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1886 Bertandus Petragoricus (Joannes).

Encomium trium Marianum, cum earundem cultus defensione adversus Lutheranos, solemnique missa et officio Canonico in quibus omnibus desideres nihil (et de Cognatione divi Jo. Baptistae), emissum auspiciis augustiss. Principis Joannae Aurelianensis, etc., roman and gothic letter, with fine woodcuts, "Prelum Ascensianum" on title and last leaf (wanted 2 leaves at end of part ii.), contemporary oaken boards, in leather, with blind stamped ornaments (rebacked), Paris, J. Badius Ascensius, 1529, small 4to. (13)

Ellis and Elvey, £16 105.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4416.—ED.] 1887 Biblia Sacra (Vulgata) ad optima veteris tralationis exemplaria summa diligentia castigata cum indicibus, numerous fine woodcuts by Le Petit Bernard (wanted pp. 263-266), contemporary oaken boards, leather, stamped with female figures, etc., r. e., Lugd., J. Tornaesius, 1558, thick 8vo. (15) Thompson, 1 6s.

[See BOOK-PRICES Current, vol. xi., No. 4454.—ED.] 1888 Biblia. The Byble, that is to say al the holy Scripture . . . faythfully set furth according to ye coppy of Thomas Mathewes translacio, whereunto are added certaine learned Prologes, black letter, title in red and black within woodcut border, N. T. title all black, woodcuts (margins of title and preliminary leaves mended and upper part of L L 6 torn off, otherwise an unusually good copy, with all the titles), red morocco extra, gilt edges by C. Lewis, John Day, 1551, folio (16) Bull, £8

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4484.-Ed.] 1889 Biblia. The Holy Byble, conteyning the Old Testament and New, set foorth by Authority, whereunto is joyned the whole service used in the Churche of Englande (with Calendar), black and roman letter, woodcut title, cut of Creation, woodcut maps and ornamental initials, some headlines shaved, new plain blue morocco covering oaken boards, gilt edges, No name of printer or place, 1576 (R. Jugge), small 4to. (17) Leighton, £6 10S.

[In addition to the defects mentioned in BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4498, four leaves at the end were on paper, the rest of the book being on vellum.-ED.] 1890 Biblia. The Bible and Holy Scriptures... translated according to the Ebrue and Greke ... with most profitable Annotations, etc. (Genevan or "Breeches "), wanted first title and all the preliminary leaves, except a "Briefe Table" (mended), Calendar from July to Dec., "A Description and Success," etc. (leaf 350 defective, table at end wanted), otherwise a good copy, ruled in red, old green moroccogilt, gilt edges, Edinburgh, A. Arbuthnot, 1579 [N. T., Thos. Bassandyne, 1576], folio (18) Bull, £4 19s.

[The first edition of the Bible printed in Scotland; in roman letter, double columns. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. i., No. 4465; vol. xi., No. 4503.-ED.]

1891 Biblia. The Bible, that is the Holy Scriptures translated according to the Ebrewe and Greeke, with most profitable Annotations (Genevan or "Breeches"), with Two Tables, and The Whole Booke of Psalmes in English Metre by T. Sternhold, etc., with apt notes, in I vol. (some headlines cut into), old calf (rebacked), C. Barkar (sic) and John Daye, 1576, small 4to. (19) Bull, LI IIS.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4502.-ED.] 1892 Biblia. The Bible, that is the Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament (Genevan or "Breeches"), with Speed's Genealogies and two tables, fine engraved title by Hole and woodcuts (Reprint of Archbishop Parker's Preface inserted), R. Barker, 1611-Book of Common Prayer, woodcut title (torn), ib.-Whole Book of Psalmes in Metre, with apt notes (last leaf defective), Stat. Co., 1618, in 1 vol., ruled throughout in red, calf gilt, folio (20) Andrews, 18s.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4511.—ED.] 1893 Biblia. The Bible, translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, with most profitable Annotations (Genevan or "Breeches"), with Speed's Genealogies and two Tables (title backed and wanted pp. 15-18), Edinburgh, Andro Hart, 1610-Booke of Common Prayer (with a family Diary by the Rev. Wm. Strong, Preacher at the Abbey, Westminster, etc., from 1652 to 1672, neatly written round several margins), R. Barker, 1616- Whole Booke of Psalmes in Meeter, with apt notes, Lond. Stat. Co., 1609, in I vol., calf, folio (21) Bull, 155. [See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4512.-ED.] 1894 Biblia. The Bible, that is the Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament (Genevan or Breeches"), with Speed's Genealogies and two Tables, black letter, woodcut title and woodcuts (pp. 224, 225 mended), R. Barker, 1616-Whole Booke of Psalmes in Meetre, with apt notes (wanted pp. 51-54), Stat. Co., 1624, in 1 vol., modern blue morocco plain, inside dentelle, folio (22)

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Edwards, £1 8s.

[The Bible is the last folio edition of the Genevan Version printed in England. -Catalogue. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4513. In Dore's "Old Bibles," it is stated that the edition of 1616 is the last of the Genevan version published in this country (see p. 235), but the author subsequently mentions two folio editions of 1641 and 1644 respectively as being in his own collection (see p. 393).— ED.]

1895 Boccaccio. Il Decamerone, nuovamente stampato, con tre Novelle aggiunte, woodcuts (wanted last leaf of Table (aa8), also the last leaf of the book with the printer's device), limp vellum, Firenze, 1516, small 4to. (25)

Leighton, £6 IOS.

[First edition, with the three extra novels wrongly attributed to Boccaccio. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4619.-ED.]

1896 Branteghen (Guill. de). Pomarium Mysticum tum novorum tum veterum fructuum, Animæ Christianæ, imagunculis aliquot nascentis mundi exordia, etc., 91 full-page woodcuts within ornamental borders (one with mark F), and other small woodcuts, initials and ornaments, Sir Joshua Reynolds' copy, with his signature and stamp on title (wanted CCB), half russia, Antwerp, G. Vostermannus, 1535, 8vo. (27) Leighton, £9 155.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4672.-ED.] 1897 Breviarium. Portiforium seu Breviarium ad insignis Sarísburienses Ecclesiæ usum, accuratissime castigatum, cum multis annotatiunculis ac literis alphabeticis, lit. goth., red and black, titles within ornamental borders, 2 vol., modern, morocco, with ornamental tooling, gilt edges, Impress. Londini per Joannem Kyngston et Henricum Sutton, 1556, small 4to. (28) Leighton, £20 IOS.

[A clean copy of this rare edition of the Salisbury Breviary. Its defects are a small hole in last leaf of "Pars Hyemalis," which had been repaired, and wanted title to "Pars Estivalis," for which a duplicate of " Pars Hyemalis" had been inserted. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4685.-ED.]

1898 Brigitta seu Birgitta de Suecia (Sancta) Revelationes. Coelestes, lit. goth., numerous spirited woodcuts, half bound, Lubeca, Bartholomæus Ghotan, 1492, thick folio (29) Chadwick, £41

[Printed upon vellum. Some leaves of the Table stained and one leaf defective; wanted 30 leaves of "Visiones Extravagantes," and colophon at end. The book formerly belonged to the Hospital of St. Bridget at Bajas. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4689.-ED.J

1899 Bruhl (Comte de). Recueil d'Estampes gravées d'après les Tableaux de sa Galerie et de son Cabinet, I Partie, 50 plates (wanted No. 42) after the great masters, brilliant original impressions, old French morocco, broad borders of elaborate gilt ornaments, gilt edges, Comte de Bruhl's own copy, with his arms on sides and back, bound by Vente, with his engraved ticket, Dresde, G. C. Walther, 1754, atlas folio (30) Quaritch, £20

[See BOOK PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4710.-ED.] 1900 Bruyn (Cornelius Le). Voyage to the Levant, done into English by W. J., portrait and copper-plates (some missing), russia gilt, J. Tonson, 1702, folio (31)

8s.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4711.-ED.] 1901 Burton (R.) Anatomy of Melancholy, second edition, corrected and augmented by the Author (wanted leaf of errata at end), signature of Thomas Jekyll, old calf, tall copy, Oxford, H. Cripps, 1624, small folio (33)

Pickering, £5 IOS. [See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4732.-ED.] 1902 C. (J.) Militarie Instruction for the Cavall'rie, according to the Moderne Warres, collected out of divers forrain Authors, ancient and modern, plates (No. 3 missing), old

XIII.

14

calf, with centre gilt ornament, By the Printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1632, folio (34) Pickering, £3 35.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4739.-ED.] 1903 Caroso da Sermoneta (Fabritio). Il Ballarino, diviso in due Trattati (degli I Balii, diverse sorti di Balli e Balletti all' uso d'Italia, di Francia et Spagna), opera nuovamente mandata in luce, portrait, figures of dancing positions by Giacomo Franco, ornamental woodcut initials, and musical notes (margins of title mended, and wanted B 4), calf, antique style, r. e., fine copy, Venet., F. Ziletti, 1581, small 4to. (37) Maggs, £25s. [See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4759.-ED.] 1904 Caus (Salomon de). Hortus Palatinus, a Frederico Rege Boemiæ Electore Palatino Heidelbergae exstructus, large folding plate (3 ft. 5 in. by 2 ft. 3 in.) and 26 other plates, and engraved title (plates 4 and 10 wanted), vellum gilt, Francof., J. T. de Bry, 1620 (38) Thompson, Lii

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4774.-ED.] 1905 Cervantes. Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha, translated from the Spanish by Chas. Jarvis, first edition, plates after Vanderbank by Vander-Gucht (wanted Nos. 3, 13, 37 and 52), 2 vol., old calf gilt, Tonson, 1742, 4to. (40) Andrews, 5s. [See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4795.—ED.] 1906 Chappe d'Auteroche (Abbé). Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761, LARGE PAPER, maps and numerous plates, 3 vol., calf gilt, m. e., and atlas, half calf (wanted map 10), Paris, Debure, 1768, royal 4to. (42) Thompson, £1 [See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4801.-ED.] Workes, newly printed, Wm. Thynne's first edition, black letter (wanted title, A4, Bj, and last leaf, folio lxxxv defective), large copy, morocco gilt, with the Buckingham arms, T. Godfray, 1532, folio (43) Leighton, £8 8s.

1907 Chaucer.

["The Plowman's Tale," which was not printed before 1542, is supplied in this copy in neat contemporary manuscript. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4818. -ED.]

1908 Chaucer. Workes, newlye printed, wyth dyvers workes, whych were never in print before (by Wm. Thynne), black letter, title within woodcut border, woodcuts and woodcut initials (wanted T T 1 and 6), old calf, John Reynes, at the Sygne of Saynte George in Paul's Churchyard, 1542, folio (44) Chadwick, £4 16s.

[This edition is exactly the same as that with Wm. Bonham's imprint. In it "The Plowman's Tale" appears for the first time. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4821. ED.]

19o9 Chronicon. Die Cronica van der hilliger Stat và Coelle, lit. goth., numerous woodcuts, coats of arms, etc. (title backed, and folio 114 mended), vellum, Coellen, Johan Koeloff (1499), folio (46) Leighton, 11 IOS. [First edition of the Cologne Chronicle. See BOOKPRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4841.-ED.]

1910 Clusa (Jacobus de, Carthusiensis). Opusculum quod appellatum Statuum Humanorum, lit. goth. (67 leaves, two wanted in the last gathering), long lines, 40 to a page, without marks, capitals painted in red, new morocco, S. I. et a. "per discretum Virum Johannem Hug. de Göppingen," small folio (47) Quaritch, L2 8s.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4859.-ED.] 1911 Conrad von Megenburg. Das Buch der Natur, das inhaltet von eygenschafft und nature des Menschen, von der natur und eygenschafft des Himmels, der tier, des gefügels, der kreüter und von vil anderem naturlichen dingen, von Cunrat von Megenberg von latein in teutsch transzferieret, lit. goth., numerous large and spirited woodcuts (wanted 3 leaves), limp vellum. fine copy, Augspurg von Johannes Bämler, 1478, small folio (48) Leighton, £29 105.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4880.-ED.] 1912 [Cooper (Thos.)] The Mysterie of Witchcraft, discovering the severall uses of this Doctrine of Witchcraft (last leaf defective, wanted the general title), old calf, Nic. Okes, 1617, 12mo. (49) Quaritch, LI 4s.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4885.—ED.] 1913 Crescentio (Bartol.) Nautica Mediterranea, engraved title, plates of vessels, plans, diagrams, etc. (wanted the large map), old calf (broken), Roma, T. Bonfadino, 1607, small 4to. (51) Pickering, £1

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4906.- ED.] 1914 Crescientio (Piero). De Agricultura Vulgare, woodcut of the author teaching (on reverse of title), and fine woodcuts and ornamental initials in the text (wanted 4 leaves in r), Venet. (s. nome del impress.), 1519, small 4to. (52)

Leighton, £1 155.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4907.-ED.] 1915 Dante. Commedia, insieme con uno dialogo circa et sita, forma et mésure dello Inferno, edizione prima degli Giunti, engraving of Dante in a forest, and woodcuts (wanted 2 leaves at end), old calf gilt, r. e. (Duke of Sussex's copy). Firenza, Ph. di Giunta, 1506, small 8vo. (53) Scotti, £2 4s.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4934.-ED.] 1916 Darrell (John). A Detection of that Sinnful, Shamful Lying and Ridiculous Discours of Samuel Harshnet, entituled A Discoverie of the Fraudulent Practises of John Darrell (in the matter of the Bewitching of Wm. Somers of Nottingham, etc.) (wanted A 1), limp vellum, No place or printer's name, 1600, small 4to. (54) Watts, £4

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4953.-ED.] 1917 Dugdale (Sir W.) and R. Dodsworth. Monasticon Anglicanum ex MSS. Codd. ad Monasteria olim pertinentibus, first edition, numerous fine plates by W. Hollar (some missing) (portrait of Dugdale inserted in vol. ii.), 3 vol. (vol. iii. had title "Volumen alterum," 1661), russia gilt, m. e., 1655-73-61, folio (55) Andrews, IS.

[See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 5022.-ED.] 1918 Ellis (Humphrey, Minister in the City of Winton). Pseudo

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