28. Pennant (T.). SOME ACCOUNT OF LONDON, large paper, extensively and tastefully illustrated with portraits (including many fine and scarce), fine interior and exterior views of churches and other buildings, many now no longer in existence; old maps and historical subjects, the whole forming a collection of 1, 100 engravings, bound in 7 vols. russia, g. e., the backs of some vols. broken. 1793. £28 29. Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette, a Magazine entirely appropriated to Sporting Subjects and Fancy Pursuits, complete in 13 vols., coloured plates by Alken and Cruikshank, and numerous plates by Landseer, Herring, and others, half red morocco, with symbolical tooling by Tout, g. e. 1822-28. £26 30. Dobson (W.). KUNOPAEDIA. A Practical Essay on Breaking or Training the English Spaniel or Pointer, with Instructions for Attaining the Art of Shooting Flying, first edition, woodcut frontispiece by Bewick, olive morocco extra, with rich symbolical tooling by Tout, gilt top, uncut. 1814. £6 5s. This copy had over 100 engravings (more than 50 of them coloured by hand), by Howitt, Alken, Cooper, and others; there were also some old Shooting Songs, inserted. 31. Egan (Pierce). BOOK OF SPORTS, AND MIRROR OF LIFE, embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage, etc., first edition, numerous woodcuts, pigskin extra, with rich symbolical tooling by Tout, original pictorial covers preserved, gilt top, uncut. £6 12s. 6d. 1832. ¶ Had inserted over 100 engravings (28 coloured by hand), by Alken, Howitt, Cooper, etc. 32. Cook (Colonel). OBSERVATIONS ON FOX-HUNTING AND THE MANAGEMENT OF HOUNDS IN THE Kennel anD IN THE FIELD. First edition. Pigskin extra, with rich symbolical tooling by Tout, gilt top, uncut. 1826. £10 ¶ Had inserted 127 engravings (52 coloured by hand) by Alken, Turner, Barraud, Cooper, Fielding, etc. 33. Dante Alighieri. COMMEDIA COL COMMENTO DI C. LANDINO. EDIZIONE PRIMA (366 leaves only, should have 369, and several leaves stained), with two of the excessively rare engravings by B. Baldini from designs by Sandro Botticelli, blue morocco gilt, g. e., by Roger Payne, large copy, from the Wodhull Library. Roy. fol. Firenze per Nichola di Lorenzo della Magna, 1481. £16 10s. 34. Dante. COL COMENTO DI CHRIST. LANDINO, a fine and rare edition, with 68 full-page woodcuts within borders (without the 8 preliminary leaves), vellum. Bressa, Boninus de Boninis de Raguzzi, 1487. £20 105. 35. Egan (Pierce). LIFE IN LONDON; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. First edition, three plates of music, 36 coloured plates, and numerous woodcuts by J. R. and G. Cruikshank, tree calf extra by Tout, gilt edges, tall copy. 1821. £3 125. 36. Radcliffe (F. P. Delmè). THE NOBLE SCIENCE, a Few General Ideas on FoxHunting. First edition, woodcuts and plates, original cloth, fine copy. 1839. £2 18s. 37. Apperley (C. J.). HUNTING REMINISCENCES, by "Nimrod." First edition, plates and woodcuts, original cloth, uncut, fine copy, scarce. 1843. £5 SALE OF BOOKS FROM VARIOUS LIBRARIES. Messrs. Sotheby and Co., January 14th and 15th, 1895. THE prices realized at this sale were exceptionally low. My readers who are in the "trade" will see for themselves why this was so. The books were of a miscellaneous character, collected together from various sources, and the catalogue simply stated "Catalogue of Books from Various Libraries." Another point to note, is the fact that the books, of any value, were more or less in "poor condition." 38. Thackeray (W. M.). WORKS. Edition de luxe, 24 vols. Portraits, and illustra- Bound in 27 vols., half 40. Rowlandson. FIRST AND SECOND TOURS OF DR. SYNTAX. plates by Rowlandson. Half-morocco and half-calf; royal 8vo. £10 155. 2 vols. Coloured 1813-20. £2 41. Rowlandson. HISTORY OF JOHNNY QUÆ GENUS. First Edition. Coloured plates by Rowlandson. Half-calf; royal 8vo. 1822. LI IS. 42. Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Vol. I. to XXIV., 24 vols. 1879-91. £4 125. 43. Harleian Society's Publications. Register Series. Vol. I. to XIX. (vol. XI. wanting), 18 vols. Royal 8vo. 1877-93. £6 155. £1 155. 44. Bewick. HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 2 vols. Woodcuts by T. Bewick. Royal paper, half-calf; royal 8vo. Newcastle, 1805. 45. McArthur (J.) ARMY AND NAVY GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION; or, the Theory and Practice of Fencing. Plates; calf extra, r. e. 1784. £2 25. 46. Eliot (Geo.). ROMOLA. 3 vols. First edition. 1863-SPANISH GYPSEY. Boston. 1869. LI 145. £285. 47. Lecky (W. E. H.). HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MORALs. 2 vols. 1869-LEADERS OF PUBLIC OPINION IN IRELAND. 1871. 48. Dobson (A.). BALLADE OF BEAU BROCADE. Large paper. Plates and woodcuts by H. Thomson; on China paper. Royal 8vo. 1892. 19s. First edition. Illustra £1 18s. 49. Hunt (Leigh). JAR OF HONEY FROM Mount Hybla. tions by R. Doyle. Original ornamental boards, g. e. 1848. 50. Arabian Nights. Translated, with notes, by E. W. Lane. 3 vols. Original edition. Woodcuts by Harvey. Royal 8vo. C. Knight, 1830. 51. Cruikshank. COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1839, '41 to '48. Plates by G. Cruikshank, and woodcuts; clean copies in the original wrappers. 52. Lecky (W. E. H.). HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MORALS. m. e. 1869. LI 145. £395. 2 vols. Half morocco, 53. Kama Shastra Society. KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA. RANGA; or, Hindu Art of Love. 1885. 2 vols.; vellum. £1 6s. 1883-ANANGA£2 25. 54. Brunet (J. C.). MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE avec le Supplément Dictionnaire de Géographie et Dictionnaire des Noms, Surnoms et Pseudonyms, par Franklin. Best edition. Bound in 9 vols., half-russia, uncut, t. e. g. Paris. 1860-78. £12 55. 55. Smith (W.). OLD YORKSHIRE, with introduction by R. Collyer. 5 vols. Large paper; numerous illustrations. 1881. £1 85. 56. Caldecott (R.) Complete collection of his Pictures and Songs, and contributions to the Graphic. 2 vols. Large paper. 1887-88. 57. Slatyer (W.) PALE ALBION, THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAINE. title and frontispiece, W. Herbert's copy. Calf extra (broken), g. e. £3 125. Engraved 1621. £1 25. 58. Copinger (W. A.). INCUNABULA BIBLICA; or, First Half Century of the Latin Bible. Plates. 59. Rabelais (F.). 1892. £1 125. Amst. D. Elzevir, 1666. 2 vols. First edition. LI IIS. Plates by the £135. 60. Thackeray (W. M.). PARIS SKETCH BOOK. 2 vols. LI IIS. 62. Bewick (T.). FABLES OF ESOP and others, with designs on wood by T. Bewick. First edition. Calf extra, g. e. by Tout. Newcastle, 1818. LI IIS. 63. Bewick. SELECT FABLES, with cuts by T. and J. Bewick and others, previous to the year 1784, with a Memoir and Catalogue. First edition. Calf extra, g. e. by Tout. Ib. 1820. £1 5s. 64. Cotton (C.). COMPLEAT ANGLER: being Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream. Part II. First edition. Original sheep. headlines just touched by binder, and a very small piece torn from title. 1676. 65. Scott (Sir W.). ROB ROY. 3 vols. First edition. Original boards. 1818-FORTUNES OF NIGel. 3 vols. First edition. Original boards. QUENTIN DURWARD. 3 vols. First edition. Original boards. others by the same author. Ib. One or two bottom of £2 145. Edinburgh, Ib. 1822 1823; and £2 16s. 66. Reclus (E.). NOUVELLE GÉOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE: La Terre et les Hommes, 19 vols. (et Tableaux Statistiques). Numerous illustrations. Vols. I. to V., half morocco, remainder unbound. Paris, 1876-94. £5 67. Silver (Geo.). PARADOXEs of Defence, wherein is proved the true Grounds of Fight to be in the short ancient weapons, and that the Short Sword hath advantage of the Long Sword or Rapier, etc. Woodcut arms of the Earle of Essex (slightly shaved) on back of title, and woodcut at p. 28. Half calf; very scarce. Printed for E. Blount, 1599. £3 85. Translated by H. Hunter. 5 vols. LI 145. 68. Lavater (J. C.). ESSAYS ON PHYSIOGNOMY. Plates; half calf. 4to. 1810. 69. H. B.'s Political Caricatures. Nos. I to 917, bound in 9 vols., half morocco, g. e. ; and 2 vols. 8vo. of key, to Nos. 1 to 800, cloth. McLean, 1829-51. £10 SALE OF THE LIBRARY OF J. C. HOLDING, ESQ. Messrs. Sotheby and Co., January 17th, 1895. 70. Cowper (William). POEMS. 2 vol. first edition. Calf extra, g. e., by F. Bedford, 1782-5. rare. £4 65. ¶ This low price was no doubt owing to the fact that the copy sold wanted a halftitle to Vol. I. The fault, however, was not mentioned in the catalogue. 71. Thackeray (W. M.). VANITY FAIR. First edition. Illustrations on steel and wood, by the author. Calf extra, g. e., by Tout. 1848. £2 6s. ¶ This copy had the woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne, which was suppressed in 72. Tennyson (Charles, i.e., Charles Tennyson-Turner). Sonnets and FUGITIVE PIECES. First edition. Boards, uncut. Cambridge, 1830. Sold for its full value. 73. Bon Ton (New) Magazine. 6 vols. complete. Coloured caricature plates, uncut, very scarce. 1818-21. £6 74. Shelley (P. B.). QUEEN MAB: A PHILOSOPHICAL POEM, with Notes, First edition, with the title and imprint, usually abstracted, fine copy, in morocco super extra g. e., very rare. Printed by P. B. Shelley. 1813. £14 75. Shelley (P. B.). LAON AND CYTHNA: OR THE REVOLUTION OF THE GOLDEN CITY. First edition. Crimson morocco, uncut, t. e. g., by Rivière, fine copy. 1818. £7 Excessively rare, having been suppressed, and afterwards issued under the title of "The Revolt of Islam," several of the passages being altered. The low price realized was due to the copy being deficient in the rare half-title after the "Dedication." The fault was not catalogued. 76. Shelley (P. B.). REVOLT OF ISLAM: A POEM. First edition. Morocco extra, 78. Shelley (P. B.). 1819. 79. Shelley (P. B.). First edition. 80. Shelley (P. B.). 16s. THE CENCI: A TRAGEDY. First edition: Half bound. Italy, PROMETHEUS UNBOUND: a Lyrical DraMA, with other Poems. Morocco extra, g. e. 1820. 175. ADONAIS: AN ELEGY ON THE DEAth of John KEATS. The excessively rare first edition. Morocco extra, g. e. Pisa, with the types of Didot, £2 105. 1821. ¶ Two leaves were damaged and imperfect. 81. Shelley (P. B.). EPIPSYCHIDION: VErses addressed to THE NOBLE AND UNFORTUNATE LADY EMILIA V—, NOW IMPRISONED in the ConvENT OF ———. First edition. Unbound, very scarce. 1821. £18 ¶ With the exception of lot 76, the above six lots realized prices which are in no way criterions as to their values. This was owing to the copies being "read" copies, and much cut-down in the binding. 82. Defoe (D.) LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTUREs of Robinson Crusoe. 2 Vols. (Vol. I., third edition, frontispiece; Vol. II., second edition, wanting map). 1719. SERIOUS REFLECTIONS, frontispiece, 1720, calf extra, g. e. by W. Pratt. £3 185. (3) 83. Wonderful Magazine (New). Steel plate portraits, engravings, woodcuts, etc.; 2 vols. extended to 6 vols. by the insertion of several hundred portraits of celebrated and notorious characters, scarce broadsides, views, woodcuts, etc. (many very scarce), with specially printed title-pages, mottled calf extra, g. e., uniform, n. d. £8 5s. 84. Scott (Sir Walter). WAVErley Novels, "Dryburgh Edition,” 25 vols., numerous illustrations. 1892. £2 125. 85. Byron (Lord). HOURS OF IDLENESS: a series of Poems, original and translated. First edition, crimson morocco super extra, uncut, t. e. g. Newark, 1807. £4 45. 86. Byron (Lord). ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS: a Satire. First edition, fine copy in calf extra, uncut, t. e. g., by Rivière & Son. J. Bawthorn, n. d. 1809. £1 185. 87. Lyon (Capt. G. F.). PRIVATE JOURNAL During the VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY UNDER CAPT. PARRY. Map and plates. India proofs and etchings; the cancelled leaves and the plates of "Tattooing" omitted in the copies for sale, uncut. 1824. £195. ¶ Only a few copies issued for presents. An autograph letter of the author's inserted. 88. White (Gilbert). NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. First edition, plates, calf. 1789. £3 10s. 89. Smeeton's Reprints of Rare and Curious Tracts. vols. Portraits and Engravings. Vols. III. and IV. wanted the general titles and contents; half_calf; only 250 copies printed. 1810. £1 55. 90. Milton (J.). PARADISE LOST, a Poem in Ten Books. First Edition. Fourth titlepage, morocco, super extra, g. e. 1668. £13 155. 91. Vancouver (Capt. G.). VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN AND ROUND THE WORLD. 3 vols. Fine engravings by Heath, Landseer, etc. Russia gilt, m. e. and folio Atlas, in boards. £5 55. 92. Hakluyt (R.). THE PRINCIPALL NAVIGATIONS, VOIAGEs and Discoveries of THE ENGLISH NATION MADE by Sea or ovER LAND. First edition; black letter, with the rare map of the world, and the six leaves containing the "famous Voyage of Sir Francis Drake," which were suppressed. Panelled calf, red edges, by Hayday. 1589. £16 1798. SALE OF THE WATERTON LIBRARY. 93. Digby (Kenelm). BROAD Stone of HonouR. Vignettes, 5 vols., cloth. Quaritch, 1877. 19s. 94. Jameson (Mrs.). SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART, second series; LEGends of THE MONASTic Orders and of the MaDONNA, first editions. Numerous illustrations, together 3 vols., blue cloth. 1850-52. £3 7s. 6d. 95. Strickland (Agnes). LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. First edition, portraits, 12 vols., cloth, 1841-48; (and General Index to the 8 vol. edition). £145. 96. More (Sir Thos.). IL Moro d' Heliseo HEIVODO (Ellis Heywood). Inglese all illustrissimo Card. Reg. Polo, morocco, gilt, g. e. Fiorenza, L. Torrentino, 1556. LI A very rare and interesting book, giving a picture of the household of Sir Thos. More as the writer knew it, in a series of colloquies supposed to take place at his house in Chelsea. |
