and after the letters, mor. ex., orig. vell. wrappers bound in, g.e., by Bedford, Paris, 1875, 8vo. (14), July 28, Sotheby Maggs, £6

[£3, mor. ex., t.e.g., orig. vell. wrappers bound in, same sale, Lot 18.] Prévost (Abbé). Histoire de Manon Lescaut, Japan paper, 2 ports. of the author, 2 ports. of Dumas by Jules Jacquemart and 10 plates by Flameng in duplicate (one set before letters), margin of 2 ll. stained, mor., t.e.g., Paris, 1875, 4to. (788), March 12, Sotheby Edwards, £8 IOS. [£4 10s., unbd., Large Paper, printed on vell., March 17, Sotheby, Lot 41.]

Prévost (Abbé). Histoire de Manon Lescaut, col. plates by Maurice Leloir and head-pieces, hf. mor. ex., Paris, 1889, 8vo. (597), March 12, Sotheby Davis & Orioli. £I 15S. Prévost (Abbé). Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, 8 plates after Gravelot and Pasquier, by Lebas, 2 vol., mor., à Amsterdam, aux depens de la Compagnie, 1753, 8vo. (13), July 28, Sotheby Maggs. £27

[One of the few copies printed on papier de Hollande. This is the extremely rare definitive" ed. The present copy contains both the hf.-titles as well as the leaf of errata in Vol. i. Although bearing the Amsterdam imprint, this ed. was really printed at Paris by François Didot.]

Priapeia, sive Diversorum Poetarum in Priapum Lusus, etc., hf. mor., 1781, 8vo. (67), May 27, Puttick Davis, 12S. Priapeia, sive Diversorum Poetarum in Priapum Lusus, one of 50 copies, wrappers, Erotika Biblion Society, 1888, 8vo. (66), May 27, Puttick Morton. 7S. Priapeia, Englished in Verse and Prose, with Introduction, Notes, etc., limited ed., front., hf. mor., Privately printed, 1890, sm. 4to. (379), Feb. 19, Hodgson E. Cooper, £2 5S. Price (Ed.) Norway Views of Wild Scenery and Journal, 21 plates in mezzotinto, proofs, new hf. mor., 1834, 4to. (789), March 12, Sotheby Rimell, £2 12s. 6d. Price (Lake). Interiors and Exteriors in Venice, front. and 26 litho. plates by Joseph Nash, col. and mounted as drawings, in portfolio, 1843 (615), Jan. 28, Hodgson Rimell, £2 4S. Pricket (R.) Times Anatomie, containing the Poore mans plaint, Brittons trouble and her triumph, etc., first ed., mor. gt., g.e., by Mackenzie, Imprinted at London by George Eld, 1606, sm. 4to. (1318), March 4, Anderson Galleries $190 Pricket (R.) Unto the most High and Mightie Prince, his Soveraigne Lord King James. A poore Subject sendeth A Souldiers Resolution, humbly to waite upon his Majestie, first ed., mor. gt., g.e., by Bedford, London, printed by John Windet, for Walter Burre, 1603, sm. 4to. (1317), March 4, Anderson Galleries $195

Primer. This prymer of Salysbury Use is set out a long wont

(sic) any serchyng with many prayers and goodly pictures in the kalender (Latin and English), black letter, red and black, long lines, 23 to a full page [A-Z and A-N in 8's], numerous oval woodcuts, etc. (4 11. in fac., several II. yellowed and some headlines cut into), old cf., in box, Impresse Parisiis impensis Joannis Growte . . . Opera. Matrone Yolande Bonhomme Vidue defuncti Thielmanni Kerver. 1532 mense Augusto, 12mo. (533), Nov. 4, Sotheby Jenkin, £6 Primer of Salysbery use bothe in Englyshe and in Laten.

and dyuerse expedient holsome exortatyons of crysten lyuynge, black letter, contains 132 ll. only (commences with sig. Eii, and ends with leaf Dd vi.), small woodcuts, cf., antique style, r.e., not subject to return. John Gowghe, 1536, 8vo. (131), Oct. 17, Sotheby Hirst, ₤2 58. Primer in Latine, set forth after the vse of Salisburye, black letter, title within woodcut border (last 3 ll. mended, some 11. stained), old cf., By thassignes of Ghon Wayland, 1557, sm. 8vo. (130), Oct. 17, Sotheby Ellis, £4 5s. Primer, or Office of the Blessed Virgin Marie, in Latin and English, printed throughout in red and black, vignette on title and 17 oval engravings by an unknown master, old cf., with device of the Carthusians stamped in gold on the sides (rebacked), Antwerp, Arnold Conings, 1604 (534), Nov. 4, Sotheby Norton, £3 Primrose (Diana). A Chaine of Pearle. Or A Memoriall of all the peerless Graces and Heroick Vertues of Queene Elizabeth, of Glorious Memory, 10 ll., old hf. russ., Printed for Thomas Paine, and are to be sold by Philip Waterhouse, at· his shop at the signe of St. Pauls-head in Canning street neere London-stone, 1630, 4to. (150), Feb. 3, Sotheby

Quaritch, £46

[A laudation of Queen Elizabeth. The only other known copy fs in the British Museum.] Prince d'Amour (Le), or the Prince of Love, with a collection of several Ingenious Poems and Songs by the Wits of the Age, first ed., mor., g.e., by Chambolle-Duru, London, printed for William Leake, 1660, sm. 8vo. (1319), March 4, Anderson Galleries

$205 Prior (M.) Poems on Several Occasions, port., extra port. inserted, old cf., 1718, folio (238), Dec. 2, Sotheby

Payne, 14S. Processionale ad usum Sarum, lit. goth., musical notes and woodcuts (first leaf torn, some ll. at end mended), cf. ex., g.e. (some passages scored through with a pen), n. pl., 1528, 8vo. (128), Oct. 17, Sotheby Ellis, £23 Processionarium Ordinis prædicatorum, lit. goth., front., woodcuts in text, musical notation on a staff of four red lines (damp-stained at beginning), orig. mor. gt., with name of convent, S. Minerva Sala, in padded case, Venetijs, apud heredes Luce Antonij Junte, 1560, 8vo. (1582), May 13, Sotheby Maggs, £12

Proclamation by James II. for continuing in office the Gover

nors, etc. of Jersey, Guernsey, Sark or Alderney, or within his Colonies and Plantations in America, black letter, broadside, 6 Feb., 1684-5, folio (10), March 3, Sotheby Quaritch, £5 12s. 6d. Proclamation by the Privy Council anent the hiring of servants for his Majesties Plantations in America, black letter broadside, 26 March, 1686, folio (12), March 3, Sotheby Quaritch, £8 Proclamation for due observance of the Charter granted to the Governour and Company of Merchants trading to the Canaria Islands (margin shaved), broadside, 25 May, 1665-Recalling former Proclamations prohibiting trade into the Canary Islands, broadside, 27 Sept., 1667, and others, all in black letter, folio (109), March 3, Sotheby H. Stevens, £2 4S.

Proclamation for prohibiting the importation of commodities of Europe into Plantations in Africa, Asia or America, which were not laden in England, black letter, two copies, broadside, 24 Nov., 1675, folio (9), March 3, Sotheby Quaritch, LII IOS. Proclamation for settling and ascertaining the current rates of foreign coins in her Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America, black letter, broadside, 18 June, 1704, folio (17), March 3, Sotheby G. D. Smith, £8 Proclamation for the more effectual reducing and suppressing of Pirates and Privateers in America, black letter, broadside, cut into, 20 Jan., 1687-8, folio (11), March 3, Sotheby Quaritch, £18 5s. Proclamation. Monmouth's Rebellion. Declaring James Duke of Monmouth and his complices, traitors and rebels, 13 June, 1685-Offering reward of £5,000 for Monmouth's body, dead or alive, 16 June, 1685-For a Thanksgiving for victories over the rebels, 11 July, 1685, and 4 others, similar. all black letter, broadside, folio (460), March 3, Sotheby Ward, £21

Proclamation prohibiting his Majesties Subjects to trade within the limits assigned to the Governour and Company of Adventurers of England, trading into Hudson's Bay, black letter, broadside, 30 March, 1688. folio (13), March 3. Sotheby Kashnor, £21 IOS. Proclamations by Charles I., William III. and Queen Mary, 1634-90. Collection of upwards of three hundred and eighty broadside Proclamations, mostly in black letter, and with the royal arms at head, including: Proclamation concerning Playing Cards and Dice, 3 sheets joined, 18, June, 1638-Licensing retailers of Tobacco, 19 Aug., 1639-Authorizing uniformitie of the Book of Common Prayer, 31 March, 1642-For the better government of his Majesties Army, Reading, 25 Nov., 1642, etc., in I vol., old cf. (some sheets cut into and stained), folio (459), March 3, Sotheby Dobell, £135

Proclamations by James I.—Queen Anne. Collection of one hundred and thirty broadside Proclamations, black letter, mostly with the royal arms at head, 1607-1711, including: The granting of a free pardon to rebels, 24 July, 1607Proclamation to confirm estates and all concealed titles, 2 sheets, 22 April, 1609-Proclamation for the free use of Maulting, 18 June, 1638-Act for abolishing the Kingly Office, 2 sheets, 17 March, 1648-9-Act for the security of the Lord Protector his person, 4 sheets (the third torn), 1656-Proclamation offering £1,000 reward for the apprehension of those persons who attacked James Duke of Ormond, 7 Dec., 1670-Proclamation for apprehending Roderick Mackenzie, 13 Feb., 1695-6-Proclamation concerning Colours to be worn on board Ships, 18 December, 1702, etc., in I vol. (some cut into), old cf., folio (458), March 3, Sotheby Dobell, £102 Procter (B. W.) Effigies Poeticæ, or Portraits of the British Poets, by "Barry Cornwall," ports. on India paper (a few stained), 2 vol., hf. cf. gt., 1824, folio (319), Oct. 28, Sotheby Hill, £4 12s. 6d. Promenades par les Lieux les plus interessants de la Suisse, col. front. and 50 views, cl., Zürich (1815), oblong 4to. (478), Nov. 12, Puttick Spencer, £3 15s. Propertius. Liber Elegiarum, roman letter, 74 ll., capitals supplied in red, folio 41 supplied in fac., 5 ll. (ff. 1, 2, 9, 10, 14) mended, several 11. remargined, russ. gt., g.e., joints [Copinger III. 4888, Proctor, Supplement I., p. 12], (Jesi, Fredericus de Comitibus), Mensis Februarii, 1472, 4to. (1583), May 13, Sotheby Quaritch, £19 Prout (Sam.) Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany, plates, orig. hf. roan, n.d., folio (129), Oct. 17, Sotheby Moore, £3 5s. Prout (Sam.) Sketches in France, Switzerland and Italy, plates, hf. mor. (faulty), n.d., folio (446), Oct. 15, Puttick Wragg, £I IOS. Prout (Sam.) Views of Switzerland and Italy, from drawings by Samuel Prout and J. D. Harding, proofs of the 104 plates, mainly before all letters, on India paper, 2 vol., hf. mor. gt., g.e., London, 1833, folio (1447), Nov. 18, American Art Association $37.50 Provisional Articles, signed at Paris, the 30th of November, 1782, by the Commissioner of His Britannic Majesty and the Commissioners of the United States, 8 pp., unbd., 1783, 4to. (259), Feb. 19, Hodgson Port, £2 Prudentius. Psychomachia [et alia opera] (title soiled and scribbled on), old English leather, with stamped panels of dragons, centre figures and scroll legends (worn and nearly illegible), in case (Dunn copy), Basil. ap. And. Cratandrum, 1527, 8vo. (1585), May 13, Sotheby Davis & Orioli, £3 5s. Clementis Libelli cum Cōmento Antonii Nebrissensis. lit. goth. (2 types), double columns, arms of Spain

Prudentius.

on title and device at end (wants first title and 3 11. of epistle, headlines cut close and a few cut into) imitation Spanish mor., Impressum in civitate Lucronii per Arn. Guill. de Brocario, 1512, sm. 4to. (634), Nov. 14, Sotheby Lyell. £3 158. Prynne (Wm.) Histrio-Mastix, the Player's Scourge, first ed., cf. ex., by J. Bedford, 1633, thick sm. 4to. (535), Nov. 4, Sotheby Bain, £9 Prynne (Wm.) A short, sober, pacific examination of some Exuberances in and ceremonial appurtenances to the Common Prayer, contemp. mor. gt., arms of King Charles II., g.e., 1661, 4to. (202), Oct. 17, Sotheby Ellis, £26 Psalmanazar (Geo.) Memoirs of **** commonly known by the name of George Psalmanazar, a reputed Native of Formosa, port., cf. ex., by W. Pratt, Miller arms in gold on sides, fine copy, Printed for the executrix, 1764, 8vo. (675). June 30, Sotheby Barnard, £2 158. Psalme-Bog Eller en Samling af gamle og nye Psalmer, 2 vol., bound dos-à-dos, in gt., a crown supported by cherubs in centres, g.e., in fine condition, in box, Kiobenhavn, C. J. Schubart, 1790, cr. 8vo. (540), Nov. 4, Sotheby Tregaskis, £2 12S. Psalms. Dichiaratione de i Salmi di David fatta dal F. Panigarola, old mor. gt., g.e., Venetia, 1586, 8vo. (462), March 3, Sotheby Maggs, £i 8s. Psalms. Psalmæ y Brenhinol Brophwyd Dafydh, Gann Bapten W. Middelton, black letter (wants title, first 3 11. and a few ll. at end defective, a few MS. marginal notes), old sheep, 1603 [at end 1595]-Jones (R.) Gorchestion Beirdd Cymru: neu Flodau Godidowgrwydd Awen, name on title, Amwythig, 1773, together 2 vol., 4to. (378), Oct. 17, Sotheby Quaritch, LIO Psalms. Psalmes of David (in metre), wanting the title, embroidered covers of the Stuart period worked with flowers in col. silks and silver thread, centre ovals on both covers containing embroidered ports. of K. James I. and Anne of Denmark, blank spaces powdered with silver spangles, silk tie fastened to edge of upper cover, g.e., in box, illustration of binding in catalogue, n.d. (c. 1610), 12mo. (183), Oct. 17, Sotheby Ellis, £63 Psalms. Psalmes, collected into English meeter by T. Sternhold and J. Hopkins and others, embroidered needlework binding, conventional design formed by silver threads, g.e., with clasp, 1629. 8vo. (62), Oct. 21, Sotheby R. Symonds, 17

Psalms. Psalmes, Collected into English Meeter by T. Sternhold, I. Hopkins, W. Whittingham. . with apt Notes to sing them withall, contemp. needlework binding, the design composed of alternate rows of zigzags and clusters of pellets forming stars, worked in gold and silver thread, g.e., in case, Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1630, 16mo. (240), Nov. 4, Sotheby Bliss, £20