47 HOWARD (Thomas Lord). A Trve Relation of all the remarkable Places and Passages observed in the Travels of the right honourable Thomas Lord Hovvard, Earle of Arundell and Surrey, Primer Earle, and Earle Marshall of England, Ambassadour Extraordinary to his sacred Majesty Ferdinando the second, Emperour of Germanie. Anno Domini 1636. By WILLIAM CROWNE Gentleman. London, printed for Henry Seile 1637. Sm. 4to., vellum; RARE 1637 48 IBIS (The); a MAGAZINE of GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY. A consecutive series from 1871-1898, both inclusive, forming 28 vols., 8vo., with numerous COLOURED plates; in parts, UNCUT, as issued (pub. at £33. 12s) IRELAND: COLLATION: Title, 1 1. ; dedication, 17.; B-K3, in fours. £ s. d. 3 3 0 1871-98 25 0 0 49 D'ALTON (John) History of Drogheda with its environs. . 2 vols. 8vo. 5 maps and 18 plates; cloth Dublin, 1844 1 1 0 50 History of Ireland, from the earliest period to the year 1245.. 2 1 1 0 Based on the MS. 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For strictly private circulation With autograph letter 4 pages, referring to this; "The last I have written and may be the last I ever shall. The quiet of Wales may give me courage to begin again, but the dear friend who gave me the impulse can never more lay her commands upon me. I cannot tell you how her suffering moved me. On Juliet. For strictly private circulation With antograph letter from Sir Theodore Martin referring to it. On Rosalind. For stricly private circulation With a long letter, 4 pages, from Sir Theodore Martin, referring to the health of On Beatrice. For strictly private circulation To Sir Frederick Burton from his Friend, Helena Faucit Martin, Feb. 14, 1885. 72 MARTIN (Sir Theodore). A very complete series of the first editions of his works, the majority of them being presentation copies to his friend, Sir F. W. Burton, late Director of the National Gallery, cloth or sewed 1850-92 10 0 0 Many of these items are privately printed issues before publication. Heitz (Henrik) King René's Daughter, Goethe, Poems and Ballads translated by W. E. Aytoun and Theodore 1859 1854 1855 leaf. Madonna Pia, second edition "Frederick W. Burton, Esq. From Oehlenschläger, Aladdin. . . . trans- "To Mr. F. W. Burton, Esq. From for private circulation, 1860 for private circulation, 1863 73 MASCALL (Leonard) The first Booke of Cattell. Wherein is shewed, the gouernement of Oxen, Kine, Calues, and howe to vse Bulles and other cattell to the yoake.. Gathered and set foorth by Leonard Mascall.. Sm. 4to. lower margin of title mended; hf. bd. John Wolfe, 1596 74 MASKELL (William) A Catalogue of Books used in or relating to the public services of the Church of England during the XVI and XVII Centuries [including also MSS. of Sec. XIV, XV, and some foreign printed Missals and Breviaries]. 12mo., privately printed, with the valuations attached, in handwriting by Maskell and Pickering in 1845, at which the books were sold to the B. M., and with some further valuations in Maskell's hand, attached in 1877; gilt vellum 1845 75 A most remarkable catalogue of books which would now be worth enormously more than they were priced then. A autograph letter of Archb. Benson acknowledging the receipt of a copy is inserted loosely. another proof of the same Catalogue, with some MS. memoranda by William Pickering, 12mo. red morocco, gilt top, uncut 2 1 1 1845 76 MASKELL (William) The Present Position of the High-Church Party in the Established Church . . 8vo. cloth 1869 O 77 MASQUE AT RICHMOND. Title: THE King and QUEENES Entertainement at RICHMOND . . In a Masque, presented by the most Illustrious PRINCE, PRINCE CHARLES Sept. 12. 1636. . oXFORD Printed by LEONARD LICHFIELD, M.DC.XXXVI. Small 4to. 16 leaves; fine copy in purple morocco 1636 6 The Music was by Master Charles Coleman; the author of the words does not reveal himself. The peasant characters all speak in Wiltshire dialect. An inferior copy sold at Sotheby's, 23rd May, 1900, for £14. On p. 17 we see "He who rules ore slaves | is not so great as he that's King of freemen." 78 MORE'S UTOPIA, in English, First Edition. A fruteful, and pleasaunt worke of the beste state of a publyque weale, and of the new yle called Vtopia: written in Latine by Syr Thomas More Knight, and translated into Englyshe by Raphe Robynson Imprinted at London by Abraham Vele, dwelling in Pauls churcheyarde at the sygne of the Lambe. Anno. 1551 .. 12mo. Black Letter, 144 leaves, title slightly mended, but generally a fine copy in blue morocco extra, gilt edges 1551 27 This first edition of a favourite English classic is very rare. The book was issued two or three times before 1558, and these later impressions are less uncommon. The issue with the date of 1551 is very seldom seen. Lord Ashburnhair scopy fetched £51. 79 MUN (Thomas). ENGLAND'S TREASURE BY Forraign Trade. OR, The Ballance of our Forraign Trade is The Rule of our Treasure . now published for the Common good by his Son JOHN MUN . . J. G. for Thomas Clark 1664. Small 8vo. First Edition, 116 leaves; old russia neat 1664 This man's two works "Discourse of Trade.. 1621" and "England's Treasure 1664," helped to lay the foundations of England's greatness and wealth as a maritime and commercial nation. They still remain treatises of great value for the theory and practice of the science, and possess far more than a merely historical interest. The first leaf of the book is the Imprimatur; the last two leaves are a catalogue of books sold by Thomas Clark. SO MURRAY'S NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY on historical principles; founded mainly on the materials collected by the Philological Society. Edited by Dr. James A. H. Murray. Parts I-VIII, Sect. I, A-CZECH, and Vol. III, Part 1, E-EVERY; together 9 parts in 10, imperial 4to. (pub. £5. 4s); bds. 1884-93 It has plainly been Dr. Murray's ambition to say with his great predecessor and pioneer, Dr. Johnson, "I have devoted this work, the labour of years, to the honour of my country, that we may no longer yield without a contest the palm of Philology to the nations of the Continent."-Saturday Review, April 18th, 1896. NAVAL MATTERS: 51 BARRY (P.). Dockyard Economy and Naval Power. 8vo., with 31 photographs; cloth The Dockyards, Shipyards, and Marine of France. 8vo., cloth 1863 050 32 84 $3 DOUGLAS (Gen. Sir Howard). Treatise on Naval Gunnery. 020 050 85 FISHBOURNE (Rear-Adm. E. Gardiner). Our Ironclads and Merchant Ships. 8vo., with numerous illustrations; cloth 1874 86 KING (Chief Engin. J. W.). War-Ships and Navies of the World. Thick 8vo., with 66 plates; cloth Boston, 1880 87 MARETT (P. R.) Yacht and Yacht Building; being a Treatise on the Construction of Yachts. 2nd edition. 8vo., with 12 folding plates; cloth 1876 020 8 PAGET (John C.). 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