preliminary leaves, a genuine, sound, and clean copy, measuring 13 in. by 9 in., in old calf, repaired, enclosed in a morocco case lined with velvet, London, printed for P. C., 1664, folio (1341) Pickering, £,260 3619 Year Book, XVIII Edward III., gothic letter, 60 leaves (at end "the prise of thys boke ys xii. d. un bounde"), Without name, place, or date, but either printed by Richard Pynson at London, or by William Le Tailleur at Rouen for R. Pynson, circa 1493, extremely rare-Year Book, XXXIX É. III., black letter, Imprinted at London in Flete Streete by me, Robert Redman, n. d., old calf, in 1 vol., folio (937) Hazlitt, £5 5s. [Whether the first work in this volume was printed at Rouen by Le Tailleur for Pynson, whether Pynson printed it himself with types sent from Rouen by Le Tailleur, either before or after Pynson was in Caxton's service, or whether it may not have been printed by Caxton himself with French types, it is now almost impossible to say. Catalogue.] [MARCH 24TH AND 25TH, 1898.] PUTTICK & SIMPSON. THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. JOHN CORYTON AND OTHER PROPERTIES. (No. of Lots, 670; amount realised, £534 4s. 6d.) 3620 Airy Nothings, or Scraps and Naughts and Odd-cum-Shorts, coloured plates by Hunt, cloth (with all faults), 1825, 4to. Parker, £1 (242) 3621 Arnold (M.) The Strayed Reveller, first edition, cloth, uncut, 1849, 8vo. (467) Seager, £2 4s. 3622 Ascham (Roger). The Scholemaster, or plaine and perfite way of teaching children, black letter (corners of some leaves mended), morocco gilt, John Daye, 1571, small 4to. (224) Sotheran, £3 17s. 6d. 3623 Atkinson (J.) and Walker's Manners, Customs and Amusements of the Russians, 3 vol. in 1, coloured plates, 1803-4, folio (304) LI 105. 3624 Barker (M. H.) Greenwich Hospital, coloured plates by G. Cruikshank, half morocco, t. e. g., 1826, 4to. (236) A. Jackson, £2 18s. 3625 Bible. The Bible, that is the Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament, black letter (the last edition published during the reign of Elizabeth), calf, R. Barker, 1602, folio (302) Bull, £1 9s. [The Bishops' version. An edition of the Genevan version also appeared in the same year, but in 4to.—ED.] 3626 Biographical Mirrour (The), 3 vol., numerous portraits (one slightly cut into and several rather stained, sold not subject to return), morocco extra, 1795, 4to. (642) Roche, £13 3627 Boccaccio. The Decameron, translated by John Payne, 2 vol., plates by L. Chalon (with the extra series of plates), original fancy binding, Lawrence and Bullen, 1893, 8vo. (533) Beech, £2 25. 3628 British Autography, a Collection of Facsimiles of the Handwriting of Royal and Illustrious Personages, portraits and facsimiles, 3 vol., half bound, n. d., 4to. (643) Roche, £2 185. 3629 Brough (R. B.) Life of Sir John Falstaff, plates by G. Cruikshank, cloth, uncut, fine copy, 1858, 8vo. (483) Hornstein. £4 2s. 6d. 3630 Buller (Sir W. L.) History of the Birds of New Zealand, 2 vol., coloured plates, cloth, 1888, folio (295) Edwards, £3 5s. 3631 Byron (Lord). English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, inlaid to 4to. size, and illustrated with 79 scarce portraits and views, half morocco, gilt edges, 1810, 4to. (644) Groves, £5 15s. 3632 Cockton (Henry). Sylvester Sound, the Somnambulist, first edition, plates by Onwhyn, and portrait, original wrappers bound up at end, morocco extra, t. e. g. by Zaehnsdorf, 1844, 8vo. (519) Sotheran, £3 155. 3633 Combe (U.) Dr. Syntax's Three Tours, coloured plates by Rowlandson, 3 vol., calf, 1817-20-21-Tour of Dr. Syntax through London, coloured plates, calf, together 4 vol., 1830, 8vo. (92, 93) Hornstein, £4 17s. 6d. 3634 Cruikshank's Comic Almanack. A Set of the original issue, 1835 to 1853, in the numbers, each one preserved in a specially made and lettered half morocco case with silk ties, 19 parts, 8vo. (54) Brawn, £8 155. 3635 Cruikshank. Egan's Sporting Anecdotes, coloured plates by J. and R. Cruikshank, calf, 1825, 8vo. (57) Hornstein, £3 35. 3636 Dickens (C.) Sketches by Boz, both series, 3 vol., etchings by G. Cruikshank (second series, first edition), half morocco, gilt edges, 1837, 8vo. (471) Hiscoke, £2 3637 Eisen. Suite des Gravures pour Illustrer les Contes et Nouvelles en Vers de J. de la Fontaine, LARGE PAPER, 83 plates, with the cancelled designs as originally issued, morocco extra, t. e. g. by Rivière, Paris, 1884, 8vo. (472) Freund, I 12S. 3638 Gould (J.) Asiatic Birds, fifty-four specimens selected from the 66 Birds of Asia," coloured plates, half morocco, 1890, folio (296) Hiscoke, £2 8s. 3639 Holmes (R. R.) Queen Victoria, Edition de Luxe on Japanese paper, with extra set of the photogravure plates, limited to 450 copies for Great Britain, Continent of Europe, India, and British Colonies, Boussod, Valadon et Cie, 1897, folio (655) Danby, £8 10s. 3640 Holy Bible, by Wordsworth, 13 vol., cloth, 1866, 8vo. (36) 66 Robinson, LI IOS. 3641 Hook (T.) Peter Priggins, 3 vol., first edition, plates by Phiz,” calf extra, t. e. g. by Rivière, 1841, 8vo. (464) A. R. South, £I 10s. 3642 Kett (Francis). The Glorious and Beautiful Garland of Man's Glorification, containing the Godlye Misterie of heavenly Jerusalem, the helmet of our Salvation, made and set foorth by Francis Kett, Doctor of Physick, black letter, with prayers in Roman type within ornamental borders, frontispiece of Queen Elizabeth's Arms (small hole in one leaf and four others slightly repaired), morocco gilt, London, R. Ward, 1585, small 4to. (222) Sotheran, £9 155. 3643 Lamb (C.) Mrs. Leicester's School, first edition, frontispiece, calf extra by Rivière, 1809, 8vo. (463) Maggs, £5 5s. 3644 Lemon (Mark). Mr. Punch, his origin and career, n. d.-and The Westminster Review, July to October, 1842, inlaid to 4to. size, an illustrated with numerous portraits, caricatures, and 12 autograph letters, of Lemon, Jerrold, A. Smith, Lord Lytton, Ainsworth, A'Beckett, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, J. Hume, Lord Russell and Lord Melbourne, in I vol., calf extra, g. e by Rivière, 4to. (645) Calman, £3 3645 Lodge (E.) Portraits of Illustrious Personages, 4 vol., fine plates, cloth, uncut, 1821-34, folio (656) Prentice, £8 3646 McCarthy (Justin). A History of Our Own Times, 4 vol. tree-calf gilt, 1880, 8vo. (488) Sotheran, £115s. 3647 Margaret of Navarre, The Heptameron, edited by Geo Saintsbury, 5 vol., plates by Freudenberg and Dunker, cloth, uncut, one of 312 LARGE PAPER Copies, with the plates on Japanese paper, 1894, 8vo. (532) Gilbert, £1 175. 3648 Maxwell (W. H.) History of the Irish Rebellion, plates by G. Cruikshank, and portraits, morocco extra, gilt edges by Rivière, 1849, 8vo. (478) Sotheran, £3 17s. 6d. 3649 Meadows (Kenny). Heads of the People, 2 vol., plates, calf gilt, original covers preserved, 1840-41, 8vo. (479) Seager, £1 8s. 3650 Middleton (T.) Works with notes by Dyce, portrait, 5 vol., half morocco extra, t. e. g. by Rivière, 1840, 8vo. (475) Edwards, £2 12s. (wanted vol. vii. and xi.), portraits, half bound, uncut, 1799-1810, 8vo. (387) 3651 Naval Chronicle (The), vol. i.-xxiii. Parker, £2 1OS. 3652 [Nogaret (Felix).] Le Fond du Sac, the vignettes by Durand, 2 vol. in 1, mor. extra, g. e. by Rivière, A. Venise, chez Pantalon Phebus, 1780, 8vo. (477) Seager, £1 4s. 3653 Ogilby (John). America, being a Description of the New World, maps and plates, 1671, folio (658) W. George, £2 18s. 3654 Pinkerton (J.) Voyages and Travels, 16 vol., plates, half calf, 1808, 4to. (265). Edwards, £3 10s. 3655 Quarles (Francis). Divine Poems, containing the History of Jonah, Ester, Job, frontispiece by Cecil, morocco_extra, gilt edges by Bedford, 1630, 8vo. (474) Groves, £1 12s. 3656 Quarles (Francis). Emblems, Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man, first combined Issue of the Emblems and Hieroglyphics, plates, morocco extra, gilt edges by Zaehnsdorf (small corner of title mended), J. Dawson, 1639, 8vo. (473) Hiscoke, £2 3657 Raymond (G.) Memoirs of Elliston, 2 vol., plates by G. Cruikshank, and portrait, cloth, J. Mortimer, 1845, 8vo. (156) Hornstein, L 125. 3658 Reid (G. W.) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of George Cruikshank, 3 vol., plates, half morocco gilt, only 135 sets issued, 1871, royal 4to. (235) Hill, £15 10s. 3659 Reynolds (G. W. M.) Robert Macaire in England, first edition, plates by "Phiz," 3 vol., cloth, uncut, 1840, Svo. (587) Sotheran, £1 95. 3660 Robinson (H. C.) Diary and Correspondence, 3 vol., cloth, 1869, 8vo. (470) Jackson, LI IS. etchings, russia (not Francis, £1 2s. 3661 Rossini (L.) Antichita di Roma, 2 vol., 3668 Thackeray. Addison's Damascus and Seager, 14s. Sotheran, £3 35. 3669 Vetusta Monumenta, 6 vol. in 4, plates, half russia, 1847, atlas folio (331) [MARCH 29TH, 30TH AND 31ST, 1898. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS. THE COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND MSS. BELONGING TO MR. HAROLD BAILLIE WEAVER. (No. of Lots, 520; amount realised, £5,527 7s. 6d.) [NOTE. With respect to this sale and the prices realised, see Literature, No. 25 (April 9th, 1898), p. 423, and BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. ix., the Gennadius and Stuart sales, pp. 147 and 119 respectively. Many of the books sold on this occasion were the same as were sold at one or other of the sales referred to.-ED.] 3670 Ackermann (R.) Microcosm of London, coloured plates by Pugin and Rowlandson, 3 vol., half bound calf, uncut, 1811, 4to. (82) Bain, £8 3671 Adam (R.) Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro, 61 fine plates, proofs, old English red morocco, the sides elaborately tooled in large scrolls and classical emblems, with the Arms of King George III. in centre, 1764, folio (125) £10 IOS. 3672 Ælianus. Varia Historiæ, Lib. XIII., ex Heraclide de rebus publicis commentarium, Polemonis Physionomia Gr. (edente Pansillo Perusco), editio princeps, morocco, gilt edges by Bradel, from Didot's library, Roma, 1545, 4to. (83) Leighton, L2 55. 3673 Æschyli et Sophoclis Tragædiæ, Gr. et Lat., 4 vol., ruled with red lines, fine copy, old French morocco with broad gold borders, silk linings, gilt edges, from the Lamoignon and Beckford collections, Glasguæ, Foulis, 1745, 8vo. (7) Pearson, £3 35. 3674 Eschylus. Agamemnon, and the Bacchanals of Euripides, translated by H. H. Milman, woodcuts, morocco extra, uncut, 1865, 8vo. (10) Nattali, £I IS. 3675 Æsopi Fabulæ et Vitæ, Gr. et Lat. ex recensione Boni Accursii, 3 vol. in I, editio princeps, brown morocco extra, gilt edges, s. 1. et a (sed Mediolanii, circa 1479), 4to. (85) Quaritch, £31 [Dated 1480 in the Catalogue, but as to this query. An edition of Æsop, with the Italian version of Zucchi, appeared at Verona on June 26, 1479, and this being the editio princeps, must at least have appeared before 1480. -ED.] 3676 Æsopus. Fabulæ, Gabriæ Fabellæ, Avieni Fabulæ, etc., Gr. et Lat., woodcuts, contemporary calf, Queen Elizabeth's copy, with her arms (uncrowned) on sides (neatly repaired), in red morocco case, Lugd., Jo. Tornaesius, 1570, Evo. (13) Pearson, £3 17s. 6d. 3677 Almanach de Versailles, 1777, portrait of Louis XVI., fine copy, old French red morocco, gilt edges, with the arms of Louis XVI. on the sides, Versailles, 1777, 8vo. (16) £2 45. 3678 Appiano. Delle Guerre Civili et Esterne di Romani, contemporary Lyonnese calf binding, with ornamental gilt scroll tooling, inlaid in red, blue, and slate colours, gilt and gauffred edges, the back restored after the old pattern by Bedford, Vinegia, 1550, 8vo. (25) Leighton, £5 15s. 3679 Appianus. Tre Libri della Guerra Illirica, della Spagnuola, etc., tradotti da L. Dolce, contemporary Florentine morocco, stamped centre and corners in low relief, with ornaments in red and gold in an Indian pattern, edges gilt, gauffred and painted, initials " P. F." on upper side, insides painted with coat of arms and device of Pierandrea Forzoni, Vinegia, 1559, I2mo. (26) Nattali, £2 3680 Apuleius. L'Ane d'Or, traduction de Salvalète, préface de J. Andrieux, illustrations by Racinet and Bénard, printed |