Povrtraicts, dv Seignevr Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, 2 [Collation: Part i.: Title and preliminaries, 4 leaves, 39 leaves with designs for lace patterns printed upon one side only, the designs in white upon black grounds. Signatures A-I in fours, the last leaf blank. Part ii. 36 leaves, including title, with the lace designs printed upon both sides. Signatures m-u in fours.-Catalogue.] 649 Lady's Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, 30 vol., coloured plates of costumes, portraits of celebrated characters, plates of sporting, lace, etc., 1800-1814, 8vo. (1448) E. G. Allen, £5 5s. 650 [Langlande (Robert).] The Vision of Pierce Plowman, newlye imprynted after the authours olde copy, black letter, morocco, g.e., Owen Rogers, 1561, small 4to. (1454) Ellis, £5 2s. 6d. [The present copy did not contain the "Crede" mentioned on the title.-ED.] 651 Lebrun (M.) Galerie des Peintres Flamands, Hollandais et Allemands, proofs before letters of the complete series of 201 plates, 3 vol. in 2, morocco extra, g. e., by Wright, Paris, 1792-96, folio (1467) Maggs, £34 1OS. 652 Legende des Flamens, artisiens et haynuyers, lit. goth.. woodcuts and woodcut capitals, morocco extra, g. e., Paris, 1532, small 4to. (1471) Ellis, £10 [Besides treating of the towns of Flanders, and such cities as Arras, Calais and Cambrai, the Chronicle also contains passages concerning Normandy and Joan of Arc. Baron Seillière's copy sold for £38 10s.-Catalogue.] 653 Lentulo (Scipio). An Italian Grammar, written in Latin, and turned in Englishe, by H. G[ranthan], first edition, calf extra, g. e., Thomas Vautroullier, 1575, small 8vo. (1482) Cotton, £3 6s. 654 Le Rouge (G. L.) Collection des Jardins Anglois, AngloisChinois, Edifices, Grottes, Maisons de Plaisance, Cascades, etc., édition originale en 21 cahiers, comprising upwards of 490 plates, plans and views of gardens and buildings at Fontainebleau, etc., 3 vol., French veau fauve extra, g. e., Paris, Le Rouge, 1776-1789, oblong folio (1485) Quaritch, £21 655 Levêque (M.) Tables Générales de la Hauteur et de la Longitude du Nonagésime, calculées pour toutes les latitudes Terrestres, 2 vol., contemporary morocco, the sides decorated with a rich dentelle border in gilt and bearing the arms of Gabriel de Sartines, Comte d'Albi, gilt starred end papers, g. e. (Derome), Avignon, 1776, 8vo. (1492) W. Brown, £11 155. 656 Lilly (William, Student in Astrology). Monarchy or No Monarchy in England. Grebner his Prophecy concerning Charles son of Charles, his Greatnesse, Victories, Conquests, etc., with the to separate leaves of woodcuts, morocco extra, g. e., by Lloyd, H. Blunden, 1651, small 4to. (1505) Ellis, £2 12s. 657 Livius. Deche di Tito Livio vulgare hystoriate [da Ruggiero Ferrario], title printed in red, with the large Giunta device, beneath a woodcut, several hundred woodcuts of the Early Italian School, some bearing the well-known mark "b," others signed "F," morocco, tooled in gilt and blind after an old Venetian design, g. e., by Rivière, Venetia, Barth. de Zani de Portesio, 1511, folio (1513) Ellis, £14 10s. 658 [Lloyd (David, Dean of S. Asaph).] The legend of Captain Jones [in verse], relating his adventure at sea, his relieving of Kemper Castle, etc., 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved frontispiece by Marshall, and leaf "Fame's windy trump," calf, E. Okes and F. Haley, 1671, 12mo. (1516) Maggs, Li [Another copy, in calf extra, sold (Lot 1397) for £1 14s.ED.] 659 Lloyd (Lodowike). The Triplicitie of Triumphes, vsed upon the Natiuities of Emperours, kinges, Princes, Dukes, Popes and Consuls, black letter, half calf, Richard Jhones, 1591, small 4to. (1517) Quaritch, £2 12s. 660 Longus. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé (traduit du grec en françois par Amyot), frontispiece after Coypel, and the series of 28 plates by Audran after the designs of the Regent Philippe d'Orléans, earliest issue (avant "les Petits Pieds"), old morocco gilt, g.e., s.l. (Paris), 1718, small 8vo. (1530) Quaritch, £12 661 Lorris (G. de). Le Romant de la Rose, 49 woodcuts, old morocco, g. e., Paris, P. Vidoue pour G. du Pré, 1529, small 8vo. (1532) Bain, £8 15s. 662 Loutherbourg (P. J. de). Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales, with Descriptive Accounts [in English and French], 18 coloured plates in imitation of the original drawings, half bound, Bensley, 1805, folio (1537) Ellis, £3 663 Lowe (Peter). A Discourse of the whole Art of Chyrurgerie, black letter, woodcuts of surgical instruments, operations, etc., original calf, T. Purfoot, 1634, small 4to. (1539) Ellis, £4 10s. [At the end, with separate title, is found "The Presages of Divine Hippocrates," 16 unpaged leaves.—Catalogue.] 664 Ludolphus de Saxonia. Dat boeck vanden leuen ons liefs heren ihesu cristi, lit. goth., 158 coloured woodcuts, many of them occupying a whole page, while others are composed of two or more blocks placed side by side, margins of two or three leaves repaired, morocco extra, blind tooled, g. e., by Rivière, Zwoll gheprent by my Peter Os van Breda, mcccc. cxv. (sic pro 1495), folio (1542) Ellis, £23 [Campbell, 1184; Proctor, 9146. This mystical life of our Lord was written in the latter part of the 14th century by Ludolph of Saxony, Prior of the Carthusians of Strasburg. ED.] 665 Ludolphus, Rector in Suchen. De Terra Sancta et Itinere Therosolomitano et de statu ejus et aliis mirabilibus que in mari conspiciuntur videlicet mediterraneo, lit. goth., initials rubricated, morocco extra, g. e., by F. Bedford, s. 1. et a. [Hain, 10307, 34 leaves, printed in long lines, 41 to a page; considered the earliest edition of these travels.-Catalogue.] 666 Lydgate (John). Life and Death of Hector, woodcut titlepage, morocco extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, T. Purfoot, 1614, small folio (1547) Pickering, £5 10s. [This is a version in the six-line stanza, by Thomas Heywood, of Lydgate's original work, the dedication of the earlier writer to Henry V. being retained.-Catalogue.] 667 Lyly (John). Euphues. The Anatomy of Wit, black letter. morocco, blind tooled, g. e., by Clarke and Bedford, For William Leake, 1613, small 4to. (1548) Ellis, £4 668 Lytton (Lord). The Pilgrims of the Rhine, original edition, portrait and engravings from designs by D. Roberts, etc., morocco extra, g. e., by Broca, Saunders and Otley, 1834, royal 8vo. (1552) W. Brown, 1 58. 669 Mandeville (Joannes de). Itinerarium in partes Iherosolimitanas et in ulteriores transmarinas, lit. goth., 48 leaves, 37 lines to a page, with signatures, not in Hain, vellum neat, Absque nota (Colon., J. Koelhoff, circa 1491), small 4to. (1582) Ellis, £7 670 Mantegna (Andrea). Disegni, engraved title, dedication and 44 plates, boards, uncut, Venezia, 1795, folio (1587) Ellis, £4 15s. [A volume of engraved plates by Franciscus Novelli, after drawings attributed to Andrea Mantegna. The original drawings, called "The Sketch Book," are now in the possession of the Earl of Rosebery. The British Museum Print Room possesses plates 1-24, and two odd plates besides.— Catalogue.] 671 Marot (Clement). Les Euvres de Clement Marot, old French morocco extra, g. e., Paris, G. le Bret, 1547, 16m0. (1608) Maggs, £75s. [This copy belonged to the Duke of Roxburghe, and had his crest on the binding. It realised £1 14s. 6d. at his sale in 1812. ED.] 672 [May (Thomas).] The Life of a Satyrical Puppy, called Nim, folding frontispiece containing portraits of Nim and his man, Oliver Bunge, in the dress of the times, inlaid, morocco extra, g. e., by Pratt, Humphrey Moseley, 1657, small 8vo. (1636) Maggs, £3 673 Mercurius Trismegistus. Deux Livres (Pimander et Asclepius) de Mercure Trismegiste Hermés, contemporary calf, tooled in silver, heightened with red and black colouring, g. e., Paris, E. Groulleau, 1557, small 8vo. (1654) Ellis, £5 12s. 6d. 674 Meredith (George). The Shaving of Shagpat, an Arabian Entertainment, first edition, some corners of leaves mended, cloth, Chapman and Hall, 1856, 8vo. (1655) Stevens, £6 5s. [Mr. F. Locker's copy, with his bookplate and an auto graph note in verse by him on the fly-leaf, referring to the careless manner in which this volume has been cut open by the original owner, a Mr. Wilde, whose name is on the flyleaf.-Catalogue.] 675 Merian (Matt.) Florilegium Renovatum et Auctum, engraved title, folding plate of the garden of J. Swindius, and 174 plates of flowers, etc., vellum extra, g.e., Francofurti, M. Merian, 1641, folio (1658) Quariich, £7 15s. 676 Mexia (Pedro). Silva de varia Lecion, lit. goth., first edition, woodcut title-page, original vellum, Sevilla, Juan Cromberger, 1542, small folio (1659) Sotheran, £7 10s. [A popular collection of tales, from which many of our early dramatists derived their plots. An incident in "All's Well that ends Well" is said to be taken from it.-Catalogue.] 677 Meyer (Joachim). Grundtliche Beschreibung der freyen Ritterlichen und Adelichen Kunst des Fechtens in allerley gebreuchlichen Wehren, woodcut title-page and upwards of 70 full-page woodcuts of Fencing, half calf, Augspurg, M. Manger, 1600, oblong 4to. (1662) Fymes, £7 135. 678 Michaelus Franciscus de Insulis. Speculum Sermonum beatæ Marie Virginis super salutatione angelica, lit. goth., long lines, rubricated, large cut of the Annunciation on title, and numerous woodcut initials, wanted last leaf with printer's mark, vellum neat, Antwerp, Gerard Leeu, 1487, small 4to. (1663) Ellis, £3 12s. 6d. 679 Military. Representation of the Cloathing of His Majesty's Household and of all the Forces upon the Establishments of Great Britain and Ireland, title and 95 plates of the dress of the various Regiments, all coloured by hand after the unique original, with the names of the Colonels commanding down to the year 1742, 25 copies executed, morocco extra, g. e., by De Coverly, Reprint of 1742 (about 1894), 4to. (1668) Ellis, £3 55. 680 Milton (John). Paradise Lost, a Poem in Ten Books, first edition, seventh title, with the third issue of the "Argument," without "the Printer to the Reader" (7 by 54 inches), unwashed, in an eighteenth century binding of russia gilt, m. e., Printed by S. Simmons, 1669, small 4to. (1674) Pickering, £22 10s. [Inserted in this copy is the "Third Title-page,” London printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker under Creed Church, neer Aldgate, 1668."-Catalogue.] 681 Milton (John). Paradise Lost, a Poem in Twelve Books, third edition, engraved portrait by Dolle, tall copy, calf extra, panelled sides, g. e., by Rivière, S. Simmons, 1678, small 8vo. (1675) Ellis, £4 7s. 6d. 682 Milton (John). Le Paradis Perdu, édition en Anglais et en Français, papier velin, the plates printed in colours “avant la lettre," 2 vol., original French calf, g. e., Paris, D. de Maisonneuve, 1792, 4to. (1678) Denham, £7 683 Milton (John). Paradise Regain'd, a Poem in Four Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes, first edition (6}} by 41⁄2 [This copy had the rare leaf before the title-page, bearing the words "Licensed July 2, 1670," also the leaf containing the Errata. Catalogue.] 684 Milton (John). Paradise Regain'd, another copy, first edition (7 by 4 inches), with the Licence and Errata leaves, morocco extra, paned sides, g. e., by Rivière, J. M. for John Starkey, 1671, 8vo. (1680) Pickering, £34_105. 685 Milton (John). Poems, etc. upon Several Occasions, both English and Latin, etc., morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, Printed for Tho. Dring, 1673, small 8vo. (1684) Denham, £11 5s. [This volume contained several poems and sonnets, both English and Latin, which do not appear in the 1645 edition. -Catalogue.] 686 Milton (John). History of Britain, first edition, portrait by Faithorne, old gilt calf, J. M. for J. Allestry, 1670, small 4to. (1687) Quaritch, £7 105. 687 Missale Carthusiensium, lit. goth, printed in red and black, woodcut of St. Bruno on title, and other full-page woodcuts, red morocco, g.e., Parisiis, apud viduam Thielmanni Kerver, 1541, small 8vo. (1703) Bull, £5 17s. 6d. 688 Missale Completissimum ad Usum Cisterciensium Ordinis per quendam eiusdem ordinis monachum studiosissime correctum emendatum et ad veram ipsius ordinis formam redactum, lit. goth., printed upon vellum, in red and black, with numerous illuminated initial letters and borders of flowers and birds, several small miniatures, a painting of the Crucifixion facing the Canon, and the arms and motto of the order illuminated on title, velvet, with silver clasps, Parisius, N. Higman, 1512, small folio (1704) Ellis, £70 689 Missale Pataviense, cum additionibus Benedictionum Cereorum, Cinerum, Palmarum, Ignis paschalis, etc., lit. goth., printed in red and black, with music, and numerous small woodcuts, besides the large illuminated cut of the Crucifixion, which, together with the Canon Missæ, is printed upon vellum, oak boards, covered with hogskin, brass corner pieces and clasps, Venet., L. Allantse, 1522, small 4to. (1705) Ellis, £9 5s. 690 Monstrelet (Enguerran de). Les Chroniques, avec les continuations jusqu'en 1516, édition revue par Denys Sauvage, LARGE PAPER, 3 vol. in 2, morocco extra, gilt edges, by Roger Payne, from the Stourhead Library, Paris, G. Chaudiere, 1572, folio (1718) Ellis, £6 2s. 6d. 691 Montaigne (Michel de). Essayes, or Morall, Politike and Militarie Discourses [translated by John Florio], frontispiece by M. Droeshout, old calf, R. Royston, 1632, folio (1721) Sotheran, £4 185. 692 Montfaucon (Bernard de). L'Antiquité expliquée (en Français et en Latin), avec le Supplément, LARGE PAPER, portrait and upwards of 1300 plates, 15 vol., old gilt calf, Paris, 1719-24, folio (1727) Tregaskis, £3 |