raised bands, inside dentelle borders, gilt top, original cloth covers bound in, by RIVIERE.

1871

* UNIQUE COPY. Containing two of the charming highly-finished original drawings in color-one sheet of "Amelia and the Dwarfs," carefully inlaid to size, with artist's proof of same on India paper.

Splendid finished drawings like these are growing very difficult to obtain.

[CRUIKSHANK.] See also under Westmacott's English Spy. 2 vols. Lond. 1825-26

151. DANCE OF DEATH.

COLORED COPY. The

Dance of Death, from the original designs of HANS HOLBEIN. Illust. with thirty-three plates engraved by W. Hollar, with descriptions in English and French. 8vo, contemporary violet straight-grained morocco extra, gilt edges. Lond. 1816

* UNUSUALLY FINE COPY of the original issue of this edition, with the plates IN COLOR, Contains a life of Holbein, with portrait.

152. DAPHNIS AND CHLOE, by Longus, Preface by Jules Claretie, illusts. by Raphael Collin; A Night of Cleopatra, by Théophile Gautier, Preface by Anatole France, illusts. by Paul Avril; The Last Abbé, by Paul de Musset, Preface by Anatole France, illusts. by Ad. Lalauze; A Simple Heart, by Gustave Flaubert, Preface by A. De Claye, illusts. by Emile Adan; King Candaules, by Théophile Gautier, Preface by Anatole France, illusts. by Paul Avril; Hérodias, by Gustave Flaubert, Preface by Anatole France, illusts. by Geo. Rochegrosse; Antony and Cleopatra, by Shakespeare, illusts. by Paul Avril; Pastels, by Paul Bourget, illusts. by Robaudi; Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare, illusts. by J. Wagrez and Louis Titz; Jean et Jeannette, by Théophile Gautier, Preface by Leo. Claretie, illusts. by Ad. Lalauze. Together 10 vols. imp. 8vo, beautifully bound in full light olive crushed levant morocco, tastefully ornamented on back and sides in a festooned floral design, inlaid with red and white levant, broad ornate inside gold borders, doublure of red levant with centrepiece of white and blue flowers inlaid, gilt, leather joints, watered silk end-papers, gilt tops, uncut.

Paris: Société Des Beaux Arts, no date. * ÉDITION ARTISTIQUE, FINELY PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER AND LIMITED TO ONLY 75 COPIES FOR BOTH THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN MARKETS, this copy being No. 2.

The set is beautifully and appropriately illustrated with an extensive series of daintily executed full-page plates and vignettes in tint, for the most part in two states, one set being delicately colored by hand.

The set as a whole comprises a series of choice and universally admired classics, dealing principally with love and the fair sex,

THE

LIFE

AND

STRANGE SURPRIZING

ADVENTURES

OF

ROBINSON CRUSOE, Of TORK, MARINER:

Who lived Eight and Twenty Years,

all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coaft of AMERICA, near the Mouth of the Great River of OROONOQUE;

Having been caft on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perifhed but himself.

WITH

An Account how he was at last as ftrangely deliver'd by PYRATES.

Written by Himself.

LONDON;

Printed for W. TAYLOR at the Ship in Pater-NofterRow. MDCCXIX.

[SEE No. 154.]

The Writings of Thomas Frognall Dibdin.

157. DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL). Bibliotheca Spenceriana: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century, and of many valuable FIRST EDNS, in the Library of Earl Spencer, 4 vols.; also, Edes Althorpianæ, or an Account of the Mansion, Books and Pictures at Althorp, the Residence of Earl Spencer, to which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana, 2 vols.; also, the Cassano Catalogue, descriptive of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century, forming part of the Library of the Duke of Cassano, now the property of Earl Spencer, with a General Index to the three works, 1 vol. Illustrated with 24 magnificent copper-plate portraits of Nell Gwynne, Lady Denham, Sir Kenelm Digby, Sydney, etc, Views of Althorp, and hundreds of facsimiles of rare, interesting or exquisite portions of early printed books, early woodcuts, printers' devices, etc. 7 vols. royal 8vo, finely and uniformly bound in olive green morocco, full gilt backs, gilt edges, by J. CLARKE. Lond. 1814-23

* A magnificent set of books. As nine years elapsed between the first and last work, it is only on rare occasions that sets can now be procured in a fine uniform binding. This set (vol. 3, page 509) contains the beautifully engraved figure of Hesiod, printed after the volume was issued, and wanting in many copies. The series of seven volumes will always be a favorite with the collectors of rare books, because they describe an actual collection of books, compiled with the greatest care and industry, and can be depended upon for its accuracy.

A MAGNIFICENT EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY.

158. DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL). BIBLIOGRAPICAL DECAMERON; or, Ten Days' Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and subjects connected with early engravings, Topography and Bibliography. 3 volumes. Lond. 1817

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL,

ANTIQUARIAN AND PICTURESQUE TOUR IN FRANCE AND GERMANY. 3 volumes. Lond. 1821 Together, illust. with many beautiful plates and woodcuts, PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, MANY OF WHICH ARE IN DUPLICATE. LARGE PAPER COPIES, EXTENDED TO NINE THICK VOLUMES by the insertion of 1,157 CAREFULLY SELECTED EXTRA PORTRAITS AND PLATES (MANY OF THEM VERY RARE), A LARGE NUMBER OF WHICH ARE INDIA