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MARIE ANTOINETTE'S COPY

214. CHINIAC DE LA BASTIDE DU CLAUX. Discours sur la Nature et les Dogmes de la Religion Gauloise. Copperplate vignette on title. Svo, full old red morocco, gilt back, fillet borders on sides, corner rosettes, with the arms of Marie Antoinette in gold on both sides, gilt edges, by [Derome]. A Paris: Chez Butard, 1769 FROM THE LIBRARY OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, in a fine old binding, with a large impression of her arms. With bookplate of Sir Edward Sullivan. Grolier Exhibition, 1895. No. 204.

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215. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL (H.). The Modern Practical Angler. A Complete Guide to Fly-Fishing, Bottom-Fishing & Trolling. Frontispiece of flies in color, and 50 engravings of fish and tackle. 12mo, cloth. London, n d.

WITH ARMS OF NAPOLEON

216. CHRISTOPHE (MATH.). Dictionnaire pour servir a l'intelligence des Auteurs Classiques Grecs et Latins. 2 vols. 8vo, polished mottled calf, gilt backs, with a crowned "N" in compartments, the arms of Napoleon in gold on sides.

Paris, 1805

With the stamp of the Imperiale Bibliothèque on titles. 217. CHURCH (A. H.). Josiah Wedgwood, Master-Potter. Profusely illustrated. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut.

London, 1894

JEAN GROLIER'S COPY, WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH 218. CICERO. M. T. Ciceronis Tvscvlanæ Qvæstiones, per Des. Erasmus Roterodamum diligenter emendatæ & scholijs illustratæ. Small 4to, full old calf, gilt back, with title and name "Tho Maioli et amicorum" on front cover. Basileæ: In officina Frobeniana, 1536

A PRECIOUS VOLUME OF MORE THAN ORDINARY IMPORTANCE, COMBINING THE ASSOCIATION OF THE TWO ILLUSTRIOUS BIBLIOPHILES, GROLIER AND MAIOLI. The binding is a rather severe specimen of work done for the latter, and on the last page is the autograph of Grolier, the inscription in his hand reading: "Io Grolierij Lugdunen et amicorum.' There are also marginal notes in his hand on page 118 and on page 133. Grolier Exhibition, 1895. No. 18.

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219. CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS). Laelius; or, a Discourse upon Friendship. Translated from the Latin. First printed in 1700. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt back.

Glasgow: [Foulis Press], 1759

With the bookplate of Viscount Granville.

220. CLARETIE (JULES). Confidences a propos de ma Bibliothèque. Illustrated. Imp. 8vo, boards, cloth back, original wrappers bound in. Paris, 1885

AN UNIQUE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, containing the ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF ALL THE ILLUSTRATIONS, a photograph of the author by Gallot; several proof sheets, corrected by Claretie; five A. L's. S. of the author. The present is a presentation copy from the author to Octave Uzanne, with autograph inscription on the half-title. Bookplate of Octave Uzanne.

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QVAESTIONVM LIBER V

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his corporis & externa obscurentur: alij autem hæc ne bona quidem ducunt, in animo reponunt omnia: quo, rum controuerfiam folebat tanquã honorarius arbiter iudicare Carneades.Nam quú quæcunq bona Peripa teticis, eadem Stoicis commoda uideretur: neqz tamen Peripatetici plus tribuerent diuitijs,bonæ ualetudini,cę terisóp rebus generis eiufdé,quàm Stoici:cum ea re non uerbis ponderentur, caufam effe diffidendi negabat. Quare hunc locum cæterarum difciplinarum philofo, phi,quemadmodum obtinere poffint,ipfi uiderint:mi/ hi tamen gratum eft, quod de fapientum perpetua be, ne uiuédi facultate dignum quiddam philofophorum uoce profitentur. Sed quoniam mane eft eundum,has quinq dierum difputationes memoria comprehenda mus.Equidem me etiam confcripturum arbitror: ubi e, nim melius uti poffumus hoc, cuiufmodi eft, ocio ad Brutumés noftrum hos libros quinq mittemus: à quo non modo impulfi fumus ad philofophicas defcriptio, nes, ucrumetiam laceffiti. In quo quantum cæteris pro futuri fumus,no facile dixerimus.Noftris quidem acer biffimis doloribus uarijs & undiq; circunfufis moles ftijs, alia nulla potuit inueniri leuatio.

M. T. C. TVSCVLANARVM

QVAE

ftionum libri quinti & ultimi Finis.

BASILEAE PER HIERON. FROB. ET NICOL.

EPISC.

AN. M. D. XXXVI,

1o. Groliery Lugdunen

et arm corum.

AUTOGRAPH OF GROLIER IN VOLUME

BOUND BY MAIOLI

221. [CLARKE (WILLIAM).] Repertorium Bibliographicum; or, some account of the most celebrated British Libraries. Portraits and plates. 8vo, full polished calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by F. Bedford. London: William Clarke, 1819 FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, especially uncommon when containing at the end A Dialogue in the Shades"; "Rare Doings at RoxburgheHall"; and "Diary of Roger Payne,'' all of which are in the present copy.

222. CLARK (JOHN WILLIS). The Care of Books. An Essay on the Development of Libraries and their Fittings, from the earliest times to the end of the Eighteenth Century. Illustrated. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. Cambridge, 1901

BEAUTIFUL BINDINGS BY JOLY 223. CLASSICS. Virgil; Terence; Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius; Horace; Cicero. Engraved frontispieces. 5 vols. 32mo, full morocco of various colors, gilt edges, by Joly. In London: Pickering, 1820-1824

morocco case.

A HANDSOME COLLECTION OF THESE CHARMING VOLUMES IN PICKERING'S DIAMOND TYPE EDITION, EACH IN A DIFFERENT BINDING BY JOLY.

The bindings are exquisite examples of this binder's best work, and not only are different colored moroccos used, but the designs, doublures, and flys are also varied.

CHARLES THE FIRST'S COPY

224. CLEMENT (NICHOLAS). Austrasiæ Reges et Duces Epigrammatis. Vignette on title and numerous beautiful medallion portraits engraved by Pierre Woeiriot. 4to, full old calf, rebacked, with the arms of Charles I, when Prince of Wales, impressed on sides in gold. Coloniæ, 1591

A British Museum Sale duplicate, with stamp dated 1787.
Grolier Exhibition,1895. No. 85.

225. CLINTON (DE WITT). Presentation of the Clinton Vases. Procured at the expense of the Pearl Street merchants. 8 pages, 8vo, half blue morocco, by Stikeman.

N. p. [1825]

226. CLOQUET (JULES). Recollections of the Private Life. of General Lafayette. Embellished with numerous engravings. 8vo, morocco back and side borders, with panels of brown embroidery outlined in gold thread on a net background, gilt edges. London, 1835

Inserted is an Autograph Letter, signed, of Lafayette, and 2 portraits. 227. CLUB OF ODD VOLUMES. Christian Remick. An Early Boston Artist. A Paper read by Henry Winchester Cunningham. 4to, boards, leather back, uncut. Boston, 1904

Limited to 100 copies for the Members.

228. COLDEN (CADWALLADER). A. L. S., 1 p. folio, Coldongham, May 2, 1795. To Evins Wharry. Relates to the sale of land. Worn at bottom, slightly affecting signature.

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