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critus Junior, first ed., hf. russ., Oxford, 1621, 4to. (267), Nov. 15, Sotheby Maggs, £68

[The ter-centenary of the appearance of this famous book was commemorated by literary and bibliographical articles in The Times Literary Supplement, April 28, 1921; see also the issue of June 16, letter on Charles Lamb and the Anatomy of Melancholy." An important article by Mr. F. Madan on the 5th ed., 1638, of that work was published in the Bodleian Quarterly Record, Jan. 13, 1918, pp. 101-2.-ED.]

Burton (R.) The Anatomy of Melancholy, by Democritus Junior, second ed. (few letters damaged by rust-holes, etc.), cf. gt., gt. back, At Oxford, printed by John Lichfield and James Short, 1624, folio (752), July 13, Sotheby Ellis, £6 15s. [Rare. On the title-page is the signature of Thomas Brett, nonjuring divine.] Burton (R.) The Anatomy of Melancholy, by Democritus Junior, third ed., engraved title by C. Le Blon, with leaf of argument opposite, orig. cf. (rebacked and repaired), Oxford, 1628, folio (278), March 17, Sotheby

[Sotheby, July 13, Lot 753, 16s.] Tregaskis, £4 Burton (R.) The Anatomy of Melancholy, by Democritus Junior, fourth ed., engraved title in compartments, containing a port. of the author, and the leaf, "The Argument of the Frontispiece" (one leaf torn and slightly defective, title cut into, a few words damaged by ruststains), cf. (rebacked), Oxford, Henry Cripps, 1632, folio (754), July 13, Sotheby Carter, £1 [Burton (R.)] The Anatomy of Melancholy, by Democritus Junior, fift ed., engraved title, with port. (defective), a few 11. at the beginning slightly defective, otherwise a good copy, blue mor. gt., g.e., Oxford (1638), folio (676), April 25, Sotheby Thorp, £I Is. [Burton (R.)] Anatomy of Melancholy, etc., with a Satyricall Preface, sixth ed., corrected and augmented by the author, engraved title, dark green mor., panelled gt. back, broad line and ornamental borders, inside dentelles, Hen. Crips and Lodo. Lloyd, 1652, 4to. (580), Oct. 25, Sotheby Edwards, £3 10S.

[Sotheby, July 13, Lot 756, 10s.] Burton (R.) The Anatomy of Melancholy, engraved title (mounted), a few 11. discoloured, diced cf. (repaired), For H. Cripps, 1660, folio (90), June 9, Sotheby [Sotheby, July 13, Lot 757, 16s.] David, £2 6s. Burton (W.) The Description of Leicester Shire, folding map, russ., J. White [1622], sm. folio (183), April 21, Hodgson B. Halliday, £4 4s.

Burton (W.) History and Description of English Porcelain, 24 plates in colours, together with II plates of marks in colours and gold, and numerous illustrations, the late R. Drane's copy, with his notes, orig. cl., g.t., 1902, 8vo. (91), June 9, Sotheby Bumpus, £3

Bury (Richard de). Philobiblion, first ed., gothic letter, 48 11., 26 long lines, dark blue mor. gt., g.e. [Hain *4151], Cologne [Printer of Augustinus de Fide], 1473, 4to. (175), May 25, Sotheby Maggs, £172 Busby (T. L.) Costume of the Lower Orders of London, 24 fine col. plates (including the vignette title), hf. cf. [1820], 4to. (552), Dec. 16, Hodgson £9 15s. Bussy (R. de Rabutin, Comte de). Histoire de Louis XIV., front., contemp. red mor. ex., gt. over marbled edges, with the arms of Le Comte Henri de Calenberg (16851772), Amst., 1700, sm. 8vo. (112), Nov. 25, Hodgson Bain, £5 5S. Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, the First Part (and Second Part), written in the time of the late Wars, orig. sheep, in full red mor. solander case, London, printed by J. G. for Richard Marriot, 1663, 12mo. (28), Jan. 20, Anderson Galleries

$32.50

[The genuine first ed. in 12mo., with contemp. writing on title and fly-leaf. With the Ross Winans bookplate.] Butler (S.) [Hudibras], the First Part, written in the time of the late Wars, large woodcut wreath on title, London, J. G. for Richard Marriot, 1663, 8vo.-Hudibras, the Second Part, London, T. R. for John Martyn and James Allestry, 1664, 8vo.--Hudibras, the Third and last Part, London, Simon Miller, 1678, 8vo.-Hudibras, the Third and last Part, London, Simon Miller, 1678 [second ed.], 8vo., together 4 vol., red mor., by Rivière, London, 16631678, (54), Nov. 29, Anderson Galleries $65

[First large octavo ed. of the three parts, together with the second ed. of Part iii., the latter having the license imprint on verso of the title. With the FooteChurch bookplates in each volume.] Butler (S.) Hudibras, corrected and amended, with large annotations by Zachary Grey, port. and plates, presentation copy from the editor, 2 vol., contemp. red mor. gt., broad ornamental side borders and diamond-shaped ornament in centre, g.e. (one joint weak), Cambridge, 1744, 8vo. (581), Oct. 25, Sotheby Meynell, £3 IOS.

[Anderson Galleries, Oct. 25, Lot 231, Dublin, $17; Hodgson, Nov. 17, Lot 34, 1799, £3 5S.]

Butler (S.) Hudibras (with notes by T. Nash), plates in black, the series by Hogarth inserted, one of 200 copies, 3 vol., panelled blue mor. gt., g.e., 1793, 4to. (154), May 20, Puttick Walford, £8 1OS.

[Sotheby, June 15, Lot 167, £4 15s.] Butler (S.) Hudibras, in three parts, printed on vell., illustrations by Hogarth, many being fine impressions on satin, 3 vol., contemp. red mor. gt., with elaborate floreate tooling on the back and sides, J. Edwards, 1793, 4to. (552), April 18, Sotheby Gregory, £19 IOS. Butler (S.) Hudibras, in three parts, written in the time of the Late Wars, with 16 plates by Hogarth, col. by hand,

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and front. port. of Butler by Van der Gucht, also col., modern three-quarter red crushed levant mor., gt. top (some leaves lightly foxed), London, 1775, 12mo. (86), Jan. 24, American Art Association Butler (S.) Hudibras, a Poem, with notes, selected from Grey and other authors, to which are prefixed a Life of the Author and a preliminary Discourse on the Civil War, etc., illustrated with the series of col. engravings by I. Clark, 2 vol., dark green mor., London, 1819, 8vo. (232), Oct. 25, Anderson Galleries $32

[Sotheby, Feb. 23, Lot 467, £4.] Butler (S.) Hudibras, with Dr. Grey's annotations, with col. plates by I. Clark (inlaid) and extra illustrated by the insertion of numerous ports. engraved by Earlom, Holl, Finden, R. Cooper (some col.) and others, 3 vol., brown mor., full gt. backs, inside dentelles, g.t., by Rivière, C. & H. Baldwyn, 1819, 8vo. (26), July 18, Sotheby

Maggs, £7 12s. 6d. [Butler (Samuel).] Erewhon, or Over the Range, first ed., orig. brown cl., uncut, a fine clean copy, Trübner & Co., 1872 (98), April 13, Hodgson Spencer, £6 Butler (S.) The Way of all Flesh, first ed., orig. red cl., a clean copy, Grant Richards, 1903 (102), April 13, Hodgson Heffer, £6 10S. [Butler (S.)] The Fair Haven [against Rationalistic Impugners], by the late John Pickard Owen, presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "T. H. Edwards, with the author's very kind regards," orig. green cl., Trubner & Co., 1873 (99), April 13, Hodgson Heffer, £8 Butler (S.) Selections from previous Works, 1884-The Authoress of the Odyssey, plates (1897)-Iliad in English Prose, 1898-Life and Letters of Dr. Samuel Butler, headmaster of Shrewsbury School, edited by his grandson, port., etc., 2 vol., 1896—Essays on Life, Art and Science, edited by R. A. Streatfeild, 1908, all first eds., in orig. cl., together 6 vol., 8vo. (466), July 20, Sotheby Heffer, £7 10s. Butler and Frohawk. British Birds, numerous plates, those of eggs col., 6 vol. in 3, hf. mor., t.e.g., n.d. (914), Jan. 12, Hodgson Joseph, £2 75. Byfield (N.) An Account of the late Revolution in New England, orig. ed. [Sabin 9708], (pp. 20), unbd., a clean copy, 1689, sm. 4to. (429), Nov. 25, Hodgson Quaritch, £23 Anderson Galleries, May 16, Lot 25, $47.50; Nov. 22, Lot 96, $130.]

Byron (Lord). Original Manuscript of the poem, "Prometheus," written in ink on 3 folio pages, with numerous cancellations and corrections in the author's autograph, with the printed text accompanying the manuscript, the two manuscript 11. are mounted on folio sheets, bd. in folio vol., mor. gt., g.e. (binding rubbed), (157), Dec. 20, American Art Association $400 [The complete draft of the poem "Prometheus," con

sisting of 59 lines, written by the author during his stay at Deodati, near Geneva, during the summer (July) of 1816. This draft contains many cancellations, including 13 whole lines and corrections, but, with one exception, the text is the same as found in the printed version in "Byron's Works, with his Letters and Journals, and his Life, by Thomas Moore." London, John Murray, 1832. In the sixth from the last line, the manuscript reads an," and the printed form reads “and.”]

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Byron (Lord). Original Autograph Manuscript of "Sardanapalus," written on 12 pp. 4to. and 144 pp. folio, the smaller ll. inlaid to folio and bound in full red levant mor. (32), Jan. 20, Anderson Galleries

$3,300 The

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[Complete manuscripts by Byron are very rare. first page is dated Ravenna, January 13, 1821," and on the last page, which bears his initial signature three times, and is dated Ravenna, May 27th, 1821," is the following note: "Mem.-I began this drama on the 13th of January, 1821-and continued the two first acts very slowly and at long intervals.-The last three acts were written since the 13th of May, 1821 (this present month), that is to say in a fortnight." The first 12 pages are the manuscript of the preface, and the second appendix to "The Two Foscari," in which Byron defends himself against the charges of plagiarism and of revolutionism. The last page and a half are notes to danapalus," taken from Mitford's "History of Greece." The writing of these is so different as to almost lead one to believe them to have been the work of another hand, were it not for certain well-marked characteristics; but these notes were probably made at a much earlier date, while at the time of writing the drama Byron was in an unsettled, highly-strung condition of mind and body, and the writing shows great indecision and haste. It is full of corrections and deletions. The manuscript was the property of John Murray, Byron's publisher, and has his ex-libris on the inside of the front cover. It contains numerous passages which are entirely unpublished.] Byron (Lord). Original Autograph Manuscript Leaf, written entirely by Lord Byron, from his work, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," written in ink on both sides of a quarto leaf, with numerous erasures and corrections, hinged to royal 4to. sheet, with a letter-head of J. Pearson & Co., with pencilled note regarding the manuscript hinged to same sheet, sm. 4to. (72), April 20, American Art Association

$100

[The greater portion of the MS. of the work is in the possession of Mr. John Murray, the publisher.] Byron (Lord). Astarte, a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron, recorded by his grandson, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of Lovelace, ports. and

facs., bds., Chiswick Press, 1905, 4to. (958), July 20, Sotheby Abbot, £5 [Hodgson, June 16, Lot 211, £7 10s.; Sotheby, July 20, Lot 947, £4 15s.; Hodgson, May 4, Lot 92, £15 10s.] Byron (Lord). Beppo, a Venetian Story, in crimson mor., with the arms of Thomas G. Arthur, uncut, by Maclehose, with the hf.-title, London, John Murray, 1818, 8vo. (64), Nov. 29, Anderson Galleries

$95 [Byron (Lord).] Don Juan, first ed. [Cantos i.-ii.], orig. bds., uncut (back defective), T. Davison, 1819, 4to. (509), Jan. 19, Hodgson £2 7s. 6d. Byron (Lord). Hours of Idleness, bds., uncut, Sir J. C. Hobhouse's copy, interleaved, with many critical notes and suggestions in his autograph, Newark, S. and J. Ridge, 1807, 8vo. (593), Nov. 24, Sotheby Gregory, £52

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[On the fly-leaf occurs the following, in Sir J. C. Hobhouse's autograph: Shortly after these poems appeared, I interleaved this copy of them and made certain remarks, some of which I read to Lord Byron, who was not pleased. Looking at them again after 26 years, I find some truth but more impertinence in them-I will not, however, destroy them. June, 1833." Sotheby, Nov. 15, Lot 155, £9; Anderson Galleries, Nov. 29, Lot 56, $100.] Byron (Lord). The Prophecy of Dante, hf. cf., uncut, 1821, 8vo. (597), March 14, Sotheby Benson, I IOS.

[This ed. was printed by the author in Italy with Italian type for distribution among friends there, having a separate title, which is absent in the first English ed., which was published together with Marino Faliero under a general title.]

Byron (Lord). The Prisoner of Chillon and other Poems, full blue levant mor., Jansen style, inside border, g.e., by Rivière, London, 1816, 8vo. (63), Nov. 29, Anderson Galleries

$19

[Fine copy of the first ed., with the hf.-title.] Byron (Lord). Hebrew Melodies, blue mor., by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London, printed for John Murray, 1815, 8vo. (61), Nov. 29, Anderson Galleries

$115

[Presentation copy, with the following inscription on the hf.-title, in the autograph of Lady Byron : To Mrs. Baker, with Lord and Lady Byron's affectionate regards. May 23, 1815."]

Byron (Lord). English Bards and Scottish Reviewers, a Satire, sage-green mor., by Wood, London, James Cawthorn [1809], 12mo. (57), Nov. 29, Anderson Galleries $40 [Genuine first ed., with the correct water-mark, “È. & P., 1805," on title.]

Byron (Lord). English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, a Satire, fifth ed., with additions, orig. bds., uncut, in a silk case, London, printed for J. Cawthorn, 1816, 12mo. (40), Feb. 8, Anderson Galleries $150

[According to a recent English auction catalogue de

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