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[This was a Latin translation of the book published in Italian, at Vicenza, in 1507, entitled, Paesi novamente retrovati et Novo Mondo da Alberico Vesputio Florentino intitulato."-Catalogue.]

298 America. Lewis (J. O.) Aboriginal Portfolio, a series of 56 full-page coloured portraits of Indian Chiefs, executed in lithography, from drawings taken by J. O. Lewis from the originals in the years 1825-7 at the command of the Indian Department, with 3 printed leaves of "Advertisement," half morocco, g. e., Philadelphia, 1835, folio (96) Quaritch, £5 [Two printed leaves of "Advertisement" are mentioned by Field in his "Indian Bibliography," whereas in this volume there is a third leaf, which was apparently unknown to him. He, however, mentions that there are as many as 72 plates. Catalogue.]

299 America. Linschoten (J. H. de). Histoire de la Navigation, et de son voyage es Indes Orientales, 8 large maps and plans (one a little wormed) and 56 plates, original calf gilt, Amst., 1610, small folio (97) Ellis, £2 19s. 300 America. Massachusetts-Bay. Proclamation "At the Court at Whitehall, the 20th of July, 1683," etc. [The Official Order in Council, respecting the issuing of a Writ of Quo Warranto against the Charter of the Colony and his Majesty's Declaration concerning the same also King Charles II.'s Declaration, dated July 26, 1683, containing his terms to the Colony should the Charter be surrendered without Opposition], 4 pages, half morocco, 1683, small folio (100) Ellis, £5 5s. 301 America. Massachusetts-Bay. The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England [with the Explanatory Charter granted by King George], Boston in New-England, printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1726-Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England [16921726], with the Additional Laws passed from 1727 to 1737, ib., printed by B. Green [and J. Draper], 1726-1737, in 1 vol., original sheepskin binding, folio (101) Ellis, £15 10s.

302 America.

Mather (Cotton). Magnalia Christi Americana, with the rare "Exact mapp of New England and New York," corner of title mended, morocco extra, g. e., T. Parkhurst, 1702, folio (102) Shepherd, £8 17s. 6d. 303 America. N. (N.) America, or an exact Description of the West Indies, folding map, calf extra, g. e., R. Hodgkinsonne, 1655, 12mo. (105) H. Stevens, £3 IS. 304 America. Nodal (B. G. G. de). Relacion del Viaje que por orden de su Magd. y acuerdo del real consejo de Indias, engraved title, including portraits of the two brothers Nodal, large copy (wanted the map), russia extra, g.e., by Roger Payne (rebacked), Madrid, 1621, small 4to. (106) E. G. Allen, £2 25. [Original edition of this Voyage for the discovery of the Straits of Magellan.—Catalogue.]

Nova Typis Transacta
Occidentalis admodum

305 America. Philoponus (Honorius). Navigatio-Novi Orbis Indiæ Domini Bvellii Cataloni Abbatis montis Serrati, et in universam Americam, first edition, engraved title and 18 curious engravings, vellum, s. 1., 1621, folio (108)

name

H. Stevens, £2 306 America. Ptolemaeus (Claudius). Geographicae Enarrationis, 50 large woodcut maps, including one of the World with the America" marked (see ante Lot 71), tall copy, old mottled calf gilt, G. Trechsel, Vienna, 1541, folio (110) Quaritch, £5 15s. 307 America. R[athband] (W.) A brief Narration of some Church Courses held in Opinion and Practise in the Churches lately erected in New England, boards, 1644, small 4to. (111) Quaritch, £3 10S. 308 America. Schmidel (Huldericus). Vera Historia, admirandæ cuiusdam navigationis, quam Huldericus Schmidel, Straubingensis, ab Anno 1534, usque ad annum 1554, in Americam vel novum Mundum, iuxta Brasiliam et Rio della Plata, confecit, 18 plates, including a portrait of the author and 2 folding maps, morocco super extra, g. e., by Bedford, Noriberga, impensis L. Hulsii, 1599, small 4to. (113)

Maggs, £9 309 America. Speed (John). Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, upwards of 90 double-page maps, old half russia, T. Bassett, 1676, folio (116) Ellis, £3 35. 310 America. Stith (William). History of the first Discovery and Settlement of Virginia [with the Appendix], fine paper copy, contemporary calf, Williamsburg (Virginia), printed by William Parks, 1747, 8vo. (120) H. Stevens, £5 311 America. Vargas Machuca (Bernardo de). Milicia y Descripcion de las Indias, coat-of-arms on title, also plate containing portrait and a sphere with "America" on it, and coat-ofarms in corner, original sheepskin, Madrid, P. Madrigal, 1599, small 4to. (123) Ellis, £6

[Robert Southey's copy, with his autograph on title, and a long note on the fly-leaf in his handwriting.-Catalogue.] 312 Amman (Jost). Icones Livianæ, woodcut portrait of Sigismund

Feyrabend, the Frankfort bookseller, 103 full-page woodcuts, by Jost Amman, limp vellum gilt, g. e., by Leighton, Francof. ad Moenum, 1573, small oblong 4to.(126) Ellis, £3 313 Amman (Jost). Stam und Wapenbuch hochs und niders Standts, mit angehengten vilen ledigen Schildten und Helmen, lit. goth., title printed in red and black, upwards of 250 full-page woodcuts of warriors, shields of arms and symbolical figures, besides 20 additional woodcuts mounted on blank pages at the end, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, Franckfurt am Mayn, 1579, small 4to. (127) Ellis, £8 10s. 314 Andrada (Jacinto Freyre de). Vida de Dom João de Castro, Quarto Viso-Rey da India, portrait by Lukas Vorsterman, morocco, g.e., by Lewis, Lisboa, na officina Cræsbeeckiana, 1651, small folio (134) Maggs, £2 18s.

315 Andreino (G. B.) L'Adamo Sacra Rapresentatione, first edition, portrait of Andreino and 40 engravings by Cesare Bassani, morocco extra, g.e., Milano, 1613, small 4to. (135) Ellis, £2 12s.

[From this work Milton is supposed to have taken his idea of writing," Paradise Lost."-Catalogue.]

316 Angelo (D.) L'École des Armes, avec l'explication générale des principales attitudes et positions concernant l'Escrime, 47 plates of fencing exercises, text in French and English, half calf, S. Hooper, 1765, oblong folio (139) Leighton, £2 317 Angelus de Clavasio, Summa Angelica de casibus conscientiæ, lit. goth., printed in double columns with painted capitals, the first leaf of text ornamented with an illuminated initial A and border, in the original binding of wooden boards covered with leather, clasp (repaired), (Hain, 5396), Venetiis, Geo. de Arrivabenis, 1492, 8vo. (141) Sotheran, £2 6s. 318 Anglo-Saxon Review, a Quarterly Miscellany, edited by Lady Randolph S. Churchill, illustrated with portraits, etc., 6 vol. (all published), bound in leather in imitation of old historical bindings, 1899-1900, imperial 8vo. (143)

Howell, £3 8s. 319 Apianus (Petrus). Astronomicum Cæsareum, woodcuts and woodcut capitals, many of the pages having as many as 7 or 8 moveable discs attached to them, all coloured, as are also most of the woodcuts throughout the work, pigskin, the sides and back appropriately tooled in blind in the style of the XVIth century, g. e., by Rivière, Ingoldstadii, 1540, folio (150) Ellis, £19

[The collation is as follows:-A-F in fours; G, 5 leaves; H-N in fours; 0,7 leaves. There are upwards of 80 separate pieces attached to the various leaves throughout the volume. The British Museum copy wants a leaf.—Catalogue.] 320 Apollonii Rhodii Argonautica, græcè, cum commentariis, original stamped pigskin binding bearing the date of 1550, in morocco case, Francofurti, 1546, 8vo. (151)

Stechert, £5 15s.

[This volume originally belonged to Philip Melancthon, who has inscribed upon the fly-leaves a Latin epigram, signed by himself and dated 1551, occupying three pages. From the collections of Petr. Burmannus and Alex. Boswell, with their autographs.--Catalogue.]

321 Apuleius (L.) The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, translated from the original Latin by Thomas Taylor, LARGE AND THICK PAPER, with the suppressed passages, a series of plates inserted from an edition of Apuleius of the XVIIIth century, also fastened to the back of the title is a XVth century Italian miniature of the Golden Ass cut from a manuscript, boards, Triphook and Rodd, 1822, 8vo. (156) Tregaskis, £5 322 Ariosto (Lodovico). Orlando Furioso, first edition with Porro's plates, contemporary binding of calf extra, g. e., Venet., Fr. de Franceschi, 1584, small folio (160) Ellis, £2

323 Ariosto (Lodovico). Orlando Furioso, plates, including portrait of the author by Ficquet, and 46 engraved designs after Bartolozzi, Eisen, etc., 4 vol., morocco extra, g.e., by Baumgarten, Birmingham, G. Baskerville, 1773, royal 8vo. (162) Edwards, £2 4s. 324 Ariosto (Lodovico). Orlando Furioso, in English Heroical Verse, by Sr John Harington of Bathe, Knight, engraved title by Cockson, containing portrait of Sir John Harington, also 46 plates, morocco, g. e. [Hering], G. Miller for J. Parker, 1534, small folio (163) Maggs, £55s.

[This copy contained the very rare series of engravings by Tempesta, representing the heads of the principal heroes in the poem. Third edition of Harington's translation, and the first containing Harington's Epigrams. Another copy, in calf gilt, realised £2 6s.-Ed.]

325 Arnold (Richard). Chronicle, black letter. first edition, several leaves mended and last five in facsimile, sold not subject to return, morocco extra, blind tooling, g. e., by W. Pratt, no name, place or date, but Antwerp, J. Doesborch (?), about 1502, small folio (168) Leighton, £8 5s.

[Very few perfect copies of this book are known, Herbert's, Corser's and Huth's being all defective. The printing has been lately ascribed to Adrien van Berghen, of Antwerp.— Catalogue.] 326 Ars Memorandi. Argumenta singulorum (nempe 89) capitum generalia, quattuor evangelistarum, etc., lit. goth.. 15 woodcuts, the size of the full page, morocco, g. e., by ChambolleDuru, Antverpiæ, J. de Ghelen, 1533, small 4to. (169)

Quaritch, £3 35.

[The idea of this remarkable book is to exhibit the whole of the Gospel history by means of the symbols contained in the 15 wood engravings.-Catalogue.] 327 Ascham (Roger). The Schole Master, London, John Daye, 1579-Toxophilus, the schole or partitions of Shooting contayned in IJ bookes, London, Thomas Marshe, 1571-A Report and Discourse of the Affaires and State of Germany and the Emperor Charles his Court, London, John Daye [n. d.], 3 pieces in 1 vol., black letter, original stamped calf, small 4to. (173) Ellis, £10

[This copy formerly belonged to Elizabeth Beaumont, who was married to Sir John Ashburnham, and has her autograph on the fly-leaf. From the library of the Earl of Ashburnham, at whose sale it realised 10 10s.-ED.]

328 Augustino da Pavia de Novi. Scrutinio de la docta ignorantia, lit. goth.. woodcut portrait of the author on title and 9 full-page woodcuts, morocco, Pavia, J. dal Borgofrancho, 1514, small 4to. (181) Quaritch, £4 IOS. 329 Augustine (St.) Certaine select Prayers, gathered out of S. Augustine's Meditations, black letter, each page surrounded by a woodcut border, morocco extra, g.e., by Rivière, John Wolfe, 1586, small 8vo. (184) Sotheran, £2 145. 330 Augustinus (St.) Liber Epistolarum beati Augustini episcopi

hipponensis ecclesie, russia gilt, with arms on side, Basilea, J. de Amerbach, 1493, folio (182) Crawshaw, £2 8s. [The title bears the following inscription in a XVth century hand: "Ex libris monasterii S. Jacobi Scotorum Ratisbona."-Catalogue.] 331 Australia. Collins (D.) Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, first edition, 24 plates, calf gilt, 1798, 4to. (189) Quaritch, £2 8s. 332 Australia. Melbourne Album, a Series of 24 tinted Lithographic Plates, each about 101⁄2 by 141⁄2 inches, illustrating the principal streets, public buildings and scenery of Melbourne and its vicinity, half morocco, Melbourne, C. Troedel, 1860-64, oblong folio (193), Grant, £I IOS. 333 Australian Sketch Book, by S. T. Gill, 25 coloured plates of scenes and incidents in the early days of Australian life, cloth, Melbourne, Hamel and Ferguson [n. d., about 1860], oblong folio (196) Maggs, £3 35. 334 Autographs. Keats (John). An Original Autograph Love Letter to Miss Fanny Brawne, one page, 8vo. (205)

Quaritch, £42 105. [A short letter, apparently sent with a copy of Spenser's Poems, in which he had marked the most beautiful passages. "My dearest Fanny It has lightened my time very

much. I am much better. God bless you.-Your affectionate J. Keats."-Catalogue.]

335 B. (J.) A brife and faythfull declaration of the true fayth of Christ, made by certeyne men susspected of heresye in these articles following, black letter, calf extra, g. e., no place or printer's name, 1547, small 8vo. (219) Bull, £335.

[Contained the four rare leaves before the title, comprising "A bryefe and plaine declaration of certayne senteces in this litle boke following, to satisfie the consciences of them that haue iudged me therby to be a fauourer of the Anabaptistes." These four leaves (signature a) are unmentioned by Lowndes and Hazlitt, and are wanting in nearly all copies. The entire book consists of 20 leaves.-Catalogue.]

336 B. (N.) Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie (in verse), first edition, morocco extra, g.e., by Bedford, Ed. Allde, 1606, small 4to. (221) Pickering, £6

[The authorship of this rare poetical volume is attributed by Lowndes to Nicholas Breton, but Mr. Hazlitt assigns the book to Nathaniel Baxter, the tutor of Sir Philip Sidney.Catalogue.] 337 Bacon (Francis, Lord). The Essaies of Sr Francis Bacon Knight, the Kings Attorney Generall, his Religious Meditations, Places of Perswasion and Disswasion, seene and allowed, title printed within a border, large copy, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, John Jaggard, 1613, small 8vo. (225) Sotheran, £15 Essays, compiled containing also the

[The reputed sixth edition of the from the editions of 1606 and 1612, and