1547 Maittaire (M.) Annales Typographici ad ann. 1557 (cum Appendice ad ann. 1664), 3 vol. in 6 (and the New Edition of vol. i.), 7 vol., old calf, portraits, Hag. Com., 1719-25-33. 4to. (656) K. E. Thomas, £3 8s. 1548 Marlow (Jeremiah). Book of Cyphers. or Letters Reverst, engraved throughout, old calf, W. Rogers, 1683-Ayres (Ph.) Emblemes of Love, in four languages, fine plates, calf, J. Osborn, n. d., 8vo. (555) James, 1 16s. 1549 Mitford (Wm.) History of Greece, 10 vol., 1820-Buckingham (J. S.) America, 3 vol., Fisher, n. d., together 13 vol., 8vo. (567) W. George, £1 1550 Monet (J.) Anthologie Françoise, ou Chansons Choisies depuis le 13 Siecle jusqu'à Présent (avec les airs notés), portrait and plates by Gravelot, 3 vol., old calf gilt, s. 7, 1765, 8vo. (568) Ridler, 1 125. 1551 Monro (Col. Rob.) His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment (called Mac-Keyes Regiment), 1626-34, old calf, W. Jones, 1637, folio (754) Maggs, £2 6s. 1552 Montfaucon (B. de). L'Antiquité Expliquée et representée en figures (avec le Supplément), LARGE PAPER, numerous plates, 15 vol., old calf gilt, Paris, 1719-24, folio (758)

Hunt, £4 6s. 1553 Montfaucon (B. de). Monuments de la Monarchie Française, LARGE PAPER, fine plates, 5 vol., old morocco gilt, gilt edges, fine copy, Paris, 1729-33, folio (759) Quaritch, £12 15s. 1554 Morison (David). Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, first edition, original boards, uncut, Montrose, D. Buchanan, 1790, 8vo. (574) Maggs, £1 125. 1555 Neale (J. P.) Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, First Series, 36 nos. (wanted no. 2); Second Series, nos. 1-6, 8, 10, 11, plates, 1818-24, 8vo. (581) George, £1 155. 1556 Negri (Cesare). Nuove Inventioni di Balli, opera vaghissima, fine portrait, engravings of dancing positions and musical notes, vellum, fine copy, Milano, G. Bordone, 1604, folio (766) Quaritch, £7 15s. 1557 Nisbet (Alex.) System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical, numerous coats of arms, 2 vol., old calf, Edinburgh, 1722-42, folio (767) Ellis, £5 12s. 6d. 1558 Nisbet (Alex.) System of Heraldry, second edition, numerous plates, 2 vol., uncut, Edinburgh, A. Lawrie, 1804, folio (769) Ellis, £8 1559 Ovid. Metamorphoses, in Latin and English, by the most eminent hands, with explanations by the Abbé Banier, copper-plate engravings by B. Picart, 2 vol. in 1, old Dutch calf gilt, gilt edges, Amsterdam, Wetstein, 1732, royal folio (778) Maggs, £3 18s. 1560 Philosophical Magazine and Journal (The), by A. Tilloch and R. Taylor, from the commencement in 1798 to 1824, 64 vol., half calf, 1794-1824, 8vo. (609) Sotheran, £3 18s. 1561 Political State of Great Britain, vol. i.-lviii. and 2 odd. vol. (wanted vol. xiii., xli., xlii.), 53 vol., 1711-39, 8vo. (614) Herbert, £2 1562 Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, etc., The "Sealed

Book" of King Charles II. (with the Prayer at the "Healing"), LARGE PAPER, ruled in red, engraved title by Loggan, old English red morocco, full gilt back, panelled sides, with the arms of Westminster College in centres, edges gilt and finely painted with three leopards, lion, fleurs-de-lis, harp and crowned double C., fine copy, Bill and Barker, 1662, folio (795) Quaritch, £15 IOS. 1563 Rymer et Sanderson. Fœdera, Conventiones Literæ, et cujuscunque generis Acta Publica inter Reges Angliæ et alios, editio secunda, 20 vol., half bound, Tonson, 1727, etc., folio (971) Bull, £5 7s. 6d. 1564 Scotland. A Brief Inquiry into the Genealogy of Ancient Scottish Surnames, old calf, Glasgow, W. Duncan, 1723, 4to. (903) Maggs, LI IOS. 1565 Scot's Magazine (The) and General Intelligencer, from 1739 to 1777, 39 vol. (some uncut), portraits, plates, maps, etc., Edinburgh, 1739-77, 8vo. (820) Ridler, £1 14s. 1566 Shakespeare (Wm.) Dramatic Works, revised by Geo. Steevens, Boydell's edition, 100 illustrations after Stothard, Westall, Hamilton and others, 9 vol., half russia, y. e., 1802, folio (999) Britwell, £4 45. 1567 Sibbald (J.) Chronicle of Scottish Poetry from the XIIIth Century to the present, with a glossary, 4 vol., russia gilt, m. e., Edinburgh, 1802, 8vo. (830) Ridler, LI IIS. 1568 Simpson (Chr.) Compendium of Practical Music, portrait by Faithorne, original calf, W. Godbid, 1667, 8vo. (834)

Ellis, £ 11s. 1569 Sinclair (Sir John). Statistical Account of Scotland, drawn up from the Communications of the Ministers of the different Parishes, 21 vol., uncut, W. Godbid, 1791-99. Svo. (835)

Maggs, LI 16s.

1570 Sinclair (Sir John). Statistical Account of Scotland, 21 vol., calf, Edinburgh, 1791-99, 8vo. (836) Swinton, £1 18s. 1571 Somerville (James Lord). Memorie of the Somervilles (edited by Sir Walter Scott), portraits and plates. 2 vol., uncut (limited number printed), Edinburgh, 1815, 8vo. (841) W. Brown, £2 35. 1572 Stewart (Alex. and Donald). A Choice Collection of the Works of the Highland Bards, collected in the Highlands and Isles, 2 vol. in 1, original boards, uncut, Duenedin, T. Steuart, 1804, 8vo. (846) Ridler, £135. 1573 Thomas (Wm.) The Historye of Italye, black letter, contemporary leather, T. Marshe, 1561, 4to. (934) Ridler, £3 55. [The first edition of this book appeared in 1549. It was suppressed and burned by the Common Hangman, but this reprint was subsequently made notwithstanding. William Thomas, the author, was hanged and quartered at Tyburn on May 18, 1554, for conspiring to murder Queen Mary. He had been tutor to Edward VI., and some of his letters are preserved by Strype.—ED.]

1574 Thomson, Pope and Parnell. Poetical Works, Foulis's large type edition, 6 vol., calf gilt, Glasgow, 1784-86, folio (1032) Britwell, £1 8s.

1575 Voltaire. Works, translated with Notes by Smollett and others, portrait, vol. i.-xviii., calf, 1761, etc., 8vo. (876) George, £1 10s.

[FEBRUARY 2ND, 1898.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

THE LIBRARY OF A GENTLEMAN.

(No. of Lots, 219; amount realised, £659 9s.)

1576 [Allot (Rob.)] England's Parnassus; or the Choysest Flowers of our Moderne Poets, with their Poeticall Comparisons, first edition, signature of "Sophia Evelyn" on fly-leaf, old calf gilt (a good copy), Imprinted for N. L. C. B. and T. H., 1600, 8vo. (1) Maggs, £25 10s.

[This copy sold at the Earl of Orford's Sale in June, 1895, for £34. See BOOK PRICES-CURRENT, vol. ix., No. 4692.-ED.]

1577 Beaumont and Fletcher. A King and No King, acted at the Black-fryers by his Majesties Servants, now the fifth time printed, red morocco extra, inside dentelles, gilt edges by F. Bedford, Wm. Leake, 1655, 4to. (105) Quaritch, £1 25. 1578 Beham (Hans Sebald). Biblisch Historien, figürlich furgebildet, woodcut title (mended) and 78 woodcuts, including figures of the Four Evangelists and St. Paul, morocco, line tooled,vellum fly-leaves, gilt edges by Zaehnsdorf, Franckf. am M., C. Egenolph, 1533, 4to. (106) Quaritch, £14 1579 Borrow (George). Romantic Ballads, translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces (printed for subscribers only), half morocco gilt, t. e. g., other edges uncut, Norwich, S. Wilkin, 1826, 8vo. (9) Pickering, I IIS. 1580 Carew. Life and Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, the Noted Devonshire Stroller and Dog-Stealer, as related by himself during his Passage to the Plantations in America, LARGE PAPER, quite uncut (title slightly torn), Exon., printed by the Farleys for Jos. Drew, 1745, 8vo. (17) Redford, £1 12s. 1581 Cartwright (Wm.) Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, with other Poems, portrait by Lombart (Stanzas and lines on "The Queen's Return from the Low Countries," and on the "Death of Sir Richard Grenville," omitted), straightgrained morocco, gilt back, line sides, gilt edges by F. Bedford, H. Moseley, 1651, 8vo. (18) Sotheran, £3 1582 Cervantes (M. de). Don Quixote de la Mancha, translated (by Mary Smirke), embellished with engravings from pictures by Robert Smirke, LARGE PAPER, India proof plates, 4 vol., russia gilt, m. e., Cadell, 1818, 4to. (110) Edwards, £5 10s. 1583 Chamberlayne (Wm:) Pharonnida; a Heroick Poem, first

edition, portrait by Hertochs, crushed morocco extra, gilt edges by F. Bedford, R. Clavell, 1659, 8vo. (19)

Dobell, £3 11s. 1584 Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Canterbury Tales, black letter, long lines and double columns, woodcuts, russia, with Grenville arms, R. Pynson, 1493, folio (191) Leighton, £150

[Excessively rare; the only perfect copy known was Lord Spencer's. This copy contained 290 leaves out of 312 leaves, which a perfect copy should have. Some of the leaves had rough edges, and some were supplied from a shorter copy; a few mended and stained, with some old MS. notes in margins; measured generally 11 in. by 7 in.; sold with all faults. This copy sold last year for £200, and the Earl of Ashburnham's brought £233.-Catalogue.]

1585 Daniell (Sam.) The Civile Wares between the Howses of Lancaster and York, corrected and continued (eight books), engraved title (containing portrait) by Cockson (mended), crushed red morocco extra, gilt edges by W. Pratt, S. Watersonne, 1609, 4to. (115) Quaritch, £3 12s. 6d. 1586 Daniell (Sam.) Certaine Small Poems, lately printed, with the Tragedie of Philotas (and a Defence of Ryme), some margins cut into, calf extra, gilt edges by F. Bedford, G. Eld for S. Waterson, 1605 (the "Defence" for E. Blount, 1603), 8vo. (26) Quaritch. £3 35. 1587 Eliot (John). A Late and further Manifestation of the Progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New England, original edition, blue morocco extra, gilt edges by W. Pratt, fine copy, Printed by M. S., 1655, 4to. (121) Pearson, £21 10s. 1588 Fagan (Louis). History of Engraving in England XVI.-XIX. Century; illustrated by 100 typical Examples reproduced from Rare and Unique Prints in the British Museum, in 3 buckram atlas portfolios, S. Low, 1893, folio (196)

Maggs, 10 2s. 6d. 1589 Fletcher (John). Rule a Wife and have a Wife: a Comoedy acted by his Majesties Servants, first edition, morocco extra, gilt edges by F. Bedford, fine copy, Oxford, L. Lichfield, 1640, 4to. (125) Quaritch. £3 155. 1590 Fletcher (John). Rule a Wife and Have a Wife: a Comoedy acted by his Majesties Servants, first edition (inner margin of title neatly mended), calf gilt, gilt edges by Rivière, Oxford, L. Lichfield, 1640, 4to. (126) Sotheran, £1 8s. 1591 Goldsmith (Oliver). The Deserted Village; a Poem, first edition, vignette on title, calf extra, y. e. by W. Pratt, Col. Grant's copy with Ex-Libris W. Griffin, Catherine St., Strand, 1770, 4to. (127) Pearson, £8

1592 Goldsmith (Dr. O.) She Stoops to Conquer; or the Mistakes of a Night, first edition, lavender morocco, with emblematic gilt tooling, inside dentelles, gilt edges by P. Ruban, in cardboard case, F. Newbery, 1773, 8vo. (35) Pearson, £8 1593 Hain (Lud.) Repertorium Bibliographicum, 2 vol., half calf,

uncut edges, Stuttg. et Tub., 1826-38, 8vo. (37) Sotheran, £4 1594 Hall (Bp. Jos.) Characters of Vertues and Vices, in two Bookes, first edition (with blank leaf A and M8), title within

woodcut border, mottled calf extra, gilt edges, M. Bradwood for E. Edgar, 1608, 8vo. (39) Maggs, £1 12s. 1595 Harvey (Dr. Wm.) Anatomical Exercitations, concerning the Generation of Living Creatures, first edition, re-impression of Faithorne's portrait inserted, calf, J. Young, 1653, 8vo. (41) Leighton, £4 [Very rare. Hazlitt says only 150 copies were printed, of which 115 were destroyed by fire. This copy sold last year for £8.—Catalogue.]

1596 Henri II. de France. La Magnifica et Triumphale Entrata del Christianiss. Re di Francia, Henrico secondo fatta nella nobile et antiqua Città di Lyone à luy et à la sua sereniss. consorte Chaterina alli 21 di Septemb. 1548, etc., woodcuts and ornamental initials, calf gilt, gilt edges, rare, Lyone, G. Rovillio, 1549, 4to. (134) Ellis, £3 155. 1597 [Hodges (Richard).] Enchiridion Arithmeticon ; or a Manuel of Millions; containing therein Mens Accompts ready computed or made up, calf gilt, M. Flesher, for Richard Hodges, 1631, 8vo. (44) Quaritch, £1 18s.

[Probably the first English Ready-Reckoner; not mentioned by Lowndes.-ED.]

1598 Hoffmann. The Tragedy of Hoffmann: or a Revenge for a Father, as it hath bin divers times acted at the Phenix in Druery-lane, red morocco gilt, gilt edges, J. N. for Hugh Perry, 1631, 4to. (138) Pickering, £2 155. 1599 Holland (Henry). Herwologia Anglica hoc est clarissimorum et doctissimorum aliquot Anglorum Vivæ Effigies Vitæ et Elogia, 67 portraits by C. de Pas and others, brilliant impressions, fine large and perfect copy with the original list, green morocco gilt, gilt edges, Arnhemii, Janssonius, 1620, folio (200) Roche, £9 1600 Humble Petition (The) of the Poor distressed prisoners in Ludgate, being above an hundred and fourscore Poor Persons in number, single Evo. sheet printed upon both sides asking for public charity for the prisoners, morocco extra, by A. Mathews, M. F., 1664, 4to. (139)

Sotheran, £1 18s. 1601 Hume, Smollett, and Hughes. History of England from Julius Cæsar to William IV., a series of portraits, engraved by Worthington, India proofs, inserted in Hume and Smollett, 17 vol., tree-marbled calf extra, m. e. by Rivière, 1848-55 (46) Sotheran, £5 2s. 6d. 1602 Hunt (Leigh). Autobiography, with Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries, first edition, portrait, 3 vol., half morocco extra, t. e. g., Smith and Elder, 1850, 8vo. (50) Pickering, 1 25. 1603 Ireland (Sam.) Views on the Medway, Avon, Wye, Thames, Tour in Holland and Inns of Court, numerous tinted plates, 8 vol., uniform half morocco, 1793-1801, imperial 8vo. (53) Maggs, £1 16s.

1604 Keats (John). Endymion, a Poetic Romance, first edition,