fleurons after Choffard, Le Barbier and J. M. Moreau, and 37 plates after Moreau and Le Barbier, by Choffard, Duclos, Lemire, de Launay, Simonet and others, 3 plates in proof state, before the pagination and number of vol., and the remainder on thick paper, with vertical watermarks, hf. red levant mor. ex., g.e., 4to. (442), May 10, Hodgson £21 Moreau le Jeune (J. M.) Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la Fin du XVIIIe Siècle, ou Tableaux de la Vie [texte de Restif de la Bretonne], 24 large plates after Moreau and 2 after Freudeberg (one page of text torn across and repaired), hf. mor. (rubbed), rare, Neuwied sur le Rhin, 1789, atlas folio (333), May 15, Sotheby Regnier, £68 Morell (Sir C.), [i.e., James Ridley]. The Tales of the Genii, translated from the Persian by Sir Charles Morell, plates, 2 vol., cf. gt., with the Perkins crest on sides, James Wallis, 1805, 8vo. (190), July 24, Sotheby Edwards, £1 Morgan (J. P.) Catalogue of a Collection of Books formed by James Toovey, principally from the library of the Earl of Gosford, the property of J. Pierpont Morgan, illustrated with numerous reproductions in colour of specimens of binding, blue mor., by the Club Bindery, New York, 1901, 4to. (99), Jan. 18, Anderson Galleries $260 Morgan (J. P.) Catalogue of Manuscripts of Early Printed Books from the Libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, The Earl of Ashburnham and other sources, now forming portion of the library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Early Printed Books, numerous fac. illustrations, 3 vol., one of 170 copies, all for private distribution, hf. crushed red mor., by Rivière, Chiswick Press, 1907, folio (711), July 17, Sotheby Quaritch, £41 [See also Anderson Galleries, Jan. 18, $660.] Morgan (J. P.) Collections. See also Smith (Sir C. H.) and Bode (W.) Morgan (J. P.) Pictures in the Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan at Princes Gate and Dover House, London, with an introduction by T. Humphry Ward and biographical and descriptive notes by W. Roberts, fronts. in colours and numerous plates, 3 vol., crushed brown mor. gt., panelled back, inside gt. border, watered silk linings, t.e.g., in cardboard cases, Privately printed, 1907, folio (341), March 20, Sotheby Wallace, £68 Morgan (S.) The Sphere of Gentry, engraved title, with portrait in duplicate (both mounted, one slightly shaved), plates, with the genealogical tree of the Howard family at p. 82, Book iv., and the two unpaged leaves between pp. 82 and 83, russ. gt., g.e., 1662, folio (341), July 10, Sotheby Thorp, £1 4s. Morgand et Fatout. Bulletin de la Librairie, plain and col plates and fac. illustrations, 9 vol., hf. red mor. (binding of 2 vol. damaged), 1876-1901, 8vo. (180), July 17. Sotheby Eisman, £6 158. Morison (Thomas, M.D., of Aberdeen). Papatus, seu depravatae religionis origo et incrementum, woodcut ornament at top of title and woodcut of arms on the verso slightly defective, two or three headlines and marginal notes on one page slightly shaved), orig. vell., Edinburgi, excudebat Robertus Walde-grave, 1594, 8vo. (301), Jan. 30, Sotheby Quaritch, £7 10S. Morisotus (C. B.) Orbis Maritimi sive rerum in mari et littoribus gestarum generalis historia, engraved title, maps, orig. cf., Divione, 1643, folio (635), Dec. 19, Sotheby Quaritch, £4 IOS. Morland (George). Sketches, soft-ground etchings, 2 vol. (imprints shaved), old rough cf. (worn and one cover loose) and hf. cf., n.d. (plates dated 1790-4), folio (713), July 17, Sotheby Spencer, £2 Morland (G.) and Ibbetson (J.) Shooting Subjects, a series of five rural shooting scenes, printed in colours, engraved by T. Simpson, C. Catton, jr., and R. Dodd, after George Morland and J. Ibbetson, as follows: Hare Shooting, by Morland; Duck Shooting, by Morland; Partridge Shooting, by Morland; Pheasant Shooting, by Ibbetson; Wood-cock Shooting, by Ibbetson; size of plates, 13 by 15 inches, each plate matted, enclosed in cl. folding case, London, 1789-1790-1800, oblong folio (233), April 3, Anderson Galleries $1,500 Morland (Israel). A Short Description of Sion's Inhabitants from the Days of Abel the Righteous, as also of the Inhabitants of the bloody City and Harlot-church, from the Days of Cain the Murderer, set forth by me Israel Morland, of Sutton-Valence, in Kent, black mor. gt., g.e., the sides impressed in gt. letters, with a long poem from the author addressed to King William and Queen Mary, Printed for the Author, 1690, 4to. (493), Feb. 6, Sotheby Dobell, £13 [Presentation copy to William and Mary, with a long inscription at the beginning and numerous corrections and erasures in the text, all apparently in the author's handwriting. A-U 3 in fours.] Morley (Lord). Collected Works, edition-de-luxe, portrait, 15 vol., buckram, uncut, 1921, 8vo. (132), March 22, Hodgson Arthurton, £9 5s. Morlinger (D. Bartholo). Der Weyber Naturliche heymlichaiten und zugehor. Alberti Magni. Allen Hebammen und Kindbarn frauwen dienlich, 2 woodcuts, sewn, unbound, N. p., 1531, sm. 4to. (437), April 24. Anderson Galleries $25 [This is one of the earliest printed guides for midwives and expectant mothers, and is supposed to be a translation of one of the treatises of Albertus Magnus (c. 1250), the master of Thomas Aquinas. The booklet contains such curious mediaval lore as signs by which an expectant mother may determine the sex of the child about to be born.] Morris (B. R.) British Game Birds and Wild Fowl, coloured plates, cl., 1891, 4to. (139), Aug. 2, Puttick Bailey, 12s. 6d. [See also Sotheby, May 1, 10s.] Morris (Rev. F. O.) Ancestral Homes of Britain, containing examples of its noblest Castles, Halls and Mansions, with 40 coloured illustrations from drawings, hf. maroon mor. (rubbed), London, 1868, 4to. (342), Nov. 21, Anderson Galleries $11 Morris (Rev. F. O.) British Birds, coloured plates, 1851-6— Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 1853, together 9 vol. (91), April 3, Foster Malins, £6 10S. Morris (Rev. F. O.) History of British Birds, coloured plates, 6 vol., hf. mor., full gt. backs, m.e., 1860-5, roy. 8vo. (245), Nov. 28, Sotheby Ord, £3 5s. [See also March 20, £2 4s.] Morris (Rev. F. O.) History of British Birds, coloured plates, 6 vol., cl., 1865, 8vo. (139), Nov. 17, Puttick [See also Feb. 8, £2 5s.; Aug. 2, ₤2.] Jones, £2 12s. 6d. Morris (Rev. F. O.) History of British Birds, coloured plates, Library ed., 6 vol., 1870 (157), April 17, Dowell £3 15s. Morris (Rev. F. O.) Nests and Eggs of British Birds, coloured plates, 3 vol., hf. cf., 1853-6, 8vo. (240), July 31, Sotheby Kirk, 18s. Morris (Rev. F. O.) Nests and Eggs of British Birds, Library ed., coloured plates, 3 vol., 1875 (158), April 17, Dowell £4 Morris (Rev. F. O.) Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noble men and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, coloured plates, 6 vol., red mor. gt., n.d., 4to. (938), July 31. Sotheby Truelove, £4 Morris (Peter). Peter's Letters to his Kins folk, portrait of the author after John Watson and 13 portraits of famous men after drawings by Peter Morris by Lizars, 3 vol., bound in cf. for the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of George III., with her initial "E" on the sides of the bindings and her autograph signature Eliza" on the title-page of each volume, London, 1819, 8vo. (291), Nov. 30, Anderson Galleries $37.50 Morris (William). The Aeneids of Virgil, done into English verse, London, Ellis and White, 1876, 8vo. (352), Oct. 17 Anderson Galleries $5.50 [Inserted is an A.L.s. from the author to Mr. Forman relating to his correction of the proofs. With the Forman bookplate.] Morris (W.) Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair, by [See also Lot 574, defective, £1 18s.; Jan. 30, presentation copy, £4 15s.; April 3, cf. ex., £4; June 19, £3 5s.; Hodgson, Nov. 23, £3 IOS.; American Art Association, Jan. 26, elaborate binding, mor., $145.] Morris (W.) The Defence of Guenevere, and other Poems, light blue mor., uncut, by Rivière, London, Bell and Daldy, 1858, 12mo. (553), April 11, American Art Asso ciation $40 Morris (W.) The Defence of Guenevere, and other Poems, in black and red, with woodcut borders, the title inscribed by hand on the back [the only Kelmscott book so issued], To-Edward Burne-Jones from W. M., May 22nd, 1892," on fly-leaf, with ties, Kelmscott Press, 1892, sm. 4to. (446), Feb. 20, Sotheby Sherratt, £8 15s. " [See also July 24, £6 15s.; Jan. 30, £5 5s.: April 3, £4 Hodgson, March 22, £5.] Morris (W.) A Dream of John Ball and a King's Lesson, with an illustration by Edward Burne-Jones, uncut and unopened, London, 1888, 12mo. (449), April 17, Anderson Galleries $23 [First edition. Autograph presentation copy from. William Morris to Theodore Watts-Dunton.] Morris (W.) A Dream of John Ball and a King's Lesson, printed on vell. (11 copies so printed), red and black, full page woodcut by Sir E. Burne-Jones, ornamental borders and initials, vell., Kelmscott Press, 1892, sm. 4to. (51), July 3, Christie Hollings, £22 Morris (W.) A Dream of John Ball and a King's Lesson, in red and black, full-page woodcut by Sir E. Burne-Jones, ornamental borders and initials (300 copies printed), vell., with ties, Kelmscott Press, 1892, sm. 4to. (298), July 10, Christie Taylor, £6 10s.; Sotheby, July Nov. 28, £4 15S.; [See also Hodgson, March 22, £4 Morris (W.) The Earthly Paradise, a Poem, 4 parts in 3 vol., orig. blue cl., uncut, London, F. S. Ellis, 1868, 1870, 1870, sm. 8vo. (95), April 10, American Art Asso$95 ciation [First edition. Presentation copy from the author to his mother, with autograph inscription by Morris, reading, Emma Morris from her most affectionate son the author," on fly-leaf of Vol. i. On the hf.-title of Part iii. is inscribed, in ink, Ellen Richmond with all love from Th. R., Dec. 29, 1860." See also Jan. 26, $55; Sotheby, Dec. 12, 1870 ed., £3 8s.] Morris (W.) The Earthly Paradise, printed on vell., 8 vol., in black and red, with woodcut title and borders, vell., Kelmscott Press, 1896-7, sm. 4to. (578), July 17, Sotheby Maggs, £62 Morris (W.) The Earthly Paradise, woodcut titles and capitals, 8 vol., Edward Burne-Jones' inscription on fly leaf of Vol. vii. and bookplate, vell., ties, Kelmscott Press, 1896-7, sm. 4to. (467), Feb. 20, Sotheby Bain, £20 [See also Nov. 23, £20; Jan. 30, £18 10s.; Dec. 19, £17; Hodgson, May 10, £16 5s.; American Art Association, April 11, $100.] Morris (W.) Gothic Architecture, a Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, large woodcut capital letters and red side-notes, Kelmscott Press, 1893, 8vo. (494), Nov. 28, Sotheby Bowes, £3 [See also Lot 872, £1 12s.; Lot 575, £1 10s.; Jan. 30, £310s.; Anderson Galleries, Oct. 26, $11; American Art Association, April 11, $10.] Morris (W.) King Florus and the Fair Jehane, decorated title, etc., printed in red and black, autograph presentation copy from William Morris to Mackenzie Bell, boards, uncut, Kelmscott Press, 1893, 18mo. (80), Oct. 26, Hodgson £4 15s. [See also Sotheby, July 24, hf. holland, £2 15s.; American Art Association, April 11, $25; Anderson Galleries, Oct. 17, $26.] Morris (W.) Life and Death of Jason, in black and red, 2 fullpage woodcuts by Sir E. Burne-Jones, borders and initials, limp vell., with ties, Kelmscott Press, 1895, large 4to. (543), July 24, Sotheby Maggs, 11 IOS. [See also Dec. 19, £8 15s.; Christie, July 10, £9 5s. ; Hodgson, May 10, £10.] Morris (W.) Love is Enough, or the Freeing of Pharamond, crimson levant mor. ex., richly tooled and gt., g.t., uncut, by De Sauty, Ellis and White, 1873, 4to. (651), April 3, Sotheby Hollings, £3 7s. 6d. [See also Puttick, Feb. 8, cl., presentation copy, 15s.] Morris (W.) Love is Enough, or the Freeing of Pharamond, a Morality, in black, red and blue, with borders, and two illustrations designed by Sir E. Burne-Jones, limp vell., with ties, Kelmscott Press, 1897, large 4to. (557), July 24, Sotheby Maggs, 10 [See also Feb. 20, £8 15s.; July 27, £4 58.; Hodgson May 10, £7; Anderson Galleries, Oct. 17, $27.50.] Morris (W.) News from Nowhere, or an Epoch of Rest, being some chapters from a Utopian romance, printed on vell., in black and red, with borders and a woodcut by W. H. Hooper, from a design by C. M. Gee, presentation copy to F. S. Ellis from the author, with inscription by him, limp vell., with ties, Kelmscott Press, 1892, 8vo. (721), Jan. 30, Sotheby Keating, £32 [The text of this book was printed before Shakespeare's Poems, but was kept back for the frontispiece, which is a woodcut of the old manor-house in the village of Kelmscott, from which the press took its name. See also April 3, £11 10s.; July 24, £6 10s.] Morris (W.) News from Nowhere, printed in black and red, golden type, woodcut front., border and initials, orig. |