94. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. The Deserted Village. Engraved title by A. N. Macdonald and etched illustrations by Bicknell, each signed. 8vo, calf, gilt, gilt top, uncut. Only 469 copies printed on Japan paper. Bost. 1912 95. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. Walden; or, Life in the Woods. By H. D. Thoreau. Portrait etched by Bicknell, proof on Japan paper, title-pages etched by W. F. Hopson, in two states, one being on vellum; and photogravure illustra tions. 2 vols. large 8vo, half vellum, uncut. Bost. 1909 Only 483 copies printed. One of the most beautiful of the Society's publications. 96. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. Year Books. The Fifth to the Eleventh inclusive. Numerous engraved plates, facsimiles, etc. 7 vols. 8vo, boards and buckram, uncut. Bost. 1906-12 Limited to 500 copies. The early volumes have become scarce. 97. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. Thomas Love Peacock. Letters to Edward Hookham and Percy B. Shelley, with fragments of Unpublished MS. Portrait and plate. 8vo, buckram, parchment back, uncut. Bost. 1910 One of 483 copies. 98. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. Gray's Elegy. Title and text from copper-plates by A. N. Macdonald, illustrations etched by W. H. W. Bicknell, each signed. Royal 8vo, calf, gilt top, uncut. Bost. 1912 Edition limited to 469 copies on Japan paper. 99. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. Note Books of Percy Bysshe Shelley, from the Originals in the Library of W. K. Bixby. Deciphered, transcribed and edited by H. Buxton Forman. Portrait and facsimile. 3 vols. royal 8vo, half parchment. Bost. 1911 Only 465 copies printed. 100. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnall ("Dora"). Private Correspondence, edited by George Pierce Baker. Etched frontispiece portrait of Dickens by Bicknell, engraved title, other portraits, plates in color, facsimiles, etc. Large 8vo, half vellum and boards, unBost. 1908 Edition limited to 493 copies. One of the rarest and most desirable of the society's publications. cut. 101. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. Unpublished Poems by Bryant and Thoreau. "Musings" by William Cullen Bryant, and "Godfrey of Boulogne" by Henry D. Thoreau. Etched title and plate by Bicknell, facsimile and photogravure plate. Small 4to, boards, uncut. Bost. 1907 Edition of 470 copies printed on vellum, for members only. 102. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. Sir Walter Raleigh. By Henry David Thoreau, lately discovered among his unpublished Journals and Manuscripts. Introduction by F. B. Sanborn. Edited by H. A. Metcalf. Portrait. 8vo, half calf, uncut. Bost. 1905 One of 489 copies printed. 103. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. The Letters of Charles Lamb in which many mutilated Words and Passages have been restored to their Original Form; with Letters never before published, and facsimiles of Original MSS. Introduction by Henry H. Harper. Notes by Richard Garnett and E. V. Lucas. Portrait and many pages of facsimile letters and poems. 5 vols. (Vol. 1. folio, vellum within half vellum portfolio; vols. 2-5, square 8vo, brown boards), all uncut. Bost. 1905 Edition limited to 470 copies, on Dutch Hand-made paper. Vol. I. (folio), contains a portrait of Lamb, in two states, by James Fagan, one signed remarque proof on Japanese paper; also numerous facsimile letters, notes and sketches, and several beautiful vignettes. 104. BICKHAM (GEORGE). The British Monarchy; or, a New Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain [including at end of volume] A Short Description (21 pp.) of the American Colonies. Engraved by George Bickham. In all 190 pages of engraved text, many of which contain an engraved view. Small folio, panelled calf extra, gilt edges. Lond. 1748 The American section, dated 1747, contains some interesting engravings of Indians. The penman-author divides his pages into New England, Acadia, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania (sic), illustrated as a district of Fish and Fowl; Maryland, with its Indians; Virginia, Carolina, etc., ending with the date of 1749. 105. BINDING. giorno. 52 Esercizio del Christiano da farsi ogni Bassano: Remondini (ca. 1725) Contemporary Italian binding in green silk, the sides embroidered to an ornamental design of gold thread and spangles, gilt edges, preserved in a contemporary gilt marbled calf case. Fine specimen. The Hoe copy. 80 ماه 106. BINDING. Office de la Semaine Sainte en Latin et en François à l'usage de Rome et de Paris. Engraved titles, 6 plates and 2 vignettes by Scotin. 2 vols. 8vo, old French red morocco, broad dentelle borders, the arms of MARIE LECZINSKA, QUEEN OF LOUIS XV, in the centre of the covers, fleurs-de-lys on the backs, gilt paper linings, gilt edges, by Padeloup. Paris, 1728 The Hoe copy. 107. BINDING. Constitutiones primæ [et secundæ] Synodi Dioecesanæ . . . Carolo Rossetto... Nonas Julii MDCXLVII. Bonnoniæ Jacobi Montii. etc. 1647-1649. 4to, red morocco, sides covered with gold tooling, centring in a Cardinal's hat, with arms painted on vellum, inserted, gilt edges. The second part, Faventiæ: Georgium Zarafallium, 14 pp., is usually missing. 108. BIRON (CHARLES DE GONTAUT DE). A True and perfect Discourse of the practises and Treasons of Marshall Biron. Together with the particulars of his Arraignment and Execution. Faithfully translated out of the French. PRINTED IN BLACK-LETTER. 4to, brown levant morocco, sides richly decorated, gilt edges, by Chatelin. Printed at Lond. by P. S., 1602 Unique copy from the Huth collection, with twelve old copperplate portraits, etc., by DeLeu, Gaultier, Silvestre and others, inserted. 109. BLAKEY (ROBT.). The Angler's Guide to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland. Woodcuts. 12mo, half moGlasgow, 1854 rocco extra, gilt top, uncut edges. 110. BLEGNY (NICOLAS DE). Le Bon Usage du Thé du Caffé et du Chocolat pour la preservation & pour la guerison des Maladies. Par Mr de Blegny, Conseiller, Medecin Artiste ordinaire du Roy & de Monsieur. Frontispiece, repeated on page 11, and 13 plates by F. Hainzelman. Small 8vo, old red morocco, fleurs-de-lys on the back and sides, the arms of PHILIPPE DUC D'ORLEANS, BROTHER OF LOUIS XIV, on each side, gilt edges. Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1687 The Hoe copy. 111. BOADEN (JAMES). The Life of Mrs. Jordan, including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of her Contemporaries. Portrait and facsimile. 2 vols. 8vo, full sky-blue crushed levant morocco, with rich corner ornaments tooled with honeysuckle sprays, vase orna 7515 16 150 17. 50 ments in centres, back and inside tooled to match, gilt tops, AN EXCEEDINGLY HANDSOME COPY of the original and best edition of the standard life of the great actress. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 105 portraits, many in character, of Mrs. Jordan and numerous other dramatic celebrities of the period, views, facsimiles, autographs, etc. Of the inserted prints about 50 are on India paper. 112. BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI). Le Philocope de Messire Iehan Boccace Florentin, contenāt l'histoire de Fleury & Blanchefleur, divisé en sept livres traduictz d'Italièn en Françoys par Adrian Sevin. Numerous fine woodcuts in the manner of Jean Cousin. Folio, blue levant morocco, gilt centre ornaments of leaf sprays on the sides, gilt edges, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Paris: Denis Ianot, 1542 First French Edition. The Hoe copy. 113. BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI). Genealogiæ decorum gentilium. Roman character. 295 unnumbered leaves (incuding the blank 242), without signatures and catchwords; 41 lines to the page. Painted initials and arms on the lower margin of the first page of the text. Folio, brown levant morocco, gilt borders on the sides, gilt back and inside borders, gilt edges, by Thierry; washed copy and last blank missing. Hain-Copinger, 3315; Proctor, 4045. FIRST EDITION. The Hoe copy. Venetiis [Vindelinus de Spira], 1472 114. BOEMO AUBANO (GIOVANNI). Gli costumi, le leggi, et le usanze di tutte le genti, . . . tradotti per Lucio Fauno . . . Aggiuntovi di nuovo gli costumi, et le usanze dell' Indie Occidentali, overo Mondo Nuovo, da P. Gironimo Giglio. 8vo, old calf. Venetia P. Gironimo Giglio, 1558 FIRST EDITION containing the addition of a fourth book entirely relating to the New World and occupying leaves 189236 (96 pages in all). It deals with the voyages of Columbus and the subsequent discoveries of Labrador, Florida, Yucatan, Straits of Magellan, Peru, Mexico, etc. This edition is of great rarity and it was unknown to Brunet, Sabin, or Harrisse. 115. BOISSARDUS (JAN. JACOBUS). Icones virorum illustratrium doctrina et eruditione praestantium ad vivum effictae, cum eorum vitis. With 221 fine portraits, surrounded by elegant borders, engraved on copper by Theo. de Bry. 5 parts in 3 vols. 4to, old calf. Francofurti, 1597, 1598, 1631, 1632 Parts I-III are FIRST EDITIONS. Part V is very rare and very seldom found with the first four. Among the portraits is one of Columbus and all the impressions are brilliant. The engraved title-pages are singularly interesting. 116. BOISSARD, IAN. IAC. Icones . . . Virorum Illustrium, etc. 4to, half calf gilt. Theodorum de Bry Leodienciuem francofurti, 1597 The portion containing the famous portrait of Columbus, brilliant impression, also the engraved title and a portrait of the author, etc. 117. BORDEN. A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, etc., collected by Matthew C. D. Borden. Two views of the interior of the Borden library. 2 vols. 4to, half brown levant morocco, blind tooled, gilt top, uncut edges. N. Y. 1910 Not the sale catalogue, but one of fifty copies printed privately. 118. BORNE-WOOD. A Regiment for the Sea, Containing verie necessarie matters for all sorts of men and travailers, whereunto is added an Hydrographicall discourse touching the five severall passages to Cattay, written by William Borne. Newlie corrected and amended by Thomas Wood, who hath added a new Regiment, and Table of declination [vignette of ship]. 4to, wrapped in a leaf of vellum, XVth Century MS. and enclosed in a case of blue levant morocco. Imprinted at London by T. Est, for Thomas Wight [1592] 119. BOSTON. An Appeal to the World; or, a Vindication of the Town of Boston, from many false and malicious Aspersions contain'd in certain Letters and Memorials, written by Governor Bernard, General Gage, &c. 8vo, half blue levant Bost. Edes and Gill, 1769 morocco. A very sound copy of a very scarce book, a tempest in a tea-pot, perhaps, but bearing all the marks of local indignation. 120. [BOUCHET (JEAN).] Le Labirynth de fortune z Seiour des trois nobles dames cōpose par lacteur des Renars trauersans, et loups rauissans surnōme le trauerseur des voyes perilleuses. Et sont a vendre a Paris . . par Enguilbert de Marnef. Lettres-bâtardes. Mark of the publisher Enguilbert de Marnef on title, arms of France on the verso, and full-page woodcut at the beginning of text. 4to, brown levant morocco, doublure of red morocco richly tooled and gilt to a Grolieresque design of scrolls and arabesques, with centre ornaments and border of dark red morocco, gilt edges, by ChambolleDuru. (Library stamp on title.) Imprimé a Poictiers par Jacques Bouchet le 26 de Mars 1524 121. [BOURDON (LOUIS GABRIEL).] Le Parc au Cerf, ou l'Origine de l'Affreux Deficit. Frontispiece and portrait. 8vo, uncut (one plate missing). Paris, 1790 |