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141. VIGNOLA (JACQUES DE BAROZZIO DE). Règle des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture. Engraved title and 42 plates. Folio, boards, leather back (pages hinged). Amsterdam: Justus Danckers, n.d.

142. WEALE (JOHAN). Quarterly Papers on Architecture. With numerous engravings part of which are colored. 4 vols. 4to, half green morocco, gilt edges. London, 1844-45

143. WILKINSON (ROBERT). Londina Illustrata. Graphic and Historic Memorials of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Schools, etc. Over 200 plates, plans, facsimiles, etc. 2 vols. 4to, half morocco. London, 1819-25

144. Hill. plates.

Fine copy.

WILLARD (S.). Plans and Sections of the Obelisk on Bunker's With the details of experiments made in quarrying the granite. 14 4to, boards, sheep back (worn).

Boston, 1843

145. WINDUS (THOMAS). A New Elucidation of the Subjects on the celebrated Portland Vase, formerly called the Barberini: and the Sarcophagus, in which it was discovered. 9 plates, a few in color. Folio, cloth.

London, 1845 146. WINKLES (BENJAMIN). French Cathedrals. From Drawings taken on the spot, by R. Garland. With an Historical and Descriptive Account. 4to, half levant morocco, gilt top, uncut.

London, 1837

Large Paper copy, with proofs of the plates on India paper. 147. WISMES (Baron de). Le Maine et L'Anjou, Historiques, Archeologiques et Pittoresques. Recueil des Sites et des Monuments, etc. 108 lithographic plates. 2 vols. Large folio, boards, morocco backs, uncut. Nantes et Paris, [1860] Special copy, with proof impressions of the plates, signed by Baron de Wismes.

FIRST EDITIONS. RARE AMERICANA, FINE FRENCH BOOKS, AUTOGRAPHS, ETC.

148. ABOLITIONISTS. A.L.S. of Julia Ward Howe, 4 pp. 12mo, n.d. A.L.S. of Charles Sumner, 1 p. 8vo, 1860; A.L.S. of W. L. Garrison, 1 p. 8vo, 1889; A.L.S. of Wendell Phillips, 2 pp. 8vo, n.d. Together 4 pieces.

149. AMERICAN AUTHORS. Manuscript Found in a Bottle (Poe). In "The Gift" for 1836. FIRST EDITION; Astraea (Holmes). FIRST EDITION. Boston, 1850; Adventures in Neurasthenia (Henry), N. Y. 1910. FIRST EDITION: In Honor of James Whitcomb Riley, Indianapolis, 1906; A Fable for Critics (Lowell), N. Y., 1848. Second Edition. 5 vols. 12mo. and 16 mo.,. various bindings.

AMERICAN POEMS.

150. Manuscript Volume of Poems, presumably written by Joseph Cooper. Oblong 4to, half sheep.

On the outside cover is written "Extracts by Joseph Cooper." The Poems comprise: "On Peace. Written in 1783;" "On the future happiness of the American States;" "On the Resignation of his Excellency General Washington; "On the Return of Dr. Franklin to America;" "On America;" 'Epistle to his Excellency;" "To General Washington,'' etc. The compositions appear to have been written contemporaneously with their subject matter.

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151. [ANBUREY (THOMAS).] Travels through the Interior Parts of America; in a Series of Letters. By an Officer. Folding map and 7 plates. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf (binding of vol. 1 broken, slight tear in map).

The Rare FIRST EDITION.

London, 1789

152. ASHTON (JOHN). Humour, Wit, and Satire of the Seventeenth Century. Illustrated. 12mo, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by N. Y.: Bouton, 1884

Stikeman.

153. ARNOLD (S. I.). The Americans. A Comic Opera in Three Acts. Performed at the Theatre Royal Lyceum. The Music composed by M. P. King and Mr. Braham. 4to, original wrappers. London, [1811]

154. AUDUBON (JOHN J.). A Synopsis of the Birds of North America. Svo, original cloth, uncut and unopened, paper label (one hinge split). Edinburgh, 1839

155. AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of 40 Replies of Noblemen, Ambassadors, etc., to an invitation to the Royal Academy Dinners, 1827-1830.

Written on correspondence cards, in the third person, and include: Lord Dartmouth, the Duke of Argyl, Thomas Baring, the Duke of Leeds, Lord Westmorland, and others.

156. BARBEY D'AUREVILLY. Laocoon. A forgotten Rhyme translated into English Verse from the French of J. Barbey d'Aurevilly. By H. M. Carey. Square 16mo, original wrappers, uncut (with stamp of Galerie Mangel, Ville de Caen on title).

Very Scarce.

157. BERANGER.

Portrait, and set of engraved Plates to illustrate "Songs of Beranger" by Johannot, d'Audigny. Lemud, etc. Fine impressions. Svo, in board covers. Suitable to illustrate the English Pickering Edition. (56)

158. BIOGRAPHY of Adah Isaacs Menken (James), N. Y., n.d.; Origin of Steam Navigation. London, 1862; Peter Ibbetson (Du Maurier). Leaves from "Harper's'; Laws of Reproduction considered. Cambridge, 1856; Abel Bowen, Engraver. A Sketch (Whitmore), Boston, 1884, and other pamphlets. 12 pieces.

159. BLONDEL (SPIRE). Le Tabac. Le Livre des Fumeurs et des Priseurs. Preface du Baron Oscar de Watteville. Illustrated with 113 engravings by G. Fraipont, of which the 16 full-page illustrations are hand colored. Imp. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Paris: Henri Laurens, 1891

160. plates.

161.

BOOKPLATES. A collection of 22 well-known American book-
Each neatly mounted and hinged at the top.

The collection includes the following rare examples: Charles Carroll; DeWitt Clinton, engraved by P. R. Maverick; Richard Varick DeWitt; John Lowell, Jr.; Luther Martin; Newburyport Athenaeum; Samuel Putnam Avery; Soc. for Propagating the Gospel; Dr. John Jefferies; Maturin Livingston, engraved by Maverick; B. Franklin Barger; Edward D. Ingraham; three examples of the Harvard College plate; etc.

Pref

BOUTET (HENRI). Les Modes Feminines du XIXe Siecle. ace by M. Jules Clarétie. Illustrated with 100 colored costume plates. 8vo, loose in portfolio. Paris: Flammarion, n.d.

162. BRADY (N.). and TATE (N.). A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. 8vo, old olive calf, gilt back and sides (rubbed), gilt edges.

London, 1757

Bound in at the end is: "A Companion to the Altar." London, 1774. 163. BROADSIDE SONGS. 25 pieces. New York and Philadelphia, v.d. 164. BRONTE (CHARLOTTE). Jane Eyre: An Autobiography. Currer Bell. 3 vols. 12mo, original cloth, uncut (a little shaken, and name in each volume at head of the first chapter).

By

London, 1848 THIRD EDITION, with the new preface in which Charlotte Bronte states that her claim to the title of novelist rests on this one work alone. This edition is dedicated to Thackeray.

165. BROOKE (RUPERT). "1914.'' inal wrappers.

FIRST SEPARATE EDITION.

Five Sonnets. Small 18mo, orig

London, 1915

The Parson's Horn-Book.

Illustrated Dublin, 1831

166. [BROWNE (THOMAS).] with engraved plates. 8vo, cloth, uncut. SECOND EDITION, and the only edition mentioned by Halkett and Laing.

167.

BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT.) Poems before Congress, London, 1860; The Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets. 1863. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, uncut.

FIRST EDITIONS.

London,

London, 1860-63

168. BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN). The Embargo; or, Sketches of the Times. A Satire. The Second Edition, corrected and enlarged, together with the Spanish Revolution, and other Poems. 12mo, sewn.

Boston: Printed for the Author, 1809

THE EXTREMELY RARE SECOND EDITION, with the leaf of "Advertisement" before the Preface. Good copy. Accompanying the above is a facsimile of the title of the First Edition, showing the variation in its make-up.

169. [BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN).] Illustrations of the Corporal & Spiritual Works of Mercy, By a Sister of The Religious Order of Our Lady of Mercy. With Descriptive Anecdotes. Engraved title and outline plates by Freebairn. Oblong 4to, original boards. London, 1840

From the Library of William Cullen Bryant, with his leather name label on front cover.

170. BURROUGHS (JOHN). A.L.S. 2 pp. 8vo, Esopus, April 27, 1878, correcting an observation on the Indigo bird in Thoreau's Journal; Autograph signature of Mark Twain, dated, 1867. 2 pieces.

171. BURTON (RICHARD F.). Etruscan Bologna: A Study. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. London, 1876 FIRST EDITION.

172. CALDECOTT, and others. Ride a-Cock Horse; The Mad Dog. Illustrations in color by Caldecott. FIRST EDITIONS; A Book of Christmas Verse (Beeching). Illustrated by Walter Crane. FIRST EDITION, London, 1895; Catoninetales (Brown). Illustrated by W. J. Linton. One of 330 copies, London, 1891; and one other. 5 vols., various sizes and bindings.

173. CAMPBELL (THOMAS). Life of Mrs. Siddons. 2 vols. 8vo, half green morocco, gilt tops.

FIRST EDITIONS. With 6 plates inserted.

London, 1834

174. CAMUS (JOHN PETER, Bishop of Belley). Admirable Events. London, 1639; also, Certain Moral Relations, selected out of the two Books written thereof in French. London, 1639. Small 4to, half calf (one leaf damaged).

FIRST EDITION.

London, 1639

175. CAREME (M. A.). Le Maître d'Hotel Français. Large folding plate, linen-backed. Vol. I only, 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut.

Paris, 1822

On the verso of the half-title is the autograph of the author, and on the half-title and fly-leaf is the author's presentation inscription. 176. CARROLL (LEWIS). The Wonderful Postage Stamp Case. Colored illustrations; Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing. Oxford, 1890. 2 pieces. 24mo.

Very Scarce.

177. CHANCELLOR (E. BERESFORD). The History of the Squares of London, Topographical and Historical. With 36 illustrations. Small 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut. London, 1907

178.

CHAP BOOK. The Lotus. 14 Numbers (irregular) from December 1895 to July 1896. Illustrations.. 8vo. Kansas City, Mo., 1895-6

Juvenilia of George Creel, William Griffith, W. A. White and other western writers.

179. CHESTERTON (G. K.). Twelve Types. 12mo, cloth, uncut.

London, 1902

With autograph on fly-leaf of Mary St. Leger Harrison, "Lucas Malet."

180. CIBBER (COLLEY). A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope, inquiring into the Motives that might induce him in his Satyrical Works, to be so frequently fond of Mr. Cibber's name. Svo, in board covers (name on title). London, 1742

FIRST EDITION.

181. CLEMENS (S. L.). Mark Twain's Seventieth Birthday. Record of a Dinner given in his honor, with photograph reproductions of more than 100 authors of imaginative literature who were present, together with Addresses by Mark Twain, W. D. Howells, Henry Van Dyke, and others. Full-page and text portraits. Folio, stitched. New York, 1905 Scarce. The pamphlet showing the arrangement of places at the tables, is laid in.

182. CLEMENS (S. L.). The Innocents Abroad. London: Hotten, n.d.; Personal Recollection of Joan of Arc. London, 1896; Merry Tales. FIRST EDITION. New York, 1892; One Hundred Choice Selections, Phila. 1877. vols. 12mo, cloth and paper.

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183. COLORED COSTUME PLATES. Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians. Illustrated with 64 beautifully colored plates. Royal 8vo, full calf, gilt and blind tooled borders. London, 1814 Fine copy.

184. COLORED PLATES. Fairburn's Brilliant Songster; or, Universal Vocalist. Third collection. With Toasts and Sentiments. Folding humorous colored frontispiece and vignette on title. 12mo, contains pp. 169-240 and Index, original fancy wrapper with title label on front cover.

Very Scarce.

Lond., n. d. [abt. 1820]

185. COLORED PLATES. Russia: or, Miscellaneous Observations on the Past and Present State of that Country and its Inhabitants. By Robert Pinkerton. Illustrated with 8 colored plates of costumes, games, etc., of the Russians. Royal 8vo, half calf, uncut. London, 1833

186.

FIRST EDITION.

COLORED PLATES. The Natural History of British Butterflies. By James Duncan. Illustrated with 34 beautifully colored plates. 16mo, full blue calf, gilt edges (stain on title). Edinburgh, 1835

FIRST EDITION. Nice copy.

187. COLORED PLATES. Fancy Dresses Described; or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls. By Ardern Holt. Illustrated with full-page colored costume plates. 12mo, cloth. London, [1887]

188.

BEST EDITION.

[COMBE (WILLIAM).] The Tour of Doctor Syntax. In Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. Engraved title, with vignette, and 4 colored plates by Rowlandson. Royal 8vo, half calf, uncut.

189.

tion.

London, 1813

THIRD EDITION. A very tall and clean copy, but lacking most of the plates. A valuable copy to complete.

CRISIS (THE). Numbers 1-6. Pp. 1-48, with continuous pagina6 numbers, 12mo, sewn, some lower edges uncut.

London, printed: Hartford, re-printed by Eben Watson, 1775 A FINE AND COMPLETE COPY OF THE EXCESSIVELY RARE HARTFORD EDITION. Evans locates but a single copy of this edition, that in the New York Public Library. The Hartford Edition did not extend beyond the sixth number.

This work contains a remarkable collection of papers attacking the ministry and the British Government in terms of the greatest severity. Bartlett, in referring to it says: "One can hardly believe that in time of war, a publication of such a character would be tolerated."

190. CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE). Fairy Library. 24 plates. London, 1885; Facetiae and Miscellanies. By William Hone. Illustrations by Cruik shank, London, 1827. The Real or Constitutional House that Jack Built. London, 1819. 3 vols. 8vo, various bindings.

191. DAVIDSON (JOHN). Plays. Frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley containing caricatures of Sir Augustus Harris, Oscar Wilde, and Henry Harland. Small 4to, buckram (one signature rumpled).

FIRST EDITION. One of 500 copies.

London and Chicago, 1894

192. DESIGNS for Gold and Silversmiths, London, 1836; Gothic Furniture in the Style of the 15th Century. London, 1835. Illustrated with engraved plates. 2 vols. 4to, half roan and cloth (plates of one volume foxed). 193. D'ESTE (SIR AUGUSTUS). Papers elucidating the Claims of Sir Augustus d'Este. With Genealogical trees. Svo, cloth, paper label on side. N.p., 1831 Scarce. This is the account of the legitimacy case of a natural son of the Duke of Sussex, who displeased his father, George III. by an illegal marriage. Inserted, is the autograph of Sir Augustus Frederick d'Este.

194. DETAILLE (EDOUARD). Types et Uniformes, L'Armée Française. Beautifully illustrated with full-page drawings by Detaille, in chromotypogravure, besides numerous woodcuts in the text. 2 vols. folio, half moroceo, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1885-1889

SCARCE.

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