Print Prices Current A Complete Annual Record of all ENGRAVINGS AND MODERN ETCHINGS Sold by Auction in London, Glasgow and ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED THROUGHOUT Giving the quality and condition of Prints Sold. "Wherever possible the condition of the print registered has been indicated. . . . In the absence of such details, the prices paid for prints is extremely bewildering. . . . Messrs. Wilder, therefore, have greatly increased the permanent reference value of their book by attending to details usually ignored in sale catalogues. . . .”—Times Literary Supplement. Contains the celebrated Rudge Collection of Rembrandt Etchings, with full notes as to quality and condition. Orders to F. L. WILDER, 10, FOREST RISE, LONDON, E. 17 BOOK-PRICES CURRENT VOLUME XXXIX. A. (G.) Pallas Armata. The Gentlemans Armorie; wherein the right and genuine use of the Rapier and of the Sword ... is displayed (*8, A-G 8), full-page woodcuts, lower margin wormed (in one or two cases slightly affecting text), the rule round several of the cuts shaved, signatures Sam. South" and "William Gordon 1757 on title, orig. cf., Brand-Heber copy (V. 5201), Printed at London by I. D. for Iohn Williams ... 1639, 8vo. (1), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £45 " A. (H.) Mirabile Pecci, or the Non-Such Wonder of the Peak in Darby shire. Discovered in a... .. Narrative of the more than ordinary Parts, Piety, and Preservation of Martha Taylor . . . without the use of Meat or Drink (A4, B-F8, G4), calf, Nassau copy, London, printed for T. Parkhurst... 1669, 8vo. (2), Mar. 30, Sotheby Pickering, £4 [Abbott (John)]. Iesus Præfigvred, or A Poëme of the Holy Name of Iesus, in Five Bookes. The First, and Second Booke [all published], rust-hole in one leaf affecting a few letters, a few slight stains, orig. vell. (Heber II. 102), [Antwerp], Permissu Superiorum, 1623, sm. 4to. (1), Mar. 23, Sotheby Rosenbach, £45 [The breaking off of the Spanish match accounts for the poem being left incomplete.] 'Abd Allah ibn Fazl Allah: Ta'rikh i Vassāf, “A History of the Mughal Empire in Persia," a Persian MS. written in Nasta'liq in single column, within gold and coloured rules, on 342 11., each of the two parts with illuminated sarlouh and Cufic inscriptions, the incidental headings written in gold, and with three half-page miniatures and one full-page miniature, all of the Timurid School, and an illuminated tail-piece; the book opens with a very fine illuminated seal, inscribed "Be-resmi Khazaneeje el Kutub el Sultan-ul-Baisungur Bahadur Khan Djelal-ullah el melike"; "this manuscript was written for the Great Sultan Baisungur Bahadur Khan Djelal-ul-lah el melike in accordance with, and befitting the dignity of, the Treasures of the Sultan's library"; without scribe, but dated 835 A.H.=1431 A.D., three years before the death of Baisungur, Turkish silver embroidered leather flap binding, sm. folio (527), Dec. 15, Sotheby Finch, £98 [Of Baisungur, Dr. Martin, Miniature Painting and Painters," Vol. I., p. 36, says: 'He was the founder of the most elegant style of book production in Persia, and well deserves to be remembered as one of the greatest bibliophiles of the world."] A'Beckett (Gilbert Abbott). The Comic Blackstone, with 10 full-page coloured and other illustrations by Harry Furniss, cloth, uncut, London, 1887, 8vo. (2), Nov. 10, Anderson Galleries $20 [With an original pen-and-ink sketch, signed by Harry Furniss, on half-title. See also Hodgson, Mar. 26, ed. 1884-6, £3 5s.] A'Beckett (G. A.) The Comic History of England, first ed., 2 vol., col. plates by John Leech, half red cf. gt. (lacks the hf.-titles), 1847-8, 8vo. (394), Feb. 23, Sotheby Bumpus, £3 5S. [See also Dec. 22, 1 10s.; Mar. 2, cf., £5 5s.; May 18, cl., £3 5s.; June 29, cf., £2 14s.; June 29, cf., £2 14s. and £3 10s.; July 27, mor., £7 5s.; April 6, orig. parts, £10; April 23, orig. parts, $140; American Art Association, Mar. 30, $72.50.] A'Beckett (G. A.) The Comic History of England, 2 vol., Punch Office, 1847-8-The Comic History of Rome, Bradbury & Evans [1852], first eds., col. plates and woodcuts by John Leech, 3 vol., light green mor., t.e.g., with part of the orig. cl. covers and a specimen green wrapper bound in, a set in fine state, 1847-1852 (420), Mar. 26, Hodgson Spencer, £13 5s. [See also Sotheby, Dec. 15, orig. parts, £34; Feb. 25, 3 vol., orig. cl., £12; June 29, orig. parts, £30; July 29, 3 vol., n.d., £2 2s.; Puttick, Feb. 4, n.d., £1 10s.; Americann Art Association, Feb. 24, orig. cl., $80; May 7, blue mor., $66.] A'Beckett (G. A.) The Comic History of Rome, first ed., coloured plates and woodcuts by John Leech, blue mor., g.t., by Rivière, orig. cl. cover bound in, Bradbury and Evans, n.d., 8vo. (25), July 27, Sotheby Hopkins, £5 5s. [See also Mar. 2, orig. cl., £3 5s.; April 20, shaved, mor., £2 8s.; May 18, orig. cl., £3 5s.; Dowell, Oct. 20, hf. cf., LI; American Art Association, Mar. 30, _orig. cl., $20; April 23, orig. cl., wrappers, uncut, $90; Dec. 4, orig. cl., uncut, $30.] Abeillard and Heloisa. A Nineteenth Century, and familiar History of the Lives, Loves, and Misfortunes of Abeillard Heloisa, a Matchless Pair, who flourished in the Twelfth Century, by Robert Rabelais, the Younger, 10 aquatints (slightly foxed), half blue mor., gt. top, by Larkin, London, 1819, 8vo. (3), Dec. 16, Anderson Galleries $8.50 [See also American Art Association, Dec. 1, orig. bds., $67.50.] Ablijn (Cornelius). De nieuvve vverelt der Landt-schappen ende Eylanden, gothic letter, title and a few leaves re margined, early pen notes in margins, old calf, rebacked, Antwerp, J. vander Loe, 1563, folio (574), July 29, Sotheby Warner, £II IOS. Abravanel (Isaac ben Judah). Rosh Amanah, title within fine woodcut border (outer lines slightly defective, a few stains and marginal repairs), mor., Constantinople, David and Samuel Nahmias for Isaac Kaspota, 1505, sm. folio (549), Dec. 8, Sotheby Hart, £21 Academie des Sciences. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences publiée par MM. les Secrétaires Perpétuels, Vol. 58 to 179, No. 11 (Vols. 62 and 175 wanting), 120 vol., uniform hf. mor., last 9 vol. unbound (Vol. 62 and 175 wanting, and Vol. 174 and 176 to 178 incomplete), 1864-1924, 4to. (780), Nov. 12, Hodgson Deighton, £40 Académie Galante, contenant Diverses Histoires trèscurieuses. nouvelle edition, revue, corrigée, et augmentée de la Conclusion, 2 vol. in 1, full brown mor., crimson mor. ribbon scroll borders on sides, full gt. panelled back, g.e., by Joly fils, A Amsterdam, aux d'péns d'Estienne Rogers, 1732, 12mo. (1), April 28, American Art Association $60 [Fine copy, in sumptuous binding.] Academy of Complements (The). Wherein, Ladies, Gentlewomen, Schollers, and Strangers, may accommodate their Courtly practice with gentile Ceremonies, Complementall amorous high expressions, and Forms of speaking or writing of Letters most in Fashion. . . . The last edition, with two Tables, the one expounding the most hard English words, the other resolving the most delightfull Fictions of the Heathen Poets, original sheep, with new red leather label (worn), London, printed for Humphrey Moseley, ... 1658, sm. 12mo. (1), Dec. 8, Anderson Galleries $160 [The Inglis-Huth copy, with the Huth bookplate. The only copy of this edition we can trace. The first edition was issued in 1640. See also Sotheby, Mar. 23, ed. 1650, £6 10s.] Ackermann (Rudolph). History of the University of Cambridge, coloured plates, including plates of costumes and ports. of the Founders, 2 vol., blue mor., g.e., fine copy 1815 (13in. by 113in.), (210), Oct. 27, Sotheby David, £34 IOS. [See also Nov. 3, hf. mor., £30; April 6, hf. mor., £26; May 25, cf., £33; June 9, hf. russ., £21; June 15, hf. roan, £33; June 22, russ. gt., £32 10s.; June 29, russ., £32 10s.; Hodgson, Nov. 26, cf., £28 10s.; June 25, russ., £34.] Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Oxford, port. of Lord Grenville, and 114 col. plates, including interiors, costumes, and ports. of the Founders, 2 vol., red mor., panelled gt. backs and sides, g.e., a fine copy, 1814, 4to. (90), 15 June, Sotheby Bray, £37 [See also Feb. 9, cf., £17; Feb. 23, hf. mor., £14; Mar. 2, ports. missing, 13 10s.; May 25, scratched, £26; June 15, ports. missing, 14; June 29, hf. mor., £24; Oct. 27, ports. missing, 13; Hodgson, Nov. 26, £17; May 28, russ., £20; June 25, russ., £30 10s.; Kemp & Co., June 12, stained, £9 10s.] russ., Ackermann (R.) History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster, port., plan, and col. plates, 2 vol., hf. mor., 1812, 4to. (89), June 15, Sotheby Bain, £8 [See also Nov. 3, hf. russ., £2 2s.; April 20, hf. mor., £4 5s.; April 30, cf., £3 5s.; Puttick, Mar. 25, hf. mor., £8 15s.; May 27, hf. mor., £3 10s.; Hodgson, Dec. 17, hf. russ. (joints weak), £2 14s.; May 13, hf. mor., £6 10s.] Ackermann (R.) Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature, numerous col. aquatint plates by Bluck, Stadler, and others, after Rowlandson and Pugin [with text by W. Combe], 3 vol., hf. brown mor., full gt. backs, t.e.g., otherwise quite uncut, a fine large copy (but some 11. of text discoloured), [1808-10], (214), Mar. 26, Hodgson Bain, £30 10S. [See also Sotheby, Feb. 9, mor., £24; Feb. 23, hf. cf. (mended), £15 10S.; Feb. 23, hf. russ. (impft.), £19; June 22, russ. (rebacked), £26; June 22, hf. cf. (rubbed), £24 June 22, mor. (rubbed), £27; July 29, hf. cf. (broken), £27 10s.] Ackermann. Harding (George Perfect). Portraits of Founders and Benefactors of Colleges to illustrate Combe's History of the University of Oxford, 31 orig. water-colour drawings, in a box, panelled red mor. gt., about 1814 (210), May 25, Sotheby Sawyer, £40 [The drawings of the Founders and Benefactors were drawn by [George Perfect] Harding to the order of Ackermann for his publications, and at Ackermann's sale were purchased by Dr. Wellesley. At Dr. Wellesley's sale they were purchased by Colnaghi & Co., Pall Mall. At Colnaghi's sale they were purchased by Lilly, and by him sold to W. Guggenheim, of Oxford, of whom I bought them. W. H. Turner, Nov. 25th, 1869.-Holograph note by W. H. Turner inserted.] Ackermann's History of St. Paul's School, 17 11. and 2 col. plates, no title, cf., g.t., n.d., 4to. (212), Feb. 9, Sotheby Spencer, £2 5s. Ackermann's History of Rugby School, 5 col. plates after Westall by Havell and Stadler, cf. gt., g.t., padded with blanks, 1816, 4to. (394), Feb. 9, Sotheby Ellis, £5 5s. Ackermann's History of the Colleges of Westminster, Eton, etc., with the Charter-House, St. Paul's, Harrow, etc.. beautiful impressions of the col. aquatints plates by Bluck, Havell, etc., after Pugin, Westall, and others, hf. bound |