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61. BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson, including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides, with numerous Additions and Notes by Croker. BEST EDITION. With portrait, views and facsimiles. 10 vols. fcap. 8vo, calf gilt, gilt edges. 1839

62. Dr. Johnson, including their Tour to the Hebrides, edited by J. Wilson Croker. Portraits. Thick royal 8vo, cloth. 1847

63. BOTANICAL. Torrey (John) and Gray (Asa). A Flora of North America. Containing abridged Descriptions of all the Known Indigenous and Naturalized Plants growing North of Mexico. (Vol. I-comprising the Polypetalous Division of the Dicotyledonous or Exogenous Plants.) 8vo, original cloth. N. Y. 1838-'40

64.

Complete in itself. RARE.

Treatise on the Culture of the Dahlia and Cactus. By E. Sayers. 12mo, boards (corner stained). Bost. 1839 65. Gray (Asa). Synoptical Flora of North America. Vol. II., Part I-Gamopetalæ after Compositæ. Royal 8vo, cloth. Scarce. N. Y. 1878

66. Gray (Asa). Synoptical Flora of North America. Vol. I, Part II-Caprifoliaceca-Compositæ. Royal 8vo, cloth.

Scarce.

N. Y. 1884

67. Dreuhundert auserlesene Amerikanische Gemachse nach Linneischer ordnung. Des ersten hunderts. 100 plates beautifully COLOURED BY HAND, with descriptions. 8vo, calf. Scarce. Nurnberg, 1789

Contains the armorial bookplate of the Duke of Northumber

land.

68.BOUCHER (FRANCOIS). Mantz (Paul). François Boucher, Lemoyne et Natoire. Portrait of Boucher etched by Lalauze after Lundberg, and numerous plates in heliogravure and text illustrations from paintings and drawings by Boucher, Lemoyne and Natoire. Folio, cloth, uncut.

Paris, 1880

A magnificent publication, the best on the subject, and one which is seldom offered for sale.

69. BRAZIL. Macedo (J. M. de). Brazilian Biographical Annual (in English). (An extensive series of biographical sketches containing a considerable store of Brazilian History from the earliest times. Vol. I-all issued?) 8vo, sewn. Scarce. Rio de Janeiro, 1876

70. BREMER (FREDERIKA). The Neighbors. Lithographic portrait and false title. 12mo, original cloth.

N. Y. 1850

Presentation copy, with author's autograph inscription, signed. First American edition: with author's preface, dated "Newburgh on the Hudson, Oct., 1849."'

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71. BRINLEY CATALOGUE. Catalogue of the American.
Library of Geo. Brinley, of Hartford, Conn. Part I only
with printed prices. 8vo, paper, uncut. Hartford, 1878
Second issue. There have been two issues of Part I, but the
number of each being small, many sets must always remain
incomplete.

√72.

Catalogue of the American Library of the late George Brinley, of Hartford, Conn. Parts 1, 4 and 5 only, with printed prices to each. 8vo, paper, uncut.

73.

Hartford, 1878-93

Part I second issue. There have been two issues of Part I, but the number of each being small, many sets must always remain incomplete.

Set of printed prices to Parts 1-5. 8vo.

74. BRITISH POETS, Gilfillan's Library Edition of the, with Lives, Critical Dissertations and Notes, printed in large type. A complete set. 48 vols. 8vo, cloth. 1853-9

Comprises: Addison, Akenside, Armstrong, Beattie, Blair, Bowles, Burns, Butler, Chaucer, Churchill, Collins, Cowper, Crashaw, Denham, Dryden, Dyer, Falconer, Gay, Goldsmith, Grahame, Gray, Greene, Herbert, Johnson, Milton, Parnell, Pope, Prior, Quarles, Scott, Shakespeare, Shenstone, Smollett, Somerville, Spencer, Surrey, Thomson, Waller, Wharton, White (H. K.), Wyatt, Young, Percy's 'Reliques," and Specimens of lessknown British Poets.

75. BRONTE SISTERS. Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. FIRST EDN. 12mo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. Smith, Elder & Co., 1846

76. BROOKE (M.) The Fool of Quality, or the History of Henry, Earl of Moreland. 5 vols. post 8vo, calf, sound.

1792

77. BROUGHAM (LORD). Historical Sketches of Statesmen who flourished in the Time of George III; to which is added Remarks on Party, and an appendix. With numerous fine steel portraits. Large Paper. 3 vols. royal 8vo, calf extra, full gilt backs, gilt edges. 1839-43

78. BROWNE (W.). Who's Who on the (American) Stage. Numerous portraits. Royal 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1906

79. BROWNING (ROBERT). The Ring and the Book. FIRST EDN. 4 vols. 16mo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1868-69 80. BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN). Poems | by | William Cullen Bryant. | Cambridge: | Printed by Hilliard & Metcalf, 1821. [Including "Thanatopsis," "Green River," "To a Waterfowl," and others.] 12mo, original boards, uncut (lower margins water-stained).

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Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf, 1821 The author's first volume of collected poems. Very scarce.

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81. BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN). The Fountain and other Poems. FIRST EDN.

label and advertisements.

12mo, original cloth and N. Y. 1842

Autograph presentation FROM A. [NDREW] LANG TO BRANDER MATTHEWS.

82. — A Funeral Oration, occasioned by the Death of Thomas Cole, delivered. ., May 4, 1848. FIRST EDN. 8vo, original printed wrappers. N. Y. 1848

83.

Memorial of the American Free Trade League (signed, William Cullen Bryant, President). 4to, broadside. Fine copy. N. Y., Feb., 1866

84. 21-36.

The rarity of this and the two Free Trade items which follow is illustrated by their absence from the Chamberlain, Arnold, Foote, McKee, and other great collections of first editions of American authors. No copy of either item is recorded as sold, or mentioned by Sturges and other bibliographers or biographers of Bryant.

Free Trade Tracts, 1-20; Free Trade Tracts, Two 8-page parts, 4to, uncut. N. Y. [1866] Fine, unopened copy of an important item, consisting, almost wholly, of Bryant's Evening Post leading articles, here collected for the first and only time.

'To the American People."

85. (Address of the American Free Trade League.) Small 4to leaflet.

[N. Y. 1867] Officers of the League, 1867, and prospectus, signed William Cullen Bryant, occupy outer portion of sheet; the inner portion (printed as a folio page) is devoted to the address. FIRST EDN. Portrait.

Orations and Addresses.

86.
12mo, original cloth. Fine copy.

87. UNCUT.

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N. Y. 1873

The same. Portrait. Small 8vo, original cloth,
N. Y. 1873

Virtually a LARGE PAPER COPY, being much taller than the regular issue. The present copy is the first, IN THIS STATE, offered at auction.

88. Poems: collected and arranged by the Author. Portrait (by Samuel Lawrence) and 70 engravings on wood, by John Tenniel, Birket Foster, Wm. Harvey and others. Square 8vo, full green morocco, gilt edges. N. Y., n. d. Copyright date, 1854. A scarce edition.

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89. BUNSEN (C. C. J.) Hippolytus and his Age: or the Doctrine and Practice of the Church of Rome under Commodus and Alexander Severus; and Ancient and Modern Christianity and Divinity compared. Front. Front. 4 vols. crown 8vo, half morocco, gilt.

1852

90. BURNET'S (BP.) History of the Reformation of the Church of England, with the Collection of Records and Papers. Large type library edn. 6 vols. 8vo, full calf Oxford: University Press, 1829

extra.

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/91. BURNEY'S (MISS-MME. D'ARBLAY) Cecilia; or, FIRST EDN. 5 vols. post 8vo, new

Memoirs of an Heiress.

1782

half calf, gilt, yellow edges.
/92. [BURNS (R.).] Poems ascribed to Robert Burns, the
Ayrshire Bard, not contained in any edition of his works
hitherto published. 8vo, morocco, gilt edges. Glasgow, 1801
Works, with an account of his Life, and a criti-
cism of his writings. [By J. Currie.] Library edn. With
portrait. 4 vols. 8vo, scored calf, gilt.

93.

1819

94. BYRON (LORD). Manfred: a Dramatic Poem. 8vo, full green straight-grained morocco, gilt tooled on back and sides, gilt top, uncut.

FIRST EDN.

Ehtooled

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Lond. Murray, 1817 95. Works. Full-page engravings on steel. 3 vols. 8vo, polished calf. Lond. 1819 FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Byron's writings, with brilliant impressions of Westall's designs, engraved by Charles Heath. Unusually choice copy.

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96. Works, 5 vols. 12mo, half calf, Murray, 1821; Don Juan, Cantos 1 to 16; FIRST EDNS. of Cantos 9 to 16, 5 vols in 3, half morocco. 1820-23. 8 vols.

97.

calf.

/98.

Don Juan, complete 16 Cantos.

6 vols. 8vo,

1820-24

All first editions, except Cantos 1 and 2, which was first published in 4to.

Sardanapalus, a Tragedy; The Two Foscari, a Tragedy; Cain. FIRST EDN. 8vo, original boards (back Lond. Murray, 1821

missing).

99.

Poetical Works. New library edition, in large. type. With fine portrait. 6 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt, panel backs, cloth sides, gilt top. FINE SET. John Murray, 1855 The best large-type library edition of " Byron " published.

J100. CALDECOTT (RANDOLPH).

66

Graphic Pic

tures; Gleanings from the "Graphic"; More "Graphic" Pictures; and Last "Graphic" Pictures. FIRST EDNS. With fine portrait and about 300 pages of humorous colored and plain plates. 4 vols. oblong folio, colored pictorial boards.

1883-89

101 CAMDEN'S Britannia, transl. and enlarged by Bp. Gibson. Portrait and numerous engravings of coins and maps. 2nd edn. 2 vols. folio, contemporary half calf, uncut.

Last and best edition of Bp. Gibson's translation.

102. CAPELL (ED.). Prolusions; or, Select Pieces of Antient Poetry. Nutbrowne Mayde, Edward III, and Poems by Sir John Davis. Small 8vo, red morocco, gilt edges. Lond. Tonson, 1760

Fine copy of a scarce book.

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103. CAROLINE ISLANDS. Travel in the Sea of the Little Lands. By F. W. Christian. Illusts. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1899

104. CARRACCI (ANNIBALE). Imagines Farnesiani Cubiculi cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis Romæ in ædibus Sereniss. Ducis Parmensis ab Annibale Carracci's æternitati pictæ. 13 plates engraved by P. Aquila, after Annibale Carracci's paintings in the Farnesian rooms at Rome, and 4 other plates of monuments by Michael Angelo, etc. Oblong folio, boards. Romæ [XVIIth Century] 105. CARROLL (LEWIS). Phantasmagoria and other Poems. FIRST EDN. 12mo, original cloth, gilt edges.

Lond. 1869

With the scarce slip advertising "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

106. CATLIN'S (G.) Eight Years' Travels and Adventures among the American Indians. With 400 engravings illustrative of the manners, customs, language, history and condition of the wildest and most remarkable tribes. 2 vols. royal 8vo, cloth.

1841

107. CERVANTES' Don Quixote, transl. by Charles Jarvis; with Life of Cervantes. Map, portrait and numerous engravings after Stothard, Thurston, etc. 4 vols. 8vo, calf, rebacked.

1801

/108. CHALMERS (DR. T.). On the Adaptation of external Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man (Bridgewater Treatise). 2 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt. Pickering, 1834

109. CHARLES MACKLIN, by E. A. Parry, 1891; Pluri-bus-tah. A Song that's by no author (by M. M. Thompson), FIRST EDN., illust. [1856]; Fanny, with other poems, by Fitz-Greene Halleck, 1839. 3 vols. 12mo, cloth and boards.

110.

110. CHATEAUBRIAND (FRANCOIS R., VICOMTE DE). Memoirs of; being a translation by Alex. Teixeira De Mattos of the Memoires D'Outre-Tombe. With portraits and plates from contemporary sources. 6 vols. 8vo, cloth, gilt top.

1902

111. CHESTERFIELD (EARL OF). Letters to his Son; with other pieces on various subjects. Edited by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope. With portrait. 4 vols. 8vo, calf, gilt.

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1800

112. CHINA Illustrated by T. Allom, with Descriptions by Wright. 120 highly finished and beautiful engravings of scenery, architecture, manners, customs, ceremonies, etc., by the first artists; fine impressions. 4 vols. 4to in 2, half

morocco.

[1845]

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