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258. CRABBE'S ENGLISH SYNONYMES, N. Y. 1852; McClellan's Own Story; The War for the Union, 1887; A Faggot of French Sticks [Head], 1852; and other Miscellaneous books. 16 vols.

259. DAUDET (ALPHONSE). Works. Transl. from the French. Many illusts. 24 vols. 8vo, half green crushed levant morocco extra, contents lettered, gilt top edges, otherwise uncut. Bost. Little, Brown & Co., 1899-1900 LIMITED EDITION. Introductions by Brander Matthews, Charles De Kay, W. P. Trent, K. P. Wormeley, James L. Ford, and others.

260. DAYS OF THE DANDIES: Laurence Sterne, by Percy Fitzgerald, 2 vols.; Captain Gronow, by Himself, 2 vols.; Colley Cibber, by Himself, 2 vols; Beau Nash, by Goldsmith; Chas. J. Fox, by B. C. Walpole; Lady Montagu, by Herself. Together 9 vols. 8vo, half crimson morocco extra, gilt top edges, otherwise uncut.

Lond. The Grolier Society [190-]

LIMITED EDITION DE LUXE, with many photo-etchings, and Original WATER-COLOR DRAWING by B. Westley Rand as frontispiece to each work.

261. DEKKER (THOMAS).

The Dramatic Works of Dekker, now first collected, with illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author. 4 vols. 12mo, full polished calf extra, gilt edges. Lond. 1873

Choice copy of Pearson's fine edition.

262. DICKENS (CHARLES). Works. Numerous illusts. by Seymour, H. K. Browne, Cruikshank, Leech, Doyle, Stone, Maclise, etc., etc. 45 vols. 8vo, half green polished morocco extra, gilt top edges. Bost.: Samuel E. Cassino, n.d. THE CRUIKSHANK EDITION, limited to 500 copies, with the plates on vellum paper.

263. DICTIONARY. German-English, and EnglishGerman. By John Ebers. 5 vols. 8vo, mottled calf, gilt (spotted). Leipzig, 1796

264. Conversations-Lexikon: oder encyclopädisches handwörterbuch fur gebildete Stände. 9 (should be 10) vols. (Vol. 10 lacking), and 2 extra vols. Together 11 vols. Thick crown 8vo, half calf. Ultenburg, 1817-25

265. DRAMATIC BIOGRAPHY. Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, including a History of the Stage from the time of Garrick to the present period. By James Boaden. Fine mezzo. portrait after Lawrence. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf extra. Best edition (2 pages soiled). Lond. 1825 266. Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons, interspersed with Anecdotes of Authors and Actors. By James Boaden. Best edition. Fine mezzo. portrait after Lawrence. 2 vols. Svo, half calf, gilt. Lond. 1827

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267. DUMAS (ALEXANDRE). Romances. from the French. Many photo-etchings, etc., by eminent artists. 40 vols. 8vo, three-quarter blue levant morocco extra, gilt top edges, otherwise uncut.

Bost. Estes & Lauriat, 1893-96

LIMITED EDITION DE LUXE, with the plates on vellum paper, 268. DURUY (VICTOR). History of Rome and of the Roman People, from its Origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians. Transl. by W. J. Clarke. Edited by J. P. Mahaffy. Complete in 16 vols. Imp. Svo, half red morocco, gilt tops.

Bost.: Dana Estes and Chas. E. Lauriat [1883] Edition de Grand Luxe, PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, AND STRICTLY LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. The illustrations number over 3,000, and present representations of ancient buildings, coins, portraits, colored maps, statues, etc., etc.

MANY OF WHICH ARE FINELY COLORED.

269. History of Greece and of the Greek People, from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. Transl. and edited by M. M. Ripley. With an Introduction by J. P. Mahaffy. Complete in 8 vols. Imp. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt tops. Bost. Estes & Lauriat, 1890

Edition de Grand Luxe, printed on JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER AND LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. Richly illustrated with over 2,000 illustrations, MANY OF WHICH ARE FINELY COLORED.

270. EGAN (PIERCE). The Life of an Actor. The Poetical Descriptions by T. Greenwood. plates by Theo. Lane. Royal 8vo, cloth slightly).

With 27 colored (binding soiled Lond. 1892

271. ELIOT (GEORGE), Complete Works, 3 vols. ; Johnson's Dictionary; Milledulcia, a Thousand Pleasant Things; and others. 18 vols. royal 8vo, etc., cloth.

272. ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS. Edited by John Morley. (A Series of Biographies, each volume written by an authority.) With portraits. 38 vols. in 19. Post Svo, half blue crushed levant morocco, floral tooling on backs, gilt tops, uncut. Lond. Macmillan, 1902

FINE SET. Libramatores' edition, limited and each set numbered. Comprises Chaucer, Spenser, Sidney, Bacon, Milton, Defoe, Locke, Swift, Addison, Pope, Fielding, Hume, Gray, Sterne, Burns, and others.

273. FIELDING (HENRY). The Works of Fielding, with a Life of the Author. With fine plates by Collyer, and portrait of Fielding, after Hogarth. 12 vols. 12mo, half calf, gilt. Lond. 1783

FINE OLD SET of the complete works of Fielding, containing pieces here first collected.

274. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Exchanges. By Geo. J. Goschen.

The Theory of Foreign 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1864

275. FRENCH REVOLUTION. History of the Girondists. Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the Revolution. By A. De Lamartine. Steel portraits. 3 vols. post 8vo,

cloth.

N. Y. 1848

276. FRENCH THEATRE. Théâtre de L. B. Picard de L'Académie Francaise. Précédée d'une Biographie de l'Auteur par M. Ed. Fournier. Imp. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt back and top. Paris, 1880 FINE LIBRARY EDITION, beautifully illustrated with 18 fullpage richly colored costume plates. Choice copy.

277.

Behind the Scenes of the Comédie Francaise, and other Recollections. By Arsene Houssaye. Transl. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. Chapman & Hall, 1889

278. GAUTIER (THEOPHILE). Works. Transl. and edited by Prof. F. C. De Sumichrast, of Harvard. Numerous choice full-page plates. (Vols. 1 to 18 only.) 18 vols. Svo, half russet crushed levant, gilt backs and tops, uncut. N. Y.: G. D. Sproul, 1900

279. GEORGE IV. The Life of George the Fourth, including his Letters and Opinions, with a View of the Men, Manners, and Politics of his Reign. By Percy Fitzgerald. Best edn. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf. Lond. 1881

280. GLAPTHORNE (HENRY). The Plays and Poems of Glapthorne now First Collected, with illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author. 2 vols. 12mo, full polished Lond. 1874

calf extra, gilt edges.

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281. GOODRICH (S. G.) A Pictorial Geography of the World. Over 1,000 illusts.

2 vols. royal 8vo, sheep.

Bost. 1841

282. GRISWOLD (RUFUS WILMOT). The Republican Court; or, American Society in the Days of Washington. With 21 portraits of distinguished women. Thick royal 8vo, full morocco, gilt edges.

N. Y. 1855

The Dramatic Works of

283. HEYWOOD (THOMAS). Heywood, now First Collected, with illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author. 6 vols. 12mo, full polished calf, gilt extra, gilt edges.

Choice set of Pearson's fine edition.

284. HOMES OF THE NEW WORLD sions of America. By Fredrika Bremer. Howitt. 2 vols. post 8vo, cloth.

Lond. 1874

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N. Y. 1854

285. HUGO (VICTOR).

The Novels of Hugo. Fully translated. Printed on Japanese vellum. With a large number of fine etchings, in two states, by Mme. Luc-Olivier Merson, J.-F. Raffaelli, G. Jeanniot, etc., etc. 28 sections. 4to, original wrappers, uncut (not complete set, although some of the novels not complete, sold not subject to return). Phil. George Barrie [1892]

Only a small number were printed on Japanese vellum. 286. Works, in Prose and Verse. Transl. 30 vols. Svo, half green polished levant morocco extra, contents lettered, gilt top edges, otherwise uncut.

Bost. Estes & Lauriat, n. d.

LIMITED EDITION, with etchings, photo-etchings, etc., by Flameng and other eminent artists.

287. ICONOGRAPHIC ENCYCLOPÆDIA of Science, Literature and Art. By J. G. Heck. Transl. and edited by S. F. Baird. 500 steel plates, containing upwards of 12,000 subjects. Text, 4 vols. royal 8vo; Plates, 2 vols. oblong 4to. Together 6 vols. Green morocco gilt, gilt edges. N. Y. 1851

288. INDIA. Reminiscences of an Indian Police Official. By T. C. Arthur. Numerous illusts. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut.

Lond. 1894

289. INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF FAMOUS LITERATURE (THE). Selections from the World's Great Writers, Ancient, Mediæval, and Modern. With Biographical and Explanatory Notes. With Introductions by Donald Grant Mitchell and Andrew Lang. With an extensive series of fine plates, some on Japanese vellum paper and some in colors. Together 20 vols. Thick royal 8vo, full crimson morocco, floral panelled sides and backs, gilt tops, uncut. N. Y. 1898

Autograph Edition de Luxe, limited to 106 sets, of which this one is No. 93.

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290. IRVING (WASHINGTON). Life of George Washington. With numerous fine steel portraits, views, etc. vols. thick royal 8vo, half green morocco, gilt edges.

291.

N. Y. 1858-60 The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ARTISTS' EDN. Finely illust. with 120 wood-engravings from original designs. Square 8vo, full brown morocco, gilt tooling on back and sides, inside borders, gilt edges.

FINE, CLEAN COPY.

N. Y.: Putnam, 1864

292. JACKSON (LADY). Historical Writings: Old Paris, 2 vols.; Last of the Valois, 2 vols.; First of the Bourbons, 2 vols.; French Court and Society, 2 vols.; The Old Régime, 2 vols.; Court of the Tuilleries, 2 vols.; Court

of France, 2 vols. 112 portraits, consisting of original etchings, mezzotints and reproductions of rare prints. Together 14 vols. 8vo, half crimson morocco gilt, gilt top edges. Paris and Bost.: The Grolier Society, n. d.

LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION.

293. JESSE (J. H.) Memoirs of the Court of England, 19 vols.; George III., 5 vols.; George Selwyn, 4 vols.; London and its Celebrities, 3 vols.; Memorials of London, 2 vols.; Celebrated Etonians, 2 vols.; Memoirs of the Pretenders, 3 vols.; Richard III., 1 vol. Together 30 vols. 8vo, half crimson morocco extra, gilt top edges.

Bost. Francis A. Niccolls & Co., n. d. LIMITED EDITION DE LUXE, with many photo. etchings and original etchings.

294. JONES (PAUL). Portrait by Prudhomme. copy.

Life of. By Alex. S. Mackenzie. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, uncut. Fine N. Y. Harper, 1846

295. JONSON (BEN). Works, with Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a Biographical Memoir by W. Gifford, with Introduction and Appendices by Lt.-Col. A. Cunningham. Portrait. 9 vols. 8vo, tree calf extra. CHOICE SET.

Lond. Bickers, 1875 296. KNIGHT (CHARLES). Half-Hours with the Best Authors. With short Biographical and Critical Notices. 4 vols. 12mo, half roan (rubbed). N. Y. 1848

297. LACROIX (PAUL). The Eighteenth Century: its Institutions, Customs and Costumes. France, 1700-1789. Numerous full-page colored costumes and other plates and cuts. Thick imp. 8vo, half morocco (a little rubbed).

N. Y. [Lond.] 1876 298. LA FONTAINE. Fables de la Fontaine. Avec les dessins de Gustave Doré. 2 vols. thick folio, original red cloth (binding needs repairs).

299.

Paris, 1867

THE ORIGINAL FRENCH EDITION, with Doré's characteristic illustrations ON INDIA PAPER.

Works in German. Some vols. illust. (Odd vols. and broken sets only.) 17 vols. crown 8vo and 12mo, half roan. (As a lot.) Berlin, etc., 1797-1812

300. LIBRARY OF CLASSIC REALISM, comprising the Writings of Rebelais, 5 vols.; The Confessions of JeanJacques Rousseau, 4 vols.; The Decameron of Boccaccio, 4 vols.; The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, 5 vols.; and the Persian Letters of Charles Louis Montesquieu, 3 vols., with large number of illusts. Together 21 vols. 12mo, half red morocco, gilt tops, uncut. Lond. 1901 Florentine edition, limited to 500 sets, with titles on Japanese vellum paper.

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