and in the Athenæum on its first appearance. ... The 'determined spite of the Athenaeum, however, disconcerted him and he called in all the unsold copies, with the result that the book is now excessively rare."-PRIDEAUX's Bibliography of Edward Fitzgerald.

495. FITZGERALD (EDWARD). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Transl. into English Verse. THE RARE FIRST EDN. Small 4to, beautifully bound in full green crushed levant morocco, both sides covered with artistic gold tooling, having interlaced borders, and numerous ornaments with small line and pointillé decoration, back to match, doublé of brown crushed levant morocco, with broad borders of festoon ornamentation in gold, silk linings, gilt top, uncut, with the original wrappers bound in, by ZAEHNSDORF. Lond. 1859

* AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE COPY. The original MS. of this translation was offered to the editor of "Fraser's Magazine," who declined it, after holding it nearly a year. Fitzgerald then had it published by Bernard Quaritch, who had been in business for himself about twelve years. The public were, however, most unappreciative, and the bulk of the edition was sold from his stand for the sum of one penny per copy. [See Reproduction.]

496. FITZGERALD (EDWARD). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse. Second edn. Square 8vo, full wine-colored crushed levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in, by ZAEHNSDORF. Lond. 1868

* RARE.

497. FITZGERALD (EDWARD). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse. Third edn. Square 8vo, full wine-colored crushed levant morocco, gilt top, by ZAEHNSDORF.

* RARE.

Lond. 1872

498. FITZGERALD (EDWARD). The Variorum and Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings, including a complete Bibliography and interesting personal and literary Notes, the whole collected and arranged by George Bentham, and with an Introduction by Edmund Gosse. 7 vols. imp. 8vo, boards, uncut. N. Y. 1902-3

* JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER; only 25 copies printed, each signed by the publishers.

499. FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE). Hérodias. Compositions de Georges Rochegrosse, gravées à l'eau-forte par Champollion. Préface par Anatole France. Royal 8vo, full crimson crushed levant morocco, the sides tooled with a "Gravelot" border, with small Fleur-de-Lys at corners,

doublé with blue crushed levant inlaid with red levant, and tooled with Fleur-de-Lys, watered silk linings, leather joints, gilt top, uncut, by CHAMBOLLE DURU. Paris, 1892

* A BEAUTIFUL COPY. One of the 200 copies PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, with the plates in two states, vignettes in the text, and separately printed, without letters. In case. [See Reproduction.]

500. FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE). Salammbô. With 10 etchings in two states, on plate paper and on Japanese paper, by Louveau-Rouveyre, Muller and Mercier, after A. Poirson. Imp. 8vo, full black levant morocco extra, doublé with orange levant morocco extra, watered silk linings, gilt edges. Paris: Quantin, n. d.

*JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED. THIS COPY IS EMBELLISHED WITH 32 FINE ORIGINAL WATER-COLORS BY JULES ADELINE, AND ONE BY A. GAMBARD, ALL SIGNED.

501. FLETCHER (JOHN). Rvle a Wife | And have a Wife. | A Comoedy. | Acted by His | Majesties Servants. Written by John Fletcher | Gent. | [vignette] | Oxford, Printed by Leonard Lichfield | Printer to the University. | Anno 1640. Small 4to, half morocco extra, gilt top.

Oxford, 1640 *The rare FIRST EDITION. This is considered the best of Fletcher's comedies, and it met with great success. gives a tradition that the character of Cacafogo as a rival to Falstaff." Very fine and large copy.

Davies

was intended

502. FLETCHER (R.) Ex otio Negotium. OR MARTIALL His EPIGRAMS Translated. With Sundry Poems and Fancies. By R. Fletcher. Brilliant impression of the portrait of Martial, engraved by Robert Vaughan. 8vo, full blue levant morocco extra, gilt lines on the sides, gilt tooled back and inside borders, gilt edges, by RIVIÈRE. Lond. T. Mab for William Shears, 1656

* FIRST EDITION. Fine copy.

503. FLETCHER (W. Y.) English Bookbindings in the British Museum, with Introduction and Descriptions. 63 chromolithographic plates containing examples of bindings in the British Museum, selected on account of their beauty or historical interest. Folio, cloth, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1895

*Only 500 copies printed. This beautiful work, which is now out of print and scarce, depicts elegant specimens in morocco, calf, embroidery, etc., by famous binders.

504. FORD (PAUL LEICESTER). Thomas Jefferson. 2 portraits on Japan paper, each in two states. Royal 4to, vellum wrappers, uncut. Bost. and Cambridge, [1904]

* Printed throughout on Japanese vellum. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies.

505. FORMAN (H. BUXTON). The Book of William Morris described with some Account of his Doings in Literature and in the Allied Crafts. Portrait and plates. Royal 8vo, cloth. Lond. Hollings, 1897

* 75 copies on Japanese vellum paper, printed for private circulation.

506. FORNERON (H.) Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, 1649-1734; or, how the Duke of Richmond gained his pension. With Preface by Mrs. G. M. Crawford. With portraits, facsimile letter, etc. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1888

507. FORREST (EDWIN). Forrestiana. Portraits, playbills and Obituaries relating to EDWIN FORREST. Collected and arranged for AUGUSTIN DALY by Augustus Toedteberg. A

VERY EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION ILLUSTRATING THE

LIFE AND CAREER OF THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAGEDIAN, and consisting of 169 portraits (many being INDIA PROOFS and PROOFS BEFORE LETTER), of which 118 are portraits of Forrest in private life and in character, including a large number of his famous appearances in SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS, photographs (chiefly from life, caricatures, many of them very uncommon, besides 39 other illustrations, chiefly views of old American theatres), AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MS. MATERIAL relating to Forrest by J. N. IRELAND, and a particularly fine collection of 138 PLAYBILLS, including benefit bills, first appearances, etc., many of them being of SHAKESPEAREAN PRODUCTIONS between the years 1826 and 1872, Biographies, newspaper clippings, etc. All neatly mounted or inlaid to size and finely bound in 2 vols., folio three-quarter crimson levant morocco, gilt backs, by STIKEMAN, with specially printed title-pages. N. Y. 1826-72

*This notable collection not only forms a remarkably complete record of Forrest's theatrical career, from his early appearances to the year of his death, but incidentally illustrates THE HISTORY OF SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA IN PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK between the years 1826 and 1872 in connection with THIS GREAT EXPONENT OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS. The illustrations include a number of HAND-COLORED PORTRAITS AND VIEWS by Toedteberg, PORTRAITS of Forrest by Van Gell, signed proof; as Metamora, open letter proof, by Sully, Jr., Phil., 1836; as Virginius, by T. Mensell (proof); as Metamora, water-color drawing; colored mosaic portrait as Richard III., and others, of which many are rare proofs; also portraits of Miss Forrest, John Howard Payne (colored), Robert Bird (proof), Maturin, Sheridan, Sheridan Knowles (proof), Miss Clifton (a number) etc.; many CARICATURES of Forrest, some rare, including the two folio colored Shakespearean caricatures in connection with the Forrest Divorce Case. The PHOTOGRAPHS, which include a number from life, are interesting, and range from 12mo to folio in size. The plates include views of Old Bowery Theatre (several), New Bowery Theatre, Old Park Theatre, interior (water-color), National Theatre, Tremont Theatre, Chatham Theatre, and other American Theatres. There are

three AUTOGRAPH LETTERS from Forrest to Fenno, Austin, etc., chiefly on professional matters, between 1855 and 1866; autograph of Mrs. Forrest, Forrest 's pictorial visiting card with his writing on it, etc., etc. The PLAYBILLS, which are too numerous to detail, include many interesting occasions, including the First Benefit of the American Dramatic Fund Association, Feb'y 8, 1849, at the Astor Place Opera House, in which appeared Forrest as Macbeth, W. E. Burton, Holland, Dawson, Mary Taylor, Fanny Wallack, and others.

508. FORESTER (THOMAS). Norway in 1848 and 1849; containing Rambles along the Fjelds and Fjords and the Central and Western Districts. Map and full-page litho. plates in tint. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt back and top, uncut. Lond. 1850

509. FORSTER (JOHN). Historical and Biographical Essays. FIRST EDN. 2 vols. post 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops (slightly rubbed). Lond. 1858

510. FOSS (EDWARD). The Judges of England, with Sketches of the Lives and Miscellaneous Notices connected with the Courts at Westminster, from the time of the Conquest. 9 vols. 8vo, half red crushed levant morocco gilt, gilt edges. Lond. 1848-64

* FINE SET of the best edition. The author was one of the founders of the Incorporated Law Society of England.

511. FOWKE (FRANK REDE). The Bayeux Tapestry. A History and Description. Numerous full-page plates. 8vo, full brown crushed levant, ornate floriated gold borders, gilt tooling on back, inside gilt line borders, gilt top, uncut, by the CLUB BINDERY. Lond. Geo. Bell, 1898

* JAPAN VELLUM COPY. One of only a few copies so issued.

512. FOWLER (W. WARDE). The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic. An Introduction to the Study of the Religion of the Romans. 12mo, cloth. Lond. 1899

513. FOX (CAROLINE). Memories of Old Friends; being Extracts from the Journals and Letters of Caroline Fox of Penjerrick, Cornwall, from 1837 to 1871. Edited by Horace N. Pym. With beautiful etched portraits by Hubert Herkomer. Royal 8vo, half blue levant morocco gilt, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1882

* Full of the most interesting anecdotes of Carlyle, Tennyson, John Stirling, Coleridge, the Byrons, Wordsworth, Irving, Jenny Lind, Turner the Artist, Hallam, Baron Bunsen, Landseer, Dean Milman, Humboldt, Emerson, Froude, the Hares, and numerous other famous writers and artists of the period.

514. FOX (CHARLES J.) History of the Old Township of Dunstable: Including Nashua, Nashville, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield and Merrimac, N. H.; Dunstable and Tyngsborough, Mass. Plate and map. 12mo, cloth. Nashua, 1846