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Study of Ben Jonson, 1889. Together 6 vols. 12mo, original cloth, mainly uncut. London, v. d.

FIRST EDITIONS.

622. SYNGE (JOHN M.). Works. Frontispiece portraits. 4 vols., 8vo, buckram, gilt tops, uncut. Dublin, 1910

FIRST COLLECTED EDITION.

623. TABER (EDWARD). Stowe Notes. Letters and Verses. With numerous fine illustrations printed by hand on Japanese paper. 8vo, boards, linen back, gilt top, uncut. Boston, 1913 One of 30 copies.

624. TACITUS (P. CORN.). Annalivm Libri Sedecim. Italic type, printer's device on title, and woodcut initials. Thick 12mo, original black calf gilt, worn.

Lvgdvni: apud Haered. Seeb. Gryphii, 1559 FINE COPY. With the autograph motto "foy pourdevoir" and autograph signature E. Hartford" of Edward Somerset, Earl of Hertford, son of the famous Lord Protector Somerset.

625. TASSO (TORQVATO). Di Gerosalemme Conqvistata Libri XXIII. Medallion portrait of Tasso within a wreath on title. Thick narrow 12mo, yellow morocco, corner ornaments in gold on sides, a similar ornament in each compartment of the back, inside borders, by Zaehnsdorf.

Fine copy.

In Parigi; Abel L'Angelier, 1615

626. TAYLOR (JOHN, the Water Poet). The Pennyles Pilgrimage, or The Money-lesse perambulation of John Taylor, Alias the Kings Majesties Water-Poet. How he travailed on foot from London to Edenborough in Scotland, not carrying any money to or fro, neither Begging, Borrowing, or Asking Meate, drinke or Lodging. With his Description of his Entertainment in all places of his Journey, and a true Report of the vnmatchable Hunting in the Brea of Marre and Badenoch in Scotland. With other Observations. Lastly that (which is rare in a Travailer) all is true. Small 4to, half blue morocco (flaw in lower outer blank margins mended).

London: Printed by Edw. All-de, at the charges of the Author, 1618.

FIRST EDITION. One of the rarest of Taylor's works, partly written in verse. Collation: A to G3 in 4s.

627. TEATE (F.). Ter Tria: or the Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons, Father, Son, & Spirit, Principal Graces, Faith, Hope, and Love. Main Duties, Prayer, Hearing, and Meditation. By Faithful Teate, Preacher of the Word at Sudbury in Suffolk. The Second Edition. 12mo, paper slightly age-discoloured, original sheep. London, Printed in the year 1669

A curious volume of religious verse, copies of which very rarely occur for sale.

628. TENNIS. Trattato del givoco della palla di messer Antonio Scaino da Salo, diviso in tre parti. Device on title. Small 8vo, boards, old calf back.

629.

In Vinegia: Appresso Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1555 VERY RARE. THE EARLIEST BOOK ON COURT TENNIS.

[Lukin (R.).] A Treatise on Tennis. By a Member of the Tennis Club. Folding plate. 8vo, cloth back and boards, uncut. London, 1822 VERY SCARCE, especially with the folding plate, which is rarely found. 630. Another copy. 8vo, full brown morocco, gilt edges. Wants the half title and the folding plate. London, 1822

631. A Treatise on Tennis. By S. Smith Travers. Photographic portraits and lithographed plates. 8vo, full calf.

632.

Hobart Town, 1875 Autograph presentation copy from the author, signed with his initials.

Marshall (Julian). The Annals of Tennis.

trated. Small 4to, decorated cloth, gilt top.

FIRST EDITION.

IllusLondon, 1878

633. The Badminton Library, containing: Tennis, by J. M. Heathcote; Lawn Tennis, by C. G. Heathcote, etc. Illustrated. 4to, half blue morocco (rubbed), gilt top, uncut. London, 1890

One of 250 copies on Large Paper.

634. TENNYSON (ALFRED, LORD). Poems. 2 vols. 12mo, original boards, uncut, with the labels.

Boston: W. D. Ticknor, 1842

A fine copy of the rare first American edition of Tennyson, published the same year as the English, of which it is a close imitation. No mention is made of this edition by the bibliographers of Tennyson.

635.

636.

Idylls of the King. Small 8vo, original cloth, uncut.
London, Moxon, 1859

FIRST EDITION.

Works. Edited by William J. Rolfe. Illustrations on Japan paper. 12 vols. 8vo, buckram, gilt tops, uncut, paper Boston: Dana, Estes & Co., n. d.

labels.

EDITION DE LUXE.

SPECIAL COPY WITH AUTOGRAPH LETTER INSERTED 637. THACKERAY (W. M.). The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. With engraved titles, 40 full-page plates, and numerous woodcuts by Richard Doyle, 2 vols. 8vo, half green London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854 FIRST EDITION. With an interesting and characteristic autograph note signed W. M. Thackeray,'' dated Kensington, June 14 no year, inserted.

morocco.

638. THOMPSON (MAURICE). Songs of Fair Weather. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, boards, uncut.

Boston, 1883

639. THOMPSON (WINFIELD M.) AND LAWSON (THOMAS). The Lawson History of the America's Cup. Numerous illustrations. Imperial 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut.

Boston, 1902

640. THORY (C. A.). Les Roses, peintes par P. J. Redoute, décrites et Classées selon leur order Naturel. Illustrated with 185 full-page colored plates. 3 vols. 8vo, full olive morocco, gilt edges (slightly rubbed and a few plates loose). Paris, 1825

641. THOMSON (JAMES). The Seasons, Chiswick, 1820; Epigrammata (Martialis), Parisiis, 1693; De Rerum Natura (Lucrettii), Biponti, 1782; and others. Together 10 vols., various sizes and bindings.

642. TURNER GALLERY (THE). N. Y., n. d. ; Gems of Ancient Art from the Old Masters. London, 1827; Geschichte der neueren Deutschen Kunst (Raczynski), Berlin, 1836, and others. Illustrated. 5 vols., 4to and folio, various bindings.

643. UZANNE (OCTAVE). Les Surprises du Cœur. Engraved title by Gery-Bichard. 8vo, full green levant morocco, elaborately gilt back and sides, gilt inside borders, gilt top, uncut, original pictorial cover bound in, by Rousselle.

644.

Limited to a small number.

Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1881

The Fan. Beautifully illustrated in tints by Paul

Avril. Royal 8vo, full red levant morocco, gilt edges.

645.

FINE COPY.

London: Nimmo, 1884

London, 1889

The Mirror of the World. 160 engravings by Paul Avril, printed in tints. 4to, original cloth. Large Japan Paper copy, only 100 printed.

646. Physiologie des Quais de Paris du Pont Royal au Pont Sully. Etched frontispiece in FOUR STATES by Manesse and tert illustrations by Emile Mas. Royal 8vo, three-quarter blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, by Noulhac. Paris, 1893 One of 75 copies on Japan paper.

647.

Monument Esthematique due XIXe Siècle. Les Modes de Paris. Variations du Gout et de l'Esthetique de la Femme 17971897. Illustrations originales de Francoie Courboin. Royal 8vo, three-quarter levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Paris, 1898

One of 90 copies on Imperial Japanese paper, with a duplicate set of the full-page plates, in color.

648. VERSAILLES.

Galeries Historiques de Versailles. Illustrated with numerous fine engraved plates on India paper. 4 vols., atlas folio, half russia, rebacked.

[Paris, n. d.]

A fine copy of this exhaustive work on the beauties of Versailles, by Ch. Gavard, with the plates in fine clean state.

649. VERSAILLES GALLERY. La Grande Galerie de Versailles, peinte par Ch. Le Brun, dessinée par Massée. 52 fine large copperplates. Atlas folio, contemporary calf.

Paris, 1752

650. VILLEMAIN (M.). Souvenirs Contemporians d'histoire et de Littérature. 2 vols. 8vo, half morocco.

Paris, 1855

651. VOLTAIRE. Le Poeme de Fontenoy, dedicated to the King Louis XV. Vignette on title. 4to, full crushed levant morocco, gilt back and sides, inside dentelles, gilt edges. Paris, 1745

FINE COPY OF THE RARE FIRST EDITION of this celebrated Poem, written on the occasion of the Victory of the celebrated Battle of Fontenoy. 652. Age of Louis XIV, 1779; Age of Louis XV, 1779; Manners and Spirit of Nations, 2 vols. 1780; Annals of the Empire; from the reign of Charlemagne, 1781; Dramatic Works, 1781. Portraits and illustrations. 6 vols. 8vo, half morocco, red edges. London, 1779-81

ILLUSTRATED WITH THE RARE SET OF ENGRAVINGS BY MOREAU 653. VOLTAIRE (F. M. AROUET DE). La Pucelle; or, The Maid of Orleans: a Poem, in XXI Cantos. From the French of M. de Voltaire. With the Author's Preface and Original Notes. Illustrated by the insertion of fine portraits of Voltaire and Joan of Arc, and the series of 21 charming plates engraved after Moreau's designs by Simonet, Girardet, Massard and others, brilliant impressions, 2 vols. 8vo, finely bound in green levant morocco, triple fillet in gold on the sides, backs gilt in compartments, inside borders, gilt edges by Rivière.

No place or printer's name, but Dublin, 1796-97 EXTREMELY RARE, as after 50 copies were distributed the whole of the remainder of the edition was destroyed, the freedom of translation being considered injurious to the memory of the translator, Lady Charleville. Rendered additionally valuable by the presence of Moreau's beautiful and very rare designs. Very choice copy.

654. WALLER (EDMUND). A Poem on St. James's Park as lately improved by his Maiesty. Written by Edmund Waller, Esq. Folio unbound, preserved in a specially made cloth case. Printed for G. Bedel and T. Collins at the Middle-Temple Gate, 1661.

THE EXCESSIVELY RARE FIRST GENUINE EDITION ON LARGE PAPER of St. James's Park with the end note referring to the surreptitious edition “The Reader is desired to take notice, that a false copy of these verses on St. James's Park was surreptitiously and very imperfectly printed in one sheet, without the author's knowledge and consent, several lines being there left out." The poem on St. James's Park ends on C1, the rest of the work (C2 to D2) is occupied by some verses "Of our late War with Spaine, and first Victory at Sea near St. Lugar." A very fine clean copy. 655. Poems, &c. Written upon several Occasions, and to several Persons. Fifth Edition, with several Additions Never before Printed. Portrait after Lely by Vandrebanc, title in red and black (early owners' names on same). Small 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (a little worn).

(London), for II. Herringman, to be sold by J. Knight and F. Saunders, 1686.

656. WALPOLE (HORACE). Anecdotes of Painting in England. 4 vols. London, 1786; The Works of His Grace George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, 2 vols. London, 1775; Sheridaniana; or Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. London, 1826. Together 7 vols. 12mo, calf and half calf.

657. WALTON AND COTTON. The Complete Angler: or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation. With original. Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas. Illustrated with engraved portraits, full-page plates and engravings throughout text by Cooke, Fox and others, after Stothard and Inskipp. 2 vols. royal green morocco, gilt edges (upper corner margins of a few pages slightly stained). London: Nattali and Bond, 1860

A reprint of Pickering's edition of 1836.

658. WARD (THOMAS). England's Reformation: From the Time of King Henry VIII, To the End of Oate's Plot, A Poem in Four Canto's. With Large Marginal Notes, According to the Original. Title printed in red and black (original owner's name on title, paper slightly age-discolored), 8vo, contemporary calf (worn).

London, for W. B. and sold by T. Bickerton, 1716

RARE, especially with the leaf of Advertisement at end (contemporary MS. verses on back), and John Bramhall, Bishop of Derry's Consecration and Succession of Protestant Bishops Justified, London, 1716. A large copy.

659. WASE (CHRISTOPHER). Gratii Falisci Cynegeticon; or, a Poem of Hunting by Gratius the Faliscian, Englished and Illustrated by C. Wase, Gent. 12mo, panelled calf extra, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf. London: for C. Adams, 1654 FIRST EDITION. One of the rarest English poems on Hunting. Prefixed is a long poem (3 pp.) "On my worthy friend the Author,' mund Waller. Fine large copy.

by Ed

660. WATSON (JOHN). The Life of the Master. Plates in color. Imperial Svo, cloth, gilt top, uncut.

New York, 1901

Vol. 1

661. [WHITMAN (WALT).] Brother Jonathan. (Jan.-April, 1842); Vol. 4 (Jan.-April, 1843); Vol. 5 (May-Aug. 1843). 3 Vols. 4to, half roan and half sheep (worn).

New York, 1842-43 CONTAINS THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF "AMBITION" by Walt Whitman in the issue for Jan. 29, 1843. VERY SCARCE. Clean copy. Bookplate of Duykeinek Collection, Lenox Library.

662. WIENER (LEO). Contributions toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut.

New York, 1917

FIRST EDITION. The latest and and most erudite of all the works on this subject, presenting a new point of view regarding the authenticity of parts of certain ancient Codices. Some of the chapters are: Hisperic literature, the German Forgeries, the "Germania" of Tacitus, the SyrioLatin texts, Germanic Ghost Words, etc., etc.

A list in each volume, of the authorities quoted, adds to the importance and value of the work.

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