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350. LE SAGE (ALAIN RENE). The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. Translated by T. Smollett. Frontispiece. 2 vols. 12mo, half maroon morocco, gilt tops. Philadelphia, n. d.

351. LEVER (CHARLES). Our Mess, comprising: Tom Burke of "Ours," and Jack Hinton the Guardsman. Portrait, and numerous illustrations by "Phiz." FIRST EDITIONS. 3 vols. 8vo, old half morocco (plates slightly foxed). Dublin, 1843-44

352. LEVER (CHARLES). The Novels of Charles Lever. With an introduction by Andrew Lang. Illustrations by Phiz and others. 34 vols. 8vo, 2 vols. in cloth, balance in sheets, uncut. Boston, 1895

De Luxe Edition, one of 150 sets. 353. LEWES (CHARLES LEE). Comic Sketches; or, the Comedian his own Manager. Written and selected for the benefit of Performers in England, Ireland, Scotland, and America. Portrait. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, half red morocco, gilt top.

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London, 1804

355. LEWIS (ALFRED HENRY). Richard Croker. Portraits and illustrations. 8vo, full calf, shamrock ornament in gold on front cover, doublure and fly of green ribbed silk, gilt top, New York, 1901

uncut.

FIRST EDITION. One of 250 copies printed.

356. LEWIS (LADY THERESA). Extracts from the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852. Frontispiece portraits and view. Second Edition. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1866

357. LITERARY. A. L. S. of George William Curtis. 1 p. 1854; Check in writing of Fitz-Greene Halleck; Signature of Henry Thomas Buckle; and another. 4 pieces.

358. LITERATURE OF ITALY (THE). Edited by Rossiter Johnson and Dora Knowlton Ranous. With a General Introduction by William Rossetti. With portraits and illustrations. 16 vols. 8vo, full morocco, various colors of bindings, each front cover bearing a reproduction of a famous binding, gilt, gilt tops, uncut. The Renaissance Edition, limited.

n. p., n. d.

359. LOCKE (RICHARD ADAMS). The Moon Hoax; or, a Discovery that the Moon has a vast population of Human Beings. 8vo, sheets. New York, 1859 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 21 portraits, etc., together with an A. L. S. of the author, and 3 A. S. of the same.

360. LONGUS.

Amours de Daphnis et Chloe. Avec Figures par un Eleve de Picart. Small 8vo, boards, morocco back, gilt top, uncut. A Amsterdam 1750

With the "petits pieds" plate. Scarce Edition, not mentioned by Cohen nor Lewine.

361. LONGUS. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe. Escrites en Grec par Longus, & translatees en François par Jacques Amyot. Illustrated with frontispiece and 25 folding plates, including the curious "goat" plate (one torn). Small 12mo, old calf, rebacked. A Londres, 1779

362. LONGUS. Daphnis and Chloe. A Pastoral Romance. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London: Vizetelly, n. d.

363. LOSSING (BENSON J.). The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution. Profusely illustrated. 2 vols. extended to six. 8vo, sheets. New York, 1851 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 550 fine and appropriate portraits, maps, views, etc., many of which are on India paper. There are also contained a Political Broadside in favor of John Jay and Stephen Van Rensselaer for Gov. and Lieut. Gov.; together with 14 Autograph Letters, Documents, etc., by the author, Stephen Longfellow, Jared Ingersoll, Robert Morris, John Prince, Joseph Bonaparte, Fr. Hopkinson, Christopher Green, Mary H. Schoolcraft, and others.

364. LOSSING (BENSON J.). The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution. Profusely illustrated. 2 vols. large 8vo, sheep, rebacked. New York, 1859

365. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Pictorial Field-Book of the Civil War. Profusely illustrated. In the original 24 parts, 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. New York, 1868

Accompanying the above is a collection of about 250 fine and interesting portraits and views, together with a Broadside "Proclamation of Freedom' by Abraham Lincoln, on parchment, and a fine War Letter signed by N. P. Tallmage.

366. LOSSING (BENSON J.). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Profusely illustrated. 2 vols. 8vo, sheets, uncut. New York, 1869

EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 79 portraits and views, besides several illustrated excerpts. A pencil drawing of Aaron Burr by J. Vandyke is included in the above.

367. LOWELL (JAMES RUSSELL). Writings. Portrait on India paper. 10 vols. 8vo, half cloth and boards, paper labels, uncut (labels a trifle scraped). Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1890 One of 300 copies on Large Paper. Two additional volumes were published at a later date.

368. LYELL (CHARLES). Travels in North America, in the Years 1841-2; with Geological Observations. Plates and maps, some colored. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth (worn). New York, 1845

369. LYTTON (EDWARD BULWER). Athens; its Rise and Fall, with Views of the Literature, Philosophy, and Social Life of the Athenian People. 2 vols. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt tops. London, n. d.

uncut.

370. LYTTON (BULWER). The Novels of Lord Lytton. Illustrations on Japan paper. 30 vols. 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops, Boston, n. d. The Saint Botolph Edition, limited. The works comprise: The Caxtons, 2 vols.; The Parisians, 2 vols.; Pelham, 2 vols.; Last of the Barons, 2 vols.; My Novel, 3 vols.; and others.

(CHARLES).

371. MACKAY Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. Illustrated. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth. London, 1856

372. MACKAY (CHARLES). Life and Liberty in America; or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada, 18571858. With tinted views of New York, Canada and the West. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. small 8vo, cloth, uncut (name on one title). London, 1859 373. MACKLIN (CHARLES). An Apology for the Conduct of Mr. Charles Macklin, Comedian. Frontispiece, inserted. 8vo, half calf, gilt top, uncut. London, 1773

374. MADDEN (R. R.). The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington. 3 vols. 8vo, half calf (scraped). London, 1855

375. MADISON (JAMES). A. L. S., 3 pp. 4to. Montpelier, May 22, 1823 (worn in folds).

Fine Political Letter, reading in part: "The newspapers had prepared me for the triumphant note which restores a prodigal sister to the bosom of the republican family," etc. Written to William Eustis on his election as Governor of Massachusetts.

376. MAHON (LORD). History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles. 7 vols. 8vo, half calf (worn). London, 1839-54

377. MALLETT (W. E.). An Introduction to Old English Furniture. Illustrations by H. M. Brock. Imperial 8vo, boards, cloth back. London, n. d.

378. MARINO (GIAMBATTISTA). L'Adone: Poema del Cavalier Marino con gli argomenti del Conte Fortuniano Santivale et l'Allegorie di Don Lorenzo Scoto. Title-page engraved on copper and a large number of sub-titles, head- and tail-pieces on wood. Quarto, old calf. Venetia: Dal Sarzina, 1626

An Italian version in verse of the story of Venus and Adonis; dedicated to Marie de Medici, who awarded the poet a pension.

379. MARMONTEL'S MORAL TALES, London, 1821; New Revised Encyclopedic Dictionary, 4 vols.; The Oneida Community (Estlake), and others. 15 vols., various sizes and bindings.

380. [MARSH (MRS. ANNE).] The Protestant Reformation in France; or, History of the Huguenots. Engravings. 2 vols. 8vo, half morocco. London: Bentley, 1847

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381. MARTINEAU (HARRIET). Harriet Martineau's Autobiography. Edited by Maria W. Chapman. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1877 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 50 portraits of persons mentioned in the text, including a pencil drawing of Sir Walter Scott.

382. MASKS AND FACES (Archer), London, 1888; Glimpses of Real Life as seen in the Theatrical World and in Bohemia: being the Confession of Peter Paterson. Edin. 1864; Egerton's Theatrical Remembrancer. London, 1788. Together 3 vols. 12mo, half crimson levant morocco, gilt tops.

383. MASON (GEORGE C.). The Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart. With selections from Stuart's portraits reproduced on steel and by photogravure. Extended to 3 volumes, 4to, sheets. New York, 1879 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with over 175 portraits of various sizes, many being reproductions of paintings by Stuart, some few in colors; also magazine excerpts.

384. MASPERO (GASTON). The Struggle of the Nations: Egypt, Syria, and Assyria; The Dawn of Civilization: Egypt and Chaldea; The Passing of the Empires, 850 B. C. to 330 B. C. Profusely illustrated. 3 vols. royal 8vo, cloth. London, 1900-1910 Fine copies. Edited by A. H. Sayce.

385. MATHEWS (J. M.). Recollections of Persons and Events chiefly in the City of New York. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1865

FIRST EDITION. Autograph presentation copy from the author. 386. MAUPASSANT (GUY DE). The Life Work of Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant, embracing Romance, Travel, Comedy and Verse. With a Critical Preface by Paul Bourget. Illustrated from original drawings by eminent French and American Artists. 17 vols. full roan, gilt backs, gilt and ornamental sides, gilt tops, uncut. Akron, n. d.

The Salon Edition, limited.

387. MAYHEW (HENRY). The Rhine and its Picturesque Scenery. 1856; The Upper Rhine: The Scenery of its Banks and the Manners of its People. 1858. Illustrated by Birket Foster. FIRSR EDITIONS. 2 vols. 8vo, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Tout. London, 1856-58

388. MEADOWS (T.). Thespian Gleanings, a Collection of Comic Recitals, Songs, Tales, etc. With portrait. 8vo, half roan, uncut. Ulverston, 1805

Scarce and curious.

Von der Kirchen vnd Wittemberg, 1540; In

389. MELANCTHON (PHILIPPUS). alten Kirchen-lerern. Woodcut title. Schrifft des Achebarn vnd Ehrwirdigen Herren seliger gedechtnis Doctoris Martini Lutheri. 1549. 2 vols. small 4to, stitched.

390. MEREDITH (GEORGE). A Reading of Life with other Poems. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, buckram, uncut. Westminister, 1901

391. MERIVALE (CHARLES). History of the Romans under the Empire. Maps. 7 vols. 8vo, cloth. London, v. d.

Large Type Library Edition.

392. MERIVALE (CHARLES). The Conversion of the Roman Empire. The Boyle Lectures for the Year 1864. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1865

393. METTERNICH (PRINCE). lated by Mrs. Alexander Napier. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth.

Memoirs. 1773-1815. Trans-
Frontispiece and facsimiles.
New York, 1880

394. MEXICAN WAR. Journal of William H. Richardson, a Private Soldier in the Campaign of New and Old Mexico, under the command of Colonel Doniphan, of Missouri. Illustrations. 12mo, wrappers (margins of a few pages slightly stained).

New York, 1848 395. MILMAN (H. H.). The Life of Edward Gibbon, with selections from his correspondence and illustrations. Portrait. 8vo, polished calf, gilt top. London: Murray, 1839

396. MILMAN (H. H.). ing that of the Popes of the cloth (slightly worn).

History of Latin Christianity; includ-
Pontificate of Nicholas V. 6 vols. 8vo,
London, 1857

397. MILMAN (H. H.). Annals of S. Paul's Cathedral. Portrait and illustrations. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top.

London, 1869

398. MISCELLANEOUS. A. L. S. of John Jacob Astor. 1 p. 4to. Dec. 1815; A. L. S. of Theodore Tilton. 8 pp. June, 1897; L. S. by Gen. Benjamin Butler. 1 p. July, 1871. 3 pieces.

399. MISCELLANEOUS. The Lament of Quintin McKell of Irongray, Soothsayer, N. Y., 1858; The Birthday of Michael Angelo (Parsons). London, 1875; Nubilia in Search of a Husband. Philadelphia, 1809; Memoir of Josiah Quincy (Walker). 4 vols. various sizes and bindings.

400. MITFORD (MARY RUSSELL). Dramatic Scenes, Sonnets, and other Poems. 12mo, half red calf, gilt top.

London, 1827

FIRST EDITION. Presentation copy from the author, with inscription on flyleaf.

401. MODERN WARFARE (Williams), N. Y. n. d.; Recollections of an Officer of Napoleon's Army (Blaze), N. Y. 1911; My War Diary (Waddington), N. Y. 1917; and others. Together 7 vols. 8vo, cloth.

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