JOHN DONNE'S COPY, WITH AUTOGRAPH

782. PETRUS DE VINEIS. Epistolarum libri VI, opus Historiarum, Politicae et Juris Studiosis utilessimum etc. per Germanum Philalethan. Thick small 8vo, olive crushed levant morocco, rough gilt edges by Riviere. Ambergae. J. Schonfeldium, 1609

WITH THE EXCESSIVELY RARE AUTOGRAPH OF DR. JOHN DONNE, Dean of St. Pauls and famous metaphysical poet of the XVII Century, upon the title-page. Also has the ex-libris of the Rt. Hon. George Rose, Seeretary of the Treasury under William Pitt, etc.

SUPERB COPY OF THE FAMOUS TEWRDANNK 783. PFINTZING (MELCHIOR). Die Geuerlicheiten und eins teils der Geschichten des loblichen streitbaren und Hochberumbten Helds und Ritters Tewrdanncks. Printed in large Gothic Letter with enormous flourishes to some of the letters in the first and last lines of the text. Illustrated with 118 large and beau tiful woodcuts of Hunting Scenes, Pageants and Knightly Combats, by Hans Schaufelein. Folio, dark blue morocco, gold panelled sides, with antique ornaments in centres and back panels, gilt edges, by Bedford. Augsburg: Hans Schonsperger, 1519

ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED WORKS OF THE EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY. This famous Metrical Romance of Chivalry, Allegorises the Emperor Maximilian's wedding trip to Burgundy, and, though attributed to Melchior Pfintzing, was to a large extent composed by Maximilian himself. A special fount of type was cut for it by Jost Dienecker of Antwerp, who indulged in such enormous flourishes, chiefly to any g or h which happened to occur in the first and last lines of text in a page, that many eminent printers have imagined that the whole Book was engraved on wood. The splendid woodcuts are each six and a quarter inches high and five and a half inches broad and afford a very rich view of the Costumes and Arms of the times of Maximilian.

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784. [PIOZZI (HESTER LYNCH)]. An Attempt to Show How Far the Philosophical Notion of a Plurality of Worlds is Consistent, or not so, with the Language of the Holy Scriptures. 8vo, old half calf. London, 1801

This interesting volume belonged to Johnson's friend, Mrs. Thrale, whose marriage to Mr. Piozzi, a musician, caused the lexicographer so much regret. Mrs. Piozzi has written on a fly-leaf:

"Bought of Bull, at Bath, 5th March, 1802. H. L. Piozzi."

She has written many notes upon the margins. The anonymous author seeks to reconcile astronomy and theology. Mrs. Piozzi loses no opportunity to reprove his impiety. On one page she has written:

"I, H. L. Piozzi, do from my soul abhor and condemn those studies produced from the rotten fruit of the old forbidden tree. We were

sent hither, after Adam's fall, to till the earth and not examine it. Our business is to labor. We are not properly now contemplative beings.''

From the Harry B. Smith Collection.

785. PIRATES. A Full and True Relation of an English Vessel. Newly taken by a Company of French Pyrats: Who, after

they had cruelly Robb'd her of all her Goods, Kill'd part of her Men. But being afterwards taken by the English their Ships were ordered to Wapping Dock, and their Captains to be confined and try'd for their Lives. Small 4to, vellum. 4 leaves.

London, W. Harris (c. 1690).

An excessively rare tract, not in Hazlitt.

786. PLINY. The History of the World. Commonly called, The Naturall History of C. Plinivs Secvndvs. Translated into English by Philemon Holland. 2 vols., folio, old calf (rubbed). London: Printed by Adam Islip, 1601

A good copy of the first English Pliny, and a scarce and desirable work. It was Holland's most popular translation and was dedicated to Sir Robert Cecil, "Principall Secretarie to the Queens Maiestie."

FIRST EDITION OF POE'S TAMERLANE

787. [POE (EDGAR ALLAN).] Tamerlane and Other Poems. By a Bostonian. 40 pages, 12mo, original paper wrappers. In a crimson straight-grain morocco case.

Boston: Calvin S. Thomas, 1827

FIRST EDITION. The most desired treasure of the collector of First Editions. Four copies are known to us: one in the British Museum, without wrappers; another copy, without wrappers, owned in Philadelphia; a copy, complete, with wrappers, but bound, in Mr. Huntington's library, and this copy, the most desirable of all, complete, with wrappers, and untouched by the binder. In Mr. Halsey's collection, the great library of a great collector, this was the most treasured volume. the estate of F. R. Halsey.

From

THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE FIRST DRAFT OF EDGAR ALLAN POE'S STORY "MORELLA”

788. POE (EDGAR ALLAN). The original manuscript of the first draft of "Morella." Written on both sides of a folio sheet of paper. Unsigned and undated, but written in Baltimore about 1833.

One of the tales of the Folio Club, submitted in a competition to the Baltimore "Saturday Visitor," and containing an original (and partly unpublished) poem.

ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS EDGAR ALLAN POE MANUSCRIPTS EVER OFFERED FOR SALE, CONTAINING SEVERAL FEATURES THAT AT ONCE ASSIGN IT TO A PLACE OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND VALUE.

Closely and beautifully written in ROMAN CHARACTER-in imitation of printing-a feature adopted by Poe in HIS EARLIER WRITINGS, which adds great interest TO THE ABOVE MANUSCRIPT, AS IT IS SAID TO BE ONE OF THE FEW SPECIMENS OF ITS KIND EXTANT. EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH HAS FAILED TO REVEAL ANOTHER, EITHER IN A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE COLLECTION, OR SOLD BY AUCTION. THE POEM IS UNPUBLISHED.

UNIQUE POE MINIATURE AND MANUSCRIPT

789. POE (EDGAR ALLAN). Original Unpublished Autograph Manuscript written by Poe in his Pseudo-Scientific Vein entitled, "The Nucleus of our Planet in a State of Igneous Liquefaction." His conclusion being that as the Sun has brought "Beauty, Life and Gladness" to Earth, so also will the Sun prove the "Agent of Earth's Overthrow." Written in Poe's small and very legible writing on two large folio pages. Accompanying the Manuscript is an unpublished original Water Color Miniature Portrait of Poe painted from life by his friend, J. C. McDougall, three years before Poe's death. 4to, green crushed levant with Contents lettered on side and with "Gold Beetle" ornament at each corner. New York, about 1840

Unique and exceedingly interesting Poe Relic. Bound in are some contemporary newspaper cuttings, giving the History of the Miniature.

790. POE (EDGAR ALLAN). Eureka: A Prose Poem. 8vo, full crimson levant morocco, gilt back and inside borders, gilt top, by The Club Bindery. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1848

FIRST EDITION, with the 16pp. of advertisements. It has been stated that but 500 copies of this edition were printed. The D. F. Appleton copy, with bookplate.

791. POE (EDGAR ALLAN). Works. 12mo, cloth (two backs damp-stained).

Illustrations. 4 vols.
New York, 1881

From the estate of F. R. Halsey.

792. POOLE (JOHN). Little Pedlington and the Pedlingtonians. 2 vols. 12mo, original boards, paper labels, uncut.

London, 1839

FIRST EDITION. From the estate of F. R. Halsey.

POPE'S OWN COPY OF HOMER WITH HIS NOTES

793. [POPE, ALEXANDER. The Iliads and Odysses of Homer. Translated out of Greek into English by Thomas Hobbes, of Malmsbury. (Frontispiece.) 12mo, 2 vols. in 1, morocco. Enclosed in a levant morocco case.

London: Will Crook, at the Sign of the Green Dragon, without Temple Bar, 1686.

POPE'S OWN COPY, USED BY HIM IN MAKING HIS OWN TRANSLATION OF HOMER, WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON THE FLY-LEAF AND MANY MANUSCRIPT NOTES IN POPE'S HANDWRITING. This is one of the finest Pope items. This was the very copy which he consulted when he made his worldfamous translation.

794. POPE (ALEXANDER). An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle I. Corrected by the Author; Epistle II.; Epistle III.; Epistle IV. 4 parts, folio, sewn.

London: Printed for J. Wilford, n.d.

FIRST EDITIONS of Epistles II, III, and IV; Epistle I being No. 5 of the Lefferts list. The half titles are wanting. From the estate of F. R. Halsey.

795. POPERY SONGS. A Collection of the Newest and Most Ingenious Poems, Songs, Catches, &c., Against Popery, Relating to the Times. Four Parts, Complete. Small 4to, old stamped russia. London, 1689

VERY RARE. Fine copies of all four parts, with the preliminary “Advertisement." Contains poems by Dryden, Waller, &c.

THE PRIVATE PRAYER BOOK OF QUEEN ELIZABETH

796. PRAYER. Preces Privatæ in Studiosorum gratiam collectæ, et regia auctoritate approbatae. Math. 26. Vigilate et orate, ne entretes in tentationem. Cum privilegi Reginæ. 16mo, blue levant morocco extra. London, Printed by William Seras, 1573

A perfect copy of this excessively rare Book of Private Prayers, printed for and with the privilege of Queen Elizabeth. We can trace but two other copies, both in England, and there does not seem to be any copy in America. The title-page is rubricated and it is printed in red and black throughout the volume. This is the finest of the three known copies, being very clean and fresh, and quite complete, with the Calendar in perfect condition. A SUPERB LITTLE VOLUME.

797. PRAYER. The Book of Common Prayer and Adminis tration of the Sacraments. 12mo, contemporary English binding in dark green morocco, the sides richly gilt tooled in compartments with floral and other ornaments, gilt back and edges, in the manner of Charles Mearne. Cambridge, 1750

Very favorable specimen of the "cottage" style of old English Binding.

AUTOGRAPHED PORTRAITS OF THE PRESIDENTS

798. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A Complete Collection of Portraits of the Presidents, from George Washington to and including Woodrow Wilson, uniformly framed in black, with appropriate symbols in gilt. 27 pieces, 4to to large folio.

A very interesting and desirable collection, each portrait being enhanced by the insertion of an autograph signature of the subject.

The portrait of President Wilson is accompanied by the following sentiment, which is surely a revelation of supreme importance of the character of the man:

May this autograph suggest

to those who see it a

and an

lows.

good man

honest lover of his fel. Woodrow Wilson

Princeton, 29 Dec., 02

The portraits are very good impressions, Mezzotint, Line and Stipple engravings, Etchings and Lithographs. The Washington is a very scarce Mezzotint by Savage after a full length by Stuart. The John Adams is an exceedingly rare Mezzotint by George Graham. That of the late Theodore Roosevelt is a characteristic etching by Sidney L. Smith.

799. PRIDEAUX (S. T.). An Historical Sketch of Bookbinding. With a chapter on early stamped Bindings, by E. Gordon Duff. Illustrations, some in color. 12mo, cloth (front cover and a few leaves damp stained), uncut. London, 1893

FIRST EDITION, one of 120 copies printed on hand-made paper. There are a number of pencil notes by Mr. Halsey throughout the volume. From the estate of F. R. Halsey.

800. PRIDEAUX (S. T.).

Bookbinders and Their Craft.

Numerous illustrations and reproductions. Royal 8vo, boards, parchment back, gilt top, uncut.

Special Edition, limited to 500 copies.

New York, 1903

Poems on Several Occasions. 12mo, old calf. In blue morocco London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1721

801. PRIOR (MATTHEW). Frontispiece portrait on copper. solander casee.

PRESENTATION COPY from the author, with AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION on portrait:Ex Dono Authoris.'' This was the last edition of Prior's poems during his life-time. It is very rare, and presentation copies

of Prior seldom occur.