55 NUREMBERG CHRONICLE. SCHEDEL (H.) CRONICARUM Liber, cu figuris et ymaginibus, ab initio mundi ad hanc usque temporis nostri calamitatem. Royal folio, FIRST EDITION, with upwards of 2000 engravings on wood; clean and sound copy, QUITE PERFECT, with the Supplement "De Sarmatia," and all the blank leaves. Full bound in pale brown polished levant morocco, with elaborately blind tooled back, and sides. and richly gilt inside borders, by CHAMBOLLEDURU. $450 00. Nuremberge, Koberger, 1493 This copy measures 18 inches in height by 12 inches in width, which renders it probably one of the largest ever offered for sale here. EDITIO PRINCEPS.-This is a magnificent specimen both of ancient printing and of ancient engraving. "If Koburger," says Dr. Dibdin, "had printed only this Chronicle, he would have done enough to place his name among the most distinguished of his typographical brethren." It has always been styled, by way of distinction, the Nuremberg Chronicle, and scarcely any volume has been so celebrated for a long series of years. The engravings, which are upwards of 2,200 in number, are in wood, and were executed by Michael Wolgemut and Pleydenwurf, the former of whom was the master of Albert Dürer; the subjects are Portraits of Illustrious Characters, Views of Towns, &c., &c. In the Bibliotheca Spenceriana it is minutely described, and fac-similes of the cuts are given; Dr. Dibdin has appropriated no less than twenty-six pages to this article alone.

56 CHEVRIERS, EUVRES BADINES de, Dreux du Radier Moncrif, du Belloy, Deshonlieres, de Sigrais, Grosley, etc. Contenant le Recueil de ces dames; l'Essai sur la Lanterne ; les Chats, l'Histoire des Rats. Plates designed by Marillier, engraved by DeLauney, etc. 2 vols., 8vo., half calf. $15 00. Paris, 1808

57 DUSSELDORF GALLERY: GALERIE ELECTORALE de DUSSELDORF, ou Catalogue raisonné et figuré de ses Tableaux, par MECHEL et PIGAGE, 2 vols. in one, oblong imp. 4to, with 30 beautiful plates, containing 365 small ones, engraved by MECHEL, original and BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS, richly bound in full polished levant citron morocco, extra tooled on back, sides, and inside borders, by HARDY-MENNIL. $100 00. Basle, 1778 The plates being small, it is very important that the impressions be clear, otherwise they are very unsatisfactory.

58 HILLEMACHER.

GALERIE HISTORIQUE DES PORTRAITS DES COMEDIENS DE LA TROUPE DE VOLTAIRE, gravés à l'eauforte, sur documents authentiques, avec notices biographiques par F. De Manne. 41 fine portraits etched on copper, with a DUPLICATE SERIES, BEFORE THE LETTERS. Thick 8vo., beautifully bound in dark brown morocco, extra, crushed and polished, extra gilt back and inside borders, &c., by CAPÉ. MASSON-DEBONNELLE. $57 00.

ONE OF 18 COPIES ON PAPIER DE HOLLANDE.

The whole edition consisted of only 250 copies.

Lyons, 1861

2

59 NOGARET (FELIX). LE FOND DU SAC, ou le Restant des Babioles de X***, Membre éveille de 'Académie des Dormans. vols. in one, 18mo., crushed green levant morocco, super extra, full gilt backs, inside borders, uncut edges, &c. by HARDYMENNIL $11 50. Venise, chez Pantalon-Preus, 1780

FINE COPY. FROM THE VAN DER HELLE Collection. 60 FETES ET COURTISANES DE LA GRECE. Supplement aux Voyages d'Anacharsis et d'Antenor, Comprenant la Chronique religieuse des anciens Grecs, Tableau de leurs moeurs publiques, la Chronique qu'aucun nommerant scandaleuse, Tableau de leurs Moeurs privées, un Almanach Athenien, la description des dances Grecques, etc. Numerous plates, after the designs of GARNEREY, pupil of DAVID. 4 vols., 8vo., half levant morocco, extra, uncut edges. $18 00. Paris, 1821

A work on the private habits of the ancient Greeks, and in it are many curious and piquant disclosures relating to their social actions and their civil and domestic morality. Most historical writings on this classic race give us their exterior history only, but the author of this treatise aims to convey to our minds a true picture of their interior or personal life.

61 VOLTAIRE. LA HENRIADE. Poëme par Voltaire. Handsomely printed on sheets of PURE WHITE PARCHMENT in the most perfect manner. Portrait of Henry IV., PROOF BEFORE LETTERS, on vellum, and a series of beautiful plates, by Le Prince; PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, mounted on the same material. 24mo., full maroon morocco, extra, uncut edges. $60 00. Imprimerie de Didot, Paris, 1822 A superb little bijou, FROM THE LIBRARY OF M. VAN DER HELLE.

62 GESSNER, SALOMON.

EUVRES DE. With three sets of the plates of Moreau, etchings, and proof impressions before lettering, and those of Moret; with an engraved portrait, and an additional original portrait in sepia, beautifully executed. 4 vols., 8vo. Bound in full crimson morocco, super extra, inside borders, with green watered silk linings, by Bozerian. $97 50. Paris, Renouard, 1799

LARGE PAPER.

A beautiful copy, from the library of the celebrated collector, Van Der
Helle.

63 GALÉRIE DE BOYER D'AGUILLES: i. e., Recueil d'Estampes
d'après les Tableaux des Peintres les plus célèbres
d'Italie, des Pays Bas, et de France, qui sont à Aix, dans
le Cabinet de Boyer d'Aguilles; atlas folio, containing vig-
nette and 112 fine engravings by Calemanns, ORIGINAL AND
FINE IMPRESSIONS BEFORE THE NUMBERS. Full crushed
crimson levant morocco, extra, with richly tooled inside bor-
ders, by HARDY-MENNIL. $210 00.
Paris, 1744

This fine work occurs in four different states; the coppers are still in existence.

64 CHENIER, ANDRE. POÉSIES. Édition critique, étude sur la vie, et les Œuvres d'Andre Chenier, variantes, notes et commentaires, lexique et index, par Le Becq. de Fouquieres. LARGE PAPER COPY on Holland paper, with India Proof portrait of the poet, before lettering. 2 vols., Imperial 8vo., superbly bound in full dark citron morocco, delicately tooled backs, and gilt leaves, a la Valliere, in CAPE's best manner. $75 00. Charpentier, Paris, 1862

ONE HUNDRED COPIES ONLY.

From the collection of the Duke of Essling, with his arms stamped on

sides.

65 DON ANTONIO, ou les Aventures du Comte de Sainte-Vincent.

Nouvelle Napolitaine. 16mo., beautifully bound in pale orange morocco, crushed and polished, full gilt back, inside borders, uncut edges, &c., by HARDY-MENNIL. $13 50. Paris, 1757

Very scarce, not mentioned in the "Bibliographie des Ouvrages relatifs a l'amour."

66 THEATRICAL PORTRAITS.

A large Imperial Folio
volume, containing an extraordinary assemblage of Rare
Theatrical Engravings, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN IN NUM-
BER, all of the largest size, engraved in line and mezzo, by
Bartolozzi, Say, Strange, Val. Green, Hogarth, Ravenet,
Heath, Earlom, Bromley, &c., &c., after paintings by Rey-
nolds, Gainsborough, Sir T. Lawrence, Pine, M. A. Shee,
Pickersgill, Hamilton, &c. ALL BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS,
MANY IN PROOF CONDITION, ALSO, IN SEVERAL INSTANCES,
WITH DUPLICATE IMPRESSIONS showing the plate in its differ-
ent stages of progress. All neatly mounted and arranged.
Imperial folio, half calf, marbled leaves. $300 00. V. D.
A UNIQUE AND HIGHLY INTERESTING COLLECTION.

Among the many choice plates noticeable in this fine volume, the
following may be mentioned :-SHAKESPEARE, engraved by Turner,
1815; GARRICK, full length, after Gainsborough, by Val. Green,
1769; GARRICK as Richard III., after Dance, 1772; GARRICK and
SHAKESPEARE, after Perie, 1784; MRS. ABINGDON, full length; Ban-
NISTER and PARSONS in the "Village Lawyer," colored; BLAKE in
the character of "Mons. le Medecin," (from Chas. Matthews' collec-
tion, with an interesting autograph note by Matthews); MISS FAR-
REN (Countess of Derby) and KING, in the "Heiress," MISS FAR-
REN, by Bartolozzi, brilliant proof; FOOTE, after Reynolds, un-
lettered proof; JOHN HENDERSON, unlettered proof. The same, as
Mackheath, after Romney. H. JOHNSTON, as Douglass, with auto-
graph; MICHAEL KELLY, presentation copy to Harley, with auto-
graph; KEMBLE as Coriolanus, after Sir T. Lawrence.
The same

as Rolla; Toм KING as 'Puff' in the Critic, after Zoffny; Miss
MELLON as Mrs. Page, by Say; Arthur Murphy, after Dance, open
letter proof; MRS. SIDDONS and HER SON, after Hamilton; MISS
YOUNG as Viola, unlettered proof; SCENE from MACBETH by Fu-
seli, proof corrected in chalk by the artist, AND THE SAME PLATE IN
FIVE DIFFERENT STATES; Titania, engraved by Say, brilliant proof,
&c., &c.

67 BRUNET.

MANUEL DE LIBRAIRE et de l'Amateur de Livres. A beautiful LARGE PAPER COPY, interleaved, extended and bound in twelve volumes, 4to. Half dark brown levant morocco, crushed and polished, gilt tops, and uncut edges, in DAVID'S best style. $200 00. Paris, 1860

Only 100 copies on large paper.

68 MAROLLES, MICHEL DE.

TABLEAUX DU TEMPLE DES MUSES. Représentant les Vertus et les Vices sur les plus illustres Fables de l'Antiquité; tirez du Cabinet de M. Favereau, avec les descriptions, remarques et annotations. Portraits of Favereau and Marie Queen of Poland, and the brilliant impressions of the series of plates by BLOEMAERT. LARGE Paper. Folio, full crimson morocco, super-extra, tooled inside borders of elaborate design, by HARDY. $187 50. Paris, 1655

VERY RARE.

Bloemaert visited Paris, where he gained great distinction by engraving the above plates. The art of Engraving was very much improved, not only by the beauty of his execution, but chiefly by effecting an insensible gradation from his lights to his shadows, and introducing a variety of delicate tints in the distances of his subjects. Before his time, there was a great neglect of harmony. He may be said to have been the founder of that admirable style which has been so successfully followed by Audran and others.

69 MUSÉE DE LA CARICATURE, OU RECUEIL DES CARICATURES les plus remarquables publiées en France, depuis le Quatorzième Siècle jusqu'à nos jours, pour servir de complement a toutes les collections de mémoires, calquées et gravées à l'eau forte sur les épreuves originales du temps, d'après les manuscrits et gravures de la Bibliothèque Royale, et des différentes collections d'amateurs. Par E. Jaime; avec un texte historique et descriptif par MM. Brazier, Charles Nodier, Jules Janin, Leon Gozlan, Michel Masson, Philarète Chasles, etc. With over 600 plates, many of them colored in facsimile of the originals. 2 vols., 4to., half red morocco. $84 00. Paris, 1838 Caricatures are frequently better history than the most laborious tomes of the chroniclers. In this work we have a caricature history of the ages from the 14th century down to our own times. Here we see the witty jests against the Papal system during the period of the Reformation; the sarcasms of the people of the Middle Ages against the nobility, and of the nobles against the people, and of both against the despotism of power, and vivid comic pictures levelled at Louis XV. The period anterior to the French Revolution, the Revolution itself, the Consulate, and the Empire, all have their witty sides portrayed in this work, from the pencils of such French artists as Watteau, Coypel, Gillot, Fragonard, Huet, Desrais, Denon, Boilly, Isabey, Carle, and Horace Ver

net.