9. ALDINE PRESS.-Aldus. Xenophontis Omissa: quæ et Græca gesta appellantur: G. Gemisti Pletho: Herodiani Historiarum, lib. viii. Enarratiunculæ in Thucydidem, etc., omnia Græce. Folio, vellum. Venet. Aldus, 1503 On the title are the autographs of the celebrated CHRISTOPHER LONGOLIUS, WITH INTERESTING MANUSCRIPT NOTES IN GREEK BY HIM, and Richard Morysine, translator of Frontinus's Strategems of War, published in 1539. This copy contains the rare leaf at end, with the Register and Aldine anchor. Title slightly damaged, otherwise a fine, clean copy. 10. ALDINE PRESS.-Guilielmi Budæi Parisiensis Secretarii Regii Libri V. de Asse. 8vo, fine old white Venetian vellum, gold tooled borders, full gilt back. Venetiis, in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ Asulani Soceri, 1522 FIRST ALDINE EDITION. Very rare. Contains dedication to Grolier THE SUNDERLAND COPY SOLD FOR £91. 11. ALDINE PRESS.-Luciani Dialogi et alia multa opera quorum index est in proximis paginis (græce). Folio, old French binding in full levant citron morocco, gilt and blind tooled borders on the sides, gilt tooled back and inside borders, gilt edges, by BOZERIAN, with the Aldine anchor stamped in gold on the centre of both covers. Venetiis, in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ Asulani soceri, 1522 RARE. According to Renouard and Dibdin, this edition is correct and taken from good MSS., and has served as the basis of many subsequent ones. A VERY FINE AND LARGE COPY FROM THE LYSTON PARK LIBRARY, in the catalogue of which the binding is ascribed to PADEloup. 12. ALDINE PRESS.-Macrobii in Somnium Scipionis ex Ciceronis. VI. libro de Rep. eruditissima explanatio. Eiusdem Saturnaliorum libro VII. Censorinus, etc. 8vo, half old morocco. Venetiis: in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ soceri, 1528 FIRST ALDINE EDITION. RARE. 13. ALDINE PRESS.-Syriani antiquissimi interpretis in II. XII. et XIII. Aristotelis libros metaphysices Commentarius. Fine copper engraving on the title representing the Fame. Small 4to, full polished calf, with the Aldine anchor stamped in gold on the centre of both covers, gilt edges. In Academia Veneta, 1558. BOOKS FROM THE ALDINE PRESS WITH THE VENETIAN ACADEMY IMPRINT ARE RARE, and very seldom seen on the market. FINE COPY, from Lord Stuart's library, with his bookplate. Sporting Books with Illustrations in Color by Henry Alken. 14. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. Shooting Discoveries. THE RARE FIRST EDN. Oblong 4to, half crimson crushed levant morocco, by RIVIERE. Lond. 1816 BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS of the six sporting plates which compose this series of "discoveries." 15. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. Fox Hunting Discoveries. THE RARE FIRST EDN. Oblong folio, half crushed levant morocco. FINE COPY, each plate with large margins. Lond. 1817 The work con sists of SIX FINELY COLORED PLATES by Henry Alken, illustrating the various discoveries" that a fox hunter makes, most of which are to his disadvantage. 16. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. A COMPLETE SET of "Military Discoveries." FIRST EDN. Oblong folio, half red crushed levant morocco, gilt. Lond. 1819 FINE COPY. VERY RARE. The work consists of seven BEAUTIFULLY COLORED AQUATINTS BY HENRY ALKEN illustrating “Discoveries" in the life of a soldier. Ordered for duty in a foreign land that "after many lessons and long practice on riding, you are but ill qualified to ride the wooden horse (on board the transport) with any chance of comfort to yourself," etc., etc. A PARTICULARLY INTERESTING SERIES, ALL BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS. 17. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. Real Life in Ireland; or, The Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles, and Sprees, Bulls, Blunders, Bodderation and Blarney of Brian Boru, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Sir Shawn O'Dogherty, exhibiting a Real Picture of Characters, Manners, etc., in High and Low Life in Dublin and various parts of Ireland. By "A Real Paddy." FIRST EDN. COLORED PLATES by Alken and others. 8vo, full crimson crushed levant morocco, gilt top. FINE COPY. Lond. 1821 18. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. Illustrations to Popular Songs. A series of FORTY-THREE PLATES, on which are several hundred figures, ALL FINELY COLORED. Oblong folio, ORIGINAL HALF MOROCCO AND BOARDS, with the paper label on side. Lond. McLean, 1822 FIRST EDN. AND EXTREMELY RARE AS ABOVE DESCRIBED. The title (in colors) is a fox hunting breakfast, the hunters proposing a toast: So fill your glasses," etc. 19. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. Symptoms of Being Amused. THE RARE FIRST EDN. Oblong folio, ORIGINAL HALF ROAN BINDING, with leather label on side. Lond. 1822 This work consists of pictorial title, and forty-one highly humorous and finely executed plates, ALL BRILLIANTLY COLORED. They illustrate a large number of sporting scenes, social life and every-day occurrences. Mr. Hecksher's copy (also in original binding) sold last season for fifty-six dollars. 20. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. The Annals of Sporting, and Fancy Gazette, (Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Fishing, Cocking, Pugilism, etc.). Vols. 1-5, containing nearly 40 finely colored plates by Alken, J. R. Cruikshank, and others, besides a large number of uncolored ones by noted IT CONTAINS ALL THE RARE COLORED PLATES THAT APPEARED IN 21. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. Specimens of Riding, near London. Drawn from Life by Henry Alken. Oblong folio, ORIGINAL HALF MOROCCO AND BOARDS, with leather label (a most unusual feature) on side. VERY FINE COPY. Lond. 1824 FIRST EDITION OF EXCEEDING RARITY, NO COPY HAVING BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE FOR MANY YEARS. The work consists of eighteen plates, ALL OF WHICH ARE BEAUTIFULLY COLORED, depicting horses and their riders near London. 22. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. Sporting Scrap Book, by Henry Alken. Oblong folio, full polished calf gilt, gilt top. Lond. 1824 FINE COPY OF THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION, OF WHICH APPARENTLY NO COPY HAS BEEN OFFERED BY AUCTION IN THIS COUNTRY. The work consists of FORTY-NINE BEAUTIFULLY COLORED SPORTING PLATES by Henry Alken, illustrative of fox hunting, shooting, coursing, angling, etc., etc. The number of plates vary, some copies having 48, some 49, and (a few) 50. 23. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. [Apperley (C. J.).] Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, Shropshire; with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits. By "Nimrod." 8vo. Lond R. Ackermann, 1837 A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE RARE SECOND EDITION, reprinted WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS from The New Sporting Magazine." Bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by RIVIERE. CONTAINS BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS OF THE 18 FULL-PAGE COLORED PLATES, illustrating the various scenes in Mytton's Life, ALL OF WHICH ARE BY HENRY ALKEN and T. J. Rawlins. 24. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. Apperley (C. J.). Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton, Esq., with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits. By "Nimrod." Royal 8vo, newly bound in three-quarter green crushed levant morocco, gilt top. Lond. Ackermann, 1851 TALL AND CHOICE COPY OF THE THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING EIGHTEEN FULL-PAGE COLORED SPORTING PLATES BY HENRY ALKEN. This issue contains, here first printed, the Memoir of the Author. 25. AMERICAN SCENERY. N. P. Willis. Illusts. by Bartlett. 2 vols. 4to, full dark blue polished calf, gilt. Lond. 1850; also British Ballads (G. B. Smith), illust. 2 vols. royal 8vo, half morocco, Lond. 1881. 4 vols. 26. AMOUR ET PSYCHE, par Apulée. Notice par A. Pons. 16mo, steel-blue levant with rich gold tooled borders on sides with inlaid roses as angle ornaments, inlaid back, white silk linings and fly-leaves, gilt top, uncut. Paris: Quantin, 1878 BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED within delicately tinted borders throughout and illustrated with vignettes by Natoir. 27. ANCIENT ART. Museo (Real) Borbonico. [Descritto ed illustrato da Pistolesi.] Vols. I.-XIII. (each complete in itself). With hundreds of beautiful engraved plates of statues, bas-reliefs, ancient paintings, vases, candelabri, etc. 13 vols. 4to, new half calf extra, gilt backs. Napoli, 1824-43 VERY FINE COPY. The Great Repository for the remains of Greek Art, found at Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabia, etc.; also Engravings of Paintings found in MUSEO FARNESE. The text is written by first-class authors, such as Nicolini, Finati, Minervini, and others. The style of engraving is very pleasing. No similar and equally well-executed pictorial Record exists of any of the many Italian Museums. 28. ANECDOTES OF PAINTING. Walpole (Horace). Anecdotes of Painting in England; with some Account of the Principal Artists, and incidental Notes on other Arts; with considerable Additions by the Rev. James Dallaway; and, a Catalogue of Engravers, Who Have Been Born or Resided in England, etc. A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF MAJOR'S HANDSOME EDITION, with upwards of 150 fine portraits by Worthington, Finden, and others-most brilliant early impressions. 5 vols. royal 8vo, bound in full contemporary crimson morocco, gold tooled panelled backs between raised bands, fancy gold border on sides, all edges gilt. Lond. JOHN MAJOR, 1828 A very clean copy of THE LARGE PAPER EDITION, in fine condition, in a handsome binding. Books on Angling. 29. ANGLING. Oppianus. De Venatione libri IV.; De Piscatu lib. V. (græce et latine). 8vo, full polished sprinkled calf gilt, red edges, by PICKERING. VERY Lugd. Batav.: Ex Officina Plantiniana, 1597 SCARCE. 30. ANGLING. Markham (Gervase). The Pleasures of Princes; or, Good Men's Recreations, contayning a Discourse of the Generall Art of Fishing with the Angle or otherwise, and of all the Hidden Secrets belonging thereunto, together with the Choyce, Ordring, Breeding, and Dyeting of the Fighting Cock, being a work never in that nature handled by any former author. 4to, full levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by RIVIERE. Lond. John Norton, 1635 FINE COPY OF THIS RARE VOLUME. 31. ANGLING. Markham (G.). Cheape and Good Husbandry, for the well-ordering of all Beasts and Fowles... Art of Riding great Horses . . . the making of Fishponds, and the taking of all sorts of Fish, etc. Small 4to, half calf. Lond. 1648 Fine copy. Scarce. 32. ANGLING, COCK FIGHTING, ETC. Markham (G.). Country Contentments; or The Hvsbandmans Recreations, contayning the wholesome Experiences in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe. Sixth edn., WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS. Small 4to, half calf. Lond. 1649 Angling (pp. 59-102), Cock Fighting, Hunting, Hawking, etc. 33. ANGLING, HUNTING, RACING, ETC. The School of Recreation; or the Gentlemans Tutor to those most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-Fighting, Fowling, Fishing, Shooting, etc., etc. By R. H. [Robert Howlett]. With front. in six compartments; angling, cock-fighting, etc. Small Svo, new full mottled. calf. Lond. 1684 A LARGE COPY OF THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION, WITH UNCUT LEAVES. THE FINE HECKSHER COLLECTION DID NOT HAVE THIS (the first) EDITION, although containing several editions of the same work. This copy CONTAINS THE THREE LEAVES OF ADVERTISEMENTS AT THE END, ALL OF WHICH ARE USUALLY MISSING. 34. ANGLING. First Hawkins' Edition. The Complete Angler; or Contemplative Man's Recreation; being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing. In Two parts, The First written by Mr. Izaak Walton. The Second by Charles Cotton. To which are now prefixed The Lives of the authors. With Notes Historical, Critical and Explanatory. With portrait and numerous charming illusts. Small 8vo, ORIGINAL CALF. Lond. Printed . . . at the Bible and Anchor, 1760 THE RARE FIRST HAWKINS' EDITION, which was edited by Mr. John (afterwards Sir) Hawkins, by whom the life of Walton was written. The Life of Cotton was written by W. Oldys. The HECKSCHER COPY WAS REBOUND AND SOLD FOR FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS. One of the most esteemed editions, mainly on account of its illustrations. 35. ANGLING, SHOOTING, ETC. BOUND BY GOSDEN. Songs of the Chace, etc., containing an extensive collection relative to the Sports of the Field including the several subjects of Hunting, Shooting, Angling, Racing, Coursing, Hawking, etc. Second edn. PORTRAIT OF GOSDEN in hunting dress, with dog near by, and PISCATORIAL TITLE, fish, rod, nets, etc., about. Small 8vo. Lond. 1811 UNIQUE COPY, BEING BOUND IN FULL OLD ENGLISH RED MO- ALSO, WITH A FINELY PAINTED SPORTING FORE-EDGE A COPY OF UNUSUAL INTEREST AND BEAUTY. 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