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529. LA FONTAINE. Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers, Par M. de la Fontaine. 118 vignettes by Chauveau. 2 vols. 12mo, full brown levant morocco, gilt backs, gilt borders on the sides in deep dentelle tooling, inside borders, gilt edges, by Hardy.

Paris: Claude Barbin, 1668

A re-impression of the First Edition, printed the same year, in quarto.

530. LA FONTAINE. Fables Choisies. Mises en vers. Et par lui révûes, corrigées & augmentées de nouveau. Printer's device on title. Small 8vo, full red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt panel sides, with corner fleurons, gilt edges, by Masson-Debonnelle.

Suivant la Copie de Paris, a Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Mortier, 1693.

A HANDSOME COPY. With bookplate of Comte Joseph de Lagondie.

531. LALANNE (A.). Le Billard. Etched title and 2 plates by Maxime Lalanne. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. Paris, n. d. With autograph of Maxime Lalanne on half-title.

532. LALANNE (MAXIME).

Chez Victor Hugo par un pasWith 12 etchings by Maxime Lalanne. 8vo, half cloth, uncut, original wrappers bound in.

sant.

Paris, 1864

FIRST EDITION, with the plates in two states, before and after letters. Two portraits and a proof etching are inserted. Autograph presentation copy from Lalanne.

533. LAMARTINE (ALPHONSE DE). Meditations Poetiques Illustrated with frontispiece, engraved title, and engravings on wood and steel. 8vo, full purple straight-grain morocco, gilt and inlaid back, sides ornamented with blind and gilt borders and central foliated design, gilt edges, by Dauphin.

Paris, 1824

534. LAMB (SIR JAMES BLAND). The Birth and Triumph of Love. A Poem. With the original designs engraved by P. W. Tomkins. 8vo, full green calf, gilt, gilt top, uncut. London, 1823

Inserted is a plate by Angelica Kauffmann.

535. [LA MORLIERE (LE CHEVALIER DE).] Angola, Histoire Indienne. Ouvrage sans vraisemblance. Nouvelle Edition, revue et corrigée. Illustrated with 5 copperplates by Eisen, engraved by Tardieu, Maisonneuve, and Aveline. 2 parts in one volume. Small 8vo, full blue levant morocco, charmingly tooled back and sides, corner and side ornaments of roses and baskets of flowers, doublures of citron levant morocco, gilt border, with a single rose in each corner, gilt edges, by Cuzin. A Agra, 1751 FIRST ISSUE OF THIS EDITION, with the vignette to the second part of a carriage containing two lovers.

Choice copy.

536. LANG (ANDREW). The Library: With a Chapter on Modern English Illustrated Books by Austin Dobson. Illustrations. 8vo, buckram, uncut. London, 1881

One of 185 copies printed on Large Handmade Paper.

537. LARNED (ELLEN D.). History of Windham County, Conn. Maps, and portraits. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth.

Scarce.

Worcester, 1874-1880

538. LATHY (T. P.). The Angler; A Poem, In Ten Cantos. Comprising proper instructions in the Art, with rules to choose fishing rods, lines, hooks, floats, baits, and to make artificial flies, etc. Embellished with upwards of 20 beautiful woodcuts. 12mo, full red morocco, gilt back, blind stamped design on the sides. London: J. H. Burn, 1820

With FORE-EDGE PAINTING showing an angler on the banks of a stream beside a bridge.

539. LATIN YEAR (THE). Compiled by Rev. W. J. Loftie. With illustrations by R. Bateman. 8vo, beautifully bound in French yellow morocco, the sides and back exquisitely gold tooled and inlaid with variegated leathers, Maioli pattern, interspersed with gilt scroll work and mediæval ornaments, the interstices filled in with dots and circles, gilt edges, by Rivière. London, 1873

FIRST EDITION.

540. LATOUR (ANTOINE DE). Luther, Etude Historique. 12mo, full red straight-grain morocco, gilt and inlaid back, sides line-tooled with corner shell ornaments gilded on vari-colored moroccos, uncut, by Messier. Paris, 1835

FIRST EDITION. One of three copies of this work printed on different colored paper. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY, with two autograph notes by him relating to the disposition of these three copies.

541. LAYARD (GEORGE SOMES). Mrs. Lynn Linton, her Life, Letters and Opinions. With 12 illustrations. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. London, 1901

With an Autograph letter in the third person from Lord Arthur Hill to Mrs. Linton.

542. LE CLERC (SEBASTIAN). A Treatise of Architecture, with Remarks and Observations. With brilliant portrait of the author, engraved title and 181 copperplates. 8vo, full russet calf, gilt edges. [London, about 1730]

Fine copy. Engraved throughout by John Sturt.

543. LECOMTE (GEORGES). L'Art Impressionniste, d'après la collection privée de M. Durand-Ruel. 36 etchings and other illustrations by A.-M. Lauzet. 4to, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut, by the Club Bindery. Paris, 1892

544. LEE PRIORY PRESS. Woodcuts and Verses. Vignette on title, and woodcuts on India paper. Small 4to, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Stikeman.

Kent: Printed at the Private Press of Lee Priory, 1820 One of only a few copies printed of the woodcuts used at this press, on India paper. Contains many beautiful examples of wood engraving.

545. LEE (SIDNEY). Books in Relation to National Efficiency. Svo, wrappers. N. p., n. d. [London, 1904] One of 15 copies in this form for private circulation. Presentation inscription from Sidney Lee.

546. LEFEBURE (ERNEST). Embroidery and Lace: Their Manufacture and History, from the remotest Antiquity to the Present Day. Profusely illustrated. Small 8vo, full green silk, the back and sides elaborately and beautifully embroidered with colored silks, and gold braid in a floral design, gilt and gauffred edges, by Miss May Morris. In a leather slip-case. London, 1888 Fine modern embroidered binding by the daughter of William Morris, who was active in his art-craft workshops. The initials E. L. and A. C. appear on the front cover.

547. LEHMANN

(RUDOLF).

An Artist's

With a portrait. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, cloth, uncut.

Reminiscences.
London, 1894

548. LELY (RICHARD). Poems and Translations on Several Occasions. 8vo, full old English red morocco, elaborately tooled back and sides; a large central ornament having a painted center on which are the initials of the author, R.L. in gold, gilt edges.

London, 1727

LARGE AND THICK PAPER COPY. The author was the son of Sir Peter Lely, the painter, and this copy appears to have been presented to him by his friend J. Christian, whose long autograph inscription (in Latin) is on the fly-leaf. Then follows 3 pp. of family memoranda, memorials, etc., possibly in the autograph of the poet. With bookplates of J. Delaware Lewis and E. Sullivan.

549. LEON (JEAN). Historiale Description de l'Afrique, tierce partie du monde, Contenant les Royaumes, Regions, Viles, Citez, Chateaus et Fortresses: Iles, Fleuues, Anim Animaux, etc. Ecrite de notre temps par Jean Leon, African, premierement en langue Arabesque, puis en Toscane, & a present mise en Francois. Thick 12mo, full calf, the sides covered with an elaborate interlaced pattern of strapwork, showing Oriental influence. Aldine ornaments in four compartments on each side; back decorated in a diamond pattern, gilt edges. In a calf slip-case.

Anvers: De l'Imprimerie de Christophle Plantin, 1556 Beautiful Italian binding of the 16th Century.

550. LEPERE (AUGUSTE). Nantes en Dix-Neuf Cent. Préface de Roger Mark. Illustrated with full-page etchings and engravings on wood. Imp. 8vo, wrappers, uncut. Nantes, n. d.

One of 200 copies.

551. LE ROUX DE LINCY. Recherches sur Jean Grolier sur sa Vie et sa Bibliothèque. Reproductions of bindings in color. FIRST EDITION. Royal 8vo, half dark brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1866

552. LESLIE (C. R.). Autobiographical Recollections by the late Charles Robert Leslie, R.A. Edited .. by Tom Taylor. Portrait. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth (cover stained). London, 1860

553. LESLIE. Autobiographical Recollections. A collection of EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS for this work, each piece skilfully inlaid to 4to, on Whatman paper. There are 278 plates in all, many of

which ARE PROOF IMPRESSIONS ON INDIA PAPER.

554. LESTER (C. EDWARDS). The Artists of America: A series of Biographical Sketches of American Artists; with Portraits and Designs on Steel. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, cloth.

New York, 1846

555. LIBER SCRIPTORUM. The First Book of the Authors Club. Decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials, etc. Small folio, full crimped leather, gilt and stamped, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1893

Limited to 250 copies, all on handmade paper. The contents comprise original poems, prose skketches, etc., by Members of the Club, including Samuel L. Clemens, E. C. Stedman, Theodore Roosevelt, F. Hopkinson Smith, Henry Van Dyke, W. D. Howells, John Hay, C. D. Warner, and others. EACH CONTRIBUTION IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. There are 109 separate items, each signed.

556. LINTON (E. LYNN). The Lake Country. With a map and 100 illustrations drawn and engraved by W. J. Linton. FIRST EDITION. Square 8vo, cloth, gilt edges. London, 1864

557. LINTON (W. J.). The National: A Library for the People. Edited by W. J. Linton. [A Monthly Publication, with woodcuts by the Editor.] 8vo, half calf (covers loose).

London, 1839

558. [LINTON (W. J.).] Backgammon: Its History and Practice. With illustrations by Kenny Meadows, engraved by W. Linton. 16mo, cloth. London: Bogue, 1844

Laid in are two announcements of Linton's "Love-lore and other Poems, together with a small booklet of verse "Good Counsel" probably by Linton in one of his privately printed issues from the Appledore

press.

GEORGE SAND ASSOCIATION COPY

559. LINTON (W. J.). Bob-Thin; or, The Poorhouse Fugitive. Illustrated by T. Sbson, W. B. Scott, E. Duncan and W. J. Linton. 8vo, original boards, back worn. 1845

FIRST EDITION. On the fly-leaf is the following inscription: "Printed by me at 85 Hatton Garden, London, and given by me to my friend Mazzini for presentation to Madame Sand. Witness my hand at 4, 38th St. New York in presence of Mr. Avery, May 7, 1891. W. J. Linton." There is also an inscription to Madame Sand in the hand of, and signed by, Mazzini, together with an A. L. S., 1 p. 8vo, of George Sand.

560. LINTON (W. J., Editor). The English Republic. God and the People. Edited by W. J. Linton. 1851-1854. 3 vols. 8vo, half green calf, the edges painted with the flag blue, white and green as on the title-page. London, 1851-54

FIRST EDITION. Very Scarce. This is a complete set of this publication, except the numbers for Jan.-April, 1855, when the periodical ceased. Only 300 copies of each number were printed. With the editor's autograph on the fly-leaf of the first volume.

561. Another copy of the same, Vol. 1 only. With "The Northern Tribune," Vol. 1 [probably all published]. Containing many contributions by Linton. London, 1854. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. London, 1851-54

562. LINTON (W. J.). The Plaint of Freedom. Woodcut portraits of Milton and Cromwell. Small 4to, half morocco, gilt edges. p., 1852

N.

With 2 inscriptions by the Author, descriptions of each of the portraits on the margins, and a page in his handwriting.

563. LINTON (W. J.). Thirty Pictures by Deceased British Artists engraved expressly for the Art-Union of London by W. J. Linton. 4to, full green straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by Stikeman. [London], 1860

EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of another set of the 30 engravings, proofs on India paper; 7 India paper proofs of other subjects, 2 portraits of Linton, one of which is inscribed, an Autograph Letter by him, and a touched proof of D. G. Rossetti's illustration for Tennyson's Poems, with notes for the printer on margins. The book is a presentation copy from Linton, with inscription on the title.

564. LINTON (W. J.). The Ferns of the English Lake Country, with Tables of varieties. Illustrations, colored by the author. 12mo, cloth. Windermere [1861]

On the fly-leaf is written in Linton's hand: "colored by me W. J. Linton, Jan. 22, 1891."'

565. LINTON (W. J.). Claribel and Other Poems. Vignettes by the Author. 12mo, cloth.

With inscription by the Author.

London, 1865

566. LINTON (W. J.). The Flower and the Star. Stories for Children, written and illustrated by W. J. Linton. Square 12mo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut. Boston, 1868

FIRST EDITION. Autograph of the Author on title-page.

567. LINTON (W. J.). Poetry of America. Selections from one hundred Poets from 1776 to 1876. Portrait of Whitman. 12mo, cloth. London, 1878

With the autograph of Linton.

568. LINTON (W. J.). Some Practical Hints on Wood Engraving. for the instruction of reviewers and the public. Illustrations. FIRST EDITION. Square 12mo, cloth. Boston, 1879

With autograph of the author on title.

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