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Authentick Memoir of the Life, Intrigues, and Adventures of the celebrated Sally Salisbury, with True Characters of her most considerable Gallants. 1723, 8vo., portrait (25s. to 30s.).

Walker (J.). The Itinerant, a Select Collection of Interesting and Picturesque Views in Great Britain and Ireland, after Drawings by Girtin, J. M. W. Turner, Dayes, Wilson, Britton, and others, engraved by John Walker. London, 1789, fol., 180 plates (40s. to 50s., and more on large and largest paper).

Reissued under the title of the Copperplate Magazine.

Walker (J. C.). An historical Essay on the Dress of the ancient and modern Irish, to which is subjoined a Memoir on the Armour and Weapons of the Irish. London, 1788, 4to., plates (15s. to 20s.).

Walker (J. C.). Historical Memoir on Italian Tragedy, from the earliest Period to the present Time . . . London, 1799, 4to., portraits (10s. to 12s.).

Wallis (J.). The natural History and Antiquities of Northumberland, and of so much of Durham as lies between the Rivers Tyne and Tweed. London, 1769, 2 vols., 4to., plates (25s. to 30s., and more on thick paper, and on large paper, £4 to £5).

Walpole (H.). Anecdotes of Painting in England, with some Account of the principal Artists and incidental notes on other Arts, collected by George Vertue, and now digested and published from his original MSS. with a Catalogue of Engravers. Strawberry Hill, 1762-3-71, 5 vols., sm. 4to. First edition, 109 plates and portraits engraved by Bannermann, Bretherton, Chambars, Grignion, Miller, and Walker (50s. to 60s.).

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Walpole (H.). Works. . . London, 1798, 5 vols., 4to., portraits (20s. to 30s., and more on large paper).

Ward (E.). History of the Grand Rebellion, digested into Verse. Illustrated with about a hundred heads of the worthy Royalists and other principal Actors. London, J. Morphew, 1713, 3 vols., 8vo. The portraits (in first state without numbers), after Vandyck, More, Johnson, by Van der Gucht, Vertue, Sturt, etc., were subsequently used for Clarendon's History, when the numbers were added to the plates (£5 to £6).

Ware (Sir James). The whole Works, concerning Ireland, revised and improved (by Walter Harris). Dublin, 1739-46, 3 vols., fol., portrait and plates (£5 to £6).

Six copies only are said to have been printed on large paper. The second edition, 1764, 2 vols., fol., of about the same value.

Ware (Sir James). The Antiquities and History of Ireland. London, 1705, fol., plates (25s. to 30s.).

Waroquier (de) Etat de la Noblesse, 2 vols.; Armorial des principales maisons de France et étrangères, 3 vols. ; together 5 vols., 16mo. Paris, 1782, heraldic engravings (£3 to £4).

Waroquier. Tableau genealogique, historique, heraldique et géographique de la Noblesse.. Paris, 1786-9, 9 vols.,

12mo., coats of arms (£4 to £5).

The last vols. are rare. The author was guillotined the 27th of July, 1794, by order of the revolutionary (bloody) tribunal.

Watelet. L'Art de Peindre, poeme par M. Watelet, associé libre de l'Académie royale de Peinture et Sculpture. Paris, 1760, roy. 4to., frontispiece, fleuron on title, 5 vignettes and 6 tailpieces, 2 outline plates," Antinous" and "Venus de Medicis," and 8 medallion portraits of Michel Angelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Guido, Titian, Corregio, Tintoret, and Dominiquain, mostly dated 1758-9, after Pierre by Watelet (20s.).

Original edition; sometimes Watelet's portrait by Cochin is added. Rich. Lion's copy in green morocco, with arms of Mérard de Saint-Just,

295 frs.

Watelet. L'Art de Peindre, poeme avec des Réflexions sur les différentes parties de la peinture par M. Watelet, associé libre de l'Académie royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. Paris, Guérin et Delatour, 1760, post 8vo., frontispiece, fleuron on title, 5 vignettes heading the Songs, 8

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medallion portraits (reversed), and 10 tailpieces, 4 of
them after Marguerite Lecomte, 2 outline plates, “Anti-
nous and “
Vénus de Medicis," after Pierre by Watelet

(58.).

R. Lion's copy in old red morocco, 115 frs.; Béhague's copy in red morocco by Derome, 200 frs. Watelet. L'Art de Peindre, nouvelle édition augmentée de deux poemes sur l'Art de Peindre par Dufresnoy et l'abbé de Marsy. Amsterdam, aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1761, 12mo., 3rd edition, containing frontispiece by Folkema, 5 vignettes by Frankendaal, 8 medallion portraits of great masters, and 2 outline plates (5s.).

Watelet. Silvie . . . scribere jussit Amor (Ovid). Londres (chez Prault à Paris), 1743, post 8vo., frontispiece, 8 plates, fleuron, 4 vignettes, and tailpieces after Pierre etched by Watelet and finished by Cochin (15s.).

The author states in the preface that he borrowed the subject from Tasso's Aminta. According to Jombert, Cochin had retouched some of the plates, and engraved the plate of the "Timidité d'Aminte." The unique copy on vellum is in the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal.

Watelet. La Vallée de Tempé. La Haye, 1747, 16mo., pretty frontispiece, not signed (by Watelet) (3s.).

Watson (J.). History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax in Yorkshire. London, 1775, 4to., 10 plates, not including those on the letterpress (£3 to £4).

Watson (J.). History of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey, and their Descendants to the Present Time. Warrington, 1782, 2 vols., 4to., portrait and plates (25s. to 30s., and more with the arms emblazoned).

The first edition, of which only 6 copies were printed, appeared in 1776.

Watteau (Antoine). Recueil de planches des Costumes, gravés par et d'après Watteau, 8vo.

The Béhague copy, which was sold for 680 frs., was thus composed : (1) Figures de Modes dessinées et gravées à l'eau-forte par Watteau et terminées au burin par Thomasin le fils. Paris, Duchange, engraved title and 9 plates before the numbers; (2) Figures françaises et comiques nouvelles inventées par Watteau. Paris, Duchange, engraved title and 9 plates before the numbers; (3) Nouveaux Desseins d'habillements à l'usage des ballets, operas et comédies, inventés par Gillot et gravés par Joullain. Paris, Duchange, engraved title and 60 plates; (4) Suite de figures inventées par Watteau et gravées par son ami C*** (le comte de Caylus), engraved title and 24 plates; (5) Costumes de la Comédie italienne, 10 plates.

ABETH, ou la Victime de l'Ambition, par l'auteur de Sophie de Beauregard (Mme. La Grave). Paris, chez Le Prieur, 1799, 2 vols., 12mo., 2 pretty plates after Binet by Bovinet (3s.).

Zacharie. Les Quatre Parties du Jour, poeme traduit de l'allemand de M. Zacharie (par Muller). Paris, Musier, 1769, 8vo., frontispiece and 4 plates, 4 vignettes after Eisen by Baquoy, and 4 insignificant small woodcuts, not signed (128., and more than double on large paper).

Potier's copy in old red morocco, 86 frs. Reprinted 1781. Eisen's vignettes exist in artist's proofs without text.

Zacharie. Les Métamorphoses, poeme, traduite de l'allemand (par Muller). Paris, 1776, 16mo., pretty title designed and engraved by Moreau le jeune (3s.).

Zarate (Auguste de).

Histoire de la Découverte et de la Conquête du Pérou, traduite de l'espagnol par S. D. C. (Seigneur de la Quette). Paris, 1716, 2 vols., 12mo., frontispiece, map, and 12 plates, not signed (10s.).

Comte de Lignerolles' copy in blue morocco, with arms of M. de Machault, 95 frs. (1894).

Zeczeczeb. Anecdotes Indostanes. A la Haye, 1751, 4 parts in 1 vol., 12mo., frontispiece by Tardieu in each part alike (38.).

Zeilh.

Géraldina, Nouvelle tirée d'une histoire récente. Traduit de l'anglais. Paris, an VII. (1799), 3 vols., 12mo., 3 pretty plates, not signed (3s.).

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Weber. Das Veränderte Russland, in welchem die jetzige Verfassung des Geist und Weltlichen Regiments, der Kriegstaat Zu Lande und Zu Wasser wahre Zustand, die Begebenheiten des Czarewitzen, etc., in einem bis 1720, gehenden Journal vorgestellt werden mit einer accuraten Landcarte und Kupferstichen versehen. Hannover, Nicolas Förster und Sohn, 1729, 4to., portraits of Peter the Great and of Golovine, plates and maps including a plan of St. Petersburg and a view of Cronstadt. The work forms the extract from a German Diplomatist's Journal, who was on a mission in St. Petersburg under the reign of Peter the Great; he dilates on the character and the habits of this monarch, the eventful career of the Czarewitch, gives a full description of St Petersburg, describes the sojourn of the Court at Peterhof during the summer months, the reception and treatment of the English ambassador, the excursions to Cronstadt. The whole is interspersed with interesting anecdotes (10s.).

Weirotter. Son (Euvre, contenant deux cent quinze paysages, etc., dessinés d'après nature et gravés à l'eau-forte par luimême. Paris, Basan et Poignant, 1775, roy. fol. (£2). Weiss (J. M.). Représentation des Fêtes données par la ville de Strasbourg pour la convalescence du Roi . . . Inventé, dessiné et dirigé par J. M. Weiss. Paris, imprimé par Laurent Aubert, s.d. (1744), large fol., portrait and 11 plates by Parmentier, Ph. Le Bas, etc. (40s. to 50s.).

M. le comte de E.'s copy in red morocco with Louis XV. arms by Padeloup, 795 frs. (1895); another copy with the arms of France, 99 frs.

Werthes. Les Aventures d'Edouard Bomston, pour servir de suite à la Nouvelle Héloïse. A Lausanne, chez Jean Maurer; à Paris, chez Lavillette, 1789, 6 half-page vignettes designed by Mullener and engraved by Dunker (3s.).

Wheble's Ladies most elegant and convenient Pocket Book for the Year 1780 . . . London, F. Newbery, 24mo., frontispiece representing a lady in the full dress of 1779, with the head gear of the period, and folding-plate (10s., and the same price for each subsequent year).

Whirsker. Les Métamorphoses de Melpomène et de Thalie, ou Caractères dramatiques des comédies françoise et italienne. A Paris, chez l'auteur, et chez Mégré, s.d.