169 Romance of Syr Ysambrace, edited by F. S. Ellis, woodcut frontispiece, etc., boards, uncut, 1897, 8vo. (196)

Shepherd, £1 135. 170 Morris (W.) The Defence of Guenevere and other Poems, woodcut capitals and borders, half morocco extra, gilt top, uncut, 1892, small 4to. (197) Myers, £4 4s.

171 Lamb (Charles). Three Manuscript Poems in the Autograph of Charles Lamb, two of them, viz., "Catherine Orkney" and "To Edith Southey," being by Lamb himself, and signed "C. Lamb," and the third a transcript of two verses to "The Fly." On one sheet, 9 inches by 7 inches (408) Sabin, £74

[The transcript was also in the handwriting of Charles Lamb, though not signed. These three poems were written on both sides of a quarto sheet of paper. The lines to "Catherine Orkney" commence

"Canadia! boast no more the toils
Of Hunters for the furry spoils,
Your whitest ermines are but foils
To brighter Catherine Orkney."

Those to Edith Southey are entitled "Christian Names of
Women," and commence-

"In Christian world Mary the garland wears,

Rebecca sweetens on a Hebrew's ear:
Quakers for pure Priscilla are more clear,

And the light Gaul by amorous Ninon swears.”—ED.] 172 Lamb (Charles). Tales from Shakespear, plates by Blake, first edition (sold not subject to return in respect of condition), 2 vol., half calf, London, printed for T. Hodgkins, 1807, 8vo. (405) Pickering & Chatto, £12 5s. 173 Langley (Batty). New Principles of Gardening, or the Laying out and Planting Parterres, Groves, etc., folding plates, old calf, A. Bettesworth, 1728, small 4to. (828) Russell, £4 5s. 174 Livius. T. Livii Decades (cum notis M. A. Sabellici), three pages within woodcut borders, curious woodcuts and initial letters (some pages wormed and stained), with printer's mark of L. A. Junta, in red, morocco, l'enetiis, per P. Pincium Mantuanum, 1495, folio (502) Leighton, £13 15s. 175 Malton (J.) A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin, coloured frontispiece and plans and 25 coloured plates, half calf, 1792, folio (817) Quaritch, £16 10s. 176 Martens (G. F.) Recueil des principaux Traités de l'Europe, avec Continuation par Samwer, Hopf, et Stoerk, avec Table Generale, Supplement, etc., 68 vol. (vol. 2, 5, 12, 45 and 66 missing), half morocco, Gottingue, 1791-1890, 8vo. (620) Harrossowitz, £10 105. 177 Melange of Humour. A Series of Fifty Coloured Engravings, comprising a great variety of Comic Subjects, by T. D. Egerton, half morocco, gilt edges, W. Lewis, n. d., folio (811) Sabin, 10 IOS.

178 Montesquieu (C. Baron de. (Euvres Melées et Posthumes,

one of two copies printed on vellum, 2 vol., boards, uncut in case, Paris, Didot, 1807, 8vo. (323) Pearson, £2 12s. 179 Muses Library (The).__ Poetical Works of Drummond, 2 vol., Vaughan, Donne, Browne, Carew, Waller, Marvell, Gay, Keats, Coleridge and Blake, portraits, limited editions, 18 vol., LARGE PAPER, half vellum, gilt tops, 1892-8, 8vo. (84) G. H. Brown, £4 180 Muther (R.) History of Modern Painting, numerous illustrations, 3 vol., cloth, gilt top, 1895, imperial 8vo. (150) G. H. Brown, £3 19s. 181 Notes and Queries. General Index to Series the Third (1862-67), cloth, unopened edges, 1868, small 4to. (388) George, £7 182 Ovidius. P. Ovidio Metamorphoseos vulgare novamente stampato, diligente emente correcto e historiato, title and first page within border, full-page woodcut and curious woodcuts in text, half vellum, Milano, in Minutiana officina, 1519 (501) Leighton, £3 17s. 6d. 183 Philippi de Barberii Opuscula, cum præfatione Joannis Philippi de Lignamine, 29 rude woodcuts of the twelve Sybils, twelve Prophets, The Nativity, Plato, etc., vellum (some leaves stained), Impssum Ro. an. dni 1481, small 4to. (354)

Quaritch, £13 10S. 184 Rawlinson (G.) History of Herodotus, maps and cuts, 4 vol., cloth, 1862, 8vo. (22) Bain, £2

£3 55.

185 Richardson (S.) History of Sir Charles Grandison, first edition, 7 vol., old calf, 1754, 8vo. (747) 186 Richardson (S.) Works, with a prefatory chapter by Leslie Stephen, portraits, 12 vol., cloth, 1883, 8vo. (157)

J. Bumpus, £4 17s. 6d. 187 Saxton (C.) Maps of England and Wales, engraved front containing portrait of Queen Elizabeth (mounted), 35 coloured maps and the "Catalogus Urbium," old calf, with arms on sides, 1579, folio (406) Quaritch, £34 188 Shakespeare (W.) Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true Original Copies, the Second Impression, portrait on title by Martin Droeshout, old calf, London, printed by Tho. Cotes for Richard Hawkins, and are to be sold at his shop in Chancery Lane neere Serjeants Inn, 1632, folio (474)

Pickering & Chatto, £65

[The leaf of verses, title, the first three leaves and the last leaf were defective. Otherwise, with the exception of a few leaves slightly stained, the above was a sound copy, measuring 13 inches by 83⁄4 inches.—Catalogue.]

189 Shakespeare (W.) Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, unto which is added Seven Plays never before printed in folio, fourth edition, portrait by Martin Droeshout, with Ben Jonson's verses beneath, morocco extra, gilt edges, by Pratt, London, printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentley, 1685, folio (261) Sotheran, £24 IOS.

[The above copy measured 14 by 81⁄2 inches. The por

169 Romance of Syr Ysambrace, edited by F. S. Ellis, woodcut frontispiece, etc., boards, uncut, 1897, 8vo. (196)

Shepherd, 1 135. 170 Morris (W.) The Defence of Guenevere and other Poems, woodcut capitals and borders, half morocco extra, gilt top, uncut, 1892, small 4to. (197) Myers, £4 4s.

171 Lamb (Charles). Three Manuscript Poems in the Autograph of Charles Lamb, two of them, viz., "Catherine Orkney" and "To Edith Southey," being by Lamb himself, and signed "C. Lamb," and the third a transcript of two verses to The Fly." On one sheet, 9 inches by 7 inches (408)

66

Sabin, £74 [The transcript was also in the handwriting of Charles Lamb, though not signed. These three poems were written on both sides of a quarto sheet of paper. The lines to "Catherine Orkney" commence

"Canadia! boast no more the toils
Of Hunters for the furry spoils,
Your whitest ermines are but foils

To brighter Catherine Orkney."

Those to Edith Southey are entitled "Christian Names of
Women," and commence-

"In Christian world Mary the garland wears,

Rebecca sweetens on a Hebrew's ear:
Quakers for pure Priscilla are more clear,

And the light Gaul by amorous Ninon swears.”—ED.] 172 Lamb (Charles). Tales from Shakespear, plates by Blake, first edition (sold not subject to return in respect of condition), 2 vol., half calf, London, printed for T. Hodgkins, 1807, 8vo. (405) Pickering & Chatto, L12 5s. 173 Langley (Batty). New Principles of Gardening, or the Laying out and Planting Parterres, Groves, etc., folding plates, old calf, A. Bettesworth, 1728, small 4to. (828) Russell, £4 5s. 174 Livius. T. Livii Decades (cum notis M. A. Sabellici), three pages within woodcut borders, curious woodcuts and initial letters (some pages wormed and stained), with printer's mark of L. A. Junta, in red, morocco, Venetiis, per P. Pincium Mantuanum, 1495, folio (502) Leighton, £13 15s. 175 Malton (J.) A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin, coloured frontispiece and plans and 25 coloured plates, half calf, 1792, folio (817) Quaritch, £16 10s. 176 Martens (G. F.) Recueil des principaux Traités de l'Europe, avec Continuation par Samwer, Hopf, et Stoerk, avec Table Generale, Supplement, etc., 68 vol. (vol. 2, 5, 12, 45 and 66 missing), half morocco, Gottingue, 1791-1890, 8vo. (620) Harrossowitz, £10 10s. 177 Melange of Humour. A Series of Fifty Coloured Engravings, comprising a great variety of Comic Subjects, by T. D. Egerton, half morocco, gilt edges, W. Lewis, n. d., folio (811) Sabin, £10 10S. 178 Montesquieu (C. Baron de). (Euvres Melées et Posthumes,

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two copies prir ted on vellum, 2 vol, boards, uncut n ave Fini, 17 Lot, 18% “, ko Pearson, 22 128

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GH Brman, ₤3 198. eres General Index to Series the Third 18:《* pened edges, 1928, smail 4:0 བྷཱུ མ ཎཱ George, £7 PO.do Metamorphoseos vulgare novamente n, d, ente en ente correcto e historiato, titie and wirtin border, f, pa,e woodcut ard curous n text, ha vell im, Milano, in M nutrina AINA, Lagnt n, £3.47% 6d.

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Quarit 8, £13 10%. History of Herulo'ss, maps and cuts, 4 vo', Bun, £2

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£3.58. Works, with a prefatory chapter by Les e (*s, 12 vol, Goth, 18%, *0

J bungas, £4.17% 6d

Maps of E,'ard and Wales, engraved front

trait, title page and many leaves had been margined, and the ruling line restored in several places.-Catalogue.]

190 Shakespeare (W.) Works, the Pictorial Edition, edited by Charles Knight, Harvey's cuts, 8 vol., calf gilt, 1843, royal 8vo. (57) Myers, £2 155. 191 Shelley (P. B.) The Masque of Anarchy, first edition, cloth, Moxon, 1832, 8vo. (749) Grant, £2 175. 192 State Papers, British and Foreign, compiled by the Librarian and Keeper of the Papers, Foreign Office, from 1812 to 1898, being vol. 1 to 90, in 91 vol., complete with the Indexes to 1888, half calf, 1839-1901, 8vo. (613)

King & Son, £17 10s. 193 Swift (J.) Works, edited by Sir Walter Scott, portrait, limited edition, 19 vol., cloth, 1883, 8vo. (155) Sotheran, £5 194 Thackeray (W. M.) Works, illustrations by the Author, R. Doyle, etc., Library Edition, 22 vol., cloth gilt, 1867-9, 8vo. Bumpus, £7 155.

(54) 195 Thackeray (W. M.) Works, illustrations, 22 vol., half calf gilt, m. 1., 1874-6, 8vo. (68) G. H. Brown, £7 12s. 6d.

196 Thornhill (R. B.) The Shooting Directory, portrait and 5 coloured plates (some pages stained), old calf, 1804, 4to. (446) Pickering & Chatto, £4 7s. 6d. 197 Townley (R.) A Journal kept in the Isle of Man, 2 vol., old panel calf, gilt edges, with painted landscape views of Peel Castle on the fore-edges, Whitehaven, 1791, 8vo. (743)

£6. 5s.

198 Tuer (A.) History of the Horn-Book, illustrations, original edition, with 3 facsimile Horn-Books in pocket, 2 vol., vellum, gilt tops, 1896, 4to. (33) Tickell, £2 8s.

The Vale Press.

199 Longus. Daphnis and Chloe, done into English by George Thornley, woodcut illustrations by Shannon and Ricketts (limited to 210 copies), buckram, uncut, 1893, 8vo. (198)

Bumpus, £4 2s. 6d.

200 The Passionate Pilgrim, edited by T. S. Moore, woodcuts, boards, 1896, 8vo. (200)

201 Constable (H.) Poems and Sonnets, boards,

202 Landor (W. S.) Epicurus, Leontion and

1899, 8vo. (202)

F. Murray, 19s. 1897, 8vo. (201) Holmes, £1 Ternissa, boards, Murray, £1

203 Perrault (C.) Deux Contes de ma Mere Loye, woodcuts,

boards, 1899, 8vo. (203)

Shepherd, £ 6s.

204 Shelley (P. B.) Poems, 3 vol., buckram, 1901, 8vo. (204)

Bumpus, £3 35.

205 De Cupidinis et Psyches Amoribus Fabula Anilis, illustrations, boards, linen back, 1901, small folio (205) Holmes, £125. 206 Fitzgerald (E.) Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, frontispiece, boards, linen back, 1901, 8vo. (206) S. C. Brown, £i IIS. 207 Villon (Maistre F.) Autres Poésies, boards, 1901, 8vo. (207) Holmes, 16s.

208 [Michael Field.] The Race of Leaves, boards, 1901, 8vo. (209) S. C. Brown, £I IS.