London, Athenian Society, 1903-1909, 8vo. (132), April 23, American Art Association $67.50 Bates (H. W.) Naturalist on the River Amazon, first ed., illustrations, 2 vol., orig. cl., uncut, 1863, 8vo. (313), Oct. 15, Puttick Farrar, £1 7s. 6d. [ Is., orig. cl., Dec. 2, Sotheby, Lot 153.] Bates (W.) George Cruikshank, the Artist, the Humorist and the Man, second ed., port. and plates, extra illustrated by the addition of an autograph letter signed (mounted), í page of Geo. Cruikshank, 23 col. plates by Geo. Cruik shank, Rowlandson, Leech, Gillray and Woodward, and 61 plain plates by the Cruikshanks, mor. ex., t.e.g., 1879, 4to. (189), May 28, Sotheby Bickers, £5 155. Bates (W.) George Cruikshank, the Artist, the Humorist and the Man, port. and plates, interleaved, hf. mor., re., Birmingham, 1878-George Cruikshank, second ed., with additional plates, 1879, together 2 vol., 4to. (226), Nov. 25, Sotheby Halliday, 1 6S. Bath (Order of the). Statutes of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, mor. ex., the paper stamp of the English arms attached, silk ties with gold braid tassels, with the three vell. documents appertaining to this particular copy, one containing the signature of George III., 1744, sm. 4to. (272), Dec. 2, Sotheby Tregaskis, £1 45. Batt (Ant.) A Hive of Sacred Honie-Combes containing most sweet and Heavenly covnsel: taken ovt of the Workes of the melliflovovs Doctor S. Bernard Abbot of Clareval, trans. by the R. Fa. Antonie Batt, Monk, first ed., orig. cf., clasps of beads and cat-gut, in box, Printed at Doway by Peter Avroy, for John Heigham. Anno 1631, thick sm. square 8vo. (57), Nov. 4, Sotheby Quaritch, £10 Baudelaire (C.) Les Fleurs de Mal, port., hf. mor., t.e.g., Paris, 1861, and another ed., with preface by Gautier, a brief A.L.s., 12 lines, with reference to Gautier and Houssaye inserted, orig. cl., 1869, 8vo. (560), Feb. 19, Hodgson Neumayer, £8 10s. Baudier (M.) Histoire du Mareschal de Toiras, engraved title, genealogical plates and plan, orig. cf., with arms, 1644, folio (231), Jan. 1, Puttick Neuhuys, I IOS. Bauer (F.) Genera Filicum, 120 col. plates, hf. mor., uncut, t.e.g. Sowerby (J. E.) The Grasses of Great Britain, 144 col. plates, n.d., together 2 vol., 8vo. (341), Dec. 2, Sotheby Sotheran, £3 128. Baxter (Geo.) Pictorial Album, or Cabinet of Paintings, containing 11 designs executed in oil colours, mor. gt., ornaments of inlay and gt., g.e., 1837, 4to. (743), Nov. 25, Sotheby Halewood, £7 15s. [£5 5s., mor., g.e., 9 col. plates only, May 20, Sotheby, Lot 861.] Baxter (Richd.) Saints' Everlasting Rest, first ed. (856 pages complete, with all sub-titles, errata and blanks), signature of Thomas Moore, the poet, June, 1821, on fly-leaf, orig. cf., r.e., Printed by Rob. White, for Thos. Underhil and Jr. Tyton... 1650, thick sm. 4to. (58), Nov. 4, Sotheby Pickering, £65s. [£20, orig. cf., r.e., presentation copy from the author, with inscription to the City of Coventry, same sale, Lot 59.] Baxter (Sylvester). Architecture of Mexico, illustrations in text and 150 photographic plates, one volume of text and II cases containing the plates, together 12 vol., uniform three-quarter mor., Boston, J. B. Millet, 1901 (21), April 23, American Art Association $77.50 [Ed. de Grand Luxe. Limited to 50 numbered and registered copies. Contains orig. water-color drawing on fly-leaf of first volume and illuminated initial letters. $55, photographic plates and plans, in 9 separate cl. slip cases, together 10 vol., apparently an ordinary set, Nov. 18, American Art Association, Lot 1991.] Baxter (W.) British Flowering Plants, col. plates, 6 vol., hf. roan, uncut, 1834-43-Smith (Sir J. E.) The English Flora, 6 vol., hf. cf., 1824-36, and others, together 17 vol., 8vo. (342), Dec. 2, Sotheby Quaritch, £5 5S. Baxter (W.) British Phænogamous Botany, col. plates, 6 vol., cl. bds., uncut, Oxford, 1834-43, 8vo. (90), Dec. 2, Sotheby Walford, £1 10S. Bayeux Tapestry. The Celebrated Tapestry of Bayeux reproduced on 17 col. plates (double-page), by J. Basire, after Stothard (no title), from the library of William Morris, with his ticket, hf. mor., g.e., Society of Antiquaries, 1819-23, oblong folio (236), Oct. 28, Sotheby Pickard, £3 5S. Bayly (L.) Practice of Piety, title within woodcut border (cut into), contemp. English embroidered covers on blue satin, design in silver purl of scrolls and fleurons, back divided into 5 panels, silver purl of quatrefoils and fleurons alternately, g.e., 1636, 12m0. (173), Oct. 17, Sotheby Ellis, £14 Bayly (L.) Practice of Piety, elaborately embroidered satin binding of the Stuart period worked in silver and silk threads, full-length female figures, etc., grass and flowers in foreground, cottage and tree, church, trees and a beetle in background, flowers and grass at foot, etc., silver clasps, g.e., port. of Charles I. pasted inside front cover, joints cracked, in box, Amsterdam, n.d., 12mo. (184), Oct. 17, Sotheby Ellis, £71 [A fine example of Stuart embroidery, in very fair condition. Illustration in catalogue.] Beacon (Richd.) Solon His Follie, or a Politique Discourse, touching the Reformation of Commonweales conquered, declined or corrupted, orig. ed., 6 prel. ll., including blank, 114 pp. and 6 other orig. blanks, orig. vell., contemp. English notes, old signature on title, At Oxford, printed by Joseph Barnes, Printer to the Universitie, 1594, sm. 4to. (60), Nov. 4, Sotheby Maggs, £5 Beaconsfield (Earl of). See D'Israeli [£2 15s., buckram gt., March 18, Puttick, Lot 252.] [£6 15s., vell. ex., one of 50 copies on Japanese vell, July 21, Sotheby, Lot 75.] Beardsley (A.) Collection of Works illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, comprised in 63 lots, sold en bloc, not subject to return, sizes mixed (928-990), March 17, Sotheby Heffer, £240 [Each lot was set out separately in the catalogue.] Beaumarchais (P. A. de). La Folle Journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro, Comédie, 5 plates after St. Quentin, hf. mor. gt, t.e.g., Paris, 1785, 8vo. (33), March 12, Sotheby Bumpus, £5 2s. 6d. Beaumarchais (P. A. de). Théâtre Complet, par D'Heylii et F. De Marescot, limited ed., port., 3 vol., hf. mor., t.e.g.. 1869, 8vo. (575), Feb. 19, Hodgson Johnson, £2 145. Beaumont (A.) Travels from France to Italy through the Lepontine Alps, 27 col. aquatints, proofs, mor. gt., g.e., 1800, folio (41), Feb. 3, Sotheby Sotheran, £28 108. Beaumont (A.) Voyage Pittoresque aux Alpes Pennines, 12 col. plates, bds., fine copy, Genève, I. Bardin, 1787, folio (43), March 3, Sotheby Spencer, £13 Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Beggars Bush, the issue with the advertisement of the printers warning customers against "Kirkman and his Hawkers" below the title. unbd. (a few headlines shaved), H. Robinson and A. Moseley, 1661, sm. 4to. (17), March 20, Sotheby G. D. Smith, LS Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Cupids Revenge, second ed. (some 11. damp-stained), unbd., Thomas Iones, 1630, sm. 4to. (12), March 20, Sotheby Dobell, £4 10S. [£2 8s., unbd., with orig. blanks before title and at the end, July 28, Sotheby, Lot 162.] Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Knight of the Burning Pestle, first ed. (rust-hole in F 4 and in H 1), unbd., Walter Burre, 1613, sm. 4to. (9), March 20, Sotheby Quaritch, £165 Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Knight of the Burning Pestle (rust-hole in c 4), MS. notes in the margin of G 4 (verso), unbd., with orig. blank before title, first issue of this ed., with Beamount" for Beaumont on title, N. 0. for I. S., 1635, sm. 4to. (10), March 20, Sotheby Quaritch, £7 [£4 15s., unbd., large copy, with Beaumont" cor " B " rectly spelt, same sale, Lot 11; £4 4s., unbd., wanting blank before title, Beamount" spelling, July 28, Sotheby, Lot 163.] Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Maids Tragedie, third ed., woodcut beneath title (cut into), unbd., A. M. for Richard Hawkins, 1630, sm. 4to. (14), March 20, Sotheby Dobell, £115S. Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Philaster, or Love lies a bleeding, fifth impression (one or two signatures and catch-words cut into), unbd., William Leake, 1652, sm. 4to. (15), March 20, Sotheby Shorter, £6 Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Scornefull Lady, a Comedy, sixt ed., unbd., Humphrey Moseley, 1651, sm. 4to. (13), March 20, Sotheby Dobell, £2 5s. Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Wild-Goose Chase, a Comedie, new three-quarter mor. gt., t.e.g., London, printed for Humphrey Moseley... 1652, folio (133), March 11, American Art Association $107.50 [First issue of the first ed., with signature A (verso) reading, On Mr. Fletchers excellent Play, The WildGoose Chase," 12 x 8 inches. Collation: A, 2 leaves; a, 2 leaves; B-P, 2 leaves each. Reproduction of titlepage in catalogue.] Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) [Works.] Comedies and Tragedies, first collected ed., port. of Fletcher by Marshall in first state, mor. ex., g.e., by Rivière, Printed for Humphrey Robinson, at the Three Pidgeons, and for Humphrey Moseley, at the Princes Armes in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1647, folio (62), Nov. 4, Sotheby B. F. Stevens, £52 [£50, old cf. (rubbed), port. in first state, April 8, Sotheby, Lot 172. This copy had The Wild-Goose Chase," 1652, added.] Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) [Works.] Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, port. by Marshall, russ., 1679, folio (622), May 14, Hodgson Mrs. Anderson, £6 10s. [44 10s., cf. (broken), July 23. Sotheby, Lot 220.] Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Works, with notes by Theobald and others, ports., 10 vol., contemp. cf., 1750, 8vo. (21), Feb. 17, Sotheby Dobell, £2 18s. Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) [Works.] Dramatick Works, ed. by Geo. Colman, plates, 10 vol., old cf., 1778, 8vo. (375), Nov. 12, Puttick Brown, I 15S. Beauties of Bloomerism. Edited by Deborah Dreadnought, 12 col. likenesses of the leading members of the committee from the designs of W. S. Reed, cl. (some pages thumbed, one plate missing), London, Ackermann, 1852, 8vo. (229), March 11, American Art Association Beauties of England and Wales. Brayley (E. W.) and Britton (J.) Beauties of England and Wales, plates, 18 vol. in 25, russ. gt., 1801-15, 8vo. (115), July 31, Puttick Wynne, £2 [$20, cf. (rubbed), in 25 vol., Nov. 18, American Art Association, Lot 277.] $3 Beaux and Belles of England, éd. des amateurs, limited to 100 copies, ports. and illustrations, in two states, Japanese vell. and Holland paper, a number in col., 29 vol., mor. gt.. t.e.g., uncut, London, Grolier Society, n.d., 8vo. (106). April 23, American Art Association $355 [$115, mor. elaborately gt., t.e.g., ed. de luxe (1,000 copies printed), same sale, Lot 30; $120, same state, ed. de luxe, same sale, Lot 146; £10 15s., hf. mor., t.e.g., ed. de luxe, April 14, Sotheby, Lot 519.] Bechtel (Joh.) Kurzer Catechismus vor etliche Gemeinen Jesu aus der reformirten Religion in Pennsylvania, 21 ll. mor., g.e., by F. Bedford (Huth copy, £15 in 1911), Philadelphia, Gedruckt bey Benjamin Franklin, 1742, sm. 8vo. (926), May 13, Sotheby Quaritch, £15 10s. Becket (J. B. Essay on Electricity, hf. mor., Bristol, 17738vo. (927), May 13, Sotheby Bourne, £1 158. Beckford (P.) Thoughts on Hunting, first ed., front. by Bartolozzi and plans of kennels, mor., t.e.g., by Root, Sarum, 1781, sm. 4to. (76), July 21, Sotheby Hatchards, £14 Beckford (P.) Thoughts on Hunting, 20 plates, cf., t.e.g., by Rivière & Son, 1796, 8vo. (397), Jan. 1, Puttick Slocock, £4 10s. Beckford (P.) Thoughts on Hunting, plates and plans of kennels, mor., t.e.g., 1798, 8vo. (77), July 21, Sotheby Hatchards, £5 58. Beckford (P.) Thoughts on Hunting, front. and proof plates by John Scott, russ., 1810, 8vo. (149), Jan. 1, Puttick Quaritch, £1 18s. [$29, extra illustrated, mor. gt., t.e.g., by Lloyd, Nov. 18, American Art Association, Lot 1021; £6, mor., t.e.g., proof plates by Scott, folding plan of kennels cut and last leaf repaired, July 21, Sotheby, Lot 78.] Beckford (W.) Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters, first ed., orig. wrappers, uncut, with the errata leaf, 1780, 8vo. (109), July 1 Puttick Brown, £5 Beckford (W.) Recollections of the late William Beckford, orig. cl. [No place], 1893, 12mo. (136), March 11, American Art Association $80 [Written by Charles Lansdown, and limited to 160 copies printed for private circulation.] [Becon (Thos.)] A Christmas Bankette garnyshed with many pleasaunt and deynty dishes, newely prepared by Theodore Basille [i.e., Thomas Becon], some margins repaired, black letter, woodcut on colophon leaf, mor. ex., g.e., by Mackenzie, Imprinted. . . in Botulphe Lane at the sygne of the Whyte Beare by me John Mayler for Johne Gough, 1542, sm. 8vo. (61), Nov. 4, Sotheby Halliday, £4 15S. Becon (Thos.) Reliques of Rome, black letter (wormed), old russ., g.e., J. Daye, 1563, sm. 8vo. (7), Oct. 17, Sotheby Quaritch, £3 IOS. Beda (Ven.) Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, lit. goth., 97 l., capitals supplied in red (large capital on first leaf |