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A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700, Vol. 1

THE CATALOGUE

Reading edition

ABBADIE, Jaques.—Chemical Change in the Euchariſt. In four letters ſhewing the relations of faith to ſenſe, from the French of Jaques Abbadie, by John M. Hamerſley, . . . London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, . . . Published for the Editor. [1867] 4to, vellum boards, red edges.

À BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott.—The Comic History of England. By Gilbert Abbott à Becket. [vignette] With ten coloured etchings, and one hundred and twenty woodcuts, by John Leech. . . . [London] Published at the Punch Office, . . . MDCCCXLVII. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

À BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott.—The Comic History of Rome. By Gilbert Abbott à Beckett. Illustrated by John Leech. [London] Bradbury and Evans. [n. d.] 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

First edition. Ten steel plates, coloured, engraved title and ninety-eight other woodcut illustrations.

ABÉLARD AND HÉLOISE.—A Nineteenth Century, and familiar history of the Lives, Loves, & Misfortunes, of Abeillard and Heloisa, A Matchless Pair, who flourished in the twelfth century: a Poem, in twelve cantos. Illustrated with ten engravings. By Robert Rabelais, the Younger. . . . London: printed for J. Bumpus, . . . 1819. 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.

The engravings are in aquatint by Landseer and Lewis after the designs of Thurston.

ACLAND, Sir Henry.—See Ruskin and Acland.

ACT OF PARLIAMENT.—[First page] Anno Regni Decimo Quarto Georgii III. Regis. 1774. Regulation of Maſſa-chuſet's Bay. [woodcut arms] An Act of Parliament Paſſed in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of His Majeſty King George the Third. 1774. An Act for the better regulating the Government of the Province of the Maſſachuſet's Bay, in New-England. &c. [Colophon] Boston: Printed by M. Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor, and the Honorable His Majeſty's Council, 1774. Folio, brown morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

No title, A1-A2, and B1-B3 (verso blank). Pages 1-9.

ADAMSON, John.—Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Luis de Camoens. By John Adamson. . . . London: printed for Longman . . . MDCCCXX. Royal 8vo, two volumes, citron levant morocco, back and sides in gold and green mosaic, gilt top, uncut edges, by David.

Large paper copy, with nine portraits of Camoens, three in two states, proofs before and after letters, and nine illustrations after the designs of Harding and others, proofs on India paper. All but two of these plates are inserted.

ADDISON, Joseph.—A Poem to his Majesty [William III.], Preſented to the Lord Keeper. By Mr. Addison, of Mag. Coll. Oxon. London: Printed for Jacob Tonſon, at the Judge's-Head near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleetſtreet, MDCXCV. Folio, figured silk. Bound with Yalden's "Conquest of Namur," 1695.

First edition.

Collation: Title, A1 (verso blank). Dedication to Sir John Sommers, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, A2. Poem, B1-D1 in twos. Pages 1-10.

ADDISON and STEELE. [First page] Numb. I The Spectator. [Two lines from Horace] To be Continued every Day. Thurſday, March 1, 1711. [Two columns of text] [At the bottom of the verso] London: Printed for Sam. Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little Britain: and Sold by A. Baldwin in Warwick Lane. Folio, two volumes, green vellum, gilt sides, uncut edges.

The complete file of the "Spectator" as originally issued in numbers, seven volumes, Nos. I-DLV from Thursday, March 1, 1711, through Saturday, December 6, 1712, every day except Sunday. It was resumed on Friday, June 18, 1714 and published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through No. 635 (misprinted 636) Monday, December 20, 1714. The numbering of Vol. VIII. is incorrect: 578 is misprinted 579; 584-586, 590-592, 596-598 misprinted 585-587, 591-593, 597-599; 602-604 misprinted 603-605, there is no 607, and 620 is misprinted 610.

Volume VIII. has the imprint: "London: Printed by S. Buckley in Amen Corner, and J. Tonson in the Strand; where Advertisements will be taken in." The first two numbers (556 and 557) contain the announcement: "To be continued every Monday, Wedneſday, and Friday."

Each number consists of one folio leaf, similar to Number I described above, with a classical quotation varying each day. The words "To be Continued every Day" were not printed after the first number, and in No. XVI the imprint on the verso was increased by the addition: "where Advertiſements are taken in; as also by Charles Lillie, Perfumer, at the Corner of Beauford-Buildings in the Strand." Nos. XVII and CCCCLXXIV do not contain the addition, and it is discontinued from CCCCXCIX to the end of Volume VII.

"Price Two-pence" first appears at the bottom of No. CCCCXLIV.

Inserted are two legal papers containing contracts and agreements between the publisher and Addison and Steele.

There was a ninth volume, from Monday, Jan. 3, 1715, through August 5, a spurious continuation by William Bond.

The present copy was formerly in the libraries of Lord Hope and the Earl of Munster.

ADDISON, Joseph.—Cato. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. By Mr. Addison. [six lines in Latin from Seneca] London: Printed for J. Tonson at Shakeſpear's Head over-againſt Catherine-Street in the Strand. MDCCXIII. 4to, blue straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

First edition. A-I in fours, half-title on A1, title on A2. The Prologue is by Pope, the Epilogue by Dr. Garth.

ADDISON, Joseph.—Poems on Several Occasions. With a Dissertation upon The Roman Poets. By Mr. Addison. London: Printed for E. Curll . . . 1719. [Second title] A Dissertation upon the moſt celebrated Roman Poets. Written originally in Latin by Joseph Addiſon, Eſq; Made English by Christopher Hayes, Eſq; London, Printed for E. Curll. . . . M DCC XVIII. 8vo, red morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

First edition. Portrait by Van der Gucht after Kneller and a plate by E. Kirkall after La Vergne.

The signatures and pagination of the Poems and the Dissertation are different.

ADDISON, Joseph.—The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a new edition, with notes by Richard Hurd, D.D., Lord Bishop of Worcester. London: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies. . . . 1811. Royal 8vo, six volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.

Large paper copy. Illustrated by the insertion of fifty plates in addition to the usual illustrations, including twenty-six portraits of the author, and engravings after the designs of Stothard, Smirke, Westall, Corbould, etc., many in two states and nearly all proofs, either on India paper, or before letters.

ADDISON, Joseph.—The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison. . . . Oxford, published by D. A. Talboys. MDCCCXXX. Crown 8vo, four volumes, half brown morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

Large paper copy.

ADDISON, Joseph.—Days with Sir Roger de Coverley a reprint from "The Spectator" with illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London: Macmillan and Co. . . . 1892. . . . Royal 8vo, buckram, uncut edges.

Large paper copy.

ADVENTURER, The.—See British Essayists.

ÆSCHYLUS.—The Agamemnon of Æschylus. Translated from the Greek, illustrated by a Dissertation on Grecian Tragedy, etc. By John S. Harford . . . [vignette]. London: John Murray MDCCCXXXI. 8vo, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

Engraved title and seventeen plates, chiefly from antique gems.

ÆSOP.—Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists. In three books. . . . [vignette]. Birmingham, Printed by John Baskerville, for R. and J. Dodsley. . . . 1761. Price bound Five Shillings. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt over uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

Dodsley's first edition. Frontispiece, fifteen plates in compartments, and seven vignettes by Grignion after Wale. Life of Æsop by de Meziriac and Essay on Fable by R. Dodsley.

ÆSOP.—Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists in three books. Birmingham, Printed by John Baskerville, for R. and J. Dodsley . . . 1764. 8vo, green morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Derome the younger, with his ticket.

Second edition. Frontispiece and six smaller illustrations by Grignion after the designs of Wale.

ÆSOP.—Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists. In three books . . . Birmingham, Printed by John Baskerville for R. and J. Dodsley &c. [n. d.] 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by F. Bedford.

Frontispiece, and one hundred and fifty-nine illustrations on fifteen plates, also seven vignettes.

ÆSOP.—The Fables of Æsop, with a Life of the Author: and Embellished with one Hundred & twelve Plates. London: Printed for John Stockdale . . . 1793. Imperial 8vo, two volumes, olive levant morocco, gilt back, quintuple fillet on the sides, gilt over uncut edges, by Cuzin.

The illustrations are by Landseer, Audinet, Bromley, Anker Smith, Grainger, and others.

ÆSOP.—The Fables of Æsop, 1793. Imperial 8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, back and sides richly ornamented in gold and mosaic, gilt edges, by Rivière.

Another copy.

ÆSOP, &c.—The Fables of Æsop, and others, with designs on wood, by Thomas Bewick . . . Newcastle: Printed by E. Walker . . . 1818. Imperial 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back and side panels in the manner of Roger Payne, gilt edges, by Bedford.

Imperial paper copy, with portrait of Bewick by Nicholson after Ramsay, and the certificate or receipt signed by Thomas and Robert Elliot Bewick.

ÆSOP.—The Fables of Æsop selected, told anew and their history traced by Joseph Jacobs done into pictures by Richard Heighway. London Macmillan & Co. New York 1894. Imperial 8vo, buckram, uncut edges.

Large paper copy, one hundred printed.

AIKIN, John.—Essays on Song-Writing; with a Collection of such English Songs as are most eminent for poetical merit. By John Aikin. A new edition, with additions and corrections, and a Supplement, by R. H. Evans [vignette] London: printed for R. H. Evans . . . 1810. 8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by Matthews.

AIKIN, Lucy.—The Life of Joseph Addison. By Lucy Aikin. London: printed for Longman . . . [&c] . . . 1843. Post 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

Portrait by J. Brown after Kneller.

AINSWORTH, William Harrison.—Rookwood: a romance. . . . London: Richard Bentley, . . . (successor to Henry Colburn.) 1834. Post 8vo, three volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.

First edition. Presentation copy from the author, with his book-plate on a fly-leaf.

AINSWORTH, William Harrison.—Jack Sheppard: a Romance. By W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq. . . . with illustrations by George Cruikshank. London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1839. Post 8vo, three volumes, green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

First edition, with portrait and duplicate set of the twenty-six plates from the original numbers.

AINSWORTH, William Harrison.—Jack Sheppard: a Romance. By W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq. . . . with illustrations by George Cruikshank. London: G. Routledge & Co. . . . M DCCC LIV. 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Champs.

First octavo edition, with fifteen plates.

AINSWORTH, William Harrison.—Old Saint Paul's: a Tale of the Plague and the Fire. By William Harrison Ainsworth. . . . With illustrations by John Franklin. . . . London: Hugh Cunningham, . . . 1841. Post 8vo, three volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, side fillets, gilt over uncut edges.

First edition, with twenty plates.

AINSWORTH, William Harrison.—Old Saint Paul's: a Tale of the Plague and the Fire. By William Harrison Ainsworth Esq . . . New Edition, with Illustrations by John Franklin and H. K. Browne. London: Parry, Blenkarn & Co . . . 1847. 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Champs.

First octavo edition, with twenty-one plates, including the engraved title.

AINSWORTH, William Harrison.—The Miser's Daughter: a tale. By William Harrison Ainsworth, . . . With [20] Illustrations by George Cruikshank. . . . London: Cunningham and Mortimer, [T. C. Savill, Printer] . . . 1842. Post 8vo, three volumes, maroon levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.

First edition.

AINSWORTH, William Harrison.—Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance, by W. Harrison Ainsworth . . . New Edition. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot, with designs on wood, by W. Alfred Delamotte. London: Henry Colburn . . . MDCCCXLIV. 8vo, citron levant morocco, back panel and side corner ornaments, gilt top, uncut edges, by Reymann.

First octavo edition, with a portrait of the author, engraved title, eighteen plates, and eighty-seven woodcuts.

AINSWORTH, William Harrison.—Mervyn Clitheroe. By William Harrison Ainsworth. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne. London: George Routledge & Co., . . . 1858. . . . 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.

First edition. Frontispiece, engraved title, and twenty-two other plates.

AKENSIDE, Mark.—The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem. In three books. London: Printed for R. Dodsley . . . M.DCC.XLIV. 4to, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.

AKENSIDE, Mark.—The Pleasures of Imagination. By Mark Akenside, M.D. To which is prefixed a critical Essay on the Poem, by Mrs. Barbauld. London: printed for T. Cadell, Jun . . . MDCCXCV. Post 8vo, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allo.

Portrait of the author (inserted) and four plates engraved on copper from the designs of Stothard.

AKENSIDE, Mark.—Odes on Several Subjects. London: Printed for R. Dodsley . . . And Sold by M. Cooper . . . M.DCC.XLV. 4to, mottled calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Rivière.

AKENSIDE, Mark.—The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside [with a Memoir by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, and a portrait of Akenside] London William Pickering 1835. Foolscap 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

AKENSIDE, Mark.—The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside [with Life of the poet by the Rev. Alex. Dyce] London. Bell and Daldy . . . 1866. Crown 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Matthews.

Large paper copy, with four portraits of the author and fifteen other plates inserted, for the most part proofs.

ALCIATUS, Andreas.—Andreæ Alciati Emblematum Fontes Quatuor; Namely an account of the original collection made at Milan, 1522, and photo-lith fac-similes of the editions, Augsburg 1531, Paris 1534, and Venice 1546. Edited by Henry Green, . . . with A Sketch of Alciat's Life and Bibliographical Observations respecting the Early Reprints. Published for the Holbein Society by A. Brothers, . . . Manchester, &c. . . . M.DCCC.LXX. 4to, cloth, uncut edges.

ALCIATUS, Andreas.—Andreæ Alciati Emblematum Flumen abundans; or, Alciat's Emblems in their full Stream. Being a photo-lith fac-simile reprint of The Lyons Edition, by Bonhomme, 1551; And of Titles, &c., of Similar Editions, 1548-1551. Edited by Henry Green, . . . With An Introduction and an Alphabetical List of all the Latin Mottoes. Published for the Holbein Society by A. Brothers, . . . Manchester; &c. . . . M.DCCC.LXXI. 4to, cloth, uncut edges.

ALDRICH, Thomas Bailey.—The Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Household Edition with illustrations. Boston . . . Houghton, Mifflin and Company . . . 1885. 12mo, tree calf, gilt back, gilt edges.

ALEMAN, Mateo.—The Life of Guzman d'Alfarache; or, the Spanish Rogue. To which is added, The Celebrated Tragi-Comedy, Celestina . . . Written in Spanish By Mateo Aleman. Done into English from the New French Version, and compar'd with the Original. By several Hands. Adorn'd with Sculptures by Gaspar Bouttats. London, Printed for R. Bonwick, . . . 1708-1707. 8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Rivière.

Frontispiece and sixteen plates engraved on copper.

ALEMAN, Mateo.—See Mendoza, Diego Hurtado.

ALEXANDER, Francesca.—Christ's Folk in the Apennine. Reminiscences of her friends among the Tuscan Peasantry. By Francesca Alexander. Edited by John Ruskin, . . . I. The Peace of Polissena. II. 'Ponsatevi Voi!' III. The Mother of the Orphans. IV. The Nun's School in Florence. George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent. 1887. 8vo, four parts, original paper covers.

ALEXANDER, William.—A Journey to Beresford Hall the seat of Charles Cotton Esqre. the celebrated author and angler. By W. Alexander . . . London. John Russell Smith . . . MDCCCXLI. 4to, original cloth.

One hundred copies printed, being a facsimile of the original manuscript with a title-page and frontispiece lithographed, and (inserted) a coloured portrait of Walton, as well as a proof mezzotint of Cotton.

ALISON, Sir Archibald.—History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV. By Archibald Alison . . . New Edition with Portraits William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London MDCCCXLIX-L. Royal 8vo, fourteen volumes bound in seventeen, half blue morocco, uncut edges.

In addition to the portraits published with this work, nearly fifteen hundred plates have been added, portraits, views, military costumes, battle-scenes, etc., etc. Nearly every plate is in proof state, generally before letters, and the majority on India paper. Forty drawings in water-colour and sepia have been added, including a portrait of Tom Paine by Collins.

ALLEN, Charles Dexter.—A Talk On Book-Plates A Paper read by Charles Dexter Allen at a Meeting of the Club of Odd Volumes of Boston, Massachusetts Boston The Club of Odd Volumes 1901. 4to, half brown morocco, uncut edges.

No. 36 of fifty-five copies printed.

ALLSTON, Washington.—Lectures on Art, and Poems, by Washington Allston. Edited by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. New York: Baker and Scribner MDCCCL. 12mo, blue levant morocco, back and sides paneled with quintuple lines, gilt edges, by Motte.

ALMANAC—The Ladies Diary: or Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord, 1751. Being the Third after Bissextile, or Leap-Year. Containing an Improvement of Arts and Sciences, For the Use and Pleasure of the Fair-Sex. Being the Forty Eighth Almanack publish'd of this Kind. . . . Printed by A. Wilde, for the Company of Stationers, 1751. Small 8vo, original blue morocco, covered with tooling in the "cottage" pattern, with flap, silver catch, and pockets.

ALMANAC.—The Comic Almanack, for 1835; [and each succeeding year to 1853] an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, containing "all things fitting for such a work." By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. Adorned with a dozen of "righte merrie" cuts, pertaining to the months, sketched and etched by George Cruikshank. [&c] London: imprinted for Charles Tilt . . . [1835-1853]. Post 8vo, nineteen years bound in five volumes, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.

A complete set of the original issue, with covers preserved. The title-pages show no alteration of importance until 1841, when the imprint changes to "Tilt and Bogue," again changing, in 1844, to "David Bogue." In 1848-49 the size is reduced one third, and the abbreviated title has the line, "Edited by Horace Mayhew." In 1850 the Almanac renews its original size, and H. G. Hine is introduced by name as the co-illustrator with Cruikshank. The last year of publication is "Edited by Robert B. Brough."

From the commencement to 1847 Cruikshank contributed twelve plates to each year, but in 1848 the number was reduced to six, in 1849 to five (including a folded frontispiece), and the four concluding years have each a folded frontispiece in colours, as well as six plates. Each year a large number of woodcut illustrations supplement the plates.

The original issue of Thackeray's "Stubbs's Calendar," or the "Fatal Boots" appeared in the volume for 1839, and his "Barber Cox" the year following.

ALMANAC.—The Book-Lover's Almanac for the year 1893 with illustrations by Henriot. Duprat & Co. New York 1893. Small 4to, original covers, uncut edges.

Japan paper copy, two hundred printed, with twelve coloured plates, a frontispiece, and floral borders.

ALMANAC.—The Book-Lover's Almanac for the year 1894, with etchings by Robida, and other illustrations. New York: Duprat & Co. 1894 . . . Second year. Small 4to, original covers, uncut edges.

Japan paper copy, one hundred and fifty printed, with four etchings, seven studies in designs for ex-libris by Henriot, and vignettes by E. Mas.

ALMANAC.—The Book-Lover's Almanac for 1895. Duprat & Co. New York. Small 4to, original covers, uncut edges.

Japan paper copy, one hundred printed, with four plates and other illustrations.

ALMANAC.—The Book-Lover's Almanac for the year 1896. Duprat & Co. publishers New York. Small 4to, original covers, uncut edges.

Japan paper copy, one hundred printed, No. 12, with thirty illustrations, the frontispiece in two states, black and coloured. A border of printer's marks surrounds each page of text.

ALMANAC.—The Book-Lover's Almanac for 1897 Duprat & Co., . . . New York. Small 4to, original covers, by Louis J. Rhead, uncut edges.

Japan paper copy, one hundred printed, with title-page and page border by W. H. Lippincott, and thirteen other illustrations, two of them coloured.

AMADIS OF GAUL.—See Southey, Robert.

AMES, Joseph.—Typographical Antiquities: Being an Historical Account of Printing in England: With some Memoirs of our Antient Printers, and A Register of the Books printed by them, from The Year MCCCCLXXI to the Year MDC. with an Appendix concerning Printing in Scotland and Ireland To the same Time. By Joseph Ames, . . . London: Printed by W. Faden, and sold by J. Robinson, . . . MDCCXLIX. 4to, old red morocco, rich gilt back and sides, gilt edges.

Engraved frontispieces, portrait of Caxton, and facsimiles.

AMICIS, Edmondo de.—Holland And Its People By Edmondo de Amicis Zuyder Zee Edition [33 illustrations] New York . . . G. P. Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press 1885. Royal 8vo, one volume extended to two, blue levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt over uncut edges, with the original covers bound in, by The Club Bindery.

No. 21 of twenty-five copies printed, with an extra set of proof etchings printed upon satin. Extra illustrated by the insertion of eighty-eight portraits and views, including etchings by Hollar, Ostade, many scenic illustrations, proofs on India paper, engravings of famous paintings, etc.

AMORY, Thomas.—The Life of John Buncle, Esq. by Thomas Amory, Gent. A new edition. . . . London: Septimus Prowett, . . . MDCCCXXV. Crown 8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

Southey's copy, with his autograph on the title-page, and the date, "London, 14 June, 1828."

ANACREON: with Thomas Stanley's translation. Edited by A. H. Bullen. Illustrated by J. R. Weguelin. London: Lawrence & Bullen . . . MDCCCXCIII. 4to, cloth, uncut edges.

No. 185 of one thousand copies printed, with ten plates.

ANCIENT METRICAL TALES.—See Hartshorne, C. H.

ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS.—The Lives And moſt remarkable Maxims Of the Antient Philosophers. London: Printed for B. Barker, . . . and R. Francklin, . . . 1726. Price Bound 2s. 6d. 12mo, sprinkled calf, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by Bedford.

ANDERDON, J. L.—The River Dove with some quiet thoughts on the happy practice of Angling. London: William Pickering 1847. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

ANDERDON, J. L.—The River Dove. 1847. Post 8vo, green calf, gilt back, gilt edges.

Another copy.

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.—Danish Fairy Legends and Tales by Hans Christian Andersen. London William Pickering 1846. Post 8vo, half orange morocco, uncut edges.

ANDERSON, Alexander.—A general History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood, chiefly copied from the original of T. Bewick, By A. Anderson. First American edition, With an Appendix, containing some American animals not hitherto described. New York: printed by G. & R. Waite, . . . 1804. 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back and edges, by Rivière.

ANDERSON, Alexander.—A Collection of one hundred and seventy Engravings by Alexander Anderson, M.D. executed on wood after his Ninetieth Year. Privately printed by Charles L. Moreau. New York. 1872. 8vo, cloth.

Twelve copies, printed for the first time from the original blocks, with an Introduction by E. A. Duyckinck.

ANDERSON, Hugh.—See Tailfer, Patrick.

ANDERSON, James.—The Constitutions of the Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, containing their History, Charges, Regulations, &c. collected and digested, by Order of the Grand Lodge, from their old Records, faithful Traditions, and Lodge-Books, for the Use of Lodges, by James Anderson D.D. and carefully revised, continued, and enlarged by John Entick M.A. A New Edition, with Alterations and Additions, by a Committee appointed by the Grand Lodge. London: Printed for Brother W. Johnston . . . MDCCLXVII In the Vulgar Year of Masonry 5767. 4to, old red morocco, the back and sides covered with gilt tooling of birds, flowers, etc., doubled with green morocco, wide floral border, gilt edges, by Robert Black in 1767.

Frontispiece by Cole after Boitard.

A remarkable specimen of Scotch bookbinding, from the collection of the Earl of Gosford. Reproduced in Quaritch's Fac-similes of Book-Binding.

ANDREWS, Miles Peter.—Fire and Water! a comic opera: in two acts. Performed at the Theatre Royal in the Hay-Market. By Miles Peter Andrews. London: Printed for T. Cadell, . . . m.dcc.lxxx. 8vo, red morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

First edition. A-F in fours, half-title on A 1.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—A Choice Collection of Books from the Aldine Presses in the possession of * * * * * * with a short introductory account of the Aldus family, taken mostly from Horne's Introduction to Bibliography. New York: privately printed. [De Vinne Press] MDCCCLXXXV. 12mo, original vellum covers, uncut edges.

One of fifty copies printed upon vellum, with two illustrations.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—Jean Grolier de Servier, Viscount d'Aguisy Some account of his Life and of his famous Library By William Loring Andrews. New York MDCCCXCII. The De Vinne Press. 4to, cloth, uncut edges.

One hundred and forty copies printed on hand-made paper, with fourteen illustrations, some in gold and colours.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—Roger Payne and his Art a short account of his life and work as a binder By William Loring Andrews New York printed at the De Vinne Press 1892. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

Holland paper copy, one hundred and twenty printed, with eleven plates.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—Roger Payne and his Art. 1892. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

Another copy. One of ten printed on Japan paper, with eleven plates, nine in gold and colours.

Presentation copy from the author.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—The Bradford Map The City of New York at the time of the granting of the Montgomerie Charter a description thereof compiled by William Loring Andrews to accompany a fac-simile of an actual survey made by James Lyne and printed by William Bradford in 1731 New York printed at the De Vinne press 1893. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.

Eleven full-page plates and numerous illustrations in the text. One hundred and forty-two copies printed.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—A Stray Leaf from the Correspondence of Washington Irving and Charles Dickens by William Loring Andrews. Printed at the De Vinne Press New-York, 1894 and embellished with engravings on copper and zinc. Small 4to, cloth, uncut edges.

One of fifteen copies printed on Japan paper, with the frontis-piece in three states.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—"Among my Books" Printed for William Loring Andrews At the De Vinne Press. New-York. 1894. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

One of ten copies printed on Japan paper, with twenty-seven illustrations, some in gold and colours.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—An Essay on the Portraiture of the American Revolutionary War being An Account of a number of the Engraved Portraits connected therewith, remarkable for their rarity or otherwise interesting by William Loring Andrews To which is added an Appendix containing lists of Portraits of Revolutionary characters to be found in various English and American publications of the eighteenth and the early part of the nineteenth century Illustrated with reproductions by the Photogravure Process of twenty of the Original Engravings New York Printed by Gilliss Brothers for the Author and sold by Dodd, Mead & Co. MDCCCXCVI. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

One of fifteen copies printed on Japan paper, with eighteen plates.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—The Journey of the Iconophiles around New York in search of the historical and picturesque Printed at New York in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven . . . and of the discovery of the Island of Manhattan by Hendrik Hudson the two hundred and eighty-eighth. 8vo, light brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

One of eighty-seven copies on Japan paper, with twelve full-page plates by E. D. French.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—New Amsterdam New Orange New York a chronologically arranged account of engraved views of the city from the first picture published in MDCLI until the year MDCCC by William Loring Andrews [arms of New Amsterdam and New York in colour] Published and for sale by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York Anno Domini MDCCCXCVII. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.

Thirty-six full-page plates and fifteen other illustrations.

One of thirty copies printed on Japan paper, with extra impressions of the fourteen engravings on copper by E. Davis French and of the Duke's plan in colour.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—A Prospect of the Colledges in Cambridge in New England . . . engraved by Wm. Burgis in 1726 the description compiled by William Loring Andrews Published and for sale by Dodd, Mead and Company New York MDCCCXCVII. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.

One of twenty-five copies printed on Japan paper, with six illustrations.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—Fragments of American History illustrated solely by the works of those of our own engravers who flourished in the XVIIIth century Privately printed for William Loring Andrews New York MDCCCXCVIII. 8vo, half calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

Presentation copy from the author, eighty printed on hand-made paper, with eighteen reproductions of rare engravings, four being in colours.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—A Trio of Eighteenth Century French Engravers of Portraits in Miniature. Ficquet. Savart. Grateloup. William Loring Andrews [The Gilliss Press] MDCCCXCVIIII. 8vo, vellum boards, uncut edges.

One of one hundred and sixty-one copies on Japan paper, with twenty-eight illustrations.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—James Lyne's Survey or, as it is more commonly known The Bradford Map a plan of the City of New York at the time of the granting of the Montgomery Charter in 1731 An Appendix to an account of the same compiled in 1893 by William Loring Andrews. New York Dodd, Mead & Company [The Gilliss Press] MDCCCC. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

One of thirty-two copies printed on Japan paper, with three facsimile maps.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—Gossip About Book Collecting by William Loring Andrews New York published by Dodd, Mead and Company. . . . [The Gilliss Press] M :: C :: M. 8vo, two volumes, original paper covers, gilt top, uncut edges.

Thirty-two copies printed on Japan paper, with twelve illustrations, of which six are coloured.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—Paul Revere and his Engraving by William Loring Andrews New York Charles Scribner's Sons MCMI. 8vo, vellum boards, gilt top, uncut edges.

One of thirty-five copies printed on Japan paper, with engraved title by E. D. French, seventeen full-page plates, one of them printed in colour, and fifteen other illustrations.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—The Iconography of the Battery and Castle Garden by William Loring Andrews [vignette] New York Charles Scribner's Sons MCMI. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.

One hundred and thirty-five copies printed on American hand-made paper, with twenty illustrations, three of them in colour.

ANDREWS, William Loring.—Bibliopegy in the United States and Kindred subjects by William Loring Andrews Dodd, Mead and Company New York 1902. 8vo, original boards, uncut edges.

One hundred and forty-one copies printed on Van Gelder paper, with thirty illustrations, some coloured.

ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY.—See Southey, Robert.

ANTIDOTE.—An Antidote against Melancholy. Being a Collection of Fourscore Merry Songs, wherein Thoſe on the same Subject and Key, are placed in an agreeable Succeſſion, In Relation to the Different Measures of Time, After the Manner of Suits of Lessons. The Music of them all entirely new, and ſeveral of the Songs never before ſet to Music. London: Printed for Daniel Browne, . . . MDCCXLIX. Post 8vo, tree calf, gilt back, gilt edges.

ANTI-JACOBIN.—Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin. London: printed for J. Wright, . . . 1799. Foolscap 8vo, half purple levant morocco, uncut edges.

ANTI-JACOBIN.—Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: comprising the celebrated political & satirical poems, parodies, and jeux-d'esprit of the Right Hon. George Canning, the Earl of Carlisle, Marquis Wellesley, the Right Hon. J. H. Frere, W. Gifford, Esq. the Rt. Hon. W. Pitt, G. Ellis, Esq. and others. With explanatory notes, by Charles Edmonds. Second edition, considerably enlarged. With six etchings by the famous caricaturist James Gillray. London G. Willis, . . . MDCCCLIV. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

ANTOMMARCHI, F.—The Last Days of the Emperor Napoleon. By Doctor F. Antommarchi, his physician. . . . London: printed for Henry Colburn, . . . 1825. 8vo, two volumes, blue morocco, gilt back, gilt edges.

Original sepia drawing of Napoleon on horseback, inserted.

APULEIUS.—Cupid and Psyche: a mythological tale, from the Golden Ass of Apuleius. Second edition. [translated by Hudson Gurney] London: printed for J. Wright . . . 1800. Royal 8vo, half calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Kaufmann.

Large paper copy. Printed by Bulwer, with two plates after the designs of Cipriani.

ARABIAN NIGHTS.—The Arabian Nights . . . Translated by the Reverend Edward Forster. With engravings, from pictures by Robert Smirke . . . London: printed for William Miller . . . 1802. 8vo, five volumes, half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.

George Daniel's copy on large paper (?), with ten plates by Corbould, Kirk, etc., and a portrait of Smirke, in addition to the regular series of twenty-four illustrations.

ARABIAN NIGHTS.—The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, the Arabian Nights' Entertainments. A new translation from the Arabic, with Copious Notes. By Edward William Lane . . . illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood, from original designs by William Harvey . . . London: Charles Knight and Co MDCCCXXXIX-XL-XLI. Royal 8vo, three volumes, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.

First edition.

ARABIAN NIGHTS.—The Thousand and One Nights The Arabian Nights Entertainments With an Introduction illustrative of the religion, manners, and customs of the Mohammedans by Jonathan Scott, . . . With Nineteen Original Etchings by Ad. Lalauze London J. C. Nimmo and Bain . . . 1883. 8vo, four volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

No. 71 of one hundred and fifty large paper copies printed, with proof etchings on Japan paper.

ARABIAN NIGHTS.—See Burton, Sir Richard and Payne, John.

ARISTÆNETUS.—See Propertius.

ARISTOPHANES.—The Comedies of Aristophanes translated into familiar blank verse, with notes, preliminary observations on each play, etc. By C. A. Wheelwright . . . to which is added a dissertation on the old Greek comedy from the German of Wachsmuth. Oxford: D. A. Talboys . . . MDCCCXXXVII. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

ARISTOTLE.—[Works, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor] London: printed for the translator, . . . by Robert Wilks, . . . 1806. [-1812] Royal 4to, ten volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

The contents are as follows: I. The Physics or Physical Auscultation, 1806; II. The Organon or Logical Treatises, 1807; III. Treatises on the Heavens, on Generation and Corruption, and on Meteors, 1807; IV. Treatises on the Soul, etc., 1808; V. The History of Animals and Treatise on Physiognomy, 1809; VI. Treatises on the Parts and Progressive Motion of Animals, Problems, and Treatise on Indivisible Lines, 1810; VII. Rhetoric, Poetic, and Nicomachean Ethics, 1811; VIII. Great, and Eudemian, Ethics, Politics, and Economics, 1811; IX. Metaphysics, etc., 1812; X. Dissertation on the Philosophy of Aristotle, 1812.

ARISTOTLE.—The Politics and Economics of Aristotle, translated, with notes, original and selected, and analyses. To which are prefixed, an introductory essay and a life of Aristotle; By Dr. Gillies. By Edward Walford. . . . London: Henry G. Bohn, . . . MDCCCVIII. Post 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.

ARISTOTLE.—Aristotle's History of Animals. In ten books. Translated by Richard Cresswell, . . . London: Henry G. Bohn, . . . 1862. Post 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.

ARMORIAL BOOK PLATES.—147 Examples [one coloured] of Armorial Book Plates. From various Collections. (Second Series.) London: W. Griggs & Sons, . . . 1892. Royal 4to, half cloth, decorated sides.

ARMSTRONG, John.—Miscellanies; by John Armstrong, M.D. . . . London, Printed for T. Cadell, . . . MDCCLXX. Small 8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by David.

First edition.

ARNE, Thomas Augustine.—Phœbe at Court, an operetta, of two acts. written originally by R. Lloyd, Esq. The Dialect neceſſarily contracted and turned into Hudibraſtic Verſe for Recitative, new songs added, and the music entirely new; composed by Dr. Arne. London: printed by Cox and Bigg, in the Savoy. MDCCLXXVI. [Price One Shilling and Sixpence.] 4to, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Pratt.

First edition. A-K in twos, title on A1. Altered from Lloyd's "Capricious Lovers."

ARNETT, John Andrews.—Bibliopegia; or, the Art of Bookbinding, in all its branches. Illustrated with engravings. By John Andrews Arnett. London: Richard Groombridge . . . 1835. 12mo, half red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.

ARNETT, John Andrews.—Bibliopegia, 1835. 12mo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Joly..

Another copy.

ARNETT, John Andrews.—An Inquiry into the Nature and Form of the Books of the Ancients; with a History of the Art of Bookbinding, from the times of the Greeks and Romans to the present day; interspersed with bibliographical references to men and books of all ages and countries. Illustrated with numerous engravings. By John Andrews Arnett. London: Richard Groombridge. . . . 1837. 12mo, cloth, uncut edges.

ARNOLD, Sir Edwin.—The Light of Asia or the Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana) being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (as told in verse by an Indian Buddhist) by Sir Edwin Arnold . . . A new [Lotus] edition London: Trübner & Co., . . . 1889. Square 8vo, original covers, uncut edges.

Etched portrait by Damman, and woodcuts.

No. 49 of one hundred and twenty-six copies printed.

ARNOLD, Matthew.—The Strayed Reveller, and other poems. By A. London: B. Fellowes . . . 1849. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

First edition. One hundred copies printed. Withdrawn from circulation after a few copies had been sold.

ARNOLD, Matthew.—Poems. By Matthew Arnold. Third edition. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. 1857. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

ARNOLD, Matthew.—Merope. A Tragedy. By Matthew Arnold London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. MDCCCLVIII. Foolscap 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

First edition.

ARNOLD, Matthew.—New Poems by Matthew Arnold. London Macmillan and Co. MDCCCLXVII. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

First edition.

ARNOLD, Matthew.—New Poems by Matthew Arnold. Second edition. London Macmillan and Co. MDCCCLXVIII. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

ARNOLD, Matthew.—Poems by Matthew Arnold . . . London Macmillan and Co. MDCCCLXIX. Post 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

ARNOLD, Thomas.—Christian Life, its course, its hindrances, and its helps. Sermons, preached mostly in the chapel of Rugby School. By Thomas Arnold, . . . London: B. Fellowes, . . . 1841. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

First edition.

ARNOLD, Thomas.—Fragment on the Church. Second edition: in which are contained appendices on the same subject. By Thomas Arnold, . . . London: B. Fellowes, . . . 1845. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

ARNOLD, Thomas.—The Miscellaneous Works of Thomas Arnold, . . . Collected and republished. [by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley] London: B. Fellowes, . . . 1845. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

ARNOLD, Thomas.—History of Rome. By Thomas Arnold, . . . Fourth edition. London: B. Fellowes; F. and J. Rivington; &c. . . . 1845. [-1846.] 8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

The title-pages of Volumes II and III say "third edition," and the latter is dated 1846.

ARNOLD, Thomas.—Introductory Lectures on Modern History, delivered in Lent term, m dccc xlii. With the Inaugural Lecture delivered in December, m dccc xli. By Thomas Arnold, . . . Fourth edition. London: B. Fellowes, . . . 1849. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

ARNOLD, Thomas.—See Stanley, A. P.

ARNOLD, William Harris.—A Record of First Editions of Bryant, Emerson, Hawthorne, Holmes, Longfellow, Lowell, Thoreau, Whittier. Collected by William Harris Arnold With An Essay on Book-madness by Leon H. Vincent. Printed at the Marion Press. Jamaica . . . 1901 . . . 4to, cloth, uncut edges.

Facsimiles of title-pages.

ASHBEE, H. S.—See Graham, Alexander.

ASTLE, Thomas.—The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well hieroglyphic as elementary, illustrated by engravings taken from marbles, manuscripts and charters, ancient and modern: also some account of the origin and progress of printing. Second edition, with additions. By Thomas Astle, . . . London: printed by T. Bensley, . . . for J. White, . . . 1803. Folio, russia, gilt back and sides.

Large paper copy. Portrait and thirty-one plates of characters, some in colour.

ATHENÆUS.—The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus. Literally translated By C. D. Yonge, B.A. with an appendix of poetical fragments, rendered into English verse by various authors, and a general index. . . . London: Henry G. Bohn, . . . MDCCCLIV. Post 8vo, three volumes, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.

ATKINSON, T. D.—See Foster, J. E.

AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE done into English by Andrew Lang. London: 1887 published by David Nutt . . . 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back and side panels, à l'oiseau, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru.

Japan paper copy on large paper, sixty-three printed. No. 20, with woodcut border to title, etched frontispiece by Head, and nine etchings by Bida, proofs on India paper (inserted).

AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE, a love story; edited in old French and rendered in modern English (with Introduction, Glossary, etc.) by F. W. Bourdillon, M.A. London Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co. MDCCCLXXXVII. Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges.

Large paper copy, fifty printed.

AUCASSIN & NICOLETE: Being a Love Story translated out of the Ancient French by Andrew Lang. Roycrofters . . . East Aurora, New York mdcccxcix. 12mo, green ooze calf, uncut edges.

AUDUBON, John James.—The Birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories. By John James Audubon, . . . New York: published by J. J. Audubon. . . . 1840. Royal 8vo, seven volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, side corners, gilt edges, with the original covers bound in, by Bedford.

Five hundred coloured plates.

AUDUBON and BACHMAN.—The Quadrupeds of North America. By John James Audubon and the Rev. John Bachman . . . New York published by V.G. Audubon. 1849 [MDCCCLI-1854]. Royal 8vo, three volumes, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

One hundred and fifty-five coloured plates.

AUDUBON and BACHMAN.—The Quadrupeds of North America. 1849-54. Royal 8vo, three volumes, green levant morocco, emblematic gilt back, side corners, gilt edges, with the original covers bound in, by Bedford.

Another copy.

AUSTEN, Jane.—Pride and Prejudice: a Novel . . . by the author of "Sense and Sensibility." London: Printed for T. Egerton . . . 1813. 12mo, three volumes, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.

First edition.

AUSTEN, Jane.—Emma: a novel. In three volumes. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice," &c. &c. . . . London: printed for John Murray, [by C. Roworth] 1816. 12mo, three volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

First edition. Dedicated to His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent.

AUSTEN, Jane.—Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion. By the author of "Pride and Prejudice," "Mansfield-Park," &c. With a biographical notice of the author. . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1818. 12mo, four volumes in two, blue levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

First editions. The Notice is dated London, December 13, 1817, and the Postscript, December 20.

AUSTIN, Alfred.—The Season: a Satire. By Alfred Austin. With [tinted] frontispiece of "The Modern Muse," by Thomas George Cooper. . . . London: Robert Hardwicke, . . . 1861. Post 8vo, half grey morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

AVERY, Samuel Putnam.—Some Account of the "Gibbs-Channing" Portrait of George Washington Painted by Gilbert Stuart Privately Printed New York. [DeVinne Press] 1900. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.

One of two hundred copies printed, with portrait.

AYRE, William.—Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Eſq; Faithfully Collected from Authentic Authors, Original Manuscripts, and the Testimonies of many Persons of Credit and Honour: with Critical Observations. Adorned with the Heads of divers Illustrious Persons, treated of in theſe Memoirs, curiouſly engrav'd by the beſt Hands. In Two Volumes. By William Ayre, Eſq; London: Printed by his Majesty's Authority, For the Author, and Sold by the Book-ſellers of London and Weſtminſter. M DCC XLV. Small 8vo, two volumes, red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

Thirteen portraits engraved by Parr.

AYTOUN, William Edmondstoune, editor.—The Ballads of Scotland edited by William Edmondstoune Aytoun, . . . Second edition revised and augmented . . . William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London M DCCC LIX. Post 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

AYTOUN, William Edmondstoune.—Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other poems by William Edmonstoune Aytoun . . . Twelfth edition. William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London MDCCCLIX. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

B., G.—Love the Leveller: or the Pretty Purchaſe. Acted at the Theatre Royal, in Bridges-Street, Covent-Garden. Written by G. B. Gent. [Two lines from Hor. Sat. L. 1.] London, Printed for E. Rumbal, and are to be ſold by J. Nutt, . . . 1704. 4to, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by David.

First edition. A-K2 in fours, title on A1.

BABBAGE, Charles.—The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. A fragment. By Charles Babbage, Esq. . . . London: John Murray, . . . MDCCCXXXVII. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

BACHMAN, John.—See Audubon, J. J.

BAILEY, Philip James.—Festus: a Poem London William Pickering MDCCCXXXIX. 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allo.

First edition, with many portions that were suppressed in the later editions.

BAILEY, Philip James.—Festus a Poem. By Philip James Bailey . . . Second Edition London William Pickering 1845. Post 8vo, green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews.

BAILLIE, Joanna.—The Family Legend: a tragedy. By Joanna Baillie. Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Co. . . . and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, . . . 1810. 8vo, Scotch plaid silk, gilt edges.

First edition. Dedicated to Walter Scott.

BAILLIE, Joanna.—Dramas, by Joanna Baillie. London: printed for Longman, . . . 1836. 8vo, three volumes, half orange levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Smith-Mansell.

BAINBRIDGE, George C.—The Fly Fisher's Guide, illustrated by coloured plates, representing upwards of forty of the most useful Flies, accurately copied from nature. By Geo. C. Bainbridge Esq . . . Third Edition. London: Longman &c. . . . 1834. 8vo, blue levant morocco, rose decoration on back and side panels, a rose as central ornament within a border worked with dotted tools, gilt edges, by David.

Nine plates of fish and flies, all but one coloured.

BAIRD, Henry M.—History of the Rise of the Huguenots. By Henry M. Baird, . . . London: Hodder and Stoughton, . . . M DCCCLXXX. Crown 8vo, two volumes, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.

BAKER, REED, and JONES.—Biographia Dramatica; or, a companion to the playhouse: containing Historical and critical Memoirs, and original Anecdotes, of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, from the commencement of our theatrical exhibitions; among whom are some of the most celebrated actors: also an alphabetical account, and chronological lists, of their works, the dates when printed, and observations on their merits: together with an introductory view of the rise and progress of the British Stage. Originally compiled, to the year 1764, by David Erskine Baker. Continued thence to 1782, by Isaac Reed . . . And brought down to the End of November 1811 . . . by Stephen Jones. London: printed for Longman . . . 1812. 8vo, four volumes, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

BAKER, REED, and JONES.—Biographia Dramatica. 1812. 8vo, four volumes, russia, gilt fillets, gilt top, uncut edges, by Alfred Matthews.

J. Payne Collier's copy, annotated by the Duke of Devonshire with his own additions and transcriptions from his catalogue of all the notes of J. P. Kemble.

BALLADS.—A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the beſt and moſt Ancient Copies Extant. With Introductions Historical, Critical, or Humorous. Illuſtrated with [41] Copper Plates. . . . London: Printed for J. Roberts, and D. Leach; and sold by J. Brotherton &c. . . . M dcc xxiii. [-M dcc xxv.] 12mo, three volumes, calf, gilt edges.

Volume I is second edition.

BALLADS.—A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the best and most Ancient Copies extant. With Introductions Historical and Critical or Humourous. Illustrated with Copper Plates . . . London . . . MDCCXXIII (reprint). 8vo, three volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.

Large paper copy. A reprint of the original edition.

BALLADS.—Popular Ballads and Songs, from Tradition, Manuscripts, and scarce editions; with translations of similar pieces from the Ancient Danish Language, and a few originals by the Editor. By Robert Jameeson. Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable and Co . . . 1806. 8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Matthews.

BALLADS.—A Book of Roxburghe Ballads, edited by John Payne Collier . . . London: Longman &c. . . . 1847. 4to, red levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, doubled with red morocco, borders, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

John Payne Collier's copy, with India proofs of the woodcuts by Fairholt, and many manuscript additions and notes.

BALLADS.—The Book of British Ballads . . . Edited by S. C. Hall. London: Jeremiah How MDCCCXLVII-IV. Imperial 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by J. Wright.

Both series complete. Illustrated by Ward, Kenny Meadows, Pickersgill, Tenniel, Corbould, Gilbert, Fairholt, Selous, Paton, Crowquill, Creswick, Frith, and others.

BALLADS.—English and Scottish Ballads. Edited by Francis James Child. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. M.DCCC.LX. 12mo, eight volumes, calf, gilt top, uncut edges.

BALLADS.—Four Books of Choice Old Scotish Ballads, M.DCCC.XXIII.—M.DCCC.XLIV. Edinburgh: Reprinted for Private Circulation. M.DCCC.LXVIII. Crown 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

Portrait of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.

One of one hundred and fifty-five copies printed.

BALLADS.—A Book of Old English Ballads with an Accompaniment of Decorative Drawings by George Wharton Edwards: And an Introduction by Hamilton W. Mabie New York The Macmillan Company [1896]. 12mo, buckram, gilt top, uncut edges.

BALLADS OF SCOTLAND.—See Aytoun, W. E.

BALLADS AND SONGS OF LANCASHIRE.—See Harland, John.

BALLANTINE, James.—The Life of David Roberts, R. A. compiled from his journals and other sources by James Ballantine with etchings and facsimiles of pen-and-ink sketches by the artist [and portrait] Edinburgh Adam and Charles Black, . . . M DCCC LXVI. 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.

BALMANNO, Mary.—Pen and Pencil, by Mrs Balmanno. New York: D. Appleton & Co 1858. 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.

Many of the woodcuts, including the Etruscan Vase, page 212, are by Anderson.

BALZAC, Honoré.—Balzac's Contes Drolatiques. Droll Stories collected from the Abbeys of Touraine. Translated [by Henry Van Laun] into English, complete and unabridged. [vignette] Illustrated with 425 designs By Gustave Doré. London: Chatto and Windus, . . . 1874. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.

First edition.

BANDELLO, Matteo.—The Novels of Matteo Bandello Bishop of Agen now first done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne . . . London: M DCCC XC: printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and for private circulation only. 4to, six volumes, vellum boards, gilt top, uncut edges.

Large paper copy, No. 13.

BANNATYNE CLUB.—The Bannatyne Club. Lists of Members and the Rules, with a Catalogue of the Books printed for the Bannatyne Club since its Institution in 1823. Edinburgh: M.DCCC.LXVII. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

BARBAULD, Anna Lætitia.—See Richardson, Samuel. Correspondence, 1804.

BARHAM, Richard Harris Dalton.—The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby Esquire London. Richard Bentley. M DCCC XL. [-M DCCC XLII.-M DCCC XLVII]. 8vo, three volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

First edition of the three series, with two portraits, three engraved titles, and seventeen other plates by Cruikshank and Leech.

BARHAM, Richard Harris Dalton.—The Life and Remains of Theodore Edward Hook. By the Rev. R. H. Dalton Barham, . . . London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1849. Crown 8vo, two volumes, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allo.

First edition. Portraits by G. Cook after Bennett and W. Greatbatch after E. W. Eddis, and a full-page woodcut.

BARHAM, Richard Harris Dalton.—The Life and Letters of the Rev. Richard Harris Barham, author of The Ingoldsby Legends: with a selection from his Miscellaneous Poems. By his Son. London: Richard Bentley . . . 1870. Crown 8vo, two volumes, half red morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

Portrait by J. Brown after R. J. Lane.

BARKER, Edmund Henry.—Literary Anecdotes and contemporary reminiscences, of Professor Porson and others: from the manuscript papers of the late E. H. Barker . . . London: Printed and Published by J. R. Smith, . . . 1852. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

Autograph of the author and numerous plates inserted.

BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT English Lives of Buddha Edited and Induced by Joseph Jacobs London. M DCCC XCVI. Published by David Nutt, . . . Royal 8vo, half vellum, uncut edges.

Frontispiece by H. Ryland in two states, black and bistre. No. 22 of sixty large paper copies printed.

BARLOW, Joel.—The Columbiad, a Poem. By Joel Barlow Printed by Fry and Kammerer for C. and A. Conrad and Co . . . Philadelphia, 1807. 4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf.

Portrait and eleven copper-plate engravings by A. Smith, etc., after Fulton and Smirke, some of the plates in four states, proofs both on India and plate paper, before and after letters, and in addition sixteen inserted plates, four being first proofs by W. Blake, portrait of Louis XVI by Bartolozzi, the Burning of New York, and others of the series by Barbier, and five portraits of Washington, including that of Roger after Tardieu.

BARRÈRE, A.—Argot and Slang A new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in high and low life of old and new Paris by A. Barrère . . . with a frontis-piece drawn by Godefroy Durand London privately printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham and Co 1887. 4to, boards, uncut edges.

BARRY, Alfred.—The Life and Works of Sir Charles Barry, . . . By Rev. Alfred Barry, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1867. . . . 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

Portrait on steel, and thirty-nine woodcut illustrations.

BARYE, Antoine Louis.—Catalogue of the Works of Antoine-Louis Barye exhibited at the American Art Galleries, . . . New York under the auspices of the Barye Monument Association also of paintings by J. F. Millet, Th. Rousseau &c. . . . his contemporaries and friends for the benefit of the Barye Monument Fund November 15th, 1889, to January 15th, 1890 . . . [New York, 1890]. 4to, boards, uncut edges.

Limited edition, with portrait after F. Millet and facsimile.

BASILE, Giovanni Battista.—Il Pentamerone; or The Tale of Tales. Being a translation by the late Sir Richard Burton, . . . of Il Pentamerone; Overo lo Cunto de li Cunte, trattenemiento de li Peccerille, of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count of Torone (Gian Alessio Abbattutis). . . . London: Henry and Co., . . . 1893. Royal 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

No. 23 of one hundred and sixty-five large paper copies printed.

BATE, Henry.—The Rival Candidates: a comic opera In Two Acts; as it is now performing at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By the Rev. Henry Bate. London: Printed: Sold by T. Becket, . . . and by W. Griffin, . . . M,DCC,LXXV. 8vo, morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

First edition. Dedicated to Mrs. Garrick.

BATTY, Robert.—French Scenery from Drawings made in 1819 by Captain Batty . . . London . . . Rodwell & Martin . . . MDCCCXXII. Folio, green morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt edges, by Matthews.

Large paper copy, with the sixty-four plates in two states, engraver's etchings and finished plates, proofs on India paper before letters.

BATTY, Robert.—Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, from Drawings by Captn. Batty . . . London. Robert Jennings 1826. Folio, purple morocco, gilt back and sides (with arms).

Large paper copy. Sixty large plates and two vignettes engraved by Goodall, Le Keux, Heath, Finden, J. Landseer, Woolnoth, etc., each plate in two states, the engraver's etching and finished proof, each on India paper.

The text is in English and French.

BATTY, Robert.—Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, 1826. Folio, green morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt edges, by Matthews.

Another copy printed on large paper, with the sixty plates and two vignettes, proofs on India paper in two states, the engraver's etching and the finished plate before letters.

BATTY, Robert.—Select Views of some of the principal Cities of Europe. From original paintings by Lieut. Coll Batty. F.R.S. With Illustrative Notices London: Moon, Boys, and Graves . . . 1832. Royal folio, red morocco, back and sides heavily tooled, crest and shield in the centre, gilt edges.

Large paper copy, with the thirty-five plates each in two states, unfinished and finished proofs on India paper; an outline plate, with references to each.

BEAMES, Thomas.—The Rookeries of London: Past, Present, and Prospective. By Thomas Beames . . . London: Thomas Bosworth . . . m.dccc.l. 12mo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf.

Woodcut illustrations.

BEARDSLEY, Aubrey.—The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley with a prefatory note by H. C. Marillier. John Lane. . . . London and New York. M DCCC XCIX. Royal 4to, decorated buckram, gilt top, uncut edges.

One hundred and twenty copies printed on Japanese vellum, with two portraits and one hundred and fifty-five other illustrations.

BEATTIE, James.—Original Poems and Translations. By James Beattie, A.M. London: Printed; and sold by A. Millar . . . M DCC LX. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides (original gilt edges), by The Club Bindery.

First edition. Presentation copy on thick paper, from the author.

BEATTIE, James.—The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: in two books. With some other poems. By James Beattie . . . London: printed by T. Gillet, for C. Dilly . . . MDCCXCVII. Post 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

Four plates engraved by Fittler, Neagle, and Heath, after the designs of Burney.

BEATTIE, James.—The Minstrel: or, the Progress of Genius. With some other poems. By James Beattie, LL.D. A new edition, to which are prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author. By Alex. Chalmers, . . . London: printed for J. Mawman, . . . by T. Bensley, . . . 1806. 12mo, half orange levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

Portrait by J. Heath, and four plates by Heath, Fittler, and Neagle, after E. F. Burney.

BEATTIE, James.—The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: in two parts. With Some Other Poems. By James Beattie, LL.D. With designs by Mr. Thurston: and engraved on wood by Mr. Clennel. Alnwick: Printed by Catnach and Davison . . . 1807. 4to, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, side corners, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

Large paper copy, with five portraits of Beattie inserted, and numerous other illustrations by Westall, etc., including proofs in two, three, and four states.

BEATTIE, James.—The Poetical Works of James Beattie [with a Memoir by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, and a portrait of Beattie.] London William Pickering 1831. Foolscap 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

BEATTY, Charles.—The Journal of a Two Months Tour; with a view of Promoting Religion among the Frontier Inhabitants of Pennsylvania, and of Introducing Christianity among the Indians to the Westward of the Alegh-geny Mountains. To which are added, Remarks on the Language and Customs of some particular Tribes among the Indians, with a brief Account of the various Attempts that have been made to civilize and convert them, from the first Settlement of New England to this Day; By Charles Beatty . . . London: Printed for William Davenhill . . . M DCC LXVIII. 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru.

BEAUTY: or the Art of Charming. A Poem . . . London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver . . . MDCCXXXV. Folio, red levant morocco, by The Club Bindery. Bound with ten other works.

BEAUTY: or the Art of Charming. 1735. Folio, red morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery. Bound with James Bramston's "Man of Taste," 1733.

Another copy, uncut.

BECKER, W. A.—Gallus: or Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus; with notes and excursuses illustrative of the manners and customs of the Romans. By Professor W. A. Becker. Translated by the Rev. Frederick Metcalfe. London: John W. Parker . . . M DCCC XLIV. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

Two folded plates, coloured.

BECKER, W. A.—Charicles. Illustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks with notes and excursuses. From the German of Professor Becker. A new edition collated and enlarged. London John W Parker and Son . . . 1854. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

BECKFORD, William.—An Arabian Tale, [Vathek] from an unpublished manuscript: with Notes critical and explanatory. London: Printed for J. Johnson, . . . MDCCLXXXVI. 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Holloway.

Large paper copy of the first edition in English, with portrait and two plates inserted, all proofs.

The notes are by Mr. Henley.

BECKFORD, William.—Vathek. A Londres: chez Clarke . . . 1815. 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Cuzin.

Large paper copy, with a vignette "eye and turban" on the title-page, and three inserted plates by Isaac Taylor, Westall and Heim, proofs on India paper.

The first English edition in the French language. Originally written in French, the editions printed in Paris and Lausanne became so scarce that the author consented to this publication of the first text.

BECKFORD and JOHNSON.—The History of the Caliph Vathek By William Beckford, . . . With Preface and Notes, Critical and Explanatory also Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia By Samuel Johnson, . . . With Four Etchings and Portrait of Beckford by A. H. Tourrier Etched by Damman. London J. C. Nimmo and Bain . . . 1883. 8vo, two works in one volume, cloth, uncut edges.

No. 71 of one hundred and fifty large paper copies printed, with proof etchings on Japan paper.

BECKFORD, William.—Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters. By the author of "Vathek" A new Edition. London: Richard Bentley . . . 1834. 12mo, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by C. Lewis.

Engraved frontispiece.

BECKFORD, William.—Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal. By the author of "Vathek." London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1834. 8vo, two volumes, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

First edition.

BECKFORD, William.—Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal. By the author of "Vathek." Third edition. London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1835. 8vo, two volumes, original boards, uncut edges.

Presentation copy from the author.

BECKWITH, Arthur.—Majolica and Fayence: Italian, Sicilian, Majorcan, Hispano-Moresque and Persian. By Arthur Beckwith. With photo-engraved illustrations. New York: D. Appleton and Company, . . . 1877. 12mo, cloth.

BEDDOES, Thomas Lovell.—The Brides' Tragedy. By Thomas Lovell Beddoes of Pembroke College, Oxford. London: Printed for F. C. & J. Rivington . . . 1822. 8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Rivière.

First edition. A1-A4, and B-K1 in eights, title on A1.

BEDDOES, Thomas Lovell.—The Poems posthumous and collected of Thomas Lovell Beddoes. London William Pickering 1851. Small 8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by David.

A Memoir of one hundred and thirty pages, signed "B," prefaces the first volume.

BEDFORD, Arthur.—The Great Abuse of Musick. In Two Parts. Containing An Account of the Use and Design of Musick among the Antient Jews, Greeks, Romans, and others; with their Concern for, and Care to prevent the Abuse thereof. And also An Account of the Immorality and Profaneness, which is occasioned by the Corruption of that most Noble Science in the Present Age. By Arthur Bedford, . . . London: Printed by J. H. for John Wyatt, . . . 1711. 8vo, blue morocco, gilt back, sides elaborately tooled in gold, heightened with colours to the "cottage" pattern, gilt edges, by Mearne.

BELCHER, Sir Edward.—The Last of the Arctic Voyages; being a narrative of the Expedition in H. M. S. Assistance, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. B., in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54. With notes on the natural history, by Sir John Richardson, Professor Owen, Thomas Bell, J. W. Salter, and Lovell Reeve. . . . London: Lovell Reeve, . . . 1855. Royal 8vo, two volumes, half red morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

Four charts, thirty-six plates, many of them coloured, and twenty-five wood-engravings.

BELL, Sir Charles.—The Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression as connected by the Fine Arts. By Sir Charles Bell . . . Third edition, enlarged. London: John Murray . . . M.DCCC.XLIV. Imperial 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.

Forty-five engravings by Scriven, etc., after the designs of the author.

BELL, Sir Charles.—The Hand its mechanism and vital endowments as evincing design by Sir Charles Bell K.G.H. . . . [Fourth edition] London William Pickering 1837. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

Bridgewater Treatise No. 4. Woodcuts.

BELL, Thomas.—A History of British Quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. By Thomas Bell, . . . Illustrated by nearly 200 woodcuts. London: John Van Voorst, . . . M.DCCC.XXXVII. Imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

Large paper copy.

BELL, Thomas.—A History of British Reptiles. By Thomas Bell, . . . [vignette] Illustrated by more than forty woodcuts. London: John Van Voorst, . . . M.DCCC.XXXIX. Imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

Large paper copy.

BELOE, William.—Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books. By the Rev. William Beloe . . . London: printed for F. C. and J. Rivington . . . 1807-'8-'10-'11-'12. 8vo, six volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pratt.

BELOE, William.—The Sexagenarian; or, the Recollections of a Literary Life . . . Second edition. London: printed for F. C. and J. Rivington . . . 1818. 8vo, two volumes, half russia, uncut edges.

A manuscript key to the characters is inserted.

BENJAMIN, Park.—See Holmes, O. W. The Harbinger.

BENTLEY BALLADS.—The Bentley Ballads, comprising the Tipperary Hall Ballads, now first republished from "Bentley's Miscellany," (1846). With preface and notes biographical and critical by John Sheehan, . . . An entirely New Edition. London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1869. Crown 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pratt.

Frontispiece-title by J. Brown after G. Cruikshank.

BEOWULF.—The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf the Travellers Song and the Battle of Finnesburh edited by John M. Kemble . . . [also] a Translation . . . with a copious Glossary Preface and philological notes by John M. Kemble . . . London William Pickering 1835-7. Foolscap 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

BÉRANGER, P. J. de.—Songs of Beranger translated by the author of the "Exile of Idria" etc. [J. C. H. Bourne] With a sketch of the Life of Béranger up to the present time London William Pickering 1837. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

Presentation copy from the translator to Thomas Campbell.

BERINGTON, Joseph.—The History of the Lives of Abeillard and Heloisa; comprising a period of eighty-four years, From 1079 to 1163. With their genuine Letters, from the collection of Amboise. . . . By the Rev. Joseph Berington. Birmingham: printed by M. Swinney; for G. G. J. Robinson, . . . and R. Faulder, . . . m.dcc.lxxxvii. 4to, calf, gilt back.

BERRY, Mary.—Extracts from the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the year 1783 to 1852. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis. Second Edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co . . . 1866. 8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges.

Three frontispiece portraits and a view of the Berry residence, engraved on steel.

BEST, Thomas.—A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling, confirmed by actual experience, and minute observations. With the proper Methods for Breeding and Feeding Fish, and of making Fish-Ponds, Stews, &c. with several Arcana, never before made Public. To which is added The Complete Fly-Fisher; the Game-Laws relative to Angling: and Prognostics of the Weather, independent of the Barometer. By Thomas Best. . . . The Fourth Edition, corrected and improved. London: Printed for B. Crosby . . . 1798. 12mo, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.

Frontispiece engraved by Wooding.

BEST, W. T.—Eighty Chorales Newly Harmonized in Four Parts, with Organ Accompaniment, by W. T. Best. . . . London: J. Alfred Novello, . . . [n. d.] Oblong 4to, cloth.

BEVERLEY, Robert.—The History and Preſent State of Virginia, In Four Parts. I. The History of the Firſt Settlement of Virginia, and the Government thereof, to the preſent Time. II. The Natural Productions of Conveniences of the Country, ſuited to Trade and Improvement. III. The Native Indians, their Religion, Laws, and Cuſtoms, in War and Peace. IV. The preſent State of the Country, as to the Polity of the Government, and the Improvements of the Land. By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place. London: Printed for R. Parker, . . . M DCC V. 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, side border, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

First edition: dedicated to Robert Harley, Speaker of the House of Commons, and "One of Her Majeſty's Principal Secretaries of State."

Frontispiece and fourteen plates by Gribelin, reduced from originals by De Bry in Hariot's Virginia, and a folded table at the end. Each of the four parts has separate pagination.

BEVERLEY, Robert.—The History of Virginia, In Four Parts. I. The History of the First Settlement of Virginia, and the Government thereof, to the Year 1706. II. The natural Productions and Conveniences of the Country, suited to Trade and Improvement. III. The Native Indians, their Religion, Laws, and Customs, in War and Peace. IV. The Present State of the Country, as to the Polity of the Government, and the Improvements of the Land, the 10th. of June 1720. By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place. The Second Edition revis'd and enlarg'd by the Author. London: F. Fayram and J. Clarke . . . and T. Bickerton . . . 1722. 8vo, green straight-grain morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.

Frontispiece and fourteen plates by Gribelin, as in the first edition. The pagination of the four parts is continuous.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick, [wood cut] Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, B. Beilby, & T. Bewick . . . 1790. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by David.

First edition. One hundred and eighty-six cuts of animals and numerous tail-pieces. Four hundred and fifty-six pages, the last two leaves Addenda, "The American Elk," with cut, and "Wild Cattle," with tail-piece.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A General History of Quadrupeds. 1790. Royal 8vo, citron levant morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

Another copy, printed on large paper, and formerly owned by Marmaduke Tunstall, who commissioned Bewick to make the famous woodcut of the Chillingham Bull. Tunstall has pencilled notes on several pages.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. The second edition. [cut] Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, . . . 1791. [Price nine shillings in boards.] 8vo, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

Thick paper copy. 483 pages instead of 456, as in the first edition, and no Addenda. "The American Elk" in the Addenda of the first edition is incorporated in the text, and "Wild Cattle" is omitted. Fourteen varieties of Bat are added, with three cuts, and two tail-pieces, the second the same as the last of the first edition.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. The third edition. [cut] Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick. . . . 1792. . . . 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A general History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. The fourth edition. Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, and T. Bewick, . . . 1800. Price 15s. Royal 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by L. Broga.

Large paper copy.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. The fifth edition. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: printed by Edward Walker . . . 1807. Imperial 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back and side panels after the manner of Roger Payne, gilt edges, by Bedford.

Imperial paper copy with the following plates inserted: A print from the last work of Bewick, the unfinished block "Waiting for Death," with the original wrapper and printed description, the large print of Kyloe Ox, unique impressions of the Chillingham Bull cut on India paper and three other states, portrait of Bewick by Meyer after Ramsay, facsimile letter and a drawing.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A General History of Quadrupeds. 1807. Imperial 8vo, half russia, uncut edges.

Another copy on largest and thick paper.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. The seventh edition. Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by Edw. Walker, for T. Bewick . . . 1820. 4to, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt over uncut edges, by Marius Michel.

Large paper copy, with portrait of Bewick, proof on India paper before letters.

BEWICK, Thomas.—(I.) History of British Birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Vol. I. containing the History and Description of Land Birds. [cut] Newcastle: printed by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick:. . . [Price 13s. in Boards.] 1797. (II.) History of British Birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Vol. II. containing the History and Description of Water Birds. [cut] Newcastle: printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick: . . . [Price 15s. in Boards.] 1804. 8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.

First issue of the first edition, with the misprint above the date, "13s in Boards" instead of "15s" as in Volume II. The last page of Volume I contains an advertisement of the third edition of "A General History of Quadrupeds," 1792, "Lately was published," etc. In some issues of this edition the last page is blank, in some the fourth edition of "Quadrupeds" is advertised.

BEWICK, Thomas.—History of British Birds. 1797-1804. Royal 8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by David.

Another copy of the first issue, printed on large and thick paper, with inserted portrait of Bewick by Summerfield after Murphy.

Bound at the end of Volume II is the Supplement, 1821, also printed on large and thick paper.

BEWICK, Thomas.—History of British Birds. 1797-1804. 8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.

Second issue of the first edition, printed upon thick paper. The misprint "13s" above the date is corrected to "15s," and Volume II is priced 18s. The last page of Volume I contains an advertisement of the fourth edition of "A General History of Quadrupeds," 1800, "In the Preſs, and ſpeedily will be publiſhed," etc.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A History of British Birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick . . . containing the History and Description of Land [and Water] Birds Newcastle . . . Edward Walker . . . 1805. Royal 8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back and side panels in the manner of Roger Payne, gilt edges with many rough leaves, by Bedford.

Large paper copy of the second edition, with inserted portrait engraved by T. Ranson after a painting by W. Nicholson.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A History of British Birds. 1805. Imperial 8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, side corners, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.

Another copy, uncut, printed upon largest paper.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A Supplement to the History of British Birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Part I. containing the history and description of land birds. [Part II. containing the history and description of water birds.] [cut] Newcastle: printed by Edward Walker, . . . for T. Bewick . . . 1821. 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.

Thick paper copy of the first edition, with final leaf of advertisement of "History of Quadrupeds" and "Fables of Æsop."

BEWICK, Thomas.—A Supplement to the History of British Birds. 1821. 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.

Another copy, printed upon somewhat thinner paper.

BEWICK, Thomas.—A Supplement to the History of British Birds. 1821. Royal 8vo, bound with Volume II of "British Birds," on page 47.

Another copy, printed upon large paper.

BEWICK, Thomas.—Select Fables: with cuts, designed and engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and others, previous to the year 1784: together with a Memoir; and a descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick. Newcastle: printed by S. Hodgson . . . M.DCCC.XX. Royal 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews.

Large paper copy, with a portrait of Thomas Bewick, proof on India paper.

BEWICK, Thomas.—Select Fables; 1820. Imperial 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back and side panels in the manner of Roger Payne, gilt edges, by Bedford.

Another copy, printed upon largest paper, with proof portrait of Bewick added.

BEWICK, William.—See Landseer, Thomas.

BIBLIOGRAPHICA Volume I [23 plates] London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. . . . 1895. Imperial 8vo, four parts, paper, uncut edges.

BICKERDYKE, John.—The Book of the All-Round Angler. A comprehensive treatise on angling in both fresh and salt water. By John Bickerdyke. With over 150 engravings. London: L. Upcott Gill . . . 1888. 8vo, half brown Roxburghe morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.

Large paper copy, two hundred and one printed.

BICKERSTAFFE, Isaac.—The Romp. A musical entertainment in two acts. Altered from Love in the City, By Mr. Bickerstaff. As it has been acted at The Theatres Royal in Dublin and York, and now performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed for W. Lowndes, . . . and J. Barker, . . . 1786. [Price One Shilling.] 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.

First edition. A-D in fours, title on A1. Portrait of Dora Jordan in the character of Priscilla Tomboy, engraved by Angus after a drawing from life by Stothard.

"Love in a City" was printed in 8vo, 1767.

BIERSTADT, Oscar A.—The Library of Robert Hoe a contribution to the history of Bibliophilism in America by O. A. Bierstadt . . . with one hundred and ten illustrations taken from manuscripts in the collection. New York Duprat & Co, . . . 1895. 8vo, citron levant morocco, back and sides elaborately tooled in fleurs-de-lys ornaments, etc., gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

No. 322 of three hundred and fifty copies printed on Japan paper. Extra plates and facsimiles added.

BIERSTADT, Oscar A.—The Library of Robert Hoe. 1895. 8vo, green levant morocco, back and sides richly tooled, an original design with monogram, doubled with red morocco, floral border, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

Another copy. No. 100 of three hundred and fifty printed on Japan paper.

BIGELOW, John.—Some Recollections of the late Edouard Laboulaye by John Bigelow Privately printed [New York, 1889]. 16mo, cloth, uncut edges.

Presentation copy from the author.

BIJOU.—The Bijou; or Annual of Literature and the Arts. London William Pickering, . . . 1828—MDCCCXXIX MDCCCXXX. Post 8vo, three volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.

Proof copies, with the plates on India paper. See Cameo.

BINNS, R. W.—A Century of Potting in the City of Worcester being the history of the Royal Porcelain Works, from 1751 to 1851, to which is added A short account of the Celtic, Roman, and Mediæval Pottery of Worcester. By R. W. Binns, . . . second edition. Illustrated. London: Bernard Quaritch, . . . MDCCCLXXVII. 8vo, half olive morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.

BINNY, John.—See Mayhew and Binny.

BIOGRAPHICAL MIRROR.—The Biographical Mirrour, comprising a series of ancient and modern English Portraits, of eminent and distinguished persons, from original pictures and drawings. [vignette] London: Published by S. and E. Harding, . . . 1795-98. 4to, three volumes in one, half russia, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.

One hundred and fifty-one portraits. Volume III was printed for Silvester Harding, n. d.

BIRCH, Jonathan.—Fifty-One Original Fables, with Morals and Ethical Index, written by J. C. [Job Crithannoh, anagram of Jonathan Birch] Embellished with eighty-five Original designs by R. Cruikshank, engraved on wood by Slader, D. Dodd, S. Williams, Bonner, and others. Also a Translation of Plutarch's Banquet of the Seven Ages, revised for this work London: printed for Hamilton, Adams and Co. . . . M.DCCC.XXXIII. 8vo, blue levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by Louise Reymann.

BIRCH, Samuel.—History of Ancient Pottery. By Samuel Birch . . . Egyptian, Assyrian, and Greek [Etruscan and Roman] Illustrated with coloured plates [12] and numerous engravings [207] London: John Murray . . . 1858. 8vo, two volumes, cloth.

Autograph letter of the author inserted.

BIRCH, Samuel.—History of Ancient Pottery, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. By Samuel Birch, . . . new and revised edition. With coloured plates and woodcuts. London: John Murray, . . . 1873. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

BIRCH, Walter de Gray.—The History, Art and Palæography of the manuscript styled the Utrecht Psalter: by Walter de Gray Birch, . . . [3 folded plates] London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, . . . M.DCCC.LXXVI. 8vo, cloth.

BIRDWOOD, George C M.—The Industrial Arts of India. By George C. M. Birdwood, . . . with maps and woodcuts. . . . Published for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall, . . . [1880]. Post 8vo, two volumes in one, cloth, uncut edges.

BIRRELL, Augustine.—Life of Charlotte Brontë by Augustine Birrell London Walter Scott . . . 1887. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.

BLACK, Charles Christopher.—. . . Michael Angelo Buonarroti Sculptor, Painter, Architect the Story of his Life and Labours by Charles Christopher Black, . . . [20 plates] London Macmillan and Co. 1875. Royal 8vo, decorated cloth, gilt edges.

BLACKBURN, Charles F.—Rambles in Books by Charles F. Blackburn [portrait] . . . London: Sampson Low Marston & Company . . . M DCCC XCIII. Post 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.

No. 282 of five hundred copies printed.

BLACKER, William.—Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c., comprising Angling & Dyeing of Colours, with engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies, shewing the process of the gentle craft as taught in the pages. With Descriptions of Flies for the Season of the Year as they come out on the water. Rewritten and revised by the author Blacker, himself, fishing tackle maker of 54 Dean St. Soho, London 1855. 18mo, green levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges, by Trioullier.

Frontispiece, engraved title, seventeen coloured plates of artificial flies, and three plates of tackle.

BLACKIE, John Stuart.—On Self-Culture. Intellectual, Physical, and Moral . . . by John Stuart Blackie . . . Second edition. Edinburgh Edmonston and Douglas 1874. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

BLACKIE, John Stuart.—Life of Robert Burns by John Stuart Blackie London Walter Scott . . . 1888. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.

BLACKMORE, Richard D.—Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. By R. D. Blackmore, . . . London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, . . . 1869. . . . Crown 8vo, three volumes, blue cloth, uncut edges.

First edition. Blackmore's own copy.

BLADEN, Martin.—Solon: or, Philosophy No Defence againſt Love. A tragi-comedy. With the Maſque of Orpheus and Euridice. Written by Captain Martin Bladen. . . . London: Printed for R. Smith, . . . and ſold by J. Nutt . . . 1705. . . . 4to, blue morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

Never acted, and printed without the author's knowledge.

BLADES, William.—The Life and Typography of William Caxton, England's first printer, with evidence of his typographical connection with Colard Mansion, the printer at Bruges. Compiled from original sources by William Blades. Published by Joseph Lilly . . . London 1861 [-1863]. 4to, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.

Fifty-seven plates, specimens of Caxton's types, etc.

BLADES, William.—The Life and Typography of William Caxton. 1861-63. 4to, two volumes, half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.

Another copy, with portrait and fifty-nine facsimile plates on India paper.

BLADES, William.—A List of Medals, Jettons, Tokens, &c. in connection with Printers and the Art of Printing by William Blades. London. 1869. Foolscap 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

Ninety-three plates, including three double ones.

One of one hundred copies printed. Presentation copy from the author.

BLADES, William.—How to tell a Caxton with some hints where and how the same might be found. By William Blades, . . . [16 plates] London: Henry Sotheran & Co., . . . 1870. Foolscap 8vo, boards, uncut edges.

BLADES, William.—The Enemies of Books. By William Blades, Typograph. . . . Trübner & Co., . . . 1880. Post 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, side corners, centre ornaments, gilt over uncut edges, by Katherine Adams.

Frontispiece portrait of John Bagford and six other plates.

BLADES, William.—The Pentateuch of Printing, with a Chapter on Judges. By William Blades. With a Memoir of the Author, and List of his Works, by Talbot B. Reed. [59 illustrations] London: Elliot Stock, . . . 1891. 4to, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.

Large paper copy.

BLAIR, Robert.—The Grave, a poem. By Robert Blair. Illustrated by Twelve Etchings executed [by Louis Schiavonetti] from Original Designs, [by William Blake] London: printed by T. Bensley, . . . 1808. Folio, brown levant morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

Proof copy of the first edition, most of which was printed in quarto. Besides the twelve designs are a portrait on India paper after T. Phillips, and an engraved title.

BLAIR, Robert.—The Grave, a poem. By Robert Blair. Illustrated by Twelve Etchings [by Lewis Schiavonetti] executed from original designs, [by William Blake] To which is added a Life of the Author. [also Biographical Sketches of Schiavonneti and Robert Hartley Cromek.] London: printed by T. Bensley, . . . for the proprietor, R. Ackermann, . . . &c. . . . 1813. Royal 4to, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allo.

Portrait by Schiavonetti after T. Phillips.

BLAKE, William.—Songs of Innocence 1789 The Author & Printer W Blake Post 8vo, light brown levant morocco, gilt and mosaic back, side borders in floral mosaic design of citron, blue and green morocco on a red ground, doubled with red morocco, corner ornaments in floral mosaic, gilt over uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

Coloured by Blake and presented by him to his physician.

The plates are arranged as follows, by pages:

Page 1. Blank. 2. Frontispiece of Piper. 3. Title of "Songs of Innocence," as above. 4. Blank. 5. Introduction, "Piping down the valleys wild," etc. 6. Blank. 7. The Shepherd. 8. Infant Joy. 9-10. Cradle Song. 11. Laughing Song. 12-13. The Little Black Boy. 14. The Voice of the Ancient Bard. 15-16. The Ecchoing Green. 17. Nurses Song, "When the voices of children are heard on the green, And laughing is heard on the hill." 18. Holy Thursday, "'T was on a Holy Thursday." 19. On Anothers Sorrow. 20-21. Spring. 22. The School Boy. 23. A Dream. 24-25. The Little Girl Lost, "In Futurity I prophetic see." 25-26. The Little Girl Found, "All the night in woe." 27. The Blossom. 28. The Lamb. 29. The Little Boy lost. 30. The Little Boy found. 31-32. Night. 33. The Chimney Sweeper, "When my mother died," etc. 34. The Divine Image.

BLAKE, William.—Songs of Innocence. 1789. Post 8vo, original calf, gilt back, side borders, centre ornaments.

Another copy, also coloured by Blake, and more delicately than the preceding, pale green and blue predominating.

The plates are the same as in the preceding copy. On the basis of the numbers in that copy, their arrangement is as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12-13, 14, 9-10, 27, 24-25, 25-26, 28, 17, 8, 19, 29, 30, 33, 20-21, 22, 11, 23, 18, 34, 15-16, 31-32.

John Linnell's copy.

BLAKE, William.—The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. [1790] Royal 8vo, Spanish calf, gilt back, side borders.

The arrangement is as follows, by pages:—

1. Title-page. 2. Blank. 3. The Argument. 4. Blank. 5. "As a new heaven is begun," with two drawings. 6. The voice of the Devil, with one drawing. 7-8. "Those who restrain desire," with one drawing. 8-9. A Memorable Fancy, "As I was walking among the fires of hell." 9-12. Proverbs of Hell, one drawing. 13. "The ancient Poets," etc., two drawings. 14-15. A Memorable Fancy, "The Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel." 16. "The ancient tradition," etc., one drawing. 17. A Memorable Fancy, "I was in a Printing house in Hell," one drawing. 18-19. "The Giants who formed this world," one drawing. 19-22. A Memorable Fancy, "An Angel came to me," one drawing. 23-24. "I have always found," etc., one drawing. 24-26. A Memorable Fancy, "Once I saw a Devil," one drawing. 27-29. A Song of Liberty. 30. Blank.

BLAKE, William.—The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. 4to, half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.

One hundred copies reproduced from the original in the collection of Lord Houghton.

BLAKE, William.—Songs of Experience 1794 The Author & Printer W Blake. Post 8vo, maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt back, side panels, corner ornaments, gilt edges.

The plates are arranged as follows, by leaves, the versos being blank:

1. Title-page. 2. Introduction. 3. Earth's Answer. 4. The Clod & the Pebble. 5. The Chimney Sweeper, "A little black thing among the snow." 6. A Poison Tree. 7. Infant Sorrow. 8. The Tyger. 9. The Fly. 10. The Sick Rose. 11. The Human Abstract. 12. A Little Girl Lost, "Children of the Future Age." 13-14. The Little Girl Lost, "In futurity I prophetic see" [found also in both copies of "Songs of Innocence"]. 14-15. The Little Girl Found, "All the night in woe" [found in "Songs of Innocence"]. 16. The Garden of Love. 17. The Angel. 18. My Pretty Rose Tree, Ah! Sunflower, and The Lilly. 19. A Little Boy Lost, "Nought loves another as itself." 20. To Tirzah. 21. London. 22. The Little Vagabond. 23. Holy Thursday, "Is this a holy thing to see." 24. Nurses Song, "when the voices of children are heard on the green, And whisperings are in the dale" [a different version from that in "Songs of Innocence"]. 25. The School Boy, "I love to rise in a summer morn."

BLAKE, William.—Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Blake London: R. Brimley Johnson. Guildford: A. C. Curtis. M DCCC I. Square 16mo, red levant morocco, side border of mosaic in green and blue morocco, doubled with red morocco, wide floral borders of gilt and green mosaic, the intervals filled with dots, vellum guards, gauffred gilt top, uncut edges, by the Guild of Women-Binders.

Aquatint frontispiece after Blake.

BLAKE, William.—Songs of Innocence and Experience with other poems By W Blake London Basil Montagu Pickering . . . 1866 Foolscap 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

First issue, printed without the name of the Editor, Richard Herne Shepherd. Fifty copies were printed containing the cancelled lines on pages 89 and 100, where the asterisks occur in this copy.

"Long John Brown and Little Mary Bell" is here printed for the first time. It was omitted in the Appendix to Gilchrist's "Life of Blake," for the reasons stated there.

The present copy was the Editor's, and contains the substance of the preceding notes, in his handwriting.

BLAKE, William.—Milton, a Poem in 12 Books. The Author & Printer W. Blake 1804. To Justify the Ways of God to Men. 4to, original calf binding.

Forty-five pages, ten being entirely illustration, thirteen partly so, and the rest in script text with background in many colours.

In all probability the best of three copies of this book known to exist, though it is said that Blake made twelve copies in all. The other known copies are in the British Museum and Lenox Library. Mr. Muir, who reproduced the copy in the British Museum, places this example as better than either of the others, the scheme of colour being more perfect.

BLAKE, William.—Illustrations of The Book of Job Invented & Engraved by William Blake 1825 London Published . . . March 8: 1825, by William Blake. . . . Folio, half red morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.

Large paper copy. Engraved title and twenty-one proof plates on India paper.

BLAKE, William.—Poetical Sketches By William Blake now first reprinted from the original edition of 1783 edited and prefaced by Richard Herne Shepherd London Basil Montagu Pickering . . . 1868. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

BLAKE, William.—The Poems of William Blake comprising Songs of Innocence and of Experience together with poetical sketches and some copyright poems not in any other edition London Basil Montagu Pickering . . . 1874. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

BLAKE, William.—Volume I. (I.) Number 31 Songs of Innocence. W. Blake 1789 [rep. 1885] (II.) Number 6. Songs of Experience. Wm Blake 1794 [rep. 1885] (III.) Number 33. The Book of Thel. Wm Blake 1789 [rep. 1885] (IV.) Number 35. Visions of the Daughters of Albion. W Blake 1793 [repr. 1885] (V.) Number 12. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Willm Blake. 1790 [rep. 1885]

Volume II. (I.) Copy No. 15. Milton, a poem in 2 books, By Wm. Blake, 1804, facsimiled at Edmonton, anno 1886, By Wm. Muir, J. D. Watts, H. T. Muir, and E. Druitt. For whom Bernard Quaritch, . . . is agent. (II.) No. 2. The Gates of Paradise, by Wm. Blake, Lambeth, 1793. Facsimiled at Edmonton, anno 1888, By Mary Hughes and Wm. Muir. Bernard Quaritch, . . . (III.) No. 5. The First Book of Urizen, by Wm. Blake, Lambeth, 1794. Facsimiled at Edmonton in 1888 by Wm. Muir, H. T. Muir, J. D. Watts, and A. F. Westcott, from the splendid original belonging to Mr. Macgeorge, of Glasgow. . . . Blake calls this the "First" Book, but he composed no Second. . . . Bernard Quaritch, . . . (IV.) Copy No. 1. There is no Natural Religion. By Wm. Blake. Facsimilied at Edmonton Anno 1886 by Wm. Muir, E. Druitt, H. T. Muir, and J. D. Watts. . . . 4to, two volumes, half green straight-grain morocco, uncut edges, with the original covers bound in, by The Club Bindery.

BLAKE, William.—Facsimile of what is believed to be the last replica of The Songs of Innocence and of Experience executed by William Blake With an Introduction By Edwin J. Ellis . . . London Bernard Quaritch, . . . 1893. Royal 4to, half brown morocco, uncut edges.

No. 28 of fifty copies in water-colours, on printed outlines, touched with gold, in exact imitation of Blake's own work.

BLAKE, William.—The Poems of William Blake edited by W. B. Yeats. London: Laurence & Bullen, . . . 1893. Post 8vo, half vellum, gilt top, uncut edges.

Portrait. No. 53 of two hundred copies printed on large paper.

BLAKE, William.—Selections from the Writings of William Blake with an introductory essay by Laurence Housman London C. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd. MDCCCXCIII. Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges.

Large paper copy, fifty printed, with a frontispiece.

BLAKE, William.—[Illustrations to Dante's "Inferno."] Oblong 4to, half cloth, gilt top.

Seven plates on India paper.

BLAKE, William.—See Blair, Robert.

BLAKEY, Robert, editor.—The Angler's Song Book. Compiled and Edited by Robert Blakey . . . London: George Cox . . . 1855. 8vo, green morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt edges, by Matthews.

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