Vol. i. has 5 plates and 18 pp. of engraved music; vol. ii., 5 plates and 15 pp. of music; vol. iii., 6 plates and 8 pp. of music; vol. iv., 4 plates and 10 pp. of music; vol. v., 5 plates and 10 pp. of music; vol. vi., 3 plates and no music. The book is appreciated because of the fine execution of the plates. The work originally came out in parts, some of which, having at an early stage been sold out, were afterwards reprinted. The originals, which are with difficulty found together, can be distinguished by the printed title to each piece, starting with letter A, while the reprint starts with A 2. The paper of the reprint is bluish. Originals £6 to £8, reprints less than half.

Billardon de Sauvigny. Les Amours de Pierre le Long et de Blanche Bazu. Paris, 1796, 12mo., engraved title by Blanchard, after Villemin (4s.).

Billardon de Sauvigny. La Mort de Socrate, tragédie en trois Paris, Prault, 1763, 8vo., 1 plate by

actes et en vers.

Levesque (38.).

Billardon de Sauvigny. Poésies de Sapho, suivies de differentes poésies dans le même genre. Amsterdam, 1777, pretty medal portrait by Delaunay, after Marillier (3s.).

Billardon de Sauvigny. Voyage de Madame Adelaide et de Madame Victoire en Lorraine, à Lunéville, 1761, post 8vo., 25 pp., and etching by Mme. de Pompadour (20s. to 25s.); very rare, as it was probably "tiré à petit nombre." Billington (Mrs.), memoirs of, from her birth, containing a variety of matter, ludicrous, theatrical, musical, etc. London, 1792, 8vo., portrait (20s. to 25s.).

An infamous attack on this celebrated vocalist with a view, it is supposed, of extorting money. An answer, with the Life and Adventures of Richard Daly, Esq., and an account of the Irish Theatre, appeared in the same year, and is of equal value. Bimont. Principes de l'Art du Tapissier, ouvrage utile aux gens de la profession et à ceux qui les employent, dédié à Mgr. le Dauphin, par M. Bimont, maître et marchant tapissier. Paris, Lottin l'ainé, 1774, 12mo., 29 folding plates of furniture, rare (£3 to £4).

Binos (L'Abbé de). Voyage par l'Italie en Egypte, au mont Liban et en Palestine ou Terre sainte, avec figures. Paris, Boudet, 1787, 2 vols., 12mo., 12 plates of costumes (20s.).

Bion. Traité de la Construction et des principaux Usages des Instruments de mathematiques, 4me édition. Paris, chez Jombert, 1752, 4to., fine portrait of Bion by de Larmessin,

frontispiece, and vignette heading the dedication both after Scotin, and one ornamented initial letter (3s.).

Bion et Moschus. Idylles de, traduites en français par J. B. Gail, etc. Ouvrage orné de figures dessinées par Le Barbier. A Paris, chez Gail, l'an troisième (1795), 16mo., vellum paper, portrait, and 4 plates by Dambrun, Delignon, and Gaucher after Le Barbier (3s., and on vellum paper with the unlettered proofs, 40s., and with the etchings, very scarce, particularly that of the portrait, a fancy price).

Birch (W.). Delices de la Grande Bretagne. London, 1791, 4to., oblong, 36 plates of views by various artists, including 2 by Rowlandson, with Descriptions (30s. to 40s.).

Bitaubé. Guillaume de Nassau, ou la Fondation des Provinces Unies. Amsterdam, Magérus, 1773, 8vo., fleuron on the title, and 10 plates by Van der Meer, after Chodowiecki (10s. to 128.).

Bitaubé. Guillaume de Nassau

nouvelle édition. Paris, Prault, 1775, 12mo., fleuron on the title, and 1 plate designed and engraved by Moreau (4s., and more with unlettered proof).

Bitaubé. Joseph, poëme en neuf Chants. Berlin, Samuel Pitra, 1767, 2 vols., 12mo., frontispiece, and 9 pretty plates by Meil (10s.).

Bitaubé. Joseph, poëme en neuf Chants. Genève, 1777, 2 vols., 12mo., 9 plates by Née after Marillier (10s.).

Bitaubé. Joseph, poëme . . . Quatrième édition. Paris, Didot l'ainé, 1786, 2 parts, 8vo., portrait by Saint-Aubin after Cochin, and 9 plates by Née after Marillier (12s., and on large vellum paper with unlettered proofs, £2 to £3).

Renouard's copy printed on vellum with the 9 original drawings by Marillier, plus the unlettered proofs and the etchings originally sold in his sale, in 1854, for 130 frs., was resold in the Double sale in 1863 for 700 frs., and again in the Benzon sale it brought 3000 frs. ; now it is in the Rattier Collection. Several copies were struck off on vellum, one of these with the plates on vellum painted like miniatures, 316 frs. The book was also published in the same year in 2 vols., 16mo., "papier ordinaire," and "papier vélin."

Bitaubé. Joseph. sixième edition revue et corrigée. Paris, Didot l'ainé, an V. (1797), 2 vols. 16mo., 9 plates by Née after Marillier (68., and double on vellum paper).

It is a reproduction of the preceding small edition in a reduced form.

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Blackguardiana, or Dictionary of Rogues, Bawds, Shoplifters, Murderers, Pirates, Mountebanks, Whores, Pickpockets, Coiners, Housebreakers, Gipsies (by Jas. Caulfield), 20 curious portraits. London, n.d. (1795), 8vo. (30s. to 40s.). [Blackwell (Henry)]. The English Fencing Master, or the Compleat Tuterour of the Small Sword, in a Dialogue between Master and Scholar. London, printed by J. Downing in Bartholomew Close for the author, 1702, sm. 4to., 5 woodcuts; rare (£3 to £4). The Ashburnham copy in old English blue morocco with gilt ornamental panels, £9 15s. (June, 1897).

Blake (W.). Silver Drops, or Serious Things, with Letters concerning the Lady's Charity School, at Highgate. London, n.d., 12mo., 293 pages (A.T. 3), with 4 plates (£2 to £3).

Blake (W.). Wit's Magazine, 1784-5, 2 vols., 8vo., folding plates by Blake, and others (20s. to 30s.).

Blake (W.). Lavater (J. C.), Aphorisms on Man, translated from the original MS. (by Henry Fuseli), 1788, post 8vo., frontispiece by Blake (4s. to 5s.).

Blake (W.). Book of Thel, 1789, 4to., 8 engraved leaves (one more than mentioned by Gilchrist), with 6 coloured designs, including title (4 illustrated by vignettes, and 2 by ornamental head and tail pieces) (£25). The Gaisford copy in morocco, £29 (1890).

A mystical allegory full of tender beauty and enigmatic meaning. Blake (W.). Songs of Innocence, the Author and Printer W. Blake. 1789, 8vo., engraved throughout in colours by the artist on 27 pages. Original Edition (£40).

Mrs. Blake assisted her husband in the printing, delighting in a task so congenial to her artistic feeling and taste. The poet having, in fact, with the aid of his wife, performed the writing, designing, printing, and engraving, he was literally the author of his own book.

Blake (W.). Songs of Innocence and of Experience, showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul; the author and printer, W. Blake. 1789-94, 8vo. and 4to., title and 53 unnumbered pages, with designs engraved and coloured by the author-artist (£60 to £80). The Gaisford copy, 8vo., £87, and the copy in 4to., containing only 31 unnumbered pages, £41 (1890); Lawrence's copy, 4to., with only 21 designs, in colours, £52 (1892).

Some copies bear the water-mark of 1825, Blake having done them shortly before his death. The widow, on receipt of a cheque for £20

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