704. MILTON (JOHN). Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, composed at several times. Printed by his true Copies. The Songs were set in Musick by Mr. Henry Lawes, gentleman of the Kings Chappel, and one of His Majesties Private Musick. Printed and Published according to Order. Brilliant Impression of the portrait by Wm. Marshall, separate titles to the "Wash" and Latin poems. Post 8vo, full purple morocco antique, gilt edges, by Riviere. Printed by Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Moseley in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1645 FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy with good margins. 705. MILTON (JOHN). Eikonoklastes: In Answer to a Book Intitl'd Eikon Basilike, the Portrature of his Sacred Majesty in his Solitudes and Sufferings. The Author I. M. Published by Authority. 1649.-Joannis Miltoni Angli pro populo Anglicano Defensio. 1651. The two works in one volume, small 4to, old calf. London, 1649-1651 FIRST EDITION of both works. Fine copies. From the Duke of Buckingham's Library at Stowe. Both of these books were ordered by King Charles II to be burnt by the common hangman, by proclamation, Aug. 13, 1660. 706. MILTON (JOHN). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Ten Books. The Author John Milton. Small 4to, very early panelled calf binding, with the original fly-leaves. London: Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder at the Angel in Little Brittain, 1669 FIRST EDITION. With the 7th title-page. In well-preserved state. 707. MILTON (JOHN). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. The Fourth Edition. Engraved portrait and 12 plates. Folio, old calf, rebacked (margins of 3 leaves repaired, slight stain on a few pp., name on title). London: Printed by Miles Flesher, 1688 Large Paper copy of the First Illustrated Edition. Published by subscription. A list of more than 500 subscribers at the end includes the most distinguished characters of that period. 708. MILTON (JOHN). Poetical Works. Outline plates within tinted borders. 4 vols., large 8vo, full antique pigskin stamped. Boston: R. H. Hinkley, n.d. One of a limited number on handmade paper. 709. MINSHEU (JOHN). A Dictionarie in Spanish and English, first published into the English Tongue by Ric. Perciuale. London, 1599; A Spanish Grammar, first collected and published by Richard Perciuale. Now augmented and increased by John Minsheau. London, 1599; Pleasant and Delightfull Dialogues in Spanish and English. By John Minsheau. London, 1599. In one volume, folio, original calf. London, 1599 With the autograph of the Earl of Mar on first title-page. The second part "PLEASANT AND DELIGHTFUL DIALOGUES," is illuminating as regards the customs of the day, and often from its quaintness, very amusing. THE RARE FIRST EDITION - 710. MIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES. A Myrrovre for Magistrates. Wherein may be seen by example of other, with howe greuous plages vices are punished: and howe frayle and vnstable worldly prosperitie is founde, even of those, whom Fortune seemeth most highly to favour. Printed in Black Letter. Title within wood engraved border. Small 4to, full brown levant morocco, gilt back, broad gilt border on sides, gilt edges. Londini: In aedibus Thomae Marshe, 1559 THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PART, and ONE OF THE SCARCEST VOLUMES IN THE WHOLE RANGE OF ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE. It contains nineteen legends, though twenty are mentioned in the table at the end of the volume. It is the legend of "Good duke Humfrey murdered, and Elianor his wife banished" which is omitted. Herbert's description is not correct, and the volume contains 81 leaves, not 92, as stated by Lowndes, he not having noticed the hiatus in the folios. A COPY AS CHOICE AS THIS ONE RARELY OCCURS. FIRST EDITION OF EIGHT POEMS AND THE INDUCTION 711. MIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES. A Myrrovr for Magistrates. Wherein maye be seen by example of other, with howe greuous plages vices are punished: and howe frayle and vnstable worldly prosperity is founde, even of those whom Fortune seemeth most highly to fauour. Printed in Black Letter. Title within woodcut border. Small 4to, full maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt edges. Imprinted at London... by Thomas Marshe, 1563 A SOUND, UNWASHED COPY, with ample margins of the Second Edition of this VALUABLE MONUMENT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. It is augmented by a second part, which begins at folio lxxxvi with the heading "Wylliam Baldwyn to the Reader." The Preface contains many interesting particulars relating to the authorship of the legends by T. Churchyard, Dolman, F. Seagers, and Cavyl. This edition contains eight additional legends, exclusive of Lord Buckhurst's "Induction." The tragic end of Clarence, drowned in a butt of Malmesey, is told in the first person. With the Ross Winans bookplate. 712. MITCHELL (DONALD G.). Works of. With portrait signed by the author, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS. board sides, vellum backs, uncut. 16 vols., 8vo, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907 Edition limited to 204 copies. Printed on hand-made paper. MATCHLESS SET OF THE FIRST COMPLETE EDITION, 1682 713. MOLIERE. Les Oêuvres de Monsieur de Molière. Re veues, corrigées et augmentées. Illustrated with fine 30 copper plates, one to each play, by Sauvé after Brissart all of extreme interest as showing the Costume of the Period and also as containing the PORTRAITS OF MOLIÈRE AND HIS WIFE. 8 vols., small 8vo, crimson crushed levant, gold tooled backs, inside borders, marbled edges gilt, by TRAUTZ BAUZONNET. A Paris: chez Denys Thierry, Claude Barbin, et Pierre Trabouillet, 1682 THE FIRST COMPLETE EDITION OF MOLIÈRE'S PLAYS. Edited by his Friends Vinot and La Grange who state in their Advice to the Reader that their Collection contains 7 Plays never printed before, namely, "Dom Garcie de Navarre"; "L'Impromptu de Versailles”; “Dom Juan ou le Festin de Pierre”; “Melicerte”; “Les Amans Magnifiques"; "La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas"; and "Le Malade Imaginaire"; which had been so badly printed before that there was hardly anything of Molière's in it at all. THE QUENTIN BAUCHART SET, THE TALLEST AND FINEST KNOWN, WITH HIS BOOKPLATE. 714. MOLIERE. Sganarelle, on Le Cocu Imaginaire. Bound with "La Cocue Imaginaire" (por Donneau de Visé). 2 vols. in one. 12mo, crimson crushed levant, inside borders, gilt edges, by Lortic. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, 1662 Wolfgang of Amershamds beautifully printed and rare Editions which are always ranked amongst the Elzevir Collections. Remarkably tall and fine copies in exquisite Binding. 715. MOLIERE. The Works of. Translated by H. Van Laun. Beautifully illustrated with etchings by Louis Leloir, Maurice Leloir, Jacques Leman, and Edmond Hédouin. 10 vols., royal 4to, three-quarters red morocco, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut. Paris and Philadelphia, Barrie, n.d. One of 500 copies on Papier Verge de Hollande. 716. MOLLOY (J. FITZGERALD). Royalty Restored; or, London under Charles II. With an etching of Charles II. by Crego and 11 other portraits. 2 vols., 12mo, half red roan, gilt tops, unLondon, 1885 cut. FIRST EDITION. From the estate of F. R. Halsey. 717. MONTAGUE (WALTER). The Shepheard's Paradise. A Comedy. Privately Acted before the Late King Charles by the Queen's Majesty, and Ladies of Honour. 8vo, full green levant morocco, Jansen style, inside dentelles, gilt edges, by The French Binders. London: Printed for John Starkey, 1659 FINE COPY OF THE SCARCE FIRST EDITION, with the genuine preliminary blank leaf, and the date correctly printed, 1659. Besides the Queen, Mrs. Cecilia Crofts, Mrs. Carew, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Beaumont and others of the Queen's ladies of Honour were in the Cast. ... 718. ΜΟΝΤAIGNE (MICHAEL DE). The Essays or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses of Lo: Michaell de Montaigne.. First written by him in French. And now done into English By... Iohn Florio. Fine Woodcut Portrait of Montaigne as Frontispiece. Folio, old calf. Printed at London by Val Sims for THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Contains the two rare preliminary leaves following the Table, which are often lacking and which are not included in the Grolier Club collation. 1. "To my deere friend M. John Florio, concerning his translation of Montaigne." Signed "Sam. Daniel." 2. "Errors and omissions of notes, escaped in this booke." These are inserted between A8, the last of the preliminary leaves and B1, the first leaf of text. These are in addition to the 2 leaves of Errata at end, headed "Errors, and omissions marked with this () escaped in this booke." Contains also genuine blank leaf Qp4, at end of Second Book. 719. ΜΟΝΤΑIGNE (MICHAEL DE). Essayes, written in French by Michael Lord of Montaigne. Done into English, according to the last French edition, by John Florio. (The Second Edition). Folio, full new crushed dark brown levant morocco, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by Melch Beadwood, 1613 Fine copy with portraits of Florio by Hole. 720. ΜΟΝΤAIGNE (MICHEL DE). The Works of. Translated by Charles Cotton. Revised by William Carew Hazlitt. With Notes, Life and Letters; and an Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Illustrated with photogravures. 10 vols., 8vo, full levant morocco, parallel gold line borders and corner ornaments on sides, gilt panelled backs, levant doublures with gold tooling and inlays, flies of watered silk, gilt tops, uncut. New York: Edwin C. Hill, 1910 EMERSON EDITION, limited and numbered issue. The best library set of Montaigne. DAVID GARRICK'S COPY 721. MONKS. Le Capucin Demasqué par La Confession d'un Frère de l'Ordre. Curious frontispiece on copper showing two Monks unmasked. 18mo, full brown levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by The French Binders. A Cologne: Chez Pierre le Sincere [date deleted], 1682 FINE COPY OF THIS CURIOUS AND FACETIOUS WORK, having the emblematic bookplate of David Garrick bearing the head of Shakespeare. 722. MOORE (FRANCIS). A Voyage to Georgia. Begun in the Year 1735. Containing An Account of the Settling of the Town of Frederica, in the Southern Part of the Province; and a Description of the Soil, Air, Birds, Beasts, Trees, Rivers, Islands, etc. With the Rules and Orders made by the Honourable the Trustees for that Settlement; including the Allowances of Provisions, Cloathing, and other Necessaries to the Families and Servants which went thither. Also, a Description of the Town and County of Savannah, in the Northern part of the Province; the Manner of dividing and granting the Lands, etc. 8vo, contemporary English red morocco, gilt, gilt edges. London: Printed for Jacob Robinson, 1744 THE EXTREMELY SCARCE FIRST EDITION. "The numbers of the Indian tribes, the location of their territories, and the dealings of the wise and pacific Oglethorpe with them, form the subject of much of the volume. Many incidents in the life of the good chief Tomochi-chi are given."Field. THE PRESENT COPY CONTAINS THE FINAL UNPAGED LEAF. With the Hoe bookplate. 723. MOORE (GEORGE). The Brook Kerith. 8vo, full brown levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt top, uncut. Edinburgh, 1916 FIRST EDITION. One of 250 copies, autographed by the author. 724. MOORE (SIR HENRY). Colonial Governor. Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica, 1755-62. Governor of New York in 1765. A. L. S. when Governor of New York, 2 pp., 4to. August 4, 1766. “... Now I am upon the affairs of Indians, I beg leave to mention the conduct of those who live at Stockbridge, who at this time are running great disturbances in the County of Albany.... I shall leave this town in a fortnight, and must proceed directly to Lake Champlaite, as I expect the Governor of Quebec there, to ascertain the boundaries between the two Provinces." 725. MORE (SIR THOMAS). The Historie of the Pitifull Life, and Unfortunate Death of Edward the Fifth, and the Duke of York his brother: with the troublesome and tyrannical government of usurping Richard the Third, and his miserable end, written by the Right Honourable Sir Thomas More, sometimes Lord Chancellor of England. Portrait. 12mo, newly bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco, gilt edges, by The French Binders. London: Printed by Thomas Payne, for FIRST EDITION. Halliwell's "Catalogue of Shakespeareana" (1862), No. 473. In his "Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare" Halliwell-Phillipps remarks that the historical portions of "Richard III," are taken from More. : |