etc.

The Third Part is devoted to the manufacture of the Organ, and is wrongly dated 1515, vellum, Heydelberg, 1615, folio (244) Head, £1 55. 1776 De cultu vinee domini liber inumere plenus commoditatis, gothic letter, in double columns, with woodcut on title, morocco extra, g. e., by Belz-Niedrée, F. Regnault, 1514, 8vo. (245) Sotheran, 1 25. 1777 Douglas (Gavin, Bishop of Dunkeld). Poetical Works, with Memoir and Notes by Jno. Small, 4 vol., one of 2 copies printed on vellum, morocco super extra, t. e. g., preserved in extra cases, Edinburgh, 1874, 8vo. (249) Sotheran, £10 15s. 1778 Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie of the most auncient Philospher Euclide of Megara, Faithfully (now first) translated into the English toung by H. Billingsley, Citizen of London, etc., with a very fruitfull preface, made by M. J. Dee, specifying the chief Mathematicall Sciences, etc., first edition, engraved title and portrait, large copy, in the contemporary oak boards, covered with stamped leather (clasps missing and joints of upper cover broken), London, J. Day, 1570, folio (254a) Pickering, £5 1779 Euclidis Geometriæ, ornamental border to first page and woodcut diagrams, old oaken boards (one missing), E. Ratdolt, Augustensis, 1482, folio (255) Leighton, £8 5s. 1780 Fencing. Regole della Scherma, scritte da Francesco Antonio Marcelli, frontispiece (mounted) and copperplates of Fencing, vellum, Roma, 1686, small 4to. (255b) Crisp, £1 7s. 1781 Fitzgerald's Australian Orchids, parts 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, and vol. ii., parts 1 to 5, fine coloured plates, 1882, etc., folio (375) Quaritch, £3 10S. 1782 Hawkesworth (I.) Voyages in the Southern Hemisphere, 3 vol., plates, calf, 1773, 4to. (270a) Edwards, Li 1783 Heath (William). The Life of a Soldier, 18 coloured plates by Heath, calf extra, t. e. g., by Zaehnsdorf, W. Sams, 1823, 4to. (367) Sabin, £4 10s. 1784 Heresbachius (Conrad). Foure Bookes of Husbandrie, containing the whole art and trade of Husbandrie, Gardening, Graffing and Planting, newly Englished and increased by Barnabe Googe, black letter, old calf, John Wright, 1586, small 4to. (271) Leighton, L4 12s. 6d. 1785 Hoare (Sir R. C.) History of Modern Wiltshire, 6 vol., plates, half morocco (a portion of vol. i. damp-stained and 2 titles missing, not subject to return), 1822-43, folio (272) Sotheran, £55s. 1786 Jacobite. Memoirs of the Lives and Families of the Lords Kilmarnock, Cromartie and Balmerino, 1746-A Vindication of the Revd. Mr. Foster's Account of the late Earl of Kilmarnock, 1746-A Review of Mr. Foster's Account of the Behaviour of the Earl of Kilmarnock, 1746-Memoirs of the Life of Lord Lovat, 1746-A Free Examination of a Modern Romance, entitled Memoirs of the Life of Lord Lovat, 1746, all uncut, together 5 tracts, 8vo. (284)

W. Brown, £1 5s.

1787 Jacobite. A True Account of the Behaviour and Conduct of Archibald Stuart, late Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1748— A Letter to the Duke of Newcastle, on the Dangers of Popery occasioned by the seizing of certain Papers in a Popish Chapel in the Highlands of Scotland, 1747— Enquiry into the Causes of the late Rebellion, 1746-Letter to an English Member of Parliament, from a Gentleman in Scotland, containing Hints for preventing Rebellion, 1746— A Dissuasive from Jacobitism, 1745 (slightly imperfect)—A Letter from HG g, Esq., Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Young Chevalier, 1750, together 6 tracts, all uncut, 8vo. (285) W. Brown, £2 25. 1788 Jonson (Ben). Q. Horatius Flaccus, His Art of Poetry, Englished by Ben Jonson, with other Workes of the Author never printed before (Masque of the Gypsies, Epigrams, etc.), first edition, fine impression of the portrait by Wm. Marshall (a few margins shaved), original limp vellum, J. Okes for John Benson, 1640, 8vo. (287) Pickering, £9 17s. 6d. 1789 Lilly (John). Euphues and his England, containing his Voyage and Adventures, black letter, calf, J. H. for James Boler, 1631, small 4to. (290) Dobell, 15s.

1790 London Gazette, from the beginning in November, 1665 (the first twenty-three numbers bore the title of Oxford Gazette) to 1703, bound in 33 vol., old calf, Oxford, 1665-London, 1703, folio (292) Ellis, £25

[An invaluable collection of records forming the official history of England and her colonies during the reigns of Charles II., James II. and William and Mary. A set like this, including the early volumes, is of the greatest rarity.— Catalogue.]

1791 Macarius Mutius Eques de Triumpho Christi, ornamental border to first page and initial letters, illuminated in gold and colours, old calf, elaborately tooled in gold, Venetiis, 1499, small 4to. (293) Tinkler, £2 18s.

1792 Matrimonial Ladder, or Such Things Are, drawn by M. E., Esq., 20 coloured humorous plates, on a folding sheet about 81⁄2 feet in length, original paper boards, rebacked, London, 1825, square 8vo. (381) W. Brown, £2 12s.

1793 Meager (L.) The English Gardner, or a Sure Guide to Young Planters and Gardners, 24 plates, old calf, J. Rawlins for M. Wootton, 1688 (300) Parsons, 18s.

1794 Mercurius Publicus and Publick Intelligencer, a quantity of parts, 1658, etc., small 4to. (301) Pickering, £5 1795 Military Costume. Smith (Charles Hamilton). Costume of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last Regulations, 56 coloured plates of Regimental Costumes (should be 60), half calf, 1815, folio (304) Spencer, £20 10s. 1796 Monstrelet (Enguerrand de). Chroniques, contenans les cruelles guerres civilles entre les maisons d'Orléans et de Bourgogne l'occupation de Normandie par les Anglois, etc.,

3 vol. in 2, half calf gilt (plain margin to two title pages edged), à Paris, chez Pierre l'Huillier, 1572, folio (308) Sotheran, £15S. 1797 Music. Musæ Sioniæ oder Geistliche Concert Gesange über die fürnembste Herrn Lutheri, Durch M. Præterium, 4 parts, engraved titles and musical notation, Regenspurg, 1605-Jena, 1607, small 4to. (310) Ellis, £1 19s. 1798 Music. Specchio di Musica, composto dal Silverio Picerli, both parts, 2 vol., wrappers, In Napoli, 1630-31, small 4to. (311) Head, £1 5s. 1799 Ovidius. Epistolæ Heroides, cum comentarii Antonii Ulsei, woodcut on title, old oaken boards, Venetiis, 1489, folio (316) Leighton, 1 15s. 1800 Ptolemy. Epytoma Joanis de Mōte regio in Almagesta ptolomei, guthie letter, with diagrams, old oaken boards covered with leather, Venet., 1496, folio (327)

Crisp, £4 10s. 1801 Rowlandson (T.) Miseries of Human Life, designed and etched by T. Rowlandson, engraved title and 36 coloured plates, original impressions, half bound, Ackermann, n. d., 4to. (369) Sabin, £3 3s. 1802 Slater (J. H.) Book-Prices Current, the first 4 vol., cloth, 1887-90, 8vo. (373) Sotheran, £4 12s. 6d. 1803 Solvyns (B.) A Collection of Coloured Etchings, descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos, mounted throughout in 2 vol., with MS. descriptions (not subject to return), Calcutta, 1799, 8vo. (380) Hornstein, £4 [Published at £105. Complete copies contain 250 coloured etchings. Of late years the value of this work has fallen most materially.-ED.]

1804 Sporting. Portraits of Brood Mares belonging to the Royal Stud at Hampton Court, by C. W., 24 lithographs, spotted, original pictorial boards, London, Sams, 1837, folio (335) F. Edwards, £1 75.

1805 Tour of Doctor Prosody in search of the Antique and Picturesque through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles, 20 humorous coloured plates in the Rowlandson style, fine copy, original boards, uncut, with the label, 1821, 8vo. (382) Hornstein, £4 7s. 6d. 1806 Udall (W.) The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart, Queene of Scotland, fine portrait and engraved title by Marshall, calf, J. Haviland, 1636, 12mo. (350)

Pickering, £2 175. 1807 Vaughan (Henry). Olar Iscanus. A collection of some Select Poems and Translations, published by a friend, first edition, frontispiece by R. Vaughan, old calf, T. W. for H. Moseley, 1651, 8vo. (351) Pickering, £5 10s. 1808 Virgilius. Opera omnia innumeris pene locis ad veterum Petri Bembi Cardinalis et Andreæ Naugerii postrema hac Editione castigata, ornamental title and numerous woodcuts, vellum, fine copy, Venetiis apud Juntas, 1552, folio (353) Crisp, £1 10s.

[DECEMBER 11TH AND 12TH, 1899.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

PORTIONS OF THE LIBRARIES OF DR. A. B. GROSARt, Mr. D. NORTON, AND OTHER PROPERTIES.

(No. of Lots, 712; amount realised, £788 18s.)

NOTE. This was a very miscellaneous sale. A large number of books were sold in "parcels." These have not been reported.-Ed.

1809 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, 2 vol., coloured plates by Pugin, Mackenzie, etc., including costumes, half morocco gilt, t. e. g., 1815, 4to. (654) Tregaskis, £6 105. 1810 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, etc., 2 vol., coloured plates by Pugin, Nash, etc., including costumes, half morocco gilt, t. e. g., 1815, 4to. (655) E. Parsons, £6 6s. 1811 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, 2 vol. in 1, coloured plates by Pugin, half calf (slightly defective), m. e., Ackermann, 1814, 4to. (94) Parsons, £3 5s. 1812 Apperley (C. J.) Hunting Reminiscences, by "Nimrod," first edition, illustrated by Wildrake, Henderson and Alken, some plates spotted, half calf gilt, m. e., 1843, 8vo. (524)

Nattali, £5

[This work, which was published at 16s., contains 32 uncoloured full-page plates and maps. Collation: Engraved frontispiece, engraved title, plain title, preface (iii.-iv.), contents (v.-ix.), with list of illustrations on reverse, and text Pp. 1-332.-ED.]

1813 Apperley (C. J.) The Life of a Sportsman, by Nimrod," first edition, with 36 coloured illustrations by Henry Alken, 4 cut round and mounted, as is usually the case, a few leaves slightly soiled, calf gilt, symbolically tooled on sides, g. e., R. Ackermann, 1842, 8vo. (523) Hornstein, £12 2s. 6d.

[Demy 8vo., published at 42s., with 36 highly-coloured plates by Alken. The book collates as follows: Coloured frontispiece, coloured title, plain title, preface (iii.-vi.), contents with list of illustrations on the reverse, and text pp. 1-402. Why several illustrations are invariably found cut round and mounted is a matter of conjecture. This book has doubled in value during the last six or seven years. Another edition, with all the coloured plates, was published by Routledge in 1874, and there is also an edition of 1857 with coloured frontispiece and vignette title.-ED.]

1814 Bachaumont. Mémoires Secrets pour servir à L'Histoire de

la République des Lettres en France, 36 vol. and Index, 37 vol., morocco, g. t., uncut, Londres, etc., 1784-66, 8vo. (228) J. Brown, £2 13s. 1815 Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes from 1862 to 1895, 61 vol., plates, vol. iv.-xxvii. in cloth, and xxviii.-lxiv. in parts (wanted part i., vol. xlvii.), had duplicate part viii. for Oct., 1860, 1862-95, 8vo. (269) Chinn, £8 1816 Barnes (Barnabe). Four Bookes of Offices, enabling privat Persons for the Speciall Service of all Good Princes and Policies, old calf, G. Bishop, etc., 1606, folio (471) Pickering, £7 5s. 1817 Billings (R. W.) Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, 4 vol., morocco, g. e., 1852, 4to. (645)

A. Jackson, £5 10s. 1818 Birch (T.) Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, portraits by Houbraken and Vertue, uncut, 1833, folio (374) Ridler, £I 10s. 1819 Book-Prices Current, a Record of the Prices at which Books have been sold at Auction, from December, 1886 to November, 1896, 10 vol., 1888-97, 8vo. (480) Edwards, £8 1820 [Braithwaite (Rich.)] A Comment upon the two tales of our ancient, renowned and ever living Poet, Sir Jeffray Chaucer, etc.-The Miller's Tale, and The Wife of Bath, calf (broken), W. Godbid for R. Clavell, 1665, 8vo. (407) Maggs, £1 12s. 1821 Brayley (E. W.) History of Surrey, 5 vol., plates and maps, half russia gilt, g. e., Dorking, 1841, 4to. (69)

Rimell, £3 175. 1822 Britton (J.) Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, 5 vol., half russia, plates (frontispiece to vol. i. torn), 1807-35, 4to. (326) J. Brown, £2 9s. 1823 Bromley-Davenport (W.) Sport. Fox Hunting, Salmon Fishing, etc., edition de luxe, 250 copies printed, illustratrations by Gen. Crealock, on India paper, 1885, 4to. (300) Craddock, £2 15s.

[The later edition of 1888 was published at 6s., and is quite unimportant.-ED.] 1824 Butler (Capt. H.) South African Sketches of the Wild Life of a Hunter, coloured plates, Ackermann, 1841-Hunt (Leigh). London Journal, 2 vol. in 1, 1835, 2 vol., folio (378) Edwards, £3 10s. 1825 Campbell (Lord). Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, 7 vol., tree marbled calf gilt, m. e., 1846-7, 8vo. (176) A. Jackson, £2 11s. 1826 Cervantes (M.) History of Don Quixote, translated by Motteux, 4 vol., portrait and etchings, half morocco gilt, g. t., uncut, Edinburgh, Paterson, 1879, 8vo. (177)

George, £1 16s. 1827 Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, by Holinshed, Hall and Faber, 8 vol., russia, joints broken, 1807-11, 4to. (64) Cotterell, £3 3s. 1828 Daremberg et Saglio. Dictionnaire des Antiquités Grecques