Rae (W. Fraser). Sheridan, a Biography, with an Introduction by ... the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, with ports., extra-illustrated and extended from 2 to 4 vol. by the insertion of over 150 engravings, including numerous ports. of Sheridan and his contemporaries, and many fine scenes, full green crushed levant mor., gt. panelled backs, wide inner mor. borders gt., g.t., uncut, each vol. in board slip-case, London, 1896, sq. 8vo. (1280), Mar. 30, American Art Association $40 Raemakers (Louis). The Great War: a Neutral Indictment, with Descriptive Notes by Garnett and Huish, 252 cartoons in col., in 3 vol., hf. buckram, 1916-19, roy. folio (326), Aug. 5, Hodgson Thorp, £3 3s. [See also Jan. 28, 1916-17, 2 vol., £4.] Raffles (Sir T. S.) History of Java, first ed., map and plates (some col.), 2 vol., hf. cf., 1817, 4to. (377), Dec. 15, Sotheby Miller, £7 [See also Nov. 3, £6; Hodgson, June 25, £7 10s.; Dec. 17, £3.] Rainerius de Pisis. Pantheologia [Vol. i., 31 fol. +244 fol., including 3 blanks], initials painted in red and blue, some having pen-ornamentation, several fine initials in col. and burnished gold, hf. brown mor., 4 ll. at end slightly wormed, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1477, large folio (121), Oct. 27, Sotheby Sawyer, £15 Raleigh (Sir Walter). The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtifvl Empire of Gviana, with a relation of the Great and Golden Citie of Manoa (which the Spaniards call El Dorado) and the Prouinces of Emeria, Arromaia, Amapaia and other countries, with their riuers adioyning, title and last leaf somewhat soiled, 4 ll. at end a little waterstained, Imprinted at London by Robert Robinson, 1596— with two others, in 1 vol., old cf., 4to. (446), Oct. 27, Sotheby Spencer, £41 This copy reads page 12, line 14 [Three issues were published in 1596. "Empire" and "Citie on the title; reads "Nueuo reygno de Granada."] Raleigh (Sir W.) The History of the World, with engraved title by R. Elstrake, the leaf facing it "The Mind of the Front.," and maps and plates, old cf., with auto. of T. Willughby, W. Burre, 1614, folio (723), June 15, Christie Edwards, 11 IOS. [See also American Art Association, Jan. 5, rebacked, $20.] Raleigh (Sir W.) Tubus Historicus: an Historicall Perspective, discovering all the Empires and Kingdomes of the World, as they flourisht respectively, under the foure Imperiall Monarchies, port. (mounted) of Charles II. by Van Dalen, with 4 lines under by J. M., old wrappers, front edges frayed, London, printed for Thomas Harper, for Benjamin Fisher, 1636, 4to. (432), Feb. 23, Sotheby Gardner, £2 15S. Raleigh (Sir W.) Instrvctions to his Sonne, and to Posterity. Whereunto is added A Religious and Dutifull Advice of a loving Sonne to his aged Father, first ed., port., a few rules (fore-margin only) touched, blue levant mor., panelled back and sides, inside dentelles, g.e., by Bedford, fine copy, from the Carmichael library, Benjamin Fisher, 1632, 8vo. (555), Nov. 10, Sotheby Pickering, £10 Raleigh (Sir W.) Judicious and Select Essays and Observations, first ed., port. by R. Vaughan, 2 ll. torn across and last line of the Catalogue of Books cut into, old sheepskin (defective), Printed by T. W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1650, 12mo. (522), June 29, Sotheby Pickering, £5 [See also Christie, June 15, £7.] Ralfe (James). The Naval Chronology of Great Britain, or an Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events from the [With the plates in an exceptionally brilliant and choice state, many desirable for their American interest.] Ramesey (William). Astrologia Munda, or Astrology in its Purity, old cf. (rebacked), 1653, folio (787), April 29, Hodgson Barnard, I 14S. Rampegollis (Antonius de). Aureum Bibliæ repertorium, gothic letter, 99 ll., wants first leaf (blank), 2 columns, unbound [Hain *13677, Proctor 1197], [Cologne, Conrad Winters], c. 1480, folio (686), Mar. 17, Sotheby Maggs, £5 10S. Ramsay (Allan). The Ever Green, being a Collection of Scots Poems wrote by the Ingenious before 1600, first ed., 2 vol., title of Vol. i. backed, small hole affecting a figure on p. 271, title of Vol. ii. stained, old cf. (joints weak), Edin., 1724-another ed., 2 vol., Contents (p. 287-8) of Vol. ii. bound in Vol. i., cf. gt., Edin., 1861, 8vo. (559), Nov. 10, Sotheby Pickering, I IOS. Ramsay (A.) The Gentle Shepherd, aquatints by D. Allan, hf. levant mor., t.e.g., fine copy, Glasgow, A. Foulis, 1788, 4to. (560), Nov. 10, Sotheby Wilson, £6 [See also Puttick, Dec. 5, ed. 1808, £1 5s.; Hodgson, Feb. 11, £5.] Ramsay (A.) Poems [Poems Vol. ii.], first ed., port. mounted, [See also Lot 557, £2 10s.] Ramsay (David). History of the Revolution of South Carolina, maps, 2 vol., orig. boards, uncut, Trenton, 1785, 8vo. (42), Dec. 18, Sotheby Webster, £4 15s. [See also Hodgson, Nov. 26, £3.] Ramsay (James). Sea Sermons, or a Series of Discourses for the use of the Royal Navy, contemp. full red straight grain mor., gt. framework on sides, gt. back and edges, [Specially bound for William IV., presented to the King by Admiral Lord Barham, when Captain. On the verso of front cover is William IV.'s bookplate when Prince William Henry, his bookplate as king is on the inside of the back cover. Tipped in on fly-leaf are two A.L.s. of William IV.] [Ramus (Peter).] The Three Partes of Commentaries, containing the whole and perfect discourse of the Civill warres of Fraunce under the Raignes of Henry II., Francis II. and of Charles IX. . . . translated out of Latine by Thomas Timme [Tymme], black letter, the 3 parts, each with title, old cf. (2 ll. ink-splashed, otherwise a good copy, with auto. of T. Willughby, w.a.f., Francis Coldocke, 1574, 4to. (545), June 15, Christie Ellis, £5 [See also Lot 546, £5 5s.] Randolph (Thomas). Aristippvs, or The Iouiall Philosopher To which is added, The Conceited Pedlar, first ed., catch-words and side-notes cropped, limp buckram, Printed by Thomas Harper, for Iohn Marriot, 1630, sm. 4to. (165), Feb. 23, Sotheby Pickering, £2 5s. [See also Mar. 23, £7.] Randolph (Thomas). A Pleasant Comedie, entituled Hey for Honesty, Down with Knavery, translated out of Aristophanes his Plutus . . . augmented and published by F.[rancis] J.[aques], stamp of the Duke of Roxburgh on reverse of title, hf. mor., London, printed in the year 1651, sm. 4to. (513), Mar. 23, Sotheby Pickering, £7 Randolph (T.) Poems, with The Mvses Looking Glasse, and Amyntas, ink-stain on title, Oxford, L. Lichfield for Francis Bowman, 1638-The Iealous Lovers, second ed., Cambridge, 1634, in 1 vol., old cf. (rebacked), 4to. (156), May 25, Sotheby Pickering, £6 5s. [See also Mar. 23, £3 5s.] Ranke (Leopold von). History of England in the 17th Century, 6 vol., cl., Oxford, 1875 (828), April 22, Hodgson [See also July 15, 1 8s.] Grant, £I IOS. Ranke (L. von). History of the Popes of Rome, translated by Sarah Austin, 3 vol., 1840-The Reformation in Germany, by the same, 3 vol., 1845-7-[and] History of England in the 17th Century, 6 vol., Oxford, 1875, together 12 vol., uniform hf. brown crushed levant mor., t.e.g., by Sangorski, 1840-75 (227), Jan. 28, Hodgson Bain, £13 15s. Ranters. The Ranters Ranting: With The apprehending, examinations and confession of Iohn Collins, I. Shakespear, Tho. Wiberton, and five more which are to answer the next Sessions. And severall songs or catches, which were sung at their meetings, curious woodcut on title, 4 ll., London, printed by B. Alsop, 1650-Roulston (Gilbert). The Ranters Bible. Or Seven several Religions by them held and maintained, woodcut on title and on p. 2, 4 11., London, printed by J. C., 1650, in 1 vol., both tracts inlaid, hf. mor., sm. 4to. (514), Mar. 23, Sotheby Rosenbach, £10 Raper (Elizabeth). Receipt Book (written 1756-1770), decorations by Duncan Grant, buckram, Nonesuch Press, 1924 (84), Jan. 14, Hodgson Grant, £1 8s. [See also April 29, £1 128.; July 23, £1 6s.] Rapin de Thoyras (Paul) and Tindal (N.) History of England, ports. and plates, extra-illustrated with 10 large mezzotint ports. of Addison, Sir Isaac Newton and others (some soiled), numerous ports. from Houbraken's Heads, folding plates of Historical Scenes, etc., 4 vol. in 5, old cf. (rebacked), 1743-7 (930), Dec. 10, Hodgson Romain, £2 12s. [See also Sotheby, May 25, ex. illus.,' 5 vol. ext. to 19, over 2,000 embellishments, £29.] Rashdall (H.) Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages, fronts. and maps, 2 vol. in 3, orig. cl., Oxford, 1895, 8vo. (247), May 27, Puttick London Library, £8 15s. [Raspe (R. E.)] Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, folding frontispiece and plates by T. Rowlandson, mottled cf. gt., T. Tegg, 1811, 12mo. (430), Mar. 26, Hodgson Hollings, £2 125. [See also Lot 415, n.d., £1; American Art Association, Jan. 5, ed. 1867, $42.50.] [Rastell or Rastall (William).] A Collection of all the Statutes from the beginning of Magna Carta, black letter, double columns, contemp. cf. (water-stained, binding slightly defective), with MS. note on fly-leaf by Sir Francis Willughby, the builder of Wollaton Hall, and an obverse the signature "Queen Elizabeth" in a contemp. hand, In ædibus Richardi Tottelli, 1566, folio (724), June 15, Christie Webster, £7 5s. [Sir Francis Willughby entertained Queen Elizabeth at Wollaton Hall in 1575. See also Lot 725, ed. 1588, £6; Lot 726, ed. 1591, £5 5s.; Sotheby, Nov. 24, ed. 1595, £2 10s.] Rathbone (Frederick). Old Wedgwood: the_Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Works in Colour and Relief invented and produced by Josiah Wedgwood, with 67 plates in the colours of the originals, and other illustrations, 1898, folio (230), Dec. 8, Christie Huggins, £6 5s. Rat-Trap (The), or The Iesuites taken in their owne Net, etc., woodcut on title and in text (one blank corner torn away, head-lines inserted in contemp. MS.), boards, Imprinted 1641, sm. 4to. (515), Mar. 23, Sotheby Pickering, £3 Ratzel (F.) History of Mankind, trans. by A. J. Butler, with Introduction by E. B. Tylor, col. plates and cuts, 3 vol., cl., 1896-98, imp. 8vo. (154), May 28, Hodgson [See also April 22, £2 18s.] Cork, £2 2s. Ravennas (Petrus). Compendium juris civilis, brown cf., 2 panels, 3 bands, binder's initials I. S. [not in Weale], small wormholes through the upper cover, the wooden board of which is worm-eaten, back slightly torn, in a padded case, Paris, Regnault Chaudiere, 8vo. (147), Mar. 16, Sotheby Quaritch, £10 ["It is quite possible that this panel belonged to John Siberch of Cambridge. The mark is his, but reversed. The S here is also reversed; so that both may have been cut the wrong way by the engraver, a not uncommon Occurrence. The only known example.”—MS. note by Duff on a loose slip of paper.] Ravenscroft (Edward). The Careless Lovers, a Comedy, 1673 -Mamamouchi, or The Citizen turn'd Gentleman, a Comedy, 1675-Scaramouch . . . a Comedy (title discoloured, a few ll. shaved), 1677-The Wrangling Lovers, or The Invisible Mistress, a Comedy, 1677-King Edgar and Alfreda, a Tragi-Comedy (corner of last leaf torn away), 1677-The English Lawyer, a Comedy, 1678, all first eds., in I vol., signature of Narcissus Luttrell on flyleaf, covers missing, sm. 4to. (517), Mar. 23, Sotheby Dobell, £15 Ravilliack (F.) The Terrible and Deserued death of Francis Rauilliack, shewing the manner of his strange torments at his Execution, black letter, woodcut on title and on p. 7 (both slightly cut into), fore-margin of title slightly cut into, old hf. cf., 1610, sm. 4to. (172), Oct. 27, Sotheby Pickering, £6 5s. Rawlinson (Sir H. C.) Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia and Inscriptions of Assyria, Vol. 1 to 5, boards, 1860-80, folio (275), Oct. 22, Hodgson Wheldon, £2 15s. Rawstorne (Lawrence). Gamonia, or the Art of Preserving Game, first ed., 15 col. plates by J. T. Rawlins, with the errata slip, contemp. mor. (loose), g.e., 1837, 8vo. (126), April 6, Sotheby Pickering, £16 [See also June 29, torn, £9; American Art Association, Feb. 24, $150; Nov. 20, $240.] Raye (Charles). A Picturesque Tour through the Isle of Wight, 24 col. plates, orig. hf. mor., 1825, oblong sm. 4to. (694), May 25, Sotheby Davison, £5 IOS. Raymond (John). An Itinerary contayning a Voyage made through Italy, 1646-7, never before published, with frontispiece and cuts in the text, and the leaf of imprimatur and errata, old sheep, with auto. of T. Willughby, H. Moseley, 1648, 8vo. (602), June 15, Christie Quaritch, £5 [At end is the publisher's catalogue, 16 pp., which includes Shakespeare's Poems and a list of "Incomparable Comedies and Tragedies written by several Ingenious Authors."] Raynald (Thomas). The Birth of Man-kinde, otherwise named The Woman's Booke, title within woodcut border, and |