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Women, newly translated out of Frenshe into Englyshe [in verse], black letter, 3 ll. without signatures, below the title is a woodcut, within borders, of a lady playing a musical instrument and a jester in his professional costume, dark blue mor. gt., line borders, g.e., Heber copy, [at end] Thus endeth the Beaute of women newly Imprynted by Richarde Fawkes dwellyng in duram rent, n.d., sm. 4to. (320), March 10, Sotheby Rosenbach, £450

[Believed to be the only copy in existence.] Wonderful-Strange Newes from Woodstreet Counter, yet not so strange as true, being proved by lamentable experience, polished cf., gt. back, g.e., uncut, by Bedford, with the Huth bookplate, London, printed for J. F., 1642, sm. 4to. (531), Nov. 29, Anderson Galleries $20 Wood (Robert). The Most Pleasant History of Ornatus and Artesia, shewing the Tirannical and Wicked Reign of Thaeon, King of Phrigia, the seventh impression (a small hole in title, a few headlines and catchwords cut into, the last leaf slightly defective and repaired), cf., Printed by J. W. for Thomas Vere, 1669 (59), Nov. 9, Sotheby

Quaritch, £3 10S. [The earliest ed. in the Britwell Court Romances was that of 1683.] Wood (William). New England's Prospect, a true, lively and experimentall description of that part of America commonly called Nevv England, folding map dated 1634, full modern leather binding, London, Tho. Cotes, 1634, sm. 4to. (531), April 26, Anderson Galleries $700

[Very few known copies are in private hands. Anderson Galleries, May 16, 1635 ed., $270; May 16, 1639 ed., $160.] Woodhouse (Peter). The Flea, Sic Parua componere magnis [in verse], orig. ed., large woodcut beneath title, the title heading (B I recto) reads, " Democritus his Dreame, or the Contention between the Elephant and the Flea," green mor. ex., gt. scroll borders, g.e., Heber copy, Printed for Iohn Smethwick and are to be solde at his shop in Sainct Dunstanes Churchyard in Fleet-street, under the Diall, 1605, sm. 4to. (321), March 10, Sotheby Rosenbach, £900

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[Only one other copy is known. The following note appears in the Heber Sale Catalogue, Part iv., 'The allusion in the Epistle Dedicatory to Shakespeare's Justice Shallow and to Mr. Weathercocke, who was probably a character in some lost play, is curious. The whole apologue is amusing, and shews learning; several passages are borrowed from Rabelais. Only one other copy, in the library of Lord Spencer, is known."] Woodville (W.) Medical Botany, with the Supplement, col. plates, 4 vol., hf. cf., 1793-4, 4to. (555), April 25, Sotheby Thorp, £I IS. Woodward (B. B.), Wilke (T. C.) and Lockhart (C.) History of Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight, LARGE PAPER,

one of 50 copies, plates on India paper, 3 vol., hf. russ. gt., g.t., n.d., folio (788), July 27, Sotheby Thorp, £2 Woodward (G. M.) Attempts at Humour, Poetical and Physiognomical, col. plates, red mor., t.e.g., by Root, 1803, 4to. (362), Dec. 1, Puttick Spencer, £8 10S. Woodward (G. M.) Eccentric Excursions in different parts of England and South Wales, 100 humorous plates by Woodward and Cruikshank, hf. cf., 1796, 4to. (237), July 27, Sotheby Spencer, £1 16s. Woodward (G. M.) An Olio of Good Breeding, with Sketches illustrative of the Modern Graces, col. plates, orig. bds., side paper-label, uncut, 1801, 4to. (355), Dec. 1, Puttick [Sotheby, March 1, £5.] Spencer, £7 1OS. Woolnoth (W.) Canterbury Cathedral, engravings by the author, with emblazoned coats-of-arms in margins, cf. ex., t.e.g., 1816 (270), June 23, Hodgson Woolley Photographs. See Dunn (Geo.) Woolton or Wolton (John, D.D., Bp. of Exeter).

£2 IOS.

A Treatise

of the Immortalitie of the Soule, roman letter, title within woodcut border, Imprinted.. in Paules Churchyarde at the Brazen Serpent by John Shepperd, 1576-The Castell of Christians and Fortresse of the Faithfull beseeged and defended, now almost sixe thousand yeares, black letter, title within fine woodcut border, Imprinted... by J. C. for Thomas Sturrup in Paules Churchyarde, 1577-The Christian Manuall, or of the life and maners of true Christians, black letter, title within woodcut border, ib., 1576— A Newe Anatomie of Whole Man, as well of his body as of his soule, roman letter, title within woodcut border, printer's device of Lucretia on reverse, Imprinted by Thomas Purfoote in Paules Churchyarde, 1576, in 1 vol., orig. cf., stamped blind lines and corner fleurs-de-lis, Tudor rose in centres, with the name "Elizabeth running through each, thick sm. 8vo. (657), Jan. 17, Sotheby Quaritch, £110

[From Queen Elizabeth's library. The four treatises rarely occur, and the last two especially are excessively rare. The volume is enclosed in a modern purple morocco slip-case.] Worcester (Edward Somerset, Marquess of). A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected, which . . I have... endeavoured now in the year 1655 to set these down (title slightly stained and the margins of some 11. cut into), hf. cf., J. Grismond, 1663, 8vo. (919), April 25, Sotheby Avery, £6 5s.

[No 77 contains "How to make a man to fly." Another copy, Sotheby, July 20, £4.] Worcester (E. S., Marquess of). A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions as at present I can call to mind (a few ll. cut into, very slightly affecting the borders),

dark red mor. gt., Printed by G. Grismond, 1663, 8vo. (414), April 18, Sotheby Maggs, II 15s. Worcester. An exact and perfect relation of every particular of the Fight at Worcester, new hf. red mor., F. Leach, 1651, sm. 4to. (1553), May 25, Sotheby Drake, £5 5s. Worcestershire Historical Society. Publications of Surveys, Rolls and Early Documents relating to the County, 71 parts, 1893-1913, 4to. (879), May 9, Sotheby

Thorp, £2 15S. Wordsworth (William). An Evening Walk, an Epistle, in verse, addressed to a Young Lady from the Lakes of the North of England, blue levant mor., gt. back, gt. panelled sides, gt. top, by Rivière, in cl. case, London, printed for J. Johnson, 1793, 4to. (339), Jan. 20, Anderson Galleries $120

[Fine copy of the first ed., with the leaf of errata.] [Wordsworth (W.) and Coleridge (S. T.)] Lyrical Ballads, first London ed., with leaf of errata and leaf of advertisements (pagination numbers cut out of A 3, a few slight stains), cf., J. & A. Arch, Gracechurch-street, 1798, 8vo. (676), Jan. 17, Sotheby Alford, £3

[June 15, 16 5s.; Dec. 13, £5.] Wordsworth (W.) Lyrical Ballads, with other Poems, 2 vol., crushed olive levant mor., gt. backs, gt. corner ornaments, gt. tops, uncut, by Wood, London, 1800, 12mo. (340), Jan. 20, Anderson Galleries

$12

[Second ed. Nice copy.] Wordsworth (W.) Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820, first ed., bds., paper label, 1822, 8vo. (157), Jan. 12, Puttick Dobell, £2 12s. 6d. Wordsworth (W.) The Prelude, an Autobiographical Poem, 1799-1805, in red and black, vell., 1915, 4to. (830), Nov. 24, Sotheby Maggs, £6 15S. Wordsworth (W.) Ode on the Installation of Prince Albert, Chancellor of the University, 6th of July, 1847, first ed., orig. wrappers [Cambridge, 1847], 4to. (393), May 4, Hodgson Maggs, £2 2s. Wordsworth (W.) Poems, in 2 vol., orig. blue bds., portions of orig. paper labels, uncut, London, 1807, 12m0. (341), Jan. 20, Anderson Galleries

[First ed., with the leaf of errata.]

$16

Wordsworth (W.) Poetical Works, edited by W. Knight, Library ed., LARGE PAPER, with the plates in duplicate, one of 10 copies on Whatman's handmade drawing paper, II vol., Edinb., 1882, 4to. (165), June 15, Sotheby

Joseph, £2 Workman. Liberty in Louisiana, a Comedy, performed at the Charleston Theatre, by James Workman, orig. stitching, entirely uncut, in hf. mor. slip-case, Charleston, Query and Evans, 1804, 16mo. (284), Jan. 10, Anderson Galleries $260

[Very scarce. The second ed., with additions and cor

rections. This edition was not known to Wegelin, and of the first ed. he merely cites the title, without collation, so that he probably had not seen a copy.]

Worlidge (T.) A Select Collection of Drawings from curious Antique Gems etched after the manner of Rembrandt, port. and plates, 2 vol., old red mor. gt., g.e., 1768, 4to. (487), July 27, Sotheby Edwards, £3 5s.

[Another copy, July 13, £1 14S.] Wortley (Sir Francis). Characters and Elegies, in verse, orig. ed., port. inserted, olive mor. ex., g.e., with bookplates of James Maidment and J. Falconer, 1646, sm. 4to. (1555), May 25, Sotheby Ellis, £4 5s. Wotton (Sir Henry). The Elements of Architecture, LARGE PAPER, vell. ex., g.e., Clarke and Bedford, Iohn Bill, 1624, 4to. (1557), May 25, Sotheby Smedley, £7 [Another copy, April 18, imperfect, unbd., £1 8s.] Wotton (Sir Henry). A Panegyrick of King Charles, engraved port., vell., with bookplate of Bulkeley Bandinel, Printed for R. Marriot, n.d., 12mo. (1556), May 25, Sotheby Dobell, £5 5S. Wotton (Sir Henry). Parallell betweene Robert, late Earle of Essex, and George, late Duke of Buckingham, first ed., 2 woodcut ports., 8 l., 1641 (344), Jan. 19, Hodgson

Pickering, £4 6s. Wotton (Sir Henry). Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, fine impression of the port. [title and B-E in 4's], unbd., 1642, sm. 4to. (345), Jan. 19, Hodgson Pickering, £6

[Sotheby, May 25, ₤2 2s.]

Wotton (Sir Henry). Reliquiae Wottonianae [edited by Isaac
Walton], first ed., ports. (a port. slightly shaved), cf. gt.,
Printed by Thomas Maxey, 1651, 8vo. (409), July 20,
Sotheby
Gosse, £3 5s.

[Hodgson, May 11, £3 12s. 6d.] Wotton (W.) Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning, with dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates and Esop's Fables, by Dr. Bentley (with separate title), old cf., 1697, 8vo. (83), March 14, Sotheby Hale, £7 15s.

[Dean Swift's own copy; he has written some notes in margins of the preface and on two pages of the text.] Wouvwerman (P. de). Euvres, engraved title, port. and 95 plates by Moreau (wants one plate), hf. cf., Paris, 1737, folio (671), April 25, Sotheby Petersen, £23 [Hodgson, April 13, £7 10s.]

Wren (Chr.) Parentalia, or Memoirs of the Family of the
Wrens, ports., cf. (rebacked), 1750, folio (736), March 17,
Sotheby
Maggs, £3 18s.
Wright (Joseph). The English Dialect Dictionary, 6 vol., hf.
mor., 1898, 4to. (433), July 20, Sotheby

[Another copy, May 25, £2.]

£4 5s.

Wright (Lewis). The New Book of Poultry, illustrated with

45 plates in col. and black and white, three-quarter autumn-leaf levant mor., gt. top, London [1902], thick 4to. (457), Feb. 1, Anderson Galleries $10.50 Wright (S.) A Little Treatise of being Born Again, without which no Man can be Saved, being the Substance of Four Sermons, in old red English mor., g.e., London, Emanuel Matthews, n.d., sm. 8vo. (532), Nov. 29, Anderson Galleries $35 Wright (T.) A History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in England during the Middle Ages, illustrations by T. Fairholt, 1862, etc. (530), March 17, Sotheby Edwards, £1 12S. Wycherley (William). The Country-Wife, a Comedy, red mor., by Rivière (small hole in title and last leaf repaired), London, Thomas Dring, 1675, 4to. (367), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries

$95

[A large uncut copy of the rare first ed.] Wycherley (W.) The Gentleman Dancing Master, a Comedy, cl., roan back, with the Huth bookplate, London, J. M. for Henry Herringman and Thomas Dring, 1673, sm. 4to. (534), Nov. 29, Anderson Galleries $17.50 Wycherley (W.) Love in a Wood, or St. James's Park, hf. cl. and bds., London, J. M. for H. Herringman, 1672, sm. 4to. (533), Nov. 29, Anderson Galleries $30 Wycherley (W.) Miscellany Poems, port., old panelled cf., 1704 (285), July 25, Sotheby Pickering, £13 Wycherley (W.) Works, smooth cf., 1713, 8vo. (11), May 20, Puttick Dobell, I IOS. Wycliffe (John). Dialogoru libri qttuor, roman letter, title within woodcut compartment (two or three marginal notes just touched), green mor., gt. panelled tooling on sides, panelled back, inside dentelle border, No place or printer [Basle, A. Petri ?], 1525, 4to. (506), April 18, Sotheby Tregaskis, £5 [This ed. of Wycliffe's Dialogues was rigorously suppressed.] Wynne (J. H.) A General History of the British Empire in America, map, 2 vol., cf., 1770, 8vo. (623), March 14, Sotheby £2 15S. Wyntown (Andrew of). De Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland, now first published with Notes and Glossary by D. Macpherson, 2 vol., 1795-The Chronicles of Scotland, by Robt. Lindsay, of Pitscottie, edited by J. G. Dalyell, 2 vol. in 1, Edinb., 1814-The Complaynt of Scotland written in 1548, with Dissertation and Glossary, by J. Leyden, ib., 1801, together 4 vol., fine set on LARGE PAPER, uniformly bd. in crushed olive mor., fleurs-de-lys in gold on backs and the Scots arms inlaid and gt., on sides broad gt. inside borders, g.t., by Ramage, 8vo. (857), Nov. 15, Sotheby Quaritch, LIO W. (W.) A New and Merrie Prognostication deuised after the finest fashion, in verse, title in red and black, with small

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