including the Dance of Death, and portrait of Queen Elizabeth praying, on verso of title. 12mo, sumptuously bound in full brown levant morocco, back and sides covered with gold tooling, gilt edges, by F. Bedford. London: Pickering, 1853

A handsome copy.

140. BOOK OF GEMS (The). The Poets and Artists of Great Britain. Edited by S. C. Hall. Beautiful steel illustrations on India paper. 3 vols. 8vo and royal 8vo, full blue levant morocco, gilt and inlaid ornamentation on the backs and sides, wide gilt and inlaid borders inside, doublures and ends of watered silk, gilt over red edges, by Stikeman. London, 1836-38

The first two volumes are on Large Paper, with the plates on India paper. A very fine copy in a beautiful binding.

141. BOOKPLATES. French Book-Plates. A handbook for Ex-Libris Collectors, by Walter Hamilton. Numerous illustrations. 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. London, 1892

Large, Japan paper copy, limited to 36 copies.

142. BOOKPLATES. English Book-Plates. An illustrated handbook for Students of Ex-Libris by Egerton Castle. Numerous illustrations. 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. Large, Japan paper copy, limited to 65 copies.

London, 1892

143. BOOKPLATES. American Book-Plates. A Guide to their study by Charles Dexter Allen. With a Bibliography by E. N. Hewins. Profusely illustrated. Square 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by the Club Bindery. London, 1895

Large, Japan Paper copy, limited to 78 copies.

144. [BOOSEY (THOMAS).] Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings. By an old Angler and Bibliopolist. Frontispiece. 12mo, half red morocco. London: Pickering, 1835

With a catalogue of angling books at the end.

145. BOSQUI (EDWARD). Memoirs [Recollections of pioneer experiences in California]. 8vo, half green morocco, gilt top. [San Francisco, 1904]

Privately printed for the Author. With a presentation inscription of the author on title-page.

146. BOSTON. Bridgman (Thomas). Memorials of the Dead in Boston; containing exact transcriptions of the Inscriptions on the Sepulchral Monuments in the King's Chapel Burial Ground, Boston. Portrait. 12mo, cloth. Boston, 1853

147. BOTANY. Caroli Linnæi Doctoris Medicinæ Bibliotheca Botanica recensens Libros plus mille de plantis huc usque editos, secundum Systema Auctorum Naturale, etc. 12mo, original boards. Amstelodami, 1736

148. BOTLEY (SAMUEL). Maximum in Minimo; or, Jeremiah Rich's Pen Dexterity compleated by Samuel Botley. Engraved title; portraits of Samuel Botley, by Dolle, 1674, and Jeremiah Rich, by Cross, 1659, vignettes, etc. 12mo, full old blue morocco, sides richly gold tooled with floral sprays, and inlaid with varicolored moroccos, gilt back without lettering, gilt edges. In moLondon [1674]

rocco case.

A FINE SPECIMEN OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH BINDING. The work is engraved throughout.

149. BOUCHOT (HENRI). The Book: its Printers, Illustrators, and Binders, from Gutenburg to the Present Time. facsimiles. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut.

172 New York, 1890

150. BOUFFLERS (STANISLAS DE). Aline, Reine de Golconde. Conte par le Chevalier Stanislas de Boufflers. Text and illustrations engraved throughout. 8vo, full buff levant morocco, beautiful gilt border in pointillé design, within which are flowers and circles. Parts of the design have been cut into the morocco to show a backing of red and green satin; inside gilt and inlaid borders, doublures and ends of brocaded silk, gilt over rough edges, by Pagnant. In a levant morocco slip-case.

Paris: Gravé & Imprimé pour la Société des Amis des Livres, 1887.

Limited to 115 copies. Three beautiful water-colors by Albert Lynch are painted in the fly-leaf, back of title, and leaf of "Envoi." The portraits are in 2 states and the book is signed by Octave Uzanne, Albert Lynch, E. Gaujean, and others who helped in its production. An Autograph Letter by H. de Orleans is inserted.

151. BOURCARD (GUSTAVE). Felix Buhot. Catalogue descriptif de son œuvre grave. Avec une préface d'Arsène Alexandre. Portrait by Francois Courboin. Royal 8vo, wrappers, uncut. Paris: H. Floury, 1899

Limited to 150 copies. Inserted are 2 Autograph Letters of the author and 1 by Henriette Buhot.

152. BRACHELIUS (ADOLPH). Historianum Nostri Temporis. Editio Ultima. In duas partes divisa, etc. Engraved title and 97 very brilliant portraits. 12mo, full red morocco, back richly gilt, with panel and border, sides of same general design, having in center panel half-lozenges at ends and sides, inside dentelles, gilt over marbled edges. Amstelodami: Apud Iacobum van Meurs, 1655

A handsome copy, with the plates in very unusual state. With the bookplate of Jules Janin, and note by him. Binding lettered on back Lebrun Exposition 1849.

153. BREGY (CHARLOTTE S. DE C., Comtesse de). Les Lettres et Poësies de Madame la Comtesse de B. 18mo, full red straight-grain morocco, gilt back, blind-tooled borders on the sides within gilt lines, doublures and ends of blue silk, with gilt borders, by R. P. Ginail. A Leyde: Antoine Du Val, 1666

154. BRETON (JULES). Jeanne. Poeme. Proof etched portrait laid in. 12mo, full blue levant morocco, gilt back, 3-fillet border on sides, gilt edges, by Lortic, with his ticket.

Paris: Charpentier, 1880

FIRST EDITION. Autograph presentation copy from the author, with inscription on slip: "A Monsieur S. P. Avery hommage d'affectueuse estime, J. Breton. Paris, 3 Juin, 1880." On the half-title to the poem "Les Sarcleuses" the author has written in pencil: "Le tableau (le Soir) acheté par Monsieur Avery été inspiré por le vers qui terminènt a chant. Jules Breton. Paris, le 3 Juin, 1880."

One of 12 copies on China paper.

155. BRETON (JULES). Euvres Poetiques de Jules Breton (1867-1886). Les Champs et la Mer-Jeanne. 8vo, full green morocco, fillet border on sides and back, doublures and flys of green moire silk, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1887

FIRST EDITION. Autograph presentation copy from Jules Breton to Mr. Avery. There are two portraits of the author, in two states, etched by himself, besides a larger proof portrait on Japan paper. Laid in is a 4 pp. A. L. S. from J. M. de Heredia to Jules Breton, referring to his poems. One of 20 copies on China paper.

156. BREVIARIUM ROMANUM, ex sacra potissimum scriptura, et probatis sanctorum Historiis nuper confectum, ac denuo per eundem Authorem accuratius recognitum, etc. Vignette on title and woodcut initials. Folio, full red morocco, decorated with graceful scrolls and azured ornaments, oval center panels stamped in solid gold and arabesque ornamentation, surrounded with a design inlaid in light brown morocco. Other parts of the ornamentation are stained or painted in various colors. The edges are gauffred and gilded. In a levant morocco slip-case. Lugduni, 1556

Magnificent example of Lyonnese binding of the 16th Century, decorated in the Maioli style. It is in a perfect state of preservation.

157. BRIDGE (SIR FREDERICK). Samuel Pepys, Lover of Musique. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. London, 1903

158. BRITISH MUSEUM. A Guide to the Manuscripts, Autographs, Charters, Seals, etc., exhibited in the Department of Manuscripts and in the Grenville Library. 12mo, half blue morocco, gilt edges, by Mansell. Printed by order of the Trustees, 1895

159. BROADWAY BALLADS. Collected for the Centennial Commemoration of the Republic, 1876. By Abel Reid. 12mo, cloth, uncut. Privately printed, n. p., n. d. 160. BROWN (JOHN). Rab and his Friends. Illustrations by Noel Paton and others. 4to, half citron morocco, gilt top, by StikeEdinburgh, 1862 Presentation copy with inscription: "James Gibson Craig, Esq. with the Author's best regards. Xmas, 1861."

man.

161. BRYAN (MICHAEL). A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. Portrait. Royal 8vo, cloth. London, 1849

162. BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN). The Flood of Years. With 13 designs [on wood] by W. J. Linton. 4to, half brown levant morocco. [New York, 1878] A special copy, prepared by the illustrator by mounting the India paper proofs on heavy Whatman paper, and presented by him to Mr. Avery. With W. J. Linton's signed inscription in two places.

163. BUCHANAN (ROBERT). Ballad Stories of the Affections. From the Scandinavian. Illustrations by Pinwell, Dalziel, I awton, and others. Square 8vo, full olive brown levant morocco, gilt backs and side borders, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf.

London [1866]

164. BURKE (JOSEPH). Biography of Master Burke, the Irish Roscius; the Wonder of the World; and the Paragon of Actors. Small 8vo, half morocco (somewhat foxed).

Scarce.

Philadelphia [1830]

165. BURNS (ROBERT). An Address to the Deil, by Robert Burns; with Explanatory Notes. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood, after designs by Thomas Landseer. 12mo, half morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in, by Stikeman.

London, 1830

166. BURNS (ROBERT). The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. Portrait. 2 vols. 12mo, original cloth, paper labels, uncut.

London: Pickering, 1830

FIRST EDITION of the first volumes of the Aldine series of the British Poets, with a Prospectus of the series. The portrait was not finished in time to appear in the first volume and was placed in the second.

167. BURTON (JOHN HILL). The Book-Hunter. A New Edition with a Memoir of the Author. Etched frontispiece portrait by W. B. Hole. Large square 8vo, cloth, uncut.

Limited edition.

Edinburgh, 1882

168. BURTON (ROBERT). The Anatomy of Melancholy, what it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptoms, prognostics, and several cures of it. 2 vols. 8vo, full tree-calf, gilt. London, 1827

169. BURTY (PHILIPPE). Les Emaux Cloisonnés, Anciens et Modernes. Illustrations in colors. Small 8vo, full brown levant morocco, the covers with inlaid borders of black and green morocco. Inlaid as panels are 3 fine examples of ancient Chinese cloisonnés, the large one on the front cover being of open work. Inlaid inside borders, brocade doublures and ends, gilt top, uncut, by Ch. Meunier. Paris [1868]

Presentation copy from the author to Hedouin, with inscription, together with an Autograph Letter and his bookplate. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with marginal watercolors by Felix Regamey, including portraits of the author and the artist and some charming designs. He has colored the smaller illustrations of the book, also.

170. BURY (RICHARD DE). Philobiblon, a Treatise on the Love of Books. 8vo, full polished russet calf, gilt back, doublefillet border with corner rosettes on sides, gilt inside border, gilt top, uncut. London: Printed for Thomas Rodd, 1832 THE VERY SCARCE TRANSLATION by J. B. Inglis, from the First Edition of 1473. Fine copy.

171. BURY (RICHARD DE). Philobiblion excellent traiti sur l'Amour des Livres. Traduite pour la première fois en Francais, précédée d'une Introduction et suivi du Texte latin sur les anciennes editions et les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque imperiale, par Hippolyte Cocheris. 12mo, full brown levant morocco, back blind tooled in compartments, with raised fleurs-de-lys; sides tooled with a blind double-fillet border, the central panel having a border of small squares, with fleurs-de-lys; title in gilt at top of panel, below which are two perpendicular rows of fleurs-de-lys, and two rows of lions rampant, all blind tooled, gilt inside dentelles, gilt gauffred edges, by Thompson, with his ticket. Paris, 1856 One of 12 copies on azure paper. Two different titles of the same

edition have been bound in.

172. BURY

(RICHARD

DE). Notice Bibliographique et Litteraire sur le Philobiblion de Richard de Bury. Précédée d'une Biographie de cet Auteur. Par Hippolyte Cocheris. 12mo, boards, calf back, with the arms of C. de Mandre on side. Paris, 1857

FIRST EDITION. With an A. L. S. from the author, inserted. Has the bookplate of C. de Mandre.

173. BYRON (LORD). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt. Illustrated with the beautiful series of engravings by Finden. 8vo, full purple calf, gilt back, sides elaborately blind tooled, gilt edges. Fine copy. London, 1841

WITH FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS BY EDWARDS

174. BYRON (LORD). A Collected Set of Byron's works, consisting of: Sardanapalus-The Two Foscari-Cain, London, 1821; Marino Faliero-The Prophecy of Dante, London, 1821; The Deformed Transformed, Second Edition, London, 1824; Mazeppa, London, 1819; The Island, London, 1823; The Age of Bronze, London, 1823; Werner, London, 1823. In 2 vols. 8vo, full maroon morocco, gilt back, sides handsomely gilt and blind tooled with panels and borders, gilt edges, doublures and flys of light blue moire silk, by Edwards of Halifax. London, v. d.

ALL FIRST EDITIONS except one. An addressed portion of a letter, with Byron's franked signature, is inserted in one of the volumes. On the fore-edge of each volume is a handsome and brilliant painting of Castles, one with a stream in the foreground, and the other, a stream and a meadow, with cattle resting.