75. CONSTABLE (JOHN). Memoirs of the Life of John Constable. Composed chiefly of his Letters. By C. R. Leslie. Portrait. Small 4to, crushed red morocco, gilt back, gilt border, gilt edges. London: Longmans, 1845 WITH TWO PENCIL DRAWINGS BY CONSTABLE INSERTED, and an autograph signature laid down. 76. CONTARENO (GASPER). The Commonwealth and Gouernment of Venice. Translated out of the Italian into English by Lewes Lewkenor. With sundry other Collections, annexed by the translator. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, gilt edges, some lower edges uncut, by Rivière. London: Imprinted by Iohn Windet, 1599 Fine copy. With bookplate of Sir Roger Newdigate. 77. COOKE (JOHN). Greenes Tu Quoque, or The Cittie Gallant. Woodcut beneath title. Small 4to, crushed red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. Several torn leaves have been repaired, two final leaves have been supplied from another copy, and portion of last leaf restored. Imprinted at London for Iohn Trundle, 1614 THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. From the Arbury Library, with label. 78. COSTLIE WHORE (THE). A Comicall Historie. Small 4to, crushed blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. A few headlines shaved, and E2 skilfully repaired. London: Printed by Augustine Mathewes, 1633 FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, with the genuine blank before title. From the Arbury Library, with label. 79. COTGRAVE (JOHN). The English Treasury of Wit and Language, Collected Out of the most, and best of our English Drammatick Poems. 8vo, old calf. London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1655 FIRST EDITION. RARE. With bookplates of Geo. Chalmers and Sylvain Van De Weyer. 80. [CRASHAW (WILLIAM).] The Fatal Vesper, or a True and Punctuall Relation of that lamentable and fearefull accident, hapning on Sunday in the afternoone being the 26. of October last, by the fall of a roome in the Black-friers, in which were assembled many People at a Sermon, which was to be preached by Father Drurie, a Jesuite. Small 4to, crushed citron levant morocco, inside dentelles (some headlines shaved). London: Printed by Iohn Haviland, 1623 81. CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE). The Englishman's Mentor. The Picture of the Palais Royal. Colored folding frontispiece by George Cruikshank. 12mo, boards, uncut. London, 1819 82. DALRYMPLE (ALEXANDER). An Historical Collection of the several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean. Being chiefly a literal translation from the Spanish Writers. Illustrated with engraved maps and plates. 2 vols. in one, 4to, original boards (broken), uncut. London: Printed for the Author, 1770 83. DANCES. A Collection of 252 Country Dances, comprised in eleven Separate Yearly tracts from 1750 to 1770, each Dance accompanied by musical notation and instructions. The Eleven Rare Pieces bound in one volume, oblong 8vo, mottled calf, gilt edges, by W. Pratt. London, 1750-1770 VERY RARE. With the Huth bookplate. 84. DANIEL PRESS. Binyon (Laurence). Poems. 8vo, orinal wrappers, uncut and unopened. Oxford, 1895 One of 200 copies. 85. DEKKER (THOMAS). The Belman of London. Black Letter, cut on title (title, marginal notes, signatures, etc., cut down). Small 4to, half brown morocco. No imprint. [1608] The Third impression, with new additions. VERY RARE. 86. The Muses Garden of Delights; or, the fift Booke of Ayres onely for the Lute, the Base-vyoll and the voice. Composed by Robert Jones. Edited with an Introduction by William Barclay Squire. Small 4to, original wrappers, uncut and unopened. One of 130 copies. Oxford, 1901 87. DAVENANT (SIR WILLIAM). The Platonick Lovers. A Tragæcomedy. Small 4to, crushed red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. A few signatures and catchwords cut into. London: Printed for Richard Meighen, 1636 FIRST EDITION. From the Arbury Library, with label. 88. [-] Salmacida Spoila. A Masqve. Presented by the King and Queenes Majesties, at White-Hall, On Tuesday the 21. day of January, 1639. Small 4to, crushed red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. London: Printed by T. H., 1639 FIRST EDITION, with the genuine blank before title. From the Arbury Library, with label. 89. Love and Honour. Small 4to, crushed blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. London: Printed for Hum. Robinson, 1649 FIRST EDITION, with the leaf of Dramatis Personae. From the Arbury Library, with label. 90. The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru. Exprest by Instrumentall and Vocall Musick, and by Art of Perspective in Scenes, &c. Small 4to, crushed crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. (Some head-lines slightly shaved.) 91. London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1658 FIRST EDITION. From the Arbury Library, with label. The Siege of Rhodes. The First and Second Part. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1663 Fine copy. From the Arbury Library, with label. 92. [] The Rivals. A Comedy. Small 4to, crushed red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. London: Printed for William Cademan, 1668 FIRST EDITION. With the leaf "The Actor's Names." From the Arbury Library, with label. 93. The Man's the Master: A Comedy. Small 4to, crushed blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. In the Savoy: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1669 FIRST EDITION. From the Arbury Library, with label. PRINTED ON VELLUM 94. DE LA MORE PRESS. Roper (William). The Mirrour of Vertue in Worldly Greatnes, or, The Life of Sir Thomas More, Knight. Engraved title, initials in gold on backgrounds of red, blue, green and violet. Folio, sheets, enclosed in a half holland portfolio, with ties. London, 1902 ONE OF TEN COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM. PRINTED ON VELLUM 95. DE LA MORE PRESS. Charles I. Eikon Basilike; or, The King's Book. Edited by Edward Almack. Initials in gold on backgrounds of classical subjects and designs in two shades of green, blue, and white, vignette portrait, and engraved title. Folio, sheets, uncut, enclosed in a half holland case. London, 1903 96. ONE OF 12 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM. Another copy. Printed on paper. Folio, boards. 97. DIBDIN (THOMAS F.). The Lincolne Nosegay. 8vo, red morocco, line tooling, gilt edges. [London, 1811] AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PRIVATELY PRINTED PAMPHLET, giving an account of 19 books Dibdin acquired from the Cathedral Library at Lincoln. BUT 36 COPIES OF THIS LITTLE BOOK WERE ISSUED. 98. The Bibliographical Decameron; or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and subjects connected with Early Engraving, Typography and Bibliography. Illustrations. 3 vols. royal 8vo, brown straight-grain morocco, line tooling, with blind-stamped arms on sides, gilt edges. London, 1817 FINE COPY. 99. DICKENS (CHARLES). A pair of silver shoe-buckles which belonged to Charles Dickens, and bear his name, the date 1858, and the initials T. R. These buckles were purchased at the Gads Hill sale by Mr. Jupp, who gave them to George Gamon of Strood Hall, Rochester, in whose sale they were included (see catalogue accompanying the lot). 100. DOBSON (AUSTIN). Carmina Votiva and other Occasional Verses. Small 4to, crushed brown levant morocco, panelled floreate back, scroll floral borders on sides, gilt top, uncut, by Rivière. London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1901 101. DONNE (JOHN). Deaths Dvell. With a half-length portrait of the author in his shroud. Small 4to, dark blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Cross. 102. FIRST EDITION. London: Printed by Thomas Harper, 1632 Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Authors Death. Small 4to, limp vellum, gilt edges, with ties. London: Printed by M. F., 1633 A FINE CRISP COPY OF THE RARE FIRST EDITION, with the two additional leaves following the title, containing "The Printer To The Understand ers. 103. ΒΙΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ. A Declaration of that Paradoxe or Thesis, that Selfe-homicide is not so Naturally Sinne, that it may never be otherwise, etc. 4to, original sheep (stamp on title). London: Printed by John Dawson, [1644] FIRST EDITION. RARE. With autograph of W. Gower on title-page. A crisp copy, with the genuine blank leaves at front and end. 104. Letters to Several Persons of Honour. Engraved portrait by Lombart (mounted). Title ruled in red. Small 4to, old scored russia, rebacked, gilt edges. 105. London: Printed by J. Flesher, for Richard Marriot, 1651 FIRST EDITION ON LARGE PAPER. Paradoxes, Problems, Essays, Characters. To which is added a Book of Epigrams. 12mo, modern calf. London: Printed by T. N., 1652 THE FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, with separate title to "Ignatius his Conclave.'' The Characters" and "Emblems" appear here for the first time. Bound in with this work is: "Essays in Divinity." FIRST EDITION. London, 1651. With autograph of Edward Dowden on inside cover. 106. [DONNE (JOHN) AND SYLVESTER (J.).] Lachrymae Lachrymarum; or, the Spirit of Teares distilled for the untymely Death of the Incomparable Prince (Henry of Wales). Small 4to, bordered and black pages (border of title and some headlines cut into), half black morocco, gilt edges. [London, 1613] SCARCE. 107. DOVES PRESS. Cobden-Sanderson (T. J.). London: A Paper read at a Meeting of the Art Worker's Guild. Small 4to, limp vellum, uncut. Hammersmith, 1906 VELLUM COPY 108. DOVES PRESS. Emerson (R. W.). Essays, with Preface by Thomas Carlyle. Small 4to, limp vellum, uncut. One of 25 copies printed on vellum. Hammersmith, 1906 VELLUM COPY 109. DOVES PRESS. Carlyle (Thomas). the Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdroeckh. black. Small 4to, limp vellum, uncut. One of 15 copies printed on vellum. Sartor Resartus: Printed in red and Hammersmith, 1907 VELLUM COPY a 110. DOVES PRESS. Milton (John). Areopagitica, Speech for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing to the Parliament of England. Small 4to, limp vellum, uncut. Hammersmith, 1907 One of 25 copies printed on vellum. VELLUM COPY 111. DOVES PRESS. Ruskin (John). Unto this Last. Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy. Small 4to, limp vellum, uncut. Hammersmith, 1907 One of 12 copies printed on vellum. VELLUM COPY 112. DOVES PRESS. Browning (Robert). Men and Women. Printed in black and red, marginal flourishes in green and blue supplied by hand by E. Johnston. 2 vols. small 4to, limp vellum, uncut. Hammersmith, 1908 One of 12 copies printed on vellum. VELLUM COPY 113. DOVES PRESS. Shakespeare. The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. Printed in red and black. Small 4to, limp vellum, uncut. Hammersmith, 1909 114. One of 15 copies printed on vellum. Another copy, printed on hand-made paper. Small 4to, limp vellum, uncut. Hammersmith, 1909 One of 250 copies. Autograph presentation copy from T. J. CobdenSanderson to Dr. Furnivall, with a 3 pp. A. L. s. from the donor, laid in. VELLUM COPY 115. DOVES PRESS. Francis of Assisi, Laudes Creatuarum. The Italian text, with translation by Matthew Arnold. Printed in red and black. Small 8vo, niger morocco, title and ornament in gold on front cover, gilt edges, by The Doves Bindery. One of 12 copies printed on vellum. Hammersmith, 1910 116. DRAYTON (M.). Poems. Newly corrected by the Author [Fourth Edition]. Device on title. Small 8vo, new crushed purple levant morocco, line tooled, inside dentelles, gilt top, uncut. London: Printed for Iohn Smethwicke, 1610 VERY RARE. No copy of this early edition in the Huth library. 117. Poems. Collected into one volume, with sondry peeces inserted. Engraved title (top margin restored). Small folio, full mottled calf, gilt back, line tooled, gilt edges, by Rivière. London: Printed by W. Stansby for I. Smethwicke, [1619] This copy agrees with the "Grolier Club" collations and notes, but evidently has the title-page of the 1610 edition, which did not have the portrait of Drayton on verso. 118. DRYDEN (JOHN). A Poem upon the Death of His Late Highness, Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland, & Ireland. |