Lithgow (Wm.) A True Experimentall and Exact Relation of the famous and renowned Siege of Newcastle, in verse and prose (cropped copy, some letterpress cut into, including first line of title), old hf. russ., from the Chalmers library, Edinburgh, Robert Bryson, 1645, sm. 4to. (142), March 10, Sotheby Rosenbach, £13 Littleton (Sir Thomas). Litletons Tenures, black letter, old cf. (fore-edge of title cropped), old MS. notes, R. Tottil, 1557, 8vo. (114), Jan. 12, Puttick Sully, £2 5s. Litta (Pompeo). Famiglie celebri italiane, ports. and coatsof-arms in colours, etc., 18 vol., hf. cf., Milano, presso Paolo Emilio Giusti, 1819 et seq, folio (483), Oct. 25, Sotheby Nyhoff, £19 [May 9, £6 5s.] Littelton (Sir Thomas). Tenures, black letter, orig. stamped cf., Rychard Tottyl, 1574, sm. 8vo. (102), Oct. 21, Sotheby Tregaskis, £6 Littré (E.) Dictionnaire de la Langue Francaise, avec Supplement par M. Devic, 5 vol., hf. mor., Paris, 1874-9, roy. 4to. (221), July 18, Sotheby Thorp, £2 12s. [May 9, 1 15s.; Hodgson, Feb. 16, £2 17s. 6d.] Liturgie, avec les Pseaumes de David, with music, contemp. English black mor., Londres, 1706 (152), April 21, Hodgson Leighton, £6 6s. Livingston (Michael). Patronus Redux, or Our Protectour is return'd safe again, an Historicall Poem containing the Earl of Calender's Departure, his stay in England and the effects thereof upon the Town of Falkirk, cf. ex., g.e., by F. Bedford, Edinburgh, Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1682, sm. 4to. (143), March 10, Sotheby Quaritch, £10 Livingston (William). A Review of the Military Operations in North America, from the commencement of the French Hostilities on the Frontiers of Virginia, in 1753, to the Surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756... Observations . . . of American Transactions in General, and more especially into the Political Management of Affairs in New York, to which are added Colonel Washington's Journal of his Expedition to the Ohio, in 1754, and several letters and other Papers of Consequence found in the Cabinet of Major-General Braddock, after his Defeat near Fort Du Quesne, and since published by the French Court; none of these papers are contained in the English ed., old cf. (rebacked), Dublin, 1757, sm. 8vo. (416), Jan. 24, Anderson Galleries $45 [Livre.] Liver des Assises et plees del Corone moues et dependantz deuaunt les Justicez sybien en lour circuitz en tempz le Roy Edwarde le tierce, black letter, title within a woodcut border, old cf., In aedibus Richardi Totteli, 1561, and another, together 2 vol., sm. folio (103), Oct. 21, Sotheby Maggs, £5 155. Livre des Dignitez, Magistrats et Offices du Royaume de France, etc., woodcut ports., Paris, G. le Noir, 1560 La Chronique des Roys de France, puis Pharamond, woodcuts and large cut of printer's device on last leaf, Paris, Galiot du Pré, 1553, in 1 vol., contemp. cf., gt. emblematic stamps on back, with medallion port. of Henry II. of France and the triumphal chariot, dated 1557, on sides, g.e., 1553-60, 8vo. (66), Nov. 25, Hodgson Bain, £29 10S. Livy (T.) Historiarum Decades, roman letter, 417 11., long lines, 49 to a full page, capitals supplied in red and blue alternately (a few ll. slightly wormed and a few ll. dampstained, otherwise a fine large copy), russ. gt., Wodhull arms on upper cover by C. Kalthoeber, with ticket [not seen by Hain 10132, Proctor 5863], [colophon] Opus impressum Mediolani arte & impensis Philippi Lauagniæ anno domini M.CCCC.LXXviii., folio (3408), Nov. 2, Sotheby Quaritch, £29 Livy (T.) Deche di Tito Liuio vulgare hystoriate, roman letter, double columns, numerous woodcuts, title and publisher's device in red, one leaf (Q1) slightly defective and mended, a few stains and a few wormholes, hf. vell., Venetia, Bartholomeo de Zanni (for L. A. Giunta, 1511), folio (3410), Nov. 2, Sotheby Leighton, £5 5s. [May 9, £3 5s.] Livy (T.) Decades, 3 vol., italic letter, anchor device at beginning and end, orig. Venetian black mor. gt., scroll frames, corner fleurons, the legend, "tho roul abb," in centre of covers, g. tooled e. (slightly damaged and loose), sold as a binding, not subject to return, Venetiis, Aldi, 1518, 8vo. (21), Oct. 21, Sotheby Tregaskis, £17 Livy (T.) Tito-Livio volgarizzato (da Ruggiero Ferrario), roman letter, double columns, numerous woodcuts (wants several 11.), vell., Venetia, B. de Zani de Portes, 1502, folio (640), March 17, Sotheby Leighton, £2 28. Lizars (J.) Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, new ed., with Supplement, over 100 col. plates, hf. russ. gt., Edin., 1857, folio (306), Dec. 9, Hodgson Hirschfeld, £3 3s. Lloyd (C.) and Lamb (C.) Blank Verse, first ed., orig. bds. (margins very slightly foxed and label slightly defective, but uncut), T. Bensley for J. and A. Arch, 1798, 12mo. (204), June 10, Hodgson £20 Lloyd (D.) Memoires of the Lives of those Personages that suffered for the Protestant Religion, with the Life and Martyrdom of King Charles I., front. containing port. of K. Charles and of 18 others, cf., 1668, folio (892), May 25, Sotheby Drake, £3 10S. Lloyd (Humphrey). The historie of Cambria, now called Wales, a part of the most famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish language aboue two hundreth yeares past, translated into English by H. Lhoyd, corrected, augmented and continued out of Records and best approoued Authors by Daniel Powel, Doctor in diuinitie, title within a most elaborate woodcut border, numerous ports. of Welsh kings and others, mainly in armour, some with battle axes, also shields (blank) for their coats-ofarms, and fine initial letters, dark green straight-grain mor., Jansen style, g.e., Imprinted at London by Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, 1584, sm. 4to. (176), Jan. 20, Anderson Galleries $50 [The rare orig. ed., with the genuine blank leaf B4. The work is of especial interest to the collector of Americana, as it relates to the discoveries made by David, the son of Owen Gwyneth. a land unknown, where he saw manie strange things.. Sailing West . . . he came to this land . . . must needs be some part of Nova Hispania or Florida. Whereupon it is manifest that that countrie was long before by Brytaines discovered, afore either Columbus or Americus Vesputius lead anie Spaniards thither." At the end of the Epistle Dedicatorie, the words Dauid Powel are altered to Dauid Powell" in a contemporary hand, probably that of the editor himself. Old writing on last leaf, which contains the fine printer's device. Sotheby, March 1, £7 10s.] Lloyd (L., " Serjeant at Armes $85 Briefe Conference of Divers Lawes, on vell., T. Creede, to Queen Elizabeth). A 1602, sm. 4to. (205), July 21, Hodgson Lloyd (L.) The Pilgrimage of Princes, penned out of sundry £5 15s. Greeke and Latine aucthours, old cf., gt. ornament on sides, London, William Jones, n.d. [1571-74], sm. 4to. (363), Dec. 6, Anderson Galleries Loarte (J.) The Exercise of a Christian Life [translated by Stephen Brinkley], woodcuts, crimson crushed mor. ex., g.e., 1584, 16mo. (131), June 23, Hodgson Maggs, £2 10s. Lobel (M.) Icones Stirpium, seu Plantarum tam exoticarum quam indigenarum, 2 vol. in 1 (no title to Vol. ii., a few headlines slightly cut into, a little water-stained), a large number of woodcuts of herbs and flowers, hf. vell., r.e., Antverpiæ, ex officina Plantiniana, 1591, oblong (34), Feb. 23, Sotheby Locher (J.) Epithoma Rhetorices, gothic letter, long lines, Dulau, £4 1OS. with 4 large and beautiful calligraphic capitals [Proctor 3220], modern green mor., g.e. [Freiburg im Breisgau, F. Riedrer, c. 1496], sm. 4to. (235), Dec. 1, Hodgson [Locke (J.)] Essay concerning Humane Understanding, first Maggs, £3 17s. 6d. issue of the first ed., with the undated dedication to the Earl of Pembroke, old cf. (rebacked), with MS. marginalia, also author's inscription on fly-leaf, Guerellon at Amsterdam For Dr. a society for the discussion of important subjects], 1690 [at which place Locke formed (185), Nov. 25, Hodgson Maggs, 10 IOS. [Nov. 17, £3 5s.; Anderson Galleries, Nov. 29, $65.] Locker (Frederick). London Lyrics, first ed., front. by G. Cruikshank, orig. cl., 1857, cr. 8vo. (301), June 9, Sotheby Sewell, £5 5s. Locker (F.) Poems, 100 copies printed, with etched front. by G. Cruikshank, presentation copy from the author, with signature, W. M. Rossetti, on hf.-title and A.L.s. (1 page) from author loosely inserted, rox., g.t., not published, 1868, cr. 8vo. (303), June 9, Sotheby Sewell, £6 10S. [Mr. Bruton's note in pencil, as follows: The frontispiece is an India proof which I substituted for the impression which was in the book. Truman told me that Locker stated to him that only 120 impressions of the plate were taken, and that the plate was then destroyed."] Locker-Lampson. Lyra Elegantiarum, revised and enlarged ed., edited by F. Locker-Lampson and C. Kernahan, port., LARGE PAPER, one of 250 signed copies, hf. vell., uncut, t.e.g., 1891, 8vo. (501), May 18, Sotheby T. Bull, IOS. Lockhart (J. G.) Life of Scott, first ed., port., 7 vol., tree cf., 1837-8, 8vo. (372), May 4, Puttick [Sotheby, May 18, 12s.] Maggs, £2 Loddiges (C., and Sons). The Botanical Cabinet, col. plates, [July 20, £4 5s.] [Lodewijcksz (W.)] Prima Pars descriptionis itineris navalis in Indiam Orientalem, earumque rerum quae navibus Battavis occurrerunt . . . authore G. M. A. W. L., numerous copperplates, title backed (a good many ll. stained, margins of some 11. defective and roughly mended), Amstelrodami, ex officina Cornelij Nicolaj, 1598-Diarium Nauticum. . . trium navigationum. . . factarum a Hollandicis. ad Septentrionem auctore Gerardo de Vera, numerous copperplates (margins of several 11. defective and roughly mended), ib., 1598, in 1 vol., old cf., not subject to return, folio (675), April 18, Sotheby Quaritch, £30 [The initials G. M. A. W. L. do not seem to have been fully deciphered by any bibliographer. Muller suggests the above name, but even he has not explained the G. M. A. The Huth copy, Lot 4430, realised £61.] Lodge (E.) Portraits of Illustrious Personages, proofs on India paper, LARGE PAPER, 4 vol., mor. ex., g.e., 1821-34, folio (386), June 15, Puttick Tooke, £4 10S. [May 20, £6 10s.; July 22, £6 10s.; May 9, £2 5s.; March 1, 2 2s.] Lodge] (Thomas].) Catharos. Diogenes in his Singularitie, wherein is comprehended his merrie baighting fit for all mens benefits: Christened by him. A Nettle for Nice Noses, by T. L., of Lincolns Inne, Gent., first ed., black letter (A 2 11., B-i. in fours, i 4 a blank), the corners of the first 8 11. faintly stained, green mor. gt., forwarding pink silk, Printed by William Hoskins & Iohn Danter, for Iohn Busbie, 1591, 4to. (430), April 18, Sotheby Quaritch, £212 Lodge (T.) Rosalynd, Evphves Golden Legacie, found after his death in his Cell at Silexedra, bequeathed to Philacvtvs Sonnes, nursed vp with their Father in England, fetcht from the Canaries by T. L., Gent. [woodcut ornament], black letter (small rust-hole in K 4), crimson levant mor. ex., g.e., by W. Pratt, Miller arms in gold on sides, bookplate of Horace Walpole inserted, Imprinted by I. R. for N. Lyng, 1604, sm. 4to. (146), March 10, Sotheby Rosenbach, £630 [Believed to be the only copy known. This pastoral romance supplied Shakespeare with the ground plan of 'As You Like It." The first ed. was issued in 1590, and exists in one (imperfect) copy only. A copy of the ed. of 1592 was one of the 50 books selected out of the Huth library for the British Museum, and is believed to be unique. The third ed. is of the utmost rarity; apparently only two copies, those formerly in the Rowfant and Arbury libraries, are known.] Lodge (T.) The Divel Coniured, orig. ed., black letter (a few headlines cut into, sheet a misplaced), cf. gt., Adam Islip for William Mats, 1596, sm. 4to. (145), March 10, Sotheby Rosenbach, £125 [A MS. note on title-page reads, "There is much learning in this tract about Magick and ye nature of Infernall Spirits."] Lodge (T.) The Wounds of Ciuil War, liuely set forth in the true Tragedies of Marius and Scilla, as it hath beene publiquely plaide in London by the... Lord High Admirall his Seruants, first ed. (corner of B 2 torn and slightly defective, small hole in c 4, four headlines cut into), old hf. green mor., Roxburghe copy, with stamp on back of title, Iohn Danter, 1594, sm. 4to. (144), March 10, Sotheby Sabin, £180 Loftie (W. J.) Essay of Scarabs, cuts, one of 125 copies, vell., t.e.g., Field & Tuer, n.d., 4to. (412), Oct. 20, Puttick Heffer, £1 IOS. Logan (James). The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, illustrated by 74 col. plates displaying the dress, tartans, arms, armorial insignia and social occupations of the members of the clans, from orig. sketches by R. R. McIan, with descriptive letterpress by James Logan, cl. gt., Glasgow, 1899, sm. 8vo. (235), Dec. 13, American Art Association $10 [The original work, in two large 4to. volumes, is given here complete and unaltered further than being reduced in size, properly paged and indexed for easy reference, with suitable tail-piece illustrations.] Loggan (D.) Cantabrigia Illustrata, sive Omnium Celeberrimæ istius Universitatis Collegiorum Aularum, Bibliothecæ, etc., Iconographia, engraved title and 30 doublepage plates, with preface in English, old russ., gt. back and panelled sides, g.e., Cantabrigiæ [c. 1690], (258), March 31, Hodgson David, £11 |