binder at top), with large historiated initial containing a finely painted small miniature of a soul ascending to heaven, also 19 other large initials, mostly with leafy sprays attached, and a quantity of blue and gold capitals with fine pen ornamentation (slightly injured in places by damp). Wide margins, old panelled calf, rebacked. English Sæc. XV.

A fine example of English illumination about 1450. Bound with it are 13 leaves of a XVth century Latin Psalter (first few pages stained) which formerly belonged to John Prideaux, Bishop of Worcester, 1578-1650, the noted theological writer, and has his autograph signature at the top of the first page.

IN A BEAUTIFUL EMBROIDERED BINDING OF THE EARLY XVIITH

CENTURY

421. MANUSCRIPT. De Dielbeeck (A. F.). Original Manuscript on paper, dated 1619, 534 by 8 inches, oblong 8vo, containing 36 leaves of amatory sonnets, songs, anagrams, verses and poems (every piece initialled) in the French of the period, admirably composed and finely written, several in acrostic form, with a number of headings, signatures, and one sonnet in letters of gold, executed in praise of his sweetheart Susanne Vander Vorst. Decorated with 9 charming illuminated drawings on vellum, including an elaborate emblematic title and the writer's own armorial achievement, signed in full with his name and the date "A° 1619 XIX ianuary,' followed by 106 blank leaves of paper, and 27 leaves of vellum for further additions, a few in the middle slightly wormed, MOST BEAUTIFULLY BOUND AT THE TIME IN CRIMSON VELVET, EMBROIDERED IN GOLD AND SILVER THREAD, with an elaborate border on the sides, lined by a simpler border, enclosing a panel with ornamental gold and silver scroll work at each corner, in the centre of the front cover a lozenge of the Vander Vorst arms (slightly faded), within an emerald silk and gold thread wreath, the lower cover treated in exactly the same manner, but with an involved monogram in silver thread, of which the letters R.E.S.V. form an integral part, in place of the arms, the back richly embroidered with a crowned heart and crescent between scroll work and two serpents, edges finely gauffred, in gold, with painted flowers in blue and red. BOTH INTERIOR AND BINDING IN A WONDERFUL STATE OF PRESERVATION.

A remarkably choice volume both internally and externally, the embroidered binding of 1619 being one of the most beautiful examples of this lovely art extant and in the finest possible state of preservation. De Dielbeeck, a member of an ancient Flemish family, who executed this work, was both a skilful illuminator and caligraphist. It opens with a large ornamental architectural cartouche with the Vander Vorst arms on a lozenge as centrepiece, and the name Susanne Vander Vorst (and date 1619) in letters of gold on a label at the foot, the architectural details are in blue and pink shaded with crimson, at the top a lady's head (probably representing Susanne) between a cupid and kingfisher on either side, each cupid holding a tasselled cord on which are suspended the armorial shields of the Vander Vorst family, on one side is a parrot, on the other a peacock, further ornamented with lions' heads, Cupid's bow and arrows, clasped hands, etc. The next seven drawings represent either one or two cupids in various attitudes, with fine landscape backgrounds, gardens, houses, etc., the third and sixth drawings have also a lady, in one case seated under a tree, in the other the same lady picking flowers, evidently portraits of Susanne Vander Vorst.

422. MARGARET, QUEEN OF NAVARRE. The Heptameron. Newly translated into English from the authentic text of M. le Roux de Lincy, with an Essay upon the Heptameron by George Saintsbury. Illustrated with 73 full-page engravings after Freudenberg and 150 head and tail pieces by Dunker. 5 vols. tall 8vo, cloth, uncut.

London: Printed for the Society of English Bibliophilists, 1894 One of 312 copies. With bookplate of John Butts.

423. MARKS (HENRY STACY). Pen and Pencil Sketches. Profusely illustrated. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.

FIRST EDITION.

London, 1894

424. MARRYAT (CAPTAIN). Novels. Illustrations Japan paper. 24 vols. 8vo, cloth, gilt tops, uncut.

One of 750 copies printed on hand-made paper.

on

London: Dent, 1895

425. MARRYAT (JOSEPH). A History of Pottery and Porcelain, Mediæval and Modern. Illustrated. Third Edition, revised and augmented. 8vo, full red levant morocco, gilt back and borders, gilt edges. London, 1868

426. MARTIN (THEODORE). Life of The Prince Consort Portraits and views. 5 vols. 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt tops. London, 1877-80

427. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. Leslaus (Jo. Episcopus Rossensis) De Titulo Serenissima Principis Maria Scotorum Reginæ, quo Regni Angliæ successionem sibi juste vendicat Libellus. Accessit De Illustrium Fobminorum in Repub. Administranda, ac ferendis legibus authoritate Libellus (ab eodem auctore). Fine woodcut border to each part, containing the armorial bearings of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man, the Isles, etc., woodcut genealogical tree, and scarce leaf of errata, and original blank leaves. Small 4to, original limp vellum gilt, with oval centre ornamental gold stamp on each cover, gilt edges.

Rheims: Excudebat J. Fognæus, sub Leone, 1580 Very rare in any state, but particularly so in the choice condition of the present copy. The author was the famous John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, one of the most faithful adherents of the unfortunate Queen of Scots, to whom both parts are dedicated. The folding genealogical tree, blank leaves, and leaf of errata, are nearly always missing.

428. [Kyffin (Maurice).] Apologie ou Defense de l'honorable sentence & tres-juste execution de defuncte Marie Steuard derniere Royne d'Ecosse. Les copies des lettres, actes & articles, qui seruent à découvir & à bien verifier la trahison de ladite Royne d'Ecosse, &c. Le tout traduit d'Anglois en François suivant l'original imprimé a Londres, par Jean Ouinted, 1587. Small 8vo, vellum (paper age-discolored).

(No place or printer's name) Imprimé Nouuellement, 1588 A very rare Mary Queen of Scots item, few copies of which have occurred for sale. Translated from Windet's edition of 1587, attributed to Kyffin, but with important additional matter from other English sources. Large copy.

429. MASEFIELD (JOHN). buckram, uncut.

Salt-Water Ballads. 12mo,

London, 1902 FIRST EDITION. Inscribed on fly-leaf "From John Masefield," and beneath, pasted down, a pen-and-ink drawing of a sailor dancing.

430. MASSEY (GERALD). The Ballad of Babe Christabel, with other Lyrical Poems. 18mo, cloth. London, 1854

FIRST EDITION. Presentation copy from the author to Alex. Macmillan. 431. MAYHEW (AUGUSTUS). Faces for Fortunes. 3 vols. 12mo, original cloth (a little soiled), uncut. London, 1865 FIRST EDITION. On the fly-leaves are laid down numerous clippings of Mayhew's work which have appeared in press or periodicals.

432. MAYHEW BROTHERS (THE). The Greatest Plague of Life; or, The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant. With 12 illustrations by George Cruikshank. 12mo, half London: David Bogue, [1847]

maroon roan.

FIRST EDITION.

433. MEFFRETH. Incipit pars Estivalis sermonum Meffreth. Gothic letter, double columns, 55 lines to a full column, initials supplied by hand in red and blue, large ornamental initial at beginning (wants aal, but has the final blank leaf). Small folio, in an interesting XVIth century binding of wooden boards covered with elaborately stamped pigskin and with both clasps, corners a little worn, but the sides and back unusually well preserved.

*

Nürnberg: Anton Koburger, 1487

Hain 1104. VERY RARE and a fine example of this famous press. Anton Koburger, who began to print about 1471, was one of the princes of typography. He has rarely been excelled, if equalled, in the grandeur of his operations, and the number, beauty, and sumptuousness of his impressions. Fine large copy.

434. MERCATALI (ENRICO). La Guerra Europa. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Vols. 1 and 2. 2 vols. 4to, original wrappers. Milan, n. d.

435. MERCURIALIS (HIERONYMUS). De Arte Gymnastica. Libri sex. Woodcuts of wrestling, fighting, juggling, swimming, etc. Small 4to, boards, cloth back (blank corner of one leaf injured; title repaired and a line deleted, and a few stains). Venetiis apud Iuntas, 1611

436. MILTON (JOHN). Joannis Milton Angli Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio, Contra Claudii Anonymi, alias Salmasii, Defensionem Regiam. Cum Indice. Arms on title. 12mo, original vellum (edges of boards worn). Londini: Typis Dv. Gardianis, 1651 437. Joannis Miltonii Angli, Epistolarum Familiarum Liber Unus: quibus Accesserunt Ejusdem, jam olim in Collegio Adolescentis, Prolusiones Quædam Oratoriæ. 12mo, few headlines just touched by binder, but a fine copy, original sheep, rebacked, with the Jacobean bookplate of R. Dashwood on back of title, and the Chippendale plate of C. Vere Dashwood inside cover.

FIRST EDITION. Londini: Impensis Brabazoni Aylmeri, 1674

438.

Literæ Pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, Cromwellii, Reliquorumque Perduellium nomine ac jussu conscriptæ. Corner of second leaf repaired, fine large copy with some uncut lower margins. 12mo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked.

439.

440.

FIRST EDITION. RARE.

Another copy. 12mo, old vellum.

FIRST EDITION.

Paradise Lost.

Impressa Anno 1676

[London]: Impressa Anno, 1676

A Poem in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. The Third Edition. Revised and Augmented by the same Author. Portrait by W. Dolle. Small 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked. London: S. Simmons, 1678

441.

Rare. A large copy.

Eikonoklastes in Answer to a Book Intitul'd Eikon Basilike, The Portraiture of his Sacred Majesty King Charles the First in his Solitudes and Sufferings. 8vo, contemporary calf. Amsterdam: Printed in the Year, 1690

A rare edition and interesting as containing the leaf with Advertisement and Memorandum referring to the authorship of Eikon Basilike, and attributing it to Dr. Gauden, Bishop of Exeter. Fine copy.

442. A Defence of the People of England, by John Milton: In Answer to Salmasius's Defence of the King. Small square 8vo, small wormholes in margins in places, in some cases injuring words of text. Contemporary sprinkled calf, upper joint rehinged. [Amsterdam]: Printed in the Year 1692

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Large copy. The best apology, says T. Warton, that ever was offered for bringing kings to the block, and the book which gave an immense reputation to its author who had ventured to stand up against the terrible Saumaise, with Latin as good and invective as bitter as his own. Translated from the original Latin edition of 1650 by Mr. Washington of the Temple.

443. Paradise Regain'd, &c. 12mo, old green morocco, extra, gilt sides and edges. London, 1753

Nice specimen of binding with Roger Payne's favorite tooling on sides. 444. Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained with Sampson Agonistes and Poems upon Several Occasions. From the Text of T. Newton, D.D. 2 vols. royal 8vo, contemporary boards, calf backs.

Birmingham: John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson in London,

1758

Baskerville's first edition. Very rarely found in uncut state. Very fine uncut copy.

445.

Works in Verse and Prose. Portrait and facsimile. 8 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt tops. London: Pickering, 1851

A finely printed edition, with a life by the Rev. John Mitford. 446. MILITARY. Markham (Francis). Five Decades of Epistles of Warre. Small folio, original sheep, rebacked.

London: A. Matthewes, 1622

RARE. Dedicated to Prince Charles. Each Epistle is addressed to some eminent person.

447. MILLER (WILLIAM). Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology, selected from Manuscripts of William Miller. With a Memoir by Joshua V. Himes. 12mo, cloth.

Miller was the founder of the Second Adventists.

Boston, 1842

448. MITFORD (MARY RUSSELL). Dramatic Scenes, Sonnets, and other Poems. 12mo, half red calf, gilt top.

London, 1827

FIRST EDITION. Presentation copy from the author. 449. MOLIERE. Œuvres de Molière, avec des remarques Grammaticales, des avertissements et des observations sur chaque piece par M. Bret. Title in red and black. 6 vols. 8vo, full red levant morocco, artistically tooled backs, gilt line borders, inside dentelles, gilt edges.

Paris, 1773

FIRST ISSUE OF THIS ESTEEMED EDITION, with the pages 66 and 67, 80 and 81 in duplicate, and contains the portrait, the vignettes and 33 plates, designed by Moreau le Jeune. Cohen says that to secure early impressions of the illustrations, the plate of the "Sicilien," engraved by Moreau le Jeune, page 160, Vol. 4, should show the signature in a pronounced manner (which this copy contains), as in later impressions the signature is very faint. This edition is most remarkable for its beauty and is the Chef-d'œuvre of Moreau le Jeune.

450. MONKHOUSE (COSMO). British Contemporary Arttists. Numerous reproductions. Imp. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1899

451. MONTAIGNE (MICHEL, Seigneur de). Les Essais Novvelle Edition exactement pvrgée des Defavts des precedentes, selon le vray original. Engraved title to vol. 1 bearing the author's portrait, general titles printed in red and black. 3 vols. small 8vo, old French straight-grained red morocco, ornamental gold border on sides, backs gilt in compartments, inside borders, gilt edges, by Bozerian le jeune. Signed in the lower compartment of the back of vol. 1, from the Duke of Sutherland's library, with his arms added in gold on the sides at a later date.

A RARE AND MUCH ESTEEMED EDITION of Montaigne in a charming binding by the younger Bozerian, very fresh and well-preserved, executed about 1820. Very fine copy.

452. MOREAU LE JEUNE. Lettres d'Heloise et d'Abeilard. Suite complete par Moreau le Jeune. Folio, full red levant morocco, gilt back, line tooled, silk doublures and flys, gilt top, uncut. Paris: Didot, 1796

AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE SET OF PLATES IN TWO STATES, proofs before the titles and with the titles; also, one plate in pure etching, all designed by Moreau le Jeune, and engraved by Lemire, Langlois, Delvaux, Simonet, Halbou, Romanet, etc. There have been added portraits of Abeilard and Heloise engraved by Le Noble after Gardner. The whole forming a pleasing collection.

453. Euvres du Comte Antoine Hamilton, consisting of Memoires du Comte de Grammont, Histoire de fleur d'Epine, Le Bélier, Les quatre Facardino, Zénéyde, Lettres et Epitres. 3 vols. 8vo, new half blue levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut. Paris, 1812

A beautiful copy of this esteemed edition, illustrated with portraits of Hamilton, Grammont, Miss Temple, engraved by St. Aubin, and the ex