[Unknown to Lowndes. H. H. Furness, in his Variorum Edition of "Hamlet," could only refer to a "catalogued" copy. Catalogue.] 5966 Shakespeare (William). Johnson (Dr. Samuel). The Plays of William Shakespeare, in 8 vol., with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are added Notes by Sam. Johnson, portrait of Shakespeare by Vertue, original boards, 1765, 8vo. (267) Caley, £3 17s. 6d: [John Keble's (author of "The Christian Year") copy, with his autograph signature upon a fly-leaf in each of the volumes. Catalogue.] 5967 Shakespeare (William). Der Kaufmann von Benedig Ein Lustspiel in vier Auszügen von Schröder, Wien, 1791, 8vo. (266) Pearson, £5 5s. [Unknown to Lowndes. The British Museum Catalogue of Shakespeariana (1897) does not contain this translation of "The Merchant of Venice." The earliest edition printed at Vienna in the British Museum Catalogue is that of 1841. --Catalogue.] 5968 Sheffield (John, Duke of Buckinghamshire). The Four Choruses in the Tragedy of Julius Cæsar, set to Music by J. E. Galliard, original autograph MS. of the music, with long autograph note in fly-leaf by Katherine Duchess of Buckinghamshire relating to the work, signed K. B., 1723, old calf (1723), 4to. (60) Pullen, £2 25. 5969 Spenser (Edm.) The Faerie Queene, disposed into twelve books, fashioning xii. morall vertues-The Second Part of the Faerie Queene, containing the IVth, Vth and VIth Bookes, 2 vol., first edition of each part, title of vol. i. in excellent facsimile, morocco extra, g. e., For William Ponsonbie, 1590-96, 4to. (363) Quaritch, £19 5970 [Taylor (John).] Heads of All Fashions, being a Plain desection of Diverse and sundry sorts of Heads, Butting, Jetting or Pointing at Vulgar Opinion, cuts on title representing 17 heads, 1642, 4to. (362) Pearson, £47 [A rare volume in verse, by Taylor, the "Water Poet," and of considerable Shakespearean interest, for among the portraits on the title figures that of Shakespeare. Apart from the Droeshout and Marshall portraits, this is the earliest engraved representation of the poet.-Catalogue.] 5971 Thackeray (W. M.) Vanity Fair, a novel without a hero, early edition, with illustrations on steel and wood by the author, original cloth, uncut, presentation copy, containing an original drawing by Thackeray of Mr. Punch presenting a book, inscribed below "With the Author's compliments," in Thackeray's hand, Bradbury and Evans, 1849, 8vo. (53) Hornstein, £31 5972 Wright (Edw.) Certain Errors in Navigation detected and corrected, with many Additions that were not in the former Editions, engraved title, with map below containing America, large folding map of the World (including America) and map of Sea Routes to the Azores, etc., old calf, cover broken, J. Moxon, 1657, 4to. (77) The Property of a Nobleman. Edwards, £3 16s. 5973 La Fontaine (I. de). Contes et Nouvelles en Vers (Edition des Fermiers généraux), portraits of Lafontaine and Eisen by Fiquet, 80 plates after Eisen, engraved by Aliamet, Baquoy, Lemire, de Longueil, etc. (Le Cas de Conscience et Le Diable Papefiguière découvertes) and vignettes by Choffard, 2 vol., old red morocco, three line fillet on sides, full gilt backs, tooled "à l'Oiseau," silk linings, g. e. (Derome), Amsterdam, 1762, 8vo. (384) Eden, £25 15s. 5974 Voltaire (M. de). Romans et Contes, portrait, 57 plates by Marillier, Martini et Moreau, and vignettes by Monnet, 3 vol., old marbled calf gilt, A. Bouillon aux dépens de la Societé Typographique, 1778, 8vo. (385) Rolandi, £6 5975 Coryat (T.) Crudities, reprinted from the Edition of 1611, to which are now added his Letters from India, etc., and Extracts relating to him from various Authors, plates, 3 vol., original marbled calf gilt, 1776, 8vo. (386) Young, £5 15s. 5976 Collinson (J.) History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset collected from Authentick Records, map and engravings of Roman and other reliques, town seals, baths, churches and gentlemen's seats, 3 vol., old mottled calf gilt, 1791, 8vo. (387) Edwards, £5 12s. 6d. 5977 Holinshed (Ralph). Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, 6 vol., scored russia gilt, m. e., 1807-8, 8vo. (388) Hill, £4 15s. 5978 Hogarth (W.) Hogarth Restored. The Whole Works of the Celebrated William Hogarth, as originally published, now engraved by Thomas Cook, portrait and plates, original half binding, uncut, Printed for the Engraver, 1802, folio (389) Andrews, £4 IS. 5979 Claude le Lorrain. Liber Veritatis, or a Collection of Prints after the Original Designs of Claud le Lorrain, executed by Richard Earlom, to which is added a descriptive Catalogue of each Print, portrait of Earlom and 300 plates, early impressions, 3 vol., original half morocco, uncut, Boydell, n. d. (1777-1819), folio (390) Eden, £5 5980 Hasted (E.) History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, containing the Antient and present State of it, Civil and Ecclesiastical, collected from Public Records and other best Authorities, both Manuscript and Printed, maps (including the "Hundred of Worth," usually wanting), views of antiquities, seats of the nobility and gentry, etc., 4 vol., russia gilt, m. e., Canterbury, 1778-99, folio (393) Eden, £26 5981 Van Dyck (A.) Icones Principum, virorum Doctorum, Pictorum, Chalcographorum, Statuariorum, nec non Amatorum Pictoriæ artis numero centum, and others, together 148 plates, original impressions, old vellum, first plate repaired and another mounted, sold not subject to return, Antv., Other Properties. 5982 Smith (John Chaloner). British Mezzotinto Portraits, 4 vol., portraits, original cloth, uncut, 1883, imperial 8vo.-Portfolio containing 125 portraits in the illustration of the abovenamed work, reproduced by the autotype process, LARGE PAPER, 50 copies printed, together 5 vol., n. d., folio (396) Eden, £26 10s. 5983 Tennyson. Poems by Two Brothers, first edition, LARGE PAPER COPY, 2 leaves wanted (pages 119-122), an inscription erased from the title-page, cloth, entirely uncut, 1827, 8vo. (397) Denham, £9 1OS. 5984 Whitman (Walt.) By Emerson's Grave, the original autograph manuscript signed, 21⁄2 pages, and envelope addressed by Walt. Whitman, royal 8vo. (398) Sabin, £10 [This Essay was first published in "The Critic" in April, 1882.-Catalogue.] 5985 Réstif de la Bretone (N. E.) Le Paysan Perverti ou les Dangers de la Ville, frontispieces and plates by Binet, engraved by Berthet and Le Roy, 5 vol., half calf, La Haye, 1776, 8vo. (380) Braun, I 18s. 5986 Armandus de Bello Visu Ord. Praed. (Frater). Armādus de Declaratione difficiliu terminoru tam Theologie q3 Philosophie ac Logice, lit. goth., long lines, 34 to a full page, with signatures rubricated, capitals painted in blue and red, some top corners damaged by damp, in a very peculiar royal binding (Henry VII. of England?), oaken boards, morocco, the sides having borders containing the Royal Arms of England and those of the Dauphin of France, a crowned spread eagle with English supporters, angels and flowers, a centre panel of semis of fleurdelis, with the Royal Arms (England and France) in the innermost centre, Anno 1491 in insigne Urbe Basileorum, 8vo. (401) Levey, £9 5987 Lamb (Charles). Elia, Essays which have appeared under that Signature in the London Magazine (first series), first edition, in the original boards, uncut, Taylor and Hessey, 1823, 8vo. (403) Herringham, £10 10s. 5988 Alken (Henry). The National Sports of Great Britain, 50 beautifully coloured plates, with Descriptions, a sound and clean copy, original half morocco, g. e., T. M'Lean, 1825, imperial 8vo. (404) Hornstein, £16 5989 Combe (William). The Dance of Life, a Poem, by the author of "Doctor Syntax," first edition, coloured engravings by Thomas Rowlandson, original half calf gilt, m. e., R. Ackermann, 1817, 8vo. (405) Dobell, £4 14s. 5990 Gessner (Salomon). Euvres, portrait, engraved titles, plates and vignettes by Le Barbier, engraved by Allix Baquoy, Dambrun, etc., 3 vol., morocco extra, g.e., by ChambolleDuru (1786-93), 4to. (381) Simonson, £9 15s. 5991 Keats (John). Endymion, a Poetic Romance, "The stretched metre of an antique song," first edition, original boards, uncut, Taylor and Hessey, 1818 (406) Sabin, £40 [An interesting copy, having formerly been in the possession of the artist, B. R. Haydon, who has written his name on the title-page; many passages are underlined by him. There is also a MS. note on pages 14-15, commencing: 'I was walking with Keats one summer evening in the Kilburn Meadows, when he had just written the sublime Ode or Address to Pan . . ." against the lines on page 8, Apollo's upward fire,” etc. he has written: "How could Gifford be such a brute as to ridicule this exquisite passage? B. R. H."-Catalogue.] 5992 Lamb (Charles). Tales from Shakespear, designed for the use of Young Persons, 2 vol., first edition, engravings by William Blake, from the designs of Mulready, original sheep binding, with the advertisements at end of vol. ii., 1807, 8vo. (407) Edwards, £27 5993 Shelley (P. B.) Laon and Cythna, or the Revolution of the Golden City, first edition, with the very rare leaf containing Greek verses from Pindar (no half-title), original half binding (broken), 1818, 8vo. (410) Bromley, £10 [Though dated 1818, this Poem was published the previous year. It was speedily withdrawn from circulation and republished in 1818, with alterations, under the title, "The Revolt of Islam."-ED.] 5994 Thackeray (W. M.) A Leaf out of a Sketch Book, by William Makepeace Thackeray, original printed wrappers, as issued, 25 copies privately printed, Emily Faithfull, 1861 (411) Denham, £45 10s. 5995 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord). Poems by Two Brothers, original boards, uncut, 1827, 8vo. (412) Denham, £40 5996 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord). Poems, original boards, uncut (the back missing), E. Moxon, 1833, 8vo. (413) Hornstein, £4 145. 5997 Dickens (Charles). Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition, with 43 illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz," including the two plates by R. W. Buss, in the original 20 numbers, with Dickens's address in Nos. 10 and 15, and the publishers' announcements relating to the Pickwick Papers, and Sketches by "Boz" in the last 3 numbers, the wrappers in perfect order, with the exception of a small piece having been cut from the back wrapper of the last number, 1836-37, 8vo. (414) Richmond, £17 10s. 5998 Milton (John). Character of the Long Parliament and Assembly of Divines in 1641, omitted in his other Works and never before printed, half bound, 1681, 4to. (418) Pickering, £6 5999 Pope (A.) The original Autograph Manuscript of the First Draft of "The Pastorals" (Pope's earliest work), as submitted to William Walsh for correction and criticism, 4 pages, small 4to. (420) E. A. Denham, £35 [This MS. sold last year for £71 (see BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, Vol. xvi., No. 5214), and was subsequently offered in New York for £300. It failed to sell, however, and now made its appearance at Sotheby's for the second time. The manuscript is often referred to in Elwin and Courthorpe's edition of Pope's Works, 10 vol., 1871-86. It contains about 125 lines on 4 pages, small 4to., with some 25 lines of criticism and suggestions in the autograph of William Walsh, the critic. "The Pastorals" was first printed in Tonson's "Poetical Miscellany," 1709.—ED.] 6000 Giraldi Cinthio (G.) De Gli Hecatommithi, overo Cento Novelle, 2 parts in 1 vol., a few blank margins repaired, small hole in 1 leaf and large wormhole in several others, some rough leaves, old calf extra, with arms and monogram on sides, g.e., Venetia, 1580, 4to. (421) Pearson, £3 17s. 6d. [The Marquis de Candia's copy, with the following note in his autograph on the fly-leaf: "Volume bound and presented to Shakespeare, from which he took Othello, etc."-Catalogue.] 6001 Tusser (Thomas). Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandrie, also two tables, one of Husbandrie and the other of Huswiferie, etc., black letter, ornamented border to title, old calf, Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1604, 4to. (427) Maberley, £5 5s. 6002 Smith (Sir Thomas). The Common-wealth of England, and Maner of Government Thereof. . . . With new additions of the chief Courts in England, the offices thereof, and their severall functions, by the said Authour: Never before published, black letter, old calf, Printed by Valentine Simmes, for George Seton, 1594, 4to. (429) Leach, £7 [This copy belonged to W. H. Ireland, the forger of the Shakespeare papers. His autograph is on the title-page.Catalogue.] 6003 Borne (William). A Regiment for the Sea, containing verie necessarie matters for all sorts of men, and travailers, wherunto is added an Hidrographicall discourse touching the five severall passages into Cattay, Newly corrected and amended by Thomas Hood, D. in Phisicke, who hath added a new Regiment, and Table of Declination. Whereunto is also adjoyned the Mariners guide, with a perfect Sea Carde by the said Thomas Hood, woodcut of a ship on title, astronomical diagrams, black letter. calf extra, Imprinted at London by T. Este for Thomas Wight, 1596, 4to. (430) Pearson, £12 [The "Mariners' Guide" has a separate title. Of this work there are earlier editions, going back to 1575 or thereabouts, and it seems to have served as a guide to travellers abroad.—Catalogue.] 6004 Lamb (John, the Father of Charles Lamb). Poetical Pieces on several occasions: XVII. "Let such teach others, who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.-Pope." Dedicated "To the Forty-nine Members of the Friendly 40 |