[OCTOBER 30TH, 31ST AND NOVEMBER 2ND, 1903.] SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE. LATE A SELECTED PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ADOLPHUS FREDERICK NICHOLS, OF ARUNDEL SQUARE, BARNSBURY, N. (No. of Lots, 811; amount realised, £2,603 18s. 6d.) 576 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Cambridge, and coloured plates, old morocco, gold sides, with view in centre, g. e., Ackermann, Thorp, £9 15s. 1815, 4to. (179) 577 Ackermann (R.) Poetical Magazine, 4 vol., coloured plates by Rowlandson (wanted plate i. in vol. ii. and plate x. in vol. iii.), old calf, leaves of text missing, 1809-11, 8vo. (2) Walford, £5 578 Algarotti (Count). Saggio sopra la Vita di Orazio, presentation copy "From the Author, Pisa, Feb., 1763," to the Poet, Thomas Gray, who has added numerous MS. notes in ink on the margins, half russia, g. t., uncut, Venezia, 1760, 8vo. (10) Dobell, £6 2s. 6d. 579 Badeslade (T.) Views of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats in the County of Kent, 36 large double plates by Kip, Harris, etc., half calf, Chapelle, n. d., folio (241) Thorp, £3 10s. 580 Balzac (H. de). Euvres Complètes, 20 vol., portrait and illustrations, half vellum, Paris, 1869, 8vo. (24) Quaritch, £4 45. 581 Bayle (P.) Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, 16 vol., calf, Paris, 1820, 8vo. (27) Hill, LIIS. 582 Beauties of England and Wales, 18 vol. in 26, numerous maps and plates, calf gilt, 1818, etc., 8vo. (28) Walford, £2 1OS. 583 Beeverell (J.) Les Délices de la Grande Bretagne et de l'Irlande, 8 vol. in 6, plates, old calf, Leide, 1727, 8vo. (32) Rimell, £ 10s. 584 Beloe (W.) Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books, 6 vol., calf, 1807-12, 8vo. (33) Shepherd, 1 155. 585 Bergerac (C.) The Comical History of the States and Empires of the Worlds of the Moon and the Sun, translated by A. Lovell, Mitford's copy, calf, 1687, 8vo. (36) B. F. Stevens, £2 2s. 586 Bewick (T.) History of British Land Birds, first edition, woodcuts, half morocco, m. e., Newcastle, 1797, 8vo. (39) Andrews, £1 587 Bewick (T.) History of British Land and Water Birds, 2 vol., 1826-History of Quadrupeds, 1824-Select Fables, 1820, together 4 vol., portrait and woodcuts, russia gilt, m. e., Newcastle, 1820-6, 8vo. (40) Thorp, £1 14s. 588 Bohn's Extra Volumes. Rabelais, 2 vol.-HeptameronCervantes, 2 vol.-Boccaccio, together 6 vol.—Martial's Epigrams, 1 vol., portraits, Bohn, 1855, etc., 8vo. (49) Hornstein, £1 16s. 589 Brandt (S.) The Ship of Fooles, wherein is shewed the folly of all States, with Divers other Workes adjoyned very profitable and fruitfull for all men, translated into Englishe by Alex. Barclay, black letter. 118 woodcuts, a few headlines shaved, otherwise a good copy, morocco extra, gold borders on the sides, tooled centre, g. e., J. Cawood, 1570, folio (248) Ellis, £16 10S. 590 British Essayists, with Prefaces, etc. by Chalmers, 45 vol., and 14 additional vol., including Hazlitt's Round Table, 2 vol., first edition, together 59 vol., uniform in half calf, m. e., 1803-17, 8vo. (56) Walford, £3 591 Browning (R.) Bells and Pomegranates, with autograph of the author, Miss Chorley, with R. B.'s best respects," pasted on the fly-leaf, half morocco, g. t., 1841-6, royal 8vo. (59) Spencer, £12 They were [First edition of each of the eight parts. issued in yellowish or light-brown wrappers. series was complete, Moxon, the publisher, bound the "remainder" up in cloth, and sold them as one book. In these "remainder" copies "Colombe's Birthday" always belongs to the second edition. See Slater's "Early Editions," 1894, page 49.-ED.] 592 Brydges (Sir E.) Censura Literaria, containing Titles, Abstracts and Opinions of Old English Books, 10 vol., second edition, half morocco, g. t., 1815, 8vo. (62) Walford, £1 10s. 593 Burns (R.) Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, second edition, considerably enlarged, 2 vol. in 1 (no portrait), in contemporary marbled calf, with the Riddell arms on the sides, Edinburgh, 1787, 8vo. (70) W. Brown, £178 [Presentation copy, "to Robert Riddell, Esq., of Glenriddell," with the following autograph inscription on the reverse of half-title to vol. i. : “When you & I, my dear Sir, have passed that bourne whence no Traveller returns, should these volumes survive us, I wish the future Reader of this Page to be informed that they were the pledge of a Friendship ardent & grateful on my part as it was kind and generous on yours. That Enjoyment may mark your days, and Pleasure number your years, is the earnest prayer of my dr Sir your much indebted friend The Author."Catalogue. The date of publication as given in the catalogue was 1793, but that merely indicates the time at which Burns got this copy bound for presentation to Captain Riddell, who, at his death in 1794, "left no peer." He was the poet's neighbour at Friar's Carse.-ED.] 594 Burns (R.) Johnson (J.) The Scots Musical Museum, vol. i. to iv., interleaved throughout, with upwards of 140 highlyinteresting Manuscript Notes in the autograph of Robert Burns, one is signed in full, and some others with the initials "R. B.," also a few MS. notes by Burns' friend, Captain Riddell, and his autograph on three of the titles, old mottled calf, with the Riddell arms on the sides, Edinburgh (1787-90), 8vo. (71) Quaritch, £610 [These interesting volumes were left by Mrs. Riddell to her niece, Miss Eliza Bayley, whose autograph is in each volume. One leaf of text is wanting, and a few of the blank leaves have been cut out. The book is otherwise in excellent preservation. Catalogue.] 595 Byron (Lord). Works, with Letters, Journal and Life, 17 vol., plates, half calf, g. t., 1833, 8vo. (79) Hill, £2 596 Campbell (Lord). Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, 10 vol., calf gilt, m. e., 1856-7, 8vo. (82) Hill, £119s. 597 Carleton (W.) Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, 2 vol., illustrations by "Phiz," etc., original cloth, 1843-4, 8vo. (83) Hornstein, LI 175. 598 Chaucer (G.) Amorum Troili et Cresidæ libri duo priores Anglico-Latini, the Latin in italic and the English in black letter, fine copy in the original vellum, Oxon., J. Lichfield, 1635, 4to. (210) Thorp, £2 19s. 599 Chaucer (G.) The Canterbury Tales, with Notes and Glossary by T. Tyrwhitt, 5 vol., portrait and plate, half morocco, g. e., Pickering, 1822, 8vo. (100) Hill, £3 35. 600 Chesterfield (Earl of). Letters, edited with Notes by Lord Mahon, 5 vol., portraits, 1845-53, 8vo. (102) Bain, £5 15s. 601 Clavell (J.) A Recantation of an Ill Led Life, or a Discovereie of the High-way Law, with Instructions how to know, shunne and apprehend a Thiefe, in verse, portrait cut round and inlaid, russia, g. e., 1634, 4to. (212) Dobell, £2 602 Coleridge (S. T.) Fears in Solitude, written in 1798, during the alarm of an Invasion, to which are added France, an Ode, and Frost at Midnight, first edition, with half-title, inserted is an Autograph Letter of the author, 31⁄2 pages 4to., dated Tuesday, 9 Feb., 1819, speaks of Hazlitt's hatred of him and the calumny against his "Christabel" as an obscene poem, etc., morocco, large copy, J. Johnson, 1798, 4to. (213) Bain, £24 10s. 603 Collinson (Rev. J.) History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, 3 vol., folding map mounted on linen and numerous plates, half calf, m. e., Bath, 1791, 4to. (214) Braun, £3 9s. 604 Collyns (C. P.) Notes on the Chase of the Wild Red Deer in Devon and Somerset, blind stamp on title, illustrations, 1862, 8vo. (118) Hornstein, £2 75. 605 Cooke's Select Novels. Proof Portraits and Embellishments to, 4 vol., LARGE PAPER (no printed title to vol. i.), morocco, g.e., 1805, 8vo. (121) Hornstein, £1 165. 606 Coryat (Thomas). Crudities, reprinted from the edition of 1611, 3 vol., best library edition, plates, old calf, rebacked and gilt, 1776, 8vo. (122) Edwards, £4 16s. Popular Stories, 2 vol., 607 Cruikshank (G.) Grimm's German first edition, illustrations by George Cruikshank, calf gilt, m. e., 1823-26, 8vo. (131) Hornstein, £29 10s. 608 Cruikshank (G.) Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem by Dr. Syntax, first edition, 30 coloured plates by G. Cruikshank, calf, Tegg, 1815, 8vo. (133) Edwards, £4 16s. 609 Drake (Sir F.) Revived, being a Summary and True Relation of foure severall Voyages made to the West Indies, 4 parts complete, portrait, russia, r. e., N. Bourne, 1653, 4to. (223) Maggs, £8 1OS. 610 Drayton (M.) Works, 4 vol., frontispiece, original calf, 1753, 8vo. (173) Quaritch, £2 12s. 611 Eliot (G.) Romola, 3 vol., first edition, original cloth, 1863, 8vo. (265) W. Brown, £6 612 European Magazine, vol. i.-lxxxv., and a vol. of blank paper for Index, 86 vol., plates, half calf, 1782-1834, 8vo. (271) Roche, £5 12s. 6d. 613 Forster (E.) British Gallery of Engravings, from Pictures of the Italian, Flemish, Dutch and English Schools, text in English and French, LARGE PAPER, 52 open-letter proof plates, half russia, joints cracked, 1807, folio (514) Brown, 1 125. 614 Freeman (Dr.) Historical Geography of Europe, 2 vol., coloured maps, 1882, 8vo. (284) Sotheran, £2 45. 615 Freer (Miss). The Last Decade of a Glorious Reign (Henry IV.), 2 vol., portraits, original cloth, 1863, 8vo. (286) Hornstein, £5 2s. 6d. 616 Froude (J. A.) History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 12 vol., half calf (the last 2 vol. in original cloth), 1858-70, 8vo. (290) Thorp, £3 4s. 617 Granger (Rev. J.) Biographical History of England, with Noble's Continuation, 9 vol., illustrated with a series of portraits by Richardson, half russia, 1824, etc., 8vo. (308) Winter, £3 35. 618 Granville (Mary, Mrs. Delany). Autobiography and Correspondence, edited by Lady Llanover, both series, 6 vol., portraits and plates, 1861-2, 8vo. (309) Quaritch, £4 12s. 619 Green (J. R.) History of the English People, 4 vol., maps, 1878-80, 8vo. (311) Cooke, £2 25. 620 Greville Memoirs. Journal of the Reigns of George IV. and William IV., 3 vol., 1874-Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1860, 5 vol., 1885-7, edited by H. Reeve, 8 vol., original cloth, 1874-87, 8vo. (312) Bain, £6 621 Greville Memoirs. Journal of the Reigns of George IV. and William IV., edited by H. Keene, 3 vol., half morocco, g. t., 1874, 8vo. (313) Edwards, £2 6s. 622 Hassell (J.) Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, 30 miles round the metropolis, 2 vol., plates, calf, 1818, 8vo. (326) Spencer, £5 15s. 623 Hayward (A.) Biographical and Critical Essays, 2 vol., half calf, m. e., 1858-Selections from Cobbett's Political Works, 2 vol., n. d., 8vo. (330) Edwards, £2 4s. 624 Heywood (T.) The English Traveller, as it hath beene Publickly acted at the Cock-Pit in Drury Lane by Her Maiesties Servants, first edition, a few leaves water-stained, B. F. Stevens, £6 625 Hunt (Leigh). Poetical Works, proof portrait on India paper, first edition, presentation copy, with autograph inscription on title, "To Aristide Guilbert, with Leigh Hunt's respects and regards,” half morocco, g. t., uncut, 1832, 8vo. (356) £1 19s. 626 Hunt (Leigh). Men, Women and Books, 2 vol., first edition, illustrated with 48 additional portraits, half morocco gilt, g. t., uncut, 1847, 8vo. (358) A. Jackson, £4 627 Hunt (Leigh). Autobiography, with Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries, 3 vol., illustrated with 120 extra portraits of eminent literary persons, actors, actresses, etc. and views, many proofs, half morocco extra, g. t., uncut, 1850, 8vo. (361) W. Brown, £7 628 Jesse (J. H.) Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts, 4 vol., 1840-Memoirs of the Court of England from the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George II., 3 vol., 1843-Memoirs of George Selwyn, 4 vol., 1843-4-Life and Reign of George III., 3 vol., 1867, together 14 vol., plates, calf gilt, m. e., uniform, 1840-67, 8vo. (369) J. Bumpus, £12 17s. 6d. 629 Jonson (Ben). Works, with Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a Biographical Memoir by Gifford, 9 vol., best edition, portrait, half calf, r. t., uncut, contents lettered, 1816, 8vo. (379) Hornstein, £3 195. 630 Knight (C.) London, 6 vol., illustrated with about 380 additional portraits, views (some coloured), prints of Vauxhall, plans, etc., calf, y. e., 1841-4, 8vo. (388) Hornstein, £7 10s. 631 La Fontaine (J. de). Contes et Nouvelles en vers, édition des Fermiers-généraux, 2 vol., portraits and plates by Eisen (several wanted), calf, Amst. (Paris, Barbou), 1762, 8vo. (391) Foulard, £3 15s. 632 Lodge (E.) Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, with Biographical Notices, 10 vol., half morocco, g. t., 1840, imperial 8vo. (480) Thorp, £3 1s. 633 Marmontel (J. F.) La Pharsale de Lucain traduite en François, 2 vol., plates by Gravelot, David Garrick's copy, with his ex-libris in each vol., with printed notice of it being bequeathed to Mrs. Eva Maria Garrick, etc., old mottled French calf, m. e., Paris, 1766, 8vo. (429) Carlos, £3 18s. 634 Milman (Dean). History of Christianity, 3 vol. — Latin Christianity, 9 vol.-History of the Jews, 3 vol., together 15 vol., morocco, m. e., 1863-4, 8vo. (440) Maggs, £4 635 Milton (John). Paradise Regain'd, a Poem, to which is added Samson Agonistes, wanted leaf of license facing title, but has the rare errata leaf at end, two or three headlines shaved, with autograph of J. Cooper, attorney, on title, old calf gilt, J. M. for John Starkey, 1671, 8vo. (441) Fox, £8 636 Milton (John). Paradise Lost, a Poem in Ten Books, first edition, with five-line Address to the Reader, Argument and |