Hunt." A note inserted before the half-title reads: "Note. This copy, still partially uncut, of the original edition of Shelley's 'Rosalind and Helen' belonged to my late mother-in-law, Mrs. Leigh Hunt, sent to her by Shelley's direction, I have no doubt, and bears her signature on the title-page. Charles Smith Cheltnam, Nov. 7, '88." This is a very fine copy, despite the fact that a corner has been repaired on half-title and five corners strengthened. Two pages have very small and skilful repairs.] Shelley (P. B.) Rosalind and Helen, first ed., polished cf. gt., g.t., by F. Bedford, some fore-edges untrimmed, For C. & J. Ollier, 1819, 8vo. (1000), Mar. 21, Sotheby [See also Amer. Art Assoc., April 25, $430.] Spencer, £36 [Shelley (P. B.)] St. Irvyne, or The Rosicrucian, a Romance, by a Gentleman of the University of Oxford, first issue of the first ed., with the title-page dated 1811, and containing the genuine half-title, orig. boards, uncut, in cloth box case, wool-lined, rare, fine copy, London, 1811, 12m0. (1125), Feb. 14, Amer. Art Assoc. $1,300 [In 1822 the unsold remnant of this issue was published with a new title-page.] [Shelley (P. B.)] "We Pity the Plumage, but Forget the Dying Bird," an Address to the People on the Death of Princess Charlotte, by The Hermit of Marlow, sewn, as issued, in cloth slip-case [London, reprinted for Thomas Rodd, 1843], 8vo. (272), Mar. 14, Anderson Gall. $30 [Thomas Rodd, who published this address, stated that it was a facsimile reprint of the original edition of 20 copies printed by Shelley in 1816. All efforts to unearth an example of this original edition have failed. Mr. Wise thinks that it was printed from a MS. found by Mr. Rodd.] Shelley (P. B.) Poems, overseen by F. S. Ellis, printed in red and black, with borders and initials, 3 vol., vellum, uncut, Kelmscott Press, 1894-5, sm. 4to. (764), Mar. 21, Sotheby Bumpus, £29 [See also Vale Press, 1901-Sotheby, July 28, buckram, £3 10S.; Anderson Gall., Oct. 4, mor., $37; Doves Bindery, 1914-Sotheby, Mar. 21, vell., £20 10s.] Shelley (P. B.) Posthumous Poems, first ed., boards, uncut, 1824, 8vo. (386), Jan. 31, Sotheby Spencer, II IOS. [Errata leaf missing. See also Dowell, July 25, hf. cf., £5 Amer. Art Assoc., Mar. 16, $20; April 25, $80; Anderson Gall., April 27, $35.] Shelley (P. B.) Poetical and Prose Works, edited by H. Buxton Forman, orig. issue of best library ed., portraits and facsimiles, 8 vol., light blue cloth gt., uncut, 1876-80 (360), Dec. 9, Hodgson Edwards, £15 [See also Ed. 1876-77-Feb. 23, £4 18s.; Sotheby, Jan. 31, £6 5S.; Ed. 1880-Hodgson, June 30, £18 IOS.; Anderson Gall., Nov. 15, $85; Ed. 1882-Feb. 14, $17.50.] Shelley (P. B.) Poetical Works, edited by Mrs. Shelley, [See also July 28, £8; Hodgson, June 2, £10 15s.; Puttick, Jan. 12, £7 5S.; Anderson Gall., Mar. 14, $30; Ed. 1847-Sotheby, July 20, £3 5s.; Ed. 1853-Hodgson, June 10, £4 6s.; Ed. 1857—April 13, £3 3s.; Ed. 1876— Dowell, July 20, £6 10s.; Nov. 22, £3 12s. 6d.; Dec. 21, £6 15s.; Hodgson, Nov. 17, 8 vol., £15; Sotheby, Mar. 21, 23; April 11, 8 vol., £14.] Shelley (P. B.), The Complete Poetical Works of, the text newly collated and revised and edited with a Memoir and Notes by George Edward Woodberry, LARGE PAPER, edition limited to 250 copies, of which this is No. 210, with portrait, 8 vol., three-quarter light blue crushed levant mor., gt. panelled backs, g.t., uncut, Cambridge, 1892, 8vo. (560), Dec. 1, Amer. Art Assoc. $85 [See also April 25, $210; Ed. 1894-Nov. 3, Kelmscott Press, $100; Hodgson, Dec. 16, Kelmscott Press, 28.] Shelley (P. B.) Shelley Memorials, edited by Lady Shelley, portrait, pres. copy from the editor, hf. vellum, 1859, 8vo. (162), April 11, Sotheby Holdsworth, £8 10s. [See also May 23, £2 15s.] Shelvocke (Capt. George). Voyage Round the World [with Accounts of Chili, Mexico, Juan Fernandez, etc.], first ed., plates and maps, cf. (rubbed), 1726 (163), July 7: Hodgson Maggs, £4 4s. [See also July 4, £3; Christie, July 25, £3.] Shenstone (William). Works in Verse and Prose, portrait and engravings, 3 vol., contemp. crimson mor. extra, gt. borders on sides, full gt. backs, g.e., choice copy, J. Dodsley, 1773 (26), Mar. 24, Hodgson Quaritch, £10 IOS. Shepard (Thomas). The Sound Beleever, stained, some headlines cut off, hf. cf., Edinburgh, G. Lithgow, 1658, 12mo. (295), July 18, Sotheby Sheppard (Rev. Edgar). Quaritch, £2 Memorials of St. James's Palace, 2 vol., 1894-The Old Royal Palace of Whitehall, 1902, together 3 vol., illustrations, hf. vellum, g.t., 1894-1902, 8vo. (286), July 7, Sotheby Baker, £1 5s. Sheraton (Thomas). The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book, with plates, diagrams, etc., a subscribers' copy in the original 32 Nos., as issued, with Appendix and List of Subscribers; numerous slips, some pasted on covers, others inserted; notices to subscribers by the author as to alterations, etc., and progress of the work, wanting No. 6, one leaf (pp. 47-8) in No. 4, and sig. Ll I and 2 (pp. 265-268) in Part 18, in orig. grey wrappers, one missing, a few loose, and some slightly defective, Printed for the Author, 1791-3, 4to. (162a), July 28, Sotheby Maxwell, £II [See also Nov. 8, hf. cf., £15; Christie, July 25, hf. cf., £9; Ed. 1802-Sotheby, Jan. 31, £28; May 23, £25.] Sherburne (Sir Edward). Salmacis, Lyrian & Sylvia, Forsaken Lydia, The Rape of Helen, A Comment thereon, with several other Poems and Translations, first ed., front. in four compartments, dedication to Thomas Stanley (with sub-title "Erotica" on verso) inserted loose between AI and 2, signature "Henry Bradshawe" on title, orig. sheep, from the Christie Miller library, London, printed by W. Hunt for Thomas Dring, 1651, 8vo. (337), May 30, Sotheby Tregaskis, £9 Sheridan (Richard Brinsley). The Critic, or a Tragedy Rehearsed, first ed., engraved title, crimson straight-grained mor. extra, t.e.g., Printed for T. Becket, 1781 (409), May 18, Hodgson Hollings, £3 July 20, impft., [See also Sotheby, May 23, £1 10s.; 8s.; Amer. Art Assoc., Mar. 16, $17.] Sheridan (R. B.) The School for Scandal, first ed., wants last leaf (blank), bound with five other Plays, cf., Dublin, printed for J. Ewling, n.d., 8vo. (8 by 5 in.), (585), Nov. 15, Sotheby Maskelyne, £72 [See also Mar. 21, plates by H. Thomson, £3; July 14, £1 18s.; Amer. Art Assoc., Feb. 14, $27.50; Ed. 1789, in French-Hodgson, Dec. 16, £3 5s.; n.d.-Puttick, April 7, £2 25.] Sheridan (R. B.) Dramatic Works, 2 vol., yellow cf. extra, g.e., by Bedford, J. Murray, 1821, 8vo. (537), Nov. 10, Hodgson Maggs, £3 5s. [See also June 23, 1 12s.; Ed. 1873-Anderson Gall., Oct. 6, $11; Puttick, Oct. 6, £5.] Sherith Josef, Poem on the Calendar, by Josef b. Shem Toh, with Commentary by Samuel Cohen, [at the end] Buir Luhoth, by Abraham Zacut, in Spanish, some 11. wormed and stained, a few 11. defective, hf. leather, unique, Saloniki, 1568, sm. 8vo. (622), June 20, Sotheby Lane, £17 Shield (George). Ornithologica Britannica, Part 1 (all published), 6 finely col. plates engraved by A. T. Aikman, no text, lacks the wrappers, in a portfolio with ties [c. 1830], double atlas folio (233), July 20, Sotheby Quaritch, £10 Shirley (Evelyn Philip). History of the County of Monaghan, col. front. and plates, orig. boards, 1879, folio (546), July 14, Sotheby Halliday, £5 10s. Shirley (E. P.) Stemmata Shirleiana, or The Annals of the Shirley Family, illustrations, vellum, 1841-The Sherley Brothers, roxburghe, 1848, both pres. copies, inscribed by the Author, 4to. (302), June 20, Sotheby Dobell, £3 [Shirley (James).] The Accomplished Ladies Rich Closet of Rarities, woodcut front., mor. (the imprint cut into), W. Wilde [c. 1690], 12mo. (419), May 18, Hodgson Tregaskis, £4 Shirley (J.) The Dvkes Mistris, as it was presented by her Majesties Servants, at the private House in Drury-Lane, first ed., vellum, t.e.g., with the Huth book-label, fine copy, John Norton for Andrew Crooke, 1638, sm. 4to. (546), July 13, Hodgson Kent, £15 Shirley (J.) Poems, etc., first ed., copperplate frontispiece portrait of the Author by W. Marshall, full fawn cf., single gt. fillet on sides, marbled edges, from the Frances Mary Richardson Currer and H. Buxton Forman collections, with bookplates, London, printed for Humphry Mosely, 1646, sm. 8vo. (1169), Feb. 14, Amer. Art Assoc. $135 [With a fine impression of the rare portrait, signed “W. Marshall, sculpsit, 1646." Contains the separate poems "Narcissus or the Self-Lover" and "The Triumph of Beautie," each with separate title-page. There are several errors in the pagination. Pp. 47-59 of the second series are misprinted 147-159; pp. 24-25 of the third series are misnumbered 26-27; and p. 28 of the third series is misnumbered 30.] Shirley (J.) Dramatic Works and Poems, edited by William Gifford and Alexander Dyce, portrait, 6 vol., cf. gt., gt. backs, by J. Clarke, 1833 (703), July 20, Sotheby Edwards, £9 [See also Jan. 31, cl., £3 15s.; June 20, £4; Nov. 8, £3 18s.] Shirley (Major-Gen. William), Gov. of Massachussetts. The Conduct of Major-Gen. Shirley, late General and Com- [The authorship of this tract is sometimes attributed to General Shirley himself, but it was more probably written by his secretary, William Alexander, afterwards Earl of Stirling. See also Dec. 13, £4 15s.] Shirley (W.) Memoirs, with the blank leaf o 4, 1757—An Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg, in June and July, 1758 by a Spectator (A, 2 ll.; B-H in fours), London, printed for W. Owen, 1758-Pepperell (William). An Accurate and Authentic Account of the Taking of Cape-Breton in the Year 1745, together with a Computation of the French Fishery in that part of the World (title, I leaf; A-E in fours; one leaf unsigned), London, printed for J. Staples, opposite Stationers' Hall, and T. Atkinson, at York, 1758; fastened together by the remains of old binding, in cloth case, 8vo. (314), Dec. 13, Sotheby H. Stevens, £12 10S. Shoberl (Frederick). Voyage Pittoresque de Geneve a Milan, par le Simplon, 32 large col. plates by Lory, original impressions, hf. mor., Paris, Didot, 1811, folio (289), Dec. 6, Sotheby Spencer, £20 Shoberl (F.) Picturesque Tour from Geneva to Milan by way of the Simplon, illustrated with 36 col. views from designs by J. and J. Lory, with descriptions by F. Shoberl, map, hf. mor., uncut, R. Ackermann, 1820, 4to. (176), Nov. 8, Sotheby Barnard, £5 10s. [See also Mar. 7, £5 5s.; Mar. 21, £5 10s.; June 30, £4 10S.; July 14, £3 58.; Hodgson, Mar. 16, £5 5s.; June 2, £4 12s. 6d.] Shoberl (F.) The World in Miniature, edited by Frederic Shoberl, illustrated with numerous fine plates, all in colour, 43 vol., full straight-grain mor. (two shades), London, Ackermann, 1822, etc., 16mo. (156), Dec. 1, Amer. Art Assoc. $200 [Rare when complete, as is the present copy. See also Dowell, Oct. 25, 26 vol., £3; Ed. 1816-Hodgson, Nov. 10, without title, £5 17s. 6d.] Shoberl (F.) World in Miniature: Hindoostan, col. plates, 6 vol., orig. boards, uncut, R. Ackermann [1822], 12mo. (892), Dec. 6, Sotheby Curry, £4 5s. [See also Lot 106, £2 5s.] Short (Sir Frank). On the Making of Etchings, first ed., on Japanese vellum, with 4 plates (two being signed etchings by the Author, only 150 copies printed, vellum, g.e., 1888, 4to. (689), July 25, Christie Sotheran, £4 4s. [See also Hodgson, Oct. 20, £2.] Short Narrative (A) and Justification of the Proceedings of the Committee appointed by the Adventurers to prosecute the Discovery of the Passage to the Western Ocean of America, title soiled, hf. cf., For J. Robinson, 1749, 8vo. (299), July 18, Sotheby Edwards, £9 [Shorthouse (Joseph Henry).] John Inglesant, a Romance, first ed., only 100 copies printed, orig. vellum, g.t., uncut, enclosed in three-quarter maroon French levant mor. solander case, gt. back, inner cloth protecting wrappers, Birmingham, Cornish Brothers (privately printed for the Author), 1880, thick 8vo. (391), Nov. 16, Amer. Art Assoc. $225 [Presentation copy from the author, inscribed "Mrs. Spooner, Edgbaston Vicarage, with kind regards from the Author." See also Ed. 1902-Christie, July 25, 3 vol., £1 8s.] Sibilia (D. Matthaeus Januarius). Tractatus de Gradibus Cognationum, with woodcut decorations and diagrams, 2 vol., full contemp. Neapolitan mor. binding, with elaborate gt. tooled design consisting of border of flowers and stars enclosing floral and scroll corner-pieces, with lozenge of similar design in centre surrounded by pointillé tooling on sides, gt. panelled backs, gauffred g.e., from the Huth collection, with bookplate, Neapoli. 1698-1701, sm. 4to. (421), Mar. 1, Amer. Art Assoc. $50 [Fine example of early 18th century Neapolitan binding in practically perfect state of preservation. This author, unknown to Brunet, was a Neapolitan ecclesiastic who dedicated this treatise 'On Degrees of Relationship" to Pope Clement XI.] 66 |