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28 ANGLING.-BLOME (RICHARD) THE GENTLEMAN'S RECREATION, IN TWO

PARTS, THE FIRST BEING AN ENCYCLOPEDY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, EMBRACING

HERALDRY, MUSIC, PAINTING, ARCHITECTURE, GEOGRAPHY (INCLUDING AMERICA),

NAVIGATION, ETC., ETC. The Second Part treats of HORSEMANSHIP, HUNTING

(DEER, FOX, AND HARE), HAWKING, FISHING. FOWLING, COCK-FIGHTING,

etc., etc. 1686. FIRST EDITION, with fine impressions of the numerous large and

curious plates, folio, original calf, neatly rebacked, £7 178 6d

A good copy of this interesting old book, now exceedingly rare, and generally priced at from 12 to 16

guineas. The FIRST EDITION is preferable to the later Editions, on account of the impressions of

the Engravings. THE ABOVE CONTAINS THE 10 PAGES OF THE "ARMS OF BENEFACTORS,"

EMBRACING OVER TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY COATS OF ARMS, BEAUTIFULLY

ENGRAVED (BOOKPLATE DESIGNS). These are deficient in many copies. IT ALSO CONTAINS

OTHER HERALDIC PLATES. The engravings of SPORTING SUBJECTS are extremely curious and

interesting.

29 ANGLING.-BOWLKER (CHARLES) THE ART OF ANGLING, or Compleat Fly-Fisher:

Describing the Different Kinds of Fish, their Haunts, Places of Feeding and Retire-

ment, with an Acconnt of the Generation of Fishes, and Observations on the Breeding

of Carp, together with directions How to Regulate Pools or Ponds, also the Various

Kinds of Baits, and the great diversity of Flies that Nature produces, to which are

added Directions for making Artificial Flies. Birmingham, 1788. 8vo, original

wrappers, UNCUT, as issued, 78 6d

36 ANGLING.-GREENDRAKE (GREGORY, i.e., J. Coad) ANGLING EXCURSIONS IN IRE-
LAND. COUNTY WICKLOW. Dublin, 1824. 12mo, boards, 3s

37 ANGLING.-HANSARD (GEORGE AGAR) TROUT AND SALMON FISHING IN WALES.

1834. 12mo, half calf, 58

38 ANGLING.-HENDERSON (W.) MY LIFE AS AN ANGLER. 1880. Portrait and
plates, 8vo, cloth, 28 od

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And the Husbandrie of France, Italy, and Spaine. reconciled and made to agree with

ours here in England, by GERVASE MARKHAM, the whole contents are in the page

following (see below). London, by Adam Islip for John Bill, 1616. With numerous

fine woodcut illustrations, folio, FINE COPY in the original calf, £4 48

Very scarce. This is the FIRST EDITION, edited by GERVASE MARKHAM. The following is a

summary of the contents, as given on the back of the title of this valuable book :-"Whatsoever

can be required for the building, or good ordering, of a Husbandman's House, or Countrey Farme :

as, namely, to foresee the changes and alterations of Times; to know the motions and powers

of the Sunne and Moone, upon the things about which Husbandry is occupied: as, to cure the

sicke labouring man, to cure Beasts and flying Fowles of all sorts; to DRESSE, PLANT, OR MAKE

GARDENS, AS WELL AS FOR THE KITCHEN, AND PHYSICKE USE, AS ALSO IN QUARTERS; WITH MANY

FAIRE AND CUNNING PORTRAITURES, TO MAKE COMPARTMENTS OF DIVERS FASHIONS IN EVERIE QUARTER;

WITH A LARGE DESCRIPTION OF THE HERBE NICOTIANA (TOBACCO) OR PETUM; (with a woodcut of the

plant), as also of the root Mechoacan: TO PLANT, GRAFT, AND ORDER ORANGE-TREES, Citron-trees,

and such other strange trees; TO ORDER BEES: TO MAKE CONSERVES: TO PRESERVE FRUITES, Flowers,

Roots, and Rindes: to make Honey and Wax: 10 PLANT AND GRAFT ALL SORTS OF FRUIT-TREES:

TO MAKE CYDER, PERRIE, DRINKE OF CERVICES, AND OYLES: TO DISTIL WATERS AND OYLES, or

Quintessences, of whatsoever the Husbandman's store and encrease, with manie patternes of

Limbeckes for the distilling of them; TO FEED AND PRESERVE SILKWORMS: to make and maintaine

Medow-groundes: FISHPONDS OF RUNNING OR STANDING WATERS: TO TAKE FISHES: to

measure and tyll Corne-ground: TO BAKE BEAD: TO TRIMME VINES TO MAKE MEDICINABL

WINES; WITH A VERRIE LARGE AND EXCELLENT DISCOURSE TOUCHING THE NATURE AND QUALITIE OF

WINE IN GENERAL: AND AFTER THAT, ANOTHER SPECIAL AND PARTICULAR ONE, OF ALL SUCH WINES as

grow in Gasconie, Languedoc, Touraine, Orleans, Paris, and other Countries of France: to Plant

Woods of Timber-trees and Under-growth: to make a Warren: TO BREED HERONS: AND TO

IMPARKE WILD BEASTS. AS ALSO A LARGE DISCOURSE OF HUNTING THE HART,

WILD BORE, HARE, FOX, GRAY, CONIE, AND SUCH LIKE: WITH THE ORDERING OF

HAWKES, AND ALL SORTS OF BIRDS, and lastly in the end thereof, is briefly shewed the nature,

manner of taking, and feeding, of the NIGHTINGALE, LINNET, GOLDFINCH, SISKIN, Larke, and

OTHER SUCH SINGING MELOD'OUS BIRDS."

42 ANGLING.-MARSH (J.) THE JOLLY ANGLER, or Waterside Companion, containing

an Account of all the Best Places for Angling, the Tackle, Baits, and other Requisites

to form an Expert Angler, with a Correct Description of Tying Hooks, Making Arti-

ficial Flies, Repairing Tackle, etc., also an Appendix, descriptive of the most successful

means used in Sea Fishing at the different Watering Places. (1836). Numerous

engravings, small 8vo, boards, 38 6d

44 ANGLING.-SILVESTER (TIPPING) PISCATIO, or Angling, a Poem, written originally
in Latin by S. Ford, and Inscribed to Archbishop Seddon. 1733. 8vo, half calf, 15s

45 ANGLING.-Wayth (C.) TROUT FISHING, or the River Darent, a Rural Poem.

1845. Small 8vo, original cloth, uncut, 58

ANGLING.- See also under "EARLY SCHOOL BOOK"

46 ARWAKER (Edm., M.A.) Fons Perennis, A POEM on the Excellent and Useful
INVENTION OF MAKING SEA-WATER FRESH, humbly dedicated to the King's Most
Excellent Majesty. 1686. FIRST EDITION, small 4to, sewn, 4s 6d

47 ASCHAM (Roger) A REPORT AND DISCOURSE WRITTEN BY ROGER ASCHAM OF THE

AFFAIRES AND STATE OF GERMANY and the Emperour Charles his Court, duryng certaine

yeares while the sayd Roger was there. At London, Printed by John Daye, dwelling

over Aldersgate, N.D. (1555). Small 4to, Black Letter, corner of one page neatly

restored, old calf, £1 18

This account is stated by Dr. Campbell to be one of the most delicate pieces of history that ever was

penned in our language, evincing its author to have been a man as capable of shining in the

Cabinet as in the closet.

48 BACON (Francis, Lord Verulam) THE CHARGE OF SIR FRANCIS BACON, KNIGHT,

His Majestie's Attorney Generall, TOUCHING DUELLS, upon an Information in the Star-

Chamber against Priest and Wright, with the Decree of the Star-Chamber in the same

cause. Robert Wilson, 1614. FIRST EDITION, Small 4to, sewn, £2 28

49 BACON (Francis, Lord Verulam) THE WISDOME OF THE ANCIENTS, written in

Iatine by the Right Honourable Sir Francis Bacon, Knight, Baron of Verulam and

Lord Chancellour of England, DONE INTO ENGLISH BY SIR ARTHUR GORGES, Knight.
London, Imprinted by John Bill, 1619. FIRST EDITION, 12mo, red morocco extra, paned
sides, gilt edges, by RIVIERE, £5 58

50 BATH.-CHAPMAN (HENRY) Thermæ Redivivæ, the City of Bath Described, with

some Observations on those Sovraign Waters, both as to the Bathing in, and Drinking

of them, now so much in use. 1673. Quarto, sewn, £1 1s

51 BATH.-JACKSON (John, Rector of Weston-Birt) Of God's Benefits to Mankind in

Healing all their Diseases, a Sermon preached at Bath. Oct. 5, 1707. Quarto,

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IX. The Roundheads; or, the Good Old

Cause

X. The City Heiress; or, Sir Timothy
Treatall

XI. The Town-Fopp; or, Sir Timothy
Tawdrey

XII. The Widow Ranter; or, the His-
tory of Bacon in Virginia

XIII. The Feigned Courtizans; or, a
Night's Intrigue

XIV. The Emperor of the Moon
XV. The Amorous Prince

EDITION, 2 vols, 8vo, fine copy in original calf,

58 BERKSHIRE.-Privately_Printed Act to vest part of the settled Estate of
PENYSTON POWNEY, ESQ., of Maidenhead, declared in Trustees to be Sold, and to lay
out the money in Real Estates, etc. 1758. Seun, 28

59 BOCCACCIO (G.) THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO, TRANSLATED BY JOHN PAYNE. Lawrence and Bullen, 1893. With twenty original and capital illustrations by LOUIS CHALON, including the extra ones, 2 vols, 8vo, cloth as issued, £3 38 60 BON GAULTIER. THE BOOK OF BALLADS, edited by Bon Gaultier. Orr & Co., 1845. FIRST EDITION, with numerous engravings by ALFRED CROWQUILL, 12mo, original cloth as issued, £2 108

61 BRISTOL.-GIBB (J.) The Mutual Duties of Magistrates and People, a Sermon preached in the Church of ST. MARY REDCLIFFE, in the City of BRISTOL, May 29. PRINTED AT BRISTOL by Sam Farley, for Francis Wall, Bookseller, on the Tolzey [1721]. Quarto, sewn, 158

62 BROWNE (Sir Thomas, author of Religio Medici) POSTHUMOUS WORKS OF THE LEARNED SIR THOMAS BROWNE, Kt., M.D., late of Norwich, Printed from his Original Manuscripts, viz. :

I. Repertorium: or the Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Norwich.

II. An Account of some Urnes, ete., found at Brampton in Norfolk, anno 1767. III. Letters between Sir William Dugdale and Sir Tho. Browne.

IV. Miscellanies.

To which is Prefixed his Life; there is also added Antiquitates Capella D. Johannis Evangelista; bodie Scholæ Regia Norwicensis, authore Johanne Burton, A.M. ejusdem Ludimagistro. E. Curll, 1712. FIRST EDITION, beautiful impression of the choice portrait of author, and several fine plates, 8vo, a nice copy in calf extra, gilt edges, by RIVIERE, £1 108

63 BROWNE (Sir Thomas, author of Religio Medici) PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA: or ENQUIRIES INTO VERY MANY RECEIVED TENENTS AND COMMONLY PRESUMED TRUTHS, by Thomas Brown, Dr. of Physick: The Fifth Edition, with Marginal Observations, and a Table Alphabetical, whereunto are now added Two Discourses, the One of URNBURIAL, or Sepulchrall Urns, lately found in Norfolk, The other THE GARDEN OF CYRUS, or Network Plantations of the Ancients. 1669. Fine portrait of the author, 4to, calf, £1 18

64 BULLEN (A. H.) SPECULUM AMANTIS, LOVE POEMS FROM RARE SONG-BOOKS AND MISCELLANIES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Privately Printed, 1889.-MUSA PROTERVA, LOVE POEMS OF THE RESTORATION. Privately Printed, 1889. 2 vols, 8vo, original cloth, uncut, as issued, £4 108

Only a limited number printed, and very scarce.
Warning and Welcome.

Grave moralist, with eyes a-squint,
And pucker'd mouth, pack hence! Away!
Your heart is hard as any flint:
Avaunt! Love's feast is spread to-day.

And you, coy maiden. come not nigh,
Lest wanton rhyme assail your ears:
Wait till your chaste zone you untie,
And Hymen put to flight your fears.

But, ho! all ye whose brisker veins
Glow with Dan Cupid's genial fires,
Post hitherwards, 'tis worth your pains,
And hearken to our tuneful quire.

65 BUNYAN (John) SOLOMON'S TEMPLE SPIRITUALIZED, or Gospel-Light Fetcht out of the Temple at Jerusalem. to let us more easily into the Glory of New Testament Truths. 1688. FIRST EDITION, some headlines cut, 12mo, calf, £1 18

CALDECOTT (Randolph).-See under WALES.

66 CHURCHYARD (Thomas) [CHURCHYARDES CHOISE] A GENERALL REHEARSALL OF WARRES, wherein is five hundred several services of land and sea: as Sieges, Battailles, Skirmiches, and Encounters, a thousande gentle menne's names, of the best sort of warriours, a praise and true honour of Soldiours: a proofe of perfité nobilitie, a triall and first erection of Heraldes: a discourse of calamitie, AND JOYNED TO THE SAME SOME TRAGEDIES AND EPITAPHES, AS MANY AS WAS NECESSARIE FOR THIS FIRSTE BOOKE, all which woorkes are dedicated to the right honourable Sir Christopher Hatton, Knight, vize Chamberlain, Captain of the Gard: and one of the Queene's Majestie's Privie Counsail, written by Thomas Churchyard, gentleman.

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Imprinted at London, by Edward White, dwellyng at the little Northe doore of Paule's Churche, at the Singne of the Gunne (1579). Black Letter, FIRST EDITION, small 4to, lower (blank) portion of last leaf mended, a perfect copy in blue morocco super extra, gilt edges, by RIVIERE, £15 158

Jolley's copy sold in 1843 for 11. Mr. Corser's, 1868, 18 5s., and a copy was marked in the Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica at 21.

67 CIVIL WAR.-AN ANSWER TO A PAMPHLET, intituled "THE LORD GEORGE DIGBY, HIS APOLOGY FOR HIMSELFE;" plainly discovering the cunning untruths and implicit malice in the said Pamphlet against the just and legal proceedings of the Honourable the High Court of Parliament. 1643. Small 4to, half bound, UNCUT, 48 68 CIVIL WAR.-A LETTER sent to George Lord Digby in FLUSHING, from a worthy Gentleman in WINDSOR, together with a Coppy of a Letter sent from SIR JOHN BYRON, Concerning divers matters of great consequence. 1641. 4to, half bound, 4s 6d 69 CIVIL WAR.-A Speech made in the House of Peers, by the EARLE OF MONMOUTH, on January 13, 1641, upon the occasion of the present distractions and of his Majestie's removall from White-hall. 1641. Quarto, half bound, 4s

70 CIVIL WAR.-DIGBY (GEORGE, Lord) APOLOGIE FOR HIMSELF. Oxford, 1642. 4to, half bound, 48

71 CIVIL WAR.—HOBS (THOMAS, of Malmesbury) Behemoth, or an EPITOME OF THE CIVIL WARS OF ENGLAND from 1640 to 1660. Printed 1679, 12mo, old calf, 78 6d

72 CIVIL WAR.—The Arraignment, Conviction, and Condemnation of the WESTMINSTERIAN-JUNCTO'S ENGAGEMENT, with a Continual Exhortation to all Honest English Spirits to avoid the danger of Perjurie by taking of it. Printed in the yeare 1649. Quarto, half bound, 58

73 CIVIL WAR.-THE PROPOSITIONS of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for a safe and well-grounded Peace, sent to his Majestie at Newcastle, by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, the Earl of Suffolk, etc. 1646. Small 4to, haif bound, 68

Contains four pages of interesting lists of names.

74 COACHING.—BRIGHTON AND ITS COACHES, a History of the London and Brighton Road, with some Account of the Provincial Coaches that have run from Brighton, by WILLIAM C. A. BLEW, M.A. 1894. With twenty beautiful illustrations from original water-colour drawings by J. and G. Temple, ALL COLOURED BY HAND, 8vo, blue cloth gilt, UNCUT, £1 1s

75 COCKTON (Henry, Author of "Valentine_Vox," etc.) THE SISTERS, Or ENGLAND AND FRANCE, a Romance of Real Life. 1844. FIRST EDITION, with seventy engravings by Kenny Meadows and Alfred Crowquill, 8vo, a very choice copy in stained calf extra, gilt over the original gilt edges (UNCUT), with the covers preserved at end, by RIVIERE, £2 28 76 COCKTON (Henry) THE STEWARD, A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. N.D. FIRST EDITION, with illustrations by T. ONWHYN, 8vo, calf super extra, top edges gilt, TOTALLY UNCUT, by RIVIERE, £2 28

77 COOKERY.-The Family-Dictionary, or Household Companion, wherein are alphabetically laid down exact Rules and choice Physical Receipts for the Preservation of Health, Prevention of Sickness, and Curing the several Diseases, Distempers, and Grievances incident to Men, Women, and Children; also Directions for making Oil, Ointments, Salves, Physical Wines, Ales and other Liquors, etc., etc.; LIKEWISE DIRECTIONS FOR COOKERY, IN DRESSING FISH, FLESH, FOWL, SEASONING, SAUCES, etc., etc., with THE ART OF CARVING, etc., etc., by J. H. 1695. Small 8vo, old calf, 98 78 CORNEWALLIS (Sir William) ESSAYES, or rather Encomions, Prayses of Sadnesse, and of the Emperor Julian the Apostata. 1616. FIRST EDITION, Small 4to, from the Libraries of T. Jolley, Esq., and Rev. T. Corser, cloth, £1 18

79 COSTUMES of the Canary Islands. 1829. Six fine accurately coloured plates, with descriptions, thin 4to, sewn, 10s

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