829 [Agrippa (H. C.)] A Treatise of the Nobilitie and excellencye of vvoman kynde, by Dauid Clapam, An. M.D.XLII., first ed. (some marginal notes cut into)," (title in a woodcut border dated 1534) A-G 3 in eights, from the Fountain collection, cf. ex., by Rivière, In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis. impress. cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno M.D.XLII., sm. 8vo. (71) Quaritch, £7 830 Agrippa (H. C.) Vanitie and vncertaintie of Artes and Sciences, Englished by Ja[mes] San[ford], black letter, polished cf. ex., by F. Bedford, Henry Wykes, 1569, sm. 4to. (72)

Dobell, £3 12s. 6d. [Title, table and dedication, four leaves; A-Bbb in fours, the last leaf occupied only by the "Errata."-Catalogue.] 831 Ailesbury. Memoirs of Thomas, Earl of Ailesbury, written by himself, 2 vol., club binding, Roxburghe Club, 1890, 4to. (73) Bain, £5 7s. 6d. 832 Airy. Memoirs of a Coquet, or the History of Miss Harriot Airy, by the author of Emily Willis, allusion to Shakespeare, p. 120, cf. ex., by Rivière, I. Haggard for F. Noble, 1765, Svo. (74) Sotheran, £ 18s. 833 Alabaster (Gul.) Roxana, Tragædia, first ed., front. in 8 compartments by Rich. Gaywood, cf. ex., Excudebat Gulielmus Jones, 1632, sm. 8vo. (75) Quaritch, £5 5s. 834 Alaejos (Estevan de). Obra muy vtil y prouechosa para los deuotos de nuestra Señora, y Cofrades de la Cofradia del Rosario, new vell., Impressas con licencia en Salamanca en casa de Pedro Lasso, año de 1596, sm. 4to. (76)

Leighton, £2 6s.

[Four leaves in metre. Beneath the title is a small cut of the Virgin and Child. At the end is a licence to print, dated 1592, beneath which is a woodcut letter O with a Veronica in the centre.-Catalogue.]

835 Alamode Catechism (The). Very necessary to be learned by young Persons, cf. ex., Printed for T. Evans [n. d.], 8vo. (77) Sotheran, £1 8s. 836 Alardus Amstelredamus. Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi, 63 woodcuts, with the engraver's mark J. A., modern mor. ex., Apud sacrosanctum, religiosumq3 Amstelredamum nobile totius Hollandiæ emporiù. [Dodo Petrus typographus], anno 1523, sm. 8vo. (78) Fairfax Murray, £71

[Eighty leaves; sigs. A to K. The woodcuts in this volume are signed with the monogram which is by Passavant, v. 3, p. 24, interpreted as the mark of "Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen dans le Waterland.”—Catalogue.]

837 Alarme to Englande (An), or a Warning-Piece to the Inhabitants of Great Britain (4 leaves), without a regular title-page, hf. mor., W. Ley, 1647, sm. 4to. (79) Maggs, 5s. 838 Alarvm for London, or The Siedge of Antwerpe, with the ventrous actes and valorous deeds of the lame Soldier, A-G 2 in fours, title shorter than the other leaves, hf. mor., William Ferbrand, 1602, sm. 4to. (80) Pickering, L17 839 Albanus (Sanctus). De incliti et gloriosi ptomartyris Anglie

Albanie, quem in germania et gallia Albinu vocat, lit. goth. (2 types), long lines, 36 to a full page (6 leaves, with sign. a), [Proctor 10503?] cf. ex., by F. Bedford [Colonia, circa 1502], sm. 4to. (81) Quaritch, £13 10s. 840 Albert von Brandenburg-Culmbach. Ann Bebstlich heiligkeit vnd Kayserliche Maiestat. Curfursten vnd Fursten des heiligen Romischen reichs sambt gemeiner Ritterschaft, etc., lit. goth. (12 leaves, the last blank), new vell., Gedruckt zu Nürmberg, den andern tag des Jenners, 1512, sm. 4to. (82) Leighton, £4 8s. 841 Alberti (L. B.) L'Architecture et Art de bien bastir, first French trans., woodcuts, ruled in red, A Paris, par Jaques Keruer, 1553, sm. folio (84) Maggs, £20 [Elaborately bound by Hagué, of Brussels, in imitation of the bindings executed for Henry II. of France and Diane de Poitiers, with silver clasp.-ED.]

842 Albertus (Leo Baptista). De re ædificatoria, editio princeps, lit. rom., long lines, 34 to a full page, contemp. MS. notes, old French mor., floreate back, g. e., [colophon] “Leonis Baptistæ Alberti Florentini viri clarissimi. . . Florentiæ accuratissime impressum opera Magistri Nicolai Laurentii Alamani: Anno salutis Millesimo octuagesimo quinto: [1485] quarto Kalendas Ianuarias," sm. folio (85)

Quaritch, 21 843 Albertus Magnus. De Laudibus B.V.M. Incipit. prologus. in. opus. virginis. gloriose . editum . a . domino. Albertho, editio prima, lit. goth., double columns, 61 lines, painted capitals and ornamental initials, cf. ex., by F. Bedford, Sine ulla nota [Argentinae, Jo. Mentelin], s. a. [147-], large folio (86) Ellis, £12

[Brunet has given this as two separate books, but it was no doubt issued as one work. The first part occupies 66 leaves, the second 213. See Hain *461, Proctor 229.--Catalogue.] 844 Albertus Magnus. Incipit. liber. Alberti. Magni. ordinis.

predicatorvm. de. adherendo. Deo, etc., lit. semi-goth., elaborately bound in blue mor., gilt tooled, by the Maison Gruel [exhibited at the exhibition of 1851], Sine ullâ notâ [Ulmae, Jo. Zainer], sm. folio (87) Leighton, £10 5s. [This volume contains 40 leaves, with 32 and 34 lines to the page. See Hain *429, Proctor 2501.-Catalogue.] 845 Albertus Magnus. Alberts Magnus de secretis mulier virorum, lit. goth. (2 types), A-E in sixes, mor. ex., by F. Bedford, Impressum Liptzk per Melchiorem Lotter. Anno millesimo qngentesimoquinto. [1505], sm. 4to. (88)

et

Quaritch, £8 846 Alciatus (Andreas). Emblematum liber, ed. prima (42 leaves, including title, Green No. 2), 98 cuts by Schauffelein, cf., Excusum Augustæ Vindelicorum, per Heynricum Steynerum, 1531, 28. Februarii, sm. 8vo. (89) Quaritch, £25

[From Corser's library. Inserted is an autograph letter from Dibdin to Sir Francis Freeling, presenting him with this. volume. This is the first issue, the second bearing date April 6.- Catalogue.]

847 Alciatus (A.) Emblematum liber (43 leaves), 104 woodcuts by Schaufelein (?) (Green No. 6), mor. ex., by F. Bedford, Augusta Vindelicorum per Henricum Steyner, 1534, sm. 8vo. (90) Friedlander, £9 848 Alciatus (A.) Emblematum libellus, par Wolphgangum Hungerum Bauarum, rhythmis Germanicis versus, 115 woodcuts, mor., g. e., by Lortic (Green No. 19), Paris, apud Christianum Wechelum, 1542, sm. 8vo. (91) Ellis, £5 10s. 849 Alciatus (A.) Emblematum libellus, editio Aldina, 90 new Italian woodcuts and cut of the arms of Alciat (Green No. 28), (47 leaves,) mor., by Trautz-Bauzonnet, Venetiis, apud Aldi filios, 1546, sm. 8vo. (93) Sotheran, £9 10s. 850 Alciatus (A.) Livret des Emblemes [par Jeh. Lefevre], mor. ex., A Paris, en la maison de Christien wechel, 1536, 8vo. (94) Quaritch, £15 [The first edition of Alciat in French. Contained 124 leaves, including title and separate leaf at end with device, and 115 woodcuts. (Green No. 10.)-Catalogue.]

851 Alcilia. Philoparthens louing Folly, wherevnto is added, Pigmalions Image, by Sir I. H.[arington] and others, second ed., hf. russ., Richard Hawkins, 1628, sm. 4to. (96)

Quaritch, £27.

[A-O in fours, title on A 2. There are separate titles to "Pigmalion's Image," which is Marston's poem, first printed in 1598, and to the "Love of Amos and Laura." This book, and this copy of it, is fully described in Corser's "Collectanea Anglo-Poetica," part i., pp. 26-27).—Catalogue.] 852 [Alcock (John, Bishop of Ely).] [On page 1] Her begynneth the Abbey that is clepyd ye Abbey of ye holi gost. [On page 13] Here begynneth ye meditation of seint Anselm. [On page 18] [I]t is founde wryten that Seynt Iohn the eungelist aftre the Assumpcion of oure lady, etc. [On page 22] [H]ere folowth a doctryne how the spawter [Psalter] of oure lady shal be saide, etc., cf., g. e., by Hayday, sm. 4to. (97) Barnard, £16 [English manuscript of the fifteenth century, on 29 pages of vellum, written in small characters, long lines, 32 to a full page.—Catalogue.]

853 Aldenham (Lord). The Game of Ombre, third ed., LARGE PAPER, club binding, Printed for private circulation, 1902, 4to. (98) Quaritch, £2 25. 854 Aldrete (Bernardo). Varias antiguedades de España, Africa y otras provincias, old French mor., gilt back, g. e. (Derome), En Amberes a costa de Juan Hasrey, 1614, 4to. (99)

James, £6 7s. 6d. [Title and preliminaries, 12 leaves; pp. 1-640; table, 36 leaves. From the library of Girardot de Préfond. Brunet speaks of plates, but there are none besides the engraved title and a small map on the text at p. 44.—Catalogue.]

855 Aldus. Aldi Manvtii Romani_rvdimenta grammatices latinae linguae, editio prima, old French mor., au pointillé back,

elegant borders, g. e., by Bozerian jeune, Venet. Mense Febr. et Junii MDI. (1501), 4to. (100) Tregasksis, £22 105. [A-N in eights, followed by 4 leaves of the Hebrew alphabet. From the collection of M. Renouard.-Catalogue.] 856 Ale. Exaltatio Alæ. The Ex-Ale-tation of Ale, done into verse by T. C. P., A-B in eights, cf., Anno Dom. 1666, sm. 8vo. (102) Ellis, £4 4s. 857 Ale. The Ex-Ale-tation of Ale, written by a Learned Pen, eight leaves (in verse), cf. ex., by F. Bedford, Printed by J. R., 1668, sm. 8vo. (103) Ellis, £3 858 Ale-Houses. A Proclamation, with Articles of Direction thereunto annexed, concerning Ale-houses, black and roman letter (10 leaves), A—C 3 in fours, title on a 2 (A 1, a blank, wanted), new vell., Printed by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill... Anno 1618, sm. 4to. (104) Sotheran, £1 6s.

Don Juan de
Bedford, En
1609, sm. 4to.
Baer, £5 10s.

859 Aleman (Mateo). Ortografia Castellana, a Billela, primera edicion, cf. ex., by F. Mexico en la imprenta de Ieronimo Balli, (105) [Title and other preliminaries, including a woodcut portrait of the author, 8 leaves. Folios 1-83 (sigs. B—Ÿ in fours, the last leaf being blank). Brunet gives the date as 1606, and the printer's name as Balbi. This edition of 1609 is, however, the earliest.-Catalogue.]

860 Alesius (Alex.) [Seu Hales.] An expediat laicis legere novi Testamenti libros lingua Vernacula? editio prima, A—L vii. in eights, cf., g. e. [Sine loco], 1533, sm. 8vo. [106]

Quaritch, £5 10S. 861 Alexandre le Grand. Sensuyt lhistoire du tres vaillant noble preux & hardy roy Alixandre le grant, lettres bâtardes, long lines, 34 to a full page, cuts in the text and ornamental initials, mor., fleur-de-lis and centre ornaments, g. e., Nouuellement imprime a paris par Alain Lotrian [s. d. c. 1513], sm. 4to. (108) Quaritch, L66

[This edition appears to have been unknown to Brunet. It consists of 60 leaves thus composed: A, 8 leaves; B-G, 4 leaves each; H, 8 leaves; I-N, 4 leaves each.-Catalogue.] 862 [Alexis (Guillaume, Prior of Bucy).] He[re] begynneth an interlocucyon with an argument/betwyxt man and woman, black letter, at the end Wynkyn de Worde's Caxton device, no colophon, 6 leaves in 4-line stanzas, mor., g. e. (C. Lewis), [Wynkyn de Worde, n. d.,] sm. 4to. (109) Quaritch,

128

[Both the cuts on the title-page and that on the reverse were used by Wynkyn and other typographers for many of their publications. This copy, supposed to be unique, is from the Caldecott and Daniel collections. It is a translation from the French tract entitled, "Le Débat de l'homme et de la femme" (Poésies Françoises, i. 1-10).—Catalogue.] 863 Aleyn (Charles). The Battailes of Crescey and Poictiers,

second ed., cf. ex., by F. Bedford, Thomas Harper for Thomas Knight, 1633, sm. 8vo. (111) Leighton, £4 [A—I in eights, first and last leaves blank, and the eighth leaf of A having the Errata. The first ed. appeared in 1631, and differs materially from this.—Catalogue.]

864 Aleyn (C.) The Historie of that wise and Fortunate Prince, Henrie of that Name the Seventh, King of England, port. by Marshall (reduced), mor., g. e., Printed by Tho. Cotes for William Cooke, and are to be sold at his shop, neere Furnivalls-Inne gate in Holburne, 1638, sm. 8vo. (112) Essex, £5 [A, 2 leaves; B-L6 in eights. In 6-line stanzas, with two copies of verses by Edward Sherburne and Edward Prideaux. Catalogue.]

865 Allen (Ethan). Reason the Only Oracle of Man, first ed. (pp. 477, including the half-title), cf. ex., Bennington, State of Vermont, printed by Haswell & Russell, 1784, 8vo. (113) Stechert, £319s. 866 [Allen (Robert).] The Oderifferous Garden of Charitie, cf. ex., Imprinted at London, 1603, sm. 4to. (114) Quaritch, £4 [A-Ii. in fours, the last leaf having only the Errata. From Maskell's collection, with his signature.-Catalogue.] 867 Allen (William, Cardinal). An Apologie and Trve Declaration of the Institution and endeuours of the two English Colleges, A-Q 3 in eights, russ. ex., by F. Bedford, Printed at Mounts in Henault, 1581, sm. 8vo. (115) James, £3 868 Allot (Robert). Englands Parnassus, mor. ex., Imprinted for Nicholas] Ling], [Cuthbert] B[urby] and Thomas] Hayes], 1600, sm. 8vo. (120) Maggs, £37 [Title, leaf; dedication to Sir T. Mounson, in verse, I leaf; To the Reader, in verse, also by Allot, I leaf; table and Errata, 3 leaves. The work, B-Kk7 in eights. (Wanted 3 blank leaves, two at the beginning and one at end; outside margins of the two last leaves of table renewed.)-Catalogue.]

869 Almanack. A perpetual Calendar, or Almanack, entirely cut in wood, in the manner of the block books, and probably executed at London about the year 1500, but with spaces left blank to be filled up in MS. to serve for any subsequent year, new mor., cylindrical case, c. 1500 (121) Maxwell, £80 [Printed on a piece of vellum 3034 in. long by 51⁄2 in. broad. A lengthy description of it is given in the catalogue. Apparently unique.-ED.]

870 Almanac. Alm[na]cke for xv. yeres. Here begynneth ye scycle or chauge of ye mone, etc., black letter, new mor., by Rivière, Imprynted in the Fletestrete at the sygyne of the sonne by me wynkyn de worde [1522], sm. 8vo. (122)

Quaritch, £41

[Nine printed leaves, preceded by a leaf occupied by a woodcut of Christ as the Saviour of the world, on verso, the recto being blank, with an original blank leaf at the end. The printer's small device, white on a black ground, is beneath the title given above. From the collection of