THE CATALOGUE (continued 3)
Reading edition
No. 35 of fifty copies printed on large paper: with etched portrait on Japan paper.
KEATS, John.—The Poems of John Keats edited by G. Thorn Drury. With an introduction by Robert Bridges. London: Lawrence & Bullen . . . 1896. Post 8vo, two volumes, half vellum, gilt top, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, two hundred printed, with a portrait of Keats after Severn's miniature.
KEATS, John.—Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats. Edited by Richard Monckton Milnes. . . . London: Edward Moxon, . . . 1848. Post 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition. Portrait by H. Robinson after J. Severn, and facsimile.
KEATS, John.—Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne written in the years MDCCCXIX and MDCCCXX and now given from the original manuscripts with introduction and notes by Harry Buxton Forman London printed for private circulation MDCCCLXXVIII. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
Whatman paper copy, fifty printed, with etched portrait of Keats by Severn, a private proof.
KEATS, John.—See Rossetti, William Michael.
KEBLE, John.—The Christian Year: thoughts in verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the year . . . Oxford, printed by W. Baxter, for J. Parker; . . . 1827. Small 8vo, two volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
First edition.
KEBLE, John.—The Christian Year thoughts in verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the year [by ——] London Kegan Paul Trench & Co., . . . MDCCCLXXXII. Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, fifty printed, with portrait of Keble, proof on India paper.
KEELING, William.—Liturgiæ Britannicæ, or the several editions of the Book of Common Prayer of The Church of England, from its compilation to the last revision; together with the Liturgy set forth for the use of The Church of Scotland: arranged to shew their respective variations. By William Keeling, . . . London: William Pickering. . . . 1842. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
KEESE, John, editor.—The Poets of America: illustrated by one of her Painters . . . Edited by John Keese. New York: published by S. Colman . . . 1840. [-1842] 12mo, two volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Barr & Co.
First edition of the First and Second Series. Thirty portraits have been inserted in this copy which is otherwise illustrated with thirty-seven etchings, some printed in red.
KEESE, John, editor.—The Poets of America. 1840. 12mo, brown morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Matthews.
Another copy of the First Series, with the thirty-seven illustrations.
KEESE, John, editor.—The Poets of America: illustrated by one of her painters . . . Edited by John Keese. London: Charles Tilt, . . . [New York] MDCCCXL. 12mo, cloth, uncut edges.
Frontispiece-title in black and bronze and the same illustrations as in the New York edition, but printed in different colours. A leaf "Advertisement to the English edition," dated Fleet Street, November, 1839, is substituted for the dedication, "To the Poets of our Country."
The verso of the frontispiece-title bears the imprint of H. Ludwig, New York; the verso of the title-page of the New York edition, the imprint of Alex. S. Gould, New York.
KEESE, John, editor.—The Poets of America: illustrated by one of her painters. . . . Edited by John Keese. (Volume Second of the Series.) Third edition. New York; published by Samuel Colman. . . . 1842. 12mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, with the original covers bound in, by Rivière.
KEESE, John, editor.—The Poet's Gift: illustrated by one of her painters. . . . Edited by John Keese. Boston: published by T. H. Carter and Company. New York: Collins . . . 1845. 12mo, brown morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Matthews.
Thirty-six illustrations by W. H. Croome, etc.
KELLY, Hugh.—False Delicacy: a comedy; as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's Servants. By Hugh Kelly. London, printed for R. Baldwin, . . . W. Johnston, . . . and G. Kearsly, . . . M DCC LXVIII. 8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. Dedicated to Garrick, who wrote both Prologue and Epilogue.
KELTY, Mary Ann.—Reminiscences of Thought and Feeling; by the Author of Visiting my Relations. London William Pickering 1852. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
KEMBLE, Fanny.—Poems by Frances Anne Butler [Fanny Kemble] Philadelphia: John Pennington . . . 1844. 12mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back and side panels in the style of Roger Payne, gilt over uncut edges, by Rivière.
First edition. Portrait by Cheney after Sully.
KEMBLE, John Philip.—Fugitive Pieces . . . written by J. P. Kemble. York: printed by W. Blanchard and Co . . . MDCCLXXX. 8vo, green morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Hayday.
Kemble was at particular pains to destroy as many copies of this book as possible, so that very few remain.
KEMPIS, Thomas à.—Of the Imitation of Jesus Christ, translated from the Latin original ascribed to Thomas A Kempis; with an Introduction and Notes. by the Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin, D. D. . . . London: Printed for the Author by Wm Nicol . . . published by Wm. Pickering, and John Major. M DCCC XXVIII. Royal 8vo, divided into two volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.
Large paper copy, with an original drawing and ninety selected plates added, including many rare old copper-plate engravings and proof impressions of the more modern steel plates.
KEMPIS, Thomas à.—Of the Imitation of Jesus Christ. Translated from the Latin original ascribed to Thomas A Kempis by T. F. Dibdin D. D. London William Pickering 1851. 8vo, blue levant morocco, back and sides richly tooled, gilt edges, by Bedford.
The engraving "Ecce Homo" is in two states, a fine proof having been added.
KEMPIS, Thomas à.—Of the Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis London C. Kegan Paul & Co., . . . MDCCCLXXXI. Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, fifty printed, with frontispiece on India paper.
KENNEDY, John Pendleton.—Swallow Barn, or a sojourn in the Old Dominion. . . . Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, . . . 1832. 12mo, two volumes, red morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
KENNEDY, John Pendleton.—Swallow Barn; or, a Sojourn in the Old Dominion. By John P. Kennedy . . . revised edition. With Illustrations by Strother. New York . . . Hurd and Houghton . . . 1866. 12mo, half brown morocco, uncut edges.
KENNEDY, John Pendleton.—Horse Shoe Robinson; a tale of the tory ascendency. By the author of "Swallow Barn" . . . Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard. 1835. 18mo, two volumes, half cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition.
KENNEDY, John Pendleton.—Horse-Shoe Robinson. A tale of the tory ascendency. By John P. Kennedy . . . revised edition New York . . . Hurd and Houghton . . . 1866. 12mo, half brown morocco, uncut edges.
Frontispiece and vignette.
KENNEDY, John Pendleton.—Rob of the Bowl: a Legend of St. Inigoe's. By the author of "Swallow Barn" . . . Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard . . . 1838. 18mo, two volumes, half cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition.
KENNEDY, John Pendleton.—Rob of the Bowl. A Legend of St. Inigoe's. By John P. Kennedy . . . revised edition. New York . . . Hurd & Houghton 1866. 12mo, half brown morocco, uncut edges.
KENNEDY, John Pendleton.—Quodlibet: containing some annals thereof, with an authentic account of the origin and growth of the borough and the sayings and doings of sundry of the townspeople: interspersed with sketches of the most remarkable and distinguished characters of that place and its vicinity. Edited by Solomon Second-thoughts, School-master, from original MSS. indited by him, and now made public at the request and under the patronage of the great new light democratic central committee of Quodlibet. . . . Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 1840. 12mo, red morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
KENNEDY, John Pendleton.—Quodlibet: containing some annals thereof, with an authentic account of the origin and growth of the borough, and the sayings and doings of sundry of the townspeople; interspersed with sketches of the most remarkable and distinguished characters of that place and its vicinity. By Solomon Secondthoughts, schoolmaster . . . Third edition. New York . . . Hurd and Houghton. 1866. 12mo, half brown morocco, uncut edges.
KENNEDY, John Pendleton.—The Blackwater Chronicle a narrative of an expedition into the Land of Canaan, in Randolph County, Virginia, a country flowing with wild animals, . . . By "The Clerke of Oxenforde." With illustrations from life by Strother. Redfield . . . New York. 1853. 12mo, red morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
KENNEDY, John Pendleton.—Memoirs of William Wirt, Attorney-General of the United States. By John P. Kennedy. A new and revised edition New York . . . Hurd and Houghton. 1866. 12mo, two volumes, half brown morocco, uncut edges.
Portrait of Wirt by Walter after King.
KENRICK, William.—Falstaff's Wedding: a comedy. being A Sequel to the Second Part of the Play of King Henry the Fourth. Written in Imitation of Shakespeare, By Mr. Kenrick. . . . London: Printed for J. Wilkie, . . . F. Blyth, . . . T. Lowndes, and W. Owen, . . . Becket and De Hondt, . . . T. Lewis, J. Walter, . . . and J. Almon, . . . M. DCC. LX. [M. DCC. LXVI] 8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. The Preface is dated Jan. 1, 1766; therefore the date on the title-page is obviously a misprint. Dedicated "To Mr. Quin, in return for the frequent pleasure received, by his representation of the character of Sir John Falstaff."
Title, A1-A4 and B-G2 in eights.
KETTELL, Samuel.—Specimens of American Poetry, with critical and biographical notices . . . By Samuel Kettell. Boston,—S. G. Goodrich and Co. MDCCCXXIX. 12mo, three volumes, half morocco, uncut edges.
KIDD, John.—On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man, principally with reference to the supply of his wants, and the exercise of his intellectual faculties. By John Kidd, M. D. . . . London: William Pickering. 1833. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
Bridgewater Treatise No. II.
KIDGELL, John.—The Card . . . London: Printed for the Maker, and Sold by J. Newbery, . . . M D CC LV. 12mo, two volumes, red morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
Coloured frontispiece, and one other plate.
KIDGELL, John.—Original Fables By the Reverend John Kidgell . . . London: Printed for James Robson . . . MDCCLXIII. Small 8vo, two volumes in one, blue morocco, rich gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Birdsall.
The text is in English and French, on opposite pages. A spirited outline illustration accompanies each of the ninety-four Fables, and two other plates precede each volume. In 1788 Isaac Reed said he had never seen any copy but his own, for the author absconded at the time the book was printed and it was suppressed.
KING, Charles William.—Antique Gems and Rings. By C. W. King, . . . London: Bell and Daldy, . . . 1872. Royal 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Fifty-six woodcut and ten copper plates, and numerous illustrations in the text.
KING, Richard John, editor.—Handbook to the Cathedrals of England . . . with illustrations London: John Murray . . . 1861 [-'62-'67-'69] Crown 8vo, six volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Maclehose.
Comprises
Northern Division, 2 volumes, York—Ripon—Carlisle—Durham—Chester—Manchester.
Southern Division, 2 volumes, Chichester—Canterbury—Rochester—Winchester—Salisbury—Exeter—Wells.
Eastern Division, Oxford—Peterborough—Norwich—Ely—Lincoln.
Western Division, Bristol—Gloucester—Hereford—Worcester—Lichfield.
KING, William.—Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. By William King. London: Printed for B. Lintott . . . 8vo, original calf.
Large and thick paper copy, presented by the author to Dean Swift, with the latter's autograph and memoranda.
KINGSLEY, Charles.—The Saint's Tragedy; or, the True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary, Landgravine of Thuringia, Saint of the Romish Calendar. By Charles Kingsley, Junior, Rector of Eversley. With a preface by Professor Maurice. London: John W. Parker, . . . M. DCCC. XLVIII. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
KINGSLEY, Charles.—Twenty-five Village Sermons. By Charles Kingsley, Jun., . . . Third edition. London: John W. Parker and Son, . . . M DCCC LIV. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
KINGSLEY, Charles.—Sermons for the Times. By Charles Kingsley, . . . The second edition. London: John W. Parker and Son, . . . 1858. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
KINGSLEY, Charles.—Phaeton; or, loose thoughts for loose thinkers. By Charles Kingsley, . . . Third edition. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. . . . 1859. 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
KINGSLEY, Charles.—Andromeda and other poems by Charles Kingsley . . . The Third edition. London: Parker, Son, and Bourn . . . MDCCCLXII. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
KINNAIRD, Douglas.—The Merchant of Bruges; or, Beggar's Bush. With considerable alterations and additions. By the Honourable Douglas Kinnaird. Now performing, with universal applause, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. London: printed for Whittingham and Arliss, . . . 1815. . . . 8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
KINZIE, Juliette A. McGill.—Wau-Bun the "Early Day" of the North-west by Mrs. John H. Kinzie of Chicago New edition, with an introduction and notes by Reuben Gold Thwaites, . . . With numerous illustrations Chicago the Caxton Club M DCCC CI. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
One of two hundred and fifty-six copies printed on hand-made paper.
KIPLING, Rudyard.—The Story of the Gadsbys, a tale without a plot. By Rudyard Kipling. Published by Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co., Alla-habad. [1888] 8vo, cloth, with the original covers bound in, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
KIPLING, Rudyard.—The Light that Failed by Rudyard Kipling London Macmillan and Co. . . . 1891. Crown 8vo, original cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
KIPLING, Rudyard.—Many Inventions by Rudyard Kipling . . . London Macmillan and Co. . . . 1893 . . . Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
KIRBY, William.—On the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God as manifested in the Creation of Animals and in their History Habits and Instincts by the Rev. William Kirby, . . . London William Pickering 1835. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Bridgewater Treatise No. VII. Sixteen plates after C. M. Curtis.
KIT-KAT CLUB.—The Kit-Kat Club, done from the Original Paintings of Sr. Godfrey Kneller, by Mr. Faber. Sold by J. Tonson [London] 1735. Folio, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford.
First edition.
Mezzotint title-page and forty-four portraits on forty-three plates, one being double.
KNAPP and BALDWIN.—The Newgate Calendar; comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters who have been convicted of outrages on the Laws of England since the commencement of the eighteenth century; with occasional anecdotes and observations, speeches, confessions, and last exclamations of sufferers. By Andrew Knapp and William Baldwin . . . London: J. Robins and Co . . . 1824. 8vo, four volumes, mottled calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Four portraits and numerous woodcut illustrations.
KNIGHT, Charles.—The Old Printer and the Modern Press. By Charles Knight . . . London: John Murray . . . 1854. 16mo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Numerous woodcut illustrations.
KNIGHT, Joseph.—Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Joseph Knight London Walter Scott . . . 1887. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
KNIGHT, Samuel.—The Life of Dr. John Colet, Dean of S. Paul's In the Reigns of K. Henry VII. and Henry VIII. and Founder of S. Paul's School: with an Appendix containing some Account of the Masters and more Eminent Scholars of that Foundation; And several Original Papers relating to the said Life. By Samuel Knight . . . London, Printed by J. Downing . . . 1724. 8vo, purple straight-grain morocco, back and side panels finished in blind-tooling, leather joints, gilt edges, by C. Lewis.
Large paper copy of the first edition. Portrait by Vertue, and seven other plates.
KNIGHT, Samuel.—The Life of Dr. John Colet, Dean of St. Paul's in the reigns of K. Henry VII. and K. Henry VIII. and the founder of St. Paul's School: with an appendix, containing some account of the masters and more eminent scholars of that foundation, and several original papers relating to the said life. By Samuel Knight, . . . a new [second] edition. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press. MDCCCXXIII. 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt back with red roses inlaid, gilt top, uncut edges, by David.
Two portraits of Colet and six other plates.
KNIGHT, Samuel.—The Life of Erasmus, More particularly that part of it, which He spent in England; Wherein an Account is given of his Learned Friends, And the State of Religion and Learning At that Time in both our Universities. With an Appendix containing several Original Papers. By Samuel Knight . . . Cambridge: Printed by Corn. Crownfield MDCCXXVI . . . 8vo, pigskin, uncut edges.
An uncut copy of the small paper edition, with the portrait by Vertue and sixteen other plates, all indexed, the three extra engravings, including the portrait of Froben, so often missing, and (inserted) a proof before letters on India paper of Sir Thomas More and his family.
Dibdin says in his "Library Companion" that he never saw this book in an uncut state.
KNIGHT, Samuel.—The Life of Erasmus. 1726. 8vo, purple straight-grain morocco, back and side panels blind-tooled with centre ornament in gold on the back, doubled with a border of red morocco, gilt edges, by C. Lewis.
Large paper copy, with proof impression of the portraits and plates (16), and the three extra engravings.
KNOWLES, James Sheridan.—The Dramatic Works of James Sheridan Knowles. . . . London: Edward Moxon, . . . MDCCCXLI [Volume III., M DCCC XLIII.] 8vo, three volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by David.
First edition. Portrait by Finden after Wageman. Dedication of Volumes I and II to the Duchess of Kent, of Volume III, dated Dec. 20, 1842, to W. A. Dow.
Volume I contains Caius Gracchus, Virginius, William Tell, Alfred the Great; or, The Patriot King, and The Hunchback.
Volume II contains The Wife: a Tale of Mantua, The Beggar of Bethnal Green, The Daughter, The Love-Chase, and Woman's Wit; or, Love's Disguises.
Volume III contains The Maid of Mariendorpt, Love, John of Procida, Old Maids, and The Rose of Arragon.
KNOWLES, James Sheridan.—George Lovell. A Novel. By James Sheridan Knowles, . . . London: Edward Moxon, . . . MDCCCXLVII. 12mo, three volumes, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
KNOWLES, John.—The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Esq. M. A. R. A. . . . the former written, and the latter edited by John Knowles, . . . London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, . . . MDCCCXXXI. 8vo, three volumes, half purple morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Portrait of Fuseli by Dean after Harlow.
KUGLER, Franz Theodor.—The Schools of Painting in Italy. Translated from the German of Kugler by a lady. Edited, with notes, by Sir Charles L. Eastlake, . . . with upwards of one hundred illustrations, drawn on wood, by George Scharf, Jun., from the works of the old masters mentioned in this book, engraved by John Thompson and Samuel Williams. Second edition, thoroughly revised, with much additional matter. . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1851. 12mo, two volumes, original cloth, uncut edges.
KUGLER, Franz Theodor.—Handbook of Painting. The German, Flemish, Dutch, Spanish and French Schools. Partly translated from the German by a lady. Edited, with notes, By Sir Edmund Head, Bart. Illustrated Edition. London: John Murray, . . . 1854. 12mo, two volumes, original cloth, uncut edges.
LACKINGTON, James.—Memoirs of the Forty-Five First Years of the Life of James Lackington, the present Bookseller in Chiswell-street, Moorfields, London. Written by himself in forty-seven Letters to a Friend. With a triple Dedication . . . A new edition. Corrected and much enlarged . . . to which is also added, an Index. London: Printed for the Author . . . M D C C X C I V. 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allô.
Second edition. Four portraits of Lackington, and a coloured print of his shop, inserted.
LACKINGTON, James.—Memoirs of James Lackington, who from the humble ſtation of a Journey-man Shoemaker, by great induſtry, amaſſed a large fortune, and now lives in a ſplendid ſtile, in London. Containing, Among other curious and facetious Anecdotes, a ſuccinct account of the Watch nights, Claſſes, Bards, Love-feaſts, &c. of the Methodiſts; with ſpecimens of Mr. Wesley's and Mr. Whitfield's mode of preaching, and the means made uſe of by them in propagating their tenets. Written by himself. Formerly one of the brethren of Mr. Wesley's Church. Newburgh: Printed by D. Denniston, for J. Fellows, New York.—1796— 12mo, half calf.
LA FONTAINE, Jean de.—Tales and Novels in verse of J. de La Fontaine illustrated with the eighty fives original plates by Eisen . . . Paris J. Lemonnyer . . . 1883. 8vo, two volumes, original paper, uncut edges.
No. 35 of one hundred copies printed on Japanese paper. Portrait of La Fontaine by Ficquet after Hyacinthe Rigault, and of Eisen by Darodes after Ficquet's drawing from Vispré.
An orthographic curiosity. Reprinted from the so-called Moore translation, London, 1814. The French publisher has not only repeated the errors of the English edition, but has also created many more; "eighty-fives" on the title-page being a specimen.
LAING, David.—See Cunningham and Laing. Wilkie and Geddes.
LAMARTINE, Alphonse de.—History of the Girondists; or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From unpublished sources. By Alphonse de Lamartine, . . . Translated by H. T. Ryde. London: George Bell & Sons, . . . 1883. Post 8vo, three volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Three frontispiece-portraits and three inserted plates, besides an autograph letter of Mirabeau.
LAMB and LLOYD.—Blank Verse, by Charles Lloyd and Charles Lamb. London: printed by T. Bensley; for John and Arthur Arch . . . 1798. Small 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
First edition.
LAMB, Charles.—John Woodvil a tragedy. By C. Lamb. To which are added, Fragments of Burton, the author of the Anatomy of Melancholy. London: printed by T. Plummer . . . for G. and J. Robinson . . . 1802. Small 8vo, maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition.
LAMB, Charles and Mary.—Tales from Shakespear. designed for the use of young persons. By Charles Lamb. Embellished with copper-plates. . . . London: printed for Thomas Hodgkins, at the Juvenile Library, Hanway-street (opposite Soho-Square), Oxford-street; and to be had of all booksellers. 1807. 12mo, two volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, emblematic corners, gilt edges, by Lortic.
First edition: with twenty plates.
LAMB, Charles.—Tales from Shakespeare. Designed for the Use of Young Persons. By Mr. and Miss Lamb. Sixth edition. Ornamented with engravings, from designs by Harvey. [woodcut] London: Baldwin and Cradock, . . . 1838. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
LAMB, Charles and Mary.—Tales from Shakspeare. By Charles and Mary Lamb. New York: Frank H. Dodd, . . . 1864. 16mo, half blue straight-grain morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
LAMB, Charles.—Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the Time of Shakespeare: with Notes. By Charles Lamb London: printed for Longman . . . 1808. Crown 8vo, olive morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
First edition.
LAMB, Charles.—Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakespeare. With Notes. By Charles Lamb. A new edition . . . London: Edward Moxon . . . MDCCCXXXV. Foolscap 8vo, two volumes, olive morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
LAMB, Charles.—The Adventures of Ulysses. By Charles Lamb. London: Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars, for the Juvenile Library, . . . 1808. 12mo, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
First edition. Frontispiece and engraved title by Heath after Corbould.
LAMB, Charles.—Beauty and the Beast: or, a rough outside with a gentle heart. A Poetical Version of an Ancient Tale. Illustrated with a series of engravings, And Beauty's Song at her Spinning Wheel, Set to Music by Mr. Whitaker. London: Printed for M. J. Godwin, at the Juvenile Library, . . . [1813] 16mo, boards, uncut edges, with the original paper covers bearing the date 1813. Enclosed in a citron morocco case.
First edition. Eight plates, one coloured, and folded leaf of Music score.
LAMB, Charles.—Beauty and the Beast by Charles Lamb, with an Introduction by Andrew Lang. London: Field & Tuer [n. d.] Square 8vo, citron levant morocco, back panels and side corners decorated with a conventional flower gilt and inlaid in blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Kaufmann.
One of ten copies with the eight plates coloured by hand.
LAMB, Charles.—The Works of Charles Lamb. In two volumes. . . . London: Printed for C. and J. Ollier, . . . 1818. Small 8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, filleted side panels, gilt top, uncut edges, by the Marygold Bindery.
First edition. Volume I is dedicated to Coleridge, Volume II to Martin Charles Burney.
LAMB, Charles.—Elia. [28] Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine, [from August, 1820 to October, 1822] London: printed for Taylor and Hessey, Fleet-Street. 1823. Crown 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back and side borders in compartments, figured green silk linings, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First issue of the first edition. "Valentine's Day" appeared in The Indicator February 14, 1821.
The present copy was rebound from the original boards, with paper label, as issued.
LAMB, Charles.—The Last Essays of Elia. Being a sequel to essays published under that name. London: Edward Moxon, . . . 1833. Crown 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back and side borders in compartments, figured green silk linings, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. Twenty-three essays which appeared in the London Magazine, the Englishman's Magazine, the New Monthly Magazine, and the Athenæum from January, 1823, to February, 1833.
LAMB, Charles.—Album Verses, with a few others, by Charles Lamb. London: Edward Moxon, . . . 1830. 8vo, red morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Stikeman.
First edition. Robert Southey's copy, with his autograph dated Keswick. 31 July, 1830.
LAMB, Charles.—Satan in Search of a Wife; with the whole process of his Courtship and Marriage, and who danced at the wedding. By an Eye Witness. [vignette] London: Edward Moxon, [Bradbury and Evans, Printers] . . . M. DCCC. XXXI. 16mo, red levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, with the original pink paper covers bound in, by J. Larkins.
First edition. Four full-page woodcuts, and one vignette, besides that on the title-page.
LAMB, Charles.—Rosamund Gray: Recollections of Christ's Hospital etc etc. By Charles Lamb. London: Edward Moxon . . . MDCCCXXXV. Crown 8vo, olive morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
LAMB, Charles.—The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb. A new edition London: Edward Moxon . . . MDCCCXXXVI. Foolscap 8vo, olive morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
LAMB, Charles.—The Letters of Charles Lamb, with a Sketch of his Life. By Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. London: Edward Moxon . . . M D CCCXXXVII. Crown 8vo, two volumes, olive morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
First edition. Three portraits by E. Smith after William Hazlitt, Finden after Wageman, and by Brook Pulham.
LAMB, Charles.—Final Memorials of Charles Lamb; consisting chiefly of his Letters not before published with Sketches of some of his Companions. By Thomas Noon Talfourd . . . London: Edward Moxon . . . 1848. Crown 8vo, two volumes, olive morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
First edition.
LAMB, Charles.—(I.-III.) The Works of Charles Lamb. In four volumes [with Life by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd] London: Edward Moxon . . . 1850 (IV.) Rosamund Gray, Essays, Poems, etc. By Charles Lamb London: Edward Moxon . . . MDCCCXLIX. Post 8vo, four volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Portrait by Finden after Wageman.
LAMB, Charles.—The Works of Charles Lamb. A new edition. . . . Boston: William Veazie. 1865. 8vo, five volumes, half blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Portrait by H. Wright Smith after T. Wageman. Large paper copy, one hundred printed.
LAMB, Charles and Mary.—Mary and Charles Lamb: Poems, Letters, and Remains: now first collected, with reminiscences and notes. By W. Carew Hazlitt. With Portrait, and numerous Facsimiles and Illustrations of their Favourite Haunts in London and the Suburbs. London: Chatto and Windus . . . 1874. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
LAMB, Charles.—A Bibliography of the first editions in book form of the writings of Charles and Mary Lamb published prior to Charles Lamb's death in 1834 by Luther S. Livingston New York printed for J. A. Spoor at the De Vinne Press 1903. 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
One of ninety copies printed on Van Gelder paper. Six portraits on Japan paper, and numerous facsimiles.
LAMB, Charles.—See Coleridge, S. T. Proctor, B. W.
LAMBERT, Osmund.—Angling Literature in England; and Descriptions of Fishing by the Ancients: with a notice of some books on other piscatorial subjects. By Osmund Lambert. London: Sampson Low &c [Chiswick Press] 1881. Small 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, with the original vellum covers bound in, by Zaehnsdorf.
LAMBORN, Robert H.—Mexican Painting and Painters A Brief Sketch of the Development of the Spanish School of Painting in Mexico By Robert H. Lamborn, . . . [3 illustrations] New York 1891. 4to, cloth, uncut edges.
No. 100 of five hundred copies printed for the author. Presentation copy, with autograph letter inserted.
LANCASHIRE BALLADS.—Ballads & Songs of Lancashire Chiefly Older than the 19th Century. Collected, compiled, and edited, with notes, by John Harland, . . . [cut] London Whittaker & Co. . . . 1865. 4to, cloth, uncut edges.
LANCASTER INDIAN TREATY.—A Treaty, Held at the Town of Lancaſter, in Pennsylvania, By the Honourable the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, And the Honourable the Commiſſioners for the Provinces of Virginia and Maryland, with the Indians of the Six Nations, In June, 1744. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New-Printing-Office, near the Market. M, DCC,XLIV. Folio, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pratt.
LANCIANI, Rodolfo.—Ancient Rome in the light of recent discoveries by Rodolfo Lanciani, . . . With one hundred illustrations Boston and New York Houghton, Mifflin and Company . . . 1889. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
LANDON, Letitia Elizabeth.—The Poetical Works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon. . . . A new edition. . . . London: printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, . . . 1839. Post 8vo, four volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Portrait by Finden after Maclise and four plates by C. Heath, J. Mitchell, E. J. Portbury and W. Finden after J. M. Wright, C. C. Pyne, and H. Howard.
LANDOR, Walter Savage.—The Poems of Walter Savage Landor. London: printed for T. Cadell, junr. and W. Davies, . . . MDCCXCV. 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
First edition.
LANDOR, Walter Savage.—Gebir, Count Julian, and other Poems. By Walter Savage Landor, Esq. London: Edward Moxon . . . 1831. Small 8vo, calf gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.
First edition.
LANDOR, Walter Savage.—Pericles and Aspasia by Walter Savage Landor, Esq . . . London Saunders and Otley . . . 1836. 12mo, two volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, narrow side borders, gilt over uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru.
First edition. Dedication to the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Advertisement dated "Villa Fiesolana, July 4, 1835."
LANDOR, Walter Savage.—Pericles & Aspasia Walter Savage Landor London Printed at the Chiswick Press for George Bell & Sons 1903. Folio, original cloth, uncut edges.
Two hundred copies printed, with frontispiece, portrait, and woodcut title-page by Alfred A. Longden.
LANDOR, Walter Savage.—The Pentameron and Pentalogia. London Saunders and Otley . . . 1837. 12mo, half blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Champs.
First edition.
LANDOR, Walter Savage.—Andrea of Hungary, and Giovanna of Naples. By Walter Savage Landor. London: Richard Bentley . . . MDCCCXXXIX. 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Krafft.
First edition.
LANDOR, Walter Savage.—Fra Rupert the last part of a Trilogy. The first being Andrea of Hungary, the second being Giovanna of Naples. By Walter Savage Landor. London: Saunders and Otley, . . . 1840. 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Krafft.
First edition.
LANDOR, Walter Savage.—The Works of Walter Savage Landor. . . . London: Edward Moxon, . . . M DCCC XLVI. Royal 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
LANDOR, Walter Savage.—The Hellenics of Walter Savage Landor. Enlarged and completed. London: Edward Moxon, . . . M DCCC XLVII. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
LANDOR, Walter Savage.—Imaginary Conversations of Greeks and Romans. By Walter Savage Landor. London: Edward Moxon . . . 1853. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
LANDSEER, Thomas, editor.—Life and Letters of William Bewick (Artist) edited by Thomas Landseer, A. R. A. London: Hurst and Blackett, . . . 1871. Crown 8vo, two volumes, original cloth, uncut edges.
Portrait of Bewick by Brown after Macartan.
LANE, Edward William.—An account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833,—34, and—35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825,—26,—27, and—28. By Edward William Lane . . . The third edition, with large additions and improvements. London: Charles Knight and Co., . . . MDCCCXLII. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
One hundred and twenty-eight woodcut illustrations.
LANG, Andrew.—Ballads and Lyrics of Old France: with other poems. By A. Lang. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1872. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
LANG, Andrew.—A. Lang XXII Ballades in Blue China [vignette] London C. Kegan Paul & Co., . . . M DCCC LXXX. 16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, centre ornaments, gilt top, uncut edges, with the original vellum covers bound in.
First edition.
LANG, Andrew.—Helen of Troy by A. Lang. London: George Bell and Sons . . . 1882. Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges.
First edition, with autograph letter of the author inserted.
LANG, Andrew.—Rhymes a la Mode by A. Lang. London Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., . . . MDCCCLXXXV. Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges.
First edition. Large paper copy, fifty printed, with frontispiece by Abbey.
LANG, Andrew.—In the wrong Paradise and other stories by Andrew Lang. London Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., . . . 1886. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
LANG, Andrew.—Letters to Dead Authors by Andrew Lang. London Longmans, Green, and Co. . . . 1886. Crown 8vo, half vellum, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition.
LANG, Andrew.—The Mark of Cain by Andrew Lang . . . Bristol J. W. Arrowsmith . . . 1886. Foolscap 8vo, original paper covers.
First edition.
LANG, Andrew.—Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang London Longmans, Green, and Co. 1886 . . . Royal 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
First edition. No. 33 of one hundred large paper copies printed.
LANG, Andrew.—Books and Bookmen By Andrew Lang . . . New York George J. Coombes . . . [Riverside Press] 1886. 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
No. 38 of one hundred large paper copies printed, with fourteen illustrations.
LANG, Andrew.—Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang. London Longmans, Green and Co. 1887. 8vo, half cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
Second edition with additions and illustrations. Printed on handmade paper.
LANG, Andrew.—A. Lang. XXXII Ballades in Blue China. London Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., . . . MDCCCLXXXVIII. Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, fifty printed.
LANG, Andrew, editor.—Ballads of Books. Edited by Andrew Lang. London Longmans, Green, and Co . . . 1888 . . . 8vo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition. No. 18 of one hundred and thirteen large paper copies printed.
LANG, Andrew.—Grass of Parnassus. Rhymes old and new by Andrew Lang. London Longmans, Green, and Co . . . 1888. Foolscap 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
LANG, Andrew.—The Gold of Fairnilee. By Andrew Lang. Frontispiece [in colour] by T. Scott. Drawings [14 in colour] by E. A. Lemann. Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, . . . London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., . . . [1888] Royal 4to, half vellum, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition. No. 84 of a limited edition printed upon large paper.
LANG and SYLVESTER.—The Dead Leman and other tales from the French by Andrew Lang and Paul Sylvester. London Swan Sonnenschein & Co . . . 1889. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
LANG, Andrew.—Prince Prigio by Andrew Lang . . . Twenty-seven Illustrations by Gordon Browne. 1889. Bristol J. W. Arrowsmith . . . Square post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
LANG, Andrew.—Lost Leaders by Andrew Lang London Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., . . . 1889. 8vo, original paper covers, uncut edges.
First edition. No. 86 of one hundred large paper copies printed.
LANG, Andrew.—How to fail in Literature: a lecture by Andrew Lang. 1890. London: Field & Tuer . . . Square 16mo, original covers, uncut edges.
First edition.
LANG, Andrew.—Old Friends essays in epistolary parody by Andrew Lang. [frontispiece] London. Longmans, Green, and Co . . . 1890. Crown 8vo, half vellum, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition.
LANG, Andrew.—Angling Sketches by Andrew Lang with three etchings and numerous illustrations by W. G. Burn-Murdoch. London Longmans, Green, and Co . . . 1891. Royal 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
First edition. No. 59 of one hundred and fifty large paper copies printed.
LANG, Andrew, editor.—The Blue Poetry Book edited by Andrew Lang with numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. London. Longmans, Green, and Co . . . 1891. Royal 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
First edition. No. 32 of one hundred and fifty large paper copies printed.
LANG and DOBSON.—The Library by Andrew Lang with a chapter on Modern English Illustrated Books by Austin Dobson Second edition London Macmillan & Co. . . . 1892 . . . Royal 8vo, buckram, uncut edges.
No. 93 of three hundred large paper copies printed: three plates (two coloured) and twenty-two woodcuts.
LANG, Andrew, editor.—The Green Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang [vignette] With numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford London Longmans, Green, and Co. . . . 1892 . . . Royal 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
First edition. No. 78 of one hundred and fifty large paper copies printed.
LANG, Andrew.— . . . Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son, by Andrew Lang . . . Illustrated by Gordon Browne Published at Bristol by J. W. Arrowsmith, . . . and at London by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company . . . [1893.] 4to, half vellum, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition. No. 20 of a large paper edition.
LANG, Andrew.—The Tercentenary of Izaak Walton. By Andrew Lang. London: printed for private circulation only. 1893. 4to, vellum boards, uncut edges.
Only a few copies printed for private circulation. Portrait and other illustrations.
LANG, Andrew, editor.—The Yellow Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang [vignette] With numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford London Longmans, Green, and Co. . . . 1894 . . . Royal 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
First edition. No. 124 of one hundred and forty large paper copies printed.
LANG, Andrew.—Ban and Arrière Ban a rally of fugitive rhymes by Andrew Lang. London Longmans, Green & Co . . . 1894 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
First edition. No. 64 of seventy large paper copies printed, with frontispiece.
LANG, Andrew.—See Aucassin and Nicolete. Colonna, Francesco.
LANGHORNE, John.—The Fables of Flora. By Dr. [John] Langhorne London: printed by T. Rickaby for E. and S. Harding . . . MDCCXCIV. 12mo, green levant morocco, gilt back, wide border on the sides, gilt edges, by Rivière.
Twenty-two illustrations by Stothard and others.
LANGHORNE, John.—The Fables of Flora, by Dr. Langhorne . . . To which is prefixed a Life of the Author, By F. Blagdon . . . London: printed for B. Crosby and Co . . . 1804. 12mo, half blue levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges, by Krafft.
Twenty-two vignettes and floral tail-pieces by Stothard.
LANTHORN BOOK.—The Lanthorn Book being a small collection of Tales and Verses read at The Sign o' the Lanthorn 126 William Street. New York [1898] Royal 8vo, half ooze calf, uncut edges.
No. 14 of one hundred and twenty-five copies printed: with illustrations.
LARNED, Walter Cranston.—Churches and Castles of Mediæval France by Walter Cranston Larned Illustrated New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1895. 12mo, cloth, uncut edges.
LARWOOD and HOTTEN.—The History of Signboards, From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. By Jacob Larwood and John Camden Hotten. With one hundred illustrations in fac-simile by J. Larwood. . . . [vignette] Fourth edition. London: John Camden Hotten, . . . 1868. . . . 4to, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
One of one hundred large paper copies printed, with seventy-two additional illustrations of ancient signboards, and other reminiscences of Old London.
LAS CASES, Count Augustin de.—Memorial de Sainte Helene. Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena by the Count de Las Cases. . . . London: printed for Henry Colburn and Co. 1823. 8vo, eight parts in four volumes, blue straight-grain morocco, gilt back, gilt edges.
Two maps, a plan, and a view.
LATHY, Thomas Pike.—The Angler; a Poem, in ten cantos: with proper instructions in the Art, rules to choose Fishing Rods, Lines, Hooks, Floats, Baits, and to make Artificial Flies; receipts for pastes &c., and, in short, every article relating to the sport. By Piscator [T. P. Lathy] [cut] London: Printed for W. Wright . . . and M. Iley . . . 1819. Square 8vo, red morocco, back tooled with appropriate emblems, sides panelled with a design in relief introducing portraits of Walton and Cotton, &c., gilt edges.
Large and thick paper copy, only twenty printed, with portrait, proof on India paper, by Scott after Cooper, and twenty-one woodcuts.
LAVATER, John Caspar.—Aphorisms on Man: translated from the original manuscript of The Rev. John Caspar Lavater . . . London: printed for J. Johnson . . . MDCCLXXXVIII. Small 8vo, orange levant morocco, Janseniste, uncut edges, by R. W. Smith.
William Blake's copy with his autograph, manuscript notes, and a proof impression of his frontispiece.
LAVATER, John Caspar.—Essays on Physiognomy, designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind. By John Caspar Lavater . . . illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied, and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D. D. . . . London: Printed for John Murray, . . . H. Hunter, . . . and T. Holloway, . . . MDCCLXXXIX (XCII and printed by T. Bensley, . . . for John Stockdale, . . . 1810.) 4to, three volumes divided in five, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Carayon.
Large paper copy.
LAWRENCE, John and Edward.—The Gentleman's Recreation: or the Second Part of the Art of Gardening improved. Containing several New Experiments and Curious Observations relating to Fruit-Trees: Particularly, a New Method of building Walls with Horizontal Shelters. Illuſtrated with Copper Plates. . . . By John Lawrence, M. A. Rector of Yelvertoft in Northamptonſhire. To which is added by way of Appendix, A new and familiar way to find a moſt exact Meridian Line by the Pole-Star; whereby Gentlemen may know the true Bearings of their Houſes and Garden Walls, and regulate their Clocks and Watches, &c. By Edward Lawrence, Brother to the Author of this Book. The Second Edition. London: Printed for Bernard Lintott . . . 1717. Crown 8vo, calf, gilt top, uncut edges.
Frontispiece of a house and garden, another plate, folded, and four woodcuts on page 57.
LAYARD, Austen Henry.—Ninevah and its Remains: with an account of a visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, of Devil-Worshippers; and an enquiry into the manners and arts of the ancient Assyrians. By Austen Henry Layard . . . Third edition London: John Murray . . . 1849. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
One hundred plates, woodcuts, and plans.
LAYARD, Austen Henry.—Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon; with travels in Armenia, Kurdestan and the Desert: being the result of a Second Expedition undertaken for the trustees of the British Museum. By Austen H. Layard . . . with maps, plans, and illustrations. London: John Murray . . . 1853. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
LEE, Sidney.—A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee Illustrated library edition London Smith, Elder, & Co., . . . 1899 . . . Royal 8vo, ornamental maroon cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
Coloured frontispiece, six photogravures, and eighty-four woodcuts in the text.
LEE, Sophia.—The Chapter of Accidents: a comedy, in five acts, As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market. Written by Miss Lee. London: Printed for T. Cadell, . . . M. DCC. LXXX. 8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. Prologue by George Colman.
LEE, Sophia and Harriet.—Canterbury Tales. By Sophia and Harriet Lee. Revised, corrected, and illustrated with a new preface, by Harriet Lee. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . . . 1832. Post 8vo, two volumes, half red morocco, uncut edges.
Frontispieces and vignettes engraved on steel.
LEE, William.—Daniel Defoe: his life, and recently discovered writings: extending from 1716 to 1729. By William Lee. London: John Camden Hotten, . . . 1869. 8vo, three volumes, original cloth, uncut edges.
Woodcut portraits and views. Volume I contains the Life, Volumes II and III the Writings.
LEE, William.—A Chronological Catalogue of the Works of Daniel Defoe. By William Lee. Only twelve copies separately printed. Not for Sale. 1869. 4to, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Reprinted from Lee's "Life of Defoe," 1869.
LE GALLIENNE, Richard.—The Book-Bills of Narcissus an account rendered by Richard Le Gallienne. Printed and published by Frank Murray Derby . . . 1891. 8vo, original covers, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, one hundred printed.
LE GALLIENNE, Richard.—See Gale, Hayes, and Le Gallienne.
LE GRAND, J. B.—Fabliaux or Tales, abridged from French manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries by M. Le Grand, selected and translated into English verse, [by G. L. Way] With a preface and notes. . . . [by G. Ellis] London: printed by W. Bulmer and Co. . . . 1796 . . . Royal 8vo, two volumes, red straight-grain morocco, gilt back, side corners, gilt edges, by Hering.
Large paper copy of the first edition: with fifty woodcuts by Bewick.
LE GRAND, J. B.—Fabliaux or Tales, abridged from French manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries by M. Le Grand, selected and translated into English verse, by the late G. L. Way, . . . with A Preface, Notes, and Appendix, by the late G. Ellis, . . . [vignette] A new edition, corrected. . . . London: printed for J. Rodwell, . . . by S. Hamilton, . . . 1815. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Second edition: woodcuts by Bewick.
LE GRAND, J. B.—Partenopex de Blois, a romance, in four cantos. Freely translated from the French of M. Le Grand; with notes: by William Stewart Rose. London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, . . . 1807. 4to, original boards, uncut edges.
Two full-page plates and five vignettes after R. Smirke.
LE HOUX, Jean.—The Vaux-de-Vire of Maistre Jean le Houx, Advocate, of Vire. Edited and translated By James Patrick Muirhead, . . . With a portrait [by J. Richardson Jackson after a miniature] and [7] other illustrations. London: John Murray, . . . M DCCC LXXV. . . . 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
LEHRS, Max.—. . . The Playing Cards of the Master Es of 1466 reproduced by the heliographic process with an explanatory essay by Max Lehrs [vignette] Agents of the [International Chalcographical] Society: . . . London Bernard Quaritch . . . 1892. Folio, original boards.
Forty-five figures on thirteen plates.
LELAND, Charles Godfrey.—Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition by Charles Godfrey Leland . . . London T. Fisher Unwin . . . M DCCC XCII. Royal 8vo, decorated cloth, uncut edges.
Coloured frontispiece and sixty-seven illustrations in the text.
LEMPERLY, Paul.—Vanities in Verse . . . Paul Lemperly, Cleveland. Printed by F. H. on the Marion Press, Jamaica, Long Island. MDCCCXCVII. 12mo, original vellum covers, uncut edges.
Fifty-seven copies printed.
LE SAGE, Alain René.—The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. Translated from the French of Le Sage. By T. Smollett, M. D. To which is prefixed a Memoir of the Author, by Thomas Roscoe. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. . . . London: Effingham Wilson, . . . 1833. Post 8vo, two volumes, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by V. Krafft.
Two imaginary portraits by J. Smith after J. K. Meadows, and ten plates by Cruikshank.
LE SAGE, Alain René.—The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane translated from the French by Tobias Smollett preceded by a biographical and critical notice of Le Sage By George Saintsbury With Twelve Original Etchings by R. de Los Rios . . . London J. C. Nimmo and Bain . . . 1881. 8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
No. 41 of one hundred large paper copies printed, with proof etchings on Japan paper.
LE SAGE, Alain René.—Asmodeus or the Devil upon two Sticks preceded by dialogues, serious and comic between two chimneys of Madrid translated from the French of Alain René Le Sage With Four Original Etchings by R. de Los Rios London J. C. Nimmo and Bain . . . 1881. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
No. 41 of one hundred large paper copies printed, with proof etchings on Japan paper.
LE SAGE, Alain René.—The Bachelor of Salamanca translated from the French of Alain René Le Sage by James Townsend With Four Original Etchings by R. de Los Rios London J. C. Nimmo and Bain . . . 1881. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
No. 41 of one hundred large paper copies printed, with proof etchings on Japan paper.
LE SAGE, Alain René.—The History of Vanillo Gonzales surnamed the Merry Bachelor translated from the French of Alain René Le Sage . . . With Four Original Etchings by R. de Los Rios London J. C. Nimmo and Bain . . . 1881. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
No. 41 of one hundred large paper copies printed, with proof etchings on Japan paper.
LESLIE, Charles Robert.—Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, Esq. R. A. composed chiefly of his letters. By C. R. Leslie, R. A. . . . London: James Carpenter, . . . [Chiswick] 1843. 4to, half brown morocco, uncut edges.
First edition. A presentation copy from the author. Mezzotint portrait by David Lucas after Leslie, twenty-two other plates, all by Lucas after Constable.
Inserted are two autograph letters, one from Constable and one from Leslie.
LESLIE, Charles Robert.—Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, Esq. R. A. composed chiefly of his letters. By C. R. Leslie, R. A. . . . Second Edition. London: Longman, . . . 1845. 4to, cloth, uncut edges.
Two portraits of Constable, lithographs on India paper, and mezzotints of "Spring," "Little Roxalana," and "Hampstead Heath;" the last two being added.
LESLIE, Charles Robert.—A Hand-Book for Young Painters. By C. R. Leslie, . . . with illustrations. [24] London: John Murray, . . . 1855. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
LESLIE, Charles Robert.—Autobiographical Recollections. By the late Charles Robert Leslie, R. A. Edited, with a prefatory Essay on Leslie as an artist, and selections from his correspondence. By Tom Taylor . . . London: John Murray . . . 1860. Crown 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Portrait of Leslie, engraved by William Holl.
LESLIE and TAYLOR.—Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: with notices of some of his contemporaries. Commenced by Charles Robert Leslie, R. A. continued and concluded by Tom Taylor, M. A. . . . with portraits and illustrations. London: John Murray . . . 1865. 8vo, two volumes in four, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.
Illustrated and extended to four volumes by the insertion of three hundred and forty plates, including a large number of mezzotint portraits and other subjects after Reynolds, for the most part proofs, some in the first state. Of the other plates, the majority are India proofs and proofs before letters.
LESLIE, Eliza, editor.—The Gift: a Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840. Edited by Miss Leslie. [Volume IV.] Philadelphia: Carey & Hart. [1839] 12mo, maroon morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges.
Engraved title and eight other plates by J. Cheney, J. B. Forrest, and others after T. Sully, C. R. Leslie, and others.
Advertisement dated Philadelphia, May 1, 1839.
Contains the first publication of Poe's "William Wilson."
LESLIE, George Dunlop.—Our River. . . . By George D. Leslie, R. A. Illustrations by the author. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., . . . 1881. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
Thirteen full-page India proof illustrations, and twenty-five other woodcuts.
LESTER, C. Edwards.—The Artists of America: a series of Biographical Sketches of American Artists; with portraits and designs on steel. By C. Edwards Lester. New York: Baker & Scribner 1846. 8vo, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by Trioullier.
Eight portraits engraved by Burt, and a plate by Pease after Inman.
LETTER.—A Letter from a Lady to her Husband Abroad. . . . London: Printed for J. Roberts, . . . and ſold by A. Dodd, . . . and E. Nutt, . . . M. dcc. xxviii. Folio, boards, by The Club Bindery.
Contains the half-title.
LETTER.—A Letter from a Right Honourable Person. And the Anſwer to it, Tranſlated into Verſe, as nearly as the different Idioms of Prose and Poetry will allow. With Notes Hiſtorical, Critical, Political, &c. London: Printed for W. Nicoll . . . M DCCLXI. 4to, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery.
LEVEE.—The Levee. A Farce. As it was Offer'd to, and accepted for Repreſentation by the Maſter of the Old-Houſe in Drury-Lane, but by the Inspector of Farces denied a Licence. London: Printed for M. Cooper, . . . M DCC XLIV. . . . 8vo, olive morocco, Janseniste, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
The editors of Biographia Dramatica record this play with the note: "Anon. We find mention made of this piece in the Appendix to Mr. Oulton's List, but have never met with it."
"The Levee," by John Kelly, 8vo, 1741, was also "offered to, and accepted for representation by, Fleetwood, the manager of Drury Lane Theatre; but was denied a license."
Collation: Title, one leaf (verso blank). "Dramatis Perſonae," one leaf (verso blank). Text, B1-G1 in fours. Pages 1-42. G2 blank.
LEVER, Charles James.—Arthur O'Leary: his wanderings and ponderings in many lands. Edited by his friend, Harry Lorrequer, and illustrated by George Cruikshank. . . . London: Henry Colburn, . . . 1844. Crown 8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition. Portrait and nine other plates.
Presentation copy from the author, with his inscription on the title-page.
LEVER, Charles James.—Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon. Edited by Harry Lorrequer, with [44] illustrations by Phiz. [H. K. Browne] . . . Dublin William Curry, Jun and Company. . . . M DCCC XLV. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Originally published in the "Dublin University Magazine," 1840.
LEVER, Charles James.—The Knight of Gwynne; A Tale of the Time of the Union. By Charles Lever, . . . With [40] illustrations by "Phiz" [H. K. Browne] . . . London: published by Chapman and Hall. M DCCC L. 8vo, two volumes, original cloth, uncut edges.
LEVER, Charles James.—The Daltons or Three Roads in Life. By Charles Lever . . . with illustrations by Phiz [H. K. Browne] London: Chapman and Hall . . . 1852. 8vo, two volumes, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pratt.
First edition, bound from the parts, with forty-eight illustrations.
LEVER, Charles James.—Roland Cashel. By Charles Lever, . . . With [40] illustrations by Phiz. [H. K. Browne] . . . London: Chapman and Hall, . . . M DCCC LX. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
LEVER, Charles James.—One of Them by Charles Lever, . . . With [30] illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, . . . M DCCC LXI. . . . 8vo, brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. The dedication to James Whiteside, M. P., is dated Spezia, December 20, 1860. On the fly-leaf is the inscription, "With the Authors respects."
LEVER, Charles James.—Barrington. By Charles Lever, . . . With [25] illustrations by Phiz. [H. K. Browne] London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1863. . . . 8vo, original cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
LEVER, Charles James.—Tony Butler . . . William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London M D CCC LXV . . . Crown 8vo, three volumes, original green cloth, uncut edges.
First edition in book form. Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine
On the half-title is the inscription, "To my old & much valued friend G. Hamilton Seymour fr the author C. L."
LEVER, Charles James.—Luttrell of Arran by Charles Lever, . . . with illustrations (31) by "Phiz" [H. K. Browne] London: Chapman and Hall . . . MDCCCLXV. 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by R. de Coverly.
First edition.
LEWES, George Henry.—The History of Philosophy from Thales to Comte. By George Henry Lewes. Third edition. . . . London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1867. . . . 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
LEWIS, George.—A series of Groups, illustrating the Physiognomy, Manners, and Character of the People of France and Germany. By George Lewis. London. Published for the Author, by John and Arthur Arch, . . . 1823. 4to, half morocco, uncut edges.
Fifty-two plates, printed on India paper, and indexed as sixty illustrations. They were made for Dibdin's "Tour in France and Germany."
LEWIS, John.—The Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton, of the Weald of Kent; the First Printer in England. In which is given an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Art of Pryntyng in England, during his Time, till 1493. Collected by John Lewis, Minister of Mergate in Kent London: Printed in the Year M DCCXXXVII. 8vo, red morocco, gilt back, corner ornaments on the sides, wide inside borders, vellum linings, gilt edges.
Portrait of Caxton by Bagford, and two plates of paper-marks.
LEWIS, John.—The Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton. 1737. 8vo, grey morocco, gilt back and side panels, crest and monogram T. W. on the sides, gilt edges, by Lewis.
Large and thick paper copy, one hundred and fifty printed. The author's own copy, with his manuscript additions and corrections.
LEWIS, Matthew Gregory.—The Monk. A Romance . . . By M. G. Lewis, Esq. M. P. Waterford: Printed for J. Saunders: 1796. 12mo, three volumes, citron levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
Second edition. To avert prosecution (on account of its immorality) for the publication of this work, Lewis pledged himself to recall the printed copies of the first edition, 1795, and to omit the objectionable passages in future editions. It is difficult, therefore, to procure a copy of the first impression.
LEWIS, Matthew Gregory.—The Monk: a romance. By M. G. Lewis. Paris: printed for Theophilus Barrois, junior . . . M D C C C V I I. 12mo, three volumes in two, half grey morocco, uncut edges.
LEWIS, Matthew Gregory.—Tales of Wonder: written and collected by M. G. Lewis, Esq. M. P. . . . London: printed by W. Bulmer and Co. . . . and sold by J. Bell, . . . 1801. Royal 8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
Large paper copy.
LEWIS, Thomas.—Origines Hebrææ: the Antiquities of the Hebrew Republick. In four books. I. The Origin of the Hebrews . . . II The Ecclesiastical Government . . . III Places of Worship . . . IV The Religion of the Hebrews . . . Design'd as an Explanation of every Branch of the Levitical Law, and of all the Ceremonies and Usages of the Hebrews, both Civil and Sacred. By Thomas Lewis London: Printed for Sam. Illidge . . . and John Hooke . . . MDCCXXIV.-V. 8vo, four volumes, Cambridge panelled calf, gilt back and sides, red edges, by Bedford.
LIBERTINE'S CHOICE.—The Libertine's Choice: or, The Miſtaken Happineſs of the Fool in Fashion. London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills, . . . 1709. Small 8vo, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery.
LIECHTENSTEIN, Marie, Princess.—Holland House. By Princess Marie Liechtenstein, [portrait] with numerous illustrations . . . Second Edition. London: Macmillan and Co 1874. 8vo, two volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.
In addition to the thirteen steel plates and facsimiles and eighty-eight woodcuts issued with these volumes, one hundred and ten portraits and views have been inserted, forty of this number being proofs on India paper.
LIÈVRE, Edouard.—Art Gems. A series of thirty high-class engravings from pictures by the most eminent painters, ancient and modern. Produced under the direction of Edouard Lièvre, with notices of the artists and their works. Henry Sotheran, . . . London, . . . [Chiswick Press] 1873. Folio, cloth, uncut edges.
LIÈVRE, Édouard.—Works of Art in the Collections of England drawn by Édouard Lièvre . . . and engraved by Bracquemond, Courtry, Flameng, Greux, Le Rat, Lhermitte, J. Lièvre, Muzelle, Rajon, Randall and Valentin. Holloway and Son . . . London [n. d.] Folio, uncut edges, in half cloth portfolio.
Only five hundred copies printed. Fifty plates on India paper.
LILLO, George.—Lillo's Dramatic Works with Memoirs of the Author by Thomas Davies. Second Edition improved. . . . London. Printed for W. Lowndes . . . 1810. 12mo, two volumes, sprinkled calf, citron edges, by Bedford.
LINDLEY, John.—The Pomological Magazine; or, figures and descriptions of the most important varieties of Fruit cultivated in Great Britain London: James Ridgway . . . MDCCCXXVIII. &c. Royal 8vo, three volumes, green morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford.
The complete work with the final title-pages, "Pomologia Britannica," dated 1841. The plates are one hundred and fifty-two in number, coloured, chiefly by Mrs. Withers.
LINDSAY, Alexander William Crawford, Lord.—Sketches of the History of Christian Art. By Lord Lindsay London: John Murray . . . 1847. 8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
LINGARD, John.—The History of England, from the first Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of William and Mary In 1688. By John Lingard, D. D. Copyright edition, with ten portraits newly etched by Damman. . . . London: J. C. Nimmo & Bain, . . . 1883. 8vo, ten volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
No. 2 of one hundred and fifty copies printed, with extra proof impressions of the ten portraits on India paper.
LIPPMANN, Friedrich.—The Art of Wood-Engraving in Italy in the Fifteenth Century by Friedrich Lippmann . . . English edition with extensive corrections and additions by the author, which have not appeared in the German original. London Bernard Quaritch MDCCCLXXXVIII. Imperial 8vo, half orange morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Fifty-nine illustrations in facsimile accompany the text.
LIPPMANN, Friedrich.—. . . 1895 The Seven Planets by F. Lippmann translated by Florence Simmonds [vignette] Agents of the [International Chalcographical] Society: London Asher & Co. . . . Folio, buckram, gilt top, uncut edges.
Forty-three plates and four woodcuts in the text.
LIVINGSTON, William.—The Independent Reflector: or, Weekly Eſſays on Sundry Important Subjects. More particularly adapted to the Province of New-York. . . . New-York: [James Parker] Printed (until tyrannically suppreſſed) in M D CCLIII. Folio, original dark brown morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges. Bound with two other works.
The first magazine published in New York City, in fifty-two numbers, from Thursday, November 30, 1752, through Thursday, November 22, 1753.
The tone of the Essays was such that the writer was denounced from the pulpit and the printer menaced into discontinuance of the publication.
The present copy contains the preliminary leaf of Advertisement, the general title, and the Preface of thirty-one pages, dated New York, January 19, 1753.
Bookplate of William Peartree Smith, engraved by Thomas Johnston.
LIVINGSTONE, David.—Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa; and a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the west coast; thence across the continent, down the river Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean. By David Livingstone, . . . [vignette] With portrait, maps by Arrowsmith, and numerous illustrations. London: John Murray, . . . 1857. . . . 8vo, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
LIVINGSTONE, David and Charles.—Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries; and of the discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864. By David and Charles Livingstone. [vignette] With map and illustrations. London: John Murray, . . . 1865. . . . 8vo, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
LLOYD, Charles.—Poems on various subjects by Charles Lloyd. . . . Carlisle: printed by F. Jollie, for J. Richardson, Penrith; and sold by C. Law, London; T. Pearson, Birmingham. M,DCC,XCV. 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition: with the final leaf of Errata, N4.
LLOYD, Charles.—The Duke D'Ormond, a tragedy; and Beritola, a tale. By Charles Lloyd. London: Longman, Hurst, &c. . . . 1822. Post 8vo, green levant morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
LLOYD, Charles.—See Coleridge, S. T. Lamb, Charles.
LLOYD, Robert.—See Arne, Thomas A.
LOBEIRA, Vasco.—Amadis of Gaul, by Vasco Lobeira. [from the Spanish version of Garciordonez de Montalvo, by Robert Southey] London: Printed by N. Biggs . . . for T. N. Longman and O. Rees . . . 1803. 12mo, four volumes, sprinkled calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—London Lyrics. By Frederick Locker. London: Basil Montagu Pickering . . . 1862. Post 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
This volume of poems was extended and rearranged in subsequent editions after its first appearance in 1857.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—London Lyrics by Frederick Locker. Sixth edition. Strahan & Co . . . London 1872. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
Includes eleven pieces "now first collected and published."
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—London Lyrics By Frederick Locker Seventh edition W. Isbister & Co. . . . London 1874. Post 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
Cosmopolitan Club edition, with presentation leaf signed by the author, and eight pieces "now first collected and published."
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—London Lyrics by Frederick Locker a new edition enlarged and finally revised. Henry S. King & Co. London 1876. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
Portrait. Mr. Locker stated that a fourth of this edition was destroyed by a fire at his publisher's.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—London Lyrics by Frederick Locker. London [printed by Whittingham] 1881. 8vo, vellum, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, one hundred printed. One of six copies with frontispiece in two states, one on India paper. India proof portrait of Locker inserted; and India proof illustration at page 102. The illustrations are by Caldecott and Kate Greenaway. Autograph letters of Locker and Kate Greenaway inserted.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—London Lyrics by Frederick Locker. New York Printed for the Book Fellow's Club 1883. 16mo, cloth, uncut edges.
Etched portrait and numerous woodcuts. Ninety-four copies printed on Holland paper for the Bookfellow's Club.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—London Lyrics by Frederick Locker. New York White, Stokes, & Allen 1884. 16mo, original covers, uncut edges.
Portrait by Du Maurier.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—London Lyrics by Frederick Locker London Kegan Paul, Trench & Co MDCCCLXXXV. 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
Large paper copy, fifty printed, with etched portrait of Locker and the "Fairy Connoisseurs," frontispiece by Cruikshank.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker. With illustrations by Richard Doyle. London: Edward Moxon & Co., . . . 1865. Square post 8vo, original cloth covers designed by Leighton, uncut edges.
First edition. Etched portrait of Locker by Millais, and nineteen other illustrations.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick, editor.—Lyra Elegantiarum a collection of some of the best specimens of Vers de Société and Vers d'Occasion in the English language by deceased authors. Edited by Frederick Locker . . . London: Edward Moxon & Co., . . . 1867. Foolscap 8vo, cloth gilt, uncut edges.
First edition. The selection from Landor, forty pieces, was omitted in later editions.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick, editor.—Lyra Elegantiarum a collection of some of the best social and occasional verse by deceased English authors. Revised and enlarged edition. Edited by Frederick Locker-Lampson, Assisted by Coulson Kernahan. Ward, Lock, and Co., London, . . . 1891. 4to, half vellum, gilt top, uncut edges.
No. 35 of two hundred and fifty large paper copies printed, with etched portrait.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—Poems by Frederick Locker [Not Published] London: John Wilson . . . 1868. Crown 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
One hundred copies printed by Whittingham, frontispiece by George Cruikshank. Presentation copy from the author with his autograph.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—Poems. 1868. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, twenty printed, of which but thirteen contain coloured impressions of the frontispiece by George Cruikshank, as in this copy.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—Poems. 1868. Square 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Another large paper copy, with the frontispiece by Cruikshank coloured. A letter from Locker is inserted in which he gives a chronological list of the various editions of his books.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—Patchwork by Frederick Locker. London Smith, Elder, & Co., . . . 1879. Post 8vo, blue levant morocco, maroon russia linings, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
First edition. Large paper copy, presented by the author to Henry G. Bohn.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, Frederick.—The Rowfant Library. A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Drawings and Pictures, collected by Frederick Locker-Lampson. Bernard Quaritch, London, 1886. 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
One hundred and fifty copies printed, with etched frontispiece by George Cruikshank, one of the first two hundred and fifty impressions of the plate, and a poem by Andrew Lang.
LOCKHART, John Gibson.—See Spanish Ballads.
LOCKMAN, John.—Pastoral Stanzas. Written on Occaſion of the Marriage of C. Phipps, Eſquire, With the Honourable Miſs Lepel Hervey. By Mr. Lockman. . . . London, M DCC XLIII. 4to, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery.
LOCKMAN, John.—To the long-conceal'd First Promoter of the Cambrick and Tea-Bills: an epistle. Writ at the Close of Laſt Session of Parliament. By Mr. Lockman. . . . London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by M. Cooper, . . . M dcc xlvi. . . . 4to, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery.
Contains the final leaf of Advertisement.
LODGE, Edmund.—Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility and the public collections of the country. With biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions, by Edmund Lodge, . . . London: printed for Harding, Mavor, and Lepard. 1835. 4to, twelve volumes, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
Large paper copy. Two hundred and forty plates in two states, proofs before and after letters, and cancels.
LOFTIE, W. J., editor.—The Latin Year Compiled by the Rev. W. J. Loftie, . . . With illustrations by Robert Bateman. London Basil Montagu Pickering . . . [Chiswick Press] 1873. 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
Printed upon vellum.
LOFTIE, W. J.—Catalogue of the Prints and Etchings of Hans Sebald Beham, painter, of Nuremberg, citizen of Frankfort, 1500-1550. London: Mrs. Noseda, . . . 1877. Small 8vo, vellum boards, uncut edges.
One hundred copies printed on drawing paper.
LOFTIE, W. J.—A History of London. By W. J. Loftie, . . . with maps and illustrations. . . . London: Edward Stanford, . . . 1883. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
LOFTIE, W. J.—Kensington Picturesque & Historical by W. J. Loftie, . . . with upwards of three hundred illustrations (some in colours) By William Luker Jun. from drawings taken on the spot. . . . London Field and Tuer, . . . M DCCC LXXXVIII. Royal 8vo, cloth.
LONDON.—Select Views of London and its Environs; containing A Collection of highly-finished engravings, from original paintings and drawings, accompanied by copious letter-press descriptions of such objects in the Metropolis and the Surrounding Country as are most remarkable for Antiquity, Architectural Grandeur, or Picturesque Beauty. London: published by Vernor and Wood &c. 1804. Royal 4to, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews.
Large paper copy, with the sixty-five illustrations duplicated by a set on India paper, and in addition many in a third state,—the engraver's etching.
LONG VACATION.—The Long Vacation: a Satyr. Adddreſ'd to all Diſconſolate Traders. London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills, . . . 1709. Small 8vo, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth, editor.—Novelas Españolas. El Serrano de las Alpujarras; y el Cuadro misterioso. [By George W. Montgomery] Brunswick: imprenta de Griffin . . . 1830. 12mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by David.
First edition. Preface by Longfellow.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Syllabus de la Grammaire Italienne. Par H. W. Longfellow, . . . Boston: Gray et Bowen: MDCCCXXXII. 12mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by David.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth, translator.—Coplas de Don Jorge Manrique, translated from the Spanish, with an Introductory Essay on the Moral and Devotional Poetry of Spain. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston: Allen and Ticknor. 1833. 12mo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, side panel, gilt top, by Alfred Matthews.
First edition of Longfellow's first separate publication, containing nine sonnets, of which only seven have been retained in subsequent editions.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Outre-Mer; a Pilgrimage beyond the Sea. No. I. . . . Boston: Hilliard, Gray, & Co. [Printed by J. Griffin, Brunswick, Maine] M DCCC XXXIII. 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by David.
First edition of Volume I. The publication in numbers was discontinued after No. II, 1834, and the whole work appeared in 1835. See the following item.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Outre-Mer; a pilgrimage beyond the sea.—New York: published by Harper & brothers, . . . 1835. 12mo, two volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by David.
Second edition, but the first edition of the complete work. Two chapters in Volume I and the whole of Volume II are new. In Volume II "Coplas de Manrique" and its introductory essay are reprinted.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Hyperion, a Romance. By the author of "Outre-Mer." New York: . . . Samuel Colman, . . . 1839. 12mo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rousselle.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Voices of the Night. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Cambridge: published by John Owen. M DCCC XXXIX. Small 8vo, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Poems on Slavery. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Cambridge: . . . John Owen MDCCCXLII. 16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by David.
First edition, with the original glazed paper covers and the inscription "Samuel Rogers Esq. from the Author."
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—The Belfry of Bruges and other Poems. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Cambridge: . . . John Owen. 1846. 12mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by David.
First edition, with the original white and gold covers, and date 1845 preserved.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth, editor.—The Estray: A Collection of Poems . . . Boston: William D. Ticknor & Co. 1847. 16mo, red levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
The "Proem" only, "Once Into a Quiet Village," is by Longfellow, the other pieces are early contributions by Bryant, Lowell, Whittier, Emerson, and others.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Evangeline, a tale of Acadie. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company. 1847. 16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, uncut edges, in a citron levant case elaborately tooled, by Rivière.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—H. W. Longfellow Évangéline conte d'Acadie traduit Par Charles Brunel deuxième édition illustrée de 45 vignettes sur bois Par Jane E. Benham, Birket Foster et John Gilbert Paris . . . Hachette et Cie . . . 1872. 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Champs.
One of the few copies printed on India paper, with the original covers.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Kavanagh, a Tale. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. MDCCCXLIX. 16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by David.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Kavanagh: a tale. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. . . . Illustrated with [40] original designs by Birket Foster, engraved by H. N. Woods. London: W. Kent and Co. . . . MDCCCLVIII. 8vo, cloth, gilt edges.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Kavanagh. Forty touched proofs of the illustrations after designs by Birket Foster, on India paper. [London 1858] 4to, half green morocco.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—The Seaside and the Fireside. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields. MDCCCL. 16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Meunier.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—The Golden Legend. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, [woodcut of a cross] Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. M DCCC LI. 12mo, citron levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
First issue of the first edition. "This is one of the few poems of Longfellow in which the text of the first edition differs from that in current impressions, the part spoken by the girl and all allusions to her, in the Refectory scene, being suppressed in later editions."
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—The Golden Legend. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, [woodcut of a cross] Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. M DCCC LII. 12mo, original cloth.
Second issue of the first edition, although dated 1852 instead of 1851. The sheets are the same in both issues.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—La Légende Dorée et poèmes sur l'esclavage de W. W. Longfellow traduits par Paul Blier et Edward MacDonnell suivis de quelques poésies par P. B. . . . Valenciennes L. Henry . . . 1864. 8vo, half blue morocco, gilt back, uncut edges.
No. 19 of twenty-five copies printed on vellum paper.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—The Song of Hiawatha. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, MDCCCLV. 16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by David.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—The Courtship of Miles Standish, and other poems. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. M DCCC LVIII. 12mo, original cloth, gilt edges.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Tales of a Wayside Inn. by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1863. 12mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over marbled edges, by David.
First edition, with woodcut frontispiece.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—The Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Revised edition Boston, Ticknor and Fields 1866. 12mo, seven volumes, orange levant morocco, gilt and mosaic back, gilt top, uncut edges, by David.
Large paper copy, one hundred printed. Autograph letter of Longfellow to Dr. Abbott inserted, also eight portraits and twenty-five views, for the most part proofs on India paper.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Flower-de-Luce. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With illustrations Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1867. Square 16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by David.
First edition, frontispiece and four other woodcuts engraved by Anthony.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—The New-England Tragedies. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I. John Endicott. II. Giles Corey of the Salem Farms. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1868. 12mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Meunier.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—The Divine Tragedy, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Boston James R. Osgood and Co 1871. 16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by Meunier.
One of two editions published in 1871. The other is an 8vo, printed on thick paper in larger type.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Three Books of Song. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1872. 16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Meunier.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Aftermath. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, . . . 1873. 16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Meunier.
First edition, with woodcut frontispiece.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—The Masque of Pandora and other poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Boston James R. Osgood and Company . . . 1875. 12mo, original cloth.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Excelsior by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow With [15] Illustrations [by A. R. Waud, W. Homer, T. Moran, J. McEntee, Charles Kendrick, A. V. S. Anthony, and F. T. Merrill] Boston James R. Osgood and Company . . . 1878. Square 12mo, original cloth, gilt edges.
First separate published edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—Kéramos and other poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Boston Houghton, Osgood & Company . . . 1878. 12mo, original cloth.
First edition.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.—See Bryant, William Cullen. 1826.
LONGFELLOWIANA.—The Longfellow Collectors' Hand-book A Bibliography of First Editions New York William Evarts Benjamin . . . 1885. 16mo, half vellum, uncut edges.
No. 77 of two hundred and fifty copies printed. Presentation copy from the editor, Beverly Chew.
LOOKER-ON, The.—See British Essayists.
LORRAINE, Claude de.—Liber Veritatis. Or, a Collection of two hundred prints, after the original designs of Claude de Lorrain, in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, executed by Richard Earlom, in the manner and taste of the drawings. To which is added a descriptive catalogue of each print. Together with The Names of thoſe for whom, and of the Places for which the Original Pictures were firſt painted, (Taken from the Hand-writing of Claude de Lorrain himſelf on the Back of each Drawing) and Of the preſent Possessors of many of the Original Pictures. . . . Publiſhed by the Proprietor, John Boydell, Engraver, . . . London. M DCC LXXVII. [-M DCCCXIX] Folio, three volumes, scored russia, gilt back, gilt and blind-tooled side borders, gilt edges.
First edition. Mezzotint portraits of Claude by Josiah Boydell, of Richard Earlom by Lupton after Stuart, and, inserted, a portrait of Alderman John Boydell by B. Smith after C. Borckhardt. In each volume are one hundred aquatints after Claude.
Volume III is published by Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1819.
The Beckford copy.
LOSSING, Benson John.—The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, illustrations, by pen and pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence. By Benson J. Lossing. With several hundred engravings on wood by Lossing and Barritt, chiefly from original sketches by the author. . . . New York: Harper & Brothers, . . . 1851. Royal 8vo, two volumes, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
Inserted is an autograph letter from Lossing.
LOSSING, Benson John.—The Home of Washington and its Associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial. New edition, revised, with additions. By Benson J. Lossing. Illustrated by numerous engravings, chiefly from original drawings by the author, engraved by Lossing and Barritt. New York: W. A. Townsend, . . . 1865. 4to, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
Large paper copy, one hundred printed. Frontispiece of Mount Vernon by J. Duthie after G. I. Parkeyns, portrait of Washington by G. R. Hall after Stuart, and numerous woodcuts.
LOSSING, Benson John.—A Memorial of Alexander Anderson, M.D., the First Engraver on Wood in America. Read before the New York Historical Society, Oct., 5, 1870. By Benson J. Lossing. New York: printed for the subscribers: 1872. 4to, half maroon morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bradstreet.
Illustrated with thirty-seven woodcuts and a copper-plate portrait of Dr. Mitchill.
LOUNGER, The.—See British Essayists.
LOVE FEAST.—The Love-Feast. A poem. By the Author of The Saints, a Satire; . . . London, Printed for J. Bew, . . . M DCCLXXVIII. 4to, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery.
LOVE POEMS.—Musa Proterva: Love-Poems of the Restoration. Edited by A. H. Bullen. [Nimmo] London: privately printed. 1889. 4to, half calf, gilt top, uncut edges.
LOVE POEMS.—Speculum Amantis: Love-Poems from rare song-books and miscellanies of the seventeenth century. Edited by A. H. Bullen. London. [Nimmo] Privately printed 1889. 4to, half calf, gilt top, uncut edges.
LOVE THE LEVELLER.—See B., G.
LOVE VERSES. Consisting of I. An Elegy to Damon. II. An Elegy, in anſwer to the foregoing. III. The Recantation. An Ode. . . . London: Printed for T. Davies, . . . M DCC LXI. . . . 4to, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery.
LOWE, Robert W.—A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature from the earliest times to the present day by Robert W. Lowe London John C. Nimmo . . . M DCCC LXXXVIII. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
No. 62 of one hundred large paper copies printed.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Class Poem . . . (Cambridge Press: Metcalf, Torry, and Ballou) . . . MDCCCXXXVIII. 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, filleted side panel, gilt edges, by David.
First edition. Presentation copy to "Professor Channing with the author's respects," with the original covers.
LOWELL, James Russell.—A Year's Life. By James Russell Lowell . . . Boston: C. C. Little and J. Brown. MDCCCXLI. 16mo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, quintuple interlaced fillet on the sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru.
First edition.
LOWELL and CARTER, editors.—The Pioneer. A Literary and Critical Magazine. J. R. Lowell and R. Carter, Editors and Proprietors. January, 1843 [-March, 1843] Vol. 1.—No. I. [-Vol. I.—No. III.] . . . Boston: Leland and Whiting, . . . [Philadelphia: Drew and Scammel, . . .] Royal 8vo, three numbers in one volume, green levant morocco, gilt back, side corners, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
Only these three numbers of this magazine were published. Lowell's articles were never reprinted in his Works, although they have been issued in book form.
Four plates by J. Cheney and J. Andrews (3) after Flaxman, one by Andrews after I. B. Wright, and one drawn and etched by D. C. Johnston.
Lowell's contributions are Introduction and Book Notices, Sonnet (p. 25), The Plays of Thomas Middleton (32-39), Song Writing (73-79), To M. O S. (p. 90), The Street (p. 131).
Poe contributed The Tell-tale Heart (29-31), Lenore (60-61), and Notes upon English Verse (102-112).
Hawthorne contributed The Hall of Fantasy (49-55) and The Birth-Mark (113-119). Mrs. Browning, The Maiden's Death (112). Whittier, Lines written in the Book of a Friend (79-81), and W. W. Story, Longing (29), A Lament (100-102), and John Flaxman (132-140).
LOWELL, James Russell.—Poems by James Russell Lowell. Cambridge: published by John Owen. MDCCCXLIV. 16mo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, quintuple interlaced fillets on the sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru.
First edition. The dedication is dated Cambridge, December 15, 1843.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Poems. 1844. 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Alfred Matthews.
Large and thick paper copy, with portrait by H. B. Hall after Page, and an autograph letter, both inserted.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Poems by James Russell Lowell. London: C. E. Mudie, . . . 1844. Post 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
First London edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Conversations on some of the Old Poets. By James Russell Lowell. . . . Cambridge: published by John Owen. MDCCCXLV. 8vo, white vellum side bands and corners finished with gold ornaments, uncut edges, in a brown levant case, by Cobden-Sanderson.
First edition, with the original covers in colours.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Poems by James Russell Lowell. Second series. Cambridge; published by George Nichols . . . 1848. 16mo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, quintuple interlaced fillets on the sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Melibœus-Hipponax. The Biglow Papers, edited, with an introduction, notes, glossary, and copious index, by Homer Wilbur, A. M. . . . Cambridge: published by George Nichols. 1848. 12mo, original cloth.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—. . . A Fable for Critics; or . . . a glance at a few of our literary progenies (Mrs. Malaprop's word) from the Tub of Diogenes; that is, a series of jokes By A Wonderful Quiz, . . . set forth in the year '48 by G. P. Putnam, Broadway. 12mo, red levant morocco, gilt top, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—The Vision of Sir Launfal. By James Russell Lowell. Cambridge: published by George Nichols. 1848. 12mo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by David.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Fireside Travels. By James Russell Lowell. . . . Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1864. 12mo, original cloth.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Melibœus-Hipponax. The Biglow Papers. Second Series. . . . Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1867. 12mo, original cloth.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Under the Willows and other poems. By James Russell Lowell. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., . . . 1869. 12mo, original cloth, gilt top.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—The Cathedral. By James Russell Lowell. [woodcut] Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1870. 12mo, original cloth.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Among my Books. By James Russell Lowell, A. M., . . . Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1870[-76.] 12mo, two volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt fillets, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—My Study Windows. By James Russell Lowell. . . . Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, . . . 1871. 12mo, original cloth.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Democracy and other Addresses by James Russell Lowell. Boston . . . Houghton, Mifflin and Company . . . 1887. 12mo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Political Essays by James Russell Lowell. Boston . . . Houghton, Mifflin and Company . . . 1888. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Heartsease and Rue by James Russell Lowell. Boston . . . Houghton, Mifflin and Company . . . 1888. 12mo, boards, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition, with portrait.
LOWELL, James Russell.—[Half title] The Writings of James Russell Lowell . . . Cambridge Printed at the Riverside Press 1890 [-1892] 8vo, twelve volumes, half vellum, uncut edges.
No. 140 of three hundred large paper copies printed for America: with three portraits.
The set originally contained ten volumes, dated 1890. The additions are "Latest Literary Essays and Addresses," dated 1891, and "The Old English Dramatists," 1892.
LOWELL, James Russell.—Il Pesceballo opera in one act Italian Words by Francis James Child English Version by James Russell Lowell Chicago The Caxton Club 1899. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
One of two hundred and seven copies printed on American hand-made paper.
LOWNDES, William Thomas.—The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books . . . With Bibliographical and Critical Notices, Collations . . . and Prices . . . By William Thomas Lowndes. London: W. Pickering. 1834. 8vo, four volumes, russia, gilt edges.
Thick paper copy.
LOWNDES, William Thomas.—The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature, containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing . . . By William Thomas Lowndes. New edition, revised, corrected and enlarged . . . By Henry G. Bohn London: Bell & Daldy . . . 1869. 8vo, six volumes, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, one hundred printed.
LUCAN.—See Rowe, Nicholas.
LÜBKE, Wilhelm.—History of Art, by Dr. Wilhelm Lübke . . . Translated by F. E. Bunnètt. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1868. Royal 8vo, two volumes, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
Illustrated with four hundred and three engravings.
LÜBKE, Wilhelm.—Ecclesiastical Art in Germany during the middle ages by Dr Wilhelm Lübke . . . translated from the fifth German edition with appendix By L. A. Wheatley Illustrated with 184 Engravings. Edinburgh Thomas C. Jack, . . . 1870. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
LÜBKE, Wilhelm.—History of Sculpture, from the earliest ages to the present time. By Dr. Wilhelm Lübke, . . . Translated by F. E. Bunnètt. With numerous [377] illustrations—London: Smith, Elder and Co., . . . 1872. 4to, two volumes, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
LUCAN.—Lucan's Pharsalia; Translated into English Verse, By Nicholas Rowe, Esq: London, Printed for T. Johnson M.DCC.XX. Post 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allô.
LUCIAN.—Lucian's True History translated by Francis Hickes illustrated by William Strang J. B. Clark and Aubrey Beardsley with an introduction by Charles Whibley London privately printed M DCCC XCIV. 4to, buckram, uncut edges.
No. 23 of fifty-four copies printed on Japanese vellum. Greek and English text; with sixteen full-page illustrations.
LUNATIC—The Lunatick. A Comedy. Dedicated to the Three Ruling B——S at the New-Houſe in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. London: Printed, and Sold by B. Bragg at the Blew-Ball in Ave-Mary-Lane. 1705. Price One Shilling. 4to, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
First edition. A-F in fours, title on A1.
LYDEKKER, R.—See Hutchinson, Gregory, and Lydekker.
LYELL, Sir Charles.—A Second Visit to the United States of North America. By Sir Charles Lyell, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1849. Crown 8vo, two volumes, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
LYELL, Sir Charles.—A Manual of Elementary Geology: or, the ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments. By Sir Charles Lyell, . . . Fourth and entirely revised edition. Illustrated with 500 woodcuts. London: John Murray, . . . 1852. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
LYELL, Sir Charles.—Principles of Geology; or, the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. By Sir Charles Lyell, . . . Ninth and entirely revised edition. Illustrated with Maps, Plates, and Woodcuts. London: John Murray, . . . 1853. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
LYELL, Sir Charles.—The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man with remarks on theories of the origin of species by variation By Sir Charles Lyell, . . . Illustrated by woodcuts London John Murray, . . . 1863. . . . 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
LYRE OF LOVE.—See Courtier, Peter L.
LYRICS.—French Lyrics Selected and annotated by George Saintsbury. London. Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co MDCCCLXXXII. 8vo, citron levant morocco, back and sides tooled in compartments with mosaic in green and red morocco, doubled with red morocco, wide dentelle border, silk linings, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
No. 15 of fifty large paper copies printed, with a frontispiece on India paper.
LYTTELTON, George, Lord.—The Poetical Works of George Lord Lyttelton with Additions: To which is prefixed an account of his Life. London: Printed by C. Whittingham . . . for Cadell and Davies, . . . 1801. 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews.
Large paper copy. Engraved title with portrait of Lyttelton after B. West, and eleven plates by Burney and others, including portraits of Lyttelton, Pitt, and Glover (India proofs), all inserted.
LYTTON, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, (First) Lord.—The Wanderer. By Owen Meredith . . . London: Chapman & Hall . . . 1859. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
MABERLY, J.—The Print Collector an introduction to the knowledge necessary for forming a collection of ancient prints. Containing suggestions as to the mode of commencing collector, the selection of specimens, the prices and care of prints. Also notices of the marks of proprietorship used by collectors, remarks on the ancient and modern practice of the art and a catalogue raisonné of books on engraving and prints. London Saunders and Otley, . . . MDCCCXLIV. 4to, half maroon morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews.
First edition.
Three plates of marks and numerous woodcut illustrations.