borough, by Geo. W. Fulcher, London, 1856. Portraits and other illustrations, Together 20 vols., 8vo, and 12mo, half morocco (different bindings). London, v. d.

54. ASHTON (JOHN). Social England under the Regency. 90 illustrations. 2 vols., 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops, by Stikeman (worn at hinges). New York, 1890 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a number of portraits and views, some

scarce.

55.

half morocco.

When William IV. was king. 47 illustrations. 8vo, New York, 1896 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a number of portraits and views. Among them are portraits of B. Disraeli, Wellington, Earl Grey, William IV, etc.

56. AYRES (PH.). Emblems of Love in Four Languages. Numerous plates engraved by S. Nicholls. 12mo, boards, uncut. London, [1683]

LARGE PAPER COPY.

57. BACON (FRANCIS). Essays. Printed entirely on pure vellum, at the Chiswick Press. 12mo, half morocco, uncut.

London, 1845

The

58. BARCLAY (ALEXANDER). Stultifera Nauis. Ship of Fooles, wherin is shewed the folly of all States, etc. (By Sebastian Brant.) Translated by Alex. Barclay. Folio, full red morocco, gilt edges. London: John Cawood, 1570

BLACK LETTER. Numerous cuts. This second edition contains some of Barclay's smaller pieces, and is on that account to be preferred to the edition of 1509. Fine tall and clean copy of this scarce book. [SEE ILLUSTRATION]

59. [BARCLAY (SIR WM., Gov. of Virginia, 1666).] The Lost Lady. A Tragy-Comedy. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1639

From the Lefferts collection. VERY SCARCE.

60. [BARHAM (R. H.).] The Ingoldsby Legends; or, mirth and marvels. By Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq. Illustrated by Geo. Cruikshank. The three series. 3 vols., 12mo, original cloth, uncut. London, 1840-47

FIRST EDITIONS. Fine copies of the earliest issues. The first issue of the first vol., in which p. 236 was left blank, is very scarce. The forename of Baron de Shurland (in the "Grey Dolphin') is here given as Ralph." It was subsequently changed to "Robert."

61. BARTOLOZZI.

Bartolozzi and his works. By Andrew
London, 1885

W. Tuer. Second and best edition. 12mo, vellum.

One of 500 copies.

62. BATTY (ROBERT). Select views of some of the Principal Cities of Europe. 41 steel plates, proofs on India Paper. Folio, half morocco, gilt top (rubbed).

London, 1832

Stultifera Nauis,

qua omnium mortalium narratur ftultitia,admo

dum vtilis & neceffaria ab omnibus ad fuam falutem perlegenda, è Latino fermone in noftrum vulgarem verfa,& iam diligenter imprella. An. Do. 1 5 7 0.

The Ship of Fooles, wherin is fhewed the folly

of all States, with diuers other wozkes adiopned vnto the fame,
bery profitable and fruitfull for all men.

Translated out of Latin into Engliche by Alexander
Barclay Patelt,

63. BEAU BRUMMELL. Life of Geo. Brummell, commonly called Beau Brummell. By Capt. (W.) Jesse. 2 portraits. 2 vols., 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops. London, 1844

64. BEAUCHESNE (A. DE). Louis XVII. His Life, His Sufferings, His Death: The captivity of the Royal Family in the Temple. Translated by W. Hazlitt. Illustrated. 2 vols., 12mo, half morocco, gilt tops. London, 1853

EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a number of portraits, etc. Among the former are representations of Molière, James II, Necker, Tasso, Malesherbes, and others. Among the views is a series of Dutch views depicting many of the scenes in the French Revolution leading to the death of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

65. BEAUJOINT (JULES). The Secret Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Pompadour. 8vo, half morocco. London, 1885 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 70 portraits and views. Among these are portraits of Watteau, Crébillon, Villars, Mme. de Pompadour, etc.

66. BEAUMONT (SIR JOHN). Bosworth-field: With a taste of the variety of other poems. 12mo, calf (rebacked). London, 1629 THE FIRST EDITION. Pp. 181-2, are missing, as in all copies.

67. BEHN (APHRA). The Widdow Ranter, or, the History of Bacon in Virginia. A Tragi-Comedy. 4to, straight-grain morocco, gilt, gilt edges, by Stikeman. London, 1690

THE RARE FIRST EDITION. The Lefferts copy.

68. BENTZON (TH.). Jacqueline, translated by Elizabeth W. Latimer. With full-page plates on India paper, and other illustrations by Albert Lynch. 4to, half morocco, gilt top, original covers bound in, by Blackwell. New York, [1893]

69. BESANT (WALTER). London. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Blackwell. New York, 1892 EXTRA-ILLUSTRAT D by the insertion of 76 portraits, etc. Included are portraits of John Stow, Charles II., and others. The bulk of the extra plates are views of Early London on copper and steel.

70. BEWICK. Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell. Beautifully illustrated with woodcuts, by Thos. Bewick. 4to, calf. London, 1795 Bookplate of Lord Farnborough. LARGE PAPER. FIRST IMPRESSIONS

OF THE PLATES.

71.

The Seasons, by James Thomson. Illustrations by Bewick. 8vo, half calf (name on title). London, 1805

72. BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS. This (these) volume (volumes) contains a complete collection of the Head and Tail Pieces. to Macklin's Bible, the whole composed by Philip James De Loutherbourg R. A., and engraved by various Distinguished Artists, but principally by the late John Landseer. 3 vols., folio, half morocco. London, 1864

These illustrations were extracted from the original subscription copy of Viscount Sudley. Macklin's Bible was the largest ever published. An interesting collection.

73.

Landscape Illustrations of the Bible. From original sketches engraved by W. and E. Finden. With descriptions by Thos. H. Horne. 2 vols., 4to, full morocco, gilt edges. London, 1836

74. BIBLICAL MONUMENTS. By William H. Rule and J. C. Anderson. Numerous illustrations. 4to, half morocco.

Croydon, 1871-3

A scarce and important book. Only a small number were issued for subscribers.

75. BIBLIOGRAPHY. An introduction to the Study of Bibliography. With memoir on the Public Libraries of the Antients. By Thos. H. Horne. Illustrated. 2 vols., 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops. London, 1814

76. Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, a Descriptive Catalogue of a rare and rich collection of Early English Poetry: In the possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. Illustrated. 8vo, half calf. London, 1815

Compiled by A. F. Griffiths.

77. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature. By Wm. T. Lowndes. New edition, corrected and enlarged by H. G. Bohn. 6 vols., 8vo, half roan (binding rubbed). London, 1869

78. A list of English tales and prose Romances printed before 1740. By Arundell Esdaile. 8vo, boards, uncut.

London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1912

79. Fifteenth Century English Books. A bibliography of books and documents printed in England and of books for the English Market printed abroad. By E. G. Duff. 4to, boards.

Oxford: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1917

80. English Printed Almanacks and Prognostications. A bibliographical History to the year 1600. By E. F. Bosanquet. 4to, boards.

London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, 1917

81. BIBLIOGRAPHICA. Vols. 1-3, in twelve parts. Numerous illustrations, some in colors. 4to, paper wrappers, uncut.

London, 1895-6

82. BIBLIOMANIA in the Middle Ages. By F. S. Merryweather. 12mo, half morocco. London, 1849 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of about 40 portraits and views. Some are early and scarce engravings.

83. BIBLIOPHOBIA.

Remarks on the present languid and depressed state of Literature and the book trade. In a Letter addressed to the author of the Bibliomania. By Mercurius Rusticus. With notes by Cato Parvus. 8vo, boards.

Presentation copy. One of 100 printed on LARGE PAPER.

London, 1832

84. BIERSTADT (O. A.). The library of Robert Hoe. 110 illustrations. 8vo, cloth, uncut. New York, 1895

One of 350 copies.

85. BINDING. Imperatorum et Cæsarum Vitæ, cum Imaginibus ad uiuam effigiem expressis. Bound in full calf, gilt, with the arms of Philip II of Spain, and the impressed Stamp of the Escurial on both sides of cover.

[Argentoratii] Vuolphgangus Cæphælæus excussit, Anno 1534

86.

:

L'Histoire du vieux et du nouveau Testament, Representée avec des Figures & des Explications édifiantes, tirées des SS. PP. pour régler les mœurs dans toute forte de conditions. Par le Sieur de Royavmont, Prieur de Sombreval. 4to, handsomely bound in full morocco, inlaid, with tooled inside borders, gilt, gilt edges, by Chambolle-Duru, in case.

Paris, 1670 A FINE SPECIMEN OF FRENCH BINDING. In immaculate condition, with fine impressions of the copperplates.

87. Critical Enquiries into the Various Editions of the Bible. 4to, full red morocco, beautifully tooled in an ornate cottage pattern, gilt edges.

88.

London, 1684

A good specimen of Early English Binding, in fine condition.

Cajo Marzio Coriolano, Drama. 8vo, full red morocco,

gilt edges, with the arms of George I on sides.

A FINE SPECIMEN OF OLD ENGLISH BINDING.

London, 1723

In good condition.

89. A Collection of Anthems, as the same are now performed in his Majesty's Chapels Royal, &c. Published by direction of the Reverend the Sub-Dean of his Majesty's said Chapels Royal. Pages lined with red. 8vo, full red morocco, gilt, gilt edges, with the arms of the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court, on sides.

90. Le Prince de Conde. Par M. Boursault. calf, with the arms of Mme. de Pompadour on sides.

91.

London, 1736

12mo, polished Paris, 1739

A Practical Discourse concerning Death. By Wm. Sherlock. 8vo, full cross-grain calf, gilt, gilt edges, with monogram of Princess Sophia on sides (probably by Lewis).

With bookplate of the Princess.

London, 1751

92. Les Baisers, précédés du Mois de Mai. 12mo, full polished calf, gilt, gilt edges with tooling on sides, by Mansell.

93.

A. La Haye, 1770

Illustrated with vignettes by Launay, Baquey and others.

Letters of Abélard and Héloïse. Extracted from Bayle 12mo, full red calf,

by John Hughes. Copperplate illustrations. gilt, gilt edges in the style of Lewis.

London, 1776