, and even of royalty itself; nowhere else can be found so complete a bird’s-eye view of the England, or rather the London, of the last days of the Rump and the first nine years of the Restoration as in the unique diurnal jottings of this prince of gossips and the most indefatigable of reporters.” —H/arper’s Magazine. 1805 Petit ALMANACH de la Cour de France. Views. Minimo, boards, gilt edges in case. Paris, 1813 1806 PHarmMacopa@ia of the United States. Large 8vo, fresh sheep. N. Y., 1883 THE REMARKABLE AND EROTIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF PISANUS-FRAXI—LIMITED EDITIONS. 1807 PISANUS-FRAXI.—INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBI- TORUM, sernc Notes Bio—BisLio—IcoNo—GRAPHI- CAL AND CRITICAL ON CuRIOUS AND UNCOMMON Books. By PISANUS-FRAXI. 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Limited edition of 250 copies. ‘‘The present volume is a sequel to the ‘Index Librorum Prohibitorum,’ which I had privately printed in 1877, and might with propriety have formed a second volume of that work, had I not for several reasons preferred rather to alter the first part of the title, and to let each volume Stand by itself, the more so as each volume is complete in itself.’"-—PIsANUS-FRAXI, Preliminary Remarks in above. ‘* This book for men alone is meant, Book-worms or bibliophiles anent, Of solid mind, of serious bent, On curious, hidden books intent, On odd research and learning.” 406 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. ,o 5S 1809 Prasse (Louis De). Etude de Il’Arsenic. 8vo, sewed, uncut. N. Y., 1883 Presentation copy to Mr. Pene du Bois. 14 6 1810 POUCHET (F. A.). L’Univers. 4 finely colored plates and 323 woodcuts engraved by FAGUET, MESNEL and others. Large 8vo, half morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1872 ia edition of this valuable work on the infinitely great and the infinitely small. LARGE PAPER COPY AND EDITION-DE-LUXE OF PRESCOTT. S37 S81 PRESCOTT (William H.). Complete Works, edited by / JoHN FosTER Kirk. Wé4th 30 illustrations on steel and ON INDIA PAPER. 15 vols. 8vo, cloth, rough edges. Phila., 7. d. LARGE PAPER EDITION-DE-LUXE, with the engravings on India paper. Limited edition of only 250 copies printed, of which the above is No. 170. This set is arranged as follows (on the false title):—Vols. 1-3, ‘ Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella”; Vols. 4-6, *““Conquest of Mexico”’; Vols. 7-8, ‘‘Con- quest of Peru’; Vol. 9, ‘‘ Biographical and Critical Miscellanies”:; Vols. 10-1 2, “Reign of Philip the Second”; Vols. 13-15, ‘‘Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella.”’ Prescott’s works have not only been printed and reprinted in America, in England and France, but have been translated into Spanish, Italian and Ger- man, and are familiar as ‘‘classics for the whole world” wherever history is studied. HANDSOME SET OF THE PRINCETON REVIEW—BOUND BY BRADSTREETS. /256 1812 PRINCETON REVIEW, January, 1878, to June, 1884, G inclusive. 14 vols. large 8vo, fresh half crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut, by BRADSTREETS. N. Y., 1878-84 SS” 1813 RAISONS DES SCRIPTUAIRES. Minimo, fine old red crushed levant morocco gilt, dentelle gold borders, edges gilt by Du Suem. Rare, Hamburg, Gaspar Steiner, 1706 YH2 S, 1814 RICHARDSON (Sir John), DALLAS (W. S.), COR- BOULD (T. S.), BAIRD (W.) avd WHITE (Adam). Museum of Natural History of the Animal Kingdom, Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells and Insects, with a History of the American Fauna by Josepu B. Hoiper. Hundreds of page engravings, mostly colored and numerous woodcuts in text. 2 vols. in 3. Large 4to, half morocco gilt, beveled sides, marbled edges. N. Y. (London), x. d. 1815 RICHARDSON (Charles). A New Dictionary of the English Language. 2 vols. thick 4to, sheep, Phila., 1851 (140 Ls THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 407 LIMITED EDITION-DE-LUXE OF RICHARDSON’S WORKS. 1816 RICHARDSON (Samuel, author of “ Clarissa Harlowe’’). Works, with a Prefatory Chapter of Biographical Criticism by Lrstig STEPHEN, and edited by Dr. MANGIN. Por- trait, 12 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London and Manchester, Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883-84 LIMITED EDITION-DE-LUXE of 750 copies printed from type, which has been distributed. ‘Messrs. Sotheran deserve thanks for these handsome volumes, which would have pleased the vanity of the old bookseller. Not the least merit of the edition is that it is introduced by a thoughtful and suggestive sketch by Mr. Leslie Stephen. Richardson deserves respect, apart from his intrinsic merits, as being the father of the English novel. That. he is immensely long and at times deplorably dull, that his characters are, like himself, filled with inordinate vanity, cannot be denied. But if the reader can get through what Mr. Leslie Stephen calls ‘the initial difficulty’ there is a wealth of imagination below which will reward the effort.” —Zondon Times. ‘« As regards print and paper this edition is eminently satisfactory, and so far will be the handsomest that has appeared since Dr. Mangin’s edition in 19 vols., published about 70 years ago.”—London Daily News. LARGE PAPER COPY OF “CLARISSA HARLOWE” IN FRENCH, WITH CHODOWIECKI’S BEAUTIFUL ETCHINGS. 1817 RICHARDSON. Clarisse Harlowe. Traduction Nouvelle et seule compléte; par M. Le Tourneur faite sur l’Edi- tion Originale, revue par RicHarpson. Dédiée et pre- sentée a Monsieur, Frére du Roi. Jllustrated with the etchings of CHODOWIECKI, 10 vols. 8vo, calf, gilt edges. Geneva, 1785-86 LARGE PAPER, VELLUM PAPER and with PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS of the celebrated etchings of Chodowiecki. Richardson ‘‘ was a printer and bookseller, a joiner’s son, who at the age of fifty, and in his leisure moments, wrote in his shop parlor; a laborious man who, by work and good conduct, had raised himself to a competency and sound in- formation. . . . Noone in this age has equalled him in detail and compre- hensive conceptions.” —T AINE. ‘* His personages have all the reality possible, his incidents are realized in the manners of all polished nations. What fertility in the invention of personages! What variety in the delineation of character!””— DIDEROT. ‘The power of Richardson’s painting, in his deeper scenes of tragedy, never has been, and probably never will be, excelled. "—Sir WALTER SCOTT. 1818 ROBERTSON (William). Histoire del’Amérique. aps and diagram. 4 vols. small 8vo, tree marbled calf gilt, red edges. Rotterdam, 1779 1819 Rocrr (Peter M.). Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. Small 8vo, cloth, N.Y, 100% 1820 ROSCOE (William). Life and Pontificate of Lro THE Trentu. Third edition. Portrait: 4 vols. 8vo, half calf (foxed slightly, two titles torn). London, Cadell, 1827 ‘‘In Italy they [Roscoe’s Works] have been translated, are now cited as authorities, and have received the most encomiastic notices from several eminent scholars. These facts afford conclusive testimony of their merits.” —PRESCOTT, 408 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. _2 % 1821 ROSSETTI (Dante Gabriel). The Blessed Damozel. J//us- trated with reproductions after the designs of Kenyon Cox. Large 4to, fresh cloth extra gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, N. Y., 1886 Beautiful specimen of printing in bistre, from the De Vinne Press, with an appendix by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rennselaer. 1822 ROTHSCHILD (Arthur de). Histoire de la Poste aux Lettres depuis ses Origines les Plus Anciennes jusqu’a nos Jours. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1873 LIMITED EDITION, of which the above is on ‘‘ papier vergé de Hollande.” 1823 ROTTECK (Carl von). Spanien und Portugal. Jap and plates. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Carlsruhe, 1839 1824 ROY (Jules). Turenne; Sa Vie et les Institutions Mili- taires de son Temps. J//ustrated with 11 chromolithographs and numerous engravings on wood in the text. Thick large 8vo, fresh half red morocco, extra gilt edges. Paris, 1884 THE HISTORY OF TAMERLANE—BOUND BY THOUVENIN. 1825 SAINCTYON (Le Sieur de). Histoire du Granp TAMERLAN tirée d’un Excellent Manuscrit. Minimo, Bound by ‘‘ THOUVENIN JEUNE” in russia gilt, dentelle gold inside borders, edges gilt. Amsterdam, Adraham Wolfgang, 1678 Rag, and with the Wolfgang printer’s device on title. 1826 Saint Louis et Son Siécle par le Vrz. Watsu. JWustrated with portraits and plates by “ ROUARGUE fréres.” Large 8vo, illuminated boards (last page torn). Tours, 1847 CHARMING COPY OF “PAUL AND VIRGINIA”—WITH INDIA PROOFS. 1827 ST. PIERRE (Bernardin de), Pau anp VIRGINIA, with an Original Memoir of the Author, and 330 tlustrations by MEISSONIER, JOHANNOT, FRANCAIS, MARVILLE, and others, Large 8vo, fresh half blue morocco gilt, top edge gilt. London, Orr & Co., 1839 WITH INDIA PROoFs of the page engravings, and finest impressions of the charming woodcuts. SAINT REAL’S “CONJURATION "—VERY RARE AND BOUND BY TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET. 1828 [SAINT REAL (Cesar Vichard de).] Conjuration des Espagnols contre la Republique de Venise en l’Annee M.DC.XVIII. Small 8vo. Elegantly bound by TRAUTZ- BAUZONNET in crushed red levant morocco, with stamp on THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 409 the back and corners of coronet and monogram, rounded corners, dentelle gold inside borders, edges gilt on marble. 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London, Vizetelly & Co., 1883 1832 SANDFORD ET MERTON, Suivi de le Petit Grandisson, etc. Profusely illustrated after G, STAAL. Large 8vo, half morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. Paris, 2. d. 1833 Sarcey (Francisque). Souvenirs de Jeunesse. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 1834 SCEPTRE AND SWORD. Stories of Great Heroes and Gal- lant Fights. Mumerous illustrations. 8v0, fresh cloth, gilt. London, 2. d. 1835 SCHEITER (J. B.). Examen Fortificatorium darin so wohl eine Gantz Neuve Art oder Manier vom Vestungs Bau, etc. Diagrams of fortifications, Folio, vellum. Strasburg, 1677 1836 SCHMIDT (Johann Jacob). Biblischer Geographus. Portrait and colored maps. Thick 12mo, marbled calf, ele- gantly tooled onthe sides, marble edges. Zullichau, 1740 A fine example of original eighteenth century binding. SCHOOLCRAFT’S INDIANS—COLORED PLATES. 1837 SCHOOLCRAFT (H. R.). [Historical and Statistical | Information respecting the History [ Antiquities, Language, Ethnology, Pictography, Rites, Superstitions and Mythol- ogy] of the InpIAN TRIBES OF THE UNITED STATES, With hundreds of plates, most of them colored, of views, por- traits, ancient pottery, cooking utensils, PICTURE WRITING, WRITTEN MUSIC, alphabets, etc., of the Indians. Vols. 1 to 3 inclusive. Thick large 4to, cloth. Phila., 1851-53 The most important work ever written on the subject of the aborigines of America. It embodies almost all the existing authentic information concerning 410 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. their religions, traditions, languages, arts, ethnology and history. It was col- lected and prepared under the direction of the U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. The work comprises the General History and Mental Type of the Indian Race; Antiquities of the United States; Physical Geography of the Indian Country; Tribal Organization; History and Government; Intellectual Character and Ca- pacity of the Red Man; Population and Statistics; etc., etc. 1838 SCHOTTIUS (Andrea). Itinerarium Italie. Angraved title, views and diagrams. Thick minimo, vellum. RARE, Amsterdam, Apud Lodocum lanssonium, 1655 1839 SCOTT (Sir Walter). Waverley Novels. Profusely illus- trated after the ABBOTSFORD edition designs. 9 vols. large 8vo, cloth gilt, edges gilt. N. Y., Collier, n. d. 1840 SEVIGNE.—Lettres de MADAME DE SEVEIGNE, de sa Fam- ille et de ses Amis. Portraits, views and fac-similes. 10 vols. small 8vo, yellow calf extra gilt, inside gold tooling, gilt edges. Paris, 1818 An excellent copy of this admirable edition of Madame de Sevigne’s letters, containing a quantity of previously unpublished correspondence, important lit- erary and philological studies, etc. SHERIDAN’S WORKS—LIMITED EDITION. 1841 SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley): Life and Dramatic Works, with an Introduction by RicHarp GRANT WHITE. Portraits. 3 vols, 8vo, boards, totally uncut. N. Y., 1883 Limited edition of 348 copies, of which this is No. 135. Printed by De Vinne & Co. from types. 1842 SHORTHOUsE (J. H.). Sir Percival, a Story of the Past and Present. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. London, 1886 1843 Simon (Edouard). L’Emprreur GuILLAUME et son Regne. Thick 8vo, sewed, uncut, Paris, 1886 1844 Simpson (W. Sparrow). Chapters in the History of Old St. Paul’s, London. Views and fac-simile. 8vo, fresh cloth, citron edges. London, 1881 1845 SMuUCKER (S. M.). Arctic Explorations and Discoveries. Woodcuts. 12mo, cloth. N.Y, 2857 1846 SOLIS (Anton von). Geschichte von der Eroberung Mex- ico aus dem Spanischen. 2 vols. in 1. Thick r2mo, half sheep, marbled edges. Copenhagen, 1750-51 VERY RARE EDITION in German of De Solis’s ‘‘ Mexico” by that celebrated “‘historiographer of the Indies ” or ‘‘ Cronista Major.” 1847 STEVENSON (R. L.). ‘The Silverado Squatters. Fronts. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. Boston, 1884 1848 STEVENsON’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; CLARETIE’s French Celebrities; etc. Together 14 pieces. Sewed. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 411 ys 5 G 1849 STIELER.-(Adolf). Hand Atlas uber alle Theile der Erde \ und uber das Weltgebande. 90 colored maps. Thick folio, half russia, cloth sides (binding damaged). Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1878 “4 ¥ 6 1850 SULLY (Duke of). MEmorrs. Translated by CHARLOTTE Ef LENNOX, with Notes, etc. [attributed to SIR WALTER Scott]. Portraits. 4 vols, small 8vo, calf gilt, marbled edges, by HARLEY. London, 1856 It was not only as a financial reformer that the Duc de Sully served King Henry the Fourth of France and his country. He was the King’s counsellor in all the great measures of the reign with regard to foreign affairs, and also in those by which belief of conscience and full rights of citizenship were guaran- teed to the Huguenots; and by which the effective administration of the law and the maintenance of order and tranquility were secured. “The Memoirs of Sully finish the portrait of these times, in finishing for us not only the portrait of Henry IV., but in giving us many curious particulars respecting the practical government of France, its finances, factions and the whole state of its constitution and interests. His work is authentic and prac- tically valuable, and must be read.” —PROF, SMYTH. 3 26 1851 TALLEYRAND (Prince de). Correspondance Inédite, et du Roi Louis XVIII., pendant le Congrés de Vienne publiée sur les Manuscrits Conservés au Dépdt des Affaires Etrangéres avec Préface, Eclaircissements et Notes par M. G. Patiain. Thick large 8vo, half crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1881 ire 1852 TEACHINGS OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES recently discovered and published by PHILOTHEOS BRYENNIOS, Metropolitan of Nicomedia, edited by R. D. Hircucock and F, Brown, Large 8vo, fresh cloth, totally uncut. N. Y., 1884 1S§ 1853 TrestuT(Ch.). Les Veillées Louisianaises Série de Romans Historiques sur la Louisiane. Vol. 1 [all published ]. Large 8vo, sewed. New Orleans, 1849 ORIGINAL EDITION OF THACKERAY’S VANITY FAIR. is 75S 1854 THACKERAY (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair, a ee Novel Without a Hero. W#th illustrations on steel and wood by the author. Thick 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1848 ORIGINAL EDITION. Thackeray traced the frivolities of society with an iron pen. , He leans almost as heavily upon them as he does upon vices that are the growth of luxury and that false position into which people labor to thrust them- selves, under the idea that because they are wth a set they are of a set. 7S 1855 [Tonna (“Charlotte Elizabeth ”).] Chapters on Flowers. | Colored plates. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. London, 1886 ¢® 186 TOWNSEND (George Alfred, “ Gath ”), PRESIDENT CROMWELL, a Drama in Four Acts, Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. N. Y., 1884 No. 42 of private edition of 200 copies, signed—‘‘ Geo. Alfred Townsend.” — 412 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 1857 TowNsEND. ‘Tales of the Chesapeake. Portrait. Small 4to, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1880 1858 TRencH (R. C.). Glossary of English Words; On the Study of Words; The Lessons in Proverbs. Together 3 vols. 12mo, cloth. N. Y., 1855-59 1859 Tujacur (F.). Le Premier Pas—Prose et Poésie. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. New Orleans, 1363 PRESENTATION Copy, with MS. inscription of the author. 1860 Two Srorigs OF THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN. By the Author of “ A Little Pilgrim.” Small 8vo, fresh cloth. Edinburgh, 1885 1861 UNITED STATES.—Journats or CONGREss, contain- ing their Proceedings from Sept., 1774, to Jan., 1780, 5 vols. 8vo, half sheep. VERY RARE, Phila., 1780 1862 U.S. Navat AsTRONoMICAL ExpEDITION to the Southern Hemisphere, during the years 1849-52. Mumerous maps, lithographic and colored plates—views, illusts ations of cos- fume, natural history, antiquities, etc. 2 vols. large 4to, half calf. Washington, 1855 1863 VALLEE (Leon). Bis.ioGRAPHIE DES BIBLIOGRAPHIES, Thick large 8vo, paper, totally uncut, Paris, 1883 The most complete catalogue of catalogues yet made. It is invaluable to librarians, and treats as extensively of English and American Bibliography as that of Continental Europe. 1864 VaLLEr. Another copy of the same. 1865 VAPEREAU (G.). Dictionnaire Universel des Contem- porains contenant toutes les Personnes Notables de la France et des Pays Etrangers. Cinquiéme édition entidre- ment Refondue et Considérablement Augmentée. Thick large 8vo, half morocco, cloth sides. Paris, 1880 With loose supplement to the fifth edition. COUNT DE VALCOUR-VERMONT’S VALUABLE WORK ON AMERICAN FAMILIES—LIMITED EDITION, PRIVATELY PRINTED. 1866 VERMONT (E. de Valcour, Count). AMERICA HERAL- DICA, 66 ” ” APIER Poy 1928 “ Davin,” after ZAMPIERI. ‘* Bettelini was an eminent Italian engraver. He early received instruction from Gandolphi and Bartolozzi, but in his later works he inclined more to the style of Raphael Morghen. He is particularly happy ip his transcripts of light and elegant forms, and enters with much taste and spirit into the subject he copies. He does not aim at producing brilliant effects, but exercises his graver with care and delicacy, corresponding with the style of the original picture. He was held in high estimation by Thorwaldsen, who employed him to engrave some of his finest works.’’—BRYAN. 422 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. BETTELINI. /70 1929 “St. Joun,” after DOMENICHINO. ! PROOF BEFORE ALL LETTERS. BETTELINI. /70 1930 “St. Sopuia,” after DOMENICHINO. PROOF BEFORE ALL LETTERS. BICHARD (Gery). Los” 1931 “THE AMATEUR ARTIST,” after MEISSONIER. |< / BEAUTIFUL PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. BLANC (Charles). iS": 1932 “ THE CHEVALIER,” after MEISSONIER. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. ETCHED BY CHARLES BLANC, THE CELEBRATED ART CRITIC, AND SIGNED BY HIM WITH THE NEEDLE. BOCOURT (E,). Tae. 1933 “ MIRABEAU REPLYING TO THE MARQUIS DE BREZE.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. AN ADMIRABLE SPECIMEN OF MODERN ‘‘ DRY POINT.” ARTIST’S PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER, SIGNED; in fine carved oak frame, with deep French mat. This spirited etching represents the well-known incident which occurred just before the founding of the National Assembly. The occasion was the famous sitting of the ‘‘ Tiers-Etat,” June 23d, 1789, when the Deputies were ordered by the King to disperse. The noblesse and the majority of the clergy departed, but the commons still lingered in uncertainty, and Mirabeau began to address them on the mission with which they were intrusted by the nation. At this moment he was interrupted by the entrance of the Marquis de Breze, hat on head, representing the ‘‘ divine right ” of his royal master. The King’s Master of Ceremonies immediately begged permission to remind the meeting of the monarch’s command. The orator turned upon him with the gaze of a lion—“‘ Go tell your master,” said he, ‘‘that we are here by the will of the people, and no power but the force of bayonets shall drive us hence.” This is the moment chosen by the artist for his very graphic illustration. BOCOURT. 1934 ‘‘ JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. A LIFE- LIKE PORTRAIT OF THE GREAT PAINTER. BOILIRN (E.). 1935 ‘THE MORNING SALUTATION.” A PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER OF AN ORIGINAL ETCHING by this artist, neatly framed. It represents a young and beautiful woman just risen from her couch, a wrapper thrown loosely around her—discovering the charms which it is intended to conceal. She is about to fondle her pet, a magnificent specimen of the parrot tribe, who appears to reciprocate the affection of his mistress. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 423 BONNET (Louis Marin, Born 1743 and Died 1793). wos. 1936 “ HEAD oF A YOUNG GiRL,” after BOUCHER. ' Neatly framed—one of the rare old fac-similes of Boucher’s chalk drawing, executed by Bonnet on copper with such fidelity that, take away the margin, it would be extremely difficult for even experts to tell the difference between the original and the copy. BOSTWICK (John H.). / 1937 “A BRILLIANT SUNSET.” ORIGINAL ETCHING, PROOF ON SATIN, ONE OF A FEW IMPRESSIONS ONLY IN THIS STATE. ee BOUCHER (Francois, Born 1703 and Died 1770). GO 1938 “ VENUS AND CupPID.” : A fine fac-simile of a chalk drawing by this celebrated delineator of the nude feminine form. BOUCHER. 70 1939 ‘* A YounGc Girt BATHING.” ‘ Another nude study after this artist, similar to the previous lot. BOUILLIARD (Jacques, Born 1744 and Died 1806). 1940 “ DAPHNE AND APOLLO,” after VANLOO. /2 BRILLIANT OPEN LETTER PROOF. BOUILLIARD. /0 1941 “ Love MENDING HIs Bow,” after MAZzOLA. f BRACQUEMOND (Felix, Born 1833). ) /, 1942 “ WitD Ducks.” : ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. RARE. HAMERTON writes:— . ‘If M. Bracquemond had pursued etching regularly there can be little doubt that he would have taken a decided rank amongst the best etchers of the age. Unfortunately, however, for this particular branch of art, he accepted an engagement at Sévres, which has since occupied all his time.”’ EMILE BERGERAT is still more enthusiastic in his praise. He says:—‘‘ He (Bracquemond) stands, by good right, as an etcher hors ligne, having no worthy rival except Jules Jacquemart. A proof of a plate by Bracquemond is a precious object, and sells for the highest price. The English consider them as choice titbits, and rarely allow one to escape them when sold.” BRACQUEMOND. A/S)? 1943 ** THE Mirror,” after CHAPLIN. ; A FINE SPECIMEN OF BRACQUEMOND’S METHOD OF TREATING THE FEMALE NUDE FIGURE. BRACQUEMOND. /4 a) 1943* “CHARLES MERYON.” ¥ A characteristic and lifelike portrait of the unfortunate artist etched from life by his friend Bracquemond in 1853. Very scarce. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. BRACQUEMOND, YO 1944 ‘A VASE WITH FLowERs.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON HOLLAND PAPER. BRACQUEMOND,. FO 1945 “A YOKE or OxeEn,” after Du Buisson. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. BRACQUEMOND. L/ 0 1945* “JuLES FLEURY-Husson—CALLED CHAMPFLEURY.” 1 O BRIDGMAN (li, ina ‘ 1946 “ PORTRAIT OF A Younc GiRL.” 3 Y, 4 94 An exquisitely finished drawing, signed by the artist, in crimson velvet and gold frame. BROMLEY (William, Born 1769 and Died 1842). 60 1947 “ Boy anpD TaBLeEt,” after LEONARDO DA VINCI. y Fine old impression of this beautiful specimen of pure line. BROWN (John Lewis). S 0 1948 “A Mitirary RECONNAISSANCE.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER, BRUNET-DEBAINES (A,), 1949 “THe FUNERAL oF WILKIE,” after J. M. W. TURNER. A fine impression, neatly framed, of this spirited etching. It represents the well-known incident of the burial of the painter Witkie, during the night, at sea. It has been said that Turner will live through the admirable rendering of his pictures by the clever line engravers employed by the publishers to translate them, but he has certainly, in later days, been as fortunate in the excellent etchers who have chosen his works to demonstrate their powers with the needle. Not the least of them is Brunet-Debaines, of, whom Hamerton says:—‘‘ Few etchers of the modern French school have produced such uniformly good work.” BRUNET-DEBAINES. fe Rf 1950 “THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY IN THE STRAND, Lonpon.” ! ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER, Cherry wood frame. BUHOT (Félix). SO 1951 “BOULEVARD DE CLicHy, PARIsS—NATIONAL FETE, a) ” "hs JUNE 30TH. ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 425 BURGKMAIR (Hans, Born ‘1473 and Died 1559). / 5S jo952 “MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN.” Hans Burgkmair was the friend and fellow-laborer of Albert Durer in the service of the Emperor Maximilian I. His prints are principally, if not entirely on wood, and are designed with extraordinary spirit and fire. Indeed the endless imagination and richness of suggestion, as well as truth to the life of his time, and dramatic value to be found in his works, place him in the highest rank of the illustrative artists of the world. For a further notice of Burgkmair see No. 75 of the Pene du Bois Collection. BURGKMAIR. < / J 1953 ‘“‘ CORONATION OF THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN.” BURGKMAIR. 1257 1954 ‘ THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS IN THE GARDEN,” ' _BURNAND (EvGENE). 1955 ‘A DRovE OF OXEN AT CAMARGUE.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. [1/0 1 CAFFI (Cavaliere Ippolito, Born 1814 and Died 1866). | ng 1956 “ THE SOLDIER'S PROMENADE ” and “ THE DEVOTEES.” (2) A pair (neatly framed) of original water-color drawings by this clever artist, who, although he painted principally architectural subjects and sea pieces, was very happy in delineations of social life. His style is much that of Gavarni at an early period in his career—a vein of quiet humor combined with artistic excel- lence. These two drawings are evidently from the life. The old soldier with his two comrades—a lately joined recruit, and another who has seen some ser- vice, are proceeding arm-in-arm barrackward, after an evening’s enjoyment, the cost of which has apparently emptied all their pockets. The three old women at church, an exquisite bit of humorous satire, insinuating that none of them feels very happy at their devotions. CALAMATTI (Luigi, Born 1802 and Died 1869). 2f0 1957 “ DANTE.” ! PROOF BEFORE ALL LETTERS. CALAME (Alexandre, Born 1810 and Died 1864). GO 1958 “Tue Birp or NicHt—OWLSs.” ! A very characteristic original study, drawn on stone by this famous artist. CAREY (CHARLES.) LS 0 1959 “ AWAITING AN AUDIENCE,” after MEISSONIER, i PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON HOLLAND PAPER. CARS (Laurent, Born 1699 and Died 1771). [70 1960 “ MLLE. CLAIRON AS MEDEA,” after VANLOO, { ‘This masterpiece of Vanloo’s was engravedby Cars in conjunction with his pupil Beauvarlet, and the result is a magnificent specimen of old-time line engraving. The scene chosen by Vanloo is the grand one in the fifth act. Medea has just slain her children, and with dagger and torch is borne above in the dragoz drawn chariot, while Jason, sword in hand, in vain attempts to stay her progress. The original plate was presented to Mile. Clairon by the King. 426 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. CARS. y 1960* “ SEBASTIAN BourDON, PAINTER TO THE KING,” after RicGaup, CASANOVA (A). b “ nop 99 4/2 SX 1961 “THE Gourmet. ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. Gold frame. CASANOVA. wns 1962 “ A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION,” ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS DISTINGUISHED ARTIST. CASANOVA. 4//3 1963 “ TEACHING THE Canary TO SING.” ' ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. CASTIGLIONE (Giovanni Benedetto, Born 1616 and Died 1670). oi 0 1964 “ HEAD OF A Jew.” ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS MASTER. CECCHINI (Francesco). /20 1965 “FRESCO IN THE SALA DEL CAMBRIO AT PERUGIA,” ! after PERUGINO. FINE OLD IMPRESSION, CERICA, x go 1966 “ITALIAN BEGGAR.” Spirited original water-color drawing by this artist, in gilt frame. CHAMPOLLION (E,). 6; 1967 “THE CHOICE OF A MopEL,” after ForTUNY. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. CHAMPOLLION. J 78 1968 “Les Dames GALANTES.” (11) Ny SET OF ORIGINAL ETCHINGS ILLUSTRATING “‘ Les DAMES GALANTES,”’ OF BRANTOME, WITH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR. PROOFS BEFORE LETTER ON LARGE PAPER. RARE. Brantome’s anecdotes present an animated picture of the age in which he lived; the restless activity of his inquisitive spirit made him well acquainted with those minute transactions which the dignity of history sel- dom stoops to notice, and his vanity led him to seek from a lively and faithful record of them the only reputation his abilities could obtain. The first edition of his Memoirs was printed at Leyden, by Elzevir, in 1666. CHAMPOLLION. §O 1969 “ FIsHERMEN Goinc Ovt,” after BUTIN. { PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 427 CHAMPOLLION. //o 197° “Moors Taminc A VULTURE,” after Fortuny. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. CHAMPOLLON (E. A.). 3S o 1971 “A BUTTERFLY,” after FoRTUNY. FINE PROOF BEFORE LETTERS, ON JAPAN PAPER Gold frame. . CHARLET (Born 1792 and Died 1845). /é£f0 1972 “THE OLD GuarD DIEs, BUT NEVER SURRENDERS.” ‘ CHARLET’S FIRST DRAWING ON STONE, PUBLISHED INI817. RARE. Charlet was a celebrated French lithographer, the son of a soldier of the Empire, a pupil of Gros, and unrivaled for his delineations of army life. There is a touch of humor in his compositions which is inimitable. CHARLET. i 1973 “THE Recruit’s First TIME UNDER FIRE” and “ His : SECOND TIME UNDER FIRE,” (2) RARE. DRAWN ON STONE BY CHARLET. CHARLET. 360 1974 “THE STREET Boys AND THE NATIONAL GUARD” “THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE”; “ THE ASSAULT”; “IN- SUBORDINATION ”’; etc. (6) RARE. ALL DRAWN ON STONE BY CHARLET. CHASTEAU (Nicholas, Born 1680 and Died 1750). b6 6 1975 ‘‘ MARTYRDOM OF ST. STEPHEN,” after CARRACCI. t CHASTEAU. FO: 1976“ CurIst HEALING THE BLIND,” after PoussIN. CHATTILLON (Auguste de). <0 1977 “LA LevreTTE EN PaL’tot. (The Greyhound in a Paletot.)”’ RARE. A story in verse by Auguste Chattillon, of a poor young man anda ) pampered greyhound. Each page (16) of the text is etched and accompanied with ) appropriate illustrations, which are of a humorous character. The whole printed on India paper, with title etched on the cover, which is of Holland paper. CHAUVEL (T.). 60 1978 “THE Hay-Cart,” after JuLes Dupre. : A fine etching after this famous painter, neatly framed. René Ménard writes:— ‘Jules Dupré became almost from his début, one of the favorites in public opinion. .... The precocity of his success only developed his activity. .... One may have more or less sympathy with the works of Rousseau or with those of Dupré, but these two masters will remain incontestably as the two grandest colorists in landscape which the contemporaneous school has produced.” CHENAY (Paul). 9 5 1979 “THE BRAWL,” after MEISSONIER. 428 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. CHEVILLET (Justus, Born 1729 and Died 1790). 3 0 1980 “ BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,” after BouNlEU and Houpon. / FINE, AND VERY RARE. Chevillet was a pupil of Schmidt and afterwards of J. G. Wille. He engraved this beautiful portrait of Franklin while the latter was acting as Ambassador to France on the part of his countrymen. CHODOWIECKI (Daniel Nicholas, Born 1726 and Died 1801). 1981 “A PEDAGOGUE,” and “A Younc GIRL WITH HER ee BROTHER,” (2) A pair of water-color drawings by this remarkable and distinguished artist. In the original German frames. Daniel N. Chodowiecki was early in life a grocer’s assistant at Berlin, but, inheriting artistic tastes, he practised drawing and painting in his leisure moments. His progress at last enabled him to follow these studies alone. He became a miniature painter, and his portraits, which were remarkable for their characteristic resemblance and lifelike qualities, met with a favorable reception in all quarters. In 1758 he turned his attention to etching, and his efforts were drawn with such spirit that they soon attracted the attention of connoisseurs, and when he had painted ‘‘Jean Calas and his Family,” and, in accordance with the wishes of his friends, made an etching of that picture, his fame was fairly established. Orders from amateurs and dealers became so numerous that he was obliged to abandon his miniature painting. He received commissions from Lavater, for whom he executed many designs and some copper-plate engravings for his ‘‘ Essays on Physiognomy.” His fame spread so wide that it was with the greatest difficulty that he could meet the demands of the booksellers for drawings and engravings for illustrat- ing books and almanacs. Bryan says, ‘‘ Chodowiecki was a highly gifted artist, who owed all his knowledge of art to his own study. The genuine originality displayed in them, anda certain easy spiritual rendering, stamp most of his works with a peculiar character. He represents the feelings and affections, virtues and vices, just as he had observed them around him, with singular acute- ness. His productions are not disfigured by anything in the way of excess or defect. His drawings are marked by delicate, but, at the same time, firm and clear outlines, the shadows being worked in with a light hand, but well defined. As an engraver of small subjects, he stands almost unsurpassed. He was the founder of a new style, representing modern figures with such truth and ani- mation, and at the same time with such correctness of outline, as had till then never been thought possible on so small a scale.” CLAUDE LORRAINE (Born 1600 and Died 1682), ISO 1982 “CAMPO VICINO, ROME.” ! DuMESNIL, No. 23. ‘* The position of Claude as a landscape-painter may be briefly defined. He was the first artist who made landscapes thoroughly charming by means of artistic and harmonious composition, and beautiful effects of light. By these means he captivated the connoisseurs of his time, and became the father of mod- ern landscape. . . . ._ His superiority as an etcher is chiefly a technical super- iority; he could lay a shade more delicately, and more perfect gradation, than any other etcher of landscape; he could reach rare effects of transparency, and there is an ineffable tenderness in his handling. ‘These are his chief claims to our consideration, and he is so strong on these points that such accomplished moderns as Haden and Samuel Palmer have a great reverence for his name,’”’— HAMERTON. a THE PENE DU BOLS COLLECTION. 429 CLAUDE LORRAINE. 7 50 1983 “THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.” , Dumesnit, No. 1. Sold in the Morgan Collection for $17. CLAUDE LORRAINE. 1984 “THE TEMPEST.” 7 25 DumesniL, No. 5. Sold in the Morgan Collection for $17. CLAUDE LORRAINE. ed. 1985.8 LANDSCAPES,” etc. (3) ‘ THESE MINIATURE ETCHINGS MOUNTED IN A PASSE-PARTOUT ARE VERY FINE AND OF EXTREME RARITY. CLEMENTS (L. D.). fs 0 1986 “LANDSCAPE.” f ORIGINAL ETCHING. COLMAN (Samuel). 1987 “AN OLD MILL AT WatnscottE, Lonc IsLanp.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. /; COLMAN. ci 1988 THE SAME. jf. 7 PROOF ON SATIN. ONE OF A FEW IMPRESSIONS IN THIS STATE. COPIA (Jacques Louis, Born 1764, Died 1799). i 1989 “THE TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY,” after FRAGONARD. / RARE IN THIS STATE. COROT (Jean-Baptiste-Camille, Born 1796 and Died 1875). 6.75 1990 “A SOUVENIR OF ITALY.” : PROOF IMPRESSION ON JAPAN PAPER OF ETCHING ” in gold frame. HAMERTON says:—‘‘ The few etchings of Corot have one merit and charm— they do certainly recall to mind, by association of ideas, his charming work in oil, so full of the sweetest poetical sentiment. All sins are forgiven to the true poet. Corot may not be a great poet, as Turner was, but he is a true one. He feels the mystery of nature; he feels the delightfulness of cool, gray morn- ings and dewy evenings; he feels the palpitating life of gleaming river-shores and the trembling of the light branches wherein the fitful breezes play. He has an intense sense of the glimmering indecision and mystery of natural appear- ances, and he does not, as it seems to Us, draw and paint with precision simply because his attention does not fix itself on that which is precise. Itis a remark- able proof of the value of direct expression, however defective in its manner, that Corot’s etchings, with all their faults, should convey a better notion of his genius than the far cleverer plates which Bracquemond executed after Corot’s pictures.” COROT. (44 S y > fi y r9gt “ View IN ITALY. ORIGINAL ETCHING. FIRST STATE. RARE. ENGRAVER’S PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS. THIS CELEBRATED ‘¢ DAINTER’S 430 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. COURTRY (C.) ISSO 1992 “ HEAD OF a Lapy or Quauity,” ' ORIGINAL ETrcuiInc. ARTIST’S PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER SIGNED. Chestnut frame. COURTRY. 70 1993 “ THE Son or Louis XI,” J ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS. COURTRY. S7 1994 “A TurKisH Dance,” after GEROME, ~; Fine impression on Holland paper. Gold frame. COURTRY, 3 ms. 1995 “A Moortsu Baru,” after GéROmE. ! A fine impression of this beautiful nude subject. Gold frame. COURTRY. 3 ~5 1996 “THE SLAVE MARKET,” after GEROME. ‘ Gold frame. COURTRY. / 0 1997 MicHarL Munkacsy, from a painting by himself. ' COURTRY. 29° 1998 “ ALCIBIADES AT THE House ! ’ GEROME. OF ASPASIA,” after Fine impression on Holland paper. Gold frame. COUSIN. /& 0 1999 “ THE IMMACULATE Conception,” after MuRILLO. { PROOF BEFORE LETTERS. COUTIL (Leon). a ¢ 2000 “ON THE LAKE,” ORIGINAL PAINTER’S ETCHING; ARTIST’S PROOF SIG NED ON JAPAN PAPER. Neatly framed in chestnut. | THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 431 COUTIL (Leon). 25. 2001 “THE TEMPTATION oF ST, ANTHONY,” after MoroT. . GOLD FRAME. ARTIST’S PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER, SIGNED, OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY AND EMINENTLY CLEVER PRODUCTION, which will recall to mind the bright lines of the Bentley Ballad:— ** Last came an imp,—how unlike the rest! A beautiful female form: And her voice was like music, that sleep-oppress’d Sinks on some cradling zephyr’s breast; And whilst with a whisper his cheek she press’d, Her cheek felt soft and warm. ‘* When over his shoulder she bent the light Of her soft eyes on to his page, It came like a moonbeam silver bright, And relieved him then with a mild delight, For the yellow lamp-lustre scorched his sight, That was weak with the mists of age. ‘* Hey! the good St. Anthony boggled his eyes Over the holy book: Ho, ho! at the corners they ’gan to rise. For he knew that the thing had a lovely guise, And he could not choose but look.” COUTIL. io 0 2002 “THE EveninGc Hour,” after MILLET. { ARTIST’S PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER, SIGNED. Ash frame. CRANACH (Lucas, Born 1472 and Died 1553). [257 2003 “ Martin LUTHER.” Original sixteenth century woodcut in passe-partout. Lucas Cranach vel Sunder was Burgomaster of Wittemberg, as well as a painter and engraver. As he lived on intimate terms with Melancthon and Luther, the above portrait must be considered as correct an one as we can have. DALCO (Antonio). 30 2004 “CHRIST ON THE Cross,” after GUIDO. DARLEY (Felix O. C., National Academician, Born 1822), Joo @s 2005 ‘‘WASHINGTON IRVING AND HIS FRIENDS AT SUNNY- f SIDE.” This is the ORIGINAL PAINTING in black and white of this most popular subject and the original design for the engraving of which thousands upon thousands of impressions have been sold. The drawing measures two feet ten inches by two feet, is in a deep passe-partout mount and is framed in oak and gold. It is painted in India ink and light sepia, and the minor details are finished with the pencil. It is signed in the corner ‘* F. O. C. Darley, fecit.” This original design was made by Darley, as stated in the following letter recently received from him in regard to some differences in the painting and the engraved impressions:— ‘* CLAYMONT, April Igth, 1887. ** DEAR Sir: In reply to yours of the 17th I would say that the change in the position of Paulding in the engraving of ‘ Washington Irving and his 432 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. Friends at Sunnyside’ was made om the plate by the engraver, at the request of the publisher, without my knowledge. 1 never made a second drawing. ‘The design was made for Mr. Derby, a brother of the Derby you speak of, and not for the American Art Union. The price received by me for it was $700. ‘* Tt was sent to London and engraved by Barlow. ‘* Hoping I have given you all the information you require. ‘*T remain yours truly, (Signed) ““F, O,. C. DARLEY.” This picture is so well known that a description hardly seems needed. It includes portraits, every one of them taken from life by Darley, of H. T. Tuckerman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, W. G. Simms, Fitz-Greene Halleck, W. H. Prescott, W. C. Bryant, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, John P. Kennedy, H. W. Longfellow, James K. Paulding, J. F. Cooper, N. P. Willis, R. W. Emerson and George Bancroft. The portraits are life-like and conscientiously executed in Darley’s most care- ful manner. The subjects were all his personal friends, and into this labor of love the artist threw bis whole soul to record faithfully the lineaments of those with whom he had had many a social hour of intellectual converse. The principal difference, referred to in Mr. Darley’s letter, between. the engraving and this original design is that in the painting James K. Paulding is depicted seated and with his head between Longfellow and Prescott. In the famous line engraving he is represented standing between Prescott and Irving. The change made, and as Mr. Darley states without his knowledge, was not to the benefit of the conception, as the engraver presents Irving's collaborateur in the ‘‘ Salmagundi”’ to us as a lay figure full of stiffness and crudities. Barlow, the English engraver, not being acquainted with the physique of Paulding, makes him a tall man, even taller than Longfellow, whereas the opposite was the case. Among the authors represented is Henry T. Tuckerman, who wrote as fol- lows respecting the artist of this splendid painting:— ‘* The peculiar skill and readiness of Darley’s pencil has unavoidably enlisted it in numerous casual enterprises, from a vignette on bank notes to a political caricature for a comic paper. There was no draughtsman among us so prompt and inventive. . . . Darley has made a study of American subjects, and finds therein a remarkable range, from the beautiful to the grotesque, as is manifest when his drawings are compared. It is rare for the same hand to deal so aptly with the graceful and the pensive, so vigorously with the charac- teristic, and so broadly with the humorous, and exhibit an equal facility and felicity in true literal transcript and in fanciful conception.” A verdict amply corroborated in his illustration of the works of Irving, Cooper, Dickens, Hawthorne, etc., as well as in his ‘‘ Washington’s Entry into New York,” ‘‘ The First Blow for Liberty,” and numerous equally prized American subjects conceived and executed by the genius of Darley. DARODES. 257 2006 “CHARLES EISEN,” after VISPRE. An extremely fine copy of the celebrated print engraved by Ficquet, for the ‘*Fermiers Généraux” edition of La Fontaine. DAUBIGNY (Charles Francois, Born 1817 and Died 1878). “ERS 2007 “PEAR TREES AT ANVERS,” ,] . ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS CELEBRATED LANDSCAPE PAINTER. PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. ‘‘ The art of this illustrious master consists in choosing well a bit of country, and painting it as it is; enclosing in its frame all the simple and naive poetry which it contains. No effects of studied light, no artificial and complicated composition No, it is the real hospitable and familiar country, without THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 433 display or disguise, in which one finds himself as well off, and in which one is wrong not to live longer when he is there, to which Daubigny transports me without jolting each time that I stop before one of his pictures.” —EDMOND ABOUT. DAULLE (Jean, Born 1703 and Died 1763). //@ 2008 “La RrsoTeuse HoLianpotse,” after METZU. ! DELACROIX (Eugene). QI3Z 2009 ‘‘ THE BLACKSMITH.” 7 SCARCE. ORIGINAL ETCHING, ONE OF VERY FEW MADE BY DELACROIX. DE LAUNAY (Nicholas, Born 1739 and Died 1792). we, 20Re) Tue Too INQUISITIVE Wire,” after BAUDOUIN. ’ VERY RARE. FINE OLD IMPRESSION OF THIS CELEBRATED EROTIC SUBJECT. DE LAUNAY. FO 2011 “ THE Happy Famicy, ! , ’ after FRAGONARD. DE LAUNAY. FO 2012 “THE LITTLE PREACHER,” after FRAGONARD. ! DE LAUNAY. ae) 2013 “EDUCATION TEACHES ALL THINGS,” after FRAGO- ‘ NARD. DE LAUNAY. 70 2014 “* LOOK, SEE FATHER!” after VANGORP. / DE LAUNAY. oO 2015 “THE GRIDDLE Cakes,” after FRAGONARD. ( DE LAUNAY. a O 2016 “LA BONNE Mere,” after FRAGONARD. Modern impression on Japan paper. DE LAUNAY (Robert, Born 1754 and Died 1814). a 6) 2017 “J. Y. PAssERAI,” after BOREL. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRENCH EROTIC SUBJECT. RARE. DELBOS. [$0 2018 “ON THE CHAMPS ELYSEES.” \ ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. DELIGNON (Jean Louis, Born 1755 and Died 1804). q Q 2019 “ THE TEMPTING OFFER,” after LAVREINCE. f FINE ORIGINAL IMPRESSION OF THIS CHARMING PRINT. 434 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. DEMARTEAU (Giles). iF 2020 “ Noon” and “ Eveninc,” after JEAN BAprisTE ’ HUveET. (2) A pair of pastoral subjects in ebony frames, engraved on copper, in the chalk manner, and printed in tints in fac-simile of the original drawings, and from which it would be difficult to distinguish them. DEMARTEAU. 4YY6 2021 “Boy ANGELS,” after BoucuEr, (2) t A PAIR OF CHARMING SUBJECTS, ENGRAVED IN STIPPLE, AND PRINTED IN THE BARTOLOZZI TINT, AFTER THIS MASTER. FINE OLD IMPRESSIONS AND VERY RARE. Oak frames. DEMARTEAU. ahi 6) 2022 “ HEAD OF A YouNG GiRL,” after BouCHER. / Polished oak frame. DENNEL (Louis, Born 1741). WO 2023 “ WAVERING VIRTUE,” after MADAME LE Brun. DENON (Dominique Vivant, Born 1747 and Died 1825). 0 2024 “SwEET DREAMS.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. ‘Denon was one of the train of artists and literary and scientific men who accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to Egypt. His great work on the Egyptian expedition, the numerous drawings for which were made by himself, is alone sufficient to immortalize his name. Napoleon was warmly attached to him, made him Director-General of the Museums, and consulted him on all matters relating to the fine arts. Denon died in Paris universally beloved and admired. He resembled Voltaire as well in his wit as in his features.” —BRYAN. DENON. G0 2025 “ MADAME LE BRUN IN HER STUDIO.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. DENON. O 2026 “STupy oF JewisH Heaps”; “ TurKisH Heaps,” (2) DENON. [SO 2027 “THE GRANDFATHER’S BENEDICTION,” after REM- ; BRANDT. JENON. +9F 2028 Collection of Etchings after REMBRANDT, VAN ’ OSTADE, TENIERS, CLAUDE LORRAINE, PAR- MEGIANO, RAYMOND, SALVATOR ROSA, etc., including some originals by the artist. ALL ON WHAT- MAN PAPER, (35) An extraordinary lot of etchings, suitable for illustrating Bryant’s or Spooner’s Dictionaries—also useful for the study of etching. THE PENE DU BOLS COLLECTION. 435 DESBOUTINS (M.). 257 2029 “ Bay Goinc OvuT.” t ORIGINAL ETCHING. DESCHANELLI. &0 2030 “BACCHANALIAN SUBJECTS,” (2) ’ A PAIR OF ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR DRAWINGS by this artist. Oak frames. DESMOULIN (1.). 3 75” 2031 “SPERRATA,” after HENNER. / DETAILLE (Jean Baptiste Edouard, Born 1848; Pupil of MEISSONIER). Ae 2032 “THE CUIRASSIER.” REMARQUE PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. OF EXCESSIVE RARITY; PROBABLY UNIQUE, WITH THE AUTOGRAPH OF THE PAINTER, ‘‘ Receres mes Salutations empréssées Edouard Detaille.”” In neat gilt frame. Hamerton, in ‘ Etching and Etchers,” says:—‘‘ Detaille, who has become celebrated as a painter very early in life, etches with consummate ease and skill, which may be attributed to his habit of making clever croguis of what he sees for subsequent use in his pic- tures. His two plates, ‘Un Uhlan’ and ‘’lrompette de Chasseurs,’ are as good as anything well can be in that light-handed, sketchy manner, being full of the closest observation expressed with admirable ease. Any critic can say that these are ‘mere sketches,’ because all the paper is not blackened; but he who knows what good drawing is, and where to look for it, will find more of it in a horse’s leg by Detaille, sketched from memory in a five minutes, than in many a labored engraving.” DETAILLE. / g 2033 Another copy of the preceding. , PROOF BEFORE LETTERS, ON JAPAN PAPER, without the frame. DETAILLE. Ter 2034 “THE UHLAN,” ORIGINAL PAINTER’S ETCHING, in gold frame. DETAILLE. e's 2035 “THE TRUMPETER.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. ‘remarque.” Gold DHOULT (L. E.). $f; 2036 “FEMALE SATYR SLEEPING DISCOVERED BY YOUNG GIRLS.” A suggestive sepia drawing, neatly framed, of the French school, dated 1821, representing a female satyr almost nude reclining under the shade of a large tree, evidently sleeping off the effects of an orgie in honor of Bacchus. A drinking vessel of antique shape is still clutched in her hand, and a broken wine vase is on the ground at her side. She is just discovered by three young maidens, whose occupation is evidently that of Chloe. Their varied expressions of surprise, diffidence, astonishment, wonder and fear are admirably rendered. ae / 3, Y0, 436 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. DHOULT. 2037 ‘‘ THE AWAKENING OF BACCHUS.” A sepia drawing, neatly framed, by the same master as the above, and equally suggestive. Itrepresents the rosy god reclining on the ground at the foot of a tree, an empty wine jar by his side; three of his votaries are gently arousing him. He observes them with an expression of quaint humor difficult to describe, but we might imagine him to be about to chant a verse of one of old Anacreon’s odes:— ‘* Teach me this, and let me swim My soul upon the goblet’s brim. Teach me this, and let me twine My arms around the nymph divine.” DIETRICH (Christian W. E., Born 1712 and Died 1774). 2038 “HUNGARIAN Quack Docror,” and “ITINERANT VENDOR,” after REMBRANDT. (2) DIETRICH. 2039 “THE RATCATCHER,” DIETRICH. 2040 “ LANDSCAPES,” “ GoaTs,” etc, (11) DIETRICH (M., the younger, Born 1799). 2041 “A CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT.” A very spirited and clever original water-color drawing by this artist, neatly framed in blue velvet and gold. DREVET (Pierre, the elder, Born 1663 and Died 1738). 2042 “Louis XIV.,” after RIGAUD. Fine old impression of this celebrated portrait, framed in polished oak. ‘‘ The elder Drevet produced some fine works, notably the large full-length portrait of ‘Le Grand Monarque,’ Louis XIV. That much flattered potentate is represented standing in all the glory of ermine, lace and wig, his face indicating the unbounded conceit and selfishness which were so characteristic of him. It is with this portrait that Thackeray made so felicitous a hit in his ‘ Paris Sketch Book,’ where he represents, side by side, first Louis Le Grand in all his glory; then a miserable little decrepit old man; and thirdly, the same gorgeous habili- ments, wig and high-heeled shoes, but with the man left out of them.”— Zhe Golden Age of Engraving. DREVET. 2043 “ RoBERT DE CorTre, Architect to the King,” after RIGAUD. DREVET. ws 0 2044 “NICHOLAS BoiLEAu,” after RIGAUD. f Fine old impression, neatly framed. y DUBUCOURT. b QO 2045 “EvERY ONE IN HIS TuRN,” and “ AN UsELEss Cau- f TION,” after C. VERNET. (2) VERY RARE. Engraved on copper in aquatints and colored by hand in fac- simile of the original drawings. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 437 DUJARDIN (Karel, Born 1625, Died 1678). G@O 2046 “ Horsss.” ! FINE IMPRESSION. BARTSCH No. 25. ‘‘ Karel Dujardin evidently loved the life of the fields. He strictly followed Paul Potter as long as he remained in his native land. He engraved numbers of animals, illustrating their habits and ex plaining their natures. Some sleep in sheer idleness, stretched on their sides or wallowing in the mud; others, accustomed to work, ruminate peacefully, or browse carelessly on the grass. Dujardin’s engraving is clear, the outlines bold and distinct; he never betrays weariness.” —DUPLESSIS. DUJARDIN. 2 5. 2047 ‘“‘ HoGs.” ! FINE IMPRESSION. BARTSCH, No 16. DUJARDIN. es il 2048 “ Goats,” , GO DUJARDIN. 2049 “ LANDSCAPE AND Cows.” Bartscu, No. 31. + Ey DUJARDIN. ‘ 2050 “ LANDSCAPE AND Cows.” FINE IMPRESSION. BARTSCH, NO. 26. DUMONT. 1g 09d 2051 “A YOUNG GIRL AT THE FountTAIN,” after GREUZE. / FINE PROOF BEFORE ALL LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. Chestnut frame. An exquisite and charming subject after this well-known and favorite master. DURER (Albert, Born 1471 and Died 1528). 6 2052 ‘“* THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH THE MONKEY.” / ; ; . . ORIGINAL. Cherry wood frame. One of the most curious and desirable of the many Madonnas engraved by this great master. W. Schmidt, in his de- lightful essay on Durer, says of this print:—‘* But amongst the very finest engravings of this period (1497-1504) are the charming idyl of ‘The Holy Fam- ily with the Ape’ in a landscape, and the delightful ‘ Holy Family’ of 1504. With what love the surroundings are here carried out, and how exquisite are the miniature little figures!” DURER. 750 2053 ‘‘OuR LoRD ON THE CROSS (1511).” ORIGINAL. BaArtTscH 13. Oak frame. One of the sixteen plates engraved by Durer, 1509 to 1612, called ‘‘ The Passion on Copper.” DURER. G SO 2054 ‘CHRIST BEFORE CAIAPHAS (1512).” { ORIGINAL. Barrscn 6. Gold frame. One of the series known as ‘‘ The Passion on Copper.” 438 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. DURER. SO 2055 “Ecce Homo.—The Vircin and Sr. Joun looking ° sadly at the suffering Curist (1509).” Fine contemporary copy. BArrscH 3. Gold frame. The first engraved of the series known as ‘‘ The Passion on copper.” DURER. /S0 2056 “ Le PaysAN DU MARCcHuf,” BARTSCH 89. AN OLD COPY. DURER. 150 2957 “CHRIST WASHING THE FEET or His Discipues.” ‘ ORIGINAL WoopDcuUT BY ALBERT DuRER. BARTSCH 25. DURER. /s°O 2058 “THE Martyrpom or St. CATHERINE.” ' LARGE WoopcuT. ORIGINAL. BARTSCH 120. DURER. / 50 2059 “SAMSON SLAYING THE PHILISTINES,”’ LARGE WOODCUT. ORIGINAL. BARTSCH 127. ‘In these days of universal scepticism, people are unwilling to consider Albert Durer a wood-engraver; but we hardly like to exclude these masterly engravings from the list of Durer’s works. If he did not himself engrave the plates he must have watched over the artists to whom he intrusted them with untiring solicitude.””—DuPpLessIs., DURER. 2060 “ ADAM AND EveE.” REDUCED FAC-SIMILE ON WOOD. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. “‘It is chiefly in Durer’s engravings that we are able to get an insight into the depths of his character. Perfect in detail and marvelous in execution, each one conveys a lesson often too deep for minds unaccustomed to introspection, un- moved by the questionings and doubts, the hopes and the despair, which afflict a nature dissatisfied with the conditions in which it exists, and striving ever to fathom the surrounding mysteries.” —Mrs. HEaton. DURER. y " 0 2061 “LIFE OF THE VIRGIN,” “THE LarGE Passion,” etc. ' (15) Fac-similes of Durer’s larger works on wood, including selections from the above, and some of the first illustrations of the Apocalypse, the St. Jerome, etc. EARLOM (Richard, Born 1743 and Died 1822). 6 410 2062 “Lanpscapes,” after CLAUDE LORRAINE, (3) ' FINE ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 439 | EDELINCK (Gerard, Born 1627 and Died 1707). 6 O, 2063 “ PHILIP DE CHAMPAGNE,” after a painting by himself. Neatly framed in massive oak. A fine impression of this famous engraver's masterpiece. Charles Sumner in his article on ‘‘ The Best Portraits in Engrav- ing,” says:—‘‘ Gerard Edelinck excelled Nanteuil in genuine mastery. It requires no remarkable knowledge to recognize his great merits. Evidently he is a master, exercising sway with absolute art, and without attempts to bribe the eye by special effects of light.” LonGuI in his valuable work, “‘La Calcografia,”’ is very enthusiastic in his praise. He remarks, ‘‘ He [ Edelinck] is an engraver whose works deserve the first place among exemplars,” and he attributes to him all perfections in his art; designs, chiaro-oscuro, ariel perspective, local tints, softness, lightness, variety, in short, everything which can enter into the repre- sentation of the true and beautiful without the aid of color. Of this particular portrait he writes:—‘‘ The work which goes the most to my blood, and with regard to which Edelinck with good reason can congratulate himself, is the portrait of Champagne. I shall die before I cease to contemplate it with wonder always new. Here is seen how he was equally great as designer and as engraver.” This print sold for $35 at the Morgan sale. EDELINCK. Gn 2064 “CHARLES, Duc DE Berry,” after DE TROYE. Folio. Fine impressions in gilt frame. A beautiful specimen of the master’s manner, particularly in his exquisite treatment of the lace-work at the neck and wrists, and the gold-embroidered coat. Charles, Duke de Berry was the third son of the Dauphin, and grandson of Louis XIV. He was born in 1686 and named by Charles II. of Spain successor to the throne of that country. He died in 1714. This plate, which is undated, was probably engraved for Louis XIV. while the artist was in the service of that monarch. EDELINCK. | us a 2065 “CHARLES LE BRUN, PAINTER TO THE KING,” after LARGILLIERE. ) EDELINCK. | LS 0 2066 “ MARTEN VAN DEN BOGAERT, SCULPTOR TO THE hy Kine,” after RiGaup. ; ! ? | ) EDELINCK. ee i 2067 “ PHiILippE, Duc b’ANjou,” after TROYE. | . ) EDELINCK. | / 2068 “ BARTHOLOMEW D’HERBLOT.” ; f | EDWARDS (Edwin, Born 1823). . e 0 2069 “THE WRECK.” ve ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS WELL-KNOWN ENGLISH LANDSCAPE PAINTER. EHRMAN (E.) G0 2070 * THe Last Love oF CHARLEMAGNE.” 2 ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON HOLLAND PAPER. 440 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. FERRIS (L. J.) 250 2071 “THE GUARD OF THE HAREM,” after GEROME. f ? 3. ie J, 0S” s as PROOF ON SATIN, ONE OF A VERY LIMITED NUMBER TAKEN. FERRIS, 2072 The Same. On Holland paper. FERRIS, 2073 “THE FLORENTINE POET,” after CABANEL. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. Gold frame. FERRIS, 2074 “A STABLE DoOR—GRENADA.”’ ORIGINAL ETCHING. FEYEN-PERRIN (Francois Nicholas Augustin). 2075 “ THE BEAN PICKER.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. Gold frame. FICQUET (Etienne, Born 1719 and Died 1794). 2076 “ JEAN DE LA FONTAINE,” after RIGAULT. Ficquet was an eminent French engraver, a pupil of G. F. Schmidt. He acquired great reputation by the small portraits which he engraved of the dis- tinguished literati of France. They are executed with extraordinary neatness and delicacy, and are very correctly drawn. Two of his best plates are the portraits of La Fontaine and Eisen, the celebrated artist. FICQUET. 2077 “Louis V., THE SLUGGISH, KING OF FRANCE.” FICQUET. 2078 “ Louis VII., THE Pious, KING or FRANCE.” FICQUET. 2079 “ ROBERT, KING OF FRANCE.” FLAMENG (Leopold, Born 1831). 2080 “‘ Hrropias,” after BENJAMIN CONSTANT. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER, NEATLY FRAMED. ‘‘ The influ- ence of one man is sometimes of the very greatest importance even in those movements which appear to be the result of a tendency generally prevalent. Thus, in the revival of etching, Leopold Flameng has given a strong impulse to one branch of the art, that which concerns itself with the interpretation of painting. . Charles Blanc, a critic not at all given to excesses in the use of epithets, and far too accomplished a writer to forget, even for an instant, the necessity for distinguishing between shades of expression, calls Flameng ‘Villustre graveur’—an adjective always reserved, in French criticism, for the one or two men in a generation whom posterity is likely to remember. The epithet is not misplaced in this instance. Flameng is really one of those illus- trious men whose labors make epochs in the history of the fine arts. He is a thoroughly great engraver—an artist-engraver of the highest rank.”— HAMERTON, THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 441 FLAMENG. he 2081 “ADIEU FOR THE PRESENT,” after VALENTINE C. y PRINSEP, R.A. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. Neatly framed. ‘‘Prinsep is always exceptionally strong in these charming little bits of drawing-room incident, and this picture is an admirable illustration of the care and skill with which he handles such subjects.” —London Art Journal. FLAMENG. / 2082 “THE BirTH oF VENUS,” after CABANEL. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. FLAMENG. Yo 2083 “ MARGUERITE AT THE FOUNTAIN,” after ARY ( SCHEFFER. EARLY PROOF ON HOLLAND PAPER. FLAMENG. 1/0 2084 “ THE JoLLy COMPANIONS,” after OSTADE. ; PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. FLAMENG. 350 2085 “A Heipinc Hanp,” after RENOUF. J PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. Oak frame. FLAMENG. 2086 “ CARDINAL RICHELIEU AT THE SIEGE OF ROCHELLE,” ? 0 after MOTTE. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. Oak frame. FLAMENG. | £70 2087 “ HomEeRIC BATTLE.” ; ! ORIGINAL ETCHING. VERY SCARCE. I00 IMPRESSIONS ONLY TAKEN, AND PLATE DESTROYED. 2 / FORSTER (Francois, Born 1790 and Died 1872). : 2088 “La VIERGE A LA LEGENDE,” after RAPHAEL. UNIQUE. FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE POSSESSION OF THE How. A, J. Warp. A BRILLIANT TRIAL PROOF, AnD THE TENTH IMPRESSION ) FROM THE PLATE OF THIS CELEBRATED ENGRAVING. Oak frame. ‘Forster was a pupil of Langlois. At the age of twenty-four he obtained the first prize at Paris, by which he was sent to Rome; and after his return he soon gained a reputation, his plates being remarkable for the skill with which he represented the originals. He handled the graver with great ability, and his faculty of imparting both vigor and tenderness in the execution gives to the whole a beautiful and harmonious effect.””-—BRYAN. FORSTER. fa ol 208g “THE THREE GRACES,” after RAPHAEL. FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE COLLECTION OF LORD WARD. OPEN LETTER PROOF, neatly framed. This print sold for $56 at the Morgan sale. 442 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. FORTUNY (Mariano, Born 1838 and Died 1874). 2090 “A SpanisH Lapy.” AN ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS PRE-EMINENT SPANISH PAINTER, in cherry- wood frame. ‘‘ What Chopin is to music, it appears to us that Fortuny is to art, and both of them have more of the gypsy wildness and strangeness of Spain in their works than’ of the classical composers of Italy, or of the graceful espri¢ of France.”—London Art Journal. FOSTER (Birket, Born 1825). Z/ ‘0 2091 “AN OLD ENGLISH MILL.” / PROOF BEFORE LETTERS OF AN ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS FAVORITE ARTIST; in neat gold frame. FRAGONARD (Jean Honoré, Born 1733 and Died 1806). ee A 2092 “ HAMAN CONVICTED, BEFORE KING AHASUERUS AND vy aid QUEEN EsTHER.” An original water-color study, neatly framed, by this remarkable French artist, who early in life wasa lawyer’s clerk, but finding he had little disposition for that business, entered the studio of Chardin, where he received his first instruc- tion in drawing. He then attended the atelier of Boucher, where he made such rapid progress that he’ obtained, when only twenty years old, the ‘‘ grand prix de Rome.” After spending some years in Italy, Fragonard returned to Paris, and in 1765 painted for Louis XV. his ‘‘Coresus and Callirrhoe.” Finding that the style of painting, which he acquired in Italy, did not meet with sufficient suc- cess, he applied himself to delineating love-scenes of a libidinous character. These productions, adapted to the corrupt taste at that time in France, he sold for great sums. His portraits, scenes of family life, landscapes, miniatures, crayon and water-color drawings, are of a most graceful and light touch. They are still greatly esteemed in Europe, and whenever they occur for sale bring large prices. The present specimen, which was painted to order in 1790, for the Duc de Choiseuil, is a very desirable example of his early style. The varied expressions of the actors in the scene depicted are all admirably rendered. ‘The anger of the King, who has just returned from the garden and finds Haman ‘“* fallen upon the bed where Esther was’’; the triumph and exultation of the Queen and her hand- maid; the terror, horror, and abject cowardice of Haman ; and lastly the soldiers with the gallows in the distance, are all delineated with such power and fidelity, that as we gaze on the wonderful whole, we can almost fancy we hear Ahasuerus utter with concentrated fury, ‘‘ HANG HIM THEREON!” FRAGONARD. S*O 2093 ‘‘ Les JETS D’Eau.” i ' PROOF ON INDIA PAPER OF AN ETCHING BY AN ANONYMOUS ARTIST OF ONE OF THE VERY FREE SUBJECTS BY THIS FAMOUS PAINTER. FRANCAIS (Francois Louis, Born 1814). SO 2094 “ THE OLD WELL.” f ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. FRANCOIS (Alphonse). (, 00 2095 “THE BirtTH of VENUS,” after CABANEL. | FINE IMPRESSION of this exquisite nude subject, neatly framed. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 443 FRANKEL (Ingomar). t (, © 2096 “ THEODORA.” { ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. GAILLARD (F.) (12e 2097 ‘ A FLEMISH BuRGHER,” after VAN EyCK. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS, in bronzed frame, with deep French mat. Very fine and one of the most wonderful specimens of ‘‘ dry point’’ work ever executed. || OSOGAILLARD. eae 2098 “ Tue Pore Leo XIII.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. GAILLARD. / 0, 2099 “STaTuARY,” after LE CREPUSCULE. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. GAUCHEREL (Leon, Born 1816). 7S 2099* “ THE SUN OF VENICE GOING TO Sea.” ,atter .J,> Be ' W. TuRNER. Neatly framed. Hamerton says of this etching: —‘“‘ It is a matter of extreme difficulty to translate Turner into etching, and it can only be done at all by the boldest interpretation. This plate by M. Gaucherel conveys, I think, a very good idea of Turner’s poetical conception, and recalls the picture very strongly to the memory.” r GAUCHEREL. SO 2100 “ THE SEA.” le ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. | GAUCHEREL. | V2 & 2101 “INTERIOR OF A LIBRARY.” PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. | GAUJEAN. vi 2102 “ SOUVENIRS,” after CHAPLIN. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER, PRINTED IN COLORS FROM THE COPPER-PLATE. A beautiful production and curious as an example of the almost lost art of printing in several colors from copper. GAUTIER (Lucien). /, 2103 “ICE ON THE SEINE, JANUARY, 1880,” ORIGINAL ETCHING. 444 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. “GAVARNI,” 7. ¢, GUILLAUME SULPICE CHEVALIER (Born 1804 and Died 1866). bs 2104 “ LES BELLES EQUESTRIENNES,” /O f £ wes C) ! 70 ! 4 $0 ORIGINAL and sIGNED WATER-COLOR drawing, in frame, by the celebrated “* Gavarni,” Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, etc. It represents two ladies of the belle monde conversing in the Bois-de-Boulogne. One is seated—the other standing. Both are habited in equestrian costumes of the period, 1830- 1840. The dainty little foot and bottom of pants peeping from the dark green riding habit of the grande-dame to the right are very suggestive. The attem pt at masculinity on the part of both is admirably depicted by Gavarni. The arms lolling over the seat, the tied scarf and pin, the tall beaver hats and the general tout ensemble of the loquacious couple make up a charming study. Gavarni, after a visit to the Pyrenees, write Clement and Hutton in the ‘* Artists. of the Nineteenth Century ”—‘‘returned to Paris in May, 1828. During the year after his return he studied every phase of Parisian life; his curiosity was insatiable, and he sketched continually, but he earned little money, and was beginning to be very anxious about his future, when a friend suggested that he should show some of his water-colors to Susse, the picture dealer. This he did and Susse declared himself ready to purchase them if they were signed; after a moment’s thought the artist took a pen and wrote ‘ Gavarni,’ and from that moment the name inscribed on the register of his baptism was lost. Imme- diately his sketches were the fashion The name of Gavarni will live iously—the one commenced in writing GAVARNI, 2105 ‘‘ MOTHER PIPELOrT,” ORIGINAL LEAD PENCIL DRAWING TINTED WITH CHALK. Oak frame. GAVARNI. 2106 “*SKETCHES OF THE PEOPLE.” A SERIES OF UNPUBLISHED SKETCHES ON WOOD BY GAVARNI. PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, GEILLE. 2107 “ St. MICHAEL,” after RAPHAEL, PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER, GIFFORD (R. Swain, Born 1840). 2108 “ NEAPOLITAN FisHinGc BoATs RETURNING Home.” ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS FAVORITE ARTIST. The London Art Journal says:—‘‘ R. Swain Gifford is one of the most original of the younger American artists. His landscapes are, as a general thing, remarkably true to the local color and characteristics of the scenes he paints. There is a great variety in his subjects, and he treats with equal felicity the snow scenes of the Sierras or the pastorals of Brittany.” GIRADET (Eugene). 2109 “THE New MAsTER,”’ ORIGINAL ETCHING. GRAVESAND (Storm Van). 2110 “A SCENE IN HOLLAND.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. Proof on Japan paper. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 445 | GRAVIER (A.). 50 2111 “ LapY TEAZLE.” f REMARQUE PROOF, in polished oak frame. The artist has chosen the Screen Scene as the subject of his illustration. Her ladyship is depicted behind the screen; her picturesque costume and her expression of disgust, doubt and consternation are admirably rendered. GRAVIER. a 2112 ‘* ROSALIND.” REMARQUE PROOF, in polished oak frame. GRAVIER. Z 2113 “ FAITHFUL,” after W. OLIVER. et ae REMARQUE PROOF OF THE FINE ETCHING, in polished oak frame. GUERARD (H.). SO 2114 “ THE Lapy’s SLIPPER.” s RARE. ARTIST’S PROOF, SIGNED. PRINTED IN RED AND BLACK. GUERARD. 6 2115 “My Moruer,” after Tissot. f FINE PROOF BEFORE LETTERS. GUILLAUMET (G. A.). De 2116: “ FREDERICK LEMAITRE.” § ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS, ON INDIA PAPER. A lifelike portrait of the great actor, drawn and etched by his friend, the artist. GUTTENBERG (Heinrich, Born 1 and Died 1818). ? 749 S60 2117 “ THE GAME OF Carbs,” after TENIERS. t 6 HADEN (Francis Seymour, Born 1818). x 2118 “ COWDRAY.” IMPRESSION ON HoLLAND PAPER in gold frame. ‘‘ Francis Seymour Haden is an artist of rare endowment and consummate practical skill. . .. . Ina few weeks one of the busiest surgeons in London found himself one of its most celebrated artists. . . . . A never-ending subject of wonder to me in Haden’s . work is that it is not only art, but pure art—art reigning unopposed in its own realm.’’—HAMERTON. HADEN. SSO 2119 ‘“ EGHAM LOCK.” y FIRST STATE. HADEN. q, 2120 “OLD CHELSEA, OUT OF WHISTLER’S WINDOW.” FIRST STATE. HADEN. \s IS 2121 “ BRIG AT ANCHOR.” ; Fine impression on Holland paper in oak frame. 446 THE PENE DU-BOIS COLLECTION. HADEN. 2122 “* TWICKENHAM.”’ One of the earliest of Haden’s published etchings, dated 1865, and in gold frame. HAIG (H.). 2123 “AN OLD GERMAN MILL.” PROOF BEFORE LETTERS on Holland paper, in gold frame. HAMILTON (H.). 2124 “FEEDING THE BirRDs,” ORIGINAL ETCHING. HANRIOT (Jules). 2125 “Les NouveELLES DROLATIQUES,” (10) A set of original etchings illustrating the erotic stories of Marc de Monti- faud. HART (William, Born 1822). 2126 “AFTER THE SHOWER.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. HEATH (James, Born 1757 and Died 1834). 2127 “THE Goop SHEPHERD,” after MURILLO. HEDOUIN (Edmond, Born 1819). 2128 “Net FIsHING.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. VERY SCARCE. HEDOUIN. 2129 “MADAME LA MARQUISE DE NOAILLES,” after LaA- GRENEE, HEDOUIN. 2130 “ PORTRAIT OF Mme, ****” after CHAPLIN. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. [HEMSKERK (Martin Van Veen, Born 1498 and Died 1573).| 2131 ‘‘ BELSHAZZAR’S FEAstT.” AN ANCIENT ORIGINAL PAINTING ON PARCHMENT of the period, in the style attributed to and probably by this artist. A very curious production, neatly framed. HENRIET (D.). 2132 “DANTE IN PuRGATORY,” after DELACROIX. ' FINE AND SCARCE. | THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 447 | HENRIQUES (Benoit Louis, Born 1732 and Died 1806). 2 hit 2133 ‘THE CHASTITY OF JOSEPH,” after VANDERWERF. HEREAU (Jules). Ljo 2134 “ REVERIE,” f ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. : } i { HERKOMER (Hubert, Born 1849). L/ 38S 2135 “Tue Bases In THE Woop.” ' ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS EMINENT PAINTER. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON HOLLAND PAPER. Gold frame. HORVIER (V. R.). a5 2136 “THE SOUL AFTER DEATH.” Ay ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. HESS (B.). DSO 2137 “LANDSCAPE WITH TREES.” uy : . ANS ' ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR DRAWING by this artist, in neat bronzed frame. HOBBEMA (Meindert, Born 1638 and Died 1709). oy 2138 “A WATERMILL.”’ An original painting on copper (neatly framed), by this celebrated artist. On the reverse of the copper is painted a picture of the Virgin and Child, evidently executed about the fourteenth century, probably by some monkish artist of the middle ages. The Virgin is habited in a dark blue mantle bordered with red and gold. Her undergarment is of the same color. The face of the Virgin, while rudely executed, has considerable expression. Her features are Semitic and Italian. The infant Christ, whom she holds in her arms, grasps with one hand the chin of his mother. The background is gold, and there are various initials such as ‘‘R. M.” (Maria Regina), ‘‘I. H. Qa, . and ‘‘X. R. S.” The most striking feature of this ancient painting is, how- / ever, the aureoles which surround the heads of the mother and child, and which are partly engraved on the copper. The nimbus attached to each plainly betray a Byzantine origin and are very similar to the pictures emanating } from the Greek, or Russian Church. As a specimen of one of the earliest . phases of Christian art this painting is worthy of a place in either the Metro- ; politan Museum of Art, New York; or in the Corcoran Gallery at Washington. | HOLLAR (Wenceslaus, Born 1607 and Died 1677). 3 0 2139 “A MEMBER OF THE Court oF Henry VIII.” 4 OLD IMPRESSION, INSCRIBED ‘‘ W. HOLLAR, FECIT AQUA FORTI 1647.” Hollar was a pupil of Merian. Meeting the Earl of Arundel at Cologne in 1637, he so impressed the Earl with his genius that his lordship took Hollar at . once into his service, and upon his return to England he brought Hollar with him, and employed the artist in engraving several of the pictures in the Arun- delian collection. The present example is one of the plates so executed for the Earl. Hollar in his frequent and long journeys was able to compare rival schools, and all his engravings are so entirely original that not one betrays the influence of his master Merian. MHollar’s execution is vivid and harmonious, Merian’s cold and dark. The pupil excelled in copying the human face. He rendered admirably the transparency of glass, the brilliancy of metals, the hair or feathers of animals, and the gloss of textile fabrics. 448 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. HOLLAR. S46 2140 “ THEATRV MVLIERVM VARIETAS ATQ. DIFFERENTIA Hasiruum Famine Srexus, DIVERFORUM EvuRoP& NATIONUM, HODIERNO TEMPORE VULGO IN USU, A WENCESLAO Ho.Luar, BOHEMO DELINEATA ET AQUA- FORTI ARI SCULPTH. LONDINI, Ao. 1643.” (36) VERY RARE. HOLLYER (Samuel). / S$. 2141 “NAPOLEON,” after Davin. / REMARQUE PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. Finely framed in antique oak, deep French mat. HOPKINS (George E;). JO 2142 “A ScENE on THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE.” , ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON SATIN, ONE OF A VERY LIMITED NUMBER IN THIS STATE, HOWARD (Henry, Born 1769 and Died 1847). ay 2143 “PsyCHE”; “GUARDIAN ANGELS”; “ANGELS RE- op GARDING MEN,” (3) Three small prints, proofs before letter, engraved by Lightfoot, Postbury and Goodyear after this artist, in polished oak frame. HUNTER (Colin, Born 1842). ISO 2144 “ MUSSEL GATHERERS.” ORIGINAL ETCHING, PROOF BEFORE LETTERS, on Japan paper. Gold frame. IVIGERSON. Ky 2145 ‘A Dream oF Love,” A beautiful and charming fac-simile of an original water-color drawing by this artist. Neat bronze frame, 1 JACQUE (Charles Emilie, Born 1813). 2 2§ 2146 “ SourictkRE—MIcE IN A TRAP,” f BEAUTIFUL PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER, WITH THE RED STAMP. Gold frame. Jules Claretie writes:— Naturalist I His admirable gor and powerful in color, that was engraved ‘for the Gazette des Beaux Arts, was made one day when, as he was about to set the trap, he found that the compartments were filled. He immediately went to work, and so this picture was made.” JACQUE. 2147 The same. PRoor on INDIA PAPER, JACQUE. 2148 “A Mipnicut Hunt.” VERY RARE, DRAWN ON STONE BY CHARLES JACQUE, PROOF oN INDIA PAPER, in gold frame. THE PENE. DU BOIS COLLECTION. 449 | JACQUE. / 2149 “ BARGAINING FOR THE Pic.” f ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. VERY FINE. JACQUE. 950 2150 “ Cows DRINKING.” “A FINE PROOF OF AN ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS MASTER, neatly framed in ebony and gold. JACQUE. r 250 2151 “ FEEDING THE Pics.” f ORIGINAL ETCHING. FINE PROOF ON INDIA PAPER, neatly framed in ebony and bronze. JACQUE. how: at9a EVENING, Drivinc HoME THE Cows,” { ORIGINAL ETCHING. JACQUE. a 2153 “ THE FarM-HousE.” (2) ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS, ON INDIA PAPER, also COUN- TER-PROOF FROM SAME PLATE. VERY RARE. JACQUE. / 2154 ‘‘ DRIvING HOME THE Pics.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS. JACQUEMART (Jules Ferdinand, Born 1837 and Died 1880). a 2155 ‘‘ Mosgs,” after MICHAEL ANGELO. ! PROOF ON PARCHMENT. RARE, ** Jules Jacquemart compelled etching to say what it had never been able to say before. With the point of his needle he expresses the density of porphyry; the coldness of porcelain; the insinuating surface of Chinese lacquer; the trans- parent and imponderable fesse of Venetian glassware; the reliefs and the chased lines of the most delicate works of the goldsmith, almost imperceptible in their slightness; the polish of iron and steel; the glitter, the reflections and even the sonority of bronze; the color of silver and of gold, as well as the lustre of the diamond, and the appreciable shades of the emerald, the turquoise and the ruby.”’ CHARLES BLANC. JACQUEMART. fd 2156 “THE SHIELD OF CHARLES IX.” ETCHED BY JACQUEMART FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE LOUVRE. JACQUEMART. {26 2157 “ WILLIAM VAN HEYTHUYSEN,” after HALs, JIMENEZ (L.). bas? 2158 * THE RATTLE.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. 156 f / #50 450 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. JOUANIN. 2159 “ THE VIRGIN OF THE CHAIR,” after RAPHAEL. JOUVENET (Jean, Born 1644 and Died 1717). 2160 * THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. OVIDE.”’ An INDIA INK DRAWING of this subject neatly framed, and probably the first design made by the painter for his famous masterpiece executed for the Church of the Capuchins at Paris, in the Place Vendéme, and celebrated in later times as the square in which stood the column destroyed by the Commune under the aus- pices of Gustave Courbet, the founder of the realistic school in France. ‘* This eminent French painter [Jouvenet] was born at Rouen in 1644. At the age of seventeen he went to Paris and studied under Nicholas Poussin, under whose instruction he made such rapid progress that at the age of twenty-seven he produced his celebrated picture of Christ Healing the Paralytic—a noble and grand composition—in the Church of Notre Dame. In 1655 Charles Le Brun presented him as a candidate for the honors of the Academy, and he was received with marks of distinction, on which occasion he painted his picture of Esther before Ahasuerus, one of the finest works in the halls of the Academy. ‘The most capital work of Jouvenet is his Deposition from the Cross, painted for the Church of the Capuchins, but now in the Gallery of the Louvre. The French are justly proud of Jouvenet as one of the greatest painters. Watelet, speaking of the Deposition from the Cross says:—‘In this picture Guercino is united to Caracci, or rather it is Jouvenet breathing defiance to all the great masters. Had it been painted at Rome, or had Poussin seen it there, he would have ranked it as the fourth of the chefs-d’euvres of that emporium of art.’ Jouvenet had a ready invention and a fruitful genius, and a taste for grandeur in composition. His design is correct, and his draperies are cast in an elegant and graceful manner. ’’—BRYAN. JULIEN (Bernard Romain, Born 1802 and Died 1871). 2161 “ EUGENE SUE.” PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER, SIGNED. VERY RARE. JUNDT (Gustave, Born 1830). 2162 “THE INCROYABLES.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. VERY RARE. IOO IMPRESSIONS ONLY. PLATE DE- STROYED. KAUFFMAN (Angelica, Born 1741 and Died 1807). 2162* “ Hoty FAMILy.” AN ORIGINAL ETCHING by this well-known and favorite artist, neatly framed. Among her many admirers were the celebrated Abbé Winckelmann, who in a letter to his friend Franck, written in 1764, speaks of her accomplishments in the most flattering terms. ‘‘I have just been painted,’ says he, ‘‘ by a stranger; a young person of rare merit. She is very eminent in portraits in oil, mine is an half length, and she has made an etching of it, as a present tome. She speaks Italian as well as German, and expresses herself with the same facility in French and English, on which account she paints all the English who visit Rome. She sings with a taste which ranks her amongst our greatest virtuose. Her name is Angelica Kauffman.” KELLER (Joseph, Born 1811 and Died 1873). 2163 “ THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN,” after DEGER. Keller was a pupil of Desnoyers and Forster, and in this beautiful specimen of pure line he appears to have combined the qualities of both his masters. { THE PENE DU BOLS COLLECTION. 451 KLAUBER (Joseph S., Born 1710 and Died 1768). LS ( 7 O ~ 2164 CHARITY, after GUIDO. KLEIN (John A., Born 1792, Died 1875). 216s “WATERING Horses IN ITaLy”; “A PoINTER DoG”; * A Swiss BULL.” (3) Three painter's etchings by this clever though now almost forgotten German artist. KOBELL (Ferdinand, Born 1740 and Died 1799). “ys 2166 “SporTs OF CHILDREN”; “LANDSCAPES”; ‘ PEAS- ANTS”; etc. (15) KOBELL (Wilhelm, Born 1766 and Died 1855). 70 2167 “ LANDSCAPES,” (3) LACOSTE (the younger). ca 2168 * FRANCIS RAVAILLAC.” A FINE COPY OF THE VERY RARE CONTEMPORARY PRINT. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. LALAUZE (Adolphe). / la 2169 “ THE HALT,” after MEISSONIER, A capital rendering of Meissonier’s famous picture. Fine impression on Hol- nd paper in gold frame. LALAUZE. 2170 “ ENTRY OF CHARLES V. INTO ANTWERP,” after HANS MAKART. A BEAUTIFUL SUBSCRIBER’S PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER OF THIS EXQUISITE REN- DERING OF MAKART’S MASTERPIECE, in fine chestnut frame. LALAUZE. 223° 2171 “A Soirée Temp. Louis XIV.,” after CASANOVA. 7 , \ . J, L RARE. REMARQUE PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. ALAUZE. 2172 “THE First Communion,” after P. R. Morris, A.R.A. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. ALAUZE. DP 2173 “ A CANCALAISE OysTER WOMAN,” L /25 ORIGINAL ETCHING, neatly framed in chestnut. ALAUZE. Bee ~ wy 2174 “JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. A CAPITAL FREE-HAND SKETCH OF THE GREAT PAINTER. 452 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. LANCON (A.). 2175 “THE WATERING PLACE,” after TROYON. LANDSEER (Thomas). 2176 “ Hoty Famity,” after CorREGGIO. A SCARCE EARLY ETCHING BY THE BROTHER OF THE FAMOUS SIR EDWIN LANDSEER. LANSYER (Emanuel, Born 1835). 25> 2177 “Tue Fountain.” ’ ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON HOLLAND PAPER. LARMESSIN (Nicholas de, the younger, Born 1684 and Died 1755): KES” 2178 “WILLIAM CousToN, SCULPTOR TO THE KiNG,” after ! LIEN. LAUGIER (Jean Nicholas, Born 178s). to 2179 “Sappuo,”’ after A. J. Gros. ( PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. Polished oak frame. In this very effective composition the painter depicts the legend of the poetess throwing her- self from the Leucadian Rock, because her love for Phaon was not returned. Alexander Pope might have had a picture similar to this in his mind’s eye when he wrote:— **'To rocks and seas I fly from Phaon’s hate, And hope from seas and rocks a milder fate. Ye gentle gales, beneath my body blow, And softly lay me on the waves below!” LAURENS (Jean Paul). yO 2180 “THE BaBy OF YPoRT.” ‘ ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. LAW (David). 256 2181 “ FisHInNG BoATs OFF WHITBY.” ’ ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. Gold frame. LE BAS (James Philip, Born 1708 and Died 1782). 2182 “DAPHNIS AND CHLOE,” after BOUCHER. FINE OLD IMPRESSION, NEATLY FRAMED. LECOMPTE (Felix, Born 1737 and Died 1817). 2183 “ MADONNA DI SAN Sisto,” after RAPHAEL. PROOF BEFORE ALL LETTERS. LEFMAN (F,). 4 O 2184 ‘* THE SMOKER,” after VETTER. ’ PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. 295 « { Mee ay THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 453 LEFEVRE (Achille Désiré, Born 1798). 2185 “GENERAL Foy,” after HORACE VERNET. A BEAUTIFUL PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER of this exquisite speci- men of line engraving. Neatly framed. LE GRAND (L.). 2186 “To PRomIsE is ONE THING; To KEEP YOUR PROMISE ANOTHER,” after EISEN. RARE. Fine original impression, framed in polished oak. EIsEN, the accom- plished drawing-master to Madame de Pompadour, is well known by his exquisite designs for the ‘‘ Fermiers Géncraux ” edition of La Fontaine’s ‘‘ Tales.” The present subject is of a similar character. A good-looking young fellow, dressed in all the fashionable frippery of the period, is seated on the ground. By his side is a beautiful young country girl. He is evidently trying to persuade her to do something, she ought not to consent to. She, while inclined to listen to his addresses, is convinced that he is promising more than he intends to perform. The expressions of eagerness on his part, and doubt and fear on hers are admir- ably rendered. LEGROS (Alphonse). 2187 ‘“ CHARITY.” ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS CELEBRATED PAINTER. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. Oak frame. ‘* Bold and strong in his style, he [Legros] is a proof that the artist never ceases to be true. He has never flattered either the taste or tendencies of his time; it is thus that he has remained himself, and that in each one of his im- pressions he has subordinated the form to an original and powerful thought.’”’— CHARLES GUELLETTE. LEGROS. 2188 “THE DISABLED WAGON.” RARE. ORIGINAL ETCHING. FIRST STATE. LEROLLE (H.). wey 2189 “ REST.” 4 t LC f vO ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. LEROUX. 2190 “ST. JEROME,” after DOMENICHINO. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. LESSURE (H. E.). 2191 “ Victor Huco.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. VERY SCARCE. L’HULLIER (J. D.). ~? 25° 2192 “ SURPRISE.” t ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. Gold frame. ~ 454 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. LELOIR (Alexander Louis). 2193 “UN GENTILHOMME.” ORIGINAL ETCHING, THE ONLY ONE EVER EXECUTED BY THIS DISTINGUISHED ARTIST. PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. LELOIR (Maurice). 2194 “ THE TRUMPETER,” ORIGINAL ETCHING. Proor on HOLLAND PAPER. LEMPEREUR (Louis Simon, Born 1725). / 25° 2195 “AFTER THE Batu,” after TRINGUESSE. ' LE RAT (P.). 2196 “THE Lover’s Girt,” after BoucHER. J 0 PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. [? LERIGUE. ] L250 2197 “MARSHAL TURENNE AT THE SIEGE OF TURIN.” ' A study in charcoal, signed and dated 1821, neatly framed, and representing the Marshal, baton in hand, amid the smoke of cannon, receiving proposals for the capitulation of the beleaguered city. LEVASSEUR (Jean Charles, Born 1734 and Died 1816), 30 2198 “ THe Detuce,” after VERONESE. ! LLOYD (W.). 2199 ‘* LANDSCAPE, WITH TREES,” Clever water-color drawing by this artist, in gilt frame. LONGHI (Giuseppe, Born 1766 and Died 1831). 7 2200 “ BONAPARTE AT THE BATTLE OF ARCOLE,” after f Gros. FINE OLD IMPRESSION. RARE. LONGHI (Giuseppe, Born 1766 and Died 1831). £750 2201 “ THe Macpa.en,” after CORREGGIO. ! LOUIS (Aristide). 410 2202 “ NApoLeon I,” after PAuL DELAROCHE. ¢ TRIAL PROOF BEFORE ALL LETTERS, STATE BEFORE THE GRAVER MARKS WERE REMOVED FROM THE MARGIN. VERY RARE, PROBABLY UNIQUE. The original painting, which is known as the ‘‘ Snuff-Box ” Portrait, is in the Stand- ish collection. LOVEWELL (R). N\ : ”) 50 2203 “SHIPPING IN HARBOUR. ORIGINAL ETCHING. Fy THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (Born 1494 and Died 1533) 2204 “ Ecce Homo.” BARTSCH 71. LUCAS VAN LEYDEN. ‘93, © 2205 “THE CRUCIFIXION.” ry) 4 ly Sf Bartscu 74. Lucas Van Leyden learnt engraving with an armorer and gold- smith, and gave early proof of talent. When he was fifteen years of age he engraved his first plate. Lucas knew Albert Durer, and when that great artist visited Antwerp, in 1520, exchanged some engravings with him, but he did not borrow so much from the illustrious German as other contemporary artists. He retained his original style of interpreting nature, and his mode of engraving remained unchanged. He took his models from those around him, and did not hesitate to dress the Queen of Sheba, Esther, or Dalilah in the costumes of the richer classes of Holland. His ‘‘ Ecce Homo” may be considered one of his chief compositions from an artistic point of view, but it is also full of another kind of interest. The scene is laid in the public square of a Flemish town, sur- rounded by gabled houses; and here, indifferent to historical truth, the engraver has given the executioners and spectators the costumes of his own age. We are therefore indebted to him for a very important record of the manners and cos- tumes of the people of the Netherlands in the first half of-the sixteenth century. MANDEL (Johann August Eduard, Born 1809). 2206 “LA MADONNA DELLA SepiA,” after RAPHAEL. 3RILLIANT OPEN LETTER PROOF ON INDIA PAPER; in gold engraved frame, with deep French mat. The finest rendering of the many line engravings of this famous masterpiece of Raphael's. The story of its origin is well known. Raphael had long been seeking a model which could be used to assist him in painting a picture of the Blessed Virgin and her Son which floated before his vision—just real enough to haunt his thoughts continually, and just unreal enough to refuse to be rendered by his brush. Wandering one day in a vineyard in the environs of Rome, he saw in an arbor near some wine casks a young mother seated with her two boys. As she pressed her baby to her breast the older child ran towards her with a stick, to which he had fastened a cross. Now at last the wish of the great painter's heart was realized. But he had only a pencil! On what could he draw? Just then the smooth cover of the huge wine cask presented itself to him, and eagerly he drew upon it the outlines of the mother and her children. This he took away with him, and rested not till he had painted his wondrous ‘* Madonna della Sedia,’” now reposing—the shrine of many pilgrims—at the Pitti Palace, in the City of ‘‘ Florence the Fair.” ‘* There is perhaps only one man surviving who deserves to rank with those who have passed away, and he—the German Mandel—has said, ‘ When I die there will be no more.’”— Zhe Golden Age of Engraving. MARSHALL (William E., Born 1836). 2207 ‘GENERAL GRANT.” PROOF ON CELLULOID, in ebony frame. This is a very interesting and valu- able portrait. It was the last engraved before the hero’s lamented death. In- deed, it may be said to have been executed under his superintendence. During the progress of the plate and the General’s last illness, Mr. Marshall submitted the proofs in their various stages for his inspection. He approved them, and on the completion of the plate, signed several of the final proofs at the artist’s request. 456 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. MARTIAL (A. P.), 2208 “A WoMAN CHURNING BurTER,” after J. F. MiLvet. ARTIST’S PROOF, SIGNED, OF THIS CHARMING PRODUCTION, DOUBLY INTER- ESTING FROM THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE LAST PICTURE CONTRIBUTED BY MILLET TO THE Paris SALON. H. Wallis, of the London Times, a critic not much prone to eulogy, writes:—‘‘ The late M. Millet, besides being a land- scape painter, was a great figure painter. In the opinion of many he was the first French painter of his time. Certainly, the French school has never pro- duced an artist with more thorough devotion to nature, or who has so truthfully rendered scenes and emotions of natural life. He had the art of introducing into pictures of modern French pastoral life, while retaining the truthfulness of nature, all the elevated qualities of the best artistic culture to be found in the works of the great masters.” MARTIAL. / 0 ty 2209 “ OLD Oaks aT Bas-BREAU,” ! ORIGINAL ETCHING, by this artist, neatly framed. MARTIAL. 0 2210 “ RIvER THROUGH THE Woops,” * ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. MARTIAL. 2211 “ THE FOREST OF PIERREFONDS.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER., Gold frame. MARTIAL, 2212 “WINTER IN THE ForREST.” MARTIAL. 6 QO 2213 “THE RENDEzvous.” ! ORIGINAL ETCHING, PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. MARVY (Louis). IIS’ 2214 “ LANDSCAPE, WITH COTTAGES,” after REMBRANDT. MASQUELIER (Louis Joseph, Born 1741 and Died 1811), [5 0 2215 ILLUSTRATIONS TO SwiFrt’s “ TRAVELS OF GULLIVER,” ! after Lr FEBvRE, (10) FINE OLD IMPRESSIONS OF THESE EXQUISITE ILLUSTRATIONS. RARE. MASQUELIER. Lh 2216 “ JEAN BENJAMIN DE Laporpe,” after DENON. VERY RARE. FINE IMPRESSION ON PARCHMENT OF THIS EXQUISITE PRINT. White and gold frame. Laborde was the author of the “‘Chansons de Laborde.” He was the valet-de-chambre and favorite of Louis XV.. by whom he was made “*fermier général.” He was guillotined during the Reign of Terror. MASQUELIER (Nicolas Francois Joseph, Born 1760 and Died 1809). [2 5 2217 “ Corps-De-Garde Hollandais,” after Lz Duc. 4 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 457 | MASSARD (Jean Baptiste Raphael, Born 1775). Jo 2218 “ATALA,” after GIRODET. t MASSARD (Jean, Born 1740 and Died 1822). 66 2219 “St. Paut HEALING THE Sick,” after Le SUER. MASSARD (L.). 70 2220 “ ADOLPHE THIERS,” after BONNAT. f VERY FINE. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER, MASSON (A.). / 7O 2221 “ PORTRAIT OF MLLE. ARTUs,” after CHAPLIN. f PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. MEEKER (E. J.). L4/O- 2222 ‘‘ Vx BIBLIOPHILE.” AN ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWING by this favorite artist of the Century Magazine, made specially for the frontispiece to the work now being printed in Paris, ‘‘ New York Bibliophile,” the author of which is Mr. HENRY PENE DU Bors. A reproduction of this clever drawing has been made for a frontispiece to this catalogue. MEISSONIER (Jean Louis Ernest, Born 1813). FOS, 290g “LE Rapport.” THIS AND THE TWO FOLLOWING NUMBERS ARE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY THIS PRE-EMINENT MASTER. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER, ONE OF VERY FEW ETCHED BY MEISSONIER. PHILIPPE BARTY says:—‘‘ The etchings of Meissonier are few, and the proofs of them are singularly rare. There is scarcely a cabinet which offers them to the curiosity of amateurs. They are engraved with an ex- tremely fine point, one would almost say with the point of a needle. But the effect is large, because the niceness of the detail loses itself in the mass, and renders, with most astonishing skill, the appearance of everything, the epidermis | of each object.” MEISSONIER. 6 a0 2224 The same. Another impression on Holland paper. MEISSONIER. io; 2225 ‘“ PUNCHINELLO.”’ MEMPES (M. L.). { 3S 2226 “A Sasot SHop.” 1 PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER, neatly framed. 458 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. MERYON (Charles, Born 1821 and Died 1868). 2227 THE OLD Louvre.” PROOF ON BLUE PAPER. RARE. THIS AND THE FOUR FOLLOWING NUMBERS ARE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY THIS PRE-EMINENT ARTIST. Meéryon, early in life was a naval officer—‘‘he visited remote shores, sailing even round the world, and always employing his leisure hours in sketching everything of interest that came in his way.”’ It was while on one of these voyages he made the drawing of San Francisco, from which he afterwards executed his wonderful etching of that city described below and number 2231. His health, however, did not allow him to follow the sea, and on his return to Paris he studied engrav- ing under Blery and became one of the best etchers of his day. His work, how- ever, did not meet with the appreciation which it deserved and he fell into a melancholia, which finally ended in insanity and death. It is much to be regretted that during one of the paroxysms of his madness he destroyed some:of his finest plates. AMERTON says of him—‘‘ Méryon was one of the greatest and most original artists who have appeared in Europe; he is one of the immortals; his name will be inscribed on the noble roll where Durer and Rembrandt live for ever. MERYON. - ae 2228 ““ PASSERELLE Pont au CHANGE.” / “I, J, RARE, MERYON. 2229 ** TOURELLE RuE DE L’EcCOLE pE MEDECINE.”’ RARE. MERYON, 2230 ‘LA Pompe NoTrRE Dame.” RARE. MERYON. [4 $e 2231 “SAN FRANCISCO.” ! MERYON’S LARGEST ETCHING, 38 x 71%. IMPRESSION ON JAPAN PAPER. RARE. MERYON. 2232 “THE ApsE OF Notre Dame or Paris,” Fine copy, neatly framed in oak. MILLET (Jean-Francois, Born 1814 and Died 1875). 2233 “‘ MOTHER FEEDING HER CHILD,” ORIGINAL ETCHING. MILLET. Sau 2234 “ THE SPINNING WHEEL.” U 175 f ORIGINAL ETCHING. MILLSPAUGH (J. H.). 2235 ‘“ LANDSCAPE,” ORIGINAL ETCHING. | THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 459 MONGIN (A.). Ly 2236 “ PANsIES.—‘“ THINK OF ME.’” 4 PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER, neatly framed. MONGIN. RG 2237 “ ALEXANDER Dumas,” after MEISSIONIER. f PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER BEFORE LETTERS. MORAN (Peter, Born 1842). 33 O 2238 “On THE Roap.” ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS ESTEEMED AMERICAN PAINTER. The London Art Journal says:—‘‘ Peter Moran’s excellent etchings are very varied in style and subject, and show a thorough mastery over the resources of the etching needle.” ‘ MORAN. i 2 2§° 2239 “ FARM BUILDINGS AND TREES.” 0 ORIGINAL ETCHING. MORDANT (Daniel). / 2240 “A YounGc GIRL AT PRAYERS,” after JEAN BERAUD. i A SUPERB PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON CHINA PAPER. MORGHEN (Raphael Sanzio, Born 1758 and Died 1833). 2241 “ MADONNA DEL GRAN Duca,” after RAPHAEL. EXTREMELY RARE PROOF BEFORE LETTERS by this pre-eminent engraver. Neatly framed in cherry wood. Raphael Morghen, the best known and one of the most celebrated engravers of modern times, needs no eulogy here. He was at an early age instructed in the elements of his art by his father. In 1778 he ) entered the studio of Volpate at Rome. His first work of importance was a copy of Sadeler’s print of Christ and Mary Magdalene in the Garden. This was looked upon as a remarkable performance, and, considering the artist’s youth, it gave considerable promise of his future greatness. The well-known Aurora of Guido was his next large plate. His fame now rose to a great height, and he received many commissions from the Royal Family of Ilorence and others. In 1795 he commenced the celebrated ‘‘ Transfiguration”’ of Raphael, but it was not completed until 1812, when it appeared with a dedication to Napoleon. This print was originally sold for twenty scudi, but its value has so much increased that certain impressions have sold of late years for several hundred dollars. All the prints of Morghen have been described in a very able manner by Mr. F. R. Halsey in his Catalogue Raisonné, to which exhaustive book we refer those of our readers who may want any information on this subject. Many years since the late Duke of Buckingham paid one thousand two hundred pounds for a collection of the works of Raphael Morghen. What would such a collec- tion sell for now ? MORGHEN. 3G0 2242 “THE VIRGIN AND THE SLEEPING CHRIST.—PARCE gor SoMNuM RuMPERE,” after TITIAN. FINE OLD IMPRESSION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PRINT. 460 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. MORGHEN. 2243 “APOLLO AND THE Muses ON Mount PARNASSUS,” after MENGs. FINE OLD IMPRESSION ‘‘ BEFORE THE FIG-LEAF,” in antique oak frame. MORGHEN. 2244 “ THE TRANSFIGURATION,” after RAPHAEL, FINE OLD IMPRESSION IN ANTIQUE OAK FRAME. Painted for the Church of San Pietro in Montorio; now in the Gallery of the Vatican. MORGHEN. 2245 “THE Hoty Famity Reposinc 1n Ecypt,” after POUSSIN. VERY FINE OLD IMPRESSION. MORGHEN (* Raphael et Antonius ”’). 2246 “ THE TRANSFIGURATION,” after RAPHAEL. BLACK OAK FRAME. An impression with only the artists’ names, ‘‘ Raphael Sanctius pinx.—Raphael et Antonius Morghen Sculps.” MORIN (Francois-Gustave, Born 1809). 2247 “A SENTIMENTAL WALK,” ORIGINAL ETCHING. VERY SCARCE, I00 IMPRESSIONS ONLY TAKEN AND PLATE DESTROYED. MULLER (H. C.). if O 2248 “ PSYCHE CARRIED OFF BY THE ZEPHYRS,” after PRuD- f HON. VERY FINE PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER, and in polished oak frame. MULLER. OG. 2249 “CarRL. DE SECONDAT MONTESQUIEU.” VERY FINE. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER of this excellent por- trait of the author of the ‘‘ Spirit of Laws.” MURRAY (C. O.). i. Dis: 2250 ‘*SAVED,” after NAPIER HENRY. ! PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER; neatly framed. f MURRAY. 6 2251 “WHEN THE Kye Come Home,” after MARK FISHER , and J. D. Watson, PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER; neatly framed. NAEGLE (Victor). 2252 ‘THE SPIRIT OF THE CRUSADES,” AN ORIGINAL STUDY IN OIL by this artist neatly framed. In the centre of the picture stands a stalwart baron of the middle ages in armor, leaning on his two-handed sword. The spirits of Religion, Justice, and Faith are inciting him to leave his ancestral halls and go forth to take part in the deadly struggle between Infidel and Christian for the possession of the Holy Land. | THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 461 NANTEUIL (Robert, Born 1630 and Died 1678). 20 2253 “ Louis XIV.” ( h A FINE OLD IMPRESSION, neatly framed, of this celebrated portrait exe- cuted by command of the King by this pre-eminent engraver, inscribed “ Nanteuil ad virum faciebat cum _privil. Regis 1677.” Fred. Keppel, in his Essay on ‘‘The Golden Age of Engraving,” says:—‘‘Nanteuil’s abilities were refined by a classical education, and his correct taste restrained him from running into the prevailing fashion of meretricious ornamentation. He usually represents his personages within a neat oval of about seven by nineinches. His works illustrate the reign of Louis XIV., and are all, with- out exception, fine.” NANTEUIL. SSO 2254 “PrprRE pU CAMBOUT DE COoISLIN, BISHOP OF s ORLEANS.” VERY FINE. NANTEUIL. eas) 2255 “JEAN FRANCOIS SARRASIN.” NANTEUIL (Celessin, Born 1813 and Died 1873). es 2256 ‘“*'THE BLOOD OF THE GIANTS.” f ORIGINAL ETCHING, VERY SCARCE. 100 IMPRESSIONS ONLY, AND PLATE DESTROYED. OSBORNE (H. F.). (28° 2257 “ A WALK THROUGH THE Woops.” ‘ ORIGINAL ETCHING. OSTADE (Adrian Van, Born 1610 and Died 1685). wae 2258 “Le JOUEUR DE VIOLON.” f Bartscn 44. OSTADE. a 0 2259 “Les Musiciens AMBULANTS.” BARTSCH 388. OSTADE. 6 6 2260 “ THE QUARREL.” AN UNUSUALLY FINE ORIGINAL IMPRESSION. _. PANNIER. 13 O 2261 “ THE MARRIAGE OF THE VIRGIN,” after RAPHAEL. PEARCE (E. L.). Pee 2262 “A Rustic BRIDGE.” t ORIGINAL ETCHING. PERELLE (Gabriel, Born 1610 and Died 1680). i. 2263 “LANDSCAPES WITH RUINS AND FIGURES.” (2) 462 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. PICART (Etienne, called. the Roman, Born 1631 and Died 1721), 2264 “THE MARRIAGE oF Sr, CATHARINE,” after Cor- REGGIO. PICART (Bernard, Born 1663 and Died 1738). 2265 “ DuTcH PEASANT,” A sketch in water-colors, neatly framed, representing a Dutch peasant in a gala dress. Bernard Picart was the son of ‘ Picart the Roman” and early received instruction in design from his father. At the age of sixteen he gained the prize at the Academy of Paris. Bryan says—‘‘ He distinguished himself not less as a designer than an engraver, and he executed a multitude of plates, which evince the fertility of his genius, and the excellence of his taste. His drawing is correct and his prints have a very pleasing appearance. In 1710 he left Paris and settled at Amsterdam where he found abundant employment.”’ PICART. 2:5 2266 “ THE TRiumPH of PAINTING.” Inscribed ‘‘ B, Picart invenit et fecit.”’ PICCINNI (A.). 6 2267 “A SOUVENIR OF Romer.” . ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS, ON INDIA PAPER. PICGUENOT (Euphrasie). 2268 “Sir JosHuA REYNOLDs,” A very rare stipple rendering of the well-known ‘‘ spectacle”’ portrait painted by Sir Joshua himself. PIGLHEIN (Bruno). ae i 2269 “A SpANisH DANCER.” f A BEAUTIFUL REPRODUCTION OF A PASTEL DRAWING BY THIS CLEVER ARTIST. PIGLHEIN. 4], a270\ “ A JFRENCH-WOMAN OF THE NINETEENTH CEN- TURY, A beautiful fac-simile of a charming India-ink drawing by this artist. Chest- nut frame, PIRANESIT (Giovanni Battista, Born 1713 and Died 1778). 2s 2271 “VIEW OF THE Campo VaAccINo,” ‘‘ Piranesi devoted his life to etching the magnificent ruins and edifices of his native country. His plates are of large size, and are etched with so much picturesque boldness and ruggedness that he well deserves his sobriquet of the Rembrandt of Architecture.” —‘‘ Tur GoLDEN AGE OF ENGRAVING.” PIRANESI. IS 2272 “VIEW OF THE PorTICO oF Octavia, Rome.” PIRANESI. 2S 2273 “THe Curia Ostitia, Rome.” ' | THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 463 PIRANESI. 20 2274 “VIEW OF THE GOLDEN PALACE OF NERO, COM- MONLY CALLED THE ‘TEMPLE OF THE SUN.’” POPE (John M.). FO 2275 “ THE REPRIMAND.” f PROOF ON SATIN. ONE OF A LIMITED NUMBER IN THIS STATE. POPELIN (Claudius). SS’ 2276 “Les CONQUERANTS.”’ ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. PORPORATI (Carlo Antonio, Born 1741 and Died 1816). [S56 2277 “A Younc WoMAN PREPARING FOR BED,” after ' VANLOO, POTTER (Paul, Born 1625 and Died 1654). [G0 2278 “Cows AND OXEN.” (8) f BARTSCH 8. ‘‘ We have some charming etchings by this celebrated artist, drawn with great spirit and correctness, and executed in a very masterly style. They are as follow: A set of eight plates of cows, oxen, etc., with a bull on the title; Paulus Potter, f.,”” etc.—BRYAN. POURVOYEUR. {§’ 2279 “Jean Baptiste P. MouieERE,” after COYPEL. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS, ON INDIA PAPER. PREVOST (Benoit Louis, Born 1740 and Died 1804). OS 2280 “ Lapy Hester STANHOPE,” after DENON. f PREVOST (Z.). $0 2281 “THE DEATH oF ST. FRANCOIS,” after CORREGGIO, t PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. RAJON (Paul-Adolphe). / 2282 “THE YouNG STUDENT,” after MEISSONIER. RAJON. 4/0 2283 “KNIGHT IN ARMOUR,” after BARBARELLI. { RAFFAELO SANZIO (Born 1483 and Died 1520). & 2284 “MADONNA DELLA SEDIA.” A small copy in oil of this famous picture, in moulded gilt frame. 464 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. REMBRANDT (Paul Van Rhyn, Born 1606 and Died 1665). 2285 ‘““A NAKED WoMAN SLEEPING.” BARTSCH 205. SOLD For $38, INTHE MORGAN SALE. ‘‘ Every Art has its great representative master, and the representative etcher is Rembrandt. : Rembrandt is what the French call a god of art. The phrase sounds a little blasphemous to English ears; but whether blasphemous or not, it describes with perfect accuracy the relation of certain famous artists towards their admirers. Rembrandt and one or two others are, in a very strict sense, the gods of con- noisseurs, and the kind of homage they receive is not critical, but has the nature of worship or adoration.” —HAMERTON. REMBRANDT. 2286 “ THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS,” BARTSCH 87, SOLD AT THE MORGAN SALE FOR $23. REMBRANDT. 2287 ‘‘CHRIST HEALING THE SICK.” KNOWN AS THE ‘‘ HUNDRED GUILDER” PRINT. AN EXTREMELY FINE copy BY LEOPOLD FLAMENG. PROOF IMPRESSION BEFORE THER ARTIST'S NAME ON JAPAN PAPER. Ash frame with deep French mat. Of this copy Hamerton says:—‘‘He (Flameng) produced a copy of one of Rembrandt's most difficult and complicated etchings—a copy which certainly far ex- ceeds the most perfect photograph in accuracy, whilst at the same time it possesses as a piece of execution in etching all those technical merits for which Rembrandt himself was famous. It is not an exaggeration of the truth to affirm, that there exists in Europe in our own day a man who may be said to possess the hand and eye of Rembrandt. .. -. It may be difli- cult to convey to the reader that full apprehension of the wonder of such a work as this. Ina certain sense it may be boldly affirmed that, as a tech- nical performance merely, such a copy as this is even more wonderful than the original plate itself.”’ REMBRANDT. y 56 2238 “THE BURGOMASTER SIx.” ! FINE copy. Polished oak frame. REMBRANDT. 17 a 2289 ‘“‘ PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF LEANING ON A WINDOW ' FINE copy. REMBRANDT. GO 2290 “Heap.” ! OLD COPY AFTER REMBRANDT. REGAMEY (F,). y 0 2291 * THE COMICAL STORY,” 1 ORIGINAL ETCHING. RARE. 100 IMPRESSIONS ONLY. PLATE DESTROYED. REGNAULT. 2S 2292 “ PORTRAIT OF MEISSONIER.” | PROOF ON INDIA PAPER, BEFORE ALL LETTERS. VERY FINE AND RARE. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 465 RIBOT (T.). | 70 2293 “‘ UNE-GRANDE DOULEUR.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. RARE. 100 IMPRESSIONS ONLY AND PLATE DE- STROYED. RICHARDS (B.). 37S 2294 “A DutcH BURGOMASTER,” after REMBRANDT, ' BRILLIANT OLD IMPRESSION of this fine mezzotint, neatly framed. RICHARDS (F. D. B.). Go 2295 “AN OLD Mitt” and “ LanpscapE.” (2) 1 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS. RICHETON (Leon). 57S 2296 “RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN,” after JOHN Rus- t SEUL,..K. A. ARTIST’S PROOF SIGNED, ON JAPAN PAPER. Chestnut frame. The orig- inal of this interesting portrait of the celebrated wit, playwright, states- man and orator is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London. It was drawn in crayons in 1788, the year of the Warren Hastings Trial, at which Sheridan’s speech was second only to Burke’s in virulence. This is the first time that it has ever been acceptably engraved: a remarkable circum- stance, considering the fact that it was believed by Sheridan’s family to be much more characteristic and lifelike than the well-known one by Reynolds, painted a year later. RICHOMME (Joseph Theodore, Born 1785). 4g 2297 ‘TRIUMPH OF GALATEA,” after RAPHAEL, and “ THE- ) “yi TIS BEARING THE ARMOR OF ACHILLES,” after GERARD. | (2) A fine pair of BRILLIANT OLD IMPRESSIONS of these well-known and charming prints, neatly framed. ) RICHOMME. eZ §7. 2298 “ ADAM AND Eve,” after RAPHAEL. ' BEAUTIFUL AND BRILLIANT ORIGINAL IMPRESSION OF THIS CELEBRATED PRINT. RIFFAUT (A.). JS. 2299 “Ninon,” after Darcy, f ROGER (B.). SOO 2300 “ MARIE-ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE,” after { ROSSLIRE DE SUEDOIS. A FINE FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF THE UNFORTUNATE QUEEN. AN EXx- CELLENT COMPANION PRINT TO BERVIC’s Louis XVI. AND DREVET’s Louis XIV. Chestnut frame. 466 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. ROPS (Felicien). 470° 2301 “ THE SALUTE.” t ORIGINAL ETCHING BY THIS CLEVER ARTIST. RARE. ROPS. 4/0 2302 “La FILEusE,” after MILLET. PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. ROSA (Salvatore, Born 1615 and Died 1673). Ro 2303 ‘‘SOLDIER WITH SPEAR.” ! OLD COPY AFTER THIS CELEBRATED MASTER. ROULLET (Jean Louis, Born 1645 and Died 1698). 2304 “‘ JEAN Baptiste LULLY, MUSICIAN TO THE KING,” after MIGNARD. ROWLANDSON (Thomas, Born 1756 and Died 1827). 2305 “ GOING TO THE COLONIES.” ORIGINAL SKETCH, in water-colors, by the great English caricaturist Row- landson, and in passe-partout. This picture, by the inimitable artist, who illustrated the ‘‘ Tour of Doctor Syntax,” represents a convoy of prisoners on their way to a ship laying in the offing. A boat is just about to leave shore, in which are a party of male and female emigrants, who are leaving their country for their country’s good. The middy is at his post. Six unhappy mortals are seated in the boat, some of whom have a most woe-begone and bedraggled appearance. ‘Two red-coats, with pointed bayonets, are aiding the ceremonies—one by pushing a clerical- looking personage into association with the scourings of society. ‘The faces of the women are studies, particularly that of the lady who has evidently got up before breakfast and without completing her toilet. Two cart-loads of similar human cattle are on the way—the last of which is passing under a gallows, where ominously swing a pair of corpses—and which fate may betake their living brethren unless they amend their lives in the new country where they may have the chance of becoming worthy and respectable members of society, if not the founders of the best families in a new world. Rowlandson was born in Old Jewry, London, in 1756. Early in life he was the recipient of a legacy of £7,000 from an aunt, which he soon wasted in gambling and debauchery, and only when his means were exhausted he sat down to work. His drawings, somewhat farcical, but very clever caricatures, were made with a reed pen, and then drawn in water-colors; many of them are of large size, and all indicate great skill of hand and keen observation. The above is an excellent example. Every one at all acquainted with the arts know the caricature work of this very eccentric genius; the extent of Rowlandson’s talent, however, as a draughts- man, is not so generallyknown. His studies from the human figure at the Royal Academy were made in so masterly a style, that he was set up as a rival to Mortimer, whom he would have excelled, had his subsequent mode of study kept pace with the fecundity of his invention. His powers, indeed, were so versatile, and his fancy so rich, that every species of composition flowed from his pen with equal facility. There are certain subjects of his composition carried through with a compatibility of style so truly original, and so replete with painter-like feeling, that Sir Joshua Reynolds and West pronounced them wonders of art. 7. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 467 RUDAX (E.). — SO; 2306 “THE LITTLE FISHERMAN.” ORIGINAL ETCHING, PROOF BEFORE LETTERS, ON INDIA PAPER. RYLAND (William Wynne, Born 1732 and Died 1783). SSO 2307 “ JUPITER AND LEDA,” after BOUCHER, { FINE ORIGINAL IMPRESSION, VERY SCARCE, and neatly framed. The unfortunate engraver of this beautiful piece had a curious story. Born in London in 1732, he first studied engraving with Ravenet, the collaborateur of Hogarth, who was at that time established in England. On leaving that master he went to Paris, and studied design under Boucher and engraving with J. P. Le Bas. On his return to his native city he acquired distinction in his profession, and was appointed engraver to the King. But he was one of those peculiarly constituted individuals who cannot make the best of prosperity. Becoming involved in pecuniary difficulties, he committed forgery, was tried, condemned and executed in 1783, as was that holy divine and sanctimonious hypocrite, Dr. Dodd, a few years before, for a similar offense, and in his full canonicals, surplice, doctor’s hood and all. RYLAND. ra) 2308 “ THE TRIUMPH OF VENUS,” after ANGELICA KAuFF- { MANN. ST. AUBIN (Augustin, Born 1720). a) = nia . . 99 « ns 40 2309 “ JACQUES ROETTIERS,” after COCHIN. Wah ee ST. AUBIN, 2310 “ FENELON,” after VIVIEN. } f 0 EXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL IMPRESSION. SALVADOR-CARMONA (Emanuel, Born 1740). /2S8 2311 “FRANcoIs BOUCHER, PAINTER TO THE KING,” after / SUEDOIS. FINE. HIS RECEPTION PRINT AT THE ACADEMY. SCHLEIGH (Adrian). 30 2312 “ THE SONG OF THE BELL,” after CHRISTOPHER NILSON. A large folio line engraving, in nine compartments, illustrating Schiller’s famous poem. SCHMIDT (George Frederick, Born 1712 and Died 1775). (7S 2313 “PIERRE MIGNARD, PAINTER TO THE KING,” after f RIGAUD. SCHMUTZER (Jacob Mathias, Born 1733 and Died 1811). ly o .2334 “THE FAMILY OF RUBENS,” after RUBENS. SCHREYER (Adolphe, Born 1828). 2315 ‘‘ AN AMBUSCADE,” 2 6 3 x, /, ) ine f 468 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. SCHUPPEN (Peter van, the Elder, Born 1628 and Died 1710). 2316 “Louis THE DAUPHIN, Son oF Louis THE GREAT,” after FRANCIS DE TROY. Folio. Very fine, in oak frame; engraved 1684. Van Schuppenthe Elder was a pupil of Nanteuil and acquired much of the magnificent style of that master. SCHUPPEN. 2317 “FRANCOIS VAN DER MEULEN, PAINTER TO THE KING,” after LARGILLIERRE. SCRIVEN (Edward, Born 1775 and Died 1841), 2318 ““NELL Gwyn,” after Sir PETER LELy. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. Ebony and gold frame. Scriven was a pupil of Bartolozzi and in one respect he excelled his master, as, unlike him, he faithfully rendered the character and expression of the painter he had to translate. This print was engraved for the Rev. T. F. Dibdin, from the original at Althorp, and is a different and more pleasing portrait than the one by the same engraver which appears in “‘ Grammont’s Memoirs.” SERZ (J.). 2319 “THE TRIBUTE Money,” after TITIAN. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER BEFORE LETTERS. SLOCOMB (Frederick). 2320 “A MIDDLESEX LANE,” ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. Gold frame. SMILLIE (James D., Born 1833). 2321 “SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON SATIN, ONE OF A LIMITED NUMBER IN THIS STATE. SMIRKE (Robert, Born 1752 and Died 1845). 2322 Set of Illustrations to the ‘“ ARABIAN NIGHTS,” en- graved by PETER MAVERICK, BRUEN, etc, (12) FINE OLD IMPRESSIONS and RARE, SOMM (M.,). 2323 “A JAPANESE STUDY.” A characteristic water-color drawing, neatly framed, and which would delight the heart and inflame the fancy of Oscar Wilde, and brings up memories of the ‘* Mikado.” It represents the Japanese swell of the period, gorgeously arrayed— gloves, fan, and silk garment of many colors, which will be found in the works on Japanese ceramics and decoration of Gonse, Audsley and Bowes. The figure of the inhabitant of Yeddo holding a fan is admirably depicted, and the colors of the embroidery on the yellow gown are delightfully blended. The indigo background displays the touch of a master’s brush. M. Somm is well known by his admirable etchings in dry point. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 469 SOTOMAYER (Esquirel de). 36 2324 “Kary pu JarpIn,” after HIMsELF. { STAAL (G.). 1S 2325 “ JULES JANIN.” ( ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS. STAAL. /O 2326 “ MADAME LAMARTINE.” f ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. STAAL. S°? 2327 “JEAN PIERRE BERANGER.” f ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. STAAL, OS 2328 ‘“ ALFRED DE VIGNY.” ( ORIGINAL ETCHING. Proor on INDIA PAPHR. A Capital portrait of the author of ‘‘ Cing Mars.” STAAL. 70 2329 “‘ MADAME DE GIRARDIN.” ( ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. STAAL. $0 | 233° “MADAME DE POMPADOUR” AND ‘MADAME DU BARRY.” (2) [STOTHARD (Thomas, Born 1755 and Died 1834) ? | 9 2331 “Tasso RECITING TO THE PRINCESS AT THE COURT OF ( FERRARA,” A spirited sepia drawing, neatly framed, and in the manner of, and probably by, Thomas Stothard. It represents the well-known incident in the early life of the poet Tasso when he recited his ‘‘ Rinaldo”’’ before the Princess Eleonora and her brother the Duke Alfonse, the first step which afterwards made his name famous throughout Italy. STRANGE (Sir Robert, Born 1721 and Died 1792). . $. 2332 “VENUS ATTIRED BY THE GRACES,” after GUIDO. BRILLIANT OLD IMPRESSION and neatly framed, of this fine print engraved by the eminent artist in 1759. ‘‘Sir Robert Strange, born in the distant Orkneys in 1721, abandoned the law for engraving. As a youthful Jacobite he joined the Pretender in 1745, sharing the disaster of Culloden, and owing his safety from pursuers to a young lady dressed in the ample costume of the period, whom he afterwards married in gratitude, and they were both happy. He hasa style of his own, rich, soft, and especially charming in the tints of flesh, making him a natural translator of Titian.” —CHARLES SUMNER. ‘STRANGE. Ly 7 f? 2333 “ VENUS AND ADONIs,” after TITIAN. ti, BEAUTIFUL OLD IMPRESSION OF THIS CELEBRATED NUDE SUBJECT. 470 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. TAIEE (A). JO 2334 “ MiLLeT’s House at Barsison,” from an original drawing by J. F. MiLiet. PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. t TAYLOR: (T.). / 2335 ‘THE Dutcu Dentist” and “ THE CotTace Door,” / after G. Dow. (2) TENIERS (David, Born 1610 and Died 1694). 2 7S 2336 “ JoLLy ComPANIONS Every ONE.” ! Curious old Dutch mezzotint after the younger Teniers, rare unfinished proof before letters, neatly framed in polished oak. THEROND (E.). 2337 ‘‘ THEOPHILE GAUTIER.” Proors oN INDIA PAPER. Two portraits of the celebrated French writer, one in advanced life, the other a very clever caricature of the younger man. THEVENIN (J. C.). 2S 2338 “ Maponna,” after RAPHAEL, t FINE PROOF BEFORE LETTER ON INDIA PAPER, neatly framed in polished oak. THORNLEY (G. W)). PSO 2339 “VENUS AFTER THE BATH,” after BOUCHER. f Rare. A FAC-SIMILE ON COPPER, PRINTED IN TINTS AFTER A CHALK DRAWING BY THIS MASTER. White and gold frame. THORNLEY. 2340 “A Younc GIRL READING,” after BOUCHER. A fac-simile on copper, printed in tints after a chalk drawing by this master. White and gold frame. TRIERE (P., Died 1780), 3 2 S 2341 “ HERCULES HESITATING BETWEEN VENUS AND MIN- ! ERVA, after CRAYER, ENGRAVER’S PROOF BEFORE LETTERS, neatly framed in polished oak. TURNER (Charles, Born 1773 and Died 1857). 20; 2342 “A Famous NEWFOUNDLAND Doc,” after H. B. CHALON. Very FINE. Polished oak frame. Charles Turner was a pupil of Boy- dell, He engraved many remarkable plates in mezzotinto; principally portraits after Reynolds, Shee, Lawrence, etc. He also engraved several of the plates of his great namesake’s ‘‘ Liber Studiorum.” ULM. no. 2343 ‘‘PETRUS BOREL.” PRooF on INDIA PAPER. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 471 UNGER (W.). “ie S$” 2344 “A WINTER SCENE IN HOLLAND,” after REMBRANDT. UNGER. fo 2345 “ Dutcu Peasants,” after OSTADE, VALPERGA (L.). OF 2346 “ CoNJUGAL CoRRECTION,” after GERARDON. ( Acharacteristic engraving of the French school of the period of Louis XV. Love is represented as beating the almost nude wife with roses, while the husband compels her to submit to a punishment less than she deserves. VANDEVELDE (E., Born 1597 and Died 1648). a § 2347 “THe Quack Docror—‘ PopuLus vuLt DEcIPI,’” { after WILLIAM BUYTENWEG. A FINE OLD ORIGINAL IMPRESSION, neatly framed, of this very rare and curious print. VANDERHOOF (Charles H.). J 0 2348 ‘“ THE OLD PIER.” \ ORIGINAL ETCHING, ARTIST’S PROOF SIGNED. VANDYCK (Anthony, Born 1599 and Died 1641). 27S 2349 “ Lucas VOSTERMANS, ENGRAVER OF ANTWERP.” t This and the three following numbers are original etchings by the celebrated portrait painter. Vandyck was not content merely to look over engravings after his works by Bolswert, Pontius or Vostermans; he used the etching needle him- self, and has left brilliant proofs of his skill in this kind of work. Hamerton says:—‘* He (Vandyck), is one of the great princes of the art. Vandyck’s etch- ings have greatly increased in value of late years. At M. Séguier’s sale, in 1844, they averaged from three to eight pounds each, and were thought to be very dear. At recent sales they have produced sums varying from eight to thirty pounds. It may be considered certain that, as etching becomes better appre- ciated, the plates of Van Dyck will attain still higher prices.” VANDYCK. S> 5% 2350 “ Erasmus.” VANDYCK. Z/ 2351 “Justus SUSTERMANS, PAINTER TO THE GRAND f DUKE, FLORENCE,” ANDYCK. (2S° 2352 “DANIEL MyTENS, PAINTER OF HOLLAND.” FINE OLD IMPRESSION. Engraved by Paul Pontius (1596), after Vandyck. This and the next number are of the same size, and uniform with the original heads by Vandyck described above. ‘‘ In his fine portraits after Vandyck, Pon- tius seems to have adapted his style to the character of the persons represented. His plates are executed with the graver in a clear bold style; and they will be SPOONER. ranked among the ablest productions of the Flemish engraver.” 472 THE PENE DU. BOIS COLLECTION. VANDYCK. 7 O 2353 ‘‘ PHILLIP HERBERT, EARL OF PEMBROKE,” - FINE OLD IMPRESSION, engraved by Robert Vander-Voerst (1596—1669). VARIN (A.). [28 2354 “ Mapame RacueEL,” PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. A CAPITAL PORTRAIT OF THE CELEBRATED ACTRESS. VERNET (Horace, Born 1789 and Died 1863). ? 2355 “NAPOLEON THE THIRD AT THE BATTLE OF SOL- F FERINO,” This is a very spirited sketch in water-colors of the conflict in the cemetery of Solferino, attributed to the great ‘‘ our own correspondent of the brush.” Napoleon, mounted on a gallant gray, is vehemently urging on his soldiers, who are responding with a dash, and the white-coated Austrians are giving way to the impetuosity of their opponents. This sketch is supposed to be one of many made by Vernet in his old age as a preliminary study for one of his large canvases. Probably about the time this sketch was made, Vernet painted his great picture of the Battle of the Alma and his Portrait of Napoleon III. VEYRASSAT (Jules Jacques). 2356 “SUNSET,” after DauBIcNy. VIDAL (Gerald, Born 1742). 2357 “THE CONFIDENTIAL SOUBRETTE,” and “THE ToIL- ETTE MERCHANT,” after LAURINS. A pair of beautiful old French prints, bright original impressions, neatly framed. Very rare, in this fine state. VILLERY (Antoine Claude Francois, Born 1768), ae 2358 “ INNOCENCE AND Love,” after PRUDHON. BRILLIANT OPEN LETTER PROOF OF THIS EXQUISITE LINE ENGRAVING, neatly framed. WALLACE (Henry W.). Fog): 2359)" Foor or Broap STREET, OLD New York.” ! PROOF_ON SATIN. ONE OF A LIMITED NUMBER TAKEN IN THIS STATE. WALTNER (C.). ty 2360 “ THE Cuina Vase,” after Fortuny, Fine impression on Holland paper and in gold frame. WALTNER. J, 2361 “Dans La Roskg,” after CaroLus DURAN. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. A BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN OF WALTNER’S METHOD OF TREATING THE NUDE FEMALE FIGURE. WALTNER. a 2362 “ HEAD OF A YounG GirL,” after Du Bors, FINE PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON JAPAN PAPER. THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 473 WATERLOO (Anthony, Born 1618 and Died 1679). 3.56 2363 “ HERMAPHRODITUS AND THE NYMPH”; AND “ PAN f So t PuRSUING THE NYMPH SyYRINX.” (2) Landscapes with trees; the classical legends introduced; neatly framed in polished oak, Spooner says:—‘* As an engraver, the works of Waterloo have long been the admiration of artists and connoisseurs. They are etched with great spirit and facility, in a very masterly style, and usually retouched with the graver to harmonize the lights and invigorate the shadows. They consist of landscapes from his own designs, frequently embellished with figures from sacred and profane history and mythology. He etched the whole design with equal strength, but slightly, and then finished in a bold manner those parts which he desired to be most effective.” WATERLOO. 2364 “THE LITTLE COTTAGE.” ORIGINAL ETCHING—BARTSCH 29. WATERLOO, 30 2365 “SMALL LANDSCAPE WITH TREES.” q / 6, WHISTLER (James Abbott M‘Neill, Born 1834). 2366 “ CHELSEA.” IMPRESSION ON HOLLAND PAPER, in gold frame. ‘‘ Whistler is widely known by his etchings and his paintings; the former receive unqualified praise, the latter have been alternately abused and lauded, but even his severest critics seem inclined to allow him exceptional achievements.”—TyYTLER’s “‘ MZodern Painters.” ‘The most finished and perfect specimens of Whistler's artistic powers are to be found in his etchings. For some time amateurs in this branch of art have been acquainted with the views of the Thames executed by him. We can think of no work of the kind in which genius is more decisively manifested. The views of shipping and river-bank reveal the closest study of the effects to be seen in and about London.”—London Art Journal. WHISTLER. 2367 “STREET SCENE IN PARIS.” ORIGINAL ETCHING. ‘‘ Whistler may be fairly estimated now. He_has very rare and very peculiar endowments, and may, in a certain sense, be called great—that is. so far as greatness may be understood of faculties which are rather remarkable for keen- ness and originality than range. The faculties which he has are pre-eminently of the artistic order; he is essentially a painter and CtCHer es iss seas never literary, but always pictorial... .. . It is unfortunate, I think, that etchings like those of Mr. Whistler and Mr. Haden should be published at such a very high price and in such a small edition.” —HAMERTON. WHISTLER. FINE IMPRESSION on Holland paper in oak frame. 6 S0 2368 “ Boats aT MoorInec.” | 474 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. WILLE (John George, Born 1717 and Died 1807). 2369 “ THE LITTLE PHYSICIAN,” after GASPAR NETSCHER. A fine original impression, neatly framed. ‘‘But Paris soon again became the centre of the art, which he quickened into new life by an engraver of original genius, who attracted to him pupils from all parts of Europe, so that he became the father of the great school of engravers that flourished in France, Germany and Italy about the end of the last century. This eminent master was Joun GeorGE WILLE, who was born at Konigs- berg in 1717, but establishing himself in Paris, he devoted his long life of ninety-one years to the art in which he so greatly excelled. His neat and careful style was well adapted to pictures of the school of Gerard Dow, as well as to elaborate portraits, and there is no engraver whose works are more eagerly sought and more universally admired.” —‘‘ Tum GoLpEN AGE OF ENGRAVING.” WILLE, 2370 “ ABRAHAM RECEIVING HaGar,” after DieTRICH. FINE IMPRESSION, but lacks margin. WILLE. 2371 “ JEAN BaprisTE Masse,” after TOCQUE. WILLE. 2372 “THE Goop WomMAN oF NorMANbYy,” after P. A. WILLE. Copy of Wille’s famous print. WILLE. 2373 “ PHiLippe I., Kinc or FRANCE.” WILLE. 2374 “ TuHierry I., Kinc or France,” WILLE. 2375 “ THIERRY II., Kinc or FRANCE.” WILLE. 2376 “ Dacopert II., Kinc or FRANCE.” WILLE. 2377 “ Henry I., Kinc or FRANCE,” WILLE. / 0 2378 “ Hucu Carpet, KING or FRANCE.” WILLE. 40. 2379 “ LoTHAIRE, Kinc or FRANCE.” \ THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 475 \ WILLE. 7 ¢ 2380 “Louis I., Kinc or FRANCE.” P WILLE: /o 2381 “Louis II., Kinc or FRANCE.” WILLE. iA 2382 “ Louis VI., KING oF FRANCE.” WILLE. (6 2383 “ CHARLES III., KING oF FRANCE.” WILLE. (0 2384 ‘“ CHARLES IV., KING oF FRANCE.” WILLE. /O 2385 “CHILDERIC II., KING or FRANCE.” { WILLE. 1b 2386 “ CuHILDERIC III., KInG oF FRANCE.” { WILLE. 16 2387 ‘‘ CHILPERIC II., KiInG or FRANCE.” WILLE. {50 2388 “Crovis III, Kinc or FRANCE.” { WORMS (Jules). /6 6 2389 “ Every AGE HAS ITS PLEASURES.” , ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. WOLGEMUTH (Michael, Born 1434 and Died 1519). DIS 239° “ KNIGHT IN ARMOR.” Neatly framed. This curious old woodcut attributed to the father of wood-engraving represents a knight in full armor, covered with a mantle, with the collar of a noble order suspended from his neck; his hand rests on a two-handed sword, and his armcrial bearings, tinctured with the proper heraldic colors, appear in the left-hand corner. , /, ~ . =~” YON (E.). 6 6 239% “ A SMALL BRANCH OF THE MARNE.” " ORIGINAL ETCHING. PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. 476 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 2392 “NAPOLEON AT THE BATTLE OF. BORODINO, SEPTEMBER 7th, 1812.” A CURIOUS LARGE CONTEMPORARY WATER-COLOR DRAWING IN INDIA INK AND SEPIA OF THIS FAMOUS BATTLE, evidently drawn for the purpose of engraving on copper, as the soldiers have their swords in their left hands, and their muskets on their left shoulders. Napoleon is represented in the distance surrounded by his staff. In the foreground a squadron of French cavalry—the dashing Murat at their head, are charging the Russian in- fantry. 2393 “THE HAPPY FIDDLER.” A clever and highly finished original water-color drawing of the German school, about 1765, neatly framed in polished oak, | 2394 “THE BATHER AT THE SPRING.” A spirited original water-color drawing (neatly framed) representing a young girl, perfectly nude, just emerged from the water, and about to drink from a spring which trickles above her head. 2395 “A VOTARY OF BACCHUS,” Finely colored, in neat oak frame. 2395* “ON THE BANKS OF THE SEINE, PARIS,” etching by JACQUE. 2396 BACCHANTE. ‘‘ Nupe FEMALE FIGuRE ASLEEP.” PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. 2397 VAN MARCKE. “Lanpscape witH CATTLE,” after. PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER. 2397" “ WHERE’S THE FIELD?” FINE SPORTING sUBJECT, Fox Hunting, engraved by M. Hunter, and in antique oak and bronze frame. 2398 “THE KISSES,” engraved by F. FLiparrt. (2 pieces.) A pair of exquisite eighteenth century engravings, neatly framed. 2399 “ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST.” A VERY CURIOUS GRECO-RUSSIAN ENGRAVING printed on linen, represent- ing incidents in the life of St. John and other saints of the Greek Church. The centre of the picture represents the saint as a gray-bearded old man, accord- ing to the manner in which he is depicted in Oriental art. He is standing on the Isle of Patmos, and holds a scroll in his hand. The Virgin in glory is in the clouds at the right. The lower portion of the engraving represents a tur- reted city, and a number of religious buildings, Russian horsemen, camels, etc. The sides of the picture are in eight compartments, which depict incidents in the-lives of the saints. THE PENE DU BOlS COLLECTION 477 Ancient Goodcuts. 2400 “THE BAPTISM OF JESUS CHRIST.” Master L. F. Bartsch, 96. A curious production, 38 x 10%, containing por- traits of Luther, Melancthon and other celebrated contemporaries of the artist. 2401 “THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD.” By an unknown Master. Very curious, as illustrating art in Germany at the Durer period. The architecture is Grecian, representing the court-yard of the mansion of the noble master of the vineyard, who is paying off his laborers, and replying to the remonstrance of the discontented one, ‘Friend, did not I agree with thee for a penny ?” 2402 SUEY OR FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, 1570.” By an unknown artist of the date, with a Key to the principal buildings of the city, in old German text. 2403 “THE TOWN OF PRESSBUBG ASSAULTED BY THE TURKS.” A very rude woodcut, interesting as a specimen of one of the earliest known engravings on wood. 2404 “LOT FLEEING FROM SODOM.” Lot, an old bald-headed man, is in the foreground under the protecting wing of an angel, his two daughters are following, laden with household goods, accompanied by another angel. In the far distance is Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt, and at the back is the doomed city, in flames, with the fire from heaven still descending. In the right-hand corner of the engraving Lot is rep- resented seated, a daughter on each side, rapidly consuming the wine they had brought along. rN ee 2405 “DANCE AT THE FETE OF 1 HE VILLAGE OF MEGELDORF.” (16) A frieze in six divisions representing the villagers enjoying themselves. Some are on their way to the feast. Others are drinking. One is drunk. Some are soliciting their partners for the dance. Two are playing the bagpipe and horn, and many are dancing. 2406 “ THE MEN CAGED BY THE WOMEN.” Many men in fool’s-caps are imprisoned in a large cage. An old woman is teaching them music at the front, while a younger woman has charge of the door at the back. In the distance an old woman with a wheelbarrow is bringing another man, also in a zany’s cap, to add to those already in the cage. At the right of the print is a group of men engaged in lamenting that this is eventually to be their fate also. 2407 “ THE THREE AGES.” A father is introducing his young son, who is riding a hobby-horse, to his grandsire, a very old man, who is seated at a table, with his money, desk, and writing materials before him. 2408 GROLIER (Jean). Fac-similes of bindings belonging to JEAN GROLIER, with his arms and crest ILLUMINATED IN THE PROPER HERALDIC COLORS; Fac-simile of a deed with GROLIER’s signature, etc, (6 pieces) pe / 478 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 2409 “ ROGER PAYNE,” THE CELEBRATED BOOKBINDER. Copy of the large plate of this portrait. 2409", “T. F. DIBDIN”; “W. C., BRYANT,” etc. Portraits, (6 pieces) 2410 ASCHAM, ASHMOLE, GRANGER, and LOWNDES. Portraits. (4 pieces) / 4 2411 BYRON, HUME, MILTON, DRYDEN, SHAKES- f ree aN PEARE, JOHNSON, SCOTT, DEFOE, GIBBON, POPE, CHAUCER, SPENSER, BEN JONSON, etc. Portraits. (28 pieces) 2412 ‘““ MARGUERITE OF NAVARRE.” PROOF ON INDIA PAPER, PRINTED IN CRAYON SANGUINE (GENRE BOUCHER) and from a contemporary painting. 2413 “FRANCIS RABELAIS,” FAC-SIMILE OF A RARE CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. /8 G 2414 ROUSSEAU, LE SAGE, FENELON, MONTESQUIEU, "4 PHILIDOR, RONSARD, etc. French Literary Por- traits. (17 pieces.) 6G 2415 FENELON, LA FONTAINE, MOLIERE, LE SAGE, ( 20 433 50 = ( h, DESCARTES, RACINE, VOLTAIRE, ete. French Literary Portraits. (11 pieces.) 2416 VOLTAIRE, MONNIER, FLORIAC, etc. Portraits of French Authors, and all proofs on India paper. (4 pieces. ) 2417 “THE NUDE IN ART.” (25 pieces.) Subjects after Giordano, Raphael, Poussin,Correggio, Michael Angelo, Rubens, Titian, Guido, Vandyck, Barbieri, Albano, etc., all illustrating ‘‘ the Nude in Art.” 2418 OLD MASTERS. “ Hannipat,” after REMBRANDT; “ Pan and Syrinx,” after MARTIN DE Vos; “ Charge of Cavalry,”’ after BourcuicNon; “The Watering-Place,” after MIEL; “The Four Ages,” after VALENTIN, (5 pieces.) 2419 “A MONK,” after GUIDO; “ The Flaying of Marsyas,” Rivera ; “ Jewish Heads,” Denon ; “ Lydia”; “ Land- scape with Cows” (original pencil drawing), Vignettes, etc., SOME PROOFS, (Io pieces.) L£/6 2420 CORTONE. “Four Muses—Clio, Polymnia, Calliope and Euterpe,” engraved by GopEFRoy, MASQUELIER, etc., after PIETRA DE CORTONE. Ashore.” Original etchings. (3 pieces. ) gj 242 “MARKET DAY”; “ Menia Bridge”; “ Fishing Boat f aT { 2422 FRENCH LITHOGRAPHS. Subjects after FROMEN- TIN, HEBERT, COGNIET, FRERE, BARON, etc. (8 pieces.) THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 479 ~25 2423 FRENCH LITHOGRAPHIC CARICATURES after } BELLANGE, etc. (15 pieces.) 3 30 7424 SCARRON. Set or ILLtustrations TO SCARRON’S ‘““Comic ROMANCE” engraved by B. AUDRAN, L. SUR- UGUE and B. LEPICIE, after J. B. PATER. Folio, (11 pieces.) FINE OLD ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS. VERY SCARCE. Scarron’s ‘‘ Comic Romance ’ is the most important and best of all the humorous and familiar romances of the seventeenth century, and the author's chef-d@euvre. In this history the adventures of a wandering troop of comedians are recited. Strange types and characters abound in the book. The witty little bourgeois Ragotin, the misanthropical Larencune full of vanity and envy, the wicked laugher Rappinirie, the poet Roquebine, full of pretention—not to say anything of the female characters of the romance—present a lively picture of the times and manners of the period, not to be found in the works of any other author. Jean Baptiste Pater, the designer of the above rare series of prints, was a French painter, born at Valenciennes in 1695. He went to Paris early in life and became the pupil of Anthony Watteau, whose subjects and manner he imitated with considerable success. In these pictures, however, he ex- celled his master in one respect—that of humor—a spirit which Watteau never attempted. YO 2425 MARILLIER. Set of Four Illustrations to “ GuzMan DE ALFARACHE, THE SPANISH RoGuE,” after MARILLIER, etc. (4 pieces.) Fine old impression, neatly inlaid to large octavo. d, 2426 MOLIERE., Illustrations to MOLIERE, mostly Original A Etchings by LALAUZE. (8 pieces.) gs: 2427 CHATEAUBRIAND. Set of Thirteen Illustrations to ' CHATEAUBRIAND, after Tony and ALFrep JOHANNOT, etc. (13 pieces.) FINE OLD IMPRESSION. /2¢ 2428 VOLTAIRE. Set of Thirteen Illustrations to VoLTarrr’s Dramas, engraved by LEFEVRE, CHOLLET, Lx Bas, etc., after DESENNE. (13 pieces.) FINE OLD IMPRESSIONS. 5 0 2429 “PAUL AND VIRGINIA.” Illustrations to, engraved f by DUPONT and SIXDERIERS, after DESENNE, (2 pieces.) ENGRAVER’S PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS, ON INDIA PAPER. 0 2430 SHAKESPEARE.—BOYDELL’S Larce Pirates Itius- iv TRATING ‘ TROILUS AND CRESSIDA ”; “Two GENTLEMEN or Verona,” and “WinTeER’s Taz.” Engraved by FITTLER and SCHIAVONETTI, after ANGELICA KAUFFMANN and WHEATLEY. (3 pieces.) 480 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. ROUSSEAU. Ser or Itiustrations To J. J. ROUS- SEAU’S Lire anp Nove ts, engraved by LEFEVRE, BLANCHARD, etc., after DEVERIA, TONY and ALFRED JOHANNOT. Fine old impressions, 21 pieces.) “SATYRE MENIPPEE.” Set of Three Illustrations to this curious work, engraved by TONY JOHANNOT, KONIG and LEFEVRE, after DEVERIA. PRoors On INDIA PAPER. (3 pieces.) WOODCUTS, MOSTLY FRENCH, HAND PROOFS on INDIA PAPER, soME BEFORE THE BLOCKS WERE FINISHED, etc. (98 pieces.) A rare lot, very useful for illustrating any work on the fine arts. “PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.” An Allegorical Subject. Very fine large photograph, mounted. “THE BURGOMASTER,” after ADRIAN OsTADE. Fine line engraving (slightly injured). ‘FREDERICK THE GREAT.” Portrait. After CHop- OWIECKI, RARE. “ AMABLE JULIEN DU BOIS.” Two portraits of this celebrated Statesman and Physician. One on India paper. (2 pieces.) “MISS SYDNEY, of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.” Portrait. Proof on India paper. SHAKESPEARE, SARAH BERNHARDT, MOZART, and JULIA GRISI. Portraits (6 pieces.) MURGER, MERY, and DELVAN, all proofs on India paper. LORD CLIVE, Netson, RopNEy, DRAKE, BLAKE, COOK, etc. Portraits. (7 pieces.) BOLINGBROKE, Mar.LBorouGH, WALPOLE, BURKE, Pirt, STRAFFORD, HAMPDEN, CHATHAM, Fox, etc. Por- traits. (10 pieces.) ERSKINE, Bacon, MANSFIELD, COKE, CLARENDON, HA.r, CAMDEN, Mork, etc. Portraits. (10 pieces.) SIR H. DAVY, JENNER, Harvey, Ray, HUNTER, HER- SCHELL, SYDENHAM, etc. Portraits. (16 pieces.) PRIESTLEY, Westrey, Barrow, Knox, WIcLIF, WoL- SEY, CALVIN, CRANMER, LUTHER, JEREMY TAYLOR, etc. Portraits. (11 pieces.) 32 2446 SO 2447 “4g 2448 (2 7449 ee / Ut) 2451 26 745? THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 481 WASHINGTON, Jerrerson, FRANKLIN and _ PENN. Portraits (4 pieces.) REYNOLDS, HOGARTH, FLAXMAN, RUBENS and WREN. PorrTrRairts, (5 pieces.) NAPOLEON, CROMWELL, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, etc. PORTRAITS. (6 pieces.) FRENCH KINGS, engraved by Dupuis, DUCHANGE, AVELINE, FESSARD, etc. PORTRAITS. (42 pieces.) PORTRAITS. FrencH Royat PERSONAGES. Some proofs on India. (19 pieces.) NAPOLEON’S GENERALS—SOULT, BERTHIER, MuRAT, Ney, LASALLE, SUCHET, erc. PORTRAITS. (24 pieces.) PORTRAITS; ILLUSTRATING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. (13 pieces.) DUNOIS, TALLEYRAND, COLBERT, RICHELIEU, DUC DE BOURGOGNE, etc. PorTrRAITs. SOME FINE AND SCARCE, (7 pieces.) MIRABEAU, Foy, Barrot, LAFITTE, BERRYER, DANTON, ConsTaNT. Portraits of French Orators. ALL PROOFs ON INDIA PAPER, BEING BEFORE LETTERS. (19 pieces.) BEAUHARNAIS, LAMETH, ROBESPIERRE, LAFAYETTE, SIEYES, etc. Portraits. (18 pieces.) MIRABEAU, CARNOT, DANTON, ROBESPIERRE, SIEYES, etc. PORTRAITS. (7 pieces. ) PORTRAITS, illustrating French History and Literature. (93 pieces.) 482 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. X. @urvios AND — £Lrbrary Furniture. “Les Arts, s’appelent les beaux arts parce que leur objet est de produire emotion du Beau sans égard aucun pour I’utilité ni du spectateur ni de l’artiste. Ils s’appelent encore les arts libéraux parce que ce sont des arts d’hommes libres et non d’esclaves, qui affranchissent l’Ame, charment et ennoblissent l’existence; de la sens et l’origine de ces expressions de l’antiquité; ‘ artes liberales, artes ingenuce.’”’—CousIN. 2458 ROYAL DRESDEN PAINTED -PORCELAIN PLAQUE, arrer PHILIP WOUVERMANN. This handsome porcelain plaque measures fourteen and a half inches in diameter. It is of royal Dresden production and has on the reverse the mono- gram ‘‘ A. R.”’ in blue below the line ‘‘ nach Wouvermann ” in gold. The monogram ‘‘A. R.” signifying ‘‘ Augustus Rex,’’ shows that it came from and was painted at the Royal Manufactory of Meissen in Saxony for Augustus the First, King of Poland, 1709-12. The centre of the plaque is after a painting of Wouvermann, the most popu- lar of all the Dutch landscape painters. It represents a hunting party setting out and corroborating the statement that the celebrated artist never painted a picture without introducing a white or a gray horse. There is a two-inch border of flowers and vases in colors, heightened with gold. 2459 SEVRES CHINA SALAD DISH FrorMERLY BELONGING TO NAPOLEON THE THIRD. This salad bowl, which measures eleven and a quarter inches in diameter and four inches in height, came from the Palace of St. Cloud. It is of white porce- lain, with ivy leaf decoration and gold lines, also the letter ‘‘ N’”’ and imperial crown of the late Emperor Napoleon on two sides. The following are the marks—1, ‘‘S. 46” in green label; 2, ‘‘ Series 1846,”’ royal crown and initials ‘*L .P.” all within double circle and in blue; 3,an imperial crown, below which are the words ‘‘ Chateau de St. Cloud” within a dentelle circle and in orange. [, G THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 483 2460 SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE TUILE- RIES AND THE PROPERTY OF NAPOLEON THE THIRD. This example measures nine inches and a half in diameter. It is of purple, white and gold. In the centre are the imperial arms of Napoleon, with crown, sceptres, ermine mantling and Legion of Honor cross and collar. The border an inch anda half in width is of imperial purple with broad gold fillets and the monogram ‘‘ P. P.” denoting that it belonged to the ‘‘ Palais Prive ” and to the personal dinner service of Napoleon the Third at the Tuileries. There are also eighteen gold imperial bees in the border. On the reverse is one of the impressed Sevres marks of a late date. 2461 “ NAPOLEON THE FIRST.” BRONZE STATUETTE ON MARBLE BASE. A three-inch replica of the statue of Napoleon, with the cocked hat and overcoat of ‘* the man in gray ’—as it stood on the apex of the Vendome Column in Paris during the reign of King Louis Philippe and commemor- ative of the inauguration. ‘Chis was superseded during the last empire by a different figure of Napoleon, with laurel wreath and toga. 2462 “NAPOLEON THE FIRST.” WHITE MARBLE CAMEO PORTRAIT WITH LAUREL CROWN, Beautiful executed medallion made out of the stone of the monolith of Napoleon the First's tomb in the Invalides at Paris, and given by the sculptor of the sarcophagus to the grandfather of a friend of Mr. Pene du Bois. It measures, with heavy bronze border, two and seventh-eighths inches by two and flve-eighths inches. 2463 “ FREDERICK THE GREAT.” Metal statuette of the great Frederick, measuring with pedestal, two and three-quarter inches. 2464 “JOHN GUTTENBERG, PATER TYPOGRAPHIZ.” An iron replica, measuring with pedestal eight and three eighth inches, of the celebrated Thorwaldsen statue of the Inventor of Printing, erected at his native city of Mentz, on the occasion of the four-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of typography. There were only four hundred of these replicas made, and they were subscribed for in advance by members of the ‘‘ Commemorative Society.” They were manufactured out of the iron of an old printing press, which was traditionally asserted to have been that on which Guttenberg printed his first book. 2465 “BOAR.” JAPANESE BRONZE. 2466 CLOCK AND PENDANTS, METAL BRONZE. (3 pieces.) Thcophile Gautier describesthis identical clock and pendants in “ Le Capitaine Fracasse ”’ as ornaments of the mantel in' the reception room of his hero’s dilapi- dated castle, Sigognac, in whose coat-of-arms were two ‘‘ cigognes” as sup- porters. He saw them ata reception in the Chateau of the Kerlosquet family, Mr. Pene du Bois’ relatives, near Douarnenet in Brittany. Theophile Gautier, who was born at Tarbes, was an intimate friend of the Pene family who owned a mountain in the Pyrenees near |’Allemesan and derived their name from the fact that they lived on the Summit—the Pejia in Spanish—of it. 484 THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION, 2467 “SIR WALTER SCOTT.” A bronze relievo portrait plaque of French manufacture, sixteen inches by twelve and five-eighths, in walnut frame. Uniform in size and design with the following number. 2468 “FREDERICK THE GREAT.” Another bronze relievo portrait plaque in walnut frame. 2469 “AIGUIERE” or EWER OF COPPER ‘WITH BRASS HANDLE. An early example of Italian repoussé work of the Renaissance. It is deco- rated with conventional floriation, nude and grotesque figures, etc. A serpent and lion’s head form the handle. It is twelve and three-quarter inches high. 2470 “THE RACQUET PLAYERS.” (A pair.) A pair of original bronze figures, on brass pedestals, each eight and three- quarter inches high, representing two ‘‘ Incroyables”’ of the First French Revo- lution, with racquets in their hands. 2471 “ ANTIQUE GREEK VASE.” An Elkington oxydized copy of an antique in alto-relievo, with three nude female figures and Cupid on each side. It has floriated decoration, ancient heads, etc. Nine and three-eighths inches high. 2472 “SATYRS WITH NYMPH.” Erotic alto-relievo bronze of two satyrs, with naked nymph, who is riding on the back of one, while the other kisses her. It is oval, measuring eight and three-quarter inches by six and three-quarters, and is in a bronzed and plush frame on easel stand. 2473 “ THE BLIND BEGGARS,” A seventeenth century bronze alto-relievo, represénting two old-time tramps of the character that Callot chose as his favorite studies. This piece cost its owner $55, and is an extremely rare example. This heavy bronze measures five and a quarter inches by four and seven- eighths. 2474 “JEAN QUI PLEURE” anp “JEAN QUI RIT.” (A pair.) Two bronze children’s heads of the above well-known subjects, sometimes called—‘‘ Sunshine” and ‘ Rain.” Height, with pedestal, three and five- eighths inches. 2475 “IRON PROCESSIONAL KEY,” This curious object, which is over two feet high, some four hundred years ago, was one of the signs of the guild of Locksmiths at Nuremberg, It was carried in processions at the head of the members of the guild as an object representative of their avocation. The head of the key is floriated Gothic scroll-work wrought in hammered iron and gilded. 2476 “ PHALLIC IVORY.” A Hindoo carved narwahl’s tusk covered with fourteen male and female figures, mostly Priapic. The upper one of all is environed by a cobra-da- capello, showing that the object was associated with serpent or Vishnavan worship. THE PENE DU. BOIS COLLECTION. 485 22-2477 “VENETIAN WEDDING CASKET.” ( S G, v Ra? 1/656 Be Fy Tn This casket made of pierced and engraved ivory lined with wood, has the date ‘1661 and the initials ‘‘ A. G.” on one of the sides. On the front is a shield of arms. 2478 “GOBLET OF BROWN GLAZED POTTERY.” This curious sixteenth century goblet depicts a tonsured monk holding a naked woman under his robe. One arm lasciviously encircles her waist. This piece, which is seven and a quarter inches high, was made by hand and before moulds were used. It is an erotic satire upon the monks of the Middle Ages. 2479 DURER (Albert). “ADAM AND Eve.” PAInTED GLAss. This circular transparent vitrail, ten inches in diameter, and of ‘‘ Adam and Eve before the Fall,” was painted either by or after Alfred Durer, and it was so catalogued and sold at the San Donato Palace sale. This interesting example of glass transparency is painted on both sides, and cost its owner about one hundred dollars at the dispersion of the treasures of Prince Demidoff. 2480 “MEDIEVAL GLASS TRANSPARENCY.” This mosaic glass painting is of English origin, and measures fourteen inches square. The design is a tree with flowers, on one of the branches of which is seated a purple bird. This is a very early specimen on pot-metal glass, which has never yet been successfully imitated, and it doubtless was before the Reformation in the window of some English ecclesiastical edifice. 2481 LIBRARY ARM CHAIR, Black Walnut, red morocco covered. 2482 LIBRARY CHAIR, Black Walnut, red morocco covered to match, 2483 RED MOROCCO COVERED COUCH to match. 2484 CARVED BLACK WALNUT LIBRARY TABLE, red cloth top, one drawer, castors. 2485 CARVED BLACK WALNUT LIBRARY TABLE, green cloth top, one drawer, castors. 2486 FIGURED RED RAW SILK RECEPTION ROOM SUIT, ebonized,consisting of couch, four chairs, arm chair and rocker. (7 pieces.) > 7§ 2487 SQUARE MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE, carved ' i 26, “7 $0 legs, ball and brass claw feet. 2488 BLACK AND BURR WALNUT BUFFET, French plate glass mirror, two beveled plate-glass china cupboards, five drawers (three with locks), brass mountings (six feet nine inches high by five feet wide by one foot ten and a half inches deep). 2489 BLACK WALNUT SQUARE DINING-ROOM TABLE, with nest of six leaves in case. 2490 BLACK WALNUT Cane-Seated Dining-Room Chairs ; (6 pieces.) 486 THE PENE DU BOTS COLLECTION. 3 65° 2491 HANDSOMELY CARVED BLACK AND BURR WAL. Ot, 26 NUT BOOK-CASE, with three glass lock doors, and three drawers (eight feet two inches high by five feet wide). 2492 CARVED BLACK AND BURR WALNUT BOOK- CASE, three glass lock doors and three drawers (five feet six inches high by six feet wide). 2493 CARVED BLACK WALNUT BOOK-CASE, with brass mounts, two glass lock doors and two drawers (five feet six inches high by four feet four inches inches wide). 2494 BLACK AND BURR WALNUT OPEN BOOK-CASE, with three paneled lock cupboards (seven feet six inches high by five feet six inches wide). 2495 EBONIZED OPEN PORTABLE BOOK-CASE (four feet five inches high by two feet eight inches wide). 2496 BLACK AND BURR.WALNUT BOOK-CASE, with two glass doors and two lock drawers (five feet eight inches high by four feet eight inches wide). RAE tat wma tte TN et ANN BG CIELO SLE GER DEA ELE IP OULD LI ENE y oY &, bs Piste > ote