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inlaid, calf extra, g. e., by Tout (specially printed titles inserted in each vol.), 1871, 8vo. (579) Maggs, £10 15s. 6876 Jesse (J. H.) Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts, 4 vol., plates (spotted), calf gilt, 1840, 8vo. (825) J. Bumpus, £2 5s. 6877 Johnson (Dr.) An Account of the Life of Richard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers, first edition, calf extra, g. e., by Rivière, 1744, 8vo. (168)

Sharp, £2

[The only complete edition, as nearly a third of the biography was suppressed in all subsequent ones.- Catalogue.] 6878 Johnson (Dr.) Political Tracts, containing the False Alarm, Falkland Islands, The Patriot, and Taxation no Tyranny, first edition, calf extra, t. e. g., uncut, by Rivière, 1776, 8vo. (169) Stokes, £1 Is. 6879 Johnson (Dr.) An Account of the Life of John Philip Barretier, who was Master of Five Languages at the age of nine years, compiled from his Father's Letters, etc., first edition, uncut, 1744, 8vo. (170) Pearson, £1 4s.

6880 Johnson (Dr.) The False Alarm, first edition, uncut, 1770, 8vo. (171) Pearson, £2 6881 Johnson (Dr.) Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland Islands, first edition, uncut, 1771, 8vo. (172)

6882 Johnson (Dr.) Irene, a Tragedy, as it is Royal in Drury Lane, first edition, calf,

Ashworth, £3 3s. acted at the Theatre 1749, 8vo. (173) Sharp, £1 Is.

6883 Johnson (Dr.) Taxation no Tyranny, an Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress, first edition, uncut, 1775, 8vo. (167)

6884 Johnson (Dr.) The Vanity of Human

Ashworth, £3 Wishes, the Tenth

Satire of Juvenal imitated by Samuel Johnson, first edition, original blue wrapper, uncut, perhaps unique in this condition, 1749, 4to. (1074) Denham, £16 5s. 6885 Johnson (Dr.) Dictionary, first edition, 2 vol., original binding, uncut, 1755, folio (1255) Quaritch, £13 6886 Johnson (Dr.) Life of, by James Boswell, edited by J. Wilson Croker, with about 400 portraits and views inserted, 5 vol., levant morocco super extra, uncut, t. e. g., 1831, 8vo. (927) Sotheran, £13 55.

6887 Jonson, Fletcher and Middleton. The Widdow, a Comedie, as it was acted at the Private House in Black-fryers by his late Majesties Servants, written by Ben. Jonson, John Fletcher, Tho. Middleton, Gent., printed by the original copy, first edition (published by A. Gough), unbound, H. Moseley, 1652, 4to. (1204) Pickering, £5 5s. 6888 Keats (John). Poems, first edition, fine copy, morocco extra, g.e., 1817, 8vo. (174) Dobell, £9 7s. 6d. 6889 Killigrew (Thomas). Comedies and Tragedies, written by Thomas Killigrew, the Page of Honour to King Charles the First and Groom of the Bed-Chamber to King Charles the Second, with brilliant impression of the portrait of Thomas

Killigrew with his Dog, by William Faithorne, after a painting by W. Sheppard, first edition, morocco extra, g. e., by Bedford, 1664, folio (256) Farmer, £9 15s. 6890 Kipling (Rudyard). Departmental Ditties and other Verses, the very rare first edition, Printed at the Civil and Military Gazette Press, Lahore, in the original wrapper, with the front flap (complete), (No. 1 of 1886), 8vo. (421)

Denham, £4 6891 Kipling (Rudyard). Schoolboy Lyrics (printed for private circulation only), no wrapper, Lahore, printed at the Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1881, 8vo. (422) Denham, £8 6892 Kipling (Rudyard). Writings in Prose and Verse, "Edition de Luxe," etched portrait, complete in 19 vol. (but without the Departmental Ditties published by Thacker and Co. in 1898), cloth gilt, uncut, Macmillan, 1897-1900, 8vo. (1037) Todd, £13 5s. 6893 Kipling (Rudyard). The Week's News, published at Allahabad, a complete set from No. 1, January 7, to No. 36, September 15, 1888, with the exception of Nos. 6, 18, 22 and 28, each number with a complete story by Rudyard Kipling, including some which have never been reprinted, in all 32 numbers, as issued, in fine condition, Allahabad, 1888, folio (1242) B. F. Stevens, £6 15s. 6894 La Fontaine (J. de). Contes et Nouvelles en Vers (édition exécutée aux frais des Fermiers Généraux, avec une Notice par Diderot), 2 vol., portraits of Lafontaine and Eisen, by Fiquet, of the 55 vignettes by Choffard, and the 80 plates by Eisen, French morocco extra, g. e., Amst. (Paris, Barbou), 1762, 8vo. (136) Pearson, £26

[This copy, in addition to the 80 plates by Eisen, contained 19 suppressed or extra plates, also by Eisen. The portrait of Choffard was in the earliest state, "avant les tailles." The extra or suppressed plates are as follows: Vol. i. Le Cocu Batu et Content, before the engraver's name-Le Savetier, La Servante Justifiée, La Gageuse des Trois Commenes, with the artists' and engravers' namesLe Calendrier des Veillards-A Femme Avare, with the artists' and engravers' names-On ne s'avise jamais de tout -La Coupe Enchantée, Le Faucon (avant le braclet), Le Petit Chien, engraved by Prevost-La Clochette, Soeur Jeanne. Vol. ii.: Les Oies de Frère Philippe, L'Oraison de Saint Julien, Les Rémois-Le Cas de Conscience, découverte, Le Tableau, Le Contrat, Le Rossignol, before the engraver's name. Catalogue.]

6895 Lamb (C.) John Woodvil, a Tragedy, to which are added Fragments of Burton, first edition, original boards, uncut, 1802, 8vo. (175) Pickering, £7 6896 Lapidario del Rey D. Alfonso X., Codice Original, facsimile of the best Spanish manuscript of the XIIIth century, with all the curious coloured engravings, from the original drawings; at the beginning of the volume is an account of the Royal Academy of History, Madrid, which states that

the Lapidario was translated from the Arabic by order of Alfonso X., "the Wise," in the year 1276, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., Madrid, 1881, folio (543) E. G. Allen, £4 8s. 6897 Le Gros (Sieur, Coiffeur des Dames). Livre d'Estampes de l'Art de la Coiffure des Dames Françoises, gravé sur les desseins originaux d'après mes Accommodages, avec le Traité en abrégé d'entretenir et conserver les Cheveux naturels, 6 folding plates and 28 coloured engravings of ladies' head-dresses, with Descriptive Text, old French calf gilt, a broadside issued by the King, relating to head-dresses, inserted, Paris, aux Quinze-Vingts, 1765, 4to. (1086)

Pearson, £7 6898 Linton (W. J.) The Masters of Wood-Engraving, numerous facsimile and other engravings, chiefly on India paper, many impressions from original wood blocks, etc., a limited impression, issued to subscribers only (No. 224), uncut, 1889, folio (1243) Rimell, £2 175. 6899 Locke (John). Essay concerning Humane Understanding, in Four Books, first edition, calf extra, g.e., 1690, 4to. (1134) Cecil, £4 55. 6900 Lodge (E.) Portraits of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, 12 vol., numerous portraits, calf, m. e., 1835, imperial 8vo. (804) Maggs, £375. 6d. 6901 Mantz (Paul). Hans Holbein, numerous facsimile and other illustrations, produced under the direction of E. Lièvre, uncut, Paris, Quantin, 1879, folio (552) Hart, £1 155. 6902 Meyrick (S. R.) Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour, 3 vol., LARGE PAPER, 80 coloured and other plates, the initial letters in colours (a few of the plates spotted), half bound, uncut, 1824, folio (908) Andrews, £4 15s. 6903 Millet (J. F.) Le Livre d'Or, one of 50 copies “sur papier du Japon," the etchings by F. Jacque, in two states, signed artist's proofs, and in the ordinary state, uncut, 1891 (206) Morrison, £2 155. 6904 Moreau (J. M.) Estampes pour servir à l'Histoire des Modes et du Costume en France dans le XVIIIe siècle (texte par Restif de la Bretonne), 19 large plates after Moreau, engraved by Helman, Romanet, Martini, etc., half bound (1776), folio (242) Fontaine, £36 6905 Morris (William). The Life and Death of Jason, a Poem, first edition, original cloth, 1867, 8vo. (47) Denham, £1 18s. 6906 Murphy (J. C.) The Arabian Antiquities of Spain, 100 large and highly-finished engravings of the Remains of Architecture, Sculpture, etc. of the Spanish Arabs, half bound, 1815, folio (10) Pentland, £4 125. 6907 Musée Français et Musée Royal, ou Recueil Complet des Tableaux, Statues, Bas-Reliefs, etc., par Robillard-Peronville et Laurent, together 6 vol., comprising nearly 500 engravings, original impressions, morocco extra, inside borders, g. e., 1803-18, 4to. (233) Pentland, £13 10s.

6908 Nash (J.) The Mansions of England in the Olden Time, 4

vol., 100 large tinted plates, half morocco, McLean, 183949, royal folio (910) Parsons, £5 5s. 6909 Nash (T.) Collections for the History of Worcestershire, with Supplement, 3 vol. in 2, plates, maps and other illustrations, russia extra, gold borders on the sides, m. e. (one back defective), 1781-2-99, folio (907) Hitchman, £8 7s. 6d. 6910 New Testament (The) of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, newly translated out of the Originall Greeke by his Majesties speciall commandement, engraved title, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1633-The Psalter, or Psalms of David, with the addition of Morning and Evening Prayer, Printed for the Society of Stationers, 1636, 2 vol. in old embroidered binding, worked in silver and coloured threads on sides and back, probably by the Nuns of Little Gidding (?), 12m0. (417) Pearson, £5 5s. 6911 New Testament. "Longman's Edition," with numerous engravings on wood from designs of Fra Angelico, Titian, Raphael and other celebrated masters, stamped morocco, g. e., by Holloway, 1864, 4to. (204) Maggs, £2 45.

6912 Nigri (Stephani). Dialogus quo quicquid in Grecarum Literarum penetralibus reconditum, quod ad Historiæ veritatem, ad Fabularum oblecta menta, etc., fine copy, LARGE PAPER, original calf, richly tooled, Mediolani, 1517, 4to. (526)

Sabin, £3

[First edition, dedicated to J. Grolier. Besides the dedication there are 15 verses addressed to the celebrated bibliophile. Very few books occur with dedications to Grolier. Catalogue.]

6913 Nolhac (P. de). La Reine Marie-Antoinette, one of 50 copies "sur papier du Japon," numerous portraits in duplicate, in two colours, and other illustrations, uncut, Boussod, Valadon, 1890, 4to. (202)

Ellis, £23

6914 O'Neill (Henry). The Sculptured Crosses of Ancient Ireland, 36 large lithographic plates (several spotted) of these specimens of Keltic Art, with Descriptive Text, half bound, g. e., 1857, folio (5) Quaritch, £5

[The finest work that has ever been produced on Irish antiquities. Less than 200 copies were printed, and the stones cancelled.—Catalogue.]

6915 Ovidius. Opera cura Aldi Manutii, 3 vol.,

old English morocco, the sides and backs richly tooled, g. e., Venet., Aldus, 1533, 8vo. (932) Pearson, £3

[This binding was as fresh as the day when it left the binder's hands. It was bound (about 1730) for Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, whose ex-libris is in vol. i.-Catalogue.]

6916 Pamphlets, Proclamations, Single and Two-sheet Broadsides, MS. Copies of Letters and Documents, etc. connected with the Affairs of England, Scotland and Ireland, from 1673 to 1692, 129 separate pieces, mostly Edinburgh reprints from the original London issues, by the heirs of Andrew Anderson,

with their imprint, in 1 vol., with MS. index, half bound, edges uncut, 1673-92, folio (270) Pickering, £27

[Amongst the more interesting pieces are the following: A Relation of the Engagement of his Majesties Fleet, 11th August, 1673 (the Dutch in the Channel)-Act ratifying an Act of the Town Council of Edinburgh in relation to Building within the City, 1674-Copy of a Treasonable and Bloody Paper called the Fanaticks NewCovenant, taken from Mr. Donald Cargill, 1680-Proceedings in the Rye House Plot, 1683-Proclamations of King James II. on his Accession, 1685-Addresses Congratulatory to King James II. on his Accession-Coronation Proceedings-Earl of Argyle and the Monmouth Rebellion (various papers)—Account of the Execution of the Duke of Monmouth, 1685-Declaration of Indulgence, 1687-Proclamations, etc. by and against the Prince of Orange-Depositions On the Birth of the Prince of Wales (the Old Pretender)-Proclamations of King William and Queen Mary Proceedings in Scotland-Copies of Letters of James II., signed Melfort—the King's Victory in Ireland, 1690 (Battle of the Boyne)-Defeat of General Buchan and Brigadier Cannon at Crombdell, 1690-Storming of Limerick, etc.-Catalogue.]

6917 Planché (J. R.) Cyclopædia of Costume, or Dictionary of Dress, 2 vol., plates, several in gold and colours, and other illustrations, calf antique, g. e., 1876, 4to. (504)

Edwards, £4 12s. 6d. 6918 Prior (Matthew). Poems on Several Occasions, consisting of Odes, Satyrs and Epistles, etc., first edition, in the original calf, Burrough, Baker and Curll, 1707, 8vo. (443)

Sabin, £17 10s. 6919 Psalms. The Whole Booke of Psalmes, both in Prose and Meeter, with apt notes to sing them withall, in a silk embroidered binding, with figures, insects and birds on the sides and flowers on back, a rim of finely-worked silver wire, g. e., probably by the Nuns of Little Gidding (?), 1643, 12mo. (418) Maggs, £4 12s. 6920 Psalms. The Whole Booke of Psalms collected into English Meeter by T. Sternhold, J. Hopkins and others, in old embroidered binding, with the figure of a tree in silver threads in high relief on the sides and a background of insects and flowers, g. gauffred edges, probably by the Nuns of Little Gidding (?), 1635, 12mo. (419) Pearson, £5 5s. 6921 Psalms (The Whole Booke of) collected into English Metre by Thos. Sternhold, J. Hopkins and others, contemporary silk binding, embroidered in various coloured threads, with fulllength figures of Charles I. and Henrietta Maria, gilt and gauffred edges, probably by the Nuns of Little Gidding (?), Camb., Cantrell Legge, 1623, 12mo. (420) Dawson, £6 6922 Ravenscroft (E.) The Pinetum Britannicum, a Descriptive Account of Hardy Coniferous Trees cultivated in Great

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