439 Allibone (S. Austin). Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, 3 vol., uncut, Trübner, etc., 1859-72, imperial 8vo. (38) Dobell, £2 440 America. A Brief Account of the Province of East New Jersey in America, published by the Scots Proprietors having interest there (8 leaves), morocco gilt, gilt edges. Edinburgh, J. Reid, 1683, 4to. (164) H. Stevens, £57

[This Tract was reprinted for the New Jersey Historical Society, the editor of which remarks that only four copies were known to exist.-Catalogue.]

445 Antichrist.

441 Ames and Herbert. Typographical Antiquities, now greatly enlarged with copious Notes, etc., by T. F. Dibdin, portraits and other illustrations, litho portrait of Dibdin inserted, 4 vol., half calf, 1810-19, 4to (166) Quaritch, £3 18s. 442 Ante-Nicene Christian Library, edited by Drs. Roberts and Donaldson, 24 vol., Edinburgh, Clark, 1872, 8vo (50) Bull, £2 14s. 443 Anderson (John). Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton, and Branches, frontispiece, half calf, Edinburgh, 1825, 4to. (169) Hopkins, £2 444 Answere (The) that the Preachers of the Gospel at Basile made, for the defence of the true administration and use of the Holy Supper of Our Lord, agaynst the abhomination of the Popish Masse, translated out of Latin into Englysshe by George Bancrafte, black letter, calf gilt, gilt edges, Day and Seres, 1548, 8vo. (54) Ellis, £2 A Short Description of Antichrist unto the Nobilitie of Englande, and to all my brethren and contreymen borne and dwelling therein, with a Warning to see to, that they be not deceaved by the hypocrisie and crafty conveyance of the Clergie, black letter, title in roman and italics, morocco gilt, gilt edges, Without date, place, or printer's name, but probably printed abroad, circa 1555, 8vo. (55) Ellis, £26s. 446 Apparel. A Briefe discourse againste the Outwarde Apparell and Ministring Garmentes of the Popishe Church, black letter, margins shaved, title written on, and autograph of Wm. Herbert, No place or printer's name, 1566-To my lovynge brethren that is troublyd abowt the Popishe Aparrell, two short and comfortable Epistels, black letter, "Gylbie's Epistell" written on title in a contemporary hand, No place, date or printer's name, both very rare tracts, I vol., calf, 8vo. (60) Ellis, £5 10s. 447 Apparel. An Answere for the Tyme, to the Examination put in print, without the authours name, pretending to mayntayne the Apparrell prescribed against the declaration of the mynisters of London (with a scheme of argument, on a single folding sheet), title soiled, some plain margins torn, otherwise large and perfect, No place or printer's name (printed abroad?), 1566, 8vo. (61) Ellis, £1 18s. 448 Apparel. To my faythfull Brethren now affycted (on the maintenance of Popish Apparel) (8 leaves)-To my faythfull Brethren we geve thankes to God for your constancie (about the wearing of Popish Apparel) (12 leaves), both rare

pieces, in black letter, without titles, in 1 vol., calf (circa 1566), 8vo. (62) Ellis, £5 449 Arnaud (Henri). Histoire de la Glorieuse Rentree des Vaudois dans leurs Valées, édition originale (avec la dédication à la Reine de la Grande Bretagne, Q. Anne), morocco extra, inside dentelles, gilt edges by Rivière, Mis au jour par les soins et aux depens de Henri Arnaud, 1710 (70) Bain, £10 [This is the genuine First Edition of this remarkable book, of which Acland, the translator of it into English (1826), knew of only eight or nine copies. Turner's copy, which had a different dedication (to the Duke of Wurtemberg) sold for £12, and Hanrott's for £9 15s.—Catalogue.]

450 Articles to be Inquired of (Second year of Edward VI.), original edition, black letter (8 leaves), large copy with uncut edges (stained), half calf, Imprinted the laste daie of August M.D.XLVIII. by Rich. Grafton, 4to. (183) Bull, £2 135.

451 Articles agreed on by the Bishoppes, and other learned menne in the Synode at London the yere of Our Lorde Godde 1552, for the avoiding of Controversie in opinions, etc., black letter, original edition, title within woodcut border, vellum, R. Grafton, 1553, 4to. (184) Bull, I IOS.

452 Atlas of Ancient Geography, Biblical and Classical, edited by Smith and Grove, half morocco, 1874, imperial folio (197)

453 Auction Catalogues of Valuable Libraries.

Hill, £1 10s. Thos. Crofts,

1783; Consul Smith (priced), 1773; R. Farmer (priced and named), 1798; Askew (priced), 1775; Pinelli, 1789; West (priced), 1773, and others, 8vo. (80) Sotheran, £2 125. 454 Augsburg Confession. The Confessyon of the Faythe of the Garmaynes exhibited to the mooste Victorious Emperour Charles the V. in the Councell or Assemble holden at Augusta the yere of Our Lord 1530, to which is added the Apologie of Melancthon, etc., translated by Rycharde Taverner at the commaundement of Lorde Thomas Cromwell, black letter, title within woodcut border, woodcut initials, contemporary calf, large copy with very wide margins, Robert Redman, n. d., 8vo. (82) Ellis, £15 15s. 455 Augustinus (S.) Canon pro recomendatione huius famosi Operis sive libelli sequentis de Arte predicandi Sancti Augustini, printed in a small neat, gothic letter, long lines, 40 to a page, without marks, the two shields of Fust and Schoeffer in red on last leaf, brown morocco, with gilt fleurons, inside dentelles, gilt edges by Lortic, fine copy (from Didot's sale), Mogunt., Jo. Fust [circa 1459-60], folio (199) Leighton, £59

[An excessively rare production of John Fust's Press. Two lines in the "Advertisement" give his name as the printer. It occurs as the fifth in his list of books printed by him about 1469.- Catalogue.]

456 Augustinus (S.) Liber de Vita Christiana, lit. goth., 17 leaves, without marks, 28 lines to a page, rubricated, morocco extra, gilt tooling, gilt edges by R. de Coverly, fine copy,

Bain, £38

Absque ulla nota (device of J. Schoffer in red on last leaf), 4to. (382) [Editio princeps. Hain, No. 2093-Catalogue.] 457 Bacon (Lord). Works, new edition, by Basil Montagu, portrait, 16 vol. in 17, original cloth boards, uncut, W. Pickering, 1825-34, 8vo. (86) Britwell, £4 6s. 458 Bale (John). The Epistle exhortatorye of an Englishye Christiane unto his derelye beloved contreye of Englande against the pompouse popyshe Bysshoppes therof, etc., by Henrye Stalbrydge, black letter, written from Basyle, 1544, No printer's name-A Bryefe and plaine declaracion of certayne sentences in this little boke folowing to satisfie the consciences of them that have judged me thereby to be a favourer of the Anabaptists, by J. B. (John Bale), black letter, No date, place, or printer's name, 1548-A Present Consolacion for the Sufferers of persecucion for ryghturysenes, G. J. (George Joye), black letter, 1544 in September-A Boke made by John Fryth prysoner in the Tower of London answerynge unto M. Mores Letter, 1533, now newly revysed and corrected, black letter, Prynted 1546, last daye of JuneMelancthon (Ph.) A Newe Work, concerning both partes of the Sacrament to be recyved of the lay peple . . . newly translated out of latyn, black letter, No place or printer's name, 1543, in 1 vol., old calf (rebacked), some fore-edges shaved, 8vo. (90) Ellis, £7 55.

[These rare tracts, being prohibited in England, were probably all printed abroad. They formerly belonged to Thos. Baker, the antiquary, who had written a list on the fly-leaves. Catalogue.]

459 Bale (John). A Brefe Chronycle concernynge the Examinacyon and death of the blessed Martyr of Christ Syr Johan Oldcastell the lorde Cobham, black letter, cut on title (top corner mended), morocco extra, gilt edges by R. de Coverley, Imprynted Anno Domini 1548, VI. Aug., 8vo. (92) Sotheran, £2 45. 460 Bale (John). The Apology of Johan Bale agaynst a ranke Papyst, aunswering both hym and hys doctours, that neyther their vowes nor yet their priesthode are of the Gospell, but of Antichrist-a briefe exposycyon also upō the XXX. Chaptre of Numeri, original edition, black letter, morocco extra, gilt edges, fine copy, John Day, 1550, 8vo. (93)

Quaritch, £3 3s.

461 Balmanes (Henry, of Halhill). The Confession of Faith, conteining how the troubled man should seeke refuge at his God (with an Epistle of John Knox), title and last leaf soiled and mended, margins worn by use, with all faults, vellum, Edinburgh, by Thos. Vautrollier, 1584, 8vo. (98) W. Brown, £1 9s. 462 Barbour (John). The Actes and Life of the most Victorious Conqueror Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, etc., newly corrected and conferred with the best and most ancient MSS., black letter (some bottom margins shaved), morocco, inside ornamental borders, gilt edges, Ex-Libris of Sir John

Anstruther back of title, first edition, Edinburgh, And. Hart, 1616, 8vo. (100) W. Brown, 17 463 Bartram. The Boke of Barthrā Priest intreatinge of thee bodye and bloude of Christe, black letter. Imprinted in Saynet Andrewes Parysshe, 1542—Calvin (John). A Faythful and moste Godly treatyse concernynge the most sacred sacrament of the blessed body and bloude of Our Saviour Christ, translated into Englyshe by a faythfull brother, black letter, No date, place, or printer's name-Here begynneth a booke called the faule of the Romyshe Churche, wyth all the Abhominations, etc., black letter, ib.-The Fyrst (and the Latter) Examination of Mistres Anne Askewe, lately martyred in Smithfeld by the Romyshe Popes upholders (by John Bale) (both parts), black letter, ib.-The Sum of the Actes and Decrees made by diverse bishops of Rome, black letter, Translated out of Latyn into Englysh and imprinted by Thomas Gybson, n. d., all fine copies of very rare pieces, in I vol., mor. gilt, g. e. (109) Richardson, £8 5s. 464 Beattie (Geo.) John O'Arnha', to which is added the Murderit Mynstrell, and other poems, now first collected, 7 coloured engravings, original boards, uncut, Montrose, 1826, 8vo. (114) Hornstein, £1 IOS. 465 Beza (Theod.) Histoire Ecclesiastique des Eglises Reformées au Royaume de France, depuis l'an 1521 jusques en l'année 1563, première édition, 3 vol., morocco, plain inside dentelles, gilt edges, fine copy, Anvers, Jean Remy, 1580, 8vo. (131) Ellis, £3 17s. 6d. 466 Beza (Theod.) An Oration, made in the presence of the King, the Quene Mother, the King of Navarre, etc., Tuesday, the IX. September, 1561, in the Noonery of Poyssi, etc., black letter, some margins shaved and scribbled on, morocco, gilt edges, R. Jugge (1561), 8vo. (132) Ellis, £2 25. 467 Biblia Hebraica, cum punctis (some leaves supplied in MS., with all faults), contemporary binding, oaken boards, stamped pigskin, clasps and bosses, Brixiae per Gersonem ben Mosen Sononatum, 1494, 8vo. (221) Ginsburg, £2 145.

[An extremely rare and early edition of the Hebrew Bible, which Vogt in his catalogue says was the one used by Luther in preparing his German version.-Catalogue.] 468 Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, Hebraicè, Chaldaicè, et. Græcè, cum tribus Interpretationibus latinis de mandato ac sumptibus Card. D. F. Ximenes de Cisneros (some leaves discoloured and stained, and very slightly wormed, inner margins of two titles mended, leaf of prologue in vol. i. shorter than the rest, otherwise apparently quite complete and generally in good condition, with the 6 leaves of Greek Preface to St. Paul's Epistles (sold with all faults), 6 vol., vellum, Compluti, Arn. Guil. de Brocario, 1514-15-17, folio (205) Quaritch, £88 [The first Polyglott Bible printed; comprising also the first printed Greek New Testament.-Catalogue.] 469 Biblia. Vetus Testamentum Græcum e Codice MS. Alexandrino in Bibl. M. B. asservatur cura et labore H. H. Baber,

cum Prolegomenis et Notis, 4 vol. in 3, uncut (only 250 copies printed), 1816-28, atlas folio (206) Baker, £2 470 Biblia. Codex Alexandrinus (Facsimile of the), printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, unbound in 4 portfolios, 1879-81, folio (207) Quaritch, £8 5s.. 471 Biblia. Bibliorum Sacrorum Grææcus Codex Vaticanus, collatis studiis Caroli Vercellone et Jos. Cozza, cum Pro legomenis, Commentariis et Tabulis, 6 vol., Romæ, 1869-81, folio (208) Quaritch, £15 15s. 472 Biblia. Bibliorum Codex Sinaiticus Petropolitanus, edidit Constantius Tischendorf, cum Appendice et "Neue Bruchstücke von Brugsch Bey," 6 vol., Petropoli, 1862, Leipz., 1867-75, folio (209) Quaritch, £23 55. 473 Biblia Sacra Græca. Sacræ Scripturæ Veteris Novæque Omnia Græcè (Cura Andr. Asulani), title, and some initials and ornamental headings in red, blue morocco extra, line tooled, with fleurons, gilt edges by F. Bedford, very fine copy (12 in. by 8 in.), Venet. in aed. Aldi et Andrea Soceri, 1518, folio (210) Quaritch, £35 10s.

[This volume contains the first published edition of the Greek Text of the Septuagint.-Catalogue.]

474 Biblia. Vetus Testamentum juxta Septuaginta ex auctoritate Sixti V Pont. Max. editum, Græcè (studio Ant. Card. Caraffæ), old morocco, line tooled, gilt edges, Roma, F. Zannettus, 1587, folio (211) Bull, £2 2s. 475 Biblia Sacra Latina cum prologis S. Hieronimi, Sæc. XIII., a fine and ancient manuscript on vellum (593 leaves), in large gothic characters, double columns of 38 lines, with 184 large and finely-painted and illuminated historiated and ornamental initials, and marginal decorations, bound in 3 vol., old calf sides, with russia backs and rims, large folio (214) Robson, £300

[A very fine and valuable Codex of the Bible, apparently of English or Anglo-Norman workmanship, with some indications of various readings. The illuminations are very important for the costumes of the century, the warriors in full chain armour, with hoods of mail, and the ladies, rustics and others in their distinctive dresses. The decorations consist of birds, flowers, grotesques, etc., branching off into points in the margins. The marginal ornament to Genesis is very fine, consisting of spirals and grotesques, with 8 figures of saints in ovals, splendidly illuminated. Catalogue.] 476 Biblia. Bibliorum Sacrorum Latinæ Versiones antiquæ, seu Vetus Italica; acced. prefationes, Observationes et Notæ, opera et studio D. P. Sabatier, 3 vol., calf gilt, Paris, Didot, etc., 1751, folio (215) Westell, 17 5s. 477 Biblia Sacra Latina editionis Vulgatæ, cum prologis S. Hieronymi, lit. goth. magna, double columns, 40, 41 and 42 lines, without marks, painted ornamental initials, capitals in red and blue, chapters and headlines written in red, some margins decorated (one plain margin in vol. i. and several in vol. ii. mended, there is a slight defect in the text of Proverbs xix., and an outside marginal mend in the Book of