[The outside cover had the autograph signature, “W. M. Thackeray, 1830." On the front and back covers and also on the half-title were three original sketches by Thackeray, that on the half-title being signed "W. M. T." Beneath this were 12 lines signed "F." These also appeared to be in the autograph of Thackeray, and probably were so, though signed as stated.--ED.] [OCTOBER 28TH AND SEVEN SUBSEQUENT DAYS, 1902.] SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE. THE STOCK OF THE LATE MR. GILBERT IFOLD ELLIS, of NEW BONL STREET, A Bookseller. (No. of Lots, 2627; amount realised, £7,994 8s. 6d.) Each of the lots contained in this Catalogue was sold without reserve. 260 Abaco. Libro Dabaco che insegna a fare ogni ragione mercadantile, et a ptegare le terre con larte di la geometria, woodcuts, diagrams and borders, morocco, janseniste, g. e., by Rivière, Vinegia, Vent. Roffinello, 1541, small 8vo. (1) Leighton, £2 [A handbook for the merchant and others employed in commerce.-Catalogue.] 261 Abano (Petrus de). Expositio problematum Aristotelis, lit. goth., printed in double columns in two sizes of type, the large initial letters painted by hand in red, blue and violet, with flowing ornamental decoration, many of them illuminated in gold, the large initial I on the first page of text being a fine example of the art; this page is surrounded by a square border within gilt lines of floral decoration in gold and colours of elegant design, containing the arms of a Cardinal to whom the book belonged, bound in Niger morocco, tooled in the Venetian manner, with leather clasps, by Douglas Cockerell (Venet.), J. Herbort, 1482, folio (2) Ellis, £10 [Hain, *17; Pellechet, 12; Proctor, 4686. Incompletely described by bibliographers, consisting really of 316 leaves, of which the first, fifth and two last are blank. The “Tabula” is unmentioned by Hain.-Catalogue.] 262 Actis and Constitutiounis of the Realme of Scotland maid in Parliamentis haldin be the rycht excellent Princeis Kingis James the First, Secund, Thrid, Feird, Fift, and in tyme of Marie now Quene of Scottis, black letter, woodcut coat-of arms of Queen Mary upon the title-page, a small piece of [Commonly known as "the Black Acts." It was first printed by Lekprevik with a colophon dated xii. day of October, 1566, but only very few copies had been issued when it was withdrawn, and certain Acts considered obnoxious by the reformers were omitted. It is for this reason that folio cxxxiii. is absent altogether. In certain particulars different copies vary; this copy had the title in seven lines and the Queen's Privilege in twenty-nine.— Catalogue.] 263 Æneas Silvius (Pius II., Piccolominus). Bulla retractationum omnium dudum per eum in minoribus adhuc agentem pro Concilio Basiliens, etc.-De Miseria Curialium, Iit. semigoth., long lines, 27 to a page (36 leaves), without marks (Hain, 194 and 260), rubricated (3 leaves stained), morocco, blind stamped ornaments, g. e., Absque ulla nota [Colon., U. Zell, circa 1467], small 4to. (10) Ellis, £5 2s. 6d. The [Probably the earliest printed edition of these two pieces, which are separated in Hain, Brunet and others. "Bulla" has II leaves, and ends on the recto of the last with "finit feliciter," the reverse being blank. The "De Miseria" has 25 leaves, and ends on the reverse of the last with 25 lines only.-Catalogue.] 264 Æsop's Fables, newly translated by Francis Barlow, LARGE PAPER, frontispiece and 143 plates, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, H. Hills for F. Barlow, 1687, folio (13) Ellis, £13 10S. [With plate 17, usually wanting or defaced, perfect.ED.] 265 Agrippa (Camillo). Trattato di Scientia d'Arme, first and best edition, portrait and 56 engravings of fencing exercises, fine copy, morocco extra, g. e., by Chambolle-Duru, Roma, per Ant. Blado, 1553, small 4to. (16) £6 266 Ainger (Canon). The Temple, London, 12 etchings by Percy Thomas, printed upon Japanese paper and signed by the artist, 6 parts, in a portfolio, 200 copies printed, Bristol, 1898, folio (18) Sotheran, £2 25. 267 Akerman (J. Y.) Remains of Pagan Saxondom, 40 plates, printed in colours, half roxburghe, t. e. g., 1855, 4to. (19) Young, £1 12s. 268 Alberti (L. B.) L'Architettura, woodcut title, with portrait on verso, and woodcut designs, vellum, gilt ornament and border on sides, Venet., F. Franceschi, 1565, small 4to. (20) Ellis, £110 269 Albertinis (Fr. de). Opusculum de mirabilibus novæ et veteri Urbis Romæ, woodcut border to title, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, Romæ, J. Mazochius, 1510, small 4to. (21) Ellis, £3 8s. 270 Albumasar Flores Astrologie, lít. goth., small woodcuts and diagrams, printer's device of the cat and mouse on the title, vellum gilt, g. e., by Leighton, Venet., J. B. Sessa, circa 1498, small 4to. (24) Leighton, £3 3S. [This copy contained an original blank leaf at the end, completing signature E, making the total number of leaves 20, not 19 as given by Hain, nor 18 as given by Mlle. Pellechet. Catalogue.] 271 Aleman (M.) Life of Guzman d'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, frontispiece and plates by Bouttats, 2 vol., calf gilt, 1708, 8vo. (29) Howell, 1155. 272 Alison (Archibald). History of Europe, portraits, 14 vol., calf extra, m. e., Blackwood, 1849-50, 8vo. (32) Bull, £1 8s. 273 [Allen (Cardinal).] De Justitia Britannica, sive Anglica, quæ contra Christi Martyres continenter exercetur, morocco extra, g.e., by Wright, Ingoldstadii, 1584, 12mo. (33) Bull, £2 45. [This work was intended as an answer to Lord Burghley's "Justitia Britannica," a defence of his treatment of the English Roman Catholics. It contains accounts of Bishop Fisher, Sir Thomas More, Cardinal Pole and Mary Queen of Scots, besides full lists of all the other Roman Catholic sufferers, both priests and laity, under Henry VIII., Edward VI. and Elizabeth.-Catalogue.] 274 Almack (E.) Bibliography of the King's Book, or Eikon Basilike, LARGE PAPER, with 6 facsimile plates in colours, and numerous reproductions of title-pages, cloth, uncut, 1896, royal 4to. (35) Maggs, £275. [One hundred and fifty copies were printed upon large paper. The present copy contained an appendix, issued subsequently, containing later additions.-Catalogue.] 275 Almanach National de France, an XI. de la République, présenté au premier Consul, par Testu, original binding of white velvet, borders of gold and silver thread, and ornamented with designs of flowers, worked in silk of brilliant colours, silk linings, g. e., in perfect preservation, Paris, Testu (1803), 8vo. (36) Maggs, £2 6s. 276 Almanachs Français. An extraordinary and unique Collection of nearly 2,000 French Illustrated Almanacks, comprising upwards of 300 different publications, humorous, political, scientific, military, domestic and religious, issued during the period 1880 to 1898, bound in 441 volumes, strong half roan, each year having a distinctive colour, the edges untrimmed, and the original covers and advertisements preserved, 4to., 8vo. and 12mo. (37) B. F. Stevens, £15 277 America. Acts passed in the Island of Barbados, from 1643 to 1762 inclusive, to which is added an Index and abridgment, old calf, For R. Hall, 1764, folio (41) Quaritch, £3 10s. 278 America. Acts of Assembly, made and enacted in the Bermuda or Summer-Islands, from 1690 to 1713-14, with continuation to 1736, in 1 vol., old gilt calf, J. Baskett, 1719-37, folio (42) Maggs, £4 45. 279 America. Acts of Assembly passed in the Province of Maryland, from 1692 to 1715, old gilt calf, J. Baskett, 1723, folio (45) Maggs, £3 10s. 280 America. Acts and Laws passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New England, from 1692 to 1719-to which is prefix'd the Charter, granted by Their late Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the Inhabitants of the said Province, A.D. 1691, original gilt calf, J. Baskett, 1724, folio (46) Ellis & Co., £4 4s. 281 America. Acts of Assembly passed in the Province of NewYork, from 1691 to 1718, old gilt calf, J. Baskett, 1719, folio (48) Ellis, £315s. 282 America. Acts of Assembly passed in the Colony of Virginia, from 1662 to 1715, vol. i. (all published), old gilt calf, J. Baskett, 1727, folio (49) Maggs, £3 5s. 283 America. An Act to regulate and restrain Paper Bills of Credit in his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut and Massachusets Bay, and New Hampshire in America, and to prevent the same being legal Tenders in Payments of Money, 8 pages, black letter. uncut copy, boards neat, Thomas Baskett, 1751, folio (50) E. J. Allen, £2 284 America. Apianus (P.) Cosmographia, woodcuts of spheres, etc., with movable discs and pointers, and a folding map of the World containing America as then imagined, original vellum, Parisiis, 1553 (in fine 1551), small 4to. (54) H. Stevens, £3 285 America. Biet (Antoine). Voyage de la France Equinoxiale en l'Isle de Cayenne, entrepris par les François en l'année 1652, mottled calf extra, g. e., Paris, 1664, 4to. (60) Cotton, £145. 286 America. Cicero's Cato Major, or his Discourse of Old Age, with Explanatory Notes, title in black and red, contemporary calf, Philadelphia, printed and sold by B. Franklin, 1744, small 4to. (65) Maggs, £10 [A rare volume, considered by Franklin the chef-d'œuvre of his press. The translator of this classic was Judge James Logan; and Franklin, in "The Printer to the Reader," describes the volume as 'this first Translation of a Classic in this Western World."-Catalogue.] 287 America. Columbus (Christopher). His Own Book of Privileges, 1502, Photographic Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Archives of the Foreign Office in Paris, compiled and edited by B. F. Stevens, oak boards, with pigskin back and chain fastenings, uncut, 1893, folio (69) Quaritch, £2 135. 288 America. Cosmographie Introductio, cum quibusdam Geometrie ac Astronomie principiis ad eam rem necessariis, Insuper quattuor Americi Vespucci navigationes-Universalis Cosmographie descriptio tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam insertis que Ptholomeo ignota, a nuperis reperta sunt, lit. goth.. with the folding plate, with text in 14 lines on the back, clean and tall copy, vellum, Pressit apud Argentoracos Joannes Grüniger, 1509, small 4to. (71) Quaritch, £27 [A clean copy, also in vellum, realised £11 5s. in June, 1898. It was first proposed in this work to give the name "America" to the new found world.--ED.] 289 America. Cotton (John, of Boston, Mass.) The Bloudy Tenent, washed, and made white in the bloud of the Lambe, old calf, 1647, small 4to. (72) Shepherd, £8 17s. 6d. 290 America. Crespel (E.) Voiages dans le Canada et son Naufrage en revenant en France, original gilt tooled binding, Francfort sur le Meyn, 1742, small 8vo. (73) H. Stevens, £2 25. [Written in a series of eight letters from Emmanuel Crespel to his brother Louis. The writer details his experiences during a journey begun in 1728.-Catalogue.] 291 America. Decker (Adolf). Diurnal und Historische Beschreybung der Nassawischen, engraved and printed titles and 8 engraved maps and plates, calf extra, g.e., Strasburg, E. Zetzners, 1629, small 4to. (76) Quaritch, £3 10S. [The very rare original edition in German of this interesting and valuable journal, giving an account of the voyage of a fleet of eleven vessels under the command of Admiral l'Hermite, despatched from Holland by Prince Maurice of Nassau in 1623-Catalogue.] 292 America. Esquemeling (J.) Bucaniers of America, map and plates, parts i. to iii., in I vol., original calf, 1684, small 4to. (80) Edwards, £1 12s. 293 America. Forty-eight large coloured Portraits of North American Indians and their Wives, with explanatory text on 204 pages, lettered Indian Biography, vol. i., half morocco, g. e., sold not subject to return, Philadelphia, 1837-38, royal folio (82) Ellis, £2 25. 294 America. Frobisher (Martin). Historia Navigationis Martini Forbisseri Angli Prætoris sive Capitanei, A.C. 1577, engraved frontispiece, calf gilt, r. e., Hamburgi, 1675, small 4to. (83) E. G. Allen, £2 [An account of Sir Martin Frobisher's Second Voyage in search of the North-west Passage. This edition contains much that is not included in the earlier editions.-Catalogue.] 295 America. Hawkins (Sir Richard). Observations in his Voyage into the South Sea, 1593, original limp vellum, J. D. for John Jaggard, 1622, small folio (87) Edwards, £5 5s. 296 America. Historie of the West Indies, containing the Actes and Adventures of the Spaniards, lower margins cut close, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, Andrew Hebb, n. d. (about 1620), small 4to. (88) Stevens, £3 297 America. Itinerarium Portugallensium e Lusitania in India et inde in occidentem et demum ad aquilonem (A. Madrignano interprete), woodcut map of Africa upon the title-page (mended), tall copy (the 2 leaves of table in facsimile), old vellum, Mediolani, 1508, small folio (90) Maggs, £10 |