220. FIELDING (HENRY). A Charge Delivered to the Grand Jury, at the Sessions of the Peace Held for the City and Liberty of Westminster, &c., on Thursday the 29th of June, 1749. 8vo, paper cover.

FIRST EDITION.

London, Printed for A. Millar, 1749

221. FILLMORE (MILLARD). A. L. S., 1 p. 4to. Albany, April 3, 1848 Regretting that he can not attend the Henry Clay festival and giving his estimation of Clay.

222. FILLMORE (MILLARD). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. Buffalo,

"I studiously avoid all public demonstrations," etc.

March 30, 1859

223. FINLAY (HUGH). Journal kept by Hugh Finlay, Surveyor of the Post Roads on the Continent of North America, during his Survey of the Post Offices between Falmouth and Casco Bay in the Province of Massachusetts and Savannah in Georgia, 1773-1774. Maps. 4to, half morocco (rubbed). Brooklyn, 1867

One of 25 copies on Large Paper, reprinted from the original. 224. FITZGERALD (EDWARD). Polonius: A Collection of Wise Saws and Modern Instances. Square 8vo, original cloth. London, 1852 FIRST EDITION. Scarce.

226. FRAGMENTS OF RARE BOOKS, mostly of the Elizabethan Period, collected chiefly by J. Payne Collier. 40 pieces, inserted in full morocco scrap-book.

A VERY VALUABLE COLLECTION of fragments of EXTREMELY RARE BOOKS, the majority of them containing MS. notes by Luther R. Livingston.

Among the pieces may be mentioned:

[Rogers (John).] The displaying of an horrible secte . . selves the Family of Love. 8vo.

naming themLondon, [1579] Two unopened sheets (M and O, 32 pp.). "O" is the last sheet in the book and has the colophon. This work was rigidly suppressed. Shakespeare (W.). Romeo and Juliet.

Title and 6 leaves.

Shakespeare (W.). Sonnets.

Title and one leaf.

London, 1597

London, 1609

London, 1598

London, 1607

London, 1576

Last two leaves, containing last page of Kerton's work and Speculum Humanum, a poem in six eleven-line stanzas by Stephen Gosson, the a. thor of the Schoole of Abuse. This poem appears to be his first printed work.

Tusser (T.). The Five Hundredth points of good husbandry.

Pp. 129-162 (mispages 144).

A Booke of Certaine Canons.

[London, 1599?]

London, 1571

Title within ornamental borders, and first seven leaves. Chettle (Henry). The Pleasant Comodie of Patient Grissill.

London, 1603

16 pp., somewhat defective. Only two copies seem to be known, one in the British Museum. Derendel (Peter). The true and lyvely historyke Purtreatures of the woll Bible. Lyons, 1553

108 pp., each containing a woodcut by Le Petit Bernard. This is more than half of the book, which contains 100 leaves, according to Lowndes.

Ellis (G.). The Lamentation of the Lost Sheepe.

London, 1605 The only copy known, aside from this fragment is in the Bridgewater Collection, and lacks Sig. E3. The four leaves of the present fragment (Sig. F.) are mentioned by Collier in his "Rarest Books," Vol. 1, p. 307.

227. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Poor Richard, 1736. An Almanack for the Year of Christ 1736. 24 pages, small 8vo, full crushed morocco, uncut. By Riviere. Philadelphia, Printed and sold by B. Franklin, [1735] Several pages grease stained and last leaf in remarkably fine facsimile. THE FOURTH OF THE SERIES AND EXTREMELY SCARCE. SEE ILLUSTRATION]

The

229. FRANKLIN PRINTING. To William Denny, Esq. Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, &e. Address of the Trustees and Treasurers of the Friendly Association for regaining and preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures.

Signed on Behalf and by Appointment of the said Trustees and Treasurer, by Abel James, Clerk.

4 pages, folio.

Philadelphia, [Published by Franklin & Hall], 1757 The left-hand lower corner has been cut out, without, however, touching the text.

230. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Poor Richard Improved. An Almanack by Richard Saunders . . . for the Year 1757. 18 leaves, small 8vo, full light brown levant morocco, uncut, by Bedford.

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall, n.d. A SUPERB COPY, IN RARE UNCUT CONDITION.

231. FRANKLIN IMPRINT. An Extract from a Treatise by William Law, M.A. Called the Spirit of Prayer. 8vo, full green morocco.

Scarce.

Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1760

232. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). A Large Allegorial Print, the central figure of which is Franklin.

Paris, 1778

It is engraved by J. Le Vasseur and is dedicated to Congress.

233. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). La Science du Bonhomme Richard, ou le Moyen Facile de payer les Impots dans les possessions de l'Amerique Angloise; Etc.

12mo, half calf.

SCARCE.

A Philadelphie, 1778

Poor Richard, 1736.

ΑΝ

Almanack

For the Year of Christ

17.36,

Being BISSEXTILE or LEAP YEAR

And makes fince the Creation

Years

By the Account of the Eastern Greeks

7244

By the Latin Church, when

By the Computation of W. W.

5.745

By the Roman Chronology

5685

5497

By the Jew Rabbies

Wherein is contained,

The Lunations, Eclipfes, Judgment of the Weather, Spring Tides, Pianets Motions & mutual Afpects, Sun and Moon's Rifing and Setting, Length of Days, Time of High Water, Fairs, Courts, and obfervable Days

Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, and a Meridian of Five Hours Welt from London, but may without fenfible Error, ferve all the adjacent Places, even from Newfoundland to SouthCarolina.

By RICHARD SAUNDERS, Philom.

PHILADELPHIA:

Printed and fold by B. FRANKLIN, at the New Printing-Office near the Market.

VERY EARLY "POOR RICHARD"

[SEE NUMBER 227]

234. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). The Way to Wealth: As clearly shewn in the Preface of an old Pennsylvania Almanack, intitled, Poor Richard, Improved, Written by Dr. Benjamin Franklin.-Extracted from the Doctor's Political Works. Folio, 4 columns. [London, 1779-1780 (?).]

This seems to correspond with Ford's No. 119, although it measures somewhat larger than the dimensions given by him. Possibly it is No. 119*, which Ford quotes from the British Museum Catalogue.

235. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Two Tracts: Information to those who would remove to America, and Remarks concerning the Savages of North America. 8vo, sewn. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1784

FIRST EDITION.

236. [FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN).] Observations sur les deux Rapports de MM. Les Commissaires nommés par sa Majesté pour l'examen du Magnetisme Animal. Par M. D'Eslon. 4to, sewn, uncut.

A Philadelphie; Et se trouve à Paris, 1784 237. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Observations d'un Voyageur Anglais, Sur la Maison de Force appellée Bicétre: Imité de l' Anglais. Par le Comte de Mirabeau; Avec une Lettre de M. Benjamin Franklin. 8vo, half morocco. [Paris,] 1788 Unknown to Ford. The letter was printed in English in Ford No. 378. According to the catalogue of the Bibliotheque Nationale the "Voyageur Anglais" was S. Romilly.

238. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces. Now first collected, with explanatory plates, notes, and an index to the whole. Portrait and engraved plates. 8vo, contemporary sheep (hinges weak). London, 1789

FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Scarce.

239. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Correspondence Inédite et Secrete du Docteur B. Franklin. Engraved portrait. 2 vols., 8vo, original wrappers, Paris, 1817

uncut.

240. Another copy of the same. 2 vols., 8vo, half sheep (worn).

Paris, 1817

241. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). A steel engraved portrait on folio sheet, done in Italy in 1818. With descriptive text.

242. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). The Posthumous and Other Writings of. Published from the Originals by His Grandson, William Temple Franklin. 2 vols., 8vo, boards, cloth back, uncut. London, 1819

243. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, with his Life. Portrait and engraved title. 12mo, boards, uncut.

New York, 1824

Very Rare. Not in Ford. 244. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). The Beauties of Franklin. By Alfred Howard. Portrait by W. Fry. 16mo, boards, uncut (piece missing from back). Lond., [1834]

245. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Portrait engraved by Maverick. 12mo, original sheep (cover loose).

New York: Tiebout & Obrian, n.d.

The portrait and title are both engraved by P. R. Maverick.

246. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). with his Life. 18mo, cloth.

The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Peekskill, 1834

SECOND SESSION

LOTS 247-487

247. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin. 12mo, half cloth.

Nurnberg, [about 1835]

248. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Rhisiat Druan. Ac a gyfieithiwyd idd y gymraeg gan Thomas Roberts. Engraved portrait. 16mo, original limp boards.

Scarce. Ford, 215.

Y Ffordd I. Gaffael Cyfoeth, neu,

Llundain, 1839

Amsterdam, [1843]

249. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Leerrijke Keur uit Benjamin Franklin's Zedekundige Schriften. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut.

250.- - Another copy of the same.

251.- - Another copy of the same, in boards.

252. [FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN).] An Essay on Electricity, with an Essay on Magnetism. By George Adams, London, 1787; An Introduction to Electricity. By James Ferguson. London, 1770; Easy Introduction to the Arts and Sciences. By R. Turner. London [1790]. 3 vols., 8vo and 12mo, calf and half (some covers loose).

253. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin with his Life, N. Y., 1825; The Same, London, 1809; The Same, London, 1819. 3 vols., 18mo, various bindings.

254. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, containing His Life and Essays, with various Pieces. B. Gray. 2 vols., 12mo, boards (rebacked).

Portrait by Glasgow, 1814

255. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). The Gentleman's Pocket Library, containing Franklin's "The Way to Wealth." Bost., 1794; British Genius Exemplified (Hartley), Lond. 1820; The Administration of Estates, N. Y., n.d. Together 3 vols., 12mo, various bindings.

256. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Benjamin Franklin: his Autobiography, (Hastings) 2 copies, N. Y., 1855; Memorial of the Inauguration of the Statue of Franklin, Bost., 1858. Together 3 vols., 8vo, cloth.

257. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Life and Essays, Phila., 1854; Life of Franklin, Auburn, 1851; Life of Franklin: embracing Anecdotes, Phila., n.d. Together 3 vols., 12mo and 16mo, cloth.

258. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Life of Franklin, 2 vols., Leipzig, 1858; Life of Franklin (Holley), Phila., n.d.; Life of Franklin, embracing Anecdotes, Phila., n.d. Together 4 vols., 12mo, cloth and paper.

259. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Life and Essays. Written by Himself, Phila., 1812; Autobiography and Essays, 2 copies, Phila., 1864; The Works of Franklin, N. Y., 1851. Together 4 vols., 16mo, cloth, and calf."

260. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). The Life and Essays of Franklin. Various early Editions. 7 vols., 16mo and smaller, various bindings.

London, 1809-Peekskill, 1834 Includes the scarce edition printed by Tiebout, N. Y., n.d., with the portrait by Maverick; the New York edition of 1824, unknown to Ford, etc., etc.