THE CATALOGUE (continued 4)
Reading edition
MABERLY, J.—The Print Collector. 1844. 4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews.
Another copy, illustrated by the insertion of eighty-five selected engravings, including examples of Goltzius, Beham, Durer, Aldegrever, Rembrandt, Hollar, Lucas van Leyden, Bartolozzi, Raphael Morghen, etc., also many proof portraits of the most famous engravers, print collectors, etc.
MABERLY, J.—The Print Collector an introduction to the knowledge necessary for forming a collection of ancient prints. By J. Maberly. With an appendix containing Fielding's Treatise on the Practice of Engraving. Edited with notes, an account of contemporary etching and etchers, and a bibliography of engraving, by Robert Hoe, Jr. [10 plates] New York Dodd Mead & Company 1880. 4to, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by Motte.
No. 38 of fifty large paper copies printed, with several inserted plates.
MABERLY, J.—The Print Collector. 1880. 4to, citron levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, corner ornaments, doubled with vellum, gilt over uncut edges, in a blue straight-grain morocco case, by Bedford.
The only copy printed upon vellum.
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.—Lays of Ancient Rome. By Thomas Babington Macaulay. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, . . . 1842. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.—Lays of Ancient Rome. By Thomas Babington Macaulay. With illustrations, original and from the Antique, drawn on wood by George Scharf, Jun. London: Longman . . . 1847. 4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, with the original covers bound in, by The Club Bindery.
First illustrated edition.
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.—Critical and Historical Essays, contributed to the Edinburgh Review, by Thomas Babington Macaulay London: Longman . . . 1843. 8vo, three volumes, half blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
First edition.
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.—The History of England from the Accession of James II. By Thomas Babington Macaulay [Vol. V. Edited by his sister, Lady Trevelyan] London . . . Longman . . . 1849-[55-61] 8vo, five volumes, half blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
First edition of each volume.
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.—The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Lord Macaulay. Cambridge. Printed at the Riverside Press 1866. 8vo, eight volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
One of four copies printed on Holland paper, with three hundred and eleven portraits inserted, including one hundred India proofs in addition to many prints in two states, proofs before and after letters. The rare portrait of Samuel Pepys engraved by White is one of the illustrations.
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.—The History of England. 1866. 8vo, eight volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Drany.
One of six special copies printed on drawing paper. The present copy is illustrated by the insertion of one hundred and thirty-three portraits and views, eighty-six being proofs on India paper, many before the letters. Included among the portraits are the mezzotint of Catherine of Braganza by Blooteling, India proofs before letters of the Duchesses of Portsmouth and Cleveland by Scriven, mezzotint of James II by Schenck, and the frontispiece, "History," by Bartolozzi.
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.—Speeches, [Parliamentary and Miscellaneous.] of the Right Honorable T. B. Macaulay, M. P. collected by himself London: Longman . . . 1854. 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.—The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay London: Longman . . . 1860. 8vo, two volumes, half blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Portrait of Macaulay engraved by C. Cook.
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.—See Trevelyan, George Otto.
MACKAY, Charles.—The Salamandrine; or, Love and Immortality. By Charles Mackay. . . . Third edition. London: G. Routledge & Co. . . . 1856. Foolscap 8vo, paper, uncut edges.
MACKENZIE, Henry.—The Works of Henry Mackenzie . . . Edinburgh: printed by James Ballantyne and Co. . . . 1808. Crown 8vo, eight volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
Five portraits and four plates inserted, five being proofs on India paper, and two proofs before letters.
MACKINTOSH, Sir James.—The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh. . . . London: printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, . . . 1846. 8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
MACKQUEEN, John.—British Valour triumphing over French Courage: under the Conduct of the Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Empire. Set forth in some Discourses on the Victories obtained over them at Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenard, the Taking of Lisle, the Reduction of Ghent and Bruges. . . . with a modest Character of his Grace. By John Mackqueen . . . London: Printed for J. Morphew . . . 1715. 8vo, contemporary red morocco, back and sides elaborately tooled.
Presentation copy from the author to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough.
MADAN, Falconer.—Books in Manuscript A Short Introduction to their Study and Use. With a Chapter on Records By Falconer Madan, . . . London Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., . . . M DCCC XCIII. 8vo, half vellum, uncut edges.
No. 18 of one hundred and fifty large paper copies printed; with woodcut title, and eight illustrations on Japan paper.
MAGNÚSSON, Eiríkr.—See Morris, William.
MAHAN, Alfred Thayer.—The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660-1783 by Captain A. T. Mahan . . . Eighth edition. Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1894. 8vo, cloth, gilt top.
MAHAN, Alfred Thayer.—The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812 by Captain A. T. Mahan, . . . Fifth edition. Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1894. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, gilt top.
MAHONY, Francis.—The Reliques of Father Prout . . . collected and arranged by Oliver Yorke, Esq. illustrated by Alfred Croquis, Esq . . . [by Francis Mahony] London: James Fraser . . . 1836. Post 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MAIDMENT, James, editor.—Scotish Ballads and Songs, historical and traditionary. Edited by James Maidment. [woodcut] Edinburgh.—M DCCC LXVIII. William Paterson, . . . Crown 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
MAISTRE, Xavier de.—A Journey round my Room by Xavier de Maistre translated from the French with a notice of the author's life By H. A. London Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. [Riverside Press, Cambridge] 1874. Post 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
Large paper copy.
MALLET (or MALLOCH), David, and James THOMSON.—Alfred: a Masque. Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By His Majesty's Servants. London: Printed for A. Millar, . . . M.DCC.LI. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by David.
Second edition: begun in collaboration with Thomson, but finished and rewritten by Mallet. The song "Rule Britannia" first appears in this book, on page 64.
A2-K4 in fours, title on A2.
MALLET, David.—The Works of David Mallet Esq; . . . A New Edition corrected [vignette] London: Printed for A. Millar, and P. Vaillant . . . MDCCLIX. 12mo, three volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.
MALLET, David.—Ballads and Songs by David Mallet. A new edition, with Notes and Illustrations, and a memoir of the author, by Frederick Dinsdale . . . London: Bell and Daldy . . . 1857. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
Eight steel plates, and fifteen other illustrations, also several pages of music score.
Richard Grant White's copy, with autograph.
MALLOCH, David.—See Mallet, David.
MALLOCK, William Hurrell.—The New Republic; or, culture, faith, and philosophy in an English country house. . . . London: Chatto and Windus, . . . 1877. . . . Crown 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MALLOCK, William Hurrell.—Social Equality a short study in a missing science by W. H. Mallock . . . London Richard Bentley & Son, . . . 1882 . . . Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MALLOCK, William Hurrell.—The Heart of Life. By W. H. Mallock. . . . London: Chapman & Hall, . . . 1895. Crown 8vo, three volumes, buckram, uncut edges.
First edition.
MALONE, Edmond.—An Inquiry into the Authenticity of certain Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments, published Dec. 24, M DCC XCV. and attributed to Shakspeare, Queen Elizabeth, and Henry, Earl of Southampton: illustrated by fac-similes of the genuine handwriting of that nobleman, and of Her Majesty; a new fac-simile of the hand-writing of Shakspeare, never before exhibited; and other authentick documents: in a Letter addressed to the Right Hon. James, Earl of Charlemont, By Edmond Malone, . . . London: Printed by H. Baldwin: . . . M DCC XCVI. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, side corners, gilt top, uncut edges.
Besides the three facsimiles, there are two inserted portraits, proofs before letter.
Malone's own copy, with his autograph on the fly-leaf, and the note, "Begun Jany 10. Began printing Jan. 18. Finished at the press March 28. 1796."
MANNING, Anne.—The Maiden & Married Life of Mary Powell, Afterwards Miſtreſs Milton. New York: Printed for M. W. Dodd, [by John Wilson and Sons, Cambridge, 1866.] 4to, half brown morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
No. 1 of one hundred large paper copies printed.
Originally published in Sharpe's Magazine, 1849.
MANNING, Francis.—Poems Written at different Times on Several Occasions, By a Gentleman who reſided many Years abroad in the Two laſt Reigns with a Publick Character. London: Printed by John Watts. MDCCLII. 4to, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
MANTELL, Gideon Algernon.—The Wonders of Geology; or, a familiar exposition of Geological Phenomena; being the substance of a course of lectures delivered at Brighton. By Gideon Algernon Mantell . . . Third edition London:—Relfe and Fletcher . . . 1839. 8vo, two volumes, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allô.
Mezzotint frontispiece by Martin, ten plates, and numerous woodcut illustrations.
MANTELL, Gideon Algernon.—The Medals of Creation; or first lessons in Geology and the study of organic remains. By Gideon Algernon Mantell . . . second edition, entirely rewritten. London: Henry G. Bohn . . . MDCCCLIV. Post 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Seven plates and two hundred and seventy-five lignograph illustrations.
MANUEL, Don Juan.—Count Lucanor: Or, the Fifty Pleaſant Stories of Patronio, Written by the Prince Don Juan Manuel, A.D. 1335-1347. Firſt done into Engliſh from the Spaniſh, by James York, Doctor of Medicine mdccclxviii. Baſil Montagu Pickering, Piccadilly in the City of Weſtminſter. Post 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
MANUSCRIPTS.—Catalogue of an Exhibition of Illuminated and Painted Manuscripts together with a few Early Printed Books with Illuminations—also some Examples of Persian Manuscripts—with plates in facsimile and an Introductory Essay New York. The Grolier Club 1892. 8vo, original binding, with an embroidered cover.
Three hundred and fifty copies printed. Twenty-two facsimile plates.
MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE.—The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre. Translated from the French. With a Memoir of the Author. By Walter K. Kelly. London: Henry G. Bohn . . . MDCCCLV. Post 8vo, half blue morocco, uncut edges.
Portrait of Margaret by Winchliff.
[MARLBOROUGH, John Churchill, Duke of.]—A Compleat Hiſtory of the Wars in Flanders, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and on the Rhine. Containing, A Particular Account of all the Glorious Victories and Memorable Sieges, during Her Majeſty's Auſpicious Reign, under the Command of the Illuſtrious Prince, John Duke of Marlborough, Lord Peterborough, and the Earl of Gallway: with the Several Sea-Fights, and Acquiſitions in the Mediterranean, Weſt-Indies, &c. Done from the moſt Authentick Accounts, and Original Letters of ſeveral Miniſters of State at Home and Abroad. London Printed, and Sold by J. How, . . . 1707. 12mo, sprinkled calf, citron edges.
Equestrian portrait of the Duke of Marlborough.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—The Naval Officer; or, scenes and adventures in the life of Frank Mildmay. . . . London: Henry Colburn, . . . 1829. Post 8vo, three volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—The King's Own By the author of "The Naval Officer." London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . . . 1830. 8vo, three volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Newton Forster; or, the merchant service. By the author of "The King's Own." London: James Cochrane and Co., . . . 1832. 8vo, three volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Jacob Faithful by the author of "Peter Simple," &c. London: Saunders and Otley, . . . 1834. 8vo, three volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—The Pacha of Many Tales by the author of "Peter Simple" &c. London Saunders and Otley, . . . 1835. 8vo, three volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Japhet in Search of a Father. By the author of "Peter Simple," &c London Saunders and Otley, . . . 1836. 8vo, three volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Mr. Midshipman Easy by the author of "Japhet, in Search of a Father," &c. London Saunders and Otley, . . . 1836. 8vo, three volumes, dark brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Peter Simple. By the author of "Newton Foster," "The King's Own," &c. . . . Illustrated Edition. London Saunders and Otley, . . . 1837. Post 8vo, three volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, side corners, gilt top, uncut edges, with the original blue cloth covers bound in, by The Club Bindery.
Twelve plates drawn and etched by R. W. Buss.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Snarleyow or the Dog Fiend. By the author of "Peter Simple," &c London: Henry Colburn, . . . 1837. 8vo, three volumes, dark green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—The Phantom Ship. By Capt. Marryat, R. N., . . . London: Henry Colburn, . . . 1839. Post 8vo, three volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—A Diary in America, with remarks on its institutions. By Captain Marryat, . . . London: printed for Longman, . . . 1839. Post 8vo, six volumes, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
First edition of both series, each in three volumes, with a large folded map.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Olla Podrida. By the author of "Peter Simple," &. &c. London: Longman . . . 1840. 8vo, three volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Poor Jack. by Captain Marryat, C. B. With illustrations by Clarkson Stanfield, R. A. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, . . . 1840. 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
First edition. Thirty-six full-page wood engravings, and eleven vignettes by Branston, Vizetelly, and Landells, after Stanfield.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Joseph Rushbrook; or, The Poacher. By the author of Peter Simple. London: Longman, . . . 1841. 8vo, three volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Masterman Ready; or, the Wreck of the Pacific. Written for young people, [his own children] By Captain Marryat. London: Longman . . . 1841. Foolscap 8vo, three volumes, green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, with the original covers inserted, by Rivière.
First edition, with ninety-three woodcut illustrations.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Percival Keene. By Capt. Marryat. London. Henry Colburn . . . 1842. 8vo, three volumes, brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet, in California, Sonora, & Western Texas. Written by Capt. Marryat, C. B. . . . London: Longman, Brown, &c. . . . 1843. Post 8vo, three volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—The Pirate, and the Three Cutters. By Captain Marryat, R. N. Illustrated with Twenty splendid Engravings from drawings by Clarkson Stanfield, . . . A. Fullarton and Co. . . . London . . . M DCCC XLV. 8vo, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—The Mission: or, Scenes in Africa. Written for young people. By Captain Marryat. . . . London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, . . . 1845. Post 8vo, two volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. Frontispieces and a map.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—The Privateer's-Man One Hundred Years ago. By Captain Marryat, R. N. London: Longman . . . 1846. Post 8vo, two volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—The Children of the New Forest by Capt. Marryat, R. N. . . . London: H. Hurst, . . . [n. d.] Post 8vo, two volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
Eight steel plates after Frank Marryat.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—The Little Savage. By Captain Marryat, R. N. . . . First Edition. London: H. Hurst, . . . 1848. Post 8vo, two volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
Eight full-page woodcuts.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—Valerie, an autobiography. By Captain Marryat, R. N. . . . London: Henry Colburn, . . . 1849. . . . Post 8vo, two volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Frederick.—See Howard, Edward.
MARRYAT, Joseph.—Collections towards a history of Pottery and Porcelain, in the 15th, 16th. and 18th. centuries: with a description of the manufacture, a glossary, and a list of monograms. By Joseph Marryat. Illustrated with [12] coloured plates and [118] woodcuts. London: John Murray, . . . 1850. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MARRYAT, Joseph.—Collections towards a history of Pottery and Porcelain. 1850. 4to, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Large paper copy.
MARRYAT, Joseph.—A History of Pottery and Porcelain, Mediaeval and Modern. By Joseph Marryat. Third edition, revised and augmented, with coloured plates [6] and numerous woodcuts [254] London: John Murray . . . 1868. 8vo, green levant morocco, back and sides tooled in the manner of Roger Payne, gilt edges, by Bedford.
MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius.—The Epigrams of Martial. Translated into English prose. Each accompanied by one or more verse translations, from the works of English poets, and various other sources. London: Henry G. Bohn . . . MDCCCLX. Post 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Stamper.
MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius.—Ex otio Negotium. or, Martiall his Epigrams translated . . . By R. Fletcher. London: printed for distribution amongst private subscribers only: MDCCCXCIII. 8vo, cloth, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges.
One hundred and five copies printed, with portrait of Martial.
MARTIN, Henri.—Martin's History of France. The Age of Louis XIV. By Henri Martin. Translated from the fourth Paris edition By Mary L. Booth. . . . Boston: Walker, Wise, and Company. 1865. Royal 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
One of seventy-five large paper copies printed, with two portraits.
MARTIN, Henri.—Martin's History of France. The Decline of the French Monarchy. By Henri Martin. Translated from the fourth Paris edition, By Mary L. Booth. . . . Boston: Walker, Fuller, and Company. 1866. Imperial 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
One of seventy-five large paper copies printed, with portrait and map.
MARTIN, John.—A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books, Privately Printed; including those of the Bannatyne, Maitland and Roxburghe Clubs, and of the Private Presses at Darlington, Auchinleck, Lee Priory, Newcastle, Middle Hill, and Strawberry Hill. By John Martin . . . London: J. and A. Arch . . . M.DCCC.XXXIV. Imperial 8vo, two volumes, purple morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Wickwar.
Large paper copy with two frontispieces, one coloured.
MARTIN, John, editor.—The Seven Ages of Shakspeare. [vignette] London: John Van Voorst, . . . M D CCC XL. 4to, cloth, gilt edges.
Nine full-page plates, one vignette, and two other illustrations, after Mulready, Constable, Wilkie, Landseer, and others.
MASKELL, William.—The Ancient Liturgy of the Church of England according to the uses of Sarum Bangor York & Hereford and the modern Roman Liturgy arranged in parallel columns by William Maskell . . . London William Pickering 1844. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
MASKELL, William.—A History of the Martin Marprelate Controversy in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, by the Rev. William Maskell . . . London William Pickering 1845. 8vo, calf, gilt back, by Rivière.
Large paper copy.
MASON, George C.—The Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart By George C. Mason With Selections from Stuart's Portraits Reproduced on Steel and by Photogravure [vignette portrait] New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1879. 4to, cloth, uncut edges.
Fourteen plates.
MASON, John.—A Brief History of the Pequot War: Especially Of the memorable Taking of their Fort at Mistick in Connecticut In 1637: Written by Major John Mason, A principal Actor therein, as then chief Captain and Commander of Connecticut Forces. With an Introduction and some Explanatory Notes By the Reverend Mr. Thomas Prince . . . Boston: Printed & Sold by S. Kneeland & T. Green . . . 1736. 4to, brown levant morocco, black ornament on the sides, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
MASSACHUSETTS BAY.—A brief Account of the State of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, Civil and Ecclesiastical. By a Lover of his Country. Boston: Printed by T. Crump, for Gillam Phillips, . . . 1717. Small 4to (four leaves), brown levant morocco, filleted back and sides, rough edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
MASUCCIO DI SALERNO.—The Novellino of Masuccio now first translated into English by W. G. Waters illustrated by E. R. Hughes, . . . London: Lawrence and Bullen . . . M DCCC XCV. Imperial 8vo, two volumes, half vellum, uncut edges.
No. 104 of two hundred and ten copies printed on Japanese vellum, with twenty plates in bistre.
MATHEWS, Anne Jackson.—Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian. By Mrs. Mathews. [vignette] Second edition. . . . London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1839. 8vo, four volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Seventeen portraits and scenes, the former including two of Mathews by W. Greatbatch after J. Lonsdale, J. Brown after Masquerier; the latter, for the most tinted, after drawings by Aug. Hervieu.
MATHIAS, Thomas James.—The Pursuits of Literature, a satirical poem in four dialogues, with notes. To which are added an appendix; the citations translated; and a complete index. The sixteenth edition. . . . London: printed for Becket and Porter, . . . by W. Bulmer and Co. . . . 1812. 4to, two volumes, green straight-grain morocco, gilt back, side corners, gilt edges, by C. Smith.
The first dialogue was first published in 1794, the second and third in 1796, and the fourth in 1797.
The present copy is illustrated by the insertion of over two hundred selected portraits, including many mezzotints and plates printed in colours. Some are private plates and many are proofs.
MATTHEWS, Brander.—Bookbindings Old and New Notes of a Book-Lover With an Account of the Grolier Club of New York By Brander Matthews Illustrated New York. Macmillan and Co. . . . M dcccxcv . . . 12mo, dark green velvet, back and side borders embroidered in gold and colours to simulate jewels, olive silk linings, gilt over uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
No. 19 of one hundred and fifty copies printed on Japanese vellum.
MAYHEW, Augustus and Horace.—The Image of his Father; or, one boy is more trouble than a dozen girls being a tale of a "young monkey." By the Brothers Mayhew. Illustrated by "Phiz." [H. K. Browne] London: H. Hurst, . . . 1848. Post 8vo, brown straight-grain morocco, gilt fillets, gilt top, uncut edges, with the original green cloth and gilt covers bound in, by The Club Bindery.
First edition: with eleven plates.
MAYHEW, Augustus.—Paved with Gold or the Romance and Reality of the London Streets. An Un-fashionable Novel. By Augustus Mayhew (one of the brothers Mayhew). With illustrations by H. K. Browne. London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1858. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition: with engraved title-page and twenty-six other plates.
MAYHEW and BINNY.—The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life. By Henry Mayhew, . . . and John Binny, . . . With numerous illustrations from photographs. London: Griffin, Bohn, and Company, . . . M D CCC LXII. 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt back, gilt top.
Folded frontispiece, fifty-two full-page woodcuts, and numerous illustrations in the text.
MAYHEW, Henry.—London Labour and the London Poor: the condition and earnings of those that will work, cannot work, and will not work. By Henry Mayhew. . . . London: Charles Griffin and Company, . . . [n. d.] 8vo, three volumes, half brown morocco, gilt back, gilt top.
MAYHEW, Henry.—London Labour and the London Poor; a Cyclopædia of the condition and earnings of
Those that will work,
Those that cannot work, and
Those that will not work.
By Henry Mayhew. Those that will not work.
Comprising,
Prostitutes.Swindlers.
Thieves.Beggars
By several contributors. With introductory essay on the agencies at present in operation in the metropolis for the suppression of vice and crime. By the Rev. William Tuckniss, . . . With [16] illustrations, [and 15 maps] London: Griffin, Bohn, and Company, . . . 1862. 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt back, gilt top.
MCCARTHY and PENNELL.—Charing Cross to St. Paul's Notes by Justin McCarthy, M. P. and [12] Plates and Vignettes from Drawings by Joseph Pennell London: Seeley and Co. . . . 1891. Folio, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
No. 24 of one hundred large paper copies printed.
McCREERY, John.—The Press, a poem. Published as a specimen of typography. By John McCreery. Liverpool: printed by J. McCreery, Houghton-Street. and sold by Cadell and Davies, Strand, London. 1803. [Part the second—London: printed by J. McCreery . . . 1827.] 4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt over marbled edges.
In addition to the cuts printed with this volume, one hundred and twenty-nine plates have been added, including many fine proofs and rare copper-plate engravings. These additions illustrate the various forms of printing and engraving, and are interspersed with portraits of printers, famous collectors, and writers.
McMASTER, John Bach.—Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters. By John Bach McMaster, . . . Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. . . . 1887. 12mo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition: with portrait by Albert Rosenthal after C. W. Peale.
McVICKAR, Harry Whitney.—The Evolution of Woman [cut] by Harry Whitney Mc.Vickar New York Harper & Brothers . . . 1896. Square 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
Twenty-two full-page coloured plates by the author, and twenty-two illustrations in the text.
Presentation copy, with autograph letter inserted.
MEERMAN, Gerard.—See Middleton and Meerman.
MEINHOLD, William.—Sidonia the Sorceress by William Meinhold translated by Francesca Speranza Lady Wilde. [Kelmscott Press, William Morris, 1893] Small folio, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
Printed upon vellum.
MELMOTH, William.—Of Active and Retired Life, an Epistle . . . London, Printed for T. Cooper . . . MDCCXXXV. Folio, red levant morocco, by The Club Bindery. Bound with ten other works.
First edition. Sixteen pages, including title.
MEMES, John S.—Memoirs of Antonio Canova, with a critical analysis of his works, and an historical view of Modern Sculpture . . . By J. S. Memes, . . . Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable & Co., . . . 1825. 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
Portrait and three plates of medals, etc.
MEMOIRS of the Little Man and the Little Maid: with some interesting particulars of their lives. Never before published. London: [Printed by C. Squire] published by B. Tabart & Co. . . . 1808. Small 4to, blue levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
Twelve aquatints dated May, 1807.
Title, six leaves of musical score, text: B-D in twos, and a final leaf of advertisement.
MENDOZA and ALEMAN.—. . . The Life and Adventures of Lazarillo de Tormes translated from the Spanish of Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza By Thomas Roscoe The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache or The Spanish Rogue By Mateo Aleman from the French edition of Le Sage By John Henry Brady With Eight Original Etchings by R. de Los Rios . . . London J. C. Nimmo and Bain . . . 1881. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
No. 41 of fifty large paper copies printed, with proof etchings on Japan paper.
MENZEL, Wolfgang.—German Literature by Wolfgang Menzel. Translated from the German, with notes by Thomas Gordon. Oxford: D. A. Talboys . . . MDCCCXL. Crown 8vo, four volumes, russia, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.
"MERCURIUS RUSTICUS."—See Dibdin, T. F.
MEREDITH, George.—Poems: by George Meredith. London: John W. Parker and Son, . . . [1851] Post 8vo, half brown levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition, with the slip of "Errata" at the end.
MEREDITH, George.—The Shaving of Shagpat. An Arabian Entertainment. By George Meredith. London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1856. 12mo, half brown levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—The Shaving of Shagpat an Arabian Entertainment. By George Meredith. A new edition. London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1865. Crown 8vo, half maroon levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
This edition has a frontispiece engraved on steel by J. Saddler after a design by F. Sandys.
MEREDITH, George.—The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. By George Meredith. London: Chapman and Hall . . . 1859. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half orange levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—Evan Harrington. By George Meredith. London: Bradbury & Evans . . . 1861. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half red levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—Modern Love and Poems of the English Roadside, with Poems and Ballads. By George Meredith London: Chapman and Hall . . . 1862. Post 8vo, half brown levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—Emilia in England. By George Meredith. London: Chapman & Hall, . . . 1864. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half olive levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—Rhoda Fleming. A Story. By George Meredith. London: Tinsley Brothers, . . . 1865. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half red levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—Vittoria by George Meredith. London: Chapman & Hall, . . . MDCCCLXVII. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half citron levant morocco, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—The Adventures of Harry Richmond. By George Meredith London: Smith, Elder & Co., . . . 1871. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half green levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—Beauchamp's Career. By George Meredith. London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1876. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half green levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—The Egoist a comedy in narrative by George Meredith. London Kegan Paul & Co., . . . 1879. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half brown levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—The Tragic Comedians. A Study in a well-known Story. (enlarged from the Fortnightly Review.) By George Meredith. London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1880. Post 8vo, two volumes, half brown levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—Poems and Lyrics of the Joys of Earth by George Meredith. London Macmillan and Co. 1883. Post 8vo, half brown levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—Diana of the Crossways A Novel By George Meredith. Considerably enlarged from "The Fortnightly Review." London: Chapman and Hall . . . 1885. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half blue levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life by George Meredith. London Macmillan and Co. . . . 1887. Post 8vo, half brown levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—A Reading of Earth by George Meredith. London Macmillan and Co . . . 1888. Post 8vo, cloth, half brown levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—One of our Conquerors. By George Meredith. London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1891. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half brown levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George.—Poems The Empty Purse with Odes to the Comic Spirit to Youth in Memory and Verses. By George Meredith. London Macmillan and Co. 1892. Post 8vo, half maroon levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
MEREDITH, George.—Jump to Glory Jane. By George Meredith. Edited and arranged by Harry Quilter. With forty-four designs invented, drawn, and written by Lawrence Housman. Swan, Sonnenschein & Co. . . . 1892. Crown 8vo, original vellum boards, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition. One thousand copies printed.
MEREDITH, George.—The Tale of Chloe—The House on the Beach—The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper. By George Meredith London Ward, Lock & Bowden, . . . 1894. Crown 8vo, half citron levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
MEREDITH, George—The Tale of Chloe—1894. 8vo, half vellum, uncut edges.
No. 30 of two hundred and fifty large paper copies printed, with portrait and view on Japan paper.
MEREDITH, George.—Lord Ormont and his Aminta. A Novel. By George Meredith. London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1894. Crown 8vo, three volumes, half blue levant morocco, uncut edges, by Carayon.
First edition.
"MEREDITH, Owen."—See Lytton, Lord.
[MÉRIMÉE, Prosper.]—An Author's Love being the unpublished letters of Prosper Mérimée's 'Inconnue' London Macmillan and Co. . . . 1889 . . . Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
MERRITT, Henry.—Henry Merritt Art Criticism and Romance, with Recollections, and 23 etchings by Anna Lea Merritt. London C. Kegan Paul & Co . . . 1879. Crown 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
MERRYWEATHER, F. Somner.—Glimmerings in the Dark; or Lights and Shadows of The Olden Time. By F. Somner Merryweather, . . . London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., . . . M D CCCL. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
METEYARD, Eliza.—The Life of Josiah Wedgwood from his private correspondence and family papers in the possession of Joseph Mayer, Esq., F.S.A. F. Wedgwood, Esq. C. Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Miss Wedgwood and other original sources with An Introductory Sketch of the Art of Pottery in England by Eliza Meteyard with numerous illustrations . . . London Hurst and Blackett, . . . 1865 [-1866] 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
The illustrations consist of two steel portraits, two coloured plates, and two hundred and eighty-two woodcuts.
METEYARD, Eliza.—Memorials of Wedgwood. A selection from his fine art works in plaques, medallions, figures, and other ornamental objects. With an introduction, and descriptions of the objects delineated, by Eliza Meteyard, . . . [portrait] London: George Bell and Sons, . . . 1874. 4to, cloth, gilt edges.
Twenty-eight plates.
MEYRICK, Samuel Rush.—A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the reign of King Charles II, with a glossary of military terms of the Middle Ages. . . . By Samuel Rush Meyrick; London: printed by G. Schulze, . . . for Robert Jennings,—M DCCC XXIV. Folio, three volumes, half blue morocco, uncut edges.
Engraved titles and eighty plates, for the most part coloured.
MICHAUX, F. Andrew.—The North American Sylva, or a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, Considered particularly with respect to their use in the Arts, and their introduction into Commerce; to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees. Illustrated by 156 coloured engravings. Translated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux, . . . Paris, printed by C. D'Hautel. 1819. Royal 8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Translated by Augustus L. Hillhouse.
MICHAUX, F. Andrew.—See Nuttall, Thomas.
MICHEL, Émile.—Rembrandt His Life, his Work, and his Time by Émile Michel from the French by Florence Simmonds edited by Frederick Wedmore With Sixty-seven Full-page Plates And Two Hundred and Fifty Text Illustrations . . . London William Heinemann . . . M DCCC XCIV. 4to, two volumes, half cloth, uncut edges.
No. 52 of two hundred large Japan paper copies printed.
MIDDLETON, Charles Henry.—A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Rembrandt Van Rhyn by Charles Henry Middleton. [with 12 plates] London John Murray, . . . 1878. Royal 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
MIDDLETON, Charles S.—Shelley and his Writings. By Charles S. Middleton. London: Thomas Cautley Newby . . . 1858. 12mo, two volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
First edition, with a facsimile letter.
MIDDLETON, Conyers, and Gerard MEERMAN.—The Origin of Printing. In Two Essays: I. The Substance of Dr. Middleton's Dissertation on the Origin of Printing in England. II. Mr. Meerman's Account of the Invention of the Art at Harleim, and its Progress to Mentz. With Occasional Remarks and an Appendix. The Second edition: with Improvements. London: Printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols. . . . M DCCLXXVI. 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allô.
An argument in favour of Lawrence Koster.
MIDDLETON, J. Henry.—Illuminated Manuscripts in Classical and Mediæval Times, their art and their technique by J. Henry Middleton, . . . Cambridge: at the University Press: 1892 . . . Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top.
Woodcut frontispiece and fifty-five other illustrations.
MILLER, James.—An Hospital for Fools. A dramatic fable. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal, By His Majesty's Servants. To which is added the Songs with their Baſſes and Symphonies, and Tranſpoſed for the Flute. The Musick by Mr. Arne. Sung by Mrs. Clive. [Line from Horace] London: Printed for J. Watts . . . M DCC XXXIX. . . . 8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MILLER, James.—See Popeiana, 1732-1741. "Are these Things so?" 1740 and "The Great Man's Answer" &c., 1740.
MILLER, Joe.—See Jest Books.
MILLS, Charles.—An History of Muhammedanism: comprising the Life and Character of the Arabian Prophet, and succinct accounts of the Empires founded by the Muhammeden Arms: an inquiry into the Theology, Laws, Literature, and Usages of the Muselmans, and a view of the present state and extent of the Muhammedan Religion. By Charles Mills. The Second Edition, revised and augmented London: printed for Black . . . 1818. 8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
MILLS, Charles.—The Travels of Theodore Ducas, in Various Countries in Europe, and the Revival of Letters and Art. Edited by Charles Mills. London: printed for Longman . . . 1822. 8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
In the second volume, pages 201-220, is an account of the Aldine Press, and libraries and printers on pages 39-44 of the same volume. Although a "voyage imaginaire," the details are generally "de facto."
MILLS, Charles.—The History of Chivalry or Knighthood and its Times. By Charles Mills Esqr. . . . London: Printed for Longman . . . M.DCCC.XXVI. 8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Engraved title-pages with vignettes by A. Le Petit after R. W. Sievier.
MILLS, Charles.—The History of the Crusades, for the Recovery and Possession of the Holy Land. By Charles Mills . . . with a Memoir of the Author. London: printed for Longman . . . 1828. 8vo, two volumes, calf gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Portrait of the author, frontispiece, and map.
MILMAN, Henry Hart.—The Poetical Works of the Rev: H. H. Milman. London: John Murray . . . MDCCCXXXIX. Post 8vo, three volumes, green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews.
Portrait by E. Finden after F. Cruikshank and engraved title-pages.
MILNES, Richard Monckton.—See Houghton, Lord.
MINNESINGERS.—Lays of the Minnesingers or German Troubadours of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: illustrated by specimens of the cotemporary lyric poetry of Provence and other parts of Europe: with historical and critical notices, and engravings [12] from the MS. of the Minnesingers in the King's Library at Paris, and from other sources. London: printed for Longman . . . 1825. Crown 8vo, blue morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews.
MINSTRELSY.—The Minstrelsy of the English Border. Being a Collection of Ballads, ancient, remodelled, and original, founded on well known Border Legends. With illustrative Notes by Frederick Sheldon. London: Longman, Green and Longmans . . . 1847. Square 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt panels, gilt top, uncut edges.
Illustrated by the insertion of sixty-four views and portraits, including many India proofs as head and tail pieces.
MIRROR, THE.—See British Essayists.
MITFORD, Mary Russell.—Our Village by Mary Russell Mitford with an Introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and one hundred illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London Macmillan and Co . . . 1893. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
One of four hundred and seventy large paper copies printed.
MOCK ELECTION.—A Description of the Mock Election at Garrat, On the Seventh of this Month. Wherein is given Some Historical Account of its first Rise, the various Cavalcades of the different Candidates, the Speeches they made upon the Hustings, the whimsical Oath of Qualification, and An Authentic Copy of their several droll Printed Addresses. Collected, for the Amusement of a Country Friend, By a Person on the Spot. London; Printed for W. Bingley, . . . 1768. 8vo, brown levant morocco. Bound at the end of Goldsmith's "Mystery Revealed," 1762.
MOLIÈRE, Jean Baptiste Poquelin.—Monſieur de Pourceaugnac, or, Squire Trelooby. Acted at the Subſcription Muſick at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. March 30. 1704. By Select Comedians from both Houſes. Done into Engliſh from a Comedy of Moliere's, which was made and perform'd at Chambord for the Diverſion of the French King, in the Year 1679. [Line in Latin] London, Printed for William Davis, at the Black Bull againſt the Royal Exchange, and Bernard Lintott, at the Middle-Temple Gate in Fleetſtreet. 1704. Price 1s. 6d. 4to, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
A1-A4, a1-a2, and B-H in fours, half-title on A1, title on A2, Preface dated April 19, 1704, and Prologue by Dr. Garth.
A play called "The Cornish Squire" was adapted from the same work of Molière, by Vanbrugh, Congreve, and Walsh.
MOLIÈRE, Jean Baptiste Poquelin.—The Dramatic Works of Molière rendered into English By Henri Van Laun with a prefatory memoir, introductory notices, appendices and notes. Edinburgh: William Paterson MDCCCLXXV. Royal 8vo, six volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews.
Large paper copy, with numerous etchings by Lalauze in three states; in addition are plates by Boucher, Fragonard, etc.
MOLLOY, J. Fitzgerald.—The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington with pictures of the period in which she lived. By J. Fitzgerald Molloy . . . [portrait] London: Hurst and Blackett, . . . 1884. . . . Crown 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MONCRIEFF, W. Thomas.—Poems, by W. T. Moncrieff. printed (for private distribution only) at the author's private press, Saville House, Lambeth. MDCCCXXIX. Small 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru.
MONSTER.—The Monster: or, The World turn'd Topſy Turvy. A Satyr. . . . London, Printed: And Sold by B. Bragg . . . 1705. (Price 6d.) 4to, figured silk boards, uncut edges.
MONTAGU, Basil.—Essays and Selections by Basil Montagu London William Pickering 1837. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley.—The Works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, including her correspondence, poems, and essays. Published, by permission, from her genuine papers. The sixth edition . . . . London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, . . . &c. 1817. Crown 8vo, five volumes, original boards, uncut edges.
Portrait by Caroline Watson after Richardson.
MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley.—The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Edited by her great grandson Lord Wharncliffe . . . London: Richard Bentley . . . 1837 8vo, three volumes, half red morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
Three portraits engraved by Greatbatch.
MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley.—The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Edited by her great-grandson Lord Wharncliffe. Third Edition, with additions and corrections derived from the Original Manuscripts, illustrative notes, and a new Memoir By W. Moy Thomas. London: Henry G. Bohn . . . MDCCCLXI. 8vo, two volumes, half red morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
Six portraits by Greatbatch and others.
MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley.—The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Edited by her great-grandson Lord Wharncliffe. Third edition, with additions and corrections derived from the original manuscripts, illustrative notes, and a new memoir. By W. Moy Thomas. London: Henry G. Bohn, . . . MDCCCLXVI. 8vo, two volumes, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
Six portraits.
MONTAIGNE, Michael de.—Works of Michael de Montaigne comprising his Essays, Journey into Italy, and Letters, with Notes from all the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices, etc. By W. Hazlitt. A new and carefully revised edition, edited by O. W. Wight. Cambridge: Riverside Press . . . 1864. 8vo, four volumes, half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, seventy-five printed, with proof impression of the portrait on India paper.
MONTGOMERY, George W.—See Longfellow, H. W. Novelas Epañolas.
MONTGOMERY, James.—The Poetical Works of James Montgomery. With a Life. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1865. 12mo, five volumes, half green cloth, uncut edges.
No. 13 of one hundred copies printed on large paper, with portrait.
MOORE and BROOKE.—Fables for the Female Sex. [vignette] [by Edward Moore and Henry Brooke] London: Printed for R. Francklin, . . . Mdccxliv. 8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
First edition. Seventeen plates and a vignette, by Grignion, Mosley, and Ravenet after the designs of Hayman.
MOORE and BROOKE.—Fables for the Female Sex. 1744. 8vo, red morocco, gilt back, the sides decorated with a triumphal arch in gold and mosaic, with figures of Fame, wreaths of laurel, dove with olive branch, and falcons, gilt edges.
Thick paper copy, presented to Mrs. David Garrick by the author, with inscription and four verses signed. David Garrick's bookplate is affixed to the inside cover.
MOORE and BROOKE.—Moore's Fables for The Female Sex. Embellished with Engravings [vignette] London. Published by T. Heptinstall . . . H. D. Symonds &c. . . . (Printed by C. Whittingham) 1799. Post 8vo, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allô.
Engraved title and five plates after White, besides three inserted engravings, two by C. Warren after R. Corbould, and one by Bartolozzi after Rebecca.
MOORE, Francis.—A Voyage to Georgia. Begun in the Year 1735. Containing, An Account of the Settling the Town of Frederica, in the Southern Part of the Province; and a Description of the Soil, Air, Birds, Beasts, Trees, Rivers, Islands, &c. With The Rules and Orders made by the Honourable the Trustees for that Settlement; including the Allowances of Provisions, Cloathing, and other Necessaries to the Families and Servants which went thither. Also A Description of the Town and County of Savannah, in the Northern Part of the Province; the Manner of dividing and granting the Lands, and the Improvements there: With an Account of the Air, Soil, Rivers, and Islands in that Part. By Francis Moore, . . . London: Printed for Jacob Robinson . . . 1744. 8vo, red morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges.
MOORE, Thomas.—Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance. By Thomas Moore. London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, [by A. Strahan and T. Davison] 1817. 4to, green straight-grain morocco, gilt back, side borders of interlaced fillets, gilt and blind-tooled compartments, centre ornament of a harp surrounded by a wreath, wide inside borders, gauffred gilt edges, by Dawson and Lewis.
Engraved title-page and five other plates by Heath after Westall. Dedication to Samuel Rogers, dated May 19, 1817.
Six editions were printed in 1817.
MOORE, Thomas.—Lalla Rookh. 1817. 4to, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
Another copy with numerous added plates.
MOORE, Thomas.—Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance. By Thomas Moore. New edition. Illustrated with [13] engravings from drawings by eminent artists. London: printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, . . . 1846. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
MOORE, Thomas.—Lalla Rookh: an Oriental Romance. By Thomas Moore. With sixty-nine illustrations from original drawings by John Tenniel, engraved on wood by the Brothers Dalziel; and five ornamental pages of Persian design by T. Sulman Jun. engraved on wood by H. N. Woods. New Edition. London: Longmans &c. 1872. 4to, green levant morocco, gilt back and sides, with centre ornament of Persian design, gilt edges, by Rivière.
MOORE, Thomas.—Lalla Rookh an oriental romance by Thomas Moore Boston Estes and Lauriat [University Press] 1885. Imperial 8vo, original paper wrappers, uncut edges, in a satin portfolio, with ties.
No. 224 of five hundred copies printed on Imperial Japanese paper. One hundred and forty-three illustrations after J. Wells Champney, Robert Blum, Kenyon Cox, Walter Satterlee, F. T. Merrill, W. H. Low, F. H. Allen, and others.
MOORE, Thomas.—The Loves of the Angels, A Poem. By Thomas Moore. . . . With embellishments. Paris: printed for Ant.-Aug. Renouard, and Jules Didot, Senior. M D C C C X X I I I. 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt over uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
One of two copies printed upon vellum: with three illustrations. Five editions were published in 1823.
MOORE, Thomas.—Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. By Thomas Moore. London: printed for Longman, . . . 1825. 4to, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
First edition, with mezzotint portrait of Sheridan by C. Turner after Reynolds, and a facsimile. Nearly one hundred portraits and views have been added, for the most part proofs on India paper.
Presentation copy from Thomas Moore to Lord Mountjoy, with the poet's inscription.
MOORE, Thomas.—Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. By Thomas Moore. The fifth edition . . . London: printed for Longman, . . . 1827. 8vo, two volumes, original boards, uncut edges.
Portrait of Sheridan by Fry after Reynolds.
MOORE, Thomas.—The Epicurean, a Tale, with [4] vignette illustrations by J. M. W. Turner, . . . and Alciphron, a poem. By Thomas Moore . . . London: John Macrone . . . 1839. Post 8vo, half brown levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges, by Krafft.
MOORE, Thomas.—The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, collected by himself. In ten volumes. . . . London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, . . . 1840. Post 8vo, ten volumes, original green cloth, uncut edges.
First collected edition. Dedicated to the Marquis of Lansdown.
Portrait by Charles Heath after Sir Thomas Lawrence, and frontispieces and engraved titles by Frederick and Alfred Heath after Maclise and George Jones.
MOORE, Thomas.—Moore's Irish Melodies. Illustrated by D. Maclise, . . . London: printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, . . . 1846. 4to, decorated boards, uncut edges.
One hundred and sixty-one designs by Maclise and the letter-press engraved on steel by E. P. Becker, on fine, thick paper.
MOORE, Thomas.—The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. With a Memoir. . . . Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1865. 12mo, six volumes, half green cloth, uncut edges.
No. 13 of one hundred copies printed on large paper, with portrait on India paper.
MOORE, Thomas.—Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence of Thomas Moore. Edited by . . . Lord John Russell . . . London: Longman [&c] . . . 1853 [-'56.] Crown 8vo, eight volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Sixteen portraits and views engraved on steel.
MOORE, Thomas.—[Songs in Thomas Moore's autograph] Oblong 8vo, red morocco, gilt edges.
Fifteen sheets of musical score, containing Moore's twelve "Legendary Ballads," in part, set to music by Bishop, May 10, 15, and 22, 1828, with the text in Moore's handwriting. The poems are The Voice, called in manuscript, The Legend of the Voice, 3 out of 7 stanzas; Cupid and Psyche, without title, 8 stanzas; Hero and Leander, called the Legend of Hero and Leander, 2 out of 3 stanzas; The Leaf and the Fountain, 5 stanzas; Cephalus and Procris, called The Hunter, 3 stanzas; The Indian Boat, 2 out of 3 stanzas; Youth and Age, without title, 3 out of 4 stanzas; The Dying Warrior, without title, 5 stanzas; The Magic Mirror, called The Legend of the Mirror, 6 out of 8 stanzas; The Pilgrim, without title, 4 stanzas; The High born Ladye, 8 stanzas without musical score on a separate sheet, with a note by Moore; and The Stranger, called The heart-wounded Stranger, 5 stanzas of score, and 3 on a separate sheet of paper.
The variations between the manuscript and printed text are numerous, e.g., in The Voice, "soft as in hours of delight long ago" is printed (Poetical Works, 1841) "soft as in moments of bliss long ago;" "'twas in vain She tried to forget it" is printed "'twas in vain To chase the illusion."
MOORE, Sir Thomas.—Mangora, King of the Timbusians. or the Faithful Couple. A Tragedy. By Sir Thomas Moore. [Two lines in Latin from Persias, one from Ovid, one from Martial] London: Printed for W. Harvey . . . and E. Nutt . . . 1718. 4to, green levant morocco, gilt and mosaic back, side corners, and centre ornament, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
First edition. A2-H4 in fours, title on A2.
MORAES, Francisco de.—Palmerin of England, by Francisco de Moraes [corrected by Robert Southey, from the original Portuguese] London: printed for Longman . . . 1807. 12mo, four volumes, tree calf, gilt back, by Rivière.
MORE, Hannah.—Percy, a tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. London: Printed for T. Cadell, . . . M DCC LXX VIII. . . . 8vo, red morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. Prologue and Epilogue by Garrick, Dedication to Earl Percy. A-M in fours.
MORE, Hannah.—Florio: a tale, for fine gentlemen and fine ladies: and, The Bas Bleu; or, Conversation: two poems. London: printed for T. Cadell, . . . M DCC LXXXVI. . . . 4to, half brown straight-grain morocco, gilt top.
First edition. The first poem is dedicated to Horace Walpole, the second to Mrs. Vesey.
MORGAN, Lady Sydney.—The Wild Irish Girl, a national tale. By Miss Owenson, . . . The fifth edition. In three volumes. . . . London: printed for Longman Hurst, Rees Orme and Brown, . . . 1813. 12mo, three volumes, green figured silk, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
MORGAN, Lady Sydney.—The Life and Times of Salvator Rosa. By Lady Morgan . . . London. Printed for Henry Colburn . . . 1824. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition. Portrait of Salvator Rosa engraved by Cooper.
MORIER, James.—The Mirza. By James Morier, Esq. Author of "Hajji Baba," "Zohrab," "Ayesha," &c. London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1841. 8vo, three volumes, Scotch plaid silk, uncut edges.
First edition.
MORIER, James.—The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by James Morier Edited by C. J. Wills, . . . with an introduction by Major-Gen. Sir Frederic Goldsmid, . . . Illustrated. London Lawrence & Bullen, . . . 1897. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
MORLEY, Henry.—Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair by Henry Morley. With facsimile drawings, engraved upon wood, by the Brothers Dalziel. . . . London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1859. 8vo, cloth, red top, uncut edges.
Inserted is an autograph letter from Morley, dated January 24, 1858, referring to "Bartholomew Fayre."
MORLEY, John.—Critical Miscellanies. By John Morley. London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1871. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition of the First Series.
MORLEY, John.—Voltaire. By John Morley. London: Chapman and Hall . . . 1872. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
MORLEY, John.—Rousseau. By John Morley. . . . London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1873. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MORLEY, John.—Critical Miscellanies. Second series. By John Morley. London: Chapman and Hall . . . 1877. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MORLEY, John.—Diderot and the Encyclopædists. By John Morley London: Chapman and Hall . . . 1878. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MORRIS, William.—The Defence of Guenevere and other poems. By William Morris. London: Bell and Daldy . . . [Chiswick Press] 1858. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MORRIS, William.—The Defence of Guenevere, and other Poems. By William Morris. (Reprinted without alteration from the edition of 1858.) London: Ellis & White, . . . 1875. 8vo, original boards, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, twenty-five printed.
MORRIS, William.—The Defence of Guenevere, & other Poems. By William Morris. [Reeves & Turner, London, 1892] Small 4to, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
Three hundred copies printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press.
MORRIS, William.—The Life and Death of Jason a poem by William Morris. London: Bell and Daldy . . . 1867. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MORRIS, William.—The Life and Death of Jason a poem [woodcut] by William Morris, . . . Fourth edition. London: F. S. Ellis, . . . M DCCC LXIX. 8vo, original boards, uncut edges.
One of a small issue printed from the stereotyped plates on large and thick Whatman paper.
MORRIS, William.—The Earthly Paradise a Poem [woodcut] by William Morris, . . . London: F. S. Ellis, . . . M DCCC LXVIII. [-M DCCC LXX.] 8vo, four parts in six volumes, original boards, uncut edges.
First edition. Large paper copy, twenty-five printed. Title-page woodcut engraved by Morris after the design of Sir E. Burne-Jones.
MORRIS and MAGNÚSSON, translators.—Grettis Saga. The Story of Grettir the Strong translated from the Icelandic by Eiríkr Magnússon, . . . and William Morris, . . . London: F. S. Ellis, . . . M DCCC LXIX. 8vo, original boards, uncut edges.
First edition: with map.
MORRIS and MAGNÚSSON, translators.—Völsunga Saga. The Story of the Volsungs & Niblungs with certain songs from the Elder Edda. Translated from the Icelandic by Eiríkr Magnússon, . . . and William Morris, . . . London: F. S. Ellis, . . . M DCCC LXX. 8vo, original boards, uncut edges.
First edition. One of twelve copies printed on large paper.
MORRIS, William.—Love is Enough or the Freeing of Pharamond a morality. By William Morris. London: Ellis & White, . . . 1873. 8vo, original boards, uncut edges.
First edition. One of twenty-five copies printed on large paper.
MORRIS and MAGNÚSSON, translators.—Three Northern Love Stories, and other tales. Translated from the Icelandic by Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris. London: Ellis & White, . . . 1875. 8vo, original boards, uncut edges.
First edition. Large paper copy, twenty-five printed.
MORRIS, William.—The Æneids of Virgil done into English verse by William Morris, . . . London: Ellis and White, . . . M DCCC LXXVI. 8vo, two volumes, original boards, uncut edges.
First edition. Large paper copy, twenty-five printed.
MORRIS, William.—The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs. By William Morris, . . . London: Ellis and White, . . . MDCCCLXXVII. 8vo, brown levant morocco, back and sides richly tooled, embossed gold over green edges, by Cobden-Sanderson, 1889.
First edition.
MORRIS, William.—Hopes and Fears for Art. Five lectures delivered in Birmingham, London, and Nottingham, 1878-1881. By William Morris. . . . London: Ellis & White, . . . 1882. 8vo, original boards, uncut edges.
First edition. Large paper copy, twenty-five printed.
MORRIS, William.—A Dream of John Ball and a King's Lesson. (reprinted from the "Commonweal.") By William Morris . . . With an Illustration by Edward Burne-Jones. London: Reeves & Turner . . . MDCCCLXXXVIII. Square post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
MORRIS, William.—A Dream of John Ball and a King's Lesson. By William Morris. [Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, and Sold by Reeves & Turner, London, 1892] Small 4to, green levant morocco, back and sides covered, with panels of fillets, doubled with maroon morocco, Gasconesque borders, maroon silk guards, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
Three hundred copies printed. The woodcut was designed by Sir E. Burne-Jones.
MORRIS, William.—A Dream of John Ball. 1892. Small 4to, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
One of eleven copies printed on vellum.
MORRIS, William.—A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and all the Kindreds of the Mark written in prose and verse by William Morris . . . London 1889: Reeves and Turner . . . 4to, buckram, uncut edges.
First edition. One of one hundred copies printed on large paper.
MORRIS, William.—The Roots of the Mountains wherein is told somewhat of the lives of the men of Burgdale their friends their neighbours their foemen and their fellows in arms by William Morris . . . London MDCCCXC: Reeves and Turner . . . 4to, original tapestry bindings uncut edges.
First edition. Large paper copy, two hundred and fifty printed.
MORRIS, William.—The Story of the Glittering Plain which has been also called the Land of Living Men or the Acre of the Undying. Written by William Morris, [initial letters from designs by William Morris.] [Reeves and Turner, London] 1891. Small 4to, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
The first edition was the first book printed by Morris at the Kelmscott Press, in the same year. The work originally appeared as a serial in the English Illustrated Magazine, Volume VII, pages 687, 754, 824, and 884.
MORRIS, William.—The Story of the Glittering Plain which has been also called the Land of living Men or the Acre of the Undying. Written by William Morris. [23 woodcuts by Walter Crane] [Kelmscott Press, William Morris, 1894] Folio, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
One of two hundred and fifty copies printed.
MORRIS, William.—Poems by the Way. Written by William Morris [Reeves and Turner, London 1891] Small 4to, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
First edition. Three hundred copies printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press.
MORRIS, William.—News from Nowhere or an epoch of rest, being some chapters from a Utopian romance by William Morris . . . second edition. London: Reeves & Turner . . . 1891. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
The first edition also was printed in 1891. The story ran as a serial through thirty-nine numbers of The Commonweal.
MORRIS, William.—News from Nowhere; or, an Epoch of Rest. Being some chapters from a Utopian Romance. By William Morris [Reeves & Turner, London 1892] 8vo, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
Three hundred copies printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. The woodcut was designed by C. M. Gere.
MORRIS, William.—News from Nowhere. 1892. 8vo, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
One of ten copies printed on vellum.
MORRIS, William, translator.—The Order of Chivalry. [Reprinted from Caxton's edition of 1484. With L'Ordene de Chevalerie, a French poem of the 13th Century by Hues de Tabarie—translated by William Morris] [Reeves and Turner, London 1893] Small 4to, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
Two hundred and twenty-five copies printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, with a woodcut designed by Burne-Jones.
MORRIS, William, translator.—The Order of Chivalry. 1893. Small 4to, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
One of ten copies printed on vellum.
MORRIS, William.—Gothic Architecture: a Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. By William Morris [London, 1893] 16mo, boards, uncut edges.
One of ten copies printed on vellum, by William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press.
The first Kelmscott book printed in 16mo. The type was set up at Hammersmith, and copies printed at the New Gallery during the exhibition. The four-line initials used in it appear here for the first time.
MORRIS, William.—Arts and Crafts Essays By Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society With a Preface By William Morris London Rivington, Percival, & Co. 1893. Crown 8vo, buckram, uncut edges.
The essay on "Printing," which in the 1888 Arts and Crafts Exhibition Catalogue was written by Mr. Emery Walker alone, is here recast and issued under the names of William Morris and Emery Walker.
MORRIS, William, translator.—The Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane. [a French Story of the 13th Century, done into English by William Morris] [London 1893] 16mo, boards, uncut edges.
One of twelve copies printed on vellum at the Kelmscott Press.
MORRIS, William, translator.—Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile [done out of the ancient French into English, by William Morris] [London 1894] 16mo, boards, uncut edges.
One of fifteen vellum copies, printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press.
MORRIS, William.—The Wood beyond the World. By William Morris. [Kelmscott Press, 1894] Small 4to, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
Three hundred and fifty copies printed, with woodcut frontispiece by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and borders. The borders and half borders are here used for the first time.
MORRIS, William.—The Well at the World's End By William Morris [Kelmscott Press, William Morris, 1896] 4to, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
One of eight copies printed on vellum, with four illustrations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones.
MORRISIANA.—A Bibliography of the Works of William Morris by Temple Scott London: Geo. Bell & Sons [Chiswick Press] MDCCCXCVII. Post 8vo, buckram, gilt top, uncut edges.
MOSCHELES, Ignace, editor.—The Life of Beethoven, including his correspondence with his friends, numerous characteristic traits, and remarks on his musical works. Edited by Ignace Moscheles . . . London: Henry Colburn . . . 1841. 12mo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Portrait, facsimile, etc.
MOSES, Henry.—A Collection of Vases, Altars, Pateræ, Tripods, Candelabra, Sarcophagi, &c. from various museums and collections, engraved on 170 plates [several coloured] by Henry Moses. With historical essays, [by Thomas Hope] [London, 1814] 4to, one volume in two, blue levant morocco, back and side borders tooled in a conventional design of rectangular fillets, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru.
First edition, large paper copy. The plates are all dated October 1, 1811; the Preface, London, 1814.
MOSES, Henry.—Vases from the Collection of Sir Henry Englefield, Bart. drawn and engraved by H. Moses. London: printed for Rodwell and Martin . . . [1819] 4to, green morocco, gilt and blind tooled, wide morocco panel border inside, tooled with arabesques, &c., gilt edges.
Thirty-one plates, one coloured.
MOTHERWELL, William.—Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern, with an Historical Introduction and Notes. By William Motherwell John Wylie:—Glasgow MDCCCXXVII. 4to, calf, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by Bedford.
Frontispiece, engraved title-page, appendix, and nine pages of music, generally lacking.
MOTLEY, John Lothrop.—The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. By John Lothrop Motley. London: John Chapman . . . MDCCCLVI. 8vo, three volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Matthews.
Illustrated by the insertion of fifty-two portraits and views, many proofs and all selected impressions, by Hollar, Crispin de Pass, Moncornet, De Leu, Lombart, Houbraken, etc.
MOTLEY, John Lothrop.—History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Synod of Dort. With a full view of the English-Dutch struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By John Lothrop Motley. London, John Murray . . . 1860[-'67.] 8vo, four volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Matthews.
Illustrated by the insertion of eighty-one portraits and views, many proofs, including brilliant specimens of engraving by Crispin de Pass, Blooteling, Kilian, Moncornet, Houbraken, Visscher, and other famous copper-plate engravers, in addition to the illustrations published with the work.
MOTLEY, John Lothrop.—The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland; with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War. By John Lothrop Motley, . . . With illustrations. London: John Murray, . . . 1874. 8vo, two volumes, original cloth, uncut edges.
First edition: steel portrait and three woodcut illustrations.
MOTLEY, John Lothrop.—The Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley . . . Edited by George William Curtis With portrait . . . New York Harper & Brothers, . . . 1889. Royal 8vo, two volumes, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges.
MOULTRIE, John.—Poems by John Moultrie Second edition London William Pickering 1838. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
Portrait of the Three Sons by Aug. Fox after Corden.
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus.—The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1769-1791) translated, from the collection of Ludwig Nohl, by Lady Wallace. With a portrait and facsimile. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1865. Crown 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
MUGGLETONIAN SONGS.—Divine Songs of the Muggletonians, in grateful praise to the only true God, the Lord Jesus Christ. . . . London: printed by R. Brown, . . . 1829. Post 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
Portrait of Ludowicke Muggleton by J. Kennerley.
MÜLLER, Friedrich Max.—Chips from a German Workshop by F. Max Müller . . . London: Longmans . . . 1880. 8vo, four volumes, half blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
MULOCK, Dinah Maria.—Poems, by the author of "John Halifax" . . . London, Hurst and Blackett [n. d.] Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
Frontispiece and engraved title by Birket Foster.
MUNCHAUSEN, Baron.—(I.) The Seventh Edition, Conſiderably enlarged, and ornamented with Twenty Explanatory Engravings, from Original Deſigns. Gulliver Revived: or, The Vice of Lying properly expoſed. Containing singular travels, campaigns, voyages, and adventures in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea. Also, An Account of a Voyage into the Moon and Dog-star; with many extraordinary Particulars relative to the Cooking Animal in thoſe Planets, which are there called the Human Species. By Baron Munchausen. London: Printed for C. and G. Kearsley, . . . M. DCC. XCIII. (II.) A New Edition, (With Twenty capital Copper-Plates, including the Baron's Portrait) A Sequel to the Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Containing his expedition into Africa.—How he out-does Alexander. . . . humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, . . . London. Printed for H. D. Symonds, . . . M DCC XCVI. 12mo, two volumes in one, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
Volume I contains twenty scenes on eight plates, Volume II, a frontispiece portrait and nineteen other plates.
MUNCHAUSEN, Baron.—(I.) The Eighth Edition, Ornamented with Twenty Explanatory Engravings, from Original Designs. Gulliver Revived: or, The Vice of Lying properly exposed containing singular travels, campaigns, voyages, and adventures in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna into the South Sea, also, An Account of a Voyage into the Moon and Dog-star; with many extraordinary Particulars relative to the Cooking Animal in those Planets, which are there called the Human Species. By Baron Munchausen. London: Printed for G. Kearsley . . . 1799. (II). . . . A Sequel to the Adventures of Baron Munchausen . . . humbly dedicated to Mr Bruce the Abyssinian Traveller . . . London: Printed for H. D. Symonds . . . 1801. 12mo, two volumes in one, tree calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
Twenty illustrations to each part, the Sequel containing a portrait of the Baron.
MUNCHAUSEN, Baron.—The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen illustrated by William Strang and J. B. Clark, with an introduction by Thomas Seccombe London Lawrence and Bullen . . . 1895. Crown 8vo, cloth.
MURCHISON, Sir Roderick Impey.—Siluria. A History of the oldest Rocks in the British Isles and other countries;. . . by Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, . . . Fourth edition, Including "The Silurian System," with a map, much new matter, and many illustrations. . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1867. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
MURPHY, Arthur.—The Old Maid. A comedy In two acts, As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By Mr. Murphy. . . . London: Printed for P. Vaillant, . . . M DCC LXI. 8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MURPHY, Arthur.—All in the Wrong. a comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By Mr. Murphy. . . . London: Printed for P. Vaillant, . . . MDCCLXI. . . . 8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. A2-P2 in fours, title on A3.
MURPHY, Arthur.—The Apprentice. A farce. In two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. By Mr. Murphy. London, Printed for P. Vaillant. 1764. 8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. Prologue by Garrick. A-G in fours, half-title on A1.
MURPHY, Arthur.—What we muſt All come to. A comedy In two acts, As it was intended to be Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Convent-Garden. . . . London, Printed for P. Vaillant, . . . M dcc lxiv. 8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. Reprinted in 1776 as "Three Weeks after Marriage."
MURPHY, Arthur.—The School for Guardians. A comedy. As it is Performing at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. . . . London: Printed for P. Vaillant, . . . M dcc lxvii. 8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
MUSA PROTERVA.—See Love Poems.
MUSE.—The Muse an Advocate for Injur'd Merit. In an Epistle To the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole . . . London: Printed for J. Roberts, . . . MDCCXXXIV. Folio, red levant morocco, by The Club Bindery. Bound with ten other works.
NAPIER, Lord.—Notes on Modern Painting at Naples. By Lord Napier. London John W. Parker and Son . . . 1855. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
NAPLES and the Campagna Felice. In a Series of Letters, addressed to a friend in England, in 1802. London: published by R. Ackermann . . . 1815. Royal 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Amand.
Two maps, title-page, and fifteen plates, all in colours, nine by Rowlandson.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.—Memoirs of the History of France during the reign of Napoleon, dictated by the Emperor at Saint Helena to the generals [Montholon, Gourgaud, &c] who shared his captivity; and published from the original manuscripts corrected by himself. . . . London: printed for Henry Colburn and Co. . . . 1823. [-1824] 8vo, seven volumes, blue morocco, gilt back, gilt edges.
Eight facsimiles, eight maps, and two diagrams.
The Memoirs occupy four volumes, the Historical Miscellanies three.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.—Napoleon in the other World. A narrative written by himself: and found near his tomb in the Island of St. Helena, by Xongo-tee-foh-tchi, mandarin of the third class. . . . London: Henry Colburn, . . . 1827. 8vo, blue straight-grain morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by R. Stagg.
Frontispiece by T. Dighton.
NARES, Edward.—Heraldic Anomalies Second Edition London: G. and W. B. Whittaker . . . 1824. Crown 8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, citron edges, by Bedford.
NARRATIVE of the Journey of an Irish Gentleman through England in the year 1752. Edited from a contemporary manuscript, with a few illustrative notes, [by Henry Huth.] London: printed at the Chiswick Press. 1869. 8vo, brown levant morocco, doubled with maroon russia, russia guards, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
One of fifty copies printed.
NASH, Richard.—See Goldsmith, Oliver.
NATIONAL ACADEMY.—The National Academy of Design. Ceremonies on the occasion of Laying the Corner-Stone, October 21st, 1863. and the Inauguration of the Building, April 27th, 1865. New York: Miller and Mathews. M. DCCC. LXV. Royal 8vo, original paper wrappers, uncut edges.
Frontispiece on India paper.
NATURALIST'S LIBRARY.—The Naturalist's Library, [conducted by Sir William Jardine] Ichthyology. . . . Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, and Stirling & Kenney; . . . 1835. [-1843] Post 8vo, five volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Volume I, The Perch Family, by Sir William Jardine, is dated 1835; Volume II, Treating of the nature, structure, and economical uses of fishes, by J. S. Bushnan, M. D., 1840; Volume III, Fishes of Guiana. Part I, by Robert H. Schomburgk, 1841; Volume IV, British Fishes. Part I, by Robert Hamilton, M. D., 1843; Volume V, Fishes of Guiana. Part II, by Robert H. Schomburgk, 1843.
Five frontispiece portraits and engraved titles, by Lizars, and one hundred and fifty-nine plates, for the most part coloured.
NATURALIST'S POCKET BOOK.—The Naturalists Pocket Book. Ornamented with most Elegant Engravings. Illustrated by Corresponding Descriptions, Accompanied with an Almanack. &c London. Printed for G. Kearsley, Fleet Street [1796] Small 4to, old red morocco, elaborately tooled, and inlaid with curious multiform panels of barbaric design, enclosed in a case of the same pattern.
Engraved title-page, with coloured vignette, coloured frontispiece, and twelve full-page illustrations by Barlow.
NATURE IN PERFECTION; or, The Mother unveil'd: being A Congratulatory Poem to Mrs. Bret, upon his Majesty's moſt gracious Pardon granted to Mr. Richard Savage, Son of the late Earl Rivers. . . . London: Printed for T. Green, . . . and Sold by J. Roberts . . . M dcc xxviii. . . . Folio, boards, by The Club Bindery.
NEANDER, Augustus.—The History of the Christian Religion and Church during the three first centuries. By Dr. Augustus Neander. Translated from the German, by Henry John Rose, . . . Second edition. London: printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, . . . 1842. [-1841] 8vo, two volumes, half light brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
Volume II is the first edition.
NEVE, Philip.—Cursory Remarks on Some of the Ancient English Poets, particularly Milton . . . London. M.DCC.LXXXIX. 8vo, half calf gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Large paper copy.
NEW BALLAD.—A New Ballad. To the Tune of, London is a fine Town, &c. London: Printed for J. Smith . . . MDCC XXVI. Folio, boards, by The Club Bindery.
NEWTON, Sir Charles Thomas.—Travels and Discoveries in the Levant. By C. T. Newton, . . . With numerous illustrations. . . . Day & Son, . . . 1865. . . . 8vo, two volumes, half russia, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
Two maps, thirty-nine plates, and thirty-eight woodcuts.
NEW YORK CHARTER.—The Charter And the Several Laws, Orders & Ordinances Established by the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Aſſiſtants of the City of New-York Conven'd in Common Council, For the good Rule and Government of the Inhabitants of the ſaid City. Published this firſt Day of December, in the Mayoralty of Jacobus van Cortland, Esq; Annoq; Domini 1719. Printed and Sold by William Bradford in the City of New-York, 1719. Folio, brown levant morocco, back and sides richly tooled, silk linings, gilt edges, by Rivière.
The first printed Laws and Charter of the City of New York, with the revised ordinance "prevention of fire" on the fifth page.
NEW YORK CITY during the American Revolution, being a Collection of Original Papers (now first published) from the Manuscripts in the possession of the Mercantile Library Association of New York City [with an Introduction by H. B. Dawson] Privately printed for the Association [by C. A. Alvord] 1861. 4to, brown morocco, back and sides in gold and mosaic, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pawson and Nicholson.
Map of New York and plan, also (inserted) fifteen views and six portraits.
NEW YORK DIRECTORY.—The New-York Directory, containing, A Valuable and well Calculated Almanack; . . . Tables of the different Coins, ſuitable for any State, and digested in such order, as to render an Exchange between any of the United States plain and eaſy.
Likewise,
1. The names of all the Citizens, their occupations and places of abode. 2. The members in Congress, from what ſtate, and where reſiding. 3. Grand departments of the United States for adjuſting public accounts, and by whom conducted. 4. Members in Senate and Aſſembly, from what county, and where reſiding. 5. Judges, Aldermen, and other civil officers, with their places of abode. 6. Public ſtate-offices, and by whom kept. 7. Counſellers at law, and where reſiding. 8. Miniſters of the goſpel, where reſiding, and of what Church. 9. Physicians, Surgeons, and their places of abode. 10. Preſident, Directors, days, and hours of buſineſs at the Bank. 11. Profeſſors, &c. of the univerſity of Columbia college. 12. Rates of porterage, as by law eſtabliſhed. 13. Arrivals and departures of the mails at the Poſt-Office.
By David Franks.
New York: Printed by Shepard Kollock, corner of Wall and Water Streets, m, dcc, lxxx, vi. 16mo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges, with the original grey covers bound in, by F. Bedford.
First edition.
NEW YORK LAWS.—Laws, Statutes, Ordinances, and Constitutions, ordained, made and established, by the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Aſſiſtants, of the City of New-York, Convened in Common-Council, for The good Rule and Government of the Inhabitants and Reſidents of the ſaid City. Published the Twenty-Seventh Day of January, and the Firſt Day of February, in the Twenty Second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, . . . Annoque Domini 1748. And in the Mayoralty of Edward Holland, Eſq;
To which is added, An Appendix, Containing Extracts of ſundry Acts of the General Assembly of the Colony of New-York, immediately relating to the good Government of the ſaid City and Corporation. Printed and Sold by J. Parker, at the New Printing Office, in Bever Street, 1749. Folio, bound with William Livingston's "Independent Reflector" and "The Occasional Reverberator."
One of four copies on record. The other three are in the Lenox Library, the Philadelphia Public Library, and the Tower collection of American Laws in the library of the Pennsylvania Historical Society.
NEW YORK PARKS.—First Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks for the year ending May 1, 1871. New York: William C. Bryant & Co., 1871. Royal 8vo, half red morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
Fifty illustrations.
NICHOLS, John.—Biographical and literary Anecdotes of William Bowyer, Printer, F. S. A. and of many of his learned friends. Containing an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom from the beginning of the present century to the end of the year M DCCLXX VII. By John Nichols, his apprentice, partner, and successor. . . . London: printed by and for the author. MDCCLXXXII. 4to, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by David.
Second edition. Portrait of Bowyer by J. Basire.
NICHOLS, John.—Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century; comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, F. S. A. and many of his learned friends; an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom during the last century; and biographical anecdotes of a considerable number of eminent writers and ingenious artists; with a very copious index. By John Nichols, . . . In six volumes. . . . London: printed for the author, by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, . . . 1812-15. 8vo, nine volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
The title-page of Volume VII reads "in seven volumes," 1813, and the volume contains a second part, dated 1816, although the pagination is continuous; Volume VIII is dated 1814, and Volume IX, 1815.
Fourteen portraits and one facsimile.
NICHOLS, John.—Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century. Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons; and intended as a Sequel to The Literary Anecdotes. By John Nichols, . . . London: printed for the Author, by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, . . . 1817-58. 8vo, eight volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Sixty-two portraits and one other plate in two compartments.
Volumes I and II are dated 1817; Volume III, 1818; IV, 1822; V, 1828; VI, 1831; VII, 1848; and VIII, 1858. The title-page reads "To which are appended Additions to the Literary Anecdotes and Literary Illustrations."
Volumes VII and VIII were written by John Bowyer Nichols; Volumes V and VI were posthumous publications.
NICHOLS, John.—Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth; with a catalogue of his works chronologically arranged; and occasional remarks. The third edition, enlarged and corrected. London: printed by and for John Nichols, . . . MDCCLXXXV. 8vo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
Engraved title.
NICHOLS, John.—See Hogarth, William.
NICHOLS, T.—A handy-book of the British Museum, for every-day readers. By T. Nichols, . . . London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, . . . 1870. Crown 8vo, cloth.
Sixteen plates and numerous woodcuts in the text.
NICOLAS, Sir Nicholas Harris.—Memoirs and Remains of Lady Jane Grey: by Nicholas Harris Nicolas . . . New [second] edition. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, . . . 1831. 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
Large paper copy, with India proof portrait of Lady Jane Grey by Dean after De Heere, and forty inserted plates, including a coloured drawing and several proofs.
NICOLAS, Sir Nicholas Harris.—The Lives of Walton and Cotton by Sir Harris Nicholas London William Pickering 1837. Imperial 8vo, half brown morocco, uncut edges.
Four portraits on steel.
One of twenty-five copies printed. The sheets are the same as in Volume I of the Pickering edition of "The Complete Angler," 1836, with a new title-page.
NIGHTINGALE.—The Nightingale: a choice selection of the most admired popular Songs, heroic, plaintive, sentimental, humourous, and bacchanalian. Arranged for the Violin, Flute, and Voice. By the editor of the "Skylark" and "Thrush" . . . London: published by Thomas Tegg, . . . [n. d.] 12mo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges.
Engraved frontispiece-title with vignette, by Freeman after Corbould.
NIGHTINGALE VALLEY.—Nightingale Valley. A collection, including a great number of the choicest Lyrics and Short Poems in the English Language. Edited by Giraldus . . . London: Bell and Daldy . . . 1860. Post 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt and mosaic back panels, gilt edges, by Holloway.
NOBLE, J. Ashcroft.—The Sonnet in England & other Essays by J. Ashcroft Noble London Elkin Mathews and John Lane. 1893. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
No. 26 of fifty large paper copies printed.
NODIER, Charles.—The Bibliomaniac by Charles Nodier with forty-five illustrations from designs by Maurice Leloir, engraved on wood by F. Noel, and a Preface by R. Vallery-Radot. Translated by Mabel Osgood Wright J. O. Wright & Company New York MDCCCXCIV. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
No. 64 of one hundred and fifty copies printed on Japan paper, with a duplicate set of the illustrations.
NODIER, Charles.—The Bibliomaniac. 1894. 8vo, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges.
Another copy, one of five presentation copies printed upon India paper.
"NORTH, Christopher."—See Wilson, John.
NORTH, Roger.—The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, under King Charles II. and King James II. The Hon. Sir Dudley North, Commissioner of the Customs, and afterwards of the Treasury, to King Charles II. and the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Clerk of the Closet to King Charles II. By the Hon. Roger North. A new edition. With notes and illustrations, historical and biographical. . . . London: Henry Colburn, . . . 1826. 8vo, three volumes, boards, uncut edges.
Three portraits by R. Cooper.
NORTHALL, W. K., editor.—Life and Recollections of Yankee [George Handel] Hill: together with anecdotes and incidents of his travels. Edited by Dr. W. K. Northall. New York, published for Mrs. Cordelia Hill, by W. F. Burgess, . . . 1850. Small 8vo, cloth.
Portrait and woodcuts.
NORTHCOTE, James.—Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knt. . . . late President of the Royal Academy. Comprising Original Anecdotes of many distinguished persons, his contemporaries; and a brief analysis of his discourses. To which are added, Varieties on Art. By James Northcote, . . . London: printed for Henry Colburn, . . . 1813. 4to, half calf, uncut edges.
Portrait by Robert Cooper after John Jackson.
NORTHCOTE, James.—(I.) One Hundred Fables, original and selected, by James Northcote, R. A. &c. &c. embellished with two hundred and eighty engravings on wood London, Geo: Lawford . . . printed by J. Johnson 1828 (II.) Fables, original and selected. By the late James Northcote, R. A. Second Series. Illustrated by two hundred and eighty engravings on wood. [portrait] London: John Murray, . . . MDCCCXXXIIL Royal 8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru.
Large paper copy. Rubricated title. Portrait of Northcote inserted, by Worthington after Barlow, India open letter proof.
NORTHCOTE, James.—Fables. Second Series. 1833. Crown 8vo, half brown morocco, uncut edges.
Another copy, printed on India paper.
NORTHCOTE, James.—Proof Illustrations to Northcote's Fables; and of the Ornamental Letters and Vignettes by William Harvey. London: Geo: Lawford . . . printed by J. Johnson 1828. Royal 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, by Chambolle-Duru.
Printed entirely on India paper, with title-page rubricated.
NORTHCOTE, James.—The Life of Titian: with Anecdotes of the distinguished persons of his time. By James Northcote . . . London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . . . 1830. 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
Portrait of Titian engraved by Dean.
Written chiefly by William Hazlitt.
NORTON, John.—The Redeemed Captive. Being a Narrative Of the taking and carrying into Captivity The Reverend Mr. John Norton, when Fort-Maſſachuſetts Surrendered to a large Body of French and Indians, Auguſt 20th 1746.
With a particular Account of the Defence made before the Surrender of that Fort, with the Articles of Capitulation &c. Together with an Account, both entertaining and affecting, of what Mr. Norton met with, and took Notice of, in his travelling to, and while in Captivity at Canada, and 'till his Arrival at Boſton, on Auguſt 16. 1747. Written by Himſelf. [Ten lines of Biblical quotations] Boston: Printed & Sold opposite the Priſon. 1748. 12mo, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, side compartments in a conventional floral and foliage design, uncut edges, in an olive levant morocco case, by Cobden-Sanderson.
NUGENT, George Grenville, Lord.—Legends of the Library at Lilies, by the Lord and Lady there. . . . London: printed for Longman, Rees, &c. . . . 1832. Post 8vo, two volumes, original boards, uncut edges.
NURSERY RHYMES.—See Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O.
NUTTALL, Thomas.—The North American Sylva; or, a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux, and containing all the forest trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains, the Territory of Oregon, down to the shores of the Pacific and into the confines of California, as well as in various parts of the United States. Illustrated by 122 fine [coloured] plates. By Thomas Nuttall, F. L. S., . . . Philadelphia: J. Dobson, . . . 1842. [1846, 1849.] Royal 8vo, three volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Volume II has the imprint of Townsend Ward, 1846; Volume III, Smith and Wistar, 1849.
The three are IV, V, and VI of Michaux and Nuttall's "North American Sylva."
NUTTALL, Thomas.—See Michaux, F. Andrew.
OCCASIONAL REVERBERATOR.—[First page] The Occasional Reverberator. Number I. Friday, September 7, 1753. [—Number IV. Friday, October 5, 1753.] [Colophon of Number IV.] New York: Printed by J. Parker, at the New-Printing-Office, in Beaver-Street. By whom Letters to the Author are carefully delivered. Folio, bound with William Livingston's "Independent Reflector" and one other work.
A supplement to The Independent Reflector, issued only four times.
O'DONOGHUE, Freeman M.—A descriptive and classified Catalogue of Portraits of Queen Elizabeth by Freeman M. O'Donoghue, . . . Bernard Quaritch [Dryden Press] . . . London 1894. Royal 8vo, buckram, uncut edges.
Frontispiece and seven other illustrations.
OGILVIE, John.—Poems on several subjects . . . By John Ogilvie, D. D. London: Printed for George Pearch, . . . M.DCC.LXIX. 8vo, two volumes, old red morocco, gilt back, wide border on the side introducing the thistle, gilt edges. A Scotch binding.
Presentation copy from the author to Lord Adam Gordon.
OGLE, George.—Gemmæ Antiquæ Cælatæ: or, a Collection of Gems, Wherein are explained many Particulars relating to the Fable and Hiſtory, the Cuſtoms and Habits, the Ceremonies and Exercises of the Ancients. Taken from the classics By George Ogle Eſq; Engraved by Cl. Du Bosc. The Second Edition. London: Printed for Claude Du Bosc, and William Darres, . . . M. DCC. XLI. 4to, old red straight-grain morocco, gilt back, side borders, corner ornaments, gilt edges.
Frontispiece and fifty plates.
O'HARA, Kane.—The Golden Pippin: an English burletta, in three acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. By the Author of Midas. London: Printed for T. Becket, . . . M. DCC. LXXIII. . . . 8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
O'KEEFE, John.—The Castle of Andalusia. A Comic opera. In three acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. Written By John O'Keefe, . . . London: Printed by H. Baldwin, For T. N. Longman, . . . M DCC XC IV. 8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery.
First edition.
OLDYS, William.—Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield. [Vignette portrait] London: Printed in the Year M, DCC, XLI. 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges. Bound with Betterton's "History of the English Stage," 1741.
Inserted are sixteen portraits and scenes.
OLIPHANT, Thomas.—La Musa Madrigalesca; or a collection of madrigals, ballets, roundelays, etc., chiefly of the Elizabeth age; with remarks and annotations. By Thomas Oliphant, . . . London: Calkin and Budd, . . . 1837. 12mo, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Autograph letter and poem inserted, also certificate of the author's birth.
"OLIVER, Stephen."—See Chatto, William Andrew.
OMAR KHAYYÁM.—Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald The Grolier Club of New York MDCCCLXXXV. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and side border composed of passion-flowers and vine, gilt top, uncut edges, by Joly.
No. 1 of one hundred and fifty copies printed on Japan paper.
OMAR KHAYYÁM.—Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. 1885. 8vo, blue levant morocco, back and sides covered with an elaborate Persian design, doubled with brown morocco, wide border, by Ramage.
Another copy printed on Japan paper.
OMAR KHAYYÁM.—The Quatrains of Omar Kheyyam of Nishapour, now first completely done into English verse from the Persian, in accordance with the original forms, with a biographical and critical introduction, by John Payne, . . . London: M DCCC XCVIII: printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and for private circulation only. Royal 8vo, half vellum, uncut edges.
No. Y of a limited edition.
O'MEARA, Barry Edward.—Napoleon in Exile; or, A Voice from St. Helena. The opinions and reflections of Napoleon on the most important events of his life and government, in his own words. By Barry E. O'Meara, Esq. his late surgeon. . . . London: printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, . . . 1822. 8vo, two volumes, blue straight-grain morocco, gilt back, gilt edges.
Portraits by T. Woolnoth from a cameo by Morelli and by T. A. Dean from a medal.
ONE HUNDRED BOOKS famous in English Literature with facsimiles of the title-pages and an introduction by George E. Woodberry. The Grolier Club of the City of New York MCMII. Royal 8vo, half vellum, uncut edges.
One of three hundred and five copies printed on hand-made paper. The rejected title-page is inserted.
ONE HUNDRED BOOKS—Bibliographical Notes on One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature compiled by Henry W. Kent The Grolier Club of the City of New York MCM III. Royal 8vo, half vellum, uncut edges.
One of three hundred and five copies printed on French hand-made paper.
OPIE, Amelia Alderson.—Poems by Mrs. Opie . . . London: printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees . . . by Taylor and Wilks . . . 1802. Small 8vo, mottled calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
First edition. Frontispiece by Opie, engraved by Reynolds.
OPPIAN'S Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients In V. Books. Translated from the Greek, With an Account of Oppian's Life and Writings, and a Catalogue of his Fiſhes. [engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre] Oxford, Printed at the Theater, An. Dom. M DCC XXII. 8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt fillets, gilt edges, by Larkins.
Translated by John Jones and John Diaper, of Baliol College, and dedicated to the Lord Marquis of Carnarvon. On the verso of the half-title is the Imprimatur, dated February 6, 1722.
ORBELIANI, Sulkhan-Saba.—The Book of Wisdom and Lies. [a Gregorian Story-book of the eighteenth century, by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: translated, with notes, by Oliver Wardrop. Printed by William Morris, Kelmscott Press, 1894. Sold by Bernard Quaritch.] Small 4to, vellum wrappers, uncut edges.
Two hundred and fifty copies printed.
ORME, Edward.—An Essay on Transparent Prints, and on transparencies in general. By Edward Orme. London: printed for, and Sold by, the Author, . . . &c. . . . 1807. . . . Folio, half maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.