Contemplative Man's Recreation, portraits and etchings in 2 states, polished morocco, g. t., uncut, 1883, 8vo. (821)

Crag, £15s. 4181 Wilkinson (J. G.) Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, both series and plates, 5 vol.-Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, 2 vol.-Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt, together 8 vol., morocco extra, g. e., 1837-42, 8vo. (826) Maggs, £4 2s. 6d.

[MAY 15TH AND 16TH, 1905.]

PUTTICK & SIMPSON.

A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION.

(No. of Lots, 567; amount realised, £580 17s.)

4182 Adam (Robert and James). The Works in Architecture of, reproduced from the original edition, 2 vol., plates, cloth, 1778-1900, folio (534)

Batsford, £6

4183 Arber (E.) English Reprints, 8 vol., LARGE PAPER, half morocco, 1869, 4to. (475) Bull, £2 95 4184 Barham (Rev. R. H.) The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels, 3 vol., first edition of each series, plates by Cruikshank and Leech, original brown cloth, uncut, 1840-42-47, 8vo. (105) Hornstein, £16 105.

["Presented to E. R. Moran, Esq.," and bearing an inscription in the author's autograph on the half-title of vol. i. Inserted are numerous items relating to him, including four autograph letters, and a note, one of four pages, A.L.s. from R. Bentley, an MS. note by Barham on a page inadvertently left blank in vol. i., several MS. notes by Mr. Moran, the front of a Mulready envelope addressed to Moran by Barham, and a large number of newspaper cuttings, etc.-Catalogue.]

4185 Blomefield (Francis). An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 11 vol., portrait and plates, boards, uncut, 1805-1810, 8vo. (403) Maggs, £b 6s. 4186 Booker (John). The Dutch Fortune Teller, discovering xxxvi. several questions which old and young, married men and women, batchelors and maids delight to be resolved of, woodcut on title (inlaid throughout), 2 small corners torn off, half bound, 1723, folio (296)

16s.

4187 [Cranmer (Thomas).] A Defence of the True and Catholike Doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our Saviour Christ. Made by Thomas Archebyshop of Canterbury, woodcut title, black letter. with leaf at end containing printer's device and imprint, usually wanted,

vellum, Imprynted at London in Paules Churcheyard, at the signe of the Brasen Serpent, by Reynold Wolfe, 1550, small 4to. (476) Bull, £1 16s. 4188 Daniel (George). Merrie England in the Olden Time, 2 vol., first edition, plates by Leech, cloth gilt, uncut, 1842— Costello (L. S.) Rose Garden of Persia, printed within ornamental borders, 1845, 8vo. (128) Robson, £1 15s. 4189 Dryden (John). Amphitryon, or the Two Socia's, a Comedy, with the Musick of the Songs, by Mr. Purcell, first edition, portrait of the author inserted, calf gilt, 1690, 4to. (244) W. Brown, £1 2s. 6d. 4190 Egan (Pierce). Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, coloured plates by the three Cruikshanks and music, original boards, uncut, 1822, 8vo. (88) Court, £7 4191 Egan (Pierce). The Life of an Actor, coloured plates by Lane, cloth, 1825, 8vo. (27) Spencer, £3 7s. 6d. 4192 Goldsmith (O.) The Deserted Village, a Poem, first edition (with half-title), vignette on title, calf extra, by Rivière, W. Griffin, 1770, 4to. (227) Shepherd, £12 4193 Higgins (Godfrey). Anacalypsis, an Attempt to draw aside the Veil of the Saitic Isis, 2 vol., plates, half russia, 1836, 4to. (463) Sotheran, £9 10s. 4194 Knight (C.) Gallery of Portraits, with Memoirs, 7 vol., plates, cloth, 1833-37, imperial 8vo. (96) Edwards, £1 5s.

4195 Lawrence (Sir Thomas). Cabinet of Gems, tinted plates, cloth, 1837, 4to. (264)

Bihn, £3

4196 Mather (Cotton). Magnalia Christi Americana, or the Ecclesiastical History of New England, original calf, 1702, folio (493) Maggs, £9 17s. 6d. 4197 Orchesography, or the Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures, being a translation from the French of M. Feuillet, by John Weaver, Dancing-Master, diagrams and music, calf extra, 1706, 4to. (243) Miller, £2 4198 Petrarch (F.) Phisicke against Fortune, as well prosperous, as adverse, conteyned in two Bookes, written in Latin by Frauncis Petrarch, and now first Englished by Thomas Twyne, black letter (stained throughout and one corner of title defective), calf, At London, printed by Richard Watkyns, 1579, 4to. (259) Jarvis, £110S. 4199 Picart (B.) Ceremonies and Religious Customs of Various Nations, 6 vol., plates, calf gilt, 1736, folio (499) Hill, £2 12s. 6d. 4200 Pinkerton (John). Collection of Voyages and Travels, 17 vol., plates, russia gilt, 1808-1814, 8vo. (447)

Edwards, £3 12s. 6d. 4201 Pyne (W. H.) The Costume of Great Britain, coloured plates, morocco, 1804, folio (283) Robertson, £3 4202 Pyne (W. H.) The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor, St. James's, Hampton Court, etc., 3 vol., plates, boards, uncut, 1819, royal 4to. (268) Spencer, £3 17s. 6d. 4203 Ravenscroft (Edward). Pinetum Britannicum, a Descriptive

Account of Hardy Coniferous Trees cultivated in Great Britain, 3 vol., coloured plates, half morocco, g. e., 1884, imperial folio (286) Millar, £11 4204 Sandford (F.) History of the Coronation of James II. and Queen Mary, plates, calf, 1687, folio (544) Hornstein, £2 4205 Scott (Sir W.) Waverley Novels, Waverley Anecdotes and Poetical Works, together 62 vol., frontispieces, half calf, etc., 1829-1834, 8vo. (21) Edwards, £3 5s. 4206 Shakespeare (W.) Works, the text formed from a new Collation of the Early Editions, by J. O. Halliwell, 16 vol., portrait and wood engravings by Fairholt, half bound, uncut, 150 copies printed, 1853-65, folio (490)

Maggs, £58 10s.

4207 [Smollett.] The History and Adventures of an Atom, 2 vol., calf, first edition, 1769, 8vo. (425) Maggs, £ 13s. 4208 [Smollett.] The Adventures of Ferdinand, Count Fathom, 2 vol., calf, first edition, 1753, 8vo. (426) Spencer, £1 16s. 4209 Sowerby (James). English Botany, or Coloured Figures of British Plants, vol. i. to xxxiii. (should be 36 vol.), and Index to vol. i. to xxxvi., together 34 vol., coloured plates, original boards, uncut, 1790-1812, 8vo. (402)

Norton, £13 10S.

4210 Sue (Eugene). The Wandering Jew, 3 vol., illustrations, half calf, Chapman and Hall, 1844, 8vo. (116)

Adams, £2 18s. 4211 Turner (J. M. W.) Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England, 2 vol., plates, morocco gilt, 1826, folio (497) Daniell, £5 17s. 6d. 4212 Victoria (Queen). More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands, cloth, presentation copy from the late Queen to Samuel Ponder, with autograph inscription in her handwriting, dated 1884, 1884, 8vo. (165) Edwards, £2 IS.

4213 Warburton (R. E. E.) Hunting Songs, Ballads, etc., coloured portrait of Joseph Maiden and plates, original cloth, Chester, 1834, 8vo. (91) Hornstein, £5 2s. 6d. 4214 Waugh (Edwin). Complete Works, 11 vol., illustrations, half morocco, 1882-1883. 4to. (462)

Sotheran, 1 18s. 4215 Wilde (Oscar). De Profundis, one of 200 copies on handmade paper (1905), 8vo. (41) Jacobs, £1 125.

[A copy on small paper, ordinary issue, realised 9s., cloth.-ED.]

At a comparatively unimportant sale held by Messrs. Sotheby on the 9th and 10th of May, the following books were sold at the prices mentioned:

4215 Challenger Voyage. Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the Challenger. Zoology, 40 vol.-Deep Sea Deposits, I vol.-Botany, 2 vol.-Narrative, 3 vol.-Physics and Chemistry, 2 vol.-Summary of Results, 2 vol., to

gether 50 vol. (several vol. injured by damp), original cloth, 1882, etc., royal 4to. (204) Wesley, £32 4217 Cortes (Hernan). Praeclara Ferdinãdi Cortesii de Nova Maris Oceani Hyspania Narratio. Carola Hyspaniarũ, etc. Regi Anno Domini mdxx., transmissa, in qua Continentur Plurima Circa Urbes, Incolarũ mores . . Potissimũque de Celebri Civitate Temixtitan . . per Doctora Petrù saurgnanũ in latinũ versa, large woodcut of arms at back of title, portrait of Clement VII., the plan of Mexico in facsimile, old oak boards, covered with stamped pigskin, sold not subject to return, the rare translation of Cortes' second letter, Norimbergae, Frid. Peypus, 1524, folio (700) Barclay, £35 10S. 4218 Reeve (Lovell A.) Conchologia Iconica, or Monographs of the Genera of Shells, including Latin and English Descriptions of all the species known at the time of publication. . . continued by G. B. Sowerby, 20 vol. complete, with coloured figures of the natural size, by Sowerby, half calf, binding of one vol. damaged, 1843-78, 4to. (609)

Bumpus, £69

MAY 22ND AND 23RD, 1905.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

THE LIBRARY OF MR. JOHN GABBITAS AND OTHER
PROPERTIES.

(No. of Lots, 638; amount realised, £1,140 8s.)

4219 Attic Miscellany (The), folding plates, portraits, etc., 3 vol., calf gilt, m. e., by Aitken, 1789-91, 8vo. (3) James, £1 125. 4220 Bee (Jon). Fancy-Ana, or a History of Pugilism, coloured frontispiece, morocco extra, original label preserved (1824), oblong 8vo. (5) Salisbury, £6 7s. 6d. 4221 Bee (Jon). Sportsman's Slang, coloured folding frontispiece, calf extra, For the author, n. d., 8vo. (6) Spencer, £1 6s. 4222 Brockedon (W.) Passes of the Alps, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, plates in two states, proofs and etchings, morocco extra, tooled sides, g. e., 1828-9, imperial folio (153)

Roche, £135. 4223 Cockayne (G. E.) Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, 9 vol., morocco, g.t., 1887-98, 8vo. (9) J. Bumpus, £27 4224 Cruikshank (G.) A Comic Alphabet, coloured, original pictorial boards, enclosed in a morocco case, 1837, 8vo. (193) Maggs, £3 35. 4225 Cruikshank (G.) Comic Almanack, an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, complete set, 1835-1853, etchings and wood

cuts by George Cruikshank, half morocco gilt, g. e., in 19 vol., 8vo. (192) Bickers, £14 4226 Dickens (Charles). Works, “édition de luxe,” 30 vol., illustrations on India paper, after Cruikshank, etc., uncut, 1881, 4to. (316) Maurice, £11 4227 Dumas (Alexander). Celebrated Crimes, 8 vol., Japanese vellum paper, photogravure plates (in two states), morocco extra, uncut, t. e. g., 1895, 4to. (319) E. Parsons, £7 4228 Egan (P.) Sporting Anecdotes, frontispiece, coloured plates, portraits, woodcuts, etc., morocco extra, g.e., 1825, 8vo. (23) Spencer, £2 125. 4229 Egan (P.) Book of Sports and Mirror of Life, illustrations, extended to two volumes by the insertion of over 100 engravings, many coloured, old sporting extracts, etc., pigskin extra, g. t., uncut, 1832, 8vo. (24) Thorp, £5 4230 Egan (P.) Picture of the Fancy going to a Fight at MoulseyHurst, designed and etched by I. R. Cruikshank, panoramic form, coloured, with key, original boards and wrapper, 1819, 8vo. (21) Fitzgerald, £9 5s. 4231 Evelyn (J.) Memoirs, edited by W. Bray, 5 vol., portraits and plates, calf gilt, g. e., 1827, 8vo. (119) Sotheran, £2 8s. 4232 Fancy (The), or True Sportsman's Guide, portraits and plates, 2 vol., morocco extra, emblematically tooled backs, g. e., 1826, 8vo. (28) Bickers, £910S. 4233 Freeman (E. A.) Historical Essays, four series, 4 vol., first edition, original cloth, 1873-92, 8vo. (204)

Sotheran, £2 15s. 4234 Freeman (E. A.) History of the Norman Conquest, 6 vol., maps, original cloth, uncut, 1877-79, 8vo. (205)

Maurice, £6 5s. 4235 Gamester (The Compleate). Instructions how to play at Billiards, etc., together with all manner of Games, either on Cards or Dice, etc., morocco extra, g. e., C. Brome, 1687, 8vo. (34) Pickering, £2 4s. 4236 Godfrey (Captain J.) Treatise upon the useful Science of Defence connecting the Small and Backsword, half bound, 1747, 4to. (86) Fitzgerald, £5 17s. 6d. 4237 Hakluyt (R.) Early Voyages, Travels and Discoveries of the English Nation, 5 vol., morocco extra, m. e., 1809-12, folio (158) Sotheran, £10 155. 4238 Hamerton (P. G.) Etching and Etchers, first edition, etchings, original binding, 1868, 8vo. (121) Edwards, £3 18s. 4239 Hissey (J. J.) An Old Fashioned Journey through England and Wales, 1884-A Drive through England, 1885-On the Box Seat from London to Land's End, 1886-A Holiday on the Road, 1887-A Tour in a Phæton through the Eastern Counties, 1889-Across England in a Dog-Cart, 1891-Through Ten English Counties, 1894-On Southern English Roads, 1896, first editions, illustrations and maps, original cloth, together 8 vol., 8vo. (225)

Pickering, £7 2s. 6d. 4240 Jackson (Catherine Charlotte, Lady). Works. Old Paris