4to., sewed. Paris, 1889. 4s. 6d. ¶ JEANNE D'ARC, racontee par l'image d'apres les Sculpteurs, les Graveurs et les Peintres, par M. de Nordez. Hundreds of illustrations, roy. 8vo., boards. Paris, 1898.

15s.

¶ LAMPE (Louis) Signatures et Monogrammes des Peintres de toutes les Ecoles. Thick roy. 8vo., 1,147 pages, half morocco. Brussels, 1895.-Dictionnaire historique des Peintres de toutes les Ecoles. Thick roy. 8vo., 1,155 pages, title missing, half calf. Together. £3 10s.

¶ LANDSCAPE PAINTING. An Essay, with Remarks on the different Schools and Masters, Ancient or Modern, 1783.-Mr. Wedgwood's Account of the Barberini, now Portland Vase. In I vol., 8vo., calf

35.

¶ LOSTALOT (A. de) Les Procedes de la Gravure. Over one hundred illustrations, cr. 8vo., cloth. Paris, N.D.

3s.

¶ MAX ROOSES. Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche Schilderschool. 10 etchings, and over 40 illustrations, roy 8vo., half morocco.

1884.

1879. 10s.

¶ MONUMENTS de l'Art Antique, pub. sous la direction de Olivier Rayet. Art Egyptien-Sculpture Grecque-Sculpture Romaine-Terres Cuites. Magnificent plates, 2 vols., large folio, sewed. Paris, £1 10s. MUNTZ (F.). Histoire de l'Art pendant la Renaissance. About 1,500 illustrations (few in colours), 3 vols., roy. 8vo., half morocco. Paris, 1889-95.

£5 5s. MUNTZ (Eugene) Les Precurseurs de la Renaissance. Fine plates and illustrations, large 4to., half morocco. Paris, 1882 £1 1s. ¶ MUTHER (R.) Geschichte der Malerei im XIX. Jahrhundert. Hundreds of illustrations, 3 vols., roy. 8vo., half morocco. Munchen, 1893-94 £15s.

¶ PORTRAITS. Effigies des Forestiers et Comtes de Flandres, sur les desseins de Jean Meyssens, gravees par C. Meyssens son fils l'an 1663. 47 portraits (should be 48), sm. 4to., boards. Anvers. Also 9 Portraits des Forestiers apparently from an early work, published by J. B. Vrints. Antwerp Small folio size, loose in wrappers. Together. £3 10s. ¶ PORTRAITS. Les Effigies des Souverains, Princes et Ducs de Brabant, avec leur Chronologie, Armes, et Devises, gravees par Jean Meyssens. 54 portraits, 4to., old vellum. Anvers, N.D.

£3

¶ PORTRAITS. La Vite de Idodeci Visconti che Signoreggiarono Milano, descritte da Paolo Giovio, trad. da Lodovico Domenichi. With the 13 portraits complete but pages 121-128 of text wanting. Engraved title, sm. 4to., boards, leather back. Milan, 1645. £1 10s.

Tableaux, Gravures, Miniatures, etc. Etched frontispiece, plates, signatures and monograms of painters, etc., 8vo., sewed. 1890. 3s. 6d. ¶ ROGER-MILES (L.). Comment discerner les Styles du VIII. au XIX. siècle. Caracteres des formes en Architecture et Decoration. 110 illustrations, 4to., boards. Paris, N.D. 15s.

The STUDIO. An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. With thousands of illustrations, 35 volumes, folio, buckram, gilt, a clean and strongly-bound run of this very excellent periodical, October, 1902 to January, 1914. £10 ¶ La VIELLE FRANCE. Bretagne, Normandie, Provence, La Touraine. Texte, dessins et lithographies par A. Robida, 4 vols., large 4to., half morocco. Paris, N.D.

£7 10s. ¶ VINCOTTE (Thomas) et son Œuvre, par Lambotte et Goffin. Illustrated, 4to., sewed. Brussels, 1912. 4s. 6d. ¶ VIOLLET-LE-DUC. Dictionnaire raisonne du Mobilier Francais de l'epoque Carlovingienne a la Renaissance. Numerous plates, some in colours, and many illustrations, roy. 8vo., half morocco.

1868.

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND

DOCUMENTS.

Paris,

15s.

A.L.S., etc.-A Collection of some 35 A.L.S., etc., of general interest, including letters of John Brown ("Rab and His Friends "), Rowland Hill, Marie Corelli, Marochetti, etc.

2s. 6d. ¶ ARTISTS.-A bundle of 24 A.L.S., from 23 different artists, sculptors, etc., including B. R. Haydon, Marcus Stone, A. L. Egg, Sir Charles Eastlake, and many other R.A.'s. The letters date from 1827 to 1874. The bundle, 5s.

¶ BARHAM (Rev. H.) A.L.S., from the Rev. H. Barham, Author of the "Ingoldsby Legends," 54 lines, dated July 10th, 1843 15s. Very slightly damaged. An interesting letter.

¶ BECKFORD (Wm.) 13 Autograph Letters (2 4to.), from Wm. Beckford mostly to H. E. Goodridge, signed W. B., average length. of 20 lines, some dated 1836. £2 2s. ¶BERRY (Duchesse de, fille de François I.). A.L.S., dated Xbre. 6, 1832, from the Chateau de Blaye, where she was imprisoned. 14 lines addressed to Monsieur Bossange.

10s.

¶ BETHLEM HOSPITAL.-Signed Verses of 14 lines on " Epitaph of my poor Jack Squirrel" and 6 lines on a similar subject, written and signed by James Hadfield in Bethlem Hospital. Hadfield was tried and acquitted on the ground of insanity of a charge of firing a pistol at King George III. from the Pit of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1800. Curious.

5s.

6 lines, dated Sep. 4, 1817.

10s.

BONAPARTE (Joseph, Roi d'Espagne). A.L.S., dated Paris, 18 Nov., An. 3, 10 lines, acknowledging receipt of a petition. 7s. 6d. ¶ BONAPARTE (Lucien). Official Letter, signed (only) directing Monsieur Perrigaux to pay certain sums. 2 Germinal, An. 12. 5s. BOTTA (Carlo, Poete, deputé Francais) A.L.S., 10 lines, in Italian, Jan. 1, 1837. 3s. 6d. BREWSTER (David, inventor of the Stereoscope). Two-page A.L.S., asking a friend to search for various minerals in Cornwall, June 18, 1820.

3s. 6d.

¶ BRIGHT (John). A.L.S., from John Bright to Chas. Williams, Accrington, 34 lines, dated Jany. 23, 1861.

2s. 6d.

A letter of support to a protest being made against some unjust exaction on the part of a clergyman at Accrington.

¶ BROUGHAM (Lord) A.L.S., from Lord Brougham to Lord Jeffrey, introducing a friend to the eminent Scottish judge and critic, 14 lines, dated August 31, 1814.

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BUNYAN (John) A Copy of Bryan's Dwelling with God, with preface by Richard Baxter, 1670, on the first fly-leaf of which is written 'John Bunyan." While we are unable to guarantee the signature, we have compared it with the one on his Will and the same peculiarity of writing the capital "B" appears in both. If we could in any way prove its genuineness it would of course be worth many times the price we ask.

£5 ¶ CHATEAUBRIAND (Vicomte, illustre ecrivain francais) A.L.S. dated Berlin, 25 fev., 1821. 10 lines, "il augmente le regret que j'eprouve d'ignorer la langue de Goethe et de Schiller," etc. £3 3s. CONDE (Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de). A.L.S., 2 pages, 4to., Oct. 2, 1796. "Le Roy vous dira tout ce qui il arrive dans l'apres midi," etc.

12s.

¶ CRUIKSHANK (G.). Envelope addressed to Charles Sharp, Esq., with George Cruikshank's signature in the corner.

DARWIN (C.).

2s.

A.L.S., from Chas. Darwin, 34 lines, dated Jany. 15th [no year], concerning botanical matters ¶ DEMIDOFF (Mathilde Bonaparte, fille de Jerome Bonaparte). A.L.S., 8 lines.

£2 2s.

2s. 6d.

DERBY.-23 A.L.S. of the 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Earls of Derby. The earliest letter is dated 1735 and the last 1872, the subjects of them being varied; the greater part of them are signed "Derby," but a few were written before the writers succeeded to the earldom and are signed "Stanley." There is also one letter from Lady Derby, 1872. The bundle, 5s.

2-page Letter mentioning MM. Thiers and Guizot. 7s. 6d.

AUSTIN DOBSON. Original Manuscript Poems, etc., by Austin Dobson, as under :—

LE ROMAN DE LA ROSE. 32 lines, 14 pages, 8vo., written in purple ink and signed in full. £3

28 lines, 1 page, 8vo., fully signed

THE BALLAD OF BARMECIDE.

and dated March 26th, 1879.

£3

A FABLE IN THE MANNER OF MR. GAY. 54 lines, 2 pages, 8vo., fully signed.

£3 15s.

"AU REVOIR "; A DRAMATIC VIGNETTE. 156 lines, 6 pages, 8vo., fully signed, and dated August 31, 1878.

£4 10s.

¶ DOCUMENT.-" 23, October... Sir John Fitz James, . . . . Signed his last will with the probate thereof, dated 12 May, 1542, Wherein his Lands are entayled to Nicholas Fitz James (and) his heyres males, then in default of such to Aldred (and) his heyres males. (Signed) George Strode." On an oblong piece of paper about eight inches by three.

£1 1s.

¶ FRANKLIN (Lady Jane, Wife of Sir John Franklin, Arctic Explorer). 4 page A.L.S., with envelope addressed Mrs. Kirkland, Lady of the late ex-President of Harvard College, Boston. "My husband is commanding an Expedition in the Arctic Regions," etc. July 20, 1846.

£1

¶ GRETRY (A. E. M., de l'Opera-comique). A.L.S., dated Xbre. 14, 1808. 12 lines to Madame St. Aubin.

5s.

¶ GROUCHY (E. de, Marechal de France). A.L.S., dated Paris, 6 Mars, 1842. Six lines referring to "la Société generale de Naufrages."

10s.

HAULIN (Pierre, se distingua a la prise de la Bastille). Official Letter signed (only) by Hulin, dated 14 Ni., An. 6, addressed to Cen. Freville.

4s. 6d.

HUNT (W. Holman). A.L.S., from W. Holman Hunt to "The Times" on the subject of the Royal Academy. 118 lines, undated. With a covering letter signed by Hunt.

5s.

¶ JAMESON (Mrs., author "Legends of the Madonna," etc.). 4-page A.L.S., 4to., addressed to R. R. Noel. "I sent 100 florins to Seligman but he never sent any acknowledgement." Refers also to Lady Byron.

¶ JANIN (Jules). A.L.S., 8 lines, no date.

5s.

3s. 6d.

¶ JEFFREY (Lord). A.L.S., from Lord Jeffrey to John Winter, mentioning payment of a sum of £130, 19 lines, dated 17th March, 1846.

6s.

A.L.S., thanking Monsieur Perigaud for sending him “his livres et la musique de Strasbourg," etc.

3s. 6d. ¶ LA FAYETTE (Marquis de) A.L.S., dated La Grange, Aug. 25, 1833. Six lines addressed to a Mr. Burns.

5s.

¶ LA VALLETTE (Comte de). A.L.S. to Monsieur Verregaux, Mercredi 12. 8 lines," aujourd'hui est le dernier pour l'envoi de la correspondance pour Angleterre."

5s.

¶ MASSENA (Marechal, called by Napoleon "l'enfant cheri de la Victoire"). 10 lines on official paper of the "Armee d'Italie," dated Vallegio, An. 14, " Je recommande a votre interet particulier Mons. 6," etc.

20s.

¶ MELANCTHON (Philip). An Original Letter, dated, Juli 9, 1544, containing 39 lines on folio paper, with his signature. It is written to Hieronymus Paumgartner, Sen Reipublicae Noriberg, who died in 1566. A copf in "fairer characters" by a modern writer [1851] goes with it-on which is an attestation of the genuineness of the original letter. Included also is an engraved portrait of Paumgartner. Having been very carefully preserved, the letter is in

PERFECT CONDITION.

£25

¶ MICHAUD (J. F., auteur" Histoire des Croisades," etc.). A.L.S. 17 lines, no date, Je vous envoye les livraisons des Memoirs qui ont parus."

3s. 6d.

5s.

¶ MOLE (L. M., premier ministre sous Louis Philippe). Autograph Letter, 22 lines--referring to ma reception a l'Academie francoise," etc. Signed, Mars 12, 1841. ¶ NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Document on Vellum, appointing Michel Duroc as " Grand Marechal de Notre Palais." Signed by the Emperor, at St. Cloud, 17 Messidor, An. 12. In metal case, together with the pen used by Napoleon on this occasion.

£7

£1

NER (Marechal de l'Empire). A.L.S., 6 lines, dated, Montreuil, 23 Vose, An. 13, to Commandant Malleron. "Mon intention, Colonel, est de passer la Revue du 50 Reg. lundi prochain,” etc. ¶ ORLEANS. Autograph Letter from the Duke of Orleans, afterwards Louis Philippe, King of France. 11 lines, dated, Octr. 18, 1816.

7s. 6d.

A reply to an invitation from the Lord Mayor of London to a banquet in honour of the Duke of Kent.

¶ PALMERSTON (Lord). 3 A.L.S. from Lord Palmerston : (i.) To Dr. Roberts, 16 lines, undated;

(ii.) To the Lord Mayor, 7 lines, dated, 1857;

(iii.) To R. T. Stothard, 8 lines, dated, 1835.

as I am only

passing through London it is not in my power to sit to you now

The three, 5s. 6d.