Melancholicke are succinctly painted forth, etc., engraved title and front., crushed olive mor., Oxford [about 1607], sm. 8vo. (322), Jan. 20, Anderson Galleries $12.50 [Very rare. Has the genuine blank leaf at the end, and contains the well-known story from Scaliger, of one who could not endure the playing on the bagpipe alluded to by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice." The work closes with a poem of six pages.] Wallace Collection (The) at Hertford House. Paintings, by A. G. Temple, fine photogravure reproductions in two states, on India paper and Japanese vell., also a few of the female ports., in colours (limited to 250 copies), 10 parts, as issued, in 4 portfolios, Goupil, 1902, folio (294), March 2, Hodgson £12 IOS. Wallace (Sir William). The Lyfe and Actis of the Maist Illuster and Vailzeand Campioun William Wallace, Knicht of Ellerslie, Mainteiner and defender of the libertie of Scotland [translated by Henry the Minstrel into verse], black letter, title within a woodcut border (a few headlines very slightly shaved), old cf., gt. back, with bookplate of Lord Shelburne and his coroneted cipher on back, Heber copy, Imprentit at Edinburgh be Henrie Charteris, 1594, sm. 4to. (318), March 10, Sotheby Rosenbach, £600

[Apparently only two copies of this ed. known, the other, formerly in the library of David Laing, being imperfect. Another copy, Sotheby, Nov. 15, 1620 ed., £61.] Waller (Edmund). Poems, etc., first ed., red levant mor, ex., g.e., by Rivière, T. W. for Humphrey Mosley, 1645, sm. 8vo. (1475), May 25, Sotheby Dobell, £12 10S.

[Anderson Galleries, Nov. 29, $120; Jan. 20, $27.50; Sotheby, Jan. 17, £18.]

Waller (E.) Poems, etc., written upon Several Occasions and to Several Persons, crushed crimson levant mor., gt. back, gt. panelled sides, g.e., by the Club Bindery, Printed for Henry Herringman, 1668, sm. 8vo. (711), March 1, Anderson Galleries $100

$11

[A choice copy in a handsome binding of the third ed.] Waller (E.) Poems, etc., written upon Several Occasions and to Several Persons, third ed., blue mor., by Rivière, London, Henry Herringman, 1668, sm. 8vo. (349), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries Waller (E.) Poems to the Memory of that Incomparable Poet, Edmond Waller, Esquire, by Several Hands, olive mor., by Rivière, London, Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, 1688, sm. 4to. (350), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $24 Waller (E.) Poems, etc., written upon Several Occasions and to Several Persons, LARGE PAPER, proof impressions of the ports., extra ports. inserted and some inlaid, yellow mor. gt., g.e., by C. Hering, Tonson, 1711, 8vo. (449), March 1, Sotheby Dobell, £5 1OS.

Waller (E.) Poems upon Several Occasions, ports. by Vertue,

contemp. red mor., J. Tonson, 1711 (32), March 31, Hodgson Tregaskis, £1 18s. Waller (E.) A Poem on St. James's Park as lately improved by his Maiesty [to which is annexed, Of our late War with Spaine and first Victory at Sea near St. Lugar], first ed., 8 ll., unbd., For Gabriel Bedel and Thomas Collins, 1661, folio (1022), Oct. 25, Sotheby Myers, £11 IOS.

[This is the first genuine ed. of St. James's Park, and at the end a note is annexed referring to the surreptitious issue.] Waller (E.) and Godolphin (Sidney). The Passion of Dido for Aeneas, as it is Incomparably exprest in the Fourth Book of Virgil, full blue levant mor., gt. back, g.e., by Stikeman, London, printed for Humphrey Mosely, 1658, sm. 8vo. (325), Jan. 20, Anderson Galleries $30

[First ed. The last 10 ll. are Books Printed for H. Moseley." With bookplate of Charles B. Foote.] Waller (J. G. and L. A. B.) Monumental Brasses from the 13th to the 16th Century, plates, some col., hf. red levant mor. gt., t.e.g., 1864, roy. folio (287), Nov. 17, Hodgson [Sotheby, June 15, £5.] £7 15s. Waller (W.) An Essay on the Value of the Mines, late of Sir Carbery Price, writ for the private satisfaction of the Partners, folding plates (some pagination numbers shaved, some 11. damp-stained), blue mor., gt. ornamental frame sides, g.e., 1698, 8vo. (3854), Nov. 2, Sotheby

Ellis, £3 15s. Walpole (Horace). Anecdotes of Painting in England, a Catalogue of Engravers, first eds., plates and ports., 5 vol., red mor. gt., with the armorial bookplate of Thomas Barrett, of Lee, Strawberry Hill, T. Farmer, 1762-3-71-73, 4to. (506), March 1, Sotheby Howell, £7 15S. Walpole (H.) Anecdotes of Painting in England, ports. on India paper, by J. Dallaway, LARGE PAPER, 5 vol., contemp. green mor. gt., g.e., J. Major, 1828, roy. 8vo. (351), April 21, Hodgson Edwards, £3 [Walpole (H.)] The Castle of Otranto, beautifully printed at the Bodoni Press for J. Edwards, LARGE PAPER, margins ruled in red throughout, front. in two states, handsomely bd. in contemp. Etruscan cf. ex., watered silk linings, g.e., with a charming fore-edge painting by Edwards of Halifax, depicting a ruined castle, with bridge and river in foreground, Parma, 1791, roy. 8vo. (381), Dec. 1, Hodgson Edwards, £25

[A beautiful example, in the finest state, by the originator of this method of book decoration-a short-lived art, which has never since been accomplished with real success. Another copy, Hodgson, April 21, £7.]

Walpole (H.) Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors, enlarged by T. Park, ports. by Bocquet, etc., LARGE PAPER, 5 vol., diced russ. gt., 1806, 4to. (136), May 20, Puttick [Hodgson, Feb. 16, £2 8s.] Allen, £3 15s.

Walpole (H.) A Collection of the most remarkable Poems published in the Reign of King George the Third, a collection of 216 poems, in 22 vol., made by Horace Walpole, Vol. i.-viii. with specially-printed titles, with vignette of Strawberry Hill, a large number with MS. notes by Horace Walpole, and inside cover of each vol. an MS. list of contents in his writing (over this is pasted in each case the bookplate of Henry Labouchere), uniform cf., gt. panelled back, with arms of Horace Walpole on sides and his motto, Fari quae sentiat," sold as a collection and not subject to return, 1762-90, 4to. (453), Dec. 2, Sotheby Pickering, £230

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[Among the poems included in this collection are:The Traveller, by Oliver Goldsmith, 1765, the third issue of the first ed., with hf.-title and leaf of book advertisements at end. The date on the title has been altered by Walpole from 1765 to December, 1764 (Vol. vi.)-The Deserted Village, by O. Goldsmith, first 4to. ed., 1770 (dated by Walpole, May 28), with hf.-title (Vol. x.)—Retaliation, by O. Goldsmith, first ed., 1774 (dated by Walpole, April 19th), with hf.-title and the 2 11. at end of explanatory notes, with the note on the last page, A few copies only have been printed with the following errors, etc., MS. notes by Walpole (Vol. xiii.)—The Haunch of Venison, by O. Goldsmith, first ed., 1776.] Walpole (H.) A Collection of the most remarkable Tracts published in the Reign of King George III., a collection of 107 tracts, in 5 vol., made by Horace Walpole, with specially-printed titles, with vignette of Strawberry Hill, some with MS. notes by Horace Walpole and MS. list of contents written by him in each vol. (bookplate of Henry Labouchere pasted over), uniform cf., gt. panelled backs, with arms on sides of H. Walpole, sold as a collection and not subject to return, 1761-76, 4to. (454), Dec. 2, Sotheby Quaritch, £102

[The collection includes:-The Objections to the Taxation of our American Colonies, 1765-Charters of the Provinces of North America (with map), 1766— General Opposition of the Colonies to the Payment of Stamp Duty, 1766-Importance of the Colonies of North America considered, 1766-Mutual Interest of Great Britain and the American Colonies considered, 1765— Historical Account of the Expedition against the Ohio Indians in 1764 under Henry Bouquet, folding map, 2 plans and 2 copperplates, 1766 (all in Vol. iii.)-Two Reports on the matter of complaint of Mr. Livius against Governor Wentworth [of New Hampshire], MS. note by H. Walpole, "This was never published," 1773-Speech of Edmund Burke on American Taxation, 1775-Speech of Lord Lyttelton on the Canada Bill, 1775 (in Vol. v.), etc.]

Walpole (H.) A Collection of the most remarkable Tracts

published in the Reign of King George the Third, a collection of 453 tracts, in 54 vol. (numbered 1-53, Vol. xlvii. repeated), made by Horace Walpole, Vol. i.-xix. with specially-printed titles (as above), with vignette of Strawberry Hill, a large number with MS. notes by Horace Walpole and inside cover of each vol. a MS. list of contents in his writing (455), Dec. 2, Sotheby Quaritch, £146 Walpole (H.) Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill, only 100 copies printed, this is one of six on LARGE PAPER, orig. wrapper, uncut, Strawberry Hill, 1774, 4to. (243), July 27, Sotheby Hoare, £7 Walpole (H.) Letters, chronologically arranged and edited with Notes and Indices by Mrs. P. Toynbee, numerous ports., 16 vol., 1903-5, 8vo. (705), March 16, Hodgson £4 Walpole (H.) Lysons (D.) Environs of London (with the Parishes of Middlesex, and Supplement), LARGE PAPER, plates (a few additional plates inserted), 5 vol., Vol. i.-iii. from the library of Horace Walpole, with 4 pp. of closelywritten MS. notes in his writing, headed Notes to Mr. Daniel Lysons' Environs of London," in each, red mor. gt. (with stamp on cover of Vol. i.-iii., with legend, Sigillum Horatii Comitis de Orford "), g.e., 1792-1811, 4to. (457), Dec. 2, Sotheby Michelmore, £6

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[Vol. iii. was published in 1795, two years before Horace Walpole's death.] Walpole (H.) Rodondo, or the State Jugglers, Parts i.-ii., with the names in MS. by Horace Walpole, 1763—Patriotism, a Mock-Heroic [by R. Bentley], with names in MS. and notes by H. Walpole, 1765, and two others, in 1 vol., cf. gt., panelled back, with arms of Horace Walpole on sides, 8vo. (452), Dec. 2, Sotheby Michelmore, £5 Walpole (H.) Works, LARGE PAPER, numerous ports. and views (some folding), 9 vol., handsomely bd. in contemp. crimson straight-grain mor. ex., Greek fret borders on sides, tooled backs, g.e., in exceptionally choice state (but a few pp. very slightly foxed), 1798-1822, 4to. (96), Dec. 9, Hodgson (Walpole (H.)] Miscellaneous Thoughts, Anecdotes & Characters of Books & Men, sav'd from the Conversation of Mr. Pope & other eminent persons, title, pp. 322 to 526 and 12 pages of Index, panelled cf., cracked at hinges, 8vo. (849), Dec. 20, American Art Association $460

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[Original unpublished manuscript, containing notes jotted down by Walpole in his younger days and used by him as a Common-Place" book for some of his later writings. Though the manuscript is paged from 322 to 526, it covers the complete work, from April, 1739 to May 19, 1744, with the caption appearing above given on first page. Contains many markings and additions in pencil showing that the author must have used the work as reference for future studies. The index contains

entries on 153 different persons or subjects, 4 pages of which relate to Alexander Pope, covering his entire life from the date of birth till his death, showing how early he began to make verse, his various satires and poems, his character, etc. Among other authors who are commented on in the text as to their character or work, and who are listed in the index, are Addison, Betterton, Bolingbroke, Cibber, Dryden, Gil Blas, Othway, Rabelais, Rowe, Shakespeare, Spenser, Steele, Waller, Wycherley and others. Among other subjects, Walpole treats on the following, which he lists in his index: Air, animals, beauty, blank verse, bull-feasts, clergy, divorce, education, English writers, fig trees, French writers, gardening, history, Italy, King of Sardinia, marriage, metaphysics, Mexico, Moors, mysteries of the heathen, novels, painting, physicians, plays and players, reasoning, religion, rhime, romances, schools of the Jesuits, SouthSeas, spies, stays, Venice, versification, etc.] Walton (Izaak). The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, first ed. (with the misprint Contention" in the penultimate line of the song on p. 245), engraved vignette on title and engravings of fish (attributed to Lombart) in the text, music to " The Angler's Song," by H. Lawes, inner margin of title repaired, several headlines slightly shaved (in one case rather badly), foreedge of 3 ll. cut close, just touching the text, one or two letters on one leaf (sign. H 3) defective and mended, a figure or so of the pagination defective in two or three cases, dark olive mor., gt. panelled tooling on sides, panelled back, g.e., by F. Bedford, T. Maxey for Rich. Marriot, 1653, 8vo. (490), April 18, Sotheby Quaritch, £595

[Lot 335a, £570; Anderson Galleries, Jan. 20, Lot 326, $1,600.]

Walton (I.) The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, fourth ed., corrected and enlarged, engraved title and cuts (2 11. torn and defective and wants sign. N, 8 11., not subject to return), cf., Printed for R. Marriot, 1668, 8vo. (393), July 18, Sotheby Edwards, £1 Walton (I.) and Cotton (C.) The Complete Angler, edited by J. Hawkins, 2 parts, plates and engravings, cf., 1760, 8vo. (724), March 14, Sotheby Gore, £2 18s.

[Puttick, Feb. 9, £2 10s.] Walton (I.) and Cotton (C.) The Complete Angler, with Lives of the Authors, by Sir J. Hawkins, ports. and plates by Audinet after Wale and Howitt, yellow cf., by Rivière, S. Bagster, 1808 (165), June 10, Hodgson Bickers, £2 25. Walton (I.) and Cotton (C.) The Complete Angler, with Lives by Hawkins, LARGE PAPER, port. (a little foxed), plates on India paper, hf. roan, emblematically tooled (slightly rubbed), t.e.g., other edges uncut, 1815, 8vo. (41), March 1, Sotheby Maggs, ₤2 2s.

[Anderson Galleries, May 9, $17.50.]