Curious Tracts of the 16th and 17th Centuries, 2 vol., limited to 100 copies (Vol. 2 wants 2 11., a few ll. wrongly imposed), red levant mor. gt., g.t., wrappers preserved, 1868-72, sm. 4to. (419), April 20, Sotheby Dobell, £6 10s. [Ashbee (Henry Spencer)]. Index Librorum Prohibitorum, Centuria Librorum Absconditorum, and Catena Librorum Tacendorum, frontispieces, 3 vol., hf. mor., cl. sides, t.e.g., Privately printed, 1877-85, 4to. (292), Nov. 26, Hodgson Edwards, £17 10S. Ashe (Thomas). Fasciculus Florum, or a Handfvll of Flowers, gathered out of the seuerall Bookes of ... Sir Edward Coke, woodcut arms on reverse of title, repeated at end, imprint and a few letters slightly defective, old mor., At London, printed by G. Eld, 1618, sm. 8vo. (23), Mar. 23, Sotheby Tregaskis, £5 Ashley (Robert). Almansor the Learned and Victoriovs King that conquered Spaine, his Life and Death, hf. cf., foreedges uncut, For John Parker, 1627, sm. 4to. (568), April 20, Sotheby Leighton, £2

[See also Nov. 24, £2 8s.] Ashmole (Elias). Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, containing Severall Poeticall Pieces of our Famous English Philosophers, who have written the Hermetique Mysteries in their owne Ancient Language, faithfully collected into one Volume, plate by T. Cross and folding plate by Goddard at p. 117, engravings in the text, no sig. Rrr 4 (in its place in this copy a duplicate of sig. o0 3), the errata on the verso of sss 4, cf. gt., g.e., Nassau copy, London, printed by J. Grismond... 1652, 4to. (43), Mar. 30, Sotheby Quaritch, £8 15s. Ashmole (E.) The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies Of the most Noble Order of the Garter, plates and woodcuts, 3 plates (at pp. 144, 145, and 424) slightly shaved, panelled red mor. gt., inside borders, g.e., 1672, folio (177), May 25, Sotheby Edwards, £3 10s. Asplund (Dr. Karl). Anders Zorn, his Life and Work, plates, The Studio, 1921 (422), Feb. 11, Hodgson

Zwemmer, £I 138.

[See also Aug. 5, £1 6s.; Sotheby, June 15, parchment, £1 Is.; American Art Association, Jan. 5, $22.50; Mar. 3, $16; May 4, $12; Anderson Galleries, Dec. 16, $10.] Asplund (K.) Zorn's Engraved Work, a Descriptive Catalogue, translated by E. Adams Ray, 288 plates, 2 parts, No. 216 of 325 copies in English, wrappers, Stockholm, 1920-1, 4to. (468), May 18, Sotheby Maggs, £16 1OS. Astle (T.) Origin and Progress of Writing, portrait and plates, blue mor., g.e., 1803, 4to. (343), Dec. 15, Sotheby Marrot, £2 2s. Astley (John). The Art of Riding, set foorth in a breefe treatise, with a due interpretation of certeine places alledged out of Xenophon and Gryson, verie expert and excellent Horsemen, first ed. (A-L 4), a very small hole

through the first two 11. and sig. D I, crushed green mor. gt., Miller arms on sides, g.e., by W. Pratt, Imprinted at London, by Henrie Denham, 1584, 4to. (44), Mar. 30, Sotheby Tregaskis, £25

[See also May 25, £26.] Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 1 (1889) to 35 (1923), and Index, bound in 20 vol., hf. cf., rest unbound (49), Nov. 10, Foster Heffer, £13 2s. 6d. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 1 (1895) to 57 (1923), and General Index, 38 vol., hf. cf., remainder unbound, Chicago Press (51), Nov. 10, Foster Heffer, £50 Athenæus. Aeɩπvoσopiorns, first ed., anchor on title and at end, title mended, a few 11. foxed, a few marginal wormholes, old vell., Venice, Aldus, 1514, folio (94), Feb. 2, Sotheby Maggs, £7 15s. Atkinson (J. A.) and Walker (J.) Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians, with explanations in English and French, port. and 100 col. plates, 3 vol. in 1, hf. mor., g.e., 1803-4, folio (264), Mar. 25, Puttick Wilson, £6

[See also Sotheby, Nov. 3, £5 10s.] Atkyns (Richard). The Original and Growth of Printing, fine impression of the frontispiece by D. Loggan (slightly shaved), several head-lines cut into, crimson mor. gt., by Rivière, Miller arms on sides, London, printed by John Streater, for the Author, 1664, 4to. (45), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £28

Atkyns (Sir Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, second ed., LARGE PAPER (171⁄2in. by 1in.), illustrated with 73 copperplates, map, some of the plates are engraved by Kip, olive mor. gt., g.t., 1768, folio (131), Feb. 9, Sotheby Collett, £9

[See also May 25, £3 15s.; June 15, 1 128.] Atlas. De L'Isle's Atlas Nouveau, contenant toutes les Parties du Monde, maps, col. in outline, including 11 of America and the West Indies, old rough cf., Covens et Mortier [1741], roy. folio (117), July 9, Hodgson

David, 16 IOS. Atlas. Nieuwe Atlas de Stad Amsterdam, plan and 102 plates, 2 vol., hf. bound, Amst., 1783, folio (292), Nov. 3, Sotheby Gardiner, £16 IOS. Atlas. Moll's Maps (23), including four of America, several with small engraved views of Cities, hf. bound [c. 1720], narrow folio (115), July 9, Hodgson David, £10 10s. [See also Lot 116, 28 maps, £7.] Aubrey (J.) Brief Lives, chiefly of Contemporaries, set down between the Years 1669 and 1696, edited by A. Clark, plates, extra-illustrated by the insertion of numerous old engraved and stipple ports., carefully inlaid to size by the late W. Robinson, 2 vol., cf. ex., gilt backs, t.e.g., 1898 (426), July 23, Hodgson Townrow, £9 10s.

Aubrey (John).

The Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey, map, port., and folding plates, 5 vol., polished cf. gt., g.e., 1719-18-19, 8vo. (379), Feb. 9, Sotheby B. F. Stevens, £10 IOS. Aucassin and Nicolete, done into English by Andrew Lang, first ed., No. 41 of 63 copies, frontispiece in two states, orig. wrappers, fine copy, 1887, 8vo. (39), Mar. 17, Sotheby Maggs, £3 10S.

[See also Hodgson, Oct. 15, £2 15s.; April 1, ed. 1903, £2; Dowell, Jan. 26, 16s.] Audsley (G. A.) Gems of Japanese Art and Handicraft, 79 col. plates, artists' proofs, in box, 1913, 4to. (243), Dec. 17, Hodgson Edwards, £1 Audsley (G. A.) Ornamental Arts of Japan, plates, some in gold and colours, 2 vol. in 4, hf. brown mor. gt., t.e.g., 1882-4, folio (20), Nov. 10, Sotheby Hopkins, £4 5s. [See also Nov. 3, £4 10s.; Mar. 2, impft., £1 18s.; Mar. 2, impft., £1 6s.; Dowell, Jan. 26, 3; Sotheby Dec. 18, 3 IOS.; Hodgson, June 11, £3.]

Audsley (G. A.) and Bowes (J. L.) Keramic Art of Japan, 52 col. plates and other illustrations, 2 vol., panelled mor. gt., inside borders, g.e., by Bedford, fine copy, from the library of Sir W. A. Fraser, 1875, folio (19), Nov. 10, Sotheby Hopkins, £6 10s.

[See also Mar. 2, £1 10s.; American Art Association, Nov. 10, $30.] Audubon (J. J.) The Birds of America, from Original Drawings, 435 col. plates by R. Havell, etc., and (inserted) an engraved port. (proof before letters) by C. Turner, after F. Cruikshank, 1835, signed by Audubon, 4 vol. (Vol. i., 1827, 30, Vol. ii., 1831-4, Vol. iii., 1834-5, and Vol. iv., 1835-8), three-quarter mor., 1827-38, elephant folio (581), Dec. 15, Sotheby Suckling, £620

[A very fine copy. Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 5 vol., Edin., 1831-49, bound in mor., g.e., accompanies this lot. See also Feb. 23, £540; May 25, ed. 1840, £160; American Art Association, Jan. 20, $530; April 14, $460; Anderson Galleries, ed. 1859, 7 vol., $190; Hodgson, Oct. 22, 1827, plates only, 1 vol., £60; Anderson Galleries, Dec. 17, plates only, 1859, 2 vol., $80.]

Audubon (J. J.) The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories, with 500 plates, lithographed, printed, and col. by J. T. Bowen, 7 vol., 1856-Audubon and Bachman. The Quadrupeds of North America, by John James Audubon and the Rev. John Bachman, with 155 plates drawn from nature by J. J. Audubon and J. W. Audubon, finely lithographed and col., 3 vol., 1854, together 10 vol., full green mor., emblematic gt. tooling on obverse covers and backs, doublures and end-leaves of tan pigskin, New York, pub

lished by V. G. Audubon, 1854-1856, roy. 8vo. (14), Feb. 24, American Art Association

$325

[See also Nov. 20, 1856-60, $175; Mar. 18, 1861-n.d., rubbed, $110; April 28, 11 vol., n.d., $130.] Audubon (J. J.) and Bachman (J.) The Quadrupeds of North America, 155 col. plates, 3 vol., in the orig. 31 nos., wrappers, in mor. boxes, New York, 1849-54, imp. 8vo. (653), May 25, Sotheby Bale, £20

[See also American Art Association, April 28, $77.50; April 14, ed. 1856, $75.] Audubon (J. J.) and Bachman (J.) The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, first ed. [plates only], with 150 plates of animals, many in life-size, beautifully depicted in their natural colours and appropriate scene settings, 3 vol., hf. leather, slightly spotted, binding in poor condition, New York, J. J. Audubon, 1845-1848, atlas folio (64), Nov. 10, American Art Association $67.50 Augustine (St.) Confessiones, [begins] In hoc Codice continentvr confessionvm libri Aurelii Avgtini numero XIII., manuscript on vell., written in beautiful semi-gothic characters, long lines, 33-34 to a page, 85 11., on the first page a large initial M in gold and blue with interlacings in red, large ornamental initials at the beginning of each book, XII. CENT., folio (10şin. by 7in.) (490), April 6, Sotheby Livingstone, £38 Augustine (St.) Epistolæ, etc., manuscript on vellum, 166 ll. (365 mm. by 261 mm.), neatly written in red and black, initial D at beginning of text in blue, red, pink, and silver on a gold ground, other initials in red and blue, some with pen-work ornament, diced cf. gt., top cover loose, brass clasps and catches, g.e., XV. CENT., folio (676), June 29, Sotheby Halliday, 17 IOS.

["A manuscript, formerly belonging to the Monks of the Order of St. Augustin, at the Priory of Conishead in Furness, in the County of Lancaster."-Note in an 18th century hand inserted.]

Augustine (St.) Certaine select Prayers gathered out of S. Augustine's Meditations, which he calleth his selfe talke with God, Iohn Daye, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate, 1574Manuell, or little Booke of the Contemplation of Christ, or of God's worde, whereby the remembraunce of the heavenly desires which is falne a slepe may be quickened up againe, John Daye, dwelling over Aldersgate, 1575, 2 vol. in 1, titles within woodcut borders, blue cf., fine copy, 8vo. (378), April 6, Sotheby Cope, £13

[First English edition of the Prayers and Manuel. The collation is A to T 4 in eights and there is no pagination. The second part, "St. Augustine's Manuell," has a separate title-page, but the signatures run continuously. See also Dec. 18, ed. 1586, £1 12S.]

Augustine (St.) De animæ quantitate; Soliloquia, gothic letter, 52 11., bottom margins cut from ff. 35 and 36, re

moving a few words on the former and shaving a few on the latter, last leaf loose, bound with two others, stamped pigskin, panelled sides, brass clasps and catches [Hain *8589, ff. 54-105; Proctor *1565], [Augsburg, Günther Zainer, bef. 5 June, 1473], folio (48), Mar. 17, Sotheby Maggs, £17

[The other works included are Augustine, "De Civitate Dei" and "De Trinitate," both printed at Bâle by Johann of Amerbach in 1490 (Hain *2066 and *2039, Proctor 7585-6.)] Augustine (St.) De Civitate Dei, [colophon, folio 304 verso] confectuz uenetiis ab egregio & diligēti magistro Nicolao ienfon: Petro mozenicho principe: Anno a natiuitate domini milesimo quadringetesimo septuagesimoquinto sexto nonas octobres, gothic letter, 306 11. (including 4 blanks), two columns of 46 lines each to the page, without sig. marks or pagination, printed guide letters, contemp. mor. stamped in cable and other designs, pins of leather hinges, back repaired [Venice, Nicholas Jenson, 1475], folio (17), Nov. 20, American Art Associa

tion

$90

[See also Sotheby, April 6, mor., £30; American Art Association, Nov. 20, ed. 1620, cf., $120.] Augustine (St.) Opuscula: De predestenatione Sanctorum ; de bono Perseverantie; de Vita beata; de Virginitate B. V. M.; de Continentia et Patientia, etc., manuscript on vell., Italian, xv. Cent., 166 11., written in a neat bookhand, headings in red, 12 painted and illuminated initials, old vell. (p. 40b), "Scriptum p Fr. Ambrosium Mölbergensz. pventie Misensium" [in Campania], (83in. by 5 in.), (576), April 6, Sotheby Thorp, 10 IOS. Augustinus. Regula, etc., brown cf., two panels, three bands, binder A. R. (Andrew Ruwe), back defective and repaired, both covers slightly defective, good impressions of the panels, in a padded case, 1505, 4to. (15), Mar. 16, Sotheby Tregaskis, £45

[Not in Weale. II. cf. Weale, p. 219, No. 511.] Augustus, or an Essay of those Meanes and Counsels, whereby the Commonwealth of Rome was altered and reduced unto a Monarchy, with blank before A 1 before title, old sheep, For Henry Seile at the Tygers Head in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1632, 8vo. (13), June 15, Christie Pickering, £4 Aungerville. Bury (Richard de, Bishop of Durham). Philobiblon Richardi Dunelmensis sive de Amore Librorum, et Institutione Bibliothecæ, tractatus pulcherrimus opera et studio T. I. [Thomas James], slight stains on a few ll., blank corner of one leaf torn away, contemp. vell., gt. ornament within line panel on sides (Heber vi. 3036), Oxoniæ, excudebat Iosephus Barnesius, 1599, sm. 4to. (87), Mar. 23, Sotheby Rosenbach, £85

[See also Anderson Galleries, Dec. 16, ed. 1889, Grolier Club, $28.]