SALE NUMBER 1572 ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION FROM MONDAY, MARCH TWENTY-EIGHTH THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY OF M. T. O'SHAUGHNESSY WITH A LIBRARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE INCUNABULA AND BINDINGS FROM ENGLAND ORDER OF SALE MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 4, LOTS 1-337 THE ANDERSON GALLERIES PARK AVENUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK CONDITIONS OF SALE All bids to be PER LOT as numbered in the Catalogue. The highest bidder to be the buyer. In all cases of disputed bids the lot shall be resold, but the Auctioneer will use his judgment as to the good faith of all claims and his decision shall be final. Buyers to give their names and addresses and to make such cash payments on account as may be required, in default of which the lots purchased to be immediately resold. Goods bought to be removed at the close of each sale. If not so removed they will be at the sole risk of the purchaser, and subject to storage charges, and The Anderson Galleries, Incorporated, will not be responsible if such goods are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. TERMS CASH. If accounts are not paid at the conclusion of each sale, or, in the case of absent buyers, when bills are rendered, this Company reserves the right to recatalogue the goods for immediate sale without notice to the defaulting buyer, and all costs of such resale will be charged to the defaulter. This condition is without prejudice to the rights of the Company to enforce the sale contract and collect the amount due without such resale at its own option. Unsettled accounts are subject to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. All books are sold as catalogued, and are assumed to be in good SECOND-HAND condition. If material defects are found, not mentioned in the catalogue, the lot may be returned. Notice of such defects must be given promptly and the goods returned within ten days from the date of the sale. No exceptions will be made to this rule. Magazines and other periodicals, and all miscellaneous books arranged in parcels, are sold as they are, without recourse. Autograph Letters, Documents, Manuscripts and Bindings are sold as they are, without recourse. The utmost care is taken to authenticate and correctly describe items of this character, but this Company will not be responsible for errors, omissions, or defects of any kind. BIDS. We make no charge for executing orders for our customers and use all bids competitively, buying at the lowest price permitted by other bids. Priced Copy of this Catalogue may be secured for fifty cents for each session of the sale. SALE MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL FOURTH AT TWO-THIRTY O'CLOCK FIRST SESSION LOTS 1-337 1. ACT. Anno sexto Georgii III. Regis. An Act to amend and render more effectual, in His Majesty's Dominions in America, an Act past in this present Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. Text in black letter, title and pp. 311-28. Folio, unbound. London: M. Baskett and Assigns of R. Baskett, 1766 FINE LARGE COPY. Contains minute details of the regulations for billeting soldiers in America, etc. 2. ADAMS (W. H. DAVENPORT). Works. Comprising: English Party Leaders and English Parties, 2 vols. 1878; Women of Fashion, 2 vols. 1878; Good Samaritans, 1883; The Merry Monarch; or, England under Charles II., 2 vols. 1885; Good Queen Anne, 2 vols. 1886. Together 9 vols. 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt tops. London, 1878-85 Mainly First Editions. 3. AESOP. Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae, Elegantissimis iconibus veras animalium species ad viuum adumbrantibus. Woodcuts. 18mo, mottled calf. Apud: Joan. Tornæsium, 1594 4. ALDINE PRESS. Angeli Politiani miscellaneorvm centvriæ primæ ad Laurentivm Medicem praefatio. 4to, boards, with small arms in gilt on front cover. Imperfect. 5. Venetiis in ædibus Aldi Romani, 1498 A RARE EDITION, and one of the most beautiful specimens from the early Aldine Press. Several signatures wanting, and a few stains and wormings. Old writing on margins. Cæsar. Map, colored, and woodcuts. 12mo, half calf (writing on title). Venetiis in ædibus Aldi & Andree Soceri, [1513] A fair copy of a very scarce Aldine. 6. Gregorii Nazanzeni Theologi Orationes novem elegantissimæ. Aldine device on title and last page. 12mo, half vellum (writing on title). 1536 7. Catechismo cive instruttione, secondo il decreto del Concilio di Trento-tradotto in lingua volgare. Thick 12mo, vellum (name on title and corners of a few preliminary leaves worn). Venice, 1568 RARE. The first Italian translation of the Catechism of the Council of Trent. Interesting example, having the Aldine Anchor, with the reversed dolphin of Aldus the younger on title. |