tions for the improvement of the East-India Company. Written Originally in French, By Mr. Dellon, M.D.

8vo, original calf, well rebacked. 1698.

Translated by T. Crull, M.D.

EDGEWORTH (Maria). See 35, 443.

£51-1

We venture to call special attention to the following numbers. Taken together these items form an extraordinary collection of examples of the magnificent bookbinding of the celebrated "EDWARDS of Halifax". Each item is in remarkably well-preserved condition-in some cases being practically as fresh as when the volume left the artistbinder's hands. They are without doubt the finest examples extant of Edwards's skill. We have given only two illustrations, as in their main features the bindings are all similar. The same ornaments are usually used, though the designs are naturally somewhat varied.

YORKSHIRE. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE PARISH OF HALIFAX, in Yorkshire. 171 By the Rev. John Watson, M.A.

Portrait and copperplate illustrations. Thick 4to, calf, extra, gilt edges [by Edwards of Halifax]. 1775.

£20|-|

THE MIRROR. A Periodical Paper, published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780. 172 The fourth edition, corrected.

3 vols., fcap. 8vo, vellum, extra, with three exquisite water-colour portraits painted underneath the vellum, the binding by Edwards of Halifax, 1782. £125/-/In 1785 Edwards took out a patent for his "Invention of Embellishing books bound in vellum by making drawings on the vellum which are not liable to be defaced but by destroying the vellum itself."

The little set catalogued must be one of the finest specimens of this particular style of binding extant.

The "Mirror", the first Scottish literary periodical, was edited by Henry Mackenzie,

and the portraits painted on this particular copy are probably of him and two of his distinguished contributors.

The set is in the finest possible condition.

[See illustration No. 5.]

KNOX (V.). LIBERAL EDUCATION: or, A Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring 173
Useful and Polite Learning. Tenth Edition. To which is added, A Letter to the Rt.
Hon. Lord North.

2 vols., 8vo, calf, extra, the sides gilt and blind tooled to a classical design, with a Grecian urn in oval centre-panel, the backs gilt, with marbled end-papers [by, or in the style of, Edwards of Halifax]. 1789.

£18|-|

[PINKERTON (John)]. THE MEDALLIC HISTORY OF England to the RevOLUTION. With 174 forty full-page engraved plates.

Large 4to, calf, extra, gilt edges [by Edwards of Halifax]. London: Printed for Edwards and Sons, Pall Mall, 1790.

£15/-/

175 MILTON (John). PARADISE LOST: A Poem, in Twelve Books. Portrait, engraved from an original by Faithorne, and illustrations.

2 vols., 4to, calf, extra, gilt edges [by Edwards of Halifax]. 1794.

£401-1

176 MILTON (John). POETICAL WORKS. With a Life of the Author, by William Hayley. Portraits and brilliant impressions of the beautiful full-page engravings by Benjamin Smith after Romney and Simon after Richard Westall.

3 vols., large folio, calf, extra, with gilt edges [by Edwards of Halifax]. London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794. £105|-|

A large-paper copy of this magnificent work, by many thought to be the finest production of Bulmer's Press.

A few pages have, as usual, off-set, and one sheet is foxed. Otherwise the book is practically as new.

177 DRYDEN (John). FABLES. Ornamented with Engravings from the pencil of the Rt. Hon. Lady Diana Beauclerc.

Folio, calf, extra, gilt edges [by Edwards of Halifax]. London: Printed by T. Bensley, for J. Edwards and E. Harding, 1797.

178 JUNIUS. Engraved Portraits and smaller woodcut illustrations.

£361-1

2 vols., 8vo, calf, extra, gilt edges [by Edwards of Halifax]. London: Printed by T.
Bensley, 1799.
£35/-1-

179 COWPER (William). LIFE AND POSTHUMOUS WRITINGS OF, with an Introductory Letter to the Rt. Hon. Earl Cowper, by William Hayley, Esq. Portraits by Romney and D. Heins, engraved by William Blake.

3 vols., 4to, calf, extra, gilt edges [by Edwards of Halifax]. Chichester, 1803.

£501-1180, REPTON (H.). OBSERVATIONS ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING. Including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture, collected from Various Manuscripts, in the possession of the different Noblemen and Gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written. Portraits, and illustrations, many in colour and with super-imposed movable portions showing gardens in various stages of development. 4to, calf, extra, gilt edges [by Edwards of Halifax]. London: Bensley, 1803.

£150/-/

A magnificent copy of this beautiful book. Preserved in a “slip in" lined cloth case, edged with morocco.

[See illustration No. 6].

181 RAMSAY (Allan). THE GENTLE SHEPHERD, A Pastoral Comedy.

Fcap. 8vo, vellum, gilt. Edinburgh, 1807.

£351-1

A decorative and unusual specimen of the binding art of Edwards of Halifax. On the front cover is a delicate pencil drawing (underneath the vellum, and therefore in perfect condition, as when drawn) of a Scottish shepherd, resting under a tree, with sheep in the foreground. The back cover has a drawing, in the same fashion, of Stirling Castle. An additional attraction to this unique volume is a charming fore-edge drawing, underneath the gilt, depicting Kelso at sunset.

182 BLAIR (Robert). THE GRAVE, A Poem. Illustrated by twelve Etchings executed by Louis Schiavonetti. From the Original Inventions of William Blake, 1808.

Portrait. 4to, calf, extra, gilt edges [by Edwards of Halifax]. London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1808.

£120/-/

A fine copy of the first edition, preserved in a “slip-in” padded case, of cloth, edged with morocco.

SCOTT (Walter). MARMION; A Tale of Flodden Field. Fourth Edition.

183

8vo, calf, extra, with marbled edges [by Edwards of Halifax]. Edinburgh, 1808.

£12/12/

SCOTT (Walter). THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL, A Poem; Ninth Edition. 8vo, calf, extra, with marbled edges [by Edwards of Halifax]. 1808.

184

£12/12/

ELIOT (George). SCENES OF Clerical Life.

185

2 vols., 8vo, contemporary half calf, gilt, with double labels. 1858. The first edition. Scarce.

£251-1

ELIOT (George). MIDDLEMARCH.

186

8 parts, 12mo, paper covers, as issued. 1871-72.

£251-1

The first edition. Enclosed in a padded cloth case. An unusually fine set, in clean and perfect condition, and complete with all necessary advertisements, etc.

Has a very tiny piece torn from the corner of one back cover.

ELIZA'S BABES: or, The Virgins-Offering Being Divine Poems and Meditations. Written 187 by a Lady, who onely desires to advance the glory of God, and not her own.

12mo, old calf, blind tooled. London: Printed by M. S. for Laurence Blaiklock, 1652.

The Heber copy. Exceedingly rare, but lacks the last leaf.

£6/6/

ELZEVIRS. A FINE COLLECTION OF BOOKS printed at The Elzevir Press, many with 188 the beautiful engraved title-pages, and including some of the scarcer volumes. Together 36 volumes, post 8vo, uniformly bound in eighteenth-century black straightgrained morocco, gilt, with gilt edges. Lugd. Bat. v.y.

A fine set, in excellent condition.

£391-1

EMERSON (R. W.). ESSAYS. Second Series. With a Foreword by Thomas Carlyle.

8vo, half roan. 1845.

£5/5/

An exceedingly interesting volume, from Coventry Patmore's library, with his bookplate and with notes by him. Also has the autograph of Emily Andrews, and some

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