BOOKS IN FINE BINDINGS-Continued. 301. GESANGBUCH für die protestantische GesamnetGemeinde des Königreichs Baiern. 12mo. Sulzbach, 1819 * Enclosed in a German shark-skin binding of the 18th century, repoussé and pierced silver borders of flowers and ornamental foliage on the sides and back, central wreaths, that on the front cover enclosing a "B" and that of the back cover an "O", silver clasps, gilt edges. 302. GOETHE (JOHANN WOLFGANG VON). Reynard the Fox, after the German version of Goethe by Thomas James Arnold. Illustrations by Joseph Wolf. 8vo. London, 1855 * Citron levant morocco, the sides entirely covered with a gilt-tooled geometrical design in the manner of the Byzantine mosaics, gilt over marbled edges, by BEDFORD. FINE SPECIMEN. 303. GOLDSMITH (OLIVER). Miscellaneous Works. With an account of his Life and Writings. Edited by Washington Irving. 4 vols. royal 8vo. Paris, 1825 * Blue morocco, with the arms of Charles X on the sides, by PURGOLD. Large paper copy, with the plates in two states. 304. GOLNITZ (ABRAHAM). Ulysses belgico-gallicus. Engraved title. 12mo, old English red straight-grain morocco, gilt panelled sides, corner ornaments on a pointillé ground, gilt back, leather joints, gilt edges, by Roger Payne. Lugduni Batav.: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1631 *First Elzevier edition. The Syston Park copy. 305. [GONDOT (PIERRE THOMAS).] Le Prix de la Beauté ou les Couronnes. Title and 4 plates engraved by Thérèse Martinet after Martinet and 16 pages of music at end. [Paris, 1760] 306. 4to. * Old French red morocco gilt, the arms of QUEEN MARIE ANTOINETTE in the centre of both covers, fleur-de-lis in the corners, silk linings, gilt edges, by DEROME. GOULART (SIMON).] Recueil contenant les choses memorables advenues soubs la Ligue. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. bound in 6, small 8vo. [Paris], 1587-89 * Old French red morocco gilt, the arms of MADAME DE POMPADOUR in the centre of the covers, gilt edges. From the R. S. Turner library. 307. GRANATA (P. LUIGI). Meditations containing devout Exercises for the 7 daies of the weeke. title. 12mo. Engraved [London], 1623 *Contemporary English binding in silk, the sides and back finely embroidered to a floral design of gold and silver thread and colored silk, in the centre of the front cover an embroidered medallion representing the Virgin, and on that of the back cover another medallion representing the Saviour, silk ties, gilt edges. Fine specimen. BOOKS IN FINE BINDINGS-Continued. 308. GRESSET (J. B. L.). Euvres. Nouvelle édition 2 vols. 12mo. Londres [Paris], 1748 revue. * Old French ivory morocco, ornamental borders on the sides painted red, blue and brown, with gold toolings, Chinese figures painted in the centre of the covers, gilt and painted backs, gilt edges, in a board case. A fine and uncommon example. 309. GROTIUS (HUGO). Le Droit de la Guerre et de la Paix. Frontispiece engraved by Vermeulen after Sevin. 2 vols. 4to. Paris, 1687 * Old French red morocco, the arms of King LOUIS XIV in the centre of the covers, gilt back, gilt edges. The Dedication copy to Louis XIV, with his device representing the Sun, engraved on the back of the title of Vol. I. 310. GUAY-TROUIN (RENÉ DU). Mémoires. Portrait of the author, proof before letters, engraved by Larmessin, 6 plates by Le Bas, and a map. 4to. LARGE [Paris], 1740 PAPER. *Old French red morocco, with the arms of ANTOINE-JACQUES AMELOT DU CHAILLOU, minister of Louis XVI, gilt back, gilt edges. An autobiography of the famous French Admiral, more easily recognized under the modern spelling of Duguay-Trouin. The First Edition. 311. GUISE (HENRI II DE LORRAINE, DUC DE). Memoires [rédigés par Phil. Goibaud, S Du Bois, et publiés par Saint-Yon]. 4to. FIRST EDITION. Paris, 1668 * Old French red morocco, gilt-tooled dentelle borders on the sides, with the arms of ADRIEN DE LA VIEUVILLE, commandeur de Wignacourt, grand-prieur de Champagne, in the centre of each cover, gilt back and edges, by DU SEUIL. 312. HABERT (FRANÇOIS). La Nouvelle Pallas, presentée a Mgr. le Dauphin . . . Item la Naissance de Mgr. le Duc de Bretagne, fils dudict seigneur avec un petit œuvre bucolique. Aussi, le Cantique du pécheur converti à Dieu. Small 8vo. Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1547 * Old French red morocco gilt, with the arms of Henri, Marquis de Villeneuve de Bargemont, on the centre of the covers, gilt edges. RARE. From the Hibbert, La Roche Lacarelle and Bindley libraries. 313. HALL (JOSEPH). Epistles, Vols. I and II. FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural border (rubbed). Thick 12mo. London: A. 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