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Not one of the books of the series has been without its interest for bookish people, but among the best have been the contributions of the editor, Mr. Wheatley himself."-St. James' Gazette. LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. CAMBRIDGE MASS. bonant Fund Book-Prices Current. [OCTOBER 19TH AND TWO FOLLOWING DAYS, 1904.] HODGSON & CO. A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION, INCLUDING THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. C. A. SWINBURNE. (No. of Lots, 821; amount realised, £1,367 19s.) 1 Alken (H.) and Sala (G. A). Funeral Procession of the Duke of Wellington, a coloured panorama, 66 feet long, enclosed in cloth case (645) Sotheran, £2 12s. 2 Allibone (S. A.) Dictionary of English Literature, with Supplement by J. F. Kirk, 5 vol., cloth, 1896-7, 8vo. (663) Sotheran, £2 125. 3 American Book-Prices Current, compiled by Livingstone, for 1895-6-7, 3 vol., cloth, t. e. g., 8vo. (664) H. Stevens, £3 3s. 4 [Apperley (C. J.)] The Life of a Sportsman, by "Nimrod," first edition, 36 coloured plates by Henry Alken, morocco extra, g. e., R. Ackermann, 1842, 8vo. (170) £13 [Sold by Messrs. Hodgson on October 12th. A clean copy, in blue cloth, would have realised at least as much again.-ED.] 5 Armstrong (Sir W.) Turner and his Works, Japanese paper edition, vignette portrait on title, illustrations, buckram, uncut, and a duplicate set of the plates on Japanese paper, in a portfolio, 1902 (245) H. Bumpus, £5 10s. [Only 350 copies were issued on Japanese paper.-ED.] 6 Arnold (M.) Works, 12 vol.-Letters, edited by G. W. E. Russell, 3 vol., edition de luxe, portrait, together 15 vol., art cloth, 1901-4, 8vo. (744) H. Sharpe, £4 10s. 7 Ascham (Roger). The Schoolemaster, or Playne and perfite way of teaching Children, to understande, write and speake the Latin toong, but specially purposed for the priuate bringing up of youth in Ientlemen and Noble men's houses, title within woodcut border, black letter, morocco extra, t. e. g. (last leaf contained woodcut, colophon repaired), At London, printed by Abell Jeffes, 1589, small 4to. (395) Dobell, £2 9s. 8 Atkinson (G. F.) Curry and Rice, first edition, lithographed plates, original cloth gilt, n. d., 8vo. (57) E. McMinn, £1 IIS. 9 Beaumont and Fletcher. Works, with notes and a biography by Alexander Dyce, portrait, 11 vol., 1843-6, 8vo. (186) H. Bumpus, £9 12s. 6d. 10 Bewick (T.) History of British Birds, woodcuts, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1805-History of Quadrupeds, woodcuts, LARGE PAPER, ib., 1807-Select Fables, portrait and woodcuts by T. and J. Bewick, and others, LARGE PAPER, together 4 vol., ib., 1820, 8vo. (153-4-5) Denny, 1 IOS. 11 Bibliographical Society. Illustrated Monographs. Erhard Ratdolt and his Work at Venice, by Redgrave-Jan van Doesborgh, Printer at Antwerp-Greek Printing in the 15th Century-Early Printers of Spain and Portugal, by Haebler-Early Oxford Bindings, by Gibson, and others, being Nos. 1 to 10, sewed, uncut, 1894-1903, 8vo. (745) £4 155. 12 Bibliothèque Internationale de l'Art, sous la Direction d'Eugène Muntz. Le Livre des Peintres, 2 vol.-Claude Lorrain--La Gravure en Italie-l'Art Espagnol, etc., etchings and other illustrations, papier de Hollande (25 sets so printed), 14 vol., half morocco (1 vol. not uniform), with several A.L.S. inserted, 1882-8, 4to. (782) Vyt, £2 17s. 6d. Tales from Blackwood, including contributions by John Galt, Professor Aytoun, James Hogg, Charles Lever and others, the two series, 36 vol. in 18, half calf gilt, m. e., n. d., 8vo. (116) F. Wells, £2 16s. 14 Boccaccio (G.) The Tragedies gathered by Jhon Bochas, of all such Princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of Fortune, translated into Englysh by John Lidgate, Monke of Burye, woodcut title, black letter, morocco extra, g. e., by J. Clarke, a few leaves at the commencement wormed and one headline cut into, but had the rare title at the end, "A Memorial of suche Princes," Imprinted at London by John Wayland, n. d. [1558], folio (441) 13 Blackwood's Magazine. £13 15 Boccaccio (G.) The Decameron, translated by John Payne, illustrated by Louis Chalon, 2 vol., cloth extra, 1893, imperial 8vo. (637) J. Bumpus, £3 3s. 16 Boydell (J.) History of the River Thames, numerous coloured engravings of the scenery, seats, mansions, etc. on its banks, after Farington, and 2 maps, 2 vol., old morocco (rubbed), 1794-6, folio (648) £10 [Sold by Messrs. Hodgson on October 5th.-Ed.] 17 Brayley (E. W.) Topographical History of Surrey, map and numerous plates, 5 vol., half calf gilt, G. Willis, 1850, 4to. (753) J. Freeman, £2 7s. 18 Brewer (J. S.) The Reign of Henry VIII. from his Accession to the Death of Wolsey, edited by Gairdner, portrait, 2 vol., cloth, 1884, 8vo. (22) Hill, £3 12s. 6d. 19 British Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, edited with Dr. Johnson's Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, and additional Lives by Chalmers, 21 vol., uncut, 1810, 8vo. (314) Bull & Auvache, £2 13s. 20 Browne (Sir T.) Religio Medici, engraved title by Marshall and 159 pages, morocco extra, gilt edges, Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1642, 12mo. (368) Quaritch, £14 108. [This is a surreptitious edition, the first authorised one not having appeared till 1643. Another unauthorised edition, also published in 1642, has 190 pages.--ED.] 21 Buck (S. and N.) Antiquities, original issue, mezzotint portraits of the authors, emblematical frontispiece, index and map, with the 83 large folding engravings and upwards of 400 other plates (one plate in vol. i. missing), 3 vol., old tree calf, R. Sayer, 1774, royal folio and oblong 4to. (443) £28 105. 22 Burckhardt (J.) The Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy, translated by S. G. C. Middlemore, 2 vol., half calf gilt, t. e. g., 1878, 8vo. (229) Edwards, £ 5S. 23 Burns (R.) Works, with Life by Allan Cunningham, frontispieces and vignette titles, 8 vol., calf gilt, m. e., 1834, 8vo. (190) Maggs, £2 15s. 24 Burton (Sir R. F.) The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with the Supplement, original edition, 16 vol., cloth, Benares, privately printed, 1885, 8vo. (564) [Sold by Messrs. Hodgson on October 5th.-ED.] £30 25 Byron (Lord). Poetical Works, engravings by Finden, after Turner, Stanfield and others, 8 vol., LARGE PAPER, calf gilt, contents lettered, m. e., 1839, 4to. (317) G. Gennings, £5 26 Cervantes (M. de). The History of Don-Quichote, the first parte, first edition, engraved title, Printed for Ed. Blounte [1612] The Second part of the History of the Valorous and witty Knight Errant Don Quixote of the Mançha, written in Spanish by Michael Cervantes, and now translated into English [by Thomas Shelton], first edition, the first four leaves re-margined, no engraved title to part ii., London, printed for Edward Blount, 1620, in 1 vol., old russia, small 4to. (365) Maggs, £10 27 Champlin (J. D.) and Perkins (C. C.) Cyclopædia of Painters and Painting, special edition, with photogravures and more than 2,000 other illustrations (25 copies so issued for sale in England), 4 vol., morocco extra, t. e. g., uncut, New York, 1886-7, 4to. (236) H. Bumpus, £9 10s. 28 Chants et Chansons Populaires de la France, par Dumersan et Accompagnement de Piano par Colet, illustrations by Meissonnier, etc., 3 vol., half morocco, t. e. g., Paris, n. d., imperial 8vo. (639) Hill, £1 12s. 29 Chaucer (Geoffrey). Complete Works, edited from numerous Manuscripts by W. W. Skeat, portrait and facsimile frontispieces, 7 vol., buckram, Oxford, 1894-7, 8vo. (36) Robson, £3 165. 30 Chronicon Nurembergense, first leaf commences Registrum huius operis Libri Cronicarum cũ figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mundi" [Autore Hartmanno Schedel], first edition, gothic letter, map of the world and numerous woodcuts after Wolgemuth and Pleydenwurff, the first initial letter illuminated, modern oak boards, morocco back, Anthonius Koberger Nuremberge impressit, 1493, folio (428) Jarvis, £15 5s. |