2747 BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER

(JOHN).

POEMS. | The GOLDEN REMAINS | of those so much admired |

Elegies on the most eminent Persons; with other
Amorous Sonnets, and conceited Fancies.

Together,

With the Prologues, Epilogues, and Songs, many

of which were never before inserted in
his printed Playes.

The fecond Edition enriched with the addition of

other Drolleries by several Wits of these present Times. LONDON, | Printed by William Hope at the backside of the | Old Exchange, 1660.

12mo, full brown polished calf, blind tooling and gilt on back and sides. MR. MITFORD'S COPY, WITH MANUSCRIPT NOTES IN HIS HANDWRITING. ALSO BEARS THE GAISFORD BOOKPLATE.

2748 BEAUMONT (SIR JOHN).

Bosworth-field: | With | A TASTE OF THE VARIETY OF OTHER POEMS, LEFT | by Sir John Beaumont, Baro- | net, deceased: | SET FORTH BY HIS SONNE, SIR IOHN BEAU- | MONT, Baronet; | And dedicated to the Kings moft | Excellent Maieftie. | LONDON, Printed by Felix Kyngston for Henry Seile, and are to be fold at the Tygers head in Saint Pauls | Churchyard. 1629.

12mo, FIRST EDITION, bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco, gilt back and inside borders, ornamented corners, gilt edges. Name on title, pp. 181-2 missing, as in all copies. CONTAINS COMMENDATORY POEMS by BEN JONSON and FRANCIS BEAUMONT. FINE COPY.

2749 BEAUMONT (JOSEPH). PSYCHE:| OR | LOVES

MYSTERIE | In XX. Canto's: | Displaying the Intercourfe | Betwixt CHRIST, and the | SOULE. | By JOSEPH BEAUMONT, Mr. in Arts and Ejected Fellow of S. Peters College in Cambridge. | LONDON, | Printed by John Dawfon for George Boddington, and are to be fold at his Shop in Chancery-lain neer Serjants-Inn. | M.D. C. XL. VIII. (1648).

Small folio, FIRST EDITION, original calf (rubbed), red edges. One leaf torn, no text missing. VERY FINE COPY.

2750 BEEDOME (THOMAS). POEMS' | DIVINE, | and | HUMANE. | By THOMAS BEEDOME. | LONDON, | Printed by E. P. for Iohn Sweeting, and are to be fold at his Shop, at the figne of the Angel | in PopesHead-Alley, neer Cornshill. 1641.

16mo, original calf, rebacked. Last two leaves in facsimile. Commendatory poems by THOMAS NABBES, HENRY GLAPTHORNE, and others. THE BINDLEY COPY, with AUTOGRAPH on fly-leaf: “James Bindley. F.S.A. Stamp Office, London, 1795” Rare. At the dispersal of the Bindley collection (in 1819) this copy brought £4, 5s.

2751 BEHN (APHRA). POEMS upon | SEVERAL OCCASIONS: | With a | VOYAGE | to the Island of Love. | By Mrs A. BEHN. | LONDON, | Printed for R. Tonfon and J. Tonson, at Gray's-Inn-Gate next Gray's-Inn Lane, &c. 1684.

8vo, FIRST EDITION, original calf, rebacked. BOOKPLATE of WILLIAM CLARK. FINE COPY.

2752 BEHN (MRS. APHRA). All the HISTORIES and NOVELS written by the Late INGENIOUS Mrs. BEHN, (MANY NEVER BEFORE PRINTED). Together with The HISTORY of the LIFE and MEMOIRS of MRS. BEHN. By one of the FAIR SEX. Intermix'd with PLEASANT LOVE-LETTERS that pass'd betwixt her and MINHEER VAN BRUIN, a Dutch Merchant; with her Character of the Country and Lover: And her LOVE-LETTERS to a GENTLEMAN in ENGLAND. (Vol. I.) LONDON; Printed for R. Wellington, at the Dolphin and Crown in St Paul's Church yard: 1705. (Vol. II.) LONDON: Printed by W. O. for S. B. and fold by M. Brown, at the Cross-Keys on Ludgate-hill. MD.CC. (1700).

2 vols. (Vol. I., Fifth Edition; Vol. II., First Edition), old calf, a few leaves damaged.

2753 B(ENLOWES) E(DWARD).

THEOPHILA, |

or, | LOVES SACRIFICE. | A | Divine Poem. | Written by E. B.
Efq; Several Parts thereof fet to fit Aires by Mr. J. Jenkins.
London, Printed by R. N., Sold by Henry Seile in Fleetstreet, and |
Humphrey Mofeley at the Princes Arms in S. Pauls Church-yard. 1652.

Small folio, bound in straight-grained claret morocco, blind tooling on sides, gilt edges, title in red and black. 18 CURIOUS ENGRAVED PLATES (a few inlaid and mounted), including the rare one of "Theophila treading on a Serpent," and the two engraved by HOLLAR. A few leaves neatly re-margined.

It is said that of the known copies of this rare work no two are alike in illustration. The Foote copy contained but 12 plates, and the Bierstadt 15. Plate I, with the portrait of the Author, is in this copy, but the Barlow portrait is wanting, as is usually the Page 123 does not contain the engraved verses.

case.

2754 BOCCACCIO (JOHN).

THE Decameron | CON

TAINING | An hundred pleafant | Nouels. |

Wittily difcourfed, betweene

feuven Honourable Ladies, and

three Noble Gentle

men.

London, printed by
Ifaac Iaggard,
1620.

(The title to the second volume contains an additional
line "The laft Fiue Dayes" above the imprint.)

2 vols. small folio, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, bound in full dark green levant morocco, paneled gilt back and sides, edges gilded on the rough. Title to Vol. 1 neatly repaired and inlaid, and the blank margins of a few other leaves restored. Some margins torn, and writing on a few leaves.

RARE. THIS COPY IS IN THE VERY EARLIEST STATE, Both titles being dated 1620. Nearly all known copies are dated first part 1625, second part 1620. MR. B. M. PICKERING, in describing a copy, says: “I HAVE SEEN ONLY FIVE COPIES (WITH 1620 DATE ON BOTH PARTS) IN THE COURSE OF MY EXPERIENCE."

2755 BOCCACCIO. THE MODELL | OF | Wit, Mirth, Elo- | quence, and Conversation. | Framed in Ten Dayes, of an hun- | dred curious Peeces, etc. Preserved to Posterity by that Renow- | ned John Boccacio, the first Refiner | of Italian profe: And now trans |lated into English. | LONDON, | Printed by Tho. Cotes, and are to be fold | by Benjamine Allen, and William | Hope. 1634.

12m0, THIRD EDITION, full polished calf, gilt back and inside borders, rough gilt edges, by FRAncis BedforD. BEAUTIFULLY ENGRAVED TITLE-PAGE. Curious text illustrations. Corner of title and some other margins repaired. The first part (five days) only. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EDITION.

2756 BOCCACCIO (JOHN). Boccace's | TALES: | or, | The Quinteffence of Wit, | Mirth, Eloquence, and | Conversation; | Framed in Ten Days, of an | Hundred curious Pieces, by Seven | Honorable Ladies, and Three | Noble Gentlemen. | Preserved to Pofterity by that Renowned | JOHN BOCCACIO, | The first Refiner of Italian Prose: | And now Tranflated into English. | The Fourth Edition. | LonDON, | Printed by E. Cotes, and are to be fold | by Jofeph Cranford, &c. 1657.

12mo, bound in full brown polished calf (a trifle broken), blind tooling on back and sides. Part II. dated 1655. Curious text illustrations. THREE TITLE-PAGES. MR. MITFORD'S COPY, with his MS. NOTES (also from SIR FRANCIS FREELING'S COLLECTION). PAYNE'S copy of this RARE EDITION sold in 1878 for £12, 155.