MANUSCRIPT WITH DRAWINGS BY THE EMINENT 18TH CENTURY FRENCH CALLIGRAPHER, J. FYOT

BOUND BY DEROME

gree gold borders on sides, gilt panelled backs, doublures of levant with gold-tooled borders, watered silk flies, gilt tops, uncut.

Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co., 1917

MEMORIAL EDITION DE LUXE, limited. With the illustrations in duplicate, one set being colored, and an original drawing by the artist in the first volume. The best edition of O. Henry.

472. PORTRAITS. Academie des Sciences et des Arts, contenant les Vies et les Eloges historiques des Hommes Illustres. Par Isaac Bullard. 2 vols. folio, half morocco, gilt edges.

Bruxelles, 1695

FINE COPY OF THIS RARE WORK, containing over 280 copper portraits, engraved by the celebrated "De Garmessin" and others, including: Thomas a Kempis, Erasmus, Christopher Columbus, Petrarque,_ Albert Durer, J. Guttenberg, Aretine, Van Dyck, J. Callot, Holbein, Rubens, Monstrelet, Thomas Moore, Boccaccio, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, etc., etc.

473. PTOLEMAEUS (CLAUDIUS). Geographia. Olim a Bilibaldo Pirckheimerio tráslata, at nunc multis codicibus græcis collata, pluribusque in locis ad pristinam veritatem redacta a Josepho Moletio Mathematico. Maps. 4to, original vellum, gilt edges. Venetiis, apud Vincentium Valgrisium, 1562

AN EXTREMELY RARE EDITION. Finely printed by Vincent Valgrisi, a little-known printer of Venice whose work compares very favourably with that of the Aldi.

THE AMERICAN INTEREST IN THIS WORK IS VERY GREAT.

The sixty-four Maps are all good impressions. The first depicts the World according to Ptolemaeus' projection.

The Map of the New World, which follows, is much more true to the present-day conception of the outline of both hemi-spheres. North and South America are shown. The only land named on the East Coast of North America is, "Terra Florida". The text states that "This map contains the whole of the known world." America shows Florida, Peru, Brazil, etc.

474. QUINTUS CURTIUS (RUFUS). The History of Quintus Curtius, conteyning the actes of the greate Alexander, translated out of Latin into Englishe by Iohn Brende. Small 8vo, old green morocco, gilt back and sides.

[London]: In ædibus Richardi Tottell, 1570 VERY RARE. George Stevens' copy, with his name stamp on title.

475. Historiarum Libri. Accurantissimi edita. Brilliant impression of the engraved title-page depicting Alexander the Great mounted on Bucephalus, etc. 12mo. Red morocco, gilt leaves.

Lugd. Batavorum ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633

An exceptionally fine and tall copy of the genuine First Issue. It measures 123 millimetres, being one millimetre taller than the Montgermont example. Bookplate of T. Dawson Brodie.

476. RABELAIS. Euvres. Edition variorum, augmentée de pieces inedites des Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel, etc. 10 vols. 8vo, contemporary half calf, blind tooling (backs rubbed).

Paris, 1823-30

VERY FINE COPY, with a curious set of woodcuts illustrating "les Songes drolatiques" and having inserted several portraits after Deveria and Savart, also a fine set of illustrations after Deveria and the very rare set of 76 plates done by the best artists of the 18th century.

477. The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick, containing five books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his sonne Pantagruel . . . all done by in the French Tongue and now faithfully translated into English. Finely illus trated with the highly clever, daring and humorous interpretations by W. Heath Robinson in more than 100 full-page plates, and many head- and tail-pieces. 2 vols., royal 4to, three-quarter crimson levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1904

From the first edition of Sir Thomas Urquhart, well printed in large type.

478. RACINE (J.). Œuvres. Brilliant portrait, engraved by J. Daullé, 12 plates and vignettes after J. De Seve, engraved by J. Tardieu, Le Mire, Aliamet, Lempereur, Flipart, etc. 3 vols. 4to, contemporary marbled calf, gilt backs, gilt edges (bindings a little worn).

Paris, 1760

479. Euvres. Illustrated with the fine series of engraved plates by Mathieu, Lavallé, Romanet, Blot and others, after Gerard, Moitte, Chaudet, etc. 3 vols., royal folio, half green morocco (rubbed), gilt tops, uncut.

LARGE PAPER COPY.

Paris, 1801

480. Euvres Completes de J. Racine, avec les Notes de tous les Commentateurs par L. Ainé Martin. 7 vols. 8vo, full contemporary calf, gilt lines on sides and backs, gilt edges by Koehler (backs a little rubbed).

Paris, 1825

A REMARKABLE COPY, having inserted various portraits of Racine, many INDIA PROOFS and the following sets of illustrations, ALL ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS. The beautiful set after Gravelot; The small Moreau le Jeune set, PROOFS BEFORE TITLES; The large Moreau le Jeune set, PROOFS BEFORE TITLE, for the 1811 Edition; The Desenne set, PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER; A Rare copperplate set, from an early edition.

481. RACINET (M. A.). Le Costume Historique. Illustrated with 500 plates, of which 300 are in gold and colors. Folio, half red morocco, gilt tops, uncut. Paris, 1888, etc.

Fine copy of this important and beautiful work.

482. RAMSAY (SIR J. H.). Lancaster and York. 2 vols. Oxford, 1892; Foundations of England, 2 vols. London, 1898; The Angevin Empire, London, 1903; Genesis of Lancaster, 2 vols. Oxford, 1913. Maps and Illustrations. Together 7 vols. 8vo, cloth. Oxford and London, 1892-1913

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FIRST EDITIONS.

483. RAMUS (P.). Eloquentiæ Philosophiæque professoris Oratio, initio suæ professionis habita anno 1551 8 Cal. Sept. ad Carolum Lotharingum Cardinalem. Printer's device on title, woodcut initial of King David. 12mo, unbound.

Parisiis: Ex typ. M. Davidis, 1551

THE BEAUTIFUL LAMOIGNON COPY

484. RAYNAL (THOMAS). Histoire Philosophique et Politi que des etablissemens & du commerce des Europeens dans les deux

Indes. Brilliant impressions of the seven charming frontispieces after Eisen by Baquoy, de Launay, Masquelier and Née, and five important folding maps of (1) North and South America, (2) the same repeated, (3) the Gulf of Mexico, (4) North America, and (5) the same repeated. After M. Bonne by André. 7 vols. 8vo, contemporary black morocco, gilt edges.

A la Haye: chez Gosse, fils, 1774 THE EXTREMELY FINE LAMOIGNON COPY. This splendid copy came from the Library of Chretien Francois II de Lamoignon, President of the Paris Parliament, Keeper of the Seals, and Knight of the Order of St. Esprit. Stamped on the margin of a leaf in each volume is the letter "L" ensigned by the Cap of Office of the Parliamentary President. The books from this Library are remarkable for their choice condition.

485. REMBRANDT. Complete Work. History, Description, and Heliographic reproduction of all the Master's Pictures, with a study of his Life and Art. The text by Wilhelm Bode. Assisted by C. Hofstede de Groot. From the German by Florence Simmonds. Illustrated with numerous fine heliogravure plates. 8 vols. imp. 4to, original wrappers, uncut. Paris, 1897-1906

THE MOST COMPLETE AND BEAUTIFUL WORK ON REMBRANDT YET PUBLISHED.

486. RILEY (JAMES WHITCOMB). Afterwhiles. 12mo, original boards, cloth. Indianapolis, 1888

FIRST EDITION. Inscribed on fly-leaf: "To my friend James Newton Matthews, with heartiest liking, James Whitcomb Riley." Below, is the following verse in the author's autograph:

487.

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"We say and we say and we say-
We promise, engage, and declare,

Till a year from tomorrow is yesterday,
And Yesterday is—where?"

-Indianapolis, Dec., 1887

Armazindy. Frontispiece. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, un-
Indianapolis, 1895

FIRST EDITION. Presentation copy from the author, with inscription on fly-leaf: "To Busch Hays, Esq. From his old Hoosier friend, James Whitcomb Riley. Indianapolis, Ind. U. S. A., Sep. 7, 1901.”

488. ROBINSON (HENRY CRABB). Diary, Reminiscences, and Correspondence. Selected and Edited by Thomas Sadler. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED and extended by the insertion of about 400 plates, portraying the literary and dramatic celebrities of the day, many finely colored by hand, and several printed in colors; also several original wash and watercolor drawings, and an A. L. S. of the author. 6 vols. (3 vols. extended to 6), thick 8vo, full blue crushed levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut, by Stikeman.

FIRST EDITION. Very choice set.

London, 1869

489. ROLLIN (M.). Histoire Romaine depuis la Fondation de Rome jusqu'a la Bataille d'Actium: c'est à-dire jusqu'à la fin de la République. Folding maps. 16 vols. 8vo. Red morocco by [Derome l'ainé.] A Paris: chez les Frères Estienne, 1748-1758

A SUPERB ROYAL BOOK. Each of the sixteen volumes is specially bound in splendid crimson morocco for Louis XV, KING OF FRANCE, and the Royal Arms are in the centre of each of the covers.