Thornley, woodcuts by C. Ricketts and C. Shannon, uncut, 1893, 8vo. (1407) Leighton, £3 8s. 3377 Vale Press. Poems of John Keats, edited by C. J. Holmes and decorated by C. Ricketts, 2 vol., uncut, 1898, 8vo. (1408) Longhurst, £4 10s. 3378 Vale Press. Marlowe (C.) and Geo. Chapman. Hero and Leander, the decorations designed and cut on the wood by C. Ricketts and C. Shannon, vellum gilt, uncut, 1893-4Marriage of Cupide and Psyches, translated by W. Adlington, woodcuts by C. Ricketts, uncut, 1897, 8vo. (1409) Shepherd, £4 12s. 6d. 3379 Walton (Isaac). Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, and Mr. George Herbert, portraits by Dolle, Lombart and White, original calf, 1675, 8vo. (1418) T. Bumpus, £20

[Presentation copy with the following inscription in Walton's autograph: "For my Cozen, Miss Williams, Iz. Wa." The whole of the errata had also been corrected in Walton's autograph.-Catalogue.]

3380 Walton (Isaac). Life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln, with some short Tracts or Cases of Conscience, first edition, portrait, old calf, 1678, 8vo. (1419) Tregaskis, £5 [The whole of the errata had been corrected in Walton's autograph.-Catalogue.]

3381 Watts (Isaac). Divine Songs, attempted in Easy Language, for the Use of Children (containing the Moral Songs, "The Voice of the Sluggard," "Let Dogs delight," "Busy Bee," etc.), morocco extra, g. e., R. Ford, 1729, 8vo. (1421))

Maggs, L1 16s. 3382 White (Gilbert). The Natural History and Antiquities of Selbourne, in the County of Southampton, illustrated with numerous engravings, first edition, morocco, uncut, 1789, 4to. (1465) T. Bumpus, £17 10s.

[The book contains 468 pages, exclusive of a general title page and 2 leaves of advertisements. There is also a second title, index, list of plates and errata, occupying 13 pages and 9 plates. In large paper copies (50 printed) the plate on page 314 is painted.-Ed.]

3383 White (Gilbert). Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, Co. Southampton, first edition, views and other engravings, half calf, m. e., B. White and Son, 1789, 4to. (1466) Tregaskis, £7 17s. 6d. [The leaves of this copy were trimmed, hence the difference in price between this and the previous one.-ED.] 3384 Whitman (Walt.) Leaves of Grass, portrait, first edition, original cloth, Brooklyn, New York, 1855, 4to. (1467)

Tregaskis, £14 12s. 6d. [The author's own copy, having his autograph signature on the title-page.-Catalogue.]

3385 Whittington (Robert). [De nominum generibus] Grammatices prime partis, Liber primus Roberti W. L. L. nuperrime recognitis. De nominum generibus, 14 leaves, wood

cut border to title, and full-page woodcut device of Peter Treveris on the verso of last leaf, large copy, small hole in title, Impressum per me Petrum Treveris (s. a. sed Southwark, c. 1530?], 4to. (1469) Quaritch, £5 3386 Whittington (Robert). De heteroclitis Nominibus. Grammaticae Whitintontanae Liber tertius de nominum heteroclisi, 8 leaves, old Caxton woodcut border to title, In edibus Winandi de Worde, 1524, 4to. (1470) Maggs, £4 55. 3387 Whittington (Robert). Two imperfect pieces. Verborum praeterita & supina, Grammaticae prima pars, old Caxton woodcut border to title, imperfect at the end [In edibus Winandi de Worde, 1524]-Roberti Whitintoni L. Secunda Grammaticæ pars de syllabarū quantitate, accentu, etc., old Caxton woodcut border to title, imperfect at the end [ib., 1524], (2), 4to. (1471) Leighton, £24s. 3388 Whittington (Robert). Vulgaria R. Whitintoni et de institutione Grammaticulorum Opusculum, black letter, in English and Latin, imperfect, wanted the first sheet, containing title and folios ì. to iii., full-page woodcut device of Peter Treveris on verso of last leaf, last leaf defective (44 leaves, should be 48), P. Treveris, Southwark, c. 1530?, 4to. (1472) Quaritch, £4 6s.

3389 Wither (George). An_Improvement of Imprisonment, Disgrace, Poverty, into Real Freedom-Honest ReputationPerdurable Riches, evidenced in a few Crums and Scraps lately found in a Prisoners-Basket at Newgate, and saved together, by a Visitant of Oppressed Prisoners, for the refreshing of himself and those who are either in a Worse Prison, or (who loathing the dainties of the Flesh) hunger and thirst after Righteousness, by George Wither, Printed in the year 1661, 8vo. (1425) Dobell, £1

["The present volume appears to have eluded the search of Wood and Dalrymple. Its contents are of a motley description, having been generally written at the impulse of the moment; but their predominant style is in a melancholy vein which Wither had but too much cause to indulge.”— Bibliotheca Anglo Poetica.]

3390 Wither (G.) Echoes from the Sixth Trumpet Reverberated by a Review of Neglected Remembrances, calf, 1666, 8vo. (1426) Dobell, £1 25.

The

[One of the rarest of Wither's poetical volumes. Bibliotheca Anglo Poetica contained 45 volumes by him, but the present was missing. In this interesting volume Wither gives a list of his writings, some of which are no longer extant. Catalogue.]

3391 Wit's Recreations, refined, augmented, with ingenious conceites for the Wittie and Merrie Medicines for the Melancholie [Recreation for Ingenious Head-Peeces], frontispiece by W. Marshall and woodcuts (some headlines shaved and plain margins mended, corners of 2 leaves mended), calf gilt, g. e., N. Simmons, 1654, 8vo. (1221) Tinkler, £3 35. 3392 Zacconi (R. P. F. Lodov.) Prattica di Musica, quattro libri,

musical notes, calf, Venet., B. Carampello, 1596, folio (1549) Maggs, £1 2s. 3393 Zarate (Aug. de). Histoire de la Decouverte et de la Conquete du Perou, traduite de l'Espagnol par S. D. C., maps and plates, 2 vol., old French morocco, full gilt floreate back, broad ornamental borders, with the arms of Adrien de La Vieuville, g. e., Amst., L. De Lorme, 1700, 8vo. (1429) Ridler, 1 175. 3394 Zoological Society. Proceedings from the commencement in 1830 to 1890, 60 vol.-Indexes from 1830 to 1880, 4 vol., together 64 vol., coloured plates, all in the original cloth, 1830-90, 8vo. (1430) Perry, £50

[MARCH 8TH, 9TH AND IOTH, 1900.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE CHARLES LEESON PRINCE AND OTHER PROPERTIES.

(No. of Lots, IIII; amount realised, £1,542 10s. 6d.)

(a) Mr. Prince's Library.

3395 Æsopus. Esopus moralizatus cum bono Comento, lit. gotb. (2 types), long lines, with signatures, modern calf, Impressus anno salutis nostri, 1491 (s. n. impr.), 4to. (1013) Leighton, £2 8s.

3396 Alexis of Piemont. The Secretes (three parts), containing excellent remedies against divers diseases, woundes and other accidents, etc., newely corrected and amended . . translated out of Frenche into Englyshe by Wm. Warde, black letter (wanted last leaf of table to part third), calf, R. Hall for Nic. Englande, 1562-3-Third part, H. Denham for J. Wyght, n. d., 4to. (996) Ridler, £2 8s. 3397 American Meteorological Journal (The), edited by M. W. Harrington, R. de C. Ward, etc., from the commencement in 1884 to April, 1896, 12 vol., half calf, Boston, etc., 1885-97, 8vo. (890) Wesley, £4 3398 Amherst (Hon. Alicia). History of Gardening in England, second edition, numerous illustrations, 1896-Robinson (Wm.) The English Flower Garden, numerous illustrations, 1897-Loudon (J. C.) Trees and Shrubs of Great Britain, numerous illustrations, Warne, 1875, together 3 vol., 8vo. (838) Philbrick, £1 14S.

3399 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (The), by B. Thorpe-and Saxon Leechdoms, by O. Cockayne, facsimiles, 5 vol., half bound, 1861-64, imperial 8vo. (849) Ridler, £1 15s. 3400 Antiquary (The), from the commencement in 1880 to Sept.,

1897, numerous illustrations, 32 vol., cloth, and 9 parts, E. Stock, 1880-97, 4to. (953) George, £1 19s. 3401 Appianus. De Civilibus Romanorum bellis historiarum lib. V.-P. Velleii Paterculi Historia Romana, 2 woodcut titles with "Prelum Ascensianum" on each, ornamental woodcut initials, old calf, the sides covered with fleurs-de-lis, with the device of the Collegium Grassinaeum in centres, g. e., Paris, Vascosan, 1538, folio (1085) Wickham, £2 10s. 3402 Archæologia Cantiana. Transactions of the Kent Archæological Society, numerous plates, vol. i.-xxii., cloth, 1858-97, 8vo. (834) Ridler, £10 3403 Archæologia Cantiana, vol. xiii.-xvii., plates, 7 vol., cloth, 1877-87, 8vo. (835) Ridler, £25s. 3404 Astronomical Register (The), from the commencement in Jan., 1863 to 1886, vol. i.-xxiv., in 22 vol., plates, half bound, 1864-86, 8vo. (900) Sotheran, £3 3405 Astronomical Society of London. Monthly Notices, from the commencement in 1827 to June, 1898 (vol. i.-lviii.)— with Indexes to vol. i.-lii.-and Library Catalogues; vol. i.-lvi. half bound in 36 vol.; vol. lvii.-lviii. in Nos.; Indexes and Catalogues, 4 vol., not uniform, 1831-98, 8vo. (899) George, £5 15s. 3406 Astronomici Veteres Latinè. Julius Furmicus, Marcus Manilius, Aratus cum Comment Theonis (wanted Proclus with Linacre's translation), Aldine edition, woodcuts of the signs of the Zodiac, etc. (with all faults), old morocco gilt, Venet., Aldus, 1499, folio (1083) Tinkler, £1 125. 3407 Beda (Ven.) Opera Omnia, engraved titles and woodcuts, 8 vol. in 3, oaken boards, stamped ornamental pigskin, clasps, Basil., Hervagius, 1563, folio (1030) Bull, £1 25. 3408 Biblia Pauperum, reproduced in facsimile with introduction by J. Ph. Berjeau, plates, half bound, J. R. Smith, 1859Sotheby (S. Leigh). Observations upon the Handwriting of Philip Melanchthon, facsimiles, half bound, 1839, together 2 vol., folio (1073) Andrews, £2 IOS. 3409 Biblia Sacra Latina, editio vulgata, cum prologis S. Hieronymi, etc., Koberger's Second Latin Bible, lit. goth., double columns, capitals painted in red (first 2 leaves slightly defective and mended, some leaves stained and slightly wormed, with all faults), oaken boards, stamped ornamental pigskin (well preserved), Norimb., Ant. Koberger, 1477, folio (1029) Ridler, £55s. 3410 Boethius.

De Philosophico Consolatu-sive de Consolatione Philosophiæ, cum figuris ornatissimis noviter expolitus (cum Comment. per Th. de Aquino), spirited woodcuts (margin of last leaf mended), new calf antique, Argent., Jo. Grüninger, 1501, folio (1089) Ridler, £4 4s. 3411 Boissardus (J. J.) Bibliothecæ; sive Thesaurus Virtutis et Gloria-Illustrium eruditione Virorum Effigies et Vitæ, engraved title and numerous portraits within borders, by J. Th. De Bry, 4 parts in 2 vol., old calf, Francof., 1628-301598-99, 4to. (994) Symes, £3 12s.

3412 British Astronomical Association (Journal of the), edited by E. W. Maunder, plates, vol. i.-vii., and vol. viii. Nos. 6-9, 6 vol., half bound, and 12 Nos., 1890-98-Memoirs of the same, edited by Maunder, vol. i.-vii., part 1, 1893-98, 8vo. (901) Sotheran, £2 16s. 3413 Brydges (Sir E.) Censura Literaria, containing Titles, Abstracts and Opinions of Old English Books, 10 vol., 2 autograph letters of the Author to Lord Liverpool respecting his Claims to the Barony of Chandos inserted, half calf, uncut, 1805-9, 8vo. (865) Thorp, £2 3414 Chaucer (G.) Workes, newly printed with dyvers Workes which were never in print before, black letter, woodcuts, first edition of the Complete Works of Chaucer (except the Plowman's Tale), (wanted title and end after fol. 382, several preliminary leaves defective and edges frayed, but the body of the book sound and in good state, sold with all faults), calf [T. Godfray, 1532], folio (1068)

Ellis, £12 10s.

3415 Composita Verborum Reformata, lit. goth. (2 types), long lines, with signatures, boards, old MS. Ulricum Zeel (sic), 1487 (1012)

3416 Esquemeling (John). History of the translated from the Dutch, LARGE traits, maps and plates, old calf, W.

cover, Colon, per me

Quaritch, £6 10S. Bucaniers of America, PAPER, parts i.-iii., porCrooke, 1684, 4to. (989) Ellis, £2 125.

3417 Evonymus. A New Booke of Destillatyon of Waters called the Treasure of Evonymus, containing the Wonderful hid Secrets of Nature, touching the most apt formes to prepare and destyll Medicines . . . translated out of Latin by Peter Morwyng, black letter, woodcuts, old calf, J. Day, 1565, 4to. (995) Ellis, £4 5s. 3418 Ex-Libris Society (Journal of the), edited by W. H. K. Wright, numerous illustrations, vol. i.-vii.; vol. i.-vi. half calf gilt, wrappers bound in ; vol. vii. in Nos., 1892-97, 4to. (937) Dobell, £1 13s. 3419 Gerarde (John). The Herball, or General Historie of Plantes, very much enlarged and amended by Thos. Johnson, engraved title by T. Payne, and many hundred woodcuts, russia, A. Islip, etc., 1633, folio (1087) D. Reeves, £8 3420 Gunter (Edm.) Workes, containing the Description of the Sector, Cross-staff and other Instruments, etc.,_much enlarged by the Author, third edition by S. Foster, engraved title and woodcuts, old calf, F. Eglesfield, 1653, 4to. (1007) Ellis, £1 18s. 3421 Herculaneum. Le Antichità di Ercolano, numerous plates, 6 vol., vellum gilt, y. e., Roma, 1789-1807, 4to. (1021) Ridler, £19s. 3422 Higden (Ranulph). Polychronicon, with the English Translations by John of Trevisa and an Unknown Writer, edited by C. Babington and J. R. Lumby, facsimiles, 9 vol., 1865-86, imperial 8vo. (814) Harding, £1 17S. 3423 Hill (Thos.) The Arte of Gardening, with the mervailous