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 ** Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary. 
 Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore — 
 
 While I noddeu, nearly napping " — Edgar Allah Pok. 
 
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 Author of — “An Historical Essay on the Art of Bookbinding,” American 
 Correspondent of “Le Livre” (Octave Uzanne, Editor), etc., etc. 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 
 GEORGE A. LEAVITT AND CO., 
 
 787 and 789 Broadway. 
 
 June, 1887. 
 
“ Livres nouveaulx, livres vielz et antiques." — E tienne Dolet. 
 
 Gillcs Menage somewhere wrote over two hundred years ago:— “Lea 
 livres ont toujours etc la passion des honuCtes gens.” 
 
 And that is the reason, 1 suppose, why Mr. Henry de Pene do Bois is 
 so popular in New York as a Bibliophile and Grolieritc. I presume further, 
 that it is also the reason why he gave to literature his interesting volume on 
 the * ‘ Art of Bookbinding,” — is why he has been chosen as the American cor- 
 respondent of that fascinating Parisian magazine, “ Le Livre,” whose des- 
 tinies are superintended by Octave Uzaune, the author of some of the most 
 delightful works in the French language — and is why Mr. Pene do Bois 
 has been engaged for so long a time on the compilation of his volume on 
 American book-collectors entitled — “New Yoyk Bibliophile,” and which 
 will he shortly issued from the Paris press. 
 
 The Library and Art Collection of Mr. Pene do Bois has been his sole 
 hobby during many years, and he daily could truly repeat the words penned 
 by old Pynson in the sixteenth century: — 
 
 “ Styll am I besy bookes assemblynge, 
 
 For to have plenty it is a pleasaunt thynge.” 
 
 His Collection had great newspaper notoriety before he contemplated 
 putting it on the market in consequence of his intention of living altogether 
 in Paris after September of this year. The Collection of this Louisianian 
 Creole — for Mr. Pene dd Bois is a native of Ncw r Orleans — has long been, 
 in the words of “Town Topics” — “the envy of brother enthusiasts,” and 
 “To-Day” two years ago, spoke of his — “noteworthy assemblage of 
 French classics and fine bindings,” adding, “ Mr. Pene DU Bois isa nephew 
 of the French author IIenri de Pene and a collector of decided inherited 
 taste. ” 
 
 Any number of extracts might be reprinted in regard to the value of the 
 Library of Mil. Pene du Bois, whom the “ Art Amateur” styled — “con- 
 noisseur in the arts of the bibliophile,” but two more and those from the 
 “ New York Tribune ” will suffice. On the third of June, 1883, that jour 
 nal said: — 
 
 “ A good book-collector here is Henry de Pene du Bois. He is said to 
 be of Huguenot extraction and is the New York contributor to ‘ Le Livre’ 
 of Paris, lie has an Immense Luirary in Brooklyn, strong in the French 
 
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 classics, in fine editions, and in old Gothic books Mr. Pene du 
 
 Bois, it is said, can tell a Durer by merely feeling the paper, and he owns 
 a copy of the ‘ Roman de la Rose,’ which cost six hundred dollars.” 
 
 The “New York Tribune” six months ago, when a rumor of the dis- 
 persal of the Collection had been bruited around, stated further: — 
 
 “ the Library of Henry Pene du Bois, a well known member of 
 
 the Grolier Club. Mr. Pene dc Bois has lived in New York for many 
 years, but has decided to return to his own country aud, as a preliminary 
 step, is going to dispose of his entire Library. As the author of the well- 
 known ‘Essay on the Art of Bookbinding,’ his Collection is naturally rich 
 in specimens of that art. On the bindings of some of these volumes are 
 such names as Trautz-Bauzonnet, Derome, Chambolle-Duru, Roussellc, and 
 well-known American and English binders. These gorgeously-tooled cov- 
 ers guard treasures such as vellum manuscripts, black letters, examples 
 of Aldus, Elzevir, Hardouyn, Galliot du Pre and other master printers. 
 Modern examples include first and limited editions, classics and biblio- 
 graphical works. Some fine prints and water-colors, as well as some-inter- 
 esting autographs, complete the collection.” 
 
 “ Good wine needs no bush” may be all very well, but the endorsement 
 of the results of years of book-finding and book-hunting by the newspapers 
 quoted above, is almost a necessity in the face of the cynical scepticism 
 which seems to environ everything in association with the sumptuous 
 hoards of the bibliophilistic amateur, who devotes his life to collecting aud 
 who believes in the suggestions of the eminent poet and book-connoisseur 
 Frederick Locker-Lampson: — 
 
 “ It is a good thing to read books, and it need not be a bad thing to write 
 them; but it is a pious thing to preserve those that have been sometime writ- 
 ten; the collecting, aud mending, and binding, and cataloguing of books 
 are all means to such an end,” 
 
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 The “ Pene du Bois Catalogue” has been arranged in Ten Divisions 
 as follows: — 
 
 I. Art, comprising Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Costume, Her- 
 
 aldry, Choice Bindings, etc. ; also, Illustrated Books, many of which are 
 Unique Numbers 1 to 352 
 
 II. Vellum Manuscripts, including Illuminated Treasures and Later 
 
 Manuscripts, etc Numbers 353 to 388 
 
 III. Original Autographs .Numbers 389 to 522 
 
 IV. Early Typography, consisting of Incunabula, Black Letters, and 
 
 other Rare Books printed before the year 1600 — also splendid Aldine and 
 Elzevirian Imprints Numbers 523 to 693 
 
 V. Bibliography, and Authorities on Literature, Binding, Book-plates, 
 
 etc., also Rare Book Catalogues Numbers 694 to 866 
 
 VI. Curiosa and Faceti.e, including Rare Illustrated French Erotica, 
 Books of Emblems, the Dance of Death, etc., etc. — Numbers 867 to 1321 
 
 VII. Poetry and Drama Numbers 1322 to 1565 
 
 VIII. Varia Literaria, including History, Americana, Biography, Fic- 
 
 tion, Travels, etc. ; also some Addenda, mostly duplicates, and consigned 
 from another source Numbers 1566 to 1882 
 

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 IX. Prints and Aquarelles 
 
 X. Curios and Library Furniture 
 
 Numbers 1883 to 2457 
 Numbers 2458 to 2496 
 
 The “Pene du Bois Catalogue,” the first auction bibliography issued 
 in America with page illustrations, begins with the Division devoted 
 entirely to “ Art, Uniquely Illustrated Books, Bindings, etc.” This 
 section is arranged alphabetically and numbers 1-852. It comprises the 
 best French, German, American and English authorities on the Fine Arts. 
 It makes in itself a nearly perfect library for general reference purposes on 
 the various subjects incorporated in the department. 
 
 Pre-eminent among the gems of the First Division are two of the vellum 
 volumes, issued by the Grolier Club. “ A Decree of Star Chamber,” 
 one of two copies on vellum, and the only example that can ever be sold, 
 as the other is preserved in the safe of the Grolier Club to be owned for- 
 ever by that organization. Mr. Pene du Bois had his copy most superbly 
 bound in Paris byLortic, with the armsof Jean Grolier in colored leathers 
 on the sides. He is also the owner of one of the two vellum copies of the 
 Grolier Club’s reprint of the “ Rubaiyat” of Omar Khayyam. Two other 
 Grolier Club books are in the Catalogue — Robert Hoe’s work on “ Book- 
 binding,” a limited edition of two hundred copies, and “ Knickerbocker’s 
 History of New York,” limited to one hundred and seventy-seven copies. 
 
 Quite a number of unique books are in this Division: — Sir Walter 
 Scott’s “Works and Life” — a magnificent copy illustrated with additions 
 making three thousand engravings in all, and splendidly bound in sev- 
 enteen volumes by Tout; an extra-illustrated Bryan’s “Painters and 
 Engravers,” the London edition of 1821 extended from two volumes to 
 fourteen by the insertion of many hundreds of prints, embracing portraits 
 of the artists mentioned or specimens of their work; Robert Hoe's edition 
 of Mabcrly’s “Print Collector,” a large paper copy extra-illustrated with 
 eighty extremely rare and original prints by Durer, Beliam, Rembrandt, 
 Hollar, Rapliael-Morgben, and other masters of the burin ; Pcpys’s “ Diary,” 
 ten volumes extra-illustrated with portraits and views; the “Cambridge 
 Portfolio,” with numerous additional illustrations; Durand’s “Souve- 
 nirs” of the great French General Hochc, extra illustrated; Le Roy de St. 
 Croix on the “ Marseillaise Hymn,” uniquely extended; proofs before let- 
 ters on India paper of many of the gems of the “ Loudon Art Journal,” in 
 square large folio; etc. 
 
 It is but to be expected that we shall find many grand reliures in the 
 library, of an authority on book binding. Mr. Pknedu Bois’s own book on 
 “ Bookbinding ” is presented in a form as handsome as it is possible to have 
 it. The author’s own copy is a limited edition of one, is printed entirely on 
 Japan paper, is uniquely extra-illustrated with rare engravings, and is su- 
 perbly bound in double by Bradstreets, who printed the book. A volume 
 that cannot fail to attract attention is a copy of De Thou’s “ History.” pre- 
 sented by its author to King Henry the Fourth of France, dedicated to 
 that monarch, printed by Estienne, and bound under the supervision of De 
 Thou, by Clovis Eve, for Henry of Navarre. Another royal binding of im- 
 portance must have special mention. It is King Louis the Thirteenth's 
 copy of the " True Points of the Catholic Faith,” and is a presentation 
 obc from the author, Cardinal Richelieu, to his master. Needless to say, 
 
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 the covers are one mass of fleurs-de-lys, which also decorate handsomely 
 bound volumes formerly belonging to King Louis Philippe. Among other 
 historical bindings arc tomes that were the property of Napoleon the Third, 
 Madame de Pompadour, Prince Demidoff, the Duke of Marlborough and 
 other eminent personages. Reliures of interest by Derome, Du Seuil, etc.; 
 examples of alto-relievo silver bindings; hand-painted eighteenth century 
 specimens; volumes stamped with the royal arms of France and an artistic 
 engraved papier-mache binding, are in this Division of the Catalogue. 
 
 In this galaxy of art, literature and illustration are editions-de-luxe 
 and volumes illustrated with the best etchings. There are: — a set of 
 “ Original Etchings by American Artists,” India paper proofs, with dupli- 
 cates on Japan paper; the etchings of the“Niw York Etching Club,” 
 signed artists’ proofs on India paper; Koehler’s luxurious work on “Etch- 
 ing, ” with proofs on Japan paper; a limited edition of fifty impressions, 
 and one of the choicest sets of “ Poets and Etchers,” published at Boston, 
 1882; “A Score of Etchings,” brilliant proofs before letters; the very 
 scarce Y T oung’s “ Leicester Gallery,” a large paper copy with proofs on 
 India paper; a Holland paper example of the “ One Hundred Chefs- 
 d’(Euvres in Parisian Collections”; Jutsum’s “ Masterpieces of German, 
 French and Dutch Art,” proofs before letters and mostly on Japan paper; 
 and John Kay’s “ Caricature Portraits,” a fine copy of the best edition, 
 and published in 1838 in “ Edinbro’ town.” 
 
 Some really magnificent galleries of engravings are in this section, 
 viz. : — the “ Le Brun Gallery,” three volumes, Paris, 1792-96, and with two 
 hundred and one copperplates; “Art Treasures of America,” limited 
 edition and India proofs; an original subscriber’s copy of the “ Gallery 
 of Contemporary Art “ the French Aquarellists,” limited edition, heavy 
 vellum paper; the “ Italian School of Design,” with masterpieces of illus- 
 tration engraved by Bartolozzi and others; the “ Luxembourg Gallery,” 
 Paris 1710, with magnificent plates after Kubens by Edelinck, Audran, 
 etc.; “ Masterpieces of French Art,” limited edition, India proofs before 
 letters; and the “ New r Gallery of British Art,” the edition de luxe, with 
 proofs before letters on India paper. 
 
 Quite a number of works on costume, such as Guillaumot and Planche, 
 are in this Division, including a handsome copy of Pync’s “Costume of 
 Great Britain,” the plates of which are colored by hand. 
 
 The somewhat kindred subject of heraldry has a few representatives: — 
 the “ Blason des Coulcurs,” the limited reprint and uniquely colored; 
 Gudlim’s “ Display of Heraldry,” 1677-79; and the rare French heraldic 
 and genealogical authorities of De Milleville, Jouffroy des Eschavauncs 
 and the Marquis de Magny. 
 
 A large number of volumes are devoted to Biblical illustration, among 
 them being those of Kraus, La Trobe, Martin, Royaumont and Slimmer, 
 also Curmer’s beautiful edition of the “New Testament,” and a large 
 paper copy of Bida’s “Gospels,” proofs before all letters and in a magnifi- 
 cent reliure of David. 
 
 Nearly the whole of the First Division warrants particular attention 
 being called to it in entirety, number by number. In addition to those I 
 have already specified, I pick out alphabetically some extremely choice 
 books of beauty and luxury: — “ L’Art,” the great French art magazine for 
 the years 1878-83, inclusive; limited subscription edition of “ Les Arts 
 
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 Somptuaircs,” with colored plates by Ciappori; Bartlett and Beattie’s 
 “Switzerland,” large paper, with open letter proofs; Batty’s “Select 
 Views of Europe,” an almost unique copy, with the plates in three states, 
 and another work by Batty, his “ French Scenery,” with the plates in two 
 states; Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s copy of Hans Burgkmair, fifty-two folio 
 wood engravings; many works illustrated by Gustave Dore; the privately 
 printed “ Monuments of Design,” by Baron Vivant Denon; the 1622 
 Arnheim edition of Albert Durer’s “ Human Proportion ”; a collection of 
 nearly one hundred engravers’ proofs — an unique, large paper and India 
 paper assemblage, mostly proofs before letters, with the artists’ autograph 
 signatures thereon; Schmidt’s beautifully illustrated edition of the 
 “ Poems” and “ House of Brandenburg,” by the warrior monarch Fred- 
 erick the Great; subscription edition of the “ Gazette des Beaux-Arts," 
 in fifty-four volumes, from the commencement in 1839 to 1883 inclusive; 
 largest paper copy of Gell and Gandy’s “ Pompeiana," with dupli- 
 cate India proofs before letters; Gonse’s “Japanese Art,” also the 
 French edition of Audsley and Bowes's w'ork on the same subject; edition- 
 de luxe of “Great Modern Painters,” with proofs on India paper; Hamer- 
 ton’s art works, including large paper copies and original editions of his 
 “Landscape” and “Graphic Arts”; “ Labyrinthc Royal,” printed at 
 Avignon in 1001, beingavery rare, contemporary work on Henry of Na- 
 varre and Marie de Medicis, his Queen; Arsine Iloussaye’s splendid folio 
 volume on MolRre, limited edition; large paper copy of Ireland’s “Views 
 on the River Thames”; the original edition in forty volumes of Jardine’s 
 “ Naturalist’s Library ”; Kueller and Wauters’ splendid work on “Ancient 
 Historic Tapestries”; many of Paul Lacroix’s charming works of an art 
 character; original subscriber’s copy of Lodge’s “Portraits” in parts, as 
 issued; Mayer’s “Oriental Views,” with delightfully colored plates; 
 Michaud’s “Crusades,” illustrated by Dore, and splendidly bound by Dupre; 
 large paper copy of * ‘ Paradise Lost,” with John Martin’s plates, London, 
 1827; Perrot and Chipicz’s “ History of Art,” in six volumes; a large paper 
 copy of the Du Bois edition cf Plutarch, with duplicate sets on India paper 
 and proofs of the plates in two states; largest paper copy of Pugin and 
 Heath’s “ Paris,” with India proofs before all letters; Rapin’s “ English 
 History,” with Vertue and Houbraken’s plates; Renouvier’s privately 
 printed work on engraving, a presentation copy from Charles Sumner; 
 Rossetti’s “ Blessed Damozel,” one of a limited edition of thirty five 
 copies, with India proofs; a splendidly illustrated work by Peter Puul 
 Rubens, published at Antwerp in 1642; original edition of Ruskin’s 
 " Seven Lamps of Architecture,” as well as a large paper copy of the last 
 edition of the same; limited “ Jouaust” edition of “Paul and Virginia,” 
 elegantly bound by Smeers; large paper copy of the “ Picturesque Tour 
 of the Seine,” published by Ackermann in 1821; “Romeo and Juliet,” 
 limited edition on Japan paper of Dicksee’s charming designs; Sotheby's 
 “ Principia Typographies,” three volumes, limited edition; the “ Anti- 
 quarian Itinerary,” large pnper and profusely illustrated; signed artist's 
 proofs of Barnard’s “ Sketches” to Thackeray; and “Lives of the Archi- 
 tects and Sculptors,” bound by the famous bibliopegistic house of Cham- 
 bolle-Duru. 
 
 These are a few samples of what the Art Division of the “ Pene du 
 Bois Catalogue ” is composed. There is hardly a great engraver or 
 
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 master in painting ami sculpture, of ancient and modern times, but who is 
 found in some form or another in the department, and there are volumes 
 entirely devoted to narrating and illustrating the lives and art work of the 
 great painters, but more particularly — Cellini, Boucher, Jean Bologne, 
 Raffaello Sanzio, Claude Lorraine, Kaulbach, Millet, Rembrandt, Rey- 
 nolds, Salvator Rosa and Van Dyck. 
 
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 The “ Manuscript Division,” Numbers 353-388, of the “Pen® du 
 Bois Collection,” has as tine an exhibit of choiceness of vellum exam- 
 ples and loveliness of illumination as were brought together in either the 
 Trivulzio, Rushton M. Dorman or Rush C. Hawkins MSS. — all of which 
 were sold by the Leavitts, within the last thirteen months. 
 
 The human mind can conceive of nothing of greater beauty in hand- 
 painted missal work than the glorious “ Firmin-Didot Hours” in this Col- 
 lection, and which I have no doubt belonged to King Charles the Sixth of 
 France. Here, among the Pene du Bois treasures is this fifteenth 
 century vellum manuscript of former royal ownership, dazzling the 'eyes 
 with forty-three painted miniatures, three hundred and thirty-eight pages, 
 upon which are ten thousand inches of illuminated border, and with 
 thousands of illuminated capitals and sentence fiuials in colors heightened 
 with gold. Such a volume can only be seen in the Bibliothcque Nation- 
 ale, the British Museum or the libraries of the extremely wealthy. 
 
 Vying in importance with the last named is the “ Golden Legend” of 
 James de Voraigne, a fourteenth century codex with one hundred and 
 two miniatures, and thousands of illuminated initials on the seven hundred 
 and fifty-six large-quarto pages of vellum. This manuscript of Italian 
 workmanship, has been valued at two thousand dollars. 
 
 Of a different school and of equal literary value is the magnificent four- 
 teenth ceutury “ Testament de Jehan de Meung,” which, charming as it is 
 in illuminated work, is equally so in the reliure, which is by the famous 
 Petit of Paris. 
 
 Devotional illuminated vellum manuscripts make up a good quota of 
 the Second Division. 
 
 The different schools of medieval miniaturists are all in this section. 
 Thus we have — an early fourteenth century Anglo-Norman “ Missale 
 Romanian, ” with thirteen miniatures and hundreds of capitals in gold and 
 colors, on the last page being over twenty lines of ancient English verse 
 written about the time of Chaucer; a splendid Fifteenth century “ Horae” 
 of Flemish execution, with thirty miniature paintings and hundreds of 
 capitals, all in gold and colors so exquisitely finished that it may have been 
 the work of John Van Eyck; a handsome “ Gctydenboek,” or Dutch 
 missal of the fifteenth century with beautifully illuminated miniatures, 
 borders and capitals; and an early fifteenth century “ Heures de la Vierge ” 
 of French workmanship, on vellum, with ten miniatures, capitals and 
 borders, forming full-page illuminations in colors heightened with gold, 
 and hundreds of other lovelily decorated initial letters that exhibit all the 
 scrupulous care and patient detail, so peculiar to French manuscripts of 
 that date. 
 
 Some heraldic drawings and MSS. will interest genealogists; an early 
 seventeenth century diploma of the University of Padua will delight 
 Shakespearean collectors; an erotic volume on vellum in French script 
 
 
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 will titillate the senses of amateurs who gather facetiae ; and a beautifully 
 written “ History of Belle Isle-en-Mer” will charm bibliopegists as well as 
 antiquaries, it being in a reliure by Traulz-Bauzonnet. 
 
 Some authorities on illumination, including a manuscript volume that 
 tells the secrets of the almost lost art of the preparation of gold and 
 colors for manuscript work; two framed paintings on vellum some centuries 
 old; and some of the beautiful chromolithographic reproductions of the 
 Arundel Society, are in this department. 
 
 Three printed tomes made unique by hand illumination must be called 
 attention to. These are two “ Hone,” printed by the Hardouyns, one 
 being in a Grolier binding, was issued from the press in 1499, and has 
 forty-six painted miniatures in colors, heightened with gold; and an — 
 
 Unique large paper copy of the “ Roman dc la Violettc,” with two sets 
 of plates, one deliciously illuminated in a manner fully equal to that of the 
 best monastic miniaturists of the middle ages. This handsome volume 
 was the property of King Louis Philippe’s son, the Due d’Aumale, who 
 has recently given to the French nation, as a museum, the Palace of Chan- 
 tilly and its famous library. 
 
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 “Original Autographs” is the title of the Third Division, and it 
 includes nearly one hundred and forty numbers of rare and interesting 
 documents or signatures of historical and eminent personages. 
 
 Mr. Pene du Bois some years ago was left by the will of its owner the 
 “ Russell Collection of Autographs ” of United States presidents, states- 
 men, authors, etc. This will be found in the catalogue as an unit, and is 
 number 518. It comprises a collection of over two hundred and twenty 
 letters, wholly in the caligraphy of the various writers, or separate signa 
 tures, some of the last mentioned with MSS. above them. This unique, 
 most valuable and interesting gathering contains signatures or handwriting 
 of ten of the United States presidents, commencing with Washington. 
 The “ Russell Collection " has also letters or signatures of governors of 
 states, poets, artists, singers, historians, philanthropists, actors, etc. A 
 notable feature of the Collection is an addition by Longfellow to the 
 “ Psalm of Life,” and a letter in which Edward Everett tells the story of 
 his association with Jenny Lind. 
 
 The next number to the last named is the “ Comedie Fran<;aisc Tom- 
 bola ” of autographs of distinguished members of the French stage, 
 authors, critics, etc. This album, which the “New York Tribune” 
 priced at one thousand dollars, is full of fascinating reading matter in the 
 handwriting of some of the most prominent people associated with French 
 literature and the Paris stage. It includes among other valuable MSS. an 
 original quatrain entitled “Liberty and Love,” one of the last productions 
 of the pen of the great novelist Alexander Dumas. 
 
 The Autograph Division has some extremely important documents 
 and letters outside of numbers 518 and 519. 
 
 Among them are three quarto pages entirely in the handwriting of Vol- 
 taire, in which he writes fully to Tauler, respecting his “ Siilcle de 
 Louis XIV.” 
 
 Equally desirable from the amateur’s standpoint are the following 
 letters: — one from Henry the Fourth of France and Navarre to the Count 
 of Viereville, in which the “white plumed king ” requests that nobleman 
 
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 to devote all bid attention to the counteracting of plots of assassins; 
 another from Louis the Thirteenth, at the dictation of his master, Car- 
 dinal Richelieu, in relation to the Due de Guise and his fellow conspira- 
 tors; one from that despicable sensualist King Louis Quinze to the Presi- 
 dent of the Parliament, at Paris; and another with the signature of 
 Cuulaincourt, Duke of Vicenza, to the American Minister at the Court of 
 the Tuileries and on behalf of the Great Napoleon, who on his return from 
 Elba desired to continue the friendly relations that had existed between 
 France and the United States. 
 
 There are also other historical papers of equal consideration written 
 by, or dictated, or with the signatures of; — Anne of Austria; Abd-el- 
 Kader; Admiral de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse; the Due de Choiseul; 
 General Dumoulin; Foucquet, Duke of Belleisle; Citizen Ilenriot; Napo- 
 leon the First; Necker; Prince Talleyrand; and Cardinal de Bernis, who 
 orders the arrest of an aristocratic brace of elopers, on behalf of the Pope. 
 
 Mr. Pene du Bois purchased some years ago from the “ Alfred Bovet 
 Collection ” quite a number of letters, some combined with sketches, by 
 eminent artists. These will be found in this Division, and are of: — 
 “Cham,” Chardin, Corot, Couture, Daumier, Delacroix, Delaroche, 
 Dore, Gerome, Baron Gros, Jacque, Meissonier, Raffet, Regnault, etc. 
 
 Sardou, Augier, Scribe and Ponsard are among those who represent the 
 dramatists, and Adam, Auber, Berlioz, Carafa, Cherubini, Gounod, 
 Halevy, Masse, Meyerbeer, Offenbach, Poniatowski, Reyer, Rossini, 
 Thomas and Verdi, the musical composers. 
 
 As a litterateur of distinction, Mr. Pene du Bois had a strong penchant 
 for letters written by the authors of France. He has examples of: — 
 About, Juliette Lamber Adam, Beranger, Berat, Bourgoing, Capefigue, 
 Coppee, Courcelles, Cuvier, Droz, both the elder and younger Dumas, 
 Guizot, Hugo, Humboldt, Janin, Lamartine, Lammenais, Lecureux, 
 Legendre, Littre, Martin, Merimee, Mignet, Morellet, Peignot, Remusat, 
 Sainte-Beuve, Sandeau, Sarcey, Simon, Sully-Prudhomme, Thiers, Tocque- 
 ville, Topffer, Vernet, Villemain, Werdet and Uzanne. 
 
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 “ Division the Fourth — Early Typography” is arranged chronologi- 
 cally. It commences with number 523, ends with 693, and is arranged in 
 three sections: — I. Tomes printed between 1470 and 1600; II. Aldine 
 Imprints; and III. Elzevirian Imprints. 
 
 The Incunables range from 1470 to 1500, the first book in the depart- 
 ment being printed with the types of Gunther Zainer, at Augsburg, about 
 the first named date. They also comprise examples of the presses of 
 Venice, Strasburg, Cologne, Leipsic, Milan, etc., including likewise, one of 
 the tallest copies in this country, of the first edition of the “Nuremberg 
 Chronicle” printed by Koberger in 1493, and illustrated with over two 
 thousand wood engravings by Pleydenwurff and Michael Wolgemuth, the 
 Master of Albert Durer. In contrast with this “ editio princeps ” can be 
 compared the second edition of the same grand work, published at Augs- 
 burg in 1497. 
 
 Mr. Pene du Bois has made a specialty of collecting the most beautiful 
 and expensive imprints of the Parisian press. His “ Meschinot,” one of 
 the most desirable volumes published by the famous Galliot du Pre, whose 
 books are rising higher in the estimation of bibliophiles every year, is the 
 
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 1528 edition. When displayed at the Grolier Club, last year, it was asserted 
 by the press, to be the grandest piece of Trautz-Bauzonnet’s reliure in the 
 exhibition. A fac simile of the double of this bibelot, will be found on 
 page 155 of the Catalogue and through the kindness of my friend Ingersoll 
 Lockwood, who chose it for his “ Bookmaker” articles on bindings, as 
 the choicest example of the tooling of Trautz-Bauzonnet in America. Gal 
 liot du Pre is also shown to excellent advantage by three other volumes — 
 one of which is a “ Jelian Le Maire ” imprinted in 1531, with numerous 
 woodcuts, also charmingly bound by Bauzonnet; two delightful bibe- 
 lots, the “ Ordonnances ” of 1533 and 1534 respectively, both demonstrating 
 the typographical beauty of Galliot du Pre’s issues. They are bound by 
 Thibarou-Echaubard. 
 
 The Parisian Sixteenth Century Typothette are well exemplified in 
 the Library and proved by volume after volume, to have infused that true 
 a;sthetic taste into book publishing, which they hold to this day. When we 
 turn over the pages of these lovely bibelots with Henaissance initials and 
 beauteous fleurons, we can immediately recognize the part “Lutetia” 
 played in the art typographic, by changing the rough, crude harshness of 
 the Teutonic influence into what became the cultured apotheosis of the 
 highest recognition, by the priutery, of the love of the true and the beau- 
 tiful. 
 
 The earliest example of the press of Paris is the "edilio princeps”of 
 “St. Hilary,” printed by Jodocus Badius in 1510. Then follow Reguault’s 
 1518 “ Breviarium Romanum” illustrated with very beautifully exe- 
 cuted wood-engravings and the text rubricated throughout; “Le Jardin de 
 Plaisaunce” — extremely rare, with curious wood-block illustrations and 
 printed by Philip Lenoir in 1527; Jean Marot’s “ Poems,” the original 
 edition of 1532, printed by Geoffroy Tory and bound by Duru in red 
 crushed levant; a fine example of Maioli reliure on a “ Greek Testament" 
 by Robert Estienne, 1549, and another specimen of the same genre of 
 binding, the “Chronicle of Philip de Comines,” imprinted by Groulleau in 
 1551; Sorbin’s “ Allegresse de la France ” bound by Thibaron-Echaubard 
 and printed by Chaudiere in 1509; the remarkably rare work of floppier 
 de Valley on the “Massacre of St. Bartholomew ” printed in the year of 
 that outrage on humanity and bound il la Jansen by Duru; “ La Puce de 
 Madame Des Roches” — excessively rare, printed by Angelier in 1573 and 
 bound by Simier; the extremely rare Estienne and 1573 original edition 
 of the “ Poems ” of Des Fortes, bound by Chambolle-Duru ; the 1573 edition 
 of Joachim du Bellay's poetical works, printed by Morel and bound by 
 Thibaron-Echaubard in the Janseuist style; a very rare bibelot on the offen- 
 sive King Henry the Third of France, from the press of Chesneau in 1574 
 and bound by Cape; an extremely rare work by the unfortunate scholar 
 and bibliopole Henry Estienne, printed in 1579; the 1581 edition of Pel- 
 letier’s “ Poems ” elegantly bound by Nicdree; the remarkably rare and 
 excessively curious collection of four bibelots on Henry the Third of France, 
 issued in 1589 and bound byThibaron; and an extremely scarce and charm- 
 ingly bound volume on the “Peace between France and Spain,” Paris, 1598. 
 
 Two of the grandest works, however, in this superb collection of 
 sixteenth century imprints arc — the 1572, and best edition of the 
 
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 “Chronicles of Monstrelet,” published by Pierre 1’IIuillier, and 
 splendidly bound by Bertrand ; and — 
 
 The magnificent and exceedingly rare “ Montaigne ” of 1595, superbly 
 bound by Belz-Niedree in lemon levant morocco, double with crushed red 
 levant morocco, and edges gilt on marble, an editiou that Brunet says “is 
 perfectly and correctly executed, and so continues until the present day for 
 the authenticity of text.” 
 
 Nothing like the collection of Aldine Imprints in this Catalogue has 
 ever been offered at public auction in America. There are over fifty 
 numbers running from 607 to 658, and which are chronologically arranged 
 from 1501 to 1592, inclusive, to which are added some Aldine bibliography 
 and Manutian literature. Most of these volumes came from the Syston 
 Park Library. They exhibit not only all the changes of imprints, but of 
 types, such as Italic, over which the Aldi had a monopoly, and improve- 
 ments in the Greek and Roman fonts. 
 
 Hardly a volume of these fifty lacks the famous “ Anchor and Dolphin” 
 stamp in gold upon the sides by Duru, Lewis, Bozeriau, or Roger Payne. 
 One, however, a 1566 “ Caesar,” edited by Paulus Manutius, is the finest 
 piece of Grolieresque tooling in the entire Collection. 
 
 Where the Aldi leave off, the Elzevirs begin. 
 
 There are some forty numbers with the Elzevirian Imprints of 
 Leyden, Amsterdam, and even Utrecht, attesting the prolific work of their 
 presses. The dates of issue run from 1624 to 1689. Nearly every one is 
 bound by Roger Payne, and in red crinkled morocco. They include the 
 first duodecimo recorded by Berard, the best Elzevir ‘ ‘ Terence,” and 
 numerous popular volumes on jurisprudence, medicine, classics, etc. 
 There is hardly one, but what has the delightfully engraved titles, which 
 make Elzevirs so desirable. Many editions arc not mentioned by Berard, 
 they are so rare, and all are the “ ne plus ultra ” of Elzcviriana. 
 
 Besides the early typography, with illustrations already named, 
 attention should be called to: — the 1514 “Passion of Christ,” with its 
 quaint engravings on wood; the numismatically illustrated “Lives of 
 Emperors,” printed at Lyons in 1550; a “Vulgate Testament” of 1560, 
 with curious woodcuts; the 1591 Venice edition of the work on “Human 
 Proportion,” of Albert Durer; Luther’s “ New Testament,” printed at 
 Nuremberg, 1594 — 1606, with curious illustrations; Speckle’s “Archi- 
 tecture,” Strasburg, 1599; and the “Brabant Chronicle,” of 1600, 
 illustrated with admirably executed page portraits. 
 
 The German and Swiss Reformations have many numbers in this depart- 
 ment. The earliest is a Luther tract printed at Leipsic in 1519; two were 
 illustrated by Hans Holbein in his earlier days at Basic and Zurich; and 
 Lucas Cranach also adorned some brochures of the reformers with wood- 
 cuts. The 1522 tractate of Erasmus antedates Panzer as a Zurich imprint. 
 
 The following volumes of particular interest are also in the Fourth 
 Division: — the extraordinarily rare and original edition of Dionysius 
 Afer’s “ Description of the Earth,” and printed at Ferrara in 1512; the 
 1521 “ Pliny,” printed by Cratander at Basle; the “ Flanders Chronicle,” 
 most curiously illustrated with wood-block engravings, and printed in 
 1531, at Antwerp, by Win. Vosterman; Dante, an editiou issued at Venice, 
 in 1536, with numerous wood block cuts, and bound by Tout, a la Jansen; 
 Sebastian Munster’s work on “ Navigation,” printed in 1537 at Basle, and 
 
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 illustrated with many wood engravings; Boccaccio’s “ Genealogy of the 
 Gods,” Venice, 1581, and the Giunta “ Decameron,” of 1587; Rocca’s 
 “ Bibliotheca Vaticana,” printed at the Vatican, 1591 ; and — 
 
 President de Thou’s copy of the Lyons “ Herodian,” of 1559, with that 
 grand old bibliophile’s autograph signature. 
 
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 “ Bibliography and Authorities on Literature, Bindings, etc.,” 
 constitute the Fifth Division. There are over one hundred and seventy 
 numbers, ranging from 694 to 866. 
 
 Many limited editions of rare works on these subjects, will be discovered 
 in the bibliographical department. 
 
 The Dibdiniana include — a portion of the page proofs of the “Biblio- 
 theca Spenceriana,” covered with the good bibliophile's interlineations and 
 corrections — they arc so diffuse as to be as bewildering as a maze; a large 
 paper copy of the 1842 and best edition of the “ Bibliomania;” and — an 
 unusually tall copy of the “ ^Fdes Althorpiana;.” There are also large 
 paper copies of — Brissard-Binet’s “ Life and Editions of Cazin”; Lang’s 
 “ Books and Bookmen;” Auguste dc Reumc’s “ Varietes Bibliographiques 
 et Litteraires;” Wynne's “ Private Libraries of New York;” Johnson’s 
 “ Typographia;” and Home’s “ Bibliography.” 
 
 Baucliart’s “Women Bibliophiles of France” is one of fifty copies on 
 China paper. 
 
 I should also notice: — the Peignotiana, twenty numbers, mostly limited 
 editions and unique; Bigmore and Wyman’s “Bibliography of Print- 
 ing;” Leypoldt’s “ American Catalogue,” three large quarto volumes bound 
 by Bradstreets; the facetious “Bibliotheca Scatologica;” Barbicr on 
 “ Anonymous Works;” the bibliographical volumes of Paul Lncroix, 
 Nisard and Querard ; Marius- Michel's “ History of Bookbinding,” profusely 
 illustrated and in two volumes; Max Rooses’s Christopher Plantin and his 
 editions; the “ Fontaine Catalogue ” 1875-1879, bound by Bertrnnd; and 
 “ Le Bibliophile Francais,” seven volumes bound by Belz-Niedree. 
 
 Among the library book catalogues of rarity are those of — J. C. 
 Brunet; Firmin-Didot, twelve volumes; Charles Nodier, an unique copy; 
 Guilbert de Pixerecourt, large paper, with notes by Nodier and Paul 
 Lacroix; Baron James de Rothschild; thoRowfant Library, with frontispiece 
 by George Cruikshank; and — the bogus Count de Fortsus Library by Renicr 
 Hubert Ghislain Chalon, of Mons, the king of bibliographical hoaxers. 
 
 Before leaving this section, it is a duty to advert to the most striking 
 feature in it, and which is — 
 
 The “ Pene du Bois Collection of Book-Plates, Early Typographical 
 Devices and Later Printers’ Marks,” one of the finest “ex-libris” gather- 
 ings in this country, and containing six hundred and fourteen examples 
 dating from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Of these, nearly one 
 hundred and fifty are printers’ marks, and the balance, over four hundred 
 and sixty are book-plates, mostly heraldic and of distinguished personages 
 and blue-blood families, such as the Bonapartes and Bourbons. 
 
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 The Sixth Division is the “Curiosa and Faceti.*.” It embraces 
 867 to 1321, over four hundred and fifty numbers alphabetized, a larger 
 
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 quantity than has ever been sold before in this country at auction, in one 
 collection. 
 
 Nearly the whole of the numbers in the Division are either large paper, 
 limited, suppressed, or choice paper editions, or have some peculiar 
 bibliographical excellence, or desirable feature about them. 
 
 Many are unique. For instance, we have a copy of the “ Lady of the 
 Camelias ” with original unpublished verses in the handwriting of Alex- 
 ander Dumas fils, and there are five pages of his own good round hand on 
 the ill-fated heroine of his romance, who in real life, was Marie Duplessis 
 — while mentioning this, I should also speak of a limited edition-de-luxe 
 of the same work in large octavo and bound by Rousselle. Cazotte's 
 “Amorous Devil,” bound by Trioullier, is also unique. It is a copy of 
 the rare 1845 edition having, in addition to Beaumont’s charming wood- 
 cuts, another set of illustrations in two states. Huart’s facetious mili- 
 tary work is colored by baud. The very beautiful edition of Cunner's 
 “ Perrault,” printed from engraved plates, has added to its own fine illus- 
 trations a set of India proofs, mounted on Japan paper, of etchings by 
 Lalauzc. An early edition of Voltaire’s ‘‘Puccllc” extra-illustrated, is 
 bound by Derome. The Guizot edition of “Abelard and Eloisa” is large 
 paper and is made unique by the addition of nearly thirty plates. And a 
 rare volume “ La France Libre” has some inserted original MSS., in the 
 handwriting of its author, the celebrated French Revolutionist, Camille 
 Desmoulins. 
 
 The following editions-de-luxe, printed entirely on either China, What- 
 man or Japan papers, etc., add to the bibliophilistic interest of the extraor- 
 dinary and erotic books in this section : — 
 
 “The Amours of Henri Quatre ” is one of twelve copies entirely on 
 Japan paper.with the portraits of himself and mistresses, in two states; the 
 “Chants Historiques et Populaires,” bound by Champs, is printed on blue 
 paper and is one of twelve copies; Daudet’s amusing volume “ Tartarin 
 sur les Alpes” illustrated with aquarelles, is a heavy Japan paper example, 
 and the same author's “Prodigious Adventures of Tarrascon,” is large 
 paper; Dondey’s satirical work on the French Romantic School, is one of 
 ten copies on Japan ; the “ Amorous Life ” of the libidinous Du Barry, the 
 mistress of that sensualistic Minotaur, Louis the Fifteenth, is bound by 
 Rousselle, and is a China paper copy, with the portraits in two states, both 
 Holland and China; a handsome reliure of Pagnant covers a Japan paper 
 copy of Du Buisson’s “Tableau de la Volupte,” illustrated with Eisen’s 
 erotic plates ; Gaultier Gargville’s salacious poems is one of ten on China 
 paper; Marie Garcia’s “Confessions d’Antonine” is one of seven on 
 China; a thick Japan paper copy of the magnificent edition-de-luxe of 
 Juliette Lamber Adam’s “Song of the Newly Wed,” with splendid por- 
 trait and erotic etchings, is one of the handsomest specimens of French 
 typography belonging to Mr. Pene do Bois; Legouve’s “Meritedes Fem- 
 mes,” a Whatman paper example, is bound by Rousselle, and has Lalauze’s 
 frontispiece in three states; Pczay’s “Zelis au Bain ’’ is one of ten copies on 
 Japan paper, bound by Pagnant, as is also the “ Toilette des Dames,” pub- 
 lished in the same series; Saint Albin’s “Salle d'Armes” is a China paper 
 copy, of a limited issue of twenty; Quantin’s “Ovide” with tinted vig- 
 nettes, bound by Rousselle, is a China paper issue, and the “Anacreon 
 and Sappho,” the “Bucolics” of Virgil and the “Lucien,”in the same 
 
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 series, are not only superbly bound by Amand, but are on Japan paper; 
 “ Son Altesse la Femme,” by Octave Uzanne, the friend of Mr. Pene du 
 Bois, is on Japan paper, and among other erotic works of his, is a magnificent 
 copy on China paper of “ Mceurs Secretes,” charmingly illustrated by 
 Avril and luxuriously bound with double by Bradstreets. 
 
 An unique collection of satirical cartoons, broadsides, etc., principally 
 issued during the Paris Commune, is one of the features of the Curiosa 
 Division. It includes nearly nine hundred pieces, all of great historical 
 interest, and illustrates a most eventful period in the annals of the centre 
 of civilization. 
 
 The delightful novel of “ Manon Lescaut ” is represented by four dif- 
 ferent editions — the Glady, Jouaust, Lcmerre and Bourdin. All arc “de- 
 luxe.” The first-named is on China paper, and is in a beautiful reliure, 
 copied after a volume belonging to Queen Margaret, and has a superb 
 double. The Jouaust copy is unique, extra-illustrated, one of twenty 
 copies on China paper, is bound by Bertrand and formerly belonged to 
 Jules Janin, who edited another edition of the work. Marius Michel's 
 binding on the Lemerre edition is a beautiful example of inlaid work and 
 tooling; the Bourdin is a large paper. 
 
 The Collection boasts the possession of Madame de Pompadour's copy 
 of “ Rabelais.” There are also three other editions: — that edited by Paul 
 Lacroix and in a devotional binding; an original issue of Dorc’s illustrated 
 edition; and the Lemerre, handsomely printed and a limited issue on 
 Holland paper. 
 
 There are seven numbers of Rcstif dc la Brctonne, including some orig- 
 inals, and a magnificent volume in folio with his text to Freudenberg and 
 Moreau’s erotic plates. 
 
 The Curiosa and Facetia: of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- 
 turies in the Division, include some extremely rare and valuable works, 
 such as: — Aik mar’s “Reynard the Fox,” with Ewcrdingen’s illustrations, 
 Leipsic, 1752; the suppressed and excessively rare “Amours of Anne of 
 Austria”; Boileau's “ Satires,” one of the earliest editions and bound by 
 Ilardy-Menil; the “Amorous History of the Gauls,” the extremely rare 
 original edition; the Chevalier d’ Aceilly’s “ Poems,” the original issue of 
 1667, bound by Ilardy-Menil; the “Memoires de Montmartre,” 1736, 
 bound by Chambolle-Duru; two of the erotic works of the younger Crcbil 
 Ion, one of which is his “Moral Sopha”; the 1610 “ New Recreations” 
 of Bonaventure des Pericrs, very rare and bound by Duru, also the 1711 
 and 1753 editions of his “Cymbalum Mundi,” the last named in a binding 
 by Cape; the extremely rare and early satirical work on the French 
 Academy, by Antoine Furctiere and bound by Bauzonnet; the original 
 edition of the “Leviathan,” of Hobbes of Malmesbury; a very rare, sup- 
 pressed and erotic work on the Jesuits with facetious title page, printed nt 
 Cologne in 1725 and superbly bound in mosaiced morocco by Chatelin; 
 Dr. William King's privately printed and suppressed “Toast,” 1736, and 
 of the greatest rarity; the “ Liaisons Dangereuses, ” with erotic plates and 
 the original edition; a magnificent copy of the “Farmers’ General,” 
 edition of La Fontaine, bound by Cliaml)ollc-Duru; also other editions of 
 the “Tales.” illustrations by Fragonard and others, and a large paper copy 
 of the 1796 edition of the “Fables” of La Fontaine; seven splendid 
 editions of Lc Sage’s works, among them the 1747 “Gil Bias,” bound by 
 
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 David, and the extremely rare edition of his “Turcarct,” bound by Cham- 
 bolle-Duru; the Marshal Duke of Luxembourg’s “Amours,” Cologne, 
 1694; the excessively rare and original French edition of " Lazarillo de 
 Tormes,” Brussels, 1699, bound by Rousselle; the original edition of 
 Merimee’s “La Guzla,” in a Marius-Michel reliure; Mlrabeau’s “Errotika 
 Biblion,” the verj' rare original edition of 1783; the “True Falconer” of 
 the Chevalier de Morais, Paris, 1683; the “New Founding Hospital for 
 Wit,” 1698; the magnificently illustrated “Metamorphoses” of Ovid, 
 Paris, 1767, in a handsome reliure; the original edition of the “Confes- 
 sions” of Jean Jacques Rousseau; the extraordinary “ Parthenologia ” of 
 Dr. Schurig, Dresden, 1729-32; Voltaire’s "Henriade,” the 1770 edition 
 and with Eisen’s plates, in a Derome binding; and 
 
 Francois Barrdme’s “ Grand Banquier de France,” the original edition, 
 bound by Parisot, and almost unique, the only other copy known being in 
 the “ Bibliothdque Nationale.” 
 
 Limited editions of great rarity, some of which have been already speci- 
 fied, are in the department. To these should be added; — Aretino, in both 
 Italian and Latin; Beaumont’s “Women and the Sword,” illustrated by 
 Meissonier and bound by Amand; the Jouaust “ Varietes llistoriques et 
 Litteraires” of Fournier; Blondeau’s “ Erotic Dictionary,” also Delvan’s, 
 bound by Rousselle; the Lemonnyer “ Baiscrs,” of Dorat, large paper and 
 superbly bound in red levant; Arsene Houssaye’s “Sonnets,” bound by 
 Rousselle and magnificently illustrated; the Orso series of bibelots, erotic 
 reprints from rare originals; the first edition of the “Nineteenth Century 
 Satyrical Parnassus,” very erotic; Poggio, both in French and English; 
 Sauval’s “ Scandalous Chronicle,” large paper; Tillier’s large paper “Mon 
 Oncle Benjamin ”; “Gamiani,” the erotic masterpiece of “ George Sand ” 
 and Alfred de Musset; Jesse’s “ Beau Brummell ”; Pisanus-Fraxi’s erotic 
 bibliographies; and the Sieur Theophile’s “Parnasse Satyrique,” for the 
 writing of which the author was condemned to be burnt alive. 
 
 Among other notable books in the Facetious Division are: — the original 
 editions of Balzac’s “ Physiology of Marriage ’’and “Cesar Birotteau;” 
 Tony Johannot’s “Don Quixote;” large paper copy of the “Contes 
 Remois,” illustrated by Meissonier; the Didot minimos — Hamilton, Vol- 
 taire, etc., bound by Niedree; a large paper “Songe du Poliphile,” bound 
 by Rameau; a large paper “ Contes et Nouvelles,” illustrated by Duplessis- 
 Berteaux ; Goran’s “ Rimes Galantes,” large paper ; Cunningham’s 
 “Nell Gwyn,” large paper; Vivant Denon’s etchings, limited edition, 
 including the Priapic seties; Dinaux’s “Societes Badines,” very scarce, 
 erotic and curious; the “ Antiquities of Herculaneum and Pompeii,” in 
 French, with the “ Secret Museum ” and eight framed water-colors after 
 the same; large paper copy of Jules Janin’s “L’Ane Mort;” the “ Ananga 
 Ranga,” of Kalyana Malla; the Didot edition of Legouve’s “ Merit of 
 Women,” large paper; “ Faublas,” with plates; Marmontel’s “Contes 
 Moraux,” Paris, 1765; quite a number of Marc de Montifaud’s facetious 
 works, with etchings; “Histoire des Papes,” ten volumes, and wickedly 
 illustrated; Topffer’s humorous albums, very scarce; the Marquis de Sade’s 
 “ Justine,” one of a hundred and fifty, and an exceptionally fine copy of 
 the rare, original edition of his “ Crimes of Love,” bound by Hardy; and 
 a large paper copy of the “ Utopia ” of Sir Thomas More, edited by 
 Dibdin, printed by Bulmer, and bound by Bedford. 
 
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 The books on Emblems and the “ Dance of Death ” have been placed in 
 this department. Of the first named there are: — the 1(152 Cats; the 1030 
 Cramer; the 1048 and 1059 Saavedra- Faxardo; the 1098 Boria; the 1710-11 
 Conlin; the 1014 Beza; and the excessively rare, original edition of George 
 Wither’s “ Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne,” printed at London in 1635. 
 
 Full as this section is, like the rest of the Collection, of handsome reliures, 
 the following ought not to be forgotten: — Anquetil’s “Intrigue du Cab- 
 inet,” the Hamilton Palace copy bound by Derome; the “ Melusinc" of 
 Jelian d’Arras, limited edition, and bound in red crushed levant by Hardy; 
 the “ Avantvres dv Baron de Faeneste,” in a binding by Cape; Barbey 
 D’Aurevilly’s exceedingly rare work on “Beau Brummell;" and the 
 original edition of the “Chansons” of Beranger, in a splendid reliure of 
 Thouvenin. 
 
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 “ Poetry and Drama,” the Seventh Division, takes in numbers 1322 to 
 1505 inclusive. 
 
 Dramatic literature has its rarest volume in this section, in an unique 
 copy, luxuriously bound, of the original edition of the “ Figaro ” of Beau- 
 marchais, of whose works there are other first editions. “ Moliere, the 
 Shakespeare of France,” is done honor to, in ten numbers, among them, 
 being the very rare Elzevir Molidre of Amsterdam, 1683-1689; a large 
 paper copy of Van Laun’s translation with Lalauze’s etchings; the Utrecht 
 edition, in French, of 1713, and the Paris of 1823, 1824-26, and 1843, a 
 China paper copy of Houssaye’s “ Comediennes de Moliere,” with the 
 portraits in three states, and Coquelin on Moli&re’s “ Misauthrope,” on 
 China paper — both handsomely bound by Bradstreets. 
 
 There are: — a beautiful edition of the 1717 Terence, in French, with 
 plates, and bound by Rousselle; the “ British Theatrical Gallery,” London, 
 1825; a collection of eighty photographs of French members of the stage; 
 the “ Galerie Theatrale," one hundred and forty-four full-length portraits, 
 and limited to ninety-nine copies; Houssaye’s “ History of the Comedie 
 Fran^aise,” 1680-1880; and several volumes from the library, and stamped 
 with the initial, of the great French tragedienne, Bacliel. 
 
 The English stage is shown in the following editions. Beaumont and 
 Fletcher, the first collected edition of 1647; the Baskerville 1671 edition of 
 Congreve, bound by Belz-Niedree; Mrs. Centlivre’s “Dramatic Works,” 
 an exceedingly fine copy of the first edition of 1760-71, bound by Derome; 
 Henry Sotheran's limited edition of the “ Dramatists of the Restoration,” 
 fourteen volumes; large paper copy of Ford’s “Dramatic Works,” edited 
 by Gifford and Dyce; Greene’s “ Plays,” edited by Dyce, and a limited 
 edition printed by Whittinghain; limited Chiswick Press and best edition 
 of Marlowe; large paper copy of Massinger, printed by Bulmer; a large 
 paper copy of Middleton’s “ Dramatic Works,” bound by Riviere, excess- 
 ively rare; large paper copy of Pickering’s edition of “ Peele,” bound by 
 Bedford; Sheridan, limited edition, and printed by De Vinne; large paper 
 copy of Webster's “ Dramatic Works, ” published by Pickering; and — 
 
 Important Sliakespeareaua, first and foremost of which is John Payne 
 Collier's privately printed “Shakespeare,” limited to fifty-eight sets of 
 eight volumes each, and for subscribers only; also — edition-de-luxe of 
 Shakespeare, with Monzies’s etchings; minimo Corrall edition, by Picker- 
 ing; Rallantyne'B “ Shakespeare,” large paper; Hudson's handy edition 
 of Shakespeare; and Parker Norris’s portraits of the “ Bard of Avon.” 
 
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 French Poetry has many more numbers than those already mentioned, 
 belonging to the previous Divisions. There are — the“Anciens Poetes de 
 France,” printed by Jouaust and edited by Guessard in ten volumes; the 
 extremely rare “Tragiqves,” of D’Aubiguy, printed at Geneva in 1616; 
 Boileau, the 1747 edition in five volumes; Gombauld’s “ Epigrammes,” 
 original edition, Paris, 1657; large paper copy of the Abbe De La Hue’s 
 great work on the troubadours; Barbey d'Aurevilly’s “Poesies,” large 
 paper, privately printed and bound by Chambolle-Duru; the 
 “Poems ” of Clotilde de Surville, bound by Thouvenin, and the plates in 
 five states; nine numbers of Theopliile Gautier’s works, some originals, 
 one, a limited edition, and another printed on China paper; Delphine 
 Gay’s “ Last Day of Pompeii,” bound by Belz-Niedree and a presenta- 
 tion copy to Madame RScamier; Guizot’s copy of Merimee’s “ La 
 Jaquerie”; Alfred de Musset’s complete works, an elegant copy in eleven 
 volumes, and bound by Smeers; and— 
 
 Victor Hugo’s “ Works,” some original, limited editions on China and 
 other papers, and some splendidly bound by Amand and Marius-Michef. 
 
 English and American poetry have some desirable editions for 
 book lovers: — Aytoun’s “ Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers,” handsomely 
 bound; Mrs. Browning’s “ Poems,” large paper and limited edition on 
 Holland; large paper “Burns” in six volumes; Keats, a Whatman paper 
 copy of the Buxton-Forman edition, only thirty printed, also the limited 
 edition of the same poet, printed by De Vinne; Nicholas Rowe’s “ Pliar- 
 salia ” of Lucan, large paper; beautiful copy of the first edition of Henry 
 More’s “ Platonica,” Cambridge, 1642; Longfellow’s “Works,” large 
 paper copy of the Riverside edition, in eleven volumes; the “ Amon- 
 tillado” Poe, with India proofs; Pope’s Works in French, and illustrated 
 by Marillier; Hoole’s “ Tasso,” large paper, printed by Bensley, 1803, and 
 two other editions in French, one with Cochin’s, and the other with the 
 Gravelot plates; Tom Taylor’s “ Songs of Brittany,” superbly bound by 
 Alfred Matthews in elegant morocco double; original edition of Dore’s 
 “Vivien” and “ Guinevere,” of Tennyson, engraver’s proofs on India 
 paper; editioD-de-luxe of Wordsworth in eight volumes; and — the “Percy 
 Society’s Publications” in thirty volumes, with the suppressed brochures. 
 
 Some unique, large paper and rare gems for the bibliomaniac have 
 to be mentioned: — Ariosto, Paris, 1795, large paper, unique, and with two 
 sets of proofs before letters of the superb engravings; a splendid example 
 of the typography of Bodoni, printed at Parma in 1793; the Lemerre 
 edition of Dante, on China paper, and bound by Cuzin; the charmingly 
 illustrated Didot “ Hom^re,” a large paper copy; a beautiful large paper 
 example of Caro’s “Virgil,” with the plates of Lempereur, Tardieu, etc.; 
 and a delightful copy of the “ Psalms,” translated into French by Clement 
 Marot and Theodore Beza, a fine specimen of the reliure of the genre Le 
 Gascon. 
 
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 “ Division VIII. — Varia Literaria,” beginning with number 1566, 
 and ending with 1882, concludes the whole of the books and MSS. of the 
 Pene Du Bois Collection. 
 
 Among the rarities of this Division, are: — the editio princeps of Pas- 
 cal’s “ Provinciales,” printed at Cologne in 1657, a volume of excessive 
 scarcity, bound by Cape, and a magnificent copy; also one of the equally 
 
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 excessively rare original edition of tlie “ Pensees ” of Pascal, Paris, 1G70, 
 a superb copy, bound by Lortic; extremely rare Funeral Orations by Bos- 
 suet, Bourdaloue and Flechier, original editions, and bound by Trautz- 
 Bauzonnet and Chambolle-Duru; Saint Real’s “Conjuration des Es- 
 pagnols,” Paris, 1674, very rare, and bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet; original 
 edition of Thackeray’s “ Vanity Fair the very rare “ Oliver Cromwell 
 Memoirs,” London, 1740, with plates by Audran, Faber, etc.; Terence, 
 printed by Baskerville, 1772; “ Napoleoniana,” which belonged to the late 
 Prince Demidoff, also a relic of the Second Empire, stamped with the 
 arms of Napoleon III. ; Citizen Gregoire’s volume on “ Trees of Liberty”, 
 unique, and bound by Duru; a most extraordinary collection of two hundred 
 and four original caricatures of Isaac, Robert and George Cruikshank, Row- 
 landson, Woodward and Gillray, all etched on copper, published 1807-19, 
 and colored by hand; Prince Paul Demidoff’s copy of Xavier de Muistre; 
 the 1827 Montesquieu, bound by Purgold and tooled by Bauzonnet ; 
 Sainctyon’s “ Grand Tamerlan,” Amsterdam, 1678, and bound by Thou- 
 venin ; and the “Contes” of Charles Nodier, original edition end 
 unique. 
 
 The Americana include — the 1685 chap-book life of Columbus, by 
 his son; Hennepin’s “ Louisiana,” the first edition of Paris, 1682; a copy 
 of the “ Massachusetts Indian Psalter ” of 1709, extremely rare, but incom- 
 plete; excessively rare, and early “ Laws of New York,” printed in 1762, 
 1765-82, and 1789; also the “Natural History of New York," eighteen 
 volumes; Schoolcraft’s “Indians”; “Presidential Messages of Washing- 
 ton,” 1792-97; Noah Webster’s “English Language,” Boston, 1789, and 
 bound by Roussellc; and that valuable recently published authority, the 
 “America Herald ica ” of Count de Valcour- Vermont. 
 
 History embraces good editions of the works of Lingard, Milman, 
 Burnet and Prescott, the twolast'named large paper copies. 
 
 Notable books also in this Eighth Division are — a large paper copy 
 of “ Jane Eyre ” with duplicate signed proofs, on Japan paper; Thomas 
 Carlyle, edition-de-luxe, in twenty volumes; Fenclon’s “ Telcmuque,” 
 Paris, 1824, and bound by Simier; Washington Irving’s “Sketch Book,” 
 edition-de-luxe and large paper; also the same of the works of Nathaniel 
 Hawthorne in thirteen volumes; Littre's “French Dictionary,” five thick, 
 large quarto volumes; Mercator’s Atlas, Amsterdam, 1628; Saint Pierre’s 
 “ Paul and Virginia," with India proof illustrations, and a large paper 
 copy in French, with Chodowiecki's beautiful etchings of the “Clarissa 
 IIarlowe,”of the old London bookseller-novelist, Samuel Richardson, and 
 the limited edition-de-luxe of the same author, in twelve volumes, and 
 published by Henry Sotheran. 
 
 To this Division have been joined some volumes from the private library 
 of the late Josiah Sutherland, Judge of the Supreme Court of New York, 
 and from other sources, some duplicate copies of works already catalogued 
 in the preceding seven Divisions. Among these are: — “the French 
 Aquarellists”; Gonse’s “ Japanese Art ;” “Grands Peintrcs Francises ’’; 
 Hamerton’s “ Graphic Arts," large paper ; limited edition of Keats, 
 Sheridan and Pepys; Van Laun’s Molicre, with Lalauze’s etchings; Pisanus 
 Fraxi’s erotic bibliographies ; and Koehler’s “Original Etchings by Ameri- 
 can Artists,” proofs in two states, or India and Japan. 
 
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 "Prints and Aquarelles ” is the title of the Ninth Division, compris- 
 ing numbers 1883 — 2457. 
 
 The original water-colors, crayons and other sketches are all by emi- 
 nent masters. About the most important of these art works belonging to 
 Mr. Pene du Bois is the “ Queen Esther and Ilaman” of the eighteenth 
 century artist Fragonard. There are two Chodowieckis, one of a " Peda- 
 gogue,” the other of a " Girl and her Brother.” An oil painting by Hob- 
 bema has been executed on ancient copper, the verso of which has a 
 medieval “ Madonna and Child,” probably some four hundred years old. 
 
 Felix O. C. Darley’s painting of “ Washington Irving and His Friends at 
 Sunuyside,” will be found in this Division. Its purchaser will receive an 
 autograph letter of the artist relating a curious circumstance in connection 
 with this design, for which Darley was paid seven hundred dollars. 
 
 Among the other originals are: — “Sunday Morning,” by Bellows; 
 "Going to the Colonies,” by the inimitable llowlandson; "A Japanese 
 Study,” by Somm; Horace Vernet’s "Napoleon the Third at the Battle 
 of Solferino;” Gavarni’s "Beautiful Equestrians” and “ Mother Pipelot,” 
 two characteristic water-colors; the " Martyrdom of St. Ovide,” by Jouve- 
 net; “ Ye Bibliophile,” the original black and white made by Meeker for 
 the frontispiece of the forthcoming volume of Mr. Pene du Bois; 
 " Tasso ” by Stothard; an aquarelle by W. Lloyd; the “ Spirit of theCru 
 sades,” an oil study painted for Mr. Pene du Bois by Victor Naegle; an 
 “ Italian Beggar,” by Ceccia; “ Portrait of a Young Girl,” by C. J. Bridg- 
 man; “ A Cavalry Engagement,” by Dietrich the Younger; four Bacchan- 
 alian subjects by Deschanelli and Dhoult; “Dutch Peasant,” by Picart; 
 “Marshal Turennc at the Siege of Turin,” charcoal study by Leriguc; 
 “the Soldier’s Promenade” and "the Devotees,” by CalU; and "Bel 
 shazzar’s Feast,” an ancient painting on parchment attributed to Hemskirk . 
 
 There are many engravings by the Old Masters, nearly all of which are 
 fine, original, excellent impressions. Albert Durer’s well-known " Virgin 
 with the Monkey,” plates from his “ Little Passion,” and original wood- 
 cuts by him are of importance. The masterpiece of Lucas Van Leyden, 
 the "Ecce Homo,” as well as his “ Crucifixion,” are excellent examples. 
 Sebald Beham’s " Pacientia,” of which a fac simile will be found at the 
 commencement of the “ Print Division,” Wolgemuth’s " Knight in 
 Armor” and a number of Incunabulic wood engravings should all be 
 carefully inspected by amateurs. 
 
 Bcga, Bcrghcm, Claude Lorraine, Dietrich, Dujardin, Hollar, Hem- 
 brand t, Van Dyck and Waterloo are among the Old Masters represented 
 by original etchings from their burins. 
 
 It is safe to say that, with the exception of one notable sale, there has 
 never been congregated together at auction in the United States so remark- 
 able and valuable a collection of engravings as those described in the 
 “ Pene du Bois Catalogue,” and by the aid of one of the best experts 
 on prints in America, and whose decision on mooted questions is generally 
 regarded as authoritative. 
 
 It is impossible to particularize in this Proem on the merits and beauties 
 of all these brilliant prints. I shall content myself with indicating the 
 more important specimens. These are: — 
 
 Raphael Morghen’s " Transfiguration ” and " Madonna” after Raffaello- 
 Sauzio; "Apollo and the Muses” after Mengs, and the “Repose in 
 
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 Egypt ” after Poussin; Mandel's "Madonna della Sedia,” after Raffaello, a 
 grand open letter proof; Kichomme’s "Triumph of Galatea” after 
 Raffaello and “Thetis” after Gerard; H. C. Muller’s “Psyche” after 
 Prudbon; Laugier’s " Sappho” after Gros, a proof before letters on India 
 paper; Massard’s "Atala” after Girodet; Nanteuil’s "Louis Quatorzc" 
 and "Pierre de Coislin,” portraits by St. Aubin; Strange's "Venus” after 
 Guido and his "Venus and Adonis”; Anderloni’s “Holy Family”; 
 Audran’s " Portrait of Colbert”; several worthy of more attention by Bar- 
 tolozzi, Beauvarlet and De Launay, among which, by the last named, is the 
 erotic “ Too Inquisitive Wife ” and “ I Will Pass; ” Bervic’s “ Education 
 of Achilles ” and “ Louis Seize,” the last an impression before the plate 
 was broken; “ St. John ” and " St. Sophia,” both proofs before letters by 
 Bettelini; Bouillard’s " Daphne and Apollo," open letter proof; Calamat- 
 ta’s “ Portrait of Dante,” proof before letters; “ Mile. Clairon as Medea” 
 by Laurent Cars and Beauvarlet; Drevet’s “ Louis Quatorze,” “Boileau,” 
 etc.; Edelinck’s masterpiece “Philip de Champagne,” also his “ Due de 
 Berry” and “Due d’Anjou”; Ficquct’s “La Fontaine”; Forster's “ La 
 Viergc a la Legende ” after Raffaello, the engraver’s tenth proof, and an 
 open letter proof of his “ Three Graces”; Francois’s “Birth of Venus,” 
 after Cabanel; remarque proof of Ilollyer’s “ Portrait of Napoleon ” after 
 David; Jacquemart’s “Moses,” after Michael Angelo, proof on parchment; 
 Le Bus’s “ Daphnis and Chloe,” after Boucher; Longhi's "Bonaparte”; 
 Ryland’s " Triumph of Venus,” after Angelica Kauffmatin and his "Jupiter 
 and Lcda"; Schuppen’s “Portrait of Louis the Dauphin”; proof of 
 Scriven’s Portrait of " Nell Gwynne ”; “ Vidal’s “ Confidential Soubrette,” 
 and "the Toilette Merchant” after Laurens; Aristide Louis’s " Portrait 
 of Napoleon” known as the "snuff-box,” after Delaroclie, a trial 
 proof; Wille’s "Little Physician” after Netscher, his “Jean Baptiste 
 Masse” and other portraits; and Lalauzc’s " Entry of Charles the Fifth 
 into Antwerp” after Ilans Makart, a subscriber’s proof on Japan paper. 
 
 Modern Etching, which has had such great popularity of late years, is 
 most admirably exemplified in original impressions by: — 
 
 “Appian; Bastien-Lcpage; Bocourt, an artist’s proof signed of his 
 "Reply of Mirabeau ”; Bracquemond; Brunet-Dcbaines; Casanova; Cham- 
 poll ion; Corot; Courtry; Coutil; Daubigny; Delacroix; Dcnon; Detaille, 
 a remarque proof ; Fcyen-Perrin; Flameng; Fortuny; Birket Foster; Gail 
 lard; Gaucherel; Gautier; Girodet; Gravier, his "Lady Teazle,” " Rosa- 
 lind ” and “Faithful,” all remarque proofs; Guerard; Seymour- Haden, 
 his “ Cowdray,” " Egham Lock,” first state, “Old Chelsea,” "Brig at 
 Anchor,” and “Twickenham”; Iledouin ; ‘Charles Jacque; Jacquemart; 
 Angelica Kauffmann; Lalauze; Lansyer; David Law; Le Gros; L'Hullicr; 
 Leloir; Louis; Meryon; Marshall; Millet; C.O. Murray; Waltner; Whistler, 
 his "Boats at Mooring," “Chelsea,” etc., and last, but not least, Meis- 
 sonier, of whose own etched work there is his “ Rapport,” a proof, and 
 " Punchinello.” 
 
 The American school of etching, acknowledged by European con- 
 noisseurs to be one of the best in the world, is proved to be so by examples 
 of Coleman, Ferris, Swain-Gifford, Hamilton, William Hart. Hopkins, and 
 Peter Moran. These are “deluxe,” being on either Satin, or Indiaand Japan 
 papers. 
 
 In this Collection of Prints but few of the greater ancient and modern 
 painters are unrepresented by engraved or etched work after their master- 
 
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 pieces. The graver lias done honor and paid tribute to the brush of — 
 Boucher, Meissonier, Fortuny, Dupre, Fragonard, Gerome, Millet, Murillo, 
 Guido, Huet, Le Brun, Greuze, Claude, Cabanel, Benjamin Constant, Ary 
 Scheffer, Ostade, Raffaello Sanzio, Turner, Chaplin, Gavarni, Tissot, 
 David, Ilals, Makart, Morris, Troyon, Correggio, Eisen, Domenichino, 
 Veronese, Bonnat, Titian, Mengs, Barbarelli, Delaroche, Laurens, Netscher 
 and Du Bois. 
 
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 * 
 
 The Tenth Division, and last, consists of some forty numbers of 
 “ Curios and Library Furniture.” 
 
 There arc a few ceramic specimens, such as a Royal Dresden plaque 
 painted after Wouvermann, for King Augustus the First, of Poland, at 
 the beginning of the eighteenth century — and pieces of Sevres porcelain, 
 which belonged to the Emperor Napoleon the Third, and came from the 
 palaces of St. Cloud and the Tuileries. 
 
 Some objects in bronze and other metals are in the section, viz. : — statu- 
 ettes of John Gutenberg, Napoleon the First and Frederick the Great; a 
 clock and pendants belonging to the Dk Pene family, and which Thcophilc 
 Gautier described in his “Capitainc Fracasse”; an ancient bronze relievo, 
 the ‘‘Blind Beggars”; also another — “Satyrs Toying with a Nymph”; 
 and a medieval guild insignia, a massive iron key two feet high, carried in 
 procession by a “ moyen-age ” trades-union of locksmiths at Nuremberg, 
 four hundred years ago. 
 
 A Hindoo and phallic carved ivory; a seventeenth century Venetian 
 ivory wedding casket; and a cameo portrait of the Great Napoleon, sculp- 
 tured from a piece of his monolith in the “ Invalidcs,” at Paris, by the de- 
 signer of the sarcophagus of the “ Little Corporal,” will all be found in this 
 department, as well as two remarkable specimens of ancient, transparent, 
 painted glass, one of early English origin, made of pot-metal glass, and the 
 other attributed to the brush of Albert Durcr, and so described in the San 
 Donato Palace Catalogue, and which was purchased at the auction sale of 
 the Art Collection of Prince Dcmidoff. 
 
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 * 
 
 The mode of distribution among other collectors was decided by Mr. 
 Pene du Bois in favor of the only rational method by which a connoisseur, 
 who desires to sell his treasures, can do so in the easiest and most profitable 
 manner. He sent them to auction. He sent them, like a sensible man, to 
 George A. Leavitt and Co., the oldest and best auction house in Amer- 
 ica; one which was founded over half a century ago, and has gone through 
 various mutations of firm name from the time when it had two separate 
 heads, who united. These were the celebrated book-auctioneer Keese 
 and the late Senator James E. Cooley, the father-in-law of Mr. George 
 A. Leavitt, who came from an old family of New York booksellers and 
 publishers. 
 
 It is the same old reliable house of business it ever was, and it may not be 
 out of place here to give a list of a few of the names and figures of some of 
 the Art Sales of Paintings, Statuary, etc., which aggregated over $10,000 
 each, conducted by George A. Leavitt and Co., between January, 1873, 
 and May, 1887 ; 
 
 J. H. Sherwood, $127,069 for two sales iu 1873 and 1880; John Wolfe, 
 $117,715; S. P. Avery, $113,503.50 for four sales in 1876, 1878, 1880 and 
 
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 1881; Thomas Reirl, $105,744 for two sales in 1881 and 1885; J. Abner 
 Harper, $ 105,490; Milton S. Latliom, $101,205; Adolf Kolin, §93,242.50 for 
 four sales in 1874, 1877, 1882 and 1883; H. T. Chapman, Jr., $87,259.50 
 for two sales in 1873 and 1875; H. L. Dousman, $82,655; Albert Spencer, 
 $82,530; J. Strieker Jenkins, $74,333.04 for two sales in 1876 and 1879; S. 
 
 A. Coale, Jr., $71,477; J. C. Runkle, $66,195; R. E. Moore, $54,298.70 for 
 five sales in 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877 and 18*78; Knocdler & Co., $51,344 for two 
 sales in 1879 and 1880; Levi P. Morton and Robert Iloe, $50,687.50; Beriah 
 Wall, $47,570; John Pondir, $40,208; Benj. Nathan Estate, $39,117; Le 
 Grand Lockwood, $34,261.29; William Henry Hurlburt, $31,955.85; Judge 
 C. II. Truax, $31,750; “A Well-known Philadelphia Connoisseur,” $30,- 
 942.50; George H. Andrews, $30,601; Cottier & Co., $30,580; J. P. Beau- 
 mont, $30,417.50; A. D. Morgan, $29,148.50; William Libbey, $27,550; B. 
 F. Carver, $26,393; W. B. Duncan Estate, $24,347.15; A. D. Iluyvetter, 
 $22,668; Stephen Harris, $21,970; Stewart Brown, $20,330; R. II. Witt- 
 haus, $19,244.65; Thomas Walsh, $17,430; G. H. Kensett, $17,165.41; II. 
 
 B. Livermore, $17,060; J. L. Graham, $17,003.34; A. L. Vouros, 
 $16,765.55; Hannah Stiner, $16,752.50; M. G. Murphy, $16,492.83 ; J. F. 
 Henry, $16,330; P. L. Everard k Co., $15,857.50; Isaac Walker, $15,656; 
 Richard II. Ilaines, $15,571.47; S. II. Godkin, $14,320.50; Thomas Gilbert, 
 $14,204; Carlton Gates Estate, $13,942.90 ; Eugene Weeks, $13,833.50; 
 Artists’ Fund Society, $13,707.49; Davis Jones Estate, $13,375; W. Man ton, 
 $13,126; T. P. Rossitcr Estate, $12,922.39; W. R. Williams, $12,694 ; 
 Benj. Fitch, $12,097.50; Mary E. Feyh, $11,753.17; T. J. Taylor, $11,471; 
 W. S. Maey, $11,258; W. J. Kerr, $11,237; S. Michelena, $10,902; George 
 Longman, $10,685.55; J. II. Dolph, $10,620.69 ; Louis J. Jordan, 
 $10,375.49; Susan Paulmier, $10,335.45; W. P. Shaw, $10,331.47; Eugene 
 Bohan. $10,325.88; John LaFarge, $10,000. 
 
 Sales of Paintings, etc., running up into thousands of dollars each have 
 also been conducted by the Leavitts. I extract from a schedule of only 
 notable sales, which foots up to over three millions of dollars, such names 
 as: — J. R. Brevoort, Joseph Mozier, James Boylan, J. O. Eaton, P. Viani, 
 William Powell, Jr., L. Prang & Co., Francis Tomes, J. C. Brevoort, Prof. 
 Bossi, R. E. Moore, L. II. Tasker, W. D. Paterson, D. E. Van Valkenbcrg, 
 
 C. A. Falk, J. N. Baleslier, J. M Crapo, C. L. Frost, J. Milbauk, J. 
 McCormick, J. M. Patterson, S. B. Wright, Louis Durr, Governor Caleb 
 Lyon and B. Homer Dixon. 
 
 Millions upon millions of dollars worth of books have been sold on behalf 
 of the publishers of this country at the “ Leavitt Book Trade Sales ” 
 and in accordance with the system originated by Senator Cooley alioul 
 1825, and continued for over sixty years since by himself and his succes- 
 sors down to the auction house now represented by Mr. Eugene O’Connor, 
 who preserves the old trade name of the business inherited by his prede- 
 cessor, Mr. George A. Leavitt. 
 
 And this firm of George A. Leavitt and Co. have charge of the 
 “ Pene Du Bois Collection.” 
 
 Of the same character of Library Auction Sales as that to take place 
 next month have been the few following out of over a thousand others, 
 which have been held under the Leavitt aegis since 1876: — 
 
 The Brinley Library, $112,494.27, parts one to four, inclusive, with 
 the fifth part still to be sold; Joseph J. Cooke, *69,904.73; Henry C- 
 
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 Murphy, $50,278.63; William Menzies, $49,860.68; Rushton M. Dorman, 
 $24,310.00; Charles Tracy, $19,138;01; Charles Fiske Harris, $16,610.65; 
 J. H. V. Arnold, $16,421.38; Eben Tasker, $14,677.56; Alexander Far- 
 nuin, $14,423.75; General Rush C. Hawkins, $13,163.08; I)r. David King, 
 $12,484.01; Almon W. Griswold, $12,325.13; S. II. Remsen, $9,059.14; 
 Bartholomew Skaats, $8,114.42; W. C. Prescott, $7,991.79; Harrison 
 Library, $7,667.84; Charles O’Conor, $7,481.63; S. F. Olney, $6,950.98; 
 Senator Matt. H. Carpenter, $6,864.69; Governor William Beach Law 
 rence, $6,772.39; Charles Storrs, $5,942.84; Senator II. B. Anthony, 
 $4,929.17; and James L. Clagliorn, $4,763.82. 
 
 The above named twenty-four Library Sales make up by themselves a 
 total of $502,620.59! 
 
 * * * 
 
 I would not have entered upon these details in this place, but for the 
 fact that the well-known bibliopole, Mr. E. F. Bonaventure, has lately 
 printed a brief essay ou “ Books and Book Collecting.” No one is more 
 willing than myself to acknowledge that he has done as much, if not more, 
 good than any one of his busiuess rivals, in the spread of the knowledge and 
 recognition of what are good bindings, what authors should be collected, 
 and what editions should be chosen for the shelves of the collector, but, I 
 am not willing to endorse his advice to book amateurs in respect to the 
 where, when and how they should only buy. It may be all very well for 
 him to personally object to book auction sales, but he has no right to try 
 and dissuade connoisseurs from purchasing at them. 
 
 How is the library of a living collector, or the estate of a dead one to be 
 realized to its uttermost value unless by the book auction? It might suit 
 Mr. Bonaventure, the bookdealer, and his confreres to buy libraries “en 
 bloc” for the minimum amount possible, but it would be mauifestly im- 
 possible for him to give as much with a due regard to the modest profits of 
 his business as could be obtained in the open competition of every book 
 collector and bookdealer in the United States, ou every lot, by itself, at 
 a library auction sale. There may be occasional bargains, and there may 
 be prices paid far more than what some booksellers might charge, but, after 
 all, the book auction is the crucial test of normal market book values. 
 Since reference has been made to Mr. Bonaventure, I will now finish with 
 him, by quoting from him: — 
 
 “ The cost of rare books, at sales, is invariably much higher than the 
 same works would command at stores. The demand in all cases where 
 real rarities are involved is always so great as to put an excessive premium 
 on the object of competition.” 
 
 If American book auction sales depended upon dealers alone, Heaven 
 help literary property. In London and Paris the book auctioneer is the 
 best friend of the bookseller, and he is al ways regarded as such. It is 
 about the only mart now a days where purchases can be made for the 
 shelves of the bookdealer, and it is a well-know T n fact that at a recent sale 
 in London, one bibliopolist’s bill amounted to over a million of dollars, 
 and for which he was given credit. 
 
 I am confident with such societies in our midst as the Grolier Club, 
 which is doing good missionary work, and with magazines devoted to the 
 exploitation of old books, that the collecting of private libraries will be more 
 popular than ever, and with the corresponding increase in the number of 
 
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 amateurs will also come greater knowledge of prices, not only among book- 
 dealers, but among bookbuyers. The last named, it has been my experi- 
 ence to discover, know the commercial as well as the literary value of 
 books better than the majority of American booksellers. In fact, most 
 bookdealers have learned more from their customers, than they have 
 from their books of reference. “ Experientia docet.” 
 
 * * 
 
 * 
 
 The “ Pene du Bois Collection,” from which I have wandered very 
 considerably, is, however, the real matter with which we have to do. It 
 can be safely asserted that no such Collection of Fine Bindings, Good 
 Editions, Modern Standard Works of Real Merit, Ancient Book Nuggets, 
 Beautiful Manuscripts and Rare Prints have been sold in New York for 
 many years back. In purchasing from this Collection, connoisseurs and 
 dealers will have the benefit of the ripe experience of a master, who has 
 proved his being a true Biblioguostc in cold type, as well as by his book 
 shelves. The dispersion of such a Library and such Prints is a positive 
 public benefit. It gives an opportunity for the exhibition of treasures of 
 literature and art. It spreads the knowledge which is requisite for both 
 the bibliophile and the bibliopole who, in purchasing from the “ Pens du 
 Bois Collection,” will do so in the interests of wisdom and culture. 
 
 The truest friends a man can have are his books. They are not only 
 useful but ornamental, not only exhilarating but thoughtful aud restful. 
 Quaint old Thomas Fuller pointed out their real value when he wrote in 
 the old long ago: 
 
 “To divert at anytime a troublesome fancy, run to thy books; they 
 presently fix thee to them and drive the other out of thy thoughts, they 
 always receive thee with the same kindness.” 
 
 CHARLES SOTHERAN. 
 
 New York Press Club, 
 
 May 13, 1887. 
 
OF THE 
 
 cue D u -Hi o 
 Collection, 
 
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 The sizes of books in this catalogue are defined relatively to signatures and 
 according to the following page, height and inch measurements : 
 
 Large Folio, over 18 inches ; Folio, below 18 and over 13 ; Small Folio, 
 below 13 and over 11. 
 
 Large Quarto, below 15 and over it; Quarto, below 11 and over 8 ; 
 Small Quarto, below 8 and over 6. 
 
 Large Octavo, below 11 and over 9 ; Octavo, below 9 and over 8 ; Small 
 Octavo and Twelvemo, below 8 and over 6. Minimo, below 6 inches. 
 
 These eleven designations preserve the important part of the nomenclature 
 formerly used, and do away with the old technical paper prefixes, such as 
 “ Royal,” “ Foolscap,” “Crown,” etc., as well as the confusing smaller sizes 
 of the past. These represented in all, both big and little, some two hundred 
 possible book sizes, ranging from an “Antiquarian Folio,” to a “Pot 
 i2Smo.” 
 
 As the old specific definitions are now gradually becoming almost obsolete, 
 this new schedule was formulated. It was wisely recognized that the present 
 time is inopportune for the measurement of books by the metric system. 
 
 C. s. 
 
2 
 
 TIIE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
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 I. 
 
 COMPRISING 
 
 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Costume, Heraldry, 
 Choice Bindings, etc.; also Illustrated Books, Many of 
 which are Unique. 
 
 “ Ars est celare artem.” 
 
 ESOPI Phrygis Fabvlae. [Greek and Latin Text 
 in parallel columns.] Square minimo, vellum. 
 
 Cologne, apvd loatmem Tornaesivtn, 1619 
 Rare. With curious wood-block cuts, including portrait 
 of Aisop on title. 
 
 CURMER’S BEAUTIFUL EDITION OF THOMAS A’KEMPIS. 
 
 oa 2 A’KEMPIS (Thomas). L’lmitation de J£sus Christ, Tra- 
 ■ duction Nouvelle de M. L’Abb£ Dassance. Illuminated 
 
 frontispiece and title in gold and colors — also every page sur- 
 rounded with an elegant woodcut border , — numerous vignettes, 
 fancy initial letters , etc. Large 8vo, fresh half blue mo- 
 rocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1835-42 
 Curmer’s beautifully illustrated edition of the “ Imitation of Christ,” in splen- 
 did condition, with margins equal to large paper. 
 
 3 ALBUM, containing a large number of vignette illustrations by 
 ~ Campiglia, Pazzi, Gregorij, De Ghende, Moreau 
 
 le jeune, Simonet, etc., some of nudes. Large 4to, fine 
 red morocco gilt, blue watered silk ends, edges gilt. 
 
 With heraldic book-plate of the Earl Grosvenor. 
 
 I 4 ALDINE (The), a Typographic Art Journal. Profusely 
 illustrated with charming wood engravings, etc. Vols. 5, 6 
 and 7 in 3 vols. Folio, half morocco (Vol. 7 lacks title). 
 
 N. Y., 1873-74 
 
THE TENE D U BOIS COLLECTION. 
 
 3 
 
 ^05 ALLESSON (L. E.). Abbildungen der Rindvieh und An- 
 dern Hansthier — Racen mit Text von Weckherlin. 30 
 tinted lithographed plates of cattle. Oblong large folio. 
 
 Stuttgart, 1827 
 
 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY AMERICAN ARTISTS— EDITION- 
 DE-LUXE— WITH INDIA PROOFS AND SEPARATE 
 ARTISTS’ PROOFS ON JAPAN PAPER. 
 
 00 6 AMERICAN ETCHINGS.— ORIGINAL ETCHINGS by 
 AMERICAN ARTISTS. With an Introduction and De- 
 scriptions by S. R. Koehler. 20 etchings — Proofs on 
 India paper, Whatman paper cover, in cloth case; also 
 another set of Artists’ Proofs of the same on Japan 
 paper, Signed, mounted on cardboard with heavy plate 
 mats in portfolio, fresh half morocco, cloth sides, nickel 
 lock and key. Together 2 vols. Square large folio. 
 
 N. Y., 1883 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE, limitf.d to 203 impressions, each numbered and 
 signed by the editor S. R. Koehler, of which this is No. 166. This is a series 
 of twenty original etchings, of greater merit and artistic excellence than has ever 
 before been offered in book form. The work is a purely original one in concep- 
 tion and execution. It is truly representative not only of American art, but of 
 the individual excellence of each of the twenty artists who have contributed to 
 its pages. The following is a list of subjects and etchers: — 
 
 Winter Evening, .... 
 
 His Own Doctor, 
 
 The Inner Harbor, Gloucester, 
 
 A Tower of Cortes, 
 
 The Ponte Vecchio, .... 
 The Lion in Love, 
 
 An Old New England Orchard, 
 
 “ ’Tween the Gloamin’ and the Mirk, When the 
 Kye Come flame," . 
 
 The Three Cows, .... 
 
 Canal Boats on the Thames, 
 
 “And Drive Dull Care Away,” 
 
 The Deserted Mill, 
 
 Harvest at San Juan, New Mexico, 
 
 A Cloudy Day in Venice, 
 
 The Mora Players, .... 
 
 The Mouth of the Apponigansett, 
 
 Fishing Boats on the Beach at Scheveningen, 
 At Marblehead Neck, 
 
 The Smugglers’ Landing-Place, 
 
 Twilight, ..... 
 
 Henry Farrer. 
 
 T. W. Wood, V.P.N.A. 
 Stephen Parrish. 
 
 Thomas Moran, A.N.A. 
 Joseph Pennell. 
 
 F. S. Church, A.N.A. 
 George H. Smillie, N. A. 
 
 Mrs. M. Nimmo Moran. 
 
 J. Foxcroft Cole. 
 
 Chas. A. Platt. 
 
 I. M. Gaugengigl. 
 Kruseman Van Elten, N. A. 
 Peter Moran. 
 
 Samuel Colman, N.A. 
 Frederick Dielm an, N.A. 
 R. Swain Gifford, N.A. 
 M. F. H. De Haas, N.A. 
 Jas. D. Smillie, N.A. 
 
 J. C. Nicoll, A.N.A. 
 
 J. A. S. Monks. 
 
 4 ‘ The great variety of these subjects by twenty representative American etchers 
 will be noticeable at a glance. Europe and America have both furnished 
 themes, and the time-honored glories of Florence and Venice are found side by 
 side with the almost tropical splendor of Mexico and the simpler, but not less 
 poetical, scenery of the coast of New England, while the Indian and the negro 
 stand upon the same basis, as regards their artistic usefulness, with the cavalier 
 of the seventeenth century. Nor is the ideal note wanting, although the prevail- 
 ing key is decidedly realistic.” — Introduction. 
 
4 
 
 THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF TWENTY ORIGINAL AMERICAN 
 
 ETCHINGS. 
 
 7 AMERICAN ETCHINGS.— TWENTY ORIGINAL 
 AMERICAN ETCHINGS, Published under the 
 
 No. 13 of limited edition of 195 copies, with impressions on India paper. 
 These etchings are truly characteristic not only qf American art and of the 
 individual excellence of each artist who contributes a sketch, but also in the 
 minor details of paper, printing and typography. 
 
 The following artists and subjects are represented: — “ The Olive Trees of the 
 Riviera,” by Samuel Colman; “Rye, England,” by Charles A. Platt; 
 “Business Neglected,” by J. G. Brown; “The Pool,” by Peter Moran; 
 “Evening. New York Harbor,” by Henry Farrf.r; “An Interesting Chap- 
 ter,” by Percy Moran; “The Thames at Limehouse,” by C. A. Vanderhoff; 
 “ A Summer Afternoon,” by Ellis F. Miller; “ Thinking It Over,” by T. 
 \V. Wood; “Solitude.” by E. L. Peirce; “The Castle of San Juan de Ulva, 
 Vera Cruz,” by Thomas Moran; “ Bellissima,” by I. M. Gaugengigl; “Gar- 
 diner's Bay, L. I.,” by Mrs. M. N. Moran; “ Harbor Scene,” by J. C. Nicoi.l; 
 “ A Symphony, Nineteenth Century,” by F. S. Church; “ The Cottage by the 
 Sea.” by Krusf.man Van Elten; “The First Needlework,” by Seymour J. 
 Guy; “ Mills at Mispek,” by Stephen Parrish; “ A Japanese Fantasy, ’ by 
 Leon Moran,” and “ Below Chestnut Street Bridge, Philadelphia,” by Joseph 
 Pennell. 
 
 ) 2-00 8 American Historical and Literary Curiosities. First 
 
 and Second Series (complete). Collected and edited by 
 J. Jay Smith and John F. Watson. Consisting of fac. 
 similes of original documents relating to the events of the 
 Revolution , etc., etc. — with a variety of reliqucs, antiquities 
 and modern autographs. Large 4to, cloth, gilt (foxed). 
 
 This valuable and interesting publication is entirely out of print and difficult 
 to find. 
 
 auspices of the “ New York Etching Club.’’ Edition- 
 de-Luxe, Numbered and Signed Artists’ Proofs on 
 India paper, Introduction and description of each etch- 
 ing by S. R. Koehler. Square large folio, fresh three- 
 quarter russia gilt, beveled sides, top edge gilt, others 
 
 uncut. 
 
 N. Y„ 1S84 
 
 Phila., 1847 
 
 [ I S 9 Amsterdam Exhibition. — Catalogue Illustr^ Officiel de la 
 
 Section des Beaux-Arts de PExposition Universelle d’Am- 
 sterdam, 1883. Illustrated with some 200 reproductions 
 after the original designs of the artists. 8vo, fresh 
 crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1883 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 5 
 
 THE MAGNIFICENT SERIES OF FRENCH AQUAREL- 
 LISTS. 
 
 (kj io aquarelles.— society of french aquarel- 
 lists. Text by the best French Critics. Illustrated 
 with plates in photogravure — printed in tint, and with 
 designs in facsimile by Louis Leloir, Edouard De- 
 taille, Gustave Dor£, Julien Le Blant, Jules 
 Worms, Eugene Lambert, Edouard De Beaumont, 
 Mme. La Baronne N. De Rothschild, Ferdinand 
 Heilbuth, A. Df. Nf.uville, Georges Vibert, Eu- 
 gene Lami, Jules Jacquemart, Charles Delort, 
 James Tissot, and others. 2 vols. in 1. Large folio, half 
 morocco, silk sides and ties, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, Goupil & Co., 1883 
 
 Out of frint and scarce. No. 7 of Limited Edition, on very heavy 
 French vei.lum paper. 
 
 This volume, representing the best art work of the “ Society des Aquarel- 
 listes," or French Society of Water Colorists, is printed on magnificent vellum 
 paper from the mills of Marais. The work of each artist in the volume or 
 Ctude is composed of five subjects in color both in text and separate plate. There 
 are twenty four in all of these etudes or studies. They each form a delightful 
 series of illustrations, and include a frontispiece, vignettes and plates inde- 
 pendent of the text. A number of pen designs, studies and crayon sketches 
 profusely illustrate the text, which is thus collaborated by the artist whose watcr- 
 colors are given. 
 
 The artists represented and described in this magnificent work are — Louis 
 Leloir, Edouard Detaille, Gustave Dore, Ernest Duez, E. Louis Framjais, Mau- 
 rice Leloir, Ferdinand Heilbuth, Mme. Madelaine Lemaire, A. de Neuville, 
 Georges Vibert, Eugene Lami, Roger Jourdain, L. Eugene Lambert, Jules 
 Worms, Julien Le Blant, Jules Jacquemart, Charles Delort, James Tissot, Henri 
 Ilarpignies, Edouard de Beaumont, Baronne Nathaniel de Rothschild, Henri 
 Baron, Eugene Isabey and Gustave Jacquet. 
 
 11 Art Age (The), a Monthly Illustrated Newspaper, from 
 the Commencement, April, 1883, to March, 1886, inclu- 
 sive (Part 15, October, 1884, lacking); also — Art Journal, 
 L’Art Moderne and Art Amateur. Together 40 parts. 
 Square folio, in cloth portfolio. N. Y., etc., 1877-87 
 
 GRAND WORK ON ANCIENT ART, WITH ETCHINGS. 
 
 , 5*12 ART ANCIEN a l’Exposition de 1878 par MM. Ed. de 
 Beaumont, Th. Biais, Edmond Bonnaff£, Frederic 
 Darcel, Henri Darcel, Duranty, H. Ephrussi, Ben- 
 jamin Fillon, P. Gasnault, Henri Lavoix, Paul 
 Mantz, Eug. Piqt, A. R. de Liesville, O. Rayet, 
 Arthur Rhone, et Mme. Germaine de Poligny, sous 
 la Direction de M. Louis Gonse, Redacteur en chef de 
 la “Gazette des Beaux-Arts.” Prof usely illustrated with 
 etchings and other illustrations — some on India paper. 
 Thick large 4to, sewed, uncut. Paris, A. Quantin, 1879 
 
 Among the etchers whose work will be found in the above are — Jacquemart, 
 Gaillard, Le Rat, Gaujean, Gaucherel, Dujardin, Champollion, Gilbert, etc. 
 
6 
 
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 “L’ART”— THE SPLENDIDLY PRINTED AND ILLUS- 
 TRATED FRENCH MAGAZINE. 
 
 13 ART. — L’ART, Revue Hebdomadaire Illustr^e, for 
 the years 1879-80 inclusive [each year in 4 vols.]. To- 
 gether 8 vols. With numerous full-page etchings , wood 
 engravings, etc., after or by the best modern masters. Folio, 
 half red rriorocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1879-80 
 
 Thick paper edition. This magnificent art work has no rival in its pecu- 
 liar excellencies. The best etchers and artists of Europe have been united to 
 make this splendid magazine, with its charming typography, the superior of 
 either the “ Portfolio” or the “ Art Journal.” 
 
 “ There has, up to the present time, been no such spirited venture as the 
 art journal established in Paris at the beginning of the present year (1875), 
 under the laconic name of 'L'Art.' It has defects, but it has the great merit 
 of being full of life and energy. The wonder is how a journal on such an im- 
 portant scale can find the degree of public support which must be necessary' to 
 its existence. The proprietors of ‘ L'Art' do not rest satisfied with an appeal 
 to their own fellow-citizens or even fellow-countrymen; they have agents all 
 the world over, even at such places as Bucharest and Constantinople. The 
 proprietors of 'L'Art' evidently intend to give it as cosmopolitan a character 
 as they possibly can. The list of writers includes men of three or four differ- 
 ent nations, and the subjects treated comprise everything of artistic interest in 
 the world. It is evident that the proprietors of 'L'Art' are doing their best 
 to improve it. . . . The publication is always lively and interesting, though not 
 governed by much severity of taste. It is full of what the French call actuality. 
 The proprietors seem determined to spare no effort, and we cordially wish them 
 success.” — Philip Gilbert Hamf.rton. 
 
 q q 14 ART. — L’ART, Revue Hebdomadaire Illustr£e, for 
 the years 1881-83 inclusive [each year in 4 vols.]. To- 
 gether 12 vols. Folio, red cloth, top edges gilt. • 
 
 Paris, 1881-83 
 
 MAGNIFICENT WORK ON ALL THE ARTS. 
 
 y y 15 ARTS SOMPTUAIRES (Les), Histoire du Costume et de 
 rAmeublement et des Arts et Industries qui s’y Ratta- 
 chent sous la direction.de Haugard Maug£, Dessins de 
 Clus. Ciappori — Introduction Generate et Texte Explica- 
 te par Ch. Lou andre. Illustrated with several hundred 
 beautiful plates in rich colors designed by Ciappori. 3 
 vols. 4to, half red morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, chez L auteur, 1852-58 
 
 Very scarce. Issued by subscription at 400 francs unbound. This is a 
 superb work and the handsomely executed chromolithographic plates in gold and 
 colors embrace a multitude of subjects — armor, missal work, costume, stained 
 glass, heraldry, painting, sculpture, jewelry, etc. — exhibiting the manners, cus- 
 toms, beliefs, superstitions of the peoples of Europe from the Fifth to the 
 Seventeenth Century inclusive. 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 7 
 
 “ ART TREASURES OF AMERICA ’’—INDIA PROOFS. 
 
 J ART TREASURES OF AMERICA. Illustrated with about 
 
 160 photogravures , Proofs on India paper, and several 
 hundred engravings on wood, io sections folio (complete) 
 and each in a silk-covered portfolio. Phila., 1883 
 
 Limited edition, of which this is No. 127, and is an original subscriber’s 
 copy complete. This work gives a description and a list of the contents of the 
 principal picture galleries of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chi- 
 cago, Providence, St. Louis, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Louisville, Washington, 
 Montreal, Fall River, Cleveland, Taunton, New Haven, Rochester, Pittsburgh, 
 etc., etc. 
 
 Ifo 
 
 FOUR EARLY VOLUMES OF “ L’ARTISTE.” 
 
 17 ARTISTE (L’J, Nouvelle Serie. Vols. 1 to 4 inclusive. 
 Profusely illustrated with engravings, lithographs and etch- 
 ings after the great old and modern masters. Large qto, 
 half red morocco, cloth sides (binding rubbed and a cover 
 loose). Paris, 1857-58 
 
 The admirable art magazine, “ L’ Artiste,” contains most excellent prints by 
 Veyrassat, Masson, Gavami, Metzmacher, Bracquemond, C. Nanteuil, etc. 
 Some are on India paper and the descriptive text is by the best art critics of 
 France. 
 
 THE FRENCH EDITION OF THE KERAMIC ART OF 
 
 JAPAN. 
 
 Llf'o 18 AUDSLEY (G. A.) et BOWES (J. L.). La Ceramique 
 Japonaise. Containing 32 f ull-page plates (17 of which are 
 in gold and colors ) and descriptive text, with numerous wood 
 engravings printed in colors ; produced from original 
 Japanese works of the greatest beauty, representing the entire 
 range of Japanese Ke ramie Art, ancient and modern. Large 
 8vo, illuminated cloth, beveled sides, gilt top edge, others 
 uncut. Paris, Fir min Didot, 1881 
 
 This is the French edition of the splendid work on “ Japanese Ceramics ” of 
 Audsley and Bowes. The plates are exactly the same as those published in the 
 London edition of Henry Sotheran. The translation was made by Louisy, and 
 the work was printed under the direction of Racinet. 
 
 “ The glory of this book is the chromolithography ; for which, indeed, some 
 new name ought to be invented, so unlike is it to anything which has been called 
 chromolithography before. No one who has not seen them, or others resem- 
 bling them, can form any conception of the powers of Japanese artists.” 
 
 AKER (W. S.). Medallic Portraits of Wash- 
 ington. Portrait. 4to, half morocco, cloth 
 sides, totally uncut. Phila , 1884 
 
 Beautifully printed on heavy paper. Containing all the known \\ ashington 
 pieces, to the extent of six hundred and hfty-one numbers, accurately 
 described and arranged into appropriate groups, each group being preceded by 
 historical and critical notices; the whole supplemented by a copious index, care- 
 fully prepared with a view to its use as a means of reference. 
 
8 
 
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 LARGE PAPER COPY OF BARTLETT AND BEATTIE'S 
 SWITZERLAND-WITH OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 
 
 20 BARTLETT (\V. H.). 109 illustrations to William Beat- 
 
 tie’s “ Switzerland.” — Open Letter Proofs on India 
 paper. Folio, half red morocco, cloth sides (rubbed). 
 
 London, 1836 
 
 Large paper, and brilliant impressions of these beautiful plates, with the in- 
 serted book-plate of James L. Claghorn. A few of the mounts are foxed 
 slightly. 
 
 William Henry Bartlett was the most eminent of the pupils educated by John 
 Britton, the architectural antiquary. He traveled extensively through America, 
 Europe, Asia and Africa. 
 
 3 . 
 
 7 
 
 BARBER (Mrs. Mary). Some Drawings of Ancient Em- 
 broidery. 30 specimens on 30 large plates , executed in the 
 first style of chromolithography. Large qto, cloth gilt 
 extra, gilt edges. 
 
 London and Manchester, Henry Sotheran dr Co., 1880 
 
 “ This most beautiful series of illustrations of fine old embroidery was the 
 work, we believe, of many years’ careful study on the part of the lady author, 
 who prepared it as her contribution to the work of Church restoration, at the 
 suggestion of one of our greatest and universally respected architects, Mr. 
 Butterfield. Mrs. Barber having died before her laborious work was pub- 
 lished, Mr. Butterfield undertook, at her request, to superintend its issue; and 
 a superb book it is, and most instructive to all who are interested in the wide 
 subject of Church embroidery, and the worthy production of Church vest- 
 ments. ” — Literary Churchman. 
 
 TUER’S BEAUTIFUL WORK ON BARTOLOZZI. 
 
 Ul SO 22 BARTOLOZZI and his Works Illustrated. Biograph- 
 ical, Anecdotal and Descriptive. By Andrew W. Tuer. 
 Being an Account of the Life and Career of FRAN- 
 CESCO BARTOLOZZI, R. A.; with remarks on his 
 Prints: Why sought after; increasing rise in value ; modern 
 reprints from worn-out plates, and how to distinguish; 
 falsely tinted, and how to distinguish ; a list of copper- 
 plates known to be still in existence ; Bartolozzi’s Pupils; 
 Sketches of their Lives; Collecting Prints as a hobby, and 
 as a profitable hobby; How to judge Prints; Proofs and 
 “states” of Prints; How to handle Prints; Deceptions 
 with Prints ; Stipple Engraving, with Descriptions and Il- 
 lustrations ; Print Sales ; Art Auction Rooms, general 
 gossip, and including the most extensive list of this great 
 master's works yet compiled. Finely printed in old-face 
 
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 9 
 
 type , with 13 fine plates in red and bistre , by Bartolozzi. 2 
 vols. large 4to, antique vellum binding, top edges gilt, 
 others uncut, and interleaved for additions. 
 
 London, Field and Tuer , n. d. 
 
 Mr. Tuer has succeeded in cataloguing upward of 2,000 examples of these 
 fashionable prints; the largest list hitherto compiled — I.e Illanc’s — contained 
 only 700. Among the illustrations are a pair of beautiful and exquisitely fin- 
 ished fancy subjects in stipple, from copper plates engraved by Bartolozzi in 
 1783, in brilliant condition, entitled: “A St. James's Beauty," and “A St. 
 Giles's Beauty," painted in red on old paper; and a pair of highly finished por- 
 traits, from the original copper-plates, of Sarah, Countess of Kinnoul, and 
 Robert Auriol, Earl of Kinnoul, engraved by Caroline Watson in 1799, also in 
 brilliant condition, printed on old paper in brown ink; a charming vignette of 
 Cupid printed in red; a ticket for the Mansion House ball, 1773, etc., all printed 
 direct from the plates. 
 
 BATTY’S SELECT VIEWS— WITH THE PLATES IN THREE 
 
 STATES. 
 
 5 '7j~23 BATTY (Robert, Lieut.-Col., E.E.S.). Select Views of Some 
 ' of the Principal Cities of Europe, with Descriptive Text. 
 
 92 fine plates engraved from original paintings by R. Graves, 
 F. B. Becker, E. Goodall, W. R. Smith, R. Batty, H. 
 Le Keux and others. Large 4to, old half morocco gilt, 
 top edge gilt, others uncut (a few plates foxed slightly). 
 
 London, Moon , Boys 6° Graves , 1832 
 
 Excessively rare. This almost unique book has the thirty fine plates in 
 three states — Finished India Proofs, Unfinished Etchings on India and Outline 
 Key Plates. The vignette title is in two states, both on India paper; one 
 finished and the other Etched and unfinished. 
 
 A very limited number were published in this manner at ,£36, i.e., $180, and 
 the fact that any impressions were taken of the etched plates is unknown to 
 both Allibone and Lowndes. , 
 
 LARGEST PAPER COPY OF BATTY'S FRENCH SCENERY 
 —WITH THE PLATES IN TWO STATES. 
 
 P 2 4 BATTY. French Scenery. Illustrated with 117 fitie plates 
 — Proofs on India paper — from original drawings by the 
 author , engraved by Heath, Finden, Wallis and other 
 eminent engravers. Large 4to, half morocco, cloth sides, 
 top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 London, Rodwell Martin , 1822 
 
 Largest paper and very scarce. Published at ^31 10s., i.e., $157, with 
 PLATES IN TWO STATES, finished engravings and unfinished etchings — both 
 states on India paper. 
 
 I 2 5 BAURENSEIND (Michael). Schreib Kiinst. With nu- 
 merous plates of caligraphy and engraved title by Christo- 
 pher Weigel. Oblong 4to, vellum. Nuremberg, 1716 
 
 Rare. Weigel is best known as an engraver of Scripture prints. He also 
 engraved in mezzotint. 
 
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 26 BAXTER (Thomas). An Illustration of the Egyptian, 
 Grecian and Roman Costume, with Descriptions. Eront. 
 and 40 fine out/ines, some of nudes , selected , drawn and 
 engraved by the author ( foxed slightly and front, stained). 
 4to, boards, uncut. London, 1810 
 
 Very scarce and exceedingly valuable to artists, sculptors and collectors on 
 account of its faithful delineation of the antique. 
 
 I Bayet (C.). Precis d’Histoire de l’Art. Hundreds of fac- 
 
 ' similes from paintings , bronzes , sculptures , etc. Small 8vo, 
 
 paper. Paris, Quantin , n. d. 
 
 .0/28 Bazinghen Collection Catalogue, partially priced; also— 
 Hurlbert Collection Catalogue. 2 pieces. Sewed. 
 
 I ’^jf'29 BEHMEN (Jacob), FEHLAUEN (George), etc. Neuein- 
 / gerichteter Vielvermehrter Geistlicher Frauen Zimer 
 
 Spiegel. Engraved front ., title and numerous plates of 
 women , commencing with “ Eve,” an apple in her hand and 
 a tiger skin around her middle. Thick minimo, black 
 morocco, gilt, one brass clasp. Nuremberg, 1666 
 
 Rare. Stamped on the side in gold with “V. M., 1673.” 
 
 / K ~jS' 3 ° BELINA (A. M. de). Nos Peintres Dessines par Eux- 
 ' memes. Notes Humoristiques et Esquisses Biographiques. 
 
 Numerous portraits of great modern artists, sketched by them- 
 selves. 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1883 
 
 BERGERAT (Emile). Theophile Gautier, Peintre- 
 Etude, suivie du Catalogue de son CEuvre peint dessine 
 et grave. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1877 
 
 Limited edition of 10 copies on China paper and 100 on “ papier verge,” 
 of which the above is one of the last named of this interesting volume on Theo- 
 pljile Gautier. 
 
 32 Bernatz und Schubert. Bilder aus derri Heiligen Lande, 
 mit erlauterndem Texte. Engraved title and numerous 
 plates on India paper after the original pictures of Ber- 
 natz. Oblong 4to, 1 vol. (complete and in 4 parts), sewed. 
 
 Stuttgart, 1839 
 
 2/^33 BERND (C. S. T.). Die Allgemeine Wappenwissenschaft 
 Engraved heraldic plates. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 (2 copies.) Bonn, 1849 
 
 !Jo3' 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE ILLUSTRATED BEURNON- 
 VILLE CATALOGUE. 
 
 Lf ' 00 $ 4 BEURNONVILLE. — Catalogue des Tableaux Anciens 
 de tous les Ecoles composant la Tres Importante Col- 
 lection de M. le Baron de Beurnonville. Illustrated 
 with full-page engravings and etchings after works of the 
 most celebrated masters, some erotic. Thick large 4to, 
 cloth, totally uncut. Paris, 1881 
 
 Large paper and limited edition. Handsomely printed on heavy toned 
 paper, and with beautiful impressions of the plates. 
 
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 1 1 
 
 J 0 35 BIBLISCHE GESCHICHTE Erzahlt nach den Worten 
 der Schrift. With numerous illustrations on wood after 
 Schnorr, Diethe, Elstf.r, Ritter, Grosse, Jaeger, 
 Nieper and Seitz - also rubricated title and capitals — and 
 red line borders. Large 4to, paper, uncut. Leipzig, n. d. 
 
 MAGNIFICENT LARGE PAPER COPY OF BIDA’S GOSPELS 
 BOUND BY DAVID— PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS. 
 
 l]D 36 BIDA. — LES SAINTS EVANGILES. Traduction de 
 Bossuet, tiree des CEuvres de Bossuet, par M. H. 
 Wallon, Membre de l’lnstitut. Magnificent plates , wood 
 engravings , etc. 2 vols. square large folio, superbly bound 
 by DAVID and in fresh red crushed levant morocco, extra 
 gilt, rounded corners, inside gold borders, edges gilt on 
 marble, and in drop leather lined cases. Paris, 1873 
 
 LARGE PAPER PROOFS BEFORE ALL LETTERS. No. 69 of 
 limited edition. 
 
 These splendid volumes can be counted among the grandest works ever issued 
 by the French press. The plates were designed by Bida, and engraved under 
 the direction of Ed. Hedouin by Henriette Browne, Bida, Bodmer, Bracque- 
 mond, Chaplm, Deblois, Flameng, Gaucherel, Gilbert, Girardet, Haussoulier, 
 Hedouin, Massard, Mouilleron, Nanteuil and Veyrassat. The ornaments in 
 the text— titles, chapter heads, initial letters, head and tail pieces — were designed 
 by Ch. Rossigneux and engraved on steel by Gaucherel. The “ caracteres 
 typographies ” were specially engraved by F. Viel-Castel after the designs of 
 Ch. Rossigneux. The etchings were printed by Salmon and the text with red 
 borders and occasional rubrications by Claye. The paper was specially manu- 
 factured for the work by C. and J. Honig-Breet at Zaandyle, Holland. 
 
 Alexander Bida. the celebrated French artist, according to Clement and Hut- 
 ton’s “Artists of the Nineteenth Century,” was — “born at Toulouse, 1S13. 
 Officer of the Legion of Honor and the Order of Leopold. Pupil of Delacroix. 
 Water-color artist and designer. Has visited the East. The following pencil- 
 drawings are at the Luxembourg: ‘ Refectory of Greek Monks ’(1857); ‘ Evening 
 Call in the Crimea ’ (1857); ‘ The Field of Boaz, Bethlehem ’ (1861); ‘ Massacre 
 of Mamelukes ’ ( 1 861) ; and ‘ Prayer in a Mosque.’ Bida has sometimes painted 
 portraits. His exquisite designs for the Gospels are well known by their exhibi- 
 tion in 1867 and at other times since then. This artist has made many designs 
 for ‘ Le Tour du Monde.’ At the Walters Gallery, Baltimore, are three pic- 
 tures by Bida, — ‘ The Prayer upon the House-Top,' ‘Moses on a Mountain, 
 resting on a Rock,’ and a representation of the custom in some Eastern country 
 where annually the people prostrate themselves for a horse and rider to pass 
 over their bodies. This artist represents with wonderful power the life and 
 scenery of Oriental countries, and his scriptural scenes are not surpassed in force 
 and directness by any other painters of like motives.” 
 
 P. G. Hamerton, writing in “ Etching and Etchers” of utility in etching as 
 a mode of illustrating fine books, says: — “ The most noteworthy instance of 
 this is its employment by M. Hachette for his unprecedented edition of the 
 ‘ Four Gospels,’ illustrated by Bida with one hundred and twenty-eight pictorial 
 compositions, which were etched by Bida himself, and fifteen other etchers. I he 
 enormous sum of money lavished on the production of this work would never 
 have been risked twenty years ago on an enterprise which depended upon etch- 
 ing for its success. At that time a publisher determined to invest fifty thousand 
 pounds in a monumental enterprise would have selected line engraving as a 
 matter of course, and the intensity of the general prejudice against etching, 
 both in the trade and out of it, would have prevented him from even taking it 
 
/ 
 
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 '_n to consideration as an admissible kind of art. Times are changed, however. 
 1 he fame and splendor of this great publication, of which a hundred and forty 
 proof copies on Dutch paper were sold at £ 85 apiece, whilst £ 2 ^ was the price 
 of an ordinary one, ought not entirely to eclipse many minor publications, which 
 have been illustrated with a few plates.” 
 
 i'jP 1 
 
 9 
 
 BIDA. — L’Histoire df. Joseph traduite de la Sainte Bible 
 par Lemaistre de Sacv. With beautifully executed plates 
 after the magnifeent designs of Bid a, also other illustrations 
 in the text and every page surrounded by red-line borders. 
 Square large folio (loose). Paris, Hachette , 1878 
 
 Splendid edition, on vellum paper. 
 
 [iScftS BIGOT (Charles). Raphael and the Villa Farnesina. 
 ' Translated from the French by Mary Healey. With 15 
 
 engravings of Raphael’s masterpieces by Tiburce de 
 Mare. 4to, fresh paper, uncut. London, 1884 
 
 I his edition was limited to 150 copies, all numbered and signed, of which the 
 above is No. 4. 
 
 [“ Tiie Bookbinder,” a Sixteenth Century cut by Jost Amman.] 
 
 ^Bindings of Interest ancl Ualuc. 
 
 SPLENDIDLY BOUND COPY OF “THE ART OF BOOK- 
 BINDING ’’—LIMITED EDITION OF ONE AND EXTRA 
 ILLUSTATED. 
 
 lOO 0039 PENE DU BOIS (Henry de, U. S. Editor of Le Livre). 
 
 HISTORICVL ESSAY on the ART of BOOKBIND- 
 ING. 4to, superbly bound by Bradstreet, in crushed blue 
 
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 13 
 
 levant morocco, double with crushed red levant morocco 
 ends, pointille lace-work borders tooled in gilt, with the 
 corners mosaiced in blue morocco gilt, also white silk ends, 
 tooled gilt borders, leather joints, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut, with the covers bound in. 
 
 N. Y., Bradstrect Press , 1883 
 UNIQUE and author’s own Cory of limited edition on tiiin Japan 
 
 PAPER OF ONE COPY. 
 
 EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with engravings mostly on India and mounted 
 on thick Japan paper. Among these are — '‘Chiffonier Discovering Rats 
 Eating a Book “ Incasing a book fine portraits of Napoleon by Racinet, 
 of President De Thou, of Amyot by Scriven after Laguiche; of Charlemagne, 
 and of Charles V. ; Lalauze's title to “ Caprices d’un Bibliophile.” 
 
 The volume is arranged in the following order — Preface, Bibliopegia. the 
 Catenati, of Morocco Leather Binding, Grolierii et Amicorum, Jacques Auguste 
 de Thou, of Bookbinders and Bibliography. 
 
 “ Mr. Du Bois seems to have explored the dark ages, by the aid of a pretty 
 clear light from intelligent sources, and succeeded in gathering much information 
 about celebrated books of great value, in elaborate and jeweled bindings,” etc. 
 — The Paper World. 
 
 ROBERT HOE’S WORK ON BOOKBINDING— THE GROLIER 
 CLUB LIMITED EDITION. 
 
 Q f Q(\ 4° HOE (Robert). A Lecture on Bookbinding as a Fine Art, 
 delivered before the Grolier Club, February 26, 1885. 
 With 63 plates, page reproductions of bindings, qto, half 
 cloth, top edge gilt, others rough. 
 
 N. Y., published by the Grolier Club , 1886 
 Limited edition. “ The Publication Committee of the Grolier Club certify 
 that this is one of two hundred copies of a special edition of ‘ Bookbinding as a 
 Fine Art,’ printed in the form of demy quarto on Holland paper, in the month 
 of November. 1886.” — Printed note on end paper preceding half-title. 
 
 HENRY THE FOURTH’S COPY OF DE THOU— A PRESEN- 
 TATION VOLUME AND PROBABLY BOUND BY CLOVIS 
 EVE. 
 
 clelC '00 4 1 iStnUtnfl.— ! IA C. AVGVSTII I THVANII I Histor- 
 iarvm | svi Temporis | . With large printer s mark of 
 the Estiennes on the title. Thick folio. Original royal 
 binding of. vellum gilt, edges gilt, with outer cover 
 of vellum, with flaps, also drop case. 
 
 | Parisiis, | apud Viduam Mamerti Patissonii 
 
 typographi Regij. | In officina Roberti 
 
 Stephani. | M.DCIIII. | [1604] 
 
 MAGNIFICENTLY BOUND COPY of PRESIDENT de TIIOU’S 
 “ History of his Own Time,” and belonging to KING HENRY the 
 FOURTH of France and Navarre, to whom it isdedicated. 
 
 The reliure is doubtless that of Clovis Eve. It is of vellum and each of the 
 four corners of both sides has the royal crown and the letter *' II,” below which 
 is “ IIII.” The back has no bands and is alternately tooled with a royal crown 
 above the letter “ H,” and a regal crown above a “ fleur-de lys.” On each 
 
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 side is stamped in gold an heraldic achievement, five and a half inches tall — at the 
 top of which is a large royal crown from which proceed in circular shape 
 a collar of “ SS.” and the collar of the “Saint Esprit,” and depending 
 therefrom the Cross with dove in the centre, or badge of the order. The middle 
 is taken up with three distant cognizances, each surmounted with a regal crown 
 — a shield charged with the royal lilies of France to the dexter — a shield bear- 
 ing the arms of Navarre “ de geules, a une chainc d’or ( na vara), posee selon 
 toutes les partitions e’est-a-dire en double arle, en Sautoir, et en ecartele,” to 
 the sinister — and below two sprays of laurel, in the centre of which is the letter 
 “ H.” 
 
 The relationship of Henry the Fourth, the owner of this volume; De Thou, the 
 author of it, by whom it was presented to the King; and Clovis Eve, the reiicur 
 who probably bound it, is told in the following extracts from Cundall’s “ Book- 
 bindings Ancient and Modern,” pp. 67-68 and 72-73; — 
 
 “ The most celebrated amateur and patron of bookbinding, at the end of the 
 sixteenth century, was Jacques Auguste De Thou (better known to bibliographers 
 by his Latinized name, Thuanus). He was President of the Parliament of 
 Paris under Henry IV. and distinguished as a great historian. He was also an 
 intimate friend of Grolier. It was his son who was executed by Richelieu with 
 Cinq Mars at Lyons in 1642. Pere Jacob in his ‘ Traite des plus belles Biblio- 
 theques, ' speaks of the large number of books possessed by the President, all of 
 which are bound in morocco or gilded calf skin, which is another extravagance 
 in this Parnassus of the Muses. 
 
 ‘ In a letter to M. Pauline, Paris, M. Jerome Pichon gives precise details as 
 to the bindings of these books. From him we learn how many kinds of bind- 
 ings Auguste de Thou had adopted; red, green and lemon morocco — the last 
 more especially for books relating to the exact sciences — fawn-colored calf with 
 gold lines — a solid and rich style of binding afterwards adopted by the President 
 de Longueil, and also by Du Fay — and lastly white vellum. In this last class 
 of bindings De Thou imitated the style of the Elzevirs, with the difference that 
 he had his arms stamped upon them, and had them embellished with gold lines 
 in spite of the difficulty of work upon vellum. The edges of these books were 
 gilt 
 
 “ In 1593, in the reign of Henry IV., De Thou was appointed keeper of the 
 Royal Library in place of D'Amyot. He then employed Clovis Eve, whose 
 shop was at Mont St. Hilaire, close to the Royal Library, to bind the King’s 
 books, and in all probability availed himself of his services for his own library. 
 This Clovis Eve was both a bookseller and a bookbinder, which, as we have 
 already seen, was a necessary combination. ‘ Some even,’ as we read in the 
 Guide des Corps Marc hands, in the chapter upon bookbinders and gilders, ‘ some 
 even possessed a printing office.’ These were the privileged few, who in Paris 
 possessed the same right of uniting all the industries of a book as Aldus did in 
 Venice. Those who confined themselves solely to the industry of bookbinding 
 were usually in the employ of some rich amateur, and formed part of his house- 
 hold, like those employed by Grolier. We know that Malherbe, by the recom- 
 mendation of his bookbinder, Provence, sent a youth to Pieresc. who was a great 
 lover of well-bound books. Clovis Eve is little known as a bookseller, prob- 
 ably because the exigencies of his duty as the King's bookbinder occupied 
 him completely. In 1605 he was still in office, but five years later his son 
 Nicholas had succeeded him. He, in his turn was succeeded by his son 
 Clovis, who was King's bookbinder up to 1631. We also hear of Louis Le 
 Due as binder to Henry IV. in 1598. 
 
 ‘ ‘ The Eves were almost the only binders who succeeded in making two sides 
 of a book and its back the three parts of one congruous whole. The backs are 
 without bands and the square lettering is in pleasing contrast to the flowing 
 beauty of the ornament. To Clovis Eve are probably due the beautiful volumes 
 in green morocco, with the fleur-de-luce bearing the royal arms of Louis XIII. 
 Many of them, following the fashion of using Greek letters, have a lambda 
 ‘ a’ at each corner; on those bound for Henry IV. occurs sometimes the letter 
 
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 H. with or without the number 1 1 1 1 . following it. A few had the inscription 
 ‘ Henrici II 1 1 . , patris patriae virtutum restitutoris. ’ ” 
 
 This volume is noticeable outside of its binding and historical associations as 
 a magnificent example of typography. It is in splendid condition, with margins 
 between three and four inches in width, and is a grand specimen of one of the 
 best Parisian presses, it having been printed by a member of the Stephanus or 
 Estienne family. From Bigmore and Wyman’s “Bibliography of Printing ” 
 we learn that Henry Estienne, the first printer of that name, was a man of noble 
 birth, but little is known of his early history. He alienated himself from his 
 family and abandoned his title, preferring to win distinction in promoting the 
 then comparatively new Art of Printing, and thus throwing open the sources of 
 learning to students generally. He had threesons — Francis, Robert and Charles 
 — all printers of distinction. The youngest son. a printer of Paris, w'as even a 
 finer scholar than his brothers. During his youth he traveled much throughout 
 Europe, increasing the vast stores of his learning upon scientific and artistic 
 subjects. On his return to Paris he became a physician. About the time 
 (1550) his brother Robert fled to Geneva, Charles, impelled by his inherited 
 tastes, abandoned the profession he was adorning, and established himself as a 
 printer. He produced a very large number of books, which appeared with extra- 
 ordinary rapidity. His great merit won him the title of “ King's Printer,” which 
 was never granted to Henry. He remained “ Rex tvpographus ” from 1551 to 
 1561. He also wrote a number of works upon scientific subjects, and others 
 on grammar and criticism. He died in affluent circumstances. For nearly two 
 hundred years some member of his family was carrying on the art typographic 
 in France and Switzerland with the greatest distinction. The above was exe- 
 cuted by Robert Estienne, one of the most celebrated of the Parisian typothetae. 
 
 The dedication reads — “ Christianissimo Franc, et Navar. Regi Henrico 
 IIII.” and the above, as stated, was the presentation copy of its famous biblio- 
 philistic author to the Monarch who Macaulay has made the hero of his “ Battle 
 of Ivry ” — 
 
 “ Oh! was there ever such a knight, in friendship or in war, 
 
 As our sovereign lord, King Henry, the soldier of Navarre.” 
 
 After various mutations it came into the possession of John, Baron Carteret of 
 Hawnes — whose heraldic book-plate adorns one of its endpapers — and thence to 
 New York, where it now shines as one of the brightest gems of the Pene du Bois 
 Collection. 
 
 KING LOUIS THE THIRTEENTH’S COPY OF THE “PRIN- 
 CIPAL POINTS OF THE FAITH,” AND PRESENTATION 
 COPY OF THE AUTHOR, CARDINAL RICHELIEU. 
 
 .00 42 iSinTJUtfl. — RICHELIEU. Les Principavx Poincts de 
 la Foy Catholiqve Defendvs contre lescrit Ad- 
 DRESSE AV Roy par les Ministres de Charenton par 
 Monseignevr l’Eminentissime CARDINAL DVC DE 
 RICHELIEV. Fine engraved title by Mellan, fine her- 
 aldic head-pieces, engraved initials, etc. Large 4to, hand- 
 somely bound in red morocco, extra gilt, broad gold bor- 
 ders, coatof-arms on the sides, gold dentelle borders, gilt 
 edges. Paris, de l' Lmprimerie Royale dv Lovre, 1642 
 
 VERY RARE and a grand copy of Richelieu’s defence of the Catholic 
 Faith, with broad margins, and dedicated to King Louis the Thirteenth, whose 
 copy it was, and to whom it was presented by the great Cardinal. It afterwards 
 came into the “ Bibliotheca Lamoniana ” and still later into that of “John 
 Townley, Esq.” It has both the book-plates of those collections. On page 
 
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 three, it is stamped with the royal library mark , and on the back and title is 
 the shelf number, “D49.” 
 
 The volume is a regal example of binding. The tooling on the back is “a 
 crown above a fleurde lys,” repeated several times. In the centre of the cover 
 are the arms of Louis the Thirteenth, surrounded by the grand collars and 
 crosses of the Orders of Saint Esprit and of Saint Louis — these are surmounted 
 by a crown — and the whole is encircled by a wreath. The broad wide gold 
 borders are composed principally of fleurs-de-lys. 
 
 KING LOUIS PHILIPPE’S COPY OF BAILLY. 
 
 43 i&tnUtUfl. — BAILLY (M. A.). Expose de l’Administration 
 
 Generate et Locale des Finances du Royauine Uni de la 
 Grande Bretagne et d’lrlande. 2 vols. 8vo, red crinkled 
 morocco extra, inside tooled borders, leather joints, gilt 
 edges. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1837 
 
 Very Scarce. King Louis Philippe’s copy and stamped on both the back 
 and sides of both volumes with crown and monogram “L. P. O.” The false 
 titles are stamped with ducal coronet, monogram and — “ Bibliotheque de S. A. 
 R. Mgr. Le Due D’Orleans.” 
 
 KING LOUIS PHILIPPE-A VOLUME WITH HIS ARMS. 
 
 44 Utn'fiUig. — BONNELLIER (Hippolyte). Guy Eder — 
 
 Tome Troisieme. Red morocco extra. Paris, 1830 
 
 Formerly the property of King Louis Philippe and stamped on the sides 
 with his coat of-arms (“ the lilies of France with Orleans label”), crown, the 
 grand collars and insignias of various orders, standards, etc. Stamped on the 
 title — “ Biolictheque du Roi. Palais Royal.” 
 
 THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON THE THIRD’S COPY OF AN 
 OPERA OF BELLINI. 
 
 45 ijtUtHUQ. — BELLINI et ROMANI. Les Capulets et Les 
 
 Montaigus, Tragedie Lyrique, Paroles de Felix Romani, 
 Musique de Vincent Bellini. Small 8vo, green watered 
 silk, gilt inside dentelle borders, edges gilt. Paris, 1849 
 
 This volume, the libretto of Bellini’s opera based upon “ Romeo and Juliet,’ 
 came from the Library of the Emperor Napoleon the Third. It is bound in green 
 watered silk, and is profusely gilt. The borders are principally composed of 
 pansies. On the front cover is an imperial crown above the letter “ N,” and 
 the back is decorated with the Napoleonic crown and eagle. 
 
 MADAME DE POMPADOUR’S COPY OF THE “HISTORY 
 OF CHARLES THE FIFTH,” WITH HER COAT ARMOR 
 STAMPED ON THE SIDES. 
 
 46 iiUltJtnfl. — VERA et FIGUEROA (Don Jean Antoine 
 
 de, Comte de la Rocca , etc.). Histoire de 1’Empereur 
 Charles V., traduite d’Espagnol en Francois par le Sieur 
 du Perron Le Hayer, etc. 1 vol. in 2. Minimo, mot- 
 tled calf gilt, red edges. Brussels, Francois Foppens, 1663 
 
 Rare, evidently from the press of the Elzevirs, as their well-known cut of the 
 buffalo’s head appears over the dedication. For the purpose of making this 
 minimo into two volumes a second title was carefully added in MS. to what is 
 
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 changed into Yol. 2, and the last two lines of page 159 have been also written in 
 at the end of Vol. 1. 
 
 The coat armor of Madame de Pompadour is stamped in gold on both sides 
 of both volumes. The bearings are “three towers, two and one,” the shield is 
 surmounted by a coronet and rests upon a mantle lined with ermine, the exterior 
 of which is decorated with “towers.” The stamp on these volumes is a varia- 
 tion of that reproduced in Bauchart’s “ I.es Femmes Bibliophiles,” who says 
 that the Marquise gathered a library together at great cost. After her death a 
 catalogue was made of her books by the Parisian bookseller Jean Th. Herissant, 
 from the cards furnished by her librarian, the Abbe de la Garde. Most of her 
 books, like the above, were bound by Derome le Jeune. 
 
 PRINCE DEMIDOFF’S COPY OF AN EXCESSIVELY RARE 
 PIECE OF NAPOLEON I AN A — WITH THE ARMS OF THE 
 KING OF ROME. 
 
 C Cn 47 iinttHllQ. — BUTTURA (Antonio). Nascendo il Primo 
 0 NV Figlio a NAPOLEONE IL GRANDE ode, recata in W 
 Ode Francese da Gianbattista Chaussard. Small 8 vo, 
 red crinkled morocco gilt, stamped on the sides in gold 
 with large heraldic achievement, gold dentelle borders, 
 blue watered silk ends, gilt edges. (Paris], i 8 xr 
 
 MOST RARE and limited edition, printed without place of publication or 
 printer’s name. It is the original text of Buttura, and French translation by 
 Chaussard on opposite pages of the ode of the former on the birth of the King 
 of Rome, son of the great Napoleon and Maria Louisa. 
 
 It is stamped on the sides with the arms of Napoleon’s heir and exhibits the 
 heraldry of Rome, France, Milan, Lombardy, Venice and Savoy. On an end 
 paper is the stamp—” Bibliotheque de San Donato,” showing it came from the 
 Library of Prince Demidoff, a relative of the Bonapartes. 
 
 THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH’S COPY OF A SEVEN- 
 TEENTH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT. 
 
 /0./O48 Enmnjj.— L e NOUVEAU TESTAMENT de Nostre 
 Seigneur Jesus Christ, Traduit en Francois, selon l’Edi- 
 tion Vulgate, avec les Differences du Grec. Engraved 
 title by Van Schuppen after De Champagne. Small 8 vo, 
 crushed sage morocco gilt, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Mons, Gaspard Aligeot, 1667 
 
 Rare, and every page is carefully ruled with red ink. On the sides are 
 stamped in gold a coronet, coat-ofarms and supporters. The style of the tool- 
 ing on back is that of Derome — a bunch of flowers springing from a vase being 
 the most frequent tool used. On an end paper is a label bearing the arms of 
 the Duke of Marlborough and below the inscription — ‘from the Sunderland 
 Library, Blenheim Palace. Purchased, March, 1883, by Bernard Quaritch, 15 
 Piccadilly, London.” 
 
 GERMAN BINDING, WITH SILVER ALTO-RELIEVO 
 ORNAMENTS. 
 
 rj~049 Utn’Otllfl. — A ndachtsbuch fur Gebildete Katholiken. 
 
 v ' Engraved front., vignette title and plates. Small 8vo, red 
 
 mor., extra gilt, edges gilt, silver clasps. Bamberg, 1798 
 
 Rare. Y'ery fine example of German binding of the last century, with large 
 silver clasp on which are depicted fruits in alto-relievo, also large attach- 
 
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 ments to the clasp, measuring four inches by three and three-eighths and repre- 
 senting on one side “ The Fall of Manna in the Wilderness,” and on the other — 
 “ The Spies returning from the Promised Land with Grapes.” Above these two 
 subjects are the heads of cherubs. 
 
 EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GERMAN BINDING, WITH 
 SILVER CHAIN, ETC. 
 
 i - Oo 50 JJtntftnfl. — Christelyk Onderwys en Gebeden Getrok- 
 ken. Front. Small 8vo, bound in shagreen, with silver 
 corners, two clasps, etc., gilt edges tooled. Venlo, [1775] 
 
 Rare. This curious specimen of eighteenth century binding has two clasps, 
 which with the attachments are floriated and with birds thereon. The eight 
 comers are similarly ornamented, also the two attachments, to which is joined a 
 long link chain, to enable the owner to allow it to swing from the arm. 
 
 ^SoS 1 tftnfitUfl. — N akateni (Wilhelm, B.P.S.J.). Himmlisch 
 Palm Gartlein. Drey und zwanzigster druck. Plates and 
 front. Minimo, black morocco gilt, clasps, edges gilt. 
 
 Cologne, 1778 
 
 Rare. Curious eighteenth century binding with metal rims, clasps and twelve 
 bosses on each side. 
 
 Ilfs 
 
 HAND-PAINTED GERMAN BINDINGS OF THE LAST 
 CENTURY. 
 
 iitllTJUIfl. — REGENSBURGISCHES LIEDER. Manual 
 mit Alten und Neuen Evangelischen Psalmen und Lobge- 
 sangen vermehret nibst einer bequemen Lieder Concor- 
 danz. Minimo, painted vellum gilt, edges gilt and paneled. 
 
 n. p., II. G. Zunkel, 1742 
 UNIQUE EXAMPLE of eighteenth century hand-painted binding. The 
 body of this reliure is white vellum. On the back, painted by hand, are groups 
 of flowers. On the foreside is represented, also painted by hand. Mary Magdalene 
 at the foot of the cross upon which is the dying Saviour, and on the back of the 
 cover is King David seated with the harp on his knees. The borders of both 
 sides are stamped in gold. The edges are gilt, upon which are roses painted by 
 hand. 
 
 r»Q 53 JJtntitnfl. — LUTKENRAM (J.). Der Vorschmack Gott- 
 licher Gute durch Ottes Knade. Portrait of author and 
 plate. 1 2mo, painted vellum, gilt edges. 
 
 Braunschweig, 1712 
 
 Unique specimen of ornamental vellum binding painted by hand. The back 
 and sides are original paintings of tulips. The borders are also painted in various 
 colors by hand and finished by gold tooling, giving a most admirable result in 
 illuminational effect. 
 
 ARTISTIC PAPIER MACHE AND ENGRAVED BINDING. 
 
 ^0054 UCltltfllfl. — SALM (Madame la Comtesse de). Poesies. 
 
 Small 8vo, half morocco gilt, papier mache sides, gilt 
 edges. Paris, F. Didot , 1 8 1 1 
 
 Rare. This very curious binding was executed by K. I.evervre. The back 
 is half red morocco gilt, with tooling of Cupid, roses, etc. The ends are green 
 
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 watered silk. The sides are papier mache lacquered. Before the lacquer work 
 was put on the borders were tooled and emblematic designs were engraved 
 thereon and gilded. That on the front side represents two Cupids — one is 
 happily flying; the other is dejectedly seated, on a rock, beside a bush, his 
 quiver and arrows on the ground. The artist who thus employed the burin 
 has signed the design and in the left corner— “ Callier, nee Foxon.” The 
 engraving on the back-side is of a grape vine, on three of the leaves of which 
 has been engraved the words — “ J’aime jusqu’i l'ivresse,’’ which may be trans- 
 lated — “ I love almost to madness.” 
 
 RARE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDING STAMPED 
 WITH THE ROYAL ARMS OF FRANCE. 
 
 <\ 55 Ji tutting. — louis xvi.— sacre et couronne- 
 
 MENT de LOUIS XVI. Roi de France et de Navarre a 
 Rheims le II. Juin 1775, Precede de Recherches sur le 
 Sacre des Rois de France depuis Clovis jusqu’a Louis 
 XV., et suivi d’un Journal Historique de ce qui e’est ptxss£ 
 a cette Auguste Ceremonie. Enriched with a very large 
 number of plates , head and tail-pieces , etc., engraved by Le 
 Sieur Patas — also folding map. Thick 8vo, handsomely 
 bound in fine old original Spanish calf gilt, edges gilt on 
 red. Paris, 1775 
 
 Very rare and with handsome binding, on the back and corners of which are 
 fleurs-de-lys and stamped on the sides with the royal arms of France, crown, 
 collar of the “Saint Esprit,” etc. 
 
 ^ L 5~56 U Cutting. — ALMANACH ROYALE Annee Bissextile, 
 MDCCLXXXVIII. Thick small 8vo, fine old red crushed 
 morocco gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt. Paris, 1788 
 
 Rare. A good example of late eighteenth century French binding. It is 
 tooled in the style of Dusseuil. On the sides are stamped in gold the monogram 
 “ H. D.,’’ between the fleurons, immediately above the tower being a serpent. 
 A sans culotte has been at work on the label at the back. He has erased the 
 word “ Royal ” thereon, also on the title with ink the words — “ Royal,” "a sa 
 Majeste,” “Monseigneur le Due d’Orleans ” and “Roi,” also the royal arms 
 and crown on the title vignette. 
 
 0 57 UCllttCllg. — ALMANACH ROYAL Annee Commune 
 
 MDCCXCI. present^ a Sa Majesty pour la premiere 
 fois en 1699, par Laurent D’Houry, editeur. Thick 
 small 8vo, fine old stamped red morocco extra gilt, fan- 
 farre pattern, blue raw silk ends, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, la veuve d'Houry, 1791 
 
 Fine eighteenth century example of stamped binding. 
 
 0 -) C58 UtUttCttg.— ALMANACH IMPERIAL pour Pan 
 M.DCCC.VI. Thick small 8vo, red crinkled morocco 
 gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt. Paris, Testu, 1806 
 
 Scarce. Handsomely bound, with the Imperial eagle and grand cross of 
 the Legion of Honor on the back, and the letter “D” between a chaplet 
 and two branches. 
 
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 UfXSS 9 Ettlftlllfl.— ALMANACH ROYAL pour l’an MDCCC- 
 XVIII. Thick small 8vo, green crinkled morocco gilt, 
 inside gold tooled borders, edges gilt. Paris, Testu, 1S18 
 
 Very Scarce. The back is tooled with fleurs-de-lys, and on the sides are 
 stamped the royal arms and crown of France, etc. 
 
 Lj - 60 Utllfttlig. — NOTICE des Tableaux Exposes dans la 
 Galerie du Musee Royal. Small 8vo, red crinkled mo- 
 rocco gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt. Paris, 1816 
 
 Stamped on the sides in gold, with the crown and royal arms of France, with 
 the grand collar and cross of the Order of Saint Esprit. The tooling on the 
 back and the dentelle borders are composed almost entirely of fleurs-de-lys. 
 
 U j) 0 61 lit lifting. — Lectiones Theological de Sacramento Ordinis 
 '• et de SS. Trinitate. 2 vols. small 8vo, fine old red mo- 
 rocco gilt, edges gilt. Rouen, 1781-82 
 
 These charming examples of Derome’s reliure are dedicated to Cardinal I. a 
 Rochefoucauld and have his coat armor above the dedications. 
 
 J'OO 62 iifnfttlig. — La Constitution Francaise, decretie par 
 l’Assemblee Nationale Constituante, aux Annees 1789, 
 1790 et 1791. Colored maps. Minimo, morocco gilt, 
 edges gilt on red. Paris, 1791 
 
 A good example of the typography of “Didot jeune,” in an eighteenth 
 century red morocco reliure. 
 
 LIMITED EDITION OF TWO COPIES OF A CURIOUS 
 
 WORK. 
 
 %So 6 3 Jii'uftntg. — Recueil de Quelques PiiiCES Curieuses sur 
 1’Origine des Etrennes et Diverses Particularites de cette 
 Coutume chez les Francais. 8vo, red crinkled morocco, 
 watered silk ends gilt tooled, leather joints, totally uncut, 
 8vo. Paris, Dentu , n. d. 
 
 Almost unique, being No. 2 of a limited edition of two copies. 
 
 FRENCH PATRIOTIC RELIURE— ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE 
 
 TRICOLOR. 
 
 IblW 64 iK lifting. — CLARETIE (Jules). LeDrapeau — Edition Illus- 
 ' tree. With page engravings by A. de Neuville, en- 
 
 gravings on wood after the designs of Edmond Morin, and 
 an etched portrait of the author by A. Gilbert, with colored 
 borders in red , white and blue. 4to, citron crushed levant 
 morocco gilt, inlaid with colored leathers, blue and red 
 silk ends, with vellum joints, gilt edges. Paris, 1879 
 
 Limited edition printed on vellum paper by Quantin. 
 
 This work on the “ French Flag” is what may be called patriotically bound 
 by Boulineau, of Paris. The back is inlaid with red, white and blue leathers 
 on the citron morocco. The front side is paneled gilt — at the four corners are 
 small squares of inlaid red, white and blue — and the centre is similarly inlaid 
 with the tricolor. 
 
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 2 I 
 
 J.QO ^5 iJwTJtltfl. — PLINIJ SECVNDI Historic Mvndi Libri 
 XXXVII. ed. Iacobvs Dalecampivs, variis Qvoqve 
 Sigism. Gelenii, Fredenandi Pintiani et aliorum 
 Lectionibus. Vignette on title , which is rubricated. Thick 
 folio, fine stamped old pigskin, on wooden boards, two 
 brass clasps (MS. name of former owner on title). 
 
 [Geneva,] Svmptibvs Iacobi Crispini, 1631 
 
 Rare. Dibdin says this is — “ A work beyond all praise; but in no subse- 
 quent edition has its merits been sufficiently appreciated.” James Crespin was 
 a descendant of John Crespin. who left France for Geneva at the beginning of 
 the sixteenth century, on account of religious difficulties. After having been a 
 lawyer he became a printer. 
 
 .Jq66 Hfnlrfnfl.— CHRISTIADOS LIBELLUS Denno Recog- 
 nitus et locupletus ab autore Ioachimo a Beust. Numer- 
 ous very curious woodcuts. 1 2tno, vellum. Wittenberg, 1616 
 
 Rare. Bound in vellum and a portion of ancient manuscript with red- and 
 black script. The text of the volume is polyglot — Latin, Greek, Hebrew and 
 German. 
 
 C^”BINDING. The above are a few bindings of interest, but those exe- 
 cuted by the great relieurs will be found under the names of those authors, etc., 
 whose works they beautify. 
 
 BLANC (Charles, Member of the Institute). Grammaire des 
 Arts du Dessin — Architecture, Sculpture, Peinture, Jar- 
 dins, Gravures en Pierres Fines, Gravure en Medailles, 
 Gravure en Taille-Douce, Eau Forte, Maniere Noire, 
 Aquatinte, Gravure en Bois, Camaien, Gravure en Couleurs, 
 Lithographic. Profusely illustrated with wood engravings , 
 many full-page. 4*0, half calf gilt, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut. Paris, Renouard, 1870 
 
 Handsomely printed by J. Claye. 
 
 I C] VC 6 8 BOLOGNE (Jean). La Vie et l’Giuvre de, par Abei. Des- 
 • jardins d’apres les Manuscrits Inedits recuellis par M. 
 
 Foucques de Vagnouville. Profusely illustrated with 
 numerous full-page plates and other illustrations in the text. 
 Folio, fresh cloth, edges uncut. Paris, Quantin , 1883 
 
 The celebrated sculptor Jean de Bologne was born 1524 and died 1605. His 
 style was founded on that of Michael Angelo. His best-known work is the 
 equestrian statue of Henri IV. on the Pont Neuf at Paris. 
 
 LIq 69 BONNAFFE (Edmond.) Les collectioneurs de l’Ancienne 
 France, Notes d’un Amateur. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1873 
 
 Limited edition of 6 copies on parchment and 600 on papier verge, of which 
 the above is one of the last named. 
 
 ^J~7o [BONNAFF^.] Les Collectioneurs de l’Ancienne Rome. 
 Rubricated title , with border. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1867 
 
 No. 13 of a limited issue of 45 copies on “ papier velin,” with wide margins. 
 
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 ,-7\ 71 BOSC (Ernest, Architect ). Dictionnaire de l’Art, de la Curi- 
 • v osite et du Bibelot. Profusely illustrated with wood engrav- 
 
 ings, many full-page, also many plates illuminated in metals 
 and colors. Thick large 8vo, fresh three quarters levant 
 morocco, gilt top edge, others uncut. 
 
 A most valuable dictionary of art, archaeology, antiques, curios, jewelry, books, 
 etc. , and most articles of bijouterie and vertu. 
 
 72 BOUCHER (Francois). 33 plates designed by Boucher to 
 illustrate the works of MOLIERE, reduced and etched by 
 T. De Mare — also three portraits, two vignettes and vignette 
 
 No. 221 of limited edition of 6oo copies, of which 60 are on Japan paper 
 like the above, which is also a copy with artist’s signed proofs as well as on 
 Japan paper. 
 
 ()0 73 Bouton (V. M., Engraver). Traite Elementaire et Pratique 
 
 ne A ia *-» oml eo «■* I rn iroe r* o n A /I o i f L rv» 11 O ita /'l f n 
 
 Limited edition, all copies signed by the author like the above. With 
 . engraved title fac-simile of Grolier binding, cuts, fancy initials, etc. 
 
 EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY OF BRYAN’S PAINTERS 
 AND ENGRAVERS— AND EXTENDED FROM TWO 
 VOLUMES TO FOURTEEN. 
 
 /V074 BRYAN (Michael). A BIOGRAPHICAL and CRITI- 
 CAL DICTIONARY of PAINTERS and ENGRAV- 
 ERS, from the Revival of the Art under CIMABUE, and 
 the alleged Discovery of Engraving by Finiguerka to the 
 Present Time ; with the Ciphers, Monograms and Marks 
 used by each Engraver; and an ample list of their works. 
 Together with two Indexes, Alphabetical and Chronologi- 
 cal : to which is prefixed an Introduction containing a 
 brief account of the Painters of Antiquity. Fine original 
 impression of the portrait of Bryan. 2 vols. extended to 
 14 by the insertion of nearly 800 prints — portraits of the 
 Artists and specimens of their Works, many of which are 
 rare and valuable , with a set of 1 4 extra title-pages, especially 
 printed for this copy. Thick 4to, half russia extra uncut. 
 
 UNIQUE and SPLENDIDLY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WORK. 
 This copy of Bryan’s great book contains a collection of prints that, at this day, 
 it would be difficult to duplicate. It comprises portraits of nearly all the most 
 distinguished artists of the past, with engravings and etchings after their works, 
 also original etchings by the artists themselves. 
 
 This is the only edition of Bryan that can be illustrated with any degree of 
 perfection, it being of quarto size and the type large and clear. Well illustrated 
 as this copy is, it can be further embellished by the addition of other engravings 
 without rebinding, as it is interleaved with old-fashioned hand-made paper for 
 
 Paris, Firmin- Didot, 1883 
 
 title. Large 4to, in portfolio. 
 
 Paris, Lefilleul, 1881 
 
 pour Appendre a Graver sans Maitre. Small 8vo, cloth. 
 
 Paris, n. d. 
 
 London, 1821 
 
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 that purpose. The following is an analysis of the portraits and subjects in the 
 different volumes : 
 
 Vol. i. — Portraits of Van Achen, Aikman, Albani, Albertinelli, Aldegrever 
 (2, one very fine and rare), Correggio (2), Allori (2), Altdorfer, M. Angelo (2), 
 Colonna, Cerquozzi, Sofonisba Angosciola, Artois (2), Asselyn, Backer, Bagli- 
 oni, Bagnacavallo. Baillu, Baker, Baldovinetti, Van Balen, etc. Specimens or 
 subjects engraved or painted by Abati, Correggio; Appleman (a Landscape proof 
 before letter) Cecchi, Freeman, Kilian, Rossi, Battaglia, Zentner, de lode, Mays- 
 sens, Van Asch, Bailey, Backliuysen, Hollar, Bannerman, etc. 
 
 Vol. 2. — Portraits of Barry, Bauer, Mrs. Beale and her son Charles, Becca- 
 fumi, Beham, Della Bella (2, one engraved by Hollar), Bellini, Berghem, De Bie 
 (2), Bloemaert (2), Le Blon, Boccaccino, Bonvicino, Vander Borcht, Bordoni, 
 Boscoli, Bosschaert, Both (2), Botticelli, etc. Specimens or subjects engraved 
 by Romney, Chambers, Mary Beale, Bega, Della Bella (2 original etchings), 
 Beich, Van Bemmell, Rembrandt, Schiavonetti, Berghem, Vostermanns, Blank- 
 hof, Bloemaert, Evedi, Betti, Richeton, Bonvicino, W. Hollar, Bordone, Collin, 
 Corner, etc. 
 
 Vol. 3. — Portraits of Boucher, Bramer, Brueghel (3), Brongino, Bronkhorst, 
 Brower (2), Le Brun, Burgkmair, Buffaimacco, Bugiardini, Cagliari, Calcar, 
 Callot (3), Cambiasco, Campi, Annibale Caracci, Agostino Caracci, Lodovico 
 Caracci, Caravaggio (2), Cigoli, Carloni, Carpaccio, Carpi, Castagno, Caslelli, 
 Carallini, etc. Specimens or subjects engraved or painted by Cochin, Cars, 
 Vander Does, Breenberg, Vandyck, Brill, Brongino, Jenkins, Bronkhorst, Larg- 
 illiere, Comer, Paul Veronese, Fernell, Canaletti, Heath, Ferretti, Caracci, 
 Nicholson, \arrall, Caravaggio, Casanova, Godefroy, Castiglione (2, original 
 etchings), etc. 
 
 Vol. 4. — Portraits of Caredone, Aepino, Cimabue, Van Cleeve, De Cleyn, 
 Clovis, Comode, Cotes, Samuel Cooper, Coques, Corte, Cortona, Cosiers, Costa, 
 Coypel, Cranach (2), De Crayer, Currado, Dandini, Danckert, Delmont, 
 Deynum, Deutsch, Dow, Dicpenbeck, Vandiest, Le Piper, Dobson, Domeni- 
 chino, etc. Specimens or Subjects engraved or painted by Cheron, Cecchi, 
 Miller. Evedi, Cooper, Coques, Borgognone, Ferretti, Campana, Cortona, De 
 lode. Falconet, Menabusni, Neefs, Vandyck, Cuyp (7 examples), Dahl, Batta, 
 Decker, Waumans, Collin, Paul Pontius, Van Diest, Bannerman, Domenichino 
 (5 examples), Dow (5 examples), etc. 
 
 Vol. 5. — Portraits of Albert Durer (3), Elsheimer (2), Empoli, Van Es, Hu- 
 bert and John Van Eyck, Fabriano, Faithorne, Farinato, Ferrari, Le Fevre, 
 John Hayles, Fiesole, Floris (2), Fontana, La Fage, Francesca, Franco, Fran- 
 cois, Fatter, Farini, Gaddi, Del Garbo, Garofalo, etc. Specimens and Subjects 
 engraved or painted by Albert Durer (2, the Death of the Virgin and St. 
 Veronica’s handkerchief, both scarce), Frei, Ferretti, Elsheimer, Betti, Hollar, 
 Everdingen, Ferg, Major, Ferri, Chambers, Feti, Waumans, Franchoys, Fuller, 
 Fyt, Gainsborough (3 examples), Lightfoot, Shaw, W. R. Smith, Garbiere, 
 Boutrois, Garofalo, Rolls, etc. 
 
 Vol. 6. — Portraits of Genga, Artemesia Gentileschi, Horatio Gentileschi (2), 
 Mascall, Gerbier, Ghirlandajo, Gibson, Mrs. Gibson, Gimignani, Giorgione, 
 Goltzius, Granacci, Greenhill, Van Belcamp, Geldorp, Garrard, Guercino, 
 Ilannemann, Hayman, Van Heck, Daniel Van Heil, John Van Heil. Leo Van 
 Heil, llemskerk, Hilliard, Hodges, Van Iloeck, Hoefnagel (2), Hogarth, 
 Holbein (4, all scarce), Hollar, Henry Hondius, Abraham Hondius, Honthorst 
 (2), etc. Specimens and Subjects engraved or painted by Gessi, Walker, 
 Giorgione, Corner, Goldberg, Van Goyen (2 examples), Pariset, Falconet, Van 
 Heck, De Iliem, Van Heil, De Bourdonay, De Heusch, Van Heyden, Dance, 
 Daniell, Hobbema (2 examples), Coques, Hogarth, Hundecooter, Hondius, 
 Meyssens, etc. 
 
 Vol. 7. — Portraits of Jamesone, Jansen, De lode (3), Jordaens, Van Kessel, 
 Ketel, Kilian, Klocker, Kneller, Knufer, Koeck, Laer (2), Lairesse, Lambert, 
 Lanfranco (2), Laniere, Largilliere, Lely, Leoni, Luca, Van Leyden (2), Liber- 
 ate, Pordenone, Ligozzi, Van Lirt, Lippo, Lippi, Lombard (2), Claude Lor- 
 
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 rain (2, one engraved by J. Boydell, very fine and rare), Lotto, etc. Speci- 
 mens and Subjects engraved or painted by Hutenberg (2). Van Huysum (2 
 examples), Huysman (2 examples), Jamesone, Janson, Jansen, Du Jardin, De 
 lode, Jordaens, Kalf, Quellinus, Kierings, Knufper, De lode, Kor.ing, Lyvyus, 
 Vander l.eeuw, l.eoni Lingelback (2 examples), J. Boydell, Claude I.orrain 
 (5 examples). Lotto, etc. 
 
 Vol. 8. — I’ortraits of Mabuse (2), Maganza, Mannozzi, Mantegna (2), Man- 
 zuoli, Masse, Matham, Quintin, Matsys, Parmigiano (2), Medina, Mehus, 
 Memmi, Mercier, Merian, Messina, Vander Meulen, Meyer, Meyers, Meyssens, 
 Miel, Mieris (mezzotint by Bathon, very fine and rare), Mignard, Mirevelt (2. 
 one engraved by Delphius after Vandyck, very fine and scarce), Momper 
 (engraved by Vosterman after Van Dyck, fine), Monamy, Monoyer, etc. Speci- 
 mens and Subjects engraved or painted by Sandrart, Mariani (2 examples), 
 Cochin, Vander Does, Medina, Mercier, Metzu (2 examples), Van der Meulen, 
 Meyssens, Pariset, Falconet, Miel, Hibbart. Francis Mile (2 examples), Mire- 
 velt, Pellegrino, Mola, Molenaer, Momper, Bretherton, Kneller, etc. 
 
 Vol. 9. — Portraits of Perugino, Charles Moor, Antonio More, Morland, 
 Moroni, Morto, Murray, Mytens, Naldini, Nienlant, 1 . Oliver, Peter Oliver, 
 Adam Van Dort, Opie, Orley, Orcagna, Pagani, Paggi, Palma (2), Passignano, 
 etc. Specimens and Subjects engraved or painted by F. Moucheron, I. 
 Moucheron, Murillo, Vandyck, Betti, Vander Neer (3 examples), Zetner, 
 Meyssens, Maria di Fiori, I. Oliver, Opie, Ridley, Ostade (3 examples), Pagani, 
 Ceechirs, etc. 
 
 Vol. 10. — Portraits of Penni (2), Peruzzi, Pesello, B. Peters, Poelemburg (2, 
 one engraved by De lode after Vandyck, fine), Pollajuolo, Da Ponte (Bassano), 
 Pontormo, Porbus, Fra Bartollomeo, Salviati, Paul Potter, Poussin. Prestel, 
 Primaticcio, I’rocaccini, Provenzale, I’uligo, Quellinus (3), Raphael (2), Bra- 
 mante, Francesco Fracia, Marc Antonio, Kaggi, Rembrandt, Guido, Sir Joshua 
 Reynolds (engraved by Facius alter Gilbert, open letter proof, very fine and 
 rare), Ricci (2), Jonathan Richardson (rare), Riccio, etc. Specimens and 
 Subjects engraved or painted by Peruzzi, Hollar, Vostermans, Lips, Del 
 Piombo, De lode, Van Dyck, Bessano, Ferretti, Claussin, Potter (2 examples), 
 Poussin, (7 examples), Zetner, Prestel (rare etching of himself). Sandrart, 
 I’ynacker (2 examples) Quellinus, Lauwers, Raphael, Rembrandt (3 examples), 
 Guido, Stuart, Reynolds (2 examples), Bretherton, etc. 
 
 Vol. 11. — Portraits of Ricke, Rigaud (2), Riley, Riminaldi, Roestratcn, 
 Romano, Rombouts, Koncalli, Roselli, Rosso (2), Rubens (2), Prince Rupert, 
 Rustici, Ryckaert, Sacchi, Sadeler (4), Salini, Salimberi, Salviati, Del Sarto (3). 
 Savery (2), Schalcken, Schiavone, Schoen, Schorel, Schurmans, Schut. 
 Schwartz, Scorza, Segers (2), Snayers, Snyders, Soest, Sogliani, Van Son, etc. 
 Specimens and Subjects engraved or painted by Ricke, Dance, Bannerman, 
 Phelps. Julio Romano, Romeyn, Roos, Salvator Rosa (3 examples), Kilian, 
 Vandyck, Rubens, Garner, Dobson. Chambers, Ruysdael (4 examples), Ryckert, 
 Bouttats, Chapelet, l.anglois, Del Sarto, Freeman, Mongin, Schagen, Schalcken, 
 Schidoni, Vosterman, De lode, Israel Sylvestre (2 examples), A. Stock, Corner, 
 Sneyders, etc. 
 
 Vol. 12 — Portraits of Ribera, Sprangher (2), Stalbemt, Stamina, Steenwyck 
 (2), Stimmer, Stevens, Stone, Strada, Streater, Strozzi, Stubbs, Subtermans, 
 I.e Sueur. Sybrecht, Tempesta. Teniers, Testa, Theodore, Thielen, Tiarini, 
 Tibaldi, Tillemans, Tintoretto (2), Titi, Titian, Trevigi, De Troy, Del Vaga, 
 Vandyck (2), Vanloo, Vanni, Vannini, Vansomer, Vasari, Uccello, Udine, etc. 
 Specimens and Subjects engraved or painted by Boulonois, Jan Steen. Steen- 
 wyck, Vosterman, Stoop, Lely, Bretherton, Francin, Ferretti, Swanefeld (2 
 examples), Teniers (6 examples), Terburg, Bouttats, Collin, Van Thulden, 
 Tilborgh, Hissings, Tintoretto (5 examples), Titian (3 examples). Van Tol 
 (2 examples), Turchi, Valentin, Vandyck (4 examples), Chambers, De Vargas, 
 Vecchia. etc. 
 
 Vol. 13. — Portraits of Van Veen, Velasquez (rare), Vande Velde, Vcncziano, 
 Verhaecht, Verrio, Vignali, Leonardo da Vinci, Visscher, Volterra, De Vos, 
 
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 Vosterman, Vouet (2). Vroom. Waegman, Watteau, Vander Werf, Vander 
 Weyde, White, Willaerts, Willemans, Wissing, Winstanley, De Wit, Wolge- 
 mut (rare portrait of this early wood-engraver, master of Albert Durer, and 
 designer and engraver of the cuts in the celebrated Nuremberg Chronicle), 
 Worlidge, Wouters, Wouvermans, Wyck, Zeloti, etc. Specimens and Sub- 
 jects engraved or painted by Vander Velde (7 examples), Kneller, Van 
 Caukercken, Vernet (2 examples), Victovis, da Vinci, Sandrart, Vivares, 
 Vleiger, Pi Volterre, Boulonois, Vandyck, De Voys (2 subjects), De Vries, 
 Waterloo (2 subjects), Ilibbart, Watteau, Bourne, Weeninx, Van Steen, 
 Wildens, Heckenuer, Wilson, (3 examples), Collin, Wouters, Wouvermans (5 
 examples), Wyck, Wj nants (6 examples), etc. 
 
 Voi. 14. — Portraits of Zucchero (Taddeo), Frederick Zucchero, Sir H. Bacon, 
 Sir F. Bourgeois, Flatman, Gyles, Iloppner, Ozias Humphrey (rare), Ann 
 Killigrew, Edward Pierce, Paul Sanby, Tilson, etc. Specimens and Subjects 
 engraved or painted by Zorg, Zucchero, Zucherelli, Bacon, Chambers. Ridley, 
 Colloppy, Kamp, Flatman, Godefroy, Dance, Daniell, Bannerman, Falconet, 
 Pariset, Tilson, Chambers, etc. 
 
 r~ 75 BRYAN (Michael). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, 
 ^ y Biographical and Critical. New Edition Revised and 
 Enlarged, edited by Robert Edmund Graves, B.A.; of 
 the British Museum. Vol. 1 (A-K — all published). Thick 
 large 8vo, fresh cloth, totally uncut. London, 1886 
 
 “Since the appearance of the last edition of Bryan's ‘ Dictionary of Painters 
 and Engravers,’ which was issued in 1849, the publication of many valuable 
 works on art and monographs on artists, some of them embodying the results 
 of careful researches among city records, guild books and church registers, par- 
 ticularly in Italy and in the Netherlands, has furnished many new sources from 
 which material has been derived for the correction and enlargement of this 
 work. Most especially is the editor indebted to the invaluable works of Messrs. 
 Crowe & Cavalcaselle, Burckhardt, Milanesi and Morelli on the Italian painters, 
 of Messrs. Crowe & Cavalcaselle, Weale and Kramm on Flemish and Dutch 
 art, and of the late Sir William Stirling-Maxwell on the artists of Spain. 
 
 “ Besides the addition of a large number of names which were not included 
 in the former edition or its supplement, new authority has been given to every 
 one of the old entries by a careful revision, and in most instances by important 
 changes. In several cases the notices have been supplied by contributors 
 specially qualified for the task, such as Mr. W. B. Scott, Dr. J. P. Richter, the 
 late Mrs. Heaton and others. These will be distinguished by the writer’s 
 initials. It is anticipated that the new matter introduced will enlarge the work 
 to double its former size. ” — From the Preface. 
 
 DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI’S COPY OF HANS BURGK- 
 
 MAIR. 
 
 , . p 76 BURGKMAIR (Hans). A collection of 52 large woodcuts 
 w by this Master ; representing Scenes in the Life of the 
 
 Emperor Maximilian. Folio, morocco extra, uncut. 
 
 Circa 1520 
 
 Very rare and curious. Brilliant original impressions in fine condition, 
 from the collection of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the poet-painter, and with his 
 autograph on a fly-leaf. They are very curious, showing, with a fidelity ob- 
 tained from but few other sources, the domestic and military habits and 
 customs, architecture, and costumes of the middle ages, by a remarkable and 
 eminent artist of that period. The binding of the above is rubbed somewhat. 
 
 “ Hans Burgkmair was born at Augsburg in 1472 and died 1559. It has 
 been supposed that he studied under Durer, but there is only a difference of one 
 
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 year in their ages, and Burgkmair's style differs materially from that of Durer; 
 he was rather a founder of a school of his own. Several of his pictures are pre- 
 served at Augsburg, and possess considerable merit." — Spooner. 
 
 “ The work as a whole bears the stamp of Burgkmair’s genius. The subjects 
 from the youth and the education of the hero are cleariy and vividly treated, and 
 the political and domestic scenes, by which they are followed, afford us an in- 
 sight into the court life of those days. Stately and dignified personages are 
 paraded before us with all their brilliant surroundings, and there is especially 
 one charmingly artless picture of the young king with his consort, Mary of 
 Burgundy, seated together and engaged in sweet converse in the garden, 'each 
 the other’s speech acquiring,’ as runs the pretty legend beneath. The battle 
 scenes also, with the combats of the pikemen, display great excellence and a 
 direct study of nature.” — Woltmann. 
 
 ACCIA (F.). Jerusalem, seu Palaestina Nova 
 [with German Text], Engraved title, tnap and 
 numerous plates. 4to, old calf. Vienna, 1706 
 
 Stamped on sides with coronet and coat-of-arms of former owner. 
 
 UNIQUE COPY OF THE CAMBRIDGE PORTFOLIO. 
 
 J."Jq 78 CAMBRIDGE PORTFOLIO (The), edited by the Rev. 
 
 T. Smith, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Gonville and Caius 
 College. Illustrated with many portraits, etchings of the 
 colleges, halls, churches and principal objects of antiquity at 
 Cambridge, wood-carvings, etc., and many 7t’oodcuts. 2 vols. 
 large 4to, half olive morocco, gilt edges. Cambridge, 1840 
 
 UNIQUE and EXTRA-ll.LUSTRATEt) copy, with many choice prints on India 
 paper, portraits; also Bruin’s very large bird’s-eye view of Cambridge in 1575 in 
 the finest state, and which the catalogue cutting inserted says is worth 
 £1 ns. 6d. The same cutting also prices the above at £4 4s. 
 
 HANDSOME VOLUME ON ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITEC- 
 TURE. 
 
 2 00 79 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES of England and Wales, 
 Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial. Eight fine plates on 
 India paper, and numerous wood engravings. Large 4to, 
 fresh cloth gilt, beveled sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 London, 1885 
 
 The text is written by those best acquainted with the various cathedrals, every 
 one of which have their distinctive features illustrated. 
 
 Catlin (George). Manners, Customs and Condition of 
 the North American Indians. Vol. 2. Map and numer- 
 ous plates from Catlin’s own drawings. Large 8vo, cloth, 
 uncut. London, 1845 
 
 f |^8i CATTERMOLE. — Evenings at Haddon Hall, edited by the 
 Baroness de Calabrella. With 24 steel plates after 
 George Cattermole, engraved by Stocks, Goodyear, 
 C. and H. Rolls, Bentley, Brandard, Cousen, Grip- 
 
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 fiths, Fisher, Radcliffe, Englehart, Hicham and 
 Allen ( some foxed slightly). Thick large 8vo, old cloth, 
 gilt edges. London, Henry Colburn , 1846 
 
 “ There are signs in George Cattermole’s works of very peculiar gifts, and 
 
 perhaps also of peculiar genius The antiquarian feeling of Cattermole 
 
 is pure, earnest and natural ; and I think his imagination originally vigorous; 
 certainly his fancy, his grasp of momentary passion, considerable; his sense of 
 action in the human body, vivid and ready.” — Ruskin. 
 
 THE LIFE OF CELLINI, BOUND IN JANSEN STYLE. 
 
 ft (/(j 82 CELLINI (Benvenuto). Vie, Ecrite par lui-mcme. Traduc- 
 tion de Leopold Leclanche. Notes et Index de M. 
 Franco. Illustrated with 9 etchings by F. Laguillermie, 
 and reproductions of the works of Cellini, some in metal. 
 Thick large 8vo, fresh crushed levant morocco, a la Jansen, 
 inside gold dentelle borders, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1881 
 
 Handsomely printed by Quantin on superfine paper. 
 
 HOLLAND PAPER COPY OF THE “ONE HUNDRED CHEFS 
 
 D’CEUVRE.” 
 
 3 j (2083 CENT CHEFS- D’CEUVRE COLLECTIONS PARIS- 
 IENNES. Text by Albert Wolff, ioo superb etchings, 
 executed by the best living French etchers expressly for this 
 work, the subjects embracing 100 of the greatest modern paint- 
 ings — Text and plates all printed throughout upon fine Hol- 
 land paper. Complete in 12 parts. Folio, satin port- 
 folio, with silk ties. Paris, 1885 
 
 No 142 of edition limited to 675 numbered copies. Undoubtedly the 
 most beautiful book of modern etchings extant, any description of which must 
 fall short of doing it justice. Every etching is by an eminent French etcher, and 
 is done expressly for this work. It is very different from the general “ book of 
 etchings ” made up of old plates. 
 
 The painters represented are Boucher, Greuze, Hals, Hobbema, Leys, Metzu, 
 Francesco Raibolini, Rembrandt, Teniers, Terburg, Vande Velde, Corot, Dau- 
 bigny, Decampes, Delacroix, Diaz, Dupre, Fortuny, Fromentin, Gericault, 
 Isabey, Marilhat, Meissonier, Millet, Rousseau, Scheffer and Troyon; the en- 
 gravers by Toussaint, Gery-Bichard, Lefort, Lalauze, Boulard fils, Courtry, 
 Champollion, Greux, R. de Los Rios, Rajon, Bracquemond, Kratke, Mordant, 
 Chauvel, and others. 
 
 / 0 0 ^4 CHAMPFLEURY (Jules Fleury Husson, dit Champfleury). 
 
 ' Le Violon de Faience — Nouvelle edition, avant Propos de 
 
 l’Auteur. With 34 etchings by Jules Adeline, and rubri- 
 cated title. Small 4to, sewed. Paris, L. Conquel, 1885 
 
 No. 78 of a limited edition of 150 copies on Imperial Japan paper — and 
 the whole work limited to 500 copies in all, of which 350 were on “ papier velin 
 du Marais.” 
 
 This is a very beautiful volume, and the etchings (of which the plates were 
 destroyed) are most delightful and brilliant. Like the text, which was printed 
 by Lahure, they were struck off on heavy Japan paper, and by Chardon Aine. 
 
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 I (j 0 85 CHARLES V., Roi de France. Eloge Historique de, 
 
 '• par M. de Villette. Fine engraved portrait of King 
 
 Charles the Fifth by Le Vasseur, vignette title with 
 head and tail pieces by Eisen and Simonet. 4to, half calf, 
 top edge gilt, others uncut, by Petit-Simier. Paris, 1767 
 
 Rare, with dedicatory letter to Voltaire from the author. The head-piece 
 over the second part contains a fine portrait by Eisen of Bertrand du Guesclin. 
 
 The Marquis de Villette, author of the above, married — “ une jeune personne 
 charmante ” who had been brought up by Voltaire and Madame Denis. He 
 bought the Chateau of Ferney after the death of Voltaire and conserved the 
 philosopher’s heart. 
 
 Lj-0 0 86 CHATTO (W. A.). Treatise on Wood Engraving. With 
 upwards of 400 wood engravings by John Jackson. Thick 
 4to, fresh half red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 N. Y. [London], n. d. 
 
 1 j) 87 Chauvigne (A. A., fils). Decoration sur Porcelaine et 
 Faience precede d’une Notice Historique sur l’Art Cera- 
 mique. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1880 
 
 J JO 88 CLAUDE LORRAIN. Sa Vie et ses (Euvres d’apres des 
 Documents Inedits, par Mme. Mark Pattison, auteur de 
 “ The Renaissance in France,” suivi d’un Catalogue des 
 CEuvres de Claude Lorrain, conserves dans les Musees 
 et dans les Collections Particulieres de l’Europe. Pro- 
 fusely illustrated. Large 4to, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 
 “ The landscapes of other great artists, as Caspar Poussin and Salvator Rosa, 
 engage little of our time and contemplation to run over the scanty confines of 
 their scenery compared with the august and boundless expanse of Claude.” — 
 Spooner. 
 
 I {j 3 89 COHEN (Henry). Guide de l’Amateur de Livres a Vig- 
 nettes du XVIII e Si£c 1 e. 8 vo, fresh half morocco, top 
 edge citron, others uncut. Paris, 1870 
 
 Limited edition of 550 copies printed by Jouaust on China. Whatman and 
 Holland papers, of which the above is No. 386. This work contains the descrip- 
 tion of more than 450 works illustrated by Boucher, Cochin, Gravclot, Eisen, 
 Moreau, Marillier, Monnet, Le Barbier, etc., with plates, vignettes, head and 
 tail pieces, and the names of the artists who have cooperated as designers or 
 engravers. 
 
 SIS90 COLLECTION de VIGNETTES. Scrap Book, contain- 
 ing a large number of Vignette Illustrations by Moreau 
 le jeune and Campiglia, many of Nudes, etc. Oblong 
 4to, half green morocco, gilt, cloth sides. 
 
 /L' 1 ^ 9 1 COLLIGNON (Maxime). Manuel d’Arch^ologie Grecque. 
 
 Profusely illustrated with objects of Greek art and arche- 
 ology. 8vo, fresh half crushed red levant morocco, top 
 edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. 
 
 Paris, Quantin , n. d. 
 
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 \q Jl)92 COSTUMES MILITAIRES, with Text by A. Guillaumot 
 fils. A series of 50 plates in colors of military costumes from 
 1789 to 1815 designed by Charlet. Large 4to, loose in 
 portfolio. Paris, 1886 
 
 No. 40 of limited edition. 
 
 93 CROWE (J. A.) and CAVALCASELLE (G. B.). The Life 
 of TITIAN, with some Account of His Family. With 
 portrait and illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh half calf gilt, 
 marbled edges. London, 1881 
 
 Second edition. “ No such gap has existed in the history of art as that 
 which is filled by the present volumes. Everything on the subject is now super- 
 seded. Here will be found in a digested and orderly form all the materials 
 gathered by Jacobi, Cadorin, Bermudez, Sandrart, Hume. Gachard, I’ungileoni, 
 Morelli, Lorenzi, Campori, and others, and additional information of great 
 value derived from the letters found at Simancas, letters from Titian, Charles 
 the Fifth, Philip the Second, and others .” — London Athenuum. 
 
 /-a, . 94 CRUIKSHANK (Robert). — Chronicles of the Bastille — 
 u First Series — The Bertaudiere, an Historical Romance. 
 
 With the admirably executed plates of Robert Cruikshank. 
 8vo, fresh half morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 London, T. C. Newby , 1845 
 Very scarce. A fine copy, with good impressions of the plates. It has been 
 believed that Miss Emma Robinson was the author of “ Whitefriars,” the above 
 and “other historical novels of the Harrison Ainsworth breed.” 
 
 ’ -1 
 
 S 95 CRUIKSHANK (George). — The Horseshoe, the True 
 Legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil, by Edward G. 
 Flight. With illustrations drawn by George Cruik- 
 shank and engraved by John Thompson. 4to, half calf 
 gilt, edges gilt. London, D. Bogue , n. d. 
 
 This copy has the text and plates mounted on drawing paper and ruled with 
 lines in red ink. 
 
 vTJb96 
 
 ANTE ALIGHIERI. The Vision of Hell, Pur- 
 gatory and Paradise, translated by Cary. Illus- 
 trated with the marvellous designs of Gustave 
 Dor£. 2 vols. in r. Very thick large 4to, fresh 
 half morocco gilt, beveled cloth sides, gilt edges. 
 
 London, n. d. 
 
 Scarce and out of print. Full of the loftiest imaginative insight — thetenderest 
 gaze of fancy. “ The most Dantesque work on Dante that was ever produced.” 
 — I.ondon Times. 
 
 Ll.fo 97 DAVILLIER (C., Baron). Spain, translated by J. Thom- 
 son. Profusely illustrated by Gustave Dor£. Thick 
 large qto, fresh half morocco gilt, beveled sides, gilt edges. 
 
 N. Y. (London), 1876 
 
 “ With us Dore is better known as a designer on wood, an illustrator with an 
 imagination grotesque and prolific beyond all precedent — a mind Teutonic rather 
 than French in its character, looking not so much on the surface of things as at 
 what is hidden underneath, studying the moral of life; a French Albert Durer, 
 to whom existence is less a comedy than a tragedy.” — S. G. W. Benjamin. 
 
3 ^ 
 
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 ^^98 DELABORDE (Henri, Viscount). La Gravure en Italie. 
 
 A vant Marc-Antoine (1452-1505). Profusely illustrated. 
 Large 4to, fresh illuminated cloth, beveled sides, top gilt 
 edge, others uncut. Paris, n. d. 
 
 The author of this most important volume on primitive engraving commences 
 with a description of the Florentine Niellos. The work is exhaustive and 
 is full of fac similes of the most noteworthy early Italian prints. 
 
 ~99 Delff (Willem Jacobszoon). L’CEuvre de, D^crit par D. 
 ^ Franken. Fine portrait by J. Taanman and fac-simile 
 painter s marks. 4to, fresh cloth. Amsterdam, 1872 
 
 DENON’S ARTS OF DESIGN— PRIVATELY PRINTED. 
 
 00 DENON (Vivant, Baron). Monuments des Arts du 
 Dessin chez les Peuples tant Anciensque Modernes, 
 recueillis par le Baron Denon, Ancien Directeur-Gen- 
 eral des Musees de France, pour Servir a l’Histoire des 
 Arts; lithographies par ses soins et sousses yeux. Decrits 
 et expliques par Armaury Duval. 310 plates. 4 vols. 
 large folio, half green morocco gilt, top edges gilt (some 
 pp. slightly foxed). Paris, Firmin Didot , 1829 
 
 Privately printed. A monumental work. Vol. 1 contains “ Origine, 
 progres et decadence des Arts du dessin leur Renaissance en Europe”; Vol. 2, 
 “ Ecoles de peinture, depuis la Renaissance des Arts, Ecoles Italiques”; Vol. 3, 
 the same; Vol. 4, Ecoles Franchises. The whole comprising Denon’s Catalogue 
 of his own extraordinary collection of Antiquities, Curiosities. Paintings, Draw- 
 ings and Works of Art. It was printed at his private expense for presentation 
 only. Copies have been sold abroad for large sums, and but few have reached 
 this country. Brunet, in speaking of this fine work, says — “ Recueil interessant, 
 tire a 250 exemplaires seulement. Le premier volume est specialement consacre 
 a l'histoire des Arts du Dessin chez les differens peuples du monde; les trois 
 autres se rapportent a l’histoire de la Peinture en Europe, depuis I’epoque de la 
 renaissance des Arts. ” 
 
 A 101 Descriptions Pittoresques de Jardins du Gout le Plus 
 * Modeme. With some 30 plates. 4to, half mottled sheep 
 
 gilt, citron edges (foxed slightly). 
 
 Very scarce. Leipzig, 1802 
 
 /l/x T02 DICKENS (Charles). A Series of Character Sketches from 
 ^ Dickens from Original Drawings by Frederick Barnard. 
 
 6 plates. Large folio, loose in portfolio. London, 1884 
 
 Proofs on India paper. These sketches are of — “ Mr. Pecksniff," “ Mr. 
 Peggotty,” “ Rogue Riderhood,” ‘‘Little Nell and her Grandfather,” “ Mr. 
 Weller, Sen., and Mr. Weller, Jun.,” and ‘‘Caleb Plummer and his Blind 
 Daughter.” 
 
 1 *7 5*103 DORE. The Legend of the Wandering Jew. Poem. 
 
 with Prologue and Epilogue, by Pierre Dupont; Biblio- 
 graphical Notice by Paul Lacroix (Bibliophile Jacob); 
 with The Complaint and Beranger’s Ballad set to Music 
 by Ernest Dor£. Translated with Critical Remarks by 
 George W. Thornbury. Illustrated with 12 large draw- 
 
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 3i 
 
 tugs on wood by Gustave 1)or#., engraved by Gauchard, 
 Rouget arid Jahyer. Large square folio, half roan, gilt 
 edges. London, Addey 6° Co., 1857 
 
 First and best edition, with briiliant impressions of the celebrated plates. 
 “ M. Bore, the well-known illustrator of the sublime pantomime of Rabelais, 
 that clown Luther of Satirists, has presented to the art-world the Legend of the 
 Wandering Jew, in a series of grotesque yet epical pictures, truthful as Holbein, 
 exact as Durer, broadly humorous as Hogarth. Of Bore’s genius, it seems 
 almost a work of supererogation to say much. Every one who turns over these 
 pages will at once acknowledge the profundity and versatility of his imagination, 
 the brilliancy of his fancy, the power of his pathos, the richness of his poetry. 
 His figures are as individualized as Sterne’s wise buffooneries. His landscape 
 is luminous with picturesque beauty, and radiant with local truth.” — George 
 W. Thornbury. 
 
 DULAURE (J. A.). Histoire Physique, Civile et Morale 
 • de Paris depuis les Premiers Temps Historiques jusqu’a 
 
 nos Jours. Illustrated with numerous steel engravings- of 
 views , etc., of Paris. 8 vols. 8vo, half russia, uncut, by 
 Koehler. Paris, Ledentu, 1834 
 
 A most valuable history of Paris, with a description of all its monuments and 
 buildings, its manners, customs, etc., etc. 
 
 “Cet ouvrage est le fruit de longues recherches; mais malheuresement en le 
 composant I’auteur a ete trop preoccupe de sa haine contre les prctres, les rois 
 et les nobles, pour conserver toute l’impartialite qu'on est en droit d’attendre 
 d’un historien. Ce defaut, qui nuira sans doutes beaucoup au succes futur de 
 l’Histoire de Paris, a ete cependant, la cause principale de la vogue momentanee 
 qu’elle a obtenue.” — Brunet. 
 
 05 DUNLAP (William). History of the Rise and Progress of 
 the Arts of Design in the United States. 2 vols. large 8vo, 
 boards (foxed slightly). Rare. N. Y., 1834 
 
 (p 0 106 Dumas (F. G.). Paris Salon Catalogues, 1879 to 1882 
 inclusive. Illustrated with hundreds of original designs by 
 the artists themselves. 4 vols. 8vo, fresh half morocco, top 
 edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1881-82 
 
 DURER’S CELEBRATED WORK ON HUMAN PROPORTION 
 t —THE ARNHEIM EDITION OF 1622 IN DUTCH. 
 
 1 \l Q 106* DURER. — Beschryvinghe van Albrecht Dvrer, van de 
 Menschelijcke Proportion, etc. ln’t Latijn ende Hoogh- 
 duytsch tot Nurenbergh ghedruct tot koste van syne nae- 
 ghelaten Wednvve, In’t Iaer ons Heeren, 1527. Pro- 
 fusely illustrated with plates , many folding, diagrams, tables, 
 etc. Small folio, vellum foxed and title mended). 
 
 Arnhem, Ian Iatisz Boeckverhooper, 1622 
 Rare. This work of Durer on proportion is said to have resulted from his 
 studies of his picture of Adam and Eve. His works were written in German, 
 and after his death translated into Latin. The above has been retranslated 
 into Dutch. The figures illustrating it were executed by Durer in a most 
 admirable manner. 
 
 “ He [Durer] was the first artist in Germany who practised and taught the 
 rules of perspective, and of the proportions of the human figure according to 
 mathematical principles.” — Spooner. 
 
32 
 
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 Lfo l °* 
 
 Durer (Albrecht). In seiner Bedentung fur die Moderne 
 Befestigungiskunst, dargestellt von G. V. Imhof. Nu- 
 merous folding plates. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Nordlingen, 1871 
 
 Duval (Mathias). Precis d’Anatomie a l’Usage des Artistes. 
 Profusely illustrated. Small 8vo, half crushed red levant 
 morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, Quantin, n. d. 
 
 BERHARD (H. W.). Catalonien in Malerischer, 
 Architectonischer und Antiquarischer Beziehung. 
 30 plates of Spanish views , subjects , and architec- 
 ture. Large folio, half vellum, cloth sides. 
 
 Leipzig, n. d. 
 
 dov no EIGHTEEN ETCHINGS by English, French and German 
 Artists. With Notes by Philip Gilbert Hamerton. 
 Folio, cloth, gilt edges. London, 1877 
 
 The original etchings, not process reproductions, in the above are by Abel 
 Lurat, \V. Wise. Francis Seymour-Haden, Brunet Debaines, A. I.egros, C. 
 Beyer, P. G. llamerton, Ernest George, A. Briend, J. D. Watson, L. Friedrich 
 and A. Queyroy. 
 
 UNIQUE AND FINE COLLECTION OF ENGRAVERS’ 
 PROOFS. 
 
 0^)in ENGRAVINGS. A Collection of nearly 150 En- 
 gravings on steel, executed, mostly in line, in 
 
 THE HIGHEST STYLE OF THE ART, FOR THE “ BOOK OF 
 
 Beauty,” “ Keepsake,” “Book of Gems,” “ Landscape 
 Annual,” “ Lyrics of the Heart,” Turner’s 
 “ Tours,” and other Annuals — by the follcnuing dis- 
 tinguished engravers : Lumb Stocks, R. Wallis, J. T. 
 Wilmore, J. B. Allen, John Pye, R. Brandard, W. 
 Miller, E. J. Roberts, J. Goodyear, C. Heath, and 
 J. Cousin; after paintings or drawings by M. A. Shee, J. 
 West, J. M. W. Turner, D. Roberts, J. D. Harding, 
 C. Stanfield, R. Smirke, G. R. Lewis, T. Uwins, S. 
 Prout, T. Stothard, W. Harvey, G. Cattermole, 
 R. P. Bonnington, E. Landseer, D. Maclise, Sir W. 
 Bef.chey, J. M. Wright, etc. 2 vols. folio, old half mo- 
 rocco extra, gilt edges (not uniform in color). 
 
 London, v. d. 
 
 UNIQUE. The whole of the exquisite engravings in these volumes are 
 choice large paper proofs, on India paper, mostly before letters, and a large pro- 
 portion are presentation impressions with the autographs of the artists. They 
 embrace a great variety of subjects, and if any Grangerite wishes to break up 
 such a collection matter will be found suitable for insertion in Shakespeare, 
 Scott, Byron, Cowper, Don Quixote, Walton's Angler, Edgeworth's Talcs, etc., 
 etc. Among the gems will be found the rare portrait of Shakespeare after 
 
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 Boaden; the beautiful portraits of Cowper and Lingard, both engraved by 
 Lumb Stocks: “ Byron’s Dream,” after Harding; “ The Falls of the Rhine' 1 
 and “ Virginia Water,” after Turner; “ Windsor Castle,” after Harding; “The 
 Escurial,” after Roberts; “Venice,” after Prout; “Interior at Abbotsford,” 
 after Roberts; “ Pike Pool,” after Inskipp, and a “ Bull Eight at Seville,” after 
 Roberts. All of these are the choicest selected proofs on India paper, before 
 letters, and most of them are signed by the engravers. Many others equally 
 deserve mention, but space forbids. 
 
 112 Eudel (Paul). Le Truquage — les Contrefasons Devoildes. 
 Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 
 
 ^113 Eudel. Collections et Collectioneurs. Small 8vo, sewed, 
 * uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 Eudel. Le Hotel Drouot et la Curiosity en 1881 et 1882. 
 2 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1882-83 
 
 Most interesting volumes on the great auction sales of Paris. 
 
 I ff ,IS 
 
 EVANGILES (Les), de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ, selon 
 S. Matthew, S. Marc, S. Luc, S. Jean, traduction de 
 Le Maistre de Sacy. With numerous illustrations , vig- 
 nettes by Theophile Fragonard — the text printed within 
 ornamental borders — illuminated front, and title. Large 
 8vo, crimson calf, extra gilt, marbled edges. Paris, 1837 
 
 The vignettes of Fragonard are ably supplemented by the typography of 
 Everat. 
 
 J IfnG Evelyn (John). Sculptura; or, the History and Art of 
 Chalcography, and Engraving on Copper. Plate and copy 
 of a mezzotinto portrait engraved by Prince Rupert, also 
 inserted portrait of Evelyn after Worlidge. Small 8vo, 
 old calf. London, 1769 
 
 (J/^117 EXPOSITION des BEAUX ARTS, Salon de 1881. 40 
 
 fine photogravures on India paper, of the principal pic- 
 tures of the year and 150 other illustrations, with $20 pages 
 of letterpress. Large 8vo, half morocco gilt, top edge gilt. 
 
 Paris, 1881 
 
 No. 527 of limited edition of 550 numbered copies on Holland paper. The 
 text by Bernard, Gcetschy, Montrosier, Saint Juirs, Schefer, Stoullig, Vachon, 
 Volabregne and De Veyran. 
 
 YJ0 118 EXPOSITION DES BEAUX-ARTS, Salon de 1882. 40 
 
 /' fine photogravures of the principal pictures of the year and 
 
 180 other illustrations , with 320 pages of letterpress. Large 
 8vo, half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, other uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1882 
 
 No. 206 of 581 numbered copies. The text by Burty, Dernard, Champier, 
 Drumont, Fleurichamp, Goetschy, Catulle Mendes, Montrosier and Schefer. 
 
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 OP 1 9 
 
 ETIS (F. J.). La Musique mise a la Portae de 
 tout le Monde. Small 8vo, half calf (covers 
 loose and stained). , Paris, 1830 
 
 l To 
 
 
 Fetis, the Belgian composer and writer on music, is best known by his 
 “ Universal Biography of Music and Bibliography of Music.” 
 
 THE LAST EDITION OF FERGUSSON’S ARCHITECTURE. 
 
 120 FERGUSSON (James). History of Architecture; in 
 all Countries, from the Earliest Time to the Present Day. 
 With hundreds of engravings. 2 vols. thick square 8vo, 
 fresh cloth, top edges gilt. N. Y., 1883 
 
 “ Mr. Fergusson’s beautiful and most popular books have superseded all other 
 Histories of Architecture. It is not only that the extraordinary abundance of 
 his illustrations gives him a special advantage over all his rivals or predecessors, 
 but no other writer has ever had so firm a grasp of his subject, or has been so 
 well qualified to deal with it in all its branches." — Saturday Review. 
 
 FIRM 1 N-DIDOT (Ambroise). Catalogue Illustre des Des- 
 sins et Estampes Composant la Collection de, precede 
 d'lntroductions par M. Charles Blanc et M. Georges 
 Duplessis. Facsimile plates at the end of celebrated en- 
 gravings in the Firmin-Didot collection. Thick 4to, half 
 morocco gilt. Paris, 1877 
 
 No. gg of LIMITED edition of 200 copies on Holland Paper. The Firmin- 
 Didot Collection of Prints was one of the most famous in Europe. It was sold 
 by auction at the Hotel Drouot, Paris, in May, 1877. 
 
 122 F 1 RMIN DIDOT. Essai Typographique et Bibliogra- 
 phique sur PHistoire de la Gravure sur Bois, pour faire 
 suite aux Costumes Anciens et Modernes de C£sar Ve- 
 cellio. 8vo, fresh red crushed levant morocco, inside 
 dentelle gold borders, edges gilt on marble, by Thibaron- 
 Echaurard. Paris, 1863 
 
 Presentation copy, with the original signature of the author. 
 
 2 ,S * 2 3 Firmin-Didot. Another copy of the same. Sewed, uncut. 
 
 ^,^124 Fisher’s Drawing-Room Scrap-Book, with Poetical Illustra- 
 tions by L. E. L[andon]. Numerous steel plates {some foxed 
 slightly). 4to, half morocco, cloth sides, gilt edges. 
 
 London, 1833 
 
 Fifty Cartoons of Eminent Personages from the Whitehall 
 Review. Large 4to, cloth. [London], 1880 
 
 Includes portraits of Prince of Wales, Gladstone, Disraeli, Queen of Spain, 
 Pope Leo XIII., etc., also a number of Empresses, Princesses, Duchesses, 
 Countesses and Mrs. Langtry'. 
 
 .^0 26 FLAXMAN (John). 39 outline plates illustrative of Homer. 
 
 Large 4to, paper. Carlsruhe, 1829 
 
 • l{ 0 12 7 Fi.axman. 33 outline plates to the “ Iliad''' of Homer, en- 
 graved by Schnorr. Small 4to. Leipzig, 1859 
 
 loo 
 
 I So i2 5 
 
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 I JjP 128 FORREST (C. R Lieut. -Col.). Picturesque Tour along the 
 ' 0 Rivers Ganges ’and Jumna in India. With map , 24 
 
 highly finished vietvs and 2 vignettes in aquatint. Large 4to, 
 old cloth, gilt edges (map stained). 
 
 London, R. Ackermann , 1824 
 
 Rare and beautifully colored plates. 
 
 “ This beautiful work presents the most picturesque scenes of the valleys of 
 these most celebrated rivers. With the description much history is interspersed.” 
 — Allibone. 
 
 /^. 2 j ~ I2 9 FOSTER (Birket). Gf.ms of Art. Chromo-Lithographed 
 by Thomas Kell. 12 exquisite facsimiles of the original 
 water-color drawings, mounted in passe-partouts. Large 
 square folio in portfolio. London, McQueen, 1874 
 
 Very scarce, on account of the sets having been broken up for framing. 
 Birket Foster was elected an associate of the Society of Painters in Water- 
 Colors in 1859 and a full member three years after. His pleasant rural 
 scenes, devoted almost exclusively to the portrayal of child-life, have always been 
 most popular This series comprises: — “ The Blackbird ‘‘The Ride on the 
 Donkey”: “ The Pet Calf ‘‘ Blowing Bubbles”; “ Returning from Market”: 
 ' ‘ Feeding Pigeons “ Children Catching Butterflies ” ; “ Going to the Spring ” ; 
 “Shrimping”; “Filling the Pitcher”; “Come Baby!” and “Birdnesting.” 
 S. C. Hall wrote in the London Art Journal-. — “ Birket Foster's pictures recall 
 to our memory the dear remembrance of our own childhood, it has done us more 
 good to gaze upon them than to have placed before our eyes the grandest piece 
 of historical painting, or the finest example of mural decoration ever conceived 
 by the subtlest artist." 
 
 FREDERIC THE GREAT’S HISTORY OF THE HOUSE 
 OF BRANDENBURG AND POEMS, ILLUSTRATED BY 
 SCHMIDT. 
 
 0 V/) n 129* [FREDERIC the Great.] — Memoires pour 
 ’Cd.C U I’Histnire de la Maison de Brandebnurtr I/lust) 
 
 •7 
 
 Servir a 
 
 l’Histoire de la Maison de Brandebourg. Illustrated with 
 engraved title , 1 2 portraits of Prussian rulers and some 35 
 vignettes , all engraved by the celebrated master G. F. Schmidt. 
 4 vols. in 2. 4to, old mottled sheep gilt, marbled sides and 
 edges. Berlin, Chretien Frederic Voss, 1767 
 
 VERY RARE. The third volume of the above is bound up with Frederic 
 the Great’s “ Poesies Diverses,” imprinted at Berlin by Chretien Frederic Voss 
 in 1760, which is also illustrated with vignettes and engraved initials. 
 
 George Frederic Schmidt, who illustrated the above, was a Prussian engraver 
 who studied in Paris under Nicholas Larmessin. Spooner says: — “ He acquired 
 a skill in handling the graver, with a neatness and firmness seldom surpassed. 
 In 1742 he was received into the Academy at Paris, and engraved for his recep- 
 tion-piece his fine portrait of P. Mignard. In 1744 he returned to Berlin, and 
 was soon after appointed engraver to the King. In 1757 he went to St. Peters- 
 burg at the invitation of the Empress Elizabeth, and executed several portraits 
 and other plates with great success. In 1762 he returned to Berlin, where he 
 discovered a new talent in etching and engraved several plates in the manner of 
 Rembrandt, which were greatly admired; he also engraved in the manner of 
 Della Bella and Benedetto Castiglione with equal success.” 
 
 ^130 Frommel (C., Professor). Baden und Seine Umgebungen 
 in Malerische Ansichten, mit Beschreibung von Schreiber. 
 Numerous steel engravings of views. 1 vol. in 4 parts. 
 4to, sewed. Carlsruhe, 1825 
 
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 / FRENCH REVOLUTION. — Tafereelen van de Staatsom- 
 
 ' wenteling in Fraurijk. With hundreds of plates illustrative 
 
 of the French Revolution — portraits of distinguished char- 
 acters , generals , orators , statesmen , etc., under the Revolution , 
 Consulat and Empire — views, battles , scenes, executions, etc., 
 etc. ( many folded). 2 vols. 8vo, boards. 
 
 Amsterdam, 1794-1827 
 
 Very scarce and excellent collection for the purpose of extra illustrating the 
 stirring times of the First Republic and the First Empire of France. 
 
 
 132 
 
 Teniers, 
 paper, uncut. 
 
 ALERIE des Belvedere in Wien in ihren Meister- 
 werhen. Illustrated with steel plates in the Vienna 
 Gallery after Raffaelo.Del Sarto, Correggio, 
 Parmigiano, Titian, Carracci, Guido, Hol- 
 bein, Cranach, Van Eyck, Rubens, Van Dyck, 
 Murillo, Rembrandt, Dow, etc. Large 4to, 
 
 I ‘OlfiH GALLERIE Lebender Britischer Kunstler. [With 
 German Text.] 28 steel plates after the original paintings 
 of Turner, Roberts, Harding, Clf.nnel, Dewint, 
 Austin, Stanfield, Bonnington, Prout, Cattermole, 
 Fielding, Cox, etc. 4to, boards. Berlin, n. d. 
 
 ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER’S COPY OF THE “GALLERY OF 
 CONTEMPORARY ART.” 
 
 I GALLERY of CONTEMPORARY ART, an Illustrated 
 
 Review of the Recent Art Productions of all Nations by 
 Armand Silvestre and others, edited by J. Eugene 
 Reed. 60 fine photogravures, proof s on India paper, and 
 nearly 150 wood engravings in text. 6 sections, folio in 
 cloth portfolios with ties. Phila., 1884 
 
 No. J25 of Imperial Edition, limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is an 
 original subscriber's copy. 
 
 The following artists are represented in this magnificent series of photograv- 
 ures: — C. E. Armand-Dumaresq, Albert Aublet, Henry Bacon, J. F. Balla- 
 voine, G. Becker. Jan Van Beers, Jean Benner, B. Beyschlag, J. A. Breton, 
 F. A. Bridgeman, f. Caraud, A. Casanova, C. A. Coessin de la Fosse, P. C. 
 Comte, Benjamin Constant, J. Coomans, I’. A. Cot, ,G. Courbet, I- L. Cou- 
 turier, J. E. Danton, II. A. DifTcnbach, Madame A. Enault, G. Ferrier, Louis 
 Gallait, Jean Gcoffroy, Victor Giraud, Alfred Cues, G. Haquette, F. Heilbuth, 
 P. G. Jeanniot. L. Jimenez, J. Jimenez-Aranda, Marcellin I,aporte, Henri 
 Lerolle, Hector Le Roux, Chester Loomis. A. Maignan, E. Manet, B. Masson, 
 E. Medard, L. Melingue, G. Moreau de Tours, H. Moster, C. L. Muller, J. 
 de Nittis, F. Pelez, I.. Perrault. E. Pinchart, P. A. Protuis, E. Richter, J. 
 Rongier, A. Schreyer, A. Stevens, J. G. Vibert, G. Werthemcr, Florent Wil- 
 lems and Felix Zicm. 
 
 In addition to the above nearly ever)’ artist and sculptor of note referred to in 
 the text is, where practicable, illustrated by a wood engraving. 
 
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 SUBSCRIPTION EDITION OF THE “GAZETTE DES 
 BEAUX-ARTS,” COMPLETE FROM 1859 TO 1883, in 54 
 VOLUMES. 
 
 lUlS^S GAZETTE des BEAUX-ARTS, Courrier Europeen de 
 l’Art et de la Curiosite — Redacteur en Chef, M. Charles 
 Blanc, from the commencement in 1859101883, inclusive. 
 50 vols., including the “Exposition Catalogue, 1878,” half 
 red morocco, not quite uniform, and 4 vols. in parts as 
 issued. Together 54 vols. 4to (a few pp. in some vols. 
 slightly foxed). Paris, 1859 t0 ^83 
 
 Complete set and very scarce subscription edition in perfect con- 
 dition. The text is by the best European Art Critics and Experts, and is pro- 
 fusely illustrated with beautiful woodcuts, steel engravings and etchings, many 
 on India paper and proofs before letters by or after— Flameng, Geffroy, Nilson, 
 Lehmann, Dien, Gainsborough, Rembrandt, Blanc, Delacroix, Curzon, Dau- 
 bigny, Raphael, Bracquemond, Le Vieux, Jacquemart, Poussin. Rosotte, O’Con- 
 nell, Hauser, Albert Durer, Millet, Greuze, Goya, Watteau. Iledouin, Degroux, 
 Gaucherel, Delanne, Leonardo da Vinci, Jacque, Ingres, Gerome, Eromentin, 
 Meissonier, Hemling, Flandrin, Appian, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Velasquez, 
 Cabanel, Baudry, Carey. Gigoux, Chardin, Guillermie, Rubens. Didier, Scheffer, 
 I^alanne, Brion, La Guillermie, Achard, Campagnola, Hals, Bronzino, Deveaux, 
 Fragonard, Goncourt. Popelin, Schreyer, Durand, Leys, Paul Potter, Schenck, 
 Lambert, Van de Meer, Valentin Hedouin, Van Eyck. Van Goyen. Lopez, 
 Lalauze, Legros, Madrazo, Sant, Gaujean, Gubl, Kaulbach, Champollion, Gil- 
 bert, Menze, Lenbach. Unger, Montefiore, Rajon, Adrien Brauwer.T. de Marc. 
 Prudhon, Menzel, Munkacsy, Mongin, Amberger, and others, including all 
 the most distinguished etchers and engravers in Europe. 
 
 J 2 -vT 1 3 ^ Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Courrier Europeen de 1 ’Art et 
 • de la Curiosite for the Year 1881. With numerous beauti- 
 
 ful etchings and illustrations. Large 8vo, 1 vol. (complete 
 and in 12 parts), sewed. Paris, 1881 
 
 Gi.eichnisse des Herrn nach den Worten der Schrift. 16 
 illustrations after Schnorr, Fuhrich, Grosse, Jaeger, 
 Nieper, Pletsch, Seitz and Wislicenns — also vignettes , 
 ornamental borders and initials. 4to, boards. 
 
 Leipzig, Alphons Durr , 1 869 
 
 LARGEST PAPER EDITION OF “ POMPEIANA WITH 
 DUPLICATE PROOFS. 
 
 I A a ,.138 GELL (Sir Wm.) and GANDY (John P.). Pompeiana. The 
 Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii, with 
 beautiful line ejigravings by Goodall, Cooke, Heath, 
 Pye, etc. Proofs on India paper, with a duplicate set 
 
 PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS also On INDIA PAPER. Thick 
 4to, fine old morocco gilt, broad inside gold border, leather 
 joints, gilt edges (binding rubbed). 
 
 Londcn, Rodwell and Martin, 1817-19 
 
 LARGEST PAPER, with duplicate set of India proofs as stated above. 'I he 
 proofs and etchings alone of this edition were published at £18 18s. With 
 
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 heraldic book-plate of “ Charles Beckford Long, ” containing thirteen quarter- 
 ings, crest and motto. 
 
 This is the most satisfactory work ever published on Pompeii. It gives in a 
 small compass the result of the excavations for many years, from the commence- 
 ment of operations in 1748. 
 
 “ I leave Topography to classic Cell.” — Byron’s “ English Bards.” 
 
 I.t> 
 
 3 *39 
 
 GELL and GANDY. Pompeiana: the Topography. Edifices 
 and Ornaments of Pompeii. Numerous plates , other illus- 
 trations and vignettes. 8vo, fresh half morocco, top edge 
 gilt, by R. W. Smith. London, 1875 
 
 140 GERNING (J. J. Von, Baron). Picturesque Tour along 
 the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne, with Illustrations of 
 the Scenes of Remarkable Events and Popular Traditions 
 Translated by John Black. Embellished with map and 24 
 beautifully colored engravings from original drawings 
 by M. Schultz, engraved by T. Sutherland and others. 
 Large qto, old cloth, gilt edges. 
 
 London, R. Ackermann, 1820 
 Vf.ry rare and beautifully colored plates. 
 
 Gerspach. La Mosaique. With numerous illustrations of 
 ancient mosaics. 8vo, fresh half crushed red levant mo- 
 rocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. 
 
 Paris, Quantin , n. d. 
 
 GOLDSMITH’S VICAR OF WAKEFIELD IN FRENCH, WITH 
 AQUARELLE ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Hoc*’ 
 
 GOLDSMITH (Oliver). Le Vicaire de Wakefield.— Tra- 
 duction Nouvelle et Complete par B. H. Causseron. 
 Illustrated with numerous colored illustrations “ h 1 ' aquar- 
 elle ” and in the text — vignettes , etc. Thick large 8vo, fresh 
 cloth, beveled sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, n. d. 
 
 One of the beautifully illustrated editions from the Quantin press. 
 
 I 00*43 GOLDSMITH. Der Landprediger von Wakefield. Illus- 
 trated with woodcuts by Ludwig Richter and J. G. FCl- 
 11 a as. Small 4to, cloth gilt, edges gilt. Leipzig, n. d. 
 The “ Vicar of Wakefield.” translated into German by Ernst Susemihl, with 
 life and essay on Goldsmith by Otto Roquette. 
 
 GONSE’S MAGNIFICENT WORK ON JAPANESE ART- 
 LIMITED EDITION. 
 
 144 GONSE (Louis, Directeur de la Gazette des Beaux Arts). 
 L’ART JAPONOIS. Illustrated by 64 full-page engrav- 
 ings, 30 of which are colored; there are in addition 13 etch- 
 ings, 21 plates in heliogravure by the Dujardin process , and 
 over 700 other engravings, exclusive of facsimiles of seals , 
 
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 autographs , etc. 2 vols. large 4to, fresh illuminated satin, 
 edges uncut. Paris, A. Quantin , 1883 
 
 No. 74 of limited edition on Japan paper. The imported price of the above 
 is 120 dollars. This magnificent work, of which but a limited edition was 
 published, met with a ready sale among all interested in Japanese art. The 
 work was the first published giving a general history of art in Japan. The 
 author, M. Gonse. himself a well-known collector, had unusually fine facilities 
 for the faithful performance of his work. The period reaches from the ninth 
 to the nineteenth century. 
 
 GOYA (Francisco). Etude Biographique et Critique suivie 
 de l’Essai d’un Catalogue Raisonne de son CEuvre Grave 
 et Lithographic. Portrait. Large 8vo, half cloth. 
 
 Paris, Renouard , 1877 
 
 THE GREAT MODERN PAINTERS. 
 
 Il GRANDS PEINTRES FRAN£AIS et Etrangers, Ouvrage 
 d’Art, Public avec le Concours Artistique des Maitres — 
 Texte par les Principaux Critiques d’Art. L’rofusely 
 illustrated with 450 photogravures and woodcuts. — Proofs 
 on India paper. 2 vols. in 8 parts, folio, in portfolios 
 (complete as published). Paris, Goupil and Co., 1884 
 
 This exquisite book is one of the most magnificent specimens of book-making 
 of ancient or modem times. The text (pp. 384) and plates throughout are 
 printed on heavy paper. The reproductions on steel and wood consist of the 
 best examples of twenty-four of the leading artists of the present day. viz. : — 
 Bouguereau, Alma-Tadema, Munkacsy, Bonheur, Henner, Baudry, 
 Lefebvre, Bridgman, Knaus, Breton, Bonnat, Millais, Israels, 
 Jacque, Laurens, Van Marcke, De Nittis, Herkomer, Meissonier, 
 Boulanger, Chavannes, Madrazo, Mesdag and Gerome. 
 
 Of the 450 illustrations, 24 are on India paper. But one of the most impor- 
 tant features of this grand exhibit is the reproduction in the text of the sketches 
 or studies of those masters of all that is greatest in art. Such an insight is sel- 
 dom vouchsafed to the uninitiated, and the originals are unattainable, even by 
 the wealthiest. 
 
 THE GROLIER CLUB’S “DECREE OF STAR CHAMBER,’’ 
 ON VELLUM— ALMOST UNIQUE, AND MAGNIFICENTLY 
 BOUND BY LORTIC, OF PARIS. 
 
 fj 0.(1 (.07 
 
 GROLIER CLUB.— A DECREE of STAR CHAMBER 
 Concerning Printing — Made July 11, 1637, Reprinted 
 by the Grolier Club, from the First Edition by Robert 
 Barker, 1637, with Preface and Appendix. Eac- 
 simile coat-of-arms , head-pieces , etc. — also illuminated 
 coat-of-arms of Grolier Club on title — and covers [which 
 are bound in the volume) printed in gold. 8vo, magnificently 
 bound by Lortic freres, of Paris, in crushed brown lev- 
 ant morocco gilt, and blind tooled, paneled, in the centre of 
 which is let in the heraldic bearings of the Grolier Club 
 in colored and mosaiced leathers, the proper heraldic 
 
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 tinctures, double with red crushed levant morocco, gilt 
 tooled borders, leather joints, and watered crimson silk 
 ends, gilt edges, in leather-lined cloth case. 
 
 [N. Y., 1884] 
 
 ALMOST UNIQUE, being one ok two privately printed vellum 
 copies only, of which the other is conserved in the safe of the Grolier Club, and 
 of a limited edition in all of — “ one hundred and fifty copies printed from type, 
 in the month of December, 1884,” and by Theo. L. De Vinne & Co. The 
 circumstances of the acquisition of this copy by Mr. Pene du Bois is thus told 
 in “Town Topics": — “The first book published by the Club, entitled ‘A 
 Decree of Starre Chamber Concerning Printing,’ consisted of 150 copies, two 
 being printed on vellum. These vellum copies were sold at auction by Mr. 
 William L. Andrews on Monday evening, after Mr. Hoe had finished his 
 address, and brought $Si. The first choice went for $45 to Mr. Henri P. du 
 Bois, who is the New York correspondent of ‘ Le Livre,’ and the second for 
 $36, to Mr. George A. Armour, of Chicago, who generously presented the copy 
 to the Club.” 
 
 After Mr. du Bois purchased the copy in gilt vellum covers, as stated above, 
 he sent it to Paris to be bougd, the reliure costing him over $60, making a total, 
 with duty, of nearly $125. 
 
 THE GROLIER CLUB’S RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM- 
 ONE OF A LIMITED ISSUE OF TWO COPIES ON VEL- 
 LUM. 
 
 148 GROLIER CLUB. — RUBAIYAT of OMAR KHAY- 
 YAM, the Astronomer Poet of Persia, Rendered into 
 English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald [Reprinted from 
 the edition of Bernard Quaritch, London, 1879J. Il- 
 luminated device of the Grolier Club in colors on the 
 title — and illuminated head-bands from examples in Owen 
 Jones’s “ Grammar of Ornament .” 8vo, vellum cover 
 illuminated after an example in Audsley’s “ Outlines of 
 Ornament,’’ totally uncut. N. Y., The Grolier Club , 1885 
 
 ALMOST UNIQUE, being one of two privately printed copies only 
 on vellum. The volume was one, as the end paper before the title states, of — 
 “ One hundred and fifty copies on Japan paper, and two copies on vellum, printed 
 from type, for the Grolier Club of New Y’ork, in the month of May, 1885.” 
 This was executed at the press of Theo. L. De Vinne & Co. 
 
 The sale of the two vellum copies of the “Rubaiyat” is narrated in the 
 “ Book Mart ” of December, 1885, as follows : — “The feature of the evening 
 was an amateur auction in which General Rush C. Hawkins displayed an 
 adaptability and versatility of description that would put to shame the average 
 book auctioneer who. as a rule, thumps and hammers, and bangs away without 
 any regard to consequences. A limited edition of only two vellum copies of 
 Fitzgerald’s translation of ‘ Khayyam ’ were disposed of. The first was 
 purchased after very lively competition for the sum of eighty dollars by Henri 
 Pene du Bois, the American correspondent of Le Livre , who thus put to shame 
 the millionaires present, and proved that the leavening of the Club by a French 
 bibliophile was just what was necessary. The other copy was bought by the 
 father of Seth Low, Mayor of Brooklyn.” 
 
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 THE GROLIER CLUB’S EDITION OF WASHINGTON 
 IRVING’S KNICKERBOCKER— LIMITED EDITION OF 
 177 COPIES IN ALL. 
 
 JT~a /)NA 9 GROLIER CLUB. — IRVING (Washington). A History 
 O UU of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End 
 
 of the Dutch Dynasty; containing among Many Surprising 
 and Curious Matters the Unutterable Ponderings of 
 William the Doubter, and the Chivalric Achievements of 
 Peter the Headstrong — the Three Dutch Governors of 
 New Amsterdam; being the only Authentic History of the 
 Times that Ever Hath Been or Ever Will be. Published 
 by “ Dif.drich Knickerbocker.” A New Edition, con- 
 taining unpublished corrections of the Author, with illus- 
 trations by Geo. H. Boughton, Will. H. Drake and 
 Howard Pyle, and etchings by Henry C. Eno and F. 
 Raubicheck. 2 vols. 8vo, boards, rough edges. 
 
 N. Y., printed for the Grolier Club , 1886 
 Privately printed for the members of the Grolier Club with the following 
 statement on the end paper preceding the title : — “ The Publication Committee 
 of the Grolier Club certify that this copy is one of an edition of 175 copies on 
 Holland paper and 2 copies on vellum, all of which were printed in the month 
 of May, 1886. The printed list of subscribers and the summary of contents will 
 be found at the end of the second volume.” 
 
 Houghton's etchings to the above are in three states, two of which are on 
 Japan before letters and one on hand made paper. The vignettes, head and 
 tail pieces, are in various shades of bistre and sepia. The printing is by De 
 Vinne. 
 
 Q q 150 GROLIER CLUB. Transactions of the Grolier Club, 
 from its Foundation, January, 1884, to July, 1885. Part 
 1. 4to, boards, uncut. N. Y., Grolier Club , 1885 
 
 With the above is a separate Catalogue of the Grolier Exhibition of “ Modern 
 Book bindings.” The transactions commence with an account of Jean Grolier 
 — an account of Exhibitions of MSS., Etchings, Book Illustrations, etc. It 
 also contains addresses of Robert Hoe, Theodore L. De Vinne, William 
 Matthews, etc. 
 
 | j 0 0 15 1 GROLIER — Recherches sur Jean Grolier, sur sa Vie et 
 sa Bibliotheque, suivies d’un Catalogue des Livres qui lui 
 ont Appartenu par M. Le Roux de Lincy. Thick large 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, L. Potier, 1866 
 
 This splendid work by the Secretary of the ‘ ‘ Societe des Bibliophiles Eran^ais 
 was printed by Jouaust on thick hand-made paper. It should more properly go 
 under Bibliography in this catalogue on account of its admirable subject-matter 
 and careful catalogue of the library of the great bibliophile, but as the publica- 
 tions of the Grolier Club are justly put in the “ Art Division ” this keeps them 
 company. 
 
 GROSE’S MILITARY ANTIQUITIES. 
 
 I S 00 I 5 2 GROSE (Francis, F.S.A.). Military Antiquities, Respect- 
 ing a History of the English Army from the Conquest to 
 the Present Time, including a Treatise on Ancient Arms 
 
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 and Armour. Numerous fine copper-plates of arms, armor, 
 weapons, horse accoutrements, etc. 2 vols. thick 4to, calf, 
 gilt (titles cut slightly and joints broken). London, 1812 
 Very scarce. This work is particularly valuable to collectors of ancient 
 arms and armor, as it contains much information that cannot be obtained in any 
 other authority, as the writer was for many years a member of the Heralds’ Col- 
 lege, from which he resigned. He was Adjutant and Paymaster of the Surrey 
 Militia, but devoted much of his time to traveling through England. Scotland 
 and Wales sketching for the valuable works which he subsequently gave to the 
 world. Grose’s habits, especially in early life, were of too convivial a character 
 for either his purse or his reputation, and many a jolly circle of “good fellows” 
 could answer in the affirmative the query of Bums — 
 
 “ Ken ye aught of Captain Grose?” 
 
 Noble’s sketch of his figure and character is truly graphic. 
 
 I i/V J 53 Guichard (E.). De l’Ameublement et de la Decoration 
 Interieure de nos Appartements. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1 880 
 
 Limited edition of sixty copies, of which the above is one on Seychall Mill 
 paper. 
 
 GUILLAU MOT’S EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COSTUMES. 
 
 t) f 0 154 GUILLAU MOT (A., Ells). Costumes du XVIII* Sftde 
 d’apres les Dessins de Watteau Fils, Desrais, Leclere, 
 Cochin, etc., tires de Collections Particulieres. 60 etchings 
 by Guillaumot, after Watteau, Cochin, etc. Large 4to, 
 cloth. Paris, H. Cagnon, n. d. 
 
 Limited edition printed on thick paper. 
 
 i.00 15S 
 
 I Jo 156 
 
 GUILLAUMOT. Costumes du XVIII' Siecle tires dcs 
 Pn 5 s-Saint Gervais avec l’Autorisation de MM. V. Sardou, 
 Ph. Gille et Ch. Lecocq. 20 etchings by A. Guillau- 
 mot Fils, after the designs of Drauer. Large 4to, loose 
 in cover. Paris, 1874 
 
 Impressions on India printed on thick paper. 
 
 Guillaumot. Another copy of the preceding but ordinary 
 edition on thick paper. 
 
 n " AMERTON (Philip Gilbert). 
 Art. Small 8vo, cloth. 
 
 Thoughts about 
 Boston, 1882 
 
 HAMERTON’S “GRAPHIC ARTS ’’—ORIGINAL EDITION. 
 
 JW 00*53 HAMERT ° N . THE GRAPHIC ARTS. A Treatise on 
 the Varieties of Drawing, Painting and Engraving, in com- 
 parison with each other and with Nature. With 54 illus- 
 trations after ancient and modern masters — Raphael, Mac- 
 lise, Turner, Leigh, Mulready, Harding, Holbein, 
 
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 Durer, Bewick, Titian, Hollar, Rembrandt, Holt, 
 Hurst, Delanne, Visscher, Strange, etc., reproduced in 
 facsimile. Thick folio, fresh vellum, gilt, uncut, by Fawn. 
 
 London, Seeley , Jackson 6- Halliday , 1882 
 Large paper copy and limited edition of 350 copies, with proofs of the 
 plates on India paper. 
 
 Mr. Hamerton has enjoyed exceptional opportunities for gathering the ex- 
 perience and information necessary to a work like the above. Aided by the 
 confidence of the most distinguished artists of his time, Mr. Hamerton does 
 not write from the limited experience of one man, but expresses what may be 
 fairly considered to be the state of existing knowledge. Besides this, his pecu- * 
 liar work as Editor of The Portfolio has brought him into the closest contact 
 with black and white art in all its reproducible forms, and made him minutely 
 acquainted with various processes of reproduction, and their respective merits. 
 Such a work as “The Graphic Arts ” necessarily required illustration. The 
 publishers spared neither trouble nor expense in illustrating it as completely as 
 the present very advanced state of the printed arts would permit. All kinds of 
 engraving, and most kinds of drawing, are represented, either by the best living 
 masters or by the most able of their younger brethren; and with regard to the 
 dead, their best works are reproduced in very close facsimile. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF HAMERTON ON LANDSCAPE. 
 
 159 HAMERTON. Landscape. With original etchings and many 
 
 illustrations and drawings. Thick folio, fresh half morocco, 
 totally uncut. London, 1885 
 
 Large paper. Limited edition of 525 copies on superfine laid paper. The 
 above is the first edition and has brilliant impressions of the etchings, etc. , by or 
 after Palmer, Paris, Masse, Moore, Claude, Brandard, Yon, Courbet, Dameron, 
 Graham, Turner, Corot, Thomas, Girtin, Reynolds, Brunet-Debaines, Dawson, 
 Titian, Linnell, Hunt, Landseer, Murray, M’Culloch, Cox, Parrish, I.alanne, 
 Daubigny, Harp gnies, Greux, Slocombe, Hobbema, Huysmans, Guillaumet, 
 Durer, Hardy, Reid, Van Eyck, Pennell, etc. Many of these are original 
 etchings. 
 
 160 HAMERTON. Etching and Etchers. 35 etchings by 
 
 Haden, Palmer, Jacquemart, Chauvel, Jongkind, etc. 
 Large 8vo, illuminated cloth, top edge gilt. London, 1876 
 
 The original edition of the above work is now rare and expensive. Copies 
 frequently sell for $75 to $100. With the heraldic book-plate of William Miller. 
 
 161 HAMERTON. Examples of Modern Etching, with Notes 
 
 by Philip Gilbert Hamerton. With 20 etchings by 
 Balfourier, Bodmer, Bracquemond, Chattock, Fla- 
 meng, Feyen-Perrin, Seymour-H adf.n, Hamerton, 
 Heseltine, Laguillermie, Lalanne, Legros, Lucas, 
 Palmer, Rajon and V eyrassat. Large 4to, cloth, gilt 
 
 edges. London, 1876 
 
 Hamerton ’s purpose in getting these plates together was to show the various 
 directions which the art of etching is taking in the practice of skillful contem- 
 poraries, who have little in common beyond the employment of the same tech- 
 nical methods. 
 
 162 Hamerton. The Intellectual Life. Portrait of Da Vinci 
 
 etched by Yx.pm'emg. nmo, cloth. Boston, 1883 
 
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 Hamkrton. Chapters on Animals. Small 8vo, cloth. 
 
 Boston, 1882 
 
 HAVARD (Henry). L’Art rt travers les Moeurs. Illustrated 
 with numerous fine plates by Goutzwiller. Thick large 
 4to, cloth, beveled sides, gilt edges. Paris, 1882 
 
 Handsomely printed on thick paper. 
 
 HAVARD. Histoire de la Peinture Hollandaise. With 
 numerous illustrations after the great painters of Holland. 
 8vo, fresh half crushed red levant morocco, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut, covers bound in. Paris, Quantin, 1882 
 
 HAVARD. La Hollande a Vol d'Oiseau. Illustrated with 
 etchings by Maxime Lalanne, and other illustrations after 
 the same. Large 4to, silver cloth gilt, beveled sides, gilt 
 edges. Paris, 1881 
 
 Hefner (J. von). Trachten des Christlichen Mittelalters. 
 Vols. 1 to 3 inclusive. Illustrated with over 200 plates of 
 armor, medieval scenes, coats-of-a rms , etc. Folded and uncut 
 (not complete). Mannheim, [1840] 
 
 VERY RARE CONTEMPORARY WORK ON HENRY OF 
 
 NAVARRE. 
 
 $0*68 HENRI QUATRE.— LABYRINTHE ROYAL de l’Her- 
 cvle Gavlois Triomphant svr le Sviect des Fortunes, 
 Batailles, Victoires, Trophees, Triomphes, Mariage et 
 autre faicts Heroiques et Memorables de Tres-Auguste et 
 tres Chrestien Prince Henry III I Roy de France et de 
 Nauarre. Represente a l’entree Triomphante de la Royne 
 en la cite d’Auignon le 19 Nouembre Pan MDC ou sont 
 contenues les Magnificences et Triomphes dressez k cet 
 effect par la dite ville. Engraved title, portraits and plates. 
 4to, calf gilt, red edges. Avignon, Jat/ues Bramereau, 1601 
 VERY RARE. With fine contemporary portraits of Henry the Fourth and 
 Marie de Medicis, his Queen. Both have anagrams beneath them as follows: 
 
 “ Henry de Bovrbon 
 Roy ne de Bonhevr.” 
 
 “ Marie de Medicis Royne 
 le me dis ia mere d‘vn Roy.” 
 
 Preceding the last-named is the bookseller’s permission to publish, and signed 
 by Ferriol Gay, Vicar of the Inquisitor General of Avignon. 
 
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 HERALDIC WORKS OF RARITY. 
 
 'JpO 169 HERALDRY. — BLASON (Le) des Couleurs en Armes, 
 v * Livrees et Devises par Sicille Herault d’Alphonse V., 
 
 Roi d’Arragon — Publie et Annote par Hippolyte Coch- 
 eries. Small 4to, folded ready for binding and in cloth 
 cover. Paris, Auguste Aubry, i860 
 
 Unique. Limited Edition, of 350 copies of which 310 were on “papier 
 verge,” 20 on vellum paper, 9 on “ papier chamois,” 8 on China papier and 3 on 
 
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 vellum. The above is carefully ruled in red throughout and under every line, as 
 well as on the borders. Many of the margins are three and a quarter inches in 
 width to a text of two and five-eighths wide. There are fac-similes of printers’ 
 marks, head and tail pieces, and the shields descriptive of tinctures are colored 
 by hand in colors and metals. 
 
 The work was compiled between the years 1425 and 1458, and the above is 
 edited from the editions printed at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the 
 sixteenth centuries. 
 
 170 HERALDRY — GUILLIM (John, Pursuivant at-Arms). A 
 
 DISPLAY OF HERALDRY: Manifesting a more Easie 
 Access to the Knowledge thereof than hath been Hitherto 
 published by any, through the Benefit of Method; where- 
 unto is now Reduced by the Study and Industry of JOHN 
 GUILLIM, to which is added a Treatise of Honour Mil- 
 itary and Civil, according to the Laws and Customs of 
 England, collected out of the most Authentick Authors, 
 both Ancient and Modern byCAPT. JOHN LOGAN; Illus- 
 trated with a Variety of Scvlptvres suitable to the several 
 subjects; to which is added a Catalogue of the Atchieve- 
 ments of the Nobility of England, with divers of the Gen- 
 try for examples of Bearings. With 105 plates of heraldic 
 bearings , mostly 4 to the page , numerous armorial cuts in the 
 text and 16 page portraits — rubricated title {mounted). 3 vols. 
 in 1. Thick folio, sheep (a few pp. holed and torn with- 
 out interference with the text generally). London, 1677-79 
 
 Very rare. The portraits are of — King Charles the Second; King James 
 the Second, as Duke of York; George, Earl of Torrington; Anthony, Earl of 
 Shaftesbury; Ileneage, Lord Finch; Charles, Earl of Carlisle, mended; George, 
 Duke of Buckingham: Charles, Marquis of Winchester; William, Earl of Cra- 
 ven; Bertram, Earl of Ashburnham; Robert, Earl of Ailesbury; Thomas Belasyse, 
 Viscount Falconberg (Cromwell's son-in-law); Cacily. Baron Baltimoie; Henry 
 Somerset, Marquis of Worcester; Henry, Earl of Arlington, Sir William De la 
 More. 
 
 Richard Blome, the editor and publisher of the above, was — “ originally a ruler 
 of books and paper, who hath since practised, for divers years, progging tricks in 
 employing necessitous persons to write in several arts.” 
 
 171 HERALDRY.— COLLECTANEA HERALDIC*:. Small 
 
 4to, calf, gilt edges. v. p., v. d. 
 
 Very rare collection of works on heraldry, from the libraries of and with the 
 heraldic book plates of James Maidment and William Bentham. 
 
 It includes the following : — Storm (J. J.), “ Theses des Principes dv Blason, 
 ou l’Art Heraldiqve,” armorial cuts , Le Mans, 1690; Moller (D. G.), “ Pro- 
 mulsis Artis Heraldicae,” Altdorf , n. d. ; Schmerzel (M.), “ De Natvra et Indvle 
 Artis Heraldicre,” Halle , 1740; “ De Artis Ileraldica: Exercitatio II. in Alma 
 Philuraea,” Leipsic, 1689; “ De Jure Insignium,” large engraved shield , IVurtz^ 
 burg, 1723; Linchivs (I. T.), “ De Probatione per Insignia et arma Gentilitia,” 
 Altdorf, 1716; Waldshmidt (W.). “ De Milatione Insignivm et Sigillorvm,” 
 Leipsic, 1746; Fichtner(I. G.), “ De Fractione Insignivm, Altdorf, 1751. 
 
 )i 7 2 HERALDRY — ESCHAVAUNES (Jouffroy de). Ar- 
 morial Universel precede d’un Traite Complet de la 
 Science du Blason et suivi d’un Supplement. Engraved 
 
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 fronts ., heraldic wood engravings , page illustrations and 
 numerous coats-of-arms in gold and colors. 2 vols. 
 large 8vo, cloth, gilt edges (slightly foxed). 
 
 Very rare. Paris, Curmer , 1844-48 
 
 I I Sc ?73 HERALDRY. — MAGNY (Claude Drigon, Marquis de). 
 
 Nouveau Traite Historique et Archeologique de la Vraie 
 et Parfaite Science des Armoires. Over 50 plates in gold 
 and colors, containing more than a thousand illuminated 
 coats-of-arms , also vignettes and fancy initial letters. Thick 
 large 4to, half russia, uncut. Paris, 1856 
 
 Very scarce. The author of the above and other heraldic works was made 
 a Marquis by the Pope. He founded an heraldic college in Paris in 1841 and 
 did a thriving trade. After his death in 1879, his two sons continued the gene- 
 alogical business. 
 
 174 HERALDRY.— MILLEVILLE (Henri J. G. de). Ar- 
 morial Historique de la Noblesse de France. Illuminated 
 front, and numerous coats-of-arms , views of castles, etc. 
 Large 8vo, cloth, gilt edges. 
 
 Very scarce. Paris, Amyot , n. d. 
 
 Jo 1 75 Herzogthum Nassau. Numerous plates. Large 8vo, boards 
 (stained). Wiesbaden, 1846 
 
 ■ Ivf 1 ? 6 HISTOIRE des QUATRE Fils AYMON tres Nobles et 
 tres Vaillans Chevaliers, introduction et Notes par 
 CHARLES MARCILLY. Every page illustrated through- 
 out the text and over the text with designs in colors by 
 Eugene Grassf.t — “ gravure et impression par Charles 
 Gillot.” 4to, fancy cloth binding in gold and color, 
 beveled sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1883 
 Limited edition on Japan paper, of which 100 copies were printed on paper 
 from the Imperial manufactories of Japan, and 100 on “ papier de Chine. 
 
 
 UNIQUE LIFE OF GENERAL HOCHE. 
 
 77 HOCHE (Lazare, General ). SOUVENIRS et COR- 
 RESPONDENCE, par HYPPOLITE DURAND. Pro- 
 fusely extra illustrated. 8vo, fresh half crushed levant 
 morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, by Ad. Berthaud. 
 
 Paris, 1832 
 
 UNIQUE, CURIOUS and very exact life of the great French Republican 
 General Lazare Hoche. 
 
 This copy is extra-illustrated by original autograph of Hoche to military 
 document dated the Third year of the French Republic; Assignat of "cinq 
 livres”; 21 portraits and three other plates, among these are four of Hoche by 
 Pregot, Le l’achez, Lambert and Bonneville; portraits of Revellierc-I.epeaux, 
 Rembell and Paul Barras, members of the Directory, by J. IL Compagnie; por- 
 traits of Napoleon, 2 and proofs before all letters, and another by Jaubert; also 
 portraits of Houchard, Pichegru, St. Just, Montaigne, Bertrand du Guesclin, 
 William Pitt, Marquis de Bonchamp, Charette, Cadoudal, Voltaire and Chenier. 
 Likewise plates of events in Hoche's career by Duplessis-Bertaux, R. Vinheles, 
 D. Vrydag and S. Fisher. 
 
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 Oo l 7 8 HOLBEIN (Hans), par Paul Mantz. With 21 fine large 
 etchings and 50 engravings on wood. Square folio, cloth, 
 uncut. Paris, 1879 
 
 Handsomely printed on thick paper, and engraved under the direction of 
 Edouard Lievre. Some of the prints are on Holland paper and others on India. 
 The text is full of illustrations, including “ The Dance of Death.” 
 
 179 HOLLAR. — A Description of the Works of the Ingenious 
 Delineator and Engraver WENCESLAUS HOLLAR, 
 disposed into Classes of Different Sorts; with some Account 
 of His Life. 2 vignette portraits , 1 on title, and views. 4to, 
 half crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, by E. Rous- 
 
 SELLE. 
 
 London, printed for the Editor G[eorge] V[ertue J, a 
 Member of the Society of Antiquaries, 1745 
 
 Very rare. Wenceslaus Hollar was born at Prague in 1607 and died in 
 1677 — “in the deepest poverty and distress, under the most afflicting circum- 
 stances.” Spooner writes as follows of engravings by Hollar: — “There are 
 about 2,400 prints by this artist, executed with great lightness, freedom and 
 spirit, but in a firm and finished style. Some of his prints possess considerable 
 merit, and his subjects comprise portraits, landscapes, animals, insects, still 
 life, ruins, furs, shells, etc. Large prices have been obtained for a few of his 
 prints, which have become extremely rare.” 
 
 GUSTAVE DORE’S BIBLE— ELEGANTLY BOUND. 
 
 fj 180 HOLY BIBLE, containing Old and New Testaments accord- 
 ing to the Authorized Version. Profusely illustrated by 
 Gustave Dor£. 2 vols. thick large 4to, magnificently 
 bound in fresh brown morocco, raised beveled panels, 
 extra gilt and inlaid with blue morocco on backs and sides, 
 with broad inside gold borders, watered silk ends, gilt 
 edges. London, n. d. 
 
 A splendidly bound copy of the “ Holy Bible,” illustrated with the wonderful 
 and characteristic designs of the great modern master Gustave Dore. 
 
 LIMITED EDITION OF HOUSSAYE’S WORK ON MOLIERE. 
 
 181 HOUSSAYE (Arsene, ancien directeur de la Comldie Fran- 
 caise). Moliere, sa Femme et sa Fille. Magnificently 
 illustrated with full-page etchings, wood engravings, etc., vig- 
 nettes, head and tail pieces — portraits, scenes in the life of 
 Moliere, scenes in his plays — numerous rubrications through- 
 out the work, rubricated title, etc., etc., also many illustrations 
 in red. Square folio, fresh three-quarters red crushed 
 levant morocco, extra gilt, green morocco mosaic let into 
 the back, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, Dentu, 1880 
 
 No. 150 of a limited edition of 500 copies in all, of which the above is one of 
 the Holland paper copies printed by Francois Dehons, and sealed with the 
 “ cachet de Moliere” in red wax. The above copy has the parchment paper 
 covers bound in. 
 
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 'I, (jo *82 HOUSSAYE. Histoire de l’Art Fran(;ais au Dix Huitieme 
 Siecle — Couston, Bouchardon, Houdon, Pigalle, Clo- 
 dion, Rigaud, Largilliere, Watteau, Lancret, San- 
 terre, Van Loo, La Tour, Chardin, Greuze, Vernet, 
 Boucher, Fragonard, David, Prudhon, Campra, 
 Rameau, Gr£try, etc. Front, of portraits on India 
 paper. 8vo, fresh half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut. Paris, Henri Plon, i860 
 
 2 ./c>i 83 HULME (F. Edward). Suggestions in Floral Design. 52 
 • fine plates in gold and colors. Large 4to, fresh illuminated 
 
 cloth, beveled sides. London, n. d. 
 
 These Floral Designs have all been kept bold in form, simple in color, and 
 of a size that should present no difficulties in reproduction. The volume is full 
 of suggestive ornamental decoration that cannot fail to be of the greatest value 
 to both manufacturer and designer. 
 
 3 0po l8 * 
 
 ILLUSTRATION NOUVELLE par une Society 
 de Peintres-Graveurs ^ l’Eau-Forte 1868-75. 7 
 
 vols in 2. A collection of over 500 etchings by the 
 best modern French artists. Thick large folio, 
 half crushed levant morocco gilt, top edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, A Cadart, 1868-75 
 
 The earlier volumes of these charming series of etchings are very scarce in a 
 complete form, almost all the sets having been broken up and the separate 
 prints peddled out at so much a-piece. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF IRELAND’S THAMES VIEWS. 
 
 4.JV 8 s 
 
 IRELAND (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the River 
 Thames, from its Source in Gloucestershire to the Nore, 
 with Observations on Public Buildings and Other Works 
 of Art in its Vicinity. 56 fine copper-plates printed in sepia 
 and woodcuts in text. 2 vols. 4to, mottled calf gilt, yellow 
 edges (stained slightly and 1 vol. rebacked). London, 1792 
 
 LARGE PAPER, and with very fine impressions of the plates. A similar 
 copy to the above sold at the Beckford sale for ,£4 5s. 
 
 BARTOLOZZI AND OTHER ENGRAVERS’ PLATES, AFTER 
 THE OLD ITALIAN MASTERS. 
 
 (> f 186 ITALIAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN. A Series of Select 
 ' • Studies, from the Original Drawings of the most Eminent 
 
 Masters. A series of 91 beautifully executed plates, en- 
 graved by F. Bartolozzi and others. 4to, half morocco, 
 gilt edges. London, 1842 
 
 Very scarce. Includes choice examples by Guercino, Michael Angelo, 
 Domenichino. Annibale, Ludovico and Agostino Carracci, P. da Cortona, 
 Carlo Maratti, Eli«abetta Sirani, Pellegrino, Tibaldi, Franceschino, etc., etc. 
 Published atfio 10s. 
 
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 187 ITALIAN MASTERS, Drawings by, with Critical Notes 
 by J. Comyns Carr. With mounted facsimiles reproduced 
 by the autotype process from the originals in the collec- 
 tion at the British Museum. Square large folio, half 
 morocco, cloth and beveled sides. London, 1877 
 
 The masters illustrated in these beautiful reproductions are— Andrea Man- 
 tegna, Pietro Perugino, Francesco Francia, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, 
 Lorenzo di Credi, Michael Angelo Buonarotti, Titian, Paul Veronese, 
 Andrea del Sarto, Giulio Pippi, called Romano, Benvenuto Tissio da Garofalo 
 and Jacopo Liozzi. 
 
 AMESON (Anna). History of our Lord, as 
 exemplified in Works of Art with that of His 
 Types; St. John Baptist and other Persons of 
 the Old and New Testament. Continued and 
 Completed by Lady Eastlake. With 31 etch- 
 ings and 281 wood engravings from paintings, mosaics and 
 ancient ivory carvings. 2 vols. fresh tree-marbled calf gilt 
 extra, inside gold borders, edges gilt. London, 1864-72 
 
 Best edition. “One of the most eloquent of our female writers; full of 
 feeling and fancy; a true enthusiast, with a glowing soul.” — Christopher 
 North. 
 
 Eastlake, in his preface to “Kugler's Hand-book of Italian Painting,” truly 
 remarks: — “Some acquaintance with the legends and superstitions of the 
 Middle Ages is necessary to the intelligence of many of the Italian and German 
 works of art as the knowledge of heathen mythology is to explain the subjects 
 of Greek vases and marbles. By a fortunate combination of artistic talent and 
 appreciation with precision of thought, and a power of setting forth the older 
 legends in poetical language, Mrs. Jameson was singularly qualified for the task 
 she had undertaken. She at once succeeded in arousing an interest, and in sup- 
 plying information in a condensed and agreeable form.” 
 
 Mrs. Jameson’s work would deserve a high place regarded only as a book 
 of antiquarian inquiry. With admirable taste and judgment, both of pen and 
 pencil, she has opened a curious branch of learning well-nigh forgotten among 
 us— the vestiges of which, nevertheless, surround us on every side.” — 
 Edinburgh Review. 
 
 189 Janin (Jules). Voyage en Italie. With engraved title and 
 views by, or after J. D. Harding, W. R. Smith, E. 
 Challis, W. Radclyffe, J. B. Ai.len, James Redaway, 
 E. Goodhall, Samuel Prout, Charles Heath, J. T. 
 Willmore, W. Wallis, Thomas Higham, W. H. Bart- 
 lett, F. W. Topham, and fine portrait of Raffaelo 
 Sanzio, engraved by W. Holl. Large 8vo, half smooth 
 red morocco, gilt (a few pages slightly spotted and one 
 margin torn). Paris, 1839 
 
 The margins are equal to large paper. 
 
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 5° 
 
 ORIGINAL EDITION OF JARDINE’S NATURALIST’S 
 
 LIBRARY. 
 
 UShO *9° JARDINE (Sir William, Bart.). The NATURALIST’S 
 
 1 IRU ADV .... ,, . 
 
 LIBRARY. 1,200 fine plates, mostly colored by hand. 
 40 vols. uniform, fresh half green calf, gilt top, edges gilt. 
 
 Edinburgh, 1833-44 
 
 Very scarce and the original Edinburgh edition with the impressions of the 
 plates much brighter and more carefully colored by hand than in the 1844-55 
 reissue of M. G. Bohn. The volumes were published at six shillings each in 
 boards. The new and handsome binding of this copy is worth at least one 
 dollar and a quarter a volume. 
 
 In the preparation of this valuable series Sir Wm. Jardine was assisted by 
 Swainson, Waterhouse, MacGillivray, Bushman, Selby, Scomburgh, Hamilton, 
 Smith, Hamilton and James Duncan. Each volume contains a memoir of a 
 celebrated Naturalist. “ Blackwood’s Magazine ’’ styles its editor “ an excellent 
 practical observer,” and the “ 1 .ondon Athenamm ” says that — “This book is 
 perhaps the most interesting, the most beautiful and the cheapest series ever 
 offered to the public.” 
 
 It is divided into four series — “ Mammalia," “ Ornithology,” “ Entomology ” 
 and “Ichthyology.” There are 13 volumes of “Mammalia” containing an 
 introduction in one volume, and the following separate volumes — Lions and 
 Tigers; British Quadrupeds; Horses; Elephants, etc ; Marsupialia; Seals, etc.; 
 Whales, etc.; Monkeys. “Dogs” are in two volumes, as are the ruminating 
 animals — Deer, Antelopes, Goats, Sheep, Oxen, etc. The “ Entomology” isin 
 14 vols. — British Birds, 4 vols.; Sun Birds; Humming Birds, 2 vols.; Game 
 Birds; Pigeons; Parrots; Birds of Western Africa, 2 vols ; Fly Catchers; Pheas- 
 ants, Peacocks, etc. There are seven volumes of “ Entomology” — Introduction; 
 British Butterflies; British Moths, etc.; Foreign Butterflies; Foreign Moths; 
 Beetles; Bees. The “ Ichthyology” is in six volumes — Introduction and Foreign 
 F'ishes; British Fishes, 2 vols.; Perch, etc.; Fishes of Guiana, etc., 2 vols. 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF THE MASTERPIECES OF GERMAN, 
 FLEMISH AND DUTCH ART. 
 
 r-y 91 JUTSUM (Carl T.). MEISTERWERKE OF GERMAN 
 
 * A 1' Pnrt t F.nrlv flprmnn Vlpmtch nnrl T^ntrh Pnintorc 
 
 ART. Part 1, Early German, Flemish and Dutch Painters. 
 Part 2, Contemporary German Art. Illustrated with 113 
 etchings, line engravings and “ lichtdrucks," proofs before 
 letter, mostly on Japan paper, and with over 200 
 engravings on wood and [facsimiles of artists' sketches. 2 vols. 
 in 10 sections as published. Folio, contained in two satin 
 covered portfolios with ties. N. Y., 1883 
 
 Limited etition, of which this is number 314. The text throughout is beau- 
 tifully printed on fine Holland paper, and is a masterly and comprehensive 
 illustrated review of German, Flemish and Dutch art, from Albert Durer to 
 Hans Makart; including Cranach, Cornelius, Claude, Chodowicki. Cuyp, Burg- 
 mair, Breughel, Both, Berghem, Becker, Balen, Dow, Dietz, Van Eyck, Goltzius, 
 Hals. Hobbema, Holbein, Jansen, Kauffman, Kaulbach, Knaus, Lcutze, Lucas 
 Van Leyden, Matsys, Max, Metger, Mieris, Muller, Ostade, Perugino, Piloty, 
 Rembrandt, Rubens, Kuysdael, Schongauer, Steen, Steinla, Teniers, Terberg, 
 Unger, Vandyck, Wohlgemuth, Wouverman, and many others too numerous to 
 mention here. 
 
 The illustrations are worthy of the text; the etchings are all by celebrities of 
 the modem school — many being original painters’ etchings; the line engravings 
 are the most superb efforts that the masters of the burin are capable of producing 
 
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 —both etchings and engravings are proofs before letters on Japan paper. The 
 “lichtdrucks ' are beautiful fac-simile reproductions in color of chalk and water- 
 color drawings. The engravings on wood interspersed throughout the text are 
 most interesting, in many cases being fac-similes of sketches and studies by the 
 principal artists which have never before been engraved. 
 
 JALIDASA. Sakoontala, or the Lost Ring, an 
 Indian Drama, translated into English Prose and 
 Verse from the Sanskrit of Kalidasa, by Mokier 
 Williams. Beautifully illuminated borders and 
 head-pieces by Owen Jones. 4to, illuminated 
 cover, uncut. N. Y., 1885 
 
 No. 103 of Limited Large Paper edition of about 120 copies on Japan paper, 
 with head pieces and borders in color by De Vinne. 
 
 Several editions of this great Indian drama have appeared abroad, but this is, 
 we think, the first attempt to bring it to the notice of American readers- * The 
 best evidence of its appreciation by scholars is perhaps shown in Goethe's lines: 
 “ Would'st thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, 
 
 And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed? 
 
 Would'st thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? 
 
 I name thee, O Sakoontala ! and all at once is said.” 
 
 The pictorial borders to the illustrations, as well as the other illuminations, are 
 taken from MSS. in the British Museum. The Sakoontala was first made 
 known to the world, by the translation of Sir William Jones, in 1789, and until 
 this event Sanskrit dramatic literature was unknown. Of all the Indian poets 
 the most celebrated was Kalidasa, who flourished in the middle of the century 
 preceding the Christian era. The translation by Monier Williams has long been 
 a favorite with Oriental scholars. Says Humboldt: “The Poems of Kalidasa 
 contain charming descriptions of nature, and his tenderness of feeling and rich- 
 ness of creative fancy entitle him to a high place in the ranks of the Poets of 
 Nations. ” 
 
 193 KAULBACH (Wilhelm von). Kaulbach Album, text von 
 
 Dr. Julius Grosse. Illustrated with many plates of a 
 humorous character after Kaulbach, and engraved by J. G. 
 Flegel. Oblong 4to, old cloth (foxed somewhat). 
 
 Stuttgart, n. d. 
 
 Scarce and with good impressions of the plates on India paper. 
 
 KAY’S PORTRAITS— FINE COPY OF THE BEST EDITION. 
 
 194 KAY (John). A Series of Original Portraits and 
 
 Caricature Etchings, by the late John Kay, Minia- 
 ture Painter, Edinburgh ; with Biographical Sketches 
 and Illustrative Anecdotes. [Edited by H. Paton.] 357 
 portraits and etchings. 2 vols. thick 4to, half morocco. 
 
 Edinburgh, 1837-38 
 
 Very rare. An unusually fine and perfect copy of the first and best edition 
 of this rare collection. John Kay, the author of these prints, was bom in 1742, 
 near Dalkeith. Scotland, and very early gave strong proofs of natural artistic 
 ability. He was, however, when in his thirteenth year, apprenticed by his relatives 
 to a barber in Edinburgh, which “ profession ” he carried on formany years. In 
 1785, when in his forty-third year, he conceived the idea of attempting to etch on 
 copper. Some prints which he published met with such unexpected success, 
 
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 that he resolved to shave no more, and to devote himself entirely to art. He 
 started a small print shop in Parliament Square, Edinburgh, where he sold his 
 productions, and the windows of which being always filled with his most recent 
 works, used to be a great attraction to the loungers of the time; and to almost 
 the year of his death (1826) at the age of 84 he continued to delight and amuse 
 his patrons with the productions of his needle. For a period of half a century 
 few persons of any notoriety who figured in the Scottish capital escaped his 
 notice, and he occasionally indulged in caricaturing such local incidents as might 
 amuse the public. In this way he formed a collection altogether unique. Indeed, 
 Chambers in his “ Lives of Illustrious Scotchmen,” says: “ that no city in the 
 empire can boast of so curious a chronicle ” It may be added that his etchings 
 were universally admitted to possess one merit, which of itself at this day stamps 
 them as of great value, namely, that of being exact and faithful likenesses of the 
 persons intended to be represented. 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF KOEHLER'S GREAT WORK ON 
 ETCHING-WITH PROOFS ON JAPAN PAPER. 
 
 z, . 1 95 KOEHLER (S. R.). Etching, an Outline of its Technical 
 u Processes and its History, with some remarks on Collec- 
 
 tions and Collecting. The text illustrated by numerous 
 reproductio 7 is and accompanied by 30 fine plates by old and 
 modern etchers , proofs on Japan paper mounted on card- 
 board, with heavy mats, loose in portfolio. Together 2 vols. 
 Large 4to and square large folio, uniform fresh half russia 
 giit, cloth sides. N. Y., 1885 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE, limited to sixty copies, with the plates all numbered 
 and signed by the author, of which this is No. 12, and published at $100 to 
 subscribers only. 
 
 The following subjects and etchers are represented: — “ Evening,” by R. S. 
 Gifford, N. A.; “Summer,” by J. M. Gangen^igl ; “ Twilight in Arizona,” by 
 T. Moran, N. A.; “The Fisherman's Home.'' by C. A. Vanderhoof; “ Charles 
 V. and his Brother Ferdinand,” by C B. Hofer; “ The Sudarium,” after DUrer; 
 “Hunter and Dogs,” after Pieter de I .aer; “Mother with the Black Veil,” 
 after Rembrandt; “The Man Riding a Donkey,” after Nicholas Berghem 
 “ The Mountebank,” by Dietricy; “ Peasant Woman driving Pigs into a Stable.” 
 by Jacque; “ La Rue desToiles. Bourges,” after Meryon; “ Yiewin Amsterdam." 
 by I.alanne; “ Tripod.” after Gouthicre, by Jacquemart; “The Falls of Tivoli,” 
 byG. L. Brown; “Sweet is the Hour of Rest,” by Henry Farrer; “ Annes- 
 quam,” by S. Parrish; “ A Fallow Field," by J. D. Smillie, N. A.; “ Rue du 
 Mont Cenis, Montmartre.” by C. A. Platt; “ The Home of the Muskrat.” by 
 Mrs. M. N. Moran; “Church of San Miguel and Pueblo House, at Santa Fe, 
 N. M.,” by Peter Moran: “ A Street in I.ondon,” by J. M’N. Whistler; “ View 
 in Venice,” by Otto H. Bacher; “Scene in Venice,” by C. Corwin; “ Portrait 
 of a Man (l.e Doreur),” by Flameng, after Rembrandt; “ Soldier and Laughing 
 Girl,” by Jacquemart, after Van der Meer van Delft; “Hen Defending her 
 Brood,” by Unger, after Snyders; “ Landscape and Sheep,” by J. D. Smillie, 
 after Jacque; Trial plate to illustrate technical points; "Portrait of an Old 
 Lady,” by Rajon, after Rembrandt, in two states. 
 
 SPLENDID WORK ON ANCIENT HISTORIC TAPESTRIES. 
 
 196 KUELLER WAUTERS. Historic Tapestries at the 
 0 National Exposition of Belgium, 1880, with French text 
 
 by Alphonse Wauters. Illustrated with 1 25 reproductions , 
 
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 some colored in fac-simile of the most ancient tapestries 
 of Flanders , Gobelin and other sources , mostly executed after 
 the drawings of H. F. Kueller, “ Artiste Feint re,” and 
 from the originals themselves. One volume (complete and 
 in ii parts), in fresh half morocco portfolio, with cloth 
 sides, flaps and ties. Brussels, 1881-82 
 
 Limited edition. This is one of the grandest works ever published on 
 ancient European Tapestry. There is a good general index and separate indices 
 to the various parts, the examples were loaned by many of the European monarchs 
 and from the collections of the best museums, nobility, churches and other 
 sources wherever available. The subjects of the tapestries are historical, classical, 
 legendary, erotic and scriptural, many being taken from the works of the great 
 medieval masters. Such an united collection can probably never be gathered 
 together again, and the form in which it is now presented is of incalculable ser- 
 vice to painters, designers, art decorators, and all those who are now aiding the 
 nineteenth century Renaissance, whether as workers, patrons or connoisseurs. 
 
 The work is dedicated to the King of the Belgians. 
 
 ^197 KRAUS (John Ulric). HISTORISCHE BILDER BIBEL. 
 188 admirably executed plates, four to the page. Folio, old 
 half sheep. Augsburg, 1702 
 
 Very scarce. This eminent engraver, Spooner says, was — “ born at Augs- 
 burg in 1645 and died there in 1719. He imitated in engraving the manner of 
 J. Le Clerc. He also copied several of the prints of Albert Durcr and Lucas 
 Van Leyden. He engraved some landscapes and perspective views, and many 
 biblical subjects from his own designs for the booksellers.” 
 
 .,198 KRAUS. Signorum Veterum Icones. A collection of 50 
 plates of ancient statuary — mostly of nudes. Small folio, 
 cloth. Rare. Augsburg, n. d. 
 
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 i 99 ACROIX (Paul, Bibliophile facob). Louis XII. 
 
 et Anne de Bretagne. Chronique de l’Histoire 
 de France. Illustrated with 14 chromolithographs, 
 I 5 P a S e engravings and about 200 wood engravings 
 in the text after original designs of the period de- 
 scribed in the text of the volume. Thick 4to, fresh half red 
 morocco, cloth sides gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, Georges Hurtel, 1882 
 
 This splendid work was illustrated by — Lalauze, etcher; Garcia, Thiercy, 
 Piret and Tissot, aquarellists; Goutzwiller, Thadee, Garcia, Kreutzberger, 
 Hurtel, etc., designers; Nordmann. Chataignon, Danne, Levie, Garcia- Mincia, 
 Cottelot and Benard, chromolithographers; etc. 
 
 200 LACROIX. XVIIe Siecle : Lettres, Sciences et Arts— 
 France, 1590—1700. Illustrated with 17 fine colored plates 
 and 300 woodcuts. Thick large 8vo, fresh half red mo- 
 rocco gilt, edges gilt. Paris, Firmin-Didot , 1882 
 
 Beautiful and instructive, Lacroix’s books have no equal in the annals of art 
 
 and literature. 
 
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 I *2 2 oi LACROIX. XVIIIe Siecle: Institutions, Usages et Cos- 
 ^ tumes — France, 1 700-1 789. Illustrated with 2 1 fine colored 
 
 plates and 350 woodcuts. Thick large 8vo, fresh half red 
 morocco gilt, edges gilt. Paris, 1878 
 
 The illustrations are after Watteau, Vanloo, Rigaud, Boucher, Lancret, J. 
 Vernet, Chardin, Jeanrat, Bouchardon, Saint Aubin, Eisen, Gravelot, Moreau, 
 Cochin, Wille, Debucour, etc. 
 
 f 00 ! ° 2 
 
 LACROIX. Sciences et Lettres au Moyen Age et k l’epoque 
 de la Renaissance. With 13 fine colored plates executed by 
 Compere, Daumont, Prai.ou and Werner, and 400 wood- 
 cuts. Thick large 8vo, fresh half red morocco gilt, edges 
 gilt. Paris, 1877 
 
 The plates in this volume are taken from the best manuscripts, miniatures and 
 books in the principal public and private libraries of Europe; the Louvre, 
 Musee de Du Sommerard, Bibliotheque Mazarin, etc. ; from the great collections 
 of Belgium, Germany, England, Italy, etc.; the private collections of M. 
 Rothschild, the Brothers Boisseree, Due de Luynes, etc. No pains have been 
 spared to make the work an universal gallery of the Middle Ages and the Re- 
 naissance. The letter-press also is extremely valuable, as it reunites in a com- 
 pendious form the information comprised in many expensive works; and places 
 at the disposal of the ordinary reader information which hitherto has been the 
 sole property of the rich and the learned. 
 
 QU 203 LACROIX. The XVIIIth Century, its Institutions, Cus- 
 toms and Costumes — France, 1700-89. Illustrated ivith 
 21 chromolithographs and 350 wood engravings after Wat- 
 teau, Vanloo, Rigaud, Boucher, Lancret, J. Vernet, 
 Chardin, Jeanrat, Bouchardon, Saint-Aubin, Eisen, 
 Gravelot, Moreau, Cochin, Wille, Debucour, etc. 
 Thick large 8vo, half red morocco, gilt. London, n. d. 
 
 ^Jj (^ 204 [LACROIX.] Curiosites de l’Histoire des Arts par “ P. L. 
 
 Jacob, Bibliophile.’’ Small 8vo, old half morocco, top 
 edge gilt. Paris, 1858 
 
 Very scarce. Containing articles on parchment and paper, playing cards, 
 origin of printing, book-binding, jewelry and medieval music. 
 
 Ilj \ 205 LALANNE. — Chez Victor Hugo par “Un Passant.” Illus- 
 • trated with 12 etchings by Maxime Lalanne. Large 8vo, 
 
 half morocco, totally uncut. Paris, 1864 
 
 An interesting volume on Victor Hugo, illustrated with etchings by Lalanne. 
 
 IfeT 6 
 
 LAN DON (C. P.). Annales du Musee et de l'Ecole Mod- 
 erne des Beaux-Arts. Numerous plates and portraits. 
 Vols. 1 and 2. Small 8vo, half roan (not uniform). 
 
 Paris, 1805 
 
 207 LANDON. Annales du Musde — Salon de 1817. Outline 
 plates , some folded and of nudes. Small 8vo, half roan. 
 
 Paris, 1817 
 
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 I So 2 °8 Landscape Francais (Le) — France. Engraved title and 
 charming steel plates of views. Small 8vo, calf gilt, inside 
 gold border, edges gilt. Paris, 1834 
 
 With broad margins equal to large paper and beautifully illustrated. The 
 text is by Hugo, Nodier, Lamartine, Saint-Beuve and others. 
 
 I Cv 2 °9 
 
 Hfo 21 ° 
 
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 LANGENDYK (P.). De Graaven van Holland in Jaar- 
 dichten. Illustrated with vignette titles , engraved false title 
 and 32 portraits of the rulers of Holland from the earliest 
 times. 2 vols. small 4to, vellum. 
 
 Very scarce. Haarlem, /. Bosch, 1745 
 
 LA TROBE (J. A.). Scripture Illustrations, Geography 
 and Topography of the Bible. N inner ous engravings on 
 steel and wood — also maps. Large 4to, half morocco, top 
 edge gilt. London, 1838 
 
 LAURENT-RICHARD Collection. Catalogue de Tab- 
 leaux Modernes et de Tableaux Anciens [with preface by 
 Emile Bf.rgerat]. Numerous charming etchings after or 
 by Gaujean, Courbet, Couture, Lefort, Massard, 
 Dei acroix, Hedouin, etc. Large 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1878 
 
 FINE UNCUT COPY OF THE LEBRUN GALLERY. 
 
 ao. 
 
 DC 
 
 2 I 2 
 
 LEBRUN (T. P. P.) Galerie des Peintres Flamands, 
 Hollandais et Allemands. Ouvrage e uric hi de Deux 
 Cent une Planches gravees d'apres les meilleurs Tableaux de 
 ces Maitrcs , par les plus habile s A rtistes de France , de Hol- 
 lande et d' Allemagne. 3 vols. folio, boards, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1792-96 
 
 An unusually fine and perfect copy of this rare Gallery, which contains 201 
 fine copper-plates after the Old Masters of the Flemish, Dutch and German 
 Schools, including examples of Rembrandt, Durer, Holbein, Rubens, Vandyck. 
 Potter, Teniers, Ostade, Hals, Dow, Bol, Mieris, Terburg, Metzu, Waterloo, 
 Netscher, Bergen, etc., etc., engraved by Iloubraken, Deguevanviller, Vinkles, 
 Zancher, Le Bas, Guttenberg and others of the best engravers of the period. 
 
 This fine work, which was twenty years in publishing, is one of the most 
 interesting of its class, and exhibits nearly all the best pictures of the Flemish 
 School, with the history, description and mercantile value of each, written by a 
 painter whose whole life was devoted to this particular department. 
 
 The picture dealers in all countries refer to the opinion of Lebrun as of the 
 first authority. 
 
 212* LENCKER (John). Perspectiva in welcher ein seichter 
 Weg allerley ding es Seyen Corpora Gebew vnd was muglich 
 in Grund Zulegen ist versuckt oder vnversuckt dauch gar 
 geringe Instrument in die Perspective, etc., etc. Engraved 
 title, portrait by Lucas Killian, diagrams, etc. {title mended). 
 Small folio, old boards. Nuremberg, [1616] 
 
 VERY RARE and early work on perspective. The dedication is dated 
 “Nurnberg den 14 Novembris Anno 1571.” Hans Lencker was a famous 
 engraver on precious metals, as well as on copper, some engravings from the 
 last named, and dated 1573, bear his mark. 
 
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 fy 2l 3 LEROY (Louis). Les Pensionnaires du Louvre. Numer- 
 ous illustrations by Paul Renouard. Large 4to, fresh 
 cloth gilt, beveled sides, edges gilt. Paris, 1880 
 
 UNIQUE WORK ON THE MARSEILLAISE HYMN. 
 
 214 LE ROY DE SAINT CROIX. Le Chant de Guerre pour 
 l’Armee du Rhin, ou la Marseillaise — Paroles et Musique 
 de la Marseillaise, Son Histoire, contestations & propos de 
 son Auteur, Imitations et Parodies de ce Chant National 
 Fran9ais. Extra illustrated with nearly 40 plates , some of 
 which are inlaid, or are proofs , or on Japan on India pa- 
 per, etc. Large 8vo, bound by “ Trigullier sr. de 
 Petit-Simier” in fresh half crushed red levant morocco, 
 extra gilt back, top edge gilt, others uncut, with the covers 
 bound in. Strasbourg, 1880 
 
 UNIQUE and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. Bound up with the above 
 are — *' Encore la Marseillaise et Rouget de Lisle par Le Roy de Sainte Croix.” 
 Strasburg , 1880, and “ La Marseillaise and Rouget de Lisle par Le Roy de 
 Sainte Croix,” Strasburg, 1880. 
 
 Among the plates in the above are — “ The Siege of the Bastille,” “ Rouget 
 de Lisle Singing the Marseillaise,” views of Strasburg and the Champ de Mars, 
 also portraits of Michael Angelo, Victor Hugo, Beranger, De Musset, Rachel, 
 Vernct.Pichegru, Rouget de Lisle, Madame Roland, Byron, Kleber, Henry IV., 
 Kotzebue, Napoleon I., St. Cyr, etc., etc. 
 
 JJ^IS Leroy (Charles). Ramollot au Salon. With etched front. 
 
 by Felix R£gamey. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1883 
 
 • 00 216 LETTRES (Les) et les ARTS— REVUE ILLUSTREE. 
 
 With numerous etchings, engravings, facsimiles and other 
 illustrations, mostly full page and many in the text. V ols. 1 
 to 4 inclusive (complete, and in 12 parts), sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Boussod Valadon et Cie, 1 886 
 
 Included with the above lot is a morocco extra gilt reading portfolio for the 
 same. 
 
 Among the contributors to these volumes were — MM. E. Caro, F. Coppee, 
 Maxime du Camp, Alexander Dumas, Ludovic Halevy, Leconte de Lisle, 
 Desire Nisard, Ldouard Pailleron, and Jules Simon of the “ Academic Fran- 
 (,’aise”: and MM. Jules Zeller, Jules Breton, I.eo Delibes, Charles Gounod and 
 Ernest Reyer of the “ Institut”; also MM. Aderer, Marcel Ballot, Camille 
 Benoit, liarbev d'Aurevilly, Th. Bentzon, Rene de Boisdeffre, Paul Bourget, 
 Maurice Bouchor, Henri Bouchot, Anton. Briickner, Ignaz Brilll, Fernand 
 Calmettes, F. de Carpegna, Henri Cazalis. Chabouillet, Henri Cochin, James 
 Darmesteter, Auguste Dorchain, Dr. 1 tujardin-Beaumetz, Anatole France, Louis 
 Gandcrax. Thcophile Gautier fils, Mme. Judith Gautier, MM. Gerspach, 
 Edouard Grenier, Maurice Hamel, Jose Maria de Heredia, Paul Hervieu, 
 Henry Houssaye, Paria Korigan, Capitainc Kudelka, Leopold Lacour, Octave 
 Lacroix, Henri Laujol, Jules I.emaitre, Andre Lemoyne, Achille I.uchaire, 
 Frederic Masson, Guy de Maupassant, F. de Mely, Eugene Mttntz, Pierre de 
 Nolhac, Jacques Normand, Georges Ohnct, E. Paladilhe, Armand de l’ont- 
 martin, Claudius Poppelin, Emile Pouvillon, Adolphe Racot, Dr. Rcnaut, Victor 
 Roger, Charles Salomon, Francisque Sarcey, Jacques Sauge, A. de Saint-Albin, 
 Armand Silvestre, Andre Thcuriet, Maurice Toumeux, Antony Valabrcgue, 
 Vicomte E.-M. de Vogile, Ch.-M. Widor, Charles Yriarte, Mile. Helen Zim- 
 mem, etc., etc. 
 
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 THOMAS DE LEU— VERY RARE AND CURIOUS COLLEC- 
 TION OF EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGRAV- 
 INGS. 
 
 216* LEU (Thomas de). Beats; semperqz Virgini. Marie, 61 
 plates ; Quindecim Misteria Rosarii B. Marine Virginis, 
 Paris , chez Pierre Firens, 1616, 3 plates ; Les Sainctes 
 Images de Diev le P£re et Diev le Fils, Auecques les 
 representations des Neuf Anges, etc., Paris , chez Nicolas 
 de Mathoniere , 1608, 12 plates , Le Christ et les 12 
 Apotres, 14 plates , Septem Vrbis Ecclesias primariae Indvl- 
 gentiarvm, I.: le Clerc excud., 7 plates ; S. Vvo, S. Leo- 
 nardvs, S. Franciscvs de Pavla, SS. Ignatii Loyola 
 et Fr. Xaverii. Together 101 very rare and beautiful 
 plates. 4to, maroon colored morocco extra, gilt back, 
 sides and edges, by De VVatines. Paris. 1608, etc. 
 
 Very rare. Priced $75; see inserted catalogue cutting. 
 
 217 LIEVRE (Edouard). Works of Art in the Collections of 
 England, with Descriptions. 50 plates , drawn by Lievre, 
 and etched by Bracquemond, Courtry, Flameng, Greux, 
 Le Rat, Lhermitte, T. Lievre, Muzelle, Rajon, 
 Randell and Valentin. Square large folio, loose in 
 cover. London, n. d. 
 
 Limited edition of 500 copies only printed on Holland rarer by J. Claye, 
 of Paris. 
 
 This beautiful work contains fifty admirably executed etchings of some of the 
 most chaste objects of art selected from the best English collections — carvings, 
 ceramics, bronzes, armor, jewels, plate, etc., etc. 
 
 -218 LINTON (W. J.). The History of WOOD ENGRAV- 
 ING in AMERICA. With numerous illustrations , some 
 full-page , after or by Anderson, Adams, Jonnard, Linton, 
 Closson, etc. Large 4to, half cloth, veneer sides, edges 
 uncut. London, 1882 
 
 Limited edition, and each signed with the original autograph of the author.' 
 
 AN ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER’S COPY OF LODGE’S POR- 
 TRAITS. 
 
 219 LODGE (Edmund). Portraits of Illustrious Person- 
 ages of Great Britain, with Biographical and Historical 
 Memoirs. Third edition. With an entirely new set of 
 plates and 60 additional subjects , in all 240 fine portraits. 
 12 vols. [complete in 80 parts, as published] large 8vo, 
 paper. London, 1829-35 
 
 An original Subscriber’s copy, and cost L30 unbound, i.e., $150. 
 
 “ It is impossible to conceive a work which ought to be more interesting to 
 the present age than that which exhibits before our eyes our ' fathers as they 
 lived,’ accompanied with such memorials of their lives and characters as enable 
 us to compare their persons and countenances with their sentiments and 
 actions.”— Sir Walter Scott. 
 
 “ These volumes contain not fewer than 240 portraits by the most celebrated 
 artists, from original paintings in the possession of the nobility and gentry of 
 
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 this country. The plan was admirable, and the execution of it throughout is 
 
 entitled to equal praise Such a union of various talents, such a gallery 
 
 of illustrious dead, was scarcely ever before presented to the public, its colors 
 almost as vivid and sparkling as if the originals occupied the canvas whence 
 their copies were taken.” — Dibdin. 
 
 PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER OF MANY 
 OF THE BEST “ART JOURNAL” PLATES. 
 
 220 LONDON ART JOURNAL. 37 plates , proofs before 
 letters on India paper, mounted on thin card, with extra 
 wide margins. Square large folio, half morocco, beveled 
 cloth sides, gilt edges (rubbed). London, n. d. 
 
 This magnificent volume contains fine impressions of many of the prin- 
 cipal plates issued in the “ London Art Journal.” 
 
 The subjects, painters, sculptors and engravers represented are: — “ The Case- 
 ment,” by J. Stephenson, after G. Newton, R. A.; “ Landing of the Prince of 
 Orange,” by W. Miller, after J. M. W. Turner, R. A.; “The Newspaper,” 
 by C. W. Sharpe, after T. S. Good; “The Dangerous Playmate,” by E. J. 
 Portbury, after W. Etty, R. A.; “Cavalier's Pets,” by J. Outrim, after Sir E. 
 Landseer, R. A.; “The Fisherman's House,” by A. Willimore, after F. 
 Danby, A. R. A.; “ Yorick and the Grisette,” by II. Bourne, after G. S. New- 
 ton, R. A.; “Ruins in Italy,” by T. A. Prior, after R. Wilson, R. A.; 
 “ Florimel and the Witch,” by G. A. Periam, after F. R. I’ickersgill, A. R. A.; 
 “ The Installation,” by W. Taylor, after B. West, P. R. A.; “ Hebe,” by W. 
 II. Mote, from the Statue by Canova; “The Tambourine,” by C. Rolls, after 
 P. Williams; “The Filatrice,” engraved by E. Roffe, from the Statue in pos- 
 session of the Duke of Devonshire; “ The Stolen Bow,” by P. Lightfoot, after 
 W. Hilton, R. A.; “Protecting Angels,” by E. Rofle. from the Bas-Relief by 
 Ernest Rietschel; “Morning” and “Night,” by Roose, from Bas-Reliefs by 
 Thorwaldsen; “ Rest in the Desert,” by J. Cousen, after W. Miller; “Musi- 
 dora," by J. II. Baker, from Statue by R. J. Wyatt; “Crossing the Ford,” by 
 L. Stocks, after W. Mulready, R. A.; “Juliet and the Nurse,” by S. Sangster, 
 after H. Briggs, R. A.; “ Sea-Shore in Holland,” by J. C. Bentley, after Sir 
 A. W. Callcott, R. A.; “The Mother,” from the Group by J. H. Foley, 
 A.R.A.; “ The Bagpiper,” by R. C. Bell, after Sir David Wilkie, R. A.; 
 “ The Son of Niobe,” by J. H. Baker, after J. Leeb; “The Raflle for the 
 Watch,” by G. Greatbach, after W. Bird, R. A.; “The Infant Bacchus,” by 
 T. Vernon, after Sir M. A. Shee, P. R. A.; “Napoleonis Mater,” by W. H. 
 Mote, from the Statue by Canova; “ Highland Mary," by Edwin Roffe, from 
 the Statue by B. E. Spence; “ Persian Warrior,” by C. Couseji, after W. Etty, 
 R. A.; “Lady Godiva,” by J. B. Allen, after G. Jones, R. A.; “The F^rm 
 Yard,” by J. Godfrey, after T. S. Cooper, A. R. A.; “The Bashful Beggar,” 
 by W. II. Mote, from Group by M. Gandolphi, of Milan; “ Council of Horses,” 
 by T. A. Prior, after J. Ward, R. A.; “The Faithful Messenger,” by E. 
 Roffe, from Statue by J. Geefs, of Antwerp; “Cupid Bound,” by E. R. Whit- 
 field, after T. Stothard, R. A.; “The Tired Soldier,” by F. Croll, after F. 
 Goodall. 
 
 ,,22i LUBKE (Wilhelm). Ecclesiastical Art in Germany 
 ^ during the Middle Ages, translated with Appendix by L. 
 
 A. Wheatley. Illustrated with 184 engravings. Large 
 8vo, cloth. Edinburgh, 1877 
 
 “ To all interested in the study of ecclesiastical art, the appearance of this 
 volume will be welcome, both on account of the vast research which it exhibits, 
 and the number and evident utility of the illustrations.” 
 
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 ABERLY (J.). The Print Collector. An Intro- 
 duction to the Knowledge of Ancient Prints, 
 with Suggestions as to the Mode of Collecting. 
 Edited with an Introduction and Notes by 
 Robert Hoe, Jr. With illustrations. Thick 
 large 8vo, fresh half crushed levant morocco, top edges 
 gilt. N. Y., 1880 
 
 “ The book commends itself alone without comment to all collectors and 
 lovers of prints, and it is so wholly without rivals in its comprehensiveness and 
 accuracy that its publication makes it at once a necessary part of every collector’s 
 library, while as a history of engraving and kindred arts it is invaluable to all 
 classes of intelligent readers.” — N. Y. Evening Post. 
 
 EXTRA ILLUSTRATED AND LARGE PAPER COPY OF 
 ROBERT HOE’S EDITION OF MABERLY’S PRINT COL- 
 LECTOR. 
 
 no 0 223 
 
 MABERLY. The PRINT COLLECTOR— An Introduc- 
 tion to the Knowledge necessary for forming a Collection 
 of Ancient Prints, with an Appendix containing Field- 
 ing’s Treatise on the Practice of Engraving. Edited with 
 Notes, an Account of Contemporary Etching and Etchers, 
 and a Bibliography of Engraving by ROBER T HOE, Jr. 
 Thick 4to. Elegantly bound by R. W. Smith in full green 
 crushed levant morocco, extra tooled, gilt back, paneled 
 sides in gilt, double with red crushed levant morocco, 
 lace-work pointille and dentelle tooled gilt borders, leather 
 joints, top edge gilt, others uncut, and in drop cloth case. 
 
 N. Y., 1880 
 
 UNIQUE AND LARGE PAPER, limited to 50 copies, printed on What- 
 man's hand-made paper and one copy printed on vellum, of which this is No. 45. 
 
 This copy has been enriched by the insertion of upwards of 80 extra illustra- 
 tions, including fine specimens of almost every style of engraving described in 
 the volume, with some portraits and examples of the work of most of the famous 
 engravers and etchers mentioned. 
 
 Among the rare originals will be found the famous “ Great Horse of Albert 
 Durer; “St. Bartholomew,” “St. Thomas,” “St. Matthew and “ St. Philip, 
 all engraved by Hans Sebald Beham; Allegorical Subject, by Henry Aldegrever; 
 “St. Peter,” by Henry Goltzius; “Jesus and the Samaritan Woman.” by Rem- 
 brandt; Landscape, by John Both; “ Dogs, ’ by W. Hollar; “ Lady Boyd, by J. 
 McArdell; “Portrait of Raphael Morghen, engraved by himself; “Female 
 Head,” etched by Bartolozzi; “The Laughing Audience,’ by W. Hogarth; 
 also original etchings by Seymour Haden, J. A. M. Whistler, C. Meryon, L. 
 Flameng, C. Jacque, J. Jacquemart, A. Appian, Henry !■ arrer and a complete 
 proof set of Daubigny’s “Voyage de Bateaux.” 
 
 Where it has been difficult to obtain fine, original impressions of the early 
 Masters, such as Martin Schoen, Albert Durer, Marc Antonio, Lucas \ an 
 Leyden, Paul Potter, Claude, Rembrandt, Berghem, Callot, etc., the want has 
 been supplied by the famous reproductions of Armand Durand. 1 hese prints, 
 copied from the finest impressions in existence, are of such wonderful fidelity 
 that it is sometimes difficult for even experts to detect a difference between the 
 copy and the original. Among them will be found the world-famed Knight 
 and Death,” “St. George,” and “ Crest with a Skull,” of Albert Durer; “Adam 
 and Eve,” “Venus”and “ Poetry’, ” of Marc Antonio; “St. Veronicas Veil 
 
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 and the “ Nativity,” of Martin Schoen; “ Christ and Mary Magdalen,” of Lucas 
 Van Leyden; “ Burgomaster Six,” “Jewish Bride,” “The Mill ” and the “ Beg- 
 gars,” of Rembrandt, etc., etc. The whole forms a valuable, curious and 
 instructive collection which commends itself to all those interested in the beau- 
 tiful art of engraving. 
 
 I 224 MAQUET (Auguste). Paris sous Louis XIV. — Monuments 
 '* et Vues. Numerous illustrations , portraits , vinos , etc. 
 
 Large 4to, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Laplace Sanchez et Cie, 18S3 
 
 A grand work printed in large type on thick paper. 
 
 25 MARIE (Adrien). Une Journee d’Enfant Compositions 
 Inedites par Adrien Marie [with English Text]. 20 
 plates in colored heliogravure of Dujardin. Large 4to. 
 Illuminated cloth. N. Y., 1884 
 
 Adrien Marie is one of those inordinately successful illustrators whom pub- 
 lishers try to keep at the work of book decoration, but who are pushed by an 
 invincible impulse towards oil-painting and canvas. The above consists of 
 numerous charming drawings printed in various shades of ink. It has been pro- 
 nounced by all the press as one of the most delightful records of child-life ever 
 published. 
 
 “ ' Une Journee d'Enfant ’ here you see, 
 
 In twenty drawings by Marie — 
 
 Supremely Skilful. 
 
 The clever Artist here unfurls, 
 
 The hopes and fears of little girls 
 
 Short-frocked and Frillful ! 
 
 In bed, in bath, at dinner, tea. 
 
 At lessons, music, romping, We, 
 
 A Baby Beauty clearly see. 
 
 Divinely Wilful !” 
 
 — London Punch. 
 
 Marlborough (Duke of). Catalogue of Collection of Pic- 
 tures of, from Blenheim Palace — First Portion. Large 
 8vo, sewed. London, 1886 
 
 MARTIAL ACHIEVEMENTS of Great Britain and her 
 Allies from 1799 to 1815. Vignette titles and 52 fine plates 
 engraved in aquatint by Sutherland, Clark, Du- 
 bourg and others from designs by VV. Heath. Large 4to, 
 old half morocco, totally uncut. • 
 
 London, J. fenkins, 1814 
 
 MARTIN (John). Illustrations of the Bible. 20 fine plates 
 engraved in mezzotinto. Folio, old cloth, uncut. 
 
 London, Charles Tilt , 1838 
 
 Rare. By the famous illustrator of Milton, who not only made these grand 
 designs, but engraved them with his own hand. 
 
 j 00 226 
 Lllf 22 ? 
 
 )/o 228 
 
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 MASTERPIECES OF FRENCH ART— THE SPLENDID IM- 
 PERIAL EDITION. 
 
 229 MASTERPIECES of FRENCH ART ILLUSTRATED: 
 “ ^ being a Biographical History of Art in France from the 
 
 Earliest Period to and Including the Salon of 1882. By 
 Louis Viardot and other Writers, edited by Wm. A. 
 Armstrong. Illustrated with the choicest works of the best 
 French Artists, Ancient and Modern, and consisting of 100 
 photogravure plates , India paper proofs before letters, 
 and over 100 wood engravings by French Artists. 2 vols. 
 folio, and done up in ten sections (or parts), each in a 
 loose fresh cloth portfolio. Phila., Gcbbie er Co., 1882 
 Imperial Edition, and issued in ten sections, at .$12.50 each, to subscribers 
 only. Each section contains 10 photogravure plates, India proofs before let- 
 ters with about forty pages of text, India proofs, and wood engravings, anct en- 
 closed in a cloth portfolio. 
 
 The Imperial Edition was limited to one thousand copies, and no more will 
 be printed. The above is No. 96. 
 
 MAYER’S ORIENTAL VIEWS-COLORE D PLATES. 
 .^230 MAYER (Luigi). ORIENTAL VIEWS, i. e.:— 
 
 I. Views in Egypt from Original Drawings in the Posses- 
 sion of Sir Robert Ainslie, taken During His Embassy 
 to Constantinople. With Historical Observations on the 
 Manners and Customs of the Natives. 49 finely colored 
 plates engraved by and under the direction of Thomas 
 Milton. 
 
 II. Views in the Ottoman Dominions in Europe and 
 Some of the Mediterranean Islands from the Original 
 Drawings taken for Sir Robert Ainslie. With Histori- 
 cal and Descriptive Text in French and English. 35 
 finely colored plates. 
 
 III. Views in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Caramania, 
 a Part of Asia Minor Hitherto Unexplored with Some 
 Curious Selections from the Islands of Rhodes and Cyprus 
 and the Celebrated Cities of Corinth, Carthage and Tripoli. 
 With Historical and Descriptive Text in French and Eng- 
 lish. 24 finely colored plates . 
 
 Together 3 vols. Folio, fine old russia, extra gilt (re- 
 backed and a few pages foxed). 
 
 London, printed by T. Benslcy, 1801- 10 
 A very fine collection of Oriental views, and which are colored equal to water- 
 color drawings. 
 
 nrpsi MAYNARD (L’Abb6 U.). La Sainte Vierge. With 14 
 beautiful plates in colors and metals, 3 photogravures and 
 200 woodcuts by Huyot. Thick large 8vo, fresh half red 
 morocco gilt, edges gilt. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1877 
 
 In this superb volume are reproduced many of the grandest works of Durer, 
 Holbein, Raffaelo, Cranach, Correggio, Van Eyck, Michael Angelo, Rubens, 
 Titian, Paul Veronese, etc. 
 
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 ^S 0 2 $ 2 M&NARD (Rene). 1 ,’Art en Alsace-Lorraine. Illustrated 
 with numerous fine etchings on Holland paper , woodcuts and 
 facsimiles. Thick large 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1876 
 The hundreds of illustrations in this handsomely printed and superb work 
 were executed under the direction of Leon Gaucherel. 
 
 I ~fS ~ 2 33 MERIAN (Matthew). Florilegivm Renovatvm et Avctvm 
 Variorvm Maximeqve Rariorvm Germinvm, Florvm ac 
 Plantarvm. Engraved front., vignette title and nearly 180 
 botanical and horticultural plates — with MS. index at the 
 end. Small folio, boards, uncut. 
 
 Frankfort, apud Matthaeum Merianum, 1641 
 Rare. There were two Matthew Merians, one, the eminent Swiss designer 
 and engraver, married the daughter of Theodore I)e Bry, and was the instructor 
 of the celebrated Hollar. He died at Frankfort in 1651. Matthew Merian, 
 the younger, is said to have studied painting successively under Sandrart, Rubens 
 and Van Dyck. He was famous for his equestrian portraits and etched a few 
 plates. 
 
 I ~Tj"234 MERIMEE (Prosper) — ses Portraits, ses Dessins, sa Biblio- 
 * / theque. Etude par Maurice Tourneux. Portraits on 
 
 India paper, cuts and vignettes. Small 4to, fresh half 
 crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, and 
 with the covers bound in by Bradstreets. 
 
 Paris, Charavay freres, 1879 
 
 Limited edition, printed on heavy laid paper. 
 
 MEYE (Heinrich). The Stone Sculptures of Copan and 
 Quirigua. With Historical and Descriptive Text by Dr. 
 Julius Schmidt. Translated from the German by A. D. 
 Savage, late of the New York Metropolitan Museum. 
 With 20 plates drawn by Meye. ' Square large folio, fresh 
 half morocco, cloth sides, top edge gilt. N. Y., 1883 
 
 Published at twenty dollars. The sculptured monoliths of Copin and Quiri- 
 gua, reproduced in the plates, rank indisputably with the most interesting and 
 noteworthy monuments of tropical America. They clearly betray the end for 
 which they were produced — to display, embodied in stone, to the population 
 settled in these regions, and to hand down to after-generations, the religious 
 ideas and traditions which reigned in the spiritual life of these people. The 
 number of places in Central America which at the present day attract attention 
 by the presence of these monolith statues is by no means large — that is, if we 
 look for an assemblage of many such statues on one spot. In most of the better- 
 known collections of ruins, the statues occur singly, or else, as in the case of 
 Santa I.ucia Cosumalhualpa, the sculptured figures are represented exclusively 
 by reliefs. 
 
 lOO 2 3 ^ MEYER (Julius). Geschichte der Modemen Franzosichen 
 * Melerei seit, 1789. Profusely illustrated with page wood- 
 
 engravings. 2 vols. large 8vo, paper, uncut 
 
 Leipzig, 1866-67 
 
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 SPLENDID COPY OF MICHAUD'S CRUSADES AND ILLUS- 
 TRATED BY DORE. 
 
 ^loo 237 MICHAUD (Joseph). HISTOIRE des CROISADES par 
 MICHAUD, de l’Academie Fran<;ai.se. Illustrated with 
 1 00 grand plates , after the magnificent and characteristic 
 original designs of Gustave Dork, and engraved by Bel- 
 LENGER, DoMS, GUSMAN, JOUNARD, PaNNEMAKER, 
 Pisan and Quesnel — also vignette portraits on titles of 
 Dor£ and Michaud. 2 vols. square folio, splendidly 
 bound by Dupr£ in crimson crushed levant morocco, 
 elegantly tooled on the backs and sides, rounded corners, 
 also broad inside gilt dentelle borders, edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, Eurne Jouvet et Cie., 1877 
 
 A splendid edition of Michaud’s grand “ History of the Crusades,” splendidly 
 printed by Corbeil, splendidly illustrated by Dore, and splendidly bound by 
 
 Dupre. 
 
 
 MIELOT (Jean). Vie de Sainte Catherine d’Alexan- 
 drie, Texte Revu et Rapproch^ du Franyais Moderne, 
 par Marius Sepet de la Bibliotheque Nationale. Numer- 
 ous exquisite chromolithographs by Urrabif.ta, Daumont 
 and Leveil, wood engravings and initial letters , photogra- 
 vures , etc., and every page surrounded with charming tinted 
 borders. Thick large 8vo, half red morocco, extra gilt, 
 cloth sides, gilt edges. Paris, Georges Hurtrel, 1881 
 
 Jean Mielot, the author of this work, was one of the secretaries of Philip the 
 Good, Duke of Burgundy. 
 
 THE LIFE AND ART WORK OF THE FRENCH PAINTER, 
 
 MILLET. 
 
 39 MILLET (J. F.). La Vie et l’CEuvre de, par Alfred Sen- 
 sier — Manuscrit publie par Paul Mantz, avec de Nom- 
 breuses Illustrations. Profusely illustrated with portraits of 
 Millet, heliogravures and other page illustrations after his 
 works, and numerous others in the text. Large 4to, fresh 
 half crushed red levant morocco, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut. Paris, Quant in, 1881 
 
 This is a complete biography and thorough account of the art work of the 
 great French painter, Jean Francois Millet. It is admirably illustrated. 
 
 “ The late M. Millet, besides being a landscape-painter, was a great figure- 
 painter. In the opinion of many, and those not the admirers of the newest 
 phase of French art, the Courbet- Manet-Corot school, he was the first french 
 painter of his time. Certainly, the French school has never produced an artist 
 with such thorough devotion to nature, or who has so truthfully rendered scenes 
 and emotions of natural life, his works having nothing theatrical or cynical 
 about them.” — Theophile Gautier. 
 
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 LARGE PAPER COPY OF MARTIN’S MILTON. 
 
 I U vfb 2 4 ° MILTON. PARADISE LOST. Splendid Edition. 
 
 Handsomely printed in large type and illustrated with the 
 celebrated series of engravings by John Martin. 2 vols. 
 4to, half morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (foxed 
 slightly). London, Septimus P rowel t, 1827 
 
 Large paper copy, original edition and brilliant impressions of the plates. The 
 finest edition both in illustration and typography of Paradise Lost. 
 
 “ It may be doubted whether the Creator ever created one altogether so great 
 as Milton, taking into one view at once his manly virtues, his superhuman 
 genius, his zeal for truth, for true piety, for freedom, his eloquence in display- 
 ing it, his contempt of personal power, his glory and exultation in his country.” 
 — W. S. Landor. 
 
 241 MITCHELL (L. M.) A History of Ancient Sculpture. 
 
 » Numerous fine woodcuts and six plates in phototype. Thick 
 
 large 8vo, fresh cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 N. Y., 1883 
 
 | j MONTROSIER (Eugene). Les Artistes Modernes — Qua- 
 
 trieme Partie — Peintres Divers. With 40 biographies illus- 
 trated with designs and sketches , ornamental letters, and head- 
 pieces by G. Fraipont — also 40 photogravures on India 
 paper, and the whole of the text tinted and with borders. 
 Large 8vo, cloth, top edge gilt. Paris, 1884 
 
 | J"^243 MOREAU le Jeune. 18 plates , engraved title and por- 
 trait engraved by Dubouchet, after the engravings designed 
 by Moreau le Jeune in 1776-83, and to serve as a history of 
 eighteenth century manners and costume. Large 4to, loose 
 in cloth gilt portfolio, with cloth flaps. Paris, 1881 
 
 Limited edition of 490 impressions only of these plates were issued. 
 
 . Iq 244 Moritz (K. P.) Gotterlehre Oder Mythologische Dichtun- 
 gen der Alten. Numerous outline mythological plates , 
 i2mo, half sheep. Berlin, n. d-. 
 
 1 I 245 MUSSET (Alfred de). Etchings to illustrate the works of 
 s'* Alfred de Musset — Four Series. 42 etchings designed by 
 
 Henry Pill£, and engraved by Louis Monzies. 4 port- 
 folios. Small 4to, boards. Paris, 1878 
 
 | ^ f"~246 MVSAEVM HISTORICVM et Physicvm Ioannis Imperi- 
 ' ^ ai.is Phil, et Med. Vicentini, etc. Engraved title and nu- 
 
 merous copper-plate portraits. 4to, marbled boards. 
 
 Venice, apud Juntas , 1640 
 
 Rare and a good example from the celebrated press of the great Florentine 
 printers — the Giunti or Juntae. On the last page is the Giunta printer’s mark 
 “ a fleur de-lys and Cupids.” Among the more important portraits in the above 
 volume are those of Arnold of Villanova, Alciatus, Cardinal Haronius. lieinsius, 
 Guiccardini, Strada, Davila, Grotius, Scaliger, Porta, Paulus Manutius, Ray- 
 mond L.ulli, Cardinal Pole, liellarmine, Tasso, etc. 
 
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 THE MUSEE NAPOLEON— WITH GOOD IMPRESSIONS OF 
 THE PLATES. 
 
 \T 0 b 2 47 MUSEE NAPOLEON. Les Monumens Antiques du Mus6e 
 ’ Napoleon, avec explications par J. G. Schweighaeuser et 
 
 Louis Petit Radel. With numerous plates designed and 
 engraved by Thomas Pikoei and published by F. and P. 
 Piranesi. 4 vols. 4to, old Spanish calf gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, Panckoucke, 1804-6 
 
 With excellent impressions of the plates of the sculpture of ancient Greece 
 and Rome. 
 
 APOLEON en EGYPTE, Waterloo et le Fils de 
 P Homme par Barthelemy et Mery, precedes 
 d’une Notice Litteraire par M. Tissot, de l’Acad- 
 6mie Frangaise. With numerous illustrations by 
 Horace Vernet and Hte. Bellange, those 
 which are full page being on India-paper and slightly foxed. 
 Large 8vo, half morocco, gilt (rubbed). Paris, n. d. 
 
 Very scarce and India-paper proofs. 
 
 THE NATIONAL GALLERY— FIRST EDITION. 
 
 UOO 2 49 NATIONAL GALLERY of Pictures by the Great Masters. 
 
 Presented by Individuals or Purchased by Grant of Parlia- 
 ment. 1 14 fine engravings on steel , with descriptions. 2 
 vols. 4to, roan, gilt edges. 
 
 London, Jones’s Temple of the Muses, n. d. 
 First and best edition. This collection contains engravings on steel in 
 stipple and line of the most famous paintings in the British National Gallery — 
 subjects by Ilogarth, West, Wilson, Copley, Beaumont, Reynolds, Gainsbor- 
 ough, Wilkie, Jackson, Beechey, Opie, Poussin, Canaletta, Correggio, Velas- 
 quez, Caracci, Tintoretto, Vandyck, Giorgione, Claude Titian, Rubens, Guido, 
 Domenichino, Rembrandt, Murillo, Raphael, etc., etc., A few are foxed. 
 
 I 1 * 5 ^ 5 ° NATIONAL GALLERY (The). Etchings from, with 
 Notes by R. N. Wornum. 18 fine plates. Large 4to, 
 cloth gilt, edges gilt. London, 1876 
 
 These plates after Masaccio, Bellini, Giorgione, Moroni, Mantegna, Velas- 
 quez, Rembrandt, Cuyp, Maes, Hobbema, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Turner 
 and Landseer were etched by Flameng, Le Rat, Rajon, Wise, Waltner, Brunet- 
 Debaines, Gaucherel, Richeton, and Chattock. 
 
 251 NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY of Illustrious and 
 Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century, with 
 Memoirs. About 150 portraits finely engraved on steel after 
 Reynolds, Lawrence, Shee, Phillips, Pickersgill, 
 Hoppner, etc., etc. Vols. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Large 8vo, half 
 russia. London, 1834 
 
 First and best edition with fine impressions of the plates. Uniformly 
 printed with and forming a most admirable continuation to Lodge s portraits. 
 A very desirable set for illustrators, containing, as it does, all the important 
 celebrities — literary, legal, naval, military, theological, political — of the present 
 century. 
 
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 lOOO 2 5 2 NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY of Distinguished 
 Americans, with Biographical Sketches. With supplement- 
 ary volume. Profusely illustrated with steel portraits. 5 
 vols. large 8vo, cloth. Phila., 1852-67 
 
 EDITION DE-LUXE OF THE GALLERY OF BRITISH ART 
 —PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER. 
 
 ISo 0 2 53 NEW GALLERY of BRITISH ART, with Descriptive 
 ' * Text. Consisting of 100 engravings on steel from the works 
 
 of distinguished British painters — Proofs before letters 
 on India paper. 10 Sections (complete with title and 
 index). Large square folio, loose in morocco portfolio, 
 with flaps and silk ties. N. Y., 1883 
 
 No. 461 of Limited edition-de luxe sold to subscribers only. 
 
 The artists represented in this beautiful series are: — H. Dawson, F. Goodall, 
 Erskine Nicoll, F. IIoll, J. Phillip, T. Creswick, Sir Edwin Landseer, Daniel 
 Maclise, P. H. Calderon, R. Ansdell, J. S. Copley, W. Mulfeady, Sir T. 
 Lawrence, Sir J. Reynolds, Sir A. Callcott, Marcus Stone, T. Eaed, D. 
 Roberts, W. Collins, Mrs. E. M. Wood, G. J. I’inwell, G. Romney, J. 
 Linnell, G. H. Fripp, C. W. Cope, J. F. Herring, P. Williams, T. Unwins, 
 E. M. Ward. G. E. Herring, Sir M. A. Shee, J. S. Raven, F. Tayier, 
 T. Gainsborough, B. W. Leader, S. L Fildes, J. C. Loutherbourg, C. S. 
 Lidderdale, W. F. Witherington, Miss R. Solomon, A. Solomon, G. Jones, 
 G. Smith, F. R. Lee, T. S Cooper, Frederick Leighton, J. Nash. E. J. Poynter, 
 R. Wilson, H. P. Briggs, C. Stanfield, L. J. Pott, W. Callow, J. Pettie, S. 
 Bough, A. Cooper, T. M. Richardson, Sir David Wilkie, F. R. Lee, Sir W. 
 Allan, W. Evans, E. Davis, T. S. Goode, J. A. Hammersley, W. P. Frith, 
 Vicot Cole, R. A. llillingford, J. Tennant, R. Rothwell, J. D. Harding, R. P. 
 Bonnington, H. T. Dawson, Joseph Clark, Holman Hunt, G. Lance, Sir C. L. 
 Eastlakc, W. Hogarth, Birket Foster, Jacob Thompson, C. W. Nicholls, J. 
 Constable, II. Le Jeune, A. Clint, D. W. Wynfield, J. A. Bell, J. E. Millais, 
 C. J. Lewis, A. II. Burr, C. R. Leslie, G. Chambers, H. Jutsum, J. V. Gibson, 
 J. C. Hook, H. Wyatt, J. W. Inchbold, C. Landseer, T. Graham and P. 
 Nasmyth. 
 
 The beautiful plates were engraved by L. Stocks, J. C- Bentley, C. Cousen, J. 
 Redway, F. Joubert, W. Greatbach, W. Richardson, E. Challis, H. Bourne C. 
 W. Sharpe, F. A. Heath, R. Graves, E. Goodall, W. Linden and other well- 
 known engravers. 
 
 4 , (j 254 NEWTE (Thomas). Prospects and Observations on a Tour 
 in England and Scotland. Natural, Economical and 
 Literary. Map and numerous plates engraved by F. Cary 
 from designs of A. Grant. 4to, old mottled calf, extra 
 gilt, marbled edges. London, 1791 
 
 “ Newte's Tour is a work replete with profound research and useful infor- 
 mation. It was written by Dr. Wm. Thompson.’’ — Dr. Parr. 
 
 2 ^"255 NUMISMATIC. — Zepernick (C. F.). Die Miinzen und 
 v Medaillen der Ehemaligen Capitel und Sedisvacanzen bei 
 
 den Cathedralen und Kirchen der Deutschen Erz-, Hoch- 
 und Unmittelbaren Reichs-Stifter. Numerous numismatic 
 plates- of coins and medals , descriptive M S. on some. 4to, 
 boards. Rare. Halle, 1848 
 
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 I WS* 
 
 PPENHEIM (Ancel, expert). Connaissances 
 
 Necessaries a un Amateur d’Objets d’Art et de 
 Curiositc. Small 8vo, fresh half crushed levant 
 morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, Rouveyre , 1879 
 
 Lm ,T * D EDITION of 100 copies on parchment, Japan, China, tinted and 
 \V hatman paper, of which the above is one of the last named. Many of the 
 lines in the text, the fleurons, printer’s marks, etc., are printed in sepia. 
 
 This work contains an alphabetical list of objects, the date of their manu- 
 facture, the commercial price, etc. The volume is invaluable to a collector of 
 curios or objects of art. 
 
 Jo 2 57 OR 1 ELIUS (Hieronymus). Schone Bildnus in Kupferge- 
 stochen, etc. Numerous plates of biblical women , com- 
 mencing with Eve spinning from an impromptu distaff ', 
 Susannah, the woman taken in adultery, etc. Small 4to, 
 cloth (title mounted and some pp. stained). Augusta, 1*610 
 Very rare and curious 17th century engravings, some of nudes. 
 
 I <Pp58 
 
 ARIS SALON. — Catalogue Illustre du Salon, 
 public sous la Direction de F. G. Dumas, 1880 
 to 1886 inclusive. With several thousands of 
 reproductions from the original designs of the 
 artists. 7 vols. 8vo, fresh half red crushed levant 
 morocco, top edges gilt, other uncut. Paris, 1880-86 
 
 v$[l(- 0 2 59 PATTISON (Mrs. Mark). The Renaissance of Art in 
 France. With 19 illustrations on steel. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh 
 half morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1879 
 Written by the present wife of Sir Charles Dilke. “ This is the first complete 
 account that has appeared of one of the most important, and at the same time 
 difficult, periods in the history of French art. ... In any case Mrs. Fattison’s 
 work even now is an indispensable guide to its subject. No reader will lay down 
 the work, carefully thought out and attractively written, without a feeling of 
 satisfaction, and there is probably no man in this special branch of art who 
 would not have been glad to have written such a work .” — London Athenaum. 
 
 Lj-260 PEIGNOT (Gabriel). De la Maison Royale de France, ou 
 Precis Genealogique et Anecdotique sur la Famille de 
 Bourbon et sur les Illustres Aieux, depuis Saint Arnoul, 
 en 596; etc. Portraits. Small 8vo, half morocco. 
 
 Paris, 1815 
 
 Very rare, and No. 66 of a limited edition. 
 
 HENRY DE PENE’S LIFE OF THE COUNT DE CHAMBORD. 
 
 261 PENE (Henri de). HENRI de FRANCE. Illustrated 
 with numerous portraits and other illustrations , including 
 etchings , line engravings, facsimile aquarelles, fusains, etc., 
 etc. Large 4to, half levant morocco, top edge gilt. 
 
 Paris, Oudin , 1884 
 
 This volume, written by the uncle of Mr. Pene du Bois, is a biography of the 
 late Count de Chambord, the soi-disant King Henri V. of France. 
 
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 J i 262 PENNANT (Thomas). Some Account of London. Map , 
 portraits , folding plates of views , antiquities , etc., some 
 engraved by Heath and mostly proofs before 'letters. 
 Small 8 vo, fresh half calf gilt, citron edges. London, 1813 
 
 Very scarce in this fine state. “ This work is one of the most pleasing topo- 
 graphical performances that has ever appeared.” — Lowndes. 
 
 EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY OF PEPYS' DIARY. 
 
 OO 00 2 ^3 PEPYS (Samuel). Diary and Correspondence of, from his 
 MS. Cypher in the Pepysian Library, with a Life and Notes 
 by Richard Lord Braybrooke, deciphered with Addi- 
 tional Notes by Rev. Mynors Bright, M.A. Facsimiles , 
 etc. 10 vols. 8vo, half levant morocco, by R. W. Smith, 
 top edges gilt, others uncut. N. Y., 1884 
 
 Unique. No. 79 of a limited edition of 169 copies of which the above is on 
 Holland paper. 
 
 This copy is illustrated by the addition of about 100 portraits and views, some 
 of which are very fine and scarce, including some splendid proofs on India paper, 
 including Pepys after Hales, Nell Gwyn after Lely, Wilmot after Lely, Sir Isaac 
 Newton after Kneller, Duchess of Cleveland after Lely, Sir C. Wren after 
 Kneller, the Earl of Clarendon after Lely, Countess of Rochester after Lely, 
 Inigo Jones after Vandyck, Mrs. Pepys after Hales, etc., etc. 
 
 “ The best book of its kind in the English language. Pepys is marvellously 
 entertaining: the times and the man peep out in a thousand odd circumstances 
 and amusing expressions. The ablest picture of the age in which the writer 
 lived, and a work of standard importance in English literature.” — London Athc- 
 ntcum. 
 
 THE HISTORY OF ART BY PERROT AND CHIPIEZ. 
 
 U‘00264 PERROT (Georges) and CHIPIEZ (Charles). History of 
 Art. Translated and Edited by Walter Armstrong, 
 i. e. : — 
 
 I. History of Art in Phoenicia and its Dependencies, from 
 the French. Illustrated with 644 engravings in the text and 
 10 steel and eolored plates. 2 vols. 
 
 II. History of Art in Ancient Egypt. Illustrated with 598 
 engravings in the text and 14 steel and colored plates. 2 
 vols. 
 
 III. History of Art in Chaldica and Assyria. Illustrated 
 with 452 engravings in the text and 15 steel and colored plates. 
 2 vols. 
 
 Together 6 vols. 4to, fresh half red levant morocco, top 
 edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1883-85 
 
 " M. Perrot’s name as a classical scholar and archeologist, and M. Chipiez’s 
 as a penetrating critic of architecture, stand so high that any work from their 
 pens is sure of a warm welcome from all students of the material remains of 
 antiquity. These volumes are the first instalment of an undertaking which has 
 for its aim the history and critical analysis of that great organic growth which, 
 beginning with the Pharaohs and ending with the Roman Emperors, forms what 
 is called Antique Art.” — 1'refact. 
 
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 . 2 *P 6 5 PERSIUS.— Avli Pf.rsii Fi.acci Satyras Sex ad Fidem 
 Optimarvm Editionvm, etc., edidit G. F. Sebaldvs. 
 Every page of the text and numerous charming illustrations 
 engraved by J. M. Schmidt. 8vo, mottled calf gilt, marbled 
 edges. Rare. Nuremberg, 1765 
 
 OS 266 PICTURESQUE AMERICA, or the Land We Live In, ed 
 
 / ited by William Cullen Bryant. Numerous engravings 
 
 on steel and wood by American artists. Parts 1 to 19 inclu- 
 sive. Large 4to, sewed. N. Y., n. d. 
 
 O.267 PICTURESQUE SKETCHES, comprising Architectural 
 
 * Sculpture, Statues, Monuments, Tombs, Fountains, Capi- 
 
 tals, Cathedrals, Iron-Work, Details of Ornament, etc. 26 
 plates. Oblong 4to. Boston, 1885 
 
 (2 2J268 PLANCHE (J. R.). Cyclopaedia of Costume, including 
 Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent 
 of Europe. Profusely * illustrated with colored and metal 
 plates , mostly from MSS., and woodcuts. Thick 4to, fresh 
 half red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 N. Y. [London], 1877 
 
 THE DU BOIS EDITION OF PLUTARCH-LARGE PAPER— 
 WITH DUPLICATE SETS OF INDIA PROOFS OF THE 
 PLATES AND IN TWO STATES. 
 
 A CH? 269 PLUTARCH. — Vies des Hommes Illustres de PLU- 
 TARQUE traduites du Grec par D. Ricard. Illustrated 
 with plates and portraits from statues, bas-reliefs, etc. — the 
 plates IN TWO STATES ON INDIA PAPER — ONE BEFORE LET- 
 TERS — also maps, some colored. 15 vols. in 27 (all with 
 separate titles). Large 8vo, fresh half red morocco 
 (slightly foxed in some vols., etc) 
 
 Paris, chez E. Aug. du Bois, iditeur-proprietaire, 1837-41 
 
 LARGE PAPER, with doublf. sf.t of India proofs as stated above. 
 
 Dominic Ricard devoted almost his entire life to his translation and edition of 
 Plutarch. He interpreted this grand old author from the most correct texts, 
 and with an exactitude of historic truth that entirely put into the shade the labors 
 of his predecessors Amyot, Tallemant and Dacier. His version is clear, and 
 reads easily and agreeably. 
 
 The beautiful plates and carefully executed maps were taken from the most 
 authentic sources. 
 
 t) J”^69* POE. LeCorbeau [The Raven], Poeme, par Edgar Poe. 
 
 • Traduction Francaise de St£phane Mallarm£. Avec 
 
 illustrations par Edouard Manet. . Folio, paper. 
 
 Paris, 1875 
 
 No. 102 of an edition limited to 240 copies, each signed, like the above, by 
 the translator and the artist, the celebrated Manet, the leader of the realistic 
 school of painting in France. 
 
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 Q 0 270 POETISCHER BILDERSCHATZ der Vornhemsten Bib- 
 lischen Geschichte des Alten und Neuen Testamentes. 
 Illustrated with 300 half -page engravings. 2 vols. in 1. 
 8vo, marbled calf extra gilt, edges gilt and tooled. 
 
 Leipzig, 1758 
 
 Rare. Fine old eighteenth century binding, with admirably executed 
 prints and two vignettes on titles. 
 
 LIMITED EDITION OF POETS AND ETCHERS— SIGNED 
 
 PROOFS. 
 
 POETS and ETCHERS. — Poems by T. B. Aldrich, W. 
 C. Bryant, R. W. Emerson, J. R. Lowell, H. W. Long- 
 fellow and J. G. Whittier. — Etchings by A. F. Bel- 
 lows, Samuel Colman, Henry Farrer, R. Swain-Gif- 
 ford and J. D. Smillif.. Square large folio, loose in cloth 
 portfolio, with inside leather joints. Boston, 1882 
 
 Limited edition of fifty impressions, rfhe above being No. 2 . 
 
 These charming etchings, illustrating the works of our greatest American 
 poets, are all, to the number of twenty, signed by the etchers themselves. They 
 are in cut cardboard mounts and are China paper proofs before letters. The 
 text is illustrated further by a number of vignettes by Smillie, Bellows, Colman, 
 Farrer and Swain-Gifford. 
 
 0 J272 PORTFOLIO (The). An Artistic Periodical, edited by P. 
 
 G. Hamerton. Profusely illustrated with fine targe 
 etchings and photogravures. Folio, half morocco, gilt top 
 edge. London, 1876 
 
 Probably no fine art periodical has enjoyed so well-deserved a reputation as 
 I lamerton's Portfolio; and as it is now universally conceded that by etchings 
 alone can the colors of painting be presented to the imagination, the earlier por- 
 tions of this famous periodical will increase in value daily. 
 
 LARGEST PAPER COPY OF PUGIN AND HEATH’S PARIS 
 —WITH INDIA PROOFS BEFORE ALL LETTERS. 
 
 ( 90 O 2 73 PUGIN and HEATH. Paris and its Environs Displayed, 
 with Topographical and Historical Descriptions by L. T. 
 Ventouillac. A series of 200 picturesque views from 
 drawings by Augustus Pugin and engraved by C. Heath. 
 2 vols. in 1. Thick large 4to, morocco extra gilt, edges 
 gilt (foxed slightly and binding rubbed). London, 1833 
 
 LARGEST PAPER INDIA PROOFS BEFORE ALL LETTERS, and 
 published at £8 8s. With both English and French texts. 
 
 “ The works of Mr. Pugin are invaluable to the antiquary, as well as to the 
 artist and architect.” — Allibone. 
 
 274 Puschnf.r (J. G.). Blumen Buch. Nearly 50 plates of 
 flenvers. Large 4to, sewed, uncut. n. /., n. d. 
 
 Rare. Puschner flourished at Nuremburg from about 1670 to 1720. He is 
 best known as an engraver of portraits. 
 
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 7i 
 
 PYNE’S COSTUME— WITH PLATES COLORED BY HAND 
 
 / loo 27 5 PYNE ( w - H.). The COSTUME of GREAT BRITAIN. 
 
 60 fine plates beautif ully colored by hand in facsimile of the 
 original drawings. Folio, half roan, uncut (binding 
 rubbed). London, William Miller , 1808 
 
 An unusually fine copy of this rare and valuable book, of which a very 
 limited number were issued. It was never reprinted on account of the great 
 expense attending its publication. The text was printed at the celebrated l’ress 
 of W. B ULMER, and each print engraved in aquatint on copper, and exquisitely 
 colored by hand in fac-simile of Pyne’s very clever and artistic drawings. This 
 artist is well and favorably known as the author of “ The Microcosm, - ’ a work 
 to which many artists (Turner included), are indebted for the spirited figures in 
 many of their foregrounds, lie is also the author of that magnificent publica- 
 tion, “ The History of Royal Residences in Great Britain,” and many other 
 works issued by the celebrated publisher, Ackermann. 
 
 \ELO (Sanzio). The Book of Raphael’s 
 artoons, by R. Cattermole. Portrait , vig- 
 nette title and fine steel plates engraved by A. W. 
 Warren. 8vo, cloth gilt, uncut. London, 1845 
 
 “ The engravings by Warren are gems of themselves .” — Monthly Review. 
 
 4 M 277 RAMBOSSON (J.). Les Harmonies du Son et l’Histoire 
 • * J des Instruments de Musique. Illustrated with 200 wood 
 
 engravings and 5 chromolithographic plates. Thick large 
 8vo, fresh half morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, Eirmin-Didot, 1878 
 
 One of the most important works on music published in this century. 
 
 RAPIN’S ENGLAND, WITH VERTUE AND HOUBRAKEN’S 
 
 PLATES. 
 
 f 2 78 RAPIN de THOYRAS. History of England, translated 
 by Tindal. Maps and the series of heads and monuments 
 by Vertue and Houbraken; also numismatic plates. 5 
 vols. thick folio, old calf, gilt. London, 1743-47 
 
 Fine clean copy, with good impressions of the plates. 
 
 “ Rapin and Hume are our two great historians. Rapin is important, and 
 always unaffected and laborious — a work which may readily and ought always to 
 be compared with Hume. It is full, valuable, and a sort of substitute in the 
 absence of all other writers. Tindal is not unworthy to be the successor of 
 Rapin; equally diligent and copious, with the same attachment of the best 
 interests of Englishmen, and, like his predecessor, a sort of general substitute 
 in the absence of other writers. ” — Professor Smyth. 
 
 Lnf 279 REMBRANDT (Paul). L’CEuvre Complet de Rembrandt, 
 decrit et commente par M. Charles Blanc. 2 vols. 8vo, 
 fresh half red crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt, 
 others uncut, by Ad. Bertrand. Paris, n. d. 
 
 The best authority on Rembrandt, with a “catalogue raisonne of all the 
 etchings of the master and of his paintings. There are no illustrations to this 
 issue, the text being left blank in places for the insertion of cuts or etchings. 
 
 “ Rembrandt van Rhyn holds a distinguished place among the most popular 
 engravers of his country. This extraordinary artist, who owed everything to 
 
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 nature, has established an epoch in engraving more than any other master. He 
 was the inventor of a process, for which he was entirely indebted to his genius, 
 and which has thrown a charm over his prints that is indescribable. His plates 
 are partly etched, frequently much assisted with the dry point, and occasionally, 
 though rarely, finished with the graver They evince the most extraordinary 
 facility of hand, and display the most consummate intelligence of the effect of 
 light and shadow. His point, playful and free, sports, if the expression may be 
 allowed, in picturesque disorder, and, by an enchanting negligence, produces, 
 as if by accident, the most surprising effects, which are, however, always regu- 
 lated by his perfect acquaintance with the principles of chiar-oscuro.' 1 — 
 BRYAN. 
 
 J^q 280 Renouard (J.). Croquis d’Animaux. 16 humorous colored 
 page plates. 4to, boards, red edges. [Paris, n. d.] 
 
 RENOUVIER ON ENGRAVING — PRIVATELY PRINTED 
 AND WITH INSERTED LETTER OF CHARLES SUM- 
 NER. 
 
 281 RENOUVIER (Jules). Des Types et des Manieres des 
 Maitres Graveurs pour Servir & l’Histoire de la Gravure 
 en Italie, en Allemagne, dans les Pays-Bays et en France — 
 XVe Siecle. Large 4to, half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut. Montpelier, 1853 
 
 Very scarce, privately printed and presentation copy with autograph 
 letter inserted of Charles Sumner, who writes: — “At Mr. Furness's, 3d Dec. ’59. 
 Dear Mr. Hammersley. Here is a copy of Renouvier’s unpublished work on 
 Engravers, which I hope may interest you. I beg you to accept it as a Souvenir 
 of the pleasant hours which I passed in examining your collections. Relieve 
 me, My dear Sir, with much regard, Sincerely yours, Charles Sumner.” 
 
 \ 
 
 2 RENOUVIER. Des Gravures sur Bois dans les Livres de 
 Simon VosTRE,Libraire d’Heures — avec un Avant — Propos 
 par Georges Duplessis. 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Auguste Aubry , 1862 
 
 Limited edition, with illustrations in fac-simile of the wood engravings 
 printed in the fifteenth century in Books of Hours by the famous typographer, 
 Simon Vostre. 
 
 I 
 
 qq 283 RENOUVIER. Des Gravures en Bois dans le's Livres 
 d’Anthoine Verard, Maitre Libraire, Imprimeur, En- 
 lumineur et Tailleur sur Bois de Paris, 1485-1512. 8vo, 
 fresh half crushed red levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut, by Niedr^e. Paris, 1859 
 
 LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies and with fac-simile illustrations of the 
 “ Dance of Death,” in the works printed by the great French printer, Anthoine 
 Verard, 1485-1512. 
 
 d <284 Revue de l’Art Chretien. Profusely illustrated, many full- 
 page plates , and illuminated in gold and colors — every page 
 with carmine border. Jany., April and October, 1884; 
 Jan., April and October, 1885; April, July and October, 
 1886. Together 9 parts. Large 4to, sewed. 
 
 Lille, 1884-86 
 
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 0 2 ^5 REYNOLDS (Sir Joshua, P.R.A.). Works. Vols. 2 and 
 3. 8vo, fine old calf gilt, marbled edges. London, 1809 
 Presentation copy. With inscription on sides: — “ Presented to Mr. Rob* 
 ert Ball Hughes by the Royal Academy of Art for the best basso-relievo. Lon- 
 don, December io, 1S23.” 
 
 .(0 286 Rhine (The), from Mayence to Cologne [with German 
 text]. Engraved title and numerous plates of scenery. Ob- 
 long small 4to, cloth. London, n. d. 
 
 Riedel (G. F.). A collection of over 750 separate engravings 
 of natural history on some 50 plates. Folio, half sheep. 
 
 RIGOLLET. Histoire des Arts du Dessin depuis l’Epoque 
 Romaine jusqu’i la Fin du XlVe Siecle. With separate 
 volume of engraved plates of antiquities, paintings, statuary, 
 etc., etc. Together 3 vols. 4to (1), and 8vo (2). 
 
 Paris, 1863-64 
 
 289 RIS (L. Clement de, Conservateur du Musle de Versailles). 
 Les Amateurs d’Autrefois. With 8 etched portraits. Thick 
 large 8vo, fresh half crushed crimson levant morocco, top 
 edge gilt, others uncut, with covers bound in and by Brad- 
 streets. Paris, Plon, 1877 
 
 Limited edition and on thick hand-made paper. The connoisseurs whose 
 collections and lives are narrated in this handsomely printed volume are — Jean 
 Grolier, Jacques Auguste de Thou, Claude Magis, Cardinal Mazarin, Michael 
 de Marolles, Evrard Jabach, Countess de Verrue, Pierre Croyat, Antoine de la 
 Roque, Leon de Madaillan, Count de Lassay, Count de Caylus, Jean de 
 Julienne, Pierre Jean Mariette, Auguste Blondel de Gagny, Paul Randon de 
 Boisset, Laurent de la Live de Jully and Vivant Denon. The eight etched por- 
 traits are of the more important of these collectors. There is a good biblio- 
 graphical index in addition to the general and alphabetical one. 
 
 J0290 Robert (Karl). Le Fusian sans Maitre, Traite Pratique et 
 Complet sur l’Etude du Paysage et Fusain. Plates. 
 Large 8vo, boards, uncut. Paris, 1874 
 
 Printed on heavy paper. An important work on art, being a treatise on 
 crayon work with the fusain. 
 
 291 Romberg (J. A.) and Steger (F.). Geschichte der Bau- 
 kunst bei den Assyrien, Medern, Babyloniern, Persern, 
 Phoniciern, Israeliten und Indern. With numerous plates 
 illustrating the architecture of ancient Asia. Large 4to, 
 boards. Leipzig, 1844 
 
 | 00 292 Rosa (Salvator). Life and Times of, by Lady Morgan. 
 
 Portrait and inserted front. 2 vols. 8vo, half russia gilt. 
 
 London, Henry Colburn, 1824 
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 with, even in this biographical age.” — Edinburgh Magazine. 
 
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 293 ROSSETTI (Dante Gabriel). The Blessed Damozel. 
 Illustrated with reproductions after the designs of Kenyon 
 Cox. Large 4to, vellum gilt, beveled sides, top edge 
 gilt, others uncut. N. Y., 1886 
 
 The above is one of the edition with proof impressions on India paper, limited 
 to thirty-five copies. The appendix is by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer. 
 
 '7 /, ,. 294 Roth (J. M.). Augsburgsches Friedens Gedachtuns, das 
 * y ist Friedens Vemahlde welche seit Anno 1650, etc. With 
 
 numerous historical and allegorical plates relating to the 
 annals of Augsburg. Oblong large 4to, boards (last few 
 pages mounted). Augsburg, circa 1741 
 
 I SO 2 95 ROYAUMONT (Sieur de, feu Monsieur Le Maitre de Sacy 
 et Prieur de Sombreval). L’Histoire du Vieux et du 
 Nouveau Testament, avec des Explications Edifiantes, 
 Tirees des Saints Peres, pour Regler les Mceurs danstoutes 
 Sortes de Conditions. Illustrated with over 260 copper- 
 plate engravings by De Vel — some plates of nudes , etc. 
 Thick small 8vo, vellum (MS. on title, stained and some 
 pages torn). Brussels, 1747 
 
 A Rare copy of Royaumont Priced fit 16s. in a London bookseller's 
 recent catalogue. 
 
 SPLENDID ILLUSTRATIONS BY PETER PAUL RUBENS— 
 ANTWERP, 1642. 
 
 I I.Jo 296 RUBENS (Peter Paul). Pompa introitus Ferdinandi 
 Austriaci, Hispaniar. Infantis, etc., in Urbem Antwerpiam, 
 Iconibus a P. P. RUBENIS delineatis et comment. G. 
 Gevartii illustrata. With 40 superb full-page engravings , 
 and many of them large folded plates designed by Peter Paul 
 Rubens, and engraved by Paulus Pontius and Th. a 
 THULDEN, and hundreds of numismatic and medallic plates in 
 text. Square large folio, old calf extra gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Antwerp , loannes Meursius, 1641 [1642] 
 
 Rare, with remarkably fine impressions of the plates. It contains the 
 very rare portrait of Prince Ferdinand designed by Rubens and engraved by 
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 and engraved by Chastellon, Duchange, Loir, Audran, 
 Trouvain, Picart, Simonneau and Vermeulen. Large 
 folio, half roan. Paris, Duchange , G raven r du Roy , 1710 
 
 A splendid copy, with brilliant impressions of the plates after the grand paint- 
 ings of Rubens in the Luxembourg. 
 
 ^298 RUSKIN (John). The Seven Lamps of Architecture. With 
 the original illustrations drawn and engraved by the author. 
 Large 8vo, original cloth, top edge gilt, others" uncut. 
 
 London, Smith , Elder 6° Co., 1849 
 Very scarce and original edition. This is one of the rarest of Ruskin’s 
 works. 
 
 “To Mr. Ruskin art has a deep moral and religious significance, both in its 
 uses and in its connection with the character and condition of the artist. Every 
 touch is, for him, the thought of a human intellect and the voice of a human 
 heart. He seems to kiss the very footsteps of that art of which he is the great 
 expositor.” — London Times. 
 
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 trations drawn by the author. Thick 4to, fresh boards, 
 
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 Large paper and printed at the Chiswick Press on heavy Whatman paper. 
 
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 Je Deviens Graveur a l’Eau-Forte, par le Comte 
 Lepic. Etched portrait. 8vo, boards, totally 
 uncut. Paris, Vve. Cadart, 1876 
 
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 and modern times. 4vols. large 8vo, green morocco, inside 
 gold dentelle borders, green watered silk ends, leather 
 joints and gilt edges. Paris, Fume et Cie., 1841-45 
 
 A splendid copy of this beautifully illustrated French translation of the Holy 
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 302 SAINTE BIBLE (La), Ancien et Nouveau Testament, 
 Recit et Commentaire par L’Abbe F. R. Salmon, du 
 Diocese de Paris, Chanoine Honoraire de Chalons. Illus- 
 trated with 24 wood engravings by Schnorr. Red morocco, 
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 No. 122 of a limited edition of 342 numbered copies in all, on parch- 
 ment, Whatman, China and papier vergl, of which the above is one of the 
 last named. This charmingly printed edition is dedicated by Jouaust to his 
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 This splendidly illustrated volume, containing reproductions of the works of 
 the great contemporary French artists, was superbly printed by Fillet and 
 Dumoulin. It is entirely out of print and scarce, although not two years old. 
 The list of the painters and sculptors whose works are given in this volume shows 
 that not a master has been overlooked. 
 
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 [oOO 3°7 SAUVAN (M.) Picturesque Tour of the Seine from Paris 
 to the Sea, with Particulars, Historical and Descriptive. 
 Map. vignette title, tailpiece, and 24 finely colored engrav- 
 ings ^Sutherland, Havell and others, from original 
 drawings by A. Pugin and J. Gendall. Square folio, 
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 I y 00 308 SCHEVCHZER (J. J ). Kupfer Bibel in welcher die 
 Physica Sacra, Beheiligte Natur Wissenschafft. Numerous 
 handsomely executed plates. 4 vols. thick folio, vellum.. 
 
 Augsburg, 1731-35 
 
 Rare. This splendid work is illustrated with some 750 beautiful engravings, 
 remarkably fine impressions. 
 
 ' p°9 SCHMOLZE (Carl Heinrich). An Artist’s Poems. Trans- 
 
 lated by C. G. Leland. With 7 facsimile illustrations 
 from the original lead pencil drawings of the author. 
 Large 4to, half calf (front, stained). Phila., 1864 
 
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 leiter, also four engraved titles. 4to, half calf, gilt. 
 
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 “A SCORE OF ETCHINGS”— PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS. 
 
 0 ^311 SCORE OF ETCHINGS (A), with text by ROGER 
 A RIORDAN. Square folio, fresh cloth, beveled sides, top 
 
 edge gilt, others uncut. N. Y., n. d. 
 
 Brilliant proofs before letters and printed on fine heavy plate 
 paper. The subjects and etchers represented are: — “Birthplace of 
 Jean Cousin,” by P. G. Hamerton ; “ Rundhurst,” by J. P. Ilazel- 
 tine; “ When Rosy Plumelets Tuft the Larch,” by R. S. Chattock; 
 “ The Parish Clerk,” by C. Waltner, after Gainsborough; “ Purfleet,” 
 by F. S. Haden; “Edward J. Poynter," by Alphonse Legros; “Edin- 
 burgh from the Moors,” by A. Brunet-Debaines ; “ A Ground Swell,” by 
 G. S. Ferrier; “Whitby Harbour,” by Leon Richeton, after David Law; 
 “ Jedburgh,” by C. O. Murray, after G. Reid, R.S.A.; “Shaking the Nets,”by 
 Colin Hunter; “The Messenger,” by Hubert Herkomer; “The Ferry,” by 
 R. W. Macbeth; “ Coniston,” by David Law; “Chelsea.” by C. J. Watson; 
 “Fish Market at St. Malo,” by Leon L’Hermitte; “Roxana,” by Thomas 
 Riley; “ Cellardyke Harbor,” by T. Chauvel, after Samuel Bough, R.S.A.; 
 “Lane near Tenby,” by T. S. Townsend; “West Highlanders,” by C. O. 
 Murray, after J. MacWhirter, A.R.A. 
 
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 UNIQUE, MAGNIFICENT AND EXTRA ILLUSTRATED SET 
 OF THE WORKS AND LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. 
 
 312 SCOTT (Sir Walter). The Waverley Novels, the Splen- 
 did Abbotsford Edition, with the finest possible impres- 
 sions of the 2,000 woodcuts and 120 steel plates executed pur- 
 posely for this edition , 10 vols.; Poetical Works, with por- 
 trait after Raeburn, and the series of beautiful views drawn 
 especially for this edition by J. M. W. Turner, i vol. ; Mis- 
 cellaneous Prose Works, with portraits of Dryden, 
 Swift, Smollett, M ackenzie, Gifford, Jeffrey, Home, 
 Napoleon, etc., and a series of exquisite views drawn 
 especially for this edition by J. M. YV. Turner, 3 vols.; 
 Lockhart’s Life of the Author, with a series of por- 
 traits of the Scott family , brilliant proofs on India- 
 paper, and views of Abbotsford , etc., some of which are 
 drawn by J. M. YV. Turner i vol. 
 
 The whole EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the inser- 
 tion of 528 Portraits, Views, etc., 123 of which are 
 
 PROOFS ON INDIA-PAPF.R AND 50 ARE PROOFS BEFORE LET- 
 TER, MAKING AN AGGREGATE OF NEARLY 3,000 ENGRAV- 
 INGS IN ALL. 
 
 TOGETHER 17 vols. thick large 8vo, uniformly 
 bound as a set in polished calf extra, gilt tooled backs and 
 sides, contents lettered, broad inside gold tooling, top 
 edges gilt, others uncut, by Tout. Edinburgh, 1842-47 
 
 UNIQUE and SPLENDID SET of SCOTT. 
 
 The Abbotsford Edition of the Waverley Novels, the largest and handsomest 
 in existence, has now become scarce. The illustrations comprise engravings on 
 steel and wood by the most notable artists of the day, including, Stanfield, Wil- 
 kie, Turner, Martin, Landseer, Roberts. Maclise, Allan, Harvey. Mac Ian, 
 K. Meadows, Phiz, Fairholt, Miller, Goodall, Horsburgh, Wilmore, Bran- 
 dard, etc. 
 
 This copy has been further enriched by the insertion of 528 extra plates. 
 Below will be found an analysis of all the engravings on steel in each volume: — 
 
 Vol. 1 of the “Abbotsford Waverley ” contains 58 steel engravings, includ- 
 ing the inserted plates. 12 of these are proofs on India paper, 4 before letter; 
 1 1 portraits, engraved by or after Gordon, Leslie, Chalon, Letocque, Briggs, 
 Inskipp, etc.; 26 views, engraved by or after Stanfield, Turner. Roberts, 
 Barrett, Harding. Cattermole, AUom, Westall, De YVint, Fielding, etc., and 21 
 illustrations of incidents, engraved by or after Faed, B. Foster, Stephanoff, 
 Landseer, Maclise, Melville, Cooper, George Cruikshank, etc. 
 
 Vol. 2. contains 50 steel engravings. 12 of these arc proofs on India paper, 
 4 before letter; 9 portraits, engraved by or after Wright, Cattermole, Cook, 
 Parris, Lely, Cooper, Shaw, etc.; 19 views, engraved by or after Miller, Stan- 
 field, Turner, Finden, Melville, Bentley, Wilson, Purser, Brandard, Armitage, 
 Nasmyth, Forrest. Goodall, Daniell, Richardson, Allen, Thomson, Miller, 
 Reinagle, Engleheart. etc.; and 20 illustrations of incidents, engraved by or 
 after Selous. Foster, Landseer, Cruikshank, Cooper, Warren. Chisholm Engle- 
 heart, Phillips, Sharpe, Harvey, Stephenson, Davis, Carter, etc. 
 
 Vol. 3. contains 58 steel engravings. II of these are proofs on India paper, 
 4 before letter; 6 portraits, engraved by or after Cooper, Ryall, Boxall, Medina. 
 Aikman, Leslie. Mote, etc.; 32 views, engraved by or after Horsburgh. Sands, 
 Barrett, Allom, Taylor, Westall, Finden, Robson, Miller, Nasmyth, W. B. 
 
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 Smith, Lizars, Tingle, Staines, De Wint, Sadler, Forrest, Murdock. Roberts, 
 Goodall, Skene, Daniell, etc. ; and 20 illustrations of incidents, engraved by or 
 after Stokes, Horsley, Mclan, Melville, Chalon, Shenton. Harvey, Staines, 
 Cruikshank, A. Cooper, Phillips, F'aed, Goodall, Fraser, Linnell, Presbury, 
 Stephanoff, Rolls, etc. 
 
 Vol. 4 contains 63 steel engravings. 15 of these are proofs on India paper, 
 6 before letter; 9 portraits, engraved by or after Etty, Robinson, Lely, Cooper, 
 Vandyck, Shaw, Edmonston, Cochran, Stone, F'reeman, Hart, Vertue, West, 
 etc.; 37 views, engraved by or after Thomson, Prout, Melville, Finden, Field- 
 ing, Turner, Kernot, Stanfield, Nasmyth, Miller, Fisher, Robson, Leitch, 
 Fraser, Aikman, Presbury, Wilkie, Whittock, Lambert, De Wint, Hart, Allom, 
 Cattermole, Goodyear, Le Keux, Mansel, Bentley, Nash, etc.; and 17 illustra- 
 tions of incidents, engraved by or after Frith, Lumb Stocks, George Cruikshank, 
 Duncan, Sangster, Stone, Stephenson, Faed, Cawse, Taylor, Hart, Lightfoot, 
 Goodyear, Davenport, etc. 
 
 Vol. 5 contains 53 steel engravings. 8 of these are proofs on India paper, 4 
 before letter; 13 portraits, engraved by or after Howard, Scriven, Prentiss, 
 Adcock, F'aulkner, Cook, Shaw, Cooper, Landseer, Lewis, Zucchero, Lizars, 
 etc.; 23 views, engraved by or after Stanfield, Brandard, Forrest, Mefville, 
 Presbury, Allom, Le Petit. Lacey, Roberts, F'inden, Staines, Miller, Prout, 
 Stothard, Radclyffe, Lizars, Gastineau, Turner, Allen, Cousen, J. Smith, Copley, 
 F'ielding, etc.; and 15 illustrations of incidents, engraved by or after Landseer, 
 Portbury, Chisholm, Engleheart, Cruikshank, Amald, Floyd, Fraser, Faed, 
 Croll, Watt, Hill, Miller, etc. 
 
 Vol. 6 contains 48 steel engravings. 15 of these are proofs on India paper, 4 
 before letter ; 13 portraits, engraved by or after Stump, Meyer, Carpenter, 
 Scriven, Cooper, Oliver, Garrard, Shaw, Zucchero, Etty, Ryall, Leslie, Mote, 
 etc. ; 13 views, engraved by or after Cousen, Constable, Stanfield, Miller, 
 Barrett, De Wint, Allom, Collins, Brandard, Horsburgh, Richardson, Purser, 
 etc., and 16 illustrations of incidents, engraved by or after Horsley, Stephenson, 
 Melville, Cruikshank, Shenton, Leslie, Watt, Fraser, Engleheart, Chisholm, 
 Allom, Prior, F'aed, Lumb Stocks, Frank Stone, Sangster, Bentley, Cooper, 
 Freebaim, etc. 
 
 Vol 7 contains 44 steel engravings. 10 of these are proofs on India paper, 4 
 before letter; 13 portraits, engraved by or after Shaw, Scougal. Cooper, Pass, 
 Boxall, Robinson, Deleram, Mulready, Ryall, Howard, Cook, Jansen, Kneller, 
 etc.; 18 views, engraved by or after Roberts, Skene, Leitch, Cousen, Topham, 
 Horsburgh, Richardson, Allom. Clark, Lowry, Gastineau, Forrest, Austin, 
 F'inden, etc. ; and 14 illustrations of incidents, engraved by or after Egg, 
 Stephenson, Wright, Cruikshank, Adlard, Franklin, Boxall, F'ox, Chisholm, 
 Staines, Ward, Sharpe, Webster, Bacon, Wilkie, Hart, etc. 
 
 Vol. 8 contains 30 steel engravings. 7 of these are proofs on India paper, 4 
 before letter; 3 portraits, engraved by or after Shaw, Rochard, Robinson, etc.;. 
 13 views, engraved by or after Stanfield, Miller, Prout, F'inden, Brandard, 
 Brockedon. Westall, Baton, Terry, etc.; and 15 illustrations of incidents, 
 engraved by or after Elmore, Stephenson, Wright, Allom, Presbury, Cruik- 
 shank, Franklin, Portbury, Landseer, Graves, Solomon, Radclyffe, Walker, 
 Leslie. Goodyear, Topham, Lightfoot, etc. 
 
 Vol. 9 contains 37 steel engravings. 8 of these are proofs on India paper, 
 4 before letter; 3 portraits, engraved by or after Parris, lnskipp, Hart, etc.; 21 
 views, engraved by or after Chisholm, Finden, Copley Fielding, Stanfield, 
 Horsburgh, Cattermole, David Roberts, Miller, Cousen, Barret, Petit Penson, 
 Lucy Clive, Penson, Barber, David Wilkie, Goodall. etc ; and 13 illustrations 
 of incidents, engraved by or after Taylor, Lemon, lnskipp, Graves, hranklin, 
 Bentley, Cruikshank, Topham, Elmore, Pickersgill, Lumb Stocks, etc. 
 
 Vol. 10 contains 29 steel engravings. 8 are proofs on India paper, 3 before 
 letter; 6 portraits, engraved by or after Greenshields, Chalon, Robinson, 
 Sharpe, Vandyck, etc.; 12 views, engraved by or after Westall, linden, Cres- 
 wick, Evans, Forrest, McCulloch, Copley Fielding, Paton, Miller, etc.; 10 illus- 
 
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 trations of incidents, engraved by or after Stephenson, Frith, Cruikshank, Chis- 
 holm, Franklin, Presbury. Topham, Bentley, Windus, Radclyffe, etc. 
 
 Vol. n contains 30 steel engravings. 7 are proofs on India paper, 4 before 
 letter; 4 portraits, engraved by or after Corbould, Landseer, Wagstaff, Scriven, 
 etc.; 13 views, engraved by or after Cousen. Stanfield, Forrest. Brandard, 
 Goodall, Robson, Allen, Prout, Sands, etc. ; and 14 illustrations of incidents, 
 engraved by or after Faed, Stephenson, Ilill, Miller, Cruikshank, Franklin, 
 Bell, Hook, Capone, etc. 
 
 Vol. 12 contains 16 steel engravings, 4 are proofs on India paper, 2 before 
 letter; 3 portraits, engraved by or after Wilkie, Cooper, Wright, etc.; 7 views, 
 engraved by or after Allom, Miller, Forrest, Richardson, Brown, McCulloch, 
 etc. ; and 5 illustrations of incidents, engraved by or after Absolon, Bell, Cruik- 
 shank, Topham. etc. 
 
 The “Poetical Works” contain 66 steel engravings. 8 portraits, engraved by 
 or after Raeburn, Horsburgh, Kneller, Chalon, Phillips, Robinson, Hart, etc.; 
 and 58 views and illustrations of incidents, engraved by or after Turner, Miller, 
 Roberts. Jeavons, Copley Fielding, Nixon, Barret, Goodall, W. R. Smith, 
 Cooke, Horsburgh, Dewint, Callcott, Cotman, Varrall, Stanley, Higham, Rob- 
 son, Adlard, Bentley, Cattermole, Wilkinson, Bolmer, John Pye. Fisher, Webb, 
 Lewis, Hart, Wallis, Willmore, Le Keux, Kemot, Harding, Radclyffe, A. 
 Cooper, Brandard, Creswick, Austin, Armytage, etc. 
 
 The “Miscellaneous Prose Works,” Vol. 1, contains 20 steel engravings. 7 
 portraits, engraved by or after Kneller. Horsburgh, Bindon, Colvin Smith, 
 Hoppner. Shaw, Gordon, Lizars, Raeburn, etc.; and 13 views, engraved by or 
 after Turner, Miller, Allan, Hill, Richardson, Forrest, etc. 
 
 “ Prose Works," Vol. 2, contains 20 steel engravings. 2 portraits of Napo- 
 leon after Isabey and Steuben, and 18 exquisite views drawn by J. M. W. Tur- 
 ner, including The Simplon, Paris, Hotel de Ville, Mayence, Brienne, Piacenza, 
 Verona, Venice, Quai Conti, St. Cloud, Rouen, Vincennes, Milan, Fontain- 
 bleau, Brussels, Malmaison and The Belerophon. 
 
 “ Prose Works,” Vol. 3, contains 11 steel engravings. Views drawn by J. 
 M. W. Turner purposely for this work, including Stirling, Dunfermline, Nor- 
 ham Castle, Linlithgow. Craigmillar Castle, Dunstaffnage, Killiccrankie, Glen- 
 coe, Loch Ness, Edinburgh and Inverness. 
 
 Lockhart’s “ Life of Scott” contains 1 3 steel engravings. 8 portraits of the 
 Scott family, viz.: “ Beardie ” Scott, Walter Scott (father of Sir Walter), Anne 
 (mother of Sir Walter), Lady Scott. Sir Walter Scott, after Raeburn, Anne 
 Scott (daughter of Sir Walter), Mrs. Lockhart (daughter of Sir Walter), and J. 
 G. Lockhart. All of these, except the last, are brilliant proofs on India paper; 
 also view of Abbotsford, engraved by Miller, after Turner (proof); the Library 
 at Abbotsford, engraved by Bell, after Allan; Entrance Hall, Abbotsford, 
 engraved by Douglas, after Allan (proof), and Chiefswood, near Abbotsford, 
 engraved by W. Miller, after J. M. W. Turner. 
 
 LIMITED EDITION ON JAPAN PAPER OF DICKSEE'S 
 DESIGNS TO “ROMEO AND JULIET." 
 
 r\ 313 SHAKESPEARE. — Twelve superb Photogravures of 
 V V Scenes in “ ROMEO and JULIET ” — from the original 
 
 draun'ngs by Frank Dickskf., A.R.A — Proofs on Japan 
 paper — mounted on cardboard with heavy plate mats 
 enclosed in handsome old gold colored silk plush casket, lined 
 with white satin. Paris, Goupil Co., n. d. 
 
 Limited Edition-de-Luxe. 
 
 The subjects in Shakespeare’s immortal play represented in this set are as 
 follows: — “Street Fray between Montagues and Capulets”; “The Balcony 
 Scene"; Friar Laurence”; “The Secret Marriage — leaving the Friar’s Cell’ , 
 
 “ Death of Tybalt”; “Juliet and Nurse”; “ Romeo and Juliet in the Hall of 
 the Capulets”; “ Romeo in Friar Laurence’s Cell”; “The Message”; " Romeo 
 and the Apothecary"; “ Juliet in Trance,” and " Romeo at Juliet's Tomb.” 
 
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 THE CRIES OF LONDON-THIRTY FINE ETCHINGS. 
 
 14 SMITH (John Thomas, late Keeper of the Prints in the 
 British Museum ). The Cries of London, Exhibiting 
 Several of the Itinerant Traders of Ancient and Modern 
 Times, with Memoir by J. B. Nichols. 30 fine etchings , 
 copied from rare engravings , or drawn from life by the 
 author , also portrait by Skelton, from original drawing 
 by J. Jackson, R.A. 4to, fresh half red morocco gilt, top 
 edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Very scarce. London, J. B. Nichols & Son, 1839 
 
 LIMITED EDITION OF “THE OLD ENGLISH POTTER.” 
 
 J^j3 1 5 SOLON (L. M.). Art of the Old English Potter [an 
 ' account of the Progress of the Craft in England], Illus- 
 
 trated by 50 beautiful etchings by the author. Square folio, 
 fresh cloth, totally uncut. London, 1883 
 
 260 copies only printed, and sumptuously, on hand-made paper, of which the 
 above is number 71, and signed. 
 
 THE PRINCIPIA TYPOGRAPHICA OF S. LEIGH 
 SOTHEBY. 
 
 UM 3 
 
 16 SOTHEBY (S. Leigh). Principia Typographica: the 
 Block-Books, or Xylographic Delineations of Scripture 
 History issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany during 
 The Fifteenth Century, exemplified in connection 
 with the Origin of Printing, with Notices on the Paper- 
 Marks of the Period. Illustrated with 120 large en- 
 gravings , some in colors , in exact similitude of the very rare 
 Original Block-Books. 3 vols. large 4to, half morocco, un- 
 cut. London, printed for the Author , 1858 
 
 Only 215 copies of this work out of the 250 printed were sold. The re- 
 mainder were presented to public libraries and otherwise specially reserved, but 
 
 not for sale. 
 
 The above copy has the inserted heraldic book-plate of Major GrylK and 
 was “collated and bound by Charles Tuckett, Jr., British Museum, 1858.” It 
 is but slightly foxed. 
 
 One of the most important works ever produced upon the history of early 
 printing, on which it throws great additional light. It contains an extended 
 examination of the various editions of the block-books (or books printed from 
 wooden blocks), the earliest productions of the art, issued in Holland, Flanders, 
 and Germany, such as the Apocalypsts S. Johannis, Biblia Pauperum, Ars 
 Moriendi, Cantica Canticorum, Liber Regum, Temptationes Daemonum, Ars 
 Memorandi, Endkrist, Quindecim Signa, De Generatione Christi, Miribilia 
 Romae, etc. 
 
 It is not, however, confined to a history of block-books, for it gives minute 
 accounts, accompanied by exact fac-similes, of some of the most interesting and 
 rare works printed with movable type in the infancy of the art, such as the 
 Donatusis, Doctrinale, Catonis Disticha, Horarium, Facetiae Morales, Speculum 
 Humana: Salvationis, Bartolomaeus van de Proprietaten der Dinghen, lixhor- 
 tatio contra Turcos, Liter* Indulgentiarum, etc. An essay upon early paper 
 marks, illustrated by numerous cuts, concludes the work, which contains up- 
 wards of 120 plates, many of them colored, and more than 200 engravings on 
 wood. 
 
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 SPLENDID SPORTING WORK, PUBLISHED BY “THE 
 CENTURY”— WITH JAPAN PROOFS. 
 
 S 'fo 3 1 7 SPORT WITH GUN AND ROD in American Woods and 
 Waters, edited by Alfred M. Mayer, Professor in the 
 Stevens Institute of Technology. Profusely illustrated 
 with Japan proofs , full-page illustrations and numerous 
 cuts in the text. Thick 4to, cloth, beveled sides, top edge 
 gilt, others uncut. N. Y., The Century Co., 1883 
 
 A beautifully printed volume on plate paper from the press of Theo. L. De 
 Vinne. 
 
 There are ten charming Japan proofs from the drawings of Mills, Cary, 
 Beard and Trumbull, and engraved by Kingsley, Muller, Whitney, Davidson, 
 etc. 
 
 There are nearly 30 page plates after Foote, Gifford, Ward, Beard, Rix, 
 Parrish, etc., and engraved by some of the best modern American engravers, 
 as are the hundreds of other illustrations in the text. • 
 
 The letter-press is from the pens of Alfred M. Mayer, Charles C. Ward, 
 James Gordon, Rowland E. Robinson, Lew Wallace,- George Bird Gunnell, 
 Lord Dunraven, W. M. Laffan, J. Harrison Mills, John Muir, Frederick 
 Schwatka, Barnet Phillips Edward Seymour, James A. Ilenshall, Maurice 
 Thompson, A. G. Wilkinson, Francis Endicott, Thaddeus Norris, A. R. Mac- 
 donough, Charles Dudley Warner, etc. 
 
 STIMMER. — Neue Kiinstliche Figuren Biblischer Histo- 
 rien, Griintlich von Tobia Stimmer gerissen und zu Gotts- 
 forchtiger ergetzung und achtiger hertzen mit artigen 
 Reimen begriffen durch “J. F. G. M.” Every page illus- 
 trated with facsimile wood engravings and borders. Small 
 4to, light brown morocco, stamped with antique design, 
 red edges. Basle, 1576 
 
 Limitf.d facsimile reprint by George Ilirth, of Munich and Leipzig, 
 1881. These religious cuts by Tobias Stimmer were commended by Rubens, 
 who declared that he had studied them with attention, and derived much in- 
 struction from them. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED 
 “ANTIQUARIAN ITINERARY.” 
 
 [STORER (James).] Antiquarian Itinerary, compris- 
 ing Specimens of Architecture, Monastic, Castellated and 
 Domestic; with other Vestiges of Antiquity in Great 
 Britain. Illustrated with nearly 350 fine copper-plates and 
 numerous woodcuts in text. 7 vols. 8vo, smooth red morocco 
 elegant, gilt edges (not quite uniform in tooling, and 
 rubbed slightly). London, 1815-18 
 
 Large paper, and with beautiful and early impressions of the copper-plates 
 and wood engravings. The above was James Comerford's copy, and contains 
 his inserted heraldic book-plate. 
 
 I | ^320 STOTHERT (James). French and Spanish Painters. 
 
 ' ’ Portrait and numerous fine steel plates , engraved by Hous- 
 
 soullier, Morgan, Boilvin and others from famous 
 pictures. Thick 4to, cloth gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Phila. (London), n. d. 
 
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 Qq 3 21 STURT (J.). The Orthodox Communicant. With en- 
 graved borders and vignettes to the text , the whole of which 
 is also printed from engraved text. Small 8vo, old calf. 
 
 London, 1721 
 
 Rare and fine example of an entirely engraved work. With the imprint — 
 “ London, engraven and sold by J. Sturt in Golden Lion Court in Aldersgate 
 Street, MDCCXXI.” John Sturt is noticed in Spooner as an engraver, whose 
 chief excellence consisted in engraving ornamental letters and scriptural 
 vignettes. 
 
 d\U"3 22 
 
 HACKERAY (William Makepeace). The Ma- 
 hogany Tree. With 24 illustrations by Frank 
 T. Merrill, some on Japan paper, and mounted 
 on cardboard. Square folio, fresh half morocco, 
 in imitation of mahogany, cloth sides, top edge 
 gilt. Boston, 1887 
 
 Limited Japanese paper edition of 100 copies, of which the above is 
 No. 31. 
 
 “ The literary history of ‘The Mahogany Tree,’ like that of happy nations, 
 is exceedingly meagre. It was published anonymously in ‘ Punch.’ The author 
 omitted the second stanza when reprinting it among the first collections of his 
 poems, more wisely restoring it in a later edition.” — J. J. Roche. 
 
 SIGNED ARTIST’S PROOFS OF BARNARD’S “CHARACTER 
 SKETCHES” TO THACKERAY. 
 
 Io 0 3 2 3 THACKERAY. — Character Sketches from, in six illustra- 
 tions by Frederick Barnard, artist’s signed proofs on 
 Japan paper, mounted on cardboard, with heavy plate 
 mats in portfolio, with ties. Square large folio. 
 
 London, n, d. 
 
 Limited Edition-de-Luxe, of which this copy is No. 69. 
 
 The characters represented in this magnificent series are: — “ Major Ten- 
 dennis”; “Dobbin”; “ The Little Sister ” ; “Captain Costigan ” ; “Colonel 
 Newcome” ; and “ Lady Gaunt.” 
 
 ") vTc 824 THAMES (The). 75 fine engravings by VV. B. and George 
 * Cooke, from designs of Dewint, Hughes, Owen, Arnold, 
 
 Barrett, Clennel and others. 4to, old half roan. 
 
 London, W. B. Cooke , 1822 
 
 I 00 325 THOMSON (Stephen). Masterpieces of Antique Art, with 
 
 '* Descriptive Text. 25 examples in permanent photography 
 
 from the celebrated collections in the Vatican , The Louvre , 
 and the British Museum. Large 4to, cloth extra gilt, 
 edges gilt (a few plates loose). London, 1878 
 
 Printed at the Elzevir Press. 
 
 I 326 THORNBURY (Walter). Historical and Legendary Bal- 
 lads and Songs. With illustrations by Whistler, Walker, 
 Tenniel, Watson, Small, Sandys, Pinwell, Morten, 
 
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 Lawless and many others. 4to, fresh cloth, gilt, beveled 
 sides, gilt edges. London, 1876 
 
 Walter Thornbury says in his Preface to the above: — “ To this volume the 
 author has devoted the pleasantest and sunniest hours of the last twenty five 
 years. The classified index which he subjoins will show that his verses are 
 bound together in a certain sequence, and that they have sprung spontaneously 
 out of various lines of study and of thought.” 
 
 Vq 3 2 7 Tiffin (W. F.). Gossip about Portraits, principally En- 
 graved Portraits. Small 8vo, cloth. London, 1866 
 
 A charming volume, brimful of interest to collectors of prints, and particularly 
 to portrait collectors, interspersed with varied biographical, anecdotal and liter- 
 ary memoranda. 
 
 Contents: — Introductory; Portrait Collections; Remarks on Plagiarisms; 
 Portraits and Portrait Painters; Portraits and Poets; Portraits Wanted; False, 
 Unsatisfactory, and Altered Portraits; Collectors and Collections; Prints and 
 Print-sellers; with General Index, etc. 
 
 . II328 TOMBLESON’S Rheinansichten. Numerous steel plates — 
 views of the Rhine. Parts 1 to 22 in 1 1 pieces. Large 8vo, 
 sewed. 
 
 TOPFFER’S CHARMINGLY ILLUSTRATED WORKS. 
 
 ’M IX329 TOPFFER(R.). Premiers Voyages en Zigzag ou Excursions 
 d’un Pensionnat en Vacances dans’les Cantons Suisses et 
 sur le Revers Italien des Alpes, illustrated 7 i’ith 54 page 
 illustrations and a large number of vignettes in the text after 
 the designs of the author; also — 
 
 TOPFFER, Nouveaux Voyages en Zigzag a la Grande 
 Chartreuse autour du Mont Blanc dans les Valines 
 d’Herens, de Zermatt, au Grimsel, a Genes et a la Cor- 
 niche, prec£d£s d’une notice de Topffer par M. Sainte- 
 Beuvk, de l’Academie Fran^aise. Illustrated after the 
 original designs of Topffer by Cai.amf., Karl Giraroet, 
 Francais, D’Aubigny, deBar, Gagnet and Forest. 
 
 TOGETHER 2 vols. Large 8vo, half morocco gilt, 
 cloth sides, gilt edges. Paris, 1870-74 
 
 These charming works of Topffer, who died in 1846, show his artistic genius 
 and the loss to art caused by the malady of his eyes, which forced him to relin- 
 quish the profession of a painter. 
 
 | -^330 TOPFFER. Reflexions et Menus — Propos d’un Peintre 
 1 * Genevois, ou Essai sur le Beau dans les Arts. 2 vols. 
 
 small 8vo, folded (ready for binding). Paris, 1848 
 
 With notice of the life and works of the author by Albert Aubert. 
 
 r^p3 x TURENNE: sa Vie, les Institutions, Militaires de son 
 ' temps par Jules Roy. With fine chromo-lithographs 
 
 and sa’eral hundred other illustrations. Large 8vo, fresh 
 half red morocco gilt, edges gilt. Paris, 1884 
 
 HANDSOMELY printed by Pillet and Dumoulin. The following artists and 
 engravers participated in this work: — Lix, Adrien Marie, Lepcre, Goutzwiller, 
 Nordmann, Huyot, Maude, Moller, Jeaugeon, Petit. Gillot. etc. 
 
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 0 0 33 2 TURNER (J. M. W.). Annual Tour: Wanderings by 
 the Loire, by Leitch Ritchie. With 21 highly finished 
 line engravings of the most beautiful scenery, from draw- 
 ings by J. M. W. Turner ( some foxed). Large 8vo, in 
 the original morocco gilt binding, edges gilt. 
 
 London, 1833 
 
 Large paper and original edition, with very line impressions of the plates. 
 The engraved title has been cut and mounted and there is an inserted vignette 
 title from the “ Rivers of F ranee.” 
 
 ' q 333 f^^HRSPRUNG der Europaeischen Reiche. A 
 collection of $ o engraved plates of historical sub- 
 jects, with engraved descriptions below , also en- 
 graved title and index. Large 8vo, boards. 
 
 Augsburg, [1705] 
 
 Rare, a curious collection and depicting noteworthy incidents in the history 
 of Europe from the earliest times. 
 
 FIFTEEN VOLUMES OF A PARIS ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL. 
 
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 UNIVERS ILLUSTRE. Journal Hebdomadaire,//<?/«j<-/y 
 illustrated , for the years 1858 to 1868 (/. e.\ Vol. 1, No. 1, 
 May 2, 1858, to No. 702, June 27, 1868, inclusive). To- 
 gether 15 vols. Half roan (some slightly rubbed). 
 
 Paris, 1858-68 
 
 ACHON (Marius). L’Ancien Hotel de Ville de 
 Paris, 1533-1871. 121 full-page etchings and 
 
 heliogravures , and 23 in the text ; also numerous 
 other illustrations. Large 4to, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Qua n tin, 1882 
 This superb monograph of the Paris Hotel de Ville. burned down by the 
 Communists in 1871, was published under the auspices of the Municipal Coun- 
 cil of Paris. 
 
 C* r.33 6 VAN DYCK (Antoine). Sa Vie et son QLuvre par Jules 
 ® Guiffrey. Profusely illustrated with etchings and other 
 
 full-page plates , also illustrations in the text, fac-similes, etc. 
 Folio, cloth uncut. Paris, Quantin, 1882 
 
 According to Fuseli, Van Dyck deserves the next place after Titian in portrait 
 painting. He was a perfect master of drawing and chiaroscuro. 
 
 RARE EARLY EDITION OF VASARI’S PAINTING. 
 
 . \ C 32>1 VASARI (Giorgio). Trattato della Pittvre. Woodblock 
 portrait of \ asari. 4to, sheep. Florence, 1619 
 
 Very rare, and printed by Giandonato and Bernardo Giunti, and with the 
 device “ a fleur-de-Iys ” of that famous house of typographers. Dedicated — 
 “in Georgii Vasarii Arretini pictoris celeberrimi historias.” 
 
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 yy 338 VECELLIO (Cesare). Costumes Anciens et Modernes — 
 
 Habiti Antichi et Moderni di tutto il Mondo. Illustrated 
 with 5 13 engravings on luood by Huyot of costumes , and the 
 size of the page after the designs traditionally ascribed to 
 Titian. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh half red morocco gilt, top 
 
 An absolutely uncut copy of the original edition, bound by Trautz, produced 
 2 480 francs at the sale of R. M. S. Turner. Another copy of the same was 
 priced in a Coombes (Duprat) catalogue, $225. 
 
 1_0 0339 VENICE. — Un Mois A Venise ou Recueil de Vues Pittor- 
 
 esques, avec un Texte Historique et Explicatif. Illus- 
 trated after the drawings of Count de Forbin and M. 
 Dejuinne, historical painter , lithographed by Arnout, 
 Aubry-Lecomte, Coupin, Fragonard, Gudin, Mau- 
 zaissf., Schmit, Vauzelle and Villeneuve. Large 
 folio, half morocco. Paris, Engelmann , 1825 
 
 XV., le Bien Aime, Representees par des Figures Alle- 
 goriques, avec une Explication Historique. 46 plates , in- 
 cluding engraved title — all with engraved letter-press and 
 charming medallions , illustrative of the wars of King Louis 
 the Fifteenth. Large 4to, mottled calf gilt, red edges. 
 
 [ POO 34 1 VERSAILLES GALLERY. A collection of over 30 plates 
 ' on India paper, consisting of military and naval battle 
 
 scenes, views, portraits of Marshals , Generals and Admirals, 
 historical scenes, relating to Napoleon, Louis Philippe, 
 etc. Large folio, half roan. 
 
 LIVES OF ARCHITECTS AND SCULPTORS, BOUND BY 
 CHAMBOLLE-DURU. 
 
 TEURS, depuis la Renaissance des Arts, avec la Descrip- 
 tion de leurs Ouvrages. Par M. D* * *, de l'Academie 
 Royale des Belles Lettres de la Rochelle. Engraved fronts, 
 by J. Robert, after Renon. 2 vols. 8vo, green crushed 
 levant morocco extra, rounded corners, inside gold den- 
 telle borders, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Very rare and fine copy, of these important lives of famous sculptors and 
 architects. The handsome binding is by Chambolle-Duru, and is dated 1864. 
 
 143 VILLARS (P.). L’Angleterre, l’Ecosse et l’lrlande. Illus- 
 trated with 600 engravings and 4 maps. Large 4to, cloth 
 
 Great Britain and Ireland seen through French spectacles, and illustrated by 
 French artists. 
 
 edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, Fir min Didot, i860 
 
 Impressions on India paper. 
 
 VERNON (A. Gosmond de). Les Campagnes de Louis 
 
 Paris, 1751 
 
 Rare, and published by the author. 
 
 VIES des FAMEUX ARCHITECTES et SCULP- 
 
 Paris, Debure Paine, 1787 
 
 gilt, beveled sides, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, Quantin, n. d. 
 
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 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE SPLENDID 1789 EDITION OF 
 
 VITRUVIUS. 
 
 2 j "344 VITRUVIUS. — Elementa Architecture Civilis ad 
 VITRUVII Veterumque Disciplinam et Recentiorum 
 Praesertim a Paleadii Exempla Probatoria Concinnata 
 auctore Henrico Aldrich S. T. P. .Edis Christi olim 
 Decano. Eine portrait by Heath, after Kneller, and 
 ?iumerous plates ( some foxed). Thick large 8vo, mottled 
 calf, gilt. Oxford, 1789 
 
 Large and thick paper, with the heraldic book plate (crest, coronet, shield, 
 supporters and motto) of “ De Pollier.” 
 
 Aldrich was eminent as a controversialist, as an architect and as a musician. 
 In his first character — as a disputant — Brunet places him among the more dis- 
 tinguished divines “who managed and directed this controversial war.” 
 Eustace styles the above — “ a very clear and concise treatise on the general 
 principles, proportions and terms of this art.” 
 
 (so 345 
 
 ALKER (George). Descriptive Catalogue of 
 Choice Original Pictures by the Most Esteemed 
 Italian, French, Flemish, Dutch and British 
 Schools. Part the First. 8vo, smooth morocco 
 gilt, interleaved, edges gilt. Edinburgh, 1807 
 
 WALLON (H., Secretaire de P Acaddmie des Inscriptions et 
 Belles-Lettres). Jeanne D’Arc. Illustrated with 15 
 chromo-lithographic plates and 200 fine engravings on wood 
 after monuments of art , fac-sitniles , etc., etc. Thick large 
 8vo, fresh half levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut. Paris, Didot, 1876 
 
 Uniform with the Works of Paul Lacroix. 
 
 Contents: An account of the arms and military dresses of the period, accom- 
 panied by descriptive figures taken from the seals of the Archives; a map of 
 feudal France by M. Aug. Longnon, a new work of the highest importance to 
 the history of the 15th century; a study of the worship shown to Joan of Arc in 
 the French and foreign literatures (it is known that during the lifetime of Joan, 
 her wonderful mission was represented on the stage); fac-similes of letters of 
 Joan, etc., etc. 
 
 U | } 347 WALPOLE (Horatio, Earl of Orford). Works. Numerous 
 fine portraits , views , plans , etc. Vols. 1, 2 and 3. Large 
 4to, half russia (foxed slightly). London, 1798 
 
 With inserted heraldic book-plate of the Borris Library. 
 
 “The best letter writer in the English language.” — Sir Walter Scott. 
 
 “ What then is the charm, the irresistible charm of Walpole’s writings? It 
 consists, we think, in the art of amusing without exciting.” — Macaulay. 
 
 “There is an irresistible charm in all the writings of Horace Walpole. We 
 own that we expect to see fresh Humes and fresh Burkes before we again fall 
 in with that peculiar combination of moral and intellectual qualities to which his 
 productions owe their extraordinary popularity .” — Edinburgh Review. 
 
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 1 I J 348 WESTALL (William) and OWEN (Samuel). Picturesque 
 Tour of the River Thames. Illustrated by map and twenty- 
 four beautiful page plates and two vignettes in aquatint. 
 Large 4to, old cloth, gilt edges (top margins of few plates 
 stained slightly). London, E. Ackermann , 1828 
 
 Rare and a beautifully illustrated volume. 
 
 ir 349 WESTMACOTT (C. M.). British Galleries of Painting and 
 . ^ Sculpture, Comprising a General, Historical and Critical 
 
 Catalogue with Separate Notices of Every Work of Fine 
 Art in the Principal Collections. Fine engraved portraits , 
 ulterior views, etc., by Wageman, Cattermole, Le Keux 
 and others. 8vo, half calf (joints broken and name on 
 title). London, 1824 
 
 Very scarce. "Charles Molloy Westmacott, long famous, or rather in- 
 famous, as the proprietor and editor of ‘The Age,’ which levied black mail 
 without mercy.” — A elibone. 
 
 0 350 WILSON GALLERY. — Prix d’Adjudication des Tableaux 
 de Premier Ordre Anciens et Modernes qui Composaient 
 la Galerie de M. John W. Wilson. With numerous etch- 
 ings after the great old and modern masters by Greux, 
 Waltner, Rajon, Gaucherel, Jacquemart, Lalauze, 
 Martinez, Lemaire, Flameng, etc. Large 4to, sewed, 
 uncut. [Paris], 1881 
 
 This wonderful collection of paintings sold for over two million and thirty 
 thousand francs. 
 
 WOLTMANN AND WOERMANN'S "HISTORY OF PAINT- 
 ING,” IN TREE MARBLED CALF. 
 
 1 ICO 
 
 351 WOLTMANN (Alfred) WOERMANN (Karl). History 
 of Ancient, Early Christian Mediaeval Painting. Trans- 
 lated from the German, and edited by Prof. Sidney Col- 
 vin, of Cambridge University, and (Vol. 2) by Clara 
 Bell. Profusely illustrated with portraits and facsimiles 
 of sculpture, painting and ceramics. 2 vols. thick square 
 large 8vo, fresh tree marbled calf extra, inside gold 
 borders, gilt edges. N. Y., 1880-85 
 
 Vol. i w-as published at $15 in tree calf, and Vol. 2, “The Painting of the 
 Renaissance,' at $12. 50 in cloth. 
 
 The amazing industry and learning of Professor Woltmann is all his own; so 
 is his fidelity to history as well as his painstaking conscientiousness. All this 
 combined makes Woltmann’s work the best manual and the best reference book 
 on the history of painting to be found in the English language. 
 
 " The work is a great treatise, broad as art itself in scope, scrupulously faith- 
 ful in treatment, and founded upon scholarship the profoundest and most ad- 
 mirably balanced.” — N. Y. Evening Post. 
 
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 ife 352 
 
 OUNG (John, Engraver in Mezzotinto and Keeper 
 of the British institution). Catalogue of Pic- 
 tures by British Artists, in the Possession of Sir 
 John Fleming Leicester, Bart. With be) fine 
 etchings, proofs on India paper. Large 4to, 
 morocco extra gilt, edges gilt (rubbed). 
 
 London, printed by Bulmer 6° Nichol, 1821 
 
 LARGE PAPER and very scarce, with superb and early impressions of the 
 plates. Published at £4 4s. 
 
9° 
 
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 II. Vellum |£lamxscvipts, 
 
 INCLUDING 
 
 Illuminated Treasures and Later MSS., etc. 
 
 “ Tant d’actes merveilleux en cest oeuvre lirez. 
 
 Que de nul autre apres esmerveille serez. 
 
 Et porvrez vous syavans du plaisir ici prendre, 
 
 Vous nou s^vans pourrant en riant y apprendre. ” 
 
 — Henri Estienne, M.D.LXVI. 
 
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 EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY ANGLO-NORMAN MIS- 
 SAL ON VELLUM, WITH THIRTEEN MINIATURES 
 AND HUNDREDS OF CAPITALS IN GOLD AND COLORS. 
 
 V>a353 — “ MISSALE ROMANUM.” A Fourteenth 
 
 Century Manuscript of early Anglo-Norman Exe- 
 cution AND WRITTEN IN LATIN AND IN BLACK AND RED 
 
 Gothic script, on 90 leaves or 180 pages of vellum. 
 With ELEVEN MINIATURES IN capitals and with fine 
 borders illuminated in colors and heightened with gold — and 
 hundreds of small capitals in red, blue and gold — also hun- 
 dreds of yet smaller capitals in blue , finished with red scroll- 
 work. 4to (eight and three-quarter inches by five and 
 seven eighths), old calf, paneled gilt, with gold Grolier- 
 esque designs in the centre, on wooden boards, gilt edges. 
 
 Sjec. XIV. 
 
 UNIQUE original manuscript of the early fourteenth century in I.atin 
 and on vellum. 
 
 This ancient missal is of early English workmanship and is an example of a 
 
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 very rare class of manuscripts. It is in admirable condition, considering its age, 
 over 550 years old. 
 
 The painted miniatures are very curious in their details and treatment— the 
 illuminated borders are of chaste conventional Gothic floriation and are height- 
 ened with gold — and the hundreds of small capitals scattered throughout the 
 volume are carefully painted and from many of them proceed green foliage. The 
 margins are very broad, measuring nearly three inches at the bottom, one and 
 five-eighths at the fore, and one and a half at the top. On the last page are 
 over twenty lines of ancient English verse, being an address to the Iloly 
 Virgin Mother and written about the time of Chaucer. 
 
 The first painting is on the first page and is of — “ The Annunciation." 
 Like nearly all the other miniatures, the faces and hands of the figures are of a 
 ghastly appearance and the drawing is very crude. Then follow — II., “The 
 Agony in the Garden ” — Christ kneels before a chalice with a host therein and 
 three of the disciples are huddled together sleeping; III., “ Arrest of Jesus ’’ — 
 the Saviour with hands extended — disciple with sword has just struck off the ear 
 of the high priest’s servant; IV., “ Christ before Pilate V., “ Christ bearing 
 the Cross toCalvary ”; VI., “ The Crucifixion," with the Virgin and St. John at 
 the foot of the Cross; VII., “ The Descent from the Cross”; VIII., “ Christ 
 being laid in the Tomb ”; IX.. “ The Saviour” — Jesus in blue robe, seated on a 
 a rainbow — holds out His hands on which are the stigmata, as on the feet and 
 side — two naked swords point at His head; X., “ Burial Scene,” three tonsured 
 ecclesiastics in colored copes surround a bier covered with a black pall on which 
 white cross and tears; XI., “ All Souls" — this is depicted by two angels lifting 
 up in a white cloth a kneeling corpse entirely nude. 
 
 CURIOUS FOURTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ON 
 
 VELLUM. 
 
 354 fHS.— PASSIO S. KATHARINE VIRGINIS and 
 
 SERMONES AUGUSTINI DE PASSIONE DOMINI. 
 A Fourteenth Century Manuscript in Latin on 
 43 leaves or 86 pages of vellum. With curious page 
 miniature of “ the Crucifixion .” Minimo (five and three- 
 
 eighths inches by three and three-quarters), original vellum 
 binding on thick beveled wooden boards, with strap, clasp 
 and brass-hinged catch and pin. Sjec. XIV. 
 
 UNIQUE original manuscript on vellum and of the fourteenth century. 
 
 This is a very curious example of German workmanship, and is in its original 
 binding. The ends are from a much earlier MS. The script is Gothic and in 
 black, with occasional rubrications and floriated initials in red. Some pages are 
 wormed. The miniature is in the middle of the volume. It represents “the 
 Crucified Saviour, with an Angel holding a Chalice, into which pours blood from 
 the wounded side of Jesus — on the upper portion of the Cross is INRI, and 
 on each side arc the Sun and Moon.” 
 
 FIFTEENTH CENTURY DEVOTIONAL MSS. 
 
 355 — LATIN PRAYER BOOK, to which is added — 
 
 ' “ ALTARIS CUM ORATIONIBUS POST MISSAM 
 
 DICENDIS.” Two Manuscripts in one volume— the 
 
 FIRST BEING ON 54 LEAVES OR 108 PAGES OF VELLUM 
 
 and Gothic script — the other on 45 leaves or 90 
 pages of paper. With floriated capitals , some in gold 
 and color. Minimo (four and a half inches by three and 
 
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 three-quarters), original pigskin on wooden boards, red 
 edges, with brass clasps. Site. XV. 
 
 UNIQUE original manuscripts of the fifteenth century, in Latin and 
 of German origin. 
 
 At the end of the vellum MS. is the date 1449, and above is a legend show- 
 ing that it came from the monastery of St. Afra, probably from the same con- 
 ventual house of Benedictines that number 372 did. It is in its original bind- 
 ing, which is stamped on the sides with floriated ornamentation, antique heads, 
 
 etc. 
 
 ILLUMINATED MINIATURE OF THE FIFTEENTH 
 CENTURY, ON VELLUM. 
 
 356 “THE JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON.” An 
 Illuminated Miniature on vellum of the early 
 part of the Fifteenth Century (measuring five and a 
 half inches by four and an eighth). In passe partout. 
 
 S<EC. XV. 
 
 UNIQUE original miniature on vellum, illuminated in gold and colors 
 and of Flemish origin. 
 
 The subject of the painting is “ The Judgment of King Solomon.” This is 
 surrounded by a floriated border. The ‘‘wise king” is seated on his throne. 
 Behind him is a gold and colored hanging, above which is a purple canopy. 
 Solomon is represented with gray hair, moustache and beard. Upon his head 
 is a cup of maintenance with a feather — all blue. His robe is blue, with ermine 
 tippet — his surlout is gold and purple — his legs are in grey trunk hose, and 
 his pointed shoes are of purple. Before him kneeling is an unhappy mother 
 imploring the life of her infant, who, bleeding from the breast, is held in the 
 air by a soldier, about to hew it in two with his upraised sword. There is 
 another soldier in attendance. Both are accoutred and helmeted in medieval 
 armor. In the perspective is dimly seen a landscape and the blue sky. 
 
 UNIQUE PAINTING ON VELLUM, WITH NUMEROUS 
 MINIATURES THEREIN. 
 
 357 ORIGINAL SEVENTEENTH CENTURY RE- 
 
 LIGIOUS PAINTING ON VELLUM, measuring fif- 
 teen and one-eighth inches by ten and five-eighths. Neatly 
 framed. S/EC. XVII. 
 
 UNIQUE and original PAINTING on vellum of the seventeenth century 
 and of German origin. 
 
 This appears to be an art offering from the nuns of a German convent dedi- 
 cated to St. Walburga to their father confessor, Augustine Troster The centre 
 figure is allegorical, probably “ Religion," holding a medallion portrait of a 
 nun, who is perhaps the Mother Abbess. Above is the ‘‘eye of Godina 
 triangle and glory.” The medallion is held on the other side by a cherub and 
 below is a shield of arms. Around the archway to the left-hand side are the 
 portraits in medallions of twenty six nuns, each w'ith a name on the border. 
 Below this arch some buildings are depicted, and probably represent the con- 
 vent, of which an account is given from A.D. 870 to 1664. At the right hand 
 corner, near the allegorical figure referred to, are three cherubs — one points to 
 the principal medallion, another holds a crosier and a ring, and the third has 
 a painter’s palette. At the top of this colored illumination is another medallion 
 of a nun, below which is a coat-of-arms Three cherubs surround this medal- 
 lion — one with a crosier, another with a crown, and another with a lily. There 
 are many scriptural mottoes scattered throughout the painting, which is signed 
 — “ L. Bodotourf.” At the bottom is a two-line presentation inscription : — 
 
 “ Zur Bestandig Thauranden Angevenden offerirt Disz, 
 
 P. Augustinus Troster Beicht-Vatter ad S. W'alburgam.” 
 
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 FIFTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT. 
 
 I 0U3 5 8 fas.—' “ EXPOSITIO CANONIS MISS^E.” An ancient 
 Latin manuscript on seven leaves or fourteen pages. Small 
 folio (twelve and a quarter inches by eight and a half), 
 sewed. Sax. XV. 
 
 UNIQUE original fifteenth century manuscript, with one floriated capi- 
 tal and in semi-Gothic script. 
 
 “THE GOLDEN LEGEND” OF JAMES DE VORAIGNE-A 
 REMARKABLE FOURTEENTH CENTURY CODEX WITH 
 ONE HUNDRED AND TWO MINIATURES AND THOU- 
 SANDS OF ILLUMINATED INITIALS— ON 756 PAGES 
 OF VELLUM. 
 
 I litPOfbS 59 “LEGEND A SANCTORUM.” A Magnificent 
 
 Fourteenth Century Manuscript in Latin on vf.i.- 
 
 lum, CONSISTING OF 378 LEAVES OR 756 PAGES OF GOTHIC 
 SCRIPT IN BLACK AND RED, ILLUMINATED WITH 102 MINI- 
 ATURES IN COLORS HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD, 6 LARGE 
 CAPITALS IN GOLD AND COLORS WITH BORDERS AROUND 
 THE PAGE AND THOUSANDS OF SMALLER INITIALS IN 
 RED, BLUE AND VIOLET, WITH SCROLL-WORK DEPENDING 
 
 therefrom. Very thick large 4 to (twelve inches by nine), 
 old morocco. Sax. XIV. 
 
 UNIQUE ILLUMINATED VELLUM and ORIGINIAL MANU- 
 SCRIPT of the FOURTEENTH CENTURY of the ITALIAN 
 SCHOOL of PALEOGRAPHY, and in SPLENDID CONDITION. 
 
 This grand VOLUME is the complete and perfect codex of the “ Golden 
 Legend” of Jacobus de Voragino. It is most carefully written in double col- 
 umns of black Gothic script, with a considerable portion of the text, the head 
 lines, subject titles, marginalia, and many initial letters in red. 1 hroughout the 
 manuscript are thousands of capitals in colors, surrounded with delicate pen 
 scroll-work. A large number of these have floriated work springing from them 
 and running into the margins. 
 
 There are six large initial letters in gold and colors. These are lovely examples 
 of Gothic decoration. They are interlaced with floriation, not only in the centre 
 and sides of the capitals themselves, but in the entire outer margins of the 
 pages, and in the middle between the double-columned text. 
 
 At the commencement of the book are ten prefatory pages. I hese begin 
 with the names of the saints alphabetically arranged. 1 hen fojlow short treat- 
 ises, or directions as to “ perfect penance (de perfectione penitential), the 
 duty of confession.” “the ten precepts,” “the evil effects of luxury, intem- 
 perance, falsehood, voluptuousness,” etc. At the end of these ten pages is a 
 sentence beginning “ iste liber est," but the remainder has been erased. 1 his 
 doubtless gave the date of execution the name of the illuminator or that of the 
 
 owner - „ 
 
 The “ Lives of the Saints" then follow and are paginated I 
 “ CCCLXXIII.” As already stated, they are decorated with one hundred and 
 
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 two miniatures. These are most chaste specimens of medireval art work and so 
 beautifully and minutely painted that they will bear favorable inspection under 
 the strongest lenses. Two are slightly rubbed, but hardly worth calling atten- 
 tion to. 
 
 On the second page of the text is a fine miniature depicting “the Advent of 
 Christ.” On either side of the Saviour are the Virgin and St. John. The Re- 
 deemer is in a sitting position, habited in a violet robe, showing on His hands 
 and side the stigmata. Two swords are pointed at His temples. Before Him 
 are two naked figures coming out of the earth. The background is covered with 
 golden decoration. 
 
 The rest of the miniatures are equally ornate and each is on a golden ground 
 and measures on an average nearly three square inches — some are still larger. 
 The subjects of these paintings are: — 
 
 “St. Andrew with Cross”; “St. Barbara, Palm in Hand, beside a Castle”; 
 “St. Nicholas Mitred, with Crosier”; “ St Ambrose Writing at Desk”; “St. 
 Lucia”; “St. Thomas Pointing at the Wounded Side of the Saviour ”; “The 
 Nativity of Jesus”; “ St. Stephen “ St. John Compiling his Gospel ”; “ Mas- 
 sacre of the Innocents ”; “ Martyrdom of St. Thomas a Becket ”; “ Pope 
 Sylvester ”; “ The Circumcision of Christ,” very curious; “ Visit of the Magi.” 
 six figures; “St. Paul”; “St. Anthony, with Crosier and Pig”; “St. Sebas- 
 tian"; “St. Agnes”; “St. Vincent, the Martyr”; “ Conversion of St. Paul,” 
 the saint with heels kicking in the air and on his horse’s back; “ Martyrdom of 
 St Julian”; “The Purification of the B. V. M,” five figures; “St. Blaise”; 
 “St. Agatha”: “St. Peter the Apostle,” crowned with papal tiara; “St. Mat- 
 thew”; “ Pope Gregory ”; “ St. Benedict ”; “ The Annunciation ”; “ The Cru- 
 cifixion,” five figures; “ The Resurrection,'’ four figures; “ St. Secundus ”; “ St. 
 George and the Dragon ”; “ St; Mary of Egypt ”; “ St. Peter Martyr.” and in 
 the Dominican habit; “St. Philip”; “St. lames the Less”; “St. Helena 
 Holding the Cross ”; “St. John the Apostle'’; “ Four Tonsured Ecclesiastics 
 Attended by Cross Bearers, and Chanting the Litanies”; “ St. Barnabas"; “St. 
 John the Baptist”; “Martyrdom of St. Peter”; “Martyrdom of St. Paul”; 
 “St. Margaret and Dragon u ; “St. Alexis”; “St. Mary Magdalene”; “St. 
 Christina”; “St. James the Great”; “St. Christopher with Infant Christ”; 
 “ The Seven Sleepers ”; “ St. Martha and Dragon ”; “St Peter 1 ad vincula ’ ”; 
 “ St. Dominick and Dragon ”; “ St. Laurence with Gridiron ”; “ the Assump- 
 tion," large miniature, nearly five inches in height, with fourteen figures therein; 
 “ St. Bernard and the Devil"; “ St. Bartholomew and Devil”; “ St. Augustine 
 with Books and Writing”; “Decollation of St. John the Baptist’; “St. 
 Egidius ”; “ Nativity of the Virgin,” very curious — St. Anne holds the B. V. M. 
 on her knees as a babe, who is nursing a yet smaller Infant Jesus; “St. 
 Adrian ”; “ St. Matthew Writing his Gospel with Angel in Attendance ”; “ St. 
 Maurice”; “ St. Justina ”; “Saints Cosmas and Damian"; “St. Michael the 
 Archangel”; “St. Francis”; “St. Denis Holding his Decapitated Head”; 
 “ St. Leonard ”; “ St. Luke Writing his Gospel ”; “ St. Ursula and the Eleven 
 Thousand Virgins”; “Saints Simon and Jude”; “St. Eustache”; “Com- 
 memoration of the Dead,” two surpliced monks and hooded figure standing 
 before a bier; “St. Martin”; “St. Cecilia”: “St. Clement”; “St. Kath- 
 erine”: “St. Eligis"; “St. Nicasius”; “Martyrdom of St. Jacob”; “St. 
 Louis"; “Balaam and Jehosaphat”; “St. Elisabeth of Hungary”; “St. 
 Clara”: “St. Isidore”; St. Lazare”; “St. Thomas Aquinas”; “St. Alban”; 
 “St. Boniface”; “Faith, Hope and Charity with the B. V. M.”; “St. Wal- 
 burga”; “St. Bavo”; "St. Nicholas of Toledo”; “St. Lievcn”; "St. 
 Donatus": “St. Victor”; “St. Anthony”; and “St. Antoninus.” The last 
 is heraldic, the habit of the saint, the banner in his hand and the caparison of 
 his horse being — “ gules, charged with a billet argent.” 
 
 This wonderful medi.eval encyclopedia of hagiology was compiled by the 
 Italian author Giacomo da Varaggio, whose name has been latinized into 
 “ Jacobus de Voragino ” and Anglicized into “ James of Voraignc.” He took 
 this surname from his native town in Northern Italy of Varaggio or Varazzo, a 
 
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 seaport on the Gulf of Genoa, a few miles from Savona, the birthplace of Popes 
 Sextus IV. and Julius II. lie was born about A. D. 1230 and died at Genoa on 
 July 14, 1298. lie took the Dominican habit and became at an early age the 
 Provincial of his order in Lombardy. This was about 1267. In 1292 he was 
 elected Archbishop of Genoa — “ and by his ability, his moderation, and his 
 exemplary life, he played a most influential part in the public affairs of his time, 
 being called more than once into the Councils of the Popes themselves and in 
 affairs of difficulty.” 
 
 No work was ever more popular than the Archbishop’s marvellous production, 
 of which the above is one of the grandest copies in existence. Its original title 
 was— “ Historia Lombardica, seu Legenda Sanctorum.” The admiration of his 
 contemporaries did not allow it to remain with so comparatively humble a desig- 
 nation and they called it the “ Legenda Aurea,” Anglice “ The Golden Legend,” 
 which it has ever since been styled. Timperley writes: — “ The 'Lives of the 
 Saints ’ were denominated ‘ Legends ’ from being statedly read in the churches, 
 and this compilation received the epithet Golden, from its extraordinary popu- 
 larity, or the supposed value of its contents. The library of no monastery was 
 without it. Every private person who was able purchased it; and for a long 
 time after the invention of printing, no work was more frequently issued from 
 the press. It was written by Jacobus de Voraigne, a Dominican friar and Arch- 
 bishop of Genoa, who died in the year 129S.” 
 
 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in the notes to his “ Golden Legend,” wherein 
 are stated his reasons for taking that name as the title of one of his most 
 delightful poems, said: — “ He (the Archbishop) called his book simply ‘ Legends 
 of the Saints,’ the epithet of Golden was given it by his admirers; for as Wynkyn 
 de Worde says — ‘ Like as passeth gold in value all other books, so this Legend 
 excecdeth all other books. ’ But Edward Leigh, in much distress of mind, calls 
 it — ‘ a book written by a man of leaden heart for the basenesse of the errours, 
 that are without wit or reason, and of a brazen forehead, for his impudent bold- 
 nesse in reporting things so fabulous and incredible.’ 
 
 “This work, the great text book of the legendary lore of the Middle Ages, 
 was translated into French in the fourteenth century by Jean de Vignay, and in 
 the fifteenth into English by William Caxton.” 
 
 The text of the “Golden Legend’ consists, as we learn from another 
 authority, of a hundred and seventy-seven sections, each of which is devoted to 
 a particular saint or festival, selected according to the order of the calendar in 
 its execution. The work, as may well be supposed from its age, is far from crit- 
 ical, but it is deserving of study as a literary monument of the period, and as 
 illustrating the religious habits and views of the Christians of that time. It 
 presents a very different phase of the mediaeval mind from that which is exhib- 
 ited in the acute and severely philosophical lucubrations of the schools; but 
 both must be read together in order to make up the intellectual ideal of the 
 time. 
 
 Some of the most important hagiologies have been based upon that of Arch- 
 bishop de Voraigne, such as “ The Lives of the Saints ” of Nadal, Ribadeneira, 
 Bollandus and Alban Butler. 
 
 In the works of Quetif and Echard, Isaac Disraeli, Timperley and Brunet 
 will be found much information concerning the “Golden Legend.” Over a 
 hundred printed editions have been issued since the invention of typography. 
 The first was a Black Letter in Latin printed according to Panzer about 1470 — 
 others followed in rapid succession from the types of Gering, Zainer, de Iloem- 
 borch, Sensenschmidt, Arnold, Paffnet, etc. — the last published being the Paris 
 edition of 1843 in two volumes, translated by Gustave Brunet. I he first french 
 translation was printed at Lyons in 1476 by John Batallier; the first Italian at 
 Venice in 1476 by Nicholas Jenson; the first Dutch at Delft in 147 2 '. the first 
 Bohemian at Pilsen circa 1475-1479; and the first English at Westminster in 
 1483 — “ by me Wyllyam Caxton.” 
 
 The copy of the “Golden Legend” described above can hardly be equalled 
 in the elegance of the miniatures, the freshness of the vellum, and the legibility 
 
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 of script by any other manuscript codex of Archbishop de Voraigne’s work in 
 existence. Although examples in manuscript of the “ Legenda Aurea ” may not 
 be quite as rare as hen's teeth,” but few are known, among these being one 
 bequeathed in 1449 by Walter. Lord Hungerford, to Lady Margaret, wife of 
 Sir Robert Hungerford, his son — “ my best 1 Legend of the Lives of the Saints’ 
 in French, and covered with red cloth ” — and yet another — a magnificent original 
 manuscript of the “ Golden Legend” sold to the Duke of Norfolk in 1803 and 
 claimed to have been — “ near five hundred years old,” to have been executed for 
 the Queen of Philip de Valois and was described as being — “ an immense folio 
 volume, perhaps the most curious of the kind in the world, every leaf of the 
 finest vellum, all the capital letters illuminated in gold and rich colors, with 
 upwards of two hundred miniatures of the different saints, etc.” 
 
 A description that tallies somewhat with the codex now under consideration, 
 which if not illuminated for a Queen of France must have been executed — on 
 account of its gorgeous art-work and beautiful miniatures — for a member 
 of one of the great reigning houses of Europe in the Moyen-Age — possibly for 
 a Visconti or for a De Medici. 
 
 MAGNIFICENT FOURTEENTH CENTURY VELLUM EX- 
 AMPLE OF JEHAN DE MEUNG— WITH MANY CAPI- 
 TALS IN GOLD AND COLORS— IN SPLENDID MODERN 
 BINDING BY PETIT, OF PARIS. 
 
 00 
 
 360 is. — LE TESTAMENT DE MAISTRE JEHAN 
 DE MEUNG. A Fourteenth Century Manuscript 
 in old French Verse on 33 leaves or 66 pages of 
 
 VELLUM, WITH I09 CAPITALS IN GOLD AND COLORS. 8VO 
 
 (eight and a half inches by five and five-eighths), MAG- 
 NIFICENTLY BOUND by PETIT, of Paris, in 
 crushed levant dark blue morocco, super-elegant, 
 elaborately tooled back and sides in gold, the last named 
 being pointille in imitation of lace-work, the ends doubly 
 
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 [“Jehan de Meung,” a Fourteenth Century French Illuminated Manuscript, 
 AND SPLENDIDLY BOUND IN DARK BLUE LEVANT MOROCCO DOUBLE, BY PETIT, 
 
 ok Paris. Number j6o of the “ Pene du Bois Collection.”] 
 
9 8 
 
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 with smooth, crimson morocco, with most chastely 
 tooled gold borders, pointille and dentelle, leather joints 
 and gilt edges. S&c. XIV. 
 
 UNIQUE, SPLENDID and ORIGINAL EARLY FRENCH TROU- 
 VERE MANUSCRIPT of the fourteenth century on vellum and illuminated 
 in gold and colors. 
 
 This relic of the beginnings of the poetry of France, which culminated in a 
 Voltaire and a Hugo, should be of deep and absorbing interest to students of 
 literature. It is one of the few works left to posterity of the writings of the 
 celebrated Jehan de Meung (Meun or Mehun), otherwise known as“Clopinel ’’ 
 or “ le Boiteux,” one of the authors of the “ Komaunt of the Rose,” commenced 
 by Guillaume de Lorris, and which later became an early English classic 
 through the genius of Geoffrey Chaucer. 
 
 It is in beautiful condition. The vellum is almost as white as driven snow. 
 The script, over five centuries old, is so clear that it can, although in old 
 French, be read with ease by a lower-class public school boy. The colored 
 initials, to the number of over a hundred, are as brilliant and bright with gold 
 as if painted twenty-four hours ago. 
 
 And the reliure is one of the handsomest modern French bibliepegists can 
 offer as a chef-d'<euvre. 
 
 The author of this ancient manuscript was Jehan de Meung, the French 
 trouvere, who was born at Meung-sur- Loire in the thirteenth century, and died 
 in Paris about 1318. This scion of a rich and distinguished family received as 
 profound an education as his time afforded. In the words of a chronicler anent 
 De Meung we learn that he was: — “ Solemnel, maistre et docteur en sainte 
 theologie, philosophic tresparfont, sachant tout ce qui a entendement humain et 
 scible.” He was the friend of Dante, whom he met in Paris. But his princi- 
 pal title to fame rests upon the fact of his having completed that grand medi- 
 eval work, the “ Roman de la Rose,” begun by De I.orris, and in the thousands 
 of verses which he added thereto Jehan De Meung not only kept to the spirit 
 of the original, but added to that delicate allegory, keen satire of the most 
 subtle character. 
 
 Several other works of his were printed in the early portion of the sixteenth 
 century — for details of which the reader is referred to the third volume of 
 Brunet. Among these are the “ Miroir d’Alchymie,” " le Dodechedron de 
 Fortune," “ les I.oys de Trepassez avecques le pelerinage maistre Jean de 
 Meung,” “la Forest de Tristesse,” “ le Codicille et Testament de maistre 
 Jeha. de Meun " and “ les Sept Articles de la Foy et les Proverbes dorez selon 
 Maistre Jean de Meung.” 
 
 The “ Codicil and Testament " were printed at the end of the “ Roman de 
 la Rose” in the three editions of 1735, of “ l’an VII." and of 1810. The “Seven 
 Articles of the Faith and the Golden Proverbs according to Maistre Jehan de 
 Meung” were also reprinted under the designation of “ Tresor” in the edition 
 of the “Roman de la Rose ” of “ Meon,” and in the editions of 1735 and 
 “ 1’an VII.” under the title of the “ Testament de Jehan de Meung.” 
 
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 The engraving illustrative of the beautiful reliure on the above manuscript 
 has been presented in this catalogue owing to the kindness of Howard Lock- 
 wood and Co,, publishers of “ The American Book Maker,” who have loaned 
 the electrotype. A most valuable series of articles on “ Bookbinding as an Art 
 and Industry,” from the pen of Ingersoll Lockwood, Esq., author, lawyer and 
 Titan, have been appearing for some time past in that very live magazine. The 
 numbers for February, March and April, 1887, each contained illustrations of 
 specimens of book binding in the Pene du Bois library. Writing up the 
 “ Jehan de Meung,” as an example of Petit’s binding, Ingersoll Lockwood says 
 in the April “American Book Maker": — 
 
 “ The peculiar excellence of modern French tooling must be sought for in its 
 brilliancy, accuracy and evenness, both as to balance and depth. No matter 
 how mathematically accurate and how brilliant a pattern may be in its general 
 execution, if, upon a close and critical examination of the work, the eye can 
 detect unevenness in the depth of the work, the binding sinks into the category 
 of mediocrity. So, too, a piece of line tooling loses much of its charm when 
 worked upon poorly made and ill-jointed covers which are either too stiff to open 
 with any ease, or when opened betray a lack of alignment and solidity, without 
 which no book may be said to be well bound. That some of the French bind- 
 ers in their striving for rich and elegant exteriors fell short of necessary mechan- 
 ical excellence is undeniable. Cape, now deceased, was one of these, llis 
 rich and graceful toolings often decorate books which are wofully lacking in 
 strength and solidity. And the same criticism may with justice be made of 
 other famous names. 
 
 “ But in one respect modern French binders stand upon a vantage-ground 
 which is literally unassailable. They do not attempt to spread upon book covers 
 any of the exaggerated, ridiculous or fantastic shapes and figures which the 
 ‘ popular tastes ' of the day are so pleased to see stamped upon book exteriors. 
 They turn with ever-increasing reverence and admiration to the works of the 
 old masters, Maioli, Grolier, the Eves, Le Gascon, Derome, etc., for styles, 
 designs and leading motives. 
 
 “ To these illustrious predecessors, Cape, Marius-Michel, Petit, Trautz, 
 Lortic, Niedree, Pagnant, Riviere, Smeers, Thibaron-Joly, Chambolle-Duru, 
 etc., turned, or still turn, for their patterns and designs, just as the truly great 
 littirateurs of modern times have followed the safe lead of great masters in the 
 classic ages. In our times, however — and so, too, it happened in the days of the 
 Maioli and Grolier — the real artist, whose trained eye and skillful hand works 
 out the beautiful design which glows upon the cover, is utterly unknown to the 
 general public. The famous firm-style or name of the business house swallows 
 up every individuality and personality under its guidance. This is probably 
 unavoidable ; at any rate, the collector and amateur rarely take thought of 
 any one save the name of the house of which the covers bear the imprint. 
 
 “ The cut [*. e., of Mr. Pene du Bois’s "Jehan de Meung”] on this page 
 represents a Petit gold tooling upon blue levant of very delicate workmanship. 
 The student will perceive that in this piece of work. Petit, instead of attempt- 
 ing to invent something new and startling, preferred to follow the footsteps of 
 one of the older masters in book decoration, namely, Derome. This pattern 
 may be called a Derome dentelle border. Naturally, the camera gives only a 
 faint rendering of the effect of this beautiful piece of tooling. The doubU is of 
 red levant, likewise richly tooled.” 
 
IOO 
 
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 THE GLORIOUS “ FIRMIN-DIDOT HOURS,” OR PERHAPS, 
 MORE CORRECTLY, KING CHARLES THE SIXTH’S— 
 DECORATED WITH FORTY-THREE MINIATURES 
 AND NEARLY THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY ILLU- 
 MINATED BORDERS, ALL HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD— 
 ALSO THOUSANDS OF ILLUMINATED SENTENCE 
 FINIALS AND CAPITALS. 
 
 , p 361 “HEURES DE LA SAINTE VIERGE.” A 
 
 MAGNIFICENT MANUSCRIPT IN LATIN, WITH CALENDAR IN 
 
 old French on 169 leaves or 338 pages of splendid 
 
 VELLUM IN BLACK GOTHIC SCRIPT, WITH OCCASIONAL 
 
 passages in red. With 19 PAGE MINIATURES, 
 exquisitely painted with brilliant COLORATION height- 
 ened with gold, each with charming capitals and four- 
 sided borders similarly illuminated — 24 SMALLER MINIA- 
 TURES, illustrating the calendar , and of delightful ex- 
 ecution, with borders in gold and colors — 304 illuminated 
 pages , other than the above named , each with border on 
 three sides OF the text — three blank pages — and THOU- 
 SANDS OF ILLUMINATED CAPITALS and sentence 
 finials, all highly decorated and heightened with burnished 
 gold. Thick small 4to (eight inches tall by five and a half 
 wide), olive velvet, with gilt edges. S>ec. XV. 
 
 UNIQUE and regal manuscript of the most splendid character, executed on 
 vellum by a French scribe, and illuminated by miniaturists in the first quarter of 
 
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 the Fifteenth Century, and most probably for King Charles the Sixth of 
 France. 
 
 This loveliest of Hours of the “ B. V. M ” was one of the medieval art features 
 of the famous Firmin- Didot collection at Paris. It was the property of one of 
 the greatest of modern bibliophiles, and his red and gold library stamp will be 
 found on one of the ends, of which “Ala Bible dor, 1698-1850, Bibliotheca 
 Ambrosii Firmin-Didot” is the legend thereon, between the Greek and I-atin 
 mottoes on the pages of an open book, between six other tomes. It was pro- 
 tected at the Firmin-Didot sale and bought in by the Veuve Didot, but who 
 afterwards privately disposed of it. 
 
 First, as to the borders. To form an idea of the enormous labor expended 
 upon the decoration of the text of this missal, it can be easily shown that the 
 volume contains nearly 10,000 inches or some 900 feet of illuminated bor- 
 der, heightened WITH gold ! Every page of the 335, with script thereon, 
 has a border averaging an inch and a half in width. These 335 borders on the 
 pages, with simple text only, are on three sides thereof— those with miniatures 
 have them on all four sides. This precious volume must have taken years and 
 years to complete — for outside of the miniature paintings there are many thou- 
 sands of capital letters and sentence finials, all of which, when held against the 
 light, blaze with an iridescent glow from the highly burnished gold, standing 
 up solidly on every page from the mass of beauteous colored decoration. 
 
 The rich ornamentation of the borders are very striking. As in almost all the 
 French manuscripts of the beginning of the Fifteenth Century, the decorative 
 principle in MSS. of the Fourteenth Century, consisting of gilded conventional 
 Gothic foliage, are here found with new designs added thereto, introducing 
 actual flora and fauna, with birds like the peacock, the parrot, and others of 
 varied hues. The text, on most of the pages, is separated from the outside bor- 
 der by a listel or fillet, of a golden ground, with small colored ornaments. In 
 the pages with miniatures these listels are developed into a second border which 
 encloses text and painting on three sides. 
 
 The nineteen large miniatures are square in shape on the three lower sides — and 
 semi arched above. Their breadth is uniform, but the height varies. Some of 
 these paintings are by a different hand. Others are particularly noticeable, as 
 showing incontestably the influence of Flemish upon early French art. '1 he 24 
 smaller miniatures are in the calendar, which is written in old French. It takes 
 up the first twelve leaves. The script thereof is gold, azure and carmine — the 
 numerals are of pure gold. The small miniatures which decorate the calendar \ v 
 are placed in pairs on the recto of each leaf, those at the bottom arc of a circular 
 form, and represent the signs of the Zodiac. Those laterally are of a rectangu- 
 lar shape and have for their subjects scenes depicting rural occupations proper 
 to each month, or the recreations of a country life. 
 
 It must not be forgotten, in examining this manuscript, that it is over 450 years 
 old, and that the almost miraculous condition and brilliancy of the miniatures and 
 borders are due to the fact that its scribe and painters worked for all time and for 
 the glory of their religion, and not for mere pelf. Their materials and applica- 
 tion of them are now nearly a lost art. Hence every page is the best that 
 genius and faithful toil could produce — and but two of the borders, which are 
 slightly rubbed, show aught of either age or use. The volume itself was 
 rebound a century or two ago. When this was done, some of the leaves with 
 miniatures were partially remounted and carefully grafted on to new vellum at 
 the inner margins in order to give greater durability and safety while binding. 
 
 A noteworthy feature of the miniatures is the landscapes and occasional archi- 
 tectural details which fill up the backgrounds of even the smaller ones as well as 
 the larger. 
 
 The Zodiacal miniatures are not quite the orthodox or conventional ones. 
 January’s water-carrier is nude, and while running, upsets the contents of his 
 pitcher. The fishes of February are so large that they each take up a bay. 
 
 March has a ram which is very Iamb-like. April's bull is pawing the ground. 
 
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 The gcmini of May are represented by a blue habited virgin, whose head is deco- 
 rated with a tall pointed head dress, and whose arms are tightly lashed around 
 the neck of a callow medieval youth, who seems to rather like it, although 
 astonished. June's boiled lobster is gilded. The lion of July has been starved 
 and looks hungry. The virgin of August holds a palm branch, and has golden 
 hair. September’s scales are held unevenly balanced by a handsome woman, 
 whose eyes are not blindfolded. October shows that the medieval artist knew 
 little about scorpions — he has depicted an amphibian more like a crocodile. The 
 “ Sagittarius ” of November is half lion and half medieval archer, and is habited 
 in blue, with a red and brown peaked cap. December s big goat has a fleece as 
 white as snow. 
 
 The miniatures on the right-hand side of the different months in the calendar 
 give us an insight into the occupations and costumes of the farmer and peasant 
 of the Middle Ages. They are similar to those depicted in the works of Paul 
 Lacroix on this period, and which were taken from missals. These painted min- 
 iatures are as follows : — January a husbandman seated at table, and his wife or 
 daughter, with tall pointed head-dress, bringing in a dish; February, a stout 
 rustic, seated and blowing up the fire in an open grate with a pair of bellows, 
 while his wife toys with his hair; March, a gardener and female planting; 
 April, the chase, a hunter blowing a horn and accompanied by youthful attend- 
 ant, habited in red with black cap; May, a male and female riding pillion; June, 
 a laborer mowing, and woman to the left with a pitcher on her head, a basket in 
 one hand and a jug in the other; July, a husbandman reaping and a seated 
 female tying up the sheaves; August, thrashing the grain; September, one 
 farmer sowing — another ploughing; October, treading the vintage; November, 
 husbandman and wife gathering fruit; December, farmer killing a pig with an 
 axe. his wife looking on and holding dish. 
 
 The larger miniatures will be now described: — I., “ Salvator Mundi ” — this is 
 a wonderful piece of portrait painting, three quarter figure — the eyes blue and 
 features most expressive — the hair dark — the beard and moustache lighter — tunic 
 blue, over which is a red cope with gold border — one hand gives benediction — 
 other holds a crystal orb surmounted by a gold cross — the border to this minia- 
 ture is very fine, with peacock, two birds with variegated plumes, strawberries 
 and other fruit, foliage and flowers; II., “St. John at Patmos” — the saint, 
 with golden hair, in blue and red habit, holds an open book — beside him an eagle 
 on a barrel holding bunch of palms — the two figures take up nearly the whole 
 of Patmos — to the fore on the mainland is the devil dancing in impotent rage — in 
 the sky an angel — other islands in the distance — two, with cities surrounded by 
 fortified walls; III., “St. Luke” — he is painting the Virgin’s portrait, which is 
 on an easel — features of saint very fine — to the fore a winged bull holding label 
 “ S. Lucas”; IV., “St. Matthew” — the Evangelist is seated under a canopy 
 attached to what is apparently a monastic house — on his knees an open book, 
 and is in the act of dipping his pen into an inkstand held by a white-robed, blue- 
 winged angel in attendance — architectural details and lineaments of figures most 
 excellent; V. , “ St. Mark ’’ — like the preceding, St. Mark is engaged in the com- 
 pilation of his gospel — he is seated within doors beneath a crimson and gold 
 canopy, although side of house entirely open, there is a ruddy fire in the grate — 
 in the foreground the symbolical winged lion; VI., “ Madonna and Child ” — B. 
 V. M., clad in blue robe and golden-haired, seated reading under a crimson and 
 green tent, the front of which is held up by two angels — in the foreground the 
 Infant Saviour led in a walking machine by an angel — another angel engaged in 
 preparing food for the Holy Child, in a saucepan over a fire on the ground; 
 VII., “ the Visitation ” — St. Elizabeth with white coif, hands clasped, genuflects 
 before the Virgin, who has a large nimbus around her golden hair and is clad in 
 blue and gold — behind them two female figures, one with box on head, the other 
 a basket, both hold domestic objects on staff upon their shoulders — landscape of 
 medieval castle and town; VIII., “the Crucifixion” — Christ with stigmata on 
 the cross, two thieves on each side, but with their arms tied over the cross-pieces 
 
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 —soldier in act of piercing the Saviour's side— to the left group of holy women, 
 to the right soldiers in medieval costume; IX., “ Descent of the Holy Ghost 
 B. V. M. seated in midst of Apostles— the faces gems of miniature painting 
 and most lifelike: X., “the Annunciation "—Virgin kneeling reading, habited in 
 blue and gold with ermine lining— angel with red cope, blue and gold border and 
 blue and gold wings, holds legend " Ave Gracia Plena Dns. tecum," both figures 
 within quadrangle of chateau, displaying on turrets numerous small shields of the 
 royal arms of !• ranee, three golden fleurs-de-lys on a blue ground — sun dial on 
 tower— God the Father surrounded by angels in the heavens— capital “D" 
 with peacock in glory and border with strawberries, pheasant, green parrot, pea- 
 cock, etc., very fine; XI., “ Coronation of the Virgin ’’ — Christ with white peaked 
 hat on throne, holding crystal orb— Virgin kneeling before Him attended by 
 angel who holds her blue and gold mantle— three angels with legends and crown 
 above the figures— four angels entirely red in the foreground, all the figures in 
 separate blue firmaments with stars; XII., “ Flight into Egypt "—Virgin and 
 child on mule— St. Joseph leading— female attendant with basket on head and 
 staff on shoulder following — handsome architectural background; XIII., 
 “ David "—the Psalmist seated within castle court— shield with royal arms of 
 France over gateway ; XIV., “ the Nativity " — Infant Saviour on the ground con- 
 nected with golden rays emanating from God the Father in the heavens— Virgin 
 and St. Joseph kneeling— mule with curious expression; XV., “ Angel appear- 
 ing to Shepherds ” — one shepherd with hands clasped kneeling, another drinking 
 water from well — in the foreground golden-haired Virgin holding lamb; XVI., 
 “ the Presentation in the Temple" — Virgin kneeling and five figures, including 
 high priest, surrounding the altar, on w'hich is the Infant Christ— the background 
 chancel of the Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris, across which is a blue and 
 gold hanging, on w'hich are the golden lilies of France — male figure to the 
 foreground, evidently a likeness of King Charles the Sixth of France, and his 
 foot rests upon a brass, showing inscription, coats-of-arms and effigy on tesse- 
 lated floor; XVII., “Visit of the Wise Men” — Virgin seated on richly decorated 
 bed with canopy, one of the magi kneeling, the other two, both crowned, standing, 
 the one to the left in blue doublet pink hose and cod-piece, and pointed black 
 shoes- XVIII., “a Funeral Scene ” — four pall-bearers carrying bier with blue 
 pall — four black-robed figures carrying candles on which are shields “argent 
 a bend gules charged with five billets ” — other figures, including priests, also 
 architectural details, very fine; XIX., “Pontifical High Mass”— the Pope kneel- 
 ing offering the chalice — has nimbus around his tonsured head, and gold chasuble 
 with black designs — two tonsured cardinals in attendance, both are kneeling, one 
 holding tiara and the other a pontifical cross — the Saviour, with stigmata and sur- 
 rounded by the emblems of the Passion, appears in a vision over the altar — in the 
 middle centre are four spirit heads in blue and gold nebulous glory. 
 
 The lengthy description of these miniatures is not unwarranted. They are 
 as carefully and minutely executed as in any medieval missal extant. They can 
 only be seen under a magnifying glass to be appreciated, words almost failing to 
 express their beauty and microscopical workmanship. 
 
 This entrancingly lovely “ floras ” has been called at the head of this 
 description, the “ Firmin-Didot Hours.” It should be more properly styled the 
 “ Hours of King Charles the Sixth of France, surnamed the “ Well-Beloved.” 
 Not only is this clearly possible on account of the period of its execution, but 
 by two separate facts — First, that monarch’s portrait given in the sixteenth min- 
 iature above described, and — Secondly, that many of the miniatures have blended 
 in their composition, shields charged with the royal arms of France. King 
 Charles the Sixth, whose wife was Isabella of Bavaria, reigned on the French 
 throne from 1380 to 1422, and this missal was illuminated before the last named 
 date. 
 
 It is, nevertheless, a regal manuscript, whether executed for a King of France 
 or not, it having for its motif the rendering of the highest artistic genius and 
 loftiest religious reverence to the “ Regina Coelorum.” It is the “ Hours 
 of the Queen of Heaven.” 
 
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 SPLENDID FIFTEENTH CENTURY “HOURS” OF FLEM- 
 ISH EXECUTION, WITH THIRTY MINIATURES, AND 
 HUNDREDS OF CAPITALS-ALL IN GOLD AND COL- 
 ORS. 
 
 I fO-OOS 62 PS.-' “ HORyE BEATyE MARINE VIRGINIS, CUM 
 CALENDARIO.” A Fifteenth Century vellum 
 “Hours" in Latin, with the Calendar in old 
 French and of Flemish workmanship on 160 leaves 
 or 320 pages of Gothic Script in black. Highly orna- 
 mented with 15 large miniatures with capitals and borders 
 in colors heightened with gold — 15 smaller and similar — 
 and hundreds of smaller capitals and sentence finials in gold 
 and colors. Small 4to (six and seven-eighths inches by 
 four and five-eighths), dark blue morocco gilt tooled — the 
 ends double with morocco of the same color and some- 
 what similarly tooled, the edges gilt and lettered on the 
 back— “ Heures — M. S. Sup. Rerg. Saec. XV.” S>ec. XV. 
 
 UNIQUE original Fifteenth Century “ Heures” on vellum, and the 
 text executed by a Flemish scribe in Latin and French. 
 
 This is a beautiful missal. The colors are most delicately painted upon the 
 vellum, which is thin and of superior quality. The gold is highly burnished and 
 the margins measure an inch and a half to two and one-eighth inches in width. 
 The Calendar is peculiarly rich in color and the gold stands out in shining 
 relief from every number or day of the month and from many of the saints’ 
 names, which are altogether in metal. Two of the miniatures are very slightly 
 rubbed and the last page a little holed. The borders are particularly delightful. 
 They represent fruit, flowers and conventional Gothic foliage. Some are 
 worked up into geometrical ornamentations, squares, triangles, etc., into which 
 are blended the brilliantly painted ttoriations. 
 
 The miniatures, as stated, are thirty in number. Nearly all have charming 
 landscapes for their backgrounds. The gold on the habits of the personages 
 shown is very lightly and chastely put on. The subjects are of: — I., “ St. John 
 Writing with Eagle in Attendance"; II., “St. Luke Compiling his Gospel"; 
 III., “St. Matthew, with Angel”; IV., “St. Mark Reading his Gospel, with 
 Lion”; V., “Madonna and Child, with Angels”; VI., “Virgin and Dead 
 Christ”; VII., “The Annunciation,” angel with fleurs-de-lys wand and dal- 
 matic of crimson and gold — the Holy Ghost fluttering above; VIII., “The 
 Visitation ”; IX., “ The Nativity ”; X., “ Angel appearing to the Shepherds”; 
 XI., “ The Adoration of the Wise Men”; XII., “ The Presentation in the 
 Temple ”; XIII., “ The Flight into Egypt ”; XIV., “ The Coronation of the 
 Virgin”; XV., “King David before an Altar”; XVI., “ The Crucifixion ”; 
 XVII., “ The Descent of the Holy Ghost”; XVIII., “Job and his Friends”; 
 XIX., “ The Madonna and Child” — Virgin crowned seated on dais — the Infant 
 Christ on her knee listening to the music of two angels, one of whom has a 
 harp, the other a mandolin; XX., “ The Trinity ” — God the Father, with triple 
 tiara and orb in one hand, and other resting on open book, which Jesus also aids 
 in holding — the Dove between them; XXI ,“ St. Michael slaying the Dragon "; 
 XXII , “St. John the Baptist"; XXIII , “St. James Reading ”; XXIV., 
 “St. Christopher and Infant Christ XXV'., “ Martvrdom of St Sebastian"; 
 XXVI., “ St. Nicholas”; XXVII., “St. Katherine 1 ’; XXVIII., “St. Bar- 
 . bara”; XXIX., “St. Margaret and Dragon”; XXX., “ St. Genevieve." 
 
 It is impossible to And a missal more exquisitely finished in the delineation of 
 the faces depicted in its miniatures than the above. All the subjects are 
 minutely, almost microscopically finished, and the work is of such a high order, 
 particularly in the landscapes, visages and shading, that they can only have been 
 executed by one of the great Flemish masters, perchance by the inventor of 
 painting in oil-colors — J ohn Van Eyck ! 
 
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 105 
 
 HANDSOME MISSAL IN DUTCH AND OF THE FIFTEENTH 
 CENTURY— WITH BEAUTIFULLY ILLUMINATED MIN 
 IATURES, BORDERS AND CAPITALS ON VELLUM. 
 
 ,363 fHis. — “ GETYDENBOEK, MET KALENDER.” A 
 
 Fifteenth Century Missal in the Dutch language, 
 
 ANI) CONSISTING OF T9 1 LEAVES OR 382 PAGES OF VELLUM 
 in black Gothic script, with occasional rubrications , 
 and with five large painted miniatures and borders , 
 illuminated in colors and heightened with gold — and 37 
 capitals in gold and colors with floriated borders. Small 4to, 
 (six and one-eighth inches by four and three-eighths). In 
 original calf binding, blind tooled, rounded corners, on 
 wooden boards and rebacked with morocco, two brass 
 clasps. S>ec. XV. 
 
 UNIQUE original missal, or “ Hours,” in Dutch, on vellum 
 
 This is an admirable example of medieval illumination executed in the Low 
 Countries at the beginning of the Fifteenth Century. The vellum is of good 
 quality, and the script is plain and bold, although not large. The margins 
 measure an inch and a half to two inches in width. 
 
 All the miniatures have backgrounds of burnished and heavy gold. The 
 first, immediately following the Calendar, which is perfect, represents “the 
 Annunciation.” The B. V. M., golden haired and with nimbus, is clad in a red 
 habit, over which is thrown a blue cloak. She is kneeling before a pre dieu, 
 on which is a book of devotions. An angel in blue and pink habit, with red 
 and blue wings and with golden hair, holds a scroll with the legend — “ Ave 
 gratia plena dominus tecvm.” The ground is gold, to the right is a red curtain 
 and the floor is tesselated. Around the miniature is blue and green foliage, 
 heightened with gold. 
 
 “Christ holding an Orb in One Hand and with the Other giving a Benedic- 
 tion,” is the subject of the second miniature. The Saviour is depicted with 
 golden hair, and is habited in a pink robe. Two of His fingers are upraised. 
 The background is of heavy gold and the foreground is green. It has 
 similarly floriated borders to the preceding described painting. 
 
 “ The Descent of the Holy Ghost ” is the third miniature. The Virgin is 
 habited in blue, and upon the nimbussed heads of the Apostles are tongues of 
 fire. The background is gold, the foreground is tesselated and the borders 
 are floriated. 
 
 The fourth miniature represents “the Psalmist.” His hair and beard are 
 white — he is habited in pink, with a blue cloak, the lining of which is of 
 ermine. 1 1 is harp is before him. To the right of the golden background 
 God the Father appears in a cloud — the foreground is green, the borders are of 
 gold and colors. 
 
 The last miniature shows — “God the Father Holding in a Cloth Three Nude 
 Figures.” He is habited in red and blue. The chair upon which lleis seated, 
 and the general appearance of His white hair and beard, give the Creator a 
 wonderful likeness to the figure of the Roman Jupiter. 
 
 The thirty-seven large capitals are very beautifully executed in colors and 
 gold — the borders are very chaste and of a simple character of decorative 
 treatment. The text is complete, and it is not certain but there may have 
 been another miniature before the page commencing — “ Ilier beghint die lunge 
 cruys.” _ . 
 
 As an example of early Dutch illumination it is hardly possible to desire a 
 more excellent specimen, and it is in astonishingly good condition. 1 he re- 
 ligious wars after the Reformation make ensamples of Holland workmanship 
 of great rarity. 
 
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 EARLY FIFTEENTH CENTURY HOURS OF FRENCH 
 WORKMANSHIP ON VELLUM, WITH TEN MINIA- 
 TURES. 
 
 ,00364 “HEURES DE LA SAINTE VIERGE.” A 
 
 Fifteenth Century Manuscript on 125 leaves or 
 
 250 PAGES OF VELLUM AND IN GOTHIC SCRIPT. With IO 
 miniatures , capitals and borders , forming full-page illumina- 
 tions in colors heightened with gold and hundreds of capitals 
 in gold and colors. Small 4to (six and three-eighths inches 
 by four and seven-eighths), handsomely bound by R. W. 
 Smith in crushed red turkey morocco elegant, handsomely 
 tooled back and corners, broad inside leather borders, 
 tooled with gold, leather joints, edges gilt. Site. XV. 
 
 UNIQUE Original Fifteenth Century Missal on vellum, with Latin text and 
 calendar, complete and in old French. 
 
 This very handsome manuscript is written in a bold Gothic type. The very 
 large number of small capitals and sentence finials, to the number of over a 
 thousand are superbly executed in blue and pink, finished with burnished gold. 
 A few pages are rubbed or have erased later script in some margins, one page is 
 holed and two leaves are lacking, otherwise the MS. is a perfect gem of medieval 
 workmanship. The margins to the text measure two inches to an inch and a 
 half in width. 
 
 The miniatures are delightfully painted — the features of the various person- 
 ages depicted being very minutely and carefully executed. The missal exhibits 
 all the scrupulous care and patient detail so peculiar to the French MSS. of the 
 period of its production. The borders are charmingly finished with fruits and 
 flowers. These are very choice, and are conjoined to a conventional Gothic 
 foliage. 
 
 The miniatures represent: — “ The Annunciation,” the Virgin is in her bed- 
 room seated with an open book on her knees — the angel, golden-haired, red and 
 blue winged, kneels and holds in one hand a staff, at the top of which is a 
 fleur-de-lys ; “ The Visitation " — St. Elizabeth kneels before the Virgin — each 
 is crowned with a nimbus — on one side is a dwelling house — on the other a 
 mountain — in the distance is a landscape ending with a castle terminating the 
 perspective; “ The Nativity ” — St. Joseph and the Virgin kneeling beside the 
 newly born Saviour — two animals in the rear of the stable, which is open at the 
 sides, in the distance being a landscape; “The Angel appearing to the 
 Shepherds ” — two shepherds kneeling, one points to an angel in the sky, who 
 holds a label with the motto: “ Et in terra ” — behind them is a green-clad 
 mount — and in the distance two mountains, both with buildings at their sum- 
 mits ; “ The Flight into Egypt”; “ God the Father crowning the Virgin,” both 
 seated on a dais — the decoration behind is of fleurs-de-lys on a purple ground; 
 “ The Crucifixion,” the Christ with the blood pouring from His side — Centurion 
 cap-a-pie pointing with one finger at the Saviour — one hand holds a curious 
 shield, formed of a human face ; “Descent of the Holy Ghost “ The Psalm- 
 ist, ” kneeling, habited in blue, with ermine tippet, and crown on head — a land- 
 scape in the distance; “Job” — three of his neighbors are commiserating the lot 
 of the holy prophet, who has his arms crossed over his naked body, the sores on 
 which are being tormented by worms, and below the middle, he is buried in 
 a dung-hill. 
 
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 THE CELEBRATION OF THE MASS— AN EARLY SIX- 
 TEENTH CENTURY VELLUM SPECIMEN. 
 
 0 3 6 S J’HS .-“ pR ^ pARATI 0 ad CELEBRATIONEM 
 MISS^,” etc. A Latin Manuscript in Roman script 
 on 38 LEAVES OR 76 pages of vellum. With rubrications. 
 Oblong minimo (three and a quarter inches by four and 
 five-eighths), stamped leather, rebacked. S^ec. XVI. 
 
 UNIQUE Original Early Sixteenth Century manuscript on vellum. 
 This minimo MS., which is well used, is in its original binding of stamped 
 leather. On the front cover are the letters “ E. V.,’’ and on the back the 
 date “ 1618.” 
 
 UNIQUE AND MAGNIFICENT COPY OF THE “HOURS OF 
 THE B. V. M.” OF GILLET AND GERMAIN H ARDOUYN 
 ON VELLUM AND ILLUMINATED BY HAND. 
 
 y .,366 £ UumfnntrTi Ulacfc ^Letter. — “ heures a lusaige 
 U ' UU DE ROME TOUT AU LONG SAS. RIENS RE- 
 QUERIR AUEC LES FIGURES DE LAPOCA- 
 LIPSE.” A superb “Hours” printed in Black 
 Letter on 116 leaves or 232 pages of vellum. With 
 18 page miniatures , colored by hand and heightened 
 with gold — 28 smaller miniatures — one half page — 
 woodcut borders around every page — and hundreds of small 
 capitals and finials to text in gold and colors. Octavo (eight 
 and one-eighth inches by five and one-eighth). Old black 
 calf gilt, with Grolieresque designs of interlaced ornamen- 
 tation in gold. Paris, S^ec. XV. [1499] 
 
 UNIQUE MAGNIFICENT PERFECT EXAMPLE OF VERY EARLY BLACK LETTER 
 and printed “ Hours of the Blessed Virgin ” on vellum illuminated by hand. 
 
 The colophon reads that this splendid “ Horte ” was: — “ Imprimees a Paris 
 par Guillaume Anabat Imprimeur demourant en la RueSainct Jeha. de beau- 
 luais a leseigne des Louis pres les grandes escolles de decret pour Cili.ET Har- 
 DOUYN Libraire demourat. au bout du pont au change a lenseigne de la Rose 
 et pour German Hardouyn Libraire demourant deuat Ie Palais entre les deux 
 portes a lymaige saincte Marguerite. Tout pour le mieulx.” 
 
 The text is almost entirely in Latin, with the exception of a portion of the 
 Calendar, some prayers and litany at the end, etc., in old French. 1 he calendar 
 commences 1500 and ends 1520 — the date of imprint can be therefore assigned 
 to 1499. 
 
 The strangest feature in this “ Hours” is the woodcut on the first page, of 
 which the title, consisting of three lines, occupies but a small space at the bottom 
 of the page. This illustration, which is illuminated in gold and colors, any one 
 not acquainted with the details of ancient bibliography would take for the 
 frontispiece. It is, however, only the Hardouyn device, exhibiting the mytho- 
 
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 logical scene of “ Hercules rescuing Dejanira from the Centaur Nessus.” 
 Speaking of the llardouyns, Gillet and Germain, Dibdin says: — “ They were 
 both unquestionably very beautiful printers, and maintained a prodigious traffic 
 in the sale of devotional volumes; their productions being upon the whole fully 
 equal to those of Kerver, Pigouchet or Vostre.” 
 
 On the verso of the first leaf is a skeleton or anatomical figure, beneath whose 
 legs is a Zany. At the four corners of the page four persons are depicted — one 
 with a monkey, one with a lion, one with a pig. and another with a lamb. 
 
 The other page miniatures, all of which are painted by hand, are of- — “ St. 
 John the Evangelist” — he holds a chalice, from which issues a serpent, in allusion 
 to his driving the poison in that form from a cup which had been presented to 
 him ro drink — at his feet are two corpses — in the background are the would-be 
 poisoner, the Emperor Domitian and attendants — as in all the other miniatures 
 the physiognomies are beautifully painted and will bear the closest scrutiny; 
 “The Kiss of Judas” — the Roman soldiers seizing Christ — Jerusalem in the 
 distance, etc.; “The Church and Justice — Pity and Wisdom ” — allegotical — an 
 angel stands behind the four figures — the Trinity in the Heavens, etc.; "the 
 Annunciation;” “The Crucifixion” — Christ and the two thieves on crosses — 
 the Centurion on white horse — Virgin at foot of cross — other figures, etc. ; “ De- 
 scent of Holy Ghost,” with the Virgin seated among the Apostles; “the 
 Nativity” — Virgin kneeling before Infant Christ — St. Joseph — male figures 
 around stable — cattle, etc. ; “ Angels Appearing to the Shepherds;” “ The Visit 
 of the Magi;” "The Circumcision” — Virgin kneeling with white cloth in hand — 
 St. Joseph with basket of doves — High Priest in Archbishop’s mitre and cope 
 holding Infant Jesus; “Flight into Egypt” — St. Joseph leading mule on which 
 St. Mary and Christ — two angels following — attendant with casket on head; 
 “Death of the Virgin” — soul of I?. V. M. ascending to heaven in glory — 
 apostles, etc.; “ King David sending Uriah forth to Hattie” — Uriah in medieval 
 armor; “The Raising of Lazarus;” and “The Flagellation of Christ.” 
 
 The most curious of these miniatures is that under which is the inscription: — 
 “Comet, lepereur. Octovien p. sa monutio. de sa sibile vit la glorieuse vierge 
 marie q. tenoit so. petit-enfant.” This is explained on pages 277-78 of Clement’s 
 “ Legendary and Mythological Art” as follows: — “When the Roman Senate 
 decreed divine honors to Augustus [Octavius], he consulted the fiburtine Sibyl 
 whether he ought to receive them. She replied that it was more becoming for 
 him. whose power was declining, to go away from her silently, for a Hebrew 
 child should be born who should reign over the gods themselves. Or that a 
 king should come from Heaven whose kingdom would never end. Another 
 version relates that the heavens were opened and a vision of the Virgin with the 
 Infant Saviour in her arms, standing on an altar, was shown him. and a voice 
 was heard saying, ‘ Htec ara filii Dei’ (this is the Son of God). The Emperor 
 adored the vision and reported it to the Senate. And in remembrance of it he 
 erected upon the Capitol an altar inscribed, 'Ara primogeniti Dei.’ On this 
 spot stands the Church of S. Maria in Capitolio or the ' Ara cccli.’ ” 
 
 The smaller miniatures are of: — “Saints Luke, Matthew and Mark” (3); 
 Christ with Orb; “The Saviour Rising from the Tomb”; “ Holy Ghost”; “St. 
 Veronica with Veil ”; “St. Michael and Dragon”; “ Christ with Agnus Dei”; 
 “St. John"; “Saints Peter and Paul”; "St. James"; “St. Stephen”; “St. 
 Lawrence with Gridiron"; "St. Christopher and Christ”; “St. Sebastian”; 
 “St. Nicholas”; “St. Claude”; “St. Anthony”; “St. Anne”; “St. Mary 
 Magdalen”; “St. Katherine”; “St. Margaret”; “St Harbara”; “St. Appo- 
 lonia”; “God the Father”; and “The Annunciation ” — one large. 
 
 This handsome missal is as fine a printed “ Hours" as it is possible to obtain. 
 Not only are the painted large and small miniatures, the capitals and finials to 
 sentences as choice as can be, but the unpainted woodcut borders around every 
 page are beautiful examples of Renaissance ornamentation and the best of their 
 kind — humorous, religious, secular and floriated representation being most 
 artistically treated and blended. 
 
 
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 UNIQUE VELLUM HOURS PRINTED BY GERMAIN 
 HARDOUYN, AND ILLUMINATED BY HAND. 
 
 'll 367 XUumfnatrtr ttlaclt nutter.— “ hore beate ma- 
 rie VIRGINIS SECUNDUM USUM ROMANUM 
 TOTALITER AD LONGU. SINE REQUIRE. CUM 
 MULTIS SUFFRAGIIS ET ORATIONIBUS DE 
 NOUO ADDITIS.” Numerous miniatures, capital letters 
 and borders illuminated by hand in gold and colors. 
 Minimo (five and five-eighths inches by three and three- 
 eighths), crimson plush. S^ec. XVI. 
 
 UNIQUE and very rare example of the press of the Hardouins, printed 
 on vellum. The colophon reads that it was — “ nouuelement imprimees a Paris 
 par Germain Hardouyn Marchant Imprimeur et Libraire demourat. aud. lieu 
 entre ses deux portes du Palays a senscigne Saincte Marguerite.” The calendar 
 commences 1 529. This is an admirable specimen, and, with the exception of a 
 few stains hardly worth considering, is in the best condition. 
 
 CURIOUS CONVENTUAL AND HERALDIC MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 VU 03 68 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY HERALDIC 
 
 /' AND MONASTIC MSS. Two Latin Manuscripts of 
 
 128 leaves or 256 pages, with 37 coats-of-arms em- 
 blazoned in their proper tinctures. 2 vols. small 4to (six and 
 seven-eighths inches by four and a half), vellum. 
 
 Sjec. XVII. 
 
 UNIQUE original seventeenth century manuscripts in Latin and 
 of German origin. 
 
 These two curious little volumes — bound in vellum taken from a folio choir 
 book— were evidently compiled in the seventeenth century by some monk in 
 the Abbey of Neresheim, which is in Wurtemburg, on an affluent of the 
 Danube, and thirty miles from Ulm. They were apparently his “common place 
 books,” although elsewhere styled “ The Journal of the Monastery of Nere- 
 sheim.” The good monk to whom they belonged filled their pages with extracts 
 from the Fathers, from Greek and Latin authors, and, above all, amid many 
 interesting facts relating to his conventual house, with a list of the Abbots of 
 Neresheim, the dates of their elections, their deaths, etc. He gives drawings of 
 the coat-of-arms emblazoned in gold and colors of thirty six successive abbots — 
 from the first, Ornestus, who died A.D. 1096, to the thirty-sixth Mcmiradus 
 Denich, elected Abbot August the 13th, 1647. 
 
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 VELLUM DIPLOMA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PADUA, 
 
 DATED 1626. 
 
 fH-Ss. — SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DIPLOMA 
 
 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PADUA. A Manu- 
 script in Latin on 6 leaves or 12 pages of vellum, 
 in Roman and Italic script. With full-page gilt 
 floriated border and coat-of-arms , and numerous capitals and 
 portions of the text in gold. 4to (eight and five-eighths 
 inches by seven and five-eighths), old red morocco extra 
 gilt, with silk ties. S>ec. XVII. 
 
 UNIQUE ORIGINAL EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ON VEL- 
 LUM. 
 
 This most interesting document, dated June the 25th, 1626, is the diploma 
 granted to Peter Weissensee, upon his acquiring the degree of Doctor of Phi- 
 
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 Iosophy and Medicine. There are seven original signatures attached of the 
 officials of the University of Padua, viz.: Augustine Belligotti, Caesar Cremoni- 
 nus, John Colie, John Prevotius, John Thuilus, Claus Jacobxus Danus and 
 Petrus Merius. There are also named in the document — Christopher Burchard, 
 Caspar Saur and John Valentinus. 
 
 The decoration on the first page is floriated in red and gold. Above is a 
 coat-of arms charged with a passion flower and the crest of a swan on a helmet. 
 Portions of the text not in italics are in gold uncial letter. 
 
 This diploma, issued three years after the publication of the first folio of 
 Shakespeare, forcibly reminds one of the opening lines of “ The Taming of the 
 Shrew: — 
 
 “ Tranio, since — for the great desire I had 
 To see fair Padua, nursery of the arts, — 
 
 I am arriv'd for fruitful Lombardy, 
 
 The pleasant garden of great Italy: 
 
 And, by my father’s love and leave, am arm’d 
 With his good will and thy good company, 
 
 Most trusty servant, well approv’d in all; 
 
 Here let us breathe and happily institute 
 A course of learning and ingenious studies.” 
 
 The University of Padua, one of the most famous in Europe, was founded by 
 Charlemagne, and was restored by the Emperor Frederick the Second in the 
 year 1222. It now embraces nearly 50 professorships, and is attended by some 
 2,000 students. Connected with the university are an anatomical theatre and 
 botanic garden, both dating from the sixteenth century, and each the first of its 
 kind in Europe. 
 
 11.00 
 
 FAC-SIMILE ON VELLUM OF A RARE EROTIC WORK, 
 AND BOUND BY THOUVENIN. 
 
 370 fH-S. — “ LES PRESOMPTIONS DES FEMMES.” An 
 
 Eighteenth Century French Manuscript on eight 
 
 LEAVES OR SIXTEEN PAGES OF VELLUM — WITH CURIOUS 
 
 drawing on title. Minimo (five and five-eighths inches 
 by three and three-quarters). Elegantly bound by Thou- 
 venin in crinkled crimson morocco gilt, gold tooled inside 
 borders, and blue watered silk ends. S.EC. XVIII. 
 
 UNIQUE and EROTIC original eighteenth century vellum manu- 
 script in French. 
 
 This is a fac-simile of the excessively rare edition of the “ Conjectures of 
 Women ” of William Coquillart imprinted, as the title shows: — “ A Roven, Chez 
 Abraham Cousturier pres le Palais : au Sacrifice d’Abraham ” — and of which 
 Brunet writes as follows in the fourth volume of the “ Manuel du Libraire”: — 
 Edition originale de cette piece en vers, laquelle n’est autre chose que la 
 Rubriche (sic) commen^ant de presomptionibus, morceau qui termine la premiere 
 partie des Droits nouveaulx de Guil. Coquillart (voy. ce nom). Cette piece est 
 reimprimee dans le 3e. vol. du Recueil de M. Montaiglon. II y en existait dcji 
 une reimpression fac-simile faite a Paris chez Pinard, en 1S30, qui n’a ete tiree 
 qu’a 42 exemplaires, dont 32 sur pap. de liollande, 4 sur pap. de Chine rose. 
 4 sur pap. de Chine jaune-paillc ; et 2 sur velin. 
 
 “ Presomptions signifie ici conjectures. D’apres l'exterieur des femmes, leur 
 air, leur habillement, 1’auteur presume leur conduite cachee; et il entre dans des 
 details grossierement obscenes. ” 
 
 This vellum fac-simile has a MS. memorandum on one of the ends — “ Sale by 
 Sothcby, 1817” — also a pencil note, as follows — " Manuscrit de Fyot. repro- 
 duction d'une piece fort rare.” On an end paper is the book-plate of the — 
 “ Bibliotheque de Mr. J. Renard.” 
 
 The F'rench poet William Coquillart was born at Rheims in 1421 — he died in 
 
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 1510. He was the official canon (“chanoine officiel ”) and grand chanter of 
 Rheims Cathedral. 11c word-painted the manners of his time and the loves of 
 the bourgeoisie in a lively and natural manner full of truly naive humor and 
 fifteenth century erudition of language. His verse is easy and full of action, 
 but better adapted to comedy than to satire 
 
 Brunet devotes over two and a half pages to his works, of which the earliest 
 was printed towards the end of the first century of typography. Jean Treppeul. 
 Galliot du Pre, Alain Lotrain, Jehan Janot, Jeanne de Marnef, and other eminent 
 early pi inters of Paris printed much of his poetry. The best editions of his com- 
 plete works are Coustelier’s, in 1723; that re-edited by Tarbe. 1847, and by Ch. 
 d’Hericourt, printed in 1857 in the “Collection Elzevirienne.” 
 
 BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT OF 650 QUARTO 
 PAGES, OF AN UNPUBLISHED WORK — BOUND BY 
 BAUZONNET-TRAUTZ. 
 
 371 HISTOIRE DE BELLE-ISLE-EN-MER PAR 
 
 LE R. P. FRANCOIS MARIE DE BELLE-ISLE, 
 CAPUCIN, AUTREMENT LE R. P. LE GALLEN, 
 
 1754.” A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT IN FRENCH 
 OF 325 LEAVES OR 650 PAGES OF SUPERFINE WHATMAN 
 
 PAPER With EXQUISITELY ILLUMINATED title ill GOLD 
 
 and colors, spirited ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR drawing of 
 Belle-Isle-en-Mer — false title and page with date in gold 
 and colors, with narrow border — and every page with care- 
 fully executed borders of ruled red lines. Thick 4to (nine 
 and five eighths inches by seven). Bound by Bauzonnet- 
 Trautz in dark brown morocco, tooled inside gold borders, 
 and gilt edges. Stec. XVIII.-XIX. 
 
 UNIQUE Original French Manuscript, of most carefully executed and 
 beautiful script on Whatman paper. 
 
 This is an unpublished history of “ Belle-Isle-en-Mer” (Beautiful Isle in the 
 Sea), an island on the Western coast of France and in the Atlantic. Belle- Isle 
 is in the Department of Morbihan, a part of Ancient Brittany. It is some eight 
 miles from Quiberon, which is defended by Fort l’enthievre, and is remarkable 
 as the last stronghold in 1795 of about 7.000 Royalists, who, after a most des- 
 perate struggle against the troops of the French Republic, eventually surrendered 
 to General lloche. 
 
 Belle-Isle forms a canton and is defended by its citadel. It was taken by the 
 English in 1761 and held by them until 1763. The population is from 9,000 to 
 10,000, most of whom are engaged in the pilchard fishery. I he island, which 
 is eleven miles by six, is noted for its grain and superior breed of draught horses. 
 It has several small ports, has good anchorage and is nearly surrounded by rocks. 
 The admirable water-color sketch illustrating the manuscript displays some of its 
 salient features. 
 
 There are two titles to this unique MS.— the first or false title, which is in gold 
 and colors and is worded as stated above, is surrounded by a dentelle border, of 
 which there is another on the verso of the page upon which is the inscription 
 — “ Commencee en 1748 et Finie le I754-” On the back of the water-color 
 marine view alluded to is — “Vue de Belle-Isle-en-Mer, 1840. 1 he second, or 
 
 real title is similarly worded, but with the addition of the date “ 1754 It is a 
 beautiful example of modem illumination in gold and colors. 1 he style is some- 
 what Moresque, with red. green and white, touched up with red, and of diamond 
 or lozenge shape decoration. These are heightened with gold, also the word 
 “ Histoire ” and line “ Belle-Isle-en-Mer,” which is of jewelled design. In the 
 
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 upper part of this illuminated page are two circles of white and crimson, sur- 
 rounded with gold. 
 
 The text of the manuscript commences with the dedication — “ A mes trcs 
 chers et honores compatriotes,” and is signed “ F. F. M. D. B. C.” This is 
 followed by a preface commencing page 6 and ending on page 26. The work 
 is divided into five books running from pages 27 to 612. Then comes a supple- 
 ment by the author which is followed by the copyist’s certificate and three pages 
 of notes by M. Detaille, Mayor of Belle-Isle. 
 
 The certificate just referred to reads: — “ I, the undersigned Jean Baptiste le 
 Gallen, nephew of the author, certify the present copy conforms to the manu- 
 script in the handwriting of the author, belonging to M. Detaille, now Mayor 
 [“ Major ”] of the place, and no other changes have been made than the inscrip- 
 tion paragraphs, while in the original, are in the margins, as also some numbered 
 pages of reference, which are not the same in the author’s as in this copy. In 
 support of which I have signed, and in this faith I have added to this copy as in 
 the original. At Belle-Isle-en-Mer, October 31, 1789, signed, l.E Gallen, 
 cadet." 
 
 This history is very complete. The first book commences with “ Islands in 
 General ” — then refers to the formation of the Island, its antiquity and indi- 
 genuous population, of Roman medals found there, a Roman camp, and gives its 
 annals in good narrative and chronologically. Many of the historical references 
 are of importance, as Belle-Isle, being a point of vantage in war-time, played a 
 conspicuous part in medievalism and later times. 
 
 The great interest of the MS. is attached to the fact of its having been asso- 
 ciated with the fortunes of the Foucquet family. Anciently a scigneury of the 
 King. Belle-Isle became the property of the Foucquets, of whom the most cele- 
 brated members in history and literature were — the famous Superintendent 
 Nicholas Foucquet, the patron of La Fontaine and Corneille, and devoted friend 
 of St. Evremond and Madame de Sevigne — and the grandson of the last named 
 Charles Louis Auguste Foucquet, who was in 1740 made a Marshal of France, in 
 1758 Minister of War, in 1749 a member of the Academie Fran^aise, and in 
 1748 a peer of France by the title of Duke of Belle-Isle. Vide number 431 in 
 the following division of this catalogue. 
 
 ARTISTIC EIGHTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT. 
 
 372 — “ FESTA PROPRIA O. S. B. IN MONASTERIO 
 
 AD SANCTA MAFFRAM 1776.” A Latin Manuscript 
 
 ON 91 LEAVES OR 182 PAGES, WITH ONE PAGE AND TWO 
 HALF PAGES OF MS. INSERTED, ALL IN ROMAN TYPE IN 
 black AND RED. With four pages ornamented in gold and 
 colors , others with decorations or landscape pen drawings , 1 4 
 smaller pen drainings, 99 floriated or rubricated capitals , and 
 numerous arabesque or floriated ornaments throughout. Small 
 8vo (seven and one-eighth inches by four), morocco extra 
 gilt, edges gilt. S^c. XVIII. 
 
 UNIQUE original manuscript in Latin and of German origin. 
 
 The first ornamented full page is the title lettered as above and which is sur- 
 rounded by sprays of ‘•forget-me-nots.’’ The second full page consists of a 
 wreath of flowers encircling: — “ S. M. Antonia,” evidently snowing the volume 
 was a gift to the Mother Superior of the Benedictine Convent of St. Afra. 
 The thiid full-page represents a pair of scales depending from a human heart ; 
 below the weighted down arm of the scale is the letter “ G.” — below the other 
 “O.” On this page the “ sun ” and “ moon,’’ the letters “ A " and " O ’’ and 
 some ferns are represented. The fourth page decoration is the monogram of 
 the “ B. V. M." within a glory in the upper half — and in the lower a drawing of 
 a Winter scene. In a three-quarter page is depicted " Autumn " below the 
 monogram “ I II S.” Two half-pages are devoted to landscapes of “ Winter” 
 and “ Spring.” 
 
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 113 
 
 MANUSCRIPT TREATISE ON MINIATURE PAINTING, 
 WITH SECRETS FOR THE PREPARATION OF GOLD 
 AND COLORS. 
 
 1 17x373 3-His. — “ TRAITE DE MIGNATURE POUR AP- 
 
 u PENDRE AISEMENT A PEINTRE SANS MAITRE, 
 
 A VEC LE SECRET DE F AIRE LES PLUS BELLES COULEURS, 
 l’or, etc. An Eighteenth Century Manuscript in French of 
 68 leaves or 1 36 pages. Small 8vo (six and three-eighths 
 inches by three and seven-eighths), bound by Quinet in 
 morocco gilt, gold tooled inside borders, edges gilt. 
 
 S^c. XVIII. 
 
 UNIQUE original manuscript of the last century in French. 
 
 According to a printed cutting on an end paper of the above, this Treatise on 
 miniature painting was attributed by the great French bibliographer Brunet to 
 Lavoye-Mignot. It is very carefully written and the script is clear and easy to 
 follow. There are over a hundred and thirty valuable instructions for the 
 painting of miniatures as well as a large number of secrets as to the preparation 
 of colors and metals for illuminational work. 
 
 EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRENCH MANUSCRIPT. 
 
 0 374 — “ LIVRE D’EXAMEN.” An Eighteenth Cen- 
 
 ' tury Manuscript in French carefully written on 
 
 134 LEAVES OR 268 PAGES, EACH BORDERED WITH LINES 
 
 ruled in red. Small 8vo (over six and a half inches by 
 four), fine old crushed crimson levant morocco, back extra 
 gilt, inside borders gold tooled, and edges gilt on marble. 
 
 S*:c. XVIII. 
 
 UNIQUE ORIGINAL EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRENCH MANUSCRIPT in binding 
 of that date and in good condition. 
 
 The above MS. consists of 56 separate chapters, each on a particular “ Exam- 
 ination of Conscience.” These are preceded by “ Renouellement de la Profes- 
 sion du Baptesme,” “ Renonciation ” — 4 “ r 
 and the subject matter Catholic. 
 
 and “ Promesse.” The script is excellent 
 
 MANUSCRIPT ON THE SONGS OF FRANCE. 
 
 2 r 1/375 XW4s. — “LA CHANSON FRAN^AISE— RECUEIL PAR 
 * E. OUDEN, 1840,” etc. Small 8vo (six and seven-eighths 
 
 inches by four and five-eighths), calf gilt, inside gold bor- 
 ders, lemon edges. S/e.c. XIX. 
 
 UNIQUE. There are twenty pages of carefully written MS. in the above, 
 which not only contains what is named in the title, but also a portion of a criti- 
 cism on — “ Les Chansons de Desaugiers ou la Journee d'un Epicine Vaude- 
 ville en 5 actes de MM. Theaulon et de Courcy, 1836,” and others on “ Les 
 Chansons de Beranger [1833],” “ Sur la Chanson,” etc. 
 
 These are bound up with “ Memoire Historique sur la Chanson en General et 
 en Particulier sur la Cnanson Francoise, par M. Meusnier de Querlon. Lo this is 
 a frontispiece engraved by Le Mire after Gravelot. Querlon was born 1702, 
 died 1780, and was the author, among other works, of — “ Psaphion, ou le Cour- 
 tisan de Smyme.” 
 
114 
 
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 UNIQUE MS. BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BY A PHILADEL- 
 PHIAN IN 1812. 
 
 r 0n 376 — “ PIECES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS by J. S. 
 
 v - [Joseph Spencer], Philadelphia, MDCCCXII." A 
 
 Manuscript beautifully written in blue and red 
 in Roman letter, and occasional Greek, on 34 leaves 
 or 68 pages. Small 8vo, old red roan gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Sa-c. XIX. 
 
 Unique original manuscript containing — “A Speech on the Rise, Progress 
 and Utility of Literature; Musaeus, or the Man of Study; on Nature; the 
 Advantages of Knowledge; an Ode to Liberty; an Epigram; the Portrait of a 
 Patriot; the Stranger; a Song on Spring; Hymn to Harmodius and Aristogniton; 
 Notes.” 
 
 The name of the writer appears at the end of the first piece. The first page 
 reads — “Presented to Miss Mary Coulter, by her sincere friend and admirer, 
 the Author.” 
 
 UNIQUE COLLECTION OF SOME 2,200 COATS-OF-ARMS 
 COLORED BY HAND. 
 
 a ' /)n 377 — HERALDIC AND MANUSCRIPT COLLEC- 
 
 J WU TION, 1. e.:— 
 
 I. “ Liber A. VVapen Sammlung.” A collection of 76 
 page coats-of-arms, 16 half-page and 128 smaller, on 58 
 leaves or 1 16 pages. 
 
 This consists of coats-of-arms of Emperors, Kings, Free (!) Republics, 
 Princes and Dukes, with an Index. Many have numerous quarterings — particu- 
 larly the first of the Holy Roman Empire. All are emblazoned in their proper 
 tinctures, and all the quarterings, as well as the names of the owners of the 
 shields, are added in MS. Some of these illustrations are original, others are 
 engraved plates with the colors added by hand. 
 
 II. “Liber B. VVapen Sammlung.’’ A collection of 58 
 page coats-of-arms, 4 half-page and 296 smaller, on 57 
 leaves or 114 pages. 
 
 Comprising coats of-arms of the Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, also of 
 some Danish, Swedish, Polish and Prussian Counts, with Index. The same 
 remarks as in note to “ I." will apply to this. In both “ Libers A and B ” the 
 large inserted or pasted coats of-arms are cut out of a collection entitled “ Her 
 Durchlauchtigen Welt — New vermehrter und verbesseter Geschichte Geschlechte 
 und Wappen Calender auf das Jahr J740. Nllrnberg in Verlegung Christoph 
 Weigels des Altero Wittib Gedruckt bei Lorentz Bieling.” 
 
 III. “C. Register fur die VVapen Sammlung.’’ An 
 Index of eight leaves or sixteen pages in MS. 
 
 IV. “Liber D. VVapen Sammlung. A Collection of 637 
 coats-of-arms on 45 leaves or 90 pages. 
 
 The coats-of-arms in this volume are all originals, first tricked in ink, then 
 filled in with the proper colors . They are the heraldic bearings of the knights 
 and noblemen of the Holy Roman Empire — also of several other noblemen, 
 with Index. The coats of-arms Nos. 354-417 and 435-445 in the above are 
 surmounted with marquisial crowns ! Not only are these families not titled, 
 but there are, in Germany, no marquises — but only barons and counts— besides 
 the higher nobility. 
 
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 V. “ Liber E. Sammlung von Allf.n einzf.lnf.n Pro- 
 vinzen Wapen.” A collection of 761 coats-of-arms on 
 48 leaves or 96 pages. 
 
 In the above are the armorial achievements of all the separate provinces of 
 Europe— as Empires, Kingdoms, Republics, Duchies, Principalities, Counties 
 (? Earldoms), Seignories, etc. All the above are entirely original heraldic 
 sketches painted by hand. 
 
 VI. “ Liber F. Wapen Sammlung von Gf.istlichen Fur- 
 sten. ’ A collection of 70 coat-of-arms on 10 leaves or 
 20 pages. 
 
 These are the coats-of-arms of the Princes of the Catholic Church— Popes, 
 Cardinals, Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, Archbishops, Prince Abbots 
 and Abbesses, with Index. All are originals done by hand with the exception 
 of that of the large shield of Cardinal Rohan, Bishop of Strassburg. Between 
 the arms of the abbesses of Gandersheim and Quedlingburg are those of “ Doc- 
 tor Martin Luther.” 
 
 VII. “ Liber G. Wapen Sammlung.” A collection of 
 105 coat-of-arms on 14 leaves or 28 pages. 
 
 These are the heraldry of the Free Imperial Cities, of the Cities of the 
 Principality (Churfursstlich) of Saxony, of the Duchy of Wurtemberg and of 
 some of the Duchy of Silesia, with an Index. All are original painted or ink 
 drawings. 
 
 VIII. “ H. Register Wapen Sammlung.’’ An Index of 
 16 leaves or 32 pages in MS. 
 
 Together 8 vols. 4to. sewed. S/EC. XVIII. 
 
 UNIQUE. This interesting collection of nearly 2,200 heraldic bearings is 
 of the greatest value to students of Heraldry, particularly of Germany.it con- 
 taining numerous shields not to be found elsewhere. Nearly all the coat-of- 
 arms in the series are colored and drawn by hand. The volumes are of German 
 origin and must have taken many years to study out, as all the emblazonings 
 are painted in the proper heraldic tinctures, an undertaking of great magnitude, 
 and only possible after years of patient study and toilsome research. 
 
 ANOTHER HERALDIC COLLECTION PAINTED BY HAND. 
 
 If CO378 HERALDIC ALBUMS. With 3,325 coats of arms mostly 
 of German Sovereigns, nobility and landed proprietors — 
 nearly all of which are painted by hand in the proper 
 heraldic tinctures. 2 vols. thick oblong minimo, 
 boards. S>ec. XVIII 
 
 Unique. The above contains, as stated, over 3,300 different shields. 
 Altogether the two volumes make 688 pages, including the manuscript indices 
 to the various achievements. The heraldic colors are painted by hand on en- 
 gravings believed to have been taken from Siebmacher's “ Wappenbuch,” pub- 
 lished at Nuremberg in the first half of the seventeenth century, of which 
 there have since been other editions. The last, not yet completed, is much 
 enlarged and altered as to families: many of those in the above albums, it 
 must be supposed, have become extinct in the male line, and are now only 
 represented by females, collateral descendants, or lost heirs. 
 
 
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 I 1 00 379 NOUVELLES HEURES GOTHIQUES, d’aprJ-s les 
 Manuscripts des Bibliotheques Nationales et Par- 
 TicuLifiRES. Nearly 200 pages of exquisite medieval 
 ornamentation chromolithographed in gold and colors 
 after ancient missals, together with large MINIATURES, 
 etc. Small 4to, crushed dark green levant mo- 
 rocco, inside gold dentelle borders, watered green silk 
 ends and two pierced and engraved silver clasps of Gothic 
 floriated design, in cloth box. 
 
 Paris, Leroy , Secail av Cie., n. d. 
 
 HEVRES ROMAINES avec Figures par A. Qveyroy 
 GRAVees par A. Gvsman. Every page illustrated with 
 woodcut borders , some full-page wood engravings — rubricated 
 throughout. Small 4to, folded, uncut and loose, in boards. 
 
 Tovrs, Alfred Manic et fils , 1874 
 A beautiful volume printed on “ papier verge,” in the style of the Hardouin 
 and Vostre Hours. The illustrations by Queyroy, engraved by Gusman, suc- 
 ceed in carrying out most delightfully the manner of the fifteenth and sixteenth 
 century printed missals. 
 
 THE DUC D'AUMALE’S UNIQUE LARGE PAPER COPY OF 
 THE “ROMAN DE LA VIOLETTE WITH TWO SETS 
 OF PLATES, ONE BEAUTIFULLY ILLUMINATED BY 
 HAND IN GOLD AND COLORS. 
 
 LL'Ll )0 3 Sl GIBERT DE MONTREUIL. ROMAN DE LA VIO- 
 ~ - LETTE ou de GERARD DE NEVERS f.n vers du 
 
 XIIIe SlfeCLE, PUBLIC POUR LA PREMIERE FoiS d’aPRES 
 Deux Manuscrits df. la BiBLiorHfeQUE Roy ale, par 
 FRANCISQUE MICHEL. With two sets of the beau- 
 tiful plates , after the original manuscripts , one of the sets 
 being illuminated by hand in gold and colors. Thick 
 8vo, crushed red levant morocco extra, inside gold tooled 
 borders, gilt edges, by Muller. Paris, 1834 
 
 UNIQUE, large paper, and from the library of the Duke D’Aumale, 
 son of King Louis Philippe It is stamped with his coat of arms on the 
 title, and was sold as a duplicate copy. The above is No 29 of a limited edi- 
 tion of 200 copies, was printed on vellum, China paper, Holland paper and 
 vellum paper. It is considerably enhanced by the double set of plates, one set 
 of which is illuminated with all the beauty peculiar to ancient missals. 
 
 ARUNDEL SOCIETY REPRODUCTIONS IN GOLD AND 
 COLORS AFTER THE OLD MASTERS. 
 
 MEISTER STEPHEN. — Reproductions after, in gold 
 
 AND COLORS, BEING THE SERIES OF FIVE BEAUTIFULLY 
 EXECUTED CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS AFTER THE ORIGINALS 
 
 by Mf.ister Stephen, of the famous “TRIPTYCH of 
 COLOGNE.” Framed in ebonized triptych, with glass 
 before each of the five pictures. 
 
 These five magnificent art works were issued by the “ Arundel Society, 
 or Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art by Copying and Publishing 
 
 lUCQ 3 " 
 
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 Important Works of Ancient Masters,” and which was so named after Thomas 
 
 Howard, Earl of Arundel— living in the Reigns of James I. and Charles I. 
 
 who has been called the “ Father of verttt in England ” and “ the Ma-cenas of 
 all polite arts.” 
 
 These grand art works of Meister Stephen are united in one beautiful whole 
 by three ebonized and gold folding frames, with brass Gothic hinges. When 
 extended they measure as an unit 4 feet 8+ inches by 22 inches. 
 
 The centre piece represents the “Three Kings of Cologne ” — or “ Wise Men 
 with attendants worshipping the Madonna and Child.” The side inner panels 
 depict “St. Ursula” to the left, and “St. Stephen of Hungary” to the right. 
 The two outer panels when brought together, in order to close the triptych, 
 form “the Annunciation of the B. V. M.” 
 
 //>/3^3 PINTURICCHIO (Bernardino). “St. Catherine of 
 Alexandria Pleading before her Judges.” Splendid 
 
 CHROMOLITHOGR APHIC REPRODUCTION (21J INCHES BY 
 1 8A) ISSUED BY THE “ ARUNDEL SOCIETY,’’ AFTER THE 
 ORIGINAL IN THE Vatican at Rome. In black walnut and 
 gold frame, with deep mount and glass. 
 
 Pinturicchio studied under Pietro Perugino, and assisted him in many of his 
 principal works, both at Rome and Perugia. Upon the command of Cardinal 
 Francesco Piccolomini, afterwards Pope Pius III., he decorated the Sacristy of 
 the Cathedral of Siena, “with works of such magnitude,” says Lanzi, "as 
 perhaps had never before been entrusted to a single master.” He was aided by 
 Raffaelo Sanzio, and the same writer states that he had — “painted with much 
 applause at Rome before Raffaelo was born.” 
 
 J 384 “MADONNA AND CHILD,” superb chromolitho- 
 
 • 0 GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION IN GOLD AND COLORS ISSUED BY 
 
 the “Arundel Society,’’ after one of the Old 
 Masters, who preceded Raffaelo. In maple and gold 
 frame, with glass. 
 
 This beautiful reproduction has two quatered shields at the lower corners. It 
 measures, independent of its black mount, nearly 20 inches by 10 and a half. 
 
 SPLENDID WORK ON MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATION. 
 
 J~0C3^5 SEGHERS (Louis). Tresor Caligraphique Recueil de 
 * Lettrines Initiales, etc., de Moyen Age et de l’Epoque de 
 
 la Renaissance, par Louis Sf.ghers, Dessinateur Calli- 
 graphe de S. M. le Roi des Belges. Illustrated with 46 
 loose chromolithographic plates in gold and colors from Early 
 Manuscripts , Medieval Illuminated Works and Incunabula , 
 by Albert Durer and others. Oblong large 4 to, fresh 
 cloth gilt, portfolio, with pocket. Anvers, n. d. 
 
 This splendid work has the prefatory matter and index in French, German 
 and English. 
 
 SOLEIL (Felix). Les HEURES GOTHIQUES et la 
 Litterature Pieuse aux XV e et XVI e Siecles. Charming 
 etched frontispiece by J. Adeline, 24 facsimile reproduc- 
 

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 tions after printed “ Hours'' and six original designs of 
 Antoine, Duplais, Destouches. Large 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Rouen, E. Augl \ 1882 
 
 No. 254 of limited edition of 300 copies, of which 200 only were sold. 
 The title-page is rubricated, and one-half of the text is beautifully printed in 
 handsome Gothic letter. This volume says nearly all that is to be said about 
 the bibliography, typography, etc., of the vellum Hours printed at the end of 
 the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth century’ by Simon Vostre, Thiclman 
 Kerver, Gillet et Germain Hardouyn, Jehan de Brie, etc. The plates are in fac- 
 simile of their Hone, also of those of Pigouchet and Godard, as well as of the 
 “ Danse Macabre de Kermaria ”, i. e. Dance of Death at Kermaria. 
 
 h ri C 387 DENIS (Ferdinand). Histoire de I’Ornamentation des 
 ^-r~ Manuscrits. Illustrated with 140 page and vignette wood- 
 
 engravings, after miniatures, capitals , etc., in ancient MSS. 
 Large 8vo, three-quarters crushed levant morocco, top 
 edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1880 
 
 Limited edition of 600 copies only of this beautifully illustrated and printed 
 volume on the ornamentation of manuscripts. 
 
 1 ^388 Marche (A. Lecoq de la). Les Manuscrits et la Miniature. 
 
 * ^ Hundreds of facsimiles of miniatures and initial letters 
 
 from ancient MSS. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. 
 
 Paris, Quantin, n. d. 
 
 
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 119 
 
 III. 0)vioiiniil ^ittoijvttphs. 
 
 “ Malvolio. — By my life, this is my lady’s hand; these be her very C s, her 
 U’s and her T’s, and thus makes her great P’s. It is, in contempt of question, 
 her hand.” — Shakespeare, “Twelfth Night.” 
 
 INTERESTING LETTER IN ARABIC OF ABD-EL-KADER. 
 
 1 1)0 389 ABD-EL-KADER (Sidi-el-Hadji-Ouled-Mahiddin, the ccle- 
 
 • brated defender of the Arab Nationality). A. L. S. in 
 Arabic. 1 p., folio, dated 1276, 1. e. 1859. 
 
 Rare. This letter in the handwriting of Abd-el-Kader and stamped with his 
 seal, is accompanied by a French translation made by Meyer Ali, Interpreter of 
 the Army. It is dated from Damas, where he generously defended the Christ- 
 ians against the murderous fury of the Druses and for which he was made a 
 Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. The name of this great patriot will be 
 ever remembered in connection with the French conquest of Algeria. Por a 
 Mohammedan of his exalted position Abd-el-Kader was singularly virtuous, as he 
 only had three wives and twenty-four children, whereas King Solomon and the 
 Defenders of the Faithful counted theirs by hundreds. 
 
 / Jn 39 ° ABOUT (Edmond, author of “ La Grice Contemporaine ,” etc.). 
 
 ' A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 A request for a box at the theatre. 
 
 j-^391 ADAM (Adolphe Charles, Trench composer, musical critic and 
 author of “ Souvenirs d'un Musicien”). A. L. S., 1 p., 
 minimo. With envelope. 
 
 ^392 ADAM (Juliette Lamber, French authoress). A. L. S., 1 p., 
 
 * 8vo. 
 
 Juliette Lamber is one of the most notable French women of the age. After 
 the death of her second husband, Antoine Edmond Adam, the distinguished 
 French statesman, her house became one of the great political and literary centres 
 of France, where was founded “ La Nouvelle Revue,” and many of the political 
 movements of Leon Gambetta. 
 
 ‘ rlftm American and English Litterateurs. Signatures. 
 
 . (13 pieces) 
 
 Includes signatures of-Goldwin Smith, Edgar Fawcett, Bonamy Price, Leone 
 Levi, Richard Grant White, Julian Hawthorne (2), Edward A. freeman, Eliza- 
 beth Stuart Phelps, Henry James, etc. 
 
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 LETTER OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA WITH HER SIGNATURE 
 TO THIS IMPORTANT HISTORICAL STATE PAPER. 
 
 q q 394 ANNE OF AUSTRIA (Queen Regent of France , mother of 
 ' Louis XIV., wife of Louis XIII. and daughter of Philip 
 
 II. of Spain). L. S., i p., 4to, dated “ Melun, le 24 Juin 
 1652.” 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE. This letter, written to Monsieur Frual, Seigneur de 
 la Turoliere, is signed in bold script “Anne,” is addressed, and has two wax 
 seals of the Queen Regent, with crown, and impaled shield of France and Spain. 
 It refers to Louis XIV. as “ Roy monsieur mon Filz,” speaks of the regard in 
 which the writer holds M. Frual and wishes to see him in association with im- 
 portant matters of state before he leaves for Dauphiny on his way to Piedmont. 
 
 Anne of Austria was virtually separated from her husband for nearly a quarter 
 of a century through the machinations of Cardinal Richelieu. She became Queen 
 Regent in 1643 and Cardinal Mazarin was chosen as her chief adviser. Two 
 curious personal peculiarities are related of her in the biographies — “ her antip- 
 athy to roses, so strong that, while passionately fond of flowers and perfumes, 
 she could not endure even the picture of a rose; and the extraordinary delicacy 
 of her skin, which made Mazarin remark that ‘ if her majesty were condemned 
 to the infernal regions, her hell would be to sleep in brown hollands ’ ” 
 
 |.p 
 
 395 AU«BER (D. F. E., the great French musical composer , author 
 of “ Fra Diavolo,” etc.). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Note to Monsieur Denis requesting the pleasure of being permitted to have a 
 box to see “ L’ Ambassadrice. ” 
 
 96 AUGIER (Guillaume Victor Emile, French dramatic poet, 
 Commander of the Legion of Honor and Member of the “ Aca- 
 demic Fra?i(aise ” and of the Institute). A. L. S., 1 p., 
 8vo. 
 
 Emile Augier, by an imperial decree of July 27, 1870, was made a Senator 
 of France — “ pour sendees rendus par ses productions litteraires.” 
 
 £)J 397 AUGIER. 
 
 ' Augier returns 
 “ gar£ons ” 
 
 Another. A. L. S., 1 p., minimo. 
 
 domino with his thanks and a “pour boire’ 
 
 for the 
 
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 BARRY (X., French officer on the staff of General Gardanne). 
 A. L. S., 2 pp., 4to, dated “ 13 Floreal l’an 7e de la R. 
 Frangaise.” 
 
 1) ("399 BECCHI (Fraltuoso, Secretary of the Academy of Gasea). 
 
 A. L. S., 2 pp., 4to, dated “Florence, August 12th, 1838.” 
 
 BERANGER (Jean Pierre de, the great French poet). 
 L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Interesting letter from Beranger to M. Blaize, nephew of Lammenais. 
 
 A. 
 
 Of 401 BERAT (Frederic, French poet and ballad writer). A. L. S., 
 1 p., 8 vo. 
 
 Letter to the editor of “ L’ Artiste.” 
 
 402 BERLIOZ (Louis Hector, French musical composer, critic 
 “ and author). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Note to — “ Mon Cher Seligman.” 
 
THE pent: d u bo is collection. 
 
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 INTERESTING LETTER OF CARDINAL DE BERNIS. 
 
 LjUV 4°3 BERNIS (Francois Joachim de Pierres de, Cardinal, poet, 
 ' Minister to Louis XV., and French Ambassador). A. L. S., 
 
 i p., small folio, dated— “a Albano ce 17 Octobre 1787.” 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE and interesting, being a letter to M. de Latour, 
 President of the Parliament of Provence and Intendant of that province at Aix. 
 Cardinal de Bernis, whose fame as a poet has reached our days, does not exhibit 
 much romance in this document. He instructs M. de Latour, on behalf of the 
 Pope and the Cardinal Secretary, to have arrested Count Carrati and Anne Mar- 
 chioness Massa, Vho have eloped from Bologna and embarked at Leghorn for 
 Marseilles. 
 
 Cardinal de Bernis, one of the most remarkable men of the reign of Louis 
 the Fifteenth, owed his dignities to the friendship of Madame de Pompadour, 
 whose dimples he had flattered in his “ Petits Trous”: — 
 
 “ Ainsi qu’ Hebe, la jeune Pompadour 
 A deux jolis trous sur la joue; 
 
 Deux trous charmants ou le plaisir se joue, 
 
 Qui furent faits par la main de 1 ’ Amour.” 
 
 For these and other erotic verses the King’s mistress had him made a Cardi- 
 nal. Ambassador to Venice, Minister of Foreign Affairs, etc. In his early 
 days his Eminence was the boon companion of Voltaire, Buffon and F'ontenelle, 
 as well as the intimate of Madame Dupin and the Princess de Rohan. Mar- 
 montel says of de Bernis — " bien joufflu, bien frais, bien poupin, en compagnie 
 du gentil Bernard, il amusa de ses jolis vers les joyeux soupers de Paris.” 
 
 (7^04 Boissanveur ( Captain in the French Navy). A. L. S., 2 pp., 
 4to, dated — “ Brest, le 27 Vendemiaire, l’an 11 de la Repub- 
 lique Frarn;aise une et indivisible.” 
 
 Rare. This interesting souvenir of the First French Republic is written on 
 paper headed Liberte. Egalite — Le Capitaine de Vaisseau chef de Mouvement 
 du Port,” and to the “ Contre Amiral chef militaire de le Marine.” 
 
 nTi)4°5 
 
 BOURBON (Louis Auguste de, Count of Toulouse , Admiral 
 of France, etc.). Document signed and dated — “ Paris, le 
 22 Mars, 1721.” 1 p., folio. 
 
 Rare. This is an order to pay 11,000 livres for naval expenses. It is 
 signed by the Count of Toulouse, the bastard son of Louis the Fourteenth, by 
 his mistress Madame de Montespan. He was born 1678, and died 1737, leav- 
 ing a son, the Duke of Penthitvre. who, by his wife, Mar)' of Modena, had 
 two children, I. — Prince de Lamballe, whose wife, Louisa of Savoy, was mur- 
 dered by the Revolutionists in 1792, and II. — Louisa of Bourbon, the wife of 
 “ Egalite,” Duke of Orleans, guillotined in 1793, and the father of King Louis 
 Philippe. 
 
 (a 406 BOURGOING (Jean Francois de, Baron, diplomat and 
 author). Autograph Memorandum signed, 1 p. and dated 
 — “Leipzig, May 31, 1809.” 
 
 Rare. Baron de Bourgoing was bom at Nevers in 1748, served early in 
 the French army, and successively acted as Secretary of Legation, and lastly as 
 Ambassador at various courts He died while Envoy at Dresden, in 1811. His 
 principal works are — “ The Picture of Modem Spain,’ and "Historical and 
 Philosophical Memoirs of Pius VI.” 
 
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 (yj 4°7 BRIBES (Vincent, Adjutant-General in the French Repub- 
 lican Army). A. L. S., 3 pp., small folio, dated — “an 
 Sme de la Republique.’’ 
 
 Rare. An interesting- official letter written to the General of Division Gard- 
 anne, one of the principal commanders of the army of the First French 
 Republic. The paper has a printed heading with a vignette of the “Goddess 
 of Liberty.” 
 
 408 CAPEFIGUE (Jean Baptiste Honors Raymond, French 
 historian and publicist). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Interesting letter, respecting communications to the “ Figaro.” By one 
 of the most prolific and eminent authors of France in the nineteenth century, 
 lie was born in 1802, and died 1872. His most charming works are his lives of 
 Madame Pompadour, the Countess du Barry', Mdlle. de la Valliere, Madame de 
 Montespan and others of the same genre. 
 
 409 CARAFA DE COLOBRANO (M. H. F. A. V. P., 
 musical composer , born, 1785; died, 1872). A. L. S., 1 p., 
 small 8vo. 1835. 
 
 The celebrated musician, Carafa, is best known to us in these days by his 
 “ Massaniello,” an opera as remarkable for the popularity of its melodies, as for 
 its instrumentation. In early life, Carafa was a soldier and was decorated by 
 Murat with the Legion of Honor. At the time of his death he was a member 
 of the French Institute and of the Academie des Beaux-Arts. 
 
 MOST INTERESTING STATE DOCUMENT RELATIVE TO 
 THE FRIENDLY RELATIONS OF THE GREAT NAPO- 
 LEON WITH THE U. S.— A LETTER FROM THE DUKE 
 OF VICENZA. 
 
 410 CAULAINCOURT (Armand A. L., Duke of Vicenza , aid- 
 de-camp to Napoleon, statesman and diplomat). L. S., 1 p., 
 small folio, dated — “Paris, April 10th, 1815. ’’ 
 
 Deeply interesting. This is a letter sent by the celebrated Duke of 
 Vicenza during the “ Hundred Days” while Minister of Foreign Affairs to William 
 Harris Crawford, the U. S. Minister to France, enclosing a personal letter from 
 the Emperor Napoleon to the President of the U. S. , informing him of his 
 return from Elba and desiring a continuance of the friendly relations which had 
 existed between France and this country. 
 
 41 1 “ CHAM ’’ (i. e., Count Amedee de Noe, French caricaturist). 
 A. L. S.j 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Signed “ Cham,” and over the signature is the line “ Je vous embrasse sur le 
 front.” This is a note addressed to Charles Francois Marchal, the artist and 
 pupil of Francois du Bois. Cham on the superscription calls this unfortunate 
 painter, who committed suicide on account of loss of eyesight, “ notre peintre.” 
 “ Cham ” took his pseudonym from the fact that his father, the Count de Noe, 
 cursed him on account of his desire to become an artist. “ Cham ’ is the French 
 for “ Ham,” the son of “ Noe." 
 
 412 CHARDIN (Jean Baptiste Simeon, 18/A century French 
 artist). Sepia sketch. 4to and signed. 
 
 As Mr. Pene du Bois purchased this from the Alfred Bovet collection of auto- 
 graphs, it is placed, although a drawing, in this division. It represents a savant 
 seated before a desk on which he is writing — in front of him is a globe, picture 
 and other objects. On the floor is a coffer signed “ Chardin.” 
 
 This artist has been compared by his countrymen to Gabriel Metzu. He was 
 a member of the Royal Academy at Paris and one of the portrait painters to the 
 King. 
 
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 t/ZvT 41 ^ CHERUBIM (L. C. Z. A., composer and founder of the 
 French Conservatory of Music). Document sinned, 1 p 
 8vo, dated— “ Paris, Dec. 20, 1827.” 
 
 J h ! S ' S a J C l rti ^ C L ate g iven b >’ the composer to I.. J. Morin and is signed 
 
 and stamped by Cherubim as the Director of the ‘‘l'Ecole Royale de Mustque 
 et de Declamation. When Beethoven heard the composer's opera of “ Faniska ” 
 he said that Cherubini was the first dramatic composer of his time, and Haydn 
 embraced him and called him his son. He was for twenty years the principal of 
 • Conservatory qf Music, had been connected with that institution for forty- 
 eight years and was the instructor of thousands of eminent musicians. 
 
 , (O 4 '4 CHOIS EUL (Due de, Major-General of the National Guard 
 of Paris and diplomat). L. S., 1 p„ 4to, dated— “ May 
 6th, 1820.” 
 
 1 his is a confidential letter from the Duke to the Baron de Monville, Colonel 
 of the 10th Legion, headed “pour vous seul” and requesting, him in view of 
 possible revolutionary trouble, to pay the most scrupulous attention to everything 
 said and done in his legion. It is in fact a letter in which one nobleman asks 
 another to act as a “ mouchard.” 
 
 j J 4 I 5 CLERMON I J ONNERRE [Duke, Minister of IVar and 
 General). Document, 2 pp., small folio, and dated— 
 “ Paris, April 20, 1822.” 
 
 This document, with printed head of the “ Etat Major-General Garde Ra- 
 tionale de Paris, is signed by the Duke as Major-General and is addressed to 
 the Count de Vaulgrennaud, Colonel of the 10th Legion. 
 
 fJ 416 COPPEE (Francois Edouard Joachim, French litterateur and 
 archivist of the Comedie Franfaise). A. L. S , 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 This note, entirely in the handwriting of this distinguished poet and drama- 
 tist, is a recommendation of Mile. Maria Barthelemy as an aspirant for his- 
 trionic honors. 
 
 I xfi 1 7 CORMENIN (L. M. De la Haye, Viscount and French pub- 
 licist). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Signed. This is an interesting letter from Viscount de Cormenin, who died 
 in 1868, to Villemain, the celebrated historian. 
 
 J ” 7 J 4*8 COROT (Jean Baptiste Camille, painter and officer of the 
 Legion of Honor). A. L. S., 1 p., minimo. 
 
 A brief note to Petit, the Parisian art connoisseur, and entirely in the hand- 
 writing of the great French artist of whom Jarves wrote: — “Corot stands 
 apart. Critics call him a master.” 
 
 COURCELLES (J. B. P. J., Chevalier de, historiographer 
 and genealogist). L. S., 1 p., 8vo, dated — “ March 25th, 
 1822.” 
 
 __ The Chevalier de Courcelles was the director of the 1 ‘ Bureau General de la 
 Noblesse de France. ” Originally a notary, he started in the genealogical busi- 
 ness by purchasing the heraldic cabinet of Viton de Saint Allais. He wrote 
 nearly thirty volumes of genealogy. Those on the ancient nobility of France 
 have always been deemed authoritative. 
 
 qq 420 COUTURE (Thomas, historical painter and author of the 
 “ Romains de la Decadence ”). A. L. S., 2 pp., 8vo; also a 
 pen sketch made by Couture in 1846 representing a 
 
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 “gavroche”; also etched portrait of Couture made dv 
 Leon La Roche in 1847. (3 pieces) 
 
 Very INTERESTING, and from the Alfred Bovet Collection. The sketch of 
 the Paris gamin made by this artist is signed by G. G. Chardin, his brother 
 painter, who writes above his name that it was made by Couture, at his house, 
 in 1846. The letter of Couture is very curious. He requests a general high 
 in the service of the Emperor Napoleon III. to repudiate on his behalf to his 
 Majesty an abominable forgery which had appeared in the “Figaro.” He 
 always wishes to remain in the service of the Emperor, and has no time to 
 lose in hunting down literary rascalities, and to give the lie to calumnies. 
 
 421 CUVIER (G. L. C. F. D., the great French naturalist'). A. 
 L. S , 1 p., 4to. 
 
 This is a letter of Baron Cuvier, one of the most celebrated members of the 
 French Academy, written by him as temporary director of the Museum of 
 Natural History, to the almost equally eminent naturalist, Laccpede, in which 
 the writer expresses his regret at a letter of resignation. After the death of the 
 last named, in 1825, Cuvier pronounced the eulogy on him. 
 
 422 DAUMIER (Honore, French caricaturist). A. L. S. in 
 pencil, 2 pp., 4to; also grotesque caricature of gentle- 
 man taking off his hat most politely to a lady, and thus 
 exposing the baldness of his cranium. (2) 
 
 Daumier, one of the oldest artistic contributors to the “ Charivari,” died in 
 1879, after his humorous sketches of a radical political character had been 
 renewed after an interval of nearly twenty years, caused by the hostility to him 
 of the “man of Sedan.” He ranks in French caricature alone with Gavami 
 and Cham. The back of the sketch described above is covered with MS., and 
 his autograph letter is written on matters artistic to his brother artist, Jeanron. 
 
 s , ^ 423 DE LA CROIX (F. V. Eugene, painter , Member of the 
 . Institute and Commander of the Legion of Honor). 1 p., 
 
 4to. 
 
 Most rare. This valuable piece was purchased, like the preceding number, 
 by Mr. Pene du Bois at the sale of the Alfret Bovet Collection. It had been 
 previously bought by its former owner at the sale made after the death of 
 Eugene De la Croix. It is partly autographic and partly aquarelle. The 
 MS. consists of memoranda relating to the male and female figures and archi 
 tectural studies made by the artist at Tangiers during his celebrated voyage to 
 Morocco in 1832. The sketches are colored. At the Oppenheim sale, Paris, 
 in 1877. the Duke D’Aumale paid for his “ Two Foscari ” seventy thousand five 
 hundred francs. 
 
 “ That which makes De la Croix the greatest artist of the nineteenth century, 
 and perhaps the last of the grand family, is that he unites all the faculties of 
 the painter, the poet and the historian by an innate power and a profound 
 knowledge.” — Sylvf.stre. 
 
 ■v f-424 DE LA ROCHE (Hippolyte, called Paul, artist, member of 
 the Institute , officer of the Legion of Honor and professor 
 of painting at the “ Ecole des Beau- Arts). A. L. S , 1 p., 
 minimo. 
 
 This is a note from Paul De la Roche to the celebrated French physician and 
 author, Trosseau, in which he asks him to come as quickly as possible to his 
 house as — “one of my children is suffering.” 
 
 At the San Donato sale De la Roche’s painting of Lady Jane Grey sold for 
 one hundred and ten thousand francs, and at the Delcssert sale in 1869 his St. 
 Cecilia brought ^840, nearly one hundred and seventy thousand francs. 
 
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 2 J 0 4 2 5 CORE (Gustave, French painter and Chevalier of the Legion 
 of Honor). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo, and dated— “ February 27 
 1873.” 
 
 Interesting, and relates to the editions of a work illustrated by him. 
 
 ^ 426 DROZ (Antoine Gustave, French litterateur ). A. L. S. 
 
 7 ° 2 pp., minimo, dated— “ Dec. 30, 1871,” 
 
 Droz will be ever remembered by his first work, entitled—" Monsieur, Madame 
 et Bebe. « 
 
 L JD 4 2 7 DUMAS (Alexander pere, novelist and dramatist). A. L. S„ 
 1 p., 8 vo. 
 
 This is a billet doux of the greatest writer of fiction, in which he makes an 
 assignation with his " dear Marie,” at three o’clock in the afternoon, if she has 
 nothing to do, and wishes to "causer” with her. He ends the note with 
 “milletendresses. A. Dumas.” Evidently showing that the author of " Monte 
 Cnsto ’ had as little fear of being compromised as years after, when he had his 
 photograph taken with Ada Isaacs Menken in an almost nude condition. 
 
 2.0c 428 DUMAS (Alexander Fi Is, novelist and dramatist) A. L. S., 
 
 ' 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 A note from the author of the " Lady of the Camelias ” to an acquaintance 
 asking him not to call until three or four o’clock, as he always works until 
 then. 
 
 Xj 4 2 9 DUMAS, the Younger. A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Very characteristic. The writer desires a friend to delay a visit, as he 
 has to take an emetic. 
 
 7 , 0 0 43 ° DUMOULIN (Charles, General of the first French Re- 
 public). Document signed and dated at Caen — “ l’an VIII. 
 de la Republique Francaise, une et indivisible.” 2 pp., 
 small folio. 
 
 This document, which is signed by Dumoulin as General of Brigade, relates 
 to the sum of thirty-four thousand " livres ” imposed upon the southern cantons 
 of the Department of La Manche. 
 
 OJ431 FOUCQUET (Charles Louis Auguste, Duke of Belle Isle, 
 Marshal of France and Minister of Louis the Fifteenth). 
 L. S , 1 p., 4to, dated — “ Metz, 1738.” 
 
 The Duke of Belle Isle, one of the greatest statesmen and generals that 
 France has produced, was born in 1684, and died in 1761. He distinguished 
 himself in the war of the Spanish Succession, became Lieutenant-General in 
 1732, took part in the siege of Philipsburg, and procured the cession of Lor- 
 raine to France. Created Marshal of France about 1740, he commanded in 
 Germany against the Imperialists, took Prague, was sent as Ambassador to the 
 Diet at Frankfort, and procured the election of Charles VII. Being taken by 
 the English, he was brought to England, where he was confined some months. 
 He was afterwards created duke and peer, admitted to the French Academy, 
 and made Minister of War in 1757 . 
 
 Vide — “ History of the Belle Isle,” No. 371 in the previous division of this 
 
 catalogue. 
 
 ()S~ 43 2 GARDANNE (Stanislas, General in the army of the First 
 French Republic). A. L. S., 2 pp., 4to, and dated — “ 22 
 Brumaire An 8,’’ letter of 3 pp.,4to, dated “February 28, 
 
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 1814,’’ from the brother of Gen. Gardanne to his 
 widow; document, 3 pp., small folio, signed with numerous 
 signatures, sealed and dated — “ An huit,” from the muni- 
 cipality of Cresson to General Gardanne; document 
 signed, 2 pp., small folio, from the Prefect of the Depart- 
 ment of Var to the Minister of War in relation to the 
 claims of Captain Gardanne for promotion; document 
 with four signatures of officers and seal of 81st Regiment 
 of the Army of Italy in reference to Captain Gardanne, 
 dated Padua, June 7th, 1808. (5 pieces) 
 
 1 J ("433 GEROME (Jean Leon, French artist , Member of the French 
 - Institute, officer of the Legion of Honor, grand medallist, 
 
 etc). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo, dated — “ Oct. 6th, 1868.” 
 
 This is a letter from the great painter Gerome to a friend, expressing his 
 sorrow at the death of Monsieur Lefevre. 
 
 4.V 434 
 
 GOUNOD (Charles Francois, musical composer and Member 
 of the French Institute'). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo, dated — “Oct. 
 10, 1879.” 
 
 Gounod will have an immortal fame as the composer of “ Faust.” 
 
 q q 435 GROS (Antoine Jean, Baron, historical painter). Origi- 
 , nal pen-and-ink design, with his signature and four- 
 
 teen autographic lines, oblong 4to. 
 
 Purchased by Mr. Pene du Bois from the Bovet collection. 
 
 This design represents a man seated and digging his nails into his chest — he 
 has a remorseful expression. Baron Gros explains his subject in reproducing a 
 passage from Mirabeau, in which the great orator describes the remorse which 
 assailed both Oliver Cromwell and Clive, the founder of the British Empire in 
 India. 
 
 *7 v P436 GUIZOT (F. P. G., statesman, historian, etc.). A. L. S., 
 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 This letter from Guizot requests that an office-seeker of the name of Gustave 
 de Castillon shall be sent as a courier to Russia. The historian informs his 
 correspondent, whom he styles Monsieur le Marquis, that the Duke de Monte- 
 bello has promised that his friend shall have the desired position. 
 
 I ”)vT 437 GUIZOT. Another, from the same. 1 p., 8vo, and dated 
 ' from — “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
 
 I 0438 HALEVY (F., musical composer). A. L. S., 2 pp., 8vo, 
 U dated — “February 19, 1849.” 
 
 Interesting letter, by one of the greatest composers of France, relative to 
 matters theatrical, by the uncle of the celebrated dramatic author Ludovic 
 Halevy, and brother of the French litterateur Leon Halevy. 
 
 1*439 HEN RIOT (Francois, French revolutionist and commander 
 of the Revolutionary Guard of Paris). Document signed 
 “le Commandant Gal., Henriot,’’ i p., 4to. 
 
 Deeply interesting document, in which the audacious and infamous Hen- 
 riot orders the “ Citizen Montalant ” to be confined in a secret cell at the prison 
 de l’Abbaye. Henriot was military commander of Paris during the Reign of 
 
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 Terror. At the time of the breaking out of the Revolution he was a convicted 
 felon. In the terrible scenes of August and September, 1792, he headed the 
 Sans Culottes. The triumph of Marat made him Generalissimo of the National 
 Guard. On the occasion of the arrest of Robespierre by Barras he was hurled 
 half drunk out of a window at the Hotel de Ville and was executed the day fol- 
 lowing along with Robespierre. 
 
 SPLENDID SIGNATURE OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH 
 TO A MOST DEEPLY INTERESTING LETTER OF HIS- 
 TORICAL IMPORTANCE. 
 
 n a ( 440 HENRI IV. (King of France and Navarre). L. 
 **• folio, and dated — “Tours, March 26th, 1589.’’ 
 
 S., 1 p. 
 
 Most rare. This is a relic of the hero of Ivry and is of the deepest interest. 
 It is a letter written by Henri, then King of Navarre, to the Count of Vireville, 
 requesting him to devote all his attention to counteracting the plots of the con- 
 spirators who have threatened his life. In view of the assassination of Henry 
 IV. by Ravaillac a few years later, this letter is of great importance. It was 
 written in the year of Henry of Navarre’s accession to the throne of France and 
 previous to the assassination of his brother-in-law and predecessor, Henry III. 
 
 Henry the Great and the Good, as the lower orders of France up to the time 
 of the Revolution used to call him, was full of excellent qualities, but — 
 “ Inordinate love of women was his worst fault, the cause of much evil in his 
 own and succeeding reigns, for his prodigality and weak indulgence to his 
 favorite mistresses, Gabrielle d’Estrees and Henrietta d’Entragues, and his affec- 
 tion for his natural children, which they bore him, were a scandal to the nation 
 and a source of impoverishing embarrassment to the Government.” 
 
 41 HERCAULT (Pons de 1 ’, French deputy , 1837). A. L. S., 
 » 2 pp., 8vo. 
 
 The tenor of this statesman’s note is — ‘ ‘ that God proposes but woman 
 disposes.” 
 
 Y i\i\ 442 HUGO (Victor, author ). A. L. S., 1 p., 4to, dated— “ Paris, 
 U July 19, 1849.” 
 
 A letter from the author of “ Les Miserables” to the Duke de Sotemayor, 
 Ambassador of Spain, in which he thanks that noble for services rendered in 
 connection with Louis Bastida. 
 
 Addressed to Monsieur Frederic Lacroix, Paris. Written in French, full of 
 matters geographical and in which Humboldt calls himself an almost antedilu- 
 vian traveler. 
 
 ^0444 HUMBOLDT. A. L. S., 3 pp., minimo. A French letter 
 of a personal and social nature. 
 
 I P445 JACOB (Count, Admiral of the French navy, born 1768, 
 died 1854). Document signed by the officers of the 
 frigate “ Bellona,” and Count Jacob as Captain, and 
 dated — “ an 6 de la republique.’’ 2 pp., folio. 
 
 ^446 JACQUE (Charles Emile, pauiter and etcher ). A. L. S., 
 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Very interesting autograph letter and somewhat curious. Jacque writes 
 to a picture dealer and asks him in true Bohemian phraseology to let him have 
 four hundred francs. At the bottom of the note is a sketch in which the artist 
 depicts himself with sabots, surrounded by chickens and holding out his hand for 
 the four hundred francs, which the dealer is trying not to find in his vest pocket. 
 
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 p o 447 JANIN (Jules Gabriel, French critic and author). A. L. S , 
 i p., 8vo, dated April 5, 1859. 
 
 Jules Janin writes to Amyot that Gcrome wishes to borrow certain daguerreo- 
 types. Amyot endorses the letter by writing to M. Leblanche, asking him to 
 oblige the celebrated artist. 
 
 H 448 JANIN. A. L. S., 2 pp., 8vo. 
 
 / A letter to an intimate friend on matters domestic and social. 
 
 q J ^449 JOLY (Francois). Document signed and relating to pecu- 
 niary and other transactions between the J01.Y, Dubois 
 and Garnier families in the year 1666. 1 p., small folio. 
 
 £/J*45o Lahrbush (Friedrich, captain ). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 The writer was famous on account of having died at the age of 11 1 years and 
 25 days. 
 
 1 ~) p45i LAMARTINE (Alphonse M. L. P. De, President of the 
 Second French Republic, poet, etc.). A. L. S., 2 pp., small 
 folio, dated — “ Florence, May 20, 1827.” 
 
 In this letter, addressed to the Marquis Clermont-Tonnerre, Minister of War, 
 Lamartine, in his official capacity as Charge-d'-afTaires in Tuscany, requests the 
 services of the Minister on behalf of Count Bentivoglio, a former officer under 
 Napoleon, who desires to return to the French army. 
 
 J^p452 LAMARTINE. A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Lamartine requests his friend Poujoulat, the distinguished French litterateur, 
 to have inserted in his journal an account of an oration which he has to pro- 
 nounce at the Hotel de Ville. 
 
 0* 453 LAMARTINE. A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo [March 13, 1839]. 
 
 * I U A note from the poet to the Countess de Girardin relative to his having broken 
 
 an engagement in order to attend her reception. 
 Lamartine’s initials and coronet. 
 
 Stamped in the corner with 
 
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 I n 454 LAMENNAIS (Felicite Robert <3z, polemical author). A. L. S., 
 1 p., 8vo, dated — “ July 31, 1841.” 
 
 The Abbe I.amennais, who, it is asserted, became a heretic because I,eoXIL 
 would not promote him to a cardinalate, writes in this letter to Monsieur 
 Parisot asking for an authorization for Meissonier to see him at Saint Pelagic. 
 The request was evidently granted, as the note is endorsed in French — “ once a 
 week.” 
 
 „ | 0 455 LA TOUR-DUPIN ( French Minister of State). A. L. S., 
 1 p., 8vo, dated — “ June 13, 1767.” 
 
 /) rj 56 LECUREUX (the French bibliophile). 
 ^ “October 27, 1858.” 
 
 A bibliographical note in reference to a rare work, 
 told by Octave Uzanne. 
 
 A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo, 
 
 The writer’s life has been 
 
 loo 457 
 
 LEGENDRE (A. M., the eminent French mathematician and 
 Member of the Academy). Document dated “ an trois ” 
 and signed by Legendre and fourteen other members of 
 
 
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 the National Convention, including Lomont, Dubois- 
 Cranc£, Merlin, etc. 2 pp., folio. 
 
 ^ .^ ocument has the printed heading of the National Convention above 
 the official seal of the Goddess of Liberty. Before and after the great French 
 Revolution Legendre received naught but honors from the various governments 
 of trance, but in 1824 Louis XVIII. deprived him of a pension of three 
 thousand francs because he had not voted in the Academy for the ministerial 
 candidate. 
 
 jQ 45 8 LITTRE (Emile, publicist and philologist). A. L. S., 1 p., 
 minimo, dated — ‘‘Oct. 19, 1875.” 
 
 IMPORTANT HISTORICAL AND STATE DOCUMENT WITH 
 THE SIGNATURE OF LOUIS THE THIRTEENTH. 
 
 I I dV *59 LOUIS XIII., King of France. A Document signed by 
 ' ' the King and countersigned, 5 pp., folio, dated — “June 
 
 12th, 1641.” 
 
 VERY RARE. This important historical manuscript is a confidential letter 
 sent by King Louis XIII. at the dictation of Cardinal Richelieu to the Count 
 de Vireville instructing him to do all in his Dower against the suspected con- 
 spirators, the Duke de Guise, the Count de Soissons and the Duke de Bouillon. 
 King Louis XI II. claims in this letter that a rebellion is possible and that the King 
 of Spain has been so worked upon by the emissaries of these malcontents that an 
 invasion of France appears imminent. The Soissons League against Richelieu 
 was one of the most important events in the history of France during the second 
 quarter of the 17th century. The finale of these episodes was wound up in 
 the year this document was written by the tragic death of Louis, Count of 
 Soissons (grandson of the first Ptince of Conde) at La Marffee, and the condem- 
 nation to death by the Parliament of Paris of Henty the Fifth, Duke of Guise, 
 but who, on the death of Louis XIII., returned to France and eventually 
 became notorious under Louis XIV. for his domestic infelicities, his gallantries, 
 his imprisonment in Spain and his treacherous betrayal of his best friends. 
 
 r-460 LOUIS XIV. A sonnet addressed to “ Le Grand Mon- 
 arque ” on the elevation of his grandson, the second son 
 of the Dauphin, to the throne of Spain under the title of 
 Philip V. 1 p., 4to. 
 
 This poetical epistle was written by a Spanish admirer of Louis XIV. 
 
 LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH'S SIGNATURE TO A STATE 
 DOCUMENT ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF 
 THE PARLIAMENT AT PARIS. 
 
 461 LOUIS XV. [King of France, called “ le bien aim/”). A 
 document signed “Louis” and dated — “Versailles, Nov. 
 27,1751.” 1 p., folio. 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE. This document is countersigned by the Duke 
 d’Argenson and is addressed to M. Olivier de Senozan, President of the fourth 
 chamber of “ Enquetes ” of “ my Parliament of Paris.” The King orders him 
 to resume his functions under pain of disobedience. 
 
 This historical document emanated from one of the worst of the many bad 
 kings with which France has been cursed. His long reign of nearly sixty years 
 was one continued carnival of debauchery, and the extravagances which he lavished 
 upon his du Barrys, Pompadours and l’arc-aux-Cerfs not only cost his grandson 
 
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 his head, but his own life. We read — Louis, who had for some time suffered 
 from a disease contracted through vice, was seized with smallpox, the infection 
 of which was communicated by a young girl who had been brought to him. On 
 ioth May, 1774, he died, so far from being regretted that his funeral was a sort 
 of popular festival and was celebrated with pasquils and merry ballads.” 
 
 .^0462 MARTIN (Henri, Breach historian and Member of the Insti- 
 tute, etc.) A. L. S., 2 pp., 8vo, dated — “Paris, June 6, 
 1873 .” 
 
 Refers to Viollet-le-Duc, de la Borderie et de Boisselle. Henri Martin, who 
 was also christened “ Bon Louis,” was one of the greatest historians of France. 
 His history of that country stands very high in the estimation of his compatriots. 
 He occupied the seat in the Acaden.ie Fran<paise previously held by Adolphe 
 Thiers. He defeated Taine by a vote of 18 to 15. 
 
 0J"4(>3 MARTIN. A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo, dated — “July 4, 1862.’’ 
 
 Apology for silence on account of illness. 
 
 -^j-4 64 MASSE (Felix Marie Victor, French composer, Member of 
 the Institute, etc.). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo, dated — “Septem- 
 ber 18, 1871.” 
 
 Letter of the composer of the very popular “ Noces de Jeannette,” asking M. 
 Martinet fora box with four seats. Masse became a member of the Academy of 
 Beaux-Arts on the death of Auber. 
 
 / 000 4^5 MEISSONIER (Jean Louis Ernest, painter, Member of the 
 ' ' Institute, Commander of the Legion of Honor, etc.). A. L. 
 
 S., 1 p., minimo, dated — “July 2, 1867.” 
 
 Friendly letter to General Rou and stamped with monogram. Meissonier’s 
 painting called “ 1S07” was sold to the late A. T. Stewart for over three hun- 
 dred thousand francs. It was recently resold for $67,000, and was presented to 
 the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Judge Henry Hilton. 
 
 £‘,466 MERIMEE (Prosper, French litterateur). A. L. S., 1 p., 
 ' 8vo. 
 
 Invitation to a friend to have a “bad breakfast” with him on Sunday morn- 
 ing at eleven. 
 
 I) *i G467 MEYERBEER (Jacob, celebrated musical composer). A. L. 
 h - S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 This is a letter in regard to the libretto of one of the operas of Meyerbeer, 
 whose musical genius was such that even at five years of age he could spon- 
 taneously play tunes on the piano. His “ Robert le I liable ” was received on 
 its production with enthusiasm, and the “ Huguenots” in 1836 made him reach 
 the climax of his fame. 
 
 M a 468 MIGNET (F. A. A. A., French historian , Academician, etc.). 
 A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Declination of an invitation to breakfast. During the reign of Napoleon 
 I II. Mignet rested on his celebrity as the author of the “ History of the French 
 Revolution,” a period which he regards more from a moral than from a philo- 
 sophical standpoint. It has therefore been charged with leading to fatalism. 
 
 ^(1469 MIGNET. A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Letter to Monsieur Lemoyne, dated — "Jan. 16." 
 
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 MIGNET. A. L S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Written in the third person to the Count de Kalckreuth, and as perpetual 
 secretary of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of the French Insti- 
 tute. With engraved artistic heading. 
 
 ^471 MONTBAREY {Le Prince de , Minister of Louis XV.). 
 
 A. L. S., 1 p.,4to, dated — “Versailles, December, to, 1780.” 
 Requests advice from the Lieutenant-General le Marquis de Voyer in relation 
 to a matter of a d<4icate character in which a lady is concerned. 
 
 472 MORELLET (Andre, French litterateur and friend of Ben- 
 jamin Franklin). A. L. S., to the Count Algrolli, 
 dated — “Florence, Jan. 5, 1759,’’ 2 pp., 4to; also — copy of 
 a 4to letter of 4 pp. written to Lord Henry Petty, 
 Chancellor of the English Exchequer and son of the Mar- 
 quis of Lansdowne. (2 pieces) 
 
 With English translations of the above. In the second letter referred to and 
 written in 1806 the Abbe Morellet thanks Lord Henry Petty for the books 
 forwarded to him through Lord Lauderdale. Refers to the Malthusian theory 
 and states that he regards England as the centre of the light and civilzation of 
 Europe. He also expresses his great admiration of the writings of Jeremy 
 Bentham. 
 
 NAPOLEON THE FIRST— THE ORIGINAL MINUTES OF 
 AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT DICTATED BY THE EM- 
 PEROR. 
 
 J-vT 473 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ( Emperor of France , called 
 “ the Great"). Document, 7 pp., small folio. 
 
 Five of these pages consist of the original notes dictated by Napoleon. Feb- 
 ruary 1 2th, 1812, on the distribution of bread to the indigent population of 
 Paris. It includes a very’ neatly written two-page schedule of the localities 
 requiring assistance. 
 
 474 NECKER (Jacques, financier and Minister of France , under 
 - ^ Louis XVI.). L. S., 1 p., small 4to, stamped with heraldic 
 
 seal, dated — “Versailles, Sept. 13,1785.” With portrait. 
 
 A letter to Monsieur Boissel, thanking him for a work which he had sent to 
 the father of Madame de Stael. Necker further states that he has given Louis 
 XVI. the copy of the same destined for his Majesty. The last few years of the 
 reign of that King were but one continuous sending into exile and recalling to 
 ministerial duties the vain and egotistical writer of the above letter. Necker 
 was not guillotined like his master, but died in his bed at Geneva, in 1804. 
 
 (00 475 OFFENBACH (Jacques, musical composer). L. S., 1 p., 
 - 8vo, dated — “ Paris, Jan. 9, 1856.” 
 
 Note from the composer of the “Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. "Orpheus 
 in Hell,” etc., 'telling his correspondent that the “ Bouffes Parisiens gTeat 
 and little — will be only too happy to receive him when he will accord them a 
 visit. 
 
 476 PALMSTJERNA (Baron, diplomat). A. L. S., 1 p., 4*0, 
 * dated— “Sept. 7th, 1840”; also L. S. signed and sealed 
 
 from Hippolyte de St. Anthoine to M. H. F. Delano 
 
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 informing him that he has been elected a Member of the 
 Institute of Africa, dated — “ Dec. 25, 1851.” (2 pieces.) 
 
 The last mentioned is headed with the names of the presidents, including the 
 Duke de Valentinois, the Prince de Rohan Rochfort, and the Prince Soutzo of 
 the African Institute for the abolition of slavery and the civilization of Africa. 
 
 (\C 477 PEIGNOT (Etienne Gabriel, the celebrated French biblio- 
 * g rap her). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo, dated — “ Dijon, August 22, 
 
 1812.” 
 
 Very characteristic letter of the most distinguished book expert of the 
 first half of this century, and the only one whom all the bibliographers following 
 the lead of Brunet accept the assertions of with implicit faith. I’eignot recom- 
 mends his friend to keep away from bad company, and above all such that would 
 make him remember the scourge of St. Hilary, the only cause of all our evils. 
 Then he asks after “ la Soeusceu,” and tells his friend to embrace her for him. 
 He winds up with a request in rhyme that his “Xavier” would let him have 
 “ those 412 francs.” 
 
 QfA7% PHELLIPON (Baron, General of the National Guard of 
 Paris). L. S., 4to, with receipt for 88 francs and 65 cen- 
 times. 
 
 The above document dated August 11, 1814, has a vignette head of the fleur- 
 de-lys and royal crown of France, and four months after Napoleon had been 
 sent to Elba. The document is interesting as it is dated between that period 
 and the “ Hundred Days.” 
 
 l)fD 47 9 PONIATOWSKI (J. M. X. F. J„ Prince, French Senator 
 and musical composer). A. L. S., 2 pp., 8vo. 
 
 This is stamped on the corner with the princely crown of the Poniatowskis, 
 and it is a cool request to the celebrated French vaudevillist Nerce Desabres to 
 let the Prince officiate as a champion dead-head. He complains that the last 
 time he wanted seats he did not get any. He will be contented with only ten 
 this time, although he really wants twelve, as well as four boxes. 
 
 /'Lf'480 PONSARD (Francois, French dramatist). A. L. S., 1 p., 
 8vo. 
 
 This is almost as refreshing as the last-named. Ponsard writes from Vienna 
 that he wishes the Director of the Odeon to let his cousin and her family, com 
 posed of pretty girls, have a box. 
 
 n r 4 8i QUANTIN (A., bibliophile and bibliopole ). A. 
 - ^ 8vo, dated — “Nov. 12, 1881.” 
 
 L. S., 1 p., 
 
 . 482 RAFFET (D. A. M., French artist, Chevalier of the Legion 
 of Honor , etc.) A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Raffet was one of the greatest water-colorists and book illustrators of his 
 time. He was the intimate friend of Prince Demidoff, and so great was his 
 enthusiasm for art that it is said that on one occasion he obtained the head of 
 a young soldier, shut himself up with his ghastly treasure and made numerous 
 studies of it — “ in order to master the strange pallor and painful mysteries of 
 death." 
 
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 j‘ 0 483 REGNAULT (A. G. H., painter , prix de Rome , 1866). 
 
 Original pen and ink sketch, with signature and autograph 
 lines at the bottom. With portrait by Blanchard on 
 India paper. 
 
 This sketch was made by Regnault at college when he was fifteen years old. 
 It represents a schoolmaster practicing a method of forcing a rule into the head 
 of a boy. With an air of stern determination the dominie grips with both 
 hands the ears of tl\e scholar with all his strength — result, boy with contortion 
 of fingers and dancing in agony. This humorous design is of great interest, in 
 view of the glorious death of Regnault at the battle of Buzenval before Paris, 
 Jan. 19, 1871, and but a comparatively brief period after exhibiting such pic- 
 tures as the “ Salome” and the “ Execution without Judgment.” 
 
 Mr. Pene du Bois purchased this sketch at the sale of the Alfred Bovet col- 
 lection, and it is a pathetic relic of the distinguished artist of whom Paul Mantz 
 wrote, after the painter's sad death — “ Regnault, crowned already with a preco- 
 cious glory, scarcely at the first chapter of his book ; his art was young like his 
 soul .... there remains to us only his work, which is but a radiant beginning, 
 and the example of his death, which plainly shows the culture of art extinguishes 
 not the religion of patriotism in the soul. 
 
 1^484 REM US AT (Charles F. M., Count de, author, statesman, 
 Member of the Institute , etc. ) A. L. S. , 1 p. , 4to. 
 
 Letter of recommendation for political office for an unhappy but interesting 
 young man. Charles de Remusat, who died in 1875. became the Minister of For- 
 eign Affairs under Thiers, and later French Minister to Italy, was a son of the 
 celebrated Madame de Remusat, whose “ Memoires” created such a stir in the 
 world of letters and the "haul montte.” 
 
 Qf 485 RENAUDIN [Admiral of the French Navy). Document to 
 the General-in-Chief of the Army, signed by Renaudin 
 and others. 1 p. 
 
 Admiral Renaudin was born in 1757, died in 1809. 
 
 £^486 REYER (L. E. E. Rey, French musical composer, litterateur. 
 Member of the Institute and Academy of Beaux-Arts.) A. L. 
 S., 1 p., small 8vo. 
 
 A request to his “ dear D’Hormoy ” to let him have a box at the theatre. 
 
 t\ s [4^~ RICH INI (Paul, President of the municipality of Alexandria). 
 L. S., 1 p., 4to, dated “ 20th Floreal, An 7.’’ 
 
 A petition to General Gardanne on behalf of his brother Vincent Richini, 
 who wishes to enter the French army. 
 
 [f Jo 488 ROSSINI (Gioacchino, the greatest composer in this century 
 ' of the Italian lyric stage). Document signed — “Gioac- 
 
 chino Rossini,” and dated — “ Firenze li 25 Settemb. 1854,” 
 1 p., 4 to. 
 
 A receipt for .£4.779 8s., to Leopoldo Pini, advocate. “ In Rossini's early 
 works he developed with great felicity the type established by his Italian pre- 
 decessors. These compositions are characterized by sterling melody, brilliant 
 instrumentation and enjoyable vivacity. * Guillaume Tell,’ though equally origi- 
 nal, approaches far more nearly to the character of the German school.” 
 
 ££489 ROUVEYRE (Edouard, bibliophile, bibliographer and biblio- 
 pole). A. L. S., 2 pp., 8vo. 
 
 The author of some of the most charming volumes for bookmen issued during 
 
 the past few years. 
 
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 'loO 490 SAINTE-BEUVE (Charles Augustin, French critic and poet). 
 ' ~ ' A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo, dated — “ November 21st, 1870.” 
 
 A letter to the librarian of the French Institute in regard to various works. 
 
 “ En 1865 ses [Saint Beuve's] liaisons avec deux membres de la Famille Im- 
 pcriale, plus encore que sa grande notoriete littcraire, le firent entrer au Scnat.” 
 — Vapereau. 
 
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 491 SANDEAU (Leonard Sylvain Jules, French litterateur and 
 Member of the Academie Fran(aise). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Jules Sandeau's intrigue with George Sand was the principal cause of his 
 entering literature. In 1831 the first work of both was written in collaboration 
 under the nom-de-plume of J ules Sand. Later Sandeau became more eminent 
 as a dramatist than as a writer of fiction. 
 
 ^ 5492 SANDEAU. A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 A demand from the playwright for a box at the theatre. 
 
 *Lj-U 493 SARCEY (Francisque, French litterateur). A. L. S., 2 pp., 
 minimo. 
 
 A note to a friend in regard to a criticism on Sarcey by Alberic Second. 
 
 Sarccy has been for years in continual hot water in matters literary. Hiscele- 
 brated controversy in regard to Chinese children devoured by pigs and his con- 
 demnation to three thousand francs fine and fifteen days in prison for having 
 denounced the miracle of Lourdes have given him notoriety on both sides of the 
 , Atlantic. 
 
 ' 4-0 494 SARDOU (Victorien, French dramatist and Academician). 
 A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 The great popularity in this country of ‘‘Daniel Rochat,” in which Sardou 
 makes a powerful plea in favor of divorce, has made us forget many of his 
 earlier and brighter plays. 
 
 SARDOU. A. L. S., 1 p., minimo. 
 
 | a 496 SCALONI (Francesco, Italian litterateur). A. L. S., 1 p., 
 4to, dated — “ 1840.” 
 
 A key to the “ Hypercalipse ” of Hugo Foscolo, and being a communication 
 to Dr. Baldasari Lambertenghi of Como. 
 
 -> . 497 SCRIBE (Augustin Eugene, French dramatist and A cade- 
 r ^ mician). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 A note to his friend Mons de St. George and invitation to breakfast. Scribe 
 died at Paris in 1861 after fifty-five years of successful playwriting. His first 
 piece was written by him when he was eighteen years old, in collaboration with 
 some friends. 
 
 ^498 SIMON (Jules Francois Suisse, French writer , Senator , 
 Member of the Institute). A. L. S., 2 pp., 8vo, dated 
 — “Jan. 21, 1844.’’ 
 
 A very interesting literary letter to a friend, probably Pauthier, the Orientalist, 
 in which he refers to his knowledge of Greek philosophy and his ignorance of 
 Chinese metaphysics, which were much more elevated than he had previously 
 thought. He writes “such ignorance ought to surprise you.” This great 
 Frenchman has played one of the most conspicuous parts in the politics of 
 Europe for more than a quarter of a century and particularly during the infancy 
 of the present stable and glorious French Republic. 
 
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 0 \ 499 SOLIVERES (de, distinguished French army officer). 
 3 PP » 4to, dated — “February 9, 1827.” 
 
 A. L. 
 
 Parish 6 Thk P a P er n headed " Etat Major-General Garde Nationale de 
 £ans. 1 his letter is really one of the celebrated Marshal Oudinot, Duke of 
 
 b i! U,t ,S if lgT l?i b f half . of the Commander in Chief by the above- 
 med, who was his Colonel d Etat Major ” and Secretary General It is a 
 
 Picnlt ' ,h ' T '"‘ h A n .. * ..,,.. in relation 
 
 Or 500 SULLY ; p RV DH0MME ( R - F - A. f French poet and Acadt- 
 mician). A. L. S., 1 p., minimo, dated — “Feb. 26, 1883.” 
 
 / lr 5 °' TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD (C. M. de, diplomat, slat,,. 
 
 man, Bishop of Autun , Prince, etc.). A document of 1 1 
 page s large 4to, with many signatures and among others 
 that of Prince Talleyrand, stamped with various seals of 
 the first French Republic and dated at Paris in the tenth 
 year of the same. 
 
 • Th ^ S '? a St , a j e do ‘L ument and the last few lines read as follows— “ the under- 
 charge des affaires of the French Republic to the United States certifies 
 that the foregoing is the signature of Mr. Talleyrand, Minister of Foreign Affairs 
 in P rance. Given under my hand and seal of office at Baltimore, Feb. 23 1S04 
 L. A. PlCHON. 3 * 
 
 Napoleon’s celebrated Minister signs his name “Ch. Mau. Talleyrand ” He 
 was one of the most unscrupulous and subtle of modern diplomatists During 
 
 1 » en u! re ” e be was not h>ng but a theological and political turncoat. While an 
 abbe his conduct was so grossly immoral that Louis XVI. for many years refused 
 to give him any ecclesiastical preferment, and it was only his administrative 
 abilities that caused the mitre of the See of Autun to be placed upon his un- 
 worthy head He was excommunicated by the Pope, and although Napoleon 
 made him a Prince and used what Carlyle calls “his vulpine understanding” 
 lor some of the most tremendous of his many European coups d'etat, the nick- 
 name given I alleyrand by the Empress Josephine will always cling to his memory 
 and chronicle him as the 11 Maudit Boiteux,” i. e., the “ cursed cripple.” 
 
 too 5 ° 2 THIERS (Louis Adolphe, President of the third French Re- 
 public and historian). A. L. S„ 1 p., small 8vo, dated— 
 
 “ May 28th, 1839,” with stamped envelope in the hand- 
 writing of Thiers and of a later date. (2 pieces) 
 
 A note from the celebrated historian of the French Revolution to Pauthier 
 asking that eminent Orientalist to let him have a copy of his work on “China," 
 in which, he says, he is deeply interested, more particularly on account of the 
 subject having been treated by his friend. 
 
 x J'c>5 o 3 1 HOMAS (Charles Louis Ambroise, French composer and 
 Member of the French Institute ). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Letter accepting invitation from Theodore de Larminois to the eminent com- 
 poser, who replaced Auber as the director of the Conservatoire at Paris in 
 1871. 
 
 *^p 5°4 1 ILDEN (Samuel J., American statesman and Governor of 
 New York State). Two documents signed. (2 pieces) 
 
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 TOCQUEVILLE (A. Ch. C. de, French statesman and 
 author ). A. L. S., 2 pp., 8vo, dated — “ Dec. 30, 1850.” 
 
 Written during the period De Tocqueville was Minister of Foreign Affairs of 
 the second French Republic to a colleague. It is a letter of sympathy on the 
 loss of his friend’s mother. De Tocqueville also speaks of his own health as 
 rapidly mending. 
 
 \ 0 J~ 5°6 TOPFFER (R., French author and novelist). Document 
 signed mentioning “Clarissa Hariowe.” Minimo, 1834. 
 
 Vide numbers 329 and 330 in the previous division for works of this author. 
 
 TODCHER (. Director of the French East India Company). 
 L. S., 1 p., 4to, dated — “A I’Orient, le 30 Jer., 1748.” 
 With heraldic wax seal, coronet, shield and supporters, ad- 
 dressed to “ Monsieur Bigot de la Motiie, Intendant 
 de la Marine a Brest.” 
 
 op° s 
 
 VALEE (Sylvain Charles, Marshal of France and Count). 
 L. S., 1 p., folio, addressed to the Minister of State, 
 dated — “Algiers, 30th of August, 1840,” and signed by 
 Count Val£e as the Marshal Governor of Algeria rela- 
 tive to army matters and the transportation service in the 
 Algerian province of Oran. 
 
 v (jS^° 9 VAULGRENNAUD (A. de, distinguished officer in the French 
 army). A. L. S., 3 pp., small 8vo, addressed to “ Mons. 
 Bkville & Paris,’’ and stamped with wax heraldic seal. 
 
 510 VERDI (Giuseppe, operatic composer). A. E. S., 1 p., mini- 
 ' mo, with envelope. 
 
 A brief note from the immortal author of “ La Traviata ” and “ 11 Trova- 
 tore." 
 
 lj- 05 11 VERNE (Jules, French author). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Enclosing ticket for box at the Porte St. Martin. The writer of sensational 
 fiction tells his friend that madame should have written to the theatrical director, 
 but he is only too delighted to be of service. 
 
 n ,.512 VIGNY (Alfred de, French poet and novelist). A. L. S., 
 1 p., 8vo, dated — “May 28, 1850.” 
 
 Characteristic letter from the author of “ Cinq- Mars. ” 
 
 | 513 VILLEMAIN (Able Francois , French author and Secretary 
 
 of the Academie Fran(aise). A. L. S., 1 p., 8vo. 
 
 Villemain’s works on French literature and history will be counted among the 
 classics of this age. He incurred the eternal enmity of Charles X. for drawing 
 up, along with Chateaubriand and Lacretelle. the petition addressed by the 
 French Academy to that monarch against the reestablishment in France of the 
 censorship of the press. 
 
 0(514 VI RY (Arthaud de, distinguished French army officer). 
 L. S., 2 pp., 4to, dated — “ December 20, 1811.” 
 
 A confidential letter from one of Napoleon’s soldiers to a friend. 
 
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 EXTREMELY INTERESTING LETTER OF THREE PAGES 
 OF VOLTAIRE, IN REFERENCE TO HIS “SIECLE DE 
 LOUIS XIV.” 
 
 Qoo 5 *5 VOLTAIRE (Francois, Marie Arouet de, the most famous 
 of all the authors of France ). A letter signed “ V ” and 
 dated — “ & Ferney 5' Mars, 1768,” 3 pp., 4 to. 
 
 VERY RARE. tine of the most important letters in the Pene du Bois Col- 
 lection. 1 he immortal author of the " H enriade ” and "La IHicelle " wrote 
 these three pages to Mons. de 'I'auler. Voltaire tells him that three-quarters of 
 the new edition of the “ Siecle de Louis Quatorze” are printed. He asks for 
 anecdotes on Jansenism, and says that he is aware that politics enter into the 
 quarrels of the Jansenists and Molinists. As to the will attributed to Cardinal 
 Richelieu, he wishes all the information possible, and requests Mons. Tauler to 
 show this letter to the Duke de Choiseul. He adds that the Duchess d'Aguillon 
 had sought at the Office of Foreign Affairs for all that was favorable to the 
 opinion of Voltaire on this matter. If there is any new light on the subject he 
 is willing to publicly retract, and will say that the Cardinal Richelieu made a 
 blunder in politics as ridiculous and bad as he made in theology. The succinct 
 narration, so badly compiled by the Abbe de Boureis under the eyes of the Car- 
 dinal, Voltaire says, has nothing in common with the “ testament.” It shows, 
 on the contrary, that document is suppositious. The will of Cardinal 
 Richelieu ought to say what Louis XIII. ought to do when he should lose 
 his minister. Voltaire writes that it ought to speak of the education of the 
 Dauphin, of the negotiations with Sweden, the Duke de Weimar and the other 
 German princes against the house of Austria; how the war can be continued 
 and be brought to an advantageous peace; what precautions should betaken 
 against the Huguenots; what form of regency should be established in the event 
 of Louis XIII. succumbing to his long illnesses, etc. These arc the instructions. 
 Voltaire states, a Minister of State should have given, but he does not say a 
 word of what is indispensable, and he speaks ‘ ‘ des sottisses enormes dignes du 
 Chevalier de Moulin et de l’ex-Capuchin Maubert sur des choses tres inutiles.” 
 
 UZANNE (Octave, editor of “ Le Livre,'' author of “ The 
 Fan,'' etc.). A. L. S., 2 pp., 8vo, dated Paris, “ February 20, 
 1882,” with envelope. • 
 
 Note from Uzanne to Mr. Pene du Bois, making him the American corre- 
 spondent of “ Le Livre.” 
 
 (Jx /”!) 1 7 WERDET (Edmond, celebrated French bibliographer). A. 
 L. S., 1 p., 4 to, dated — “ 15th of Sept. 1856.’’ 
 
 Interesting letter to Anguste Aubry. The distinguished bibliographer 
 Werdet published the larger portion of the works of Balzac. He wrote that 
 humorist’s life, as well as other works more or less of a bibliophilistic charac- 
 ter, such as his “ Histoire du Livre en France ” in five volumes. 
 
 THE GRAND RUSSELL COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHS 
 OF U. S. PRESIDENTS, AUTHORS, STATESMEN, 
 ETC.— MANY OF CONSIDERABLE VALUE. 
 
 0 ^ 00 518 AUTOGRAPHS. A COLLECTION of over 220 
 LETTERS WHOLLY IN the cai.igraphy of the various 
 
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 138 
 
 WRITERS, OR SEPARATE SIGNATURES, SOME OF THE LAST 
 NAMED WITH MS. IN THE SAME HAND ABOVE THEM. THE 
 WHOLE IN A SMALL OCTAVO MOROCCO ALBUM, WITH TWO 
 BRASS CLASPS. 
 
 UNIQUE, MOST INTERESTING and VALUABLE COLLECTION. 
 
 This album contains 223 signatures, exclusive of three on — “ A Bill of One 
 Shilling — Proclamation, is Emitted by a Law of the Colony of New Jersey, 
 passed in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the 
 Third. Dated March 25, 1776.” They include the signatures or handwriting 
 of ten Presidents of the United States, i.e. : — George Washington, James K. 
 Polk, Zachary Taylor, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, John 
 Quincy Adams, James Madison, James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce. 
 
 There are the signatures of statesmen, governors of States, poets, artists, 
 singers, authors, physicians, ecclesiastics, historians, philanthropists, military 
 and naval officers, actors, etc. 
 
 Also will be found verses and extracts by and from Geo. Ticknor, H. W. Long- 
 fellow, Th. Starr King, T. W. Parsons, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Charles 
 Sprague, Chailes James Sprague (son and grandson of Samuel, of the 
 “ Boston tea party,”), Nathan B. ShurtlefT, Elias Boudinot (President of Con- 
 gress, 17S2), John Phillips, Ben. Silliman, Joseph Leidy, 'l'haddeus W. Harris, 
 etc. 
 
 Among the signatures are those of Sir Charles Lyell, Commodore Perry, 
 Maria Mitchell, of Vassar College; Rembrandt l’eale, E. F. Ellet, Thomas 
 Bailey Aldrich, G. P. Morris (author of “ Woodman, Spare that Tree "), John 
 G. Saxe, B. P. Shillaber (“ Mrs. Partington”), Charlotte Cushman, J. Papi- 
 neau, Paul Morphy, Wm. Prescott, Ch. Lowell, Jenny Lind, Adelaide Ristori, 
 Fanny Kemble, H. B. Stowe, L. Sigourney, Edwin Booth, J. Wilkes Booth, 
 Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, Caleb Cushing (2). Sam. Ward, 
 R. II. Dana, L. Agassiz, Emerson, F. D. Huntingdon, Jared Sparks, W. A. 
 Seward, Marcy, Benton, Lewis Cass, John Hancock, 1759; James Bowdoin, 
 B. Silliman, Jr., Humboldt, Mary Somerville, Adam Badeau, Chas. Mackay, 
 B. Taylor, Motley, Washington Irving, G. W. Curtis, C. M. Sedgwick, 
 William Cullen Bryant, A. Potter, John Eliot. 1791; Beecher, H. H. Milman, 
 Sam. Appleton, Nathan Appleton, Lord Castlercagh, Baroness Burdett 
 Coutts, A. Lang, George Rawlinson, etc. 
 
 Specially worthy of note is a letter dated — “ Boston, 12 Sept., 
 1859,” and of four pages, from Edward Everett, written in the album 
 over his signature, telling of his acquaintance with Jenny Lind. On leaf 
 5 is a five cent silver piece of 1840, given him by “the Swedish Nightin- 
 gale,” and immediately following is her autograph signed to a list of the charit- 
 able institutions of Boston, and the amounts donated each, the proceeds of a 
 concert given by her. 
 
 Henry W. Longfellow’s lines on a half-sheet of paper are; — 
 
 “ All are architects of Fate, 
 
 Working in these walls of Time; 
 
 Some with massive deeds and great, 
 
 Some with ornaments of rhyme. 
 
 — PIenry W. Longfellow. - ’ 
 
 Oliver Wendell Holmes on leaf 22 contributes two verses of original poetry 
 over his signature, dated — “ Boston, Nov. 3rd, 1839.” 
 
 President John Tyler is represented by a note to Horace P. Chandler, dated 
 — “Sherwood Forrest, Oct. 13, 1859." 
 
 These references give an indication of the character of the collection. It was 
 made by a devoted autograph collector, Mrs. Russell, who left it as a legacy in 
 her will to Mr. l’ene du Bois. 
 
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 THE “COMEDIE FRANCAISE TOMBOLA” COLLECTION 
 OF AUTOGRAPHS OF DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF 
 THE FRENCH STAGE, AUTHORS, CRITICS, ETC. 
 
 00 519 “ALBUM D’AUTOG RAPHES DE LA TOMBOLA DES 
 ARTISTES DRAMATIQUES.” Oblong quarto. 
 
 UNIQUE and. SPLENDID COLLECTION of AUTOGRAPHS and 
 referred to by the “ New York Tribune,” on June 3, 18S3, as follows : — “ He 
 
 [Mr. Pene du Bois] owns an autograph album by the French artists 
 
 which is worth one thousand dollars.” This, although an exaggeration as to 
 the actual worth of the collection, is an indication of its being of great value. 
 
 This album of autographs consists of several hundreds of signed letters and 
 signatures with autographs of the leading men and women of letters, dramatists, 
 critics, actors, actresses and singers of France. It is an autograph “omnium gath- 
 erum” gotten up by the secretary of the “Comedie Fran9aise” for the “Socicte des 
 Artistes Dramatiques,” and was raffled off in a tombola or lottery for the benefit 
 of that society after the Commune of 1871, and upon the return of a portion 
 of the members of the “ Comedie Francaise” from London. This lottery was 
 held in Paris in 1871, and resulted in handing over a goodly sum to the desti- 
 tute members of the stage who, during the siege and Commune, had played to 
 empty houses. Contributions from all the professionals and men of letters 
 available were joined together, as well as many letters written previously by 
 notabilities and in the possession of sympathizers of this charitable cause. 
 
 Among the more important signed autographs letters are those of — ILranger, 
 a letter, 1854, to Emile Thierry thanking him for the pretty songs he has for- 
 warded; Alexander Dumas the Elder, an original quatrain entitled “Liberty 
 and Love,” one of the last productions from his pen, also a letter from the 
 same; Ed. Thierry, “ The Sentinel.” a poem of sixteen lines; Cherubini, signa- 
 ture and two pages of music in his handwriting, being an “ examen de solfcge”; 
 Count de Las Casas, author of “ Memorial of St. Helena” in reference to that 
 work; Laboulaye, refers to his novel of “Abdallah”; Lamartine, receipt of three 
 hundred francs from Hachette the publisher; George Sand, a three-page auto- 
 graph letter signed and dated Oct. 20, 1856, in reference to a play produced at 
 the Odeon; Ponson de Terrail, request for a box; Madame de St. Ouen, the 
 authoress; Michelet, letter dated July 30, i860, requesting Mons. Demoliere to 
 send the money due him on account of his “Louis XI.” and other works; Sainte- 
 Beuve, a demand dated Dec. 26, 1859, for three hundred francs for an unwrit- 
 ten work; E. Arnal, the “Artist,” an original poem of eighteen lines; P. 
 Lefort, poem in four verses, “ La Cinqantaine”; A. De Forge, Minister of War, 
 request for a box; etc. 
 
 There are also letters (A. L. S.) from the following: — Emile Girardin, Camille 
 Dorti, Victorien, Marie Delaporte, Jeanne Boudois, Couder, N. Roqueplin (dra- 
 matic critic), Paul Dhormoy, Cherie Ad. Adam, Adolphe, Duprez, Angela, S. 
 Duchesney, Marie Favart, Bagier, Dormeuil, J. Roubaud, Frederic 1 homas, 
 Legouve, Muriel, Ouvric, V. Cochinat (2), C. Montaiand, Lemeuil, Grassot, P. 
 de Gasparin, Quatrefages (scientist), Beauvallet, Dr. Blanche, Altaroche (man- 
 aging editor of “Charivari”), Alberic Second, Ch. Nuitter, E. Monvey, Jeanne 
 Sabbatier, Delacour, Leon Cogniard, Paul Dalloz, M. Escudier. B. Jouvin (of 
 the “ Figaro”), Octave Lacroix, C. Laurent, Jules Prevel, Tony Revillon, L. 
 Buloz (2), V. Bourey, Munoz, M. Petit, Elisa Picardi, A. Pasca, Desiree, Cas- 
 tagnary. Paul de Saint Victor, etc. , etc. 
 
 Among the numerous signatures, many of which have original lines above 
 them, are those of — Etienne Senescal (sketch and verses from Alfred de Musset), 
 Levesto, Verteuil, Davesnes, Leon Gaillard, Eug. Garraud. Augustine Brohan, 
 Bonval, Nathalie, C. Jouassain, Madeleine Brohan, Edile Requcr, Victoria 
 Lafontaine, Emilie Dubois, Arnauld Plessy, Zclia Poussin, Emilia Guyot, 
 Marie Favart, Emma Fleury, Marie Lloyd, Rose Barretta, Dinah felix 
 
140 
 
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 (Rachel’s sister), Marie Roger, Jeanne Tordin, Rosa Didier, R. Deschaumes, 
 Pauline Granger, Edmee Ramille, V. Angelot, D. Macquet, E. Devoyod, 
 Deligny-Derval, M. Lemoine Montigny, Eug. Maisot, A. Landrol, Frances, P. 
 Esquier, Mdlle. Berton, Louvel, Renaudin, E. Pradeau, Paul Boisselot, Blanche 
 Pierson, Eugene Uerold, Regnier, G Duprez, Got (four lines of poetry), L. 
 Delaunay, Talbot, P. Leroux, Maubant, Louis Monrose, P. Bressant. H. 
 Lafontaine, C. Coquelin (verses from Hugo in reply to attack of Veuillot on 
 “The Actor”), Mirecour, Chery, Tronchet, F'ebvre, Eugene Provost, L. Barre. 
 Moutet, G.Guichard, C. Gibeau, Verdellet, Prud'hon, Boucher, Ch. Masset, 
 etc., etc. 
 
 There are also many cartes-de-visite of the company of the “ Comedie Fran- 
 chise, ” such as: — Regnier, Barre, Monrose, Bressant, Lafontaine, Fevre, 
 jouassain, etc. 
 
 ^520 Autograph Portfolio. Large 4to, half morocco, cloth 
 sides, with cloth flaps and ties. 
 
 | 0 5 2 1 Bovet (Alfred). Catalogue de la Precieuse Collection d’Au- 
 tographes composant le Cabinet de, — Series I, II, III, IV 
 and VIII. 2 vols. 4to, sewed. Paris, 1885 
 
 Illustrated with numerous fac-simile autographs and sketches. 
 
 y <§22 FONTAINE (P. Jul). Manuel de l’Amateur d’Auto- 
 graphes. 8vo, old roan, gilt. Paris, 1836 
 
 An invaluable work for autograph collectors. Loose with the above is a 
 long article on autograph collecting by Paul Eudel. 
 
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 141 
 
 [The 
 
 PRINTING PRESS OF JoDOCUS BAD1VS Vtl “ ASCENS1VS " OF PARIS IN 
 I 5 10 — ' IDE NUMBER 541 OF THIS DIVISION.’’] 
 
 IV. 'i'ypogvaylty, 
 
 CONSISTING OF 
 
 Incunabula, Black Letters and other Rare Books 
 
 PRINTED BEFORE THE YEAR 160O — ALSO SPLENDID ALDINE AND 
 
 Elzevirian Imprints. 
 
 “ Incunables ! for you I sigh, 
 
 Black letter, at thy founts I kneel, 
 
 Old tales of Perrault’s nursery. 
 
 For you I’d go without a meal ! 
 
 For Books wherein did Aldus deal 
 And rare Galiot du Pre I pine. 
 
 The watches of the night reveal 
 The Books that never can be mine !” 
 
 — Andrew Lang. 
 
 ST. JEROME ON THE DIVINE ESSENCE-AN EXCESS- 
 IVELY RARE INCUNABULIC SPECIMEN. 
 
 523 iilacfe ftcttrr.— Hieronymus (Beatus). Liber de 
 Essentia Diuinitatis: also — Thoma de Aquino, de Arti- 
 culis Fidei et Ecclesie Sacramentis. 4to, boards. 
 
 [? Augsburg, Gunther Zainer , circa 1470] 
 EXTREMELY RARE. Printed on thick paper in handsome old Gothic 
 types, with the initial letters and date “ MCCCCLXX ” added in red. 
 
 This ^.volume was printed with the same font of type as the “ Imitatio 
 Christi and by Gunther Zainer of Reutlingen, the first printer of Augsburg. 
 
142 
 
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 Several writers have given 1466 as the date of the first book printed at Augs- 
 burg and by Zainer. General Hawkins, in his valuable work on “the First 
 Hooks and Printers of the Fifteenth Century," claims the first with a date 
 printed in Augsburg, to have been St. Bonaventure’s Meditations, by Zainer, in 
 1468, and adds — “ It might almost be said that the first school of wood-engraving 
 in Europe was founded in that city." This, of course, means outside of xylo- 
 graphic books. 
 
 Gunther Zainer’s imprints, write Higmore and Wyman — “ were all printed in 
 the semi-Roman character, first used by the Cologne printers; but in 1472 he 
 introduced for the first time a true Roman letter in imitation of that cast by 
 Jenson at Venice." 
 
 COMPANION INCUNABLE TO THE PRECEDING NUMBER. 
 
 13 BUCK 7 i.CttfC. — BEATUS HIERONYMUS, Liber de 
 
 ' r* ’ Viris Illustrib. Large 4to, boards. 
 
 [? Augsburg, Gunther Zainer , circa 1470] 
 EXTREMELY RARE. Printed with the same types as the last named — 
 the initial letters added in red, also this colophon in MS. — “ Liber pvb. G. 
 Zayner Avgvsta A.D. MCCCCLXX.” 
 
 St. Jerome, author of the above and preceding work, is also known in biog- 
 raphy as “ Eusebius Hieronymus Sophronius." He was born on the confines 
 of Dalmatia, circa 331-345. He retired to the desert of Chalcis in 374, and 
 became a priest at Antioch four years later. For three years after he lived at 
 Constantinople in close intimacy with Gregory Nazianzen. In 382, St. Jerome 
 came to Rome and acted as the secretary of Pope Damasius, engaging in his 
 great work of biblical revision. He was celebrated chiefly for his Pelagian 
 controversies, and died on September 30, in the year 420. Erasmus edited his 
 works. St. Jerome is — “ universally regarded as the most learned and eloquent 
 of the Latin Fathers." 
 
 FATHER ROSENHEIM’S “ ROSEUM MEMORIALE 
 PRINTED ABOUT 1482. 
 
 Loo 5 2 5 Bladt 71 cttri\— ROSENHEIM (Petrus de). ROSEUM 
 ' MEMORIALE diuinorum eloquiorum copii.atvm. per 
 
 eratrem PETRUS UE ROSENHEIM monachum mon- 
 
 ASTER1I MELLICENSIS ORDINIS SANCTI BeNEDICTI. Small 
 4to, half calf. [? Memmingen, Albert Kunne, circa 1482] 
 EXTREMELY RARE. This was probably printed by Albert Kunne, the 
 first printer at Memmingen, vide Hain, 1398. 47 leaves and 33-34 lines to the 
 
 page. The first initial letter “R” is illuminated in gold and colors, with 
 . floriated border. 
 
 “ The earliest specimen of the typography of this town [Memmingen] is an 
 
 edition of the well-known chronicle entitled ‘ Fasisculus Temporum.’ 
 
 This work was executed by Albertus Kunne de Duderstadt, who had previously 
 been a printer at Trent, and who appears to have reigned without a rival at 
 Memmingen, as more than fifty of his books are mentioned by Panzer in the 
 XVth century, but not one single volume executed by any other printer.” — 
 Cotton. 
 
 THE “VIOLA SANCTORUM,” PRINTED WITH THE TYPES 
 OF ANTHONY SORG IN 1482. 
 
 / 7v f 0 S26 iilncfe 7 i.rttrr.— VIOLA SANCTORUM. 4 to, old half 
 stamped calf, on wooden boards. 
 
 I? Augsburg, Anthony Sorg, J 1482 
 EXTREMELY RARE, with some of the initial letters illuminated in gold 
 and colors. With contemporary marginalia and some pages stained, 1 1 8 leaves, 
 
 
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 i43 
 
 28-31 lines to the page. The colophon of this martyrology reads-— 1 “ Viola 
 
 sanctoru. explicit feliciter Anno dni. MCCCCLXXXII.” The types are those 
 of Anthony borg. Cotton states: — “ In 1472 a press was erected in the 
 monastery’ of SS. L Inc and Afra [at Augsburg], but no book issued from it 
 before 1474 now remains. Anthony Sorg, who is supposed to have printed for 
 the monastery, says of one of his books that it is not — * cyrogTaphatus sed stan- 
 neis karacteribus artificialiter effigiatus.* ” 
 
 HANDSOMELY BOUND CICERO— VENICE, 1483. 
 
 C, 527 CICERONIS Efistolas cum HUBERTINI CLERICI 
 Commento. Thick small folio, handsomely bound in red 
 morocco extra gilt, inside gold borders, leather joints, gilt 
 e< ^S es - Venice, 1483 
 
 VERY RARE and printed in Roman type, and the commentary in a 
 smaller font than the text. 1 here are occasional marginalia. The first and 
 last pages are carefully mounted. The colophon shows that the volume was 
 printed:— “ Accuratissime, optinoqz. charactere impensis Andree de Asula Bar- 
 tholomeiqz alexadrini socior. Venetiis impressi : Anno salutis dominice 
 MCCCCLXXX 1 1 1 . pridie calendas februarias. Laus deo. ” 
 
 Brunet quotes two vellum copies of the above edition having been sold 
 between $125 and $150, as follows: — “ 31 liv. 10 sh. Williams; 23 liv. 10 sh 
 Butler. ” 
 
 Nicholas Jenson is claimed to have been the first Venetian printer, who was 
 considered — “ the only printer of merit in that age, and the productions of his 
 pres^ are far superior to those of any other." Timperley says that in 1458— 
 “King Charles the Seventh, King of France, having received private infor- 
 mation of the invention of printing at Mentz, sent Nicholas Jenson, or Jenso- 
 nius, an engraver of coins and medals at Paris, to obtain a knowledge of the 
 art. Having succeeded he returned to France, when he found his patron dead; 
 upon which he returned to Venice and commenced letter founder and printer; 
 he excelled in all branches of the art, and more than are united with it. He 
 first determined the form and proportion of the present Roman character. The 
 date of his first work is 1471, and the last 1481, in which year he is supposed 
 to have died.” 
 
 Paul Lacroix (Bibliophile Jacobi printed an unqualified statement that Jenson 
 introduced typography into Venice, but that honor is now generally conceded 
 to John de Spire, presumably of Spire on the Rhine. 
 
 VERY RARE FIFTEENTH CENTURY EDITION OF “THE 
 SERAPHIC DOCTOR.” 
 
 Oi ) 528 iilacU ILCttfr.— BONAVENTURE (Saint). Brf.iulo 
 * quiu. SANCTI BONAUENTURE de okdine minoru. 
 
 Large 4to, black vellum. 
 
 Anno dni. MCCCC.LXXXIIII. [1484] 
 
 VERY RARE incunable with neither the place of printing nor tha printer's 
 name given in the colophon. It is rubricated throughout by hand and the prin- 
 cipal capitals are also in red or blue. From a MS. note on the title, this vol- 
 ume originally belonged to the library of the convent of the Minorites at 
 Wurtzburg. On an end paper is the note — “ See ‘ Spenceriana,’ Yol. 3, p. 197.” 
 The author of this work was St. Bonaventure, the “ Seraphic Doctor,” and 
 great scholist of the Franciscans, who was born in Tuscany. A. D. 1221, and 
 died at Lyons in 1274, universally regretted as the second of the two great lights 
 which illumined that age. His works, besides the above, consist of Exposi- 
 tion of Genesis, Psalms, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom, Lamentations, Matthew, Luke 
 
144 
 
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 and John; Sermons; Commentaries on the Four Books of Sentences; seventy- 
 three tracts. 
 
 Dante has added to Bonaventure's immortality by placing him in his “ Para- 
 diso.” Luther considered Saint Bonaventure as a most excellent man; Bellar- 
 mine as beloved by God and man. Alexander de Hales (his preceptor) used to 
 say that Brother Bonaventure seemed not to partake of Adam’s sin. Gerson 
 greatly admired him and recommended the study of his works, which obtained 
 for him the title of Seraphic Doctor, — his companion when he took his Doc- 
 tor’s Degree, being the Angelic Doctor, St Thomas Aquinas. 
 
 “ Bonaventure, called the Seraphic Doctor , was a scholar, a man of an acute 
 mind, a good writer, and a very devout man. He united mystic with scholastic 
 theology, and was a voluminous writer on practical religion. His works com- 
 prise commentaries on the scriptures; a full comment on the sentences of Lom- 
 bard; a great number of tracts, chiefly on ascetic and practical subjects; letters; 
 sermons; etc.” — Dr. Murdock. 
 
 EARLY MEMMINGEN WORK ON THE ANTI CHRIST. 
 
 529 jjiaclt TLcttcr.-QUESTio determinata est in 
 
 QUODLIBETO STUDIJ EFFORDENSIS ANNO 1-486 POST BAR- 
 THOLOMEI AL> PETITIONE MULTOR. TAM kELIGIOSORU qz 
 secularii contra TRiPiucEM errore. Small 4to, boards. 
 
 Memmingen [? Albert Kunne], circa i486 
 
 Very rare. The colophon reads simply — “ Impressum Memmingen.” The 
 volume is one on the Antichrist and consists of 44 leaves. Vide llain, 1,154. 
 
 A i486 VOLUME OF A METAPHYSICAL NATURE. 
 
 530 ljlacU 7irtm*. — PROSPER oe uita coteplatina de 
 
 U IT A ACTUALI DEQZ UITI 1 S ANERIS VIRTUT1BUS. 4U), 
 
 boards. [? Strasburg,] i486 
 
 Very rare, with MS. name over title, of convent where it was originally con- 
 served: 49 leaves, 2 columns and 36 lines to the page. Vide Hain, 13418. 
 The initials are added by hand in red — some of the larger ones in red and gold. 
 
 Strasburg, where the above was doubtless printed, is one of those towns which 
 put in a claim to the honor of giving birth to the typographic art, and it has 
 been concluded by Schoefflin and others that John Gutenberg printed there 
 between the years 1440 and 1450. Gen. Hawkins quotes in his “ First Books 
 and Printers,” a Bible that was probably printed at Strasburg between the years 
 1459-61 by John Mentelin, who he claims to have been the first printer of old 
 Argentoratvm. ” 
 
 FRANCIS NIGER’S EPISTOLARY ART, IMPRINTED CIRCA 
 
 1487. 
 
 ,531 jj Licit TLctter. — RODUS epistolandi FRANCISCI 
 
 N I G R I . V cry curious early wood block on title of l 'tke author , 
 birch in hand , teaching three scholars." Small 4to, paper. 
 
 [? Cologne, circa 1487] 
 
 Very rare. On an end paper is a page of contemporary MS. The date 
 “ 1487” will be found in the centre of the volume. 44 leaves, 36 lines to the 
 page. 
 
 The above has every indication of having been imprinted at Cologne, where 
 Ulric Zell was the first printer, who had been one of Peter Schoeffer's hands at 
 Mayence Bigmore and Wyman write concerning Zell: — “ He was an indus- 
 trious printer there [at Cologne] for more than forty years, but never printed a 
 book in German, nor did he adopt any of the improvements of the printers of 
 

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 Italy. He adhered rigidly to the severe style of his master. Schoeffer, printing 
 all his books from three sizes of a rude face of a round Gothic type. Madden 
 supposes that he went to Cologne in 1462, and was engaged by the brotherhood 
 of the Life in Common at Weidenbach, near that city, to assist them with his 
 new art of printing in their pious task of making books. Zell’s name appears 
 for the first time in a book dated 1466, which date may be accepted as indicative 
 of the time when he left the monastery and began to print on his account.” 
 
 JOHN NEUNHAUSER'S FAMOUS EPISTLE TO POPE 
 INNOCENT— PROBABLY PRINTED AT ROME IN 1490. 
 
 n, 532 Ulacfc 7icttrr.— JOHANNIS NEUNHAUSER Decre- 
 tor. Doctoris Ecclesie Ratisponensis decani: lllustris- 
 simi principis Alberti Bauarie Ducis: ad Innocentiu. 
 pont. max. oratoris: pollicite obedientie oratuincula. Small 
 4to, sewed. [? Rome, Stephen Planck , circa 1490] 
 
 Extremely rare, four pages and attributed by Hain, No. 11,696, as above, 
 to an early printer of Rome, of which the first typothets were Conrad 
 Sweynhym and Arnold Pannartz. 
 
 MAGNIFICENT AND VERY TALL COPY OF THE NUREM- 
 BERG CHRONICLE IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING, AND 
 WITH BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS OF THE WOOD EN- 
 GRAVINGS — THE EDITIO PRINCEPS PRINTED BY 
 ANTHONY KOBERGER IN 1493. 
 
 ! 3 o. 
 
 (jl 533 ijlactt TLCttrr. — [SCHEDEL (Hartman).]— | Registrum 
 | huius ope- | ris libri cro- | nicarum | cu figuris et imagi- 
 | bus ab inicio mudi. | Illustrated -with over 2,000 wood 
 engravings , and executed by William Pleydenwukff and 
 Albert Durer’s master , Michael Wolgemuth. Thick 
 large folio (eighteen and seven-eighths inches by over 
 twelve and seven-eighths), in the original and contempor- 
 ary fifteenth century stamped pigskin binding on wooden 
 boards. 
 
 Nuremburg, “ Ad in \ tuitu. autem et preces 
 
 providoru. ciuiu Sebaldi Schreyer | et Sebastian 
 Kamermaister hunc librum dominus Antho | nius Ko- 
 berger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame m | ris 
 malhcmaticis pingendiqz arte peritissimis. Michaele | 
 Wolgemut et WiLHELMO Pleydenw u rff, quaru. solerti 
 acu- j ratissimaqz animadversione turn ciuitatem turn illus- 
 trium | virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummate, autem 
 duodeci- | ma mensis Julij, anno salutis nre. 1493. | 
 
 VERY RARE and a splendid copy, far taller than ordinary 
 
 EXAMPLES, AND WITH MORE BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS OF THE WOOD ENGRAV- 
 
 INGS. 
 
 This copy contains between folios CCLXVI. and CCLXVII. the unpaginated 
 ten pages of — “De Sarmacia regione Europe” lacking in so many copies, as 
 well as the cut of “Joannes Septimus,” i. e . , Pope Joan and her baby on the 
 verso of folio “ CLXIX,” which is generally either destroyed by cutting out or 
 by erasure. Facing this is a loose MS. note anent Pope Joan by a former six* 
 
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 teenth century owner. A few pages at the beginning and end are, as in most 
 copies, slightly wormed, some are neatly mended and a few are slightly stained, 
 but hardly worth mentioning. Two of the three blank leaves which were 
 inserted by Koberger for future additions in MS. by owners, i. e., ‘ ' Sexta etas 
 mundi CCLX.” and “ folium CCLXI.,” have been added from a slightly shorter 
 copy. The folio CCLIX. is the only one wanting, but like the two just men- 
 tioned, being blank, does not interfere with the text, which is perfect and com- 
 plete throughout. On the title are two lines in MS., one of a former possessor, 
 who signs himself — Hieronimus Reijff, Anno 1570.” 
 
 The reliure is paneled in oblong and diamond-shaped compartments, in 
 which are stamped floriated ornaments, conventional roses, etc. It is the origi- 
 nal binding and was probably executed in the bindery’ of the printer Anthony 
 Koberger, one of the most famous of all the early German typothetai. 
 
 Timperley, partly quoting Ottley, records under the year 1493: — “ The ‘ Chron- 
 icle of Nuremberg,’ illustrated with more than two thousand woodcuts, reckon- 
 ing those that are given more than once over, was published and embellished 
 by Michael Wohlgemuth, a celebrated engraver and painter. It professes to 
 furnish figures * from the beginning of the world,’ and contains views of Scrip- 
 ture histories and of cities and scenery, the latter bearing scarcely any resemb- 
 lance to the places mentioned. Michael Wohlgemuth was born at Nuremberg 
 in 1435, and died in 1519. He is thought to have invented etching; but the 
 chief honor of Wohlgemuth is that of his having been tutor to Albert Durer, 
 the most celebrated artist in the annals of engraving. His mark is ‘ M. W.’ or 
 ‘ W.’ only.” 
 
 “ It appears to have been the ancient practice of those masters who furnished 
 designs for the wood-engravers to work from, carefully to avoid all cross hatch- 
 ings, which it is probable, were considered as beyond the power of xylographists 
 to represent. Wohlgemuth perceived that, though difficult, this was not impos- 
 sible; and in the cuts to the ‘ Nuremberg Chronicle,’ the execution of which, 
 besides furnishing the designs, he doubtless superintended, a successful attempt 
 was first made to imitate the bold hatchings of a pen-drawing, crossing each 
 other, as occasion prompted the designer in various directions. To him belongs 
 the praise of having been the first who duly appreciated the powers of this art; 
 and it is more than probable that he proved with his own hand, to the subordi- 
 nate artists employed under him, the practicability of that style of workmanship 
 which he had acquired.” 
 
 THE SECOND EDITION OF THE “NUREMBERG CHRON- 
 ICLE,” PRINTED AT AUGSBURG IN 1497 BY JOHN 
 SCHENSPERGER. 
 
 534 JLilarU 7 i.rttci\ — [SCHEDEL.] Liber Cronicarum cum 
 
 Figuris et Ymaginibus ab Inicio Mundi usqz. nunc tem- 
 poris. Illustrated with over 2,000 woodcuts by Pleyden- 
 wurff and Wolgemuth. Thick small folio, old stamped 
 pigskin, one clasp (some pp. wormed, a leaf torn and back 
 broken). Augsburg, Johannes Schensperger , 1497 
 
 Black I.f.ttf.r and very rare. This is the second Latin or Augsburg edi- 
 tion of the Nuremberg Chronicle, of which the first was printed by Anthony 
 Koberger at Nuremberg in 1493, vide the preceding number. 
 
 “ This volume is not only famous for its woodcuts, but it is an authority 
 sometimes quoted in support of the claim to the discovery of America by Martin 
 Behaim, before Columbus. The passage referred to occurs on the reverse of 
 fol. 290, where the writer of the chronicle, after speaking of the discoveries 
 made through the efforts of Prince Henry, of Portugal, the Navigator, proceeds 
 to relate that subsequently, in the year 1483, Joao II., of that country, a king 
 of most exalted mind, supplied some galleys with provisions, and sent them 
 beyond the Pillars of Hercules to make explorations in the South towards Ethi- 
 
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 opia, under the command of Jacob Can (Diogo Cam) and Martin Behaim, of 
 Nuremberg, in Upper Germany; a Bohemian of good family, who was both 
 well acquainted with the situation of the earth and used to the sea, and who 
 understood thoroughly the longitudes and latitudes of Ptolemy in the West, 
 from experience and long navigating; and that these two sailed into the Southern 
 Ocean under favorable auspices, coasting not far from the shore, and crossed 
 the equator into another world, where, when they stood with their faces towards 
 the East, they projected a shadow on their right hand towards the South. Thus 
 by their industry thev opened another world before that unknown to us, and for 
 many years afterwards unoccupied by any persons except some Genoese, who 
 did so, however, to no purpose. Having in this way finished their voyage, they 
 returned to Portugal in the 26th month, many of the crew having died in con- 
 sequence of the extreme heat of the climate. In proof of their discovery, they 
 brought home with them pepper, grains of Paradise, and many others which it 
 would be tedious to enumerate. 
 
 “ It is partly from the slender grounds which this description affords, that the 
 claim of the discovery of America is set up for Martin Behaim. There is really 
 nothing in the statement to warrant the idea that he ever saw America, but on 
 the contrary, that huggifig the coast south of Gibraltar, he saw only Africa. He 
 thus crossed the equator, which had not been accomplished previously, and was 
 therefore the opening to Europeans of another hemisphere, or world, but not the 
 discovery of what came to be called by distinction the New World. It seems, 
 therefore, unnecessary to adduce the circumstance which was disclosed through 
 the researches of Mr. von Murr, that the whole passage is interpolated by 
 another hand in the manuscript which still exists. 
 
 “ Martin Behaim constructed a globe, which still exists, showing the whole 
 face of the earth as he supposed it to exist, filling up the sea of darkness which 
 lay beyond the limits of Western Europe. In it he laid down the Canary 
 Islands, the Cape Verd Islands, Madeira and the Azores, which were then well 
 known, and beyond them to the West, the fabulous Antila and Saint Brandan, 
 and then, without any intermediate continent, and at no great distance the 
 islands of Cathai and Zipangu (Japan), mentioned by Marco Polo. This globe 
 was made, it is said, in 1492, the same year in which Columbus made his first 
 voyage and discovery. It does not show any portion of America, but does 
 exhibit many islands which are not named, both North and South of Zipangu, 
 which, of course, could have no reference to the islands discovered by Columbus 
 several thousand miles east of that island.” — Henry C. Murphy. 
 
 ABBOT TRITHEMIUS, OF SPANHEIM-HIS PRAISES OF 
 ST. ANNE— LEIPSIC, 1494. 
 
 535 Elacft 7 irttcr — | De LaUDIBUS SAN I CTISSIME MATRIS 
 ANNE TRACTAT. | PERQUAM UT1LIS DOMI. JOHANIS | 
 TRITEMIJ ABBATIS SPANHEMENSIS I ORDINIS DINI PATRIS 
 
 Benedicti. I Small 4to, sewed. 
 
 Leipsic, Melchior Lottery 1494 
 
 VERY RARE, in Gothic letter, and slightly holed. ( Vide Hain 15,631.) The 
 colophon reads: “ Impressum Liptzk per Melchior Lotter. The date will be 
 found at the bottom of the third page. 
 
 This tractate was written by the Abbot Trithemius who in the “ Chronicon 
 Spanheimense,” under the year 1450. states that printing was invented by his 
 contemporary John Gutenberg, who — “ lived at Mentz in a house called the Zum 
 Junghen, but afterwards known by the name of the Printing House.” 
 
 The first printer at Leipsic was Marcus Brand according to Hawkins and other 
 bibliographers, while some have written in favor of giving Conrad Kacheloven 
 the first place. Cotton says: — “ The earliest printers were Conrad Kacheloven 
 and Marcus Brand or Brandiss. Until the year 1500 the Gothic letter was exclu- 
 sively used by the Leipsic printers; Melchior Lotterus having the credit of being 
 the first to adopt the Roman letter. 
 
148 
 
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 NICHOLAS DE LYRA’S POSTIL’S PRINTED BY ANTHONY 
 KOBERGER AT NUREMBERG IN 1494. 
 
 1-00 53 6 Ulatft ?JLcttcr. — I Repertorium in postillaz famo | si 
 ET EGREGII DOCTORIS FRATRIS NI- | COLAI DE LYRA 
 super ve. et no. testa. | 4 to, stamped pigskin on 
 wooden boards, with brass clasp. 
 
 Nuremberg, Anthony Koberger , 1494 
 
 VERY RARE. A fine example of Koberger’s typography with many of the 
 initials added in red by hand, and according to a contemporary MS. on the first 
 page: — “ Codex iste attinet Closterio Wessoprunnen.” 
 
 The author of the Postils was Nicholas dc Lyra, vel. Lyranus, who was born 
 about 1270 and died in 1340. This celebrated biblical commentator was a 
 French monk, who knew more about Greek and Hebrew, it was said, than any 
 scholar of his time. His commentary has always been greatly esteemed by the 
 learned. # 
 
 * ‘ Celebratissima est inter scriptores Medi A£vi Glossa ilia, qux Ordinaria 
 dicitur, quia commune omnium interpretum fuit refugium, tantaeque auctori- 
 tatis. etc.” — Masch. 
 
 “ Nuremberg was amongst the first places to admit the newly-discovered art 
 of printing. Its earliest known specimen is the ‘ Comcstorium Vitiorum ' of 
 Franciscus de Retza, executed by John Sensenschmidt, in 1470.” — Cotton's 
 “ Typographical Gazetteer,” p. 199. 
 
 “ Nuremberg. This city occupies a prominent position in the early history of 
 printing, particularly on account of the enterprise of one of its printers, 
 Anthony Koberger, who had more presses at work and produced a greater 
 number of books than any other printers of his time.” — Rush C. Hawkins’s 
 “ First Books and Printers of the Fifteenth Century ,” p. 5. 
 
 INTERESTING CHRONICLE AND GENEALOGICAL INCU- 
 
 NABLE. 
 
 "2- J*0 537 FERNUS (Michael). Epitoma de Requo Apvlie f.t 
 * Sicilie redveens svmmatim in vnvm qvecvnqvte de eo 
 
 tangvnt historici incidenter et sparsim dvm vniversaliter 
 rervm omnivm gesta describvnt. Small 4 to, sewed. 
 
 [? Milan], 1495 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE. Printed in Roman types, with many charming 
 initial letters. The date at the end of the dedication of the author at Milan to 
 Pomponius Lretus is given as “ M.CCCC.XCV.” There is also another dedica- 
 tion to Pope Alexander the Sixth, Borgia. At the end of the " Caput XXX.” 
 are some very interesting genealogical details. 
 
 This is a a good example of the Milanese press. Philippus de Lavagina has 
 been considered by many as the first Milan printer — but it is believed now that 
 he only hired typothetae, of whom the first was probably Zarotus of Parma, 
 1470-71, who was followed by Christopher Valdarfer from Venice in 1474, and 
 by John Bonus in 1475. 
 
 BONAVENTURE’S SACRED THEOLOGY— BASLE, 1501. 
 
 L(\Q) 53 & tflat ft 71CttCC. — BONAVENTURE. Compedium sacre 
 theologie paupis Sancti Bonaueture e: doctoris sera- 
 phici Sacro sancte romane ecclesie cardinalis et Albanens- 
 
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 149 
 
 sis epiter ordine minorum. Thick 4to, old half calf on 
 wooden boards, brass clasp. 
 
 Basle, impressum per magistru Jacobu de pfortzen, 1501 
 
 VERY RARE and from the library of the conventual house of Buxheim, 
 with its coat-of-arms on the dedicatory page, which, like a few others, is wormed 
 slightly. The fifth page is rubricated and the large capital in red is touched 
 up with yellow. The title, which is red, is mounted. The three pages pre- 
 ceding the index h^ve many MS. notes by a sixteenth century hand. 
 
 “ Basle was the first city in Switzerland which could boast of the art of print- 
 ing, which is thought to have been carried thither by Bcrthold Rodt of Hanau — 
 formerly employed in the office of Filst at Mayence — between the years 1460 
 and 1465.” — Cotton. 
 
 CURIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED VOLUME FROM THE PRESS 
 OF JOHN GRUNINGER. 
 
 fl, 539 DE ORIGINE SACERDOTII et IMPERII, etc. Pro- 
 
 1 pU fusely illustrated with wood engravings and charming capitals. 
 
 Large 4to, sewed. Strasburg, John Gruninger, 1504 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE and commencing folio VII. With numerous large- 
 sized wood engravings of Popes, Emperors, etc., with coats-of-arms, etc., the 
 first page having a large shield of heraldic bearings over the words “ Prefatio — 
 Viuat Rex Maximilianus.” The text, which is partly black letter, but principally 
 Roman, has many most delightful initial letters. 
 
 “ Towards the close of the X Vth century John Gruninger possessed a flourish- 
 ing printing establishment at Strasburg, from which he sent forth a Terence, 
 Horace, Virgil, and some other books filled with curious and interesting wood 
 engravings; amongst them is an edition of Brandt’s ‘ Stultifera Navis,’ published 
 in 1497." — Cotton. 
 
 CARDINAL HUGO’S EXPOSITION OF THE MASS— 1507. 
 
 I Qy 540 UlacL 7 iCttCf — Expositio Misse DOMINI HUGONIS 
 ' Cardinaus ordinis Predicatorum. Small 4to, cloth. 
 
 Nuremberg, impressa per Hieronymum Holtzel , 1507 
 
 VERY RARE, some pp. wormed and with curious early woodblock affixed 
 under title of the “ Madonna and Child’ within large capital letter. 
 
 THE EDITIO-PRINCEPS OF ST. HILARY OF POITIERS, 
 PRINTED BY ASCENSIUS OF PARIS. 
 
 p-^541 HILARY (St.) — Opera complura SANCTI HYLARII 
 Episcopi hac Serie compressa. Vignette on title and 
 many charming initial letters. Thick 4to, stamped pigskin 
 on beveled wooden boards. 
 
 Paris, impressa sunt in edit. Ascensianis Parrhisiis, 1510 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE and editioprinceps of the works of St. Hilary, with 
 rubricated title and the vignette on which is the press of the printer Jodocus 
 Badius. vel Ascensius. A fac-simile of this cut is at the head of this division of 
 the catalogue. Some pages are wormed. 
 
 This copy came from the library of the Benedictine monastery of SS. Ulric 
 and Affra at Augsburg. On the title is a contemporary MS. note to that effect, 
 and there is also a very old heraldic book-plate of the same conventual insti- 
 tution. This volume is the earliest example of the Paris press in the Pene du 
 Bois Collection. According to Cotton: — “There is no doubt that Paris witnessed 
 the exercise of the art of printing so early as 1470, in which year, through the 
 
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 exertions of two of its learned professors, Guillaume Fichet and Jean de la 
 Pierre, a press was set up in the college of the Sorbonne by the three illustrious 
 partners — Ulric Gering, Martin Crantz and Michael Friburger.” 
 
 The printer of the above, Jodocus or Jose Badius, surnamed Ascensius, was 
 also a Latin poet and scholar. He was born at Asche, near Brussels, and, as 
 Rush C. Hawkins states — “is first mentioned in connection with printing as 
 a corrector of presses for Trechesell and De Vingle, in the city of Lyons, in 1495 
 or 1497. He remained there until about 1500, when he removed to Paris, where, 
 according to Panzer, in 1502 he established a printing house, which he called 
 ‘ Prelum Ascensianum.’ In 1507 he used for the first time for his device this 
 engraving [vide above] of the printing press as then constructed, which is 
 believed to be the earliest ever made of that subject.” 
 
 “ Les ceuvres de S. Hilaire de Poitiers ont ete imprimes pour la premiere 
 fois a Paris, chez Badius Ascensius, en 1510, in fol., edition que Maittaire cite 
 sous la date de 1500.” — Brunet. 
 
 DIONYSIUS AFER— THE FIRST EDITION.— “ EXTRA- 
 
 ORDINAIREMENT RARE.” 
 
 j- 542 DIONYSIUS AFER (A/exandrinus, Periegf.tes). Dionvsii 
 Afki de situ orbis opus studiosis ne | cessarui quo gcntes, 
 populi, urbes, maria, | flumina explicantur, grasce scriptu. | 
 Idem in latinitate a Rhemniogramatico, trans | latu., falso 
 tractenus Prisciano adscriptum, | in quo prope duceta, loca 
 castiganimus, | quae et Plynio et reliqs. geographis | pluri- 
 mum accomodabunt. | In idem annotainenta graecoru more 
 Iatine scripta, in quibus aliquot | antorum castigationes | 
 continentur. | Ccelii Calcagnini annotatio super | Anchiale, 
 et Rhemniai carminis pesitatio. | Small 4to, scarlet mo- 
 rocco, gilt edges (first page mended). 
 
 Ferrara: Joanes Maciochus Bondcnus imp rime bat , 
 
 Terraria Die XVIII. Decebris. Anno MDXII. 
 
 EXTRAORDINARILY RARE and Editio PRlNCErs. Sir M. Sykes’s sale, 
 ;£ii ns. Of this Brunet wrote: — '* First edition so scarce that he has found 
 no copy.” 
 
 This comprises a Latin translation as well as the original Greek text of the 
 well-known hexametrical description of the earth written by Dionysius Periegeles, 
 Libicus or Africanus, towards the latter part of the third century. 
 
 Dionysius is placed among early Americana on account of his indirect ref- 
 erences to our portion of the globe. The 1518 edition of Dionysius by the first 
 Vienna printer, John Winterburg, has on the reverse of the title slight allusions 
 to the recent Oceanic discoveries. On the title page of the 1543 and Venetian 
 edition of this author by the poet-laureate Lemnius is a large woodcut, repre- 
 senting two globes, one issuing out of an open eye, the other with the word 
 “ America.” 
 
 THE PASSION OF CHRIST ILLUSTRATED WITH QUAINT 
 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. 
 
 , . 543 iSlacft 71rttCl*. — PASSIO domini mastri JESU CHRISTI 
 
 ^ SM. SERIE QTTUOR. EUAGELISTURU : P. FRATRE DANIELE. 
 
 AGRICOLA, ordis minoru, de obseruatia. Small 4to, 
 sewed. Basle, Petrus de Langendorff, 1514 
 
 VERY RARE. This little volume is noticeable on account of the series of 
 woodcuts with which it is illustrated — as also the title. These are marked with 
 the monogram “ V. G.” Some of the initials are rubricated, there is a line of 
 MS. at the top of the title, and the edges are cut down into the marginalia. 
 
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 * 5 * 
 
 EARLY BREVIARY FROM THE PARIS PRESS, WITH VERY 
 CHARMING WOODCUTS. 
 
 544 2 -ftter.— BREUIARIU. ROMANU. sub maiori 
 
 forma expulsis sumo, labore difformitatu. scopulis lipidis- 
 sime efformatu. extat. pulcherrimis decoratu. imaginib. 
 tarn tpi. cz. sctis. cospiciunt, etc. Illustrated with beauti- 
 fully executed wood engravings— some full-page— rubricated 
 throughout. Thick 4to, fine old stamped leather, rebacked 
 in morocco gilt, uncut. 
 
 Paris, tmpressum per Nicolaum higman allemanum Saxonien 
 — impesis honesti viri Francisci Regnault a! me 
 
 vniuersitatis Parisien. librarii, 1518 
 
 EXTREM ELY RARE, black letter and in splendid order. The leather 
 of the old binding has been preserved and mounted anew on levant morocco. 
 ‘‘ Maria^ ^ ^ 0riate< * w * tl1 a label, repeated on which is the legend 
 
 Francois Regnault commenced to print in Paris before the year 1500. He 
 ranks along with Ilardouin, Kerver, Radius. Vostre, and the best of the earliest 
 Parisian printers. His well-known device an elephant and castle the last 
 named bearing the device “ F. R.” below which is a scroll with the words 
 rrancois Regnavlt, ’ is on the last page of the volume above the colophon 
 all enclosed within a beautiful woodcut border. 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE AND VERY EARLY LUTHER TRAC 
 
 TATE. 
 
 3 .J 1 ) 545 iJIaefc 7 i.ctm\— | de dispvta | tione lipsi- 
 
 CENSI, quantum ad Boemos obiter de- I flexa est, 
 Epistola HIERON\MI EMSER. | Ad .^gocerotem Em- 
 seriarivm | MARTINI LVTHER 1 additio. | Noster hie 
 ^goceron sine feeno, peccat in uno, | Quod non est Luce 
 linea ducta manu. | Small 4to, sewed. [Leipsic, 1519] 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE, being one of the earliest tractates extant in refer 
 ence to Martin Luther, and his celebrated controversy at Leipsic with Eckius, 
 in June, 1519, which — “dispute originated in a challenge from Eckius to 
 Carlostadt, Luthers colleague and companion, to a public discussion concern- 
 ing the freedom of the will, and a challenge to Luther also to enter the lists 
 with him, while he defended the authority and supremacy of the Roman pon- 
 
 The above imprint is taken from the end of Emser's letter to John Zark, of 
 Prague. On the title is a large coat-of-arms and crest, with the legend in the 
 corner: — " Arma Hieronymi Emser.” 
 
 DA PONTE’S GRAMMATICAL ART— PARIS, 1520 25. 
 
 ^ s Ci &546 PONTANUS (Peter). Grammatics: Artis et Ars Versi- 
 ficatoria. Fine printer s marks on the titles. 3 vols. small 
 4to, fresh red russia, citron edges (some pp. stained). 
 
 Paris, Bernard Aubry, 1520-25 
 
 VERY RARE. Pierre da Ponte, the celebrated Flemish philologist and 
 author, was blind from his youth up. He died in 1529. 
 
! 5 2 
 
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 THE 1521 PLINY OF CRATANDER. 
 
 J? 0 OSA 1 PLINY.— I C. PLINII SECVNDI | Nuocomensis episto- 
 larum | libridece., in quibus mul | tae habentur epistolae | 
 no. ante impressae: | cu. pluribus ali- | is, quae pro- | xima 
 pa- | gella in | dica | bit. Thick small 8vo, stamped 
 pigskin on wooden boards. 
 
 Basle, apvd And. Cratandrvm , 1521 
 
 VERY RARE, and in Italic types, with engraved title, charming initial let- 
 ters and printer's device of Cratander on the last page — some colored. The 
 pages at the beginning are foxed and there are contemporary marginalia. Fol- 
 lowing Andreas Cratander’s “ To the Reader” is the epistle of Aldus Pius 
 Manutius to Aloysius Mocenicus. 
 
 VALUABLE EARLY LUTHER BROCHURE, WITH MOST 
 
 RARE WOOD ENGRAVING OF HANS HOLBEIN, 1521. 
 
 1 a a 548 iilacfc 7icttci\— I DETERMINATE THEO | LO- 
 ■1 GICE faculta- | tis Parisien. super Doctri- | na Luther- 
 
 iana hacte- | nus per earn visa. | Small 4to, paper 
 (wormed slightly). Basle, imprtssum Denuo basilee 
 
 per Nicolaum Lamparter , 1521 
 
 VERY RARE. This tractate is not only interesting as an early Luther 
 brochure, but as having on the title a wood-engraving executed by Hans Hol- 
 bein, and possibly the large initial letter on the second page, which is colored. 
 
 "Asa wood engraver Holbein is said to have executed some works as early 
 as 1 5 1 1 , and before his departure from Switzerland he engraved a great many 
 wooden cuts for the publishers of Basle, Zurich, Lyons and Leyden.” — 
 Spooner. 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE WORK BY ERASMUS, 1522. 
 
 "549 UlacU Hcttcp. — ERASMUS. — | Ein expostulation | oder 
 klag Jhesu zu dem menschen der | vsz eyctnem mut will, 
 verd ampt wurt. | In latin durch ERASMU von Ro | 
 terdam beschribe durch meister | Leo Jud Pfarzheir 
 zu eyn | fidlen vertutscht. [ Small 4to, cloth. 
 
 Zurich, Christopher Froschouer, 1522 
 EXTREMELY RARE. This is one of the very earliest productions of the 
 Zurich press and antedates Panzer. The remarkable Renaissance title-page, 
 with border of children playing drums, fifes, etc., and with vignette of Christ in 
 the centre, also of naked woman on toad, was probably cut by Holbein on the 
 wood. 
 
 “ At what time it [Zurich] first adopted typography, I have not learnt : the 
 earliest book noticed by Panzer bears date 1523 : but in the Bodleian collection 
 of German tracts on the Reformation, one of Luther's, printed at Zurich, is 
 dated 1521. Christopher Froschouer was the printer of most eminence and busi- 
 ness.” — Cotton. 
 
 IN' 
 
 55° 
 
 RARE EXAMPLE OF THE CRATANDER PRESS. 
 
 (ECOLAMPADIVS. — | Comparatio | regis et monachi, 
 avthore divo | Io. Chrysostomo, nuper a Ioanne | (Eco- 
 lampadio uersa. | Small 4to, cloth. 
 
 Basle, apvd Andream Cratandrvm, 1523 
 VERY RARE, with woodblock initial letters and Cratander's device on the 
 title of — “a nude winged Fortune on a ball.” 
 
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 iS3 
 
 EARLY REFORMATION TRACTATE OF ZWINGLI AND 
 ILLUSTRATED BY HANS HOLBEIN— 1525. 
 
 \jOu 55 1 7 irttn*. — ZWINGLI. — | Naachhut von dem 
 
 Nacht- | mal oder Daucksagung Christi | durch IIUL- 
 DRYCHEN ZWINGLI | in Latin beschryben vn. | durch 
 Georgen I Binder ver- | dutschet. | Small 4to. 
 
 Zurich, durch Johansen Nager , 1525 
 EX I RLMEL\ RARE. 1 his early tract of the great reformer Ulrich Zwingli 
 has a title-page cut by Holbein. In the centre is a vignette of Christ carrying 
 the cross, and in the borders are death’s heads, nude women, etc. 
 
 THE 1525 EDITION OF THE TUSCULAN ORATIONS 
 PRINTED AT VENICE. 
 
 1^0 055 2 CICERO. — | Tusculanae qstio | nes Marci Tullii Cicero- 
 | nis nouissime: post omnes impressiones | vbiqz locorum 
 excussas: adamussim | recognite: cunctisqz errorivus ex- | 
 purgate. Addito elegati alpha- | betico inditio nuc. pri- 
 mum | excogitato: quod | omnia scitu di- | gna | mirifice 
 demonstrat. | Curious woodblock cuts. Large 4to, half vel- 
 lum (stained). 
 
 Venice, per Benediction Augustinumqz Bindonos, 1525 
 VERY RARE, with the title in red and the index in black Gothic types. 
 “LE JARDIN DE PLAISAUNCE ” — EXTREMELY RARE, 
 WITH CURIOUS WOODCUTS AND PRINTED BY 
 PHILIP LE NOIR, OF PARIS, IN 1527. 
 of. , 553 ijlacfc 7icttct’.— I SensuitleIAR | DIN DE PLAISA | 
 CE. et fleur de | Rethorique | contenant plusieurs | beaulx 
 liures: comme | le dormet de Noblesse. Le chief de joy- 
 eusete: | auec plusieurs Rodeaulx et Balades en grat | 
 nobre come vous pourrez veoir p la table de | ce present 
 liure. Imprime nouellemet. liii | . Rubricated title , very 
 curious woodblock illustrations , also on title , on verso of the 
 same , etc. Small 4to, fine old red morocco gilt, inside 
 
 dentelle gold borders, edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, Nouuellement imprime a Paris par Phelippe le Noir 
 libraire et relieur . . . Van mil centz xxvii, [1527] 
 EXTREMELY RARE and handsome black letter, tooled a la Du Seuil. 
 With numerous strange woodcuts, some slightly suggestive, also printer’s mark 
 on the last page, over which are the numerals “ liii.,” the same as on title, and 
 which refers to the number of sheets. The typographical mark of Philip Le 
 Noir ( i.e ., “ the black ”) is a shield with his monogram supported by a negro 
 and negress. The crest is a negro “couped.” Around tne device is the motto: 
 — “ Cest mon desir a diev servir povr acqverir son dovlx plaisir.” 
 
 Brunet says this work is a kind of “ Art of Poetry,” accompanied by a number 
 of examples selected from different poets of the 15th century such as Alain 
 Chartier, Charles d’Orleans, Villon, Coquillart, or composed by the anonymous 
 author himself, who assumed the nom-de-plume of “ Infortune.” As there is 
 very little order in the arrangement of the different pieces, it has been believed 
 that the work remains incomplete, and that we only possess a portion. Never- 
 theless Brunet goes on to state it is a very curious selection, and it holds a 
 distinguished place among the collections of the ancient French poets. In the 
 last piece, entitled “ Le Cheualier outre par l'Amour de sa dame,” will be found 
 the erotic passages that Goujet stigmatized as " impious and obscene." 
 
 * 
 
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 [Galliot Dv Prf.— that Famous Paris Bibliopole's device, from the 
 “ ORDONNANCES ” OF 1534, AND NUMBER 559 OF THIS CATALOGUE.] 
 
 MESCHINOT'S EXCESSIVELY RARE "LUNETTES DES 
 PRINCES,” PUBLISHED IN 1528 BY GALLIOT DU PRE 
 AND MAGNIFICENTLY BOUND BY TR AUTZ-BAUZON- 
 NET. 
 
 lOo.oo 
 
 554 MESCHINOT.— | LES LUNETTES | DES PRINCES. 
 
 Ensemble plusieurs ad | ditions & Ballades par | 
 noble home. IEHAN ME | SHINOT escuyer. de nou 
 | ueau Composees | Et se vendent au pre- | mier pillier 
 de la grand | Salle du Pallays, par | GALLIOT DU PRE 
 | M.D.XXVIII | . Charming woodcut border on title ami 
 initial letter at the beginning of the poem. Minimo, five and 
 three-eighths inches by three and a half, elegantly bound 
 by Trautz Bauzonnet in crimson crushed levant mo- 
 rocco h la Jansen externally, and double with crushed 
 dark blue levant morocco, most sumptuously tooled in 
 richly ornamented compartments, with foliage and flowers, 
 in the centre the heraldic "ex libris” of Em. Bancel, 
 red morocco joints, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, imprimees ee XX iour doetobre Par maistrf. 
 Pierre V idoue Libraire iure de Paris , Pour honeste psontte. 
 Gailliot nu Pre, aussy libraire iure. Aiat. sa boutique 
 au premier pillier de la grande salle du Palays. 
 M.D.XXVIII., 1. e., 1528. 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RAKE. The most charming bibelot in the collection of M. 
 
 Pene du Bois, and a beautiful e>:ample of Gailliot du Tre. He paid $300 to 
 
 
the pene DU bois collection. 
 
 *55 
 
 [“ Les Lunettes des Princes,” published by Galliot dv Pre, ok Paris, 
 
 IN 1528, AND ELEGANTLY BOUND WITH GOLD TOOLED DOUBLE BY TRAUTZ- 
 
 Bauzonnet. Number 554 of the “ Pene dv Bois Collection.”] 
 
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 l S& 
 
 an Union Square book-dealer for it, vide inserted cutting from his catalogue 
 numbered 445. The text is round Roman letter, and the volume is the most 
 sought after of all the editions of the poetical works of Meschinot. 
 
 It is one of the only two or three copies known, and came from the library 
 of Prince d’Essling, but it has been richly rebound by the greatest of modern 
 binders — Trautz-Bauzonnet. 
 
 It was exhibited at the Grolier Club exhibition of bindings, May 7-15, 18S6, 
 and was thus spoken of in the New York Tribune account thereof : — 
 
 “ Trautz-Bauzonnet 70 is the best piece of this artist’s work in the exhibition. 
 The tooling is good. He is said to have excelled all modern workmen in this 
 particular.” 
 
 Morgand and Fatout in their catalogue of 1882 ( vide inserted cutting) asked 
 3,000 francs for a copy (No. 655), also bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet, but it was 
 not double like the above. In their 1876 catalogue the same firm of Paris 
 bibliopoles priced another copy, bound by Lortic, at 1,000 francs. Brunet 
 styles this edition: — “Jolie edition en lettres rondes; elle est rare et fort 
 recherchee.” 
 
 Goujet and Vapereau both notice favorably the writings of Meschinot, who was 
 born about 1415, at Nantes, and died September 12, 1491. The last-named 
 authority states the “ Lunette des Princes” owed its popularity to— “des tours 
 de force, alors fort apprecics, comme rimes redoubles, alliterations, vers 
 coupes de telle fa<,on qu'ils pussent se lire par moitie separee, en avan^ant, en 
 rctrogradant, de gauche a droite, de droite a gauche, etc. Le chef-d'oeuvre 
 en ce genre est une piece de Meschinot, consistant en huit Iignes qui peuvent 
 se lire de trente-deux manieres differentes, en conservant toujours ‘ sens et 
 nme.’ ” 
 
 The fac-simile of this nugget of the “ Pene du Bois Collection” is 
 given through the courtesy of Ingersoll Lockwood, Esq., of the “American 
 Book Maker,” w'ho loaned the electrotype of this illustration of the Mes- 
 chinot, as well as of other reliures. This engraving of the handsome doubt/ 
 binding on this number, i. e., the “ Lunettes des Princes,” is referred to in the 
 following extract from the “ American Book Maker” of March, 1S87, in the 
 article on “ Bookbinding as an Art and Industry,” by Mr. Ingersoll Lockwood, 
 who writes : — “ Bauzonnet becomes an interesting figure somewhat later, for 
 he breaks away entirely from the bad methods of the First Empire and the 
 Restoration, and once again, after a long eclipse, the glories of the golden age 
 of bibliopcgy shine forth with wholesome vigor. Large irons were laid aside, 
 and the delicate patterns, with which the names of the Eves, of Le Gascon, 
 Derdme, Padeloup and others are inseparably associated, reappeared upon book- 
 covers. So far as this beautiful art is concerned, the simoon of the Revolu- 
 tion passed over it without doing any more than temporary injury. Like the 
 herbage of the prairie which sprouts up sturdier and greener after the besom of 
 flame has passed over it, the art of book decoration in little more than a third 
 of a century had not only regained, but had even surpassed its old-time bril- 
 liancy, and to-day France is by right accredited with the honor of being the 
 first in the art. In 1833 Bauzonnet entered into partnership with a brother 
 decorator of distinction, Trautz, and the light cast by the conjunction of these 
 two stars of first magnitude is one which lends coveted distinction to a binding. 
 On page 67 [of the ‘American Book Maker,’ for March, 1887] is given a 
 photo-engraving of a section of a very rich and delicate tooling executed by 
 Trautz-Bauzonnet in the doubl / of a rare old book entitled * I.es Lunettes des 
 Princes.’ small octavo, printed in Paris in 1528. The binding by this cele- 
 brated firm is wrought in red morocco, with doubl/ of dark blue. The camera 
 can give only a faint idea of the purity and delicacy of this tooling. It is in 
 the style of Eve, the laurel leaf and myrtle vine are the forms followed, the 
 design being broken into compartments. The imprint of the celebrated dual 
 firm style will be found set directly under the lowest central compartment.” 
 
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 ‘57 
 
 GALLIOT DU PRE’S EDITION OF LE MAIRE AND BOUND 
 BY BAUZONNET. 
 
 JJ(J 555 LE MAIRE (Jehan). — | Les Troys | Liures ties Illustra- 
 tions de Gau- | le: & singularitez de Troye, | nouuelle- 
 met. reueues & cor- | rigees oultre les preceden | tes Im- 
 pressions. j With many curious woodcuts. 3 vols. in 1. 
 Thick minimo (five and five-eighths inches by three and a 
 half), handsomely bound by Bauzonnet in dark green 
 crushed levant morocco, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, par Galliot DU pre, a la grant salle du Palais 
 au premier pillier. MDXXXI., i. e., 1531 
 EXTREMELY RARE and very beautiful example of the most sought after 
 edition of this work, and which is considered one of the rarest volumes pub- 
 lished by Galliot du Pre. The colophon reads further that it was — “ imprimez 
 a Paris par Maistre Pierre Vidoue pour Galliot du Pre.” 
 
 This copy was imported from Paris for Mr. Pene du Bois at a cost of 325 
 francs, i. e., $65, according to the inserted catalogue cutting (No. 6269) in the 
 book, where it is called — “ tres bel exemplaire de l’cdition les plus recherchce 
 de cet ouvrage et 1 'un des plus rares volumes publies par Galliot du Pre.” It has 
 the book-plate of the — “ Bibliotheque de M. Renard.” 
 
 Its woodcuts are curious. On the title is a vignette of a galley, etc., the 
 device of Galliot du Pre — at one end is a man with a telescope — the other is 
 decorated with fleurs-de-lys. On the back of the title are two cuts, one of 
 nude gods and goddesses at Carthage, and the other of a battle at Troy, in 
 which are depicted Priam, Ascanius, Eneas, etc. The title and the fourth and 
 fifth pages are rubricated. There are other cuts, including one at the end of 
 the first volume of the printer, a naked woman, etc. 
 
 John Lemaire, called *‘de Beiges,” the poet and French historian, was born 
 in Belgium 1478, and died about 1548. He was the nephew of the chronicler 
 Molinet, and succeeded him as the Librarian of Margaret of Austria, Governor 
 of the Low Countries. Towards the end of the reign of Louis the Twelfth 
 he was — “historiographer of the Court of France.” Moke, in his “ Histoire 
 de la Litterature Franyaise,” says: — “ Des allegories parfois ingenieuses et sur- 
 tout une bonne facture du vers, assignent & Jean Lemaire LA premiere place 
 parmi ses contemporains. ” He laid down the rules of prosody which were 
 adopted by Marot, and he was one of the masters of Ronsard. 
 
 THE “FLANDERS CHRONICLE MOST CURIOUSLY IL- 
 LUSTRATED, AND THE 1531 ANTWERP EDITION. 
 
 ,.,,556 UltlCft ILcttfl*. — [ROOUERE (A. de).] Ditsdie EXCEL- 
 LENTE CRONIKE va VLAENDERE Beghinnende 
 va LIEDERICK BUC den eersten Forestier, etc. 
 Profusely illustrated with curious woodblock engravings of 
 ancient scenes and incidents in the history of Flanders , por- 
 traits , coats-of-arms , etc. Thick small folio, calf, gilt. 
 
 Antwerp, Willem Vorsterman, 1531 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE and splendidly printed black-letter copy of Buc’s 
 "Chronicle of Flanders.” The title-page is printed in black and red, three- 
 quarters thereof are taken up with a woodblock illustration of the Emperor 
 Charles V. in armor on horseback and attended by four mounted knights. 
 At the back of the title is a somewhat similar portrait of Charles the Fifth, but 
 not “cap-a-pie.” The folios are paged I.-CCC. and then recommence, ending 
 LIX. The table follows. The first title is mended and mounted. There is 
 
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 also a second title, with a splendid three-quarter portrait of Charles the Fifth. 
 Before folio XLVI. of the second part is a double plate folded. Many of the 
 initial letters are charming examples of ornamental work. The colophon is 
 dated — “ Anno MCCCCC. ende XXXI. (1531). Ende es voleyndt den XI. 
 sten dach der maent Julij.” 
 
 The name of the author, “ Anthonis de Roouere,” who describes himself as 
 “a noble rhetorician and musician,” will be found on the verso of folio CCXXV. 
 Vide Santander, “ Memoire Ilistoriques sur la Bibliotheque dit de Bourgogne,” 
 page 149. 
 
 JEAN MAROT’S POEMS— THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF 1532 
 PRINTED BY GEOFFROY TORY AND BOUND BY 
 DURU. 
 
 557 MAROT. — | IAN MAROT | de Caen svr les Devx | heur- 
 eux Voyages de Genes & Venise victo- j rieusement mys a 
 fin, Parle treschrestien Roy | Loys Douziesme de ce nom. 
 Pere du Peuple. | Et veritablement escriptz par iceluy 
 Ian Ma- | rot, alors Poete & Escriuain de la tres mag- 
 nani | me Royne Anne, Duchesse de Bretaigne, & | 
 depuys, valet de chambre du treschrestie Roy | Eran- 
 coys, premier du nom. | Small 8vo (six and one-eighth 
 inches by over three and seven-eighths). Bound by H. 
 Duru in red crushed levant morocco, dentelle gold inside 
 borders, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, ce present Liure fort acheue dimprimer le XXII. 
 lour de Ianuier, M.D.XXX.l I. pour Pierre R ousel, diet 
 • le Faulcheur , par Maistre Geuffroy Tory de Bourses, I/n- 
 
 primeur du Roy, 1532. 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE, ORIGINAL EDITION, very fine copy and cost 
 M. Pene du Bois $45, as per inserted cutting of New York book-dealer. 
 
 Brunet says in regard to this volume: — " Edition en lettres rondes. la plus 
 ancienne que nous connaissions de ces poesies. Elle a ete publiee par Clement 
 Marot, qui y a joint une Epistre au Roy .... faissant mention de la mart de 
 Ian Marot son pere, autheur de ce liure.” This will be found on leaves ii.-iii. 
 of the above. On page 69 of the copy in this catalogue of Fournier’s “ L’Art 
 de Reliure en France,” will be found the following probable reference to this 
 copy: — " Malheureusement, les deux exemplaires du Jean Marot, qui j’ai vus, 
 1 ’un en 1854 alavente Berlin, 1 ’autre l’annee d’apres chez Potier, avaient cchange 
 leur ancienne reliure pour une plus modeme. L’une avait ete relie de nouveau 
 par Bauzonnet, l’autre par Duru.” At the bottom of the page is this MS. 
 note: — “Ce dernier est probablement celui qui figure dans le cabinet de Mr. H. 
 du Bois de Brooklyn.” 
 
 Jean Marot, the early French poet and father of the yet more celebrated Cle- 
 ment Marot, was born in 1463 and died 1523. It is believed his real family 
 name was Desmarets. The talent that he showed for poetry placed him under 
 the protection of Anne of Brittany. Later he was valet-de-chambre to Francis 
 the F'irst. His poems, we are told — “ Offrent de reele qualites, le natural 
 dans le tour, la justesse dans l’exprassion, la veritrf et quelquefois l’eclat dans la 
 peinture, le choix et lavariete du rhythme." 
 
 Geoflroy Tory, who printed the above, was one of the most distinguished 
 tvpothetae and authors of the beginning of the 16th century. Tory — began 
 his literary career in Paris in 1505. Having a special fondness for art, he 
 began to practice wood-engraving, and finally determined to pursue art studies 
 in Italy. Here he became much interested in printing. As a wood engraver 
 
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 he was soon recognized as one of the chief artists of his time. He is supposed 
 
 to have engraved the elegant antique script used by Henry Stephens 
 
 The richly illustrated ‘ Books of Hours ’ published by Tory are distinguished 
 by a combination of antique art with French grace and an abandonment of the 
 prevalent Gothic method of ornamentation.” 
 
 In 1529 that singular book of Tory’s the “ Champ Fleury ” was issued. He 
 also translated various Greek works into the French language. Francis the 
 First honored him with special privileges as a printer in consideration of the 
 choice ornamentation with which he decorated his books. His mark was — 
 ”un Pot casse, rcmply de toute, sorts d'instrumens,’’ and the motto — “non 
 plus.’’ La Caille gives the history of Geoffroy Tory, whodied in the year 1550, 
 at considerable length. 
 
 GALLIOT DU PRE’S EXTREMELY RARE “ ORDONN- 
 ANCES” OF 1533 AND BOUND BY THIBARON-ECH AU- 
 BARD. 
 
 j0 558 uiacft ftcttcr.— | ordonnances et instruc- 
 tions faictes | par feux de bonne memoire les roys 
 
 CHARLES | SEPTIESME LOYS VNZIESME CHARLES HUYTIES- | 
 
 me Loys douziesme et Francois premier | du nom 
 Extraictes et collationnes aux | registres de la souueraine 
 court de | parlemet, a Paris Ensemble plu | sieurs autres 
 ordonnances | statuz edietz et declara | tions faictes par | 
 plusieurs au- | tres roys. | Ad | touste en | la fin dicelles 
 | oultre les pecede | tes. impressios plusieurs | ordon- 
 ances, faictes iusques | en lan mil cinq cens trente trois 
 | ainsi que Ion pourra veoir en tour | nant le | fueil | let. | 
 Curious and charming woodcut initials — title rubricated. 
 Thick small 8vo (six and one eighth inches by three and 
 five-eighths). Elegantly bound by Thibaron-Echau- 
 bard in crushed brown levant morocco gilt, tooled on 
 back and sides with fleurs-de-lys, broad inside dentelle gold 
 borders, edges gilt on marble, uniform with number 559. 
 
 Paris, on les vend a Paris en la grant salle du palais au pre- 
 mier pillier en la bouticque de Galliot du Pre ,marchant 
 libraire iure en Luniuersite Mil. D. XXXIII. , i e., 1533 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE and a superb typographical specimen of the imprint 
 of Galliot du Pre. 
 
 The colophon ends: — “. . . et furet. acheuees dimprimer le vingtsixiesme iour 
 Daoust mil cinq cens trete et troys par Jehan sauetier imprimeur demourant en 
 la rue des carmes a lhomme sauluaige.” 
 
 On the recto and verso of leaf “ CCCXXXIII.” will be found the curious 
 “ Ordonnance somptuaire ” of June 8, 1532. 
 
 THE “ORDONNANCES ” OF 1534, WITH THE IMPRINT OF 
 GALLIOT DU PRE — AND BOUND BY THIBARON- 
 ECHAUBARD. 
 
 0 0 559 Ulacft ^Letter.— | ORDONNANCES I ROYAULX sur 
 le faict de la Justice et ab | breuiation des proces par tout 
 le Roy- | aulme de Frace. facites parle Roy | nostre sire: 
 Et publiees en la | court de Parlement a Pa- | ris le six- 
 
i6o 
 
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 iesme iourdu | moys de Septem- | bre Lan Mil | cinq cens 
 | XXXIV. | Auec pritiilege. | Handsome printer s mark of 
 Galliot du Pre, also floriated initials and vignette cut of 
 the arms of France on the title. Small 4to. Elegantly bound 
 a la Du Seuil by Thibaron-Echaubard in crushed 
 brown levant morocco gilt, tooled on back and sides with 
 fieurs de-lys, broad inside dentelle gold borders, edges gilt 
 on marble, uniform with number 558. 
 
 Paris, en la grand sa/le du Palais /rrr Galliot du Pre 
 et Jehan Andre, Libraires, 1534 
 
 F.XTREMKLY RARE and beautiful specimen of Galliot du Pre in a 
 reliure of Thibaron. 
 
 The colophon reads: — | Ein des presentes Ordonnances Royaulx I nouuclle- 
 ment faictes sur I’abbrcuiation des | proces et imprimees a Paris par | Estienne 
 Caucillcr pour Galiot | du pre Jehan Bon Homme | et Jehan Andre | libraires. | 
 M IL. D. XXXIV.” On the opposite page is the delightful printer's mark of 
 Galliot du Pre— “A one masted galley with a bearded old manat the helm, 
 rowed by six men, and at the stern another blowing a horn, from which proceed 
 the floriated ornamentation at the top of the device — there is also an angel 
 sounding forth the motto ‘ La Vogve Gvallee ’ — on the side of the galley is the 
 monogram of Du Pre on a shield, and below on a label the name ‘ Galliot dv 
 Pre.’ ” This device will be found in fac simile over number 554. 
 
 CRATANDER’S EDITION OF CASSIANUS, 1534. 
 
 Ip 056o CASSIANUS.— | IOANNIS CASSIANI | viri disertissimi, 
 de | incarnatione Domini | libri VII. | iam recens aediti | 
 item Bf.ati Cyrilli sermo, de eo quod uerbum | dei fac- 
 tum sit homo. | Small 8vo, stamped pigskin. 
 
 Basle, apvd And. Cratandrvtn, 1534 
 
 Very rare. With numerous quaint initial letters and printer's mark of 
 Cratander at both the beginning and end. 
 
 DANTE— THE 1536 VENICE EDITION ELEGANTLY BOUND 
 BY TOUT, A LA JANSEN. 
 
 I DANTE. — Comedia del Divino Poeta DANTHE ALI- 
 
 GHIERI. con la Dotta e leggiadra spositione d CHRIS- 
 TOPHORO LANDINO: con somma diligentia e accura- 
 tissimo studio nuouamente corretta e emendata: da infiniti 
 errori purgata, ac etiandio di vtilissime hostille ornata. 
 Aggivntavi di Nvovo vna copiosissima Tauola, nella quale 
 si contengono lestorie, fauole, sententie, e le cose memor- 
 abile e degne di annotatione che in tutta l’opera si ritro- 
 uano. Woodblock portrait of Dante on the title and nu- 
 merous cuts. Thick 4to, bound in the Jansen style by 
 Tout in levant morocco, beveled sides, inside gold bor- 
 ders, edges gilt. Venice, 1536 
 
 MOST RARE. A remarkably clean copy of this very rare edition of Dante 
 printed in italics, but with a few of the head-lines cut into by the binder’s 
 plough. The many wood-engravings are very curious examples of the art, as 
 to both subjects and style. The imprint on the title reads — “ In Venegia ad 
 instantia di M. Gioanni Giolitto da Trino," and on the colophon — ** In Vin- 
 
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 eggia P er M. Bernardini Stagnino MDXXXVI.” Below is the printer’s mark of 
 the last-named. 
 
 The commentary to Dante of Cristoforo Landino is considered by authorities 
 the best of the many on the works of “ the Divine 1 ’oet.” Landino was born 
 at Florence in 1424 and died there in 1504. He was the preceptor of Julian 
 and Lorenzo de Medici. 
 
 THE BULL OF POPE PAUL THE THIRD— ISSUED 1536. 
 rr 562 iilacft ?icttcr — | Die BULL vnsers heilig | sten 
 Herrn vnd Vaters Herren PAULI i aus Gottlicher 
 fursehung dises namens | des dritten Romischen Bischoffs 
 | ansatzung vnd ausschreibung | eines heiligen gemeinen 
 Concilii betressende. | Small 4to, boards. n. p., [1536] 
 
 VERY RARE. With large papal coat-of-arms on title and charged — “ six 
 fleurs-de-lis, three, two and one.” The date — “ funffzehen hundert dreyssig 
 vnd sechs jare ” will be found at the end of the papal bull and preceding the 
 list of Cardinals. 
 
 Paul the Third was one of the most famous Popes in history. He ordered 
 the Council of Trent, established the Inquisition, approved the order of Jesus, 
 excommunicated Henry the Eighth and died in 1549, two years after the murder 
 of his bastard son. Pier Luigi Farncse. 
 
 AGRIPPA’S VANITY OF THE SCIENCES, 1537. 
 
 /-r 563 AGRIPPA — HENRICI CORNELII AGRIPPA ab 
 0 - ^ Nettesheym, De Incertitudine et Vanitate scietiarum. 
 
 declamatio inuectina, denuo ab autore recognita et mar- 
 ginalibus Annotationibus aucta. Woodblock portrait on 
 title. i2mo, crinkled morocco extra, inside gold tooling, 
 edges gilt, by Vogel. 1537 
 
 Very rare and early edition. From the Danyan Library and with book- 
 plate — also contemporary MS. facing first chapter of text. 
 
 “ Agrippa kept a Stygian pug, 
 
 1* th’ garb and habit of a dog, 
 
 That was his tutor, and the cur 
 Read to th’ occult philosopher, 
 
 And taught him subtly to maintain 
 All other sciences are vain.” 
 
 — I/udibras. 
 
 RARE AND EARLY WORK ON NAVIGATION BY SEBAS- 
 TIAN MUNSTER, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 9 j-v.564 iJlatft 7 i.CttCt\ — MUNSTER (Sebastian), | Furmalung 
 ♦ vnd funftlich | beschreibung der Horologien nemlich 
 
 vvieman der Sonnen vren | mit mancherley weys vnd form 
 vnd auff allerley gattung ent- | werssen soil an die mauren 
 auff die niedervnndauffgehebteebne | auss rotund schlecht 
 aussgraben vnd andere mancherley instru- | ment Gemacht 
 alien funftliebhabern zu gefalle (lurch Sebastiann Mun- 
 ster Burger zu Basel vnd | Ordinarium der selbigen stat 
 ho | hen schulenn. Numerous wood-engravings. Large 
 4to. Basle, Heinrich Peter , 1537 
 
 VERY RARE, and by the editor of some of the best issues of the “ Cos- 
 mographia ” of Ptolemy. The quadrant, compass, sun dial and other illustra- 
 tions are very curious. The t'tle is mounted and on the back is affixed an 
 interesting monthly sun dial diagram with coat-of-arms, etc. 
 
162 
 
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 THE GRYPHIUS EDITION OF JUSTIN. 
 
 — | IVSTINI | ex Trogi Pompeii | historiis externis libri | 
 XLIIII | Hisaccessit | ex sex Avrelio vi- | ctore de uita 
 et moribus Romanarum Impe- | ratorum Epitome. | With 
 printer's device on title and on the last page. Small 4to, 
 stamped pigskin on wooden boards, with brass clasps. 
 
 Lyons, apvd Seb. Gryphivm , 1538 
 
 VERY RARE, with numerous contemporary marginalia and inserted MS. 
 notes. 
 
 EARLY REFORMATION BROCHURE. 
 
 lOO 5^6 tt Licit 7icttcc. — | Der Predicanten zu Nu | renberg 
 schrifft an Ku- | precht von Moshaim | Dechaut zu Pas- 
 sau | Verteutscht. Small 4to, boards. Nuremberg, 1539 
 VERY RARE. The above interesting tractate is signed by — “ Wenceslaus 
 Linck, Andreas Osiander, Vitus Theodorus, Thomas Venatorius.” 
 
 RARE LUTHER TRACT. 
 
 So 0 567 JLj LlC|t 7 i.CttCt*. — LUTHER (Martin). Von der Kirchen 
 
 • was wer vnd wo sie sey vn wo bey man sie erkennen sol. 
 Small 4to, boards (title mended and stained). 
 
 Very rare. [? Wittemberg], 1540 
 
 MELANCTHON’S LETTER TO THE LANDGRAVE OF 
 HESSE, 1540. 
 
 ) So 568 INacfc Ucttrr.— MELANCTHON (Philip). Epistel an 
 den Landgraven zu Hessen, etc. Verdeutscht durch 
 Justum Jonam. Small 4to, boards. Wittemberg, 1540 
 
 VERY RARE. With engraved border to title by Cranach, of Pope, Car- 
 dinals, etc. 
 
 TRESLER, 1543— WITH CUTS ATTRIBUTED TO LUCAS 
 
 CRANACH. 
 
 0 ,, 569 TRESLER.— | DECLA | MATIONES ali | quot Theo- 
 v logicae de- | nuo ab Authore recogni- | tae, quarum inscrip- 
 
 tiones | sequenti offendes | pagella. | Avthore Floriano | 
 Treslero Benedicten pu- | rano Coenobita. | Minimo, half 
 stamped pigskin, wooden boards, brass clasps. 
 
 n.p., Caspar Datz , 1543 
 VERY RARE, in good condition and printed in Italic letter. With wood- 
 block cut of “the Trinity” facing dedication, fine printer's mark and engraved 
 border on title — all probably by Lucas Cranach. 
 
 H THE CONFESSION OF AUGSBURG-AN EARLY COPY. 
 
 • Ss 7 ° liLlCft TLcttCl*. — BRUNDI.ICHER vnd WARHAFF- 
 
 i TIGER BERICHT dieser geschwinden practicken der 
 
 itzigen vnuersehenliche schnellen krieges mistung wider 
 die lehre des Glaubens an Jhesum Christum vnnd Stende 
 der Augspurgischen Confession. Small 4to, boards. 
 
 n. p., 1546 
 
 A rare tract on the Augsburg confession. 
 
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 SCAEVOLA’S COMMENTARY ON CICERO— “OLD PARR’S” 
 
 COPY. 
 
 7 -vf& 5 71 CICERO. — Commentaria in M. T. Ciceronis Orationem 
 pro T. A. Milone, Avtore Nicolao Scaevola. Minimo, 
 red morocco gilt, inside dentelle gold tooling, by C. Smith. 
 
 Rome, per Antonium Bladum, 1549 
 Very rare, and with the autograph on the title of Dr. Samuel Farr, “Old 
 Parr.” From the Syston Fark Library, and with the book-plate of that collec- 
 tion inserted. This beautifully printed little volume is in italics, and the arms 
 on the title are those of Bishop Caracciolo, to whom the work is dedicated. 
 
 FINE EXAMPLE OF MAIOLI RELIURE ON A VOLUME 
 PRINTED BY ESTIENNE. 
 
 I J ~00 57 2 NOVUM TESTAMENTUM ex Bibliotheca Regia [Greek 
 
 ' ' Text]. Thick minimo, old mosaic calf, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, ex officina Robcrli Stephani, 1549 
 VERY RARE and a fine example of Maioli binding from the press of the 
 celebrated Estienne and from the library of Ambrose Firmin-Didot, whose book- 
 plate is inserted. 
 
 The reliure is of the usual Grolieresque geometrical design peculiar to Maioli 
 bindings, and with red, blue, white and green mosaic worked into the gilt 
 tooling. 
 
 “ Lovers of bookbinding rejoice when they meet with works from the library 
 of Maioli. Who and what Maioli was, and at exactly what period he lived, we 
 . do not know, but he possessed a splendid library. It is supposed that Michel 
 Maioli, one of the first of Italian collectors, was his father or uncle Tommaso 
 Maioli’s bindings were the perfection of art, whilst Michel's are less artistic.” — 
 CUNDALL. 
 
 J~q 573 iJIflCft 7 £rttct\ — LAMBECK (Heino). Compendium 
 ’ Sciotericorum, das ist ein Kurtze und Brundliche Besch- 
 
 reibung allerhand sonnen Uhren und Natur. Matty 
 diagrams. Small 4to, boards. Hamburg, 1549-76 
 
 Rare. A sixteenth century volume on navigation, etc. Rubricated title. 
 
 I Oo 574 Ulacft ILrttfc — Der Von Magdeburgh Entschuldigung 
 Bit Vund Gemeine Christliche Erinnerunge. Small 4to, 
 boards. Magdeburgh, Michael Lotther , 1549 
 
 RARE. With large woodblock arms and supporters of Magdeburgh on 
 
 title. 
 
 THE LIVES OF THE EMPERORS — LYONS, 1550— AND 
 NUMISMATICALLY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 *7 — » 5 7 5 HUTTICHIUS (John). — | Imperatorum & Caesa- | rvm 
 Vitae, cvm | Imaginibus ad vinam effi- | giem expressis. | 
 Huic aeditioni additi sunt cum Icunculis & elen | cho, 
 versus Ausonij Mycilli & Vellei poeta- | rum paucis ingen- 
 tem historiam complectentes. | Vignette on title and numerous 
 numismatic woodcuts of emperors. Small 8vo. Bound by 
 Mansell, successor to Hayday, in calf gilt, dentelle gold 
 borders and dead gold edges. 
 
 Lyons, apud Bathazarem Arnolletum , 1550 
 
 VERY RARE and an excellent copy of this little volume, which is decorated 
 
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 with the portraits of emperors from ancient coins and medals. The printer’s 
 device of Arnollet — ‘ ' a sea-horse and pair of scales” — is on the title. 
 
 Brunet says the portraits of the Roman, Byzantine and German emperors 
 engraved in this volume were taken from the “ Illustrium Imagines” of 1517. 
 The text is different from that Roman edition, being more complete, with dis- 
 tiches added and many additional portraits. 
 
 7^576 
 
 ij Licit 7 iCttn\ — VERNEUTE vnd gepessekte Gerichts 
 Ordnung zu Nurnberg — Decretum in Senatur XXVIII. 
 Nouembris MDXLVIIII. Small 4to, boards. 
 
 Rare. Nuremburg, J. Paulo Fabritio, 1550 
 
 PHILIP DE COMINES’ CHRONICLE IN A MAIOLI BINDING. 
 
 1 0 00 577 COMINES (Philippe de). — Cronique et Histoire composee 
 par Philippe de Comines, cheualier seigneur d’Argeton, 
 contenant les Choses aduenues durant le regne du Roy 
 Loys vnzif.sme et Charles Huictiesme son fils. Nou- 
 uellement reueue et corrig^e. Thick minimo, old calf, gilt 
 edges. Paris, Es tie tie Groulleau, 1551 
 
 VERY RARE. In mosaic binding of the “genre Maioli ” and of Grolier- 
 esque design. Every page is carefully ruled in red. The most judicious and 
 able history of the great Flemish statesman, Philip De Comines, which comprises 
 a period of thirty-four years during the reigns of Louis XI. and Charles VIII. 
 of France, was said by Catherine de Medicis to have made as many heretics in 
 politics as Luther’s works had done in religion. 
 
 THE RARE FIRST FRENCH AND ITALIAN GRAMMAR. 
 
 I 0 i) 578 ACHARISIO. — La Grammatica Volgare di M. Alberto 
 /, de Gl’ Acharisi d acento — La Grammaire de M. Albert 
 
 de la Charisi Dacento, tournee de Tuscan en Francois. 
 Vignette on title. Small 8vo, old calf. 
 
 Louvaine, ex officina Bartholomei Grauij, 1555 
 
 VERY RARE, and the first French-Italian grammar, with the two lan- 
 guages in parallel columns. 
 
 SIXTEENTH CENTURY AND VALUABLE WORKS ON 
 GERMAN LAW— WITH QUAINT WOODCUTS. 
 
 o rj.579 Licit TLfttcr. — STATUTEN BUCH Gesatz Ordnungen 
 g'J 0 vn( j Qebrauch Kaiserlicher Allgemainer vnd etlicher 
 
 Besonderer Land vnd Stett Rechten. Numerous wood 
 engravings , Frankfort, 1558; also — 
 
 GOBLER (Justin). Der Rechten Spiegel auss Naturli- 
 chem den Beschribnen, Gaistlichen, Weltlichen vnd andem 
 Gebrendlichen Rechten. Portraits and many curious 
 woodcuts. Frankfort, 1564 
 
 Together 2 vols. in 1. Thick large 4to, half vellum. 
 
 VERY RARE. Two curious old German law books, with quaint woodcuts. 
 One title is mended, the other mounted. 
 
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 i6 5 
 
 PRESIDENT DE THOU’S COPY OF HERODIAN, AND WITH 
 THAT GRAND OLD BIBLIOPHILE’S AUTOGRAPH SIG- 
 NATURE. 
 
 q 580 -HERODIANI Historiae de Imperio post Marcvm vel de 
 svis Temporibvs, Angelo Politiano Interprete. Minimo, 
 mottled vellum, red edges. 
 
 Lyons, apvd haered. Seb. Gryphii , 1559 
 
 VERY RARE, and with an eighteenth century note on the end paper, and in 
 French, to the effect that this volume came from the library of the cele- 
 brated I?e Thou, and that his autograph is at end of the book, written by him- 
 self. 
 
 His signature is given in the Latinized form — “ Jacobi Augusti Thuani.” 
 There are a few marginalia in his handwriting, also some caption contents. 
 
 A RELIC OF THE MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS. 
 
 LoO 5 8i UltlCft ILcttft*. — FRANCK (Sebastian). Das Verbuth- 
 - schiert mit Siben Sigeln Verschlossen Buch. Curious 
 
 woodblock on title — representing a man blindfolded and point- 
 ing at a volume with seven seals. Thick small folio, 
 stamped pigskin on wooden boards, with two brass clasps. 
 
 Pfortzheym, Georg Rahen, 1559 
 
 VERY RARE. On an end paper is the MS. note: — “ This came over in the 
 May Flower.” There is also on the title a MS. inscription, showing that it 
 belonged to the Jesuit College at Bamberg, in 1614. The preface has many 
 German marginalia in sixteenth century caligraphy. 
 
 VULGATE TESTAMENT OF 1560, WITH QUAINT 
 WOODCUTS. 
 
 J U (j 582 TESTAMENTI NOVI Editio Vulgata. With numerous 
 ' woodcuts. Minimo, old stamped calf, red edges (title 
 
 cut). Lyons, apvd haeredes Seb. Gryphii , 1560 
 
 RARE. The wood engravings in the above are very curious. 
 
 tv 5 ® I * 3 
 
 EBER (Paul). B evis Historia Popvli Ivdiaci a Reditv ex 
 Babylonico Exilio, etc. Minimo, stamped pigskin. 
 
 Wittenburg, Vitus Creutzer , 1560 
 
 Rare, and a curious example of stamped pigskin. 
 
 SIXTEENTH CENTURY EUCLID, AND PRINTED AT 
 BASLE, IN 1562. 
 
 I ( 584 lihicU TiCttcr. — EUCLID. Die Sechs Erste Bucher 
 Euclidis vom Anfang oder Grund der Geometri. Nu- 
 merous woodblock diagrams. Small folio, stamped pigskin 
 (MS. name on title). Basle, 1562 
 
 RARE. Translated into German, with the additions of Wilhelm Iloltzman, 
 
 of Augsburg. 
 
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 SORBIN’S CURIOUS WORK ON THE CALVINIST DEFEAT 
 IN 1569, AND BOUND BY THIBARON-ECHAUBARD. 
 
 585 SORBIN (Arnaud, Doeteur en Theologie et predicateur de 
 
 Roy). Allegresse de la France, povr l’Hevrevse Victoire 
 obtenve entre Coignac et Chasteauneuf, le 13 de Mars, 
 1569, contre les Rebelles Caluinistes. Small 8vo, bound 
 by Thibaron-Echaubard, in crushed brown levant mo- 
 rocco, inside gold borders, gilt edges on red. 
 
 Paris, chcz Guillaume Chaudiere , rue S. Iaques , a 
 
 I'enseigne du Temps, et de 1 ' Homme Sauvage, 1569 
 EXTREMELY RARE, and bound by Thibaron-Echaubard, pupils of MM. 
 Trautz et Bauzonnet. These verses, in honor of a victory over the “ rebel 
 Calvinists,’’ were written by the celebrated Sorbin, who seems, as a preacher and 
 grand leaguer, to have had a monopoly of funeral orations over the notable 
 personages of his time, vide Brunet. Among those upon whom he said the last 
 words were — Charles IX., Cosmo de Medicis, the Constable Anne de Mont- 
 morency, the Duchess of Savoy, the Duchess of Lorraine and Bar, Count de 
 Caylus, the Duke De Nivernois, the Princess de Conde, etc. 
 
 The printer's mark of Chaudiere on title represents “ Old Time, with the 
 legs of a satyr, scythe and hour-glass. ” 
 
 THE 1572 AND BEST EDITION OF THE CHRONICLES 
 OF MONSTRELET. 
 
 586 MONSTRELET.— | CHRONIQVES | d’ENGVERRAN 
 
 | he MONSTRELET | gentil homme iadis demevrant | 
 a Cambray en Cambresis. | Contenans les cruelles guerres 
 ciuilles entre les maisons d’Orleans et de Bour- | gougne, 
 l’occupation de Paris et Normandie par les Anglois, l’ex- 
 pulsion | d’ieux, et autres choses memorables aduenues de 
 son temps en ce Royau- | me, et pays estranges. | His- 
 toire de bel exemple et de grand fruict aux Francois, com- 
 mencant en l'an M.CCCC. | ou finist celle de IEAN 
 FROISSART, et finissant en l’an M.CCCC.LXVII. peu 
 outre le commencement de celle de Mess. PHILIPPES 
 de COMMINES, | Reueue et corrigee sur l’exemplaire de 
 la Librairie du Roy, et enrichi d’abbregez | pour l’intro- 
 duction d'icelle, et de tables fort copieuses. | Vignette 
 device of printer on both titles , handsome initial letters , and 
 head and tail pieces. 2 vols. thick small folio, splendidly 
 bound by Ad. Bertrand in crushed red levant morocco, 
 extra gilt, citron edges. 
 
 Paris, c/tez Pierre I'Huillier , rue sainct 
 
 Iaques h i'Oliuier, 1572 
 VERY RARE and a superbly bound copy in admirable condition of the 1572 
 and best edition of Monstrclet, of which Brunet says: — 
 
 “Cette edition est I.A PLUS BELLE QUE NOUS AYONS DE CES 
 CHRONIQUES; et, quoique le texte en ait ete altere par 1 ’editeur, ou la 
 recherche encore assez.” 
 
 The same authority quotes the fact that a copy of this edition belonging to 
 De Thou sold at the Stanley sale in London for £136 10s., nearly $700. 
 
 This copy, of which the title of Vol. 1 is carefully mended in one place, has 
 the printer's mark on both titles of the bookseller L. Huillier, whose sign was at 
 
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 the Olivt. Within a Renaissance border is an olive tree, around which is the 
 motto — “ Oliva frvcti fera in domo Dei psalis.” In the foreground is a rock 
 with the monogram of L’lluillier, who on the back of the title has some Latin 
 verses, addressed — “A. P. Gamin, son of P. Gamin, citizen of Cambray.” The 
 dedication to the King is signed by — “ L’Huillier et Chaudiere, Libraires de 
 l’Vniuersite de Paris.” 
 
 Rose, in his “ New General Biographical Dictionary,” writes: — “ Enguerrand 
 de Monstrelet, a French chronicler of the fifteenth century, was a gentleman of 
 an ancient family in Cambray, of which city he died Governor in 1453. He left 
 a history of his own times, commencing with the year 1400, and carried down to 
 1453. The best edition is that of Paris, 1572, 2 vols. folio. 
 
 This work gives a faithful but prolix narrative of the wars between the 
 houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the capture of Normandy and Paris by the 
 English and their expulsion, and of all the memorable events in France and 
 other countries during that period. It fills the space between the histories of 
 Froissart and Comines, and is reckoned particularly valuable on account of the 
 number of original documents which it contains.” 
 
 THE REMARKABLY RARE WORK OF COPPIER DE VEL- 
 LAY ON THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW MASSACRE, AND 
 ISSUED IN THAT YEAR— BOUND BY DURU. 
 
 COPPIER DE VALLEY (James).— DELVGE DES 
 
 HUGUENOTZ | avec levr Tvm- | beau, & les noms des 
 chefs | & principaux, punys a Paris | le XXIIIJ j d’Aoust 
 | & autres iours | ensuynans, | 1572. | Par IACQ. COPP. 
 DE VELLAY | Small 8vo, bound in 1851 by Duru, in 
 crushed red levant morocco, a la Jansen, with dentelle 
 gold inside borders, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, par lean Dallier Libraire, demourat. 
 sur le pot. S. Michel , a I'enseyne de la Rose blanche , 
 
 M.D.LXXII . , i. e., 1572 
 EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, unmentioned by Brunet, and most interest- 
 ing volume, published the year of the Huguenot Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 
 and containing the names of the victims. From the library of J. Renard, and 
 with his “ex-libris.” Imported for Mr. Pene du Bois, from Paris, for 175 
 francs, vide inserted catalogue cutting. On the title-page is a woodcut of a 
 rose, the sign of the celebrated Parisian bookseller Dallier. The above was 
 probably the author’s copy, as the text is corrected in some places. It is also 
 most carefully ruled in red ink. The privilege to print reads : — “ II est permis 
 a lean Dallier Libraire, de imprimer ou faire imprimer ce present Deluge, et 
 dessence a tous autres de ne l’imprimer dedans troys moys sur peine de confis- 
 cate. Faict le troisieme iour d’Octobre, 1572.” 
 
 THE “FLEA OF MADAME DES ROCHES,” 1573— EXCES- 
 SIVELY RARE AND BOUND BY SIMIER. 
 
 .00 588 DES ROCHES.— | La PVCE | de MADAME | DES- 
 ROCHES | qvi est | vn reeved de divers | Poemes Grecs, 
 Latin & Frampois, | composez par plvsievrs | doctes per- 
 sonnages avx | Grans lours tenus a Poitiers | l’an 
 M.D.LXXIX. | 4to, bound by Simier, “ R[elieur] du 
 Roi,’’ in yellow calf gilt, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, pour Abel V Angelier au premier Pillier de la 
 grand salle du Palais , M .D.LXXXI 1 1 ., i. e., 1573 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE, and priced 400 francs by Fatout in 1876, and sold 
 at the Didot sale previously for 220 francs. On the title is the printer’s device 
 
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 of L’Angelier: — “ An angel accepting Abraham’s sacrifice of a ram.” Facing 
 the title is a MS. description of the origin of this very curious book, and the 
 French poets Madeleine and Catherine des Roches. The story is also told in 
 Vapereau. 
 
 These two ladies held a distinguished place in sixteenth century literature. 
 In 1579, literary fetes were held at Poitiers. Etienne Pasquier, the poet, who 
 was a member of the tribunal which decided at this tournament of verses, paid 
 a visit to the two poetesses, and during his social talk with them saw a flea on 
 the neck of Catherine. The wits of the time learning of this circumstance, ex- 
 pended their rhyming energies on the occurence in French, Greek and Latin. 
 The above is the original edition of the collection of verses gathered by Pasquier 
 on “ The Flea of Madame Des Roches.” 
 
 Although this curiosity of literature was reprinted by the “Societedes Biblio- 
 philes” in 1871, the original still commands a very high price, as shown 
 above. The dedication was written by “ Iaqves de Sovrdrai ” and l’asquier’s 
 address to the reader ends with the following lines over his signature: — 
 
 “ SvR LA PVCE 
 
 “ Ne nous trompetez plus vostre Troien cheual, 
 
 Dont vindrent tant de Dues, o trompeuses trompettes, 
 
 Voz superbes discours n’ont rien a nous d'esgal. 
 
 Puis qu’vne Puce esclost tant de scauans Poetes.” 
 
 THE EXTREMELY RARE ESTIENNE AND ORIGINAL 
 EDITION OF THE POEMS OF DES PORTES— BOUND 
 BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU. 
 
 / . 589 DES PORTES. — | Les Premieres | Oevvres de | 
 V U PHILIPPES | DES PORTES. | Av Roy de Pologne. | 
 
 8vo, superbly bound by Chambolle-Duru in crushed red 
 levant morocco, elegantly tooled gilt back and inside 
 dentelle borders, rounded corners, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, de /’ Iviprimerie de Robert Estienne, 1573 
 EXTREMELY RARE, original edition and splendid example of the 
 Estienne or Stephens press, and with large printer’s device of the same on title — 
 “ an old man beside an olive tree with the motto * Noli altvm sapere,’ ” also 
 with broad margins and charming head and tail pieces and initial letters. 
 Priced 350 francs in vellum by Morgand-Fatout. 
 
 Philippe Des Portes, the celebrated French poet, was born in 1546, and died 
 in 1606. He was a most remarkable writer, and went to Rome as secretary to 
 the Bishop of Puy, where he exhibited — “ une habilete, une soup/esse de courti - 
 san, qui lui valurent de nombreuses faveurs.” Charles IX. gave him 800 
 golden crowns for his little poem of “ Rodomont.” Henry III., whom he 
 accompanied to Poland and to whom the above volume is dedicated, made him 
 his reader and a counsellor of state. That monarch gave him the Abbeys of 
 Tiron, Josaphat, Bon Port, etc. Des Portes might have been Archbishop of 
 Bordeaux, but his licentious poetry stood in his way. He repaid Charles the 
 Ninth for his favors by singing the praises of Marie Touchet, and similarly 
 eulogized Marie de Cleves and Renee de Chateauneuf to please Henry the 
 Third, whose court, when it became the abode of effeminate young men, 
 received his eulogies. He was, as one authority states — “ le louangeur des 
 mignons,” 1. e., the panegyrist of the emasculated favorites of the King and 
 their unnatural vices. Des Portes thus praises the pederastic Henry: — 
 
 “ Heureux en qui le ciel des thresors assemble, 
 
 Qu'il ait la face belle et la coeur gcncreux ! 
 
 Vous l’honneur plus parfait des guerriers amoureux, 
 
 Nous faites voir encore Mars et Venus ensemble.” 
 
 He was a genuine book lover, had a genuine love for letters, which he aided 
 by his wealth. His superb library was always at the disposal of friends like 
 Vauquelin, La Fresnaye, Du Perron and De Thou. 
 
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 169 
 
 JOACHIM DU BELLAY'S POETICAL WORKS— THE EX- 
 TREMELY RARE 1573 EDITION, AND BOUND BY 
 THIBARON. 
 
 590 BELLAY.— | Les | OEVVRES | FRANCOISES de | 
 
 IOACHIM DV-BELLAY | Gentil-homme Angeuin, & 
 
 | Poete excellent de | ce temps. | Reueues, & de nou- 
 ueau augmentees des plusieurs | Poesies non encores im- 
 primees. | Av Roy Treschrestien. | Charles IX. | Thick 
 small 8vo (over six and a half inches by four and seven- 
 eighths). Elegantly bound a la Jansen by Thibaron- 
 Echaubard in red crushed levant morocco, inside gold 
 dentelle borders, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, de I'imprimerie de Federic Morel. 
 
 Imprimeur du Roy M.D.LXXIII. Auec Priuilege 
 
 dudict Seigneur , 1573 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE and a superb copy, with brilliant impressions of all 
 the fleurons and charming initials. The printer's mark is an olive tree of the 
 genre Estienne and Elzevir, with a Greek motto twisted around the trunk. 
 
 Brunet quotes the Garcia copy as having sold in i860 for 260 francs, but it 
 has since gone up much in value in the Parisian book market. 
 
 Joachim's du Bellay's poetry was the result of leisure hours enforced by long- 
 continued illness. Pie was greatly held in esteem by Francis I., Henry II. and 
 Margaret of Navarre. He spent three years in Rome with his cousin. Cardinal 
 du Bellay, a great lover of literature and poetry, and the patron of Rabelais. 
 In his later years he was appointed by Eustace du Bellay, Archbishop of Paris, 
 to a canonry in that prelate's cathedral. Joachim du Bellay died of an apo- 
 plectic fit in 1559. at the age of thirty-five. In one of the epitaphs made on 
 him he was styled — “ Pater elegantiarum, pater omnium leporum.” 
 
 VERY RARE BIBELOT ON KING HENRY THE THIRD OF 
 FRANCE, ISSUED 1574— BOUND BY CAPE. 
 
 591 HENRY III. of France. — | Panegyriqve | povr | la 
 
 Bien- | Venve et Retovr | du Tres-Chrestien Henry | 
 Roy de France & de | Polougnf. | par | Messjre Ant. 
 Fumee Cheualier, Seigneur | de Blande, Conseiller du 
 Conseil priu£. | Small 8vo. Bound by Cape, in half 
 crushed levant morocco, uncut edges. 
 
 Paris, Nicolas Chesneau, 1574 
 
 VERY RARE bibelot on the return to France and accession of King Henry the 
 Third to the P'rench throne. On the title is the printer’s device of Chesneau, 
 which is somewhat like that of the Elzevirs and Estiennes. It is — “ A chestnut 
 tree beside which stands an old man — on the trunk of the tree is a bunch of 
 arrows and the motto ‘Concordia vis nescia vinci.’” Henri de Valois, says 
 Rose, in his “Biographical Dictionary,” displayed — “that strange and 
 odious mixture in his character, which has rendered his memory despicable. 
 Assembling about his person a few young men of dissolute habits, he abandoned 
 himself to the most infamous debaucheries, which were intermingled with the 
 practice of superstitious devotions and penances, while he lavished upon his 
 minions all the treasures of the state, spent his time in the most frivolous occu- 
 pations and resigned the reins of government to his mother, Catharine de 
 Medicis.” 
 
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 EXTREMELY RARE WORK OF HENRI ESTIENNE, 
 PRINTED IN 1579. 
 
 IP 
 
 (7592 ESTIENNE (Henri). — | Proiect dv Livre | intitule | De la 
 Precedence | du langage Francois. | Par Henri Esti- 
 enne. | Le liure au lecteur, | lesuis ioyeux de pouuoir 
 autant plaire | Aux bons Franfois, qu’aux mauuais | veux 
 desplaire. | Vignette printer's mark of Estienne on title , 
 and every page ruled in red by hand. ' Small 8vo. Bound by 
 S. Thomason, in crushed blue levant morocco gilt, gold 
 dentelle borders, and edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, par Ma inert Patisson Imprimcur du Roy , 1579 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE and a beautiful example on thick paper. Priced, 
 1883, in Morgand’s catalogue at 500 francs in vellum. This copy came from the 
 — “ Bibliotheque de Mr. J. Renard,” and has his “ex libris.” 
 
 The life of the author of the above, Henri Estienne “the Second ” (or 
 Stephens), is one of the most painful in the annals of bibliography. A man of 
 wonderful classical abilities, an author furnishing the greater part of the manu- 
 script for his compositors — he wasted through intemperance his paternal patri- 
 mony, became insolvent, and an indigent wanderer on the face of the earth. 
 After 1578, we are told — “ his life was that of a hanger-on to the Court of 
 Ilenry III. of France — a weak and narrow-minded king, but a patron of liter- 
 ature and art. The rest of the life of this eminent printer is a very painful one 
 
 to recount He was seized by his last malady at Lyons and died in the 
 
 public hospital there. He was interred in the common cemetery, near the 
 Hotel Dieu, and a detachment of the burgher guard was obliged to turn out to 
 protect the funeral from the violence of the Catholic mob. This was at the end 
 of January, 1598 — not the beginning of March, as the old biographers say. 
 Henry’s books are divided into three classes: — Editions of the classics, original 
 writings on the Greek and Latin languages, and writings on the French lan- 
 guage. He used as a device the olive-tree adopted by his father." 
 
 PELLETIER’S POEMS-THE 1581 EDITION— ELEGANTLY 
 BOUND BY NIEDREE. 
 
 ^^593 PELLETIER. — | Evres | Poetiqves de | IAQVES PEL- 
 V A ETIER dv Mans, | Intitulez Louanges. f Aveq quelques 
 
 autres Ecriz du meme Auteur, | ancores non publi^z. | 
 Le Contenu et an la Page suivante. | 4to. Elegantly 
 bound by Niedree, in crushed red levant morocco gilt, 
 inside gold dentelle borders, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, chez Robert Coulombel, rue S. Ian de 
 
 Latran, a I'Anseigne d'Alde, 15S1 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE and excellent copy of this curious work by Pelletier. 
 On the title is the assumed device of Coulumbel, “ the anchor, dolphin and 
 name of 'Aldus.’ ” This copy came from the library of the Right Hon. Charles 
 Bathurst, of Lydney Park, and has his inserted book-plate. It has fine head 
 and tailpieces throughout. Mr. Pene du Bois paid an Union Square book- 
 dealer $75 for the above. Morgand and Fatout priced a copy in their 1876 
 catalogue (No. 2,297) at 1, 000 francs. 
 
 The peculiarity about the volume and which makes it so high-priced is its 
 strange orthography. This was invented by James Pelletier, and in the above he 
 
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 171 
 
 applies his method more completely than he does in his preceding works, of 
 which — “ il est impossible de contester les avantages.” 
 
 Pelletier was as distinguished a mathematician as he was a poet. He was 
 born in 1517, and died 1582. Originally a secretary of Rene du Bel'.ay, he 
 became the head of the Colleges of Bayeux and Mans. His verses are of the 
 school of Ronsard. 
 
 BOCCACCIO’S GENEALOGY OF THE GODS— VENICE, 1581. 
 
 LOO 594 BOCCACCIO (Giovanni). Le Geneologia de Gli Dei, 
 con la Spositione de Sensi Allegorici delle Fauole e con la 
 Dichiaratione dell’ Historic appartenenti e detta materia. 
 Tradotta per M. Gioseppe Betvssi da Bassano. Vignette 
 on title and charming woodblock initials. 4to, vellum. 
 
 Venic e., Zoppini, 1581 
 
 VERY RARE and an admirable example. Printed in Italic letter. The 
 woodcut initials are of nudes. 
 
 THE 1587 GIUNTA DECAMERON. 
 
 [j .00 595 BOCCACCIO. II Decamerone, alia sua Intera Perfettione 
 Ridotto Ora in Questa Vltima Editione del Medesimo 
 per tutto Migliorato. Charming woodcut initials. 4to, 
 vellum. Florence, Givnti fratelli , 1587 
 
 VERY RARE. The title supplied in MS. With the woodblock printer’s 
 device of the celebrated Giuntas on the last page. 
 
 REMARKABLY RARE AND EXCESSIVELY CURIOUS COL- 
 LECTION OF BIBELOTS ON HENRY III. OF FRANCE- 
 BOUND BY THIBARON. 
 
 596 HENRY III., OF FRANCE.— I.— | Histoire | Admirable a 
 la | Posterite des Faits | et Gestes de Henry | de Valois. | 
 Comparez en tous poincts auec ceux de | Loys Faineant: 
 & la miserable fin | de l’vn & de l’autre. | Auec vn nou- 
 ueau & fatal Anagramme du | nom du diet Henry de 
 Valois. | Paris, chez Pierre des Hayes , 1589; also — 
 
 II. — | Les | Sorceleries | de Henry deVa | lois, et les Obla- 
 | tions qu’il faisoit au diable | dans le bois de Vin- | 
 
 cennes. | Curious vignette on title and page illustration of 
 demons. [Paris,] chez Didier Millot , 1589 ; also — 
 
 III. — | Discovrs | avx Francois, svr | l’admirable Accident 
 de | la Mort de Henry de Valois, n’ague | res Roy de 
 France, lequel (peu auant son decez) auoit este excom- 
 muni6 j par nostre S. Pere le Pape Sixte cin- | quiesme a 
 present seant, pour ses per- | fidies & desloyautez enuers 
 Dieu, son | Eglise, & ses Ministres. | Auec l’Histoire veri- 
 table de sa mort aduenue | au Bourg S. Cloud lez Paris le 
 premier | iour d’Aoust 1589, ou il a este tue | par Frere 
 
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 Iaques Clement, | Religieux de l'ordre S. | Dominique | . 
 Paris, chez Guillaume Bichon , 1589; also — 
 
 IV. — | Le | Testament | de Henry deValoys, | recommande 
 a son Amy | lean d’Espemon. | Faict a Blois, le septiesme 
 de Mars, 1589. | Auec vn coq a 1 ’asne. | [ Pans, chez Iaques 
 Varengles, 1589. 
 
 Together 4 pieces in 1 vol. Small 8vo. Splendidly bound by 
 Thibaron in red crushed levant morocco extra, inside gold 
 dentelle borders, rounded corners, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, 1589 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE. These four pieces on the infamous Henry the Third, 
 the filthiest of all the Kings of France, were imported for Mr. Pene du Bois, at a 
 cost of 300 francs. Vide inserted catalogue cutting. This bibelot came from 
 the libraries of Chedard, A A. Renouard and E. M. Bancel — it has the “ex- 
 libris ” of the two last-named collectors. 
 
 The second described brochure is the first edition and has the rare cuts of the 
 demons said to have been raised by the King at Vincennes. A copy of this alone 
 sold for 592 francs at the Desq sale. 
 
 On the title of the fourth, which is in verse, is a horrible suggestion in regard 
 to the sodomistic practices of Henry the Third, and the third tells the story of 
 his assassination by Jacques Clement, the Dominican monk. 
 
 DURER ON HUMAN PROPORTION— VENICE, 1591. 
 
 597 DURER. — Di Alberto Dvrero Pittore e Geometria Chia- 
 rissimo. Della Simmetria de i Corpi Hvmani, Libri Quat- 
 tro Nuouamente tradotti dalla lingua Latina nella Italiana 
 da M. Gio. Paolo Gallvcci Salopiano. Numerous 
 plates , mostly folded. Large 4to, vellum. 
 
 Venice, Domenico Nico/ini, 1591 
 
 VERY RARE, with book-plate — “ Ex Bibliotheca L. B de Thum et Geste- 
 lenburg cognominatorum Zur Lauben.” 
 
 ROCCAS bibliotheca vaticana— printed at the 
 
 VATICAN PRINTING OFFICE IN 1591. 
 
 Q598 BIBLIOTHECA APOSTOLICA VATICANA a Sixto 
 V. Pont. Max. in Splendidiorem, Commodiorem q. Locvm 
 Translata et a Fratre Angelo Roccha a Camerino, Or- 
 dinis Eremitarum S. Augustini, Sacrae Theologiae Doctore, 
 Commentario Variarvm Artivm, ac Scientiarum Materijs 
 curiosis, ac difficlimis sciticq dignis refertissimo, illustrata. 
 With facsimiles , tables , numismatic cuts and coat -of -arms 
 on title of Pope Gregory XIV. 4to, vellum. 
 
 Rome, ex typographia Apostolica Vaticana, 1591 
 
 VERY RARE and printed at the press of the Vatican 
 
 Angelo Rocca, author of the above, was an Italian philologist, who was born 
 in 1545 and died in 1620. He was a monk of the Augustinian order, was Bishop 
 of Tagoste in parti! us, and had charge of the Vatican printing office. He was 
 the founder of the Angelical Library in Rome and which is called after him. He 
 left his large literary collections to the Augustinian monastery there, upon the 
 express condition that it should be always open for the benefit of the public. 
 This was the first library in Rome to which the people had freedom of access. 
 
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 SIXTEENTH CENTURY VOLUME ON EGYPTIAN BOTANY. 
 
 . 7/599 ALPINUS (Prosper). De PLANTIS ^EGYPTI. Nu- 
 I merous botanical woodcut illustrations. 4to, vellum. 
 
 Venice, apud Fraud scum de Franciscis Senensem, 1592 
 
 RARE BOTANICAL WORK — “ ex bibliotheca equitis Antoni Francisci Marmi.” 
 
 CURIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED COPY OF LUTHER’S NEW 
 TESTAMENT. 
 
 LUTHER (Martinus). Das Newe Testament. Numerous 
 curious woodcuts. Thick small 4to, fine old stamped pig- 
 skin on wooden boards (foxed). Wittemberg, 1594-1606 
 
 VERY RARE. With two titles — one rubricated with large woodblock of 
 “ Christ on the Cross, with the Elector of Saxony and Luther on either side ” — 
 the other on page 229 commencing the epistles with vignette head of I.uther. 
 There are also many other very curious woodcuts illustrative of the New’ Testa- 
 ment scattered through the text. 
 
 MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE COPY OF MON- 
 TAIGNE— THE BEST TEXT, SUPERBLY BOUND BY 
 BELZ-NIEDREE. 
 
 01 MONTAIGNE.— | Les | ESSAIS | de MICHEL SEI- | 
 GNEVR DE MONTAIGNE. | Edition novvelle, trovvee 
 apres | le deceds de l’Autheur, reueue et augmentee par 
 luy d’vn | tiers plus qu’ aux precedentes Impressions. | 
 Numerous fleurons, head and tail pieces , charming initial let- 
 ters , pointer's mark , etc. Thick folio, magnificently bound 
 by Belz-Niedree in lemon levant morocco gilt, with 
 crusned red levant morocco double ends, with broad lace 
 and pointing tooling, and dentelle borders, edges gilt on 
 marble. 
 
 Paris, chez Michel Sonnivs, rue sainct Ioques a I’escu 
 
 de Basle , 1595 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE and superb copy in splendid condition of the best 
 edition of Montaigne. The three books of the Essays are separately pagin- 
 ated. 
 
 To thoroughly appreciate this edition — which is the best text printed after the 
 death of Montaigne, which occurred in 1592. three years before the issue of the 
 above — one must carefully read the very long account given of it by Brunet in 
 his third volume. He states that before Montaigne died he left two copies of 
 the 1588 edition filled with corrections and additions in his handwriting. It was 
 from one of these copies that Mademoiselle de Gournay edited this edition, 
 which was printed at Paris by Abel l’Angelier (or Michel Sonnius) in 1595. The 
 editor in her preface does not give the “avis” of Montaigne, but an eighteen- 
 page preface. 
 
 This volume, which Brunet says is perfectly and correctly executed, 
 
 CONTINUES UNTIL TO-DAY THE PRINCIPAL EDITION OF MONTAIGNE FOR THE 
 AUTHENTICITY OF THE TEXT. 
 
 Such is the judgment of J. F. Payen, at page six of his excellent “ Notice 
 Bibliographique sur Montaigne.” where he describes with scrupulous exactitude 
 the various editions of the “ Essays.” 
 
 The differences noted by M. Payen in copies of this 1595 edition are men- 
 
174 
 
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 tioned by Brunet, one of which shows that the above is in the “ primitive state” 
 as printed, viz.: the fourth line of page 70 commences “que vne.” 
 
 The reliure of the above copy is magnificent, as fresh as when it left the 
 binder’s hands, and as an example of modern binding it cannot be equalled. 
 
 “ Montaigne is the earliest classical writer in the French language, the first 
 whom a gentleman is ashamed not to have read. No writer of the XVIth cen- 
 tury has given so much delight.” — Hallam. 
 
 ” Montaigne and Howell’s Letters are my bed side books. I like to hear 
 them tell their old stories over and over again. I am informed that both of 
 them tell coarse stories. I don’t heed them, it was the custom of their time as 
 it is of Highlanders and Hottentots to dispense with a part of dress which we 
 all wear in cities.” — W. M. Thackeray. 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE AND CHARMINGLY BOUND BIBELOT 
 ON THE PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN— 
 PARIS, 1598. 
 
 602 HENRY IV. of Francf.. — | Solemnity | Faicte a Venise, 
 
 povr | rendre graces a Diev de la Paix, establie | entre le 
 Tres-Chrestien Roy de France, | & le Roy Catholique 
 d’Espagne. | Auec grand nombre de riches & industrieux | 
 Theatres, & l’interpretation de tout ce qu’ y | estoit repre- 
 sent^ par les sept grandes | Confrairies de ladicte Ville. | 
 Obtenue par le soin, & assidues Oraisons faictes h la | 
 diuine Majeste par nostre S. Pere le Pape | Clement 
 VIII. | Iouxte la Copie Italienne traduicte en Francois. | 
 Small 8vo, elegantly bound by Masson-De Bonnei.le in 
 crushed crimson levant morocco, tooled bn back with 
 fleurs-de-lys and on the sides at the corners with the same 
 and Grolieresque pattern in the centres, rounded corners, 
 inside gold dentelle borders, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, chez Denis Binet pres la porte Sainet Marcel , 1598 
 
 VERY RARE and extremely interesting bibelot on the ceremonies held at 
 Venice on the occasion of the peace signed between the King of Spain and 
 Henry the Fourth of France, in the year of the accession of the last named and 
 in which Henry the Third was assassinated. 
 
 On the title is the printer's device of Binet and also that of Venice — “ St. 
 Mark writing his gospel with the winged lion beside him.” At the end are the 
 arms of Pope Clement the Eighth on one page, and on the verso that of France 
 and Navarre surmounted by a royal crown. 
 
 SPECKLE’S ARCHITECTURE, PRINTED AT STRASBURG 
 
 IN 1599. 
 
 603 ij Licit 71rttcr. — SPECKLE (Daniel). Architectura, 
 
 von Vestungen wie die zu Unzern Zeiten, an Statten, 
 Schlosern und Claussen zu Wasser, Land Berg vnd Thai, 
 etc. Engraved title and numerous plates , many double , also 
 illustrations in the text. Folio, old vellum, marbled edges. 
 
 Strasburg, Lazarus Zetzerer. 1599 
 
 VERY RARE architectural work full of illustrations and details. 
 
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 i75 
 
 THE CHRONICLE OF BRABANT, PUBLISHED IN 1600, 
 WITH HANDSOME PORTRAITS. 
 
 fOO 604 BARLANDUS (Hadrian). DVCVM BRABANTI^E 
 CHRONICA, item Brabantiadvs Poema Melchioris 
 Barlaei, Illustrated with admirably executed full-page por- 
 traits, achievement of arms and map, Antwerp, in Officina 
 Plantiana, 1600; also — 
 
 GOBELINI Personae, Decani Bilfelclensis et Officialis 
 Panderbornensis Cosmodromivm, etc., studio et opera Hen- 
 rici Meibomi, with large printer's device on title and last 
 page, Frankfort, Andrew Wechel, 1599. 
 
 Together 2 vols. in 1. Old stamped pigskin. 
 
 VERY RARE, particularly the Chronicle, of the Dukes of Brabant, which 
 has superb and brilliant impressions of the plates. 
 
 JUSTINIAN’S INSTITUTES— THE 1600 INGOLSTADT EDI- 
 TION ADAPTED TO THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE— 
 WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS AND PLATES. 
 
 Ip So 605 ijlacft ILcttcr.— imp. cjes. jvstiniani Institv- 
 
 tiones, das ist ein Auszugvnd Anleittunng etlicher Key- 
 serlichen vnnd ders Heyligen Romischen Reichs geschrib- 
 ner Rechten: Sampt angehangtem gerichtlichen Process 
 Lehenrecht Halfsgerichtsordnung summa Rolandini von 
 Contracten vnd Testamenten Regulu Bartholomaei Socini, 
 etc., etc. With table of consanguinity, numerous large wood 
 engravings, rubricated title, etc. 5 vols. in 1. Thick small 
 folio, old stamped pigskin on wooden boards, one brass 
 clasp. Ingoldstadt, durch Andream Angermayr, 1600 
 
 VERY RARE. With five distinct paginations and four title-pages. The 
 illustrations are curious, showing the method of dealing out law, making laws, 
 etc., in Germany in the sixteenth century. 
 
 P 606 HAWKINS (Rush C.). Titles of the First Books from the 
 Earliest Presses, established in different Cities, Towns, 
 and Monasteries in Europe before the end of the Fifteenth 
 Century, with Brief Notes upon their Printers. Illustrated 
 with reproductions of early types and first engravings of the 
 printing press — handsomely printed on heavy paper by De 
 Vinne. Large 4to, cloth, uncut (pp. xxxii., 143). 
 
 N. Y. and London, 1884 
 
 No. 214 of limited edition of 300 copies, numbered. Dedicated to Father 
 Antonio Ceriani, Director of the Ambrosian Library at Milan, Italy — " as a 
 slight evidence of my respect for his character, admiration for his great learning, 
 appreciation of his friendship and kindly interest in my bibliographical occu- 
 pations.” 
 
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 “ Manucia gens erudita nem. ignota 
 Hoc loci arte typographica excel luit.” 
 
 — Epitaph of Aldus the elder at Venice. 
 
 AUUnc imprints. 
 
 JUVENAL AND PERSIUS, PRINTED BY ALDUS PIUS 
 MANUTIUS IN 1501. 
 
 607 ALDUS.— JUVENAL ET PERSIUS. Opera. Small 
 8vo, old calf gilt, marbled edges. 
 
 Venetiis, teJibus Aldi rnense Auguslo, MDI. (1501) 
 
 VERY RARE and good example of early Aldine imprint in Italic types. A 
 coat-of-arms is stamped in gold on the sides — the chief charge of which, or pos- 
 sibly crest, is a lion. Below are — “quarterly 1 and 4 three deurs-de lys, and 2 
 and 3 a bend fuselly.” 
 
 The above and nearly fifty following Aldine imprints constitute the largest and 
 most important collection in the United States of the publications of the most 
 famous typographers of Venice. 
 
 Aldus Pius Manutius was the founder of this great printing house. He was 
 born in 1449 or *45° at Sermonetta in the Pontifical States. His baptismal name 
 was — “ Theobaldo, the last two syllables of which served him for a notn-de- 
 plumc , which was Latinized into Aldus, with the affix of Manutius for his fam- 
 ily and sometimes of Romanus to indicate his country. In addition to all these 
 names he afterwards assumed that of Pius out of compliment to a pupil.” 
 
 He commenced his typographical labors in Venice in 1496, and, as Bigmore 
 and Wyman state — "married the daughter of Andrew Torresano d’Asola, the 
 purchaser, in 1479, of the printing office of Nicholas Jenson, the celebrated 
 engraver who was sent by Louis XL to Mayence in 1458, to discover the 
 secrets of the new art of printing. There is reason to believe that Aldus 
 was greatly assisted by this circumstance in the cutting of his new Greek tyj>es, 
 especially the cursive character.” 
 
 To Aldus we are indebted for Roman type of a neater cut, and he gave birth 
 to the Italic letter, which was primarily styled Venetian. Three Popes gave 
 Aldus the privilege of the sole use of this type for the period of fifteen years. 
 The elder Aldus died in 1515, leaving four sons, one of whom, Paul Manutius, 
 was then aged three years. 
 
 Between 1516 and 1529 the Aldine printing office was superintended by 
 Andrew d’Asola and his sons. From 1533 to 1571 all the editions of the Aldi 
 
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 were issued under the direction of Paul Manutius in the name of the successors 
 of Aldus, but during which time, however, the establishment was closed for 
 four years owing to quarrels between the son and the representatives of the 
 founder. 
 
 The Aldine dynasty ended just before the close of the sixteenth century' and 
 upon the death of Aldus the Younger, whose editions were produced between 
 1572 and his decease in 1597. 
 
 Examples of all these periods— over a hundred years of typography — and 
 representing the various mutations of the printery established by Manutius will 
 be found in this elegant collection, nearly all the volumes of which, as well as 
 the Elzevirs following, came from the Syston Park Library and were bound by 
 Roger Payne, liozerian, Duru, Lewis and other celebrated relieurs. 
 
 The device of the Aldi, a dolphin entwined around an anchor, it may be well 
 to add, was taken from a design found on the obverse of a medal of Vespasian 
 and one of Domitian. Aldus Manutius adopted the emblem as token of swift- 
 ness (the dolphin) in execution, combined with steadiness (the anchor) in con- 
 ception. This mark was used later in honor of Manutius by other notable 
 printers, such as the eminent William Pickering, a man who in matters typo- 
 graphic, and by the aid of the Whittinghams, or rather the Chiswick Press, was 
 the equal of any of his predecessors of the olden time. 
 
 SUIDA’S GREEK LEXICON, PRINTED BY ALDUS IN 1514. 
 
 I 1 0 0 6°8 ALDUS. — SUIDA, Lexicon Graece. Thick small folio, 
 /. crinkled morocco, extra gilt on the back, stamped in gold 
 
 on the sides, with Aldine dolphin, anchor and cable, in- 
 side gold borders, green watered silk ends and gilt edges, 
 by R. Storr. 
 
 Venetiis, in aedibvs Aldi et Andreae soceri tuense Feb. 
 
 M. V. XII II, i. e., 1514 
 
 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park Collection, with heraldic book-plate 
 inserted. It had previously belonged to Sir Mark Sykes, and a few pp. are 
 slightly stained. 
 
 The text is wholly in Greek. At both the beginning and end is the 
 Aldine device with the legend “ Aldvs M. R.” The printer’s mark on title is 
 colored, and at the top is painted in the arms — “ gu. a fess ar.” This shield 
 is twice repeated. The initials “ G. N.” are beside the first named, and there 
 is also the signature “ Guidi Nobilius,” probably the name of the owner of 
 the coat-of arms. 
 
 “Seconde edition, fait sur un autre manuscrit que la premiere de Milan, 
 1499. Le texte en est souvent meilleur, et plusieurs lacunes y sont heureuse- 
 ment remplies. ” — Renouard. 
 
 I THE VERY RARE ALDINE EDITION OF JUSTIN. 
 
 (7 Jq 609 ALDUS. — Justin, Trogi Pompei extern* Historiae in Com- 
 pendivm ab Ivstino redactae — Externorum Imperatorum 
 Uitae authore zEmylio Probo. Small 8vo, red morocco, 
 extra gilt on the back and sides, with the Aldine device 
 in gold on the sides, edges gilt. 
 
 Venetiis, in aedibvs Aldi et Andreae Asvlani soceri 
 
 mense Ian. M.D.XXII., i. e., 1522 
 
 VERY RARE, printed in Italic letter, with the Aldine mark at the beginning 
 and the end. From the Syston Park Library, with heraldic book-plate. 
 
 Rose says Justin’s work is — “Written with great purity and elegance, ex- 
 cepting here and there a word which savors of encroaching barbarism.” 
 
 Of the above Dibdin states: — “ This edition, to which Nepos is joined ac- 
 cording to Ernesti, is compiled from certain ancient MSS., and conjectural 
 
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 emendations. It was reprinted by the JunUe in 1525, which edition is said by 
 Graevius to be of considerable authority. ... It is a very rare and correct edi- 
 tion ; much more so than its precursors in the XVth century.” 
 
 THE ALDINE VALERIUS OF 1523, AND BOUND BY 
 BOZERIAN. 
 
 ALDUS. — VALERII FLACCI Argonavtica, Io. Baptist.* 
 Pij carmen ex quarto Argonauticon Apollonij, Orphei 
 Argonautica innominatv interprete. Small 8vo, elegantly 
 bound by Bozerian, in dark blue morocco, extra gilt on 
 the back and sides, the Aldine device in gold on the 
 sides, inside gold borders, vellum fly leaves, gilt edges. 
 
 Venetiis, in aedibvs Aldi et Andreae Asvlani soceri 
 
 mense Maio M.D. XXIII., i. e., 1523 
 VERY RARE. Printed in Italic letter with the mark of the Aldi on the 
 title and last page. With the inserted Syston Park heraldic book-plate. 
 
 “ This edition is said by Heinsius and Burman to contain many bold con- 
 jectures and glaring interpolations; although the editor, Asulanus, has shewn 
 himself a scholar of no common erudition. It contains the ‘ Orphei Argonau* 
 tica ’ from the preceding edition of Pius. Fine copies of it arc obtained with 
 some difficulty.” — T. F. Dibdin. 
 
 HERODIAN, BOTH IN GREEK AND LATIN, PRINTED BY 
 THE ALDI IN 1524. 
 
 j ~ q 61 1 ALDUS. — HERODIANI historiarum lib. VIII, Graece 
 ' • pariter et Latine. Small 8vo, morocco gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Venice, in ae dibus Aldi, et Andreae Asvlani 
 
 Soceri mense Septembri, 1524 
 VERY RARE, with both the Greek and Latin texts, and separate pagina- 
 tion. At both the beginning and end is the Aldine device. The tooling on 
 the back is an arrow piercing a wreath of vescica-piscis shape. Herodian’s his- 
 tory of the Roman Emperors comprises the period between the death of Marcus 
 Antoninus, A. D. 180, and the accession of Gordian III. in 238. His style is 
 clear and elegant. The above edition, says Dibdin — “contains the truly ele- 
 gant Latin version of Politian. . . . Harwood has erroneously supposed that 
 Politian first published his version of llerodian after the Louvain edition of 
 
 1525.” 
 
 THE GRAND 1524 FOLIO GREEK DICTIONARY, IM- 
 PRINTED BY ALDUS AND ASULANUS IN 1524. 
 
 612 ALDUS.— DICTIONARIVM GRAECVM cum Interpreta- 
 tione Latina, omniu., quae hactenus impressa sunt, copios- 
 simum. [Accedunt Opuscula Ammorici, Orbicii, Joan- 
 nis Grammatici, Corinthi, Herodiani, Chcerobosci, 
 Thom* Magistri, Phrynici, Moschopuli, etc., Graece]. 
 Thick small folio, handsomely bound in red levant mo- 
 rocco, profusely tooled in gold on the back and sides, with 
 the Aldine device in gold on both sides, gilt edges. 
 
 Venetiis,/// aedibvs Aldi, et Andrea Asvlani soceri, 
 
 mense Decembri, M.D.XXIIII., i. e., 1524 
 VERY RARE. A handsome folio example with the usual device of 
 “Aldvs M. R.” on both the title and last page. Back of the title is — “ Fran- 
 ciscus Asulanus to the reader.” 
 
 From the Syston Park Library, and with the “ex-libris” of that collection 
 inserted. 
 
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 A VERY RARE ALDINE IMPRINT. 
 
 613 ALDUS.— STEUCHUS EGUBINUS (Augustinus) Recog- 
 nitio Veteris Testamenti ad Hebraicam Veritatem, collata 
 etiam Editione Septuaginta Interprete cum ipse ueritate 
 Hebraica nostra q. Translatione, cum Expositione Hebrae- 
 corum, ac Graecorum, etc. Small 4to, elegantly bound by 
 R. Storr in green morocco, extra gilt on the back and 
 sides, with the Aldine device in gold on the sides, green 
 watered silk ends, inside gold borders, edges gilt. 
 
 Venetiis, in aedibus Aldi et Andrea soceri, 
 
 MB. XXIX., i. e„ 1529 
 VERY RARE, and so pronounced by Renouard — “volume tres-rare.” With 
 the Syston Park “ex-libris” inserted. On the title is the warning: “ Ne quis 
 alius aut Venetiis, aut usquam locorum hunc impune librum imprimat Senatus 
 Veneti decreto cautum est. MDXXIX.” 
 
 “ Volume rare, compose de 21 1 ff. chiffr. non compris 2 ff. prelim., et a la 
 fin une page d’errata.dont le verso est blanc. Ce livre est impr. avec un petit 
 caract. Rom., mele de Grec et d’Hebreu.” — Brunet. 
 
 ISOCRATES AND OTHER GREEK AUTHORS, BOUND BY 
 
 C. LEWIS. 
 
 f(j 0u 6t 4 ALDUS. — ISOCRATES nvper accurate recognitvs, et 
 avctvs — Isocrates, Alcidamas, Gorgias, Aristides, 
 Harpocration [Rhetores Graeci-Graece cura Aldi 
 Manutii]. Large 4to. Bound by C. Lewis in morocco 
 gilt, edges gilt, and with the Aldine device in gold on 
 the sides. 
 
 Venetiis, in aedibus haeredum Aldi Manutii, et 
 Andrea Asulani, mense Iulio, M. D. XXXIII /. , i. e., 1534 
 VERY RARE. With the Aldine anchor and dolphin in gold on the title 
 and last page, also dedication of — “ Aldvs Man. Rom. Ioanni Baptists Equatio 
 Veneto,” dated 1513. This copy has inserted the Syston Park “ex-libris.” 
 
 FINE EXAMPLE OF ALDINE TYPOGRAPHY. 
 t_f~~ 6/0615 ALDUS. — GREGORII Nazanzf.ni Theologi Orationes 
 Novem Elegantissime. — GREGORII Nysseni liber de 
 Homine, quae omnia nunc primum, emendatissima, in 
 lucem prodeunt. 2 vols. in 1. Minimo, dark blue mo- 
 rocco, extra gilt, with the Aldine anchor and dolphin in 
 gold on the sides, inside gold borders, edges gilt. 
 
 Venetiis, in aedibvs haeredvm Aldi, et Andrea Asvlani 
 
 soceri, M.D. XXXVI., i. e., 1536 
 VERY RARE and fine copy from the Syston Park Library, with inserted 
 heraldic book-plate. The colophon is at the end of the first volume — there is 
 none to the second. The Aldine device is on the title of the first volume and 
 on the last page of the second. 
 
 A ROMAN SPECIMEN OF TYPOGRAPHY, WITH THE 
 TYPES OF THE ALDI— 1537. 
 
 i4/o6i6 ALDUS. — VALERIANUS, Compendivm in Sphaeram per 
 Pierivm Valerianvm Belvnensem. With numerous 
 woodcuts. Minimo, elegantly bound, with many blank 
 
i8o 
 
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 leaves at the end, in dark blue morocco, extra gilt, with 
 the Aldine device in gold on the sides, gilt edges. 
 
 Rome, impressit Roma Ant. Blades Platina 
 Asulanus, cum priuelgio, ncquis alius Imprimat , sub 
 Anathematis poena , et pecutiaria mulcta , ut in Breui 
 
 Apostolico continentur , 1537 
 
 VERY RARE, not in Renouard, and from the Syston Park Library, with 
 heraldic book-plate. 
 
 The above is printed with the Italic types of the Aldi, of which fonts they had 
 entire control, and were defended by the Holy See from typographical pirates, 
 who, offending, are threatened in the colophon with fine and anathema. 
 
 FORTUNIO’S ITALIAN GRAMMAR, PRINTED BY THE 
 YOUNGER ALDUS IN 1541. 
 
 \ 00 *”7 ALDUS. — Fortvnio (Messer Francesco) Regole Gram- 
 * maticali della Volgar Lingva, Nvovamente Revisite, et 
 
 con somma Diligentia Corrette. Minimo, maroon mo- 
 rocco, elegantly tooled, with the Aldine device in gold on 
 the sides, edges gilt, many blank leaves at the end. 
 
 Venice, in casa de' figlivoli di A Ido, 1541 
 
 VERY RARE, first Aldine edition, with numerous contemporary MS. mar- 
 ginalia From the Syston Park Library, with armorial “ ex-libris.” 
 
 “ C’est la plus ancienne grammaire Italienne qui ait etc imprimee .... On 
 compte au moins quinze reimpressions dont trois faites a Venise chez les Aide, 
 en 1541, 1545 et 1552 pet in 8.” — Brunet. 
 
 FERRARI’S EMENDATIONS TO CICERO’S PHILIPPICS— 
 ALDUS, 1542. 
 
 [If 0 618 ALDVS. — HIERONYMI FERRARII ad Pavlvm Manv- 
 tivm Emendationes in Philippicas Ciceronis — Pavlvs 
 Manvtivs Aldi F. Cvm Senatvs Veneti Privilegio. 
 Small 8vo, red morocco extra gilt, edges gilt, with the 
 Aldine device in gold on the sides by R. S torr. 
 
 Venice, apvd A/di filios, 1542 
 VERY RARE, printed in Italic types with the mark of the Aldi on the title 
 and the last page. With the heraldic book-plate of the Syston Park Library. 
 
 Paulus Manutius Aldus, at the time of the publication of the above, was 
 just thirty years old, and had given proofs of ripe scholarship. 
 
 AN ALDINE IMPRINT IN ROMAN LETTER— 1545. 
 
 () 0 O 6*9 ALDUS. — PARTHENIUS. — Bernardini Parthenii For- 
 oivliensis pro I.ingva Latina Oratio. Small 4to, dark blue 
 morocco extra gilt, with the Aldine device in gold on the 
 sides, inside gold borders, gilt edges, blank leaves at the 
 end (a few pages slightly stained). 
 
 Venice, apvd Aldi filios , 1545 
 VERY RARE, printed in Roman types, with the anchor and dolphin of the 
 Aldi on the title and last page. With the heraldic book-plate of Syston Park. 
 
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 1 8 1 
 
 CICERO DE RHETORICA, BY THE ALDI, 1546. 
 
 I (j~q 620 ALDUS. — CICERO, In Omnes de Arte Rhetorica M. 
 
 Tvllii Ciceronis libros, item in eos ad. C. Herenivm 
 Scriptos, Doctissimarvm Virorvm Commentaria, in Vnvm 
 Velvti corpvs redacta, etc. Thick small folio, handsomely 
 bound by R. Storr in maroon morocco extra gilt, with 
 the Aldine device in gold on the sides, inside gold bor- 
 ders, edges gilt (a few pages slightly stained at the bot- 
 tom). Venice, apvd Aldi filios, 1546 
 
 VERY RARE, from the Syston Park Library, with heraldic book-plate. On 
 the title is the autograph signature — “ Guil von Sestick, 1623,” also the Aldine 
 anchor and dolphin within a floriated ornament. On the last page is the coat- 
 of-arms of a Cardinal, with the motto “ Dvrate ” and beneath which are two 
 angels. 
 
 ITALIAN TRANSLATION OF TERENCE BOUND BY ROGER 
 PAYNE, AND WITH THE ALDUS IMPRINT OF 1546. 
 
 ^^621 ALDUS. — TERENCE, Le Comedie di Terentio Volgari, 
 di Nvovo Ricorrette et a Miglior Tradottione Ridotte. 
 Minimo. Bound by Roger Payne in red morocco gilt, 
 edges gilt, with the Aldine device in gold on the sides. 
 
 Venice, in casa de' figlivo/i di A /do, 1546 
 VERY RARE. Printed in Italic types with the Aldine anchor and dolphin 
 on title and last page. With the inserted “ex-libris” of the Syston Park 
 library, at which sale the above (lot 1905) was described by the best English 
 expert, John Bohn, as bound by Roger Payne. 
 
 CINTHIUS — A GENUINE AND COUNTERFEIT ALDUS IN 
 CONTRAST— BOUND BY C. LEWIS. 
 
 0 0 622 ALDUS. — Giraldi Cinthio da Ferrara (Giovan Battista) 
 Orbecche T raged ia, fine vignette portrait of author, 1547, 
 also — 
 
 Orbecche TRAGF.DiAdiM. Giovan Battista Giraldi 
 Cinthio di Ferrara, Venice, in casa de figlivoli d' A/do, 
 
 1543 - 
 
 Together 2 vols. in 1. Minimo. Elegantly bound by C. 
 Lewis in purple morocco gilt, inside gold borders, the 
 Aldus device stamped in gold on the sides, edges gilt. 
 
 VERY RARE, a fine example of C. Lewis’s binding, and so described in 
 the catalogue of the Syston Park Library, the “ ex-libris” of which is inserted. 
 
 The 1547 imprint is one of the famous Aldine counterfeits. In this volume, 
 the original Italic types and forgery are side by side. 
 
 PAULUS MANUTIUS’S CICERONIC COMMENTARY, PUB- 
 LISHED BY HIMSELF AND BROTHERS IN 1547. 
 
 TOO 623 ALDUS. — MANVTIVS (Pavlvs) Commentarivs in Epistolas 
 Ciceronis ad Atticvm. Thick small 8vo, red morocco, 
 
182 
 
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 extra gilt, with the Aldine device in gold upon the sides, 
 edges gilt. Venice, apvd Aldi filios, 1547 
 
 VERY RARE, with the device of the anchor and dolphin with the legend 
 " Aldi filii ” and with two cupids, satyr's head, etc., and a few lines of old MS. 
 on title in reference to the mark. 
 
 Concerning Paulus Manutius Aldus, vide the note to number 636 of this 
 catalogue. 
 
 THE GREEK ETYMOLOGY, PRINTED WITH THE ALDINE 
 TYPES IN 1549. 
 
 I O.Jt ) 624 
 
 ALDUS. — Magnv.m Etymologicvm Graeco Linguae, nunc 
 recens Summa Adtribita Diligentia Excusum, et Innumer- 
 abilibus pene Dictionibus Locupletatum, Qvas Vt Facilivs 
 Cognoscere Lector possit, singulis manus index est 
 apposita. Adeo vt fere nihil in hoc libro desiderari iam 
 possit ab iis, qui Graecis literis nauant operam. Large 
 4to, dark blue morocco, extra gilt, with the Aldine device 
 in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, edges gilt (some 
 pp. stained). 
 
 Venetiis, apud Fcdericum Turrisanum (Aldus), 1549 
 
 VERY RARE, with the Aldine mark on the title and first page of text with 
 rubricated head-piece, captions and fancy initial. From the Syston Park 
 Library, with heraldic book-plate. 
 
 \) (J 0 625 ALDUS. — VICTORIS FAVSTI Veneti Orationes Qvinqve, 
 eius Amicorum curaquam fieri potuit diligenter impress®. 
 4to, red morocco extra, with the Aldine device in gold on 
 the sides, inside gold borders, edges gilt, with blank leaves 
 at end. Venice, apvd Aldi filios , 1551 
 
 Very rare, and a fine copy with board margins of this handsome Aldine 
 imprint. With the Syston Park Library book-plate inserted. 
 
 U-OC 626 ALDUS. — STRACCHA (B.). De Mercatvra, sev Merca- 
 tore Tractavs, Venice, Aldus, 1553; also — 
 
 STRACCHA (B.). De Proxenetiset Proxeneteticis Trac- 
 tatus, Venice, apud Io. Baptistam et Melchiorem Sassam 
 f rat res, [1552] ; also — 
 
 SANTERNA (P.). Tractatvs de Assecvratioribus et 
 Sponsionibus Mercatorum, Venice, apvd Bal/assarem Con- 
 stant! nvm, 1552. 
 
 TOGETHER 3 vols. in 1. Thick minimo, red morocco, 
 extra gilt, with Aldine device in gold on the sides, edges 
 gilt. Venice, 1552-53 
 
 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park Collection, with heraldic book plate and 
 MS. table of contents. The printer’s device of the Sessas represents an eagle 
 with prey — the Aldine mark is the usual anchor and dolphin, with cupids, satyrs, 
 cornucopias, etc. — and that of the Venetian printer Constantine is two hands, 
 issuing from clouds, and holding two entwined serpents on a staff, at the head of 
 which is a bird. 
 
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 jj£) 627 ALDUS. — GIOVANNI CRISOSTOMO.archicescov. di Con- 
 stantinopoli. Libri tre della Prouidenza di Dio a Stagirio 
 Monaco, etc. Minimo, blue morocco elegant, Aldine 
 device in gold on the sides, edges gilt. 
 
 Venice, appresso il nobile huomo Torresano ( Aldus ), 1554 
 
 VERY RARE. With the Aldine device, different examples, on the title and 
 above the colophon. From the Syston Park Library, with inserted book-plate. 
 
 (JQV 628 ALDUS.— SANCTI IOANNIS DAMASCENI Adversvs 
 ' Sanctarvm Imaginvm OppvgnatoresOrationes Tres Petro 
 
 Francisco Zino Veronensi Interprete. Small 8vo, maroon 
 morocco extra, gilt edges, with the Aldine device on the 
 sides, blank leaves at the end. Venice, Aldus , 1554 
 
 VERY RARE, the Syston Park Library copy, with book-plate. With 
 charming initial letters and a good specimen of the Aldine press in Roman 
 letter. 
 
 ALDUS. — SIGONIUS (Carolus). Fasti Consvlares ac Tri- 
 umphi Acti a Romvlo Rege vsqve ad Ti. Caesarem, 
 eivsdem in Factvs et Trivmphos idest in Vniversam Ro- 
 manam Historiam Commentarivs, eiusdem de nominibus 
 Romanarum Liber. Large 4to, dark blue morocco extra 
 gilt, with Aldine device in gold on the sides, inside gold 
 borders and gilt edges. 
 
 Venice, apud Paulum Manutium , Aldi F., 1556 
 
 VERY RARE and a splendid example of Aldine typography. The mark of 
 the Aldi on the title is within a wreath of fruit and flowers — it is also repeated on 
 the page after the “ Fasti Consvlares. ” There are also some charming initial 
 letters. With the Syston Park Library book-plate. 
 
 ] Q Q 630 ALDUS.— MANVTIVS (Paulvs). Tre Libri de Lettere 
 Volgari di. Minimo, purple morocco extra gilt, with the 
 Aldine device in gold on the sides, dentelle gold inside 
 borders, edges gilt. Venice, Aldus , 1556 
 
 VERY RARE and lettered on back — “ Editio princeps.” A fine copy and 
 from Syston Park. 
 
 Printed at the author’s own typographical establishment, vide number 636. 
 
 r hr. 631 ALDUS. — CICERO, Le Fillipiche di Marco T. Cicerone 
 * pV contra Marco Antonio, fatte Volgari per Girolamo 
 
 Ragazzioni. 4to, maroon morocco extra gilt, with the 
 Aldine device in gold on the sides, edges gilt. 
 
 Venice, appresso Pavlo Manutio, 1556 
 
 RARE. From the Syston Park Collection and with inserted heraldic book- 
 plate. A few pages slightly stained at the bottom. 
 
 This edition of Cicero’s Philippics in Italian is dedicated by thetranslator to 
 Girolamo Ragazzoni. 
 
 J > 632 
 
 ALDUS. — SIGONIUS (Carolus). Emendationvm Libri 
 Dvo Quorum Argumentum Proximae Pagellae Indicabunt. 
 
1 84 
 
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 4to, maroon morocco extra gilt, with the Aldine device in 
 gold on the sides, gilt edges. Venice, Aldus , 1557 
 
 RARE and a fine copy of this beautifully printed work with fancy initial 
 letters and printer’s mark of the Aldi. From the Syston Park Library, with 
 book-plate. 
 
 j*5 633 ALDUS. — LINACRE (T.). De Emendata Structura Latini 
 Sermonis libri sex, cum Indice Copiosissimo. Minimo, 
 green morocco extra gilt, with the Aldine device in gold 
 on the sides, edges gilt. 
 
 Venice, apud Paulurn Manutium , Aldi F., 
 
 M.D.LVII i. e 1557 
 
 RARE and from the Syston Park Collection with inserted “ ex-libris.” With 
 the autograph signature on title of D' Aless. Rossi.” 
 
 “ It has been remarked that though Linacre formed his own style on the 
 model of Quintillian, he took most of his authorities from Cicero. This treatise 
 [the above], the first-fruits of English erudition, was well received, and fre- 
 quently printed on the Continent.” — IIallam. 
 
 ¥ 
 
 *^634 ALDUS. — IACOBI GRIFOLI Lucinianensis Orationes 
 Varite Variis in Locis Habitae. 4to, red morocco, extra 
 gilt, dentelle gold borders, stamped on the sides with the 
 Aldine device, gilt edges, by C. Smith. Venetiis, 1557 
 
 RARE. A fine copy with fancy initials and excellently printed. With the 
 inserted book-plate of the Syston Park Library. 
 
 (->>.635 ALDUS. — FALETI (Hieronymus). Orationes XII. Large 
 J.v 4to, brown morocco extra gilt, dentelle gold inside bor- 
 
 ders, with the device of the Aldi on the sides, edges gilt 
 by R. Storr (title mended). Venice, Aldus , 1558 
 
 VERY RARE. These orations, which include one on celibacy and another 
 on marriage, are principally obituarial and on King Sigismund of Poland, Car- 
 dinal Estienne, Alfonso Duke of Ferrara, Popes Paul the Third and Julius the 
 Third, etc. With the heraldic book-plate inserted of Syston Park. This copy in 
 1649 belonged to the college of the Order of Jesus at Louvain. 
 
 rr 636 ALDUS.— ELEGANZE INISIEME con la Copia, della 
 JyO Lingva Toscana e Latina, Scielte da ALDO MANUTIO 
 utilissime al comporre nell’ una e 1 ’ Altra Lingua. Minimo, 
 dark blue morocco extra gilt, with the Aldine device in 
 gold on the sides, inside gold dentelle borders, edges gilt. 
 
 Venice, Aldus , 1558 
 
 VERY RARE. A fine copy and printed in Italic letter. With the inserted 
 heraldic book-plate of the Syston Park Library. 
 
 Paulus Manutius, the son of Aldus and the author, publisher and printer of 
 the above, was born in 1512. Bigmore and W'yman write: — “ Some say that 
 he was educated by Erasmus, but the statement is challenged. At an early 
 age he manifested a great love for learning and books, and labored in various 
 literary enterprises with the most indefatigable devotion. This excessive labor, 
 combined with a feeble constitution, soon nearly killed him, and for a time he 
 was compelled to renounce his studies. lie became remarkably well versed in 
 the Latin language and his library contained copies of all the Roman classics. 
 Venice was very proud of him, and the Cardinals Bembo and Bernardin Maffeo 
 especially became his patrons. At the solicitation of Pius IV. be became 
 
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 head of the Apostolic Printing Establishment, the intention of the Pope (ulti- 
 mately carried out) in establishing which was the publication of a complete 
 collection of the Fathers. Manutius was charged, together with J. l’oggianus 
 and C. Amalthee, to write, entirely in Latin, ‘ the Catechism of the Council of 
 Trent.’ For this purpose he went to Rome in 1560, but left there to return 
 to Venice in 1570. lie died in 1572. His son. Aide Manuce, a scholar and 
 printer of great eminence, continued his publications.” 
 
 For other works by or on him, vide ante et supra. 
 
 Jj 7)^37 ALDUS. — PAVLI MANVTII Epistolae, et Praefationes 
 » qvse Dicvntvr. Vignette on title of angel with trumpet and 
 
 motto on globe. Minimo, green morocco, extra gilt by R. 
 Storr, inside gold dentelle borders, with the Aldine 
 device in gold on the sides, gilt edges (some pp. stained). 
 
 Venice, in Academia Venetia, 1558 
 VERY RARE and from the Syston Park Library, with “ex-libris” of that 
 collection. Like the preceding number by Paul Manutius Aldus, and showing 
 that this famous printer was in correspondence with the most eminent men of 
 his time. 
 
 638 ALDUS. — SIGONIUS (Carolus). Orationes Septem. With 
 mark of Aldus within wreath on title. Small 4to, green 
 morocco, extra gilt, with the Aldine device in gold on the 
 sides, edges gilt, blank leaves at end. Venice, Aldus , 1560 
 RARE. Printed in Roman letter, with the inserted Syston Park book-plate. 
 “ Sigonio merits the character of the ablest and most successful elucidator of 
 ancient history and antiquities in the age in which he lived.” — Rose. 
 
 J^OO* 39 ALDUS.— | HIERONYMI | GABVCINII | Fanestris Me- 
 v dici, | ac Philosophi, | de Comitiali Marbo | Libri III. | 
 
 cum priuilegio Senatus Veneti. | 4to, maroon morocco, 
 extra gilt, with the Aldine device in gold on the sides, in- 
 side gold dentelle borders, edges gilt, blank leaves at end. 
 
 Venice, Aldvs, 1561 
 
 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park collection, with heraldic book-plate. 
 Printed in Roman types. 
 
 VERY RARE ALDINE IMPRINT BY THE CELEBRATED 
 ANATOMIST FALLOPIO. 
 
 
 40 ALDUS.— | GABRIELIS | FALLOPPII Me- | dici Mv- 
 tinensis | Observationes | Anatomic* | ad Petvrvm Man- 
 uam | Medicum Cremonensem. | Square minimo, dark 
 blue morocco, extra gilt, with the Aldine anchor, cable 
 and dolphin, in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, 
 edges gilt. Paris, apud Bernardum Turrisanum 
 
 via Jacobis, in Aldi bibliotheca, 1562 
 VERY RARE, from the Syston Park Library, with inserted book-plate. Also 
 with fleurons, fancy initial letters and the mark of “ Aldvs ” on the title. 
 
 Gabriel Fallopio’s — “merits as an anatomist are so great that Haller begins with 
 him the epoch of the Italian school of anatomical inventors. His principal work 
 in this science was ‘Observationes Anatomic®,’ Venet. 1561, 8vo, several times 
 reprinted. He was the first who wrote accurately on the vessels and bones of 
 the foetus. He greatly improved the description of the tubes of the uterus, 
 which have since borne his name.” 
 
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 ALDUS. — PORTIO (Camillo). La Congivra de’ Baroni 
 del Regno di Napoli contra il Re Ferdinando Primo. 
 Bound by Storr in maroon morocco, extra gilt, with the 
 Aldine device on the sides, inside gold borders, edges 
 gilt and blank leaves at end. In Roma, 1565 
 
 Rare, a handsome specimen of Aldine Roman letter. With the Syston Park 
 heraldic book-plate inserted, and the Aldine anchor and dolphin on title. 
 
 2 q y 642 ALDUS.— VICTORIUS REATINUS (Marianus). De 
 •> Sacramento Confessionis, seu Pacnitentiae Historia, etc. 
 
 Rome, apud Paulum M anutium, Aldi F, 1566 ; also— 
 CONTARENI (Caspar, Cardinal'). De Sacramentis 
 Christianae Legis et Catholics; Ecclesise, Florence, apud 
 Laurentium Torre ntinum, 1553. 
 
 TOGETHER 2 vols. in 1. Small 8vo, red morocco, 
 extra gilt, with the Aldine device in gold on the sides, 
 inside gold borders, gilt edges. 
 
 Rome, apud Paulum M anutium, Aldi F., 1566 
 VERY RARE, with the Syston Park heraldic book-plate inserted. 
 
 SUPERB JEAN GROLIER RELIURE ON A 1566 ALDINE 
 * CAESAR, EDITED BY PAUL MANUTIUS ALDUS. 
 
 .^643 ALDUS. — C. IVLII CAESARIS Commentariorvm. De 
 Bello-Gallico, Ciuli Pompeiano, Alexandrino, Africano, 
 Hispaniensi — Galliae, Hispaniae, locorumq. insignium 
 pictura Nomina turn vetera, turn recentia explanata Io. 
 Michaelis. Brvti. Scholia quibus loci plurimi obscuriores 
 explicantur Corrigente. Aldo. Manvtio. Pavlli. F. 
 With maps and page cuts. Thick minimo, fine old con- 
 temporary Grolier binding of dark brown morocco, the 
 sides and back covered with gilt floriated and scroll work 
 ornamentation, edges gilt. 
 
 Venice, in aedibus Manutianis , 1566 
 VERY RARE, and a superb piece of Grolieresque tooling, making the 
 volume fully worthy to have been among the treasures of Jean Grolier. 
 
 The printer’s device of the Aldi will be found on both the first and last pages. 
 The text is in Italic letter. 
 
 ILr.'j 644 ALDVS. — | Dve Orationi | di Gregorio Nazanzeno | 
 Tv Theologo, | In una de le quali, si tratta quel che sia 
 
 Vescouado, et | ’quali debbiano efferi i Vesconi. | Ne 1 ’ 
 altra, de 1 ’ amor verso i Poueri. | Et | il primo sermone | 
 di S. Cecilio Cipriano | sopra 1 ’ Elemosina. | Fatte in 
 I.ingva Toscana | dal Commendatore | ANNIBAL 
 CARO. | Col Priuilegio di N. S. PP. Pio V. | Et dell’ 
 111 . Sig. di Venetia. | 4to, maroon morocco, extra gilt, 
 with the Aldine device in gold on the sides, inside gold 
 borders, edges gilt, blank leaves at the end. 
 
 Venice, appresso Aldo Manvtio, 1569 
 
 VERY RARE, in Italic letter, with charming initial letters, and the mark 
 
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 of the Aldi on the title. From the Syston Park collection, with heraldic “ex- 
 libris. ” Dedicated to Cardinal Farnese. 
 
 “From him [Annibal Caro] we have besides Italian translations from the 
 Greek of some of the works of Gregory Nazianzen and St. Cyprian, Aristotle's 
 Rhetoric, and History of Animals, which he left unfinished; several volumes of 
 his own familiar letters, together with those he wrote in the name of Cardinal 
 Farnese, are considered perfect models of elegance, grace and simplicity.” — 
 Rose. 
 
 / A/7) 6 45 ALDUS.— | P. TERENTIVS | AFER | A. M. ANTO- 
 • NIO MVRETO j Emendatvs | eivsdem MVRETI Argv- 
 
 menta | et Scholia | in Singvlas Comoedias. | Thick 
 square minimo, bound by R. Storr in green crinkled 
 morocco, extra gilt, with the Aldine device in gold on 
 the sides, inside dentelle gold borders, edges gilt. 
 
 Venice, apud Aldutn , 1575 
 
 VERY RARE, and the Syston Park copy, with heraldic book-plate. The 
 first example in the collection printed by the grandson of Aldus Manutius. 
 
 On the title-page is an oblong vignette portrait of “ Aldvs Pivs Manvtivs,” 
 the founder of the Aldi, and on the back of the title-page their crest, “an 
 eagle,” their coronet and their arms — “in chief an eagle, in base an anchor 
 and dolphin.” with the legend — “ Ex privelgio Maximiliani II. Imp. Caes. 
 Avg,” and below — “ Editio Aldi Manutij Paulli F. Aldi IV.” 
 
 646 ALDUS.— I In I Q HORATII FLACCI | Venvsini 
 Librum | de Arte Poetica | Aldi Manvstii | Pavlli F. 
 Aldi N. | Commentarius | Ad Bartholomaeum Capram, 
 Io. Francisci F. I Iuriconsultum. | 4to, maroon morocco, 
 extra gilt, with the device of the Aldi in gold on the sides, 
 inside gold borders, edges gilt, blank leaves at end. 
 
 Venice, apud Aldum , 1576 
 
 VERY RARE and from the library of Syston Park, with heraldic book- 
 plate. 
 
 This is a commentary on Horace by the grandson of the elder Aldus, whose 
 vignette portrait embellishes the title. There are also numerous initial letters 
 and fleurons, some with nudes. 
 
 0 0 0 647 ALDUS.— I PHILIPPI MOCENICI | Archiepiscopi | 
 
 * Nicosiensis | Regni Cypri, etc. | Vniuersales Institutiones 
 
 ad hominum Perfectionem; | quatenus Industria parari 
 potest. | Large 4to, green morocco, extra gilt, with Aldine 
 device in gold on the sides, inside gold dentelle borders, 
 gilt edges (some pp. stained). Venice, apud Aldum, 1781 
 VERY RARE. With the Syston Park book-plate inserted. The mark of 
 the Aldi on the title is a fine large example. There are also charming head and 
 tail-pieces and initial letters, as well as a handsome page plate of Renaissance 
 design at the end of the dedication to Gregory the Thirteenth. 
 
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 648 ALDO MANNVCCI. Locvtioni di Terentio: ouero Modi 
 Famigliari di Dire: ne quali con la copie di Forme, e Con- 
 cetti si possone Latinamente spiegare tutte le occorenze 
 giornali: selti da Aldo Mannvcci. With vignette and 
 border on title , fleurons and initial letters. Small 8vo, green 
 
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 morocco extra gilt, with the Aldinf. device in gold on the 
 sides, inside gold borders, gilt edges. Venice, Aldus, 1585 
 
 VERY RARE, and from the Syston Park Library, with inserted book-plate. 
 On the title is the MS.: — “ Ex libris Jacobi de Benedictis.” 
 
 *2-vTD 649 ALDO MANNUCCI. Eleganze insiene con la Copia della 
 ' Lingua Toscana, e Latina. Scielte da Ai.do Mannucci 
 
 vtilissime al comporre nelP una, e P altra lingua. Minimo, 
 purple morocco extra gilt, with the Alpine device in gold 
 on the sides, dentelle inside gold borders, edges gilt, by 
 C. Lewis. Venice, presso Aldo, 1586 
 
 VERY RARE, and from the Syston Park I.ibrary sale, with heraldic book- 
 plate. With engraved border, including the dolphin and anchor of the Aldi, 
 fleurons and fancy initials. A fine copy with the exception of title mended in 
 margin and a leaf of the dedication. 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE ALDUS— ONLY THREE COPIES 
 
 KNOWN. 
 
 I 0 00 650 ALDUS MANUCCIUS. Inscriptionis Gordianae Vicetiac 
 Effossae Explicatio. Small 4to, bound by C. Lewis in 
 dark blue morocco gilt, with the Aldinf. device in gold 
 on the sides, dentelle inside gold borders, edges gilt, blank 
 leaves at the end. [Venice, Aldus, 1588] 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE, only three copies being known. The above, 
 which was the Syston Park copy, has a page of manuscript facing the first 
 leaf. 
 
 • r-,,651 ALDUS. — CONTARINI (Gasparo). Della Repvblica et 
 - Magistral di Venetia libri V. di M. GASPARO CON- 
 
 TARINI, che su poi Cardinale. With fancy initial letters 
 and fleurons. Small 4to, maroon morocco extra gilt, the 
 Aldine device in gold on the sides, gold inside dentelle 
 borders, edges gilt. Venice, Presso Aldo, 1591 
 
 VERY RARE fine copy, and from the Syston Park Library with heraldic 
 book-plate. With matter on the same subject by Donato Giannotti, Sebastiano 
 Erizzo and Bartolomeo Caualcanti. 
 
 | 0(K) 6 5 2 ALDUS. — | MARII NIZOLII | Brixellensis | Thesaurus 
 • ^ Ciceronian as. | In qvo post ipsivs Marii Nizolii 
 
 Additiones, | Basilij Zanchi et Doctissimorum aliorum 
 virorum, addita sunt | multa, et quiden diquissima per 
 Marcellum Squar- | cialupum, prout legenti patebit. | 
 Square folio, red morocco extra gilt, with the Aldine 
 device in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, edges 
 gilt. Venice, Aldus, 1591 
 
 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park Library. With large anchor and 
 dolphin of the Aldi on title, and head pieces representing the presentation of a 
 volume to a Roman monarch. The colophon reads: — “ Venetiis, MDXCI. 
 Apud Dominicum Nicolinum,” to which might be added — “sed typis Aldi.” 
 
 Uoo 653 ALDUS. — Converso et Passio SS. Martyrum Afr*:, Hil- 
 ARiit, DiGNiE, EvnomijE, Evtropi.e, quae ante annos 
 
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 paullo minus MCCCC. cum Commentario Marci Vel- 
 seri. Small 4to, dark blue morocco extra gilt, with the 
 Aldine device in gold on the sides, inside gold borders, 
 edges gilt, with blank leaves at the end. 
 
 Venice, apud Aldum , 1591 
 
 VERY RARE and fine copy, with the Syston Park book-plate inserted. 
 Charming initials and head-pieces. 
 
 J qq 654 ALDUS. — Della Vicissitvdine O’ Mvtabilf. Varieta delle 
 Cose nell’ Vniverso Libri XII., di Lvigi Regio Francf.se 
 tradotti dal Kr. Hercole Cato. 4to, dark blue crinkled 
 morocco, extra gilt, the Aldine device in gold on the 
 sides, inside gold borders, edges gilt, by R. Storr. 
 
 Veni ce, presso Aide, 1592 
 VERY RARE, with the “ex-libris” inserted of the Syston Park Library. 
 Printed in Italic types, with charming fleurons and initial letters. 
 
 V 0 0 655 ALDUS.— ORIBASII SARDIANI Collectorvm Medici- 
 nalivm Libri XVII., Qvi ex Magno Septvaginta Librorum 
 uolumine ad nostram aetatem foli peruenerunt, Ioanne 
 Baptista Rasario, medico, Nouariensi, interprete. 
 Charming initial letters. Thick small 8vo, red morocco, 
 extra gilt, with the Aldine device in gold on the sides, 
 edges gilt. 
 
 Venice, apud Paulum Manutium , A/di E., Cum priuel- 
 gio Pont , Max. et Sena/us Veneti, in annos XX., n. d. 
 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park Library, and with this note in MS. on 
 an end paper: — “ No copy of this edition seems ever to have been sold in any of 
 the famous collections. Extremely rare, not collated by Renouard, and men- 
 tioned among his ‘ Desiderata.’ The editors of the ‘ Serie ’ [ vide No. 656] had 
 never seen it, as they merely give it on the authority of Volpi and Crevenna.” 
 
 0 656 ALDUS. — Serie dell’ Edizionf. Aldine per Ordine Crono- 
 logico ed Alfabetico Terza Edizione con Emendazione e 
 Giunte. Small 8vo, crinkled purple morocco gilt, with the 
 Aldine device in gold on the sides, edges gilt, by R. 
 Storr. Florence, Giuseppe Molini, 1803 
 
 Rare. From the Syston Park Library, with heraldic book-plate, also with 
 the armorial “ex-libris” of “ Sylvester, Lord Glenbervie,” on back of title and 
 the autograph signature on title of that British blue blood. 
 
 The above admirable bibliography of the Aldine editions has a folded sheet 
 genealogy of the Aldus Manutius family. It is of five generations, commenc- 
 ing with Manuzio da Bassiano, father of Aldo Pio Manuzio, whose wife was a 
 Torresani, and ending with Paolina Manuzio, the great-granddaughter of the 
 founder of the first' Aldine press in Venice. It also shows intermarriages with 
 the Odoni and Giunta families. 
 
 •^/-> 657 ALDI PII MANUTII Scripta Tria Longe Rarissima a 
 u Iacobo Morellio denuo Edita et Illustrata. Green mo- 
 
 rocco extra gilt, with the Aldine device in gold on the 
 sides, inside gold borders, gilt edges, blank leaves at the 
 end. Bassano, typis Remondinianis , 1806 
 
 RARE, and from the Syston Park Library, with inserted heraldic book-plate. 
 It has the anchor and dolphin of the Aldi on the title and last page. 
 
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 FIR MI N-DI DOT'S WORK ON ALDUS MANUTIUS— A PRE- 
 SENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. 
 
 ^658 ALDE MANUCE et l’Hellenisme a Venise par Ambroise 
 Firmin-Didot de l’Acad^mie des Inscriptions et Belles 
 Lettres. Portraits and facsimile. Thick 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, Ambroise Firmin-Didot , 1875 
 
 PRESENTATION COPY, with autograph inscription of the author: — “A 
 Monsieur Reiset Directeur du Musec du Louvre hommage de la part de Ambr. 
 Firmin-Didot.” 
 
 The volume is divided as follows: — “ Hellenisme dans l’occident “ Isabella 
 D’Este, Marquise de Mantone ”: “ Correspondance Inedite des Refugics Grecs 
 en Italic”: “ Zacharias Calliergi et les Calligraphes Cretois”; “ Premieres Im- 
 pressions Grecques ” ; etc. 
 
 f ] 0 0^59 ELZEVIR. — Novum Testamentum Gr^ecum, ex Regijs 
 /* alijsque optimis editionibus cum cura expressum. Minimo, 
 
 fine old morocco, tooled, extra gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Leyden, ex officina Elzeviriana , 1624 
 
 VERY RARE, with MS. on end-papers and title leaf. 
 
 This “Greek Testament” is the first volume issued from the press of the 
 Elzevirs given in Berard’s “ Essai Bibliographique sur les Editions des Elze- 
 virs.” None precede it — no work of earlier date is given in the chronological 
 list of the duodecimos in that authority. Berard says: — “ Cette edition du 
 Nouveau Testament Grec est la premiere qui ait ete donne par les Elzevirs. Elle 
 passe pour la plus correcte, et celle de 1633 est regardee comme la plus 
 belle.” 
 
 The last and best authorities on early printing, Messrs. Bigmore and Wyman, 
 write as follows respecting — “The Elzevir Family, who flourished in Holland 
 during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, (who) were famous for the ele- 
 gance of their type, the excellence of their press-work, the accuracy of their 
 text, and their successful efforts to introduce the duodecimo as an improvement 
 upon the larger and more expensive forms of books. Their type was highly 
 esteemed in this country, and furnished the model for that of the First Caslon. 
 Of twelve printers belonging to this family, at least seven were celebrated for 
 special excellence. 
 
 “ Louis Elzevir, the first printer of the family, was born at Louvain, and 
 established himself at Leyden. His first book was an edition of Eutropius in 
 
 [The device of the Elzevirs.] 
 
 gUcmvianu. 
 
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 1592, and it is excessively rare. lie continued to print in that city until his death 
 in 1617. He adopted for his device the arms of the Batavian Republic and the 
 motto ‘ Concordia res parvae crescunt,’ which motto, adopted by Jo Steels, with 
 another device. Brunet and other bibliographers, were led to believe that Elze- 
 vir’s and Steels’s devices were the same. 
 
 “ The five sons of Louis were all printers — the youngest, Bonaventure Elze- 
 vir, achieving great celebrity as the publisher of the famous duodecimo classics. 
 Louis, a grandson of the first Louis, was the founder of the Elzevir press of 
 Amsterdam 
 
 “ The Elzevirs did not aim at luxury, like the Aldi and the Stephens, for 
 they printed only one work upon vellum, but devoted their endeavors to fur- 
 nishing accurate works for common use.” 
 
 Respecting the Elzevirian device, of which a cut is given above, and which is 
 on the title of this number and most of those following, the bibliographers just 
 quoted, say: — “ The emblem of the olive tree and vine, under it an old man 
 gathering fruit, on the other side on a scroll the motto, ‘ Non Solus ’ (not alone), 
 was a later and better-known mark of these famous printers. The adopting for 
 their mark of the prolific vine — crowned by Grecian fable as the greatest blessing 
 to mankind, and the gift of the wise Minerva — was very appropriate for a family 
 so many in number and so multitudinous in works.” 
 
 Another mark of the Elzevirs, and which will be found on the titles of some 
 of the succeeding numbers represents: — “Minerva and her owl beneath an Olive 
 Tree with the motto — ‘ Ne extra olea.’ ” 
 
 SUTHOLT ON UNIVERSAL LAW— BOUND BY ROGER 
 
 PAYNE. 
 
 -660 ELZEVIR. — SVTHOLT (Bernard). Dissertationes Vnde- 
 viginti quibus Universum Jus Institutionum ex Principiis 
 Explicatur, etc. Minimo. Bound by Roger Payne in red 
 crinkled morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Leyden, ex Officina Elzeri riorum, 1633 
 
 VERY RARE, fine copy, and not mentioned in Berard, with the buffalo 
 head line over the dedication. 
 
 This binding is correctly given as Roger Payne's on the authority of the 
 expert of Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, who catalogued the library of the 
 late Sir John Hayford Thorold, Baronet, of Syston Park, Lincolnshire, the 
 book-plate of which collection will be found inserted in the above, as in nearly 
 all the following numbers of Elzeviriana. 
 
 Wherever Roger Payne is represented as the relieur of any volume in this 
 sub-division, it is asserted upon the expert testimony of that most able of living 
 British bibliographers, John Bohn. 
 
 THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ANATOMIST SPIGEL’S 
 “ ISAGOGES”— BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 ELZEVIR. — SPIGEL (Adrian, philos. ac Medici Patauini). 
 Isagoges in Rem Herbarium, Libri Duo. Minimo. Bound 
 by Roger Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Leyden, ex officina Elzeviriana , 1633 
 
 VERY RARE, fine copy, unknown to Berard, and with handsomely en- 
 graved title. From the Syston Park sale, with heraldic book-plate. The en- 
 graved title is a brilliant impression. Priced $25 in a N. Y. catalogue. 
 
 Adrian Spigel, known also as Van den Spigel, was one of the most eminent 
 medical writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He was Professor 
 of Anatomy and Surgery at Padua — was made a Knight of St. Mark, and deco- 
 rated with a collar of gold. 
 
192 
 
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 VERY RARE 1634 ELZEVIR IN A ROGER PAYNE 
 BINDING. 
 
 J Jj~ 66 2 ELZEVIR. — IONSTON (Iohan., Doct. Medici). Enchiridion 
 Ethicvm, ex Sententiossissimis Dictis Concinnatum. Mi- 
 nimo. Bound by Roger Payne in red morocco gilt, edges 
 gilt. Leyden, ex offiiina Elseviriana, 1634 
 
 Very rare. Fine copy and from the Syston Park Library. Priced $22.50 
 in a New York book catalogue. The author was a learned philological writer, a 
 talented musician, a college professor and a divine. 
 
 THE RAREST ELZEVIR TERENCE, 1635. 
 
 3 0 0 663 ELZEVIR. — PVB. TERENTII Comoediae sex ex Recen- 
 
 ' sione Heinsiana. Engraved title. Minimo, green mo- 
 
 rocco gilt, edges gilt on red. 
 
 Leyden, ex officina Elzevir iana, 1635 
 
 VERY RARE. The engraved title represents “ Scipio crowning Venus, 
 nude.” From the library of “ Canheveau adcat. du Roy,” vide his name in 
 MS. on title. On end paper is the note — “ Editio genuina. Lib. rariss.” 
 
 This is a rubricated copy. It is the best of the two editions of 1635 and 
 which Berard says is most sought after by amateurs, having the buffalo's 
 head over the dedicatory epistle of Heinsius, the Testimonia following, etc., 
 and with page 101 paginated in error 69, and page 104, 108. It has further the 
 rare index and the vignette portrait of Terence. At the MacCarthy sale a copy 
 sold for 66 francs — but it has gone up considerably in value within the last sixty 
 to seventy years. 
 
 AN ELZEVIR EDITION OF CALVIN NOT MENTIONED BY 
 BERARD, BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 p. ^664 ELZEVIR. — CALVIN (John). Analysis Paraphrastica 
 
 • w Theologicarum, Disputationibus contexta avctore 
 
 Daniele Colonio. Thick minimo. Bound by Roger 
 Payne in red morocco gilt, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Leyden, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1636 
 
 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park collection, with library stamp on back 
 of title and “ buffalo’s head ” cut over dedication. Priced $25 in a New York 
 book catalogue, vide inserted cutting. Not mentioned by Berard. 
 
 CLOPPENBURG'S RARE WORK ON SACRIFICES, AND IN 
 ROGER PAYNE S BINDING. 
 
 VVT 66s ELZEVIR — 1 CLOPPENBVRG (J.). Sacrificiorvm Patri- 
 
 • archalivm Scholia Sacra. Minimo. Bound by Roger 
 Payne in red morocco gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Leyden, ex officina Elseviriorum, 1637 
 
 VERY RARE, and from the Syston Park collection. Not mentioned by 
 Berard. 
 
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 PATERCULUS, 1639, BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 rK f 666 ELZEVIR.— M. VELLEIVS PATERCVLVS cum Notis 
 Gerardi Vossii. G. F., With engraved title. Minimo. 
 Bound by Roger Pavne in red morocco gilt, edges gilt 
 on marble. Leyden, ex officina Elzevir iana , 1639 
 
 VERY RARE, the Syston Park copy, and priced $33 in a New York book 
 catalogue, see inserted cutting. 
 
 When the 1520 Eroben and original edition of Paterculus appeared it was 
 considered throughout Italy to be a spurious work, and Asulanus in the preface 
 to his folio Livy did not hesitate to attack it. The style of Paterculus is pure 
 and elegant, showing internal evidence of its being genuine. 
 
 THE APHORISMS OF CORVINUS, BOUND BY ROGER 
 
 PAYNE. 
 
 M J~66 7 ELZEVIR.— ARNOLDI JOHI. F. CORVINI J. V. D. 
 
 Digesta per Aphorismos Strictim Explicata. Thick 
 minimo. Bound by Roger Payne in red morocco, gilt, 
 edges gilt. Amsterdam, apud Ludov. Elzevirium, 1642 
 
 VERY RARE. The Syston Park copy, with engraved title. Under two of 
 the figures in front are engraved the words “ Tribonianus ” and “ Theophilus.” 
 
 THE AMSTERDAM ELZEVIR PRESS— AN EXAMPLE 
 BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 J^//~668 ELZEVIR. — VERUS (Ioannes Baptista). Rervm Vene- 
 tarvm Libri Quatuor ad Illustrissimum Petrum Conta- 
 renum Francisci F. Handsome engraved title of armor, 
 battle scene , arms, etc. Minimo. Bound by Roger Payne 
 in red crinkled morocco, edges gilt. 
 
 Amsterdam, apud Ludovicutn Elzevirium, 1644 
 
 RARE, from the Syston Park Library. With the “ buffalo’s head ” cut over 
 both dedication and first page of text. 
 
 THE ROMAN JURISPRUDENCE OF CORVINUS, IN ROGER 
 PAYNE’S BINDING. 
 
 4-1/669 ELZEVIR. — CORVIN (I.). Ivrisprvdentia Romana H. 
 
 Vulteii Contracta. Fine engraved title, including figure 
 of “ Justice ,” portrait of the author , etc. Minimo. Bound 
 by Roger Payne in red crinkled morocco, edges gilt. 
 
 Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium , 1644 
 RARE, from the Syston Park Library. 
 
194 
 
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 PORTA ON NATURAL MAGIC— LEYDEN, 1644. 
 
 7 ° 
 
 ELZEVIR. — PORTA (J. B., Neapolitani ). Magiae Natu- 
 ralis Libri Viginti. Engraved title , cuts, fancy initials. 
 Thick minirao, red crinkled morocco, edges gilt. 
 
 Leyden, apud Hieronymun de Vogel 
 
 [sed typis Elzevirii\ 1 644 
 
 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park Library, with heraldic book-plate. 
 The “ buffalo’s head cut ” of the Elzevirs will be found over the dedication. 
 
 Porta was an alchemist of the Arnold Da Villanova and Cardan school. He 
 was the founder of the “ Secreti,’’ a society fashioned somewhat after the style 
 of our modern Theosophical Societies. He had to defend himself in Rome 
 from the charge of magical practices. 
 
 AN ELZEVIR GROTIUS, HANDSOMELY BOUND BY DURU. 
 
 I ELZEVIR. — H. GROTII et aliorum Dissertationes de 
 
 Studiis Institutendis. Fine engraved title. Thick minimo. 
 Handsomely bound by Duru in crushed green levant 
 morocco, inside dentelle gold borders, and edges gilt on 
 marble. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicutn Elzevirium , r645 
 RARE, and a superb copy on thick paper. 
 
 “ Grotius hie Hugo est, Batavum captivus et exul 
 Legatus regni, Suecia magna tui.” 
 
 THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT— BOUND BY 
 ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 J IJ-672 ELZEVIR. — MATTHIA (Christian). Historia Alf.x- 
 - andri Magni, sive Prodromus Quatuor Monarchiarum. 
 
 Minimo. Bound by Roger Payne in red morocco, gilt 
 edges. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicutn Elzevirium, 1645 
 
 Rare, and from the Syston Park Library, with inserted heraldic book-plate. 
 On the printer's device on the title of above Minerva takes the place of the old 
 Philosopher. Priced $27.50 in a New York book catalogue. 
 
 SUPERB COPY OF CHARRON ON WISDOM AND IN 
 FRENCH. 
 
 qq 673 ELZEVIR. — CHARRON (Pierre). De la Sagesse — Trois 
 Livres. Handsomely engraved title. Minimo, vellum, gilt 
 edges. Leyden, chez les Elsevier s, 1646 
 
 Rare, a beautiful Elzevir with broad margins and “ suivant la vraye copie 
 de Bovrdeavx,” with the book-plate inserted — “ Bibliotheque de Mr. J. 
 Renard.” The title represents four females tied to a pedestal on which stands 
 a naked woman, whose visage is seen reflected in a mirror, held by a hand pro- 
 ceeding from a cloud. Pierre Charro's work on “ Wisdom ’ is really an abridg 
 ment of Montaigne. On account of its scepticism it was threatened with sup- 
 pression by Parliament. 
 
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 A 1646 ELZEVIR DEDICATED TO DES CARTES-BOUND 
 BY ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 ^ -^j-674 ELZEVIR. — HOGELANDE (Corn. Ab.). Cogitationes, 
 quibus Dei Existentia; item Animae Spiritalitas, et Possi- 
 bilis cum Corpore Unio Demonstrantur. Minimo. Bound 
 by Roger Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium , 1646 
 
 RARE. The Syston Park Library copy, and which was priced $25 in a New 
 York book catalogue, vide inserted cutting. Dedicated to R£ne Des Cartes. 
 
 THE EMINENT DUTCH JURIST ARNOLD VINNEN’S “ DE 
 PACTIS”— BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 H J-675 ELZEVIR.— VINNIUS (Arnoldus, /. C.). De Pactis 
 Tractatus, edente Simone Vinnio A. F. Philologo. Mini- 
 mo. Bound by Roger Payne in red crinkled morocco, 
 gilt edges. Leyden, ex officina Elzevir iorum, 1646 
 
 Rare. The Syston Park copy, and which was priced $25 in a New York 
 book-catalogue, vide inserted cutting. With the buffalo's head twice repeated. 
 
 AN ELZEVIR GROTIUS DEDICATED TO MAZARIN AND 
 IN ROGER PAYNE’S BINDING. 
 
 [p (j (j 676 ELZEVIR. — GROTIUS (Hugo). Philosophorvm Senten- 
 
 * tiae de Fato et de eo quod in Nostra est Potestate. 
 
 Minimo. Bound by Roger Payne in red crinkled mo- 
 rocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1648 
 
 VERY RARE, and dedicated to Cardinal Mazarin. The Syston Park Library 
 copy, and priced $33 in a New York book catalogue. 
 
 The bibliophile De Thou and Grotius were the warmest of friends, and cor- 
 responded together until the death of the former. For embracing the tenets of 
 Arminius Grotius was condemned to perpetual imprisonment, but escaped from 
 the fortress of I.oevestein in a book chest. 
 
 LUBIN’S KEY TO THE GREEK LANGUAGE, 1651— BOUND 
 BY ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 ELZEVIR. — LVBIN (Eilardus). Clavis et Fvndamenta 
 Graecse Lingvae. Minimo. Bound by Roger Payne in 
 red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1651 
 
 Rare. The Syston Park Library copy, and with inserted heraldic book- 
 plate. 
 
 The celebrated philologist and theologian Eilard Lubin was Professor of 
 Poetry at Rostoch. Some of his works are devoted to the hypothesis of two 
 co-eternal principles, God and nothing, of which the latter stood in the place of 
 the evil principle of the Manicheans and other theorists. 
 
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 THE FAMOUS ENGLISH JURIST RICHARD ZOUCH’S ELE- 
 MENTS OF LAW— BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 ELZEVIR. — ZOVCHEVS (Richard). Elementa Jurispru- 
 dentiae Definitionibus, Regulis et Sententiis Selectoribus 
 Juris Civilis, Illustrata. Minimo. Bound by Roger 
 Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Leyden, apud Johan nem et Danielem Elsevirios, 1652 
 
 VERY RARE. From the Syston Park Collection and with that heraldic 
 book-plate inserted. 
 
 Daniel Elzevir, named on the title of the above, was a son of Bonaventure, 
 achieved great fame in Leyden, and afterwards at Amsterdam, — “ continuing to 
 print until his death in 1689 .... His widow carried on the business 
 
 after his death; and the last book issued by the family was in 1712 by Abraham 
 Elzevir, alderman at Leyden, the sole survivor of the family.” 
 
 HUGO GROTIUS’S MINOR WORKS IN ROGER PAYNE’S 
 
 RELIURE. 
 
 679 ELZEVIR. — GROTIUS (Hugo). Opuscula Quaedam Hac- 
 ^ tenus Inedita Aliaque ex Belgice editis Latine Versa — 
 
 Argumenta Theologici, Juridici, Politici. Minimo. Bound 
 by Roger Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Amsterdam, apud Ludoincum Elzevirium , 1652 
 
 VERY RARE. With the Minerva and owl cut of the Elzevirs on the title, 
 also the buffalo-head over the dedication and commencement of text. From the 
 Syston Park Library sale and priced $22, see inserted book-catalogue cutting. 
 
 “ROME ILLUSTRATED,” ELZEVIR, 1657-BOUND BY 
 ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 [^$>80 ELZEVIR. — ROMA ILLVSTRATA, sive Antiqvitatvm 
 Romanarvm Breviarivm, accessit Georgii Fabricii Chem- 
 nicensis Veteris Romae cum Nova Collatio ex Nova Recen- 
 sione Antonii Thysii J. C. Minimo. Bound by Roger 
 Payne in red crinkled morocco gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevir ios, 1657 
 
 VERY RARE and fine copy. The false title is engraved, upon which is 
 depicted a female figure — on the real title is the Elzevir cut of Minerva, her 
 owl, etc. From the Syston Park sale and priced $30, see inserted catalogue 
 cutting. 
 
 A JURISPRUDENTIAL WORK OF CORVINUS — PRINTED 
 BY ELZEVIR AND BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 1 qq68i ELZEVIR. — CORVINUS (I. A.). Posthvmvs Pacianvs, 
 *T* sev Definitiones Iuris utriusque, Viri Cl. Iulii Pacii a 
 
 Beriga, I. C., Posthume. Minimo. Bound by Roger 
 Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios , 1659 
 
 Rare and from the Syston Park Library. 
 
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 197 
 
 HIPPOCRATES’S PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE— AN ELZE- 
 VIR IMPRINT OF 1660 IN ROGER PAYNE’S BINDING. 
 
 UQ 682 ELZEVIR. — Magni Hippocratis Coi, Medicorum Prin- 
 cipis, Coacae Pranotiones, Grace et Latine, opvs Divinvm, 
 cum Versione D. Anutii Foesii Mediomatricis et Notis 
 Joh. Jonstini Med. Doct. Thick minimo. Bound by 
 Roger Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1660 
 
 VERY RARE and from the Syston Park Library. Priced $27.50 in New 
 York book-dealer’s catalogue, vide inserted cutting. 
 
 LIFE OF THE FAMOUS FATHER PAUL— BOUND BY ROGER 
 
 PAYNE. 
 
 b 683 ELZEVIR.— SARPI (Pere Pavl). La Vie de. Minimo. 
 
 Bound by Roger Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt 
 edges. Leyden, ehez Jean Elzevier, 1661 
 
 VERY RARE and from the Syston Park Library. Priced $30 in New York 
 book-dealer's catalogue, vide inserted cutting. 
 
 Father Paul is celebrated in literature as the author of the History of the 
 Council of Trent. 
 
 VIOLLET LE DUC’S COPY OF A 1663 ELZEVIR. 
 
 ELZEVIR.— AEGIDII MENAGII Poemata Qvarta Editio 
 Auctior et Emendatior. Vignette printer s device. Minimo, 
 smooth morocco gilt, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana , 1663 
 
 Rare and from the library of and with the book- plate of “ Viollet le Due.” 
 The text is in four languages — Greek, Latin. French and Italian. It also con- 
 tains verses in honor of the Elzevirs. 
 
 CORVINUS ON THE CANON LAW— BOUND BY ROGER 
 
 PAYNE. 
 
 £1/0685 ELZEVIR. — CORVIN (Arnold). Jus Canonicum per 
 Aphorismos strictim Explicatum. Minimo. Bound by 
 Roger Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana , 1663 
 
 VERY RARE, fine copy and from the Syston Park Library, with inserted 
 heraldic book-plate. 
 
 GROTIUS ON THE TRUTH OF THE CHRISTIAN RELI- 
 GION-BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 )686 ELZEVIR. — GROTIUS (Hugo). De Veritate Religionis 
 * v ^ Christianae Editio Novissima. Minimo. Bound by Roger 
 
 Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1669 
 
 VERY RARE, fine copy and from the Syston Park Library, with inserted 
 heraldic book-plate. Priced $30 in New York book catalogue, vide inserted 
 cutting. 
 
198 
 
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 EXCESSIVELY RARE ELZEVIR, PRINTED AT UTRECHT 
 BY PETER ELZEVIR-BOUND BY ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 687 ELZEVIR. — Pauli Colomesii Opuscula. Minimo. Bound 
 by Roger Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Utrecht, apud Petrum Elzevir ium , 1669 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE and unknown to Brunet, Berard, etc. From the 
 Syston Park Library, and with heraldic book-plate, 
 
 SCHELIUS ON THE LAW OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE 
 —IN ROGER PAYNE’S BINDING. 
 
 ip 00688 ELZEVIR. — Schelius (Rab. Herm.). De Jure Imperii 
 Liber Posthumus, editus cura Theophili Hogersii. Min- 
 imo. Bound by Roger Payne in red crinkled morocco, 
 gilt edges. Amsterdam, apud Danielem Elzevirium , 1671 
 VERY RARE, fine copy, and priced $25 in New York book catalogue, vide 
 inserted cutting. From the Syston Park Library’, and with heraldic book-plate. 
 
 MARINI’S HEROIC POEM OF “ L’ADONE ’’—BOUND BY 
 ROGER PAYNE. 
 
 (J Q 689 ELZEVIR. — MARINI (J. B.). L’Adone, Poema Heroico, 
 con gli Argomenti del Conte Sanvitalec l’Allegorie di 
 Don Lorenzo Scoto. 4 vols. minimo. Bound by Roger 
 Payne in red crinkled morocco, gilt edges. 
 
 Amsterdam, D. Elsevier , 1678 
 
 VERY RARE, and from the Syston Park Library, with heraldic “ ex-libris.” 
 Priced $33 in a New York book catalogue, ride inserted cutting. Some of the 
 plates are missing, but otherwise a good copy. 
 
 Giambattista Marini, the eminent Italian poet, was bom in 1569 and died in 
 1625. He was patronized by Marie de Medicis, who settled upon him a liberal 
 pension. Marini is charged by Italian critics with being the great corrupter of 
 their poetry, by the introduction of extravagant figures and unnatural conceits, 
 which were called the stile Marinesco. 
 
 “ Besides his [Marini's] Adone, of which there are many editions, one of the 
 best of which was that of Elzevir. Amsterdam, 1678, in 4 vols. i2mo, there are 
 ‘ La Strage degli Innocenti,’ ‘ Rime,’ ‘ La Sampogue,' etc., and also a collec- 
 tion of letters.” — Rose. 
 
 TAVERNIER’S VOYAGES, PRINTED BY THE ELZEVIRS. 
 
 ho 
 
 690 ELZEVIR. — Les Six Voyages de Jean Baptiste Taver- 
 nier, Ecuyer Baron d’Aubonne, en Turquie, en Perse et 
 aux Indes. Numerous plates and maps. 3 vols. minimo, 
 old calf. [Holland, Elzevir ,] 1679 
 
 VERY RARE, and vide pp. 214-215 of Berard, as to the fact of this being 
 printed by the Elzevirs. The title only reads on the imprint — “ Suivant la 
 Copie Imprimee a Paris.” The Elzevir head-piece of the buffalo’s head will be 
 found over the dedication “ au Roy.” A few pp. are slightly stained. Not the 
 least interesting portion of the work is the — “ Relation de l'lnterieur du Serrail 
 du Grand Seigneur.” Berard says it is difficult to find well preserved copies of 
 the work, and over sixty years ago quotes a copy having sold at the Meon sale 
 for sixty francs. 
 
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 CIACCONIUS’S “DE TRICLINIO,” IN FINE OLD GILT 
 VELLUM BINDING. 
 
 2^}.<n>9i ELZEVIR. — CIACCONIVS (Petrus, Toletanus). De Tric- 
 linio sive de Modv Convivandi apud priscos Romanos et 
 de Convivorum Apparatu accedit Fulvii Ursini. Appen- 
 dix et Hier. Mercurialis de Accubitus in Coena Anti- 
 quorum Origine Dissertatio. Engraved title and plates. 
 Minimo, vellum gilt, with coat-of-arms, coronet and sup- 
 porters stamped in gold on the sides. 
 
 Amsterdam, apud Henr. IVetstenium, 
 
 (sed typis Elzet’irii,) 1689 
 
 VERY RARE and good piece of old vellum gilt binding, with heraldic 
 devices on both sides. This was a college prize in 1705 to — “ Samueli Iloog- 
 stratano.” The volume is devoted to an account of old Roman banquets, 
 cooking, etc. 
 
 I 2/592 ELZEVIR.— CATULLUS, TIBULLUS et PROPER- 
 TIUS accedunt Fragmenta Cornelio Gallo Inscripta. 
 Exquisitely engraved fronts., head and tail pieces. Minimo, 
 calf gilt, edges gilt. Leyden, 1743 
 
 Rare. With three titles, each of which has the printer’s device of the Elze- 
 virs, “an old man gathering fruit from an olive tree, upon which is the motto 
 ‘non solus’.” Without the name of either printer or publisher. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF BERARD’S VALUABLE 
 ELZEVIRIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
 
 93 ELZEVIR. — Essai Bibliographique sur les Editions des 
 ' - Elzevirs les plus Precieuses et les Plus Recherch^es pre- 
 
 cede d’une Notice sur ces Imprimeurs Celebres [par S. 
 Berard], Front, of coat-of-arms and vignette on title. 8vo, 
 half morocco. Paris, Fir min Didot , 1822 
 
 LARGE PAPER, thick paper and totally uncut. A thorough bibliography and 
 history of the Elzevirs. It is now rare in any state. 
 
200 
 
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 V. IJiMitfgrapltjj 
 
 AND 
 
 Authorities on Literature, Binding, Book-plates, etc., 
 also Rare Book Catalogues. 
 
 “ Cataloguing is a handicraft just as much as any other mechanical trade; an 
 art to be learned by attention and diligent practice. When amateurs get to- 
 gether and talk about catalogues, the question is sure to come up ‘What arrange- 
 ment do you prefer !’ To discuss arrangement before you can prepare a title 
 for a catalogue is as if you would be a colorist before you can draw an outline.” 
 — Blackburn. 
 
 J ") Q694 ALBERT (Paul). La Litterature Fran^aise des Origines a 
 ' " la Fin au Dix-Huiti£me Siecle. 3 vols. small 8vo, sewed, 
 
 uncut. Paris, 1883-84 
 
 695 ASSELINEAU. — L’Enfer du Bibliophile vu et decrit par 
 Charles Asselineau. Small 8vo. Bound by V. Champs 
 in crushed blue levant morocco, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut, with the covers bound in. 
 
 Paris, Jules Tardieu , i860 
 
 A remarkable work entitled “ The Bibliophile's Hell.” It could only have 
 been written by a Frenchman. 
 
 () (“696 Astor Library. Catalogue of Periodicals and Serials, 1882; 
 
 Annual Reports, 1882-84; also Recent Accessions to July, 
 1885. Together 5 pieces. 8vo, paper. N. Y., 1882-85 
 
 
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 201 
 
 BARBIER’S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANONYMOUS WORKS. 
 
 7 BARBIER (Ant. Alex.). Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Ano- 
 ^ . nymes, Troisieme Edition, revue et augments par MM. 
 
 Olivier Barbier, Ren£ et Paul Billard de la Biblio- 
 theque Nationale: Suite de la Seconde Edition des Super- 
 cheries Litteraries Devoilees oar J. M. Qu£rard publiee 
 par MM. Gustave Brunet et Pierre Jannet, avec une 
 Table Generate des Noms Reels des Ecrivains Anonymcs 
 et Pseudonymes cites dans les Deux Ouvrages. 4 vols. 
 large 8vo, half green morocco, gilt. Paris, 1872-79 
 
 A work of incalculable value to librarians, bibliophiles and bibliographers, as 
 it is really a supplement to both Querard and Brunet. Two of the principal 
 members of the staff of the National Library of France have edited the four 
 volumes, which are complete. There is also a valuable table of Pseudonyms and 
 Anonyms, from which authorities on noms-de-plume have stolen without ac- 
 knowledgment. 
 
 BAUCHART’S WOMEN BIBLIOPHILES OF FRANCE— ONE 
 OF 50 COPIES ON CHINA PAPER. 
 
 698 BAUCHART (Ernest Quentin). Les Femmes Bibliophiles 
 de France (XVIe, XVI Ie et XVIIIe Siecles). With nu- 
 merous page coat-of-arms of distinguished women bibliophiles 
 — examples of bindings in their libraries — vignettes , head and 
 tail pieces , etc. 2 vols. large 4to, paper, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Damascene Morgand, 1886 
 China paper copy. Of this most valuable work on heraldry, book-binding 
 and bibliophilism only 350 copies were printed in all. This is No. 29 of fifty 
 copies entirely on China paper. 
 
 699 BEAUCHAMPS (J. de) et ROUVEYRE (Ed.). Guide 
 du Libraire-Antiquaire et du Bibliophile Vade-Mecum a 
 l’usage de tous ceux qui achetent ou vendent les Livres, 
 Livraisons 1-9 inclusive. Facsimiles, plates in metals and 
 colors of binding, samples of papers , etc. Large 8vo, sewed. 
 
 Paris, 1882-84 
 
 Limited edition of 100 copies on Japan, China and Seychall Mill papers. 
 
 J So 7 °° BEHAGUE (Le Comte Octave de, Member of the Society of 
 ' French Bibliophiles). Livres Rares et Curieux, composant 
 
 la Bibliotheque de. 2 vols. large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Ch. Porquet, 1880 
 
 This wonderful collection was sold at the Hotel Drouot. The first part alone 
 of the above, consisting of 1985 numbers, sold for 652,910 francs. Part 1 of 
 this copy is priced in MS. 
 
 q Q701 BENZON. — Catalogue des Livres Rares et Precieux Manu- 
 scrits et Imprimis provenant de la Bibliotheque de feu M. 
 Benzon. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1875 
 Thick paper copy. Priced throughout by hand, with the names of the pur- 
 chasers. This was an extraordinary collection of bibliophilistic gems, MSS., Incun- 
 ables, Aldines, Elzevirs, etc. 
 
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 7 -? 
 
 702 BERALDI (Henri), 1865-1885, Bibliotheque d’un Biblio- 
 phile. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Lille, L. Daniel , 1885 
 
 No. iq of a limited edition of 200 copies on laid paper. This is a model 
 catalogue of a private library. M. Beraldi's collection is strong in Incunables, 
 MSS., Illustrated 18th century Facetiae, Elzevirs, etc. 
 
 - 0 ® ERRY (Duchesse de). Catalogue de Bibliotheque de. 
 
 Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Labitte, 1885 
 
 (p (j 0 704 BIBLIOGRAPHER (The). A Journal of Book-Lore. 
 ' Vols. 1 to 4 inclusive. 4to, half roan, cloth sides. 
 
 London, Elliot Stock, 1882-83 
 
 
 THE “BIBLIOPHILE FRANCAIS "—SEVEN VOLUMES, 
 BOUND BY BELZ-NIEDREE. 
 
 05 BIBLIOPHILE FRANCAIS (Le)— Gazette Illustree des 
 Amateurs des Livres, d’Estampes et de Haute Curiosite. 
 Profusely illustrated with portraits of distinguished biblio- 
 philes, facsimiles of bindings, title-pages, etc., also numerous 
 illustrations in the text of coat arnior, bindings , etc. Vols. 1 
 to 7 inclusive. Thick large 8vo. Handsomely bound by 
 Belz-Niedree, in half red crushed levant morocco, top 
 edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1868-73 
 
 Very scarce. Published by Bachelin-Deflorenne and printed on “ papier 
 verge ” by Jules Bonaventure and Alcan- Levy. 
 
 tQQ 706 BmuoTHfcQUE (La), de mon Oncle. Front, on India 
 ' ' paper ( foxed slightly). 8vo, half morocco. 
 
 Geneva, imprimerie de la Bibliotheque Univtrselle, 1832 
 
 Very rare. Large paper and thick paper copy of the original edition of 
 this curious work of Topfler. 
 
 112 707 BIBLIOTHEQUE POETIQUE d ’un Amateur. Catalogue 
 de. Large 8 vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Auguste Aubry, 1869 
 
 Thick paper copy, priced by hand. This collection sold for 85,426 francs, 
 and consisted of — French and Italian poetry, books on vellum, remarkable 
 bindings, etc. 
 
 BIGMORE AND WYMAN’S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING. 
 
 Hr Q Q708 BIGMORE (E. C.) and WYMAN (C. W. H.). A Bibliogra- 
 
 
 phy of Printing, with Notes and Illustrations. Profusely 
 illustrated with facsimiles, portraits, etc. 3 vols. 4to, half 
 morocco, cloth sides, totally uncut. 
 
 London, Bernard Quaritch, 1880-86 
 
 Limited edition and printed for subscribers only. The latest and best 
 authority on bibliography in it being the kernel of all that has been written in 
 this direction by Panzer, llain. Brunet, I.owndcs, cum multis aliis. 
 
 “ Mr. William Blades. Mr. Theodor Goebel, of Stuttgart; Mr. John IIcsscls, 
 of Cambridge; Mr. I.ouis Mohr, of Strasbourg; Mr. Theo. L. De Vinne, of 
 New York, and Mr. Van de Hagen, of Ghent, — names of the highest eminence 
 in this department of bibliography, — have all rendered invaluable aid, and con- 
 tributed most materially to the carrying out of an enterprise, the results of which 
 are now in the hands of the reader .’’ — Preface to Vol. III., 1886. 
 
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 * 7 07°9 BLANC (Marie, Madame Veure). Catalogue de Livres 
 ' i Anciens et Modernes de Litterature et d’Histoire, Ouvrages 
 
 sur les Beaux-Arts, Grand Livres a Figures, etc. Large 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1882 
 
 Priced catalogue of 2,357 lots. This was one of the great Paris book-sales at 
 the Hotel Drouot and had an unique and immense collection of Napoleoniana. 
 The catalogue was printed on thick hand-made paper by Jouaust. 
 
 Iq 710 BOND (L. Montgomery, of Philadelphia). Catalogue of 
 Books, Autographs, Coins, etc. Sold at the Clinton Hall 
 Book Sale Rooms. Large 8vo, half morocco (last leaf 
 cut). N. Y., Leavitt , Strebeigh 6° Co., Auctioneers, 1870 
 Large paper. This is an old-time catalogue of the Leavitts, a bibliopolistic 
 auction house, which keeps up its old reputation, has never failed and never can. 
 
 “ The New York World ” said through “ Sol Pringle ” in his “ Sunday Chat,” 
 of Sunday, April 3d, 1887 : — “ If I should ever have a valuable collection of paint- 
 ings or books and wanted to auction them off, I think, in fact I know, I would 
 call upon George A. Leavitt & Co., the art auctioneers, at No. 787 Broadway, 
 to sell them for me. This house, founded forty years ago by James E. Cooley, 
 gives the public confidence in everything it sells. It has facilities for reaching 
 all people which other auction houses do not possess. They have conducted 
 many fine art sales, notably the J. A. Harper sale, at which $100,000 was real- 
 ized; the sale of John Wolfe’s collection, which netted $115,000, and J. C. 
 Runkle's art treasures, which were sold for $70,000. Among the valuable libraries 
 sold by this house, I recall just now the sale of William Menzies’s for $50,000, 
 George Brinley’s for $114,000, Joseph J. Cooke’s, $70,000, Henry C. Murphy’s 
 $50,000. and R. M. Dorman’s, $24,000. George A. Leavitt & Co. also sold 
 August Belmont’s, I.egrand Lockwood’s and F. S. Cozzens’s collections of paint- 
 ings. The firm also conducts private house sales, as it did in the case of Mrs. 
 Mary E. Feyh’s collections, at which $12,000 was realized, and in the case of 
 Richard R. Haines’s treasures, which sold for$io,ooo, and other noted sales too 
 numerous to mention.” 
 
 yj~7n Boban Collection of Antiquities, Curios and Coins, also 
 Books, Manuscript and Printed [Catalogued by Charles 
 Sotheran and Ed. Frossard]. With illustrations by 
 Paul Frenzeny. Large 8vo, sewed, totally uncut. 
 
 N. Y., Geo. A. Leavitt 6° Co., 1886 
 
 BONNAFFE (Edmond). Les Amateurs de l’Ancienne 
 France. — Le Surintendant Foucquet. Numerous illus- 
 trations. Large 4to, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1882 
 
 Book-Lore, 18 parts; also The Antiquary, 2 parts. Together 
 20 parts. 4to, paper. London, 1884-86 
 
 BOOKMART (The). From May, 1883 [Vol. 1, No. 1], to 
 August, 1886, being Vols. 1, 2 3, complete, and part of 
 Vol. 4. Together 39 parts. Large 8vo, sewed. 
 
 Pittsburgh, 1883-86 
 
 Edited by Richard Halkett Lord, the stepson of Horace Mayhew. 
 
 “ That charming litterateur Richard Halkett Lord, whose sparkling Dibdinian 
 verses printed in the ‘ Bookmart ’ have evoked so much enthusiasm, will be our 
 new editor. Mr. Lord is eminently qualified for the position. An old-time 
 editor, a book critic, an author and an ardent bibliophile, he is the man for the 
 
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 place. No one living on this continent has a better right than he has to occupy 
 our editorial chair. Mr. Lord has also been an intimate friend of some of the 
 great lights of contemporaneous English literature, including Thackeray and 
 Dickens. With young Charles Dickens he compiled the * Life of Charles 
 Mathews’ and both the ‘Dictionaries of the Thames and of London.' Mr. 
 Lord has not only held editorial positions in the British metropolis but also at 
 its antipodes, in New Zealand. With such a record, to say nothing of his laurels 
 as a soldier and lawyer, Mr. Lord will bring to the editorship of this journal a 
 mine of book learning .” — The Bookmart. 
 
 / 3 ^ 7*5 [Bossange (Hector).] Ma Bibliotheque Fran^aise. Small 
 ' ' 8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, /. Claye, 1855 
 
 Very scarce. Compiled by the head of the firm of “ Hector Bossange et 
 Fils,” on a similar plan to that of Henry Stevens’ “ My English Library.” 
 This is a presentation copy, with the MS. inscription: — ‘‘au Rev. E. H. Chas- 
 sin, avec les assurances respectueuses de son obeissant serviteur, Hector Bos- 
 sange. Paris, 30 Mars 1S59.” 
 
 L|x)7i6 Bouchot (Henri). I.e Livre — 1 ’Illustration — la Reliure. 
 
 Numerous facsimiles of type , printers' marks , illustrations 
 and bindings. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. Paris, Quantin , n. d. 
 
 v 1^1/717 Bouchot. Another copy of the same. 
 
 I -- _ 7 1 8 BOULMIER (Joseph). Etudes sur le Seizicme Siecle — 
 I H Estienne Dolet, sa Vie, ses CEuvres, son Martyre. 
 
 Portraits , one on India paper and two duplicates , ordinary 
 impressions. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Paris, chez Auguste Aubry, 1857 
 
 Rare and limited edition, printed by Herissey — 50 on papier verge, 4 on 
 " papier de couleur,” and 446 on “ papier velin,” of which the above is one of 
 the last-named. 
 
 This volume is dedicated to the late Ambroise Firmin Didot, and it tells the 
 tragic story of Estienne Dolet, who was burnt at Paris, in 1546, in consequence 
 of his refusal to retract heretical opinions expressed in a book printed by him. 
 
 719 BROOKLYN LIBRARY CATALOGUE, Analytical and 
 V U Classed, of Authors, Titles, Subjects and Classes. Thick 
 
 large 4to, fresh half morocco gilt, cloth sides, marbled 
 edges. Brooklyn, 1881 
 
 This is one of the best library bibliographies ever compiled for reference 
 purposes. Its 1,1 10 pages are a model for all librarians to follow. Asareference 
 work it is indispensable. 
 
 720 BRUNET (Gustave). La France I.itteraire au XVe Siecle. 
 8vo, cloth, uncut. Paris, A. Franck , 1865 
 
 Rare. This volume, printed by Jouaust, and limited to 300 copies, is a 
 “ catalogue raisonne ” of works in every department of literature imprinted in 
 the French language up to the year 1500. 
 
 721 [BRUNET.] Bibliomania in the Present Day in France 
 and England ; or some Account of Celebrated Recent 
 Sales giving the prices at which the more important books 
 were sold, together with the prices brought by the same 
 
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 books in previous sales. From the French of Philom- 
 neste Junior [Gustave Brunet], with a Notice and 
 portrait of Trautz-Bauzonnet. 8vo, vellum, paper 
 cover. N. Y„ 1880 
 
 Vik ? 22 br UNET (Jacques Charles). Catalogue des Livres Rares 
 et Precieux composant la Bibliotheque de, Premiere 
 Partie, Belles Reliures Anciennes et Modernes, etc., par- 
 tially priced ; the same, Deuxieme Partie, Ouvrages de 
 Divers Genres, etc. ; the same, Catalogues des Auto- 
 graphes Precieux ; the same, Table Alphabetique des 
 Noms d’Auteurs. Together 4 vols. Half crushed red 
 levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, by Rousselle 
 (1) and sewed (3). Paris, 1868 
 
 The catalogue of the private library of the author of the “Manuel du 
 Libraire,” with a biographical account of forty pages of this eminent bibliophile 
 and authority. 
 
 v (q 723 Brunet. The same, “Premiere Partie.” 1 vol. sewed. 
 
 I 724 Burton (John Hill). The Book-Hunter. Front. Small 
 7 8vo, half morocco, totally uncut. Edinburgh, 1885 
 
 A dainty little volume, full of the crumbs of conceit and the flowers of fancy, 
 forming an entertaining literary and bibliographical treat, dealing in a most de 
 lightful way with the nature and functions of the Bibliomaniac, with numerous 
 anecdotes. 
 
 Campbell (Archibald, of Germantouni). Catalogue of the 
 Library of. Large 8vo, half roan, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut. Phila., 1883 
 
 Priced neatly in MS. 
 
 
 726 CATALOGUES des Livres Rares et Precieux composant la 
 Bibliotheque de M. P. G. P. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Durel , 1882 
 
 Priced throughout in MS. The above is printed on toned paper, and has 
 numerous MSS. The prefatory pages are 23 in number. 
 
 JO 7 2 7 Catalogue de Beaux Livres, Anciens, Rare et Curieux, etc., 
 formant une Partie de la Bibliotheque de M. le Marquis 
 de G. . . . L. . . . 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, J tiles Martin , 1883 
 
 Priced catalogue in MS. Principally consisting of Manuscripts and Incun- 
 ables from the Didot, Yemeniz and other sales. 
 
 [0 7 2 8 Catalogue Detaille, Raisonne et Anecdotique d’une Jolie 
 Collection de Livres Rare et Curieux. 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1871 
 
 Large paper and printed on thick paper. A most carefully compiled biblio- 
 graphy of a very' curious collection, comprising many erotica. 
 
 .(O729 Catalogue of a Magnificent Collection of Manuscripts 
 (491 lots). 4to, paper, uncut. 
 
 London, Sotheby , Wilkinson 6° Hodge, 1876 
 
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 /. If 30 
 
 CAZIN (Hubert Martin). Cazin, sa Vie et se? Editions 
 par “ un Cazophile.” 8vo, cloth, by Planson. 
 
 Cazinopolis (Chalons-sur-Marne), 1863 
 
 Large paper, one of a limited edition of fifty copies, printed by T. Martin, 
 on “papier verge de Ilollande,” and edited by Brissart-Binet, bookseller at 
 Rheims. 
 
 / ")|73i CHASSANT (Alph ). Pateographie des Chartes et des 
 'r Manuscrits de Xle au XVI Ie Si6cle. With folded fac- 
 
 simile plates. Small 8vo, fresh crushed dark green levant 
 morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in — by 
 Bradstrkf.ts. Paris, Auguste Aubry, 1876 
 
 Limited edition on papier verge. Of the greatest assistance in deciphering 
 ancient MSS. 
 
 v [1732 Clarens (Jean Paul). Ecrivains et Penseurs, Essais 
 Critiques. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1886 
 
 Preceded by a letter from Sully Prudhomme, of the Academie Franchise. 
 
 I Of) 733 Cohen (Henry). Guide de l’Amateur de Livres a Vig- 
 1'^" nettes du XVIIIe Si£cle. IVii 
 
 VET. 
 
 With etched front, by J. Chau- 
 8vo, sewed, totally uncut. Paris, Rouquette , 1873 
 
 No. 238 of limited edition of 550 copies on Whatman and Holland papers. 
 The above is the second edition, with double the number of articles than in 
 the preceding issue. It also gives complete lists, of the works of Le Sage and 
 Restif de la Bretonne. 
 
 \ 034 CRITIC (The). A Literary Journal, Critical and Eclectic. 
 » ™ Illustrated. Vols. 1 to 3 inclusive, Old Series; also Vols. 1 
 
 and 2, New Series. Together c vols. Large 4to, fresh 
 cloth. N. Y., 1881-84 
 
 Tot / 35 
 
 \ 
 
 CUSHING (William, B. A.). Initials and Pseudonyms, a 
 Dictionary of Literary Disguises. Thick 8vo, fresh cloth, 
 beveled sides and interleaved for additions. N. Y., 1885 
 
 “ Les revelations des auteurs anonymes et pseudonymes sont non-seulemcnt 
 piquantes pour les gens du monde mais encore importantes pour l’historien lit- 
 terairc et le biographe ; ce sont la des mystdres des litterateurs que les erudites 
 on toujours cherche a decouvrir.” — Querard. 
 
 | C/36 [Delberguf.-Cormont, ancien commissaire p risen r . ] Cata- 
 logue des Livres Rares et Pr^cieux Manuscrits compo- 
 sant le Cabinet de. 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Parquet, 1883 
 
 Partially priced by hand. 
 
 1 0 0737 D’HEILLY (Georges). Dictionnaire des Pseudonymes. 
 * Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1869 
 
 A good dictionary of pseudonyms. 
 
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 DIBDINIANA. 
 
 2^0738 DIBDIN (Thomas Frognall). BIBLIOTHECA SPEN- 
 CERIANA. Large 8vo, half russia. 
 
 UNIQUE and from the Library of “John Bailey Langhome,” whose heraldic 
 book-plate is inserted on an end paper. 
 
 The above is lettered “ Vol. II.,” and consists of 500 pages of paginated re- 
 vises, with the manuscript corrections and considerable additions in MS. of the 
 great bibliographer, Thomas Frognall Dibdin. It shows how a careful describer 
 of rare books went over and over his proofs again and again, allowing no errors 
 to creep into his text if possible. 
 
 These revised page proofs are a lesson to bibliographers and printers. They 
 show what patience and perseverance are necessary, both on the part of a com- 
 piler, who does his allotted task with as scrupulous care as he can, and of the 
 typographer, who takes a genuine interest in the labor, which to him should be 
 both profit and honor. 
 
 But then Dibdin was not superficial. He was a bibliographer, “ whose like 
 we ne’er shall look upon again,” and whose printers, like Bulmer and Savage, 
 were ripe scholars of the character of Caxton and the Aldi, who loved their pro- 
 fession for the sake of knowledge, which is power. 
 
 S. Austin Allibone observes: — “ Now, of all Englishmen who have ever 
 lived, there never was a man better suited to make a dry study attractive, and a 
 learned subject plain, than Dr. Dibdin of Roxburghe memory. This magician 
 could, with his pen, dress up a begrimed, uncouth-looking volume, in more 
 attractive style than could Grolier's binder with his most cunning tools. He 
 could convert ‘ Belindas ’ and ‘ Almasas ’ into Bibliomaniacs, and make a 
 dry catalogue of old English poetry more attractive than the last novel. It was 
 but necessary for him to apply the epithets ‘ excessively rare,, or ‘ exceedingly 
 curious,’ and the neglected Caxton in your garret would buy you a year's cloth- 
 ing for your household, and the old family Bible would defray your Christmas 
 festivities.” 
 
 Dibdin’s symptoms of the Book Disease are, (1) a passion for large paper, (2) 
 uncut, (3) illustrated, (4) unique, (5) vellum copies, (6) first editions, (7) true 
 editions, and (8) Black Letter, (9) private distribution, or at a private press, (10) 
 all the editions, or (11) connected with a particular author or subject. His 
 probable means of cure are, (1) directing our studies to useful works; (2) reprint- 
 ing scarce, and intrinsically valuable, productions; (3) editing our best ancient 
 authors, in prose or poetry, (4) erecting public institutions, and (5) studying 
 bibliography. 
 
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 739 DIBDIN. ^Ddes Althorpian.* ; or, An Account of the 
 Mansion, Books and Pictures at Althorp, the Residence of 
 George John, Earl Spencer, K.G., to which is added 
 a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. With 32 
 beautif ul engravings of the most important pictures in the 
 gallery , and charming woodcuts on India paper. 2 vols. 
 large 8vo, half russia gilt, marbled sides and edges. 
 
 London, Shakespeare Press, 1822 
 
 A very pine and UNUSUALLY TALL COPY of this magnificent work. See the 
 author’s “Reminiscences,” II., 557-94, for the interesting account of the pub- 
 lication of this work, where it appears that the cost of engraving the portraits 
 was upwards of ,£2,000. 
 
 “ This work is intended as a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana, 
 forming Vols. 5 and 6. It contains an account of the ancestors of Earl Spencer, 
 a history of the mansion, with an account of the pictures, and 32 engravings of 
 the most important in the gallery, a systematic catalogue of editions of the 
 
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 Scriptures, an account of the Aldine editions, not contained in the former 
 volumes. A supplement to the works printed in the fifteenth century.” — 
 Lowndes. 
 
 0 X 074 ° DIBDIN. Bibliomania, or Book-Madness; a Biblio- 
 graphical Romance. New Edition, edited by Walmslky, 
 with a Supplement, and Key to the assumed characters in 
 the Drama. Steel front, and wood engravings. Large 8vo, 
 half roan, totally uncut (rubbed and slightly foxed). 
 
 London, 1842 
 
 Best edition, large taper, and very scarce in this slate. The word 
 “ Book-Madness ” is printed in red, and it also contains a brilliant impression 
 of the inserted portrait of “ Mary, Queen of Scots,” at page 254, which is 
 lacking in most copies. To this improved edition is added Preliminary Obser- 
 vations, a Supplement continuing the work, a Key to the Characters, and a 
 reprint of the “Epistle Addressed to Richard Ileber ” from the First Edition 
 of 1809. 
 
 Lowndes thus speaks of the Bibliomania: — “The Bibliomania is written in 
 dialogues or conversations, the characters introduced are well known book col- 
 lectors of the author’s acquaintance. The great value of the work is in the 
 notes, which abound with anecdotes of Books and Book Collectors, and an 
 account of the rarer articles in their collections, and the prices at which they 
 were sold, extracted from the sale catalogues. This work has in a great degree 
 given a stimulus to the collecting of our early literature, and bibliography in 
 this country, on which subjects it will be always consulted as an authority. — 
 The characters personified are Aurelius, G. Chalmers, Esq.; Atficus, Richard 
 Heber, Esq.; Alfonso , Mr. Morell; Bernardo, J. Haslewood, Esq.; Gonzalo, 
 J. Dent, Esq.; Plortensius , W. Bolland, Esq.; Leontes, J. Bindley, Esq.; 
 Lepidus , Dr. Cosset; Lysander and Rosicrusius, the Author; Lorenzo. Sir M. M. 
 Sykes, Bart. ; Lavinia's husband, J. Harrison, Esq.; Lisardo, R. Ileathcote, 
 Esq.; Marcellus, Edmond Malone, Esq.; At us top ha, Mr. W. Gardiner; 
 
 Menander, Tom Warton; Malvolio, ; Menelaus, Rev. H. Drury; 
 
 Mercurii, Eoss, Triphook and Griffiths; Nieas, G. Shepherd, Esq.; Nareotus, 
 Rev. J. Jones; Orlando, M. VVodhull, Esq.; Prospero, F. Douce, Esq.; Phile- 
 mon, J. Barwise, Esq.; Phormio , Rev. H. Vernon; Quisquilius, G. Baker, 
 Esq.; Rinaldo, Mr. Edwards; Sir Tristram, Sir Walter Scott, Bart.; Sycorax, 
 Joseph Ritson; Ulpian, E. V. Utterson, Esq. Some copies have the words 
 ‘ Book-Madness’ in the title-page printed in red. It was published at £ 1 7s., 
 and has brought £6 8s.” 
 
 L/.X0 74 
 
 1 DIBDIN. Bibliomania, or Book-Madness, a Biblio- 
 graphical Romance. New Edition, with a Supplement, 
 and Key to the assumed characters in the Drama. Steel 
 front., engravings and rubrications. Thick 4to, half green 
 morocco, cloth sides, top edge gilt, others uncut, Rox- 
 burghe style. London, 1876 
 
 Large pater. " You have contrived to strew flowers over a path which, in 
 other hands, would have proved a very dull one; and all Bibliomanes must 
 remember you long, as he who first united their antiquarian details with 
 good-humored raillery and cheerfulness.” — S ir Walter Scott to Dr. 
 Dibdin. 
 
 r 
 
 -742 DIBDIN. The Bibliographical Decameron; or, Ten 
 Days’ Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts 
 and Subjects connected with Early Engraving, Typo- 
 graphy and Bibliography. With numerous plates , fac - 
 
THE PENE D U BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 209 
 
 similes, and steel vignettes , many on India paper. 3 vols. 
 large 8vo, boards, top edges gilt (imperfect, 18 leaves and 
 several plates lacking). 
 
 London, printed for the author by W. Bulmer 6- Co., 
 
 Shakespeare Press, 1817 
 
 The “beautiful specimen ” of printing- in gold, “glittering like the sun,” 
 missing in many copies, will be found in its place on page 417, Vol. II. 
 
 “The dialogue (of the Bibliographical Decameron) is cleverly sustained, and 
 the occasional Socratic form affords opportunity for numerous sallies of wit, 
 while the information conveyed is of more value than that contained in any other 
 of the doctor’s works which affect greater sincerity.” 
 
 The late Mr. Freeling, a distinguished book collector, enthusiastically 
 remarked — “ If the gods could read, they would never be without a copy of the 
 Decameron in their side pocket! ” 
 
 3 0 743 Dorman (Rushton M., of Chicago, Illinois'). Catalogue of the 
 Library Manuscripts and Prints of, [compiled by Charles 
 Sotheran], Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 N. Y., George A. Leavitt & Co., 1886 
 
 Thick paper, limited edition of twenty copies. 353 pages, 1,810 numbers, 
 and produced over $24,000, an average of over $13 a lot; one, the famous 
 “ Sforza Missal,” selling for $1,500. 
 
 v ^0 744 EDWARDS (Edward). Lives of the Founders of the 
 British Museum; with Notices of its Chief Augmentors and 
 other Benefactors, 1570-1870. Front., vignette on title and 
 colored tlans. Thick 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1870 
 
 This valuable work is in a large measure based upon documents previously 
 unused and upon personal examination of the collections in the British Museum 
 gotten together by Cotton, Arundel, Harley, Compton, Sloane, Hamilton, Charles 
 Towneley, Payne Knight, Lansdowne, Bridgewater, George III., Banks, 
 Cracherode, Grenville, Fellows, Layard, Cureton, etc. 
 
 f l /~745 EUDEL (Paul). L’Hotel Drouot et la Curiosite en 1883, 
 en 1883-84, and en 1884-85. 3 vols. small 8vo, sewed, 
 
 uncut. Paris, 1884-86 
 
 The earlier volumes, each complete in itself, of these interesting books on fine 
 art and library auction sales in Paris will be found in the “ Art Division,” 
 number 114. 
 
 y Q\fl 46 Farnum (Alexander). Catalogue of Library of, [compiled 
 by Charles Sotheran], Front. Thick large 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. N. Y., George A. Leavitt & Co., 1884 
 
 “To enumerate the riches of the Farnum Library would be to transcribe 
 almost the whole catalogue.” — Art Age. 
 
 r r 0 747 FERTIAULT (F.). Les Amoureux du Livre, Sonnets d’un 
 Bibliophile, Fantaisies, Commandements du Bibliophile, 
 Bibliophiliana, Notes et Anecdotes par F. Fertiault, 
 Preface du “Bibliophile Jacob” (Paul Lacroix). Illus- 
 trated with 16 etchings by Jules Chevrier. Thick 8vo, 
 new half crushed dark blue levant morocco, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut with the covers bound in — by Amand, of 
 Paris. Paris, Claudin, 1877 
 
 Scarce. Limited edition on “ papier verge.” Dedicated to the Due D'Aumale. 
 
210 
 
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 2 q (J4& FERTIAULT. — Sixteen etchings by Jules Chevrier, illus- 
 ^ ' trations of F. Fertiault’s “ Les Amoureux du Livre.” 
 
 Large 8vo in portfolio. 
 
 Proofs before letters on Japan paper of these charming bibliophilistic etchings. 
 
 ^ 0 P 49 FILLON (B.). Monuments Typographiques et Livres 
 Rares et Prdcieux. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1883 
 
 Priced in MS. With historical and bibliographical notes by the celebrated 
 French book expert and paleographer Claudin. 
 
 3 
 
 FIRMIN-DIDOT’S NOTEWORTHY CATALOGUE. 
 
 Lf 01 S o FIRMIN-DIDOT (Ambroise). CATALOGUE Ulustre 
 des Livres Precieux, Manuscrits et Imprimes. Profusely 
 illustrated with photogravure plates , some chromolitho- 
 graphic. 12 vols. large 4to, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1878-84 
 
 Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. 
 
 This set of this wonderful auction library catalogue of thousands of pages 
 consists of the divisions: — June, 1878; May, 1879; June, 1881; June, 1882; 
 June, 1883, and June, 1884. All are accompanied with separate printed price 
 lists. 
 
 The illustrations to the above are mostly from the manuscripts of M. Firmin- 
 Didot, who had the finest collection in Europe, many far excelling in quality 
 those in the most important National Libraries. Some of the plates are in gold 
 and colors. 
 
 This “ Catalogue,” on account of its perfect compilation by a bibliographer 
 who knew his business and was no Bamumistic charlatan, now ranks as a kind 
 of supplement, so to speak, of Silvestre. Let rival cataloguers who egoisti- 
 cally plume themselves on knowing it all and having nothing to learn study 
 this bibliography of the Firmin-Didot collection and ponder. And let those, 
 never mind who they be, that ignorantly criticise, find fault and perennially 
 object, to catalogue descriptions, whether short or long, look over the pages and 
 see how they do these things in France. If they be honest and not captious, 
 or fractious, or mischievous, they will then forever hold their peace and in 
 future — ‘not bear false witness against their neighbor.” 
 
 £* |^75i FONTAINE (Auguste). Catalogue de Livres Anciens et 
 ' Modernes, Rares et Curieux. 6 vols. m 5. Thick large 
 
 8vo. Bound by Ad. Bertrand in half-crushed red levant 
 morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1870-79 
 
 This set includes Fontaine’s splendid bibliographies for the years: — 1870-72, 
 ’74. ’75. ’77. ’ 78 - 79 . The last volume, which has a rubricated title surrounded 
 with cut of armorial stamps on bindings, has a preface by Paul Lacroix — ‘* M. 
 P.-L. Jacob, bibliophile.” 
 
 q 752 FONTAINE de RESBECQ (A. de). Voyages Litteraires 
 sur les Quais de Paris, Lettres & un Bibliophile de Pro- 
 vince. Small 8vo, half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut. Paris, Durand , 1857 
 
 Rare, with the autograph of “ A. J. Odell ” on the title. 
 
 753 FORTSAS. — Catalogue d’une tres-riche mais peu nom- 
 breuse Collection de Livres provenarit de la Bibliotheque 
 de feu M. le Comte J. N. A. de Fortsas, dont la vente 
 se fera a Binche, le 10 aoiit 1840 & onze heures du matin, 
 
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 21 I 
 
 en l’etude & par lc ministere de McMourlon, notaire, rue 
 d’Eglise, 9, 4me Edition; also — Documents et Particu- 
 larities Historiques sur le Catalogue du Comte de Fort- 
 sas, numerous cuts and facsimiles. 2 vols. in 1. Large 
 8vo, bound in three-quarters crushed orange levant mo- 
 rocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. [Brussels], 1863 
 
 VERY SCARCE. This is a fac-simile reprint of the famous sale-catalogue 
 of Count de Fortsas, facile princeps among modern bibliographical hoaxers. 
 It contains a detailed description of his books, each of them, to say the least, 
 worth its weight in gold. This wonderful collection was announced to be sold 
 on a certain day in 1840 by auction. An extraordinary excitement was created 
 among book- collectors, who from far and near flocked together at Binche, a 
 small town in Belgium, where the sale was to take place. The day before the 
 sale, however, the newspapers of Brussels contained a notice that the little 
 town had bought the entire collection for its public library. This is not the 
 place for narrating all the serio-comic incidents of this rude practical joke; 
 suffice it to say that the whole affair from first to last was a downright canard. 
 The Count de Fortsas and his book treasures were found to be a myth. As to 
 the catalogue, it had unquestionably been prepared with all savoir-faire of an 
 expert in bibliography; the titles of the books with the appended notes seem so 
 attractive and authentic that one almost regrets that this unique collection was 
 only “airy nothing,” without a “local habitation” beyond this catalogue, 
 which will always occupy a foremost, though unenviable, place in the annals of 
 bibliographical hoaxing. 
 
 The author of this most witty and successful bibliographical joke was M. 
 Renier Hubert Ghislain Chalon, of Mons. 
 
 The fac simile of the catalogue is printed on orange-colored paper — the 
 “ Documents ” on lemon paper. The last named is an indispensable supple- 
 ment to the Fortsas Catalogue. It is so arranged that in the Notes, Remarks 
 Adjuncts, etc., the whole of the “original catalogue” is reproduced despite 
 the legal injunction against its reproduction. It contains also the orders and 
 correspondence of various bibliophiles relating to the sale; articles from various 
 literary journals, and a fac-simile of a letter from the bogus Count de Fortsas. 
 
 / J~o 754 FOURNIER (Edouard). L’Art de la Reliure en France 
 ' * aux Derniers Siecles. Small 8vo, half crushed blue levant 
 
 morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, J. Gay , 1864 
 Unique, with inserted a. 1 . s. of 2 pagesof close MS., dated “ Paris, 29 Fev. , 
 1868,” and in reference to his edition of La Bruyere. 
 
 .(0 755 Fournier. Catalogue des Livres, Manuscrits et des 
 Autographes, composant la Bibliotheque de feu M. Edou- 
 ard Fournier. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Labitte , 1880 
 Scarce and thick paper copy. 299 pages and 2,710 lots. With portrait and 
 life of Fournier by Jules Cousen. 
 
 f 756 FRANKLIN (Alfred). Histoire de la Bibliotheque Maza- 
 rine depuis sa Fondation jusqu’a nos Jours. Small 8vo, 
 half red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, Auguste Aubry, i860 
 
 Limited edition of 300 copies in all — the above being on “ papier velin.” 
 The author was one of the attaches of the Mazarin Library in Paris. 
 
 T r -\ 757 Fraser (John). The Humorous Chap-Books of Scotland. 
 
 Front. Parts 1 and 2. Small 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1873 
 
C*s 
 
 212 
 
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 1 ->758 GANAY (Le Marquis de). Catalogue d’un Choix de Livres 
 . J 0 Rares et Precieux, Manuscrits et Imprimis, composant le 
 
 Cabinet de. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Porquet, 1881 
 Priced catalogue. 267 lots of books, and which sold for 359,148 francs. 
 
 [p Q 759 [Gosford {Lord).] Catalogue de Livres Rares et Precieux 
 la Plupart Relies en Maroquin Ancien avec Armoires pro- 
 venant de la Bibliotheque d’“ un Amateur Anglais.” Large 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Ch. Porquet, 1882 
 
 Priced throughout and containing numerous remarkable bindings by eminent 
 binders and belonging to distinguished and historical personages. 
 
 £) 760 HAWKINS (Rush C.). Titles of the First Books from the 
 Earliest Presses, established in different Cities, Towns, 
 and Monasteries in Europe before the end of the Fifteenth 
 Century, with brief notes upon their printers. Illustrated 
 with reproductions- of early types and first engravings of the 
 printing press — handsomely printed on heavy paper by De 
 Vinne. Large 4to, cloth, uncut (pp. xxxii., 143). 
 
 N. Y. and London, 1884 
 Limited edition of 300 copies, numbered. Dedicated to Father Antonio 
 Ceriani, Director of the Ambrosian Library at Milan, Italy — “ as a slight evi- 
 dence of mv respect for his character, admiration for his great learning, appreci- 
 ation of his friendship and kindly interest in my bibliographical occupations.” 
 
 To 7C1 HAWKINS. — The Library of General Rush C. Hawkins, 
 of New York, [catalogued by Charles Sotheran, and with 
 Preface of eleven pages]. Cuts. Thick large 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. N. Y., George A. Leavitt Is r Co., 1887 
 
 2,578 lots, making 386 pages, and sold for over $13,000, i. c., over $5 a num- 
 ber, one set selling for $900. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF HORNE’S “BIBLIOGRAPHY.” 
 
 Q 0 762 HORNE (Thomas Hartwell). An Introduction to the 
 > Study of Bibliography. To which is prefixed a Memoir 
 
 on the Public Libraries of the Ancients. Numerous plates 
 and facsimiles. 2 vols. 8vo, old stamped russia gilt, by 
 Roger Payne (name on title, and one cover loose). 
 
 London, 1814 
 
 Large paper. Only 50 copies printed, and on thick paper. 
 
 “ On page 92, et seq., is a chapter on Mexican and North American picture 
 writing. Prefaced is a memoir on the public libraries of the ancients. The 
 most useful work of the kind in the English language.” — Sabin’s Dictionary. 
 
 763 JANIN (Jules). 
 
 Le Livre. Thick large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Plon, n. d. 
 
 A most charming book on books and book-collectors. It is dedicated — "to 
 the young bibliophile, the happy collector of original editions, M. lames de 
 Rothschild.” 
 
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 213 
 
 / IJ 764 JANIN. Catalogue des Livres Rares et Prccieux compo- 
 sant la Bibliotheque de M. Jules Janin, Membre de 
 l’Academie Fran^aise, avec une Preface par M. Louis 
 Ratisbonne. Large 8vo. Bound by Belz-Niedri:e in 
 half calf, totally uncut. Paris, Labitte, 1877 
 
 Large paper, and thick paper, printed by Jouaust, with etching of Janin by 
 Flameng, and view of his library by Lalauze. This is a presentation copy of 
 L. Potier. one of the cataloguers of the collection and experts of the sale to M. 
 Sacy. With the following MS. inscription: — “ Monsieur S de Sacy hommage 
 respecteux du redacteur du Catalogue. L. Potier.” 
 
 THE BIBLIOTHECA SCATOLOGICA. 
 
 L±Sb 765 [JANNET, PAYEN et VEMANT.] Bibliotheca Scato- 
 '* logica, ou Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Traitant des 
 
 Vertus Faits et Gestes de tres Noble et tres Ingenieux 
 Messire Luc (a Rebours) Seigneur de la Chaise et autres 
 Lieux memement des ses Descendants et autres Person- 
 nages de lui Issus Ouvrage tres Utile pour bien et Propre- 
 ment s’Entretenir Es — Jours Gras de Careme — prenant 
 dispose dans l’Ordre des Lettres K, P, Q. Traduit du 
 Prussien en Enrichi de Notes tres Congruantes au Sujet 
 par Trois Savants en Us. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. 
 
 [Paris, Jannet \ Scatopolis chez les Marchands 
 
 d' Ainterges l' antic' e scatogene 5850, [1850] 
 
 Very rare. This facetious bibliography, written by Messieurs P. Jannet, 
 J. P. Payen and Aug. Vemant, is dedicated — “a Monsieur Q[uerard] Prince 
 des Bibliognostes,” and was limited to 150 copies — 1 on “ peau velin.” 1 on 
 Holland paper, 2 on China, 2 on 4 ‘ papier des diverses nuances,” 4 on English 
 vellum paper, 25 on “ papier scatochrome,” and 115 on “papier verge fort.” 
 
 “ Cette facetie dont le titre donne un avant gout assez prononce n’a tiree 
 qu’a 150 exemplaires. ” — Brunet. 
 
 ■j.766 JERSEY (Earl of). Catalogue of Osterley Park Library, 
 * belonging to. Large 8vo, sewed. London, 1885 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF JOHNSON’S TYPOGRAPHIA. 
 
 -k 767 JOHNSON (John). Typographia, or the Printer’s In- 
 ] 0 o structor; including an Account of the Origin of Printing, 
 
 /'■ with Biographical Notices of the Printers of England, 
 
 from Caxton to the close of the Sixteenth Century; [etc.]. 
 Fronts, and wood engraved titles on India paper, and cuts. 
 2 vols. thick 8vo, half morocco extra, gilt top edges, other 
 edges uncut. London, 1824 
 
 Large paper. “ An extremely useful book.” — L owndes. 
 
 Allibone states that the author was assisted in its compilation by Drs. Dibdin, 
 Wilkins and Fry, the Rev. H. Baker and others. He adds— “ It is a valuable 
 work. ” 
 
 \ 1-768 Kramm (M. C.). Catalogue de la Bibliotheque et de la 
 < ^ Collection Artistique de. Portrait. Large 8vo, cloth, 
 
 uncut (name on portrait). Utrecht, 1875 
 
214 
 
 TIIE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 I fa 769 
 
 PAUL LACROIX’S BIBLIOPHILISTIC WORKS. 
 
 LACROIX (Paul, “ P. L. Jacob, Bibliophiffe ”). Recherches 
 Bibliographiques sur des Livres Rares et Curieux. Rubri- 
 cated title, small 8vo, new half crushed dark green levant 
 morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, Rouveyre , 1880 
 
 Limited edition of 600 copies, of which the above is No. 408 of 550 on 
 “ papier verge. ” Dedicated to Baron J. I’ichon, President of the Society of 
 French Bibliophiles. 
 
 70 LACROIX. Enigmes et Ddcouvertes Bibliographiques par 
 “ P. L. Jacob, Bibliophile.” i2mo. Bound by Champs 
 in half crushed maroon levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, 
 others trimmed, with the covers bound in. Paris, 1866 
 
 No. 2 of 10 copies on “ papier de Chine,” and with an interesting inserted 
 autograph letter to M. Villars in 1859 on matters bibliographical, and signed 
 “Paul Lacroix.” Dedicated to “ Lt : opold Double.” 
 
 771 LACROIX. Melanges Bibliographiques par “ P. L. Jacob, 
 ^ Bibliophile.” Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Libraire des Bibliophiles , 1871 
 Edition Jouaust, No. 95 of 310 numbered examples, 300 on “ papier verge " 
 and 10 on “ papier de Chine.” Dedicated to Ambroise Firmin-Didot. 
 
 772 LACROIX. Les Amateurs de Vieux Livres par “ P. L. 
 Jacob, Bibliophile.” 8vo, boards, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, Rouveyre , 1880 
 
 Limited edition of 60 copies, of which the above is one of 30 on Seychall Mill 
 paper. The title is rubricated, and the volume, which has charming fleurons, 
 was printed by Unsinger. 
 
 773 LACROIX. Dissertations Bibliographiques, par P. L. 
 Jacob, Bibliophile. Small 8vo. Handsomely bound by 
 Bradstreets in fresh half crushed levant morocco, top 
 edge gilt, others uncut, with the covers bound in. 
 
 Paris, Jules Gay , 1864 
 
 No. 141 of limited edition of 260 copies on “ papier verge ” and “ papier de 
 Chine.” Dedicated to Felix Delhasse, of Brussels. 
 
 774 LALANNE (Ludovic). Curiosit£s Bibliographiques. 
 Small 8vo, boards. Paris, 1857 
 
 Scarce, curious in matters useful to embryonic and pseudo bibliographers. 
 
 from ancient and medieval manuscripts. Small 8vo, fresh 
 cloth. Paris, A. Quanlin, n. d. 
 
 ^T776 [LAMBERT.] Catalogue de Beaux Livres Anciens et 
 * Modernes provenant de la Bibliotheque de M. le Comte 
 
 de R . . . Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris , Jules Martin 
 This splendid sale of 209 lots of books sold for 21,035 francs. The catalogue 
 is priced. 
 
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 215 
 
 tf^fr 777 LA . NG ( Andrew )' Books and Book-Men. With illustra- 
 V v U tions, tinted facsimiles of binding , etc. 8vo, boards, totally 
 
 uncut - N. Y., 1886 
 
 Large paper and No. 24 of limited edition of 100 copies printed at the 
 Riverside Press.” 
 
 Turning the pages, the book-lover will find in these “ vagrom essays " much 
 agreeable chat about famous printers, artistic binders, old editions, book stall 
 bargains, incredible prices, true and sham Elzevirs, eccentric collectors, biblio- 
 maniac freaks, and the like topics, the whole spiced with amusing anecdotes and 
 curious incidents, and made pleasant to read by that almost human interest 
 which Mr. Lang, like all true book-lovers, feels in the precious volumes of 
 which he speaks. 
 
 I 0 077$ Lang. The same, iamo, fresh cloth, uncut. 
 
 If-n 77 ^ LA 1 OUR ( 1 enant de). Memoires d’un Bibliophile. Small 
 ' l ' U 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1861 
 
 Letters on bibliography to the Countess of Ranc .... by Tenant de Latour, 
 who was the royal librarian at the Palace of Compiegne. 
 
 IJQ 780 Lemaitre (Jules). Les Contemporains Etudes et Portraits 
 Litteraires. 2 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1886 
 Includes essays on — De Banville, Sully- Prudhomme, Coppee, Grenier, Mdme. 
 Adam, Daudet and Mdme. Daudet, Renan, Brunetiere, Zola, Maupassant, Sil- 
 vestre, Sarcey, etc. 
 
 LEYPOLDT’S AMERICAN CATALOGUE— BOUND BY 
 BRADSTREETS. 
 
 781 LEYPOLDT (F.). The American Catalogue, i. e .: — 
 
 I. Author and Title Entries of Books in print and for 
 sale (including reprints and importations) July 1, 1876, 
 compiled by Lynds E. Jones. 
 
 II. Subject Entries of Book in print and for sale (includ- 
 ing reprints and importations) July 1, 1876, compiled 
 by Lynds E. Jones. 
 
 III. Author-and-Title Alphabet, Subject Alphabet, etc., of 
 Books recorded (including reprints and importations) July 
 1, 1876, to June 30, 1884, compiled, under direction of 
 R. R. Bowker, by Miss A. I. Appleton. 
 
 TOGETHER 3 vols. Thick large 4to, fresh half brown 
 crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut, by 
 Bradstreets. N. Y., 1880-85 
 
 “ The American Catalogue is the monument of Frederick Leypoldt. For 
 many years it was his chief purpose in life to lay the foundation of an American 
 bibliographical system on which there might be built a structure worthy of the 
 future of literature in this country. With what enthusiasm, at what cost he 
 pursued that purpose, so far as it was given to him to do, only those nearest to 
 him can ever know. When he died, at the close of a life which was short 
 measured in years but long measured by the work which was crowded into it, he 
 had accomplished indeed only the foundation, and the fulfillments of his plans 
 rest with others. 
 
 “It is the bibliographer who of all men has most occasion to realize the 
 imperfection of human endeavor. Completeness in bibliography is an ignis 
 fatuus that eludes even the closest pursuit and the most painstaking accuracy." 
 — R. R. Bowker. » 
 
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 ft 3 
 
 .VI 782 Library Journal (The). Four odd parts in three. 4to, 
 paper. N. Y., 1885-86 
 
 / I (783 Literary News, Book Buyer, Critic, Publisher’s Weekly, 
 Literary World, etc. Together 34 odd parts. Large 8vo, 
 sewed. N. Y., etc., 1884-86 
 
 784 Livre (Le). Revue du Monde Litteraire Archives des 
 Ecrits de ce Temps, for March, May, July, August, October 
 and November, 1886. Illustrated with facsimiles, portraits, 
 etchings, etc. 6 parts. Large 8vo, sewed. 
 
 Paris, Quantin, 1886 
 
 Edited by Octave Uzanne — the American correspondent Henri de Pene du 
 Bois. 
 
 v f »5785 Livre du Bibliophile (Le). Deuxieme Edition. Small 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre , 1874 
 
 Limited edition on papier verge printed by J. Claye. 
 
 0|786 Livres Pr£cieux et Manuscrits avec Miniatures composant 
 la Biblioth&que de “ M. E. M. B.’’ Large 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, Labitte. 1882 
 
 An astonishing collection of 882 numbers and illustrated with fac similes. 
 
 | a 787 Loire (Louis). Anecdotes de la Vie Litteraire. Small 8vo, 
 ' ^ sewed, uncut. Paris, 1876 
 
 With preface by Emile de la Bedolliere. 
 
 Jj“788 MARTIN (Alexis). Etude sur les Ex-Dono et Dedicaces 
 Autographies. Facsimiles. 4to, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, J. Baur, 1877 
 
 Limited edition of 200 copies on “ papier verge,” 4 on China paper and 21 
 on “ papier Wathmann,” of which the above is one of the last named. This is 
 a curious bibliographical book, being devoted entirely to Presentation copies and 
 has fac-simile page inscriptions of Victor Hugo, Theophile Gautier, George 
 Sand, Jules Janin, Joseph Autran, Victorien Sardou and Charles Monselet. 
 
 MARIUS-MICHEL’S GRAND WORK ON BOOKBINDING. 
 
 | r- 1-^789 MARIUS-MICHEL (M. M., Relieurs Doreurs). La Re- 
 J J v U liure Fran^aise, depuis l’lnvention de 1 'Imprimerie jus- 
 
 qu’a la Fin du XVIIIe Siecle; also — La Reliure Fran^aise 
 Commerciale et Industrielle depuis l’lnvention de l’lmpri- 
 merie jusqu’i Nos Jours. Profusely illustrated with plates, 
 heliogravure reproductions , original gilt and illuminated cloth 
 examples, and illustrations in the text, also etched front. 2 
 vols. large 4to, fresh half morocco, top edges gilt, others 
 uncut. 
 
 Paris, Damascene Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1880-81 
 
 This magnificent work of the celebrated French binders MariusrMichel is the 
 great authority on bibliopegy. No bibliophile should be without these volumes. 
 
 o Modern Methods of Illustrating Books. Edited by 
 Henry B. Wheatley. Small Svo, fresh cloth, uncut. 
 
 London, 1887 
 
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 794 Monselet (Charles). La Lorgnette Litt^raire Dictionnaire 
 des Grands et des Petits Auteurs de Mon Temps. Small 
 4to. fresh half crushed dark brown levant morocco, top 
 edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1857 
 
 Very scarce and with the “Complement” to the above published in 1S70. of 
 which but a very limited number were printed for bibliophiles only. 
 
 J~ 0 O 795 MORGAND et FATOUT. Bulletin de la Librairie Mor- 
 - gand et Fatout. Vols. i and 2 [Nos. 1-7880], Illus- 
 
 trated with numerous fac similes of bindings, title-pages, 
 types, etc., some colored — also portrait of Trautz- 
 Bauzonnet. Thick 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1876-81 
 These volumes are of the greatest bibliographical value and without them it 
 is almost impossible to know or appreciate the present values of the rarest and 
 choicest bibliophilistic treasures, reliures, etc. No bibliopolist or librarian should 
 be without them continually at his fingers’ ends. 
 
 •2^796 Morgand et Fatout. Repertoire de la Libraire de. 8vo, 
 sewed, uncut. Paris, 1878 
 
 Jo 797 Montherot (J. B. F. M. de, President of the Academy of 
 ' Lyons'). La Bibliotheque de, Livres Anciens Rares et Curi- 
 
 eux Imprimes et Manuscrits. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, fules Alar tin, 1880 
 
 Heavy thick paper edition printed by Chamerot. Priced in ink. The above 
 was a remarkable collection of 996 numbers of MSS., incunables, and other 
 rarities. 
 
 3 ''J ”798 MOURAVIT (Gustave). Le Livre et la Petite Biblio- 
 theque d’Amateur Essai de Critique, d'Histoire et de 
 Philosophic Morale sur l’Amour des Livres. Thick small 
 8vo, fresh half crushed levant morocco gilt, with the covers 
 bound in, edges gilt. Paris, chez Auguste Aubry, [1861] 
 Very rare, large paper and on thick paper. This was the publisher’s own 
 copy, presented to him by the author. On an end paper are the lines: — ‘ A 
 Monsieur Aug. Aubry l’intelligent et habile editeur de tant de travaux utiles. 
 Ilommage de l’Auteur — Gustave Mouravit.” At the end is bound up a 
 criticism of the Bibliophile Jacob, who, among other complimentary remarks, 
 says: — “ Le ‘Livre’ de M. Gustave Mouravit durera et restera; il a deja sa 
 place marquee dans l’armoire des Peignot et des Charles Nodier.” 
 
 r . I 799 New York Auction Catalogues. Simeon H. Remsen’s 
 L ibrary and H. Pene du Bois’ Etchings; Private Library 
 of Art Books, MSS., etc.; also Grant White Library. 
 Together 3 pieces. 8vo and qto, paper. N. Y., 1883-85 
 
 
 800 NISARD (Charles). Histoire des Livres Populaires, au de 
 la Literature du Colportage depuis le XVe siecle jusqu’a 
 30 Novembre, 1852. Numerous facsimiles, many of them 
 on India paper. 2 vols. large 8vo, bound in half green 
 morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1854 
 Very scarce, and priced in a recent Pickering catalogue £3 10s. This curi- 
 ous work narrates the history of popular books, and is a bibliography of the lit- 
 erature peddled by hawkers from the fifteenth century to the middle of the 
 nineteenth. 
 
2 I 8 
 
 THE PENE DU POLS COLLECTION . 
 
 P J 7 ) 8 oi NODIER (Charles). Description Raisonnee d’une Jolie 
 ' Collection de Livres (Nouveaux Melanges tires d’une petite 
 
 bibliotheque), par Ch. Nodier, prec^dee d’une introduc- 
 tion par M. Duplessis, de la vie de Ch. Nodier, par F. 
 Wey, et d’une notice bibliographique sur ses ouvrages. 
 Thick 8vo, half calf, with blank leaves at the end. 
 
 Paris, J. Techener, 1844 
 
 Unique and very scarce. With printed price list at the end of these 1254 
 lots in 492 pages. Also a four-page brochure by Nodier of “ Histoire de 
 l’lnvention de rimprimerie par les Monuments.” 
 
 There are also inserted in the volume two original letters written by the cele- 
 brated bibliographer. One is foolscap size of two pages to Joseph Fouche, 
 Duke of Otranto, in which he asks Napoleon’s Minister of Police to aid him in 
 his endeavor to be useful — “ to his country and to his King.” It is dated from 
 “ Rue Saint Lazare, No. 33.” and was received by the Duke in July, 1815. 
 
 The other letter is written to a — ‘‘Cher et bienveillant ami,” requesting the 
 loan of 100 francs. 
 
 802 Nodier. Questions de Litterature Legale — du Plagiat de 
 ^ la Supposition d’Auteurs des Supercheries qui ont Rap- 
 
 port aux Livres. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Crapelet , 1828 
 
 Rare, second edition, considerably augmented and with the autograph on half 
 title of “ A. J. Odell.” 
 
 J3803 
 10 804 
 
 Oldcastlf. (John). Journals and Journalism, with a Guide 
 for Literary Beginners. With facsimile autographs. 
 Square minimo, vellum. London, Field and Tuer, 1880 
 Oldcastle. Guide for Literary Beginners. Facsimile 
 autographs. Oblong minimo, boards, uncut. London, n. d. 
 
 PEIGNOT’S VERY RARE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND CURI 
 OUS WORKS— PRINCIPALLY PRIVATELY PRINTED IN 
 LIMITED EDITION. 
 
 rv 805 PEIGNOT (Gabriel). Dictionnaire Raisonn6 de Bibliolo- 
 gie, contenant, i°. L’Explication des principaux termes 
 relatifs a la Bibliographic, & l’Art Typographique, a la 
 Diplomatique, aux Langues, aux Archives, aux Manu- 
 scrits, aux Medailles, aux Antiquities; 2°. Des Notices 
 Historiques, detaillees sur les principales Bibliotheques 
 Anciennes et Modernes; sur les plus celebres Imprimeurs 
 avec une indication des meilleures Editions sorties de leurs 
 Presses, et sur les Bibliographes, avec la Liste de leurs 
 Ouvrages; 3 0 . enfin, l’exposition des divers Systemes 
 Bibliographiques, etc. I'olded tables. 3 vols. 8vo, half 
 calf, gilt. Paris, 1802-4 
 
 VERY SCARCE. With the rare supplements to this most important biblio- 
 graphical authority. 
 
 The works of I’eignot are of the greatest value to bibliographers and students 
 of the histoty of printing. lie was a writer of great industry and of wide 
 knowledge. 
 
 “ Etienne Gabriel Peignot, the great bibliographer, whose amiable erudition 
 has been testified to by so many of his contemporaries, was born at Arc-cn- 
 
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 Barrois, 15th May, 1767. Originally a bookseller at Besancon, he was 
 appointed librarian of the Ecole Centrale of La Haute Saone, which had been 
 established in Vesoul, and threw heart and soul into his new duties. Abbeys 
 and convents for miles around Vesoul had been suppressed and pillaged. Their 
 intellectual treasures had been huddled together by ignorant hands, and were 
 exposed to all perils — by tire, by flood and by base uses. I’eignot never rested 
 as long as he saw one of them still to be secured for his library. He was made 
 principal of Vesoul College, where he remained many years, and which he 
 quitted when promoted to be master of Lyons College and District Inspector of 
 Classes. He discharged these duties with zeal, but it was always with delight 
 that he returned to books, though he did not desert society for his favorites; he 
 bore his share in company and trained up a family. No man has done more 
 than he to foster in France a love for bibliography. He left behind him no less 
 than fifty or more unpublished works in manuscript, among them a * Myrio- 
 biblion Fran^'ais,” which in 1830 numbered twelve or fifteen volumes, and 
 increased daily. These contained above 3,000 references to, or critical notices 
 of select works, memoirs, dissertations and treaties on every kind of subject 
 published, either separately or in great literary and academical collections, each 
 summary having a reference to the page and volume of the work in which the 
 original was to be found. Some Paris publishers bought the manuscripts left 
 by Peignot and announced their publication, but they still remain in manuscript. 
 It has often been wondered how he was able, to do so much work. His secret 
 was that from the hour he began to read, he began to write; his left hand never held 
 a book that right hand had not a pen. Every leisure moment he gave to book 
 and pen; he noted everything he read or heard in commonplace books under 
 proper heads — authors, titles, subjects, words, thoughts, references to kindred 
 subjects, lie lived to be eighty-three years old. He died at Dijon, April 14th, 
 1849. His letters have been very recently published by his grandson, M. Emile 
 Peignot. The volume includes his correspondence from 1813 to 1845." — 
 Bigmore and Wyman, Vol. II., page 151. 
 
 806 PEIGNOT. Manual du Bibliophile, ou Traite du Choix 
 
 des Livres, contenant des Developpemens sur les plus 
 propres & former une Collection precieuse, et particuliere- 
 ment sur les chefs-d’oeuvre de la I.itterature Sacree, 
 Grecque, Latine, Fran^aise, Etrangere; avec les Jugemens 
 qu’en ont portes les plus celebres Critiques, etc., etc. 2 
 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt, totally uncut. Dijon, 1823 
 
 UNIQUE and very scarce. Fine clean copy, with inserted three-page origi- 
 nal autograph letter signed “ Gabriel Peignot," and dated “ Dijon ce 31 Octobre 
 1828.” It is written — “Ames chers et tres chers Lyonnais,” entirely in the 
 handwriting of this celebrated bibliognoste. He speaks of a charming dinner 
 he had been given and that he read in Lyons for his spiritual nourishment " a 
 novel of Walter Scott. He names many bibliophiles and gives a list of three 
 lots of books he had sent as presents — nine for the rector, six for M. Chouve, 
 and five for M. Rabanis. The first volume named is — “La Passion de J. C. 
 par Olivier Maillard gr. in 80.” 
 
 807 PEIGNOT. De la Liberte de la Presse a Dijon, au Com- 
 
 mencement du XVII e Siecle. ou Histoire de (’Impression 
 d’un Opuscule en Patois Boarguignon, publie en 1609, 
 sur la demolition du Chateau de Talant. 8vo, boards, 
 totally uncut. Paris, 1836 
 
 Unique, limited edition of 150 copies, and at the end are 8 pages of MS. 
 extracts from the archives of Dijon respectively dated — Aug. 16, 1463; March 12, 
 1556; July 12, 1771. These are in the handwriting of Peignot. This volume 
 was bought of the “ Veuve ” of Peignot fils. 
 
220 
 
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 3 JT) 808 PEIGNOT. Essai Historique et Arch^ologique sur la 
 • Reliure ties Livres et sur l’etat de la Librairie chez les 
 
 Anciens. Plates. 8vo, fresh half red morocco, top edge 
 gilt, others uncut. Dijon, 1834 
 
 Limited edition of 200 copies of this interesting volume on ancient book- 
 , binding, with the inserted book-plate of A. de St. Ferriol. On the false title is 
 this MS. note in the handwriting of Peignot: — “ Imprime A 200 exres., dont 
 quelques une sur gd. pap. vel.” 
 
 I ^~8 09 PEIGNOT. Nouvelles Recherches sur le Dicton Popu- 
 late, “ Faire Ripaille.” 8vo, sewed as issued. 
 
 Dijon, 1836 
 
 Rare. Limited edition of 200 copies. 
 
 PEIGNOT. Dictionnaire Critique, Litteraire et Biblio- 
 graphique des Principaux Livres Condamnes au Feu, 
 Supprim£s ou Censures: Precede d’un Discours sur ces 
 Sortes d’Ouvrages par G. Peignot, Bibliothecaire de la 
 Haute-Saone, Membre de l’Academie Celtique de Paris, 
 et de Plusieurs Societes Litteraires. 2 vols. in 1. 8vo, 
 half red morocco, top edge gilt. Paris, Renouard , 1806 
 
 Rare and limited edition of this bibliography of books burnt by the common 
 hangman, censured or suppressed. This is one of the rarest Peignotiana. In 
 the preliminary discourse will be found the handwriting of Peignot. 
 
 J v (3 81 1 PEIGNOT. Repertoire Bibliographique Universel, con- 
 tenant la Notice Raisonnee des Bibliographies Speciales 
 publiees jusqu’a ce jour, et d’un Grand Nombre d’Autres 
 Ouvrages de Bibliographic, Relatifs, a l’Histoire Lit- 
 teraire, et a toutes les Parties de la Bibliologie. Thick 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Renouard , 1812 
 
 Rare, limited edition, and printed by Crapelet. 
 
 I ^Pq8i 2 PEIGNOT. Essai de Curiosites Bibliographiques, par 
 
 L Gabriel Peignot, Bibliothecaire Central de la Haute- 
 
 Saone. 8 vo, half red morocco, top edge gilt. 
 
 Paris, Renouard, 1804 
 Rare, with two heraldic “ ex libris.” one with supporters, the other of — 
 " Joseph Tasker, Middleton Hall, Essex, London." The volume is dedicated 
 to “Joseph Van Praet, Conservateur des Livres Imprimcs de la Bibliotheque 
 Imperiale de France, l’un des Premiers Bibliographies de 1 ’ Europe.” 
 
 ..813 PEIGNOT. Notice sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de M. C. 
 , ^ N. Amanton. 8vo, half morocco, top edge red. 
 
 Dijon, 1837 
 
 Rare, limited edition, and on end paper the MS. note — “ Rel. par 
 Thomson.” 
 
 .[pQ8i4 PEIGNOT. Notice de XXII. Grandes Miniatures ou 
 Tableaux en Couleur, rdunis en tete d’un Manuscrit du 
 XVe Si£cle; pr£c£d£e de quelques Recherches sur 1 ’Usage 
 
THE PF.NE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 22 1 
 
 d’Enrichir les livres de ces Sortes d’Ornemens, chez les 
 Anciens et du Moyen Age. 8vo, half morocco, boards, 
 uncu *- Dijon, 1832 
 
 Very rare— limited edition of 100 copies only, and on " papier velin ” 
 This copy has a MS. note to the effect that it was bought of the Widow 
 Peignot, etc. A valuable work on miniatures in ancient vellum MSS. 
 
 J 7 ) 815 [PEIGNOT. J Amusemens Philologiques, ou Varietes en 
 tous Genres — Seconde Edition, Revue, Corrigee et Aug- 
 mentee par “ G. P. Philomneste, A. B. A. V.” 8vo, 
 boards, uncut. Very scarce. Dijon, 1824 
 
 £? 0 8 i 5 * PEIGNOT.— Histoire de la Passion de Jesus Christ 
 composee en MCCCCXC. par le R. P. OLIVIER MAIL- 
 LARD; publie en 1828 comine Monument de la Langue 
 F ranc;aise au XV e Siecle. Avec une Notice sur l’Auteur 
 des Notes et une Table des Matieres par Gabriel Peig- 
 not. Large 8vo, boards, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Jules Penouard, 1828 
 Large paper, very rare, limited edition and printed on thick paper by 
 Crapelet. 3 
 
 } •) r8i6 PEIGNOT. Choix de Testamens Anciens et Modernes, 
 0 Remarquables par leur Importance, leur Singularity ou 
 
 leur Bizarrerie, avec des Details Historiques et des Notes. 
 2 vols. 8vo, half morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1829 
 
 Rare. This very curious work on important, singular or eccentric wills was 
 limited to 1,000 copies and 20 on superfine paper, vide note in the handwriting 
 of Peignot on the half-title. This example came from the library of and has 
 the “ex-libris ” of A. de St. Feriol. 
 
 „\ 5 ?) 816* [PEIGNOT.] — LTllustre Jacquemart de Dijon, De- 
 tails Historiques, Instructifs et Amusans sur ce Haut Per- 
 sonnage Domicilie en Plein air dans cette charmante 
 Ville, depuis 1382, publies avec sa Permission en 1832. 
 Le tout compose de Pieces et de Morceaux, tant en 
 Francais Vieux et Moderne, qu’en Patois Bourguignon; 
 entrelarde de Notes Curieuses, et Orne de la Representa- 
 tion du Heros et de sa Famille, defigures d’apres nature, 
 et colloques dans leur haut donjon a claire-voie. Front. 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Dijon, 1832 
 
 ,, Y ER y scarce. Limited edition of 250 copies, with frontispiece of the 
 “famille Jacmart ” on the tower of the church of Notre Dame de Dijon. 
 From the library of and with book-plate of Doct. D. Bernard. 
 
 Peignot wrote the above under the pseudonym of “ P. Perigal,” an anagram 
 of “ Gabriel P.” 
 
 PEIGNOT. Recherches Historiques et Litteraires sur les 
 Danses des Morts et sur l’origine des Cartes a Jouer. Illus- 
 trated with lithographic plates and vignettes. 8vo, half 
 sheep, totally uncut. Dijon, 1826 
 
 Very rare. This is an exhaustive account of all that was known at the 
 time when Peignot wrote this work of the celebrated series of subjects called 
 
222 
 
 THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 “ the Dance of Death,” which were so frequently reproduced by the early wood 
 engravers. It also gives a full account of the origin of playing cards. This 
 volume ought to have gone into the division of “ Facetiaj,” but it is put along 
 with others among bibliographical authorities so as to keep all of Mr. Pene du 
 Bois’s examples of Peignot together. 
 
 /h p8 17* PEIGNOT. Elemens de Morale. Minimo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Dijon, 1858 
 
 Very scarce, and to which is added — “ Opuscules Moraux de Franklin: le 
 Bonhomme Richard et le Sifflet.” 
 
 >818 [PEIGNOT.] Les Livre des Singularites par “ G. P. 
 u Philomnestk,” auteur des “ Amusements Philologiques.” 
 
 8vo, half green calf. Very scarce. Dijon, 1841 
 
 v lf0 8l 9 
 
 PEIGNOT. Essai Analytique sur l’Origine de la Langue 
 Fran<;aise et sur un Recueil de Monumens Authentiques 
 de cette Langue, classes Chronologiquement depuis le 
 IXe Si&cle jusqu’au XVIIe, avec des Notes Historiques, 
 Philologiques et Bibliographiques. 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Dijon, 1835 
 
 Rare. This important philological work of Peignot was limited to 150 
 copies. It has on the half-title the ‘‘ex-libris” of “ Doct. D. Bernard.” 
 
 O 0 ^ 2 ° [PEIGNOT.] Recherches Historiques sur la Personne de 
 ^ ^ J £sus Christ, sur celle de Marie, sur les Deux Genealogies 
 du Sauveur, et sur sa Famille; avec des Notes Philolo- 
 giques, des Tableaux Synoptiques, et une Ample Table des 
 Matieres. 8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Dijon, 1829 
 
 Rare. Peignot published this work under the nom-de-plume of — “ un Ancien 
 Bibliothecaire. ” 
 
 00821 PEIGNOT. Documens Authentiques et Details Curieux 
 V sur les Depenses de Louis XIV. Portrait of Louis the 
 
 Fourteenth. 8vo, half calf. Paris, RonouarL, 1827 
 
 Very rare. A curious work limited to 300 copies, of which 25 were on 
 “ papier velin ” and 275 on “ beau papier fin.” On the half-title is the auto- 
 graph of “ A. J. Odell ” and inside the cover is the heraldic book-plate of — 
 “ Bibliotheque de Th. de Jonghe.” 
 
 
 822 
 
 PEIGNOT. Recherches sur le Luxe des Romains dans 
 leur Ameublement avec des Notes. 8vo, half calf 
 
 Dijon, 1837 
 
 Limited edition of 150 copies. 
 
 (,£823 PEIGNOT. Lettres Inedites de. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Dijon, Darrantiire , 1884 
 
 Limited edition of no copies in all — 100 on Holland paper, 3 on China, 3 
 on Whatman, 3 on parchment paper, and 1 on parchment. 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 223 
 
 Oft 24 PFISTER.— Notice d’un Livre Imprime a Bamberg en 
 1462 by Albert Pfister lue a l’lnstitut National par 
 “ Camus. ” Vignette on title and facsimiles. 4to, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, Baudouin , an VII. 
 
 Rare. The fac-similes are of types and woodblocks, the last named being 
 of the order of illustrations in the block-books. 
 
 3 J 7)^ 2 5 PHILOBIBLION (The). A Monthly Bibliographical Jour- 
 ' nal, containing Critical Notices of, and Extracts from, 
 
 Rare, Curious and Valuable Old Books. Printed on India 
 paper. 2 vols. 4to, boards, uncut. N. Y., 1862-63 
 
 Scarce. Nearly all the surplus copies were accidentally destroyed by water. 
 The above is in splendid condition. 
 
 ^‘826 [Pichon.] Catalogue des Livres Rares et Pr^cieux Manu- 
 *• scrits et Imprimes de la Bibliotheque de M. le Baron J. 
 
 Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, L. Potier, 1869 
 
 '***** 
 
 Priced throughout in MS. With a fourteen-page preface. The above rich 
 collection, consisting of 1,087 numbers, was sold at the Hotel Drouot and for 
 465,370 francs. 
 
 ^J-827 Pinart and other Paris Book Catalogues, one printed almost 
 entirely in old French Gothic types and “civility.” 
 
 (6 pieces) 
 
 U q 828 PIXERECOURT (Guilbert de). Bibliotheque de, avec des 
 * Notes Litteraires et Bibliographiques de ses Deux Ecellens 
 
 Amis CHARLES NODIER et PAUL LACROIX. Large 
 8vo, half calf, top edge marbled, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1838 
 
 Very rare, large paper and one of 80 copies on Holland paper and with 
 the ex-libris engraved on the title. This copy came from the library of “ Henri 
 Lambert, avocat, Versailles,” and has his book-plate on an end paper. The 
 catalogue is priced in ink throughout. There is also added a printed price list 
 showing the entire collection, one of the rarest in Europe, sold for over 74,956 
 francs. 
 
 MAX ROOSES’S SPLENDID WORK ON CHRISTOPHER 
 
 PLANTIN. 
 
 / 1 (JQ &2 9 PLANTIN.— CHRISTOPHE PLANTIN Imprimeur 
 ' - Anversois par MAX ROOSES, Conservateur du Mus£e 
 
 Plantin-Moretus. ico plates , portraits , views and fac- 
 similes — also head and tail pieces, etc. Square folio, folded 
 and loose in sheets ready for binding. 
 
 Anvers, Jos. Maes , 1882 
 
 Imported price — fifty dollars. This grand volume of 450 pages on Christopher 
 Plantin gives a picture of that printer’s astonishing activity. After an account 
 of his life, his relations with the scholars of his time, and his struggles during 
 the great events of the sixteenth century, for which the author has found much 
 new material in the archives of the printing house, M. Rooses deals with his 
 professional career, which is illustrated with numerous reproductions of the title- 
 pages, vignettes, etc. , designed and engraved by contemporary artists who were 
 employed on the various works of Plantin. 
 
224 
 
 THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 h q 830 POTIER (L., Libraire de la Bibliothlgue Imperial!). Cata- 
 logue des Livres Rares et Pr£cieux Manuscritset Imprimis 
 faisant partie de la Libraire de. Thick large 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut (a few pp. torn without hurting the text, and can be 
 easily mended). Paris, 1870 
 
 Potier was one of the great book-experts of France. The above was but a 
 part of his collection. There are 27 pages of prefatory matter. The cata- 
 logue itself makes 452 pages. This copy is priced throughout in ink, and shows 
 that this part alone brought 149.439 francs, but then that was in Paris, you 
 know, where there are amateurs who are true bibliognostes, and would not insult 
 a library or an auctioneer with two-for-a cent bids. They do these things better 
 in France, you know. 
 
 QUERARD’S WORKS ON IMPORTANT LITERATURE. 
 
 I b-W s 3 I QUERARD (J. M.). La France Litt^raire, ou Dictionnaire 
 Bibliographique des Savants, Historiens et Gens de Lettres 
 de la France, ainsi que des Litterateurs Etrangers qui 
 ont Ecrit en Fran^ais, plus Particulierement pendant les 
 XVIIIe et XIXe Si£cles. 10 vols. 8vo, fresh half red mo- 
 rocco gilt, top edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, chez Firmin Didot p'ere et fils , 1827-39 
 
 VERY SCARCE. A work of great bibliographical importance, being sup- 
 plementary to Brunet and containing information as to editions to be found 
 nowhere else. Querard, in these volumes, describes: — 1, Reprints of French 
 works in all ages; 2, Translations into French of all foreign authors ancient and 
 modern; and 3, reprints made in France of the original works of these authors. 
 This bibliography, therefore, covers a ground unattempted by Brunet, Lowndes, 
 or any of the authorities of any nation. 
 
 1 0 M 83: 
 
 QUERARD. Les Supercheries Litteraires Devoilees 
 Galerie des Ecrivains Frangais de toute PEurope qui se 
 sont deguis£s sous des Anagrammes, des Asteronymes, 
 des Criptonymes, des Initialismes, des Noms Litteraires, 
 des Pseudonymes Facetieux ou Bizarres, etc., suivie i° du 
 Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes par Ant. Ai.ex. 
 Barbier, Troisieme Edition, Revue et Augmentee par M. 
 Olivier Barbier, Conservateur sous Directeur adjoint & 
 la Bibliotheque Imperiale — 2° d' une Table Generale des 
 Noms Reels des Ecrivains Anonymes et Pseudonymes 
 cites dans les Deux Ouvrages. 3 vols. thick large 8vo, 
 fresh three-quarters dark green crushed levant morocco, 
 top edges gilt. Paris, Paul Daffis , 1869 
 
 VERY SCARCE. A fine, tall, clean and handsome copy of the second 
 edition of Querard’s important work, and considerably enlarged by Gustave 
 Brunet and I’ierre Jannet 
 
 This grand book is a work on pseudonyms, anagrams, asteronyms, crypto- 
 nyms, initialisms, literary names, anonyms, etc., etc., and not a slipshod make- 
 shift of a book gotten up for mere profit. It was the labor of love of Brunet, 
 Querard, Barbier and Jannet who made up a bibliographical quadrilateral of 
 unequalled authority. 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 225 
 
 ffl)&33 Rees (J. Rogers). The Pleasures of a Book-Worm. Small 
 8vo, fresh cloth, totally uncut. N. Y., 1886 
 
 “ If a man spends lavishly on his library you call him mad — a bibliomaniac. 
 But you never call one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day 
 by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their 
 books." — Ruski.n. 
 
 C/J”834 Renard (J., of Lyons). Catalogue de la Partie Reservee 
 de. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 
 
 A superb collection of rare and Gothic editions, bindings of celebrated per- 
 sonages, etc. The catalogue was made by “A. Claudin, libraire-expert et 
 paleographe.” 
 
 I (J (J&35 RENOUVIER (Jules). Des Portraits d’Auteurs dans les 
 Livres du XVe Siecle, avec un Avant Propos par Georges 
 Duplessis. 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Auguste Aubry, 1863 
 Limited edition of 214 copies, of which the above is “teinte a l’antique." A 
 valuable brochure on Incunabulic portraits in books. 
 
 (3 $ 836 REUME (Auguste de, Capitaine d'Artillerie). Varietes 
 Bibliographiques et Litteraires. With numerous (100) fi?ie 
 woodcuts of printers' marks , vignettes , coats of arms and fancy 
 initials. Large 8vo, cloth, totally uncut. Brussels, 1848 
 Very rare, large paper and No. 69 of limited edition of 100 numbered 
 copies in all. This valuable work contains in alphabetical order, a list of the 
 early printers of Belgium, and other articles relating to the Elzevirs, Gutenberg, 
 Fust, etc. The valuable works of M. de Reume, of which the above is one of 
 the rarest, are reprints of articles in the “ Bibliophile Beige.” M. de Reume, 
 who was a Major on the staff in Brussels, was born in 1807; died, 1865., 
 
 [ji/37 
 
 Richard (Jules). L’Art de Former une Bibliotheque. 
 Small 8vo, fresh half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut, with the covers bound in. 
 
 Paris, Rouveyre et Blond, 1883 
 Unique and limited edition of 100 copies. This has a portrait inserted of 
 this bibliomaniacal author, after Gavarni — also a fac simile autograph. 
 
 ^838 Rochebiliere (A.). Catalogue des Livres Rares et Curieux 
 en tous Genres composant la Bibliotheque de. 2 vols. 
 small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1882-84 
 
 Part I priced by hand. 
 
 Monsieur Rochebiliere was the “ Conservateur of the Library of Saint 
 Genevieve,” and the above catalogue of his very valuable library was compiled 
 by — “ A. Claudin, libraire-expert et paleographe.” 
 
 BARON ROTHSCHILD’S LIBRARY CATALOGUE. 
 
 ROTHSCHILD (James de, Baron). Catalogue des Livres 
 Composant la Bibliotheque de, Tome Primier (all pub- 
 lished). Profusely illustrated with facsimiles of title- 
 pages , illustrations in ancient books , some on Japan paper, 
 
226 
 
 T1IE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 
 
 facsimiles in gold and colors of bindings, portrait of the late 
 Baron James de Rothschild, etc. Thick large 8vo, 
 sewed, uncut. Paris, Damascene Morgand , 1884 
 
 Very limited edition. A splendid bibliography and profusely illustrated 
 of one of the grandest collections of books and bindings in Europe. The late 
 Baron James de Rothschild was a collector and amateur of the genre Grolier 
 and De Thou, and expended millions upon his marvellous library. 
 
 j! fa 840 ROUVEYRE (Edouard) and UZANNE (Octave). Miscel- 
 lanees Bibliographiques. 3 vols 8vo, fresh half dark 
 
 brown crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt, others 
 uncut. Paris, 1878-80 
 
 A new, clean, well-bound copy of this most desirable bibliognostic work, 
 edited by Rouveyre and the author of '“The Fan,” with the collaboration of 
 bibliophiles of world-wide reputation, such as Brunet, Paul Lacroix, Viau, 
 Champfleury, le Bibliophile Job, etc. 
 
 ly 
 
 841 Rouveyre. Connaissances Necessaires a un Bibliophile. 
 Many engravings , specimens of different papers used, etc. 2 
 vols. small 8vo, fresh half crushed levant morocco, top 
 edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1879-80 
 
 A capital compilation for the guidance of book collectors, containing a great 
 many interesting particulars about books, the collection, binding, preservation, 
 collation, means of cleaning, etc., etc. 
 
 7.7J* 42 
 
 ROWFANT LIBRARY (The). — A Catalogue of the Printed 
 Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Drawings and 
 Pictures, collected by Frederick Locker-Lampson. 
 With heraldic illustrations, portrait — also front, by George 
 Cruikshank. Large 8vo, fresh half smooth morocco, 
 top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 London, Bernard Quaritch, 18S6 
 
 One of a limited edition of 1 50 copies printed for sale. The etching by 
 Cruikshank of “ Fairy Connoisseurs Inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker’s Collec- 
 tion of Drawings, etc.,” which forms the frontispiece to the volume, is one of 
 the first 250 impressions from the plate. The above also includes the etching 
 by Du Maurier of ‘‘Frederick Locker” and Andrew Lang's poem of “The 
 Rowfant Books”: — 
 
 “ The Rowfant books, how fair they shew, 
 
 The Quarto quaint, the Aldine tall 
 Print, autograph, portfolio ! 
 
 Back from the outer air they call, 
 
 The athletes from the Tennis ball 
 This Rhymer from his rod and hooks, 
 
 Would I could sing them one and all, 
 
 The Rowfant books !” 
 
 p I843 Russell (John Fuller). 
 8vo, sewed. 
 
 Catalogue of Library of. Large 
 London, 1886 
 
 0 ("844 Sacy (Silvestre de, French Academician). Catalogue des 
 Livres Rares et Pr6cieux relies par Boyet, Du Seuil, 
 Padeloup, Derome, Trautz-Bauzonnet. Large 8vo, 
 sewed, uncut. Paris, 1879 
 
 Priced in MS. by hand. The 922 lots sold for over 113,000 francs. 
 
 
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 227 
 
 v fo 845 Soci£t£ df.s Bibliophiles Francois. Notice des Publica- 
 tions Faites par. Small 4to, half calf, uncut, with covers 
 bound in. Paris, Lion Techener , 1879 
 
 Printed on Holland paper. 
 
 /J 7 ) 846 Stevens (Henry, of Vermont ). Recollections of Mr. James 
 Lenox, of New York, and the Formation of his Library. 
 Portrait on China paper. Small 8vo, half cloth gilt, 
 totally uncut. London, Printed by C. Whittingham, 1886 
 
 Dedicated to his — “ Old and valued friend Doctor George If. Moore, Super- 
 intendent of the Lenox Library.” 
 
 ^4 7 
 
 Suffolk and Berkshire (Earl of). Catalogue of Library of, 
 and three other Catalogues. 8vo and large 8vo, sewed. 
 
 London, 1886 
 
 Syston Park Library. Catalogue of Important Portion of, 
 belonging to the late Sir J. H. Thorold. Large 8vo, 
 sewed. London, 1884 
 
 849 TECHENER (J.). Bulletin du Bibliophile et du Bibliothe- 
 j ~lA) caire, contenant des Notices Bibliographiques, Philolo- 
 / ' giques, Historiques, Litteraires. 12 vols. thick 8vo, sewed, 
 
 uncut. Paris, J. Techener , 1851-65 
 
 Very scarce. The above set of this admirable work, full of bibliographical 
 and bibliophilistic information, is just as the volumes were issued by Techener, 
 with all the peculiarities of title-pages and covers. It comprises the following 
 years— 1851, ’52, ’53, ’57, ’58. ’59, '60, ‘6r, ’62, ’63, ’64 and ’65. Among the 
 contributors were all the principal librarians of France, connoisseurs, authors, 
 learned booksellers, and others, among whom is Chenu, who is designated as 
 “ Elzevirophile.” 
 
 ,01 * 5 ° 
 
 Techener. Troisieme Catalogue de Livres Anciens et 
 Modernes Rares et Curieux provenant de la Libraire de 
 J. Joseph Techener pere. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 Priced in MS. Paris, 1865 
 
 TIMPERLEY (C. H.) Encyclopedia of Literary and 
 Typographical Anecdote, being a Chronological Digest of 
 the most Interesting Facts Illustrative of the History of 
 Literature and Printing from the Earliest Period. Second 
 Edition, with a Continuation to the Present Time, and a 
 Practical Manual of Printing. Cuts , loose illustra- 
 tions , etc. Thick large 8vo, half morocco gilt, top edge 
 gilt, others uncut. London, 1842 
 
 Fine copy of the “ Second edition, to which is added a continuation to the 
 present time, comprising recent biographies, chiefly of booksellers, and a prac- 
 tical manual of printing.” — Lowndes. 
 
 Timperley’s work is one of the most accurate, laborious and voluminous com- 
 pilations ever made, and one to be gratefully remembered by all students of the 
 history of English literature and typography. The author was in early life a 
 soldier, had gone through many campaigns, had served at Waterloo, and had 
 well earned his pension of a shilling per diem. He was at one time a book- 
 seller, but had accepted bills to a large amount; and in order to pay the debts 
 
228 
 
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 contracted he consigned his stock to an auctioneer, who, after disposing of it 
 by auction, ran off with the proceeds. Broken down by misfortune, he accepted 
 literary employment with Fisher and Jackson, the subscription-book publishers, 
 in whose service he died. 
 
 The man who knows not the name of “ Timpcrley ” is unworthy of the name 
 of book collector. In fact, so great is this old printer’s fame that if one biblio- 
 grapher call upon a friend and send in the name of “Mr. Timpcrley” it is 
 known in an instant that one of the guild awaits the presence of another. The 
 surname of “ Timperley” is the esoteric word among the craft bibliophilistic. 
 This, unlike the pass-words, grips, signs, etc., of the Mystic Tie, or of the 
 Sheikhs of the Kaaba, is an open secret. Bookworms! Verbum sap. 
 
 jj~8^2 Trourat (Jules). Plume et Pinceau, Etudes de Litterature 
 et d’Art. Rubricated title. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1878 
 
 Includes studies on — Rabelais, Voltaire, “l’Assommoir,” Hugo, Gautier, 
 Courbet, Cabanel, etc. , etc. 
 
 JrK* 
 
 53 UZANNE (Octave, editor of “ Le Livre"). Caprices d’un 
 Bibliophile. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Rouveyre , 1878 
 
 Limited edition. Although published nine years ago, this little volume 
 is quite rare. It contains most interesting articles on book collectors, book sales 
 and book rarities; also on Restif de la Brctonne, Balzac, “ le Cabinet d’un 
 Eroto-Bibliomane," etc. 
 
 |J3 8 54 
 
 UZANNE. Nos Amis les Livres Causeries sur la Littera- 
 ture Curieuse et la Libraire. Etched front, by H. 
 Manf.sse and loose inserted view of Chantilly. Small 8vo, 
 paper, gilt. Paris, Maison Quantin, 1886 
 
 n , .855 VALLEE (Leon). Bibliographie des Bibliographies. 
 N -\ y Thick large 8vo, fresh half crushed red levant morocco, 
 
 top edge gilt, others uncut, by Rousselle. Paris, 1883 
 The most complete catalogue of catalogues yet made. It is invaluable to 
 librarians, and treats as extensively of English and American Bibliography as 
 that of Continental Europe. 
 
 ^^^"856 VAPEREAU (G.). Dictionnaire Universel des Littera- 
 . I teurs. Very thick large 8vo, half red morocco, cloth 
 
 sides. Paris, Hachette, 1876 
 
 A most useful work for bibliographers and students of literature. It gives a 
 list of the writers of all ages, is full of articles on curious literary subjects, and 
 is more or less of a bibliography. 
 
 . 40 8 57 
 
 Viollet le Due. Catalogue des Livres composant la Bib- 
 liotheque de M. Viollet le Due, avec des Notes Biblio- 
 graphiques, Biographiques et Litteraires, avec Supplement. 
 2 vols. in 1. 8vo, half calf, gilt. Paris, 1843-47 
 
 Edouard Fournier’s copy, and with his signature on the title. The first 
 volume is — “ pour servir a I’histoire de la poesie en France the second is of — 
 “ Chansons, Fabliaux, Contes en Vers et en Prose. F'aceties, Pieces Comiques 
 et Burlesques, Dissertations Singuliires, Aventures Galantes, Amoureuses, 
 Prodigieuses.” 
 
22Q 
 
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 858 YV EISSE (John A., M.D., President American Philological 
 Society ). Origin, Progress and Destiny of the English 
 Language and Literature. 8vo. cloth, 700 pp. 
 
 N. Y., J. IV. Bouton, 1879 
 
 The object of this work, to which the author has devoted his time and labors 
 for thirty years, is: 1. To lay before the English speaking populations, in both 
 hemispheres, the real origin and progress of their language. 2. To make the 
 coming generation realize the superiority of their idiom over others, as to the 
 refinement and vigor of its vocabulary, clearness of diction, simplicity in gram- 
 mar, and directness in construction. 3. To show the inconsistency of so-called 
 English orthography. 4. To suggest a method to write and print English as it 
 is pronounced, and remove the few remaining irregularities from its grammar. 
 5. Last, 1 o stimulate the English-speaking millions all over the globe, so to 
 simplify the uttering, writing, and printing of their language as to make it a 
 desideratum for universal adoption. 
 
 1 he author has analyzed the philosophy of language by a new method, so 
 thorough that the deepest scholar can not cut a flaw in it; so clear that a school 
 boy of fifteen can comprehend it .” — Philadelphia Press. 
 
 ") J ^59 Werdet (Edmond, bibliophile). Histoire du Livre en France 
 / jusq’en 1789. 3 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1861-64 
 
 These three volumes comprise — “ Origines du Livre Manuscrit, 1275-1470”; 
 “ Les Estienne, 1502-1664, et leur Devanciers depuis 1470”; “ Les Didot 
 leurs Devanciers et Contemporains 1500 a 1789.” 
 
 I ; a 860 Wheatley (H. B., F. S. A.). How to Form a Library. 
 
 Small 8vo, fresh cloth. London, Elliot Stock , 1886 
 
 ( If 861 YVodhull (Michael). Catalogue of Library collected by, 
 and the Property of J. E. Severne. Large 8vo, sewed. 
 
 London, 1886 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF WYNNE’S PRIVATE LIBRARIES 
 OF NEW YORK. 
 
 ^)^vf862 YVYNNE (James, M.D.). Private Libraries of New York. 
 
 With a plate of interior of Mr. Noyes’s Library. Large 
 4to, cloth, uncut. N. Y., i860 
 
 LARGE PAPER, and No. 6 of limited edition of one hundred copies. 
 
 Among the principal libraries mentioned in this work are those of John Allan, 
 George Bancroft, Thomas B. Barton. J. Carson Brevoort, Rev. Dr. Chapin, 
 Almon W. Griswold, William Menzies, William Curtis Noyes, Dr. Purple, 
 George T. Strong, R. L. Stuart, Rich. Grant YVhite, Henry C. Murphy and 
 Samuel J. Tilden. 
 
 (J ^(>3 YEMENIZ (M. YV.). Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de, 
 precede d’un notice par M. Le Roux de Lincy, with 
 separate printed price-list. Together 2 vols. Thick large 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1867 
 
 This famous library, sold at the Hotel Drouot, Paris, in 1867, brought 
 724,252 francs 75 centimes for the 3,954 lots. 
 

 
 THE TENS DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION OF BOOK-PLATES AND 
 PRINTERS’ MARKS. 
 
 q86 4 BOOK-PLATES, EARLY TYPOGRAPHICAL DE- 
 VICES, LATER PRINTERS’ MARKS, etc. A col- 
 lection of 614 examples , many very early , and dating from 
 the beginning of the sixteenth century. The whole in one 
 volume, thick large 4 to, half russia, cloth sides, guards, 
 red edges. 
 
 UNIQUE, and a most remarkable, if not one of the finest, "ex-libris” col- 
 lections in this country. There are, all told, 466 book-plates, mostly heraldic 
 and of noble and distinguished personages or families. Some date from the 
 seventeenth century, and are of extreme rarity. There are also nearly 150 
 printers' marks, the larger number being title pages from sixteenth century works, 
 which have been thus ruthlessly destroyed. 
 
 Mr. Pene du Hois writes as follows respecting the collecting of book-plates : 
 
 “ If humanity has a failing, it is to express possession. One puts his mono- 
 gram on his linen, his time-piece, the door of his brougham; if the owner be 
 great, the value of these objects is enhanced, if not, it is diminished. If the 
 mark of ownership was the work of an artist, the object marked is precious for 
 that reason alone, and if it is to be discarded as unworthy of the mark, the 
 mark itself should be preserved. Then, the man who collects book-plates is not 
 a maniac. Every artist from Durer to Edwin A. Abbey has made some draw- 
 ing for a friend, that he has forgotten and that does not appear in the catalogue 
 of his work. It is true especially of book-plates, and men who have meditated 
 on Mahomet’s maxim that ‘ every hair has a shadow ’ have snatched from the 
 Lethe the insignificant fleuron, initial or book-plate. 
 
 “ They have done well, for the world likes to see an artist off his guard, and 
 the collector of book-plates has the familiar work of an artist. Now, in this 
 collection is the familiar History of Engraving from the earliest woodblock to 
 the zinc plate. In it, a History of Manners from the grave epopee to the money 
 counter; in it, a History of Taste in every country. Desbarolles, who made a 
 science of the art of divining a man’s character from his handwriting would have 
 liked to be enabled to tell it from his book-plate. Is he witty, grave, a student 
 or a mere dilettante? His book-plate tells it; and a collection of book-plates 
 tells an infinity of other secrets to the devout, that do not go to the profane. 
 And the profane who looks wonderingly at monuments, at churches that are 
 theology in stone, at books that are to be studied in the light that comes through 
 stained glass, in ogival windows, with an artist’s fervor, like symbols for the 
 symbols themselves. Wherefore the world’s philosophy is probably in a collec- 
 tion of book-plates. — H. P. B.” 
 
 This “ Pene du Hois Collection of Book-Plates” is particularly rich in speci- 
 mens of " ex-libris” used by the old noblesse of France as well as by the men of 
 the great French Revolution. As an indication of the wealth of the collection, 
 examples of the following may be specified as being included: — Napoleon I. anil 
 III.; “ Monsigneur le Comte d’Artois”; Cardinal Prince de Rohan; Berryer; 
 J. D. Cochin ; the Benedictine Monastery of Rayhrad at Breslau, founded 
 MXLVIII.; M. Haet; Joannes Petrus Buzot; E. A. Fischer; " B. de Foucheres- 
 Dufour, procureur du Roi a Douay"; M. Von der Mulhen; Agustin Quenson; 
 Joseph Garamph; I. B. Gastaldy, 1752; Jean Weibel; George Fairholme of Green- 
 hill, 1779; I. H. de Chaillet; “J. A. Claret-Delatourrette, 1719; Dr. Rcquin; 
 Wilfrid Chauvin; “ Hon. Charles Hope Weir of Craigehall and Blackwood”; 
 “ Prefecture du Dept, de la Nievre”; Michau de Montaran; Germain Pic'nault 
 De Lamartiniere; “ Rachel, the Tragedienne”; Van Der Heille; II. J. Rega; 
 “ El Conde de Tepa “ NL de Baron de Nervo ”; Dr. J. M. W. Baumann; M. 
 Antoine; "M. Descartes — Conseiller au Parlcment ”; Thomas Gueulette; M. 
 
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 Roederer; Baron Felix d’Henen de Culvillers; Viollet Le Due; Madame de 
 Gerangy; J. Gouillon; Hastings Elwin; “ M. du Rosier, Vicomte de Magnieu"; 
 " James Walker of Innerdovat”; George Nicol; P. P. Cannae; "Honorable 
 Francis Henry Egerton, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire”; J. B. Lenoir de- 
 
 I. aroche; Nicholas Menin; Dr. Bodard; J. P. Lamy; Lejay; Charles Nodier; 
 "Duke de Cortina”; l’Abbe Briot-de-la-Mallerie; "Julii Comitis de Meno ”; 
 Henri Lambert; “ M. le Comte de Serans”; “ M. Ie Baron Le Caix de Saint- 
 Aymour ”; T. W. Carson; “ M. Lambert, Intendant de la Maison de la Reine ”; 
 D. D. d’Archambault, 1778; M. De Laus de Boissy; Bertin de Fligny; Worigny; 
 
 II. T. Baron; Duthyard; “ M. Hurson, Conseiller au Parlement”; H. Simon 
 Dautreville; " Campbell of Monzie”; “ M. Brochant du Brellil, Conseiller au 
 Parlement ”; P. C. Laurens, de Villedeuil; Janvier de Flainville; “ Bibliotheque 
 du Regiment de Berri, Cavalcrie”; A. De S. Marie; M. Danners; Emanuel 
 Barberot D’Autel; De Marescot; M. Murin; " Bibliotheca Woogiana ”; Lavoi- 
 sier; La Rochefoucauld; Alexander M. F. P. de Dompierre; Thomas Powell; 
 “ Le President Ilenault de l'Academie Fran9oise”; Ludovico Vacher, 1768; 
 A. Franklin; Le Comte D. Boutourlin; David Fridlaender; Francis Joseph 
 Menage de Mondesir; Matthew F. Geoffrey; Le Doux; G. Nouet; C. D’Augyld; 
 Fougeroux de Secoal; F. Fallot; ‘‘Hieronimus Beausire, Academ et Architect 
 Regis”; “ M. Terray, Intendant de Lyon ”; "Louis Antoine; Paul Bourbon 
 Busset Citoyen Framjais, 1793”; Michau de Montaran; Lancelot Holland; 
 Joannes Bizzarre; Henri Petit; Philippe Vonderweil; A. Louis; Haller; C. de 
 Chaussepierre; Elize Gulston; R. Chardey; "Charles de Baschi, Marquis 
 D’Aubais ”; Joseph Xaupi; De Blanriez; G. M. Deplace; “ La Bibliotheque des 
 Grands Pensionaires ”; G. C. Wilder; J. Giraldi; Delahaye des Fosses; Henry 
 Thomas Buckle; Murat; " Louis E. de Lavergne Comte de Tressan ”; Armand 
 Bertin; “Sir Ernest Gordon, Bart.”; Le Comte de Fortia; Comte Joseph de 
 Lagondie; A. Koepfner; Sternberg; Longueval deBouquoy; N. F. Von Mulinen; 
 " Bibliotheque de la Belle Fontaine ”; J. P. Le Dru; Bourneville; M. Lebrun; 
 A. Felibien; “ Le Prince de la Moskowa ”; Comte F. de Lagrange; " The Right 
 Hon. Charlotte Viscountess Howe”; R. W. St. John; " Monasterii Besuensis”; 
 Victor Due de Saint Simon Vcrmandois; F. de Brossard; N. F. B. Le Sage; F. 
 Mouchard, 1732; Viscount de la Maillardiere; L. de Lionne; J. B. Durey de 
 Noinville; Comte du Parc; E. Mey; T. Wood; J. Chartarius, 1742; Victoris 
 Gay; B. H. De Fourcy; Calandrini; A. de Lavergne; " Le Chevelier N. Du 
 Nouy”; Elizabet Dundas; F. Thormann; J. L. Beraud; M. Loyevis; II. de 
 Silva; G. de Fontaine; etc., etc. 
 
 Many of these book-plates were engraved or designed by well-known artists. 
 Among the names will be found: — D. Villiers; J. Martinet; Veyrier; Daudet; 
 A. Sergem; Francis Montulay, 1754; G. Huot; Hughes; Laurent; C. N. 
 Cochin; Francois; Roy; J. B. Scotin; Bouchy; Pollett; M. Thevenard; P. Giffart; 
 A. Zingg Beaumont; Choffard; etc. 
 
 The printers’ devices embrace some admirable specimens such as; — Plantin, 
 Badius, Petit, Oporini, Kerver, Girault, Foucher, Birchman, Morel. Giunta, 
 Frellon, Chesneau, Sonnius, Gryphius, Marnef, Landry, Wechel, Millot, Richer, 
 Cramoisy, Moreau, Thierry, etc., etc. 
 
 This volume will make a splendid nucleus for some more ambitious collector 
 than Mr. Pene du Bois, and now that there is an "ex-libris” literature, the 
 value of book plates has increased wonderfully within a few years. 
 
 865 BOOK PLATES. — Warren (J. Leicester, M. A.). A Guide 
 to the Study of Book-Plates (ex-Libris). Numerous plates. 
 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1880 
 
 " When a volume in your catalogue contains an interesting or an early-dated 
 book-plate, it is well worth one more line of type to notify the fact. Even the 
 large book auctioneers might find this hint deserving of their serious attention." 
 — Preface. 
 
232 
 
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 Ifn-P “ 
 
 BOOK PLATES. — Poulet-Malassis (A.). Les Ex- 
 Libris Fran<;ais depuis leur Origine jusqu’a nos Jours. 
 With 24 page illustrations and facsimiles of book-plates, 
 some dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 
 Large 8vo, three-quarters crushed red levant morocco, 
 with the covers bound in, top edge gilt, others uncut, by 
 Lemarbelty. Paris, Roquette , 1875 
 
 Very scarce, and limited to 350 copies on “ papier verge,” and Whatman 
 and China papers. This is the great French authority on “ ex-libris," or book- 
 plates. 
 
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 233 
 
 VI. (Tnviosa amt ifacetxac, 
 
 INCLUDING 
 
 Rare Illustrated French Erotica, Books of Emblems, 
 The Dance of Death, etc., etc. 
 
 “ Books of which the principles are diseased or deformed must be kept on 
 the shelf of the scholar, as the man of science preserves monsters in glasses. 
 They belong to the study of the mind’s morbid anatomy. But they 
 ought to be accurately labelled. Voltaire will still be a wit, notwithstanding 
 he is a scofTer. We may admire the brilliant spots and eyes of the viper, if we 
 acknowledge its venom and call it a reptile.” — R. A. Willmott. 
 
 , BAILLARD ET HELOISE ESSAI HISTORIQUE 
 par M. et Mme. GUIZOT sums df.s Lettres 
 d’ABAILLARD et d’HELOISE, traduites sur 
 les MANUSCRITS de la BIBLIOTHEQUE 
 ROYALE par M. ODAOUL. Nouvelle edition entiere- 
 ment refondue. 8vo. Bound by AD. BERTRAND in 
 fresh half crushed red levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut. Paris, Didier, 1853 
 
 UNIQUE and LARGE PAPER. This admirable edition is extra-illus- 
 TRATi-d with nearly thirty plates, mostly portraits. Among them are the fol- 
 lowing:— Portrait of “ M. Guizot,’’ by C. Cook; portraits of ‘‘Madame Gui- 
 zot,” in two states, finished and unfinished; ‘‘Abelard, 'on India paper, engraved 
 by E. Groux; “ Heloise “ Charlemagne ”; “ Abelard and Heloise.” proof 
 before letters: “Peter Bayle”; “ Mirabeau,” by Alex. Massard; “Shake- 
 speare/’ engraved by J. Swaine; * * Tete de Christ/ etching by Dufrene; W ith 
 every bead I drop too soft a tear,” painted by NVestall, engraved by Heath, 
 “ John the Baptist,” engraved by John; “ Mary Magdalene, ’ engraved by J. 
 Rogers, after Guido; “ Tete de St. l’ierre”; “St. Jerome, by J. Fuseli, after 
 Guido; “ Moses and the Tablets of the Law,” engraved by Voysard; “ Virgil, 
 by Salmon; “Heloise,” by Ryley, engraved by Heath; “St. Bernard des 
 Alpes “ Ca-sar,” proof on India paper, engraved by Freeman; “Plato ; 
 “ Petrarch,” engraved by Robt. Hart; “ Racine,’ engraved by J. Collyer, 
 “Chateaubriand”; “Des Cartes,” engraved by W. lloll; “ I.ucien Bona- 
 parte”; “ Monument to Abelard and Heloise ’; “ Lord Byron. 
 
 868 ALFIERI.— Della Tirannide Libri Due di Vittorio 
 Alfieri aggiuntovi La Catilinaria e la Giugurtina tra- 
 dotte. Minimo, russia gilt, beveled sides, gold dentelle 
 borders, gilt edges. Florence, 1S60 
 
 Charming minimo edition of Alfieri’s Utopian work in which the same 
 views are advanced as in latter times in the “ Contrat Social, and more or less 
 by Henry George and the Socialists. 
 
234 
 
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 “ REYNARD THE FOX,” ALB. VON EWERDINGEN’S ILLUS- 
 TRATIONS— PETER SCHENCK’S EDITION OF 1752. 
 
 869 ALKMAR (Heinrichs von). REINEKE df.r FUCHS mit 
 Schonen Kupfern nach tier Ausgabe von 1498 ins Hoch- 
 deutsche ubersetzet und mit einer Abhandlung, von dem 
 Urheber, wahren Alter und grossen Werthe dieses Gedichte 
 versehen von Johann Christoph Gottscheden. Pro- 
 fusely illustrated. 4to. Handsomely bound by W. Pratt 
 in Spanish calf gilt, edges gilt on red. 
 
 Leipzig and Amsterdam, Peter Schenck , 1752 
 Rare original edition, with brilliant impressions of the illustrations, 
 and one of the most sought after editionsof “ Reynard the Fox,” on account, 
 as Brunet states, of the 57 engravings of Alb. von Ewerdingen, and some by 
 Fokke, illustrations which, while most exact from the standpoint of natural his- 
 tory, truthfully tell the subject of the various fables. 
 
 The original designs of this work were sold at the White Knight’s sale in 
 1819, and were purchased by Mr. Hibbert for nearly £cf> sterling, i. e., $450. 
 
 Alkmaer lived at the end of the fifteenth century. Rollagen asserts that 
 “ Henry Alkmaer ” was only a pseudonym of Nicholas Baumann, who revenged 
 himself on the Duke de Juliers by writing the above as a satire on the manners 
 of his time. It is certain that the " bas-allemand ” edition of " Reinecke 
 Voss ” of Alkmaer was a translation of ancient Flemish versions, probably 
 derived from the original French. Alkmaer, in his preface to the 1498 edition, 
 says that he had — “ traduit le present livre du Welche et du Fran9ais.” 
 
 ALKMAR. Another copy of the same edition. 4to, half 
 mottled sheep (some pp. stained). 
 
 1^871 Almanach des Dames pour 1’an 1813. Vignette title and 
 plates , engraved by Forsell after Gerard Douw, Seb. 
 del Piombo, Poussin, etc., one erotic. Square minimo, calf 
 gilt, inside gold tooling. Tubingen and Paris, 1813 
 
 7 2 AMOURS de la Belle Rosine, Aventures Curieuses 
 d’une Jeune Fille de Quinze a Seize Ans. Small 8vo, 
 sewed, uncut. Erotic. Geneva, 1880 
 
 CHINA PAPER COPY OF THE “AMOURS OF HENRI 
 QUATRE"— WITH THE PORTRAITS IN TWO STATES. 
 
 LL 0 0 8 73 AMOURS de HENRI IV. par M. df. Lescure. Illustrated 
 '* with portraits of Henry Quatre and his mistresses, 
 
 Gabrielle d’Estrkes, Henriette d’Entragues, Mar- 
 quise de Verneuii. and Charlotte de Montmorency, 
 Princesse de Conde — in two states, before and after 
 letters — rubricated title. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Achille Pan re, 1 864 
 
 No. 3 of 12 copies on China tapf.R, and out of a limited edition of loo 
 copies on "papier de Chine,” “papier Chamois,” and "grand Jesus velin 
 d’Angouleme.” 
 
 1 2^*74 AMUSETTES des GRASSES et des Maigres contenant 
 • douze douzaines de Calembourgs avec les Fariboles de M. 
 
 Plaisantin les Subtilites de la Comtesse Tation et les 
 
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 235 
 
 Remarques de 1’Abb6 Vue redigce par une Socidt6 de 
 Caillettes. Engraved title and front, in facsimile. Small 
 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, au cap de Bonne Esperatue, n. d. 
 
 Rare, erotic and limited reprint of 200 copies on Holland paper, of 
 which this is No. 196. 
 
 *) ^875 ANECDOTES PIQUANTES de Bachaumont, Mai- 
 robert, etc., pour Servir a l’Histoire de la Socictc Fran- 
 faise, a la Fin du Regne de Louis XV. (1762-1774) avec 
 des Notes et un Table Bio-Bibliographique publices par 
 Jean Gay, Membre de l'lnstitut National de Geneve. 
 Etched front, by J. Chauvet. Thick small 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Brussels, Gay et Douce, 1881 
 
 Limited edition, on “papier verge.” These piquant anecdotes are full of 
 matters erotic, scandalous, dramatic, etc., which owe their birth to l’iron, 
 Voisenon and many other 1 8th century wits, as well as the above-named. The 
 Bio-Bibliographic Index at the end is full of interesting details. 
 
 INTRIGUE UNDER HENRY QUATRE AND LOUISTREIZE— 
 BOUND BY DEROME. 
 
 /J 00^76 ANQUETIL (Louis Pierre). L’lntrigue du Cabinet sous 
 Hk.nri IV. et Louis XIII., terminee par la Fronde. 
 4 vols. small 8vo, yellow calf gilt, red edges, by Derome. 
 
 Paris, 1780 
 
 VERY RARE. This was the Hamilton Talacc copy, and was priced £■$ in 
 Robson and Kerslake’s catalogue, May, 1883. Mr. I’ene du Bois paid $25 for 
 it. Full of curious particulars of the contentions of the Frondcurs and Maza- 
 rins, as well as of the relations existing between Henri IV. and Gabrielle 
 d’Estrees, and affairs, not to be found elsewhere, of Marie de Mcdicis, Riche- 
 lieu, Louis XIV., Mazarin, Urbain Grandier, Conde, Baradas, etc. 
 
 AMOURS OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA. 
 
 77 ANNE d’AUTRICHE, Les Amours de — Nouvelle Edition 
 Revue et Corrigee. i2mo, sewed. 
 
 [Paris,] A Londres, aux depens de la compagnic , 1738 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE, and suppressed. Anne of Austria, wife of Louis 
 the Thirteenth and mother of Louis the Fourteenth, was one of the most 
 libidinous Queens who sat upon the throne of France. 
 
 0 0^878 ANNEE GALANTE — ou les Intrigues Secretes du Mar- 
 * quis de L * * *. Minimo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Cologne, chez Pierre Marteau , n. d. 
 
 Erotic and rare. 
 
 - 879 ANNULAIRE AGATHOPEDIQUE et SAUCIAL. 
 
 Numerous very facetious woodcuts. Large 8vo, half 
 morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Brussels, imprime par les presses iconographiques a la 
 Cong rive de I'Ordre des Agath V , chez a Labrone 
 
 et Compagnie, cycle IV., \n. d.~\ 
 
 Rare. With the autograph signature of “A. J. Odell” on the title. This 
 volume relates to the cuisine, the porcine, and is a burlesque on the Freemasons 
 and secret societies generally. 
 
236 
 
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 PIETRO ARET I NO— LIMITED EDITIONS. 
 
 jl 00 && o ARETINO. — Les Ragionamenti ou Dialogues du Divin 
 Pietro Aretino — Texte Italien et Traduction Complete 
 par le Traducteur de “ Dialogues de Luisa Sigea.” Por- 
 trait. 6 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1882 
 
 VERY EROTIC and LIMITED edition of 100 copies, for “ Isidore Liseux 
 et ses amis.” The portrait is by Titian, and engraved by E. Burney after 
 Marc Antonio’s celebrated print, a copy of which sold for ,£1,000, i. e., $5,000. 
 This edition is arranged in six volumes, as follows — I. La Vie des Religieuses; 
 II. La Vie des Femmes Mariees; III. La Vie des Courtisanes; IV. I.’Edu- 
 cation de la Pippa; V. Les Roueries des Horames; VI. La Ruffianerie. This 
 set is No. 4 of the “Musee Secret du Bibliophile.” 
 
 “He [Aretino] began to write prose and verse satires, indelicate dialogues, 
 heroic cantos, sonnets, comedies, besides an immense quantity of letters, 
 which he addressed to all the princes, great men and ladies of his time, 
 sometimes flattering them or praising himself, and at others even threatening 
 them with the lash of his satire; anti from them all he received presents, which 
 enabled him to lead a dissolute life. He had the impudence to style himself 
 
 ' 11 Divino Aretino,’ and boasted that he was the scourge of princes 
 
 He died suddenly in Venice, in 1557, by overturning his chair in an immoderate 
 fit of laughter at hearing an indecent story of his two sisters, who led a life as 
 infamous as his own.” — Rose. 
 
 ! .1 JZB81 ARETINO. — Dialogues du Divin Pietro Aretino Entiere- 
 ment et Litteralement Traduits pour la Premiere fois. 
 6 vols. minimo, sewed, uncut. Paris et Londres, 1879-80 
 
 The “premiere partie,” 3 vols., is the Isidore Liseux Edition, limited to 350 
 copies. The “ seconde partie ” has the imprint “ A Londres.” 
 
 ^l)U882 [ARLES de MONTIGNL] Therese Philosophe ou Me- 
 moires pour Servir k l'Histoire du P. Dirrag et de 
 Mademoiselle Eradice. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 La Haye, n. d. 
 
 Rare, and based on the Father Girard and Catherine Cadicre scandal. The 
 authorship of this celebrated erotic novel has been attributed by Barbier to 
 Arles de Montigni, and who, according to the Abbe Sepher, was sent to the 
 Bastille for eighteen months as its author. The Marquis de Sade claimed it 
 was written by the Marquis D’Argens. 
 
 THE “MELUSINE” OF JEHAN D’ARRAS— LIMITED 
 EDITION, BOUND BY HARDY. 
 
 '3^)883 ARRAS (Jehan d’). MELUSINE— Nouvelle Edition, 
 
 conforme a celle de 1478, revue et corrig£e avec une Pre- 
 face par M. Ch. Brunet, Inspecteur General, chef de 
 Bureau au Ministere de l’lnt^rieur. Minimo. Bound 
 by C. Hardy, of Paris, in crushed red levant morocco, 
 inside dentelle gold borders, rounded corners, edges gilt 
 on marble. Paris, P. Jannet , 1854 
 
 LIMITED EDITION of the Bibliothtque Elzcviricnne printed by Guiran- 
 det and Jouaust on the text of that of — " Maistre Steinschafer, natif de Suin- 
 furt, en la noble cite de Geneve, l'an de grice 1478, au mois d'aoust.” 
 “ Melusine was one of the most famous fifteenth century French romances. 
 
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 237 
 
 884 ASSELINEAU (Charles). Les Sept Peches Capitaux de 
 * la Litterature et le Paradis des Gens de Lettres. Portrait 
 
 by Leopold Flameng. Bound by V. Champs, in half 
 crushed brown levant morocco, the back gold tooled and 
 inlaid with red morocco, rounded corners, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut, cover bound in. 
 
 Paris, Alphonse Lemerrc, 1872 
 Charming edition, printed on thick toned paper by J. Claye. 
 
 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY FACETIOUS ADVENTURES, 
 BOUND BY CAPE. 
 
 LCfWj&S 5 AVANTVRES (Les), dv Baron de Fa:nkste, Comprinses 
 I* en Quatj'e Parties — les Trois Premieres Reveues, Aug- 
 
 mentees et Distinguees par Chapitres : ensemble la Qva- 
 triesme Partie Nouvellement Mise en Lumiere. Le tout 
 par le mesme Avthevr. Small 8vo. Bound by Caf£, in 
 crushed red levant morocco extra, dcntelle gold inside 
 borders, edges gilt. 
 
 Av Dezert, imprint / aux despens de I'authcur , 1630 
 
 VERY RARE, tacetious and curious. This is the complete original edi- 
 tion of this-cxcessivcly scarce work. It has gold margins, is temoins ” and is 
 bound by that distinguished French binder, Cape. Morgand and Fatout, in 
 their 1882 catalogue, asked for a copy of the above (No. 2757) 1,600 francs. 
 
 In )/-,8S6 c^ ALZAC (Honors de).] PHYSIOLOGIE DU 
 s MARIAGE, ou Meditations de Philosophe Eclec- 
 
 Jgj l tique sur le Bonheur et le Malheur Conjugal pub- 
 liees par “ un Jeune C£libitaire.’’ 2 vols. 8vo. 
 Bound by “ Trioullier sr. de Petit-Simier,” in crushed 
 dark blue levant morocco gilt, inside gold borders, 
 rounded corners, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, Levavasscur , 1830 
 VERY RARE and original edition of this celebrated work on marriage, 
 by the celebrated author of the “ Contes Drolatiques.” 
 
 ORIGINAL EDITION OF “CESAR BIROTTEAU,” BY 
 BALZAC. 
 
 I ^(7887 BALZAC. Histoire de la Grandeur et de la Decadence de 
 * Cesar Birotteau, Parfumeur, Chevalier de la Legion * 
 
 d’Honneur, adjoint au Maire du 2e Arrondissement de la 
 Ville de Paris; Nouvelle Scene de la Vie Parisienne. 2 
 vols. in 1. 8vo, half calf. Paris, chez I'editeur, 1838 
 
 Rare and original edition. At the end of the volume are some pages of 
 prospectus of Balzac’s works, among which to appear in 1838 is — “ les Cent 
 Contes Drolatiques colligez ez Abbaies de Tourayne et miz en lumiere par le 
 Sieur de Balzac. ” 
 
 r \ r888 BALZAC. Les Fantaisies de Claudine. Minimo, half blue 
 I * morocco gilt, totally uncut. Paris, Eugene Didier, 1853 
 
 Rare. From the library of F. A. Dufour, with his library stamp on the half- 
 
 title. 
 
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 238 
 
 BANVILLE (Theodore de). La Lanterne Magique — 
 Camees Parisiens, la Comddie Fran<;aise. Front, by G. 
 Rochegrosse. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1883 
 
 RARE FRENCH WORK ON BEAU BRUMMELL— BOUND BY 
 
 LORTIC. 
 
 'f ST) 889* BARBEY d’AUREVILLY (J. A.). Du Dandysme et de 
 G. Brummell. Square minimo. Elegantly bound by Lor- 
 tic freres, in crushed citron levant morocco gilt, inside 
 dentelle gold borders, rounded corners, edges “temoins ” 
 and gilt on marble. Caen, B. Maruel , 1845 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE work on Dandyism and the celebrated Beau Brum- 
 mell. It is the first of Barbey d’Aurevilly’s facetious volumes. Dedicated to 
 Monsieur Cesar Daly, editor of the “ Revue dc 1 ' Architecture.” The reliurc is 
 a very handsome specimen of Lortic’s best work. 
 
 lOU 890 BAUDELAIRE (Charles). Les Fleurs du Mai, preccdc-es 
 d’une notice par Th£ophile Gautier. Portrait. Small 
 8vo, half calf, gilt. Paris, 1880 
 
 BATAILLE (Louis) et FEUGERE (Henri). Le Cornac, 
 Comedie en Trois Actes. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1885 
 
 THE CELEBRATED AND ALMOST UNIQUE “GRAND 
 BANQUIER” BOUND BY PARISOT. 
 
 LlOV $92 [BARREME (Francois)]. | Le LIUREdes MONNOYES 
 T * ETRANGERES | ou | LE GRAND BANQUIER de 
 
 France | Dedie a MONSEIGNEUR COLBERT. | 
 Engraved title and other curious illustrations. Small 8vo. 
 Bound by Parisot of Paris in crushed red levant morocco, 
 extra gilt, rounded corners, inside gold dentelle borders, 
 edges gilt on marble. 
 
 [Paris], par Bar rente au bout du Pont neuf, n. d. 
 
 ALMOST UNIQUE and original edition of the “ I.ivre des Monnoyes 
 Etrangeres,” a work of 250 pages which was left in the above state, and was 
 published later in another form, with considerable additions, under the title of 
 “ Comptes Faits.” 
 
 Only one other copy is known, and that in the Bibliotheque Rationale at 
 Paris. A parallel can be drawn between this unique volume and that of the 
 extremely rare “ Le Patissier ” of the Elzevirs. 
 
 But little is known of Francis Barreme, who flourished at the end of the 
 seventeenth century. He was an accountant and a poet. In the “ Magasin 
 Pittoresque” of 1852 — a copy of which accompanies the volume — is given a 
 four-page interesting account of Barreme, with illustrations from the above 
 extremely rare but almost forgotten work. Yet the phrases, “ He is a true 
 Barreme,” and “ He counts like Barreme, "are proverbial expressions in France 
 to this day. 
 
 Francois Barreme was bom at Lyons about 1640. There is no knowledge of 
 his first mathematical studies, but it is known that he traveled before coming to 
 Paris. We learn from his own statement that after having been to Rome and 
 nearly over the entire Mediterranean, he found himself in Maltese waters. There 
 he was attacked by a corsair coming from Toulon and commanded by a certain 
 Captain Jacques. Notwithstanding the fact that his vessel was entirely manned 
 
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 239 
 
 se Vend X CsciiS 
 
 [Fac simile reproduction of the engraved title page of the almost 
 UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL EDITION OF “ Le GRANDE BANQUIER DE FRANCE” 
 by Francois Barreme, and being No. 892 of the “ Pene du Bois 
 Collection.”] 
 
240 
 
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 by Frenchmen, Captain Jacques deemed it necessary to treat the ship as if she 
 had come from the coast of barbary. All was given up to pillage, barreine, 
 who would not submit tamely to an outrage which would either ruin him or 
 destroy his credit, resisted the enemy and received a terrific sword cut, the scar 
 of which he bore for ever after. He would inevitably have lost his life in 
 attempting to save a precious valise containing letters of credit on Leghorn if a 
 gentleman named beaumartin had not arrested a second stroke of the deadly 
 sabre. This event happened on St. Martin’s Day, but the exact calculator has 
 not fixed the date of his unhappy encounter with Captain Jacques so well as to 
 enable us to make anything but conjectures concerning the precise period he 
 visited the commercial cities of Italy and probably various other seaports of 
 Europe. 
 
 In 1668 we find Sieur barreme married, settled in Paris, and living at the 
 extremity of the Rue Dauphine, near the Pont-Neuf. He made his calculations, 
 revised those of merchants, kept books according to a system of double entry, 
 and wrote verses in his leisure moments. It must be known that barreme’s 
 great passion was poetry, and above all the composing of acrostics. He made 
 them for King Louis Quatorze, for Colbert, and even for De La Reynie. 
 They were most assuredly the verses of a good calculator, for it was by the aid 
 of his “Stances Chretiennes ” that he obtained a profitable privilege for his 
 “Comptes Faits.” He narrates the circumstances of this memorable event, and 
 at the same time allows us to see in what naive estimation the mathematician 
 held the poet and the stanzas addressed to the King. This occurred in the year 
 1668:— 
 
 “On F'riday, the 27th of January, six days before the King left for the 
 ‘Franche Comte,’ His Majesty, being at Paris in the Louvre, 1 knelt before 
 him and presented to him, on vellum, my ‘ Stances Chretiennes et Royales,’ 
 supplicating him very humbly to accord me the privilege for them and the books 
 of the ‘Comptes Faits’ for public sale. He took the book, and after having 
 read four lines, gave it to Monsignor the Duke de Saint Aignan, saying these 
 words: — * I accord it, provided that is good.’ The next day I gave myself the 
 honor of going to salute Monsignor the Duke de Saint-Aignan in his apartment 
 in the old Louvre, and having asked him if he had had patience to read the 
 stanzas I had presented to 1 1 is Majesty on the preceding day, he answered me 
 that it was easy to have patience to read beautiful and good things.” 
 
 The works of barreme, so poorly and coarsely printed in these tines, were 
 first published in an elegant and correct style and always with a certain amount 
 of costliness. The one from which we have taken the curious engraving repro- 
 duced herewith was very expensive in production at the date of its origin, bear- 
 ing in mind the minute care then given to certain details, it can be supposed that 
 this engraved title represents a portrait of the author of the “ Comptes Faits,” 
 and this gives it iconographic value. Without doubt the personage who holds 
 the letter of exchange is his son N. barreme, or perhaps his son-in-law. 
 
 We have already spoken of the strange passion of barreme for poetry. In 
 fact he did not content himself with composing the “ Stances Chretiennes et 
 Royales ” which obtained his privilege for him, he also addressed his effusions 
 to all the high functionaries of the Court, as well as to all whose names were 
 noted in finance. The “ Vessel of State,” for instance, which figures at the 
 end of each of his sections of the “Grand banquier de France,” and which is 
 also intended to recall the arms of France, gives place to two most burlesque 
 quatrains in honor of De La Reynie who had been the companion of the cele- 
 brated Regnard in Lapland, and afterwards became one of the ministers highest 
 in favor with Louis XIV. 
 
 The fortress surrounded by symbolical bastions, which is also inserted in the 
 book, depicts the capital of France, barreme’s work, according to the “ Maga- 
 sin l’ittoresque,” appeared in February, 1687, yet the author was obliged to 
 leave it incomplete. He died in Paris, 1703, without being able to finish “ Le 
 Grand banquier de France,” of which the above copy is almost unique, one 
 other only being known, as stated above, and which is in the bibliotheque 
 Nationale at Paris. 
 
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 241 
 
 “WOMEN AND THE SWORD ’’—ILLUSTRATE D BY MEIS- 
 SONIER, LIMITED EDITION, AND BOUND BY AMAND. 
 
 BEAUMONT (E. de). L’EPEE et lfs FEMMES. Ele- 
 
 gantly printed from large type on superfine paper , with five 
 full page plates in photogravure after the Original Designs 
 by E. Meissonier, made expressly for the author, and numerous 
 vignettes. Large 4to. Bound by Amand in blue crushed 
 levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound 
 
 Edition limited to 500 copies. 1 he edition was bought up by collectors 
 and amateurs for the line series of illustrations after designs by Meissonier, 
 which were executed expressly as a matter of friendship for the author. 
 
 THE “CHANSONS" OF BERANGER— ORIGINAL EDITION 
 AND SPLENDIDLY BOUND BY THOUVENIN. 
 
 tyrtyU * 94 BERANGER (M. J. P. de). CHANSONS. 2 vols. 
 
 ' minima TU H T I U \T T \T * -1. LI .. 
 
 minimo. Bound by THOU VENIN in dark blue morocco, 
 extra gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt (foxed some- 
 what). Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautes, 1821 
 
 VERY RARE, ORIGINAL EDITION and PRINTED by EIRMIN 
 DIDOT. 
 
 The fac simile illustration of the reliurc on this number is the same as that 
 given in the “American Book Maker ” of February, 1S87, as one of the best 
 examples of Thouvenin’s binding in this country. Mr. Ingersoll Lockwood, in 
 his essay on “ Bookbinding as an Art and an Industry,” says: — 
 
 " These latter-day Romans [the Republicans of the First French Revolution] 
 cried out for Spartan simplicity. They fell upon the sumptuous bindings and 
 destroyed them as things to be hated. True, they must have books, but hence- 
 forth let them be clothed in republican simplicity, sheep or calf. And such 
 were, in fact, the books of the Revolution. In the place of delicate fillet, 
 dcntelle, floral or geometrical tooling, popular taste called for and got the 
 Phrygian cap, the fasces of the lictor, sword and torch scales, and even a full- 
 length figure of Liberty herself. With the establishment of the Directory 
 there was a return to emblems of quite another genre — the frivolous and gallant, 
 the meretricious and erotic. At this period it was that the Bradel binding 
 (boards) took its rise in France. This half binding could never succeed in 
 winning for itself in France that popularity which it was later destined to gain 
 and hold in England and America. 
 
 “Turning from this period of utter sterility in the art of book decoration, the 
 First Empire attracts attention through the work of its binder, the elder Bozc- 
 rian. Like the period in which he was active, his work is gaudy, heavy and 
 lacking in taste; but he marks the dawn after the long night, and anything is 
 preferable to that wretched iconoclasm which hates art because it is bright and 
 beautiful. The younger Bozcrian, of the Restoration, even surpassed his 
 brother in the production of profusely gilded covers. He has been called the 
 ‘ Brummell of Fine Bindings ' ; but the one fact that will ever secure him a place 
 in the book-lover’s calendar is that Thouvenin was his pupil. 
 
 “ Thouvenin, like the two Bozerians, was not a great artist, but he was 
 original. He was a man enamored of his art, his treatment of which at times 
 was delicate and refined. He was only too willing to turn back to the great 
 masters, but the public loved glitter and display. On this page [of the 
 “ American Book Maker,” February, 1887] will be found two specimens [*. e., 
 of this “ Beranger ” and “Poesies de Clotilde,” vide supra] of Thouvenin’s 
 tooling. They prove conclusively that this beautiful art, which had been sick 
 
 in. 
 
 Paris, Jouaust, 1881 
 
242 
 
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 unto death a quarter of a century before, was now at least convalescent. The 
 tooling of the back of the larger volume especially is refined and tasteful. 
 
 “ The position of Thouvenin was peculiar, but not infrequent in the world of 
 art. fie was really not in sympathy with the art methods which his patrons in 
 particular and the public in general forced him to follow. Thouvenin would 
 gladly have restored the glorious traditions of French book decoration, just as 
 he did the finish and solidity of Derome’s bindings, which had been during the 
 Revolution supplanted by cheap, flimsy work. But there were two repellent 
 forces at work, two counter-currents which were ever ready to bear Thouvenin 
 away from his purpose. The first was the prevailing fashion to imitate English 
 binders, although in reality superior work was done in Paris, and the second 
 was the craze of the romanticists, to whom a stamp in gilt of a cathedral door 
 was more pleasing than a gold tooling by Le Gascon. In his poem on book- 
 binding, published in 1822, Lcsne, whose poetry was no better than his bind- 
 ing, has this couplet on the subject of Anglophobia: 
 
 ‘ Cct artiste amateur detruisit la folie 
 De regarder l'anglais avec idolatrie.’ 
 
 “The reference was to Bozerian, but it is no truer for that. Lesne also 
 opened fire upon Dibdin, the bibliophile, for his strictures upon Thouvenin’s 
 tooling. Dibdin was on the side of the plaque cutters. He accused the elder 
 Bozerian of being too much infatuated with gold tooling, and found fault 
 with Thouvenin for working with irons heated in fiery ovens. No doubt 
 Thouvenin would have been only too glad to depend upon his petits feri; 
 but what can one artist do when the public cry out for the stamp of a Gothic 
 cathedral upon a book ? It means for the artist either stamp work or starvation. 
 Thouvenin died in 1834.” 
 
 1 - 00*95 
 
 “|J896 
 
 U* 
 
 ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE “CHANSONS NOUVELLES" 
 OF BERANGER— BOUND BY AMAND. 
 
 BERANGER. Chansons Nouvei.les et Dernieres de P. 
 J. de Beranger, dediees a M. Lucif.n Bonaparte, Small 
 8vo, half blue crushed levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut. Paris, Perrotin , 1833 
 
 Original edition, and bound by Amand. 
 
 Beranger. Songs of, done into English Verse by William 
 Young. Small 8vo, cloth, uncut. 
 
 London, Blackwood 6° Sons, 1S78 
 BERAT (Frederic). CHANSONS, PAROLES et 
 MUSIQUE. With illustrations by T. Johannot, Raffet, 
 Bida, Gendron, Lancelot, Mouilleron, E. Lfroux, 
 Pauquf.t, A. Mursaud, Grenier, C. Nanteuil, Gerard 
 Sf.guin and H. Pottin, engraved on wood by Jardin — 
 with portrait of the author , engraved by Auguste Blan- 
 chard after Victor Pollf.t. 8vo, yellow calf gilt, 
 inside gold borders, edges gilt (binding stained slightly). 
 
 Paris [ 1850] 
 
 Very scarce. The celebrated French composer, Berat, was born in 1800 
 and died in 1855. 
 
 97 
 
 I Q0*9* BEVERLAND. — La Peche Originale, traduit Librement du 
 • Latin d’ADRiEN Beverland par J. Fr6d£ric Bernard. 
 
 Reimpression sur l’Edition la plus Complete de 1741, 
 notice Bio-Bibliographique par “un Bibliophile." Small 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1868 
 
 No. 98 on Holland paper of a limited edition of 237 copies. 
 
»•«! thk 
 
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 243 
 
 [“Chansons de B£ranger,” Paris, 1821. Gold Tooling by Thouvenin. 
 Number 894 of the Pens du Bois Collection.] 
 
244 
 
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 “VARIETES HISTORIQUES ET L1TTERAIRES” — 
 CURIOUS AND EROTIC REPRINTS. 
 
 ? qq 899 BIBLIOTHfeQUE ELZEVIRIENNE. — Varidtes His- 
 
 toriques et Litteraires Recueil de Pieces Volantes Rares 
 et Curieuses en Prose et en Vers Revues et Annot6es par 
 M. Edouard Fournier, io vols. small 8vo, cloth, uncut. 
 
 Printed by Jouaust, and a limited edition on “ papier verge." This series 
 consists of reprints of very rare, early, erotic, curious and historical tractates, 
 many by forgotten authors, and all edited by the celebrated litterateur Edouard 
 Fournier. 
 
 TOUCHATOUT’S SATIRICAL AND REPUBLICAN HIS- 
 TORIES OF THE KINGS AND EMPERORS OF FRANCE. 
 
 >) 1-900 BIENVENU (Charles Leon) — “ Touchatout,’’ His- 
 > r toires Tintamarresques, i. e .: — 
 
 I. Histoire de France Tintamarresque depuis les 
 Temps les plus Recules jusqu’i Nos Jours. Illustrated 
 by G. Lafosse, with the assistance of Draner, A. Gill, 
 P. Hadol, A. le Petit, Robida, etc. 
 
 II. Histoire Tintamarresque de Napoleon III. Pro- 
 fusely illustrated. Paris, 1877 
 
 III. La D£gringolade Imperiale — Seconde Partie de 
 l’Histoire Tintamarresque de Napoleon III. With 
 illustrations by G. Lafosse, mostly colored full page. 
 
 TOGETHER 3 vols. Large 8vo, half red morocco, gilt, 
 
 believes in the Republic. In the above works, as well as in his writings in the 
 ‘‘Charivari,’’ “ Figaro” and other journals of the same order, he has ridiculed 
 and made into a veritable burlesque the Monarchists, both Legitimist and 
 Orleanist — and particularly the Imperialists, whose “ Man of Sedan,” M. 
 Badinguet, has been the principal target for satirical digs from his vitriol- 
 tipped pen. 
 
 901 BIGARURE (La), ou Meslange, Curieux, Instructif et 
 Amusant de Nouvelles, de Critique, de Morale, de 
 Poesies, et autre Maticres de Litterature, d’Evenements 
 Singuliers et Extraordinaires, d’Aventures Galantes, 
 d’Histoires Secrettes et de plusieurs autres Nouveautes 
 Amusantes avec des Reflexions Critiques sur chaque 
 Sujet. Vols. 2, 5, 8, 9 and 10. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Paris, P. fannet, etc., 1855-63 
 
 Paris, 1878 
 
 top edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, 1877, etc. 
 
 Touchatout is one of the most honest French journalists and authors. He 
 
 La Haye, 1750-51 
 
 Erotic and very rare. 
 
 J^902 Bijou des Dames. Plates by Blanchard (one torn). 
 
 Minimo, old morocco, gilt. Paris, 1808 
 
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 245 
 
 3 00 903 [ BLA CKFORD (Henrietta Ely) J, i. e., “ Fanny Lear.” Le 
 • Roman d’une Americaine en Russie, accompagne de Let- 
 
 tres Originales. Thick small 8vo, boards, rough edges. 
 
 Brussels, 1875 
 
 Limited edition, on thick Holland paper. “ Fanny Lear,” who died last 
 year, was a Philadelphian. 
 
 “ The culmination of her romance was in Russia, in connection with the 
 Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinowich, the nephew of the Czar, whom she 
 met in St. letersburg. He was a weak-minded youth, and purloined a part of 
 the Crown jewels for her to wear at a ball. He brought the jewels from Russia 
 to Paris, where they were livng. He was compelled to desert her, and in 
 revenge, with the aid of some writer, she published a scandalous book entilled 
 ‘ Le Roman d’une Americaine en Russie,’ For this she was expelled from 
 Paris.” — New York Times. 
 
 I 2 J~ 9 ° 4 Bi.essebois (Pierre Corneille) le Lion D’Angelie suivi du 
 • Temple de Marsias. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Gay , 1862 
 
 Erotic. Only 115 copies printed, the above being No. 94. 
 
 09°5 BLONDEAU. — Dictionnaire Erotique Latin-Fram;ais 
 par Nicholas Blondeau, avocat en Parlement,Censeur des 
 Livres et Inspecteur de Flmprimerie de Trevoux (XVIIIe 
 Siecle) Edit 4 pour la Premiere Fois sur le Manuscrit 
 Original avec des Notes et Additions de Francois No£l, 
 Inspecteur General de l’Universite, Precede d'un Essai 
 sur la Langue Erotique par le Traducteur du Manuel 
 d’Erotologie de Forberg. Thick small 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1885 
 No. 240 of 375 copies on Holland paper of the limited edition of this very 
 erotic volume, which is a philological curiosity. 
 
 \[Q 9 ° 6 [Blouet (Paul)], i. e., “ Max O’Rell.” John Bull and his 
 Island. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1884 
 
 BOCCACCIO.-CONTES de BOCACE, Traduction Nou- 
 velle, Augmente de divers Contes et Nouvelles en Vers 
 imitds de ce Poete Celebre, par La Fontaine, Passerat, 
 Vergier, Perrault, Dorat et autres; et Enrichie de 
 Notes Historiques sur les Principaux Personnages que 
 Bocace a mis sur la Siene, et sur Usages Observes dans 
 le Siecle ou il Vivoit par A. Sabatier de Castres. 
 With portraits , engraved titles and numerous plates after or 
 by Gkavelot, Cochin, Maillet, etc. 10 vols. minimo, 
 mottled sheep. Paris, 1801 
 
 Rare edition and excellently illustrated. 
 
 J 7 ) 9°8 BOCCACCIO. II Decameron, tratto dalP Ottimo Testo 
 Scritto da Francesco d’Amaretto Manelli sull Origi- 
 nale dell’ Autore. 5 vols. square minimo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Venice, Vitarelli , 1813 
 
 Very scarce edition, and reprint of that of Lucca, 1761. With portrait of 
 Boccaccio by G. A. Zuliani. 
 
246 
 
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 EARLY EDITION OF BOILEAU'S SATIRES— BOUND BY 
 HARDY-MENIL. 
 
 |-V)9°9 [BOILEAU.] Satires dv Sieur D ** *. 
 ^ . v piece , vignette title , head and tail pieces. 
 
 Engraved frontis- 
 Minimo. Bound 
 
 by Hardy-Menil, in crushed red levant morocco gilt, 
 inside gold borders, rounded corners, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, 1669 
 
 Very rare and ruled with red ink. This is the fourth original edition, and 
 contains more than those which preceded it, as well as the — “ Discovrs au Roi.” 
 It has vignette cuts, fleurons, etc. 
 
 BONNAFFE (Edmond). Physiologie du Curieux. Rubri- 
 cated title and printer's mark. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1881 
 
 No. 444 on “ papier verge de fil” of limited edition of 600 numbered 
 copies. 
 
 I ^911 BOYER he SAINTE-SUZANNE (Le Baron de). Notes 
 d’un Curieux. 4to. Bound by E. Rousselle, in half 
 dark green levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Monaco, 1878 
 
 No. 241 of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies of this curious work, 
 which includes the following subjects: — “ Lettre 4 un Curieux de Curiositcs 
 “ les Acteurs et le Theatre chez les Romains “ Inventaire du Cardinal 
 Mazarin”; “les Administrateurs sous l'Ancien Regime”; “les Tapisseries 
 Tissees de Haute ou Basse Lisse”; “ Lettres Inedites de Charles Nodier A 
 Jean de Bry”; “ Derniere Lettre du General A. de Beauhamais.” 
 
 |0 09i2 BRAZIER (Nicolas). Chroniques des Petits Theatres de 
 o Paris, Reimprimdes avec Notice, Variantes et Notes par 
 
 Georges d’Heylli. 2 vols. thick small 8vo, vellum 
 paper, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, Ed. Rouveyre et G. Blond , 1883 
 
 Limited edition on “papier verge" with new rubricated titles, as well as 
 fac-simile titles of the 1837 edition of this rare work, which is both dramatic 
 and facetious. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF JESSE'S LIFE OF BEAU 
 BRUMMELL. 
 
 13 off'* 
 
 BRUMMELL.— The Life of GEORGE BRUMMELL, 
 Esq., commonly called BEAU BRUMMELL. By Cap- 
 tain Jesse. Revised and Annotated Edition from the 
 Author’s own interleaved copy. With forty portraits in 
 color of Brummell and his contemporaries. 2 vols. thick 
 large 8vo, boards, totally uncut. London, 1886 
 
 LARGE PAPER and No. 30. Only one hundred and fifty numbered 
 copies of this fine edition printed — one hundred for England and fifty for 
 America. 
 
 This re-issue of Jesse’s “ Life of Beau Brummell,” which has been a scarce 
 book for a long time, contains a quantity of new matter now published for the 
 first time, collected by the author, but which it was not deemed fitting to insert 
 in former editions. Many notes have also been added, as well as forty illustra- 
 tions, after Dighton and others, of contemporaries of Brummell. 
 
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 247 
 
 9 X 4 BRUMMELL. Another copy of the same. 2 vols. thick 
 * large 8vo, fresh cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 N. Y. (London), 1886 
 
 Limited edition of 500 copies, printed from type, for sale in England and 
 America. 
 
 ^915 Burty (Philippe). Maitres et Petits Maitres. Small 8vo, 
 ' sewed, uncut. Paris, 1877 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE 
 AMOROUS HISTORY OF THE GAULS. 
 
 Ll'TO 9 1 ^ [BUSSY RA BUTIN (Roger, Comte de)i] Histoire Amour- 
 euse des Gaules. Minimo, old calf. A Liege, n. d. 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE. This is the first edition of this celebrated volume 
 of erotica and was so proved to be by an article in “ Le Livre.” On the title 
 the author’s name is given in MS. as — “ Messire Roger de Rabutin, Comte de 
 Bussy.” This was the Odell copy and has that collector’s signature on title. The 
 key to the names of the characters will be found on the leaf after the title. 
 
 This work, which has been described as worthy of Petronius Arbiter, was 
 written for the author’s mistress, the Marquise de Montglas. lie describes the 
 gallant adventures and intrigues of the great people of his own time, not for- 
 getting his cousin, Madame de Scvigne. 
 
 I (t/jn 917 A ILLY (Tacques de).] DIVERSES PETITES 
 
 IxJ POESIES dv CHEVALLIER d’ACEILLY. Min- 
 imo. Elegantly bound by HARDY-MENII. in 
 red crushed levant morocco, super extra gilt, inside 
 gold dentelle borders, rounded corners, edges gilt on mar- 
 ble. Paris, Andre Cramoisy, 1667 
 
 Very rare. Original edition of these charming poems with the genuine 
 title, which was replaced in the larger number of copies, where the words ‘‘et 
 se donnent au Palais,” were suppressed in consequence of being considered a 
 serious imprint. Didot, in his Catalogue of the 1878 sale (No. 358), says that 
 only three copies of the original edition were with the genuine title, and that 
 Charles Nodier, when he edited a new edition of this charming poet’s works, 
 could neither procure nor see a copy. The Didot example in old morocco sold 
 for 157 francs. The above, in perfect condition, is in a superb binding by a cele- 
 brated house of Parisian relieurs. 
 
 f / — 918 Canonge (L. Placide). Maudit Passeport, ou Ies Infor- 
 tunes d’une Drogue. Small 8vo, sewed (foxed). 
 
 New Orleans, 1840 
 
 Very rare. Placide Canonge is one of the editors of “ L’Abeille de la 
 Nouvelle Orleans,” the oldest French newspaper in this country. He is a writer 
 of great merit, and is thoroughly appreciated in France. Canonge would have 
 been a famous American if he had written in English, but Mr. Cable had never 
 heard of him when he wrote about the Creoles of Louisiana. 
 
 CAREL (A.). Folles de leur Corps. With illustrations by 
 Wow., printed in pink, also the title — other cuts, mostly face- 
 tious. 4to, fancy paper cover, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Ed. Monnicr, 1884 
 
 A very curious work, somewhat erotic. 
 
248 
 
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 20 Carnet d’un Monpain Gazette Parisienne, Anecdotique 
 et Curieuse, par “ Etinceli.e.’’ With facetious illustra- 
 tions by A. Fkrdinandus, the plates colored. 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, Ed. Rouvcyre et G. Blond, 1882 
 
 Facetious and curious. 
 
 If 921 Carr£ (Fabrice). Flagrant Debt — Comedie en un Acte. 
 
 Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 [7}922 CARROSSES (I-es), a Cinq Sols, ou les Omnibus du Dix- 
 septieme Siecle. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Firmin-Didot , 1828 
 
 Large PAPER, limited edition on Holland paper of a very few copies, and 
 printed for the “ Societe des Bibliophiles Fram;aises. ” Presentation copy from 
 the author, vide MS. on cover. 
 
 7-0 P923 CASANOVA (Jacques de Seingalt). A Collection of 48 
 steel engravings in illustration of his very facetious 
 Memoirs. (48) 
 
 Erotic and rare. Casanova’s Memoirs, to which the above are illustra- 
 tions, transcend in interest those of all other adventurers from Gil Bias down- 
 wards, with the added merit of being genuine and not fictitious. Accomplished, 
 generous and of an audacity that never failed him in the most critical moments, 
 lie visited every Court of Europe, conversed with the most famous men, and 
 intrigued with women everywhere. He relates all these transactions with a 
 cynical precision that is sometimes frightful, and only to be forgiven in favor of 
 the terseness of the style and the brilliancy of the narrative. 
 
 UNIQUE COPY OF “ LE DIABLE AMOUREUX,” AND 
 BOUND BY TRIOULLIER. 
 
 CAZOTTE (Jacques). Le DIABLE AMOUREUX. 
 Roman Fantastique par J. CAZOTTE, precede de sa 
 Vie, de son Proces, et de ses Propheties et Revelations 
 par GERARD de NERVAL. Illustrated with 200 designs 
 by Edouard de Beaumont. 8vo, fresh half dark blue 
 crushed levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, 
 by “Trioullier Sr. de Petit-Simier.” 
 
 Paris, Leon Gaurvet, 1845 
 
 UNIQUE COPY of this very rare edition, which is priced as high as 60 
 francs in Paris in boards. The above is unique, having, in addition to de Beau- 
 mont’s charming woodcuts, three portraits of Cazotte, as well as a set of plates 
 in two states. 
 
 Cazotte’s early life was spent among the Jesuits, to which order he ceded his 
 estates in the Isle of Martinique. After becoming an Illumine and Martinist 
 he brought an action against the Order of Jesus for the recovery of his prop- 
 erty. It was Cazotte who prophesied in 1788, at a reception, before the French 
 Revolution, the untimely fate that would befall, during the reign of terror, 
 many of his auditors of the “ haut monde.” 
 
 “ ' Le Diable Amoureux,’ donne par i'autcur comme unc nouvelle emprunte 
 de l'Espagnol, est un conte tire de sa seule imagination. I.'esprit et la grace, la 
 vivacite et le naturel de la narration sont les qualites.” — Vapereau. 
 
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 249 
 
 (^925 CENT NOUVELLES NOUVELLES (Les), suivent les 
 * Cent Nouvelles contenant les Cent Histoires Nouveaux, 
 
 Qui sont moult plaisans h. raconter en toutes bonnes 
 Compagnies; par Maniere de Joyeusete. 2 vols. minimo, 
 sprinkled calf gilt, inside gold borders, gilt edges, by 
 “ Petit succr. de Simier.’’ 
 
 A La Haye, chez P. Gosse et J. Neaulme , 1733 
 
 Rare, from the library of and with the heraldic book-plate of “ Thos. For- 
 rest Betton.” 
 
 Sir Walter Scott in "Quentin Durward ” thus speaks of Louis XI. and the 
 above work: " He [Louis] even mingled in the comic adventures of obscure 
 intrigue with a freedom little consistent with the habitual and guarded jealousy 
 of his character, and he was so fond of this species of humble gallantry that he 
 caused a number of its gay and licentious anecdotes to be enrolled in a collection 
 well known to book-collectors, in whose eyes (and the work is unfit for any other) 
 the right edition is very precious. ” 
 
 ^ 926 Cent Recettes (Les), de Mile. Frampoise. Thick 4to, 
 paper, uncut. Paris, Paul Ollendorff , 1886 
 
 This volume of choice cooking receipts is printed in large type on thick 
 paper. 
 
 DON QUIXOTE— ILLUSTRATED BY TONY JOHANNOT— 
 ORIGINAL EDITION. 
 
 q-ou 
 
 927 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Michael de). L’lngenieux 
 Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, traduit et Annote 
 par Louis Viardot. Profusely illustrated with the hu- 
 morous and characteristic wood engravings of Tony Jo- 
 hannot. 2 vols. large 8vo. Bound by H. Crabbk in half 
 morocco, gilt. Paris, Dubochet , 1836-37 
 
 First EDITION of this extremely high-priced issue in Paris, and with brilliant 
 impressions of Tony Johannot’s illustrations. The frontispieces are on India 
 paper and the figure of "La Torralva ” is turned to the right — in later issues to 
 the left. 
 
 CERVANTES. Don Quichotte de la Manche traduit de 
 l’Espagnol par Florian, Ouvrage Posthume. With plates 
 after Lkfebvre, Lebarbier, etc., by Halbon, Coiny, Mas- 
 quelier, Gaucher, Godefroy, etc. 3 vols. small 8vo, 
 old Spanish sheep, gilt. Paris, Didot , 1799 
 
 Ce sont les Secres des Dames deffendus a Reveler publies 
 pour la Premiere Fois d’apres les Manuscrits du XVe 
 Siecle, avec des Fac-simile, une Introduction, des Notes 
 et un Appendice par les Drs. Al. C * * * * et Ch. Ed. 
 C * * * *. Facsimiles printed in red and front, in 3 states 
 or tints. Small 8vo, vellum, paper, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, Edouard Rouveyre , 1880 
 
 No. 34 of a limited edition of 342 copies on vellum, China and Holland 
 papers and " papier verge.” This is one of ?5 Holland paper copies — the text 
 is mostly in French Gothic and some is in red. 
 
250 
 
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 1 , 13 * 
 
 30 Champsaur (Felicien). 
 sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris — Le Massacre. Small 8vo, 
 Paris, 1885 
 
 A series of short essays on celebrated Parisians — Judic, Daudet, Nina de 
 Villars, Marie Colombier, un Amour de Gambetta, Croizette, Madame Adam, 
 
 Arsene Iloussaye, etc. 
 
 CHANTS HISTORIQUES— LIMITED IMPRESSIONS OF 
 TWELVE COPIES ON COLORED PAPER. 
 j 931 CHANTS HISTORIQUES et POPULAIRES du Temps 
 de Charles VII. et de LouisXI. publies pour la Premiere 
 fois d’apres le Manuscrit Original avec des Notices et une 
 Introduction par M. le Roux de Lincy. Small 8 vo. 
 Bound by V. Champs in fresh half crushed dark green 
 levant morocco, the back tooled in gold and inlaid with red 
 morocco, rounded corners, top edge gilt, others uncut, 
 covers bound in. Paris, Aug. Aubry , 1857 
 
 Rare. This is one of twelve copies on colored paper (blue) out of a 
 limited edition of 352 in all. This copy has the rubricated title in three states 
 — China paper, blue and pink. 
 
 /\/03 2 CHASSANT (Alph., paleographer). Les Nobles et les 
 U (/ Vilains du Temps Pass£ ou Recherches Critiques sur la 
 Noblesse et les Usurpations Nobiliaires,/>w//. and fleurons; 
 also — Nobiliana, Curiosites Nobiliaires et Heraldiques 
 Suite du Livre Intitule les Nobles et les Villaines, front. 
 Together 2 vols. Small 8vo, boards, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Aug. Aubry , 1857-58 
 Limited edition of 600 copies, the above being on “papier verge." This 
 very interesting volume enters fully into the right of “ cuissage ” and other 
 strange customs of feudalism. 
 
 “ LES CONTES REMOIS LARGE PAPER COPY AND 
 ILLUSTRATED BY MEISSONIER. 
 
 933 CHEVIGNE (Louis, Comte de). Les Contes Remois. Fine 
 portrait on India paper, after Debay — also numerous 
 engravings on wood after the original designs of E. Meis- 
 sonikr. Large 8vo, fresh half dark green morocco, extra 
 gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, Librairie de P Acadlmie des Bibliophiles , 1868 
 
 Large paper edition of these facetious poems, of which a considerable por- 
 tion of the merit attached to them is owing to the fact of their having been 
 illustrated with the graphic designs of the great painter Meissonier. 
 
 . — Opinions des Journaux sur 
 Small 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 “ les Contes 
 Paris, 1869 
 
 1 ') J935 CHORIER. — AlvisI/E Sice,* Toletanoe Satyra Sotadica de 
 • Arcanis Amoris et Veneris Alvisia Hispanice scripsit 
 
 Latinitate donavit Joannes Meursius — re vera auctore 
 Nicolao Chorier. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 Limited edition of 100 copies of this excessively erotic work. The first 
 edition of this work was printed in 1660, and was somewhat imperfect — the 
 above is the complete text. The notorious volume “l’Ecole des liiches " was 
 written as a pendant to the above pcdcrastic and tribadistic volume. 
 
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 2 5i 
 
 7 ^936 CHORIER. — Les Dialogues de Luisa Sigea, ou Satire 
 Sotadique de Nicholas Chorier — pretendue ecrite en Es- 
 pagnol par Luisa Sigea et traduite en Latin par Jean 
 Meursius — Edition mixte Franco-Latine. 4 vols. small 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris , Isidore Liseux, 1881 
 
 Very scarce and limited edition printed by Becus on Holland paper. 
 
 7 937 CHRONIQUE SCANDALEUSE (La), Public par 
 * Octave Uzanne, avec Preface, Notes et Index. Tinted 
 
 front, by Lalauze, head-piece by Mongin, fleurons and 
 fancy initial letters. Thick large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, A. Quantity 1879 
 Limited edition of the erotic “ Scandalous Chronicle ” on “ papier verge,” 
 handsomely printed by Quantin and uniform with the remainder of the “ Docu- 
 ments sur les Mceurs du XVII Ie Siecle ” edited by Octave Uzanne. 
 
 \ v/* 93 ^ CIZE. — Histoire du Whigisme et du Torisme, composee par 
 > Mr. de Cize cy-devant Officier au service d’Anglcterre. 
 
 Small 8vo, boards, uncut. Rare. Leipzig, 1717 
 
 939 Claretie (Jules). La Vie a Paris, 1880, 1881, 1882 and 
 CO 1885. 4 vols. small 8vo, half red morocco, top edges gilt 
 
 (3) and sewed (1). Paris, 1880-85 
 
 ft 94 ° Cobb (Lyman). The Evil Tendencies of Corporal Punish- 
 ment. In two parts. Part 1, Objections to the Use of the 
 
 Rod; Part 2, Substitutes for and Preventatives of the Use 
 of the Rod. 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1847 
 
 41 Cohen (E. Yancey). Sir Cupid and other Poems. 8vo, 
 limp vellum paper, totally uncut. Cambridge, 1884 
 
 Beautifully printed at the Bradstreet Press on heavy hot-pressed paper. 
 Issued by the author for private circulation among his personal friends. 
 
 too 94 
 
 2 COLLECTION d’Heroides et Pieces Fugitives de 
 Dorat, Colardf.au, Pezay, Blin de Sain-More et 
 autres, 10 vols ., Frankfort, 1769; also uniform, “ Rich- 
 ardet — Poeme,” 2 vols., Liege , 1776. Together 12 vols. 
 Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Rare. — A curious collection of French Erotica and Facetix, mostly consist- 
 ing of reprints of rare works, both prose and verse, as well as unpublished 
 originals from very’ scarce MSS. 
 
 THE DIDOT MINIMO EDITION OF THE BEST FRENCH 
 WORKS— HAMILTON, VOLTAIRE, ETC.— BOUND BY 
 NIEDREE. 
 
 COLLECTION df.s MEILLEURS OUVRAGES de la 
 Langue Fran^oise dedi^e & Son Altesse Royale Madame 
 Duchesse d’Angouleme. 15 vols. square minimo. Bound 
 by Niedree in yellow calf gilt, inside dentelle gold bor- 
 ders, edges gilt. . Paris, Didot, 1814-19 
 
 Limited edition, printed on “papier v£lin ” by Didot. This charming 
 little scries includes — “ Memoires du Comte de Grammont, par Antoine Hamil- 
 
252 
 
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 ton,” 3 vols. ; “Contes d’Hamilton.” 3 vols. ; “La Henriade, poeme de Vol- 
 taire, suivie des Notes *;t des Variantes,” 2 vols.; “ Lettres de la Comtesse de 
 Sancerre, suivies d’Aloise de Livarot, par Madame Riccoboni”, 2 vols-; “ Let- 
 tres de Myladv Juliette Catesby par Madame Riccoboni ”; “ Histoire du Mar- 
 quis de Cressy, suivie d’Krnestine par Madame Riccoboni;” “ Memoires du 
 Comte de Comminge par Madame de Tencin;” “ Le Siege de Calais, Nouvelle 
 Historique par Madame de Tencin”; “ Lettres de Mistriss Fanny Butlerd a 
 Mylord Charles Alfred Comte d’Erford par Madame Riccoboni.” 
 
 j*^)944 Colombey (Emile). Ruelles Salons et Cabarets, Histoire 
 Anecdotique de la Litterature Frant;aise. Small 8vo, half 
 morocco, top edge gilt (rubbed). Paris, 1858 
 
 Rake and curious work on taverns and cabarets. 
 
 LARGE PAPER “ SONGE DE POLIPHILE." 
 
 L piP 45 [COLUMNA (Francesco).] Songe de Poliphile, Tra- 
 ' duction Libre de l’ltalien. 2 vols. small 4to. Bound by 
 
 Rameau in half crushed blue levant morocco, top edges 
 gilt, others uncut. Paris, Didot , 1804 
 
 LARGE PAPER and limited edition of this extremely rare and curious work 
 written by a Dominican monk of Venice. 
 
 I 0 946 Comic Salon de 1883 par H. de Sta. Ludicrous carica- 
 tures of Paris Salon pictures. Large 8vo, sewed, 
 i Paris, 1883 
 
 “CONTES ET NOUVELLES ’’—ILLUSTRATED BY 
 DUPLESSIS-BERTAUX— LARGE PAPER COPY. 
 
 947 CONTES et NOUVELLES en Vf.rs par Voltaire, 
 Vergier, S£nec£, Perrault, Moncrif, et le P. Ducf.r- 
 ceau. Engraved portraits on titles and many vignette illus- 
 trations mostly facetious after the designs of Duplessis- 
 Bertaux. 2 vols. large 8vo, half dark blue morocco gilt, 
 edges gilt. Paris, Leclere fils , 1862 
 
 LARGE PAPER and limited edition of one hundred copies. 
 
 '^‘948 COPPICE (Franfois). Madame de Maintenon, Drame en 
 ' Cinq Actes avec Prologue en Vers represente pour la Prem- 
 
 iere Fois au Theatre National de 1 ’Odeon le 12 Avril 18S1. 
 Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1881 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF CORAN S GALLANT RHYMES— 
 BOUND BY TRIOULLIER. 
 
 9 /. tf )49 CORAN (Charles). Rimes Galantes. 8 vo, fresh half crushed 
 levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut by “ T rioullier 
 Sr. df. Petit-Simier.” Paris, librairie d'Amyot, 1847 
 Large paper and very scarce. 
 
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 2 53 
 
 THE FACETIOUS “ MEMOIRES DE MONTMATRE” BOUND 
 BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU. 
 
 T-J'fo 95 ° COUDRAY (Le Chevalier de). Memoires Litteraires de 
 « Montmatre. Small 8vo. Bound by Chamboli.e-Duru, 
 
 1869, in crushed dark green levant morocco, extra gilt’ 
 inside dentelle gold borders, rounded corners, totally uncut. 
 
 Neuchatel and Paris, 1786 
 ^ bRV RARE, facetious, and in handsome Chambolle-Duru rcliure. With 
 vignettes on title of the head of a donkey and at the end an ass. This was a 
 presentation copy, and at the bottom of the title is the following MS. note:— 
 ” l’ar M. le Chevalier du Coudray, ancien Mousquetaire, auteur des Nouveaux 
 Essais Historiques sur Paris. Ces memoires plaisants m’ont etc donnes par 
 1 auteur, en l’Annee, 1788.” Among the facetious matters broached in this 
 volume are— ‘‘In Favor of Unfaithful Women - the Origin of Beards and 
 their Variations “Historical Anecdotes on the Ass”; etc. 
 
 THE YOUNGER CREBILLON’S JAPANESE HISTORY. 
 
 CREBILLON le fils (C. p. J. (j e ). L’Ecumoire, Histoire 
 . Japonaise avec les Curieuses Figures de l'edition “a 
 
 Pekin 1 733 - ' Tinted and facetious illustrations. Large 
 Svo, sewed, uncut. Brussels, Henry Kistemaeehers, 1773-84 
 Erotic. Limited edition on Japan paper and tinted “ papier verge. ” 
 
 The younger Crebillon, we are told,— “ was a gay companion so full of wit 
 and humor, and he wrote a series of licentious novels which pleased Miss Staf- 
 ford, a young, handsome and rich Englishwoman, so much that she came to 
 France and married him.” 
 
 The 1734 edition of the above work caused the imprisonment of the author at 
 Vincennes, it being claimed there were satirical concealed allusions to the Papal 
 bull “ Unigenitus,” Cardinal de Rohan and the Duchesse de Maine. 
 
 “ Crebillon (fils) was bom in Paris in 1707, and died at the age of 70. It is 
 related that his father, who was a noted dramatist, being asked one day which 
 was his best production, pointed at his son, and said: ‘ I don’t know which is 
 my best, but there is my worst. ’ If his father was called the /Eschylus of France 
 surely the son might be called the Petronius. M. d'Alembert once said: ‘ Cre- 
 billon, the father, paints in the blackest colors the crimes and wickedness of man. 
 The son draws with delicate and just pencil the refinements and shades, and even 
 graces of our vices, that seductive levity which renders the French what is called 
 amiable, but which does not signify worthy of being loved, in short our manners, 
 at once frivolous and corrupt, wherein the excess of depravity combines with 
 excess of ridiculousness.’ He was fora time in high repute for his wit and gaiety, 
 which made him a pleasant companion, and for his clever, but licentious novels, 
 which are best forgotten.” — Cates. 
 
 
 CREBILLON le fils. Le Sopha, Conte Moral. Nouvelle 
 Edition. Fronts, by Bovinet after Binet. 2 vols. minimo, 
 sewed, uncut (foxed somewhat). Paris, chez Pillot, an VII. 
 
 Very rare. This is one of the rarest of the works of the younger Crebillon, 
 and it is considered his most erotic, notwithstanding it is called on the title a 
 “ moral tale.” 
 
 J- 2/953 CUNNINGHAM (Peter). The Story of Nell Gwyn 
 • ~ and the Sayings of Charles the Second. Portrait after 
 
 Lely on China paper and inserted plates of India 
 
254 
 
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 proofs before letters. Large 4to, folded loose in board 
 covers, suitable for binding or extra illustration. 
 
 N. Y., 1883 
 
 LARGE PAPER. No. 82 of 100 printed and numbered copies. 
 
 New edition, beautifully printed, with an index now first added. 
 
 17)954 CYRANO de BERGERAC (Savinien). (Euvres Comiques, 
 r u Galantes et Litteraires, a/w,Histoire Comique des Etats et 
 Empires et du Soleil. Nouvelles editions revue et publiee 
 avec des Notes par “ P. L. Jacob, bibliophile.” 2 vols. 
 small 8vo, cloth, rough edges. Paris, 1858 
 
 “ Edition Bibliothique Gauloise ” on “ papier verge.” 
 
 “ J’aimc mieux Bergerac et sa burlesque audace, 
 
 Que ccs vers ou Motin se morfond et nous glace.” 
 
 — Boileau. 
 
 AELLI (G.). Relic of the Italian Revolution of 1849, 
 t , r I with Preface and Index and Appropriate Descrip- 
 AJ tions in English, Italian and French. 50 line engrav- 
 ings, executed on copper by the most eminent artists of 
 Rome. Oblong 4to, cloth. New Orleans, n. d. 
 
 “Secreted from the Papal Police after the Restoration of Order and just 
 imported into America.” 
 
 THE “ DANCE OF DEATH ’’—VARIOUS EDITIONS. 
 
 I 0 095 ^ GANCE OF DEATH. — L’Alphabet de la Mort de Hans 
 \ Hoi.bein, Entour6 de Bordures du XVIe Si£cle et Sinois 
 
 d’Anciens Poemes Frant;ais sur le Sujet des Trois Mors et 
 des Trois Vis publiees d’apres les Manuscrits par Ana- 
 tole de Montaiglon. Vignette on title and ei’ery page 
 surrounded with borders , mostly illustrating the “ Dance of 
 Death ” and taken from early printed books. 8vo, paper, 
 uncut. Paris, Tross, 1856 
 
 Rubens once said that he had learned a great deal from the pictures of the 
 “ Dance of Death,” and he recommended them strongly to the study of many 
 of his own profession, while Erasmus was so much struck by the wonderful dis- 
 play of genius exhibited in this great work, that he conceived a strong friendship 
 for Holbein, sat to him for his picture, and recommended him to Sir Thomas 
 More, and to this incident England was indebted for the many excellent per- 
 formances which it afterwards received from his pencil. 
 
 /I (J 957 Dance of Death. — La Danse des Morts comme elle est 
 . Depeinte dans la Louable et Celebre Ville de Basle pour 
 
 Servir d’un Miroir de Nature Humaine — (French and 
 German Text). With engraved illustrations after the 
 originals by Matthew Mf.rian. Small 4to, cloth, red 
 edges. Basle, 1744-56 
 
 Rare. With two titles, the French dated 1756, and the German, which has 
 a curiously engraved border, 1744. This copy has the heraldic book-plate of 
 — “ John Lynch, D.D., Dean of Canterbury. ’ 
 
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 /yj 9s 8 
 
 Dance of Death at Basle. With the text in three lan- 
 guages — English, French and German. With numerous 
 wood engravings of the “ Dance of Death ” at Basle. 4to, 
 boards. Basle, n. d. 
 
 I (J( J 959 Dance of Death. — Massmann (H. F.). Die Baseler 
 ' Todtentanze in Getreuen Abbildungen. Small 8vo, with 
 
 separate large 4to volume of plates with 81 facsimile illus- 
 trations of the “ Dance of the Death” in 22 plates and 27 
 lithographs. Together 2 vols. Sewed. 
 
 Very scarce. Leipzig, 1847 
 
 jw 6 ° 
 
 Dance of Death. — Bilder des Todes oder Todtentanz 
 fur AUe Stande. With illustrations by Merkel engraved 
 by Flegel. 4to, sewed, uncut. Leipzig, 1850 
 
 A, 961 DASSOUCY (Charles Corypeau). Aventures Burlesques. 
 
 * Nouvelle Edition avec Preface et Notes par Emile 
 
 Colombey. Portrait on India paper. Small 8vo, cloth, 
 rough edges. Paris, 1858 
 
 “ BibliotWque Gauloise ” limited edition, on "papier verge,” issued under 
 the direction of Paul Lacroix, who says: — “ Ce volume est bien fait pour rehab- 
 iliter Dassoucy, une des victimes des arrets trop rigoureux de Boileau. II con- 
 tiendra plusieurs ouvrages en prose tres-gais et tres amusants, qui n’ont pas ete 
 reimprimes depuis pres de deux siecles, et qui sont tres-rares par consequent. 
 Ce sont les Avan lures de France, les Avantures d'/lalie, les P ensiles dans le 
 Saint-Office de Rome, la Prison, etc. Ce sont enfin les memoires de Dassoucy 
 ecrits par lui-meme.” 
 
 ( 0 O 0 962 
 
 LIMITED EDITION OF ALPHONSE DAUDET’S TARTARIN 
 ON JAPAN PAPER. 
 
 DAUDET (Alphonse). Tartarin sur les Ai.pes — Nou- 
 veaux Exploits du Heros Tarasconnais. Illustrated with 
 colored plates ( aquarelles ) by Aranda, de Beaumont, 
 Montenard, de Myrbach, Rossi, and numerous other 
 illustrations in the text , portrait of Daudkt, etc. Thick 
 4to, sewed, totally uncut. Paris, Cal inann- Levy, 1885 
 
 “ Edition du Figaro.” No. 55 of limited edition of 125 copies printed on 
 heavy Japan paper under the artistic direction of ‘‘Guillaume freres.” 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF TARASCON’S PRODIGIOUS 
 ADVENTURES. 
 
 } 963 DAUDET. — Aventures Prodigieuses de Tarascon. Pro- 
 
 ) 0 0 fusely illustrated with vignettes and other cuts. Large 8vo, 
 cloth, illuminated cover, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, Dentu, 1887 
 
 Large paper edition of this very eccentric work of Daudet. 
 
 
 DAUDET. Numa Roumestan — Moeurs Parisiennes. Small 
 8vo, cloth, uncut. Original edition. Paris, 1881 
 
256 
 
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 I 0 09 6 5 
 
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 H/o 9 66 
 
 Daudet. Le Nabab — Moeurs Parisiennes. Small 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Original edition. Paris, 1880 
 
 DAUMIER. Les Cent et Un Robert Macaire, Com- 
 poses et Dessines par M. H. Daumier sur les Idees et 
 Legendes de M. Ch. Philipon — texte par MM. Maurice 
 Alhoy et Louis Huart. ioi full-page lithographed 
 plates — all humorous — ; fieurons , etc. 4to, half smooth 
 green morocco, edges gilt. Paris, 1840 
 
 Very scarce. 
 
 J-^967 [DEFOE (Daniel).] Histoire du Diable, traduite de 
 1 ’ Anglais. Engraved fronts. 2 vols. bound in tree mar- 
 bled calf extra gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt. 
 
 Amsterdam, aux dipens de la Compagnie , 1729 
 Very scarce edition. 
 
 “ Earless on high stood unabashed DeFoe.” 
 
 — The Dunciad. 
 
 ^3^968 DELPIT (Albert). Les Amours Cruelles. Small 8vo. 
 
 Bound by Bradstreets in half crushed levant morocco, 
 top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1884 
 
 1 ^969 Delpit. Les Maucroix, Comedie en Trois Actes en Prose. 
 
 Small 4to. Bound by V. Champs in half crushed levant 
 morocco, top edge gilt, covers bound in. Paris, 1883 
 
 Uf 970 Delpit. 
 
 uncut. 
 
 Mademoiselle de Bressier. 
 
 Small 8vo, sewed, 
 Paris, 1886 
 
 
 VERY RARE AND LIMITED EDITION OF DELVAN’S 
 MODERN EROTIC DICTIONARY. 
 
 971 DELVAN (Alfred). DICTIONNAIRE EROTIQUE 
 MODERNE par “ un Professeur de Langue Verte.” 
 Nouvelle Edition Revue, Corrigee. Considerablement 
 Augments par l’Auteur et Enrichie de Nombreuses Cita- 
 tions. Thick small 8vo. Bound by E. Rousselle in 
 half crushed red levant morocco, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut. Bale, imprimerie de Karl Schmidt , //. d. 
 
 VERY RARE and very limited edition of this celebrated issue of Del- 
 van's “ Modern Erotic Dictionary,” printed on Holland paper exclusively for 
 the members of the Biblio-Aphrodiphile Society, and not to be — “ mis dans le 
 commerce.” This wonderful dictionary is a philological revelation and erotico- 
 physiological curiosity. 
 
 DEMOUSTIER’S MYTHOLOGY— WITH FREE PLATES 
 972 DEMOUSTIER (C. A.). Lettres a £milie sur la Mytholo- 
 gie. Portrait and plates by Audouin, after Monnet, 
 some erotic (a few short). 3 vols. small 8vo, half 
 morocco, gilt edges. Paris, Rcnouard, 1801 
 
 VERY rare. With the heraldic book-plates of John Hunter and Henry Terry. 
 
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 DEMOUSTIER. Another edition of the same work. 
 Portrait by Takdiku, and charming erotic plates a/ter 
 Moreau, by D’Elvaux, De Ghendt, Friere, Simonet 
 and Thomas (some foxed slightly). 6 vols. in 3. 8vo, 
 tree-marbled calf extra gilt, inside gold dentelle borders. 
 
 Paris, Renouard , 1809 
 
 Very scarce and beautiful edition, in good condition. 
 
 DENON'S CELEBRATED ETCHINGS— INCLUDING THE 
 PRIAPIC SERIES. 
 
 t M 974 DENON (Vivant, ancien Directcur General des Must'cs). 
 
 0 ' L’CEUVRE GENERAL de, avec une Notice Tres 
 
 D£taill£e sur son CEuvrf. par M. D’ALBERT DE 
 LA F 1 ZELIERE. Being a collection of 317 etchings , 
 mostly designed and engraved by this celebrated artist , the 
 whole forming the most complete and varied album possible 
 for the study of engraving and etching — also portraits. 
 2 vols. 4to, folded in sheets ready for binding. 
 
 Paris, A. Barraud , Libraire Editeur, 1873 
 
 Very scarce. Limited edition, printed on heavy paper, and of which this 
 copy is No. 77. 
 
 A series of 317 etchings by the gifted artist who executed the admirable 
 drawings for Bonaparte’s great work on Egypt. The etchings are mostly 
 original, but include some copies of Rembrandt and other Old Masters. The 
 eleventh (suppressed) series, and which is included in the above, consists of 
 over thirty etchings of priapic and very erotic subjects. Among these is the 
 celebrated “ Nun's Dream,” “ The Thirteenth Labor of Hercules,” ‘‘Offerings 
 to the God Priapus,” etc., etc. 
 
 q j 975 Denon. Point de Lendemain. Minimo, sewed (no front). 
 *•( Brussels, 1883 
 
 Erotic and limited edition of 510 copies. 
 
 [Denon.] Notice Bibliographique (sur) le Conte Point de 
 Lendemain. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Strasbourg, 1861 
 Large paper and rare. 
 
 ^977 DESBARROLLES (Ad.). Chiromancie Nouvelle — Les 
 ' Mysteres de la Main Reviles et Expliques, Art de Con- 
 
 naitre la Vie, le Caractere, les Aptitudes et la Destinee de 
 Chacun d’apres la Seule Inspection des Mains. Numerous 
 cuts. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, n. d. 
 
 (,JT)78 Desbarrolles et Jean Hippolyte. Les Mysteres de 
 - l’Ecriture Art de Juger les Hommes sur leurs Auto- 
 
 graphes. Facsimiles. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1884 
 
 St # 19 
 
 DESMAREST (Pierre Marie). Temoignages Historiques 
 ou Quinze Ans de Haute Police sons Napoleon. 8vo, 
 boards, uncut (MS. name over dedication). Paris, 1833 
 
 Rare. The author was chief of Napoleon’s "Haute Police” during the 
 Consulate and Empire. 
 
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 UNIQUE COPY OF CAMILLE DESMOULINS— WITH 
 ORIGINAL MSS. 
 
 980 DESMOULINS (Camille). 
 ^ ' uncut. 
 
 La France Libre. 8vo, sewed, 
 [Paris], 17S9 
 
 Very rare, and a curious French Revolutionary brochure, written by the 
 celebrated Camille Desmoulins, who was guillotined in 1794 along with Danton 
 and others. 
 
 Two octavo pages of original MS. in the handwriting of Desmoulins are 
 affixed to the brochure. 
 
 I ^ 981 DESPORTES (Philippe). (Euvres de, avec une Introduc- 
 tion et des Notes par Alfred Michiels. Engraved front. 
 — facsimile title of the 1758 edition. Small 8vo, cloth, 
 rough edges. Paris, 1858 
 
 “ Ribliothcque Gauloise ” limited edition on “ papier verge,” issued under the 
 direction of Paul Lacroix, who says : — “ Desportes est un grand poete, peut- 
 etre un de nos meilleurs poetes Fran^ais. Cependant ses poesies, dont il y a 
 plus de trente editions, n'avaient pas ete reiinprimees depuis le commencement 
 du dix-septieme siecle, M. Michiels a consacrc une etude tres importante a ce 
 poete eminent." 
 
 The 1573 “ Estienne ” edition of this libidinous poet's work will be found in 
 the “ Early Typography ” division of this catalogue. No. 589. 
 
 DES PERIERS’S NEW RECREATIONS— THE VERY RARE 
 1616 EDITION-BOUND BY DURU. 
 
 LfJTP 8 ' 
 
 DES PERIERS (Bonaventure). — | Les | NOVVELLES | 
 RECREATIONS, et | Ioyevx devis | de feu Bonauen- 
 ture des Periers, valet | de chambre de la Royne | de 
 Nauarre I Augmentees de plusieurs autres nouuelles | 
 fort ioyeuses et recreaiues, non | encores veues, ny 
 imprimees | par cy deuant. | Minimo. Bound by H. 
 Duru in crushed red levant morocco, inside dentelle gold 
 borders, rounded corners, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Lyons, par Noel Brvn , 1616 
 
 VERY RARE EDITION, and charming little bibelot, bound by Duru. 
 Des Periers was the valet-de-chambre to Queen Margaret of Navarre, and he 
 had made one of the circle of distinguished wits and people of genius who com- 
 posed her court. II is motto throughout life was “ I.oisir et liberte," and his 
 
 death was a suicide's, lie killed himself in the delirium of fever and despair, 
 with his sword. 1 1 is “ Nouvelles Recreations" are in the style of the " Hep- 
 tameron " of his mistress, and it was published for the first time after his death 
 by Nicholas l’arisot and Jacques Pelletier. 
 
 “ Dans les ‘ Recreations ’ et le ‘Cymbalum,’ la prose est vive, aisce, claire, 
 enjouee, et bien qu’on n’y trouve pas I'energie et l'eloquence, e’est le style 
 d’un excellent prosateur.” — Vai'ekeau. 
 
 f 
 
 THE ‘CYMBALUM MUNDI " OF BONAVENTURE DES 
 PERIERS. 
 
 OO983 DES PERIERS.— CYMBALUM MUNDI, ou Dialogues 
 Satyriques sur Differens Sujets, avec une Lettre Critique 
 
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 259 
 
 par Prosper Marchand. Vignette on title. Minimo, old 
 calf, gilt. Amsterdam, chez Prosper Marchand , j 1711 
 
 Very rare, with the autograph of “A. J. Odell” on top of title, which 
 is rubricated. This work, was not only so erotic, but so irreligious that it 
 was condemned by the Sorbonne. It was rigidly suppressed, and so severely, 
 that only one copy of the first edition is known. The above is one of the rarest 
 editions of this strange work. 
 
 ANOTHER COPY OF THE PRECEDING WORK-BOUND BY 
 
 CAPE. 
 
 
 984 DES PERIERS. The same, with — Lettre Critique par 
 Prosper Marchand — Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigtfe 
 et augments de Notes et Remarques, communiquees par 
 plusieurs Savans. Engraved frontispiece , vignette title and 
 plates by B. Picart after F. de Barker. Small 8vo. 
 Handsomely bound by Cap£ in crushed red levant 
 morocco gilt, inside gold dentelle borders, rounded cor- 
 ners, gilt edges (temoins). Amsterdam, 1753 
 
 Equally rare, with the above named, but with Picart’s plates. It is 
 superbly bound by Cape. 
 
 DESPRfcAUX (Jean Etienne). Mes Passe-Temps: Chan- 
 * sons suivies de l’Art de la Danse, Poeme en Quatre Chants 
 
 Calqut* sur l’Art Po^tique de Boileau Despr£aux. 
 Illustrated with engravings after the designs of Moreau le 
 jeune and with music — also silhouette portrait of the 
 author. 2 vols. three-quarters morocco, top edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, 1806 
 
 Very scarce. Printed by Crapelet. 
 
 •, ^986 DEUX BISCUITS (Les), Tragedie, traduite de la Langue 
 - que’ Ton Parlait jadis au Royaume d’Astracan, et mise 
 
 depuis peu en Vers Franpais. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 [Pais], se vend a Astraean chez un libraire 
 
 M DCCLI 1 '. ( reprint ) 1866 
 
 No. 107 of limited edition of 120 copies on Holland and China papers of this 
 erotic work. 
 
 ^987 D’EZE (G.) et MARCEL (A.). Histoire de la Coiffure des 
 - Femmes en France. Illustrated with 242 cuts of head- 
 
 dresses and hair-dressing. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1886 
 
 jd 
 
 88 DIDEROT (Denis). I-e Neveu de Rameau, Nouvelle Edi- 
 tion Revue et Corrig^e sur les Differents Textes avec une 
 Introduction par Charles Asselineau. Small 8vo, 
 boards, uncut. Paris, 1862 
 
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 DINAUX’S “ SOCIETES BADINES VER Y CURIOUS AND 
 
 EROTIC. 
 
 989 DINAUX (Arthur). Les Societes Badines Bachiques Lit- 
 teraires et chantantes leur Histoire et leurs Travaux 
 Ouvrage Posthume de M. Arthur Dinaux revu et 
 class^ par M. Gustave Brunet. With etched portrait by 
 G. Staai. (loose). 2 vols. 8vo, fresh half crushed orange 
 levant morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, Bachelin-Deflorcnne, 1867 
 Very scarce, erotic and curious. 
 
 /-/.Z\T 990 DINAUX. The same. 2 vols. 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 CVj 991 [DONDEY (Theophile).] Lettre Inedite de Philothee 
 ' ® ^ O’Neddy auteur de Feu et Flamme ” sur le Groupe I_.it- 
 
 teraire Romantique, dit des Bousingos — Th£ophii.e Gau- 
 tier, Gerard de Nerval, Petrus Borel, Bouchardy, 
 Alphonse Brot, etc. Large 8vo, half calf uncut, with 
 the covers bound in. Paris, P. Rouquette , 1875 
 
 Very rare. One of 10 copies on China paper out of an edition of no in 
 all. 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF DORAT’S KISSES AND LARGE 
 
 PAPER. 
 
 I Jii) 0 992 DORAT (C. J.). LES BAISERS, precedes du Mois de 
 Mai, poeme (par DORAT). Frontispiece and engraved 
 plate by Charles Eisen, engraved title , 22 vignettes , and 22 
 tail-pieces by Eisen, and 2 by Marillif.r. Large 8vo. 
 Superbly bound in red crushed levant morocco elegant, 
 inside gold borders, edges gilt, others by De Sambi.ancx- 
 Weckessen. Rouen, J. Lemmonyer , 1880 
 
 Large paper. No. 345 of limited edition on “papier verge." This is a 
 splendid reprint of one of the most charming books issued from the press in the 
 last century. A copy of the original edition was priced 3,000 francs, uncut 
 by Morgand Fatout, and another copy by the same, bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet, 
 2,200 francs. Also priced 35 guineas in a late London catalogue, bound in 
 ordinary calf. 
 
 jin 993 DORAT. Poesies. 4 vols. minimo, old calf. 
 
 ' ^ Geneva, 1777 
 
 A pretty little edition of the poems of the author of “ Les Baisers." 
 
 •\ ,, 994 DORAT. Poesies de. Fine portrait engraved by N. De 
 Launay. Minimo, sewed, uncut. Geneva, 1777 
 
 Very scarce edition of Dorat’s charming and erotic poems. 
 
 WD ’ 95 
 
 [DORAT.] Mes Fantaisies — Troisieme Edition, Consider- 
 ablement Augmentee. Engraved false title , vignette on 
 title and head and tail pieces designed by Eisen and engraved 
 by De Longueil and De Ghkndt. Small 4to, half calf, 
 red edges. La Haye et Paris, 1770 
 
 Rare. One of the volumes of Dorat's p iems containing pieces quite as 
 facetious as the “ Baisers.” 
 
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 2-00 996 DORE.— Histoire aussi Interessante qu’ Invraisemblable de 
 ' l’lnterpide Capitaine Castagnette, Neveu de l’Homme 
 
 a la Tete de Bois par “ Manuel.” Illustrated with 43 
 wood engravings, some full page, by Gustave Dor£. Large 
 4to, half green morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1862 
 
 This is one of the most amusing works illustrated by Gustave Dore. 
 
 97 DOUZE FACETIES. 12 facetious pieces, with cuts repro- 
 duced in facsimile and of “ /’ ordre des cocus r If or mis ’’ and 
 “ la patente dcs cocus." Small folio, paper. 
 
 Brussels, Gay et Douce, 1881 
 \ ery facetious and amorous. Limited edition of 500 copies, of which the 
 above is No. 428- The bibliographical notice before the preface shows that 
 only two of the patents in the above were known before the reprint, viz., that 
 of " Bavarde" and that of “ Curieuse.” 
 
 DRESDEN GALLERY. A collection of twelve erotic sub- 
 jects mostly from Heathen Mythology, photographs after 
 Rubens, Van Dyck, Guido, Titian, Palma Vecchio, 
 Poussin, Koffmann, Michel Angelo, Paul Veronese 
 and Correggio. Small 4to, red cloth. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF GUSTAVE DROZ’S CHEF- 
 D’OEUVRE. 
 
 J 7)999 DROZ (Gustave). Monsieur, Madame et Bebe. With 
 - numerous illustrations by Edmond Morin, and with etched 
 
 portrait-frontispiece of the author by Leopold Flamf.ng. 
 Thick large 8vo, fresh half crushed red levant morocco, 
 top edge gilt, others uncut, with the colored covers 
 bound in. Paris, Victor Hazard, 1878 
 
 Superb edition de-luxe, large paper, and printed on “ papier velin.” 
 
 CHINA PAPER COPY OF THE LIFE OF MADAME 
 DU BARRY. 
 
 P^iooo DU BARRY (La Comtesse). Sa vie Amoureuse — le Gaze- 
 • u tier Cuirasse — Grimm-Bachaumont — les Chansons— les 
 Epigrammes — les Actes Ofhciels — ses Trois Amoureux — 
 Louis XV. — Lord Seymour — le Due de Brissac — le 
 Tribunal Revolutionnaire — la Guillotine — Portraits Au- 
 thentiques — les Maitresses du Roi par Paul de Saint 
 Victor — Histoire de Madame du Barry par Arsene 
 Houssaye. With portraits in two states — Holland and 
 China paper. Small 4to. Bound by Emile Rousselle 
 in crushed purple levant morocco gilt, rounded corners, 
 inside dentelle gold borders, edges gilt ( tdmoins ), with the 
 covers bound in. Paris, 1878 
 
 LIMITED EDITION of 25 copies on China paper. This superbly printed 
 volume is from the press of AIcan-Levy. The title-page is rubricated, and 
 some of the text is printed in red. 
 
 This life of the lecherous Du Barr)', the complaisant mistress of Louis XV., 
 is from the pen of Arsine Houssaye. Needless to suggest, it is erotic and 
 delightfully written in honor of the High Priestess of the Parc aux Cerfs. 
 
262 
 
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 ^j^iooi DU BARRY. Anecdotes sur, publiees par Octave 
 Uzanne avec Preface et Index. Tinted front, by La- 
 lauze, heraldic head-piece by Gauzean, fleurons and fancy 
 initial letters. Thick large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, A. Quantin , 1880 
 Limited edition on *' papier verg£,” handsomely printed by Quantin. and 
 uniform with the remainder of the “ Documents sur les Mceurs du XVI lie 
 Siecle ” edited by Octave Uzanne. 
 
 The above volume contains a pretty thoroughly complete collection of the 
 “ Ana ” of Louis the Fifteenth’s celebrated mistress, who died by the guillotine 
 in 1793. The “ Lettres Originales” of Madame Du Harry were forged by 
 Pidansat de Mairobert — and the two different editions of her “ Mcmoires” by 
 Madame Gucrard and La Mothe I.angon. 
 
 JAPAN PAPER COPY OF THE TABLEAU DE LA VOLUPTE 
 HANDSOMELY BOUND BY PAGNANT. 
 
 [DU BUISSON, i.e.] “ M. D. B.” — Tableau de la Volupte, 
 Poeme en Vers. Reimpression sur l’edition de “ A Cythere, 
 1771.” With Eisen’s erotic plates engraved by De Malval, 
 also head and tail pieces and initial letters designed by 
 M esp les — each page surrounded by a rose border. 8vo, 
 handsomely bound by Pagnant in brown crushed levant 
 morocco extra, inside gold borders, rounded corners and 
 gilt edges, in leather-lined drop case. 
 
 Paris, Edouard Rouvcyre, 1882 
 
 One of 10 copies on Japan paper out of a limited edition of 600 in all. 
 The plates and vignettes are in duplicate and in two colors — sepia and black. 
 The beautiful typography is the work of Unsinger’s press. 
 
 Paul Ulrich Du Buisson was the author of the tragedies of "Nadir” and 
 " Scanderberg.” He perished on the scaffold during the Reign of Terror along 
 with his friends Hebert and Ronsin. 
 
 •(^1003 Ducret (Alexandre). Les Brouillons de la Societd. Small 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Annecy, 1872 
 
 Dedicated to General Garibaldi. 
 
 ) 1004 [DUDEVANT (Amandine Lucile Aurore Dupin).] Letters 
 
 lOO of George Sand, Translated and Edited by Raphael 
 
 Ledos de Beaufort, with Preface and Biographical 
 Sketch by the Translator. Illustrated with 6 portraits of 
 George Sand at various periods of her life. 3 vols. 8vo, 
 cloth. London, 1886 
 
 The name of “ George Sand ” is said to have been given to Madame Dudevant 
 by Jules Sandeau, the academician, and was adopted by her to denote a mascu- 
 line style in her writings. 
 
 0 J" 2 )ioo 5 DUFOUR (Pierre). Histoire de la Prostitution. Numer- 
 ous steel plates on India paper. 6 vols. in 3. 8vo, half 
 green morocco, top edges gilt, others trimmed. 
 
 Paris, 1851-53 
 
 In this learned work — the best we have on the subject — many of the chapters 
 are devoted to dissertations on matters of general interest to students of litera- 
 

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 ture. We instance chapter XXIV., containing a treatise on the erotica verba of 
 the French language, the Argot, its origin, etc. ; also in chapter XXXII., a 
 highly interesting bibliographical account of the Aretino plates by Marc Antonio, 
 etc., etc. 
 
 The author was threatened with criminal prosecution, and pledged himself 
 never to reproduce the work ; it has now become scarce. 
 
 UNIQUE COPY OF DUMAS’S “ LADY OF THE CAMELIAS,” 
 WITH ORIGINAL VERSES IN MS. BY THE AUTHOR ON 
 THE ILL-FATED HEROINE. 
 
 1006 DUMAS (Alexandre, fits). La Dame aux Cam£lias, 
 Preface par M. Jules Janin — Quatrieme edition entiere- 
 ment revue et corrigee. Small 8vo, half russia, gilt. 
 
 Paris, 1852 
 
 UNIQUE COPY. With inserted heraldic book-plate. This copy has inserted 
 five pages of original poetry in the handwriting of Alexandre Dumas fils and 
 written by him on the heroine of this most remarkable story, upon which is 
 founded '* Camille " and “ La Traviata.” 
 
 Mr. Pene du Bois writes that the above MS. is a — “ Copy made by Alex. 
 Dumas fils — in his own hand, and as he says. ' de ma plus belle ecriture ’ — of 
 verses written by him on his hearing of the death of Marie D(uplessis), who 
 was the ‘ Dame aux Camelias.’ The verses were never published, save in the 
 edition of the play made for the artists of the ‘ Comedie Fran^aise.’ The 
 ‘ Gaulois ’ published lately a fragment of these verses, as a literary sensation. 
 The verses are accompanied by a letter to his fried Paul Foucher.” 
 
 This MS. copy of the verses was in the possession of Mr. Pene du Bois pre- 
 vious to its publication. 
 
 LIMITED EDITION-DE-LUXE OF THE “LADY OF THE 
 
 CAMELIAS.” 
 
 3 0(J 
 
 1007 DUMAS fils. La Dame aux Camelias, Preface par M. 
 J ules J anin. Etched portrait of Marie Duplessis, proof 
 before letters. Large 8vo. Bound by E. Rousselle in 
 three-quarters crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut, covers bound in. Paris, 1872 
 
 No. 205 of limited edition of 500 numbered copies on Holland paper. 
 
 2 - jn >'° o8 
 
 CILAW (Ary). The Romance of a German Court, 
 , a Translation of “ Le Roi de Thessalie.’’ 2 vols. 
 small Svo, cloth. London, 1886 
 
 BOOKS OF EMBLEMS— INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL 
 EDITION OF GEORGE WITHER’S EMBLEMS. 
 
 1009 EMBLEMS.— WITHER (George).— | A | Collection | of 
 | Emblemes, | Ancient and | Moderne: | Quickened | 
 With Metricall Illvstrations, both | Morall and Divine: And 
 disposed into | Lotteries, | That Instruction, and Good 
 Counsell, may bee furthered | by an Honest and Pleasant 
 Recreation. | By George Wu her. | The First Booke | . 
 
264 
 
 THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 Fine portrait , engraved title by Marshall, numerous plates 
 of emblems by Crispen Pass. Small folio, mottled calf, gilt. 
 
 London, printed by A. M. [ Augustine Matthewe ] for 
 Henry Taunton , and are to be sold at his Shop in Saint 
 Dunstanes Church yard, MDCXXXV. 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE, and a fine copy of the original edition with all 
 the plates. With the heraldic book-plate (coronet, supporters nine quarterings) 
 of — “ The Right Honble. Henrietta Countess of I’omfret Lady of the Bed- 
 chamber to the Queen.” A few pp. are mended carefully and there are MS. 
 marginalia. The volume contains the leaf at the end of the “ Lotteries,” wilh 
 movable Index, which, Lowndes says, is soqften wanting. On an end paper is 
 the following MS. note: — 
 
 “ These engravings, in their original state, were first published at Cologne, 
 1611, vide Rollenhagen in Brunet. Wither borrowed the fine engravings and 
 destroyed the verses, substituting his own, see his first preface to the Reader, 
 towards the end, where he speaks with sufficient confidence of himself. But 
 now probably for one person who reads his verses, less admire his engravings. 
 The portrait of Wither is probably from an original by C. Jannsen, which sold 
 in Gutch’s sale for/T3. The frontispiece is not by Crispen de Pass, but by 
 one Wm. Marshall.” 
 
 5 ioxo Emblems. — Cramer (Daniel). Octoginta Emblemata 
 Moralia Nova. Engraved title and symbolical illustrations. 
 Minimo, vellum (loose in cover). 
 
 Frankfort, Lvca fennisius, 1630 
 
 Very rare work on emblems, but lacking a few pages. The text and 
 illustrations are printed on one side of the page only. 
 
 1 o 1 1 Emblems. — Saavedra-Faxardo (Don Diego de). Idea 
 ^ de un Principe Politica representada en Cien Empresas. 
 
 With engraved title and 100 designs of emblems in the text. 
 Thick minimo, old calf (MS. name on back of title). 
 
 Amsterdam, apud I oh. lansonium luonioretn, 1659 
 
 Very Scarce edition of this famous work on emblems. 
 
 II 1012 Emblems. — Saavedra Fachardo (Diego). L’ldea di vn 
 w Prencipe Politico Christiano. Engraved false title , vignette 
 
 portrait on title and numerous engravings of emblems. 
 4to, boards, vellum (stained). Rare. Venice, 1648 
 
 1013 Emblems.— CATS (Jacob).— JOH. VAN BEVERVVICK’S 
 0 Schat der Gesontheydt Met veerfen verciert door de Heer 
 IACOB CATS, Ridder, etc. Handsome portrait on title 
 and numerous emblematic engravings in the text — also 
 several false titles. Thick 4to, fine old red morocco gilt, 
 tooled gilt edges. 
 
 Amsterdam, fan Jacobsz Schipper, 1652 
 
 Rare. The emblems and other works of Cats have for two centuries been 
 household books in Holland, both for their moral doctrine and the ingenious 
 designs with which Adrian Van de Venne symbolized their teachings. 
 
THE PENE DU BO/S COLLECTION. 
 
 265 
 
 l [ 0 10 f 4 
 
 J2> 1015 
 
 
 Emblems. — Boria (Joannes de). Moralische Sinn Bilder. 
 Vignette title, and with over 100 curious plates of emblems. 
 Small 4to, half sheep (foxed). Rare. Berlin, 1698 
 
 Emblems. — Conlin (Albert Joseph). I)er Christliche Welt 
 Weise beweinet die Thorbeit der Neuentdechten Narren 
 Welt. Numerous extremely curious and emblematic plates , 
 many erotic and diabolical. 2 vols. in x. Thick small 
 4to, old sheep (some plates mounted and a few pages 
 soiled, etc.) Very rare. Augsburg, 1710-11 
 
 Emblems. — Bunyan (John). Divine Emblems, or Tem- 
 poral Things Spiritualised, etc., with Preface by Alexan- 
 der Smith. Engraved title and numerous emblematic 
 designs. Small 4to, cloth, gilt edges. London, ti. d. 
 
 .If 1017 
 
 Emblems. — Bkza (Theodorus). Poemata Varia, accessit 
 Iac. Lectii V. Cl. Ionah seu Poetica Paraphrasis. Nu- 
 merous cuts of emblems , etc. Minimo, boards. 
 
 Rare. n. p, ex typographia lac obi Stoer, 1614 
 
 l^f~ iox8 ENTRETIENS (Les), des Cafes de Paris et les Differens 
 qui y sur Viennent. Par Mr. leCedeM * * *. En- 
 graved front , also curious feu rons, head-pieces, etc. Minimo, 
 crushed green morocco extra, gold dentelle inside borders, 
 rounded corners, edges gilt on marble by Allo. 
 
 Trevoux, Etienne Ganeau, 170 2 
 Erotic and very rare. This little volume contains many facetious pieces, 
 among which are — “ Avanture d un Fourbisseur, qui trouva sa femme au Cafe 
 avec son amant,” '• 1‘rocez entre un Auteur et un Librairesse au sujet de Cocu- 
 age, ” and others better and worse. 
 
 4 r IOI 9 Epicure’s Cook Book. Translated and Arranged by 
 “One of Them.” i2mo, cloth. Rochester, N. Y., 1881 
 
 2^^1020 Etudes sur la Toilette. A series of ten double-page 
 studies on the toilet extracted from “ la Vie Parisienne 
 Large 4to, sewed. Paris, n. d. 
 
 Erotic desicns. more or less nude and exhibiting the various articles in the 
 transition of the toilet of the women of fashion and the demi-monde of Paris 
 
 and elsewhere. 
 
 lj d 1021 Etudes sur la Toilette. Another copy. 
 
 to i°22 ABRITII. — Le Convent Hospitalier, Conte tire du 
 
 Livre de l’Origine des Proverbes d’ALOYSE Cyn- 
 thio de Gli Fabritii (XVIe Siecle). Litterale- 
 ment traduit pour la Premiere Fois, Texte Italien 
 en Regard. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 Facetious. Limited edition of 120 copies, of which the above is No. 28. 
 On the cover is the note — “Avis aux Libraires. Edition privee. Ce volume 
 ne doit pas etre ‘mis en vente ou expose dans les lieux publics’ (Loi du 20 Juillet 
 1881).’’ 
 
266 
 
 THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 O Oo i° 2 3 ^ AU (J-). The Anatomy of the External Forms of Man, 
 intended for the Use of Artists, Painters and Sculptors. 20 
 fine lithographs , some of nudes, and with descriptions. Large 
 4to, in portfolio. London, n. d. 
 
 % fp ° 2 4 Femmes Aujourdhui. A Series of twelve double page 
 studies on the toilet, extracted from “ La Vie Parisienne." 
 Large 4to, sewed. Paris, n. d. 
 
 Erotic designs, more or less nude and exhibiting the various stages in the 
 developments of the life and toilet of fashionable women of the present day. 
 
 'IfU 1025 F'emmes Aujourdhui. Another copy. 
 
 1026 FERTIAULT (F.). Histoire Anecdotique et Pittoresque 
 .7 U de la Danse chez les Peuples Anciens et Modernes — He- 
 
 breux, Grecs, Romains, Fran<;ais, Anglais, Chinois, Alle- 
 mands, Russes, Sauvages, Grecs Modernes, Italiens, Espag- 
 nols, etc. Minimo, vellum, covers bound in-. 
 
 Paris, Auguste Aubry , 1854 
 “ La danse est une poesie muette.” — Simonide. 
 
 1 2_ j 1 02 7 FETES et COURTISANES de la Gr^ce, Supplement 
 • aux Voyages d'ANACHARSis et d’ANT^NOR, comprenant 1 ", 
 la Chronique Religieuse des Anciens Grecs, Tableau de 
 leurs Moeurs Publiques; 2 0 la Chronique qu’ aucuns Nom- 
 meront Scandaleuse, Tableau de leurs Moeurs Privees; 3 0 
 un Almanach Athenien; 4 0 la Description des Danses 
 Grecques, etc. Fronts, by De Launay after Garnerey, 
 pupil of David — also costume plates. 4 vols. 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut (some pp. stained). Paris, 1831 
 
 Fourth edition of this celebrated work on the Festivals and Courtisans of 
 ancient Greece, with Anacreontic chants and music by Mehul. 
 
 n, 1028 Feuillet (Octave), 
 uncut. 
 
 Julia de Trecoeur. 
 
 Small 8vo, sewed, 
 Paris, 1877 
 
 11 q 1 029 FIELDING (Henry). Tom Jones, ou Histoire d'un En- 
 ' fant Trouve, Traduction Nouvelle et Complete. 4 vols. 
 
 8vo, sewed, uncut (no illustrations). 
 
 Paris, Fir min - Didot, 1833 
 “ What a master of composition Fielding was! Upon my word, 1 think the 
 (Edipus Tyrannus. the Alchemist, and Tom Jones, the three most perfect plots 
 ever planned; and how charming, how wholesome Fielding always is! To take 
 him up after Richardson is like emerging from a sick room heated by stoves into 
 an open lawn on a breezy day in May.” — C oleridge. 
 
 f If 1030 FILLE (La) de Madame Angot. Opera Comique en 
 Trois Actes — Paroles de Mm. Clairville, Siraudin et 
 Koning — Musique de M. C. Lf.cocq — Notice Historique 
 par J ules Claretie. Music and numerous vignette illus- 
 trations by P. Hadol — and colored costume plates by Grevin. 
 Large 8vo. Bound by Lf.marbeley in half cloth, totally 
 uncut, with the covers bound in. Paris, 1875 
 
 Original illustrated edition of this charming facetious opera, with the covers 
 bound in. 
 
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 267 
 
 ^J'1031 FLEURIOT (Zenaide). Raoul Daubry, chef de Famille. 
 
 Illustrated with 32 wood engravings by G. Delort. Thick 
 large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1S79 
 
 J 0c ,i°32 FLORIAN (J. P. C. de). Fables, precedees d’une Notice 
 * par Chari.es Nodier de l’Acadcmie Franyaise et d’un 
 
 Essai sur la Fable. Illustrated with page illustrations 
 {some foxed slightly) and vignettes by \ ictor Adam. Large 
 8vo, crushed crimson levant morocco, inside gold dentelle 
 borders, edges gilt on marble. Paris, 1838 
 
 Rare edition of these charming fables. The above copy is bound by 
 David. 
 
 .£/cD °33 FOURNEL (Victor). Du Role des Coups de Baton dans 
 les Relations Sociales et en Particular dans l’Histoire 
 Litteraire. Minimo, half morocco, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut. Paris, 1858 
 
 Scarce. A curious flagellational work on the rod. 
 
 v/V~ io 34 Fournel. Ce qu’on Voit dans les Rues de Paris. Small 
 8vo, half cloth, uncut (foxed slightly). Paris, 1858 
 
 / io 35 FOURNIER (Edouard). L’Esprit des Autres Recuelli et 
 Raconte par Edouard Fournier. Small 4to, fresh half 
 crushed sage levant morocco, the back gold tooled and 
 inlaid with red morocco, rounded corners, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut, by V. Champs. Paris, 1857 
 
 Very scarce. Presentation copy with autograph of the author — “ A son 
 ami Adolphe Delahays, Edouard Fournier.” 
 
 fy 1036 FOURNIER. L’Esprit dans l’Histoire Recherches et 
 Curiosit^s sur les Mots Historiques. Small 8vo, half red 
 morocco, gilt. Paris, 1857 
 
 Among other famous historical phrases Fournier tries to settle what was 
 really said in regard to the Old Guard at Waterloo. He asserts Cambronne used 
 one word only and not what is in the histories at all! 
 
 1037 FRANCAIS (Les) — peints par Eux-MfeMES. Encyclo- 
 pedic Morale du Dix Neuvieme Siecle, 5 vols.; also con- 
 tinuation of the same, “ Les Franpais des Provinces,” 3 
 vols. Together 8 vols. Profusely illustrated with page 
 wood engravings and in the text. 8 vols. large 8vo. 
 
 Paris, L. Cur me r , 1841-42 
 
 Very scarce and humorous, with many facetious illustrations. Among the 
 contributors to this humorous work were: — Jules Janin, Balzac, Mme. Angelot, 
 Couailhac, Alphonse Karr, Regnault, Blaze, Delacroix. Francis Wey, Perrin, 
 Boul, Tissot, and many others. A copy was sold some time since in New York 
 for $65.00. 
 
 8 - 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE AND EARLY SATIRICAL WORK ON 
 THE FRENCH ACADEMY— BOUND BY BAUZONNET. 
 1038 FURETIERE (Antoine). Plan et Dessein du Poeme 
 Allegorique et Tragico-Burlesque, intitule les Couches de 
 l’Academie Franpoise. Minimo, crushed green levant 
 
268 
 
 THE PEN E DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 morocco, extra gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt, by 
 Bauzonnet. Amsterdam, Pierre Brunei, 1687 
 
 VERY RARE. This curious work, which ridicules the French Academy, 
 was written by a member who was also Abbe de Chalivoy. With key to the 
 names including La Fontaine, Boyer, Charpentier, Le Clerc, etc. This copy 
 was bound by Bauzonnet, came from the Nodier Library, and has his 
 “ ex-libris.” Furetiere aided his friends Racine and Boileau in their plays, and 
 his “ Roman Bourgeois” was edited by Fournier and Asselineau. 
 
 “ L’academicien Charpentier traita Furetiere d’escroc, de fils de laquais, 
 d’infamc, de sacrilege, de protectcur de filous et de filles publiques, etc. Fure- 
 tiere repondit par des ‘ Factums.’ qui sont regardes comme des modeles mais 
 dont tous les traits ne sauraient etre entierement excuses par de langage de ses 
 adversaires. ” — Vapereau. 
 
 AGUIN. — L’lmmaculee Conception de la Vierge 
 Marie, Poeme de Robert Gaguin, Docteur en 
 Sorbonne, General des Mathurins (XVe Siecle) 
 Suivi de Poesies Diverses, traduit pour la Premiere 
 fois, texte Latin en regard par Alcide Bonneau. Small 
 Svo, vellum paper, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1885 
 
 No. 76 of LIMITED edition of 170 copies on Holland paper, with rubricated 
 title, of this extraordinary volume, which treats a religious subject in a some- 
 what facetious manner. 
 
 CHINA PAPER OF THE “CONFESSION OF ANTONINE”— 
 ONE OF SEVEN COPIES. 
 
 | / J 1040 GARCIA (Marie). La Confession d’Antonine, preface de 
 L£on Gozi.au. Portrait of the author by Adrien Nar- 
 geot. Small 4to, half morocco, top edge marble, others 
 uncut. Paris, 1864 
 
 RARE. Limited edition of 125 copies in all, of which the above is one of 
 7 on China paper. Mdllc. Garcia was the intimate lady friend of Arsine 
 Houssaye. 
 
 1041 GARGVILLE. — Les Chansons Folastres et Recrcatives de 
 Gavltier Gargvili.f. Comesdien Ordinaire de l’Hotel 
 de Bourgougne. Nouvellcment Revues, Corrigees et 
 Augmentees Oultreles Precedentes Impressions. Curious 
 portrait. Small 4to, half morocco, top edge gilt. 
 
 Paris, A. Claudia, 1858 
 Limited edition of 300 copies, of which the above is one of 10 on China 
 paper, of these salacious poems of Gargville. 
 
 Bound up with the above is: — “ Bibliotheque Facetieuse Historique et Singu- 
 licre ou Rcimpression de Pieces Curieuses, Rares ou Pen Connues des XVe, 
 XVIe et XYlle Siicles." Paris, Claudin, 1858. A limited edition of 200 
 copies, of which this example is on lemon paper. It includes the following 
 reprints with separate titles and paginations: — " Regrets Funebres sur la Nlort 
 du Joyeux Kendibilis,” Paris , 1649; “ Sur 1 'Enlevement des Reliques de 
 Sainct F'iacre,” Anvers, 1643; “ La Defense du Pet pour IcGalantdu Carnaval, 
 par le Sieur de S. And,” Paris, 1652: “ Le Nez Pourry de Theophraste 
 Kenaudot Grand Gazetier de France et Espion de Mazarin, appelle dans les 
 Chror.iques 1 Nebulo Hebdomadar.us, de Patria Diabolarum ’ avec sa Vie 
 Infame et Bouquine. " 
 
 / /J 1039 
 
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 269 
 
 GAVARNI’S DEVIL IN PARIS. 
 
 / l-Oo I0 4 2 GAVARNI. Le Diable k Paris, Paris et les Parisiens, 
 Moeurset Coutumes, Caracteres et Portraits des Habitants 
 de Paris, Tableau Complet de leur Vie Privee, Publique, 
 Politique, Artistique, Litteraire, Industrielle, etc., precede 
 d’une Histoire de Paris, par Thf.ophile LavallSe. Pro- 
 fusely illustrated by Gavarni, Bertall, Champin, Ber- 
 trand, D’Aubigny and Francais. 2 vols. thick large 
 8vo, fresh half red morocco gilt, edges gilt (very slightly 
 foxed). Paris, Hetzel, 1845-46 
 
 With text by George Sand, Stahl, Gozlan, Soulie, Nodier, Balzac, Karr, 
 Houssaye, Gautier, Feuillet, De Musset, etc. This copy came from the library 
 of “ Paul Hoehner,” and has his “ex-libris ” on the titles. 
 
 L~jj~ 1043 Gavarni. Le Diable a Paris. One volume [Le. Vol. 1]. 
 
 Large 8vo, cloth. Paris, 1845 
 
 I q 1044 GAY (Sophie). Le Mouquer Amoureux. 2 vols. 8vo, half 
 ' calf, gilt. Paris, 1830 
 
 Rare, and by the mother of Madame Emile de Girardin. From the library 
 of, and with the heraldic “ex-libris” of, Count Polydore de la Rochefoucauld. 
 
 00 1045 GAZETTE DE CYTHERE, publiee par Octave Uzanne 
 
 avec Notice Historique. Tinted front, and erotic head- 
 piece by Gauzf.an, also fleurons and fancy initial letters. 
 Thick large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, A. Quantin, 1881 
 Limited edition on “ papier verge,” handsomely printed by Quantin, and 
 uniform with the remainder of the “Documents sur les Mceurs du XVUIe 
 Siecle ” edited by Octave Uzanne. 
 
 This facetious work contains — “ Dedicatory Epistle to Venus”; “The Modest 
 Capuchin Brother”; “Gallant Adventure of Lord M. . . “ Le Juif Petit- 
 
 maitre et Cocu”; “The Pleasures of Love Superior to those of Bacchus”; 
 “ The Young Widow of C. . . .”; etc. 
 
 3 0 O io 4 ^ GAZETTE DE CYTHERE. Another copy, sewed, 
 uncut. 
 
 v f"£j 047 GAZETTE ANECDOTIQUE, Litteraire, Artistique et 
 * Bibliographique publiee par by G. D’Heylii. 25 parts (19- 
 
 24, 1885; 1— 1 1 , 1886; 14-21, 1886). Small 8vo, sewed. 
 
 Paris, fouaust , 1885-86 
 
 1 j 1048 Gentil-Bernard (P. f. dit “Bernard”). Giuvres Com- 
 
 pletes. Minimo, original mottled calf gilt, edges gilt (no 
 title). Paris, 1776 
 
 Rare. Includes his celebrated “ Art of Love.” 
 
 1049 GENJI MONOGATARI. The Most Celebrated of the 
 w Classical Japanese Romances translated by Suyf.matz 
 Kenchio. Small 8vo, illuminated cloth, uncut. 
 
 London, Triibner 6° Co., 1882 
 
270 
 
 THE PENE DU BO/S COLLECTION. 
 
 GESSNER (Solomon). CEuvres de. Portrait, charming 
 plates and engraved titles. 3 vols. minimo, calf gilt, edges 
 gilt. Paris. 1797 
 
 Includes — Daphnis, Idylls, Plays, etc. 
 
 GINISTY (Paul). La Seconde Nuit, Roman Bouffe. Pre- 
 face d’ARMAND Silvestre Illustrated with 66 facetious 
 cuts by Henriot. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Brussels, 1884 
 
 Erotic and limited edition on — “papier verge Anglais” and Japan paper. 
 The above is one of the first named. 
 
 Ik 1052 GINISTY. 
 
 Another copy of the same. 
 
 I^io 53 GINISTY. Manuel du Parfait Reserviste. Small 8vo, 
 paper, uncut. Paris, 1882 
 
 With humorous illustrations by Courboin and Jcanniot. 
 
 too 1054 
 
 GONCOURT (Jules et Edmond de). La Femme au Pix 
 Huitieme Siecle — Nouvelle Edition, Revue, Augmentee. 
 Illustrated with 64 reproductions on steel by Dujardin 
 after the eighteenth century originals. Thick 4to, sewed, 
 imitation morocco gilt, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1887 
 
 Many of the plates are colored by hand. Among the artists and engravers 
 whose works are reproduced in the above are — Vanloo, Moreau, Basan, Joulain, 
 Canot, I.e Bas, Desmaisons, Leclerc, Dupin, Eisen, Gaillard, Saint-Aubin. 
 Lancret, Duclos, Cochin, Greuze, Coypel, Le Beau, Watteau, and others of 
 major or minor importance. 
 
 The work is in twelve chapters, showing the life of a woman of the eighteenth 
 century from the cradle to the grave, exhibiting such phases as marriage, 
 society, dissipation, love, beauty, etc., not forgetting “ la fille galante.” 
 
 •fa 
 
 1055 Goodman (William). Social History of Great Britain during 
 the Reigns of the Stuarts. Many woodcuts. 2 vols. 
 nmo, cloth. N. Y., 1845 
 
 0 ^1056 GOURDAULT (Jules). La Femme dans tous les Pays. 
 
 Illustrated with 19 1 wood engravings. Large 8vo, fresh 
 half morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. Paris, 1882 
 An excellent work on “ Woman in all Countries,” including North and South 
 America. 
 
 GRANDVILLE’S FACETIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED WORKS. 
 
 C ["^1057 GRANDVILLE (J. J.) Scenes de la Vie Priv6e et 
 Publique DES Animaux. £tudes des Mccurs Contem- 
 poraines publies sous la Direction de M. P. J. Stahl avec 
 la Collaboration de MM. de Balzac, L’Heritier (de 
 l’Ain), Alfred de Musset, Paul df. Musset, Charles 
 Nodier, Madame M. M£nf.ssif.r Nodif.r et Louis Viar- 
 dot. Profusely illustrated with facetious plates , head and 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 271 
 
 tailpieces , vignettes, etc., by Grandville. 2 vols. thick 4to, 
 morocco extra gilt, inside gold borders, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, J. Hetzcl, 1842 
 Very scarce. A most amusing work, in which the text of notable French 
 authors is ably supplemented by the characteristic illustrations of Grandville, 
 who has here depicted the animal creation living, moving and having their being 
 in human intelligence and activity. Many of the designs in the above represent 
 well-known personages with the faces of animals. Grandville died in a lunatic 
 asylum in the year 1847. 
 
 r\ 1—. 1038 GRANDVILLE. Un Autre Monde, — T ransformations, 
 Visions, Incarnations, Locomotions, Explorations, Peregri- 
 nations, Excursions, Stations, Cosmogonies, Fantasma- 
 gories, Reveries, Folatreries, Faceties, Lubies, Metamor- 
 phoses, Zoomorphoses, Lithomorphoses, Metempsycoses, 
 Apotheoses, et Autres Choses. With numerous facetious 
 plates , many colored by hand. Thick large 4to, folded 
 in sheets for binding. Paris, H. Fournier , 1844 
 
 Very scarce. With wide margins equal to large paper, and with very fine 
 impressions of the plates. 
 
 J_j~io59 GRANDVAL (F. C. R. de, le pire). Agathe ou la Chaste 
 Princesse, Tragedie. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, chez Duchesne, 1756 [reprint \ 
 No. 1 13 of limited edition of 120 copies on China and Holland paper of this 
 facetious tragedy. The imprint on back of half title is — “A Breda dans les 
 Pays Bas 1866.” 
 
 [ ( (j 1060 GRECOURT (J. B. J. VV. de). Giuvres Diverses, Nou- 
 velle edition, auginentee du “ Philotanus,” de la “ Biblio- 
 theque des Damnes,” etc. Portrait by Gurand, and fronts, 
 by Eisen after Baquoy. 4 vols. in 2. i2mo, half calf, 
 gilt. Amsterdam, 1772 
 
 Rare. “ Si quelques unes [des Poesies de Grecourt] ont du piquant et de la 
 finesse, il en est un grand nombre de grossieres et d'une licence cynique.” — 
 Vapereau. 
 
 ^jio 6 i Grf.nville-Murray (E. C.). Imprisoned in a Spanish 
 Convent, an English Girl’s Experience. Numerous wood- 
 cuts. 8vo, fresh cloth, uncut. London, 1886 
 
 I 1062 Griffiths (Arthur). The Chronicles of Newgate [Lon- 
 don]. Numerous illustrations. Thick 8vo, cloth. 
 
 N. Y. (London), 1884 
 
 GRISIER’S FAMOUS WORK ON DUELLING. 
 
 ^1063 GRISIER (A.). Les Armes et le Duel — Preface Anec- 
 dotique par Alexandre Dumas, notice sur l’auteur par 
 Roger de Beauvoir, epitre en vers de Mery, lettres du 
 Comte D’H * * * et du Comte DT * * *. Portraits, plates 
 depicting duels , fencing, etc. Thick large 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, 1864 
 
 Monsieur Grisier, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, etc., was Professor of 
 Anns to the Emperor Napoleon, the Cent Gardes, the Lycee Napoleon, etc. 
 
272 
 
 THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 J.jr' 
 
 jO io6 4 
 
 I 1065 
 
 064 GUERARD (Edmond). Dictionnaire Encyclopedique 
 d’Anecdotes Modernes, Anciennes, Frampaises et Etran- 
 geres. 2 vols. thick small 8vo. Bound by Ad. Bertrand, 
 half red crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, Didot , 1872 
 
 Guinon (Albert) et Denier (Maurice). J’Epouse ma 
 Femme — Comedie en Deux Actes. Small 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 GUYOT (Jules). Breviaire de l’Amour Experimental 
 Meditations sur le Mariage selon la Physiologie du Genre 
 Humain. Minimo, half russia, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut, with the covers bound in. Paris, 1882 
 
 “ Edition Elzevirienne,” printed by Ch. Unsinger. This curious little 
 volume treating love and marriage from a strange standpoint has a biography 
 of the author and a lexicon added by Georges Barral and Ch. Dufaurc dc la 
 Prade. 
 
 . I 0 1066 
 
 3r)f io6 i 
 
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 ALL (S. S.). Bliss of Marriage, or How to Get a 
 Rich Wife. i2mo, cloth. New Orleans, 1858 
 HAMILTON (Antoine, Comte'). CEuvres [/. e., 
 Memoires du Comte de Grammont, Contes, 
 Chansons, etc.]. Portraits and plates ( some of nudes). 3 
 vols. 8vo, sheep, uncut (stained in parts). Paris, 1812 
 
 Renouard's edition, including the “Memoirs of Grammont,” which are 
 universally admitted to be among the most witty and entertaining that have ever 
 been written. It was described by Gibbon as “a classic work, the delight of 
 every man and woman of taste,” praised and edited by Sir Walter Scott, printed 
 in almost every language and every form, and found in ever)’ good historical 
 library. Some have said that it is too much imbued with the spirit of Charles 
 the Second's days to suit the severer code of the present age. But the reasons 
 which would keep these volumes away from the great mass of readers would be 
 equally applicable to nearly all writers of Charles the Second's period, and to 
 Pepys as well as to Ariosto, La Fontaine, Beaumont, Fletcher, Massinger, Pope, 
 and even Shakespeare. 
 
 I JQ 1068 HANNON (Theodore). Rimes de Joie, avec une Preface 
 de J. K. Huysmans. 4 etched plates by Felicien Rops — 
 2 of nudes , one bibliophi / istic . Small 8vo, half cloth. 
 
 Erotic and rubricated. Limited edition of 480 Holland paper copies and 
 50 China. 
 
 J^) 1069 HEARN (Lafcadio). Stray J ^eaves from Strange Liter- 
 ature. Small 8vo, illuminated cloth. Boston, 1884 
 
 Presentation copy from the author. The above consists of stories recon- 
 structed from the Anvari-Soheili, Baital-Pachisi, Mahabharata, Pautchatantra, 
 Gulistan, Talmud, Kalewala, etc. 
 
 113 1070 HELIOGABALE ou Esquisse Morale de la Dissolution 
 Romaine sous les Empereurs. Engraved front, by Adam. 
 Svo, half morocco (stained). Paris, Dentu, 1802 
 
 Rare and full of erotic details concerning the Roman Emperors and Em- 
 presses. 
 
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 Iff 1071 HELOISE et ABAILLARD. Lettres de (French and 
 Latin Text). 3 vols. large 4to, boards, uncut (no plates). 
 
 Paris, Didot , 1796 
 
 THE ANTIQUITIES OF HERCULANEUM AND POMPEII, 
 INCLUDING THE SECRET MUSEUM. 
 
 J (pOV 10 ? 2 HERCULANEUM et POMPEII; Recueil General 
 • des Peintures, Bronzes, Mosaiques, etc., decouverts 
 
 jusqu’a ce jour et reproduits, d’ipres tous les ouvrages 
 publies jusqu’a present, avec un Texte explicatif par M. 
 Barr£. With 700 fine engravings by H. Roux, aine. 8 
 vols. large 8vo, boards, totally uncut. Paris, Didot , 1870-77 
 
 This is the MOST complete work on the discoveries at Herculaneum and 
 Pompeii, exhibiting all the paintings, bronzes, miniatures, etc., hitherto pub- 
 lished in rare or expensive works, with the addition of many others which have 
 not previously appeared. The eighth volume, containing the “ Musee Secret,” 
 is curious and uncommon; exhibiting the lascivious indulgences of the ardent 
 Pompeians as depicted upon the walls of their baths and private apartments. 
 
 “ We need not regret the departure of those times when modesty had no 
 cloak; when, like the brute, man and woman stood before each other unabashed 
 at their nakedness. The facility of enjoyment gave birth to satiety and disgust. 
 A frightful corruption of morals was the inevitable consequence of this state of 
 things, for excess of debauchery could alone reanimate desire, the prime mover 
 of enjoyment. Eternal glory to the religion which, overturning these impure 
 idols into the mire, and unrolling the code of chastity before our eyes, has made 
 our sensations purer and our pleasures keener.” — Fanin. 
 
 ^^073 HERCULANEUM AND POMPEII. Eight Water- 
 Color Drawings, neatly framed , being faithful copies of 
 ancient fresco-paintings on the interior walls of houses at 
 Herculaneum and Pompeii. 
 
 Unique Italian Water Color Drawings in fac simile, including the fol- 
 lowing subjects: — I., “Female Dancer,” almost nude; II., “ Pomona,” partly 
 nude; III., “The Rope Dancer,” entirely nude; IV., “A Bacchanal”; V., 
 “The Festival of Flora,” Dancing Figures (one entirely nude), with flowers; 
 VI., “Ceres”; VII., “Bleaching Linen”; VIII., “Quail.” 
 
 y 
 
 2 1074 Histoires Debraille:es, par l’auteur de “ Pommes d’Eve.” 
 With tinted and erotic illustrations by “ joyeux artistes .” 
 4to, large paper cover, uncut. Paris, Ed. Monnier , 1884 
 Facetious and limited edition on thick toned paper. 
 
 ORIGINAL EDITION OF HOBBES’S LEVIATHAN. 
 
 1075 HOBBES (Thomas, of Malmesbury). Leviathan, or the 
 Matter, Forme and Power of a Common- Wealth, Ecclesi- 
 asticall and Civill. Engraved false title ( margin torn ) and 
 diagram. Small folio, half calf, red edges (lacks portrait). 
 
 London, Andrew Crooke, 1651 
 
 Very rare and original edition, of which Hollis’s copy sold for £2 4s. 
 
 “ The atheistic and immoral theories of the ‘Leviathan.’” — Hallam. 
 
 “ To my booksellers for Hobbes’s ‘ Leviathan,’ which is now mightily called 
 for. and what was heretofore sold for 8s. I now give 23s. at the second-hand, 
 and is sold for 30s., it being a book the Bishop will not let be printed again.” — 
 Pepys. 
 
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 TJIE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 076 HOCHE (Jules). Les Parisiens chez Eux. Small 8vo, 
 paper, uncut. Paris, n. d. 
 
 Lf.OO 
 
 HOGARTH MORALIZED— THE 1841 EDITION AND BOUND 
 BY MATTHEWS. 
 
 1077 HOGARTH MORALIZED: a Complete Edition of all 
 the Most Capital and Admired Works of William 
 Hogarth, Accompanied by Concise and Comprehensive 
 Explanations of their Moral Tendency by the late Rev. 
 Dr. Trusler, to which are added an Introductory Essay 
 and Many Original and Selected Notes by John Major. 
 A new Edition Revised and Corrected, and Somewhat 
 Enlarged by the Same. Numerous steel plates and wood 
 engravings. 8vo, fresh half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut by Alfred Matthews. 
 
 London, Henry Washbourne , 1841 
 
 Admirable copy of this excellent edition. 
 
 William Hogarth was one of those few original and extraordinary characters 
 with whom it has pleased Providence occasionally to bless the world, to enlighten 
 mankind, and to carry the arts and sciences necessary for their comfort, pleas- 
 ure and improvement, nearer to perfection. Moved by the impulse of genius 
 rather than the tuition of man, he traveled in a path unexplored by any before 
 him, and which remains closed to succeeding artists. Possessing by early practice 
 the knowledge of the art of engraving, he was enabled to disseminate by its 
 means the ingenious inventions of his mind in a manner more perfect than those 
 of other painters have been presented to the world, or than probably ever again 
 will be done, till another painter shall be his own engraver. Hogarth was one 
 of those great men whose works are destined to survive all the changes of taste 
 and all the caprices of fashion; for valuable and interesting as they would be did 
 they do no more than preserve a faithful picture of contemporary manners, they 
 are to be still more highly estimated for containing those strokes of nature and 
 of genuine wit that are intelligible in every country and in every age. In dignity 
 of subject, in grandeur of composition, in the technical beauties of execution, in 
 designs, in chiaro-oscuro. in exactness of imitation, in elegance and in graceful- 
 ness, Hogarth has been excelled by several; but no artist has ever yet produced 
 works that rival in expression and in character those of the great ethic painter — 
 works that will always continue to be admired in proportion to the care with 
 which they are studied. 
 
 I4.fr 
 
 1078 HOGARTH. Hogarth Illustrated from his own Manu- 
 scripts, Compiled and Arranged from the Originals by 
 John Ireland. Engraved vignette titles, one with por- 
 trait, two fronts, and numerous plates (one front, short ). 
 3 vols. 8vo, morocco gilt, edges gilt (somewhat foxed and 
 binding rubbed). London , printed by Bulmer, 1812 
 
 “ The anchor which held Hogarth fastest to the public favor was the sincere 
 and deliberate belief — prevalent among the more serious of the substantial 
 orders — that his works were in the highest degree moral, and that they con- 
 tributed to the inculcation of virtue and piety. . . . The philosopher who 
 
 ever preached the sturdy English virtues that have made us what we are.” — 
 Com hill Magazine. 
 
 JO 1079 ‘Honni Soit qui Mal y Pense,” — Nouvellcs par “On- 
 Se-Ki.” Small 4to, paper, uncut. New Orleans, 1883 
 
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 xo8o 
 
 HONE (William). Apocryphal New Testament, being all 
 the Gospels, Epistles, etc., attributed to Jesus Christ, His 
 Apostles, etc., and not Included in the New Testament. 
 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, for the author , 1820 ( reprint ) 
 
 “ By some persons of the multitude, commonly known by the name of 
 Christians, and who profess to suppose they do God service by calling them- 
 selves so. the editor has been attacked with a malignity and fury that would 
 have graced the age of Mary and Elizabeth, when Catholics put to death 
 Protestants, and Protestants put to death Catholics, for the sake of Him who 
 commanded mankind to ‘love one another .’” — Second Preface. 
 
 JO ™ 81 
 
 HOPING (J. A. J.). Institutiones Chiromanticae. Small 
 8vo, boards. Jena, 1689 
 
 Rare work in German on chiromancy. 
 
 ARSENE HOUSSAYE'S SONNETS-MAGNIFICENTLY 
 ILLUSTRATED AND LIMITED EDITION. 
 
 r) 1082 HOUSSAYE (Arsene). Les Cent-et-un Sonnets. Tor- 
 ' trait of Houssaye, proofs before letters — also etchings and 
 
 engravings, mostly erotic, by or after Adrien Nargeot, 
 Paul Baudry, J. E. Aubert, Hugues Merle, la 
 Guillermie, Diaz, Masson, Metzmacher, etc. — also 
 numerous fleurons. Large 4to, fresh half red crushed lev- 
 ant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, with the vellum 
 covers bound in by E. Rousselle. 
 
 No. 20 of limited edition of 500 numbered copies, the above being on “ papier 
 velin.” 
 
 I 1083 HOUSSAYE. Des Destinees de 1 ’Ame. Small 8vo. Bound 
 by V. Champs in crushed dark blue levant morocco extra, 
 gilt and mosaiced on back with red morocco, top edge 
 gilt, others uncut. Paris, n. d. 
 
 Presentation copy, with the following autograph inscription of the author: — 
 “ Miss North une belle chercheuse d’inconnu, Arsene Houssaye.” 
 
 7 r *' ^1084 HOUSSAYE. Les Mille et une Nuits Parisiennes. Nu- 
 
 K merous vignette illustrations. 4 vols. 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1875 
 
 This work contains the following: — “ Le Marquis de Satanas”; “la 
 Descente aux Enfers Parisiens”; “un Ange sur la Terre”; “Don Juan 
 Vaincu “Monsieur Paul et Mademoiselle Virginie”; “ le Peche de Jeune 
 d’Armaillac “la Confession de Caroline “ Madame Don Juan “Para- 
 doxes Nocturnes sur les Femmes “ le Dernier Amour de Jeanne d’Armaillac 
 etc. 
 
 j Qq 1085 HOUSSAYE. Histoire Etrange d'une Fille du Monde. 
 * Illustrated. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1876 
 
 I (J 1086 Howitt (William). History of Priestcraft. 12010, cloth. 
 
 N. Y„ 1833 
 
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 HUART’S FACETIOUS MILITARY WORK— COLORED BY 
 
 HAND. 
 
 HUART (Adrien). La Nouvelle Vie Militaire. Profusely 
 • illustrated with many full-page plates — mostly colored by 
 
 hand and after the designs of Drauer. Thick large 8vo, 
 half red morocco, top edge gilt. Paris, n. d. 
 
 Unique— colored by hand. 
 
 A most humorous work on the life of the modem French soldier, profusely 
 illustrated with very facetious designs. Some are double-page plates or folded. 
 
 |,0(yio88 Humour, Wit and Satire of the Seventeenth Century. 
 
 Collected and Illustrated by John Ashton. Numerous 
 facsimiles of ancient prints. Small 8vo, fresh cloth, uncut. 
 
 N. Y. (Edinburgh), 1884 
 
 |.0l)io89 O’/'MBERT (Barthelemy). Historiettes ou Novelles en 
 I Vers. Engraved front., title and vignette head-pieces. 
 8vo, boards. Amsterdam, 1774 
 
 Rare and facetious, particularly the engravings, which are by Nee and 
 Masquelier after Moreau le jeune. 
 
 . 1090 INDISCRET (L’), ou les Aventures Parisiennes. Small 
 
 7 (M> 8vo, half sheep (stained and MS. name on back of title). 
 
 Londres et Paris, fean Francois Bastien, 1779 
 Very rare and full of erotic adventures. 
 
 f Jf 1091 [IRELAND (W. H.).] Scribbleomania; or, The Printer’s 
 Devil’s Polichronicon, a Sublime Poem edited by “Anser- 
 Pen-Dragon, Esq. Vignette title. 8vo, half crushed 
 levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, by 
 Trioullier, successor to Petit-Simier. London, 1815 
 Very rare, by the author of the celebrated Shakespeare forgeries. 
 
 1092 (^-ANIN (Jules). L’ANE MORT. Portrait , full- 
 
 ^ § ( P a Z e pl ates and many illustrations in the text , all de- 
 
 signed by Tony Johannot. Large 8vo, half calf 
 ' 4 ^' gilt, totally uncut (foxed). 
 
 Paris, Ernest B bur din, 1842 
 Large paper and very rare. This is the original edition of this famous 
 romance, and is of very unfrequent occurrence even in Paris. 
 
 093 JENTY (C. N.). Demonstration de la Matrice d’une 
 Femme Grosse et de son Enfant a Terme. Six plates bv 
 Charpentier, after Jean Van Riems, and four pages 
 with engraved borders after Martinet. Large 4to, boards 
 (some pp. stained). Rare. Paris, 1759 
 
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 EXTRAORDINARY WORK ON THE JESUITS— BOUND BY 
 
 CHATELIN. 
 
 ho 1094 JESUITES (Ees), de la Maison Professe de Paris, en Belle 
 Hutneur; also — Ees Moines en Belle Humeur. Erotit. 2 
 vols. in 1, minimo. Elegantly bound by Chatelin, of 
 Paris, in citron morocco, mosaiced in red, green and pink 
 leathers, beautifully tooled, and light green “ double” gilt, 
 edges gilt on marble. Cologne, chez Pierre Marteau , 1725 
 VERY RARE. SUPPRESSED and EROTIC. Although this beautifully 
 bound bibelot has two distinct titles and three half-titles, the pagination 
 throughout runs continuously. The frontispiece represents two ecclesiastics 
 dancing and two with very “ decollete ” females in their laps. One has his hand 
 on the breast of one of the women, and with the other plays a symphony across 
 her waist with a violin bow. The other cleric has his arm on the shoulder of his 
 female partner, between whose knees he holds a violoncello. Beneath this cari- 
 cature are the words — “ Mon Tere mettez votre instrument entre mes jambes.” 
 
 Qj" 1095 JOHNSON (Samuel, LL.D.). Poetical Review of the 
 Literary and Moral Character of, by John Courtenay. 
 4to, half mottled calf gilt, citron edges. London, 1786 
 Duplicate from the “ Johnsoniana Library ” of Lt.-Col. F. R. Grant, with his 
 inserted heraldic book-plate. 
 
 ^^1096 [JONES (Justin).] The Belle of Boston, or the Rival 
 • Students of Cambridge by “Harry Hazel.” Large 8vo, 
 
 sewed. Boston, 1844 
 
 If pc 10 97 ALYANA MALLA. Ananga Ranga, Traits Hin- 
 
 dou de l’Amour Conjugal, redige en Sanscrit par 
 l’Archi-Poete Kalyana Malla (XVIe Siecle). 
 \j Traduit sur la Premiere Version Anglaise (Cosmo- 
 poli, 1885) par Isidore Liseux. 8vo, sewed, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, Isidore Liseux , 1886 
 No. 57. “ Edition Unique a trois cents exemplaires numerotes.” Pisanus 
 Fraxi, in his “ Index Librorum l’rohibitorum,” devotes some eighteen pages to 
 an account of this remarkably erotic work, which enters into the most minute 
 details, and gives several thousand methods of having sexual intercourse. It is 
 the great authority on the “ art of love ” in the East, and was written over three 
 hundred years ago by Kalyana Malla, a Hindoo poet, for the benefit of a monarch 
 of the Lodi race. The verse of blessing reads: — “ May this treatise [Ananga- 
 ranga] be beloved of man and woman as long as the Holy River Ganges springs 
 from Shiva with his wifeGauri on his left side; as long as Lakshmi loves Vishnu, 
 as long as Brahma is engaged in the study of the Vedas, and as long as the 
 earth moon and sun endure.” 
 
 “ The treatise,” write F. F. Arbuthnot and R. F. Burton, “ originally written 
 in Sanskrit, has been translated into every language of the East that boasts a 
 literature, however humble. It becomes in Arabic and in Hindostani the Lizzat 
 en’ Nissa — the ‘Pleasures of Women’; in Maharati and Gujrati, it is the 
 Amanga-ranga, or ‘ Form of the Bodiless One’ (Cupid). Generally, it is known 
 as the Spila Shastra. the ‘Scripture of Play’ (i.e. , of Amorous Sport, To Ilatfetv. 
 or Kama- Shastra, the ‘ Writ of Desire ’ or of ‘ the Hindu God of Love ’ (Kama- 
 deva), and the vulgar call it ‘ Koka Pandit,’ from the Prakrit name of the 
 . supposed author. Lithographed copies have been printed by hundreds of thou- 
 sands, and the book is in the hands of both sexes and all ages throughout the 
 nearer East.” 
 
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 “THE TOAST”— OF THE GREATEST RARITY AND 
 PRIVATELY PRINTED. 
 
 1098 [KING (William, LED )] THE TOAST, an Heroick 
 Poem in Four Books, Written originally in Latin by 
 Frederick Scheffer: now done into English, and Illus- 
 trated with Notes and Observations by Peregrine 
 O’Donald, Esq. Front, by Baron after Gravei.ot and 
 rubricated title. 4to, old calf, gilt. London, 1736 
 
 EXTREMELY RAREand privately printed. This copy has the MS. inscrip- 
 tion on fly-leaf — " From the Author, Thomas Hurst 1764” and an inserted 
 two page manuscript key to the characters. 
 
 Lowndes says this is — “a violent satire against the Countess of Newburgh, 
 occasioned by a lawsuit which Dr. King had about an estate in Galway to which 
 he laid claim. A key to the characters will be found in ‘ the Second Journey 
 round the Library of a Bibliomaniac by William Davis,’ 1825.” 
 
 AUibone writes: — “On the death of the author the whole of the impression 
 save sixty copies was destroyed by his executors. Reid's copy (2204 of his cata- 
 logue) with MS. key to ' The Toast ' was sold for^io 10s. ” 
 
 Pisanus Fraxi was so enraptured with this Macaronic book that he devotes 
 twenty-five quarto pages to it in the “ Centuria Librorum Absconditorum ” 
 besides giving four pages of fac simile. As a sample of the chaste poetic muse 
 of Dr. King the following description of the Countess of Newburgh may suffice: — 
 “ There he saw the huge Mass tumble out of her Bed; 
 
 Like Bellona's her Stature, the Gorgon's her Head; 
 
 Hollow Eyes with a Glare, like the Eyn of an Ox; 
 
 And a Forehead deeply furrow’d, and matted grey Locks; 
 
 With a toothless wide Mouth, and a Beard on her Chin, 
 
 And a yellow rough Hide in the Place of a Skin; 
 
 Brawny shoulders up-rais’d ; Cow-Udders; Imp's Teat; 
 
 And a pair of bow’d Legs, which were set on Splay Feet.” 
 
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 0 io 99 
 
 A CAYORNE (R. P.). Les JOYEUSET&S. With 
 etched front, by Henry Somm. Small 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, Lemmonyer , 1882 
 
 Limited edition and facetious. 
 
 , Jtynoo La Cayorne. Another copy. 
 
 3,3-1101 LACHAMBEAUDIE (Pierre). Fables Populaires, avec 
 une Preface, par M. Emile Souvestrf.. Small 8vo, half 
 calf, gilt. Paris, Librairie Sociale , 1839 
 
 Presentation copy with the author’s signature on the half title, also cor- 
 rections to the text in his handwriting. 
 
 LIAISONS DANGEREUSES BY CHODERLOS LACLOS. 
 
 [) {J 1 IQ 2 [LACLOS (Pierre Ambroise Francois Choderlos).] Les 
 Liaisons Dangereuses, ou Lettres Recueillies dans une 
 Soci^te, et publi£*es pour l’lnstruction de quelques autres. 
 Par M. C . . . de L . . . Charming erotic plates , mounted. 
 4 vols. minimo. half green morocco, top edges gilt. 
 
 Amsterdam and Paris, 1 782 
 Very rare, original edition and facetious. This amorous work was one 
 of those which Marie Antoinette and the Princess de Lamballe used to enjoy 
 
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 together at the Little Trianon. The success of this eighteenth century novel 
 was owing to its — “ immoralite conforme au gout de l’epoque.” The character 
 of the principal personage, the enemies of the author insisted he had based upon 
 his own peculiarities. 
 
 PAUL LACROIX’S FACETIOUS AND CURIOUS WORKS. 
 
 I Ll(j 110 3 [LACROIX (Paul).] Vertu et Temperament Histoire du 
 Temps de la Restauration 1818-1820-1832 par “ P. L. 
 Jacob, Bibliophile, Membre de Toutes les Academies.” 
 2 vols. 8vo, half calf. Paris, 1832 
 
 Very rare and unique. Printed on yellow paper with erotic fronts, by 
 Tony Johannot. Presentation copy from the author with following MS. on 
 half-title — “A Monsieur Auguste Aubry souvenir de bibliophile, Paul Lacroix. 
 Bibl. Jacob.” 
 
 Also with inserted autograph letter signed of Paul Lacroix dated May, 1853, 
 in which he tells M. Aubry (?) that he sends him a book which has only the 
 merit of being unique. 
 
 
 1104 LACROIX. Les Courtisannes de l’Ancienne Rome. Small 
 8vo, paper, uncut. Brussels, 1864 
 
 Limited edition on Holland paper. 
 
 , to"° 5 
 
 [LACROIX.] L’Homme au Masque de Fer par “ Paul 
 L. Jacob, Bibliophile.” 8vo, half calf. Paris, 1837 
 
 Rare. This volume on the “ Man in the Iron Mask ” is dedicated to the 
 bibliophile Guilbert de Pixerecourt, and is an argument in favor of the Super- 
 intendent Foucquet being the victim of Louis the Fourteenth’s saturnine ven- 
 geance. 
 
 JjTio6 [LACROIX.] Curiosites de l’Histoire des Croyances 
 Populaires au Moyen Age. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1859 
 
 Includes articles on — “ Superstitions et Croyances Populaires, le Juif Errant, 
 les Blasphemateurs, les Demons de la Nuit, les Sorcieres et Ie Sabat, le Boeuf 
 Gras, les Origines du Mai de Naples.” 
 
 *^^1107 LACROIX. Mystificateurs et Mystifies Histoires 
 Comiques. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1875 
 
 MAGNIFICENTCOPY OF THE "FARMERS-GENERAL" EDI- 
 TION OF LA FONTAINE, BOUND BY CHAMBOLLE- 
 DURU. 
 
 1 1 ( OO iiq 8 LA FONTAINE. — | Contes | et | Nouvelles | en Vers | 
 par M. de La Fontaine | . 2 vols. small 8vo, bound in 
 
 full red crushed levant morocco extra, inside gold borders, 
 rounded corners and edges gilt on marble by Chambolle- 
 Duru. A Amsterdam, 1762 
 
 SUPERB COPY in UNRIVALLED CONDITION of this BEAUTIFUL 
 EDITION, with brilliant impressions of the portraits, the numerous erotic 
 plates by Eisen, and charming head and tail pieces, vignettes, etc. 
 
 Among the “ Livres de luxe” of the eighteenth century there is one which is 
 a marvel and a chef-d’oeuvre, an example without an equal in the richness of a 
 book. This work, the great monument and triumph of the "vignette,” which 
 
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 rises above and crowns all other illustrations of the day, it is needless to state to 
 all amateurs, is the Tales of La Fontaine known as the edition of the “ Fermiers- 
 GSn/raux," a truly royal book of the last Mecoenean financiers; one of the 
 grandest of the intelligent and sensual outlays of money of the reign of Louis 
 the Fifteenth, and an inimitable model of gallant engraving applied to the illus- 
 tration of light narrative. 
 
 OQ 1109 LA FONTAINE. The same. 2 vols. small 8vo, half red 
 morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 A Amsterdam, 1764 
 
 Very rare. This is the 1764 reprint of the “ Farmers-General ” edition, but 
 the plates, which are proofs before letters, are colored by hand. 
 
 1 1 10 LA FONTAINE. Contes et Nouvelles en Vers. 2 vols. 
 large 4to, fresh half red morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others 
 uncut, by R. W. Smith (stained somewhat). 
 
 Paris, chcz Tilliard , 1809 
 
 This is a copy of the Tilliard edition, in large type and without any plates. 
 
 FRAGONARD’S EROTIC ILLUSTRATIONS TO 
 LA FONTAINE. 
 
 mi LA FONTAINE. — FRAGONARD (Honors). Figures des 
 Contes de la Fontaine. 3 portraits , one by Edelinck, and 
 57 etchings by Martial after Fragonard. Square folio, 
 10 parts [complete] and in cloth portfolio. 
 
 Paris, Rouquette , n. d. 
 
 Cat’s head proofs of the limited issue, published at 500 francs, of these 
 celebrated designs of Fragonard, which were engraved by Martial with the 
 intention of illustrating the 1795 Didot edition of La Fontaine. 
 
 The artist, Honore Fragonard, was born at Nice in 1733, and died in 1S06. 
 Spooner says: “ He studied under Boucher, and having carried off the grand 
 prize of the Academy, he went to Rome with the royal pension. On his return 
 to Paris he was elected a Royal Academician in 1765, on which occasion he 
 painted his fine picture of * Callirrhoe ’ as his reception piece, which was much 
 admired. His next work was the ‘ Visitation of the Virgin ’ for the Duke of 
 Grammont. He soon, however, left the path of high and noble subjects which 
 he had hitherto followed, and painted bacchanals, conversations, and subjects of 
 French manners, many of which had an exceedingly licentious tendency." 
 
 1 1 12 LA FONTAINE. A series of 100 engravings to illustrate 
 the “ Contes et Nouvelles ” of La Fontaine, and designed 
 by Fragonard — including portraits , vignettes , etc. — A 
 
 DOUBLE SET, SHOWING THE COMPLETED AND UNFINISHED 
 
 plates, and all on Japan paper. Large 4to, in port- 
 folio. 
 
 LIMITED EDITION and on JAPAN PAPER. This set was gotten up 
 for the purpose of illustrating the Didot edition of La Fontaine, two volumes in 
 quarto and published at Paris in 1795. 
 
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 LARGE PAPER COPY OF LA FONTAINE’S FABLES, ILLUS- 
 TRATED— PARIS, 1796. 
 
 I J ST) IIX 3 LA FONTAINE. Fables de. With over 270 plates, en- 
 ' ’ graved by Simon and Coiny. 6 vols. small 8vo, calf gilt, 
 
 inside gold borders, edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, Bossange , Masson et Besson, 1796 
 Large faper, on “papier velin," and very scarce. The Didot edition of 
 these plates, after the designs of Vivier, is very rare, vide Morgand and 
 Fatout catalogue cutting inserted, 1,200 francs, also a copy of the above on the 
 same, priced 500 francs. 
 
 J Qy 1114 LA FONTAINE. Fables, translated into English Verse 
 by Walter Thornbury. Portrait and numerous illus- 
 trations by Gustave Dor6. Thick large 4to, fresh half 
 morocco gilt, beveled cloth sides, gilt edges. 
 
 London, n. d. 
 
 LA FARRE (C. A., Marquis de). Poesies — Nouvelle 
 
 Edition Considerablement Augmentee. Front. Minimo, 
 original mottled calf gilt, edges gilt. A Londres, 1781 
 Rare. Includes the “ Opera de Panthee,” of which La Farre wrote the 
 libretto and the Due cl’Orleans the music. Chaulieu said this amorous poet and 
 noble was — " Forme de sentiments et de volupte, rempli d'une aimable mol- 
 lesse.” 
 
 J sTO 1 1 16 LA FIZELLIERE (Albert de). Histoire de la Crinoline, 
 suivie de la Satyre sur les Cerceaux, Paniers, etc., par le 
 Chevalier de Nisard et de l’lndignite et l’Extravagance 
 des Paniers, par un Predicateur. Small 8vo. Bound by 
 Cap£ in half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, 
 covers bound in. Paris, Aubry , 1859 
 
 A CURIOUS volume on that monstrosity, the crinoline, and showing it was 
 worn eight centuries before Christ, in Hesiod’s time, and that Helen, when she 
 fled with Paris to Troy, wore a primitive kind of hoop skirt. 
 
 r. 1 1 17 LA FIZELLIERE. Vins a la Mode et Cabarets au XVIIe 
 Siecle. With etched front, by Maxime Lalanne. Small 
 8vo, half crushed levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut, by Allo. Paris, chez Rene Pincebourde, 1866 
 
 Only a limited edition on “ papier verge,’’ and for amateurs. 
 
 11S LA GRANGE-CHANCEL (F. J. de). Les Philippiques, 
 Odes. Edition Definitive Collationnee sur un Manuscrit 
 de l’Epoque avec Remarques Inedites. Thick 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, 1876 
 
 Limited edition. With letter from Victor Hugo accepting the dedication 
 of the historical and biographical essay on Philippe of Orleans and La Grange- 
 Chancel by Leon de Labessade. La Grange-Chancel in this remarkable work 
 charged the Duke of Orleans with most infamous and immoral crimes. For the 
 first “ Philippiques” their author was imprisoned for two years in the “ lies 
 Saint Marguerite,” whence he escaped by the way of Sardinia and Spain to Hol- 
 land, where he finished the work. 
 
282 
 
 THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 THICK JAPAN PAPER COPY OF THE MAGNIFICENT EDI- 
 TION OF JULIETTE LAMBER’S POEMS— WITH THE 
 PLATES IN TWO STATES. 
 
 
 1 1 19 LAMBER. — La Chanson des Nouveaux Epoux par 
 MADAME ADAM, JULIETTE LAMBER. With 
 splendid portrait of the author by Burney, and ten beau- 
 tiful etchings, mostly erotic , by Abot, Boisson, Boulard 
 FILS, CoURTRY, DUVIVIER, LEFORT, MeRCIER, MONSANTO, 
 Vion, Yon, all etched under the direction of Laguillermie, 
 after the original designs of Benjamin Constant, Ed. 
 Detaille, Gustave Dor£, Jean Paul Laurens, Jules 
 Lefebvrk, Fernand Lemaitre, Hector le Roux, A. 
 Morot, M unk acsy and Toudouze — rubricated title. Large 
 4to, sewed, uncut, and in illuminated cloth cover, beveled 
 sides, and flaps. Paris, 1882 
 
 This MAGNIFICENT VOLUME of these charming poems, by the Recamier 
 of the Third French Republic, is No. 97 of one hundred copies entirely printed 
 on thick Japan paper— with the delightful and suggestive plates and portrait in 
 two states on Japan paper — proofs after letters and remarque proofs. 
 
 Vide No. 392 of this catalogue respecting Juliette Lamber Adam, the chere 
 amie, adviser and confidante of Leon Gambetta. 
 
 I Jl 
 
 ID 
 
 1120 Larwood (Jacob) and Hotten (John Camden). History 
 
 of Signboards from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. 
 Colored front, and 100 illustrations in facsimile by F. Lar- 
 wood. Small 8vo, tree-marbled calf gilt, marbled edges. 
 
 London, J. C. Hotten, n. d. 
 
 1121 LARCHEY (Loredan). Les Excentricities du Langage. 
 
 Small 8vo. Bound by Bradstreets in half crushed levant 
 morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. 
 
 Paris, 1862 
 
 " Quatrieme edition — singulierement augmentee.” Full of argot and other 
 words, some bold and bad, not mentioned by the cultured. 
 
 The above is a presentation copy, with the inscription on the title — “aM. 
 Pointel hommage de L. Larchey. 
 
 ,^,1122 LARCHEY. Another copy of the same. Paper, uncut. 
 
 LOVES OF THE GODS— WITH PLATES BY PICART— 
 PARIS, 1629. 
 
 123 LA SERRE (Le Sieur). Les Amovrs des Dievx de 
 Cvpidon et Psiche, dv Soleil et Clytie, de Ivpiter et 
 Danae, de Ivpiter et Io, de Ivpiter et Calisto, de 
 Neptvne et Amphitrite auec celles d’ORPHEE et sa 
 Descente aux Enfers. Erotic title and plates engraved by 
 Picart, after Rabel. Thick small 8vo, fresh half calf 
 gilt, edges gilt (some pp. wormed). 
 
 Paris, Denis de Cay et Eustache d'Aubin , 1629 
 
 VERY RARE, and dedicated to Anne of Austria, of whom there is a fine por- 
 trait by Picquet. 
 
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 l J'ii24 LASSALLE (Albert de). L’Hotel des Haricots, Maison 
 l’Arret de la Garde Nationale de Paris. With numerous 
 humorous illustrations by Edmond Morin. Small -}to, 
 fresh half crushed brown levant morocco, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut, by “ Trioullier Sr. de Petit-Simier,’’ 
 with the covers bound in. Paris, E. Dentu, n. d. 
 
 Facetious and very scarce. 
 
 (j 1125 LAYMANN (Paul, S. J.). Astrologiie Ecclesiasticae et 
 Astri Inextincti a Casparo Scioppio in lucem editi Cen- 
 svra. Small 4to, stamped pigskin on wooden boards, 
 with two clasps (foxed slightly). Dillingen, 1635 
 
 Rare and a curious work on astrology by a Jesuit. This fine piece of old 
 pigskin binding is stamped with two armorial shields, above which is a mitre. 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 
 VOLUME. 
 
 (j 1 1 26 LE DONNEZ VOUS GARDE DV TEMPS QVI 
 COVRT. Small 8vo. Bound in crushed sage morocco, 
 broad inside gold borders, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 n. p., n. d. 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE. Reprinted in the “Varieties Historiques ct Lit- 
 tcraires ” of the Bibliotheque Elzevirienne ” by Edouard Fournier (Vol. 3, p. 
 185), with a note by that omnivorous scholar to the effect that it had escaped 
 the notice of all bibliographers. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF 
 LEGOUVE’S “ MERIT OF WOMEN.” 
 
 q 1 127 LEGOUVE (Gabriel). Le Merite des Femmes et Autres 
 Poesies. Small 8vo, old mottled calf gilt, marbled edges 
 (back damaged). Paris, Renouard, 1813 
 
 Very rare, large paper, original edition and printed by Didot, with 
 plate by E. de Ghendt, after Guerin. 
 
 WHATMAN PAPER COPY OF THE PRECEDING WORK— 
 THE 1881 EDITION. 
 
 / 1128 LEGOUVE. Le Merite des Femmes, suivis des Notes de 
 l’Auteur, avec une Preface par E. Legouve, de l’Acade- 
 mie Fran?aise et des Extraits de son Histoire Morale des 
 Femmes. Frontispiece by Lalauze, proofs in three 
 states. Small 8vo. Bound by E. Rousselle in half 
 crushed blue levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, 
 covers bound in. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles , 1881 
 
 No. 40 of limited EDITION of 40 copies on China and Whatman papers, the 
 above being one of the last named, with the frontispiece in three states of proof. 
 Presentation copy on the half-title, with lines from Victor Hugo. 
 
 QI129 LEGOUVE (Ernest). Histoire Morale des Femmes. 8vo, 
 boards, uncut. Paris, 1849 
 
 Very scarce and curious. 
 
284 
 
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 . / £/i 130 LEGOUX (Jules). Panoplie. fL7/// illustrations by Marc 
 G£-Rald. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1884 
 
 / 1 1 3 1 Le Prince de Beaumont (Marie, auteur du “ Magazin 
 
 •I/O Francois"'). Civan Roi de Bungo, Histoire Japonnoise. 
 
 2 vols. in 1. Small 8vo, old calf, gilt. 
 
 London, Jean Nourse, 1754 
 
 Rare, with heraldic stamp in gold cn the sides. This female author, after 
 her separation from a “ debauche 1 husband, lived for some time in England, 
 where the above humorous work was published. 
 
 SPLENDID EDITIONS OF LE SAGE'S WORKS— SOME 
 VERY RARE AND HANDSOMELY BOUND. 
 
 rj I Q qiit,2 LE SAGE (Alain Rene). Histoire de Gil Glas de Santil- 
 ^ • lane — Derniere Edition Revue et Corrigee. Numerous 
 
 plates , some facetious. 4 vols. small 8vo, fresh blue crushed 
 levant morocco elegant, rounded corners, inside gilt tool- 
 ing, edges gilt on marble by David. 
 
 Paris, par les Libraires Assoeies , 1747 
 
 VERY RARE. A superb example of the last edition of “ Gil Bias ” pub- 
 lished by the author. Priced 400 francs, vide inserted Morgand et Fatout 
 catalogue cutting. 
 
 “ The fancy, the lightness, the spirit and the vivacity of the enchanting pen 
 of Le Sage.’’— S ir Walter Scott. 
 
 LE SAGE. The Adventures of Gil Bias de Santillane, 
 Translated from the French by Tobias Smollett, M.D. 
 Illustrated with the 15 highly finished and colored engrav- 
 ings known as the McLean series and from drawings 
 designed expressly for this edition. 3 vols. Svo, half calf, 
 gilt. London, 1819 
 
 A very scarce and well-executed edition. 
 
 .Jt* 134 LE SAGE. Gil Bias von Santillana, nach dem Franzosis- 
 chcn des Le Sage von W. C. Ch. Mylius. With plates by 
 Jury after Chodowiecky’s designs. 6 vols. small Svo, 
 sewed, uncut. Rare. Leipzig, 1821 
 
 0 ft 1135 LE SAGE.— I TURCARET. | COMEDIE. | par MON- 
 SIEUR LE SAGE. | Le prix cst de vingt sols | Minimo. 
 Bound by Chambolle-Duru in red crushed levant 
 morocco, rounded corners, inside dentelle gold borders, 
 edges gilt on marble and “temoins.” 
 
 | A Paris, | ehez Pierre Ribon , sur le Quay | des Augustins , 
 a la Deseente du Pont ( Neuf, h P Image St. Louis , | 
 MDCCIX | Avec Approbation , et Privilege du Roy. | 1709 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE, and very fine copy of the original edition of the 
 dramatic chef-d’oeuvre of Le Sage. 
 
 The preliminary pages comprise the title, on the verso of which are the names 
 of the actors, then follows “Critique de la Comidie de Turcaret, pur le Diable 
 
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 2»5 
 
 Boiteux," a dialogue between Asmodeus and Cleo fas divided into two parts. 
 The “Approbation ' is dated February 20, 1709, and the “ Privilege” was given . 
 March 1 of the same year. 
 
 This volume was imported unbound from Paris for Mr. Pene du Bois at a 
 cost of 300 francs, i. e., $60, vide the inserted catalogue cutting of Morgand- 
 Fatout. 
 
 1136 LE SAGE. Asmodeus; or, the Devil on Two Sticks, with 
 Biographical Notice of the Author, by Julf.s Janin, trans- 
 lated by Joseph Thomas. Illustrated by Tony Johannot, 
 with the front, on India paper. 8vo, fresh half calf gilt, 
 top edge gilt, others uncut. London, 1842 
 
 A FINE TALL COPY of the original edition. Some critics have pronounced 
 the “ Diable Boiteux ” superior to Gil Bias. 
 
 Sir Walter Scott says of this delightful romance — “ There is no book in exist- 
 ence in which so much of the human character, under all its various shades 
 and phases, is described in so few words, as in the 1 Diable Boiteux.’ The fancy, 
 the lightness, the spirit and the vivacity of the enchanting pen of Lc Sage are 
 everywhere visible T o quote examples would be to quote the work through 
 almost every page. No work has afforded a greater stock of passages, which 
 have been generally employed as apophthegms, or illustrations of human nature 
 and actions. 
 
 “ If there i«= anything like truth in Gray’s opinion, that to lie upon a couch 
 and read new novels was no bad idea of Paradise, how would that beatitude 
 be enhanced, could human genius afford us another ‘ Gil Bias ’ or a 1 Devil on 
 Two Sticks! ’ ” 
 
 j q 1137 LE SAGE. Asmodeus; or, the Devil upon Two Sticks. 
 
 With four fine etchings by R. de Los Rios. Small 8vo, fresh 
 cloth, totally uncut. London, 1881 
 
 The above includes Le Sage’s “ Dialogues Serious and Comic between Two 
 Chimneys of Madrid.” 
 
 ~V"ii38 LE SAGE. History of Vanillo Gonzales, surnamed the 
 Merry Bachelor. With four fine etchings by R. df. Los 
 Rios. Small 8vo, parchment, beveled sides, totally un- 
 cut. London, 1881 
 
 .fQ 1139 Lheureux (Paul). Disons des Monologues. Small 8vo, 
 sewed, uncut. Paris, 1886 
 
 Lf-JDi 140 LIFE, an Illustrated Comic Weekly. Vols. 1, 2 and 4. 
 
 Large 4to, half roan, cloth sides. N. Y., 1883-84 
 
 Profusely illustrated with humorous designs by the best American caricaturists. 
 
 LIREUX (Auguste). ASSEMBLES NATIONALE 
 * COMIQUE. Profusely illustrated with the very humorous 
 
 designs of “CHAM” — some full-page. Thick large 8vo, 
 half red morocco, gilt. Paris, 1850 
 
 Cham never made more facetious designs than will be found in this burlesque 
 work on the National Assembly of the Second French Republic. 
 
 k ( 4 -Cii 42 LISLE (Lecomte de). Poemes Barbares. Small 8vo, 
 paper, uncut. Original edition. Paris, n. d. 
 
286 
 
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 /7I142 a Lisle. Poesies Barbares. Small 8vo, half calf, gilt. 
 
 Paris, 1862 
 
 / 3 1143 [LONGUS.J Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et 
 
 Chloe avec Figures. Engraved false title , vignette on title , 
 plates , some erotic , vignette head- pieces and woodcut borders , 
 etc. Small 4to, half morocco. 
 
 La Haye, chez Jean Neaulme, 1764 
 
 Rare edition of Amyot’s translation of “ Daphnis and Chloe.” 
 
 LONGUS. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et ChloG 
 [Traduities du Grec en Franc;ais par Jacques Aymot]. 
 Minimo, fine old French morocco gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 [Paris], 1745 
 
 Fine copy, containing engraved frontispiece by Coypel, several vignettes, and 
 the famous series of 2S plates, fine impressions, engraved after designs by the 
 Regent, Duke of Orleans. 
 
 It is a beautiful copy of the edition of 1745, but lacks unfortunately pages 83 
 and 84. 
 
 Z > 1, 45 LOSSOW (H.). Metamorphosen. 12 beautiful reproduc- 
 tions of the charming drawings of I.ossow — mostly nudes 
 — and with rubricated and tinted title. Large 4to, loose in 
 fresh cloth portfolio, gilt, with inside flaps. Munich, 1884 
 Erotic. These charming studies after the “ Metamorphoses ” of Ovid rep- 
 resent “ Pygmalion and Galatea." “The Three Graces,” “ Jupiter and Io,” 
 “ Europa and the Bull." “ Andromeda," “ Daphne,” “ Diana and her Nymphs 
 Surprised,” “Dejanira,” “Rape of Proserpine,” “ Rape of Orithya,” “ Judg- 
 ment of Paris ” and “ The Sirens.” 
 
 • v 5 'O i, 4 ^ LOUIS XL — La Chronique de Louis XI. dite Chronique 
 Scandaleuse Faussement Attribute a Jean df. Troyes 
 Restitutee a son Veritable Auteur par Auguste Vitu. 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles , 1873 
 Rare. No. 220 of limited edition of 350 numbered copies on “ papier verge '* 
 printed by Jouaust. This volume is valuable on account of its entering into the 
 details of many of the intrigues that Louis the Eleventh enjoyed with women of 
 mean condition. 
 
 HANDSOME SET OF FAUBLAS. 
 
 /J^()i4 7 LOUVET DECOUVRAY (J. B.). Les Amours du Cheva- 
 lier de Faublas, Troisieme Edition revue par l’auteur. 
 Erotic plates after the designs of Melle, Marillier, 
 Monnet, DeMarne, etc., engraved by Halbon, Dupr£el, 
 Choffard, Lf. Mire and others. 4 vols. 8vo, half crushed 
 citron levant morocco, gilt top, edges gilt. Paris, an VI. 
 
 Rare and very erotic. 
 
 2.1,^148 LUCIUS de Patras. La Luciade ou l’Ane, avec le 
 Texte Grec revu sur Plusieurs Manuscrits. Erotic title and 
 plates before letters. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, A. Boble , 1818 
 
 Erotic and rare. Written in the style of the “ Golden Ass ” of Apuleius, 
 by Lucius de Patras, a Greek writer who lived in the second century of this era. 
 
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 287 
 
 “ Jai lu les ‘ Metamorphoses’ de Lucius de Patras. La diction en est claire 
 et elegante, le style plein de douceur. 11 evite avec soin les agencements in- 
 solites de mots; mais pour le fond des choses, il recherche le merveilleux outre 
 mesure: c’est en quelque sorte un second Lucien. Les deux premiers livres 
 reproduisent presque litteralement l'ouvrage de Lucien intitule,' Lucius ou l’Ane,’ 
 imoinsque ce ne soit Lucien qui ait copie Lucius.” — Photion. 
 
 THE AMOURS OF THE DUKE MARSHAL DE LUXEM- 
 BOURG-VERY RARE. 
 
 V /?> II 49 LUXEMBOURG (Marechal Due de). Histoire de Ses 
 Amours. Minimo, red crinkled morocco, extra gilt, gold 
 inside borders, edges gilt. Cologne, Pierre Bata/tar, 1694 
 
 Erotic and very rare. With curious allegorical frontispiece depicting the 
 humpbacked Duke, “ France” and “Glory.” This little volume narrates the 
 amorous intrigues of this great Marshal of France, who, among other great 
 victories, defeated King William the Third of England, at the battle of Ner- 
 winde. On one occasion, it is stated, that King said with angry impatience — 
 “ What! shall I never beat this hump-back fellow ? ” “ Hump-back fellow ! ”, 
 
 the Marshal remarked, “ What does he know of my back? He never saw it.” 
 
 ^[t)q 1150 >pWc\ACROBE (Ambroise). La Flore Parnographique 
 h i S — Glossaire de l’Ecole Naturaliste extrait des 
 \gi(S/ CEuvres de M. Emile Zola et de ses Disciples. 
 V*r With illustrations by Paul Lisson. Small 8vo, 
 paper, uncut. Paris, 1883 
 
 A philological curiosity and a dictionary’ of Zolaistic argot. 
 
 % /q i 15 i MAILLARD (Firmin). Recherches Historiques et Criti- 
 ques sur la Morgue. Small 8vo, boards, rough edges. 
 
 Paris, i860 
 
 This volume on the Paris Morgue is very scarce. 
 
 (J. F.). Contes Moraux par M Mar- 
 
 Printed on “ papier verge. 
 
 J - 1152 MARMONTEL 
 
 montel de l’Academie Francoise. Portrait by Cochin, 
 engraved by St. Aubin, engraved titles and plates from the 
 designs of Gravelot. 3 vols. small 8vo, half morocco 
 gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. Paris, f. Merlin , 1765 
 
 Very rare and charming edition of these delightful tales, which are the anti- 
 thesis of Vhat their title represents. Marmontel’s early success as a dramatic 
 author led him into a whirl of dissipation of which the above have been considered 
 as a mark of his repentance therefor. He was made Historiographer of France 
 through the influence of Madame de Pompadour. Fora satire on the Duke 
 D’Aumont, he was sent to the Bastille and lost his position as sole editor of the 
 “ Mercure de France,” in which he published the “ Moral Tales.” 
 
 The above copy was priced $30, vide inserted catalogue cutting. 
 
 Z/"D53 MAROLLES (Michel de, abbd de Villeloin). Le Livre des 
 Peintres et Graveurs. Small 8vo, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1872 
 
 Second edition of the “ Bibliotheque Elzevirienne.” The above is edited, 
 with notes, by Georges Duplessis. Limited edition of 572 copies, and the above 
 is on " papier verge. ” 
 
288 
 
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 ■ /O 11 54 
 
 MARTIN (Desiree). Les Veillees Tune Soeur ou le 
 Destin d’un Brin de Mousse. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 New Orleans, 1877 
 
 
 1155 MASSIMI. — Hecatelegium ou les Cents Elegies Satiriques 
 et Gaillardes de Pacieico Massimi, Poete d'Ascoli, XVe 
 Siecle— Litteralement traduit pour la premiere fois, texte 
 Latin en regard. Thick large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, pour Isidore Liseux et ses amis, 1883 
 
 Erotic limited edition of 120 copies, of which the above is No. 53. On 
 the cover it is stated: — “ Avis aux Libraires, Edition privee. Ce volume ne 
 doit pas etre ‘ mis en vente ou expose dans les lieux publics ’ (Loi du 29 Juiliet, 
 1881).” 
 
 “ De tous ces ouvrages, c’est, en somme 1 ’ Hecatelegium qui survivra; I’acifico 
 Massimi se place, grace i ce recueil, parmi les poetes crotiques les plus auda- 
 cieux. I.e cynisme de certaines pieces n’a ete depasse par personne. pas meme 
 par llaflo; d’autres, parmi les elegies amoureuses sont gracieuses ou spirituelles. 
 Nul, a noire connaisance, n’a encore fait la remarque qu'une centaine d’annees 
 avant Erancisco llerni, qui a donne son nom au genre liemesque. I’acifico avail 
 invente ce genre, et meme l’avait du premier coup porte a sa perfection.” — 
 Isidore Liseux. 
 
 I 2.J^n56 Matinees du Palais Royal. 2 vols. in 1. Minimo, old 
 mottled calf gilt, red edges. Paris, /. E\ Bastien, 1772 
 Salacious and scandalous. 
 
 q 1157 MAYNARD (Francis). Priapees publiees pour la Pre- 
 • / 0 miere Fois d'apres les Manuscrits, et Suivies de quelques 
 
 Pieces Analogues du meme Auteur, Extraites de Differents 
 Recueils. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Freetown, imprimerie de la Bibliomaniac Society, 1864 
 
 Erotic. Limited edition of 82 copies, of which 2 are on “ peau velin,” 
 5 on " papier de Hollande,” and 75 on “papier verge.” Francois Maynard 
 was bon, in 1582, and died in 1646. He was the secretary of (jueen Margaret 
 of Navarre. Like his mistress, he loved lubricity and had a libidinous pen. 
 
 "2^^-1158 MAZARINADES CYNIQUES (Les), c’est a scavoir le 
 Temperament Amphibologique des “ Testicules ” de 
 Mazarin et la Custode de la Reyne qui dit tout. Small 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Cologne, 1649-51 ( repritU ) 
 
 Limited edition of 150 copies of this extraordinary little brochure, which 
 is an infamous scandal as to the alleged relations existing between Cardinal 
 Mazarin and the widow of Louis XIII. 
 
 . [ X/T159 Men and Manners in America. By the author of 
 “ Cyril Thornton.’’ Large 8vo, cloth. Phila., 1833 
 
 2 ^^n 6 o MENDES (Catulle). Poesies, i.e., Philomela, Pauleleia, 
 S6r6nades, l’agode, Soirs Moroses, Hesperus, le Soleil de 
 Minuit, etc. 5 vols. small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 Mendes. Le Fin du Fin, ou Conseils d un Jeune Homme 
 qui se Destine a l’Amour. Minimo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Marplon et E/ammarion, 1885 
 
289 
 
 THE BENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 
 
 ORIGINAL FRENCH EDITION OF LAZARILLO DE 
 TORMES— EXCESSIVELY RARE. 
 
 ^-1162 [MENDOZA (Don Diego Hurtado de).] — | La Vie | et | 
 
 0 fv Avantures | de | Lazarille | de | Tormes | ecrites par 
 lui meme. | Traduction Nouvelle sur le veritable | Original 
 Espagnol | . I’ortrait and facetious plates by J. Harre- 
 wijn, also fieurons. 2 vols. minimo, bound by E. Rous- 
 selle, in crushed dark green levant morocco, top edges 
 gilt. Brussels, chez George de Backer , 1699 
 
 ORIGINAL EDITION in French and excessively rare. 
 
 Wheeler, in his Dictionary of Fiction, calls the above — “ a novel of low life, 
 the first of a class well known in Spanish literature under the name of the 
 ‘ gusti picaresco ’ or the style of the rogues, and made famous all over the world 
 in the brilliant imitation of it, Le Sage's ‘Gil Bias.’ ” W. H. Hurlbut says: — 
 “ Faithfully executed [it] would exhibit . . . the type of the low-minded, 
 merry-making, vulgar and shallow ‘ Yankee,’ the ideal Yankee, in whom Euro- 
 pean prejudices find, gracefully combined, the attractive traits of a Gines de 
 Passamonte and a Joseph Surface, a Lazarillo de Tormes, and a Scapen and 
 an Autolycus.” 
 
 IIq 1163 MENDOZA. Life and Adventures of Lazarillo de 
 Tormes, translated by Thomas Roscoe; also Life and 
 Adventures of Guzman D’Alfarache, or the Spanish 
 Rogue, by Mateo Aleman, and translated by John H. 
 Brady. With eight fine etchings by R. de los Rios. 2 
 vols. fresh cloth, totally uncut. London, 1881 
 
 
 MERAY’S TROUVERES— BOUND BY AMAND. 
 
 MERAY (Antony). La Vie au Temps des Trouveres 
 Croyances, Usages et Mceurs Intimes des Xle, Xlle et 
 XI I Ie Siecles d’apres les Lais, Chroniques, Dits et Faubliaux. 
 Woodcut border on title after J. de Tournes ( Scec . X VI.). 
 Small 8vo, fresh half blue crushed levant morocco by 
 Amand, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. 
 
 Paris, A. Claudin, 1873 
 
 VERY CURIOUS, and full of the amorous and other adventures of such 
 troubadours or trouveres as Robert Wace, Ruttebeuf, Jchan de Conde, Gautier 
 de Coinsi, Jehan de Boves, Marie de France, Doete de Troyes, Justine de I. evis, 
 Saincte des Prees and Barbe de Verrue. 
 
 3 0^65 MERCIER (Alfred). La Fille du Pretre, Recit Social, 3 
 vols. large 8vo, sewed, uncut. New Orleans, 1877-78 
 
 The “ Daughter of the Priest ” is in three parts — I., “ Fausse Route II., 
 “Expiation”; III., “Rehabilitation.” Dr. Alfred Mercier. a poet, an essayist, 
 a novelist, an historian, and like Canonge is another Creole unknown to Mr. 
 Cable. The “Journal of Philology” has published his dialectic stories of the 
 Creoles. 
 
 ORIGINAL EDITION OF LA GUZLA BOUND BY MARIUS- 
 
 MICHEL. 
 
 *7 ") rri66 [MERIMEE (Prosper).] La Guzla, ou Choix de Poesies 
 Illyriques, recueillies, dans la Dalmatie, la Bosnie, la 
 
290 
 
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 Croatie et l’Herzegowine. Front. Small 8vo. Bound by 
 Marius-Michel in crushed red levant morocco, inside 
 gold borders, rounded corners, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, 1827 
 
 VERY RARE, original edition and printed on “ papier velin. ” Among 
 the noteworthy pieces in this volume are — “ L’Amante de Dannisich,” “ la Belle 
 Helene.” “ Maxime et Zoo,” “ sur le Vampirisme," ‘TAmant en Bouteille,” 
 and “ Cara-Ali, le Vampire.” 
 
 SPLENDID EDITION OF THE “ARABIAN NIGHTS,” ILLUS 
 TRATED FROM THE DESIGNS OF GAVARNI AND 
 WATTIER. 
 
 167 MILLE et UNE NUITS, Contes Arabes par Galland, 
 precedes d’une Introduction par M. Jules Janin. With 
 numerous exquisite steel plates after the original designs of 
 Gavarni and Wattier and engraved by Outhewaitte, 
 Nargeot, Colin, Geuffroy, Delaunnoy and Lerouge 
 {a few slightly foxed). Large 8vo, half red morocco, gilt. 
 
 Paris , Morizot, 1864 
 
 The above is a good copy of one of the best illustrated “Arabian Nights.” 
 
 [MIRABEAU (G. H.deR.).] Errotika Biblion. Small 
 8vo, boards. Rome, de /’ Imprimerie du Vatican , 1783 
 
 Very rare and original edition of the great Mirabeau’s curious work, which 
 is one of the most erotic issued in the last century. The subjects are treated in 
 chapters headed as follows: — Anagogie, l’Anelytroide. l’lscha, la Toproide. le 
 Thalaba, l’Anandryne, l’Ahropodie, Kadhe'sch, Behemah, l’Anoscopie and la 
 Linguammanie. 
 
 
 169 MIRABEAU. Another edition of the same. Small 8vo, 
 half calf. Brussels, 1867 
 
 Very rare and privately printed limited edition, corrected on the original of 
 1783 and of that of the year IX. of the French Republic, with the notes of the 
 edition of 1833 attributed to the Chevalier Pierrugues, and which give many more 
 details from the Bible and ancient monuments upon onanism, pederasty, tribadism 
 and linguamania. 
 
 1170 MIRECOURT (Eugene de). Fabrique de Romans — Mai- 
 son Alexandre Dumas et Compagnie. Large 8vo, cloth. 
 
 Paris, 1845 
 
 VERY SCARCE. Bound up with this satirical volume on the elder Dumas 
 is — Qlerard (J. M.), “ Les Auteurs Deguises de la Litterature Erancaise au 
 XIXe Siecle Essai Bibliographique pour Servir de Supplement aux Recherches 
 d’ A. A. Barbier sur les Ouvrages Pseudonymes, ” Paris, 1845. The last named 
 
 has MS. corrigenda. 
 
 L/uD 1 1 7 1 MOLINARI (M 
 Siege de Paris. 
 
 
 1172 
 
 Printed on 
 Cherbuliez. 
 
 G. de). Les Clubs Rouges pendant le 
 Front. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Gamier , 1871 
 
 The author was the editor of the “Journal des Debats.” 
 
 MONNIER (Marc). Theatre de Marionnettes. Small 8vo, 
 boards, uncut. Geneva, F. Richard , 1871 
 
 thick toned paper with a preface on Marionnettes by Victor 
 
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 MARC DE MONTIFAUD’S FACETIOUS WORKS-LIMITED 
 
 EDITIONS. 
 
 / Jl / 1 173 MONTIFAUD (Marc de). Racine et La Voisin. With 
 a portrait of La Voisin, engraved by Hanriot, after Coy- 
 pf.l. Small 8vo, fresh half crushed levant lemon morocco, 
 top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1878 
 
 Limited edition of 100 copies on Holland paper. 
 
 MONTIFAUD. Histoire d’HELOiSE et d’ABAii.ARD. Small 
 8vo, fresh naif crushed levant lemon morocco, top edge 
 gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1873 
 
 Limited edition on thick paper. 
 
 “ Couvre-moi de baisers 
 Je reverai le reste.” 
 
 — Eloys a Abailard. 
 
 fjf 1 ' 75 
 
 MONTIFAUD. Les Triomphs de l’Abbaye des Conards 
 avec une Notice sur la Fete des Fous par Marc de Monti- 
 faud. Small 8vo, fresh half crushed levant lemon morocco, 
 top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, libraire des Bibliophiles, 1874 
 
 Limited edition Jouaust of 320 numbered copies, of which 10 were printed 
 on Whatman paper, 10 on China paper and 300 on “papier verge.” 
 
 j 1 1 76 MONTIFAUD. Les Courtisans de l’Antiquite. With 
 erotic etchings by Aubry. Small 8vo. 1 vol. (complete 
 and in six parts), sewed as issued. Paris, 1883 
 
 Limited edition. Printed on thick laid paper. This gives an altogether differ- 
 ent account of the life of Mary Magdalene to that told in the New Testament. 
 On the title, which has no publisher’s name, are the lines from Sappho: — 
 *' L’amour brisemon ame, commc le vent renverse leschenessur les montagnes.” 
 
 1 f?) 1177 MONTIFAUD. L’Abbesse du Paraclet, Histoire Galante 
 u. V d’HELOiSE et d’ABAiLARD. Small 8vo, 1 vol. (complete 
 
 and in 3 parts), sewed, uncut as issued. Paris, 1873 
 
 Limited edition on thick paper, with three erotic etchings by Aubry. 
 
 rir n 7 8 MONTIFAUD. Entre Messe et Vepres, ou les Matinees 
 ^ de Careme au Faubourg Saint-Germain. With seven erotic 
 
 frontispieces , etchings by Van Ruyss. 7 vols. small 8vo, 
 sewed, totally uncut as issued. Paris, 1872 
 
 Limited edition on thick laid paper. The stories of this new Decameron 
 are: — “ Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam”; “ Un Point d’Orgue”; “ Midi a Quatorzc 
 Heures”; “ une Brimade dans le Grand Monde”; “Comment on entre au 
 Paradis”; “ Le Pere Ambroise”; “ Parce Quo”; “ Le Salut Militaire " le 
 Gendarme au Convent “ un Mariage par Expertise “ Avant la Noce.” 
 
 l)Jc 
 
 Jo* 179 MONTIFAUD. Les Joyeuses Nouvelles. With eleven 
 erotic etchings by Van Ruyss. 10 vols. small 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, 1872 
 
 Limited edition on thick laid paper. On the title of each is the quotation 
 from Rabelais: “Or, esbandissez-vous, mes amours, et gaiemet lisez tout a 
 
292 
 
 TIIE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 I’aise du corps et au profit des reins,” The stones are as follows: — “ le Manage 
 d’une Momie "• les Chevaliers du Bidet “ Chaste et Pure “ l’Expulse de 
 la Rue des Postes " Auquel des Deux”; “les Moustaches du Capitaine 
 “ une Greve de Femmes “ le Passage de Venus “ le Manage d’un Potache, 
 ou le Sommier a Musique”; “ le Singe du Couvent”; “Comment on fait 
 Souffrir le Diable”; “ le Passe Port”; “la Maniere de s’en Servir”; “les 
 Deux Revanches.” 
 
 1180 MONTIFAUD. Les Nouvelles Drolatiques. With ten 
 erotic etchings by Hanriot. 10 vols. small 8vo, sewed, un- 
 cut. Paris, 1880-81 
 
 Limited edition on thick laid paper. On the titles is the passage from 
 Bcroalde de Yerville — " Ici n’y que pour rire.” These new “ Droll Stories" 
 are — : “ Its Delices de l’F.sprit Saint et la Bassinoirc ”; “ le Calice de Mme. de 
 Trigonee”; “ un Manage a Constantinople ”; “ un Point . . . de Tapisserie”; 
 “ un Serail a Vcndre "; “la Penitence du Curedc Tilly ”; " la Chaste Suzanne "; 
 “une Messc Blanche”; “ 1’ Amende Honorable”; “ le Telephone" “ le 
 Curatcur ”; “ le Necessaire et le Superflu ”; “ la Nourriche Seche "; “ Par Pro- 
 curation "; “ le Commis de chez Richard”; “ le Phonographe du Seigneur ’; 
 “ Relevee de- Son Voeu “ ce pauvre Monsieur Duclamcl ". “ le Jugemcnt 
 de Paris ”; “la Rue Sainte Amendee.” 
 
 1 0 
 
 1182 
 
 THE “TRUE FALCONER” OF THE CHEVALIER DE 
 MORAIS — PARIS, 1683. 
 
 1 1 8 1 MORAIS. — | Le Veritable | Fauconnier. | Par Mre C. De 
 Morais, I Chevalier, Seigneur de | Fortille, cy-devant 
 chef | du Heron de la grande | Fauconnerie. | Dedie’ au 
 Roy. | Numerous fleurotis. Minimo, old half russia (title 
 stained). 
 
 | A Paris, | chez Gabriel Quinet, au | Palais , a T entree 
 de la Galerie des | Prisonniers a I’Ange Gabriel , | M.DC. 
 LXXXIII | avec privilege du Roy. | 1683 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE volume on falconry. 
 
 Moraud (E.). L’Heritiere — Comedie en un Acte en 
 Prose. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1886 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN’S 
 EDITION OF MORE’S “UTOPIA.” 
 t 1183 MORE (Sir Thomas). Utopia, translated by Raphe Rob- 
 )0 inson, a. d. 1551, with copious Notes (including the whole 
 of Dr. Warner’s) and a Bibliographical Introduction by 
 Dr. T. F. DIBDIN. Portrait and wood engravings on the 
 title and throughout the volume, icith the rare plate of the 
 More Family. 4to, elegantly crinkled morocco, blind and 
 gilt tooled, inside gold border, edges gilt, and probably 
 bound by Bedford at an early period of his career (foxed 
 slightly). London, William Bulmer, 1808 
 
 “Large paper. Forty copies only printed; with the Private Plate 
 of ‘ The Family of Sir Thomas More,' which is not in the small paper copies.” 
 — Menzies Catalogue, “ prrpartd by Joseph Sabin.” 
 
 “ The Romance of the Utopia has a very’ common fate upon it — to be more 
 known and admired all the world over than here at home.” — Bp. Burnet. 
 
 “ When the Utopia of Sir Thomas More was fir-t published it occasioned a 
 pleasant mistake. This political romance represents a perfect, but visionary 
 
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 republic, in an island supposed to have been newly discovered in America. * As 
 this was the age of discovery,’ says Granger,' the learned Rudjeus, and others, 
 took it for genuine history; and considered it as highly expedient that mis- 
 sionaries should be sent thither, in order to convert so wise a nation to Chris- 
 tianity.” — D’Israeli's Curiosities of Literature. 
 
 /*i/~ii 84 MOUTON (Eugene). La Physionomie Comparee Traite 
 de l'Expression dans l’Homme, dans la Nature et dans 
 l'Art. Portrait of the author. Thick large 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 / ^1185 Muske pour Rire, texte par Maurice Alhon, Louis 
 Huart et Ch. Philipon. With numerous facetious illus- 
 trations, some full page, by eminent Trench caricaturists. 
 Vols. 1, 2 and 3. 4to, old half roan (foxed and stained). 
 
 Paris, 1839-40 
 
 / J q 0 1 186 [MUSSET (Alfred de) and GEORGE SAND.] Gamiani 
 ou Deux Nuits d’Exces par Alcide, Baron de M * * *. 
 Minimo. sewed, uncut. 
 
 [Paris], a Londres, chez le concierge du Pigs Club, n. d. 
 
 EXTREMELY EROTIC. VF.RV limited edition, and written by Madame 
 Dudcvant and Alfred de Musset during the period of their liaison. De Musset, 
 it is well known, and like his ancestor Mathurin Regnier, affected the saturnalian 
 orgies described in this bibelot, which is equal to anything of the Marquis de 
 Sadc’s in lubricity. Only a limited edition was printed; — “ cette edition minis- 
 cule dece livre, le chef-d'oeuvre du roman erotique moderne n'a ete tiree qu’a 
 104 exemplaires non mis dans la commerce et uniquement reserves aux membres 
 du Pigs-Club." 
 
 </\T ii8 7 WTvARREY (Charles). L’Education d’AcHiLLE. Small 
 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 This is the modem French La Rochefoucauld and Chester- 
 field, and is adapted to our civilization. The old authorities 
 are played out. With this MS- note on page 35; — “ As a rule now-a-days people 
 do not know how to flatter, it is a lost art in France. If you wish to flatter 
 Hugo do not tell him that he’s a great poet, which is true; tell him he is a great 
 statesman, which is false.” 
 
 1188 NATALIE par Mme. de * * *., publie par N. A. De 
 
 Sabandy. 8vo, half calf, gilt. Paris, 1833 
 
 Very scarce and printed by Firmin-Didot freres. 
 
 6 3 ^ 1189 NERCIAT (Andrea de). Le Diable au Corps, CEuvre 
 Posthume du tr^s-Recommandable Docteur Cazzone, 
 Membre Extraordinaire de la joyeuse Faculte phallo coiro- 
 pygo-glottonomique. 3 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Geneva, 1786 ( reprint ) 
 
 Erotic and curious. This strange work is written in the style of the Mar- 
 quis de Sade and “ Gamiani.” 
 
294 
 
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 /Of) 11 9 ° 
 
 NEW FOUNDLING HOSPITAL for WIT, being a 
 Collection of Several Curious Pieces in Verse and Prose. 
 Humorous front. 12 mo, old calf. London, 1768 
 
 Facetious and consisting of pieces by — “ Lord Chesterfield, Lord Hardwicke, 
 Lord Lyttelton, Sir C. II. Williams, Mr. Wilkes, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Garrick, 
 Mr. Potter, Dr. Akenside and other eminent persons.” 
 
 .^vT 191 
 
 Nf.w York Hards and Softs: which is the true Democracy, 
 by a National Democrat. Large 8vo, paper. N. Y., 1855 
 
 fi\P l 9 2 NOEL (Edouard). Le Roman d’un Jeune Homme Chauve, 
 Com^die-Bouffe en un Acte. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1886 
 
 THE “NEW DECAMERON”— ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 
 NOUVEAU DECAMERON (Le). Portraits of Theo- 
 dore de Banville, Alphonse Daudet, Catulle 
 Mendes, Leon Cladel, Emile Zola and Guy de 
 Maupassant, by Abot, also etchings by Vogel. 6 vols. 
 small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885-86 
 
 The six days are divided as follows: — “ le Temps d’Aimer ”; “ Dans l’Ate- 
 lier”; “ les Amours Mondaines “ Comme il vous l’laira”; “la Rue et la 
 Route ”; “ les Plus Tristes.” The stories are erotic in the style of the “ Hep- 
 tamcron ” and “ Decameron,” but nineteenth century, and from the pens of — 
 Theodore de Banville, Francois Coppee, Guy de Maupassant, Leon Cladel, 
 Catulle Mendes, Alphonse Daudet, Rene Maizcroy, Ernest d’Hervilly, Paul 
 Arene, Armand Silvestre, Edmond de Goncourt, Charles Monselet, Ludovic 
 Halevy, Aurelian Scholl, Emile Zola, Edmond About, Arsene Houssaye, Jules 
 Claretie, etc. 
 
 1194 
 
 LD FLAG (The). Large 4to, boards. 
 
 Fac-simile of newspaper published in 1864 during thirteen 
 months' imprisonment in Tyier, Smith Co., Texas. 
 
 fP) 
 
 1195 OLIVIER (Jacqves). 
 Malice des Femmes. 
 
 Alphabet de lTmperfection et 
 Minimo, vellum. 
 
 Lyons, fean Goy , 1665 
 
 Rare, erotic and — “ reueu, corrige et augmente d’vn friant dessert, et de 
 plusieurs Histoires en cette cinquieme edition pour les Courtizans de la Femme 
 mondaine.” 
 
 Bound up with the above are the following rare pieces: — “Le Jaloux par 
 Force et le Bon-hevr des Femmes qui ont des Maris Ialoux, ensemble la Chambre 
 de Iustice de l’Amour avec la Reveue des Troupes d’Amour,” Fribourg, 1668; 
 “ Catechisme des Courtisans ou les Questions de la Cour et autres Galanteries," 
 Cologne, 1668; “ La Campagne de la Reyne ou Lettre Galante ecrite a des dames 
 de la Cour de Monseigneur le Dauphin,” 1668; " Reqveste presentee av Roy 
 par l’Archevesqve d’Ambrvm contre les Libelles diflamatories de Port Royal," 
 1667 ; etc. 
 
 
 1196 ORSO SERIES, 
 
 I. Les Vertus et Propri^tes des Mignons, suivant la Copie 
 25 Juillet 1576. 
 
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 II. Brevet d’apprentissage d’une Fille de modes a Ama- 
 toute, suivant la copie de 1769. 
 
 III. Les Diff£rents des chapons et des Coqs touchant 
 l’Alliance des Poules auec la conclusion d’y ceux, suivant 
 la copie a Paris, chez Pierre Chevalier au Mont Sainct 
 Hilaire, en la cour d’Albret. 
 
 IV. Farce Joyeuse tres Bonne, a Deux Personnages du 
 Gaudisseur qui se vante de ses faictz et ung Sot qui luy 
 respond au contraire, suivant la copie. 
 
 V. La Descouverte du Style Impudique des Courtisanes de 
 Normandie a celles de Paris, envoyee pour estrennes, de 
 l’lnvention d’une Courtisane Anglaise. Suivant la copie 
 a Paris, chez Nicholas Alexandre demourant rue 
 Neuve des Mathurins, 1618. 
 
 VI. Le Diet des Pays avec les Condicions des Femmes et 
 Plusieurs Aultres Belles Balades. Suivant la copie. 
 
 VII. Le Bruit qui Court de PEspousee. Suivant la copie 
 MDCXIIII. 
 
 VIII. La Patenostre des Verollez avec une Complaincte 
 contre les Medecins. Suivant la copie imprimee MCXL. 
 
 TOGETHER 8 pieces. Square minimo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Berne, chez I’Orso, n. d. 
 
 Very rare and erotic collection of bibelots, reprinted on Holland paper and 
 “ papier verge,” from the extremely rare originals. 
 
 MAGNIFICENTLY ILLLUSTRATED “ METAMORPHOSES ” 
 OF OVID IN A HANDSOME RELIURE. 
 
 1197 OVID. Les Metamorphoses d’OviDE. 134 plates , with 
 engraved descriptions beloiv the beautiful engravings by or 
 after Eisf.n, N. le Mire, De Longueil, Le Veau, N. De 
 Launay, Massard, C. Monnet, Baquoy, H. Gravelot, 
 D. N£e, J. F. Rousseau, Binet, J. M. Moreau, J. B. 
 Simonet, J. Le Roy, Duclos, E. De Ghendt, Le Prince, 
 L. J. Masquelier, F. Boucher, Aug. de St. Aubin, 
 Binet, Basan, L. Legrand, N. Ponce, S. C. Miger, St. 
 Gois, Moreau le Jeune, Helm an, etc. ( some foxed or 
 stained — and six short). Thick 4to, bound in handsome 
 maroon crinkled morocco extra gilt, inside gold borders, 
 edges gilt, and in cloth drop case. 
 
 Paris, Bassan et Le Mire , Graveurs, 1767 
 
 Very rare and erotic. This is one of the most magnificently illustrated 
 editions of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” in existence — the best 18th century 
 French engravers and designers having put their best work into it. Every 
 page, including the dedication to the Due de Chartres and the letterpress 
 descriptions, are engraved. It is an edition de-luxe the like of which could not 
 be excelled in these times. 
 
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 S OO JI 9 ^ OVID. — Le Metamorfosi di Ovidio ridotte da Gio. 
 
 Andrea dall’Anguillare, in ottaua mina al Christianis- 
 simo Re di Francia Henrico Secondo di nuoue dal 
 propiro auttore riuedute e Correte. Con l’Annotationi 
 di M. Gioseppe Horologgi, con Postille, e con gli 
 Argomenti nel principio di ciascuu libro di M. Fran- 
 cesco Turchi. Numerous curious wood engravings, 
 mostly erotic , also engraved title. Thick small 4to, boards 
 (MS. on title). 
 
 Rare. Venice, appresso Giouanni Alberti, 1589 
 
 4 .JX)' 199 OVID. — Les Metamorphoses d’OviDE, traduites en Vers 
 Francois par T. Corneille. Minimo, crushed citron 
 levant morocco gilt, inside gold borders, edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, Gabriel Quinet, 1669 
 Very rare, with head and tail pieces on wood. From the “ Bibliotheque 
 du Chateau de Cassan — Alexandre Martel,” with inserted book plate, heraldic 
 shield and views. This is the original edition of the translation into French 
 verse of the Metamorphoses of Ovid, by Thomas Corneille, brother of Pierre 
 Corneille. 
 
 ,/ 1200 c^vAINE (Thomas). Die Theologischen Werke. 8vo, 
 sheep (foxed). Phila., 1847 
 
 2 , SO 1201 I8> PANTINS DES BOULEVARDS (Les), ou Bor- 
 
 dels de Thalie. Confessions paillardes des tri- 
 bades et catins des tr^teaux du Boulevard, recueillies par 
 le compere Mathieu, savoir: ouvrage aussi utile qu’agr6- 
 able, dedi£ a tous les baladins de la fin du XVI lie siecle, 
 par leur espion ordinaire [Mayeur de St. Paul). 1 odd 
 vol. [au Theatre de Nicollet, aux associt^s, aux Beaujolais, 
 complete] small 8vo, sewed, uncut (no plates). 
 
 Paris, de I'imprimerie de Nicod'eme dans la Lune, 
 
 1791 (reprint) 
 
 Limited edition of 206 copies. 
 
 “Tous les acteurs, actrices de la fin du XVIIIe siecle. figurent dans les 
 scenes lubriques de cet immonde pamphlet, melange de pros et de vers 
 orduriers. ” — Lkhec. 
 
 1202 PAPACY (The).— HISTOIRE DES PAPES, Crimes, 
 Meurtres, Empoisonnements, Parricides, Adult£res, In- 
 cestes depuis Saint Pierre jusqu’i Gregoire XVI. — 
 Histoire des Saints, des Martyrs, des Peres de l’Eglise, des 
 Ordres Religieux, des Conciles, des Cardinaux, de l’lnqui- 
 sition, des Schtsmes et des Grands Reformateurs — Crimes 
 des Rois des Reines, et des Empereurs. Illustrated with 
 numerous steel engravings, some of nudes. 10 vols. large 
 8vo, half calf, gilt (foxed somewhat). Paris, 1842 
 
 VF.RY RARE andCURIOUS. A strange book full of terrible charges against 
 the Popes and other high ecclesiastics, also against monarchs of old and later 
 times. 
 
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 SlS 1203 PAPESSE JEANNE (La), Poeme en Dix Chants. With 
 
 ' curious woodblock head and tail pieces. Small 8vo, purple 
 
 morocco, broad inside gold borders, edges gold on marble. 
 
 La Haye, 1778 
 
 Very rare and suppressed. This remarkable volume on Pope Joan has 
 neither publisher’s nor printer's name. It is a veritable curiosity of literature 
 and on account of the subject amorous in its language. 
 
 I2 °4 PARNASSE LIBERTIN ou Recueil de Poesies Libres. 
 
 * Small 8vo, half morocco. 
 
 A Paillardisoroupolis, chez Lc Dru a Penseigne de 
 
 Priape, 1772 
 
 Very rare and very erotic, most of the poetry being in honor of the God 
 Phallus. Every page is surrounded by a woodcut border. 
 
 “PARNASSE SATYRIQUE”— A COPY OF THE LIMITED 
 ORIGINAL EDITION. 
 
 ^^1205 PARNASSE SATYRIQUE (Le), du Dix Neuvieme Siecle 
 Recueil de Vers Piquants et Gaillards de Beranger, V. 
 Hugo, E. Deschamps, A. Barbier, A. de Musset, Bar- 
 th£lemy, Protat, G. Nadaud, de Banville, Baude- 
 laire, Monselet, etc. With facsimiles on India paper. 
 2 vols. small 8vo, fresh half red morocco, top edges gilt, 
 others uncut. 
 
 [Brussels], Rome a Penseigne des Sept Peches 
 
 Capitaux , n. d. 
 
 Rare, original edition and very erotic. Limited edition on thick ‘ ‘ papier 
 verge de Holland.” 
 
 rj a r~i 206 PARNASSE. — Le Nouveau Parnasse Satyrique du Dix 
 
 ^ Neuvieme Siecle, suivi d’un Appendice au Parnasse 
 
 Satyrique. Small 8vo, cloth, uncut. 
 
 [Brussels], Eleutheropolis aux devantures des Librairies 
 ailleurs dans l cures Arriereboutiques , 1866 
 
 Rare, original edition and equally erotic with the preceding number, to 
 which it is a supplementary volume. 
 
 Lj^ 0 O 12O 7 PARIS A L’EAU-FORTE, Actuafite-Curiosite-Fantaisie, 
 Nouvelle Serie. Numerous etchings by Charbonnel, Rops, 
 Gaucherel, Laurens, etc., some of nudes. 2 vols. in 1. 
 Thick large 8vo, half roan. Very scarce. Paris, 1878 
 
 UNIQUE COLLECTION OF SATIRICAL CARTOONS, BROAD- 
 SIDES, NEWSPAPERS, BROCHURES, ETC., PRINCI- 
 PALLY ISSUED DURING THE PARIS COMMUNE. 
 
 In OOO 1208 PARIS COMMUNE, DECLINE AND FALL OF THE 
 FRENCH EMPIRE, FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 
 THE THIRD FRENCH REPUBLIC, etc. An ex- 
 traordinary COLLECTION OF REVOLUTIONARY AND COM- 
 
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 MUNISTIC COLORKD CARTOONS, BROADSIDES, NEWSPAPERS, 
 PAMPHLETS, ETC., ISSUED DURING THOSE PERIODS. In 3 
 half roan scrap books and 3 portfolios. (6) 
 
 UNIQUE. This is one of the remarkable numbers in the Pene du Bois 
 Collection. 
 
 It consists of three Scrap Books — one folio and two large quarto — containing 
 461 caricatures and cartoons, mostly colored by hand and three portfolios in 
 which are — the “Journal Ofiiciel ” 260 numbers; 50 miscellaneous newspapers 
 published during 1870-71; 12 broadsides, 1870-71; 7 proclamations of the Com- 
 mune; 60 pamphlets, some of great rarity, including the Pere Duchesne Series; 
 10 revolutionary ballads and 32 miscellaneous newspapers, 1868-79. 
 
 These constitute an aggregate of nearly 900 separate pieces, each of which is 
 full of historical interest and united they make a whole of great value and 
 uniqueness. 
 
 Nothing more terrible can be shown in the history of the world than the 
 indictment of the Second Bonapartist Empire exhibited in the collection of car- 
 toons in the three scrap books. The Parisian caricaturists seemed to have con- 
 centrated the extremest bitterness of hate in their endeavors to delineate to the 
 people of France the treacheries, tyrannies and lusts of the twenty years of the 
 reign of the Emperor “ Badinguet.” Himself, his wife, his mistresses, his son, 
 his relatives and his ministers of state are presented in every manner possible to 
 the mind of men that could in any way horrible betoken infamy and degrada- 
 tion of the deepest and most criminal dye. Their personal peculiarities, their 
 debaucheries, even incests, are sketched with pencils and crayons tipped, so to 
 say, with vitriol. The detestation of the Republican and Communistic artists 
 seem to have particularly been centered on the Empress Eugenie. The sacred 
 ties of a mother and wife are as bitterly attacked as could possibly be conceived 
 by even a Marquis de Sade, who had turned anarchist and still preserved the 
 lecherous and salacious environments which are a necessary concomitant of 
 aristocracies and dynasties. Many of the plates, colored by hand, are very 
 erotic, at times vulgarly so, and yet others display as much genius of conception 
 as we find in the drawings of Gillray, Hogarth and Rowlandson. 
 
 Not only are the "Man of Sedan” and his intimates, Fleury, Maupas, 
 Rouher, Persigny, Pietri, Leboeuf, Ollivier, Duvernois, Granier de Cassagnac 
 and others, specified as being co-partners in the affections of the Empress, but 
 vile orgies are pictured as taking place in the Tuileries and St. Cloud, which, 
 according to the French Republican mind, appear to have been considered 
 monster brothels. 
 
 The Germans and the Versaillists are regarded as equally detestable. Thiers 
 and Jules Favre are shown in as vile colors as Bismarck and Kaiser William. 
 The Archbishop of Paris and his clergy are also the target of the vile attacks of 
 these artists of the Commune, who seem to have imagined the cassock was 
 simply a cloak for the most abandoned debaucheries. 
 
 On the other hand, these caricaturists exhibit as heroes and martyrs the men 
 of the Commune, and among these 461 cartoons will be found portraits of all 
 the notables who figured in Paris during the Spring of 1871. There is also a 
 blank vellum commission in the National Guard of the Republic of 1870. 
 
 The “ Journal Ofiiciel,” or government publication, which may be considered 
 the text to these cartoons, begins September 4th, 1870, and ends May 23d, 
 1871, only six numbers being short. It includes those issued on the last 
 day of the Empire and the first day of the Third French Republic. 
 
 These few suggestions as to the contents of this collection give but a faint 
 idea of what it contains. It must be carefully examined to be appreciated and 
 understood. Let it suffice to say that these cartoons make a complete pictorial 
 history of the Paris Commune. The collection was gathered in the French 
 capital by a friend of Mr. Pene du Bois, who was locked up in Paris during 
 both the sieges by the Germans and Versaillists. To duplicate the collection is 
 impossible — only one anything similar has been in this country, and for which 
 a second hand book firm asked close upon one thousand dollars! 
 
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 J OU 12 °9 PARIS COMMUNE. — Journal Officiel de la Republique 
 Fran^aise. March 20 to May 22, 1S71, inclusive. To- 
 gether 64 Nos. Paris, 1871 
 
 Very rare and interesting, having been published in Paris during the Com- 
 mune. All the numbers are entitled as above, with the exception of that of 
 March 30, 1871, which is styled “Journal Officiel de la Commune de Paris.” 
 
 J 2_J~i2io PARIS GALANT. La Vie de Gar<;on dans les Hotels 
 ’ Garnis pu l’Amour a la Minute Scenes de la Vie Joyeuse 
 
 entre Etudiants, Grisettes, Rapins, Courtisanes et Tru- 
 queuses par un Boheme Curieux loge a l’aeil au Grenier. 
 Erotic front. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1823 [reprint') 
 
 Facetious and limited edition of this reprint. 
 
 ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE RARE “PARIS CHANTANT.” 
 
 1211 PARIS CHANTANT, Romances, Chansons et Chan- 
 ""*■/ sonnettes Contemporains — Texte par Marc Fournier, 
 
 Fertiault, Festeau, Moreau, Heg, Eugene Brie- 
 faut, etc. Illustrated with numerous page wood-engrav- 
 ings and cuts by French humorous designers — also music by 
 Festeau, Scudo, A. Harquerie, Ed. Douve, J. Vi- 
 meux, Francois Schubert, etc. Large 8vo, half red 
 morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, Lavigne , 1845 
 Very scarce and original edition of these facetious songs, with good im- 
 pressions of the wood engravings. 
 
 XXj~i2i2 PARNY (Evariste). GLuvres Choisies de, precedes d’une 
 Notice sur sa Vie et ses Ouvrages. Engraved front. 2 
 vols. Svo, half calf. Paris and Brussels, 1824-26 
 
 Very scarce. The first volume is dated Paris, 1826, and is titled as com- 
 plete in itself — it contains a life of the poet Pamy and commences with his 
 “Poesies Erotiques.” The second volume is dated Brussels, 1824, and the 
 title states that it contains — “la Guerre des Dieux,” “ le Paradis Perdu,” 
 “ les Galanteries de la Bible,” “ les Rosecroix,” and “ Pieces inedites.” 
 
 Voltaire called Pamy — “son cher Tibulle,” and Franyais de Nantes pro- 
 claimed him — “ le premier poete classique du Siecle de Louis XVI.” Chateau- 
 briand wrote of him: — “ Je n’ai point connu d’ecrivain qui fut plus semblable a 
 ses ouvrages; poete et creole il ne lui fallait que le ciel de l'lnde, une fontaine, 
 un palmier et une femme." 
 
 '2~'ri2i3 PARNY. CEuvres Diverses, Nouvelle Edition Corrig6e et 
 Consid^rablement Augmentee. Portrait. 2 vols. in 1. 
 i2mo, old calf gilt, edges gilt. Paris, 1802 
 
 Rare. The first volume is devoted almost entirely to the “ Poesies Erotiques ” 
 of Pamy. 
 
 If) CO I21 4 [PENE (Henri de).) Paris Mysterieux par “Mane,” and 
 le Paris Viveur par “ Mane.” Together 2 vols. Small 8vo, 
 half red morocco, top edges gilt. Paris, 1861-62 
 
 “ Mane ” is the pseudonym that Henri de Pene, the uncle of Mr. Penedu Bois, 
 used for his contributions to the “ Independance Beige,” after his famous duels, 
 in alphabetical order, with the officers of the army in Paris. He had written a 
 
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 harmless paragraph in the “ Figaro ” that the army was good for nothing but to 
 drain the refreshment tables at public balls, and sustained that opinion with his 
 sword in duels with officers whose names ran from “ A ” to “ H.” The tourna- 
 ments ceased at “ H,” when a man named Hyene wounded him in the lung. 
 
 2j"~i2i5 PENE. Trop Belle. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1886 
 
 / n p 216 PERFIDIES ASSASSINES (Les), Crimes et Escroqueries 
 ' d’un Bambocheur du Grand Ton, ou l’Amour et l’Hymen 
 qui la Gobeur, par un “ Ecouter aux Portes,” par fois 
 Farceur, par fois Grave, et meme Sermonneur. Engraved 
 erotic frontispiece. Minimo, half crushed levant morocco, 
 by Hardy. Paris, 1820 
 
 Very scarce and facetious. 
 
 UNIQUE COPY OF THE CURMER EDITION OF PERRAULT. 
 STRUCK OFF FROM ENGRAVED PLATES— DELIGHT- 
 FULLY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 <1 (j n n 1217 PERRAULT (Charles). Contes du Temps Passe conte- 
 v "N v nant les F'ees, le Petit Chaperon Rouge. Barbe-Bleue, le 
 
 Chat Botte, la Belle ou Bois Dormant, Cendrillon, le Petit 
 Poucet, Riquet k la Houppe, et Peau d’Ane-Precedes 
 d’une Notice Litteraire sur Charles Pkrrault par M. 
 E. de la BEDOLLlfeRE. Illustrated by Pauquet, Marvy, 
 Jeanron, Jacque and Beauc£ — with the text engraved 
 by Blanchard. Large 8vo. Bound by E. Rousseli„e in 
 fresh half purple morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, L. Curmer , 1843 
 
 UNIQUE COPY of this very beautiful edition of Curmcr’s Perrault, of which 
 copies sell in Paris for 350 francs, vide inserted catalogue cutting. The above 
 has a portrait of Perrault by Duflos inserted, also India proofs mounted on 
 Japan paper of etchings by A. Lalauze. 
 
 MAGNIFICENT EDITION ON JAPAN PAPER OF ZELIS AU 
 BAIN— BOUND BY PAGNANT. 
 
 Cf /JQ121S PEZAY (Le Marquis de). ZELIS AU BAIN. — Poeme en 
 /• L Quatre Chants. — Reimpression sur Pedition de “ Geneve, 
 
 s. d.” With Eisen’s erotic plates engraved by De Malval, 
 also head and tail pieces and initial leteers designed by 
 M esp les, — every page surrounded by a rose border. 8vo, 
 handsomely bound by Pagnant in brown crushed levant 
 morocco extra, inside gold borders, rounded corners and 
 gilt edges, in leather lined drop case. 
 
 Paris, Edouard Kouveyre , 1882 
 One of 10 copies on Japan paper out of a limited edition of 600 in all. 
 The plates and vignettes are in duplicate and in two tints — sepia and black. The 
 beautiful typography is the work of Unsinger’s press. 
 
 The French poet, the Marquis de Pezay, was one of the instructors of Louis 
 the Sixteenth. As an imitator of Dorat he was styled — " I.e clair delune.” De 
 Pezay was the intimate friend of Voltaire, Rousseau and Grimm. 
 
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 1219 
 
 PICCOLOMINI (Alessandro). La Raffaella Dialogue de 
 la Gentille Education des Femmes, Traduction Nouvelle, 
 Texte Italien en regard par Alcide Bonneau. Small 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1884 
 
 No. 134 of “Edition unique A cent cinquante (150) exemplaircs numerotes." 
 This work was written by Archbishop Piccolomini of l’atras and Coadjutor of 
 Sienna in the Sixteenth Century. It is decidedly erotic when it touches on 
 carnal matters, particularly in the dialogue between a young woman and an old 
 rouee of the female persuasion. 
 
 1 1 2 20 PIEDAQUEL (Alexandre). Hier. Illustrated with charm- 
 ing designs in sepia by Paul Avr^l, vignettes and frontispiece. 
 Large 8vo, sewed, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, Claude Molteroz, 1882 
 No. 365 of limited edition of 750 numbered copies on China, Japan, tinted 
 and vellum papers. The beautifully printed text is rubricated. 
 
 r\\22i PIGAULT-LEBRUN (G. C. A.). Le Citateur. Small 
 ^ 8vo, sewed, uncut. Brussels, Gay et Douce , 1879 
 
 Limited edition. “ Bibliotheque Vertc,” No. 418 and printed in green ink. 
 Pigault-Lebrun was the literary father of both Paul de Kock and Honore de 
 Balzac. The “ Citateur ” first appeared at Paris in 1811 under the imprint of 
 “ Hambourg.” In that year Napoleon the First, furious at an aggressive bull 
 of the Pope, ordered an edition of 100,000 copies of this satirical and erotic work 
 to be distributed. After the Concordat the work was suppressed — “ severement 
 prohibe et condamne en France.” During the Restoration it was frequently 
 seized as contraband and was put on the Index as immoral and irreligious in 1825 
 and 1827. 
 
 SPLENDID SET OF PIGAULT-LE BRUNS COMPLETE 
 WORKS, NEARLY ALL OF WHICH ARE FACETIOUS. 
 
 1222 PIGAULT-LEBRUN. CEUVRES COMPLETES. 20 
 vols. 8vo, half crushed red levant morocco, top edges gilt, 
 others uncut. Paris, J. N. Barba , 1822-24 
 
 A handsome set of the works of Pigault-Lebrun and printed by Firmin-Didot. 
 
 THE REMARKABLE AND EROTIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF 
 PISANUS-FR AXI — LIMITED EDITION. 
 
 1223 PISANUS-FRAXI.— INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBI- 
 TORUM, being Notes Bio — Biblio — Icono — graphical 
 and Critical on Curious and Uncommon Books. By 
 PISANUS-FRAXI. India paper proofs of facetious 
 front, and “ flagellation horse,” also facsimiles; the volume 
 handsomely printed in red and black on toned paper. Thick 
 4to, half turkey morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 London, privately printed, 1877 
 
 Very rare. Limited edition of 250 copies. The frontispiece is in three 
 states on Japan, India and Holland papers. The Falconer copy with this front- 
 ispiece in only one state sold in June of last year for $67 00. “ Improper books, 
 however useful to the student or dear to the collector, are not ‘ virginibus pueris- 
 que ’ ; they should be used with caution even by the mature ; they should be looked 
 upon as poisons and treated as such; should be (so to say) distinctly labeled, and 
 only confided to those who understand their potency and are capable of rightly 
 using them.” — Pisanus-Fraxi. 
 
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 7^01224 PISANUS-FRAXI. — CENTURI A LIBRORUM ABS- 
 CONDITORUM, being Notes Bio — Biblio — Icono — 
 graphical and Critical on Curious and Uncommon 
 Books by PISANUS-FRAXI. Front ., plates and fac- 
 
 similes. Thick 4to, half turkey morocco, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut. London, privately printed, 1879 
 
 Very rake and high priced, the Falconer copy having sold for $59.00. 
 Limited edition of 250 copies. 
 
 “ The present volume is a sequel to the ‘ Index Librorum Prohibitorum,’ 
 which I had privately printed in 1877, and might with propriety have formed 
 a second volume of that work, had I not for several reasons preferred rather to 
 alter the first part of the title, and to let each volume stand by itself, the more 
 so as each volume is complete in itself.” — P isanus-Fraxi, Preliminary Remarks 
 in above. 
 
 “ This book for men alone is meant, 
 
 Book worms or bibliophiles anent, 
 
 Of solid mind, of serious bent, 
 
 On curious, hidden books intent, 
 
 On odd research and learning. ’’ 
 
 ^.7^225 POGGIO. The Facetiae, or Jocose Tales of Poggio, now 
 first Translated into English with the Latin Text. Beau- 
 tifully printed. 2 vols. small 8vo, vellum, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1879 
 
 Only a small edition printed. Poggio was the first who edited anything in this 
 taste, and the Council of Trent placed this work on the Index Expurgatorius. 
 In addition to the original versions of tales familiar to the readers of Rabelais, 
 La Fontaine, etc., these charmingly printed volumes are full of rich stories which 
 do not appear elsewhere. 
 
 
 1226 POGGIO. — Les Faceties de Pogge. Traduits en Franfais 
 avec le Texte Latin. — Edition complete. 2 vols. small 
 8vo, vellum, totally uncut. Paris, 1878 
 
 Isidore Liseux’s edition in the “ Petite Collection Elzevirienne.” 
 
 “7^1227 POGGIO. — Un Viellard doit-il se Marier? Dialogue de 
 I Pogge, Florentin. Traduit en Frampais pour la Premiere 
 
 Fois par Alcide Bonnf.au — Texte Latin en Regard. 
 Rubricated title. Minimo, paper, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1877 
 Limited edition on “papier verge,” and in the “ Petite Collection Elze- 
 virienne.” 
 
 228 Poole (W. H.). Anglo-Israel, or the Anglo-Saxon Nation 
 identified with the Lost Tribes of Israel. 8vo, paper. 
 
 N. Y., 1880 
 
 1229 POPE (Alexander). La Dunciade, Poeme, en Dix Chants. 
 Nouvelle edition, revue, corrigee et enrichie d’un Com- 
 mentaire plus complet que tous ceux des Editions pr£c£- 
 dentes. Portrait of the translator , Charles Pallisot, 
 by Monnet. Vellum gilt, red edges. A Londres, 1781 
 
 Very scarce, with an interesting letter of Palissot on Claude Joseph Dorat. 
 
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 ) J O 12 3° POUGENS (Charles, of the French Institute, etc.). Contes 
 en Verset Poesies, also “ les Quatre Ages,” by the same. 
 2 vols. minimo, calf gilt, top edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, Didot, 1820-28 
 Very scarce. The last described is — “ Seconde edition suivie du Portrait 
 d'une Jeune Fille par un Papillon.” 
 
 UNIQUE, MAGNIFICENT AND CHARMING EDITIONS OF 
 “ MANON LESCAUT.” 
 
 1231 PREVOST D’EXILES (Antoine Francois, L’Abbd). 
 Manon Lescaut. Portraits, etchings, engraved title and 
 head and tail-pieces. 4to. Elegantly bound by R W. 
 Smith in crushed brown levant morocco gilt, double pur- 
 ple morocco, extra gilt, edges gilt and in leather-lined drop 
 case. Paris, Glady fr'cres, 1875 
 
 No. 12 of 50 copies printed on China paper throughout of this charming vol- 
 ume of the “ Collection de Galaup de Chasteuil.” 
 
 This beautifully designed reliure is taken from a volume which belonged to 
 Queen Margaret. The back is tooled with the “ Marguerite” flower or daisy. 
 On each side is a wreath of acorns and daisies. The purple double is one mass 
 of tooled gold daisies, with stalks and leaves. 
 
 This reliure is extremely creditable to the American binder, who has taken as 
 his model one of the most tasteful examples of sixteenth century French 
 bibliopegy. 
 
 lQUC/122,2 PREVOST D’EXILES. Manon Lescaut. Illustrated 
 with portrait by F. Schmidt and eight fine plates , proofs 
 before all letters, and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED w/M 
 portrait and 10 plates by J. Chauvet, also portrait and 10 
 plates by Leopold Fl amend on heavy ribbed toned paper — 
 making 31 plates in all. 8vo. Bound by Adolph Ber- 
 trand in crushed dark blue levant morocco, extra gilt, 
 rounded corners, inside dentelle gold borders, edges gilt 
 on marble. Paris, Jouaust, 1867 
 
 UNIQUE, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED, and No. 4 of a limited edition 
 of 20 copies entirely on China paper and numbered. This was Jules Janin’s 
 copy, and has his “ ex-libris ”on the half-title. This edition is a reprint of the 
 original Amsterdam edition of 1753, edited by G. D'Heilly and F. Steenackers. 
 
 ..1233 PREVOST D’EXILES. Histoire du Chevalier des 
 . Grieux et de Manon Lescaut. Engraved title by Bracque- 
 
 mond. Minimo. Elegantly bound by Marius Michel 
 in crushed green levant morocco, with beautiful ornamen- 
 tation on both sides in colored leathers (depicting a bunch 
 of wild lilies of the valley, red, white and purple, upon 
 which a butterfly has alighted), inside gold borders, 
 rounded corners, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1870 
 
 Limited edition on white papier verge and in a delightful reliure of Marius- 
 Michel. 
 
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 7j"ji234 PREVOST D’EXILES. Histoire de Manon Lescaut et 
 • du Chevalier des Grieux par 1’Abbe Provost, pr£c£d£ 
 
 d’une Notice Historique sur l’Auteur par Jules Janin. 
 Front, with portrait ; profusely illustrated with page wood 
 engravings on India v\PKV.,andiuoodcuts by Tony Johan- 
 not; also false titles printed in gold. Large 8vo, half 
 purple morocco, gilt edges (corners broken). 
 
 Paris, Ernest Bourditi et Cie, n. d. 
 
 LARGE PAPER, with splendid impressions of the engravings and beauti- 
 fully printed by Lacrampe with fancy head and tail pieces and fancy initial 
 letters. The page plates are proofs before letters on India paper. 
 
 L .1235 PRISME (Le), Encyclopedic Morale du Dix-Neuvieme 
 Siecle. With illustrations by Daumier, Gagniet, Ga- 
 varni, Grandville, Malapeau, Meissonier, Pauquet, 
 Penguilly, Raynond Pelez and Trimolet. Large 8vo, 
 half morocco (slightly foxed and binding rubbed). 
 
 Paris, L. Curmer , 1841 
 
 /^yUANTIN (A.). Collection des Chefs d’CEuvres 
 1^1 Antiques: — Ovide, Les Amours, traduction du Cte. 
 de Seguier. With tinted vignette engravings by 
 M£aulle, after the designs of Meyer — borders col- 
 ored in pink. Minimo. Bound by Emile Rousselle in 
 crushed dark blue levant morocco, super elegant, with red 
 morocco mosaiced into the back and sides, rounded cor- 
 ners, inside gold dentelle borders, edges gilt, covers 
 bound in. Paris, A. Quantin , 1879 
 
 Very limited edition on China paper out of an edition of 350 in all. 
 With inserted Cazin portrait of Ovid after Marillier and erotic plate by Ilarto- 
 lozzi. 
 
 A more thoroughly charming series of volumes than the “Collections des 
 Chefs d’CEuvres Antiques," from the press of M. Quantin, it would be difficult 
 to name. In size, the volumes range with the celebrated editions of Horace 
 and Virgil, etc., of M. Didot. The type is a round, open letter, devoid of 
 shading, with the appearance of having been cut rather than founded, the 
 impression being eminently pleasing and novel. Each volume is worked in two 
 or more colors, with the vignettes — which have been designed specially for 
 the series- in colors and gold in some of the volumes. The paper is of the 
 finest quality, while the press-work is as perfect as modern appliances and 
 the utmost care can render it. The volumes constituting this series will 
 undoubtedly be eagerly sought for and treasured by collectors and amateurs in 
 years to come. As a set, they are already scarce and difficult to procure. 
 
 J\j~J 2 37 QUANTIN. — Po6sies de Anacreon et de Sapho — Tra- 
 duction en Vers de M. de la Roche-Amyon, ancien Pro- 
 fesseur de Rhetorique. Illustrated with erotic vignettes in 
 tint from the designs of P. Avril — the borders in light 
 green. Minimo, bound by Amand in crushed red levant 
 
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 morocco extra, rounded corners, inside gold dentelle bor- 
 ders, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. 
 
 Paris, A. Quantin, 1882 
 
 Japan paper copy and limited edition of 50 copies. Bound by Amand of 
 Paris. 
 
 238 QUANTIN-VIRGILE, les Bucoliques, traduction d’ANDRF. 
 Lefevre. Illustrated with vignettes in tint after the designs 
 of Auguste Leloir — the borders in light brown. Bound 
 by Amand in crushed blue levant morocco extra, rounded 
 corners, inside dentelle gold borders, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut, covers bound in. Paris, A. Quantin , 1881 
 
 Japan paper copy and limited edition of fifty Bound by Amand. 
 
 ^'^1239 QUANTIN. — LUCIEN, Dialogues des Courtisanes, tra- 
 duction et Notices par A. J. Pons. Illustrated with erotic 
 vignettes in tint , heightened with gold from the designs of 
 H. Scott and F. M£aulle — the borders in green. Min- 
 imo, bound by Amand in crushed blue levant morocco 
 extra, rounded corners, inside dentelle gold borders, top 
 edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. 
 
 Paris, A. Quantin , 1881 
 
 Japan paper copy and limited edition of fifty. Bound by Amand. 
 
 DE FAURE’S EROTIC ;POEM OF “ LA TOILETTE DES 
 DAMES,” ON JAPAN PAPER— WITH THE PLATES IN 
 DIFFERENT STATES, AND BOUND BY PAGNANT. 
 
 
 1240 
 
 QUATRE HEURES (Les) — de la Toilette des Dames — 
 Poeme Erotique par DE FAURE — Reimpression sur 
 l’Edition de Paris, Bastien, 1779. With frontispiece , 
 plates , vignette head and tail pieces by Leclerc, engraved by 
 Arrivet, Halbon, Legrand, Leroy and Patas — in 
 different states. 8vo, new crushed levant morocco 
 extra, inside gold tooling, gilt edges, by Pagnant. 
 
 Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1880 
 
 One of 10 copies on Japan paper out of a limited edition of 600 in all, 
 splendidly printed by Unsinger of Paris, with rose borders. 
 
 The very erotic plates and vignettes of Leclerc are in three states — bistre, 
 black and “ crayon sanguine (genre Boucher).” This volume was dedicated to 
 the Princess de l.amballe, the Sapphic friend of Marie Antoinette. 
 
 'J-00 I2 4I 
 
 ABELAIS (F.). CEuvres de, Nouvelle Edition, 
 Augmentee de Plusieurs Extraits, etc., et Notes, 
 etc., par “ L. Jacob, bibliophile.” Portrait 
 , {foxed slightly ). i2mo, morocco gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Paris, 1843 
 
 This is a curiosity of literature and reliure, being a copy of Rabelais bound 
 in a religious manner with Latin cross on the sides and lettered “ Paroissien 
 Complet,” doubtless for the spiritual edification of some good Father, or for 
 some holy woman's boudoir. It may, however, have been done in honor of the 
 author, who was the Priest of Meudon as well as the inventor of the immortal 
 I’antagruel and Gargantua. 
 
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 MADAME DE POMPADOUR’S COPY OF RABELAIS. 
 
 / q /d 242 RABELAIS. — CEUVRES de MAITRE FRANCOIS 
 RABELAIS publiees sous le Titre de Faits et Dits du 
 Geant Gargantua et de son Fils Pantagruel avec la Prog- 
 nostication, l’Epitre de I.imosin, la Creme Philosophale, 
 deux Epitres i deux Villes de Moeurs et d’Humeurs 
 Differentes, et des Remarques Historiques et Critiques de 
 Monsieur Le Duchat, sur tout l’Ouvrage. Engraved 
 title by J. B. Scotin. 6 vols. small 8vo, sprinkled calf, gilt 
 backs. [Paris], 1732 
 
 Very rare. “ Nouvelle Edition augmentee de quelques remarques nou- 
 velles.” With eighteenth century MS. inscription on the half-title of Vol. I.: — 
 “ Bib. de Mme. de Pompadour, Cabinet.” 
 
 Take the scholarly Father Prout, Dean Swift, and the Rev. Laurence Sterne, 
 at their very worst, throw in the rollicking spirit of the Rev. Thomas Barham, 
 with a spice of the wit of that “ eminent ascetic,” Sydney Smith, flavor it 
 strongly with the gross license of the “Table-Talk” of the Rev. Dr. Martin 
 Luther, add the profligacy of Boccaccio, and you then have something akin to 
 the literary monstrosity called Rabelais. 
 
 ORIGINAL FOLIO EDITION OF DORE’S RABELAIS. 
 
 / iZ /,// 2 43 RABELAIS. CEuvres. Texte Collationne sur les Edi- 
 ' ■ u tiones Originales avec une vie de l’auteur, des Notes et un 
 
 Glossaire. Several hundred illustrations by Gustave Dork. 
 2 vols. thick square folio, cloth gilt, uncut (joints broken). 
 
 Paris, Gamier Erlres, 1873 
 
 “ Cardinal Duprat was so enamored of Rabelais's works that he was never 
 without a copy of them. Wherever he went, his Rabelais went with him. 
 Cardinal Jean du Bellay was possessed of the same feeling; he admired Rabelais 
 so much, that he refused a learned individual of the day a seat at his table 
 because he had not read Tiie Book, for so Rabelais’ singular narrative was 
 cal led . ’ ’ — V ENTO UII.I.AC. 
 
 yi 244 RABELAIS. — Les (Evvres de Maistrf. Francois Rabe- 
 i.ais Accompagnees d’une Notice sur sa Vie et ses 
 Ouvragcs, d’une Etude Bibliographique, de Variantes, 
 d’un Commentaire, d’une Table des Noms Propres et d'un 
 Glossaire par Ch. Martz-Laveaux. Printer's mark on 
 titles , fleurons and fancy initial letters. 3 vols. small 8vo, 
 sewed, totally uncut. Paris, Lemerre t 1868-73 
 
 Limited and handsomely printed edition on Holland papier by J. Claye. 
 
 “ Beyond a doubt Rabelais was among the deepiest as well as boldest thinkers 
 of his age. 1 1 is buffoonery was not merely Brutus’ rough stick, which contained 
 a rod of gold: it was necessary as an amulet against the monks and legates. 
 
 . The caricature of his filth and zanyism show fully he both knew and 
 felt the danger in which he stood. I could write a treatise in praise of the 
 moral elevation of Rabelais' work, which could make the church stare and the 
 conventicle groan, and yet would be truth and nothing but the truth. I class 
 Rabelais with the great creative minds of the world, Shakespeare, Dante, Cer- 
 vantes, etc." — S. T. Coleridge. 
 
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 J IJ 1245 REBOUL (Jean, de Nimes). Les Traditionelles Nouvelles 
 Poesies. Small 8vo. Bound by V. Champs in crushed 
 dark blue levant morocco extra gilt and mosaiccd on back 
 with red morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers 
 bound in. Paris, 1857 
 
 This curiosity of French literature was written by Jean Reboul, the famous 
 baker-poet. 
 
 FACETIOUS AND SATIRICAL WORK ON MONASTICISM 
 —WITH PLATES. 
 
 /, 7/1246 RENVERSEMENT de la MORALE CHRETIENNE 
 par' les Desordres du Monachisme — Omstootinge der 
 Christelyke Zeden door de wan-schik en ongeregeltheden 
 der Moniken. 25 caricatures of ecclesiastics. Small 4to. 
 Bound by Ad. Bertrand in half morocco gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 n. p., n. d. • 
 
 Original edition, very rare and facetious, with preface in French and 
 Dutch, and the explanatory text in Dutch. On the title it is stated that the 
 book was sold in Holland by permission of Tope Innocent XI. 
 
 REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF THE STRANGE AND 
 FACETIOUS WRITINGS OF RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. 
 
 ^^1247 RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. — Les Gynographes ou 
 « Idees de Deux Honnetes-Femmes sur un Projet de Regle- 
 
 ment Propose a toute l’Europe, pour mettre les Femmes a 
 leur place, et operer le bonheur des deux sexes; avec des 
 Notes Historiques et Justificatives suivies des Noms des 
 Femmes celebres; Recueillis par N. E. Retif de la 
 Bretone, editeur de l’Ouvrage. 8vo, half cloth, rough 
 edges, by Camille. La Haie, 1777 
 
 VERY RARE. The two parts in one volume with false title. The second 
 part contains the notes. Complete in itself and the third volume of the series 
 “ Idees Singulieres.” 
 
 One of Restif de la Bretonne’s rarest works, and in which he usually used to 
 narrate the vicissitudes and amours of members of his family. 
 
 “ Restif ’s books are now very rare; they will become more so. as they are 
 now sought after by the great amateurs of bibliographical curiosities. These 
 books contain the most interesting documents for the history of the manners of 
 the time. The peasants, the working men, the men of the people never had a 
 more faithful or more sympathetic painter than Restif de la Bretonne. His 
 works, in which, as in a mirror, the various aspects of French society from 1760 
 to 1805 are reflected, will be monuments of the manners and morals of that 
 period, as the works of Petronius and Apuleius are of the Roman antiquity.” — 
 Paul Lacroix. 
 
 jj 0 \ 248 RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. Le Pied de Fanchette 
 ou TOrpheline Fran^aise; Histoire Int6ressante et Morale. 
 
 3 vols. in 1. Minimo, half sheep gilt, red edges. 
 
 La Haye, 1769 
 
 Very rare. With inserted heraldic book-plate — coronet and supporters. 
 
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 [ 0 j ' 0 1249 [RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE] Les Parisiennes ou 
 * XL. Caracteres Generaux Pris dans les Moeurs Actuelles 
 
 propres a Servir & l’lnstruction des Personnes du Sexe. 
 Plates , some mounted. 4 vols. small 8vo, half morocco 
 gilt, marbled edges. Neuchatel, 1787 
 
 Very rare and arranged as follows — Vol. 1, “ les Jeunes Filles et les Filles- 
 a-Marier Vol. 2, " les Nouvellcs Mariees et les Mariees depuis 3 ans Vol. 
 3, “ les Epouses a imiter, — a fuir Vol. 4, “ les Jeunes Meres et — de Grands- 
 enfans.” 
 
 In a note to a catalogue cutting inserted of a copy of the above priced 250 
 francs, it is stated the plates are by Binet. 
 
 I (CO 1250 [RESTIF I)E LA BRETONNE.] Les Posthumes; I.ct- 
 tres recues aprcs la Mort du Mari, par sa Femme, qui le 
 Croit a Florence. Par feu Cazotte. 4 vols. small 8vo. 
 Bound by Beet in red morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others 
 uncut, and in cloth drop case. Paris, c/tez Duchene, 1802 
 
 Very rare, limited edition and one of the most curious of the works of 
 Restif. One of the strangest features of this set will be found at the 
 end of the fourth volume, where is given a list of all his eccentric works 
 then published, as well as all he calculated that he intended to. These 
 amount to 777 Novels in 1001 Histories. A thorough analysis of Restif 's pro- 
 jected mastodon literary labors is given and a list of 200 possible subscribers to 
 “ M. Nicholas ou le Coeur Humain Devoile,” beginning with the exiled Kin^ 
 and Queen, who were then non-residents of F ranee and did not return until 
 after Napoleon was sent to Elba. 
 
 (> 00 12 S' RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. Histoire des Moeurs et 
 du Costume des Frant;ais dans le Dix-huitieme Siecle, 
 revue etcorrigee par M. Charles Brunet, Preface par M. 
 Anatole de Montaiglon, avec la Vie de Frkuden- 
 berg traduite de l’Allemand pour la Premiere Fois; also 
 Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la Fin du 
 XVIIIe Siecle ou Tableaux de la Vie, texte par RESTIF 
 DE LA BRETONNE, revu et corrige par M. Charles 
 Brunet, preface par M. Anatole de Montaiglon. 
 Illustrated with numerous plates — proofs before letters. 
 2 vols. in 1. Folio, half red morocco, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, Leon Willem , 1876-78 
 
 EROTIC and RARE. The first described of the above is No. 145 of 500 
 numbered copies of which the above is one of 370 on vellum paper; the other 
 volume is No. 254 of a similar limited issue. This copy came from the library 
 of ” Andrtfcv Dickson White.” and has his inserted book-plate. 
 
 The “ Mceurs et Costumes" are illustrated with 12 engravings, mostly erotic, 
 designed by Sigismond Freudenberg and executed by the best engravers. 
 The ‘ ‘ Costume Physique et Moral ” has 26 plates designed and engraved by 
 Moreau le Jcune, and other celebrated artists. All are proofs before letters. 
 
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 f ^ qi 252 [RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE.] Le Pornographe ou 
 Idees d’un Honnete Homme sur une Projet de Reglement 
 pour les Prostitutes propre h Prevenir les Malheurs qu’ 
 Occasionne le Publicisme des Femmes avec des Notes 
 Historiques et Justificativeset une Etude Critique du Doc- 
 TEUR H. Mireur de Maiseille. Etched portrait by Chau- 
 vet. Thick small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Brussels, Gay et Douce, 1879 
 
 No 51 1 of a Limited edition of 600 numbered copies This curious vol- 
 ume, by the French “ Richardson,” as Lavatcr called him, is a strange appeal in 
 favor of a reorganization of prostitution. 
 
 ‘‘Cette nouvelle reimpression du Pornographe est un glotieux homage rendu 
 a la mernoire de Retif.’ - — Mireur. 
 
 P'U.q I2 53 RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. Monsieur Nicolas ou le 
 Cceur Humain Devoile Memoires, Intimes de Restif de 
 la Bretonne. 14 vols. 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Isidore Liscux , 1S83 
 
 Erotic and curious. Reprinted from the unique and most rare edition, pub- 
 lished by Restif de la Bretonne himself in 1796. Charles Monselct says that of 
 all the works of Restif, Monsieur Nicolas is without doubt the most extraordi- 
 nary, and adds that there should be placed together in the same rank — the Con- 
 fessions of Rousseau, Monsieur Nicolas and the Memoirs of Casanova. 
 
 “ Monsieur Nicolas est peut-etre superieur aux ‘ Confessions de J. J. Rous- 
 seau,’ si Ton veut considerer le chef-d'oeuvre de Restif comme une anatomie 
 morale du cocur humain.” — -Bibliophile Jacob. 
 
 l^OQ 1254 RHETORIQUE des PUTAINS, ou la Fameuse Maque- 
 relle, Ouvrage Imite de l’ltalien. 2 vols. in 1. Small 
 8vo, sewed, uncut (one title only). 
 
 Paris, sur la copie imprimee a Rome aux Depens du 
 
 Saint Pi re, 1794 {reprint) 
 Limited edition of this erotic work, printed exclusively for the members of 
 the Royal Society of Bibliophiles of Venice at the Ducal Palace. The plates to 
 this edition were issued separately. 
 
 J ^1255 RIGAUD (Lucien). Dictionnaire des Lieux Communs de 
 * la Conversation, du Style Epistolaire, du Theatre, du 
 
 Livre, du Journal, de la Tribune, du Barreau, de l’Oraison 
 Funebre, etc., etc. Small 8vo, three-quarters crushed 
 brown levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1881 
 
 7 ^^1256 ROBIDA. — Le Voyage deM. Dumollet, Texte et Dessins 
 par A. Robida. Profusely illustrated with humorous 
 illustrations , many in the text, many full page and many 
 colored “ a I'aquarelle. Small folio, illuminated cloth. 
 
 Facetious. Paris, Georges Decaux , n. d. 
 
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 LA LANTERNE OF HENRI ROCHEFORT— EXTREMELY 
 RARE AND CONSECUTIVE SET. 
 
 9/0 UO 12 5 7 R OCHEFORT (Henri). LA LANTERNE. May 31st, 
 1868 (Vol. 1, No. 1), to Octobfer 16th, 1869, inclusive. 73 
 parts in 8 vols. Square minimo, half red roan (4), half 
 vellum (3), and cloth (1). Paris, 1868-69 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE and particularly so in consecutive completeness like 
 the above set. as nearly every number was rigidly suppressed upon publication by 
 the Emperor Napoleon the Third's government. These small brochures of a 
 size that could be readily carried in the pocket were a phenomenon in literature. 
 Published every week and more or less secretly in Paris, and in Brussels or the 
 Hague when impossible in the French metropolis, the numbers came out regu- 
 larly, finding their way mysteriously into the hands of subscribers. It can be 
 safely asserted that “ la Lantcrnc '’did more to destroy the Empire than even 
 the Fall of Sedan. Rochefort never spared the Imperialists, and whether on 
 French or neutral soil, he mercilessly lashed their infamies and internal rotten- 
 ness. Had the Franco-Prussian war never taken place, the Napoleonic regime 
 was doomed, for owing to no one’s efforts more than Rochefort’s, had the French 
 people come to the conclusion that the system of government, which fostered 
 such noxious reptiles and slimy vermin as the Emperor “ Badinguet, ” and his 
 mistress, “ Margot Bcllanger.” should be put an end to. And it was, thanks to 
 men like Henri Rochefort, that the French Republic is now a glorious and con- 
 tinuous fact in civilization. “ £a ira.” 
 
 /? ^^1258 ROQUELAURE (Gaston Jean Baptiste, Due de). Mem- 
 oires Secrets du Due de Roquelaure. 4 vols. umo, 
 paper. Paris, Alexandre Cadot , n. d. 
 
 Erotic and curious. The Due de Roquelaure, who was bom in 1617 and 
 died in 1683, is known traditionally as a kind of zany to the court of Louis XIV. 
 He was the father of one Marshal of France, and son of another. His “ Mem- 
 oirs,” one critic remarks, had a place in the “ Bibliotheque blcue,” fora long 
 time the only library of the people, and he comes down to our days — “ avec son 
 grand cordon, avec sa clef de maitre de la garde-robe et son portrait enlaidi & 
 plaisir, comme une sortc d’Esope grand seigneur, que la malice des bourgeois 
 aimait h se representor fustigant de sa verve grotesque les vicesct les grandeurs 
 de la cour.” 
 
 Og* i2 59 ROSTAND (Eugene). Ebauches. Small 8vo, half red 
 morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Lyons, 1865 
 
 Printed on tinted paper with rubrications. Presentation copy with following 
 MS. of the author — “A Monsieur Amedee Achard hommage d'un jeune com- 
 patriote. Eugene Rostand.” 
 
 THE FIRST EDITION OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU’S 
 
 . CONFESSIONS. 
 
 0 3^i26o ROUSSEAU (Jean Jacques). Confessions, Reveues du 
 Promeneur Solitaire et Nouvelles Lettres de J. J. Rous- 
 seau. With charming plates by or after Le Barbier, 
 Triere, Halbon, Dambrun, Romanet and Ingouf. 3 
 vols. 4to, Spanish calf gilt, edges gilt. Geneva, 1782-89 
 Very rare. These three volumes are of great value, as they contain the first 
 edition of Books I. -XII. of the “Confessions.” They consist of : — Vol. 10 of the 
 “Complete Collection of the Works of Rousseau,” in which are “ Les Confes- 
 sions,” Books 1-6, and “ Les Reveues- Promenades I-X; and Vols. 16 and 
 
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 17, being Vols. 1 and 2 of the “ Second Supplement ” to the Complete Works, 
 in which are “ Books 7 to 12 ” of “ Les Confessions ” and “ Nouvelles Lettres.” 
 " Still is the impression of his [Rousseau’s] works vivid and strong. The charm 
 which cannot pass away is there— life breathing in dead words — the pulses of 
 passion — the thrilling of the frame still are there — the fresh beauty, the un- 
 dimmed lustre — these, light and vision like as they seem, endure as marble. ” — 
 Edinburgh Review. 
 
 f 0 (j (j 1261 ROWLANDSON (Thomas), Thk Caricaturist, a Selec- 
 tion from his Works, with Anecdotal Descriptions of his 
 Famous Caricatures and a Sketch of his Life, Times and 
 Contemporaries, by Joseph Grego. Portrait and about 
 400 humorous , facetious and characteristic illustrations after 
 Rowlandson. 2 vols. 4to, half red morocco gilt, cloth 
 sides, top edges gilt. N. Y. (London), 1880 
 
 “Almost simultaneously with the issue of Mr. Du Maurier’s album of Punch 
 sketches, there has appeared a collection of work of the same class, representing 
 the England of a century ago. The illustrations to ‘ I)r. Syntax ’ have kept the 
 name of Thomas Rowlandson alive among those who are not specially students; 
 and among those who are, there is not much danger of its ever perishing. Mr. 
 Grego has now edited two goodly quartos devoted to him, and containing not 
 only a methodical catalogue of his work, but also an abundant allowance of ex- 
 amples selected with the double view of illustrating the work itself and consult- 
 ing modern notions of propriety But there is really not much harm in 
 
 Rowlandson, though he takes subjects and employs manners of treatment which 
 
 would hardly be suffered nowadays in Punch A useful lesson in the 
 
 social history of England, as well as a pleasant occupation of leisure moments.” 
 — London Daily Pews. 
 
 I LLJ 7 ; 12 ^ 2 ADE (Donatien Alphonse Francois, Marquis de). 
 
 JUSTINE ou les Malheurs de la Vertu Repro- 
 duction Textuelle de l’Edition original (en Hol- 
 lande, 1791). With an engraved front, by Chery. 
 Thick large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 
 
 Most erotic. No. 42 of limited edition — “imprime & cent cinquante (150) 
 exemplaires pour Isidore Liseux et ses Amis.” On the cover is the following: — 
 “ Avis aux I.ibraires. Edition I’rivee. Ce volume ne doit pas ctre ' mis en 
 vente ou expose dans les lieux publics.’ ” This is a fac-simile reprint of the first 
 edition of 1791. 
 
 The author of “Justine” was born in 1740, and died in the hospital at 
 Charenton in 1814. Pisanus-Fraxi writes: — “ The Marquis de Sade is perhaps 
 one of the most extraordinary men who ever lived, and a very interesting subject 
 for psychological study; nature has produced some strange abortions, both 
 physical and moral, but probably never a greater mental monstrosity than Sade. 
 Sprung from a stock which was most pure and honorable, reared and educated 
 with the greatest care and simplicity, this mental monster burst forth suddenly, 
 as it were without apparent cause, and became at once the most depraved liber- 
 tine, the cruellest debauchee, the lewdest writer, and the most persistent propa- 
 gator of immorality the world ever saw.” 
 
 Paul Lacroix, who has treated his memory with great leniency, endeavors to 
 prove that the Marquis considered himself justified in attempting to pervert the 
 whole human race; indeed it would seem that he did — “ foice his soul so to his 
 own conceit." 
 
 This descendant of Laura de Sade, Petrarch’s love, was, after several im- 
 prisonments, condemned to death for immorality. He, however, died a hope- 
 less monomaniac in 1814 at Charenton. Napoleon, in 1801, while First Consul, 
 ordered his perpetual incarceration as an incurable and dangerous lunatic. 
 
312 
 
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 THE RARE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE MARQUIS DE 
 SADE’S “CRIMES OF LOVE”— BOUND BY HARDY. 
 
 Ij^) 0 01263 SADE. Les Crimes de l’Amour, Nouvelles Heroiques et 
 Tragiques; precedes d’un Idee sur les Romans. En- 
 graved fronts. 4 vols. small 8vo. Bound by Hardy in 
 crushed orange levant morocco, inside gold dentelle bor- 
 ders, rounded corners, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, an VIII. 
 
 VERY RARE. An exceptionally choice copy of this rare original edition. 
 
 The Marquis de Sade, whose name is associated with every unnatural lust, 
 was one of the most extraordinary and most repulsive of mortals, and has been 
 the object of many special studies. See “ Dissertations sur Quelques Points 
 Curieux de l' Hist. Littdr.," par Paul Lacroix, Paris, 183S; “ Marquis de Sade 
 l' Homme et ses Ecrits," Etude par M. G. Brunet, 1866; Dictionnaire de 
 L’Amour, 5 vols , 1838, etc., etc. 
 
 CHINA PAPER COPY OF SAINT ALBIN’S “ SALLES 
 D'ARMES.” 
 
 lists and warriors , and etched false title — all by Ch. 
 Courtry — fleurons and fancy initial letters. Large 8vo. 
 Bound by E. Rousselle in half crushed levant morocco 
 gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, with the vellum covers 
 bound in. Paris, Glady frlres, 1875 
 
 China paper copy No. 19 out of a limited issue of 20 and out of an edition 
 of 550 in all on China, Whatman and Van Gelder Zouen papers. 
 
 J 00 12 ^S [SAINTE-BEUVE (C. A.).] Volupte. 2 vols. 8vo, 
 half sheep. Paris, Eugene Renduel, 1834 
 
 Very scarce and original edition. Author’s presentation copy with MS. 
 of the author: — ** A Madame Paulin hommage respectueux. Ste. Beuve. ” 
 
 “ 1 Volupte ’ sorte de ‘ roman de la chair et de l’esprit ' tableau complaisant 
 des faiblesses de I’un et des revokes de l'autre, veritable etude de pathologie 
 morale excitait plus de curiosite que d’interet.” — Vaperkau. 
 
 ,, 1266 SAINTE MARC (B.) et BOURBONNE ( Le Marquis de). 
 
 Les Chroniques du Palais- Royal, Origine, Splendeur et 
 Decadence, les Dues et les Duchesses, la Regence, Thea- 
 tres, Cafes, Restaurants, Tripots, les Galeries de Bois, etc., 
 etc. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut (no illustrations). 
 
 Paris, n. d. 
 
 1267 SAINT MOR (Guy de). Peches Mortels. Illustrated in 
 tint by F. Bac, Destey, II. Y., Adrien Marie, Mars, 
 Napoli, Rochegrosse, Roy, and Scott — title gold and 
 tinted, qto, fancy paper cover, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Ed. Monnier , 1884 
 Erotic and limited edition on thick tinted paper. 
 
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 r r 1268 SAINT-NITOUCHE ou Histoire Galante de la Touriere 
 ' ^ des Carmelites suivie de PHistoire de la Duchapt, Celebre 
 
 Marchande de Modes, publiees pour la Premiere Fois an 
 Grand Complet, sur le Manuscrit Autographe de PAuteur 
 pour Servir de Pendant au “ Portier des Chartreux.” 
 Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Londres, 1830 ( reprint ) 
 
 Erotic. Holland paper and “ Edition publiee exclusivement pour les 
 Bibliophiles Aphrodiphiles de Copenhague et non autres.” 
 
 1269 SAINT VICTOR (Paul de). Hommes et Dieux, Etudes 
 ' d’Histoire et de Litterature. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 ' Paris, 1872 
 
 fyi 270 Sanborn (Kate). Vanity and Insanity of Genius. Small 
 8vo, fresh cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. N. Y., 1886 
 
 J fOi27i [SARGENT (Lucius Manlius).] Dealings with the Dead 
 by a “Sexton of the Old School.” Engraved front, and 
 vignette title. 2 vols. 8vo, morocco, inside gold dentelle 
 borders. ' Boston, 1856 
 
 With inserted original letter respecting the authorship of the above from the 
 publishers of the “ Boston Transcript,” in which the work originally appeared as 
 a series of articles. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF SAUVAL’S SCANDALOUS 
 CHRONICLE. 
 
 SAUVAL (Henri). La Chronique Scandaleuse de Paris, 
 ou Histoire des Mauvais Lieux. With 2 plates on Japan 
 paper by Vermorchen after Mallet. 4to, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Brussels, J. J. Gay, 1883 
 Erotic, large paper, and limited edition. 
 
 SCARRON (Paul). Le Virgile Travesti, en vers burlesques, 
 par Scarron avec la suite de Moreau de Brazey. 
 Nouvelle Edition, revue, annot^e et pr£cedee d’une intro- 
 duction par M. Victor Fournel. Small 8vo, cloth, rough 
 edges. Paris, 1858 
 
 “ Bibliotheque Gauloise ” limited edition on “ papier verge,” issued under the 
 direction of Paul Lacroix, who says : — “ C’etait 14 It seul ouvrage qui eut sur- 
 vecu au Burlesque, condamne et mis 4 mort par Boileau. On peut le consid- 
 ered en effet, comme le chef-d oeuvre du genre, que la cour la plus polie et la 
 plus raffinee de l'Europe avait accepte comme un spirituel divertissement. 
 On lira le Virgile Travesti tant que le rire aura cours en France.” 
 
 274 SCHOLL (Aurelien). L'Esprit du Boulevard — les Cou- 
 lisses. Deuxieme Edition. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1887 
 
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 273 
 
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 JT>i275 SCHURIG (Martin, physician). Parthenologia Historica- 
 Medica hoc est Virginitatis Consideratio, qua ad earn Per- 
 tinentes Pubertas et Menstruatio cum Opsarum Maturitate, 
 etc. 3 vols. 4to, boards, marbled edges (foxed). 
 
 Dresden, 1729-32 
 
 A remarkable work. Some of the most curious passages in these volumes are: 
 — Sale by auction of virgins among the Babylonians (p. 25); “ De Menstrui 
 Sanguinis usu ’’ (p. 223); “ de Statua uxoris Lothi ” (p. 265): “ de Notis Vir- 
 ginitatis ex Miraculis ” (p 274); chastity put to the proof by a hot iron and bod- 
 ing water (p. 276); conception without sexual intercourse (p. 301); various 
 modes of infinublation of girls (p. 369); Andramytes. King of the Lydori, was 
 the inventor of the castration of women and Semiramis of that of men (p. 374); 
 “ Virgo a Serpente Amata ” (p. 382). Numerous historical and scientific anecdotes 
 are scattered throughout the volumes. 
 
 1276 SEVVRIN (Charles Auguste). Premiere Nuit de Mes 
 ^ Noces par “ Sewrin.’’ 2 vols. in 1. Small 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Brussels, Gay, 1883 
 
 Limited edition. A very curious work by Sewrin, who was born at Metz 
 in 1771. It is written somewhat after the style of Pigault- Lebrun and Paul de 
 Kock. The author also wrote “ Les Trois Faublas de ce Temps la.” 
 
 ^0 1277 SHAPIRA FORGERY:— HE-SHE-IT. Egyptian Court 
 Chronicle, B. C. 1302, a Veracious and Truthful Version 
 Preserved and transcribed for General Use by the Peerless 
 Poet Laureate of His late Majesty Rhampsinnit III. Nu- 
 merous illustrations from the designs of C. M. Seyppel. 
 4to. Bound in imitation mummy cloth, with leather straps 
 and big green seal on the sides. 
 
 Memphis, Pyramid Row, No. 36, Fifth floor, 
 
 close on Saturdays 2 P. M. [n. p., n. d.] 
 This work is an amusing parody on the Shapira MS. forgery. According 
 to the preface, this unique volume, the sole example of ancient Egyptian illus- 
 trated literature which has come down to us, was discovered just after the battle 
 of Tel el Kebir by a savant who noticed some strange characters on a slab 
 under the head of a sleeping guardsman, and who watched his opportunity and 
 dug underneath this stony pillow until he discovered this illustrated MS. of the 
 year 1 302 B. C. The leaves of the volume are made to imitate papyrus, their 
 edges are worn and rubbed, and the surface of them is stained and discolored, 
 as though by all the juices of the earth and all the waters of the Nile. The 
 cover is of brown sackcloth, much torn and ravelled at the edges. A coarse 
 green string binds the leaves firmly to one another. One side of the cover is 
 ornamented with a broad seal of green wax, having an uncouth impression of 
 the head of “ Kbnig Ruppsippos.” Divers comical Egyptian stories are told in 
 verse, and the illustrations, with their combination of modern humor and ancient 
 form, are exceedingly laughable. The whole thing looks as though it had been 
 dug up out of the earth, which, indeed, is what is pretended. The author of 
 this ingenious burlesque is Karl Maria Seyppel, a young Dusseldorf artist, who 
 was assisted in his work by Professor Ebers and other eminent Egyptologists. 
 
 \-r 
 
 1278 SHAPIRA FORGERY.— SHARP, SHARPER, SHARP- 
 EST. A Humourous Tale of Old Egypt. Penned down 
 and depicted in the year 1315 A. C., by C. M. Seyppel, 
 Court Painter and Poet Laureate of His Majesty King 
 
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 Rhampsinnit III., and done into English Tongue by Two 
 Mummies of the Old Dynasty. Memphis, 35 Mummies 
 Arcade (Ring three times). Quaintly illustrated. 4to, 
 imitation ancient mummy cloth cover, with tics, seal on 
 sides, etc. 
 
 This is a humorous Egyptological burlesque on the alleged papyrine, Moabite 
 stone and other bogus discoveries- The drawings are very ancient Egyptian, 
 and the paper an imitation of papyrus. 
 
 I £3 1279 SHAPIRA FORGERY.— SCHLAU, SCHLAUER, AM 
 • SCIILAUSTEN, Aegyptische Humoreske. The German 
 
 edition of the above. Illuminated boards. 
 
 Dusseldorf, n. d. 
 
 Dedicated to Schliemann. 
 
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 1280 Society in London, 
 8vo, fresh cloth. 
 
 by 
 
 “A 
 
 Foreign Resident.” Small 
 London, 1885 
 
 / 
 
 “THE SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY,” ILLUSTRATED BY 
 
 LELOIR. 
 
 1281 STERNE (Laurence). VOYAGE SENTIMENTAL en 
 France et en Italie. — Traduction de Emile Blemont. 
 With 12 heliogravure plates and 220 illustrations in the 
 text — all designed by Maurice Leloir. Large 4to, fancy 
 chromo-lithographic cover. Paris, 1884 
 
 This charming edition is printed on thick paper. Dr. Allibone calls Sterne — 
 “ a standing reproach to the profession which he disgraced, grovelling in his 
 tastes, indiscreet, if not licentious in his habits, he lived unhonored and died 
 unlamented, save by those who found amusement in his wit or countenance in 
 his immorality.” 
 
 I "2.J1282 Sutton (Charles). The New York Tombs, its Secrets 
 and its Mysteries: being a History of Noted Criminals, 
 with Narratives of their Crimes. Many woodcuts. Thick 
 large 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1874 
 
 1-7 
 
 ( p283 SWIFT (Jonathan). Voyages de Gulliver. Profusely 
 illustrated with beautifully colored illustrations. Thick 
 large 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, n. d. 
 
 The French text in this handsome French edition of “Gulliver” was trans- 
 lated from the English by B. H. Gausseron. The charming colored illustra- 
 tions a I’aquarelU were designed by V. A. Poirson. 
 
 j* ^31284 SWIFT. Voyages de Gulliver dans des Contrees Loin- 
 taines. With humorous illustrations by Grandville and 
 front, on India paper. 2 vols. small 8vo, folded ready 
 for binding. Paris, 1838 
 
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 Z-^1285 ^ ■ ■ -^ABARIN. CEuvres de, avec les Adventures du 
 
 Capitaine Rodomont, la Farce des Bossus et 
 VivJ autres Pieces Tabariniques. Engraved front, on 
 India paper. Small 8vo, cloth, rough edges. 
 
 Paris, Delahays, 1858 
 '■ Bibliotheque Gauloise ” limited edition on “papier verge, ” issued under 
 the direction of Paul Lacroix. The above is a new edition of the works of 
 the famous seventeenth century “ farceur ” Tabarin, with notes and preface by 
 George d’Harmonville. 
 
 ^1286 TABLEAUX df. la CIVILISATION et la Vie Seigneur- 
 iale en Allemagne dans la Derniere Periode du Moyen 
 Age d’apres un Manuscrit Allemand du XVe Si&cle. 
 Exquisite head and tail pieces , also 25 curious plates of 
 tournaments, medieval life , etc. — rubricated title , etc. Large 
 4to, sewed, uncut. Paris, A. Quantin , 1885 
 
 No. 188 of limited edition of 200 numbered copies, beautifully printed by 
 Quantin, and with erotic and eccentric subjects taken from the celebrated 
 manuscript in the possession of the Goldast Family of Constance. 
 
 2^287 TASSO (Torquato). Aminta Favola Boschereccia. Page 
 plates and vignette headpieces by Cochin. Small 8vo. 
 Bound by “Petit succr. de Simier” in half crushed levant 
 morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, Presso Nepvew Librajo ,” 1813 
 Very rare, printed by Didot, and with the exquisite erotic vignette heads in 
 duplicate, one set proofs on pink paper. The plates are also proofs before letters, 
 vide inserted cutting of “Morgand et Fatout,” for a 150 franc copy of the 
 above. 
 
 288 T HEATRE des BOULEVARDS ou Recueil de Parades. 
 Facetious fronts. 3 vols. small 8vo, half red crushed 
 levant morocco, marbled sides and edges. 
 
 A Mahon, Gilles Langlois, 1756 
 
 This rare and erotic work has been attributed to the pens of various persons, 
 among others the Count de Caylus, the Duke de la Valliere, and to the Duke de 
 Nivcrnois. It includes — “ l.aConfiance des Cocus”; “Le Doight Mouillc”; 
 “ Le Marchand de Merde “ Leandre, Magicien Isabelle Grossc par 
 Vertu “ L’Amant Poussif”; " L’Amant Gochemard”; “ Cassandrc aux 
 Indes”; “ La Mere Rivale”; etc. 
 
 2JT289 THIERS (Jean Baptiste). Histoire des Perruques. i2mo, 
 half calf. Avignon, 1777 
 
 Rare. This curious work on perukes goes thoroughly into their origin, use, 
 form, abuse, and the irregularity of those of ecclesiastics. It was. above all, 
 directed by its author, a French Catholic priest, against those members of his 
 profession who wore wigs. 
 
 .^1290 THIRTEEN CLUB. Address of Chief Ruler Daniel 
 Wolff, First Annual Reports of Scribe Charles Soth- 
 eran and Archivist Marvin R. Clark, etc., on January 
 13th, 1883; also Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Reports 
 
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 of the Thirteen Club. 3 vols. 8vo, fresh half morocco, 
 top edge gilt, by Bradstreets (i) and sewed (2). 
 
 N. Y., 1883-87 
 
 The Thirteen Club was founded on Friday Evening, January 13th, 1882, at 
 8.13 o’clock, at the Knickerbocker Cottage, New York, by the following thir- 
 teen sitting down to dinner together — Daniel Wolff. Capt. William Fowler, 
 Judge Samuel Jones, Edwin Dew, Julius Witskowski, Henry A. Ileiser, Richard 
 Fitzgerald, Charles Sotheran. Geo. P. Powell, Lehman Israels, James A. Reed, 
 M.D., John Mills and Marvin R. Clark. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF “MY UNCLE BENJAMIN.” 
 
 lopo 
 
 1291 TILLIER (Claude). Mon Oncle Benjamin — Nouvelle Edi- 
 tion, avec une Preface par Monselet. Illustrated with 
 portrait-frontispiece and 42 designs of “ Sahib,” engraved 
 on wood by Prunairf. — rubricated titles. 2 vols. large 8vo. 
 Bound by “Trioullier Sr. de Petit-Simier.” In fresh 
 half dark blue crushed levant morocco gilt, top edges gilt, 
 others uncut, with the colored fancy covers bound in. 
 
 Paris, L. Couquct, 1881 
 
 LARGE PAPER. Edition de Luxe. No. 182 of a limited edition of 
 500 copies in 'all, of which the above is on “ papier velin teinte.” 
 
 lfQi29 2 [TOPPFER (R.).] Le Presbytere. Front, on India 
 paper. 8vo, half roan (foxed slightly). Geneva, 1832 
 Very rare and original edition. 
 
 2$po 
 
 1293 [TOPPFER], Albums, i. e., I. Les Amours de Mr. Vieux 
 Bois; II. Les Voyages et Aventures du Docteur Festus; 
 III. Monsieur Pencil; IV. Histoire de Mr. Jabot. Pro- 
 fusely illustrated by the author. 4 vols. oblong small 4to, 
 half red roan. Geneva, 1833-40 
 
 Rare. “The original autographed albums of Rodolphe Topffer, the 
 Swiss schoolmaster, whose Voyages en Zigzag, Memos Propos d’un Peintre 
 Genevois, and novels Le Presbytere and La Bibliotheque de Mon Oncle (vide 
 ante in this catalogue), are classics of the French literature to be quoted in the 
 same breath with Xavier de Maistre’s Voyage Autour de Ma Chambre. These 
 volumes have been reproduced in every country, and text and illustrations have 
 been pillaged mercilessly and spoiled. These originals are scarcer than white 
 crows, and it isn’t only for that that they are of inestimable value. — II. P. B.” 
 
 1 ^1294 TRIUMPHE de Haulte et Puissante Dame Verolle et le 
 Pourpoint Fermant a Boutons. Nouvelle Edition Com- 
 plete avec une Preface et un Glossaire par M. Anatoi.e 
 de Montaiglon. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Leon Willem , 1874 
 
 Facetious and No. 241 of limited edition of 500 copies, the above being on 
 “papier verge.” These are fac-simile reprints, with reproductions by Adam 
 Pilinski of all the curious woodblock illustrations of the editions of Lyons, 
 1539, and Paris. 1540. This work has been attributed to Rabelais. At the 
 end is a good glossary, including all the erotic words. 
 
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 3i g 
 
 ZANNE (Octave). Les Surprises du Coeur. Etched 
 title ( erotic ) by Gery-Bichard. 8vo, fancy paper 
 cover designed by Avril, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Rouveyre, 1881 
 
 Limited edition, printed by Daranticre on “ papier verge.” With tinted 
 head-pieces, fleurons, initial letters, etc. 
 
 JAPAN PAPER COPY OF UZANNE’S "SON ALTESSE LA 
 FEMME ’’—SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 / j(J 0 12 9 ° UZANNE. SON ALTESSE LA FEMME. With 10 
 beautiful full-page illustrations designed by Henry Gervex, 
 Gonzalez, Kratke, Lynch, Moreau and Ropes, engraved 
 on copper , colored and printed by the new process of Debu- 
 court; also 11 very charming and delicate illustrations at 
 the beginning of each chapter , consisting of woodcuts, etchings , 
 aquatints, etc., designed in harmony with the various subjects 
 of the work, and numerous vignettes and tail-pieces. Large 
 8vo, fancy paper cover, with satin ribbon ties. 
 
 Paris, Quantin, 1885 
 
 Limited edition of 100 copies entirely on Japan papier, of which this is No. 
 75. The illustrations are very choice examples of the best and latest methods of 
 artistic book-making in France. 
 
 MAGNIFICENT CHINA PAPER COPY OF “LES MCEURS 
 SECRETES" OF UZANNE— LUXURIOUSLY BOUND IN 
 MOROCCO DOUBLE. 
 
 *LlOO I2 97 UZANNE. I ,es Moeurs Secretes du XVIIIe Siecle, publiees 
 par Octave Uzanne, avec Preface, Notes et Index. 
 Numerous charming head and tail pieces, initials and vignette 
 by Paul Avril, over the preface — also the erotic frontispiece 
 by Avril in two states — one " crayon sanguine genre Bou- 
 cher ” and the other printed in black, but tinted with the same 
 shade of color. Large 8vo. Superbly bound by BRAD- 
 STREETS in crushed dark green levant morocco, super 
 elegantly tooled, rounded corners, and double with splen- 
 didly tooled red crushed levant morocco extra gilt, and 
 mosaiced with colored leathers, also with ends of dark 
 green watered silk, morocco joints, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut, cover bound in — also in splendid red crinkled 
 morocco drop case lettered and leather lined. 
 
 Paris, A. Quantin, 1883 
 
 Limited edition on China taper and No. 33 of 50 copies only. Hand- 
 somely printed by Quantin and uniform with the remainder of the “ Documents 
 sur les Mceurs du XVIIIe Siecle,” edited by Octave Uzanne. 
 
 L uThis volume contains many curious erotic pieces such as — “ The Confession 
 of a Young Girl "Apology for the Anandrye Sect, ‘ Exhortation to a Young 
 
 1 ribade ; "Funeral Oration on Justine Paris, Grand Priestess of Cythera, 
 Paphos, Amathomte, etc.’’; " The Opera " Journal of the Theatres “The 
 Specific of Dr. Preval etc. 
 
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 3i9 
 
 4 . 7 Xi 298 UZANNE. The same. Tinted front, and charming vignette 
 by P. Avril — also fleurons and fancy initial letters. Thick 
 large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, A. Quantin, 1883 
 
 Limited edition on “ papier verge.” 
 
 J 2.JT299 UZANNE. Le Calendrier de Venus. Erotic and etched 
 title by Perret, also ccroer of the same genre — the title rubri- 
 cated, fleurons, initials, etc., in red. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Ed. Rouveyre, 1 880 
 
 Limited edition of 100 copies in all, of which this is No. 22, and one of 16 
 only on China paper. Includes Uzanne’s erotic “ Contes ” of — “ Memorandum 
 d'un Epicurien,” “ Fastes du Baiser,” “ le Sottisicr d’Amour,” etc. 
 
 S 00 ^ 3 °° UZANNE. L’Ombrelle, Le Gant, Le Manchon. Colored 
 illustrations. Large 8vo, fancy paper covers. 
 
 Paris, A. Quantin, 1883 
 
 XX3 00 * UZANNE. Another copy of the same. 
 
 <7 -ijf3oi gyPy^ECCHI (Alessandro de). Aggivnta alia Qvarta 
 W Parte dell’ Indie del Sig. Giovanni Botero 
 
 W Benese di Mostri e Vsanze di quelle Parti, e di 
 
 quei Recon le sue Figure al Naturale, Raccolte 
 Novamente da Alessandro de Vecchi. Vignette portrait 
 on title and 31 extremely curious plates. 4to, boards. 
 
 Venice, 1618 
 
 EXTREMELY CURIOUS and rare. With plates of monstrosities, curious 
 human types, savages, etc. Some are evidently taken from the Nuremberg 
 Chronicle. 
 
 () Q(j 1302 VENUS LA POPULAIRE, ou Apologie des Maisons de 
 ' Joie. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Brussels, Gay et Douce, 1881 
 
 No. 386 of limited edition of 500 copies. The first edition of this paradoxical 
 and humorous woik was printed “ A Londres” in 1727. Many editions followed. 
 
 SPLENDID VOLUME ON SWORDSMEN AND DUELS— 
 ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 f) / .J303 VAUX (Baron de). Les Hommes d’Epee, preface par 
 ^ - Aurf.lien Scholl. With etchings, portraits, etc., by Arcos, 
 
 Berne-Bellecour, de Liphart, Ferdinandus, Feyen- 
 Perrin, Jacquemart, Jeanniot, le Natur, Lepic, Mer- 
 let, Mesples, Oudart, Poilpot, Princetcau, Robert, 
 Sargent and Stevens. Rubricated title — numerous 
 fleurons, etc. Thick large 8vo, fancy paper cover, designed 
 by Ferdinandus and Le Natur, edges uncut. 
 
 Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1882 
 
 No. 477 on papier verge and limited edition of 650 numbered copies. This 
 work on “the Men of the Sword” is full of accounts of famous warriors, 
 sabreurs and duellists who have been celebrated for their use of the weapon. It 
 is thoroughly illustrated and has many portraits of famous swordsmen. 
 
3 20 
 
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 LE SIEUR THEOPHILE’S “ PARNASSE SATYRIQUE.” 
 
 ty u 1304 [VIAU (Theophile de, dit vulgairement “ Theophile ”).] Le 
 ^ * Parnasse Satyrique du Sieur Theophile, avec le Recueil 
 
 des Plus Excellens Vers Satyriques de ce Temps. Nou- 
 velle Edition Complete, Revue etCorrigee, avec Glossaire, 
 Notices Biographiques, etc. 2 vols. small 8vo, fresh half 
 crushed blue levant morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others 
 uncut, by Pouillet. Gand and Paris, Claudin , 1861 
 
 Limited edition on “papier verge." Theophile de Viau, who commenced 
 authorship as a tragic writer, soon degenerated into a satirical and obscene versi- 
 fier. He was exiled from France in 1619 for having published immoral and blas- 
 phemous writings. For the publication of the above work in 1622 the Sieur 
 Theophile was condemned to be burnt alive, but the sentence was changed to 
 perpetual exile. Later he returned secretly to Paris and died at the age of 
 thirty-six in the hotel of the Duke de Montmorency. 
 
 “ Edition la meilleure, tres rccherchee et devenue tr£s rare, de ce recueil de 
 poesies obscenes du XVI le siecle. Le savant expert Claudin en fait aujourd’hui 
 son mea culpa.” — Lehic. 
 
 “ Ces boutades obscenes — ces priapes bouffonnes.” — Theophile Gautier. 
 
 / / Jl) 1305 [VIAU.J Another copy of the same edition, but on China 
 paper. 2 vols. half red crushed levant morocco gilt, top 
 edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 \) [VIAU.J Another edition of the above described numbers. 
 
 Rubricated titles. 2 vols. in 1. Small 8vo, bound by E. 
 Rousselle in crushed red levant morocco, top edge gilt, 
 others uncut. [Brussels, Poulet Malassis\ 1864 
 
 Rare edition based on all those of the 18th century, with corrections and 
 annotations. 
 
 Recueil de poesies obscenes de Theophile , Regnier, Bert helot. Sigogne, Col- 
 lect, etc. Par arret du parlement du 15 aout 1623, Theophile fut condamne A 
 etrc brule vif, Berthelot de vait etre pendu et etrangle avant, Colletet fut banni 
 pour 9 ans. Notre temps a du bon, et Th. Gautier, Glatigny, Baudelaire et tutti- 
 quanti n'ont pas eu a redouter d’aussi effroyables chatiments pour leurs pieces 
 du meme genre, recueillies par Poulet-Malassis en son ‘ Parnasse, et son 
 Nouveau Parnasse Satyriques du xixr sihle. ’ ” — Lehic. 
 
 l-j-JT) * 3 °? VIE ELEGANTE (La). Profusely illustrated with page 
 plates , and cuts in the text , many facetious. Vols. 1 and 2. 
 1 hick large 4to, sewed (in parts as issued). Paris, 1882 
 The text and plates are by the best French writers and artists. 
 
 I VIRMOND (Loudolphe de). Les Cent Manieres d’Aimer 
 
 Dedi^e aux Deux Sexes. Minimo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1882 
 
 Very scarce and limited edition. 
 
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 321 
 
 RARE EDITION OF “LA PUCELLE ” BOUND BY DE- 
 ROME, AND UNIQUELY EXTRA ILLUSTRATED WITH 
 EROTIC PLATES. 
 
 /So 0*309 [VOLTAIRE (Francois Marie Arouet de).] La PU- 
 CELLE D’ORLEANS, Poeme Divise en Vingt Chants, 
 avec des Notes, Nouvelle Edition, Corrige, Augmentee et 
 Collationee sur le Manuscrit de l’Auteur. Square min- 
 imo, elegantly bound by Derome in crushed red levant mo- 
 rocco extra gilt, inside gold dentelle borders, blue silk 
 ends. 1762 
 
 UNIQUE and very fine example of De'rome binding. This early edition of 
 “ I,a Pucelle ” is lettered on the back “ Office de la Vierge.” On the half-title 
 and end papers are eleven extremely erotic and salacious etchings illustrative 
 of this curiosity of literature. 
 
 “ This Voltaire is a sort of malignant spirit, who came upon earth only to 
 embitter the cup of life, and afterwards laugh at our wry faces.’’ 
 
 / / ? 1310 VOLTAIRE. La Pucelle d’Orleans. 2 plates ( the same 
 • in two states — others short), and vignette title. Small 8vo, 
 
 old mottled calf gilt. 
 
 A Lon d res, aux depens de la Compagnie, 1764 
 
 ISb 1 ^ 11 VOLTAIRE. La Pucelle d’Orleans, Poeme en Vingt-un 
 /’ Chants. Portrait by Gaucher, and plates, mostly erotic, 
 
 and engraved by or after Monsiau, Marillier, Le Mire, 
 Ponce, Le Barbier, Choffard, Monnet, etc. 2 vols. 
 8vo, mottled calf gilt, edges gilt. Paris, Crapelet, an VII. 
 
 Very rare and splendid copy in good condition, with brilliant impressions 
 of the plates, including those engraved by Ponce under the direction of Voltaire. 
 
 VOLTAIRE. La Pucelle d’Orleans — Poeme en Vingt et 
 un Chants. Engraved fronts., vignette portraits on titles, 
 and vignette head-pieces after Duplessis-Bertaux. 2 vols. 
 small 8vo, sewed, totally uncut. 
 
 Rouen, J. Lemonnyer, 1880 
 Limited edition on Holland paper. 
 
 LA HENRIADE— THE 1770 EDITION, WITH EISEN’S 
 PLATES, AND BOUND A LA DEROME. 
 
 / 2^^1313 VOLTAIRE. La Henriade — Nouvelle Edition. Vignette 
 ' - portrait on front, and another on title — also numerous 
 
 exquisite plates and head-pieces by Eisen. 2 vols. small 
 8vo, mottled calf gilt, inside gold tooling and edges gilt 
 on marble a la D£rome. 
 
 Paris, chez la Veuve Duchesne, 1770 
 
 Very rare, with inserted catalogue cutting of another copy of the same 
 priced 400 francs by a Paris bookseller. Preceding the “ avant propos ” is a 
 copy of a letter dated “Chateau de Ferney par Lyon, 14 Aout 1767,” and 
 written to Eisen, in which Voltaire tells him that the “ Henriade” will go to 
 posterity on account of the beautiful illustrations with which the artist had 
 embellished it. 
 
322 
 
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 VOLTAIRE. La Henriade, Poeme. Nouvelle Edition. 
 Collationee sur les Textes Originaux. Portrait and plates. 
 Thick square minimo, half russia, marbled sides and 
 edges. Paris, L. De Bure , 1 836 
 
 Scarce edition, with numerous steel plates by Leprince after Pauquet and 
 Pourvoyeur. 
 
 >13,5 VOLTAIRE. Candide ou 1’Optimisme Edition Originale 
 suivie d’une Lettre de M. D£mad et de Notes et Vari- 
 antes. Portrait of Voltaire, 1769. Large 8vo, fresh 
 yellow calf gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, Acadeinie des Bibliophiles , 1869 
 
 No. 46 of limited edition of 342 copies, printed by Jouaust, of which 
 2 copies are on vellum, 20 on China paper, 20 on Whatman, 300 on “ papier 
 
 vcrgi." 
 
 With false title of the original edition: — “ Candide ou l’Optimisme, traduit 
 de l’AIlemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph, 1759.” 
 
 With book-plate — “Ex libris B. G. — Gayement lisez.” 
 
 VERY RARE EARLY EXAMPLE OF VOLTAIRE-BOUND 
 
 BY CAPE. 
 
 ^.7/^3 [VOLTAIRE.] Lettre de M, de V * * *, avec Plusieurs 
 Pieces Galantes et Nouvelles de Differens Auteurs. Small 
 8vo. Bound by Cap£ in crushed green levant morocco 
 gilt, inside dentelle gold borders, rounded corners, edges 
 gilt. La Haye, chez Pierre Poppy , 1744 
 
 VERY RARE, with erotic additions by Piron and others. This is one of the 
 most facetious collections of poetry in the French language. On pp. 216-220 
 will be found the celebrated story in verse of — “ Etimologie de l’Aze-te-foute ” 
 made use of by Victor Hugo in his “ Roi s’amuse.” 
 
 f)\T 13 1 7 VOLTAIRE. Recherches sur les Ouvrages de, par “ J. J. 
 
 E. G Avocat.” 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1817 
 
 From the library and with the “ex-libris” of “ Doct. D. Bernard.” This 
 contains reflections on Voltaire’s writings, a bibliography of his works from 1732, 
 an account of those volumes that have been judicially condemned, and a list of 
 those books that combat his alleged “dangerous principles.” 
 
 ^^^£,1318 (Alexandre). L’Age d’Or. 12 compositions of 
 
 Of r nudes reproduced after ZiCK — l ubricated and tinted 
 L^\ tith • Large 4to, loose in fresh cloth portfolio gilt, 
 with inside flaps. Paris, n. d. 
 
 Erotic. These charming studies represent — “ The Marriage Night, ” 
 “Spring, “Summer,” “Autumn," “ Winter,” “ Morning,” “Night,” “The 
 Dream,’ “ '1 he Guardian I.ion,” “ Evening,” “ The First Lyre” and “ Noon.” 
 
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 19 ZOLA (Emile). Pot Bouille. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Original edition. Paris, 1882 
 
 20 Zola. L’Assommoir. With numerous page illustrations. 
 
 Large 8vo, sewed (a few pp. stained at the corners). 
 
 Paris, n. d. 
 
 Jfti 3 2i Zola. 
 
 (tons. 
 
 Le Ventre de Paris. 
 Large 8vo, sewed. 
 
 With numerous page il/ustra- 
 Paris, n. d. 
 
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 VII. poetry anti Ilrama. 
 
 “ Hut poets, or those who imagine and express this indestructible order, are 
 not only the authors of language and of music, of the dance, and architecture, 
 and statuary, and painting ; they are the institutors of laws, and the founders of 
 civil society, and the inventors of the arts of life, and the teachers, who draw 
 into a certain propinquity with the beautiful and true, that partial apprehension 
 of the agencies of the invisible world which is called religion .... Poets are 
 the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration ; the mirrors of the gigantic 
 shadows which futurity casts upon the present ; the words which express what 
 they understand not; the trumpets which sing to battle, and feel not what they 
 inspire ; the influence which is moved not, but moves. Poets are the unacknowl- 
 edged legislators of the world.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley, ‘‘A Defence of 
 roctry.” 
 
 O1322 ACTRICES de PARIS. — Texte par Emile Bkrgf.rat, 
 Daniel Bernard, Emile Bl£mont, Jules Claretie, 
 Pierre Ei.zear, Maurice Guillemot, Guy de Maupas- 
 sant, Ernest d’Hervilly, Louis Leroy, Francisque 
 Sarcey, Saint-Jurs, and Victor Wilder. Numerous 
 portraits on India paper !>y E. de Lipiiart of the leading 
 actresses of Paris, also vignettes, head and tail pieces. Large 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1882 
 
 Among the actresses whose portraits appear in the above are — Sophie Croiz- 
 ette, Marie Van Zandt. Christine Nilsson, Sarah Bernhardt, Anna Judic, 
 Louise Theo, Jane Hading, and others, thirty-two in all. 
 
 D I 3 2 3 AICARD (Jean). La Chanson de PEnfant — Nouvelle 
 Edition. Illustrated with portrait and 128 designs by 
 T. Lobrichon, with the collaboration of E. Rudaux, 
 and engraved on wood by L. Rousseau. Large 8vo, fresh 
 half red morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut by Smeers. 
 
 Paris, Georges Chamerot, 1884 
 This charming work was crowned by the French Academy. 
 
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 325 
 
 Sl> 1324 AMPERE (J. J.). Sigurd, Tradition Epique Selon 
 l’Edda et les Niebelungs Restitutee precedee d’une Notice 
 pour Servir a l’Histoire de la Tradition. Large 8vo, half 
 vellum, totally uncut. Paris, Renouard, 1832 
 
 Privately printed, with autograph presentation inscription and signature of 
 the author. 
 
 FRANCE’S ANCIENT POETS— TEN VOLUMES. 
 
 / 2 J/y 3 2 5 ANCIENS POETES de la FRANCE, publies sous les 
 ' Auspices de S. Exc. M. le Ministre de (’Instruction Pub- 
 
 lique et des Cultes et sous la Direction de M. F. Guessard. 
 10 vols. small 8vo, cloth, rough edges. 
 
 Paris, E. Vieweg, 1859-70 
 
 These charming volumes printed by Jouauston “ papier verge ” comprise the 
 following — " Chansons de Geste — Gui de Bourgogne, Otinel, Floovant, Doon 
 de Maience, Gaufroy, Fierabras, Panse la Duchcsse, Iluon de Bourdcaux, Aye 
 d’ Avignon, Gui de Nanteuil, Gaydon, Ilugues, Capet, Macaire and Aliscans. 
 The whole of the above, with one exception, appear for the first time in this 
 series. They were edited from unique manuscripts by F. Guessard, II. Michel- 
 ant, A. Pey, P. Chabaille, A. Kroeher, G. Servois, L l.archcy, C. Grand- 
 maison, S. Luce, le Marquis de la Grange and A. de Montaiglon. 
 
 jj"I326 Andrieux (G. S.). Lucius Junius Brutus, Trag^die. 
 
 Small 8vo, half blue morocco, marbled edges. Paris, 1830 
 
 With inserted portrait. The author was Perpetual Secretary of the French 
 Academy. * 
 
 ,1o 
 
 1327 Arnold (Edwin). The Secret of Death, from the Sans- 
 krit. With some Collected Poems. Small Svo, fresh cloth. 
 
 Boston, 1885 
 
 LARGE PAPER AND UNIQUE COPY OF ARIOSTO— WITH 
 TWO SETS OF PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS. 
 
 J LlU 0 i 3 2 8 ARIOSTO. — Orlando Furioso di Lodovico Ariosto. 
 
 Portrait and ptates. 4 vols. 4to, half red morocco, top 
 edges gilt (rubbed slightly). Paris, Plassan , 1795 
 
 VERY RARE, LARGE PAPER, UNIQUE and with two sets of 
 plates, both proofs before letters. These beautiful engravings are by 
 or after: — Titian, Eisen. Ficquet, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Cochin, Ponce. Moreau 
 le jeune, De Launay, De Ghendt, I. ingee, Massard, Henriques, Prevost, Mon- 
 net, Duclos, Martini, etc. A few are slightly stained. 
 
 “ Ariosto has been, after Homer, the favorite poet of Europe. Ilis grace 
 and facility, his clear and rapid stream of language, his variety and beauty of 
 invention, his very transitions of subject, so frequently censured by critics, but 
 artfully devised to spare the tediousness that hangs on a protracted story, left 
 him no rival in general popularity. Above sixty editions of the Orlando 
 Furioso were published in the sixteenth century. There was not one, says Ber- 
 nardo Tasso, of any age, or sex, or rank, who was satisfied with a single 
 perusal. ” — H allam. 
 
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 THE EXTREMELY RARE “ TRAGIQUES ” OF AGRIPPA 
 
 DAUBIGNY. 
 
 It po 
 
 1329 [AUBIGNE (Agrippa d’).] — | Les | Tragiqves | Donnez 
 av pvbiic par | le larcin de Promethee. | Av Dezert, | 
 par L. B. D.D. | MDCXVI. | Small 4to. Elegantly 
 bound by Bkany in crushed maroon levant morocco, 
 blind tooled, rounded corners, inside gold borders, edges 
 gilt on marble. [Geneva,] 1616 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE, and from the library of and with the heraldic 
 “ Ex-Libris de Marescot.” 
 
 This is the original edition of this most uncommon book with rare page of 
 "errata" at the end generally wanting. A copy of this volume without the 
 errata was priced 800 francs by Morgand-Fatout. 
 
 The “ Tragedies ” of Agrippa D’Aubigny, a kind of counterpart of the 
 “ Discours sur les Miseres du Temps” of Ronsard, are com prosed of seven 
 satires whimsically entitled — “Miseres,” “ Princes,” “ la Chambre Doree," 
 “ les Feux," “ les Fers,” “ Vengeances ” and “ Jugement,” in which the poet 
 successively passes in review the unhappinesses of the times, the debauchery of 
 the court, the meanness of parliament, the tortures by fire, the massacres of 
 the Faithful by the sword, and finally the heavenly vengeance and judgment of 
 the Most High on the persecutors. 
 
 The text of these satires is filled with striking descriptions of the manners 
 and customs of society at this eventful period in the history of Europe. 
 
 / 3(f x 33° AUGIER (Emile). La Cigue, Comedie. Small 8vo, half 
 ' cloth, totally uncut. Paris, 1844 
 
 Presentation copy to the wife of the Prime Minister of Napoleon III., with 
 the following inscription: — ‘A Madam Julie Fortoul temoignage de sincere 
 amitie. E. Al'gier. ” 
 
 “LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS,” HANDSOMELY 
 
 BOUND. 
 
 /;0 I 33 I AYTOUN (William Edmonstone, D.C.L.). Lays of the 
 Scottish Cavaliers and other Poems. With illustrations by 
 Sir Joseph Noel Paton, E . S . A ., and Walter H. Paton. 
 4to, superbly bound in red crinkled morocco elegant, with 
 blue morocco mosaiced borders on the sides, on the front 
 of which is the coat-of-arms of Scotland, with “ the field ’’ 
 in yellow morocco let in — beveled sides, inside gold den- 
 telle borders, edges gilt. Edinburgh and London, 1870 
 Splendid edition, charmingly bound. 
 
 “ A volume of verse which shows that Scotland has yet a poet. Full of the 
 true fire, it now stirs and swells like a trumpet tone — now sinks in cadences sad 
 and wild as the wail of a Highland dirge.” — London Quarterly Review. 
 
 i y 
 
 332 BARBEY d’AUREVILLY (JulesJ. Poesies, Commences 
 parlui-meme. Rubricated and armorial title. 4to. Superbly 
 bound by Chambolle-Duru in crushed maroon levant 
 morocco gilt, rounded corners, inside dentelle gold borders, 
 edges gilt, temoins, covers bound in. Brussels, 1870 
 
 LARGE PAPER and privately printed limited edition of 72 copies 
 in all. 
 
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 2 -t) 1 333 Banville (Theodore de). Poesie Frampaise. Small 8vo, 
 sewed, uncut. Paris, n. d. 
 
 UNIQUE COPY OF THE EXCESSIVELY RARE ORIGINAL 
 EDITION OF THE “ FIGARO ” OF BEAUMARCHAIS— 
 LUXURIOUSLY BOUND. 
 
 Q 1334 BEAUMARCHAIS (Pierre Augustin Caron de). — | La 
 | Folle Journee, | ou | le Mariage de Figaro, | Comedie | 
 en Cinq Actes, en Prose. | Par M. de Beaumarchais. | 
 Representee pour la premiere fois, par les Comediens | 
 Frampaisordinaires du Roi, le Mardi 27 Avril 1784. | E11 
 faveur du badinage, | Faites grace a la raison. Vand. de 
 la piece. | 8vo. Superbly bound by Reymann in crushed 
 red levant morocco extra gilt, inside gold dentelle borders, 
 rounded corners, edges gilt on marble and in drop case. 
 
 [Kehl] j de I'imprimerie de la Societd litteraire- \ typo- 
 graphique; \ Et se trouve a Paris, j Chez Ruault , libraire , 
 au Palais Royal, pris \ le thdatre, no. 216 | 1785. j 
 
 EXCESSIVELY RARE and UNIQUE COPY of the ORIGINAL 
 EDITION of “the Marriage of Figaro,” in splendid condition and with broad 
 margins. Extra illustrated with nine exquisite plates engraved by Lienard, C. 
 N. Malapeau, Halbon and Roi, after the designs of St. Quentin. 
 
 In “Figaro” Beaumarchais has personified the tiers etat, superior in wit, 
 industry and activity, to birth, rank, or fortune, in whose hands lies the political 
 power; so that the idea of the piece is not only a satirical allegory upon the 
 government and nobility of that epoch,' but a living manifesto upon the 
 inequality, just or unjust, of society. We must not be surprised, therefore, if 
 for a long time the comedy was forbidden to be acted. When at length suffered 
 to be performed, its success was astonishing. It has been stated that such was 
 the anxiety and eagerness of the people to be present at the first representation, 
 that more than 400 persons went to the theatre early in the morning, and passed 
 the day and dined in the boxes. It was acted for two years running, twice in 
 every week, and produced 50,000 francs to the theatre, and 30,000 to Beaumar- 
 chais, who used to say, that if there were anything more foolish than his play it 
 was his success. 
 
 BEAUMARCHAIS. Le Barbier de Seville, ou la Precau- 
 tion Inutile Comedie en Quatre Actes par M. de Beau- 
 marchais; Representee et Tombee sur le Theatre de la 
 Comedie Frantpaise aux Tuileries le 24 de Fevrier 1775, 
 et reprise avec succes sur le meme Theatre, le 26 du dit 
 mois et jours suivans. Fine portrait of Beaumarchais, 
 engraved by Dklatre ( slightly foxed). Small 8vo, half 
 morocco, gilt. Paris, Ruault, 1775 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE and editio princeps. Bound up with the above are 
 also the two following original editions of Beaumarchais; — 
 
 “ Eugenie, Drame en cinq actes, en Prose,” par M. de Beaumarchais. Paris, 
 chez Merlin , 1 778 ; and — 
 
 “ Les Deux Amis, ” ou le Negociant de Lyon, Drame en Cinq Actes, en 
 Prose,” par M. de Beaumarchais. Representee pour la premiere fois sur le 
 Theatre de la Comedie Francaise A Paris, le 13 Janvier, 1770. Paris, chez la 
 Veuve Duchesne , 1771. 
 
3 z8 
 
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 FIRST EDITION OF BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER— ALSO 
 RARE SEPARATE PLAYS. 
 
 (j(j x ^ 36 BEAVMONT (Francis) and FLETCHER (Iohn). Come- 
 dies and Tragedies. Never printed before, and now 
 published by the Authours Originall Copies. Portrait of 
 Fletcher by Marshall. Thick small folio, old calf, gilt, 
 rebacked (title mounted, and stained slightly). 
 
 London, Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley , 1647 
 
 Rare and very fair copy. Added thereto is the very erotic “ Wild Goose 
 Chase. A Comedie,” printed in 1652, of which the last page has comer torn 
 slightly, but without injuring text. 
 
 “First collected edition, containing — Plays dedicated by ten comedians to 
 Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery. In this edition, edited by John 
 Shirley, are 36 plays, punted for the first time.” — Lowndes. 
 
 “ I do not care for a First Folio of Shakespeare. I rather prefer the common 
 editions of Rowe and Tonson, without notes, and with plates , which, being so 
 execrably bad, serve as maps, or modest remembrancers to the text. On the 
 contrary, I cannot read Beaumont and Fletcher but in Folio. The octavo edi- 
 tions are painful to look at. I have no sympathy with them.” — Lamb. 
 
 “ Beaumont and Fletcher are lyrical and descriptive poets of the first order; 
 there is hardly a passion, character, or situation which they have not touched in 
 their devious range, and whatever they touched, they adorned with some new 
 grace or striking feature; they are masters of style and versification in almost 
 every variety of melting modulation or sounding pomp, of which they are 
 capable in comic wit and spirit. They are scarcely surpassed by any writers of 
 any age.” — Hazlitt. 
 
 JJ) 1337 Beeton (S. O.). Great Book of Poetry from C-edmon 
 and King Alfred’s Bcf.thius to Browning and Tenny- 
 son, also a Separate Selection of American Poems. 2 
 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. 
 
 London, n. d. 
 
 This valuable work contains nearly two thousand of the best pieces of English 
 and American poetry. With biographical notices of the poets. 
 
 (jO 
 
 I 33 8 Berenger (L. P.). Poesies. Engraved title and front, by 
 Chatelain. 2 vols. minimo, original calf, gilt. 
 
 A Londres, 1785 
 
 y /, I 339 BERQUIN (Arnaud). Idylles. Illustrated with engraved 
 ■' L title and the exquisite plates of Marillier. Elegantly 
 
 bound by P. Bernon in red crushed levant morocco, ele- 
 gant inside gilt borders, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, chez Ruaull, 1775 
 Beautiful edition printed on ‘‘papier velin.” Stamped on the sides with 
 the coat of-arms — “or. a Gallic cock impaling another, shield charged with a 
 sword pommel downwards — over both shields a bar sinister, on which a crown 
 above the cross of the Legion of Honor.” 
 
 “ On a pour Berquin plus de reconnoissance qu'on ne lui accorde de gloire. ” 
 — Dussault. 
 
 1 < 1 * 34 ° BLANCHEMAIN (Prosper). Po£mes et Poesies. Small 
 / 8vo, half morocco. Paris, 1845 
 
 Very scarce and printed on toned paper. Presentation copy with original 
 verses at the beginning and end in the handwriting of the author. 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 329 
 
 IV 1341 BlTithen und Perlen, Deutscher Dichtung. Page engrav- 
 ings on wood , steel front, and illuminated false title. Square 
 minimo, fresh cloth gilt, beveled sides, gilt edges. 
 
 Hanover, 1880 
 
 SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF THE TYPOGRAPHY OF BODONI. 
 
 7^7)1342 BODONI.— | GABRIELIS | FAERNI | Cremonensis 
 
 /' | Fabvlae Centvm | ex | Antiqvis Avctoribvs | Delectae | 
 
 Carminibvsqve Explicate, | eteivsdem | Carolina Varia. | 
 Large 4to, tree marbled calf gilt, lemon edges. 
 
 Parma, in eedibus Palatinis typis Bodonianis, 1793 
 
 Finest possible copy internally of a Bodoni and in fine old binding. 
 
 John Baptist Bodini, the most celebrated typographer of the eighteenth cen- 
 tury and the rival of Baskerville in fame, was born in Piedmont, 1740, and died 
 at Padua in 1813. In early life he distinguished himself as a wood engraver of 
 vignettes. For a period he was a workman in the printing office of the Propa- 
 ganda at Rome, and there became renowned by engraving and founding 
 beautiful types. Bodoni was offered the direction of the Ducal Printing Office at 
 Parma and it was there he executed his typographical chefs-d'oeuvre of which 
 the above is bne of his best. By the aid of the Chevalier d’Azara he established 
 a printery of his own, and he rendered Parma famous throughout Europe for 
 beautiful printing. The success and admiration that attended Bodoni were 
 unbounded. 
 
 lOO J 343 Boigne (Charles de). Petits Memoires de l’Opera. Small 
 8vo, half red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1857 
 
 If 1344 Boigne. Another copy of the same. Sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1857 
 
 FINE COPY OF THE 1747 BOILEAU. 
 
 0 o I 345 BOILEAU-DESPREAUX (Nicolas). CEuvres de, avec 
 * des Eclaircissemens Historiques donnes par lui-meme et 
 
 rediges par M. Brossette; augmentee deplusieurs Pieces, 
 tant de l’Auteur, qu’aiant rapport a ses Ouvragesavec des 
 Remarques et des Dissertations Critiques par M. de 
 Saint-Marc. Fine portrait of Boileau by Dalle after 
 Rigaud — also plates {stained), head and tail pieces by Eisen 
 aud others. 5 vols. small 8vo, fine old mottled calf gilt, 
 edges gilt on red. Paris, 1747 
 
 VERY SCARCE, and one of the best editions of Boileau, whose works place 
 him as one of the members of a literary triumvirate, to which belong with him, 
 Horace and Pope. 
 
 Brunet quotes the following sales of this edition — “ 391 francs F. Didot, a 
 etc porte a 433 francs Labedoy . . . en 1837; un autre en mar. r. rel. par 
 Auguerand 380 francs De Bure.” The same authority states further: — “ On y 
 a conserve les notes de Boileau. de Brossette, et en general presque toutes celles 
 des editions precedentes; et l'auteur y a joint non seulement les siennes propres, 
 mais encore le ‘ Boiloeana ’ et des ‘ Essais 1 ‘hilologiques, ou Supplement aux 
 remarques critiques ajoutees a cede edition, et qui sont en partie d un Sieur 
 de La Bruyere. De tout cela il est resulte un veritable ‘ Variorum,’ avec les 
 avantages et les defauts attaches a ces sorts de livres. Neanmoins, pendant plus 
 d'un demi siecle celui-ci a conservc : une certaine reputation, qu'il a due surtout 
 a sa belle execution tvpographique. ” 
 
I 
 
 330 THE PENE D U BOIS COLLECTION. 
 
 1346 Brazier (Nicolas). Histoire ties Petits Theatres,de Paris 
 depuis leur Origine. 2 vols. minimo, fresh half crushed 
 green levant morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, Allardin , 1838 
 
 Very scarce. “ Nouvelle edition, corrigee et augmentee de plusieurs 
 chroniques.” 
 
 1347 Briet et Cerfbeir. Tribulations d’un Esculape, Vaudeville. 
 
 Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1886 
 
 THEATRICAL PORTRAITS— A RARE VOLUME. 
 
 BRITISH THEATRICAL GALLERY, with Biographical 
 Notices by D. Terry. Steel portraits. Large 4to, half 
 morocco gilt, cloth sides (rubbed and some plates foxed 
 slightly). London, 1825 
 
 This volume of dramatic portraits includes — Mrs. Siddons as “ Lady Mac- 
 beth”; Messrs. Kean (as ‘‘Richard III.”), Young, Harley, Knight, Gattie, 
 Dowton, Williamson, Fitzwilliam, Cooper, G. Smith, Simmonds, DeBcgnis, 
 and LeBlond; Mesdames Bland, S. Booth, Smithson and Copeland; and Miss 
 Noblet and Miss Hullin. 
 
 The engravings were all executed by that talented master of the burin Robert 
 Cooper, and after the original portraits by Clint, Sharp, De Wilde and Wal- 
 deck. 
 
 MRS. BROWNING’S POEMS-LARGE PAPER, ON HOLLAND 
 
 PAPER. 
 
 / £ *349 BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett). Poetical Works. With 
 
 fine portrait. 5 vols. 8vo, boards, uncut. 
 
 N. Y., Dodd , Mead Sr 1 Co., 1884 
 
 Large paper. No. 153 of limited edition of 150 copies on Holland paper, 
 20 on Japan and 2 on vellum beautifully printed by De Vinne. A new fresh 
 copy, in the original wrappers. 
 
 Mr. Leigh Hunt, in one of his clever poems, calls her ‘ the sister of Tenny- 
 son.’ We object to this, and claim her as Shakespeare's daughter.” 
 
 “ Lovers of Mrs. Browning have long wished for a complete and satisfactory 
 American edition of her works. There has indeed been a positive need of such 
 an edition. That need is now filled by the five beautiful volumes published by 
 Dodd, Mead & Company. It is not often even in tnis age of good book making 
 that a handsomer set of volumes comes under the eye of the reviewer than 
 these. Altogether this edition will take its rank with the most satisfactory and 
 permanently valuable publications of the season. ” — Christian Union. 
 
 CjOO 1 ^ 0 Benner (H. C.). Airs from Arcady and Elsewhere. 
 
 /’ Small 8vo, dark blue crushed levant morocco, Jansen style, 
 
 by Bradstreet. N. Y., 1884 
 
 With inserted three-page autograph letter from the author to Mr. Pene du 
 Bois. 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF BURNS. 
 
 BURNS (Robert). Works. — The Library Edition, edited 
 by W. Scott Douglas, with Explanatory Notes and 
 Glossary. Illustrated with portraits, vignettes and fronts., 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 33i 
 
 engraved by W. Forrest, A.R.S.A., and R. Anderson, 
 A.R.S.A., from the original drawings by Alex. Nasmyth, 
 R.S.A., Sam Bough, R.S.A., W. E. Lockhart, R.S.A., 
 and A. Clark Stanton, A.R.S.A., and with woodcuts, fac- 
 similes, maps and music. 6 vols. large 8vo, cloth, gilt, 
 totally uncut. Edinburgh, 1877-79 
 
 Large paper and with the plates on India paper. “ Without being unfair 
 to previous collections of the poet's works, we cannot recall any which can for a 
 moment be compared in magnificence to that which has been published in six 
 volumes by Mr. Paterson, of Edinburgh, under the supervision of Mr. Scott 
 Douglas. It is, if we may say so, the completest of the many ‘ Complete Edi- 
 tions ’ of Burns’s works. A library edition such as this is the best and aptest 
 monument to Bums. His fame constantly rises. It is no longer a faint star, 
 beautiful but dim; in full splendor it shines in the firmament. . . . No casket 
 is too precious for the records of his genius. . . . He has been known for 
 many years as an ardent and acute student of the history of Burns. The draw- 
 ings from the pencil of the late Mr. Sam Bough are admirable. It was an 
 excellent choice to make him the interpreter of Bums’s genius. An artist 
 after Burns’s own heart — ‘ rough, rude, ready-witted ’ — he would have been 
 loved and sung by the poet had they known each other.” — London Times. 
 
 “ For the benefit of English readers — perhaps, also, for the information of 
 modem Scots — a very complete glossary of Scotch words is included, and each 
 page bears a number of foot-notes explanatory of Burns’s vernacular.” — Liver- 
 pool Albion. 
 
 ^^1352 Burton (William E., Actor, Author and Manager). Sketch 
 of his Career, with Recollections of his Performances, by 
 William L. Keese. Portraits, illustrations, facsimiles of 
 play -bills, etc. Small 8vo, fresh cloth, beveled sides, top 
 edge gilt, others uncut. N. Y., 1885 
 
 ^[J~i353 Canonge (L. Placide). France et Espagne, ou la Louisi- 
 ane en 1768 et 1769, Drame. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut 
 (stained). Rare. New Orleans, 1850 
 
 I f 1354 Canonge. Le Comte de Carmagnola — Drame en Cinq 
 Actes, Dix Tableaux et Deux Epoques. Large 8vo, sewed. 
 
 New Orleans, 1856 
 
 3 0 *355 Carcassone (Adolphe). Nouvelle Pieces a Dire. Small 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 
 
 2 . "If" 1356 [CASTEL (Louis).] Memoires d’un Claqueur, contenant la 
 Theorie et la Pratique de l’Art des Succ£s; des Jugemens 
 sur le Talent de Plusiers Auteurs, Acteurs, Actrices, 
 Danseurs, Danseuses, et un Tres-grand N ombre d ’Anec- 
 dotes Historiques toutes Inedites; Ouvrage Indispensables 
 aux Gens de Monde, Utiles a tous les Artistes, et Neces- 
 saire a la Connaissances des Mocurs Litteraires et The- 
 atrales du XIXe Siecle; par “ Robert.” Edition publiee, 
 revue, corrig^e et accompagnee de Notes par “ un Vieil 
 
33 2 
 
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 Amateur.” Engraved front. 8vo, three-quarters half 
 crushed green levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1829 
 
 EXTREMELY SCARCE, the work having been suppressed by the theatrical 
 managers of Paris. This volume shows upon what a slender basis the success 
 or failure of a dramatic author, the representation of a play, or the reputations 
 of French actors and actresses rest. 
 
 
 CASTIL-BLAZE. 
 sewed, uncut. 
 
 I/Opera Italien de 1548 a 1856. 8vo, 
 Very scarce. Paris, 1856 
 
 S) 1358 Castii.-Blaze. L’Academie Imperiale de Musique, His- 
 DO toire Litteraire, Musicale, Choregraphique, Pittoresque, 
 
 Morale, Critique, Facetieuse, Politique et Galante de ce 
 Theatre de 164? a 1855. 2 vols. 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1855 
 
 I *359 
 
 Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius ad Optimorum Exem- 
 plarium Fidem Recensiti cum MSS. Codicum Variis Lec- 
 tionibus Margini Appositis. 4to, old calf. Paris, 1723 
 Dedicated by the printer Coustellier to Philip, Duke of Orleans. 
 
 VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION OF CENTLIVRE’S 
 
 PLAYS. 
 
 1360 CENTLIVRE (Mrs. Susanna). Dramatic Works, with 
 a New Account of her Life. Portrait. 3 vols. nmo, 
 fine old red morocco gilt, dentelle inside gold borders, 
 edges gilt, by IMrome. London, 1760-61 
 
 Very rare. An exceedingly fine copy of the First Edition, with MS. note 
 on fly-leaf: — " Mrs. Centlivre's plays were collected and published in 3 vols. 
 i2mo, 1760. It is, however, become a scarce book. ‘Biograph. Dramatica, 
 Vol. 1st, article, Centlivre.’” 
 
 These plays are greatly admired for their incidents, language, and humorous 
 descriptions of real life. 
 
 Q1361 CHANSON de ROLAND. Traduction Nouvelle Rhythmee 
 et Assonancee avec une Introduction et des Notes par L. 
 Petit de Julleville. Thick 8vo, vellum, paper cover, 
 rough edges. Paris, 1878 
 
 This is one of the charming “Collection Lemerre," printed on Holland 
 
 afi) 
 
 paper. 
 
 1362 CHANTS et CHANSONS POPULAIRES de la 
 FRANCE — Nouvelle Edition. Illustrated with engrav- 
 ings by the best artists after the original designs of De 
 Beaumont, Daubigny, Dubouloz, E. Giraud, Meis- 
 sonier, Pascal, Staal, Steinheil and Trimolet. 2 
 vols. large 8vo, half morocco gilt, cloth sides. 
 
 Paris, Gamier , 1854 
 
 Charmingly illustrated, many of the plates being facetious, and to 
 which is conjoined a considerable portion of the text, which is also printed 
 from the engraved plates. A few are slightly foxed. 
 
 The first volume consists of — “Chansons Choisics — Romances, Rondes, 
 Complaintcs ct Chansonneltes"; the second of — “ Chants Guerriers et Patriot- 
 iques — Chansons Bacchiques et Burlesques." 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
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 I '}_ A p r 363 CHARLES II. — Sereniss. Principi Carolo Sfxundo Mag. 
 
 Brit. Fran, et Hib. Regi Votum Candidum Vivat Rex Avtore 
 Mauritio Neoporto Anglo. Small 8vo, crinkled red mo- 
 rocco gilt, edges gilt. London, 1676 
 
 Rare and good example of Rozcrian’s binding. The volume is a clean copy 
 of Latin Verses, several hundreds of pages in number, to the honor of Charles 
 the Second. 
 
 ^1364 CHAULIEU (G. A. de). Poesies. Portrait by Sr. Aubin. 
 Small 8vo, half red crinkled morocco, totally uncut. 
 
 Paris, Herhan , 1803 
 
 Large taper, with the vignette printer’s device on title of Guttenberg, 
 Fust and Schoeffer. 
 
 \r 
 
 1365 CLAIRVILLE (L. F. N.). Chansons et Poesies. Small 
 8vo. Bound by V. Champs in three-quarters crushed green 
 levant morocco gilt, and back inlaid with red morocco, 
 rounded corners, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound 
 in. Paris, 1853 
 
 Presentation copy, with MS. inscription of author. 
 
 JO 0*366 CLEMENT (Felix) et LAROUSSE (Pierre). Dictionnaire 
 ' Lyrique ou Histoire des Operas. Large 8vo, half mo- 
 rocco, gilt. Paris, n. d. 
 
 A most useful work of reference, being an alphabetical list or analysis of the 
 nomenclature of all the operas and comic operas represented in France and 
 foreign countries from their origin to our time. 
 
 7^1367 Cleveland .(Rose Elizabeth). George Eliot’s Poetry 
 and other Studies. Small 4to, illuminated cloth. 
 
 N. Y., 1885 
 
 COLOMBIER (Marie). Le Voyage de Sarah Bernhardt 
 en Amerique, avec Preface par Arsene Houssaye. J } or- 
 traits and humorous cuts. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Original edition. Paris, n. d. 
 
 3^369 
 
 Com£die Francaise (La), a Londres (1871-1879). Jour- 
 nal Inedit de E. Got — Journal de F. Sarcey, publics 
 avec une Introduction par Georges D’Heylli. Small 
 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1880 
 
 CONGREVE’S WORKS— PRINTED BY BASKERVILLE— 
 BOUND BY BELZ-NIEDREE. 
 
 1370 CONGREVE (William). Works of, consisting of his Plays 
 and Poems [with Life]. Portrait , and an elegant series of 
 plates by Grignon, from H ayman's designs. 3 vols. large 
 8vo, fine fresh red crushed morocco extra, inside gold bor- 
 
334 
 
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 dcrs, rounded corners, inside gold tooling, edges gilt on 
 red by Belz-Niedree. 
 
 Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1761 
 
 SCARCE. This is a beautiful specimen of Baskcrville’s printing, and is. at 
 the same time, the best edition of Congreve’s works. A fine copy, but with 
 some pages of the life stained slightly. 
 
 "We have had in Congreve a humorous observer of another school [than 
 Swift], to whom the world seems to have no moral at all, and whose ghastly doc- 
 trine seems to be that we should eat and drink and be merry when we can, and 
 go to the deuce — if there be a deuce — when the time comes.” — Thackeray. 
 
 CHINA PAPER COPY OF DANTE— BOUND BY CUZIN. 
 
 ^ 1371 DANTE ALIGHIERI. La Divine Comedie, Traduction 
 
 Nouvelle par Francisque Reynard. Etched head of 
 Dante on front, by Martinez — rubricated titles. 2 vols. 
 small 8vo. Handsomely bound by Cuzin in crushed red 
 levant morocco, inside dentelle gold borders, rounded cor- 
 ners, edges gilt and “ temoins.” 
 
 Paris, Alphonse Lemerre , 1877 
 No. 16 of limited edition of 50 numbered copies, entirely on China paper 
 and in superb reliure of Cuzin. 
 
 DANTE ALIGHIERI. Vision of Purgatory and Paradise, 
 translated by Cary, and with Critical and Explanatory 
 Notes. Numerous illustrations by Gustave Dor£. Large 
 4to, fresh cloth extra gilt, beveled sides, gilt edges. 
 
 London, n. d. 
 
 J*~7. ^ 1373 DANTE ALIGHIERI. The Divine Comedy, translated 
 ' " by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 3 vols. small 8vo, 
 
 fresh half yellow calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. 
 
 Boston, Riverside Press, 1881 
 Published at twelve dollars in half calf. 
 
 Daudf.t (Alphonse). Le Roman du Chapdron Rouge, 
 Scenes et Fantaisies. Small 8vo, bound by V. Champs in 
 three-quarters crushed levant morocco, tooled gilt back 
 inlaid with blue morocco, rounded corners, top edge gilt, 
 covers bound in, others uncut. Paris, 1862 
 
 With inserted autograph letter of Alphonse Daudet, signed. 
 
 I n (1 *375 DELILLE (Jacques). L’lmagination, Poeme. Fronts, en- 
 | U VJ graved by D’Elvaux and Baquoy after Monsiau and 
 Myris. 2 vols. 8vo, half mottled sheep gilt, lemon edges. 
 
 Paris, 1806 
 
 Rare. Accompanied with historical and literary notes. 
 
 , m’376 Df.lpit (Albert). Le Repentir, Recit d’un Cur£ de Cam- 
 pagne, Po£me Couronn£ par l’Acad^mie Fran^aise. Small 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1873 
 
 Dedicated to Henri de Pene, uncle of Mr. Pene du Bois. 
 
THE PENF. DU BOIS COLLECTION. 
 
 335 
 
 (p, 1377 DENNIS (George). The Cid, a Short Chronicle, founded 
 ' on the Early Poetry of Spain, illustrated ; also — The Span- 
 
 ish Drama, Lope de Vega and Calderon, by G. H. 
 Lewes. 2 vols. in 1. Minimo, half calf gilt, marbled 
 edges. London, Charles Knight , 1845-46 
 
 ^^1378 DESARBRES (Neree). Deux Siecles a l’Opera 1689- 
 1868, — Chronique Anecdotique, Artistique, Eccentrique, 
 Pittoresque et Galante. Small 8vo, half morocco, gilt. 
 
 Paris, 1868 
 
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 0 J~i 3 79 DESCOURBES (Gaspar). Annecy soit les Marquisats en 
 1820, Poeme Descriptif-Philosophique. Large 8vo, sewed. 
 
 Annecy, 1866 
 
 n 1380 Des Houlieres (Madame et Mdlle.). CEuvres de. Por- 
 ^ 0 trait and vignettes by Tardieu and Ouvrier after S£ve. 2 
 
 vols. minimo, mottled calf gilt, red edges. Paris, 1753 
 
 Madame des Houlieres, the 17th century poetess, was known as — “ the tenth 
 muse, the French Calliope.” 
 
 l_f t ^1381 DINAUX (Arthur Martin). Les Trouveres Artesiens; les 
 
 * Trouveres Cambr^siens and les Trouveres de la Flandre et 
 
 du Tournaisis; les Trouveres Braban^ons, Hainuyers, 
 Liegeois et Namarois. Cuts. 4 vols. in 3. Large 8vo, 
 half morocco (slightly foxed). Paris, 1837-63 
 
 Very scarce. This is one of the best authorities on the Troubadours, 
 Trouveres or old poets of France. With the inserted heraldic book-plate of E. de 
 Coussemalier. 
 
 ^1382 Domett (Alfred). “ It was the Calm and Silent Night,” a 
 
 * ^ Christmas Hymn. Illustrated by W. L. Taylor. Small 
 
 4to, fresh cloth, gilt. . N. Y., 1884 
 
 DRAMATISTS OF THE RESTORATION— FOURTEEN 
 VOLUMES— LIMITED EDITION. 
 
 n f A/,1383 DRAMATISTS OF THE RESTORATION. Edited, 
 . with Prefatory Memoirs, Introductions and Notes, by 
 
 James Maidment and W. H. Logan. 14 vols. small 8vo, 
 cloth, uncut. London, Henry Sotheran and Co., 1872-75 
 Limited edition of 633 copies only. This set, which is complete, includes: — 
 Sir Aston Cokain's Dramatic Works, 1 vol.; John Crowne’s Dramatic Works, 4 
 vols.; Sir William Davenant’s Dramatic Works, 5 vols. ; John Wilson’s Dramatic 
 Works, 1 vol.; John Lacy's Dramatic Works; Shackerley Marmion’s Dramatic 
 Works, and John Tatham’s Dramatic Works. 
 
 No dramatic collection can be considered complete without the above authors, 
 who, for the most part writers of comedy, flourished after the extinction of the 
 British Commonwealth. As the text in previous editions had been either 
 imperfectly or corruptly dealt with, the several plays are now presented in an 
 unmutilated form. They are beautifully printed on fine paper, and range with 
 the best editions of Ben Jonson, Shirley and other early dramatists. 
 
33 <> 
 
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 Dreyfus (Abraham). Comment se fait une Piece de 
 Theatre. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Quantin , 1884 
 43 of a limited edition of 50 copies — “non mis dans le commerce.” 
 
 DUGUE (Charles Oscar, of New Orleans). Homo, Poeme 
 Philosophique, Paris , 1872; Essais Poetiques de Ducufi, 
 New Orleans , 1847; Le Cygne, Drame de Dugu£, Ne 70 
 Orleans , 1852 (stained); Mila ou la Mort de la Salle, 
 Drarne de Dugu6, New Orleans , 1852. Together 4 vols. 
 Small 8vo, sewed. 
 
 THE ENGLISH POETS IN TWENTY-ONE VOLUMES. 
 
 IID13S6 ENGLISH POETS. — The Works of the English Poets 
 from Chaucer to Cowper; including Series Edited with 
 Prefaces Biographical and Critical by Dr. Samuel John- 
 son and the Most Approved Translations — the Additional 
 Lives by Alexander Chalmers, F.S.A. 21 vols. large 
 8vo, old half russia, contents lettered. London, 1810 
 
 One of the best editions of the British Poets. The last three volumes con- 
 tain the Translations, which were also published under a separate title at 
 Li i 6s. 
 
 This work is arranged as follows: — Vol. 1, Chaucer: Vol. 2, Gower, Skel- 
 ton, Howard, Wyat, Gascoigne and Tubervile: Vol. 3, Spenser and Daniel; 
 Vol. 4, Drayton and Warner; Vol. 5. Shakespeare, Davies, Donne, Hall, 
 Stirling, Jonson, Corbet, Carew and Drummond; Vol. 6, J. Beaumont, G. J. 
 P. Fletcher, F. Beaumont, Browne, Davenant Harington, Suckling, Cart- 
 wright, Crashaw, Sherburne, Brome and C. Cotton; Vol. 7, Cowley, Denham 
 and Milton; Vol. 8, Waller, Butler, Rochester, Roscommon, Otway, Pomfret, 
 Dorset, Stepney, J. Philips, Walsh and Dryden; Vol. 9, Dryden, Smith. Duke, 
 King, Spratt, Halifax, Parnell, Garth, Rowe and Addison; Vol. 9, Hughes, 
 Sheffield, Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Fenton and Gay; Vol. 11, Lansdowne, 
 Yalden, Tickell, Hammond, Somerville, Savage and Swift; Vol. 12, Broome, 
 Pope, Pitt and Thompson; Vol 13, Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, 
 Shenstone and Young; Vol. 14, Mallet, Akenside, Gray, Lyttleton, Moore, 
 Clawthorne, Churchill, Falconer, Cunningham, Granger and Boyse; Vol. 15, 
 W. Thompson, Blair, Lloyd, Green, Byrom, Dodsley, Chatterton, Cooper, 
 Smollett and Hamilton; Vol. 16, Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, I.ovi- 
 bond, Harte. I.anghorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong and Johnson; Vol. 17, Glover, 
 Whitehead, Jago, Brooke, Scott, Mickle and Jenyns; Vol. 18, Cotton, I.ogan, 
 T. Warton, J. Warton, Blacklock, Cambridge, Mason, Jones, Beattie and 
 Cowper; Vol. 19, Pope's Homer, Iliad and Odyssey, Dryden’s Virgil and 
 Juvenal, Pitt's Virgil's /Eneid, Vida's Art of Poetry and Francis's Horace; 
 Vol. 20, Rowe’s Lucan, Grainger's Tibullus, — Fawkes's Theocritus, Appo- 
 lonius, Rhodius, Coluthus, Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Musaeus — 
 Garth’s Ovid, Lewis's Statius and Cooke’s Hesiod; Vol. 21, Hoole’s Ariosto 
 and Tasso, Mickle’s I.usiad. 
 
 A critique on this edition, attributed to the late William Gifford, appeared 
 in the ‘Quarterly Review,' XI., 480-50, XII., 60-70. Duke of York, 1670, 
 L11 15s. Fonthill, 2674, .£20 9s. Sir M. M. Sykes, pt. 1, 1113, ^12 15s. 
 Drury, 510, ,£16. Earl of Kerry, 84, morocco, ^25 14s. 6d. Heber, pt. 
 vii., russia, £12 12.” — Lowndes. 
 
 Oj^’ 3^7 ER.NS r (Alfred). L’CEuvre Dramatique de H. Berlioz. 
 
 Portrait. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 
 
 6^384 
 
 No. 
 
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 QJ 1388 Ephraim et Aderer. La Premiere du Misanthrope, 
 Comedie. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1886 
 
 'll ]i 389 FEUILLET (Octave). La Tentation. Small 4to, bound 
 by V. Champs in half crushed red levant morocco gilt, 
 rounded corners, top edge gilt, others uncut, with the 
 covers bound in. Paris, i860 
 
 Original Edition, with inserted signed letter from Octave Feuillet to Mr. 
 Pene du llois relative to the " Ilistoire d’une Parisicnne ” that Mr. du Bois 
 asked permission to translate for the “New York Tribune.” 
 
 J" 39° FILLE DE MME. ANGOT — Opera Comique en Trois 
 Actes. Paroles de Clairville, Siraudin et Koning, 
 Musique de C. Lecocq et Notice Historique par Jui.es 
 Claretie. Illustrated with colored plates of costumes 
 designed by Gravin', vignettes by H adoi., portraits ami auto- 
 graphs, also music. Large 8vo, fresh crushed red levant 
 morocco elegant, dentelle inside borders, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, 1875 
 
 With two inserted loose portraits, etchings by Guillaumot of Lecocq and 
 Desclauzas, on India paper. The volume is lettered on the side — 
 
 “ L’inconnu, le peut-etre 
 
 Ont pour nous un charme divin.” 
 
 2 FOLK SONGS, Selected and Edited by John William- 
 
 ' son Palmer, M.D. Profusely illustrated with designs by 
 
 Darley, Hoppin, Kensett and others , engraved by some 
 of the best American artists on wood — also with facsimile 
 autographs of Longfellow, Tennyson, Browning, 
 Bryant, etc. 4to, fresh tree-marble calf extra, dentelle 
 inside gold borders, gilt edges. N. Y., 1867 
 
 New edition, revised and enlarged. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF JOHN FORD’S DRAMATIC 
 
 WORKS. 
 
 p39 2 FORD (John). Works, with Notes Critical and Explana- 
 • tory by William Gifford. New Edition carefully 
 
 Revised with Additions to the Text and to the Notes by 
 Rev. Alexander Dyce. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. 
 
 London, Janies Toovey, 1869 
 Large paper. “ Ford has few equals. It is greatly to be deplored that his 
 taste was as bad as his genius was splendid, and that his licentiousness disgusts 
 even while his imagination charms.” — Ai.i.ibone. 
 
 “ In the dumps John Ford alone by himself sat. 
 
 With folded arms and melancholy hat ” 
 
 — Sir John Suckling. 
 
 f N1393 FOUCHER (Paul). Entre Cour et Jardin, Etudes et Sou- 
 ^ venirs du Theatre. Small 8vo, fresh half crushed maroon 
 levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound 
 in, by Bradstreets. Paris, 1867 
 
 Presentation copy to Ed. Bertin, the bibliophile, with autograph inscrip- 
 tion by the author, with signature. 
 
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 Foucher. Les Coulisses du Pass£. Small 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, 1873 
 
 Fournel (V.). Curiosites Th^atrales Anciennes et 
 Modernes Fran^aises et Etrangeres. Small 8vo, half 
 crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers 
 bound in, by Bradstreets. Paris, 1859 
 
 FOURNIER (Edouard). Le Theatre Fran^ais au XVIe 
 
 et au XVIlcSiccle ou Choix des Come-dies les Plus Remar- 
 quables Anterieures a Moli&re, avec une Introduction et 
 line Notice sur chaque Auteur. With 8 costume portraits 
 colored by HAND. 2 vols. small 8vo, half red morocco 
 gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, n. d. 
 
 Fournier. Souvenirs Poetiques de 1’Ecole Romantique 
 1825 h. 1840, precedes d’une Notice Biographique sur 
 chacun des Auteurs, dans le Volume. Steel portrait. Small 
 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1880 
 
 Fraisse (Auguste). I.es Champairol, Drame. Small 8vo, 
 
 sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 [FREDERIC II., {King of Prussia, the Great ).] CEuvres 
 du “ Philosophe de Sans-Souci.” Minimo, mottled sheep 
 gilt, red edges. A Potzdam, 1760 
 
 Very rare. This little volume contains odes or poetic epistles to Voltaire, 
 Cresset, Maupcrlius, and others. At the end is the Great Frederic’s “ Art de 
 la Guerre, Poeme en Six Chants. ” 
 
 EIGHTY PORTRAITS OF MODERN FRENCH ACTRESSES, 
 IN ALBUMS. 
 
 I 0 Jo >4°° FRENCH DRAMATIC PORTRAITS. Two Albums: 
 containing 64 Portraits of the most celebrated contem- 
 porary Actors and Actresses mostly in Character Costume 
 and appertaining to the Parisian Stage. 2 vols. 4to, red 
 plush, gilt edges, silver-plated clasps. With envelope con- 
 taining 15 additional Photographs. (A lot.) 
 
 Includes portraits of Sarah Bernhardt as “ Lady Macbeth "and " Theodora," 
 De Croza, Coquclin, Jane Hading, J. Granier, Guerra, Achard, Judic, Barclle, 
 Ugaldc, Slorlet, Defroix, Verchcr, Vaillard, Borel, Deval, Vellon, Dore, Rejane, 
 Theo. Milly-Meyer, etc., etc. They are nearly all of Parisian actresses, many 
 very decollete, suggestive and nudish. 
 
 galerie theatrai .E ou Collection des Portraits en 
 Pied des Principaux Acteurs des Premiers Theatres de la 
 Capitale. A Collection of 144 full-length portraits of the 
 most celebrated artists of the French stage — with the beauti- 
 ful plates and title colored — also numerous illustrations in 
 the text, all after the designs of the best French painters. 2 
 vols. large 4to, in cloth portfolio. Paris, Barraud , 1872-73 
 Limited edition of 99 copies with the illustrations in the text. This superb 
 and beautiful collection includes the actors and actresses of the French stage 
 ftom the time of Moliere down to our century. 
 
 JJi 394 
 1 , 7^395 
 
 l+tf 396 
 ,lo ' 3 97 
 
 v £/nTi39 8 
 flS *399 
 
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 THEOPHILE GAUTIER'S WORKS. 
 
 / ^ 0 1402 GAUTIER (Theophile). Poesies Completes. Small 8vo, 
 , half morocco. Paris, Charpentier, 1845 
 
 Rare early edition of the poems of this famous French author. 
 
 “ Tour a tour poete, romancier, journaliste, il resta, au fond, l’un des chefs, 
 de I’ecole modemc de l'art pour l’art, et s’attacha pour la forme, a faire du style 
 une savante mosaique, une eclatante peinture. ” — Vapf.reau. 
 
 
 GAUTIER. Fortunio. Nouvelle Edition. With etched 
 frontispiece. Small 8vo, bound by V. Champs in three- 
 quarters crushed orange levant morocco, back elegantly 
 tooled and inlaid with green morocco, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut, covers bound in. Paris, H. L. Delloye , 1840 
 
 Rare. This is the edition of Fortunio and with the frontispiece. 
 
 ^1404 
 
 GAUTIER. Histoire du Romantisme, suivie de Notices 
 Romantiques et d’une Etude sur la Poesie Fran^aise 1830- 
 1868, avec un Index Alphabetique. Small 8vo, half mo- 
 rocco. Paris, 1874 
 
 ■^1404* GAUTIER. Souvenirs de Theatre, d’Art et de Critique. 
 
 Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1883 
 
 ►-1405 GAUTIER. Mademoiselle de Maupin. With portrait of 
 m 0 the author by Abot after the medallion of David 
 D’Angers, and a portrait of “ Mademoiselle de Maupin ” 
 by Gautier, reproduced in facsimile. Small 8vo, boards, 
 uncut. Paris, 1880 
 
 -j^jT4o 6 GAUTIER. Emaux et Camees. Etched portrait of 
 ' Gautier by J. Jacquemart. Small 8vo, boards. 
 
 Paris, 1879 
 
 “Edition definitive,” with broad margins and rough edges. 
 
 7 . ^1407 GAUTIER. Jettatura. Minimo. Bound by Lortic in 
 half crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1857 
 
 “ Collection Iletzel, edition speciale pour la France interdite pour l’Etrangcr.” 
 This was Baudelaire’s copy and has inserted his MS. instructions to Lortic the 
 binder. 
 
 1408 GAUTIER. — Le Tombeau de Theophile Gautier. Fine 
 etched portrait of Gautier, fleurons, initial letters, rubri- 
 cated title, etc. 4to. Bound by Amand in half crushed 
 levant morocco, back tooled in gold with “ tears,” top edge 
 gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. 
 
 Paris, Alphonse Lemerre , 1873 
 
 LIMITED EDITION, handsomely printed on “ papier verge ” by Claye. 
 Among the many poets who contributed to this volume was Swinburne with 
 six pieces — two in English, two in French, one in Latin and one in Greek. 
 These eighteen pages written by the fleshly poet are not published in his works. 
 
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 2 ^1409 GAUTIER. — Bf.rgerat (Emile). Th£ophile Gautier 
 Entretiens, Souvenirs et Correspondence. Avec une Pre- 
 face de Edmond de Goncourt. With etched frontispiece 
 by Felix Bracquemond. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Very rare and printed on China paper, being No. 5 of a limited issue of five 
 copies on China paper. 
 
 I 2 J^ 4 >o GAY (Delphine). Ee Dernier Jour de Pompei, Poeme 
 Suivie de Poesies Diverses. 8vo. Bound by Belz-Nie- 
 dr£f. in half red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1829 
 
 Rare. The above work was written by the wife of Emile de Girardin. It is 
 a presentation copy to Madame Recamier. On the half-title the author has 
 written in her own hand: — “ A Madame Recamier, Delphine G.” 
 
 ■^31411 GOMBAULD (Jean Ogier de). — | Les | Epigrammes | de 
 | Gombavld. I Divisees en Trois Livres. | Vignette print- 
 er’s ?nark on title. Minimo. Bound by N. Tripon in red 
 morocco, dentelle gold inside borders, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, Avgvstin Covrbe, 1657 
 
 VERY RARE and ORIGINAL edition of the most sought after of the works 
 of Gombauld, who was one of the founders of the French Academy. This poet 
 was made by Richelieu, although a Huguenot, one of the gentlemen of the bed- 
 chamber to the King. Previously he had been in great favor with Marie de 
 Medicis. Boileau quotes his beautiful sonnets, which that dramatist said had a 
 great success. 
 
 N ')J'~]4i2 GOETHE (J. W. von). Faust — Premiere Partic — Preface 
 et Traduction de H. Blaze de Bury. Illustrated with 
 eleven beautiful etchings by Lalauze and with numerous 
 other illustrations after VVogel and Scott. Thick large 
 4to, sewed, uncut. Paris, Quantin , 1880 
 
 The above charmingly printed and handsomely illustrated volume shows that 
 it was left for French genius to do honor to the brain of the greatest of German 
 poets. 
 
 In Faust, Goethe has embodied the results of his mature and infinitely varied 
 experience, with his ripest, richest and profoundest thoughts; the whole being 
 wrought out with admirable skill, and everywhere illumined, so to speak, with 
 passages of the most exquisite poetry, touching in turn every chord of the human 
 heart. 
 
 *j 1413 Gray (Thomas). An Elegy Written in a Country Church- 
 ^ U yard — The Artist’s Edition. Numerous fine illustrations 
 by Swain Gifford, Bolton Jones, F. S. Church, Wal- 
 ter Shirlaw, etc., etc. 4to, fresh illuminated cloth, gilt 
 edges. Phila., 1883 
 
 | 00 ( J ‘ 4 ‘ 4 
 
 GREENE (Robert). Dramatic Works, to which are 
 added his Poems, with some Account of the Author, and 
 
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 Notes by the Rev. Alexander Dyce. 2 vols. small 8vo, 
 half morocco, marbled edges. 
 
 London, IV. Pickering , 1831 
 Vkry SCARCE, and a good copy. Only 250 copies printed and by C. Wbit- 
 
 tingham. 
 
 Allibonc says — “ Greene was a boon companion with the dissipated wits of 
 the day, deserted a lovely wife, lived a profligate life, occasionally chequered 
 with partial repentance, and died of a surfeit of pickled herrings and Rhenish 
 wine, but adds — “ as an author, Greene's merits are undoubtedly considerable, 
 and it is greatly to be regretted that he was not always in the moral vein, which 
 presents so striking a contrast to his loose habits.” 
 
 1415 HALL(S. C.). Book of British Ballads. Illustrated by 
 several hundred beautiful woodcut engravings on every page 
 by the first Artists. Morocco gilt, beveled sides, gilt 
 edges, by Ramage. London, n. d. 
 
 Early edition, and scarce. It is scarcely possible to imagine a more attractive 
 volume. The decorations are of the very highest class from designs by Crcs- 
 wick, Gilbert, Franklin, Corbould, etc. 
 
 I LlO 1416 HEILPRIN (Michael). The Historical Poetry of the 
 ' ^ Ancient Hebrews, Translated and Critically Examined. 
 
 2 vols. small 8vo, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1879-80 
 
 1417 HENNIQUE (Leon). Les Hauts Faits de M. de Pou- 
 0 (j thau. Illustrated with plates by Salmon after Bknj. 
 
 Constant, Gervex, Ingomar, etc. 8vo, half sage 
 morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1880 
 A Parody of the Romantic School of l iterature. ‘'J’aivoulu montrer de 
 l'imagination, combattre et ‘ blaguer ’ une ecole avec son vernis et la pointe 
 emoussee de ses propres armes, demontrer que son genre de sublime, n’a rien a 
 voir dans le fait de l ame telle qu’elle est, que son grotesque ne peut jouer le 
 role de la tete humaine.” — Author's preface. 
 
 J ( 1 418 HERVILLY (Ernest d’). Comedies, i. e., Moi.iere en 
 Prison et Prisonnier du Chatelet; Bigoudis; Mai aux 
 Cheveux. 3 pieces. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1885-86 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF HOMER— PRINTED BY DIDOT 
 AND CHARMINGLY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 ... 1419 HOMER. — CEuvres Completes d’HoMERE, Traduction 
 t-yv Nouvelle Dediee au Roi; avec des Notes Litterales, His- 
 
 toriques et Geographiques, suivies des Imitations des 
 Poetes Anciens et Modernes par M. Gin, Conseiller au 
 Grand Conseil. Beautiful plates. 4 vols. large 4 to, half 
 calf, gilt (Vol. I. stained somewhat). 
 
 Paris, de 1 ' imprinter ie de Didot Paine , 1 786-88 
 Larue paper and very rare. With exquisite plates designed by Marillier, 
 and engraved by Ponce, Dambrun, Delignon, Criere, De Ghendt, Lingee, Patas, 
 Pelicier and De I.aunay le jeune. 
 
 
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 I Xft'420 
 
 HOMER. — L’lliade et L’Odyssee d’HoMfeRE, Traduction 
 Nouvelle, preccdee de Reflexions sur Homere et Suivie 
 de Remarques par M. Bit aub£. Portraits of Homer and 
 Bitaub£, the last named by St. Aubin after Cochin. 
 Together 6 vols. Small 8vo, fine old red morocco, extra 
 gilt inside gold borders, edges gilt. Paris, 1780-85 
 
 Rare, with the folding plate of the " Shield of Achilles ” by N. VIeughels. 
 
 C q q 1421 HOUSSAYE (Arsene). Ea Comedie Franfaise, 1680- 
 ' 1880. Numerous portraits , photogravures on India of 
 
 Mo Life re, the members of the Com/die Pranfaise , also numer- 
 ous other full page illustrations and many in the text. 
 Square folio, half green morocco, gilt. Paris, 1880 
 
 VICTOR HUGO’S WORKS-SOME ORIGINAL OR LIMITED 
 EDITIONS— AND OTHERS SPLENDIDLY BOUND BY 
 AMAND AND MARIUS-MICHEL. 
 
 I b.SO 1422 HUGO (Victor). Odes et Ballades — Cinquieme Edition. 
 
 Illustrated with portrait of Victor Hugo on India paper 
 and vignettes on titles. 2 vols. 8vo, elegantly bound by Marius- 
 Michel in crushed red levant morocco extra gilt, rounded 
 corners, inside gold borders, edges gilt, many of which are 
 “ temoins,” covers bound in. Paris, Hector Bossange, 1828 
 LARGE PAPER and MAGNIFICENT COPY of the “Odes and Bal- 
 lads of Victor Hugo.” with almost entirely uncut edges, although gilt, and 
 superbly bound by Marius- Michel, of whose reliure it is a grand example. 
 
 1423 HUGO. Les Quatre Vents de l’Esprit — le Livre Satirique, 
 le Livre Dramatique, le Livre Lyrique, le Livre Epique. 
 2 vols. bound in three quarters crushed red levant 
 morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut, with the covers 
 bound in. Paris, 1881 
 
 Original edition. Thick paper copy, printed by Quantin. 
 
 I r~y424 HUGO. Ruy Bias, Drame en Cinq Actes en Vers. 
 
 Nouvelle Edition. Etched front, by Morin. Large 8vo, 
 half crushed brown levant morocco, top edge gilt. 
 
 Paris, 1872 
 
 LARGE PAPER and very rare. No. 12 of a limited edition of 25 copies 
 on China paper. 
 
 3 0 1425 [HUGO.] WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Thick 8vo, 
 roan gilt, marbled edges (binding rubbed). Paris, 1864 
 
 The rare original edition omitted, because unknown, by Pallain in his Hugo 
 bibliography. 
 
 HUGO. Torqukmada, Drame. 4to, bound by Amand 
 of Paris in crushed red levant morocco, top edge gilt, 
 other uncut, covers bound in. Paris, 1882 
 
 LARGE PAPER, No. 26 of a limited edition of 30 numbered copies only, 
 and on Holland paper. 
 
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 1427 [Hugo.] Le Christ au Vatican. Etched front. Small 
 8vo, half cloth, uncut, with the covers bound in. 
 
 Brussels, Henry Kistcmacchers , h. d. 
 
 “Edition d£finitive.” This — “edition de bibliophile” was limited to 
 300 copies — -“ et ne sera pas reimprimee.” It is printed on Holland paper and 
 is decorated with red borders, occasionally rubricated, and on a violet ornamental 
 ground. There are fleurons. There were three printings — black, red and violet. 
 
 This irreligious poem has been authoritatively attributed to Victor Hugo, 
 and was during his lifetime, notwithstanding his denials. It is still believed 
 to be his. 
 
 2_JT42S Hugo. La Piti£ Supreme. Small 8vo, boards, uncut. 
 
 Original edition. Paris, 1879 
 
 /) 1-1429 Hugo. L’Archipel de Manche. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 18S3 
 
 Original edition and on thick paper. 
 
 /Q1430 HUGO. Littdrature et Philosophic Meldes, 1819-34. 2 
 
 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Brussels, 1834 
 
 Original edition, with broad, uncut margins. 
 
 f70i43i HUGO. Theatre en Liberte. Thick large 8vo, sewed, 
 I uncut. Paris, 1886 
 
 Published at seven and a half francs. 
 
 (21,1432 HUGO. — Victor Hugo, ses Portraits et ses changes cata- 
 logues par Aglaus Bouvenne. 3 etched portraits of 
 Hugo. Small 8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut. Paris, 1879 
 
 No. 156 on “ papier verge ” of a limited edition of 340 numbered copies 
 in all. 
 
 I 0 i 433 HUGO. — Victor Hugo par Paul de Saint Victor. 
 
 Thick 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 With preface by the editors, Paul Lacroix and Alidor Dclzant. 
 t v . 1433* Hugo. — Swinburne (Algernon Charles). Victor Hugo. 
 j0 ,2mo, cloth. N. Y„ ,886 
 
 ,70 
 
 1434 HUGO. — Asseline (Alfred). Victor Hugo Intime — 
 Memoires, Correspondances, Documents In^dits. Small 
 4to, rough edges. Paris, 1885 
 
 Limited edition printed on Holland paper. 
 
 ^1435 [Hugo.] — Harnali ou la Contrainte par Cor, Parodie en 
 Cinq Tableaux, et en Vers par M. Auguste de Lauzanne. 
 Small 8vo. Paris, 1830 
 
 Very rare. This is the best of the parodies of “ Hernani.” The above 
 was represented for the first time at the Vaudeville Theatre at Paris on May 23, 
 1830. 
 
 PJT436 Hugo. — Lettre a M. Victor Hugo, suivi d’un Projet de 
 Charte Romantique. Small 8vo, sewed. Paris, 1830 
 
 Rare. The title is printed with the cut of “ Orpheus” turned upside down. 
 
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 , (Jsf * 437 Hugo. — Daval (Alexandre, French Academician). De la 
 Literature Dramatique— Lettre & M. Victor Hugo. 8vo, 
 sewed, uncut. Paris, 1833 
 
 r~^i 438 Hugot (Eugene). Histoire Litt£raire, Critique et Anec- 
 ' dotique du Theatre du Palais Royal, 1784-1884. Small 
 
 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1886 
 
 1 ,^1439 Inglis (Henry D ). The New Gil Bias, or Pedro of Pena- 
 flor. 2 vols. small Svo, calf extra gilt, inside gilt- tooled 
 borders, marbled edges. London, Longmans, 1833 
 
 Rare. Dedicated to the spirit of ** Querubine de la Ronda,” the injured and 
 immortal author of “ Gi! IJIas.” 
 
 “ Those who want a few hours pleasant reading are not likely to meet with a 
 book more to their taste .” — London Athenerum. 
 
 v Iq 1440 Jameson (Anna M.). Characteristics of Women [Shakes- 
 peare’s Heroines]. Illustrations by John Gilbert. i2mo, 
 cloth. London, n. d. 
 
 WHATMAN PAPER COPY OF KEATS— ONLY 30 PRINTED. 
 
 3Xo 0 
 
 1441 KEATS (John). Poetical and Miscellaneous Works, edited 
 by Harry Buxton Forman, including Poems and Letters 
 not before published, with full indexes of subjects and 
 first lines. With illustrations and portraits. 4 vols. 8vo, 
 vellum cloth gilt, rough edges. 
 
 London, printed for private distribution, 1883 
 
 EDITION-DELUXE, printed on Whatman paper, at the Chiswick Press, 
 with portraits on India paper. Only 30 copies so executed. This fine edition 
 of Keats’s works is published in the same handsome style as that of Shelley’s, 
 edited by Mr. Forman, which has now become the standard edition of that 
 poet’s writings. Copies are priced about fio 10s. in the English catalogues. 
 
 ■^1442 KEATS. The Letters and Poems of John Keats, re- 
 printed from the edition edited by Lord Houghton, 
 with Memoir by John Gilmer Speed; and Letters, many 
 of which have never before been published. With illus- 
 trations. 3 vols. 8vo, boards, rough edges. N. Y., 1883 
 No. 143 of limited edition, printed from type, by De Yinne. Only 350 copies 
 so printed, each numbered and signed, as follows: 4 copies on vellum; 12 copies 
 on China paper; 55 copies on Whatman paper; 275 copies on Holland paper. 
 
 " The work is in three volumes, of which one is devoted to the Letters, and 
 two to the Poems. The volume of letters has been prepared by the grand-nephew 
 of the poet, John Gilmer Speed, Esq., and contain, in addition to those 
 hitherto published, a number written by Keats to his brother George, in the 
 United States. These were, to a considerable extent, memoranda of his daily 
 doings, jotted down from time to time, so as to be ready for any chance vessel 
 that might be sailing, and are full of most interesting references to his friends, 
 as well as expressions of his own feelings and aims, such as would only be made 
 to those most closely related to him. None of these American letters have ever 
 been published complete and unaltered, and many of them now appear in print 
 for the first time. An introduction to the poems has also been written by Mr. 
 Speed. 1 he text of the poems is that prepared by Lord Houghton, whose notes 
 
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 have been retained. The volumes contain portraits of the three brothers, John, 
 George and Tom, reproduced in color from the originals in oil by Severn. In 
 addition to the three portraits mentioned, there is an etching of the poet’s grave, 
 by Sabin ; a fac-simile of the original draft of one of the author’s smaller poems, 
 showing his erasures and emendations; the silhouette of Fanny Brawne, the 
 head of Keats drawn by Severn in his last illness, the drawing from life by 
 Severn, and a reproduction of the life-mask by Hayden .” — New York Critic. 
 
 r. 1442* LA BRUYERE (J. de). La Comedie de, par Edouard 
 Fournier. Rubricated titles. 2 vols. small 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, 1872 
 
 fj~ 1443 LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Recueillements Poetiques. 
 
 Small 8vo, mottled sheep gilt, marbled edges. Paris, 1839 
 
 “Edition originale.” 
 
 , 1 01444 Landais (N.) et Barr£ (L.). Dictionnaire des Rimes 
 
 Fran^aises. Eront. Minimo. Paris, 1877 
 
 ^^p445 Laprade (Victor de). Odes et Poemes. Small 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, 1844 
 
 Original edition. Presentation copy, with MS. inscription and author’s 
 signature. 
 
 'j^j'1446 LARGO M (Lucy). Landscape in American Poetry. Illus- 
 trations on wood from drawings by J. Appleton Brown. 4to, 
 fresh cloth gilt, edges gilt. N. Y., 1879 
 
 The wood engravers represented in this volume are Anthon, Linton, Harley, 
 Lauderbach, Bobbett and Andrews. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE ABBE DE LA RUES 
 GRAND WORK ON THE TROUBADOURS. 
 
 - / 1447 LA RUE (Gervaise d e, L’AbbI). Essais Historiques sur 
 
 les Bardes, les Jongleurs et les Trouveres Normands et 
 Anglo Normands, suivis de Pieces de Malherbe, qu’on 
 ne Trouve dans aucune edition de ses CEuvres. 3 vols. 
 large 8vo, half turkey morocco extra gilt, top edges gilt, 
 others uncut (foxed slightly). Caen, 1834 
 
 LARGE PAPER, printed on thick paper and very rare. The Abbe de la Rue, 
 a native of Caen, died a year after the above volumes were published. He 
 exiled himself to England, refusing to swear to the civil constitution of the 
 French clergy. He was made a member of the Royal Society of Antiquarians 
 and actively engaged Tiimself at the British Museum Library and elsewhere in 
 the discovery of the early poetic romances of the Bards, Troubadours, etc. 
 Nearly all comprised in his very valuable work were previously unknown. On 
 his return to France he continued his work in the libraries of Paris. 
 
 “ Le systeme de Raynouard sur l'idiome pro venial, source des langues de 
 l'Europe occidentale, y est combattu, avec beaucoup de precision et de savoir.” 
 — Vapkreau. 
 
 1448 Leonard (N. G.). Poesies Pastorales. Engraved title by 
 0 De Ghendt after Marillier. 8vo, old calf, gilt (a few 
 
 pp. foxed). Geneva and Paris, 1771 
 
 Rare. This volume includes not only the “ Poesies Pastorales,” but Leon- 
 ard's “ Voix de la Nature,” “ Lettres de Sainville et de Sophie,” and other 
 prose and poetical pieces. 
 
 The Creole poet Leonard was a native of Guadeloupe, was bom in 1744, and 
 died in 1793. He is claimed to have been the best idyllic writer of France in 
 the eighteenth century. 
 
346 
 
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 LE ROUX DE LINCY. Recueil de Chants Historiques 
 Francais depuis le Xlle jusqu’au XVIIIe Siecle avec des 
 Notices. 2 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1841-42 
 
 O P1450 Lheureux et Galipaux. Divorce et Dynamite. Small 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 THE RIVERSIDE EDITION OF LONGFELLOW. 
 
 LONGFELLOW (Henry Wadsworth). Works, i. e.: 
 
 I. Longfellow. Poetical Works, with Bibliographical and 
 Critical Notices. Portraits and facsimile. 6 vols. 
 
 II. Longfellow. Prose Works. 2 vols. 
 
 III. Dante Alighieri. Divine Comedy, translated by 
 Longfellow. Portrait. 3 vols. 
 
 Together ii vols. Small 8vo, fresh half crushed levant 
 morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut, by R. W. Smith. 
 
 Boston, Riverside Press , 1886 
 This edition of Longfellow includes all the prose and poetry which the author 
 admitted into the latest editions of his works, together with those pieces which 
 have appeared since his death, with the sanction of his representatives. The text 
 is the last revised by the author, and was printed with scrupulous care. The 
 order of the writings is chronological in its main lines. 
 
 LARGE PAPER EDITION OF LONGFELLOW. 
 
 1453 LONGFELLOW. Another copy. With the portraits on 
 India paper, ii vols. 8vo, boards, totally uncut. 
 
 Cambridge, Riverside Press , 1886 
 LARGE PAPER, No. 346 of a limited edition of 500 copies printed on 
 ribbed paper. 
 
 I J~i454 Longfellow. Twenty Poems. Illustrated by his son, E. 
 
 W. Longfellow. 4to, fresh cloth, gilt edges (a few 
 
 pages slightly injured). 
 
 Boston, 1884 
 
 
 Longfellow. The Skeleton in Armor. With tinted bor- 
 ders and illustrations by M. A. Hallock, L. S. Ispen and 
 E. A. Abbey. Small 4to, fresh cloth, gilt edges. 
 
 Boston, 1877 
 
 ^1456 Longfellow. — Michael Angelo, a Dramatic Poem. 
 
 Illustrated by W. Shirlaw, F. D. Millet, W. H Gibson, 
 etc., etc. Small folio, fresh cloth gilt, edges gilt, Japanese 
 style. Boston, Riverside Press, 1884 
 
 ** Michel piu che mortal, angel divino.” — Ariosto. 
 
 .3 o' 45 7 
 
 Longfellow. Biography, Anecdote, Letters and Criticism 
 of, by W. Sloane Kennedy. Portrait and illustrations. 
 8vo, fresh illuminated cloth, beveled sides. 
 
 Cambridge. Moses King, 1882 
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 TION OF LUCAN. 
 
 ^~60 ! 4S8 LUCAN. Pharsalia, Translated into English Verse, by 
 ' Nicholas Rowe, Esq., Servant to His Majesty. Hand- 
 
 some frontispiece and numerous vignettes by Cheron, also 
 map. Large folio, fine old red morocco elegant, gilt inside 
 borders and gold edges. 
 
 London, Jacob Ton son, at Shake spear's- Head, 1718 
 LARGE PAPER. “One of the best of the modern translations of the 
 classics. Though sometimes diffuse and paraphrastical, it is in general faithful 
 in the sense of the original; the language is animated, the verse correct and 
 melodious. According to the Quarterly Reviewers — * Rowe undertook his 
 translation more in the spirit of party than in poetry, and the best portions of it 
 are those which are least worthy of attention in the original.’ ” — Lowndes. 
 
 1459 Lucas (Hippolyte, critic of Paris “ Debats'”). Curiosites 
 ' ^ Dramatiques et Litteraires, avec une Notice sur 1 ’Auteur. 
 
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 Libri Sex Accedunt Selectte Lectiones Dilucidando Poe- 
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 pieces. Minimo, old calf gilt, edges gilt. Paris, 1744 
 
 Rare. A fine piece of binding of the genre Du Seuil. It was printed 
 on “papier velin ” by Coustelier who used the mark of the Elzevirs, “an old 
 man under an olive tree, on which is the motto ‘ Non Solus.’ ” 
 
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 Metamorphoses, a Poem. i2mo, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1885 
 
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 the author.” 
 
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 traits and illustrations after Madrazo, Duran, Gauch- 
 erel, Sarah Bernhardt and others. Small 8vo, fresh 
 half red calf gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
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 0 ^1464 MATTHEWS. French Dramatists of the 19th Century. 
 - 0 Small 8vo, fresh half green calf gilt, top edge gilt, others 
 
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 Great Britain and the United States from the Days of 
 David Garrick to the Present Time. Vols. 1 and 2. 
 Small 8vo, fresh illuminated cloth, top edges gilt. 
 
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 Vol. 1, “ Garrick and his Contemporaries”: Vol. 2, ‘‘The Kembles and their 
 Contemporaries . " 
 
 THE LIMITED CHISWICK PRESS AND BEST 
 EDITION OF MARLOWE. 
 
 I Svo l 466 MARLOWE (Christopher). Dramatic Works, with Notes, 
 and some Account of his Life and Writings, by the Rev. 
 Alexander Dyce. 3 vols. small 8vo, half morocco, 
 cloth sides, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 London, William Pickering , 1850 
 
 Best edition. Only 250 copies printed at the Chiswick Press. Very 
 scarce. 
 
 This edition is not a reprint of that of 1S26, which abounds in the grossest 
 errors, but is an entirely new text formed from a collation of the early editions. 
 
 Marlowe was the only dramatic poet who obtained any degree of celebrity 
 previous to the appearance of Shakespeare. 
 
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 V 467 MAROT and BEZA. — Les Pseaumes de David Mis en 
 - Rime Frangoise par Clement Marot et Theodore de 
 
 Bezf., Prieres Ecclesiastiques. Music. Minimo, old 
 morocco elegant, gilt edges. 
 
 Charenton and Paris, Antoine Ccllier , 1691 
 
 VERY RARE. A fine example of the style of the binding of Le Gascon. 
 The tooling is [ointilU of the best kind, and the sides and back are one mass 
 of gilding. 
 
 This is the remarkable translation of the Psalms by Clement Marot. which 
 caused that great French poet to be declared a heretic by the Sorbonne. He 
 was the favorite of Marguerite de Valois, sister of Francis the First, but that 
 monarch had him imprisoned on account of his writings and Huguenot tenden- 
 cies. His life, full of curious incidents, reads more like a romance than stern 
 reality. 
 
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 3 MASSINGER (Philip). Dramatic Works, with Notes, 
 
 ^ Critical and Explanatory. By W. Gifford. Portrait. 
 4 vols. large Svo, russia extra gilt, edges gilt and contents 
 lettered. London, Buhner , 1813 
 
 I.arce paper copy, extremely scarce. Second and best edition. The 
 edges of this copy are nearly uncut, many being left rough. Some of the 
 bindings are broken at the hinges — and part of one back is off. 
 
 A more perfect edition of an old poet than this was never issued from the 
 press. 
 
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 GUIZOT’S COPY OF “ LA JAQUERIE.” 
 
 j— 1 469 [MERIMEE (Prosper).] La Jaquerie, Scenes Feodales 
 suivies de la Famille de Carvajal, Drame par l’Auteur du 
 Theatre de Clara Gazul. 8vo, half calf. Paris, 1828 
 
 Very rare, original edition, and in splendid condition. From the 
 library of Guizot, and with his heraldic library stamp on the half-title. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF MIDDLETON’S DRAMATIC 
 WORKS, BOUND BY RIVIERE. 
 
 470 MIDDLETON (Thomas, contemporary of Shakespeare). 
 
 ' * Dramatic and other Works, now first Collected. With 
 
 some account of the author and Notes by Rev. Alexander 
 Dyce. Portrait on India paper and frontispiece. 5 vols. 
 8vo, elegantly bound in polished calf extra, gold inside 
 borders and gilt edges by Riviere. 
 
 London, Edward Lumley , 1840 
 LARGE PAPER. Very rare. Less than thirty copies were privately 
 printed, I.umley says but twenty-five. 
 
 “ Pre eminently beautiful, many portions only inferior to Shakespeare, 
 f I itherto almost inaccessible from their rarity; averaging from £ 20 to £30 a 
 play.” 
 
 U-l){X)^ 4 U MIDDLETON. Another copy of the same. With portrait 
 on India paper and front. 5 vols. small 8vo, boards, 
 uncut. London, Edward Lumley, 1840 
 
 “ Middleton, a very voluminous writer, lived in the time of K. Charles 1st 
 and is supposed to have died after the publication of the Pageant for 1626.” — 
 Lowndes. 
 
 MILLEVOYE (Charles). CEuvres de, Edition Publiee 
 avec des Pieces Nouvelles et des Variantes par “ P. L. 
 Jacob, Bibliophile.” With portrait, facsimile and etchings 
 by Ad. Lalauze, illustrative of the author's poetical works. 
 3 vols. small 8vo. Bound in fresh half crushed brown 
 levant morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, Quantin, 1880 
 
 Charming edition printed on “ papier verge." 
 
 Lamartine called Millevoye his younger brother and Charles Nodier wrote: — 
 “ Vcnu dans un temps difficile pour les hommes d’Etat, Millevoye parut roman- 
 tique parmi les classiques, et classique parmi les romantiques . . . Les uns 
 pretendent qu'il n'a point tout ose; les autres qu'il n'a point tout brave. Je crois 
 que Ton citera ses ouvrages comme le point d'interjection entre les deux Ecoles 
 pretes a se confondre.” 
 
 Paul Lacroix’s edition, with Ch. Louandre’s biography, is one long eulogy of 
 Millevoye. 
 
 THE VERY RARE ELZEVIR MOLIERE. 
 
 100 1473 MOLlfeRE (J. B. Poquelin de). Les CEuvres de Monsieur 
 Moliere — Edition Nouvelle. With engraved front. 6 vols. 
 minimo, vellum, by J. Pouillet. 
 
 Amsterdam, Jacques et Guillaume Le Jeune, 1683-89 
 VERY RARE. A copy of what is known as one of the Elzevir editions of 
 Moliere and following the text of the 1675 Amsterdam edition of Jacques le 
 
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 Jeune in 5 vols. , with the addition of — “ Les CEuvres Posthumes” printed in 
 1689. All the volumes of this set, which is only illustrated with an engraved 
 title to volume one, bear the imprint of Jacques le Jeune, with the exception of 
 the “Posthumous Works,” printed by Guillaume le Jeune. 
 
 There are many false titles throughout and to the separate plays, each of 
 which are separately paginated without any reference to the remainder of the 
 volume. Some of the dates on these false titles are different to and earlier than 
 those on the general titles. All these particular titles state — “ suivant la Copie 
 imprimee a Paris. ” 
 
 The Elzevir Moliere is one of the rarest and most valuable of the editions of 
 the works of the greatest French Dramatic Poet. 
 
 “ Many persons declare that his Comedies surpass or equal the most beautiful 
 pieces of that kind written by the Ancient Greeks and Romans.” — Bayle. 
 
 LARGE PAPER MOLIERE— VAN LAUN S TRANSLATION— 
 WITH LALAUZES ETCHINGS. 
 
 1474 MOLIERE (J. B. Poquelin). Complete Dramatic Works 
 of, translated and edited by Hknry Van Laun, with 
 Memoir, Introductions, and Appendices, wherein are given 
 the passages borrowed or adapted from MoLifeRE by 
 English Dramatists, with Explanatory Notes. Fine portrait 
 and etchings on India paper, executed specially for this edi- 
 tion by Lalauze. 6 vols. large Svo boards, totally uncut. 
 
 Edinburgh, 1875-76 
 
 
 Large paper and with the 35 plates of Lalauze on India paper. 
 
 “ Masterly etchings, full of dramatic feeling, and rich in subtle suggestiveness 
 of color." — Daily Telegraph. 
 
 “ Exceedingly characteristic etchings from the skilful pencil of M. Lalauze, 
 of Paris, which are entitled to the praise of being not only admirably executed, but 
 really illustrative of Moli£re’s text.” — Glasgow Xews. 
 
 “ As regards mere faithfulness of translation, it is astonishingly correct. 
 Besides writing a modest prefatory life, Mr. Van Laun has prefixed to each play 
 an Introduction containing all necessary information respecting its sources and 
 circumstances, and has added to each an appendix of peculiar interest. These 
 appendices contain full extracts from the plays in which English playwrights have 
 done themselves the honour to ‘ convey ’ Moliere’s good things. . . . The portrait 
 of Moliere is extremely fine." — .-tcademy. 
 
 1475 MOLlfcRE. CEuvres de Monsieur de Moliere — Nou- 
 velle edition, Revue, Corrig6e et Augmentee. Portrait 
 and numerous plates. 4 vols. minimo, old calf, gilt. 
 
 Utrecht, Guillaume Van de Water, 1713 
 
 Very rare edition. The portrait is by A. De Blois after Mignard. 
 
 
 476 MOLlfeRE. CEuvres de MoufeRE, avec un Commentaire 
 Historique et Litteraire; pr^cedees du Tableau des Mceurs 
 du Dix-Septieme Siecle, et de la Vie de Moliere par M, 
 Pktitot — Nouvelle edition. Portrait of MoufeRE and 
 plates by or after Le Jeune, Buguet, Adam, Cazenave, 
 etc. 6 vols. Svo, half morocco, top edges sprinkled, others 
 uncut. Paris, Ail/aud, 1823 
 
 EXCELLENT EDITION of Moliire and printed by Rignoux. The value 
 of the above edition is in the notes, etc., of Petitot, himself a tragedian, and the 
 editor of Alficri and Cervantes. 
 
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 MOLIERE. CEuvres Completes avec les Notes de tous 
 les Commentateurs. 7 vols. 8vo, tree marbled calf extra, 
 marbled edges (one binding damaged). Paris, 1824-26 
 
 This splendid edition of Molitre was edited by L. Aime- Martin. It is illus- 
 trated with the admirable plates of Descnne, of which some in this copy are foxed . 
 The first 200 pages of the first volume have an exhaustive preface, a life of the 
 dramatist and a history of the comedians or “ Troupe de Moliere.” 
 
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 SUPERB COPY OF MOLIERE, WITH TONY JOHANNOT S 
 ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 7^1478 MOLIERE. — CEuvres de, Precedee d’une Notice sur sa 
 Vie et ses Ouvrages par M. Sainte-Beuve. Portrait and 
 profusely illustrated with vignette wood engravings by T’ony 
 Johannot. Thick large 8vo, fresh red calf extra gilt, in 
 the style of and probably by Marius-Michel, gold dentelle 
 inside borders, edges gilt (a few pp. foxed). 
 
 Paris, Dubouchet , 1843 
 A superb COPY of this delightfully illustrated edition of the works of the 
 Shakespeare of France. 
 
 CHINA PAPER COPY OF HOUSSAYE’S “COMEDIENNES 
 DE MOLIERE ’’—WITH THE PORTRAITS IN THREE 
 S I'ATES-SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND. 
 
 *479 MOLIERE. — HOUSSAYE (Arsene, ancien directeur de la 
 - Cotne'die Erancaise, 1849-1856). Les Comediennes de 
 
 Moliere. Portraits in three states and some rubrications. 
 Large 8vo. Sumptuously bound by Bradstreets in 
 crushed blue levant morocco extra gilt, with the letter “ D ” 
 in gold on the sides between a wreath and a spray of leaves, 
 double with crushed red levant morocco gilt, leather 
 joints, rounded corners, top edge gilt, others uncut, covers 
 bound in. Paris, 1879 
 
 No. 15 of limited edition of 25 copies on China paper, with the proofs of the 
 ten portraits in three states — before letters on Holland, in “ crayon sangu- 
 ine ” (genre Boucher), and on China paper. 
 
 CHINA PAPER COPY OF COQUELIN’S BOOK ON MOLIERE 
 —HANDSOMELY BOUND BY BRADSTREETS. 
 
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 1480 MOLIERE et le Misanthrope par C. COQUELIN de la 
 Comedie Francaise. Small 8vo. Sumptuously bound by 
 Bradstreets in half crushed red levant morocco gilt, top 
 edge gilt, others uncut, covers bound in. Paris, 1881 
 
 Unique and very rare. This is one of 15 copies entirely printed on 
 China paper. Inserted is a page autograph letter signed of the author, the 
 distinguished French actor, Coquelin. 
 
 rj r . 1 48 1 MOLIERE sa Vie et ses CEuvres par Jules Claretie. 
 *'* Minimo. Bound by Adolphe Bertrand in crushed red 
 
 levant morocco extra gilt, rounded corners, inside gold 
 dentelle borders, gilt edges. Paris, n. d. 
 
 Limited issue. The beautiful edition of Alphonse Lemerre handsomely 
 bound by Bertrand, of Paris. 
 
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 I 1 1482 Molieriste (Le), Revue Mensuelle. Parts 79 to 87 in- 
 ' elusive, and from 89 to 92 inclusive. Together 13 parts. 
 
 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1855-86 
 
 1483 Monnier (Marc). Les Aieux de Figaro. Small 8vo, 
 paper, uncut. Paris, 1868 
 
 If^Q 1484 Monselet (Charles). Les Premieres Presentations Celcbres. 
 
 Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1867 
 
 ORIGINAL AND BEST EDITION OF THE IRISH MELODIES 
 —ILLUSTRATED BY MACLISE. 
 
 * 1 /I 0 U ! 4^5 MOORE (Thomas). Irish Melodies. Illustrated by I). 
 
 Maclise, A’ A. 4to, green morocco extra, inside gold 
 dentelle borders, edges gilt. London, Longman, 1846 
 Original and best edition, every page engraved on thick plate paper, and 
 illustrated with the exquisite engravings and floral designs of Daniel Maclise. 
 Published in 1846 on fine thick paper at 3s., and on thin paper in 1850 at 
 £l iis. 6d. Several other reprints have been issued, with which the above can 
 be compared as “ Hyperion to a Satyr.” 
 
 3 J 0 i486 [MORE (Henry).] W YXflAIA, Platonica; or a Platoni- 
 call Song of the Soul, consisting of Foure Severall Poems. 
 Hereto is added a Paraphrasticall Interpretation of the 
 Answer of Apollo consulted by Amelius, about Plo- 
 tinus Soul Departed this Life. By H. M. Master of 
 Arts and Fellow of Christ’s College in Cambridge. Minimo. 
 Bound by Jenkins and Cecil in mottled calf gilt, inside 
 gold borders, citron edges. Cambridge, Roger Daniel, 1642 
 Very rare and a beautiful copy of the first edition. 
 
 “ Dr. Henry More, the celebrated Platonist. esteemed one of our greatest 
 divines and philosophers, and no mean poet.” — Samuel Johnson. 
 
 1487 Moynet (M. J .). L’Envers du Theatre, Machines et De- 
 corations. With 60 wood-engravings. Small 8vo, half 
 yellow calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. Paris, 1874 
 
 ELEGANT COPY OF ALFRED DE MUSSET— BOUND BY 
 
 SMEERS. 
 
 1488 MUSSET (Alfred de). CEuvres Completes. Fine portraits 
 and rubricated titles. 11 vols. minimo. Elegantly bound 
 by Smeers in crushed blue levant morocco extra gilt, inside 
 gold dentelle borders, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1876 
 This BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED and limited edition on papier verge is divided 
 as follows: — Biographic de A. de Musset; Poesies. 1828-52, 2 vols. ; Comedies 
 de l’rovcrbes, 3 vols.; Contes et Nouvclles; Nouvelles; Confession d’un En- 
 fant du Sieclc; Melanges de Litterature et de Critique; CEuvres Posthumes. 
 
 ^1489 MUSSET. (Euvres Posthumes de Alfred de Musset. 
 
 Small 8vo, cloth, totally uncut. Paris, i860 
 
 Original edition, with the covers bound in. 
 
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 l’Homme, le Poete. Small 8vo. Bound by V. Champs in 
 half green crushed levant morocco, top edge gilt, covers 
 bound in. Paris, 1862 
 
 MYSTfeRES DES THEATRES 1852 par Edmond de 
 Goncourt, Jules de Goncourt et Cornelius Hoke. 
 8vo, half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1853 
 
 Large paper and very scarce. 
 
 NODIER (Charles). Poesies, Recueillies et Publices par 
 N. Delangle. Small 8vo, half calf, cloth sides, top edge 
 gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1829 
 
 Limited edition on toned laid paper. 
 
 1493 OPERA (L’) — Eaux Fortes et Quatrains par “ Un 
 * Abonne.” Illustrated with most charmingly executed etch- 
 
 ings of the operatic stage of France — and titles. Small 8vo, 
 paper, uncut. Paris, Libraire des Bibliophiles, 1876 
 
 Only a limited edition of this beautiful work was printed by Jouaust on 
 “ papier de Hollande ” and “papier de Chine.” 
 
 Q. 1494 OSSIAN (Fils de Fingal , Barde du y Si'ecle). Poesies 
 1 r Galliques traduites sur l’Anglais de Macpherson par 
 
 Letourneur. Portrait and plates by Tardieu. 2 vols. 
 small 8vo, boards. Paris, 1S10 
 
 Rare. New edition with the poems of other bards translated by J. Smith, 
 with an essay on the authenticity of Ossian by Ginguene. 
 
 “ Ossian. sublimest, simplest bard of all, 
 
 Whom English infidels Macpherson call.” 
 
 — Churchill. 
 
 OUTREPONT (Charles D’). La Mort de Charles I., 
 Roi d’Angleterre, Drame en Quarante-deux Scenes. 8vo. 
 Bound by E. Rousselle in fresh half crushed blue levant 
 morocco gilt, top edge gilt. Paris, 1827 
 
 Rare and printed by Firmin-Didot. 
 
 PARNASSE CONTEMPORAIN, Recueil de Vers Nou- 
 veaux 1866. Large 8vo, crushed red levant morocco ele- 
 gant, rounded corners, inside dentelle gold borders, gilt 
 edges. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre , 1866 
 
 Very scarce. The first book published by the new school of French poetry 
 out of which came the “ Academie Francaise ” of to day, Coppee, Sully, Prud- 
 homme, etc. In the list of contributors are Gautier, Baudelaire, NIendes, 
 I Ioussaye.Fertiault and many others of greater or less importance, such as Henry 
 Winter, who on page 207 of this copy has corrected by his own hand an error 
 and affixed his signature. 
 
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 liiu 1496 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF PEELE’S DRAMATIC WORKS 
 —BOUND BY BEDFORD. 
 
 ll/o ' 497 
 
 PEELE (George). Dramatic Works. Collected and 
 edited, with some account of his Life and Writings, by the 
 
 
354 
 
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 Rev. Alex. Dvce. Second edition, with additions, 
 and the supplementary volume. Facsimile. To- 
 gether 3 vols. Small 8vo, fresh polished yellow calf extra 
 gilt, dentelle borders, gilt edges by F. Bedford. 
 
 London, Pickering , 1829-39 
 LARGE PAPER. Very rare and printed by C. Whittingham. Most 
 sets of Pickering’s collection of Dramatists have the original edition of the above 
 in two volumes. 
 
 “ Peele and Marlowe were the contemporaries of Shakespeare; both had ex- 
 quisite feelings for poetry, and excelled in description, to which the former lent 
 beauty, the latter sublimity.” — Gifford. 
 
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 1498 Pennell (H. Cholmondeley). From Grave to Gay: a Vol- 
 in me of Selections from the Complete Poems of. Portrait. 
 Minimo, fresh cloth, beveled sides, rough edges. 
 
 London, 1884 
 
 Printed on thick paper. 
 
 THE PERCY SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS— THIRTY 
 VOLUMES. 
 
 I 0 I . PERCY SOCIETY’S Publications, Complete, Comprising 
 
 ' an Extraordinary Collection of Early and Rare Specimens 
 
 of English Poetry, Edited by Eminent Literary Men. 
 Illustrations. 30 vols. small 8vo, half red morocco, con- 
 . tents lettered, top edges gilt. 
 
 London , printed for the Percy Society , 1840-52 
 A beautiful copy, scarce. From the very limited number of copies printed, 
 and those for members, and not for sale, these works will always be very difficult 
 to procure; the above contains all the publications of the Sociely, and includes: 
 “ Early English Poetry, ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, 
 Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications.” The establish- 
 ment of the Percy Society in 1840 was for the purpose primarily of paying a 
 noble tribute to the memory of bishop Thomas Percy, editor of — “ The Reliqucs 
 of Ancient Poetry.” 
 
 The editors of the valuable works in this interesting series were: — J. P. 
 Collier, J. O. Halliwell, T. Crofton Croker, Charles Mackay, T. Wright, A. 
 I)yce, E. F. Rimbault, W. II. black, W. Chappell, Peter Cunningham, F. W. 
 Fairholt, P. bliss, T. J. Pettigrew, W. J. Thoms. James Goodwin, James H. 
 Dixon, M. A. Denham, W. Sandys and C. Hardwick. 
 
 This set. which includes the suppressed Gosson's “ Quippes for Upstart New- 
 fangled Gentlewomen,” and bansley's “Pride and Abuse of Women,” is 
 arranged as follows: — Vol. 1, "Old ballads,” “Songs and ballads relative to 
 the London Prentices," “ Historical Songs of Ireland,” “ Pain and Sorrow of 
 Evil Marriage," and “ The King and a Poor Northern Man ”; Vol. 2, “ Minor 
 Poems of Lydgate," “ Early Naval ballads of England,” “A Search for Money," 
 aud " Mad Pranks and Merry' Jests of Robin Goodfellow Vol. 3. “Political 
 ballads. “ Strange Histories,” “A Marriage Triumph,” and “ History of 
 Patient Grissel "; Vol. 4, " Specimens of Lyric Poetry," “ Poke of Curtasye," 
 “Christmas Carols," and “Nursery Rhymes of England”; Vol. 5, "Kind 
 Hearts Dream,” “A Knight’s Conjuring. ' “ Meeting of Gallants at an Ordi- 
 
 naire, ’ and “ Two Angry Women of Abingdon”; Vol. 6, “ Ancient Poetical 
 1 racts of the ^XVIth Century," “Cock Lorcll’s bote,” “Crown Garland of 
 Golden Roses,’ “ Hutton's Folies Anatomic," and Wotton’s “ Poems”; Vol. 
 7. " Harmony of birds,” "Paraphrase Seven Penitential Psalms,” Drayton's 
 Harmony of Church,” “Jack of Dover," and “A Kerry Pastoral ”; Vol. 8, 
 
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 “ Selection Latin Stories” and Gifford’s “ Dialogues of Witches and Witch- 
 craft Vol. 9, Rowlands’s “ Four Knaves,” Thomson’s “ Poem to Congreve’s 
 Memory,” “ Pleasant Conceits of Old Hobson,” “ Maroccus Extaticus,” 
 and “Great Frost Old Ballads”; Vol. io, “Lord Mayor’s Pageants”; 
 Vol. ii, “Owl and Nightingale” Croke’s “Thirteen Psalms,” Hall’s 
 “ Historical! Expostulation, etc.,” and Rich’s " Honestie of this Age”; Vol. 12, 
 “ Reynard the Fox, from Caxton’s edition ”; Vol. 13, “ Keen of South of Ire- 
 land,” “Six Ballads, with Burdens” and “ Lyrical Poems, 1589-1600”; Vol. 14; 
 John Audelay's “ Poems.” “St. Brandan,” and “ Romance Emperor Oct avian ’’; 
 Vol. 15, “ Friar Bakon's Prophesie,” “Poetical Miscellanies,” and “ Crown Gar- 
 land of Golden Roses, Part 11 Vol. 16, “ Seven Sages” and “ Romance of 
 Sir Tryamoure ”; Vol. 17, “ Scottish Ancient Ballads” and “Ancient Poems, 
 Ballads and Songs ”; Vol. 18, Hawes’s “ Pastime of Pleasure ”; Vol. 19, “ Civic 
 Garland ” and “Thomas Becket”; Vol. 20, Barnfield’s “ Affectionate Shepherd,” 
 “Wit and Folly,” “Proverbs and Popular Sayings” and “ Song of Lady 
 Bessy”; Vol. 21. “ Popular Songs. Illustrative of French Invasion of Ireland”; 
 Vol. 22. “Citizen and Uplondyshman," “ Interlude Four Elements,” “ Disobe- 
 dient Child,” “ Autobiography Mary Countess Warwick ” and “ Westward for 
 Smelts”; Vol. 23, “Fifteenth Century Songs and Carols”; “Sixteenth and 
 Seventeenth Century Festive Songs” and “Popular English Histories”; Vols. 
 24, 25 and 26. Chaucer's “Canterbury Tales”; Vol. 27, “ Beleeve as you 
 List,” and “ Satirical Songs and Poems on Costume ”; Vol 28, “ Anglo-Saxon 
 Passion of Saint George,” “Poem on Times of Edward II.,” “ Poems of 
 William de Shoreham,” and “Triall of Treasure”; Vol. 29, “Fugitive Tracts 
 and Chap Books,” “ Man in Moone,” “ Use of Dice Play,” “ Loyal Garland ” 
 and " Poems and Songs. Assassination Duke of Buckingham”; Vol. 30, “Gar- 
 land of Good Will,” “Britannia’s Pastoral ’’and “ John Bon and Mast Per- 
 son.” 
 
 1500 Playbili. of the Gilbert Dramatic Association, edited by 
 
 H. Penf. du Bois and L. J. Huking, J r. Vol. 5. Nos. 1 to 6 
 inclusive (all published). Large 8vo. Brooklyn, 1885-86 
 
 THE AMONTILLADO POE— DE LUXE, WITH INDIA 
 
 PROOFS. 
 
 1501 POE (Edgar Allan). The Works of — the Amontillado 
 
 Edition; with a Memoir, by Richard Henry Stoddard. 
 Beautifully illustrated with etchings , photogravures , portrait 
 and facsimiles. 8 vols. fresh cloth, top edges gilt, others 
 uncut. N. Y., 1884 
 
 No. 262 of limited edition of 315 copies signed and numbered. 
 
 This is the finest and most complete edition published of Poe. It is printed 
 on Holland paper. 
 
 1502 POE. The Raven. With Comment by Edmund C. Sted- 
 
 ) man. With nearly 30 graphic illustrations after Gus- 
 
 tave Dor6. Square folio, illuminated cloth, beveled 
 sides, gilt edges. N. Y., Harper , 1884 
 
 1503 POPE. — (Etivres Complettes d’ALEXANDRE Pope, Tra- 
 
 duites en Francois — Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigee, 
 augumentee du Texte Anglois mis & cote des Meilleures 
 Pieces. Portraits and plates by Marillier. 8 vols. 8vo, 
 sewed, uncut. , Paris, Chez Veuve Duchesne, 1779 
 Rare, entirely uncut as issued with the rare plates of Marillier. The por- 
 trait is by Le Beau after Kncllcr. The illustrations by Marillier to the above 
 edition of Pope are fully equal to those he designed for Dorat, Prevost, etc. 
 
356 
 
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 1504 POUGIN (Arthur). Figures d’Opera Comique — Madame 
 Dugazon, Eli.evion, les Gavaudan. Three etched por- 
 traits by Masson. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1875 
 
 / ( 96 ,1 5°5 PRAED (VVinthrop Mackworth). Poems, with Memoir by 
 Derwent Coleridge. Portrait. 2 vols. i2mo, fresh 
 half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. N. Y., 1865 
 
 “ These poems are the most graceful and finished verses of society that can be 
 found in our language, it is impossible to doubt.’’ — Miss Mitford. 
 
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 UMES FROM HER LIBRARY. 
 
 l\- [RACHEL.] — Phedre, Tragedie de Racine — N ouvelle 
 
 Edition Conform^ k la Representation. Small 8vo, half 
 morocco, cloth sides. Paris, 1818 
 
 This volume came from the library of the great tragedienne Rachel, is stamped 
 on the side with her initial letter “ R ”, has her “ex-libris ” on the half title — 
 a letter “ R ” with the motto — “Tout au rien,” and also has inserted a 
 “ Bulletin d'Adjudication ” of the auction sale of her library. 
 
 A duplicate of this, No. 162, sold for 1,200 francs at the sale of her books. 
 
 It)0 I 5°7 [RACHEL. | — Les Nombres d'Or par L. Belmontet. 
 
 Quatrieme Edition revue et augmentee. Small 8vo, half 
 yellow calf, gilt. Paris, Amyot, 1845 
 
 Front the library of Rachel, and a presentation copy from the author with his 
 autograph signature on the half-title, a portion of which has been mended. 
 Stamped in gold on the side with the letter “ R ”, with Rachel’s book-plate on 
 the half-title and with an inserted “ Bulletin d’Adjudication.” 
 
 0 
 
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 1839. 4 vols. small 8vo, morocco, blind tooled, inside 
 
 dentelle gold borders. Paris, Amyot , 1843 
 
 From the library of Rachel, with her book-plates inserted in all the volumes, 
 which are stamped on both sides of the four volumes with her initial letter “R.” 
 
 J ()q 1 5°9 RACINE (J.). G^uvres Completes, avec les Notes (choisies) 
 > de tous les Commentateurs — Edition publi^e par L. Aim£- 
 
 Martin. Lllustrated with plates designed by Prud’hon, 
 Girodet, Gerard, etc. 6 vols. 8vo, half purple roan gilt, 
 totally uncut. Paris, Lefevre , 1820 
 
 Vf.ry scarce. This is the best, most complete, and first edition of the Aime- 
 Mnrtia edition of Racine. It was printed by Didot, on papier verge. 
 
 Racine — “contests with his immediate predecessor, Corneille, the glory of 
 being the greatest among the French tragic dramatists. His grace and melody 
 of diction are exquisite; and his refined tenderness of feeling, often melting into 
 profound pathos, breaks out through all the barriers imposed by the unities, and 
 the simple plots and the monotony of the rhymed Alexandrine verse.” 
 
 I 00 1510 Renan (Ernest, de PAcad/mie Frattfaise). L’Eau de Jou- 
 vcnce, suite de Caliban. 4to, half crushed levant morocco, 
 top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1881 
 
 Original edition of this remarkable play by the author of the “ Life of 
 
 J esus. ” 
 
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 Revue d’Art Dramatique— Directeur,EDMONDSrouLLiG. 
 Vols. i and 2 (complete and in parts as published). Large 
 8vo, sewed. Paris, 1886 
 
 Roosevelt (Blanche). Stage-Struck. Small 8vo, fresh 
 cloth. N. Y., 1884 
 
 Rousseau (J. B.). OEuvres Choisies. 2 vols. minimo, 
 Spanish calf gilt, edges gilt. Amsterdam, 1777 
 
 With the book-plates of “ Victor J. B. Dorgeval.” 
 
 ROYER (Alphonse). Histoire du Theatre Contemporain 
 en France et il l'Etranger, depuis 1800 jusqu’a 1875. 2 
 
 vols. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1878 
 
 ST. CfeRAN (Tulius). Les Louisianaises, Poesies Nouvelles. 
 Premier Volume. 8vo, half cloth. New Orleans, 1840 
 All published, and at $4, vide the title. 
 
 SAINTE-BEUVE (C. A.). Poesies Completes. Small 
 8vo, half calf, gilt. Paris, 1869 
 
 This revised and augmented edition includes — Joseph Delorme, Consolations 
 and Thoughts of August. 
 
 I )_Ji5 I 7 Sarrazin (Gabriel). Poetes Modernes de l’Angleterre. 
 
 Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 The poets written up in this volume are — Walter Savage Landor, Percy Bysshe 
 Shelley, John Keats. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and 
 Algernon Charles Swinburne. 
 
 *7 q ^ 15 18 SCHILLER (Friedrich Von). Sammtliche Werke. Por- 
 trait and plates engraved by Schiller and others after 
 Rethel, Stelke, Mucke, Schroder, etc. 12 vols. small 
 8vo, half calf. Stuttgart, 1835-36 
 
 519 Schiller. Jungfrau von Orleans, Berlin , 1802; Schiller’s 
 Braut von Messina und Jungfrau, Carlsruhe, 1818; Her- 
 der’s Gedichte, erster theil. Together 3 vols. Small 
 8vo. 
 
 ^1520 SCUDO (P.). Critique et Litterature Musicales, First and 
 Second Series; also— L’Annee Musicale par P. Scudo, 
 First, Second and Third Years. Together 15 vols. Small 
 8vo, uniform half red morocco (4) and old sheep, gilt (1). 
 
 Paris, 1856-62 
 
 These important musical criticisms are excessively rare and of unfrequent 
 occurrence together. 
 
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 1521 Second (Alberic) et Beauvallet (Leon). La Vicomtesse 
 
 Alice, Drame. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 PAYNE COLLIER’S PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION OF 
 SHAKESPEARE-LIMITED TO 58 SETS FOR SUB- 
 SCRIBERS ONLY. 
 
 1522 SHAKESPEARE (William). Plays and Poemes with 
 
 the Purest Text and Briefest Notes, Edited by J. 
 PAYNE COLLIER. 8 vols. (in 43 parts complete as 
 issued) 4to. 
 
 London, privately printed for the Subscribers , 1875-78 
 
 Very scarce and limited edition of 58 sets, published for subscri- 
 bers only, beautifully printed by Thomas Richards on heavy hot-pressed paper 
 with extra wide margins, each play being separately paginated and duplicate 
 sets of titles being given to suit the taste and wishes of the owner in binding, 
 and is divided as follows: — 
 
 Vol. I. The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of 
 Windsor, Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado about 
 Nothing; Vol. II. Love’s Labours Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The 
 Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Taming of the Shrew, All's Well that 
 Ends Well; Vol. III. ‘twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, King John, King 
 Edward the Third, King Henry the Second, King Henry the Fourth — Part I. ; 
 Vol. IV., King Henry the Fourth — Part II., King Henry the Sixth — Parts I., 
 II. and III., King Richard the Third; Vol. V. Henry the Eighth, Troilusand 
 Cressida, Coriolanus, Titus and Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet: Vol. VI. 
 Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear; Vol. VII. Othello, 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Pericles Prince of Tyre, The Two 
 Noble Kinsmen; Vol. VIII. A Yorkshire Tragedy, Maccdorus, Venus 
 and Adonis, Luerece, Sonnets, A Lover’s Complaint, The Passionate 
 Pilgrim. 
 
 Mr. Collier in his preface remarks that — “ As to the text I have been guided, 
 and indeed governed, by a close examination of, I may say, every authentic 
 impression that has been issued from the year 1596 to the present day. 
 
 “ I have inserted in my present edition three plays which have never yet 
 been included in any collection of the works of the great dramatist — Edward 
 the Third, indubitably by Shakespeare; The Yorkshire Tragedy, to which he 
 contributed, probably in the haste to prepare it for representation: and Macc- 
 dorus. to which it seems certain he added a scene on some revival of a popular 
 old drama, most likely in existence before Shakespeare joined a theatrical com- 
 pany. This very scene may, possibly, have been his earliest contribution to 
 the stage. 
 
 “ My original proposal was to furnish fifty subscribers with three plays in 
 return for every £l transmitted to me from time to time as the work’ pro- 
 ceeded. I had calculated that printing and paper for each play would not cost 
 more than .£12 to /^I5. and such was the case in the outset; but as I advanced 
 I found that many of the plays from their bulk, cost from fis to ^20— in 
 several instances nearly £25. For this increase I ought to have been but was 
 not prepared, and as I was sure that my subscribers could not wish me to be a 
 heavy loser by my labours, I ventured in one instance to make an additional 
 call on them. As, however, I felt that I ought not to pursue a course so 
 irregular and irresponsible, I resolved after much deliberation and very unwill- 
 ingly to add to my fifty a few more names, so as to make my edition consist of 
 58, instead of 50 copies.” 
 
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 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF SHAKESPEARE, WITH MONZIES'S 
 
 ETCHINGS. 
 
 SHAKESPEARE. The Dramatic Works of Shakes- 
 peare — the text of the first folio edition. Illustrated 
 with charming etchings by M. Monzies, from new designs 
 by M. Pille, and a faithful reproduction of the Droeshout 
 port) ait, head and tail pieces — beautifully printed on the finest 
 paper. 8 vols. 8vo, cloth, rough edges. 
 
 Edinburgh, William Paterson , 1883 
 
 Edition-DE-Luxe, published at £5. Limited edition of 550 copies only, 
 on Holland paper and all numbered, this being No. 8g. 
 
 “ It is, then, an eminent service to Shakespearian literature which Mr. 
 William Paterson renders when he issues an edition of the poet’s works which 
 is an exact reprint of the famous folio. In this case we have not a fac simile 
 reproducing the size, shape and every detail or defect of the original, but a 
 handsome edition in eight octavo volumes, with the best paper and the most 
 delicate of typography, presenting an exact transcript of the folio, with the 
 spelling and the metrical disposition of the original, and with all the minuti.x of 
 italics, parenthesis and the like with which a text of that period abounds. 
 
 . . We may almost fancy we are nearer to the poet in intelligence and sympa- 
 thy when we have his words as he or his companions set them down 
 
 We need only remark, in conclusion, that the work is illustrated throughout 
 with etchings of great finish and delicacy, which, for the most part, indicate a 
 real Shakespearian sentiment .” — London Times. 
 
 “ It is a significant fact that Mr. Paterson should have gone to France for 
 work of this kind. We doubt if he could have got it done so well in England. 
 It is not that we do not possess etchers, men capable of far higher work than 
 this, but, as a rule, the English artists in this kind arc unable or unwilling to 
 bend their talent to the business of miniature illustration. . . . Here we 
 
 sec MM. Pille and Monzies quietly going through the whole scries of plays 
 without a single failure. They are workmanlike and skillful, and, on the 
 whole, they have produced an excellent edition of Shakespeare, which we recom- 
 mend to all lovers of handsome books .” — Saturday Kevie-u. 
 
 THE RARE CORRALL EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE. 
 
 
 SHAKESPEARE. Works. Vignette woodcuts , head and 
 tail pieces. 9 vols. minimo (3.^ inches by if), cloth, uncut. 
 
 London, William Pickering , 1825 
 
 Dedicated to Earl Spencer, and known as the “ Corrall edition,” after its 
 printer. Published in three editions £2 2s. , or with thirty engravings £1 17s., 
 or on India paper £^ 4s. The above is the first named of the three. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF BALLANTYNE’S SHAKESPEARE. 
 
 SHAKESPEARE. Plays of, printed from the Text of 
 Samuel Johnson, George Steevens and Isaac Reid. 
 With portrait by Evans, and engraved headpieces by or 
 after Stothard, Fittler, Howard, Thompson, Smirke, 
 
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 etc. 12 vols. large 8vo, old half red morocco, top edges 
 gilt, others uncut (foxed somewhat, and binding rubbed). 
 
 London, 1807 
 
 Large paper. Ballantyne’s edition and very scarce. 
 
 HUDSON’S EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE. 
 
 1526 SHAKESPEARE. Works, the Text Carefully Restored 
 According to the First Editions; with Introductions, 
 Notes Original and Selected and a life of the Poet by H. 
 N. Hudson. — Revised Edition with Additional Notes. 
 12 vols. small 8vo, limp russia, rounded corners, gilt edges, 
 in leather case. Boston, 1883 
 
 Student’s Handy Edition. “ In Shakespearean criticism Hudson is one of 
 the student’s best guides that we have in English speech. — P URNIVALL. 
 
 THE DELIUS SHAKESPEARE. 
 
 •3 n r- 1527 SHAKESPEARE. The Royal Shakespeare. The Poet’s 
 ° '/° ‘ Works in Chronological Order from the Text of Professor 
 
 L)elius with the addition of the ‘‘ 1 wo Noble Kinsmen 
 
 and Edward III., and an Introduction by F. J. Furni- 
 vall. Portraits , facsimile , and numerous fine steel plates 
 and wood engravings . 3 vols. thick 4to, fresh half morocco 
 gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. London, n. d. 
 
 This edition of the Works of Shakespeare is without doubt one of the most 
 complete ever issued, containing as it does not only the acknowledged works but 
 also the “ Two Noble Kinsmen" and "Edward III., two plays which are 
 considered by competent authorities to contain much of Shakespeare s work. 
 
 The chief object in the chronological researches of Professor Delius is to 
 point out the growth and working out of the genius and dramatic career of the 
 Bard of Avon. 
 
 ^ , n 1528 SHAKESPEARE. Dramatische Werke ubersetzt von 
 *V ^ August Wilhelm von Schlegel und Ludwig Tieck. 
 
 Portrait of Shakespeare by H. Sagert. 12 vols. in 6. 
 Small 8vo, cloth. Berlin, 1851-52 
 
 Vf.ry scarce German translation of the plays of Shakespeare by Schlegel and 
 Tieck. 
 
 
 SHAKESPEARE. The Portraits of Shakespeare, by 
 J. Parker Norris. Illustrated with numerous portraits of 
 Shakespeare. Thick 4to, fresh half morocco, top edge 
 gilt, others uncut. Phila., Robert M. Lindsay, 1885 
 
 Limited edition of 500 copies on thick laid paper. 
 
 " I.ook here, upon this picture, and on this." — Hamlet. 
 
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 ^1530 Shakespeare. — Brack (William). Judith Shakespeare. 
 
 Illustrated by Abbey. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1884 
 
 1 1531 Shelley (Percy Bysshe). The Shelley Birthday Book 
 and Calendar. Compiled and Edited by J. R. Tutin. 
 Portrait. Minimo, fresh cloth, gilt edges. London, 1885 
 
 SHERIDAN’S DRAMATIC WORKS— LIMITED EDITION, 
 PRINTED BY DE VINNE. 
 
 1532 SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley). The Dramatic Works, 
 with an Introduction by Richard Grant White. Por- 
 traits. 3 vols. 8vo, boards, totally uncut. N. Y., 1883 
 
 No. 69 of edition printed from type, and limited to 350 copies on Japan and 
 Holland papers. 
 
 “It is printed from type by the house of De Vinne & Co., which is 
 well-known for the affectionate care bestowed by it upon the finer and more 
 costly class of work, and the impression is limited to thirty copies on Japan 
 paper and three hundred and eighteen on Holland paper. It may, therefore, 
 be called an edition of luxury, and indeed by the beauty of the page, the per- 
 fection of the press work, the excellence of the paper, and the severe style of 
 the plain binding, it is entitled to the respectful consideration of the serious 
 collector. Mr. White reviews the career of the author with vivacity and 
 acuteness, and whatever else may be said of his introduction everybody will 
 call it interesting .” — New York Tribune. 
 
 J (jl ) 1 533 SOIREES PARISIENNES par “ Un Monsieur de l’Or- 
 ' chestre,” for the Years 1874 to 1883, inclusive. With 
 
 illustrations by Sarah Bernhardt, Cheret, Grevin, 
 Mass£, Vibert, Yvon, etc. Together 10 vols. Small 8vo, 
 sewed, uncut. Paris, 1874-83 
 
 These interesting volumes, principally a summary of music and the drama in 
 Paris during the years specified, have prefaces by Ludovic Halevy, Jacques 
 Offenbach, Theodore Barridre, Alphonse Daudet, Ed. Goudinet, Edouard 
 Pailleron, Ad. D'Ennery, Emile Zola, Henry Becque, and Charles Gounod. 
 
 Spielhagen (Friedrich). Was die Schwalbe Sang, and 
 Ultimo by Spielhagen. 2 vols. in r. Small 8vo, cloth 
 gilt, marbled edges. Leipzig, 1877 
 
 Stedman (Edmund Clarence). Poets of America. Small 
 8vo, fresh half morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Boston, Riverside Press , 1885 
 
 Story (William Wetmore). Poems. 2 vols. small 8vo, fresh 
 cloth, top edges gilt. Boston, Riverside Press, 1886 
 
 . Jo ' 534 
 
 US ' 535 
 
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 THE POEMS OF CLOTILDE— BOUND 
 
 BY THOUVENIN— AND WITH THE 
 PLATES IN FIVE STATES. 
 
 £ q 1537 SURVILLE (Marguerite Eleonore 
 Clotilde de Vallon-Chalys, Madame 
 Je). POESIES, i. e .\ — 
 
 I. POESIES de, Poete Frai^ais du 
 XVe Siecle — Nouvelle Edition pub- 
 liee par Ch. Vanderbourg. 
 
 Paris, Nepveu, 1824 
 
 II. POESIES Inedites de, publies par 
 de Roujoux et Ch. Nodier. 
 
 Paris, Nepveu , 1827 
 
 TOGETHER 2 vols. 8vo, half red 
 morocco gilt, by Thouvenin. 
 
 UNIQUE. These rare volumes are illustrated 
 with engravings of the "genre Gothique,” after the 
 designs of Colin, pupil of Girodet. Some are in 
 five states — first etching. India paper without Gothic 
 border and before letters. India paper with border 
 before letters proof w:th border before letters, and 
 proof colored by hand. Others are in four states. 
 The vignettes are in three states — 1, in the text. 2, 
 India proof and 3, colored by hand. 
 
 Clotilde de Surville is claimed to have written 
 poetry more correct in its language than that of 
 Marot, and to have composed verses that Sappho 
 would have been willing to acknowledge. 
 
 The illustration at the side of this description is 
 taken from “ the American Book Maker” of Febru- 
 ary, 1887. The reference to this rcliure and that of 
 the "Chansons de Beranger,” which accompanied it 
 in that part of Howard Lockwood and Co.’s valuable 
 Magazine, will be found in the note to number 894 of 
 this catalogue. 
 
 1 f^ 53 ^ SURVILLE. Poesies tie — Nouvelle 
 
 ► Edition par Ch. Vanderbourg. 
 
 Illustrated with engravings of the 
 “ genre Gothique after the designs 
 of Colin, pupil of Girodet. Thick 
 8vo, half morocco, fore and bottom 
 edges uncut. Paris, 1824 
 
 " poesies de clotilde.” 
 PARIS, 1824. 
 
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 LARGE PAPER COPY OF HOOLE’S TASSO— WITH 
 HANDSOME PLATES. 
 
 1 5 39 TASSO (Torquato). Jerusalem Delivered, an Heroic 
 Poem, translated from the Italian by John Hoole. The 
 Eighth Edition, with Notes. Portrait by Anker Smith 
 after E. C. Knight, and plates by S. Shelley after Fit- 
 ler, etc. (some slightly foxed). 2 vols. qto, red morocco, 
 blind tooled, gilt inside dentelle borders, edges gilt. 
 
 London, T. Bensley, 1803 
 LARGE PAPER and a fine copy, from the library of Emanuel Martin, with 
 his book plate. The dedication “ to the Queen” was written by Samuel John- 
 son. 
 
 SPLENDID EDITION OF TASSO ILLUSTRATED BY 
 COCHIN. 
 
 0 /"A 1540 TASSO. La Jerusalem Delivrde en Vers Francois par 
 - L. P. M. F. Baour-Lormian. Illustrated with a superb 
 
 series of charming plates engraved after the designs of 
 Cochin by Varin, Dambrun, Ling£e, Delignon, Til- 
 liard, Prevost, Simonet, Daclos, Patas, Tuerre and 
 St. Aubin. 2 vols. large 4to, half blue morocco, top 
 edge gilt, others uncut (rubbed slightly). Paris, 1796 
 Rare. Printed by Didot in handsome large type. Priced $17.50, see New 
 York book-dealer's inserted catalogue cutting. The above is the original edi- 
 tion of Baour- Lormian’s edition, with original and brilliant impressions of the 
 plates. 
 
 SUMPTUOUS EDITION OF TASSO, WITH GRAVELOT’S 
 
 PLATES. 
 
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 TASSO. — Jerusalem Delivree, Poeme duTASSE, traduit par 
 Lebrun. Engraved fronts ., with portraits of Tasso and 
 Gravelot, vignette titles and plates by Gravelot — many 
 erotic. 2 vols. small 8 vo, elegantly bound in crushed 
 purple levant morocco extra, dentelle inside borders, gilt 
 edges. Paris, an 1 1 Ere Republicainc 
 
 VERY RARE and the beautiful edition of “ Bossange, Masson et Besson.” 
 A magnificent copy in superb condition. 
 
 Lebrun, the translator of the above edition and the celebrated lyric poet, was 
 known as the “Pindar of France.” After the great Revolution Lebrun was 
 made a member of the Institute of France. Napoleon gave him a pension of 
 6,000 francs. 
 
 1542 TASSO. — Jerusalem Delivree, Poeme du Tasse, Nouvelle 
 v u Traduction. Engraved front, and head-pieces. 2 vols. 
 
 minimo, original mottled calf gilt, dentelle inside borders, 
 edges gilt. A Londres, 1780 
 
 SONGS OF BRITTANY, SUPERBLY BOUND BY ALFRED 
 MATTHEWS IN ELEGANT MOROCCO, DOUBLE. 
 
 If J^i543 TAYLOR (Tom). Ballads and Songs of Brittany, trans- 
 ' - lated from the “ Barsaz Breiz ’’ of Vicomte Hersart de 
 
 la Villemarque, with some of the Original Melodies 
 
364 
 
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 Harmonized by Mrs. Tom Taylor. With illustrations by 
 J. Tissot, J. E. Millais, R. A ., J. Tenniel, C. Keene, 
 E. Corbould and H. K. Browne. Small 4to. Elegantly 
 bound by Alfred Matthews in red crushed levant mo- 
 rocco extra, double with crushed purple levant, exquisitely 
 tooled and mosaiced with leather at the corners, leather 
 joints, edges gilt. London, 1865 
 
 A superbly bound copy of this excellent work extracted from the “ Barsaz 
 Breiz, ” or poetic treasury of Brittany, a body of ballads with as distinct and 
 consistent an impress of their time upon them as the very best preserved 
 examples of Border Minstrelsy. 
 
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 TENNYSON (Alfred, Lord). Idylls of the King — Vivien 
 and Guinevere. Illustrated with the characteristic and 
 charming designs of Gustave Dor6 on India paper — En- 
 graver's proofs. 2 vols. Elegantly bound in red mo- 
 rocco gilt, beveled sides, inside gold borders, leather joints 
 and gilt edges. London, 1867-68 
 
 Original edition and engraver’s proofs on India paper. 
 
 Ovp545 Tennyson. 
 edges. 
 
 Tennyson. 
 
 uncut. 
 
 Works. Fine portrait. Small Svo, cloth, gilt 
 N. Y. (London), 1884 
 
 The Cup and the Falcon, nmo, fresh cloth, 
 N. Y. (London), 1884 
 
 , j0 1 547 Tennyson. Tirf.sias and other Poems. Small Svo, fresh 
 cloth, uncut. London, 1885 
 
 , 548 Tennyson. Lyrical Poems, Selected and Annotated by 
 
 Francis T. Pai.grave. 8vo, fresh cloth, rough edges. 
 
 London, 1885 
 
 Large paper and edition limited to 500 copies only. 
 
 BEAUTIFUL EDITION OF TERENCE— BOUND BY 
 ROUSSELLE. 
 
 qq 1549 TERENCE. Les Comedies de, avec la Traduction et les 
 Remarques de Madame Dacier. Engraved, front, by 
 Picart, and numerous plates in outline — vignette titles. 
 3 vols. square minimo, bound by E. Rousselle in half 
 crushed brown levant morocco, top edges gilt. 
 
 Rotterdam, aux depens de Gaspar Fritsch , 1717 
 
 VERY RAKE. Brunet calls this — “Edition la plus rechcrchee de cette 
 traduction,” and quotes the Didot copy as having sold for 324 francs, the 
 I.abcdoyere for 381 francs, the Renouard for 250 francs, and the Solar for 265 
 francs. 
 
 • f 0 * 55 ° THEATRE FRAN^’AIS, public par C. Schutz — Quat- 
 rieme Serie. Minimo, cloth. Bielefeld, 1846 
 
 ' 04 I 55 I Theuriet et Lyon. La Maison des Deux Barbeaux, 
 Comedie. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
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 365 
 
 Ifu 1552 Th£dora. Notes et Croquis. Texte par Raoul Touch6 
 et V ictorien Sardou. Numerous illustrations , mostly 
 colored by hand , etching of Sarah Bernhardt as “ Theo- 
 dora ” — facsimile autographs. Large 4to, paper. 
 
 Paris, 1886 
 
 3/0 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THREE HUNDRED ENGLISH 
 
 SONNETS. 
 
 1553 THREE HUNDRED ENGLISH SONNETS. Chosen 
 and Edited with a few Notes, by David M. Main, Editor 
 of •* A Treasury of English Sonnets.” 8vo, paper, rough 
 edges. Edinburgh, 1884 
 
 No. 55 of limited edition on large paper. Only 100 copies printed. 
 
 Tiercelin (Louis). Corneille et Rotrou, Com6die. 
 Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1884 
 
 .1555 TOWNSEND 'George Alfred, “Gath”). President 
 ^ Cromwell — a Drama in Four Acts. Large 8vo, paper, 
 
 uncut. N. Y., E. F. Bonaventure, 1884 
 
 No. 14 of limited edition of 200 copies privately printed for subscribers 
 only at $5 each. Copy signed by the author. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF CAROS VIRGIL IN ITALIAN. 
 
 1556 VIRGIL. — L’Eneide di Virgilio del Commendatore Anni- 
 bal Caro. Fine portraits and engraved titles by FlCQUET, 
 Defehrt and Chenu after Zocchi, also plates , head and 
 tailpieces by Lempereur, Tardieu, Le Veau, etc. 2 
 vols. 8vo, half crushed levant morocco gilt, top edges gilt, 
 others uncut. Paris, Quillan, 1760 
 
 LARGE PAPER and a splendid copy of the Italian translation of the 
 “ iEneid ” by the celebrated poet Annibal Caro, and which was his masterpiece. 
 
 L,. 1557 [VITET (Louis).] Les Barricades Scenes Historiques 
 Mai 1588. 8vo, half cloth, uncut. Paris, 1826 
 
 Very scarce and original edition of this tragedy of fifteen scenes by this 
 eminent French republican litterateur. 
 
 f ()(/ 1558 V itu (Auguste). Les Mille et Une Nuits du Theatre. 2 
 vols. small 8vo. sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 1559 VOLTAIRE (F. M. A. de). The Dramatic Pieces of, and 
 the Henriade translated by Smollett, Francklin and 
 others. Portrait and 6 fronts. 7 vols. nmo, old calf 
 gilt (MS. names on title). London, 1769-74 
 
 “Smollett and Francklin were, for a valuable consideration, induced by the 
 booksellers to suffer their names to appear as translators, but they had no farther 
 share in the concern.” — L owndes. 
 
 • 560 Voltaire. Le Brutus de Monsieur df. Voltaire, avec 
 
 un Discours sur laTragedie. Small 8vo, half purple roan. 
 Rare. Paris, 1731 
 
366 THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF WEBSTER’S DRAMATIC WORKS 
 —PUBLISHED BY PICKERING. 
 
 3tf.ov 
 
 1561 WEBSTER (John). The Works of, Now First Collected 
 with Some Account of the Author and Notes by the Rev. 
 Alexander Dyce, B.A. Small 8vo, cloth, uncut. 
 
 London, William Pickering, 1830 
 
 LARGE PAPER and printed on ribbed paper. This copy includes (loose) 
 the very rare appendix printed in 1838. It also has the heraldic book-plate of 
 Langford Sothcby Browne. 
 
 Hazlitt calls attention in his “ Dramatic Literature ” to the similarity between 
 the " general conception and individual expression ” of the plays of Webster and 
 those of the Bard of Avon, which is nothing extraordinary, considering the two 
 authors were contemporaries. Sir Walter Scott writing to Dyce in 1831, 
 remarked: — “ Webster, 1 think, is one of the best of our ancient dramatists ” 
 
 *• An author that liv'd in the Reign of King James the First and was in those 
 Days accounted an Excellent Poet. Hejoyn’dwith Decker, Marstonand Rowley 
 in several Plays, and was likewise author of others, which have even in our Age 
 gain’d Applause.” — Langbaine. 
 
 / vJ~l)i562 WHITTIER (John Greenleaf). Poetical Works of. Por- 
 traits and illustrations. Small 8vo, stamped morocco, 
 beveled sides, inside gold borders, gilt edges. 
 
 Boston, Riverside Press , 1885 
 
 sir 
 
 1563 Winter (William). “ Henry Irving.’’ 
 8vo, paper, totally uncut. 
 
 Portraits. Small 
 N. Y., 1885 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF WORDSWORTH’S POETICAL 
 WORKS IN EIGHT VOLUMES. 
 
 1564 WORDSWORTH (William). Poetical Works of, Edited 
 by William Knight, LL.D. Etched fronts, by C. O. 
 Murray after original drawings by John M’Whirter, 
 A. R. A. 8 vols. 8vo, cloth gilt, uncut (lacks portrait). 
 
 Edinburgh, William Paterson , 1882-86 
 
 Limited issue and published at $4 per volume. This is the only edition uni- 
 form in size with the library' editions of the English classic authors. 
 
 2^X1565 World’s Christmas Hymn (The), a Song of Songs. 
 
 Selected and arranged by W. H. and S. H. Ward. Illus- 
 trated with reproductions after the Old Masters. 4to, fresh 
 cloth, gilt edges. N. Y., 1883 
 
 HT Many numbers of PoKTicand Dramatic Literature will be found in 
 both the First and Sixth Divisions of this Catalogue. They have been so placed 
 on account of their facetious or artistic character. 
 
VIII. XKxvhx %xUr<xxw t 
 
 
 INCLUDING 
 
 History, Amkricana, Biography, Fiction, Travels, etc.; 
 also some Addenda, mostly duplicates, and consigned 
 
 FROM ANO'i HER SOURCE. 
 
 “ O mes livres! mes economies et mes amours! une fete a mon foyer, un 
 
 repos a l’ombre du viel arbre, mes compagnons de voyage! et puis, 
 
 quand tout sera fin pour moi, les temoins de ma vie et de mon labeur.” — Jules 
 Janin. 
 
 h j t-1566 About (Edmond). Rome Contemporaine. Large 8vo, 
 . ^ boards, totally uncut. Paris, 1861 
 
 1567 About. Germaine. Small 8vo, half calf gilt, marbled 
 
 sides and edges. 
 
 Paris, 1872 
 
 r 7 1568 ^ESOP. — Francisci-Josephi Desbillons Fabulae .Esopia: 
 curis posterioribus omnes fere Emendataj quibus Acces- 
 serunt plus quam CLXX. novae quinta editio. Vignette on 
 title of “ Cupids in a printing office." Minimo, old red mo- 
 rocco gilt, dentelle inside borders, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, Barbou , 1769 
 
 Rare. A fine example of binding of the genre Dttrome. 
 
 ^ ^.^1569 A’KEMPIS (Thomas). L’lmitation de J£sus Christ, Tra- 
 ' duction Inedite du XVIIIe Siecle avec le Texte Latin en 
 
 Regard Dediee a N. S. P. le Pape Pie IX., publiee par 
 Ad. Hatzff.ld — Deuxieme Edition contenant un Bref du 
 Souverain Pontife et des Lettres de NN. SS. les Arche- 
 veques et Eveques. Illustrated by Claudius Ciappori, 
 after original designs, also steel plates on India paper. Large 
 8vo, fresh half levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut. Paris, 1870 
 
 Handsomely printed edition on “ papier verge,” with the Latin and 
 French texts on opposite pages. 
 
 
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 , l+V l S7° 
 
 Alexandre (C.). Dictionnaire 
 large 8vo, old sheep. 
 
 GrecFran9ais. Thick 
 Paris, 1850 
 
 I I 0 1 S 7 I America. An Account of the European Settlements in. 
 Maps. 2 vols. 8vo, half old calf (slightly foxed). 
 
 London, J. Dodsley, 1757 
 
 / ^^01572 AMERICAN ARCHIVES. Consisting of a Collection of 
 Authentic Records, State Papers, Debates, Letters, and 
 other Notices of Public Affairs, the whole forming a 
 Documentary History of the Origin and Progress of the 
 North American Colonies, etc., edited by Peter Force, 
 Fourth Series, March 7, 1774, to the Declaration of Inde- 
 pendence, July 4, 1776, 6 vols.; Fifth Series, from July 4, 
 1776, Vols. i, 2 and 3. Together 9 vols. Thick folio, half 
 russia. Washington, 1837-53 
 
 This Monumenta Americana, the great storehouse of British Colonial and 
 American History, was printed at great expense, by order of the Government, 
 for private distribution, and not for sale. 
 
 *7 (jlS l 515 AMERICAN STATE PAPERS. — Documents Legislative 
 and Executive of the Congress of the United States from 
 the First Session of the First Congress. Vols. 1 to 21 
 inclusive. Thick small folio, half russia. 
 
 Washington, 1832-34 
 Divided as follows: — Foreign Relations, 4 vols.; Indian Affairs, 2 vols.; 
 Finance, 3 vols. ; Commerce and Navigation, 2 vols. ; Military Affairs, 2 vols. ; 
 Naval Affair^ 1 vol ; Post Office, 1 vol. ; Public Lands, 3 vols.; Miscellaneous, 
 2 vols.; Claims, 1 vol. 
 
 -Z/J1574 American Journal of Science and Art; Conducted by 
 Prof. Silliman and James A. Dana. Vols. 1 to 8 inclu- 
 sive and Vol. 10. Together 9 vols. 8vo, half sheep 
 (name on titles). New Haven, 1846-50 
 
 [/(j 1 575 Anderson (John J.). 
 
 to the Pacific Ocean 
 
 Did the Louisiana Purchase Extend 
 to the Pacific Ocean and our Title to Oregon ? 8vo, sewed. 
 
 San Francisco, 1880 
 
 . 2-u *576 Anglo-Saxon Orthography. Handbook of. Front. 
 
 1 2 mo, half roan. N. Y., 1853 
 
 Ifu 
 
 1577 ANGLING. — Fishing with the Fly, Sketches by 
 Lovers of the Art, with Illustrations of Standard Flies, 
 collected by C. F. Orris and A. N. Cheny. Numerous 
 colored plates of flies. Small 4to, cloth. Troy, 1885 
 
 1 0*578 Anton (C. G.). Destruccion de los Templaros. Small 
 8vo, sprinkled sheep (stained). N. Y., 1828 
 
 A rare volume on the Knights Templar. 
 
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 369 
 
 THE FRENCH AQUARELLISTS— EDITION-DE-LUXE. 
 
 1579 AQUARELLISTES FRAN^AIS, SOCIETfi de, Ou- 
 vragf. d’Art purlin avec le Concours Artistique de 
 
 TOUS LES SoCIltT AIRES, TEXTE PAR I.ES PrINCIPAUX 
 Critiques d’Art. Illustrated with plates in photogravure 
 on India paper and with designs in facsimile. 2 vols. in 
 8 sections, square folio, and loose in portfolios (complete 
 as published). Paris, Goupil Co., 1883 
 
 (jfj 1580 Atkinson (T. W.). Oriental and Western Siberia, Narra- 
 tive of Seven Years’ Explorations and Adventures. With 
 map and numerous illustrations. Large 8vo, cloth. 
 
 N. Y., 1858 
 
 . / 6> *581 Atwater’s Manual of Logic; Irving’s Columbus, Vols. 
 
 2 and 3; British Almanack, 1886; etc. Together 8 vols. 
 Small 8vo. 
 
 .u 
 
 1582 
 
 Bacon (Edwin M.). 
 4to, fresh cloth. 
 
 Dictionary of Boston. Map. Small 
 Cambridge, 1883 
 
 1583 BAILLY (Anatole), Racines Grecques et Latines, Paris, 
 1869; Gaston Paris’s Role de 1 ’ Accent Latin dans Fran- 
 5aise, Paris, 1862; Chabaneau’s La Conjugaison Fran- 
 £aise, Paris, 1868. Together 3 vols. Sewed. 
 
 •7^1584 BAIRD (Charles W., DD.). History of the Jduguenot 
 Emigration to America. Numerous plates, maps, etc. 2 
 vols. 8vo, fresh cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 N. Y., 1885 
 
 With two inserted autogTaph letters from the author in reference to the liter- 
 ary work of Mr. Pene du Bois. 
 
 Q J'i 5S5 Barr (M.). Jardin Zoologique d’Acclimatation. Illustrated. 
 
 Large 8vo, cloth. Tours, 1867 
 
 SPLENDID BASKERVILLE IMPRINT. 
 
 BASKERVILLE.— PUBLII TERENTII AFRI Comoe- 
 dite. Large 4to, red crinkled morocco, gilt. 
 
 Birmingham, typis Johannis Baskerville, 1772 
 
 VERY RARE and a fine example of the typography of the celebrated 
 eighteenth century English printer, John Baskerville. 
 
 “ The typography of Baskerville is eminently beautiful; his letters are in gen- 
 eral of a slender and delicate form .... He united in a singularly happy man- 
 
 ner the elegance of Plantin with the clearness of the Elzevirs lie seems 
 
 to have been extremely curious in the choice of his paper or ink .... In his 
 
 italic character, whether capital or small, he stands unrivalled; such elegance, 
 freedom and perfect symmetry being in vain to be looked for among the speci- 
 mens of Aldus and Colinaeus." — Dibdin. 
 
37 ° 
 
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 / 1 587 Bell (Sir C.). The Hand; Its Mechanism and Vital 
 Analysis, as evincing design, and illustrating the Power, 
 Wisdom and Goodness of God, with Notes, etc., by 
 Alexander Shaw. Small 8vo, half calf, marbled edges, 
 by Harley. London, 1877 
 
 if ' 588 Black (William). Adventures in Thule. Small 8vo, fresh 
 cloth. London, 1883 
 
 BOECE. Consolation de la Philosophic, traduite par le P. 
 R. de Ceriziers, S. J. Engraved false title Minimo, 
 vellum. Paris, [1639] 
 
 Rark. With the MS. note on title, “ Ex I.ibris Francisci Maisiere,” also 
 with an autograph note on an end paper from J. Gentil, the exile from France 
 under the Coup d’Etat, who came to Louisiana with Elisee Rcclus, the great 
 geographer, and founded a newspaper, /.<■ I.ouisiattais. 
 
 Although a large portion of the “ Consolation of Philosophy,” by Boethius, is 
 in verse, it is in no sense a poem, the metrical portions having been written by 
 its author, a Roman statesman, to relieve the monotony, not only of composi- 
 tion, but of imprisonment, which he left for his execution. Queen Elizabeth of 
 England, while confined in prison by her sister Mary, translated the Carmina” 
 of Boethius into English, as her ancestor Alfred the Great did into Saxon just a 
 thousand years ago. 
 
 4 
 
 f(jT 59 o BONAPARTE (Lucien), et ses Memoires 1775-1840, 
 d’apres les Papiers Deposes aux Archives Etrangeres et 
 d’autres Documents Inedits, par Th. Iung. 3 vols. 8vo, 
 fresh half morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1882-83 
 
 ' „ [ 5 9 1 Bonner (Sherwood). Suwanee River Tales. Illustrations 
 
 by P. T. Merrill. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. Boston, 1884 
 
 FIRST EDITIONS OF BOSSUET, OF EXTREME RARITY 
 AND BOUND BY CHAM BOLLE-DURU— WITH ORIGINAL 
 MSS. 
 
 () (J 1592 BOSSUET (Jacques Benigne, Bishop of Meaux, etc.). — 
 | Oraison Funebre | de tres-Haute | et Tres-Puissante 
 Princesse I Anne deGonzague | deCleves, | Princesse 
 Palatine. | PrononctSe en presence de Monsigneur le 
 Due, de | Madame la Duchesse, et de Monsigneur | le 
 Due de Bourbon, dans l’Eglise des Carme- | lites du 
 Fauxbourg Saint Jacques, le 9. Aoust 1685. | Par Mes- 
 sire JACQUES BENIGNE BOSSUET . . . | etc. 4to. 
 Heraldic vignette on title and engraved head and tail pieces 
 by Leclerc. Handsomely bound by Chambolle-Duru 
 in crushed brown levant morocco, inside dentelle gold 
 borders, rounded corners, edges gilt. Paris, Cratnoisy, 1685 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION and UNIQUE, having 
 two pages inserted of original MSS. in the handwriting of the great Bossuet. 
 
 A copy of this volume was priced 400 francs in Morgand et Eatout’s cata- 
 logue. vidt inserted catalogue cutting. This copy has wider margins. 
 
 “ The strength and sincerity of his [Bossuet’s] religious convictions have 
 never been assailed, any more than his eminent talents and learning have been 
 called in question.”— Robert Jamieson, D.D. 
 
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 1593 BOSSUET. — | Oraison Funebre | des Tres-Haut | et 
 Puissant Seigneur | Messire | Michel le Tellier, | 
 Chevalier, | Chancelier de France. | Prononcee dans 
 l’Eglise Paroissiale de Saint Gervais, | ou il est inhume, le 
 25 Janvier 1686. Par Mf.ssire JACQUES BENIGNE 
 BOSSUET. ... | Engraved heraldic vignette on title, 
 
 and head and tail pieces by Thomasson and Roullet after 
 Parosel. 4to. Handsomely bound by Chamboli.e- 
 Duru in crushed red levant morocco, inside dentelle gold 
 borders, edges gilt. Paris, Cranioisy , 1686 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE and original edition, priced 150 francs unbound in 
 MorgandFatout's catalogue, vide inserted catalogue cutting in preceding num- 
 ber. 
 
 7 (-1594 Bottiger (K. 
 
 • Steel plates. : 
 
 W.). Geschichte des 
 vols. 8vo, boards. 
 
 Deutschen Volkes. 
 Leipzig, 1835 
 
 ORIGINAL EDITION OF BOURDALOUE’S ORATION ON 
 THE PRINCE DE CONDE— BOUND BY TRAUTZ- 
 
 BAUZONNET. 
 
 J(jQ{j J 595 BOURDALOUE. — | Eloge Funebre | de Tres-Haut, 
 Tres-Puissant | et Tres-Excellent Prince | Henri de 
 Bourbon | Prince de Cond£, | et Premier Prince du 
 Sang. | Prononce a Paris le 10 jour de Decembre 1683. 
 en PEglise | de la Maison Professe des Peres de la Com- 
 pagnie | de Jesus. | Parle Perf. Bourdaloue, *le la mesme 
 Compagnie. | Vignette portrait on title and head and tail 
 pieces engraved by Le Clerc. 4to. Handsomely bound 
 by Trautz-Bauzonnet in crushed red levant morocco, 
 inside gold dentelle borders, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, Scbastien Marie Cramoisy , 1684 
 VERY RARE and a superb copy of the original edition, with very wide margins 
 and bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Morgand-Fatout priced a copy of this volume 
 at 350 francs in their 18S2 catalogue 
 
 The Jesuit D’Arniis, speaking of Bourdaloue, said : “ Lorsque le Pere Bourda- 
 loue precha 4 Rouen, les artisans quittoient leurs boutiques pour Taller en- 
 tendre; les marchands leur negoce; les avocats le palais; les mcdecins leurs 
 malades. Pour moi lorsque je prechai Tannee d’apres, je remis toutes choses 
 dans Tordre, personne n’abandonnoit pas son emploi.” 
 
 ‘ ‘ The style and imagery of Bourdaloue seem to rush upon us with the force 
 of a mountain torrent; he is the Demosthenes of French divines; but it cannot 
 be denied that his art is too apparent; and that all the subordinate parts of his 
 composition seem to be purposely kept down , in order to sharpen the force of 
 his logic, and to aggravate the terror of his invective. In the higher departments 
 of sermon composition, he is, doubtless, without a rival; our Horsley seems to 
 have had much in common with that eminent divine, as, in the deeper scenes 
 of Christ’s sufferings, and in the delineation of the day of judgment, there was 
 much about both these preachers which exhibited all the sublimity of which such 
 subjects are capable." — Dibdin. 
 
372 
 
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 £>T 1596 
 
 BROCKHAUS’S Conversations-Lexikon. Allgemeine 
 Deutsche Real-Encykloptedie Zwolfte Ungearbeitete, 
 Verberserte und Vermehrte Auflage. 15 vols. thick large 
 8vo, half morocco gilt, cloth sides. Leipzig, 1875-79 
 
 The best German Encyclopedia. 
 
 Il.no 
 
 Lf.fD 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF “JANE EYRE,” WITH DUPLICATE 
 SIGNED PROOFS ON JAPAN PAPER. 
 
 1597 BRONTE (Charlotte). Jane Eyre. With etched portrait 
 
 by Blanche Dillaye, and etchings by J. Henry Hill, 
 Stephen Parrish, Edith Loring Pierce, Henry 
 Farrar, E. Matlack, G. D. Clements, and P. Moran, 
 also initial letters designed by John Stevenson. 2 vols. 
 large 8vo, fresh half crushed levant morocco, top edges 
 gilt, others uncut. Phila., Robert M. Lindsay, 1884 
 
 Haworth Large Paper edition. No. 73 of limited edition-de luxe of 75 
 copies on Whatman hand made paper, with duplicate signed proofs of 
 
 THE ETCHINGS ON JAPAN PAPER. 
 
 “Almost all that we require in a novelist, the writer has, — perception of charac- 
 ter and knowledge of delineating it, picturesqueness, passion and knowledge of 
 life. Reality — deep, significant reality— is the characteristic of the book. ’ — 
 
 Fraser s Magazine. 
 
 1598 BROWN (Robert, M. A ). Countries of the World, being 
 
 a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, 
 Rivers, Seas and Peoples of the Globe. Profusely illus- 
 trated. 6 vols. in 3. 4to, fresh half morocco gilt, cloth 
 sides, marbled edges. London, n. d. 
 
 This most comprehensive work contains not only the ordinary geographical 
 details, but also much previously unpublished information that the author has 
 collected during extensive journeys and voyages. He was assisted by many 
 experienced travelers and correspondents, whose descriptions of the regions of 
 which they were personally acquainted form not only a thoroughly readable 
 work, but a most valuable one of reference for the student, the man of busi- 
 ness and the investor. 
 
 “ The author’s lively descriptions in ‘ The Countries of the World,’ while 
 scrupulously accurate as to facts, and giving the living marrow rather than the 
 dry bones of geographical science, will give a clearer idea than would tons of 
 geographical encyclopaedias. " — Scotsman. 
 
 . (0 1 599 Bscheider (G.). Das Heilige Land. Front, nmo, 
 cloth. Augsburg, 1794 
 
 - |\fi6oo Bunner (H. C.). The Midge. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. 
 
 N. Y., 1886 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE GOLDEN TREASURY 
 “ PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.” 
 
 J Xxfi6°i BUNYAN (John). The Pilgrim’s Progress from this 
 World to that which is to Come delivered under the 
 Similitude of a Dream wherein is discovered the Manner 
 of his Setting-out. his Dangerous Journey, and Safe 
 Arrival at the Desired Country. Vignette' on title on 
 
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 India paper by C. H. Jeens after Holman Hunt. 
 Small 8vo, fresh Cambridge calf gilt, inside dentelle gold 
 borders, edges gilt by R. W. Smith (a few pages slightly 
 damaged). Cambridge, England, University Press, 1862 
 Large taper copy of the Golden Treasury edition, and with this note on 
 verso of false title — “ Five hundred copies of this large paper edition were 
 printed March 12, 1862.” 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF BURNET’S REFORMATION. 
 
 '^1602 BURNET (Gilbert , Bishop of Salisbury). The History 
 of the Reformation of the Church of England. A 
 New Edition. 6 vols. large 4to, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1816 
 LARGE PAPER limited edition, and published at £q gs. Upon the first 
 publication of this work, the author obtained the thanks of both Houses of the 
 British Parliament, with a desire that he would prosecute the undertaking and 
 complete the valuable work. 
 
 “ I am reading Burnet’s ‘Own Times.’ Did you ever read that garrulous, 
 pleasant history ? full of scandal, which all true history is; — no palliatives, but 
 all the stark wickedness that actually gives the momentum to national actors — 
 none of that cursed ‘Humeian’ indifference — so cold, and unnatural, and 
 inhuman , etc .” — Charles Lamb. 
 
 l^iOos Cable (George W.). The Creoles of Louisiana. Map and 
 numerous fine woodcuts. Small 4to, fresh cloth, gilt. 
 
 N. Y., 1884 
 
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 1604 Cadart (A.). Catalogue Complet d’Eaux-Fortes Origi- 
 nals, 1873, ’74, ’76, and 1878. Illustrated with portrait of 
 Cadart and 23 original etchings by Appian, Ribot, La- 
 lanne, Martial, Veyrasset, Lalauze, Feyf.n-Perrin, 
 etc. 4 pieces, small 8vo, paper. Paris, 1873-78 
 
 Valuable as containing specimens of the early efforts in etching of artists of 
 now known celebrity. 
 
 I) |'7ni6o 5 CAMPBELL (John, Lord). Lives of the Lord Chancel- 
 ' > lors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England. Portraits. 
 
 10 vols. small 8vo, fresh cloth. Boston, n. d. 
 
 “ I need scarcely advise every reader to consult Lord Campbell’s excellent 
 work. ” — M ACAULAY. 
 
 EXTREMELY RARE CARICATURES BY ROWLANDSON, 
 WOODWARD, GILLRAY, ISAAC CRUIKSHANK, ROBERT 
 CRUIKSHANK AND GEORGE CRUIKSHANK— ALL COL- 
 ORED BY HAND. 
 
 606 CARICATURES.— TEGG’S CARICATURE MAGA- 
 ZINE, or HUDIBRASTIC MIRROR. 4 vols. oblong 
 4to, half roan. London, 1807-19 
 
 A MOST EXTRAORDINARY collection of 204 original caricatures 
 by Rowlandson, Woodward, Gillray, Isaac Cruikshank, Robert 
 
374 
 
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 Cruikshank and George Cruikshank, ai.l etched on copper and COL- 
 ORED BY HAND. These etchings were originally published at sixpence plain 
 and is. colored, but of late years their value has been considerably enhanced by 
 the competition of numerous collectors on the one hand and their extreme rarity 
 on the other. Some of the following prints included in these volumes have not 
 long since been sold in London auction rooms for half a guinea to £b each: — 
 “ Comedy in the Country and Tragedy in London,” Rowlandson; “ Dandies at 
 Tea,” Robert Cruikshank, 1818; "The Cobbler’s Cure for a Scolding Wife,” 
 Rowlandson; “ Rigging out a Smuggler," Rowlandson; “ Snuffing our Boney ” 
 powerful early etching by George Cruikshank, 1814; "A Dutch Toy or a Pretty 
 Play thing for a Young Princess,” a satire on the contemplated marriage of 
 Princess Charlotte with the Prince of Orange, George Cruikshank, 1814; "Com- 
 fort to the Crows.” Gillray; “ Pidgeon Hole at Covent Garden Theatre to Coop 
 up the Gods,” Rowlandson; “ Romeo Coates the Amateur of Fashion ”; “ After 
 Sweet Meat Comes Sour Sauce!” Rowlandson; " Bartholomew Fair,” Row- 
 landson; "Richardson's Booth at Fairlop Fair,” “A Lilliputian Auction," 
 Isaac Cruikshank; "Joanna Southcote Excommunicating the Bishops,” Row- 
 landson, 1814; " Kicking up a Breeze at Nell Hamilton’s Hop,” Rowlandson: 
 “ Gambols on the River Thames (During the Great Frost),” Feb., 1814, George 
 Cruikshank; “ Fight between Cribb and Molineaux, Sept. 28th, 1811.” Row- 
 landson; “ The Clerical Magistrate,” George Cruikshank, 1819; “ The Irish 
 Poet’s Grace,” Isaac Cruikshank; “ Female Politicians,” and Pastime in Por- 
 tugal, Rowlandson, etc. The earliest date of any print in this collection is 
 1807 — the latest 1819. It is impossible to say how near completion the set is, 
 as so many have been broken up from time to time. Apparently two title-pages 
 are lacking of four, but that is of little consequence to either the Cruikshank or 
 Rowlandson collector, as the titles appear to have been executed by other and 
 inferior artists. 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF CARLYLE’S WORKS. 
 
 CARLYLE (Thomas). Complete Works — Edition-de- 
 V UyV Luxe. Lllustrated by fine etchings , steel engravings and 
 photogravures , including portraits , historical views, etc. 
 Proof impressions — printed on parchment linen paper. 20 
 vols. large 8vo, cloth, edges totally uncut. Boston, 1884 
 
 Of this beautiful edition but 350 copies were printed. Each is numbered, 
 this set being No. 67. 
 
 It is divided as follows: — Frederick the Great, 7 vols.; Cromwell’s 
 Letters and Speeches, 3 vols.; French Revolution, 2 vols. ; Essays, 4 vols.; 
 Past and Present, John Knox and Miscellanies; Resartus, TeufeldrOckh, Heroes 
 and Hero Worship; Life of Schiller: Life of John Sterling and Latter-Day 
 Pamphlets. There is a General Index. 
 
 THE STERLING EDITION OF THOMAS CARLYLE. 
 
 ^ 2 \(()i6o8 CARLYLE. Complete Works — The Sterling Edi- 
 tion. Fine portraits, maps, etc. 20 vols. small 8vo, fresh 
 half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. Boston, 1885 
 
 1609 Carlyle (Jane Welsh). Letters and Memorials of, Pre- 
 pared for Publication by Thomas Carlyle. Edited by 
 James Anthony Froude. 3 vols. 8vo, fresh half blue 
 calf extra, top edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1883 
 Best English library edition. 
 
 
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 375 
 
 J K ff ) 1610 Cassell’s Technical Educator, an Encyclopsedia of Tech- 
 nical Education. Prof usely illustrated by colored plates and 
 wood engravings. 4 vols. in 2. Thick large 8vo, fresh half 
 calf, marbled sides and edges by R. W. Smith. 
 
 London, n. d. 
 
 This valuable reference work includes papers on ever)' important subject in 
 art, chemistry, electricity, mechanics, biography, engineering, photography, 
 building, etc. 
 
 CELEBRITES CONTEMPORAINES. Portraits and 
 facsimiles. 14 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, Quantin , 1883 
 
 Includes — Renan, Erckmann-Chatrian, Rochefort, Feuillet, Zola. Ferry, Flo- 
 quet, Lesseps, Naquet, Claretie, Paul Bert, Labiche, Clemenceau, Freycinet. 
 
 JvTi6i2 Cholmondeley-Pennell (H.). From Grave to Gay, Be- 
 ing a Volume of Selections from his Complete Poems. 
 Fine etched portrait by W. Sherborn. Small 8vo, fresh 
 cloth gilt, beveled sides, totally uncut. 
 
 London, Longmans , 1884 
 Printed on thick paper. 
 
 3 l ) i 6 13 Cholmondeley-Pennell. Another copy. 
 
 1 J ~ i 6 i 4 Cholmondeley-Pennell. Another copy. 
 
 tfpv l6 's 
 
 CINNAMUS (J.). De Rebus Gestis Imperat. Constantinop. 
 Ioannis et Manuelis Commenorum Historian Libri 
 IV. Cornelius Tollius Primus Edidit, vertit, catigavit. 
 Small 4to, red crinkled morocco extra gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Utrecht, 1652 
 
 Rare, 6rst edition and with the Greek and Latin text in parallel columns. 
 With the heraldic book-plate of the Syston Park Library inserted. Brunet only 
 mentions the 1670 Paris edition of this valuable volume on the two above-named 
 Byzantine F.mperors. 
 
 3J-1616 Cluver (Philip). Introdvctionis in Vniversam Geograph- 
 iam, Tabulis aeneis, illustrati Accessit P. Berth. Mini- 
 mo, vellum. Amsterdam, Apud Henr. Wetstenium , 1686 
 Rare. With numerous maps, including America. 
 
 Irf OV l6l 7 
 
 CODES FRAN£AIS et Lois Usuelles Decrets, Ordon- 
 nances et Avis du Conseil d’Etat par H. F. Riviere avec 
 les Concours de MM. Faustin Helie and Paul Pont. 
 Very thick large 8vo, half morocco. Paris, 1884 
 
 Twelfth edition, corrected and enlarged. 
 
 ^618 COLUMBUS (Fernando). Histone del CHRISTOFORO 
 COLOMBO suo Padre e dello scoprimento, ch’ egli sece 
 dell’ Indie Occidentali, etc. Minimo, old calf, gilt. 
 
 Venice, Guiseppe Tramontin , 1685 
 
 Rare and chap-book edition of the life of Christopher Columbus by his 
 son Fernando. 
 
376 
 
 THE PENE 1 )U BO IE COLLECTION. 
 
 (Jyf 1619 Constantin (Aime). Etudes sur le Patois Savoyard. 
 
 8vo, sewed. Paris, 1878 
 
 7 (71620 Cook (James, Captain). Narrative of Voyages round the 
 World, with an Account of his Life, by A. Kippis. 
 Front. Small 8vo, fresh cloth, gilt. London, 1883 
 
 COOPER (J. Fenimore). Precaution, a Novel, with a Dis- 
 course on his Life and Writings by William Cullfn 
 Bryant. Steel front , fine portrait by Marshall, and 
 numerous woodcuts from designs of F. O. C. Darley. 
 i2mo, cloth. N. Y., fames G. Gregory , 1863 
 
 Original “ Gregory ” edition and very' scarce. The above and following six 
 lots are all clean desirable copies, with beautiful clear, bright impressions of the 
 plates. 
 
 1622 Cooper. The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susque- 
 hanna. Steel front., vignette title and numerous woodcuts 
 from designs of F. O. C. Darley, and engraved by F. 
 Girsch and others. i2mo, cloth, uncut. 
 
 N. Y., IV. A. Townsend & Co., 1859 
 
 SD 
 
 1623 Cooper. The Bravo. Steel front., vignette title and num- 
 erous woodcuts from designs of F. O. C. Darley, and en- 
 graved by R. Henshelwood and others. i2mo, cloth, 
 uncut. N. Y., JP - . A. Toiansend <Sr Co., 1859 
 
 Iff 624 Cooper. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish. Steel front., vig- 
 \ v U nette title and numerous woodcuts from designs of F. O. C. 
 
 Darley, and engraved by J. I. Pease and others, nmo, 
 cloth, uncut. N. Y., IV. A. Tcnvnsend & Co., 1859 
 
 . 625. Cooper. Wyandotte, or the Haunted Knoll. Steel front., 
 
 vignette title and numerous woodcuts from designs of F. O. 
 C. Darley, and engraved by Marshall and others, umo, 
 cloth, uncut. N. Y., IV. A. Townsend < 5 r* Co., 1859 
 
 Cooper. The Red Rover. Steel front., vignette title and 
 numerous woodcuts from designs of F. O. C. Darley, en- 
 graved by Alfred Jones and others, nmo, cloth, uncut. 
 
 N. Y., IV. A. Townsend & Co., 1859 
 
 J 0 O 1626 
 
 fn 1627 Cooper. The Last of the Mohicans, a Narrative of 1757. 
 
 Steel front., vignette title and numerous woodcuts from 
 designs of F. O. C. Darley, and engraved by J. D. Smillie 
 and others. N. Y., IV. A. Townsend Co., 1859 
 
 '/j /1 1628 COURC\ (M. Pol de). Le Combat de Trente Bretons 
 contre I rente Anglais d’apres les Documents Originaux 
 desXIVe et XVe Si£cles; suivi de la Biographie et des 
 Armes des Combattants. Illuminated front, of the combat in 
 colors heightened with silver and gold, and 2 plates of the 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 3 77 
 
 arms of the sixty combatants. 4to, half red morocco, cloth 
 sides, top edge gilt. St. Pol-de-Leon, chez I'auteur, n. d. 
 Limited edition. A page and a half account of one of the Breton com- 
 batants will be found on pp. 35-36, viz., Du Bois, alias Du Bois Ourhaut on 
 C’oatgourhaut, who bore for coat armor “ d’or au lion de sable, brise d’une 
 fasce de gueules.” 
 
 THE 
 
 VERY RARE CROMWELL MEMOIRS, WITH THE 
 PLATES BY AUDRAN, FABER, ETC. 
 
 CROMWELL (Oliver). Memoirs of the Life and Actions 
 of, as Delivered in Three Panegyrics of Him Written in 
 Latin, with an English Version of Each, the whole Illus- 
 trated with a Large Historical Preface, with a Collection 
 of Divers Curious Historical Pieces relating to Cromwell, 
 etc., by Francis Peck, M. A. With superb mezzotint por- 
 traits of Cromwell and tjie compiler by Faber, the first 
 named after Lely, folded portrait in line of Hampden 
 by Audran. also portraits of Fairfax, Essex, Lady Fau- 
 conbf.rg, likewise vignettes , numismatic illustrations , fac- 
 similes , coats-of-arms , etc. Large 4to, calf, gilt. 
 
 London , printed 1740 
 
 VERY RARE, with all the title-pages to the panegyrics — “ the First as said 
 by Don Juan Roderiguez de Saa Meneses, Conde de Penaguiano, the Portugal 
 Ambassador; the Second, as affirmed, by a certain Jesuit, the Lord Ambassa- 
 dor's chaplain: yet both it is thought composed by Mr. John Milton (Latin 
 Secretary to Cromwell) as well as the Third.” 
 
 The work has neither publisher’s nor printer’s name and was privately printed. 
 The above was the Osterley Park copy and has the heraldic book-plate of the 
 Earl of Jersey. 
 
 1629* CROSS. — George Eliot’s Life as Related in Her Let- 
 . " ters and Journals, Arranged and Edited by her Husband 
 
 J. W. Cross. Portraits on India paper and views. 3 
 vols., small 8vo, cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, 1885 
 
 1630 CRUIKSHANK.— ANSTEY (Christopher). The New 
 ■ Bath Guide, or Memoirs of the B-N-R-D Family, in a 
 
 Series of Poetical Epistles. A New Edition with a Bio- 
 graphical and Topographical Preface and Anecdotal Anno- 
 tations by John Britton. Front, and engraved title by S. 
 Williams, and 5 spirited etchings George Cruikshank. 
 Small 8vo, original cloth, totally uncut. London, 1830 
 Very scarce. First edition, containing the Cruikshank plates. This is a 
 remarkably clean fine copy with early impressions of these inimitable etchings 
 by the greatest of all English caricaturists. 
 
 k 0 i'6 3 o* CRUIKSHANK.— ELLISTON (Robert William, “ Come- 
 dian^). Life and Enterprise of, by George Raymond. 
 Portrait by Penstone anil numerous characteristic illustra- 
 tions by Cruikshank and Phiz. Small 8vo, cloth. 
 
 London, 1857 
 
378 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 
 
 J ) SO1631 Dantier (Alphonse). Les Femmes dans la Soci£t£ Chr£- 
 tienne. Illustrated with photogravures on India paper 
 and over 200 wood engravings. 2 vols. 4to, fresh half red 
 morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. 
 
 Paris, Firmin-Didot , 1879 
 
 J01632 Dawson (Henry B.). The Sons of Liberty in New York. 
 
 Large 8vo, paper. Poughkeepsie, 1859 
 
 Privately printed. Presentation copy from the author, with his auto- 
 graph. 
 
 Loo 1633 [DE FOE (Daniel). J The Life and Adventures of Robinson 
 Crusoe, Written by Himself. Embellished with engravings 
 from designs l>y Thomas Stothard, and vignette titles. 2 
 vols. 8vo, fresh half yellow calf gilt, marbled sides, citron 
 edges. London, John Stockdale, 1804 
 
 Very rare, with excellent impressions of Stothard's first set of plates to 
 Robinson Crusoe. 
 
 “This book (Robinson Crusoe) shall be the first Emilius shall read; in this 
 ideal, will, for a long time, consist his whole library, and it will always hold a 
 distinguished place among others.” — Rousseau. 
 
 1634 DEFOE. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 
 with Memoir of the Author. With 12 illustrations in per- 
 manent photography after T. Stothard’s designs. 8vo, 
 cloth gilt, beveled sides. London and N. Y., 1881 
 
 Or 1635 Delany (Mary Granville). Autobiography and Corre- 
 spondence. 2 portraits. 2 vols. small 8vo, fresh cloth. 
 
 Boston, 1882 
 
 Revised and edited by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey. 
 
 1636 De Peyster (J. Watts). History of Carausius, the First 
 Sailor King of England. Large 8vo, paper, uncut. 
 
 Poughkeepsie, 1858 
 Presentation copy from the author. 
 
 , f 0 1 637 I)e Quincey (Thomas). Personal Recollections of, by J. 
 R. Findlay. 2 portraits, nmo, fresh cloth, uncut. 
 
 Edinburgh, 1866 
 
 Printed on thick Whatman drawing paper. 
 
 ' (0 1638 Deschanel (Emile). A Batons Rompus Vari£t£s Morales 
 et Litteraires. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1868 
 
 Presentation copy, with autograph inscription of the author. 
 
 * f 0^39 Desdouits. Astronomie. Cuts and plate. 8vo, illumin- 
 ated cloth, gilt edges. Tours, 1861 
 
 *64° Des Houx (Henri). Ma Prison. Small 8vo, sewed un- 
 cut Paris, 1887 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 379 
 
 DIERE’VILLE VOYAGE TO NEW FRANCE— THE 1708 
 
 EDITION. 
 
 If.Jl) 1641 DIERE’VILLE (Monsieur). Relation du Voyage du Port 
 Royal de l’Acadie ou de la Nouvelle France, etc. 1 21110, 
 old sheep. Rouen, 1708 
 
 Very rare, with eight-page addendum at the end to the same. “ A relation 
 of the voyage from Port Royal to Acadia or New France, in which may be 
 seen a detail of the various movements, etc. The description of the country, 
 the occupations of the French who are there established; the manners of the 
 different nations of savages, their superstition and their hunting, with a dis- 
 sertation on the beaver. Also contains a relation of a combat between the 
 French and the Acadians against the English.” 
 
 1642 DRAKE. — Our Great Benefactors; Short Biographies of 
 - the Men and Women most Eminent in Literature, Science, 
 
 Philanthropy, Art, etc. Edited by Samuel A. Drake. 
 Nearly 100 portraits. Thick 4to, fresh cloth. 
 
 Boston, 1884 
 
 I J 01643 Drumont (Edouard). La France Juive — Essai d’Histoire 
 Contemporaine. 2 vols. small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, n. d. 
 
 O 
 
 1644 
 
 Dumas (Alexandre). Sa 
 par H. Blaze de Bury. 
 
 Vie, Son Temps, Son CEuvre 
 Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1885 
 
 (2^645 Dumas (F. G.). Illustrated Catalogue of the Paris Salon 
 of 1 88 r, ’82 and ’83 [French textj. With nearly 1,100 
 illustrations in facsimile after the original designs of the 
 artists. 3 vols. 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris and N. Y., 1881-83 
 if 01646 Dukes (E. J.). Every-Day Life in China, or Scenes along 
 River and Road in Fuh-Kien. Map and numerous wood- 
 cuts from sketches by the author. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. 
 
 London, 1885 
 
 ^^1647 [Durand (Alice Marie Celeste Henri)], i. e., “ Henry 
 Greville.” Le Voeu de Nadia. With numerous illustra- 
 tions by Adrien Marie, many full page. Large 8vo, 
 illuminated cloth, beveled sides, gilt edges. Paris, 1883 
 Lf .' H ) 1 648 EDEN. — The First Three English Books on America 
 [? 1 5 1 1 ] — 1555 A. D., being Chiefly Translations, Compila- 
 tions, etc., by Richard Eden, from the Writings, Maps, 
 etc., of Pietro Martire of Aughiera (1455-1526), Sebas- 
 tian Munster, the Cosmographer (1489-1552), Sebas- 
 tian Cabot, of Bristol (1474-1557), Grand Pilot of Eng- 
 land, with Extracts, etc., from the Works of other Span- 
 ish, Italian and German Writers of the Time, edited by 
 Edward Arber, F.S.A. Handsome initial letters , fac- 
 similes ■, etc. 4to, cloth. Birmingham, 1885 
 
 “ This volume cannot fail to interest the cultivated reader. One is able therein 
 to look out on the New World as its discoverers and first explorers looked upon 
 
3 So 
 
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 it Now-a-days this globe has but few geographical mysteries; and it is losing its 
 romance as fast as it is losing its wild beasts. In the following Texts, however, 
 the Wonderment of its Discovery in all its freshness is preserved, as in amber, 
 for all time: and they also contain notices of not a few barbaric civilizations 
 which have long since passed away from off the face of the earth. Arber. 
 
 /() 1640 Elborn (Barbara). Bethesda. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. 
 
 I v J v N. Y. (London), 1884 
 
 ni i6<;o Etudes sur i.es Passions. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 * New Orleans, 1849 
 
 / .1651 Familien Bibel, Oder die Ganze Heilige Schrift Alten und 
 ' 0 Neuen Testaments ubersetzt und neu revidirt von D. 
 
 Leander Van Ess. Portrait and plates (some foxed). 
 Thick large 8vo, half calf (rubbed). Hildburghausen, 1838 
 
 HANDSOME EDITION OF TELEMAQUE— BOUND BY 
 
 SIMIER. 
 
 2 00 
 
 1652 FENELON. Aventures de Telemaque, avec des Notes 
 Geographiques et Litt^raires. Portrait by Roger, and map. 
 2 vols. 8vo. Handsomely bound by “Simier R. Duron ” 
 in red calf gilt, paneled and diamond sides, inside gold 
 fillets, edges gilt (foxed in parts). Paris, Lefrore, 1824 
 Elegant copy of this delightful French classic. 
 
 Archbishop Fenelon’s best known work is his “ Tclcmachus,” which has been 
 translated into nearly every European language, and has been turned into verse 
 in English, Latin, Greek, etc. 
 
 "b, 1 653 FERRY (Gabriel, Louis de Bellemare). Scenes de la Vie 
 
 0 00 “ Mexicaine. Small 8vo. Bound by Lortic in crushed 
 dark blue levant morocco, inside gold dentelle borders, 
 edges gilt. Very scarce. Paris, 1856 
 
 1654 FIGUIER (Louis). Vies des Savants Illustres depuis l’An- 
 tiquitd jusqu’au Dix-neuvieme Siecle. With numerous 
 portraits and other illustrations. 5 vols. large 8vo, half 
 morocco. Paris, 1876-81 
 
 Complete in five volumes, i. e., I., Savants de l'Antiquite; II., Savants du 
 Moyen-Agc; III., Savants de la Renaissance; IV., Savants du I lix-septicme 
 Siecle; V., Savants du Dix huitumc Siecle. 
 
 Bound uniformly with the following two numbers. 
 
 jj3 ,6 s 6 
 
 Figuier. La Terre avant le Deluge. 25 page illustrations 
 by Riou, 345 cuts and 8 colored plates. Large 8vo, half 
 morocco. Paris, 1879 
 
 Figuier. Connais-toi toi-meme, Notions de Physiologie. 
 25 page illustrations , 26 portraits , 115 cuts and 1 chromo- 
 lithograph. Large 8vo, half morocco. Paris, 1879 
 
 (\fi657 Figuier. Le Lendemain de la Mort. 
 rough edges. 
 
 Small 8vo, boards, 
 Paris, 1872 
 
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 381 
 
 f i) 1658 Figuier. 
 
 Usages. 
 
 Le Telephone, son Histoire, sa Description, ses 
 Illustrated. Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, n. d. 
 
 (oyo 
 
 I /s 1659 Figuier. Primitive Man. 30 plates and numerous cuts in 
 text of pre-historic weapons , etc. 8vo, cloth (some pages 
 loose). N. Y., 1870 
 
 . /0 1660 FISKE (Stephen). Off-Hand Portraits of Prominent New 
 Yorkers. Small 8vo, fresh cloth, top edge gilt. 
 
 N. Y., 1884 
 
 FLECHIER’S DISCOURSE ON CHANCELLOR LE TELLIER 
 — BOUND BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU. 
 
 1661 FLECHIER (Esprit). — Oraison Funebre | de Tres-Haut 
 | et Puissant Seigneur | Messire | Michel Le Tellier, | 
 
 Chevalier, | Chancelier de France. | Prononcee dans 
 l’Eglise de l’Hotel Royal des Invalides, | le 22 jour de 
 Mars 1686. | Par M. Flechier, Abbe de Saint-Severin et 
 de Baigne, Aumosnier ordinaire de Madame la Dauphine, 
 
 | nomme par Sa Majeste a l’Evesche de Lavaur. j With 
 engraved vignette title , and head and tail pieces by Thomaspin 
 and Roullet after Le Clerc and Paroset. 4to. Hand- 
 somely bound by Chambolle-Duru in crushed brown 
 levant morocco, inside dentelle gold borders, rounded 
 corners, edges gilt. Paris, Cramoisy, 1686 
 
 Original edition and very rare, costing Mr. Pene du Bois $25. 
 
 Louis XIV.. complimenting the celebrated French orator Flechier on his 
 appointment to the Bishopric of Nismes, said, “ Ne soyez pas surpris si j’ai 
 recompense si tard votre merite: j'apprehendois d'etre prive du plaisir de vous 
 entendre si je vous faisois eveque.” 
 
 1662 FLEMING and TIBBINS. Royal Dictionary, English 
 
 and French, and French and English. 2 vols. thick large 
 4to, half red morocco. Paris, Eirmin-Didot, 1875 
 
 Compiled from the Dictionaries of Johnson, Todd, Ash, Webster and Crabb, 
 from the last edition of Chambaud, Garner and J. Descarrieres, the sixth edition 
 of the Academy, the complement to the Academy, the Grammatical Dictionary 
 of I.aveaux. the Universal Lexicon of Boiste, and the Standard Technological 
 Works in either Language. 
 
 tf ti 663 Fou de Palerme Nouvelle Sicilienne, par M. * * * , 
 - Louisianais. Small 4to, sewed. New Orleans, 1873 
 
 I /, / 1664 FOURNIER (Edouard). Histoire des Enseignes de Paris 
 • yv revue et publiee par le Bibliophile Jacob, avec un Ap- 
 
 pendice par J. Cousin, Bibliothecaire de la Ville de Paris. 
 With frontispiece by L. E. Fournier, 84 designs on wood 
 and a 15 th century plan of Paris. Thick small 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, 1884 
 
 Unique copy with inserted autograph letter from Fournier to Auguste 
 Aubry, the publisher. 
 
 u 
 
382 
 
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 Jo' 66 * 
 
 ^ 1666 
 
 Fournier. Enigmes des Rues de Paris. Small 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. Paris, i860 
 
 Fournier. Paris Demoli. Nouvelle Edition. Revue et 
 Augmentee, avec une Preface par Th£ophile Gautier. 
 Small 8vo, sewed, rough edges. Paris, 1883 
 
 Holland taper copy, with rubricated title. 
 
 .Tv ’ 667 
 
 Fournier. Histoire du Pont Neuf. 
 sewed, uncut. 
 
 2 vols. small 8vo, 
 Paris, 1862 
 
 i 668 Fournier. I.e Vieux-Neuf Histoire Ancienne des In- 
 u ventions et Decouvertes Modernes. 3 vols. small 8vo, 
 paper, uncut. Paris, 1877 
 
 ' /0 166 9 
 
 Fournier. 
 
 uncut. 
 
 Paris Capitale. Portrait. 
 
 Small Svo, sewed, 
 Paris, 1881 
 
 
 T67o FOX. — Memories of Old Friends, being Extracts from the 
 Journals and Letters of Caroline Fox, from 1835 to 1871. 
 Edited by Horace Pym. Fine portrait etched by 
 Hubert Hkkkomer. Large 8vo, fresh half crushed 
 levant morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 
 
 London, 1882 
 
 There were few of the great literary lights of this century — Wordsworth, 
 Carlyle. Coleridge, Macaulay, Irving, Froude, etc. — that were not the acquain- 
 tances of Caroline Fox. 
 
 Franklin. Life of Benjamin Franklin, with many 
 Choice Anecdotes and Admirable Sayings of this Great 
 Man, by M. L. Wf.ems. Rare portrait of Franklin. i2mo, 
 sheep. Very scarce. Phila., 1829 
 
 FREEMAN (Edward A.). History of the Normarr Con- 
 quest of England, its Causes and Results. Colored maps. 
 6 vols. small Svo, fresh half roan, top edges gilt. 
 
 Oxford, Clarendon Press , 1873-79 
 Published at twenty dollars. 
 
 FROISSART (Sir John). Chronicles of France, England, 
 Spain, etc., from the latter part of the Reign of Edward 
 II. to the Coronation of Henry IV., translated by Thos. 
 Johnes. Front. ( cut down). 12 vols. small 8vo, half 
 morocco, gilt (MS. names on some titles). London, 1808 
 
 Third edition, with life of the author, essay on his works, criticism on his 
 history and dissertation on his poetry . 
 
 Sir Walter Scott, in his “ Talcs of My Landlord,” thus speaks of the above: — 
 “ P'd you ever read Froissart?” “ No." said Morton. “ I have half a mind,” 
 said ( lavcrhouse, “ to contrive you should have six months’ imprisonment in 
 order to procure you that pleasure. His chapters inspire me with more enthu- 
 siasm than even poetry itself." 
 
 Thomas Johnes. the translator of Froissart and Monstrelet, was a bibliophil- 
 istic friend of T. F. Dibdin, who gives a most eulogistic account of his grand 
 library, Allibonc says — “ In 1807 the splendid mansion of Col. Johnes, with 
 
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 much of its valuable contents, was destroyed by fire: the loss amounted to 
 .£70,000. The energetic Bibliomaniac was not, however, to be discouraged, 
 and built and adorned a new edifice. Evelyn would have been delighted with 
 the colonel, for he planted above three millions of trees on his Cardiganshire 
 estates.” 
 
 J/OO 1 ^ 74 GARDNER (Samuel R ., LL D.). History of England 
 from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the 
 Civil War, 1603-1642. Map. 10 vols. small 8vo, fresh 
 cloth. London, 1884 
 
 This valuable work, published by Longmans, fills up a considerable portion of 
 the “ History of England” lacking between the works of Froude and Macaulay. 
 
 “ Mr. Gardner is a historian in the truest sense; that is, he does not merely 
 repeat in new forms the conclusions of others, but goes directly to the original 
 authorities, reconstructs in imagination the periods of which he treats, and gives 
 prominence only to such causes as lead to important effects. ... In the most 
 troubled ages, which are generally judged from a strictly party standpoint, he 
 strives after complete impartiality, doing justice to the actions and motives even 
 of those with whom he has no personal sympathy .” — The London Globe. 
 
 Hv 1675 Gatling Guns of Large Calibre. Report on. Plates, etc. 
 
 Large 4to, cloth. Washington, 1864 
 
 I (JO 1676 GAYARRE (Charles). Essai Historique sur la Louisiane. 
 
 *- 2 vols. small 8vo, boards, totally uncut. 
 
 New Orleans, 1830-31 
 
 GAYARRE. Histoire de la Louisiane. 2 vols. large 8vo, 
 sewed, uncut (foxed). 
 
 Large paper. New Orleans, 1846-47 
 
 1678 Gayarr£. Creoles of History and Creoles of Romance. 
 Small 8vo, sewed. New Orleans, 1885 
 
 JQ1679 GEOGRAPHIA NOV 1 SSIMA Asiae, Africae et Americae, 
 also Zeiling’s Lexicon. 2 vols. in 1. Thick i2mo, vellum 
 (foxed). Frankfort, 1708 
 
 Rare. Stamped on the sides with the coat-of-arms, coronet, etc., of — “ Baro: 
 Ilacklperg : Maximilianvs : Erasmvs.” 
 
 9 * 
 
 1680 Girault-Duvivier (C. P.). 
 sur la Langue Fran^aise. 2 
 
 Grammaire des Grammaires 
 vols. thick 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1873 
 
 GONSE’S MAGNIFICENT WORK ON JAPANESE ART- 
 LIMITED EDITION. 
 
 J 3po 
 
 1681 GONSE (Louis, Directeur de la Gazette des Beaux Arts). 
 L’ART JAPONOIS. Illustrated by 64 full-page engrav- 
 ings, 30 of which are colored ; there are in addition 13 etch- 
 ings , 21 plates in heliogravure by the Dujardin process , and 
 over 700 other engravings , exclusive of fac- si miles of seals, 
 autographs, etc. 2 vols. large 4to, fresh illuminated satin, 
 edges uncut. Paris, A. Quantin, 1883 
 
 No. 906 of limited edition on Japan paper. The imported price of the above 
 is 120 dollars. This magnificent work, of which but a limited edition was pub- 
 
3 I * * * * * * 8 4 
 
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 lished, met with a ready sale among all interested in Japanese art. The work 
 was the first published giving a general history of the art of Japan. The author, 
 M. Gonse. himself a well-known collector, had unusually fine facilities for the 
 faithful performance of his work. The period reaches from the ninth to the 
 nineteenth century. 
 
 ) r 0 1682 GOODALE (George L., M.D. , Professor of Botany in 
 ' Harvard University). Wild Flowers of America. With 
 
 50 well-executed and colored plates from original drawings 
 by Isaac Sprague. Thick large 4to, fresh half red mo- 
 rocco, top edge gilt, orhers uncut. Boston, 1882 
 
 Isaac Sprague, the eminent botanical artist, has brought to this work the skill 
 and experience acquired by association with Audubon, and during his extended 
 investigations conducted under direction of I’rof. Asa Gray, of Harvard Uni- 
 versity. 
 
 “ Mr. Isaac Sprague, who has drawn these flowers, is without a superior in 
 the country as a botanical artist. The pictures are absolutely correct in the 
 delineation of the organs and in the tone of color. The process of lithography 
 
 has been marvelously successful The accompanying text by Professor 
 
 Goodale is admirable." — The New York Independent. 
 
 I/IQ1683 GOODRICH (Frank B.). The Tribute Book, a Record 
 \ of Munificence, Self-Sacrifice and Patriotism of the 
 
 American People during the War for the Union. Pro- 
 fusely illustrated. Large 8vo, morocco elegant, beveled 
 sides, gilt edges. N. Y., 1865 
 
 "1684 Gordon (C. G., General). The Journals of, at Kartoum. 
 
 ^ Printed from the original MS. Introduction and Notes 
 by A. E. Halle. Fine portrait, 2 maps and 30 illustra- 
 tions after sketches by General Gordon. Small 8vo, 
 fresh cloth. Boston, 1885 
 
 THE GREAT MODERN PAINTERS. 
 
 3obc, ,6Ss 
 
 GRANDS PEINTRES FRAN^AIS et Etrangers Ouvrage 
 d’Art, Publie avec le Concours Artistique des Maitres — 
 Texte par les Principaux Critiques d'Art. Profusely 
 illustrated with 450 photogravures and u’oodcuts — Proofs 
 on India paper printed in colors. 2 vols. in 8 p^rts, 
 folio, in portfolios (complete as published). 
 
 Paris, Goupil & Co., 1884 
 
 I his exquisite book is one of the most magnificent specimens of book- 
 
 making and illustrating of ancient or modern times. The text (pp. 3S4) and 
 
 plates throughout are printed on the finest plate paper. The reproductions on 
 
 steel and wood consist of the best examples of twenty-four of the leading 
 
 artists of the present day, viz Bouguereau, Alma-Tadema, Munkacsy, 
 
 Boniikur, Henner, Baudry, Lefebvre, Bridgman, Knaus, Brf.ton, 
 
 Bosnat, Millais, Israels, Jacque, Laurens, Van Marcke. i>e Nittis’ 
 
 Herkomkr, Meissonier, Boulanger, Chavannes, Madrazo, Mesdag and 
 Gerome. 
 
 Of the 450 illustrations 24 are on India paper. But one of the most 
 important features of this grand exhibit is the reproduction in the text of the 
 sketches or studies of those masters of all that is greatest in art. Such an 
 insight is seldom vouchsafed to the uninitiated, and the originals are unattain- 
 able, even by the wealthiest. 
 
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 GRANT’S OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. 
 
 ^ 1686 GRANT (James). Old and New Edinburgh — Its His- 
 
 * tory, its People and its Places. Profusely illustrated. 
 
 3 vols. 4to, half morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. 
 
 London, n. d. 
 
 In Edinburgh — or Modern Athens, as it is often called — every step is histori 
 cal; the memories of a remote and romantic past confront us at every turn and 
 corner, and every spot is associated with some thrilling or heroic deed. 
 
 On the one hand we have, almost unchanged in general aspect, yet changing 
 in detail at the ruthless demands of improvement, the Edinburgh of the Middle 
 Ages — “the Queen of the North upon her hilly throne” — the city of the 
 Davids and of five gallant Jameses — her massive mansions of stone, weather- 
 beaten, old, dark and time-worn, teeming with historical recollections of many 
 generations of men, many painful and many pitiful memories, some of woe, 
 but more of war and wanton cruelty; of fierce combats and feudal battles; of 
 rancorous quarrels and foreign invasions; and of loyal and noble hearts that 
 were wasted and often broken in their passionate faith to religion and a regal 
 race that is now now more. 
 
 On the other hand, and all unlike the warrior city of the Middle Ages, 
 beyond the deep ravine overlooked by Princes Street — that most beautiful of 
 European terraces — and by that noble pinnacled cross which seems the very 
 shrine of Scott, we have the modern Edinburgh of the days of peace and pros- 
 perity, with all its spacious squares and far-stretching streets, adorned by the 
 statues of those great men who but lately trod them. And so the Past and the 
 Present stand face to face, by the valley where of old the waters of the North 
 Loch lay. 
 
 In the old city there is not a street wherein blood has not been shed again 
 and again, in war and local tumult, for it is the Edinburgh of those days when 
 the sword was never in its scabbard; when to settle a quarrel a la mode de 
 Edimbourg was a European proverb; when the death-bed advice of Bruce was 
 carried out, and truces were made, but seldom peace, with England ; and when 
 it has been said that many a Scottish mother had never a son left to lay her 
 head in the grave, for in foreign war or domestic feud all had gone before her 
 to the land of the leal. 
 
 New Edinburgh appeals to us in a different sense. It tells peculiarly in all 
 its phases of modern splendor, wealth, luxury and all the arts of peace, while 
 “ in no other city,” it has been said, “will you find so general an appreciation 
 of books, art, music and objects of antiquarian interest.” In picturesque 
 beauty the capital of Scotland is second to none. “ What the tour of Europe 
 was necessary to see I find congregated in this one city,” said Sir David 
 Wilkie. “ Here alike are the beauties of Prague and of Salzburg, the romantic 
 sights of Orvieto and Tivoli, and all the magnificence of the Bays of Naples 
 and Genoa. Here, indeed, to the painter’s fancy may be found realized the 
 Roman Capitol and the Grecian Acropolis.” 
 
 U 687 GRANT (U. S., General ). Personal Memoirs of. Por- 
 traits , facsimiles and plans. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh cloth, gilt. 
 
 N. Y., 1885-86 
 
 Issued to subscribers only. 
 
 J 1688 Great Kings and Great Preachers. Stories of Eminent 
 Rulers and Memorable Religious Teachers and Reformers. 
 With numerous illustrations. 8vo, fresh cloth, gilt. 
 
 London, n. d . 
 
386 
 
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 J~i6Sg GREELEY. The New Yorker, edited by Horace Gree 
 ley. Various numbers, 1837. Large 4to, half roan 
 (binding broken). N. Y., 1837 
 
 UNIQUE COPY OF CITIZEN GREGOIRE’S TREES OF LIB- 
 ERTY-BOUND BY DURU. 
 
 f 1690 GREGOIRE (Henri, Abb/). Essai Historique et Patriot- 
 ique sur les Arbres de la Liberty, par Grkgoire, membre 
 de la Convention Nationale. Minimo. Bound by Duru 
 in crushed red levant morocco, rounded corners, inside 
 dentelle gold borders, top edge gilt. 
 
 Paris, an lime de la Republique Fran(aise 
 
 VERY RARE. Original edition, with autograph letter signed of this 
 celebrated revolutionary character. It is of two pages quarto, has woodcut 
 heading, and is dated “ Liberte, Egalitif. Paris an 12 de la Republique.” 
 Brunet s copy sold for 51 francs in 1868. 
 
 . Ifu' 69 ' 
 
 Grundliche Nachricht vom Conclave oder Neueste 
 Historic des Romischen Hofes. Portraits of Popes Inno- 
 cent XIII. and Clement XI., also other plates of cere- 
 monies. i2mo, vellum (MS. on title). 
 
 Rare. Frankfort, 1721 
 
 Ivf i6 9 
 
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 GUIZOT (F. P. G.). The History of France from the 
 Earliest Times to the Year 1879. Translated by Robert 
 Black, M.A. With 340 illustrations by distinguished 
 artists and colored map. 6 vols. large 8vo, fresh half red 
 crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt. Boston, n. d. 
 
 I 0 0 l( >93 Guizot (Madame). Lettres de Famille sur l’Education. 
 ' 2 vols. small 8vo, half green morocco, cloth sides. 
 
 Paris, i860 
 
 LARGE PAPER COPY OF HAMERTON’S GRAPHIC ARTS. 
 
 1694 HAMERTON (P. G.). The Graphic Arts. A Treat- 
 ise on THE Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and En- 
 graving, in comparison with each other and with Nature. 
 With 54 illustrations after Ancient and Modern Masters — 
 Raphael, Maclise, Turner, Leigh, Mulready, Hard- 
 ing, Holbein, Durer, Bewick, Titian, Hollar, Rem- 
 brandt, Holt, Hurst, Delanne, Visscher, Strange, 
 etc., reproduced in facsimile. Thick 4to, vellum, gilt, 
 uncut. N. Y., Macmillan [London], 1882 
 
 LARGE PAPER, uncut, and limited edition of 350 copies printed on thick 
 paper, with plates on India paper. 
 
 /JJb l6 95 Hamerton. Etching and Etchers. Illustrated with 12 
 etchings , 11 by the author and 1 by Lalanne. 8vo, cloth 
 extra, top edges gilt. ' Boston, 1886 
 
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 387 
 
 OJ 1696 Harris (William). Historical and Critical Account of the 
 Life and Writings of James I. Small 8vo, old calf (name 
 on title). London, 1753 
 
 LARGE PAPER EDITION-DE-LUXE OF NATHANIEL 
 HAWTHORNE’S WORKS. 
 
 10 O1697 HAWTHORNE (Nathaniel). Works, viz.: Vol. I., Twice- 
 Told Tales; Vol. II., Mosses from an Old Manse; Vol. III., 
 The House of Seven Gables, The Snow Image, etc.; Vol. 
 IV., The Wonder Book, Tanglewood Tales, etc.; Vol. V., 
 The Scarlet Letter, The Blithedale Romance; Vol. VI., 
 The Marble Faun; Vols. VII. and VIII., Our Old Home, 
 English Note Book; Vol. IX., American Note Book; Vol. 
 X., French and Italian Note Books; Vol. XI., Dolliver 
 Romance, Septimus Felton, etc.; Vol. XII., Biographical 
 Sketches, Life and Index; (Supplementary Volume) Dr. 
 Grimshawe’s Secret. With Introductory Notes by George 
 Parsons Lathrop. Illustrated with proofs of the 26 
 etchings ( original designs ) by Blum, Church, Dielman, 
 Gifiord, Shirlaw and Turner, and a new vignette wood- 
 cut in each volume , excepting the last, which contains a 
 new steel portrait of Hawthorne, engraved by Willcox. 
 Together 13 vols. Large 8vo, original boards, uncut. 
 
 Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1883 
 
 LARGE PAPER and Edition-de-T.uxe. Only 250 copies printed. Although 
 only published four years ago, this edition-de-luxe is entirely out of print. A 
 set was lately sold in New York for £125. 00. 
 
 “ Another characteristic of this writer is the exceeding beauty of his style. 
 It is clear as running waters are. Indeed he uses words merely as stepping- 
 stones, upon which, with a free and youthful bound, his spirit crosses and re- 
 crosses the bright and rushing stream of thought.” — Longfellow. 
 
 / 3 (; 1 6 98 HAWTHORNE. Our Old Home, and English Note- 
 Books. Etched fronts, and vignette titles. 2 vols. small 8vo, 
 fresh cloth, top edges gilt. Boston, Riverside Prsss, 1883 
 
 
 HANDSOME COPY OF HAYWARD’S BIOGRAPHICAL AND 
 CRITICAL ESSAYS. 
 
 1699 HAYWARD (A.). Biographical and Critical Essays Re- 
 printed from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections. 
 Both Series Complete in 5 vols. 8vo, fresh polished yellow 
 calf gilt extra, inside gold borders, top edges gilt. 
 
 London, 1858-73 
 
 .f (j 1700 Hayward. Selected Essays. Vol. II. Fresh cloth, uncut. 
 
 N. Y., 1879 
 
 THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF HENNE- 
 PIN’S LOUISIANA— PARIS, 1683. 
 
3 88 
 
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 France, par Ordre du Roy. | Avec la Carte du Pays: les 
 Moeurs et la Maniere de vivre | des Sauvages. | Dedie’e 
 a sa Majeste. | Par le R. P. Louis Hennepin, | Mission- 
 aire Recollet et | Notaire Apostolique. | Large folded map 
 ( facsimile ). Small 8vo, totally uncut 
 
 Paris, ehez la Veuve Sebastien Hu re, 1683 
 EXTREMELY RARE and First Edition, a copy of which sold at the Murphy 
 Sale (lot 1193) for $70. 
 
 Field says: — “ It has been the fashion until late in this age to deride the work 
 of Father Hennepin, as smacking of the marvelous. Indeed, some of our 
 savants have endeavored to prove that the very excellent Feather Recollect never 
 saw any of the wonders he narrates. This severe criticism proceeds from 
 sources which entitle him to the benefit at least of a doubt of its impartiality.” 
 “ Hennepin was persecuted and has been severely criticised, chiefly on 
 account of his opposition to the Jesuits, and because he counseled William III. 
 (in whose dominions he had sought for the freedom and safety which he could 
 not find in France) to send out missionaries to the New World. His enemies 
 considered such advice from a monk as heretical and detestable; it simply 
 proves the wiser, purer, and more Catholic Christianity of Hennepin, who had 
 no bigoted horror for other sects than his own. ” — Stevens. 
 
 • fO 1702 Heyl und Berlepsch. Reisehandbuch fur die Rhein- 
 lande. Steel views of the Rhine, etc. Small 8vo, cloth. 
 
 Hildburghausen, 1866 
 
 Sb l 7°3 Hitchcock (Edward). Final Report on the Geology of 
 Massachusetts. Maps, numerous lithographic plates and 
 xvoodcuts. 2 vols. 4to, cloth, uncut. Amherst, 1841 
 
 ? '-1^1704 HOWE (Henry). Historical Collections of Virginia, con- 
 1 taining a Collection of the most Interesting Facts, Tra- 
 
 ditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc., relating to 
 its History and Antiquities. Map and many woodcuts. 
 8vo, sheep. Charleston, 1852 
 
 . / 0*705 Howells (W. D.). Three Villages. Minimo, fresh cloth, 
 red edges. Boston, 1884 
 
 0 Sijo 6 Huf. (Fernand). La France et l’Angleterre a Madagascar. 
 
 Small 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 I QJ T 7°7 HUGUENOTS — Pleinte de l’Assemblee Generate du 
 Clerg6 de France, contre les Calomnies. Injures et Faus- 
 setz, que les Pretendus Reformez ont Repandues et Re- 
 pandent tous les Jours dans leurs Livres et dans leurs 
 Preches, contre la Doctrine de l’Eglise, Portee au Roy par 
 le Clerg <5 en Corps, le XIV. Juillet M.D.C.LXXXV, 
 Paris, Frederic Leonard, 1 685 ; also — 
 
 Declaration du Roy portant Defense de Nommer des 
 Experts de la R. P. R. Registr6e en Parlement le 7 Sep- 
 tembre 1684, Paris, Eranfois Muguet, 1684; also — 
 
 Declaration du Roy concernant les Biens des Consis- 
 toires Registr£e en Parlement le 7. Septembre 1684, Paris , 
 Francois Muguet, 1684. 
 
 Together 3 pieces. 4to. * Paris, 1684-85 
 
 Extremely rare and relating to the Catholic and Huguenot Controversies 
 in France during the reign of Louis the Fourteenth. 
 
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 389 
 
 / (00 C i 7°8 HULME (F. Edward, F.L.S., F.S.A.). Familiar Wild 
 Flowers. Profusely illustrated with colored plates. 4 vols. 
 small 4to, morocco, imitation alligator skin, crimson edges. 
 
 London, n. d. 
 
 Published at $7.50 per volume in leather. 
 
 “The colored figures are exquisitely beautiful; they are more like finished 
 paintings than prints, and the appearance of the work is elegant throughout.’’ — 
 Gardener s Magazine. 
 
 f Jl) i 7°9 HUTCHINSON [Thomas]. History of the Colony of 
 Massachusetts-Bay, from the First Settlement in 1628 until 
 its Incorporation with the Colony of Plimouth in 1691. 
 8vo, old half calf. Rare. London, 1760 
 
 THE IMPERIAL DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL 
 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Jj ft, 1710 IMPERIAL DICTIONARY of Universal Biography, a 
 Series of Original Memoirs of Distinguished Men, of all 
 Ages and all Nations, by Writers of Eminence in the 
 Various Branches of Literature, Science and Art, by 
 Eaoie, Nichol, Waller, Lankester, Bowen, Dove, 
 Brown, etc With numerous portraits on steel and engraved 
 titles. 3 vols. in 16. Large 8vo, cloth gilt. London, n. d. 
 
 “Next to History, in its larger sense. Biography is the most valuable and 
 interesting record which Literature can offer to mankind. If the one presents 
 us with the great drama of humanity in its entire action and full development, 
 the other furnishes us with the innumerable and subordinate dramas of all the 
 prominent actors on the world’s stage.” — Preface. 
 
 J ft 1711 Intermediate. Parts 25-66; 68-70. Together 45 parts. 
 
 Large 8vo, sewed. Paris, 1885-86 
 
 The Parisian Notes and Queries. 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE OF THE SKETCH BOOK. 
 
 / 2 1 7 1 2 IRVING (Washington). Sketch Book of Geoffrey 
 
 Crayon, Gent. Profusely illustrated with original designs 
 by Darley, Hart, Huntingdon, and many others en- 
 graved on wood by Richardson — portrait on steel , after 
 Stuart Newton. Thick large 8vo, cloth, rough edges. 
 
 Phila., 1882 
 
 Large paper, with all the illustrations on India paper. No. 66 of limited 
 edition of 500 copies. 
 
 “Whatever his subject — an English manor house, with bright fires and 
 Christmas snow — a drowsy Dutch farm-steading in Sleepy Hollow — a moonlit 
 court in the Alhambra — the great Italian sailor — the sweet-souled Irish Author — 
 the simple, noble American General — we are charmed by the poetic graces of 
 his fancy and the liquid music of his style.” — Collier’s “ History of English 
 Literature .” 
 
 I ^ Jf ) 1713 IRVING. Works. 10 vols. small 8vo, fresh half calf, 
 contents lettered, marbled sides and edges. 
 
 N. Y. and Chicago, n. d. 
 
 Published at thirty dollars in half calf. Arranged in ten volumes as follows: — 
 Sketch Book and Moorish Chronicles; New York and Alhambra; Astoria and 
 
39° 
 
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 Tour of the Prairies; Bracebridge Hall; Wolfert’s Roost and Conquest of 
 Spain; Traveller and Goldsmith; Crayon Papers and Salmagundi; Conquest of 
 Granada, Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey; Bonneville and Spanish Voyage; 
 Mahomet and his Successors; Columbus. 
 
 . JvT> 7*4 
 
 ,/0 I 7« 6 
 
 
 Jackson (Andrew). Reflexions sur la Campagne en Lou- 
 isiane en 1814 et 1815 par Bernard Marigny. 8 vo, 
 sewed. New Orleans, 1848 
 
 Jackson (Catherine C., Lady). Old Paris, Its Court and 
 Literary Salons. Fine portraits. 2 vols. small 8vo, 
 fresh half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. 
 
 London, Bentley , 1878 
 Jackson (Helen). The Hunter Cats of Connorloa. With 
 illustrations. Small 4to, fresh cloth. Boston, 1884 
 
 James (Henry). The Bostonians. Thick small 8vo, fresh 
 cloth. London, 1886 
 
 Jameson (Anna M.). Memoirs of the Beauties of the 
 Court of Charles II. 2 vols. in 1. Large 8vo, half mo- 
 rocco (no portraits). London, 1838 
 
 Janze (La Vicomtesse Alix de), Les Financiers Autrefois — 
 Fermiers Generaux, Paris, 1886; Annuaire Charlon, 1880; 
 Sainte Beuve, Causeries du Lundi, Tome Premier; Bon- 
 NifeRES (R. de), Memoires d’Aujourdhui, Deuxitme Serie. 
 Together 4 vols. 
 
 Johnson (A. B.). Guide to the Right Understanding of 
 our American Union, nmo, cloth. N. Y. 
 
 W 21 
 
 v/7) 17 
 
 22 
 
 JOHNSTON (Alexander Keith). National Atlas of His- 
 torical, Commercial and Political Geography, with Copious 
 Index. Colored maps, each mounted on linen. Large folio, 
 old half morocco, cloth sides. Edinburgh, /;. d. 
 
 Jones (Paul). Life of, by A. S. Mackenzie. Fine portrait. 
 2 vols. i2mo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1845 
 
 LIMITED EDITION OF JOHN KEATS. 
 
 KEATS (John). Letters and Poems, with Annotations by 
 Lord Houghton, and Edited with a Memoir by J. Gil- 
 mer Speed. 4 portraits, 2 in colors , and 1 on Japan 
 paper from Haydon’s Mask, etched by J. F. Sabin. 3 
 vols. 8vo, boards, totally uncut. N. Y., 1883 
 
 Limited edition of 350 copies, of which this is No. 173. Printed by De 
 Vinne & Co., on thick hand-made paper, from type. 
 
 I 3C1724 King (Moses). Harvard and its Surroundings. Profusely 
 ' - " illustrated. Small 4to, half morocco gilt, beveled sides, 
 gilt edges. Cambridge, 1882 
 
 Published for subscribers only. 
 
 Mfw ? King. Another copy of the same. Cloth gilt, edges gilt. 
 
 Cambridge, 1878 
 
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 KELLY (Christopher). Full and Circumstantial Account 
 of the Memorable Battle of Waterloo and Deportation of 
 Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena, with Biographi- 
 cal Sketches of the most distinguished Waterloo Heroes. 
 Map and numerous fine copper-plates. 4to, half calf (foxed 
 slightly). Rare. London, 1820 
 
 EDITION-DE-LUXE ON JAPAN AND INDIA PAPER OF 
 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY AMERICAN ARTISTS. 
 
 2 lOO 1726 KOEHLER (S. R.). ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY 
 AMERICAN ARTISTS. 20 fine plates , proofs before 
 all letters on India paper, with text. Flexible What- 
 man paper wrap in cloth case; also — the 20 plates artists 
 
 SIGNED PROOFS ON J.APAN PAPER MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD, 
 
 with heavy plate mats enclosed in portfolio, with lock and 
 key. Half morocco, cloth sides, with flaps and ties. 
 Together 2 vols. Square large folio. N. Y., n. d. 
 
 Limited edition-de-luxe of 203 copies, of which this is No. 30. 
 
 Lfilfil 2 ’] LA CONDAMINE (C. M. de). Extracto del Diario de 
 Observaciones hechas en el Viage de la Provi.ncia de 
 Quito al Para por el Rio de la Amazonas y del Para a 
 Cayana, Surinam y Amsterdam. 12 mo, mottled calf, gilt. 
 
 Amsterdam, Joan Catuffe , 1745 
 
 Rare. The author’s own copy with his heraldic stamp on the title: — “Ex 
 lib. Car. Mar. De la Condamine.” 
 
 / /3 1728 LA CONDAMINE. Relation Abr^gee d’un Voyage Fait 
 dans l’lnterieur de l’Amerique Meridionale depuis la Cote 
 de la Mer du Sud jusqu’aux Cotes de Bresil et de la 
 Guyane au descendant la Riviere des Amazones. Plate 
 by Tardieu of Peruvian bull-fight. 8vo, sewed, uncut 
 (foxed and no map). Very rare. Maestricht, 1778 
 
 Q k 1729 LAMB (Martha J.). History of the City of New York, 
 I its Origin, Rise and Progress. Profusely illustrated with 
 
 portraits, tinted plates , colored maps and wood engravings in 
 text. 2 vols. large 4to, cloth, gilt. N. Y., 1877-80 
 
 LATOUCHE (H. de). Grangeneuve. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh 
 three-quarters crushed levant morocco, top edges gilt, 
 others uncut. Paris, Victor Magen , 1835 
 
 Large paper. Iiaron Hyacinthe Joseph Alexandre Thabaud de Latouche, 
 dit Henri de Latouche. is celebrated for his association with George Sand. He 
 was the editor of the “ Figaro ” and wrote a large number of volumes of great 
 merit. 
 
 !M 
 
 1731 Latour ( Major A. L.). Historical Memoir of the War in 
 West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15. Large 8vo, 
 sewed, totally uncut (no atlas). Phila., 1816 
 
39 2 
 
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 LA TOVR D’AVVERGNE (Henry de, Soimerain Dvc de 
 Bovillon). Les Memoires de, addressez a son Fils le 
 Prince de Sedan. Minimo, half calf gilt, marbled edges. 
 
 Paris, Bette Gvignard, 1666 
 
 Rare, original edition of these memoirs addressed by the autobiographer 
 to his son, the great Turenne. With the heraldic book-plate of “ E. N. Nor- 
 cott, R. N.” 
 
 Lefebvre (Ren£). Paris en Amerique. Small 8vo, half 
 calf gilt, marbled sides and edges. Paris, 1872 
 
 2 f?jc 1734 Le Maout (Emm.) and Decaisne (J.). Traits General de 
 , Botanique Descriptive et Analytique. With 5,500 cuts by 
 
 L. Steinheil and A. Riocreux. Thick large 4to, half 
 morocco (a few pp. at end mended). 
 
 Paris, Firm in - Didot, 1868 
 
 1 ( O 1 ^ LE ROUX DE LINCY. Le Livre des Proverbes Fran^ais 
 ’> precede de Recherches Historiques sur les Proverbes 
 
 Franyais et leur Emploi dans la Litterature du Moyen 
 Age et de la Renaissance. 2 vols. thick small 8vo, cloth, 
 rough edges. Paris, 1859 
 
 “ Edition Bibliotheque Gauloise ” on “ papier verge.” 
 
 / OC 1 ^3^ [L’ESTOILE (Pierre de).] Memoires pour Servir & l’His- 
 toire de France — depuis 1515 jusqu’en 1 6 1 1 . With en- 
 graved fronts, and portraits. 2 vols. i2mo, old calf, gilt. 
 
 Cologne, Herman Deuren, 1719 
 Rare, edited by Godefroy. With portraits of Gabriel D'Estrces, Henri IV., 
 Marshal Biron, members of the royal family and other distinguished personages 
 of F ranee. 1 hese are executed by Harrewyn, pupil of Romeyn de Hoghe. 
 This copy has the book-plate of — “ Germain Barre, Cure de Monville pres 
 Rouen.” 
 
 j 2\T~ 1 737 Lincoln (Abraham). History of, and of the Overthrow of 
 Slavery, by Isaac N. Arnold. Portrait. Thick 8vo, 
 fresh half calf, beveled sides, marbled edges. 
 
 . Chicago, 1866 
 
 • (0 *73 8 Lincoln. The Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln. Portrait , 
 engraved title , and numerous woodcuts. Large 8vo, morocco 
 extra, gilt edges. N. Y., 1865 
 
 '2 A p739 Linda (Lvca di) and Bisacciori (Maiolini, Marches!). Le 
 Relationi et Descrittioni Vniversali et Particolari del 
 Mondo. Thick small 4to, vellum. Bologna, 1674 
 
 Rare, stamped with coats-of-arms of former owner on title. 
 
 IHJo't* ° 
 
 LINGARD (John, D.D.). The History of England from 
 the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of 
 
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 393 
 
 William and Mary in 1688. With 10 portraits newly 
 etched by Damman. iovoIs. thick 8vo, fresh cloth. 
 
 (Edinburgh) Boston, 1883 
 
 New copyright library edition. “Dr. Lingard’s book is the fruit of 
 great industry, learning and acuteness, directed by no ordinary talent. It is 
 written in a clear and agreeable manner. • The narrative has the perspicuity of 
 Robertson, with more freedom and fancy. His diction has the ornament of 
 Gibbon, without his affectation and obscurity. To one desirous of making a 
 study, and not a mere amusement of the history of his country, we know no 
 general History of England that we would sooner recommend than the one 
 before us .” — Edinburgh Review. 
 
 ^1741 Liste Gkn£rale des Postes de France dressee par Ordre 
 de son Eminence Monseigneur le Cardinal de Fleury, 
 Ministre d’Etat. Minimo, old calf. Paris, 1729 
 
 Rare. With vignette coatof-arms of Cardinal de Fleury and entirely printed 
 from plates. 
 
 1742 LITTLE CLASSICS, edited by Rossiter Johnson, ii 
 vols. Minimo, cloth, red edges. 
 
 Boston , printed at University Press, 1875 
 
 Arranged as follows — “ Exile,” “ Intellect,” “ Life,” “ Laughter,” “ Love,” 
 “ Romance,” “ Mystery,” “ Comedy,” “ Fortune,” “ Heroism” and “Child- 
 hood.” 
 
 “ A series of exquisitely printed volumes in flexible binding and red edges 
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 JO 1743 Little Pilgrim (A), reprinted from “Macmillan’s 
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 LITTRE’S GRAND FRENCH DICTIONARY. 
 
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 NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA: Being Results 
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 have been the writer, replied: “ Les Lettres Provinciales”; and F'ather Bon- 
 hours, once disputing with Boileau concerning the difficulty of writing pure 
 French, mentioned several as, in his opinion, models of style. Boileau, how- 
 ever, rejecting them all, Bonhours angrily inquired, “ Quel est done selon vous 
 I’Ecrivain parfait?” Boileau instantly replied, “Mon P£re, lisons les Lettres 
 Provinciales, et croyez moi, ne lisons pas d'autre livre.” 
 
 ■ f (J 1801 PASCAL. Lettres Ecrites a tin Provincial Precedees 
 d’une Notice sur Pascal, Consideree comme Ecrivain et 
 Comme Moraliste par M. Villf.main. Nouvelle Edition. 
 8vo, old calf gilt, marbled edges (half-title cut). 
 
 Vkry scarce. Paris, 1829 
 
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 levant morocco extra gilt, inside dentelle gold borders, 
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 vid. two inserted catalogue cuttings of Morgand-Fatout, respectively priced 500 
 and 400 francs. On one it is stated — “ Deux editions ont ete publies sous la 
 meme date, celle-ci et une autre en 334 pp. M. L. Potier a decouvert a la 
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 ce qui prouve la priorite de celle-ci.” 
 
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 r 0 () PF.PYS (Samuel). Diary and Correspondence of, from his 
 • MS. Cypher in the Pepysian Library, with a Life and Notes 
 
 by Richard, Lord Braybrooke, deciphered with Addi- 
 tional Notes by Rev. Mynors Bright, M.A. Facsimiles , 
 etc. 10 vols. 8vo, boards, totally uncut as issued. 
 
 N. Y., 1884 
 
 Limited edition of 169 copies, of which the above is on Holland paper. Pepys' 
 Diary presents a true and most interesting portraiture of the busy and important 
 times of King Charles I., Oliver Cromwell. King Charles II., King James II. 
 and King \\ illiam. There are no books of their class in the language for which 
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 and entertaining, to ransack for the light it throws on contemporary men, man- 
 ners, morals, and society, and to consult for the valuable historical facts it dis- 
 closes, and the interesting public and private events and occurrences it describes. 
 A wonderful mosaic of things great and small, in church and state, in politics 
 and affairs, in business and society, in the world of scandal and intrigue, in art, 
 science and literature, and in the daily and household life and customs of artisans, 
 merchants, gentry, nobility, and even of royalty itself; nowhere else can be 
 found so complete a bird’s-eye view of the England, or rather the London, of 
 the last days of the Rump and the first nine years of the Restoration as in the 
 unique diurnal jottings of this prince of gossips and the most indefatigable 
 of reporters.’’ — Harper's Magazine. 
 
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 Pharmacopoeia of the United 
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 PRESCOTT. 
 
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 India paper. 15 vols. 8vo, cloth, rough edges. 
 
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 No. 170. 
 
 This set is arranged as follows (on the false title): — Vols. 1-3, “ Reign of 
 Ferdinand and Isabella”; Vols. 4-6, “Conquest of Mexico”; Vols. 7-8, “Con- 
 quest of Peru ”; Vol. 9, “Biographical and Critical Miscellanies”; Vols. 10-12, 
 "Reign of Philip the Second , Vols. 13-15, “Reign of Ferdinand and 
 Isabella.” 
 
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 RICHARDSON (Sir John), DALLAS (W. S.), COR- 
 BOULD (T. S.), BAIRD (W.) and WHITE (Adam). 
 Museum of Natural History of the Animal Kingdom, 
 Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells and Insects, 
 with a History of the American Fauna by Joseph B. 
 Holder. Hundreds of page engravings, mostly colored and 
 numerous woodcuts in text. 2 vols. in 3. Large 4to, half 
 morocco gilt, beveled sides, marbled edges. 
 
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 ((ID, 1816 RICHARDSON (Samuel, author of “ Clarissa Harloive ”). 
 
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 trait. 12 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. 
 
 London and Manchester, Henry Sotheran 6° Co., 1883-84 
 
 LIMITED EDITION-DE-LUXE of 750 copies printed from type, which has 
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 the father of the English novel. That he is immensely long and at times 
 deplorably dull, that his characters are, like himself, filled with inordinate vanity, 
 cannot be denied. But if the reader can get through what Mr. Leslie Stephen 
 calls ‘ the initial difficulty ’ there is a wealth of imagination below which will 
 reward the effort .” — London Times. 
 
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 published about 70 years ago .” — London Daily A'ews. 
 
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 * et seule complete; par M. Le Tourneur faite sur l’Edi- 
 
 tion Originale, revue par Richardson. Dediee et pre- 
 sentee a Monsieur, Frere du Roi. Illustrated with the 
 etchings of Chodowiecki. 10 vols. 8vo, calf, gilt edges. 
 
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 fifty, and in his leisure moments, wrote in his shop parlor; a laborious man who, 
 by work and good conduct, had raised himself to a competency and sound in- 
 formation. . . . No one in this age has equalled him in detail and compre- 
 
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 What variety in the delineation of character!” — Diderot. 
 
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 has been, and probably never will be, excelled. ’ — Sir Walter Scott. 
 
 j 1818 ROBERTSON (William). Histoire de l’Amerique. Maps 
 and diagram. 4 vols. small 8vo, tree marbled calf gilt, red 
 edges. Rotterdam, 1779 
 
 liri 819 Roget (Peter M.). Thesaurus of English Words and 
 Phrases. Small 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1883 
 
 , ^1820 ROSCOE (William). Life and Pontificate of Leo the 
 Tenth. Third edition. Portrait. 4 vols. 8vo, half calf 
 (foxed slightly, two titles torn). London, Cadell , 1827 
 
 “ In Italy they [Roscoe’s Works] have been translated, are now cited as 
 authorities, and have received the most encomiastic notices from several eminent 
 scholars. These facts afford conclusive testimony of their merits.” — Prescott. 
 
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 > 2 . 1821 ROSSETTI (Dante Gabriel). The Blessed Damozel. lllus- 
 
 s trated with reproductions after the designs of Kenyon Cox. 
 
 Large 4to, fresh cloth extra gilt, top edge gilt, others 
 uncut N. Y., 1886 
 
 Beautiful specimen of printing in bistre, from the De Vinne Press, with an 
 appendix by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rennselaer. 
 
 I^f~i822 ROTHSCHILD (Arthur de). Histoire de la Poste aux 
 Lettres depuis ses Origines les Plus Anciennes jusqu’a nos 
 Jours. Small 8vo, paper, uncut. Paris, 1873 
 
 Limited edition, of which the above is on “ papier verge de Ilollande.” 
 
 I q 1823 ROTTECK (Carl von). Spanien und Portugal. Map and 
 plates. Large 8vo, sewed, uncut. Carlsruhe, 1839 
 
 1/ 0824 ROY (Jules). Turenne; Sa Vie et les Institutions Mili- 
 ' taires de son Temps. Lllustrated with \ 1 chromolithographs 
 
 and numerous engravings on wood in the text. Thick large 
 8vo, fresh half red morocco, extra gilt edges. Paris, 1884 
 
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 Sainctyon (Le Sieur de). Histoire du Grand Tamerlan 
 tir£e d’un Excellent Manuscrit. Minimo. Bound by 
 “ Thouvenin jeune ” in russia gilt, dentelle gold inside 
 borders, edges gilt. Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang , 1678 
 Rare, and with the Wolfgang printer’s device on title. 
 
 ,To 
 
 1826 
 
 Saint Louis et Son Si&cle par le Vte. Walsh. Illustrated 
 ivith portraits and plates by “ Rouargue f re res." Large 
 8vo, illuminated boards (last page torn). Tours, 1847 
 
 CHARMING COPY OF "PAUL AND VIRGINIA ’’—WITH 
 INDIA PROOFS. 
 
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 . an Original Memoir of the Author, and 330 illustrations by 
 
 Meissonier, Johannot, Francais, Marville, andothers. 
 Large 8vo, fresh half blue morocco gilt, top edge gilt. 
 
 London, Orr & Co., 1839 
 
 With India proofs of the page engravings, and finest impressions of 
 the charming woodcuts. 
 
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 corners, dentelle gold inside borders, edges gilt on marble. 
 
 Paris, Claude Bat bin , 1674 
 VERY RARE. “ Edition originale de cet ouvrage sur le quel est fondee la 
 reputation de l’auteur.” — Brunet. 
 
 “ L’action est bien composee, les personnages sont vigoureusement dessines 
 .... quant au fond du recit, sur lequel ou a longtemps discute, il a etc de- 
 montre par Ranke qu’il faut y voir simplement la conspiration du corsairc Fran- 
 yais Jacques Pierre et du Due d’Ossuna formee dans le dessein de tenter un 
 coup de main contre Venise.” — VapIcrkau. 
 
 7 (,1829 [SAINT REAL.] CEuvres Posthumes de M. I). S. R. 
 
 Minimo, half morocco. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1694 
 
 Very rare and not mentioned by Brunet. 
 
 M 1830 Saint Victor (Paul de). Barbares et Bandits — la Prusse 
 et la Commune. Small 8vo, half morocco. Paris, 1872 
 
 '.jo 1 83 2 
 
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 7N1S34 
 
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 SALA (George Augustus). America Revisited from the 
 Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Lake 
 Michigan to the Pacific. Profusely illustrated with tinted 
 plates and woodcuts in text. 2 vols. 8vo, fresh cloth, gilt. 
 
 London, Vizetelly dr* Co., 1883 
 Sandeord et Merton, suivi de le Petit Grandisson, etc. 
 Profusely illustrated after G. Staal. Large 8vo, half 
 morocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges. Paris, n. d. 
 
 Sarcey (Francisque). Souvenirs de Jeunesse. Small 8vo, 
 sewed, uncut. Paris, 1885 
 
 Sceptre and Sword. Stories of Great Heroes and Gal- 
 lant Fights. Numerous illustrations. 8vo, fresh cloth, 
 gilt. London, n. d. 
 
 Scheiter (J. B.). Examen Fortificatorium darin so wohl 
 eine Gantz Neuve Art oder Manier vom Vestungs Bau, 
 etc. Diagrams of fortifications. Folio, vellum. 
 
 Strasburg, 1677 
 
 SCHMIDT (Johann Jacob). Biblischer Geographus. 
 Portrait and colored maps. Thick i2mo, marbled calf, ele- 
 gantly tooled on the sides, marble edges. Zullichau, 1740 
 
 A fine example of original eighteenth century binding. 
 
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 ^^1837 SCHOOLCRAFT (H. R.). [Historical and Statistical] 
 Information respecting the History [Antiquities, Language, 
 Ethnology, Pictography, Rites, Superstitions and Mythol- 
 ogy] of the Indian Tribes of the United States. 
 With hundreds of plates , most of them colored, of views, por- 
 traits, ancient pottery, cooking utensils, picture writing, 
 written music, alphabets, etc., of the Indians. Vols. 1 to 
 3 inclusive. Thick large 4to, cloth. Phila., 1851-53 
 
 The most important work ever written on the subject of the aborigines of 
 America. It embodies almost all the existing authentic information concerning 
 
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 their religions, traditions, languages, arts, ethnology and history. It was col- 
 lected and prepared under the direction of the U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
 The work comprises the General Histop- and Mental Type of the Indian Race; 
 Antiquities of the United States; Physical Geography of the Indian Country; 
 Tribal Organization; History and Government; Intellectual Character and Ca- 
 pacity of the Red Man; Population and Statistics; etc., etc. 
 
 2 ,1838 SCHOTTIUS (Andrea). Itinerarium Italire. Engraved 
 title , views and diagrams Thick minimo, vellum. 
 
 Rare. Amsterdam , Apud Lodocum Ianssonium, 1655 
 
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 trated after the Abbotsford edition designs. 9 vols. large 
 8vo, cloth gilt, edges gilt. N. Y., Collier , n. d. 
 
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 ^ ^ ille et de ses Amis. Portraits , views and fac similes. 10 
 
 vols. small 8vo, yellow calf extra gilt, inside gold tooling, 
 gilt edges. Paris, 1818 
 
 An excellent copy of this admirable edition of Madame de Sevigne's letters, 
 containing a quantity of previously unpublished correspondence, important lit- 
 erary and philological studies, etc. 
 
 SHERIDAN’S WORKS-LIMITED EDITION. 
 
 (I 1841 SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley). Life and Dramatic 
 Works, with an Introduction by Richard Grant White. 
 Portraits. 3 vols. 8vo, boards, totally uncut. N. Y., 1883 
 Limited edition of 348 copies, of which this is No. 135. Printed by I)e 
 Vinne & Co. from types. 
 
 (("1842 Siiorthouse (J. H.). Sir Percival, a Story of the Past 
 and Present. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. London, 1886 
 
 j q Q1843 Simon (Edouard). L’Empereur Guillaume et son 
 
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 ^^844 Simpson (VV. Sparrow). Chapters in the History of Old 
 « St. Paul’s, London. Views and facsimile. 8vo, fresh cloth, 
 
 citron edges. London, 1881 
 
 , £)\T 1845 Smucker (S. M.). Arctic Explorations and Discoveries. 
 
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 3.^1846 SOLIS (Anton von). Geschichte von der Eroberung Mex- 
 ico aus dem Spanischcn. 2 vols. in 1. Thick i2mo, half 
 sheep, marbled edges. Copenhagen, 1750-51 
 
 Very rare edition in German of De Solis’s “ Mexico” by that celebrated 
 “ historiographer of the Indies ” or “ Cronista Major." 
 
 . ( q 1847 Stevenson (R. L.). The Silverado Squatters. Fronts. 
 
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 l| 1848 Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; 
 
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 Sewed. 
 
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 J'VZ ) 18 49 STIELER (Adolf). Hand Atlas uber alle Theile der Erde 
 und uber das Weltgebande. 90 colored maps. Thick 
 folio, half russia, cloth sides (binding damaged). 
 
 Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1878 
 1 Cn 1850 SULLY (Duke of). Memoirs. Translated by Charlotte 
 Lennox, with Notes, etc. [attributed to Sir Walter 
 Scott]. Portraits. 4 vols. small 8vo, calf gilt, marbled 
 edges, by Harley. London, 1856 
 
 It was not only as a financial reformer that the Due de Sully served King 
 Ilenry the Fourth of France and his country. He was the King’s counsellor 
 in all the great measures of the reign with regard to foreign affairs, and also in 
 those by which belief of conscience and full rights of citizenship were guaran- 
 teed to the Huguenots; and by which the effective administration of the law 
 and the maintenance of order and tranquility were secured. 
 
 “The Memoirs of Sully finish the portrait of these times, in finishing for 
 us not only the portrait of Henry IV., but in giving us many curious particulars 
 respecting the practical government of France, its finances, factions and the 
 whole state of its constitution and interests. His work is authentic and prac- 
 tically valuable, and must be read.” — Prof. Smyth. 
 
 3^vP 8 5! 
 
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 TALLEYRAND (Prince dc). Correspondance Inedite, 
 et du Roi Louis XVIII., pendant le Congres de Vienne 
 publiee sur les Manuscrits Conserves au Depot des 
 Affaires Etrangeres avec Preface, Eclaircissements et 
 Notes par M. G. Pallain. Thick large 8vo, half crushed 
 levant morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris, 1881 
 
 Teachings of the Twelve Apostles recently discovered 
 and published by Philotheos Bryennios, Metropolitan 
 of Nicomedia, edited by R. D. Hitchcock and F. 
 Brown. Large 8vo, fresh cloth, totally uncut. N. Y., 1884 
 
 Testut(C 1 i.). Les Veill^es Louisianaises Serie de Romans 
 Historiques sur la Louisiane. Vol. 1 [all published]. 
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 1854 THACKERAY (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair, a 
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 wood by the author. Thick 8vo, cloth, uncut. 
 
 London, 1848 
 
 Original edition. Thackeray traced the frivolities of society with an iron 
 pen. He leans almost as heavily upon them as he does upon vices that are the 
 growth of luxury and that false position into which people labor to thrust them- 
 selves, under the idea that because they are with a set they are of a set. 
 
 ^.JT8 55 [Tonna (“ Charlotte Elizabeth ”).] Chapters on Flowers. 
 
 Colored plates. Small 8vo, fresh cloth. London, 1886 
 
 /A1856 TOWNSEND (George Alfred, “Gath”). President 
 Cromwell, a Drama in Four Acts. Large 8vo, sewed, 
 uncut. N. Y., 1884 
 
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412 
 
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 () ^^1861 
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 Townsend. Tales of the Chesapeake. Portrait. Small 
 4to, fresh cloth. N. Y., 1880 
 
 Trench (R. C.). Glossary of English Words ; On the 
 Study of Words; The Lessons in Proverbs. Together 
 3 vols. i2mo, cloth. N. Y., 1855-59 
 
 Tujague (F.). Le Premier Pas — Prose et Poesie. Large 
 8 vo, sewed, uncut. New Orleans, 1863 
 
 Presentation copy, with MS. inscription of the author. 
 
 Two Stories of the Seen and the Unseen. By the 
 Author of “ A Little Pilgrim.” Small 8vo, fresh cloth. 
 
 Edinburgh, 1885 
 
 UNITED STATES. — Journals of Congress, contain- 
 ing their Proceedings from Sept., 1774, to Jan., 1780. 
 5 vols. 8vo, half sheep. Very rare. Phila., 1780 
 U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern 
 Hemisphere, during the years 1849-52. Numerous maps , 
 lithographic and colored plates — views, illustrations of cos- 
 tume, natural history , antiquities, etc. 2 vols. large 4to, 
 half calf. Washington, 1855 
 
 f Ct 1863 VALLEE (Leon). Bibliographie des Bibliographies. 
 
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 The most complete catalogue of catalogues yet made. It is invaluable to 
 librarians, and treats as extensively of English and American Bibliography as 
 that of Continental Europe. 
 
 I 7 f\j 1864 Vallef.. Another copy of the same. 
 q 865 VAPEREAU (G.). Dictionnaire Universel des Contem- 
 porains contenant toutes les Personnes Notables de la 
 France et des Pays Etrangers. Cinquieme edition entiere- 
 ment Refondue et Considerablement Augmentee. Thick 
 large Svo, half morocco, cloth sides. Paris, 1 880 
 
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 AMERICAN FAMILIES— LIMITED EDITION, PRIVATELY 
 PRINTED. 
 
 1866 VERMONT (E.de Valcour, Count). AMERICA HERAL- 
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 Mottoes of Prominent American Families Settled in this 
 Country before 1800. 17 fine plates containing 272 separate 
 
 coats-of-arms in metals and colors and numerous woodcuts in 
 text from the designs of Hf.nry Rykers. One volume 
 (complete and in 8 parts, with 3 duplicate parts containing 
 imperfect proofs of some of the plates). Large 4to, sewed, 
 uncut, as issued. N. Y., Brentano Brothers, n. d. 
 
 No. 1 of limited edition issued at some $25.00 to subscribers only. 
 
 The Count de Vermont who is an old French army officer and a member of 
 the " Noblesse de France," has been settled for some time in this country. He 
 
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 treats the coats-of-arms of American families from altogether different stand- 
 points from either that of the late Albert Welles, of the American College of 
 Heraldry, or from that of the New YorkWorld' s Special Heraldic Commissioner 
 who wrote up the “ Blue Blood of Europe ” and the “ American Shoddyocracy.” 
 The Count has admitted no coat-of-arms in his book but what has been endorsed 
 by European authorities and American works of repute. 
 
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 iu 18 75 
 
 Vif.llot (L. P.) et Oudart (M. P). La Galerie des Oiseaux. 
 Illustrated with nearly 350 plates of birds. 2 vols. 4to, cloth. 
 
 Paris, 1834 
 
 ViLi.EMAiN (A. F.). Etudes d'Histoire Moderne. Small 
 8vo, half calf, gilt. Paris, 1857 
 
 Violet (The). With steel engravings. Small 8vo, roan, 
 gilt edges. N. Y., Leavitt Allen , n. d. 
 
 Ward (Elijah). Speeches on Commercial, Financial and 
 other Subjects. Portrait. 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1877 
 
 WASHINGTON (George). A Message from the Presi- 
 dent of the United States of America to Congress 
 relative to France and Great Britain, delivered 
 December 5th, 1793, with the papers therein referred to. 
 Svo, sheep (binding broken). Rare. 
 
 Phi la., published by order of the House of 
 
 Representatives , 1793 
 
 WASHINGTON. A Message from the President of 
 the United States of America to Congress relative 
 to the French Republic, delivered January 19th, 1797, 
 with the papers therein referred to. 8vo, sheep (name on 
 title). Rare. 
 
 Phila ., published by order of the House of 
 
 Representatives , 1797 
 
 WASHINGTON. Vie de, par David Ramsay. Portrait 
 of Washington engraved by Maeret. 8vo, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1809 
 
 Washington and Franklin. Boyhood and Manhood of. 
 Illustrated. Thick nmo, cloth. N. Y., 1876 
 
 Washington. — Soldier and Patriot, the Story of George 
 Washington by F. M. Owen. Illustrations, umo, 
 cloth. London, n. d. 
 
 WEBSTER (Noah, LL.D.). American Dictionary of the 
 English Language, thoroughly Revised and Enlarged by 
 C. A. Goodrich and N. Porter. Portrait, engraved title, 
 colored plates of arms and flags, and numerous cuts in text. 
 Thick large 4to, half morocco, cloth sides, marbled edges, 
 with incised alphabetical index on front edge. 
 
 Springfield, 1884 
 
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 $00 
 
 1877 
 
 NOAH WEBSTER ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BOSTON, 
 1789, AND BOUND BY ROUSSELLE. 
 
 WEBSTER. — | Dissertations | on the [ English Lan- 
 guage: | with Notes, | Historical and Critical. | To which 
 is added | by Way of Appendix, | an Essay on | a Re- 
 formed Mode of Spelling, | with | Dr. FRANKLIN’S 
 Arguments on that Subject. | By NOAH WEBSTER, jun. 
 Esquire | . Thick small 8vo. Handsomely bound by 
 Emile Rousselle in crushed levant morocco, inside gold 
 borders, rounded corners and gilt edges. 
 
 Boston, printed at Boston, for the author , 
 
 by Isaiah Thomas and Company, 1789 
 VERY RARE and a splendid copy. 
 
 WHITE (Richard Grant). “Words and their Uses also 
 “ Every-Day English.” Together 2 vols. Small 8 vo, fresh 
 cloth. Boston, 1880-83 
 
 1^1879 Whitney (J. D.). The Metallic Wealth of the United 
 States, described and compared with that of Other Coun- 
 tries. Large 8vo, cloth, uncut. Phila., 1854 
 
 Yates (Edmund). His Recollections and Experiences. 
 Portrait. Small 8vo, fresh cloth, totally uncut. 
 
 London, Bentley , 1885 
 Les Princes d’Orleans, preface par 
 Portraits. Small 4to, sewed, uncut. 
 
 Paris, 1872 
 
 Memory Manual. Minimo, sewed. 
 
 N. Y., 1883 
 
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 Yriarte (Charles). 
 Edouard Herv£. 
 
 1882 Yule (George). 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 IX. prints anil Equine lies. 
 
 “ Engraving is one of the fine arts; and in this beautiful family has been the 
 especial handmaiden of painting. . . . An engraving is not a copy or imitation, 
 as is sometimes insisted, but a translation. . . . Nor is it a mere imitation, but 
 as Bryant's Homer and Longfellow’s Dante are presentations of the great 
 originals in another language, so is the engraving a presentation of painting in 
 another material which is like another language. . . . Nobody can examine a 
 choice print without feeling that it has a merit of its own different from any 
 painting. A work of Raphael, or any of the great masters, is better in an 
 engraving of Longhi or Morghen than in any ordinary copy, and would probably 
 cost more in the market. A good engraving is an undoubted work of art, but 
 this cannot be said of many paintings which, like Peter Pindar's razors, seem 
 ' made only to sell.’ ” — Charles Sumner. 
 
 ABBEMA (Louise). 
 
 / 2 vi 1883 “ Parisienne (1886).” 
 
 ANDERLONI (Pietro, Born 1784 and Died 1849). 
 
 i\-TD 1884 “The Holy Family,” after Raphael. 
 
 Brilliant old original impression of this beautiful print, after the 
 famous picture in the Stafford Gallery. In black oak frame. Pietro Anderloni 
 was one of the most celebrated of the pupils of Longhi, whom he succeeded as 
 President of the Academy of Engravers at Milan. 
 
 APPIAN (A.). 
 
 1^0 1885 “Fishing Boats.” 
 
 This and the following numbers are all original etchings by this 
 master of the needle:. Gold frame. P. G. Hamerton says: — “ My admira- 
 tion for Appian’s work as an etcher (he is a charming painter also) was already 
 great several years ago, but the more I see how rare his qualities are in contem- 
 porary art, or in any art, the more I feel disposed to value them. His work is 
 always quite easy and graceful in manner, never strained, never betraying an 
 effort, and it hardly ever fails to charm by a most delicate feeling for the poetry 
 of natural landscape." 
 
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 PPIAN. 
 
 1886 “ 
 
 San Remo, Italy.” 
 
 Proof on Japan papf.r. One of the artist’s large plates, and con- 
 sidered ONE OF HIS BEST. 
 
 APPIAN. 
 
 I 1887 “Un Soir Bord du Rhone a Rix.” 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. “ Fine in feeling and quite masterly in execution. 
 One of those scenes which ought to make anybody a poet, at least until the 
 light has died out of the west, and the shining river is finally darkened for the 
 night.” — Hamerton. 
 
 APPIAN. 
 ~)f 1888 “ 
 
 Rocks by the River.” 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 APPIAN. 
 
 7vH> 
 
 1889 “Drawing the Net.” 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 APPIAN. 
 
 1890 “A Path by the River.” 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 I If 
 
 APPIAN. 
 1891 ‘ 
 
 The Water Mill.” 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 APPIAN. 
 
 | f C 1892 “ The Anglers.” 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 APPIAN. 
 
 0 1893 “ Au Valromey.” 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 APPIAN. 
 
 J /) 1894 “Gorge de Loupe.” 
 
 APPIAN. 
 
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 ,3o 
 
 1895 “ A Rocky Road — Environs of Crf.ys.” 
 
 AUDOUIN (Pierre, Born 176S and Died 1822). 
 
 1896 “La Musicienne Hollandoise,” after Metzu. 
 
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 AUDRAN (Benoit, “the elder,” Born 1661 and Died 1721). 
 
 1897 “Jean Baptiste Colbert,” after Lefebvre. 
 
 Benoit Audran was the pupil of his father and also of his uncle, the celebrated 
 Gerard Audran. He engraved several fine portraits which have justly estab- 
 lished his reputation. Ilis style is bold and clear, his drawing is correct ; and 
 there is a fine expression of character in his heads. This portrait of Colbert is 
 considered to be one of his best plates. 
 
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 BAKER (W. C.). 
 
 1898 “ Landscape.’’ 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 BALLIN (A.). 
 
 1899 “ A Street Scene at Rouen.” 
 
 Original etching. Fine proof on Japan paper. 
 
 BAQUOY (Jean Charles, Born 1721 and Died 1777). 
 1900 “ The Death of Adonis,” after Poussin. 
 
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 BARRY (Auguste, Born 1836 and Died 1886). 
 
 1900* “Dominie Sampson.” 
 
 Proof on Japan paper, slightly unfinished. Auguste Parry was of 
 French extraction and inherited the artistic tastes of his race. Bred a marble- 
 cutter, he followed that occupation for many years, when the almost general use 
 of granite for monumental inscriptions compelled him to seek some other 
 means of livelihood. Me turned his attention to etching, which he practised for 
 some fourteen years before his death. Possessed of but little originality, he 
 developed a marvelous aptitude for reproducing the work of others. Some of 
 his copies of Seymour- II aden, Cruikshank, Worlidge, etc , are marvels of pains- 
 taking care and accuracy. He was a most industrious worker, producing from 
 first to last some eight to nine hundred plates. 
 
 , BARRY. 
 
 , lo (j 1901 “Only for Friends,” after Lossow. 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 , BARRY. 
 
 , VU 1901* “Cupid and Venus," after Lossow. 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 BARRY. 
 
 , fo , 9 ° 2 “ Roger Payne, the famous London Bookbinder.” 
 
 \\pRKING PROOF ON INDIA PAPER, SLIGHTLY UNFINISHED. 
 
 BARTOLONII. 
 
 [U 1903 “ The Love Letter,” after Bunbury. 
 
 Pine old impression, engraved in stipple after the manner of Bar- 
 
 TOLOZZI. 
 
 BARIOLOZZI (Francesco, Born 1727 and Died 1815). 
 
 7 0 0 * 9°4 “Cupid Crowning a Young Girl with Flowers,” 
 
 after Guercino. 
 
 1 MIS AND THE LOTS FOLLOWING BY BaRTOI.OZZI, ARF. ALL FINE OLD IMPRES- 
 SIONS. Ebony frame. 
 
 “ Bartolozzi s engravings have literally had their ups and downs: first ascend- 
 ,n K *° drawing room, later climbing to the bed-room, and eventually to the 
 .line or lumber-room, where they remained half or perhaps wholly forgotten, 
 unti a revival of the taste for his fine work brought them down by the same 
 s ages to the drawing-room and boudoir. That they never again will be* skyed ' 
 is tolerably certain."— Tuer. 
 
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 BARTOLOZZI. 
 
 1905 “Mother and Child,’’ after Peregrini. 
 
 BARTOLOZZI. 
 
 “ J , yj' 1906 “Children at Play,’’ after Guercino. 
 
 BARTOLOZZI. 
 
 1907 “The Holy Family,” after Guercino. 
 
 BARTOLOZZI. 
 
 I 1908 “Bandits,” after Guercino. 
 
 BARTOLOZZI. 
 
 1909 “A Sacrifice,’’ after Guercino. 
 
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 BARTOLOZZI. 
 f 2 ^) 1910 “ A Warrior,” after Guercino. 
 
 BASTIEN-LEPAGE (Jules). 
 
 ^ v( 0 191 1 “Reapers at Damvillers, Department of the 
 
 Meuse.” 
 
 Original etching by the famous pupil ok Cabanel. 1 ’roof on Inuia 
 
 PAPER. 
 
 ji 2 pB ASTI EN-LE PAGE. 
 
 ' , 1912 “The Return from the Fields.” 
 
 Original painter’s etching. Proof before letters on Japanese paper . 
 Gold frame. 
 
 BAUDET (Etienne, Born 1636 and Died 1711). 
 
 \ foj 1913 “ The Tribute Money,” after Valentine. 
 
 BAUDOUIN (Pierre Antoine, Born 1723 and Died 1769). 
 
 - .- 1914 “The Toilet.” * 
 
 O.*' Curious and rare eighteenth century stipple engraving. Printed- 
 in colors. White and gold frame. 
 
 BAUDRAN. 
 
 ( 0 (J 1 9 I 5 “ The Gate of Heaven “The Angf.l of Hope”; 
 
 “The Star of the Morning”; and “The Angel of 
 Consolation,” after Claude Jacquand. (4) 
 
 Proofs on India paper. 
 
 BEAUVARLET (Jacques Firmin, Born 1731 and Died 1797). 
 
 ( l ' 0 J 9 l( * “Edme Bouchardon, Sculptor to the King,” after 
 
 Drouais. 
 
 Fine. Engraved by the artist for his reception piece at the Acad- 
 emy, in 1776. 
 
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 BEAUVARLET. 
 
 1917 “The Fox Disturbed,’’ after Oudray; “A Day’s 
 Sport,” after Huet (2) 
 
 A pair of fine sporting subjects by this excellent engraver. Brilliant old im- 
 pressions, neatly framed. 
 
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 BEGA (Cornelis Pietersz, Born 1620 and Died 1664). 
 1918 “ Peasant Woman Going to Market.” 
 Original etching by this Master. Bartsch 18. 
 
 BEHAM (Hans Sebald. Born 1500 and Died 1549). 
 
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 1919 “Pacientia.” 
 
 This is a brilliant impression, and a fine original specimen, neatly framed, of 
 the famous “ Little Master.” It is dated 1540, and inscribed “ Sebaldus Beham 
 Pictor Norcus Faciebat.” Dr. Adolf Rosenberg, in his able Essay on the 
 German Little Masters, says: — “As a draughtsman he (Beham) stands at the 
 head of all the imitators of his model and teacher, the great Purer, whilst as a 
 copper-plate engraver he even surpasses him in the tenderness and delicacy of 
 his technical treatment, as well as in his artistic feeling. In the execution of 
 form and outline he also displays a better and more delicate taste.” 
 
 A fac-simile of this print will be found at the commencement of this division. 
 
 EH AM. 
 1920 
 
 A March of Soldiers.” 
 
 Rare. A very large woodcut, 57 x 12)^, in fine preservation, 
 and the two following numbers are very rare. See Bartsch. 
 
 This 
 
 BEHAM. 
 
 1921 “ The Bath, many Women and Children Bathing.” 
 Large woodcut (round). Bartsch 83. 
 
 BEHAM. 
 
 Qq 1921* “Six Women Bathing, a Man observing them 
 
 s THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW.” 
 
 • Large woodcut. Bartsch 80. 
 
 BEISSON (Francis Joseph Etienne, Died 1820). 
 v/ 0 i<)2 2 “ Venus ” after Titian. 
 
 Proof before letters. Of this famous picture it is related that when 
 Phillip II. heard that the Palace of the Prado was burned, lie earnestly de- 
 ni. inded if the 1 itian Venus had escaped destruction, and on being informer! 
 that it was one of the few that had been saved, he exclaimed, “ Then every other 
 loss may be supported. I his print was commenced by Beisson and finished 
 1- by Le Has. 1 
 
 BELLOWS (Albert F.). 
 
 1923 “Going to Church — Sunday Morning.” 
 
 A pencil sketch, neatly framed, by this celebrated a-iuarellist. “ Bellows’ 
 v'lt river-banks, hi- trees trembling with light, and the quiet skies of Summer 
 1 ivc long made his paintings loved, and they have also served to develop the 
 taste for water-colors among us .”— /.onion Art Journal. 
 
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 BERGHEM (Nicholas, Born 1620, Died 1683). 
 
 1924 “Sheep and Lambs.” 
 
 Original etching. Bartsch No. 42. 
 
 “ The great industry of Berghem, and his accurate knowledge of cattle, give 
 him a certain firmness and precision with the point, which are amongst the 
 chief reasons for his reputation as an etcher.” — 1 ’. G. IlAMERTON. 
 
 BERNE-BELLECOUR (E.). 
 
 3 OO 1925 “ Will She Come ?” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters, on India paper. 
 
 BERVIC (Charles Clement, Born 1756 and Died 1822). 
 
 .. . , 1926 “The Education of Achilles,” after Regnault. 
 
 A fine old impression of this beautiful and celebrated print in oak frame, gilt 
 in the grain. Bervic.the most eminent of modern French engravers. was a pupil 
 of the famous J. G. Wille, but he early emancipated himself from that master’s 
 peculiar style. A portrait which he executed in 1783 first revealed the power 
 which Bervic possessed of freeing himself from the influences of his early educa- 
 tion and of rendering most fully and characteristically the varied details of his 
 subject. This talent soon met with its due reward. In 17S4 he was elected a 
 member of the Academy. Sovereigns and nations hastened to do homage to his 
 talents. Louis XVI. gave him the apartments in the Louvre which had been 
 vacant since the death of the painter Lepicie. The Order of the Reunion was 
 conferred upon him in 1813, and the Legion of Honor in 1819. Most of the 
 academies of Europe enrolled him among their members, and he became a 
 member of the Institute of France. He established a school of engraving, in 
 which his constant aim was to warn his pupils against the baneful influence of 
 servile imitation, and guide each one according to the bent of his own individual 
 genius. Toschi and Dupont, both famous engravers, were his scholars.” 
 
 BERVIC. 
 
 1927 “ Louis XVI.,” after Callet. 
 
 A brilliant impression of this celebrated plate before the plate was broken, 
 finely framed in oak, gilt. Robert E. Graves, of the British Museum, writes: — 
 “ The full-length portrait of Louis XVI. in" his coronation robes, after the 
 portrait by Callet at Versailles, established the reputation which Bervic had 
 obtained by the wonderful brilliancy and softness with which he reproduced in 
 black and white the diverse tones and textures indicated in painting by the aid 
 of color.” 
 
 Bervic was a revolutionist of an advanced type, and at one of the meetings of 
 the “ Societe Populaire des Arts” he broke this plate, and tore in halves all the 
 proofs of it which he possessed. The plate has since been repaired by Challet, 
 and later impressions taken from it. These, however, are of no great value com- 
 pared with the impression described above. 
 
 BETTELINI (Pietro, Born 1763 and Died 1828). 
 r" 1928 “ David,” after Zampieri. 
 
 “ Bettelini was an eminent Italian engraver. He early received instruction 
 from Gandolphi and Bartolozzi, but in his later works he inclined more to the 
 style of Raphael Morghen. He is particularly happy in his transcripts of light 
 and elegant forms, and enters with much taste and spirit into the subject he 
 copies. He does not aim at producing brilliant effects, but exercises his graver 
 with care and delicacy, corresponding with the style of the original picture. 
 He was held in high estimation by Thorwaldsen, who employed him to engrave 
 some of his finest works.” — Bryan. 
 
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 BKTTELINI. 
 1929 “ St. 
 
 John,” after Domenichino. 
 Proof before all letters. 
 
 BETTELINI. 
 
 / 3 (/ 193° “ St. Sophia,” after Domenichino. 
 
 ' ' Proof before all letters. 
 
 
 BICHARD (Gery). 
 
 1931 “The Amateur Artist,” after Meissonier. 
 Beautiful proof before letters on Japan paper. 
 
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 BLANC (Charles). 
 
 1932 “The Chevalier,” after Meissonier. 
 
 Proof on India paper. Etched bv Charles Blanc, the celebrated 
 art critic, and signed bv him with the needle. 
 
 BOCOURT (E.). 
 
 (J 1933 “ Mirabeau replying to the Marquis de Breze.” 
 
 Original etching. An admirable specimen of modern “dry point.” 
 Artist’s proof on Japan paper, signed; in fine carved oak frame, with deep 
 French mat. 
 
 This spirited etching represents the well-known incident which occurred just 
 before the founding of the National Assembly. The occasion was the famous 
 sitting of the “ Tiers-Etat,” June 23d, 1789, when the Deputies were ordered 
 by the King to disperse. The noblesse and the majority of the clergy 
 departed, but the commons still lingered in uncertainty, and Mirabeau began to 
 address them on the mission with which they were intrusted by the nation. At 
 this moment he was interrupted by the entrance of the Marquis de Breze, hat on 
 head, representing the “ divine right ” of his royal master. 
 
 The King’s Master of Ceremonies immediately begged permission to remind 
 the meeting of the monarch’s command. The orator turned upon him with the 
 gaze of a lion — “Co tell your master,” said he. “that we are here by the will 
 of ihc people, and no power but the force of bayonets shall drive us hence.” 
 This is the moment chosen by the artist for his very graphic illustration. 
 
 BOCOURT. 
 
 •934 “ Jean-Francois Millet.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on India paper. 
 LIKE I'ORTRAIT OF THE GREAT PAINTER. 
 
 A I.IFE- 
 
 BOII.IRN (E.). 
 
 i.rf 1 935 “The Morning Salutation.” 
 
 A proof on Japan paper of an original etching by this artist, neatly 
 framed. It represents a young and beautiful woman just risen from her couch, 
 a wrapper thrown loosely around her — discovering the charms which it is 
 intended to conceal. She is about to fondle her pet, a magnificent specimen 
 of the parrot tribe, who appears to reciprocate the affection of his mistress. 
 
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 BONNET (Louis Marin, Born 1743 and Died 1793). 
 
 14 hf *936 “ Head of a Young Girl,” after Boucher. 
 
 Neatly framed — one of the rare old fac-similes of Boucher's chalk drawing, 
 executed by Bonnet on copper with such fidelity that, take away the margin, it 
 would be extremely difficult for even experts to tell the difference between the 
 original and the copy. 
 
 BOSTWICK (John H.). 
 
 (00 1937 “A Brilliant Sunset.” 
 
 Original etching, proof on satin, one of a few impressions only in 
 THIS STATE. 
 
 BOUCHER (Francois, Born 1703 and Died 1770). 
 
 (q<j 1938 “ Venus and Cupid.” 
 
 A fine fac-simileof a chalk drawing by this celebrated delineator of the nude 
 feminine form. 
 
 BOUCHER. 
 
 7 q 1939 *• A Young Girl Bathing.” 
 
 Another nude study after this artist, similar to the previous lot. 
 
 BOUILLIARD (Jacques, Born 1744 and Died 1806). 
 flf 1940 “ Daphne and Apollo,” after Vanloo. 
 
 Brilliant open letter proof. 
 
 BOUILLIARD. 
 
 f (6 1941 “ Love Mending his Bow,” after Mazzola. 
 
 BRACQUEMOND (Felix, Born 1833). 
 f(j(j 1942 “Wild Ducks” 
 
 Original etching. Troof on Japan paper. Rare. Hamerton writes: — 
 “ B M. Bracquemond had pursued etching regularly there can be little doubt 
 that he would have taken a decided rank amongst the best etchers of the age. 
 Unfortunately, however, for this particular branch of art, he accepted an 
 engagement at Sevres, which has since occupied all his time ” 
 
 Emile Bergerat is still more enthusiastic in his praise. He says: — “ He 
 (Bracquemond) stands, by good right, as an etcher hors ligne, having no worthy 
 rival except Jules Jacquemart. A proof of a plate by Bracquemond is a precious 
 object, and sells for the highest price. The English consider them as choice 
 titbits, and rarely allow one to escape them when sold.” 
 
 . BRACQUEMOND. 
 
 Ltr 1943 “The Mirror,” after Chaplin. 
 
 A fine specimen of Bracquemond’s method of treating the female 
 
 NUDE FIGURE. 
 
 BRACQUEMOND. 
 
 1943* “Charles M6ryon.” 
 
 A characteristic and lifelike portrait of the unfortunate artist etched from life 
 by his friend Bracquemond in 1853. Very scarce. 
 
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 BRACQUEMOND. 
 q 1944 “A Vase with Flowers.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on Holland paper. 
 
 BRACQUEMOND. 
 
 1945 “A Yoke of Oxen,” after Du Buisson. 
 
 Proof on India paper. 
 
 BRACQUEMOND. 
 
 ll ^) 1945* “ Jules Fleury-Hiisson — called Champfleury.” 
 
 BRIDGMAN (C. J.). 
 
 (1 T T 1946 “Portrait of a Young Girl.” 
 
 \ An exquisitely finished drawing, signed by the artist, in crimson velvet and 
 gold frame. 
 
 BROMLEY (William, Born 1769 and Died 1842). 
 
 ^ y 1947 “ Boy and Tablet,” after Leonardo da Vinci. 
 
 Fine old impression of this beautiful specimen of pure line. 
 
 BROWN (John Lewis). 
 
 c- 1948 “ A Military Reconnaissance.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
 BRUNET-DEBAINES (A.). 
 
 IN U 1949 “THe Funeral of Wilkie,” after J. M. W. Turner. 
 
 A fine impression, neatly framed, of this spirited etching. It represents the 
 well-known incident of the burial of the painter Wilkie, during the night, at sea. 
 It has been said that Turner will live through the admirable rendering of his 
 pictures by the clever line engravers employed by the publishers to translate 
 them, but he has certainly, in later days, been as fortunate in the excellent 
 etchers who have chosen his works to demonstrate their powers with the needle. 
 Not the least of them is Brunet- Debaines, of whom Hamerton says: — “ Few 
 etchers of the modem French school have produced such uniformly good work." 
 
 BRUNET-DEBAINES. 
 
 j *95° “The Church of St. Mary in the Strand, London.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on Japan paper. Cherry 
 wood frame. 
 
 BUHOT (FtHix). 
 
 C~ n * 95 1 “Boulevard df. Clichy, 
 
 «U U June 30TH.” 
 
 Paris — National F£te, 
 
 Original etching. Proof on India paper. 
 
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 r BURGKMAIR (Hans, Born 1473 a °d Died 1559). 
 
 SI ) 1952 “ Marriage of the Emperor Maximilian.” 
 
 Hans Burgkmair was the friend and fellow-laborer of Albert Durcr in the 
 service of the Emperor Maximilian I. His prints are principally, if not entirely 
 on wood, and are designed with extraordinary spirit and fire. Indeed the endless 
 imagination and richness of suggestion, as well as truth to the life of his time, 
 and dramatic value to be found in his works, place him in the highest rank of 
 the illustrative artists of the world. For a further notice of Burgkmair see 
 No. 75 of the Pene du Bois Collection. 
 
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 BURGKMAIR. 
 
 1953 “Coronation of the Emperor Maximilian.” 
 
 BURGKMAIR. 
 
 1954 “The Emperor and Empress in the Garden. 
 BURNAND (Eugene). 
 
 1955 “ A Drove of Oxen at Camargue.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
 
 mo 
 
 CAFFI (Cavaliere Ippolito, Born 1814 and Died 1866). 
 
 1956 “ The Soldier’s Promenade ” and “ The Devotees.” 
 
 ( 2 ) 
 
 A pair (neatly framed) of original water-color drawings by this clever artist, 
 who, although he painted principally architectural subjects and sea pieces, was 
 very happy in delineations of social life. His style is much that of Gavarni at an 
 early period in his career — a vein of quiet humor combined with artistic excel- 
 lence. These two drawings are evidently from the life. The old soldier with 
 his two comrades — a lately joined recruit, and another who has seen some ser- 
 vice, are proceeding arm in-arm barrackward, after an evening’s enjoyment, the 
 cost of which has apparently emptied all their pockets. The three old women 
 at church, an exquisite bit of humorous satire, insinuating that none of them 
 feels very happy at their devotions. 
 
 CALAMATTI (Luigi, Born 1802 and Died 1869). 
 1 Jl) 1957 “ Dante.” 
 
 Proof before all letters. 
 
 CALAME (Alexandre, Born 1810 and Died 1864). 
 
 ■j 1958 "The Bird of Night — Owls.” 
 
 A very characteristic original study, drawn on stone by this famous artist. 
 
 CAREY (Charles.) 
 
 ^ J'ft 1959 “ Awaiting an Audience,” after Meissonier. 
 
 Proof before letters on Holland paper. 
 
 CARS (Laurent, Born 1699 and Died 1771). 
 
 Iro i960 “ Mlle. Clairon as Medf.a,” after Vanloo. 
 
 This masterpiece of Vanloo’s was engravedby Cars in conjunction with his 
 pupil Beauvarlit, and the result is a magnificent specimen of old-time line 
 engraving. The scene chosen by Vanloo is the grand one in the fifth act. 
 Medea has just slain her children, and with dagger and torch is borne above in 
 the drago.t drawn chariot, while Jason, sword in hand, in vain attempts to stay 
 her progress. The original plate was presented to Mile. Clairon by the King. 
 
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 CARS. 
 
 I qq i960* “Sebastian Bourdon, Painter to the King,” 
 ' » after Rigaud. 
 
 CASANOVA (A.). 
 
 u~)r 1961 “The Gourmet.” 
 
 '* Originai. Etching. Proof on Japan paper. Gold frame. 
 
 A.SANOVA. 
 
 q q 1962 “ A Terrible Temptation.” 
 
 • Original etching uy this distinguished artist. 
 
 CASANOVA. 
 
 1963 “ Teaching the Canary to Sing.” 
 
 Original Etching. Proof before letters on Japan paper. 
 
 CASTIGLIONE (Giovanni Benedetto, Born 1616 and Died 
 
 CECCHINI (Francesco). 
 
 Q 1965 “ Fresco in the Sala del Cambrio at Perugia,’’ 
 after Perugino. 
 
 Fine old impression. 
 
 CERICA. 
 
 1966 “ Italian Beggar.” 
 
 Spirited original water-color drawing by this artist, in gilt frame. 
 
 Set of original etchings illustrating “ Les Dames Galantes,” of 
 Brantome, with portrait of the author. Proofs before letter on 
 large paper. Rare. Brantome’s anecdotes present an animated picture of 
 the age in which he lived; the restless activity of his inquisitive spirit made him 
 well acquainted with those minute transactions which the dignity of history sel- 
 dom stoops to notice, and his vanity led him to seek from a lively and faithful 
 record of them the onlj- reputation his abilities could obtain. The first edition 
 of his Memoirs was printed at Leyden, by Elzevir, in 1 666 . 
 
 ' 67 °)- 
 
 Q 1964 “ Head of a Jew.” 
 
 Original etching by this Master. 
 
 CHAMPOLLION (E.). 
 
 0 0 1967 “The Choice of a Model,” after Fortuny. 
 
 Proof on India paper. 
 
 CHAMPOLLION. 
 
 1968 “ Les Dames Galantes.” 
 
 CHAMPOLLION. 
 
 ’ 1969 “ Fishermen Going Out,” after Butin. 
 
 Proof before letters on Japan paper. 
 
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 CHAMPOLLION. 
 
 1970 “ Moors Taming a Vulture,” after Fortuny. 
 Proof before letters on Japan paper. 
 
 CHAMPOLLON (E. A.). 
 
 J JT) 1971 “ A Butterfly,” after Fortuny. 
 
 Fine proof before letters, on Japan paper Gold frame. 
 
 CHARLET (Born 1792 and Died 1845). 
 
 I Lfo 1972 “The Old Guard Dies, but never Surrenders.” 
 Charlet’s first drawing on stone, published in 1817. Rare. Charlet 
 was a celebrated French lithographer, the son of a soldier of the Empire, a pupil 
 of Gros, and unrivaled for his delineations of army life. There is a touch of 
 humor ii^ his compositions which is inimitable. 
 
 CHARLET. 
 
 \ CO 1973 “The Recruit’s First Time under Fire ’’ and “His 
 ' Second Time under Fire.” (2) 
 
 Rare. Drawn on stone by Charlet. 
 
 CHARLET. 
 
 3b 
 
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 1974 “ The Street Boys and the National Guard”; 
 “The Fall of the Empire”; “ The Assault”; “ In- 
 subordination ”; etc. (6) 
 
 Rare. All drawn on stone by Charlet. 
 
 . CHASTEAU (Nicholas, Born 1680 and Died 1750). 
 
 ' VO 1975 “Martyrdom of St. Stephen,” after Carracci. 
 
 CHASTEAU. 
 
 , 1976 “Christ Healing the Blind,” after Poussin. 
 
 CHATTILLON (Auguste de). 
 
 1977 “La Levrf.tte en Pal’tot. (The Greyhound in a 
 Paletot.)" 
 
 Rare. A story in verse by Auguste Chattillon, of a poor young man and a 
 pampered greyhound. Each page (16) of the text is etched and accompanied with 
 appropriate illustrations, which are of a humorous character. The whole printed 
 on India paper, with title etched on the cover, which is of Holland paper. 
 
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 CHAUVEL (T.). 
 
 1978 “The Hay-Cart,” after Jules Dupre. 
 
 A fine etching after this famous painter, neatly framed. Rene Menard writes: — 
 “ Jules Dupre : became almost from his debut, one of the favorites in public 
 
 opinion The precocity of his success only developed his activity 
 
 One may have more or less sympathy with the works of Rousseau or with those 
 of Dupre, but these two masters will remain incontestably as the two grandest 
 colorists in landscape which the contemporaneous school has produced.” 
 
 CHENAY (Paul). 
 
 r 2 *) f 1979 “The Brawl,” after Meissonier. 
 
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 f 'HEVILLET (Justus, Born 1729 and Died 1790). 
 
 1980 “ Benjamin Franklin,” after Bounieu and Houdon. 
 
 Fine, and very rare. 
 
 Chevillet was a pupil of Schmidt and afterwards of J. G. Wille. He 
 engraved this beautiful portrait of Franklin while the latter was acting as 
 Ambassador to France on the part of his countrymen. 
 
 t CHODOWIECKI (Daniel Nicholas, Born 1726 and Died 1801). 
 
 1981 “A Pedagogue,” and “A Young Girl with her 
 fvV* Brother.” (2) 
 
 A pair of water-color drawings by this remarkable and distinguished artist. 
 In the original German frames. Daniel N. Chodowiecki was early in life a 
 grocer’s assistant at Berlin, but, inheriting artistic tastes, he practised drawing 
 and painting in his leisure moments. His progress at last enabled him*to follow 
 these studies alone. He became a miniature painter, and his portraits, which 
 were remarkable for their characteristic resemblance and lifelike qualities, met 
 with a favorable reception in all quarters. In 1758 he turned his attention to 
 etching, and his efforts were drawn with such spirit that they soon attracted the 
 attention of connoisseurs, and when he had painted ‘‘Jean Galas and his 
 Family, ’’ and, in accordance with the wishes of his friends, made an etching of 
 that picture, his fame was fairly established. Orders from amateurs and 
 dealers became so numerous that he was obliged to abandon his miniature 
 painting. He received commissions from Lavater, for whom he executed many 
 designs and some copper plate engravings for his “ Essays on Physiognomy.” 
 His fame spread so wide that it was with the greatest difficulty that he could 
 meet the demands of the booksellers for drawings and engravings for illustrat- 
 ing books and almanacs. Bryan says. “ Chodowiecki was a highly gifted artist, 
 who owed all his knowledge of art to his own study. The genuine originality 
 displayed in them, and a certain easy spiritual rendering, stamp most of his 
 works with a peculiar character. lie represents the feelings and affections, 
 virtues and vices, just as he had observed them around him, with singular acute- 
 ness. 1 1 is productions are not disfigured by anything in the way of excess or 
 defect. His drawings are marked by delicate, but, at the same time, firm and 
 clear outlines, the shadows being worked in with a light hand, but well defined. 
 As an engraver of small subjects, he stands almost unsurpassed. He was the 
 founder of a new style, representing modern figures with such truth and ani- 
 mation, and at the same time with such correctness of outline, as had till then 
 never been thought possible on so small a scale.” 
 
 Jj'^CI.AUDE LORRAINE (Born 1600 and Died 1682). 
 
 »•*.•/) 1982 “Campo Vicino, Rome.” 
 
 Dumesnil, No. 23. 
 
 “ The position of Claude as a landscape painter may be briefly defined. He 
 was the first artist who made landscapes thoroughly charming by means of 
 artistic and harmonious composition, and beautiful effects of light. By these 
 means he captivated the connoisseurs of his time, and became the father of mod- 
 ern landscape His superiority as an etcher is chiefly a technical super- 
 
 iority; he could lay a shade more delicately, and more perfect gradation, than 
 any other etcher of landscape; he could reach rare effects of transparency, and 
 there is an ineffable tenderness in his handling. These are his chief claims to 
 our consideration, and he is so strong on these points that such accomplished 
 moderns as Hadcn and Samuel Palmer have a great reverence for his name.” — 
 IIamerton. 
 
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 CLAUDE LORRAINE. 
 
 \]~{j 1983 “The Flight into Egypt.” 
 
 Dumesnil, No. i. Sold in the Morgan Collection for $17. 
 
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 CLAUDE LORRAINE. 
 
 1984 “The Tempest.” 
 
 Dumesnil, No. 5. Sold in the Morgan Collection for $17. 
 
 CLAUDE LORRAINE. 
 Js ' LL-U “ Landscapes,” etc 
 
 ( 3 ) 
 
 These miniature etchings mounted in a passe partout are very 
 FINE AND OF EXTREME RARITY. 
 
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 CLEMENTS (L. D.). 
 y 1986 “Landscape. 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 COLMAN (Samuel). 
 
 I QU 19S7 “An Old Mill at Wainscotte, Long Island.’’ 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 COLMAN. 
 
 / ~jyf 1988 The same. 
 
 Proof on satin. One of a few impressions in this state. 
 
 COPIA (Jacques Louis, Born 1764, Died 1799). 
 
 1989 “ The Triumph of Liberty,” after Fragonard. 
 
 * Engraver’s proofs before letters. Rare in this state. 
 
 COROT (Jean-Baptiste-Camille, Born 1796 and Died 1875). 
 
 J~ 1990 “A Souvenir of Italy.’’ 
 
 Proof impression on Japan paper of this celebrated “ painter’s 
 ETCHING ” in gold frame. 
 
 Hamerton says: — “ The few etchings of Corot have one merit and charm — 
 they do certainly recall to mind, by association of ideas, his charming work in 
 oil, so full of the sweetest poetical sentiment. All sins are forgiven to the true 
 poet. Corot may not be a great poet, as Turner was, but he is a true one. 
 Me feels the mystery of nature; he feels the dclightfulness of cool, gray morn- 
 ings and dewy evenings; he feels the palpitating life of gleaming river-shores 
 and the trembling of the light branches wherein the fitful breezes play. He has 
 an intense sense of the glimmering indecision and mystery of natural appear- 
 ances, and he does not. as it seems to us, draw and paint with precision simply 
 because his attention does not fix itself on that which is precise. It is a remark- 
 able proof of the value of direct expression, however defective in its manner, 
 that Corot’s etchings, with all their faults, should convey a better notion of his 
 genius than the far cleverer plates which Bracquemond executed after Corot's 
 pictures.” 
 
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 COROT. 
 
 (j 1991 “View in Italy.” 
 
 Original etching. First state. 
 
 Rare. 
 
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 COURTRY (C.) 
 
 1992 “ Head of a Lady of Quality.” 
 
 Original Etching. Artist’s proof on Japan paper signed. Chestnut 
 frame. 
 
 COURTRY. 
 
 , fd 199 3 “ The Son of Louis XI.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters. 
 
 COURTRY. 
 
 air 1994 “A Turkish Dance,” after Gerome. 
 
 Fine impression on Holland paper. Gold frame. 
 
 COURTRY. 
 
 J-i r 1995 “ A Moorish Bath,’’ after G£r6me. 
 
 ‘‘I A line impression of this beautiful nude subject. Gold frame. 
 
 COURTRY. 
 
 o’.LT 1996 “ The Slave Market,” after G£rome. 
 
 Gold frame. 
 
 COURTRY. 
 
 , f 0 1997 Michael Munkacsy, from a painting by himself. 
 
 COURTRY. 
 
 aji 1998 “Alcibiades at the House of Aspasia,” after 
 1 Gf.rome. 
 
 Fine impression on Holland paper. Gold frame. 
 
 COUSIN. 
 
 / ( o(j J 999 “The Immaculate Conception,” after Murillo. 
 
 ' Proof before letters. 
 
 COUTIL (Leon). 
 
 2000 “On the Lake.” 
 
 Original tainter’s etching; artist’s proof signed on Japan paper. 
 Neatly framed in chestnut. 
 
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 COUTIL (Leon). 
 
 2001 “The Temptation of St. Anthony,” after Morot. 
 
 Gold frame. Artist’s proof on Japan paper, signed, of this 
 EXTRAORDINARY AND EMINENTLY CLEVER PRODUCTION, which will recall to 
 mind the bright lines of the Bentley Ballad:— 
 
 “ Last came an imp, — how unlike the rest! 
 
 A beautiful female form: 
 
 And her voice was like music, that sleep oppress’d 
 Sinks on some cradling zephyr’s breast; 
 
 And whilst with a whisper his cheek she press’d. 
 Her cheek felt soft and warm. 
 
 “ When over his shoulder she bent the light 
 Of her soft eyes on to his page. 
 
 It came like a moonbeam silver bright, 
 
 And relieved him then with a mild delight, 
 
 For the yellow lamp-lustre scorched his sight. 
 That was weak with the mists of age. 
 
 “ Hey! the good St. Anthony boggled his eyes 
 Over the holy book: 
 
 Ho. ho! at the corners they ’gan to rise. 
 
 For he knew that the thing had a lovely guise, 
 And he could not choose but look.” 
 
 COUTIL. 
 
 Tjo 
 
 2002 “The Evening Hour,” after Millet. 
 
 Artist's proof on Japan paper, signed. Ash frame. 
 
 CRANACH (Lucas, Born 1472 and Died 1553). 
 
 I 7-X 2 °°3 “ Martin Luther.’’ 
 
 Original sixteenth century woodcut in passe-partout. Lucas Cranach vel 
 Sunder was Burgomaster of Wittemberg, as well as a painter and engraver. As 
 he lived on intimate terms with Melancthon and Luther, the above portrait 
 must be considered as correct an one as we can have. 
 
 DALCO (Antonio). 
 
 0 2004 “Christ on the Cross,” after Guido. 
 
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 DARLEY (Felix O. C., National Academician, Born 1822). 
 
 2005 “Washington Irving and his Friends at Sunny- 
 side.” 
 
 This is the ORIGINAL PAINTING in black and white of this most 
 popular subject and the original design for the engraving of which thousands 
 upon thousands of impressions have been sold. The drawing measures two 
 feet ten inches by two feet, is in a deep passe-partout mount and is framed in 
 oak and gold. 
 
 It is painted in India ink and light sepia, and the minor details are finished 
 with the pencil. It is signed in the corner “ F. O. C. Uarley, fecit.” 
 
 This original design was made by Uarley, as stated in the following letter 
 recently received from him in regard to some differences in the painting and the 
 engraved impressions: — 
 
 “ Claymont, April 19th, 1887. 
 
 “ Dear Sir: In reply to yours of the 17th I would say that the change in 
 the position of Paulding in the engraving of ‘ Washington Irving and his 
 
 
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 Friends at Sunnyside ’ was made on the plate by the engraver, at the request of 
 the publisher, without my knowledge. 1 never made a second drawing. 
 
 “ The design was made for Mr. Derby, a brother of the Derby you speak of, 
 and not for the American Art Union. The price received by me for it was $700. 
 
 “ It was sent to Ix>ndon and engraved by barlow. 
 
 " Hoping I have given you all the information you require. 
 
 “ I remain yours truly, 
 
 (Signed) “F. O. C. Darley.” 
 
 This picture is so well known that a description hardly seems needed. It 
 includes portraits, every one of them taken from life by Darley, of II. T. 
 Tuckerman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, W. G. Simms, Fitz-Creene Halleck, W. 
 H. l’rescott, W. C. Bryant, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, John 
 P. Kennedy, II. W. Longfellow, James K. Paulding, J. F. Cooper, N. P. 
 Willis, K. W. Kmerson and George Bancroft. 
 
 The portraits are life like and conscientiously executed in Darley’s most care- 
 ful manner. The subjects were all his personal friends, and into this labor of 
 love the artist threw bis whole soul to record faithfully the lineaments of those 
 with whom he had had many a social hour of intellectual converse. 
 
 The principal difference, referred to in Mr. Darley 's letter, between the 
 engraving and this original design is that in the painting James K. Paulding is 
 depicted seated and with his head between Longfellow and Piescott. In the 
 famous line engraving he is represented standing between Prescott and Irving. 
 The change made, and as Mr. Darley states without his knowledge, was not to 
 the benefit of the conception, as the engraver presents Irving’s collaborateur in 
 the “ Salmagundi ” to us as a lay figure full of stiffness and crudities. Barlow, 
 the English engraver, not being acquainted with the physique of Paulding, 
 makes him a tall man, even taller than Longfellow, whereas the opposite was 
 the case. 
 
 Among the authors represented is Henry T. Tuckerman, who wrote as fol- 
 lows respecting the artist of this splendid painting: — 
 
 “ The peculiar skill and readiness of Darley’s pencil has unavoidably enlisted 
 it in numerous casual enterprises, from a vignette on bank notes to a political 
 caricature for a comic paper. There was no draughtsman among us so prompt 
 and inventive. . . . Darley has made a study of American subjects, and 
 
 finds therein a remarkable range, from the beautiful to the grotesque, as is 
 manifest when his drawings are compared. It is rare for the same hand to 
 deal so aptly with the graceful and the pensive, so vigorously with the charac- 
 teristic, and so broadly with the humorous, and exhibit an equal facility and 
 felicity in true literal transcript and in fanciful conception.” 
 
 A verdict amply corroborated in his illustration of the works of Irving. 
 Cooper, Dickens, Hawthorne, etc., as well as in his “ Washington’s Entry into 
 New York, “ 1 he First Blow for Liberty,” and numerous equally prized 
 American subjects conceived and executed by the genius of Darley. 
 
 DARODES. 
 
 % J 2006 “ Charles Eisen,” after Vispre. 
 
 An extremely fine copy of the celebrated print engraved by Ficquet, for the 
 “ l'crmicrs Gcneraux ” edition of La Fontaine. 
 
 ^ DAUBIGNY (Charles Francois, Born 1817 and Died 1878). 
 
 l ± ^-vT~ 2 °°7 “ Pear Trees at Anvers.” 
 
 Original etching by this celebrated landscape painter. Proof on 
 Japan paper. 
 
 1 he art of this illustrious master consists in choosing well a bit of country, 
 P a ‘ nlm K it as it is; enclosing in its frame all the simple and naive poetry 
 which it contains. No effects of studied light, no artificial and complicated 
 composition No, it is the real hospitable and familiar country, without 
 
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 display or disguise, in which one finds himself as well off, and in which one is 
 wrong not to live longer when he is there, to which Daubigny transports me 
 without jolting each time that I stop before one of his pictures.” — Edmond 
 Auout. 
 
 DAULLE (Jean, Born 1703 and Died 1763). 
 
 I J 0 2008 “ La Riboteuse Hollandoise,” after Metzu. 
 
 DELACROIX (Eugene). 
 
 1,13 2009 “The Blacksmith.’’ 
 
 Scarce. Original etching, one of very few made by Delacroix. 
 
 DE LAUNAY (Nicholas, Born 1739 an d Died 1792). 
 
 ~X ZjS 2010 “ The Too Inquisitive Wife,” after Baudouin. 
 
 Very rare. Fine old impression ok this celebrated erotic subject. 
 
 DE 
 
 
 LAUNAY. 
 
 2011 “The Happy Family,” after Fragonard. 
 
 DE LAUNAY. 
 
 , 9 ° 
 
 2012 “The Little Preacher,” after Fragonard. 
 
 DE 
 
 .h 
 
 LAUNAY. 
 
 2013 “Education Teaches all Things,” 
 nard. 
 
 after Frago- 
 
 DE LAUNAY. 
 
 2014 “ Look, See Father! ” after Vangorp. 
 
 DE LAUNAY. 
 
 JU 2015 “ The Griddle Cakes,” after Fragonard. 
 
 LAUNAY. 
 
 2016 “ La Bonne Mere,” after Fragonard. 
 
 Modem impression on Japan paper. 
 
 DE LAUNAY (Robert, Born 1754 and Died 1814). 
 .VO 2017 “ J. Y. Passerai,” after Borel. 
 
 Eighteenth century French erotic subject. Rare. 
 
 J)ELBOS. 
 
 / Jo 2018 “On the Champs Elysees.” 
 
 > Original etching. Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 DELIGNON (Jean Louis, Born 1755 and Died 1804). 
 0 2019 “The Tempting Offer,” after Lavreince. 
 
 Fine original impression of this charming print. 
 
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 DEMARTEAU (Giles). 
 
 2020 “ Noon ” and 
 Huet. 
 
 “ Evening,” after 
 
 Jean 
 
 Baptiste 
 
 ( 2 ) 
 
 A pair of pastoral subjects in ebony frames, engraved on copper, in the chalk 
 manner, and printed in tints in fac-simile of the original drawings, and from 
 which it would be difficult to distinguish them. 
 
 DEMARTEAU. 
 
 
 202 1 “ Boy Angels,” after Boucher. 
 
 ( 2 ) 
 
 • A PAIR OF CHARMING SUBJECTS, ENGRAVED IN STIPPI.E, AND PRINTED IN THE 
 BaRTOLOZZI TINT, AFTER THIS MASTER. FINE OLD IMPRESSIONS AND VERY 
 
 • rare. Oak frames. 
 
 DEMARTEAU. 
 
 2vR) 
 
 2022 “ Head of a Young Girl,” after Boucher. 
 Polished oak frame. 
 
 DENNEL (Louis, Born 1741). 
 
 J y 2023 “Wavering Virtue,” after Madame Lf. Brun. 
 
 DENON (Dominique Vivant, Born 1747 and Died 1825). 
 
 2024 “Sweet Dreams.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 “ Denon was one of the train of artists and literary and scientific men who 
 accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to Egypt. Ilis great work on the Egyptian 
 expedition, the numerous drawings for which were made by himself, is alone 
 sufficient to immortalize his name. Napoleon was warmly attached to him, 
 made him l lirector General of the Museums, and consulted him on all matters 
 relating to the fine arts. Denon died in Paris universally beloved and admired. 
 He resembled Voltaire as well in his wit as in his features." — Bryan. 
 
 DENON. 
 
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 2025 “ Madame i.e Brun in her Studio.” 
 Original etching. 
 
 c DENON. 
 
 * (j 6 2026 “Study of Jewish Heads”; “Turkish Heads.” (2) 
 
 DENON. 
 
 ! 2 ° 2 7 “The Grandfather’s Benediction,” after Rem- 
 
 ' BRANDT. 
 
 DENON. 
 
 ^7 2028 Collection of Etchings after REMBRANDT, VAN 
 
 / ’ OSTADE, TENIERS, CLAUDE LORRAINE, BAR- 
 
 MEGIANO, RAYMOND, SALVATOR ROSA, etc., 
 including some originals by the artist. All on What- 
 man paper. * (35) 
 
 An extraordinary lot of etchings, suitable for illustrating Bryant’s or Spooner's 
 1 lictionaries — also useful for the study of etching. 
 
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 DESBOUTINS (M.). 
 
 2029 “ Baby going Out.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 DESCHANELLI. 
 
 2030 “Bacchanalian Subjects.” 
 
 A PAIR OF ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR DRAWINGS by this artist. 
 
 ( 2 ) 
 
 Oak frames. 
 
 DESMOULIN (I.). 
 
 2031 “ Sperrata,” after Henner. 
 
 DETAILLE (Jean Baptiste Edouard, Bom 1848; Pupil of 
 
 Meissonier). 
 
 2032 “The Cuirassier.” 
 
 Remarque proof on Japan paper. Of excessive rarity; probably 
 unique, WITH THE AUTOGRAPH OF THE painter, “ Receret tries Salutations 
 emprhsJes Edouard Detaillt .” In neat gilt frame. Hamerton, in “Etching 
 and Etchers,” says: — “ Delaille, who has become celebrated as a painter very- 
 early in life, etches with consummate ease and skill, which may be attributed to 
 his habit of making clever croi/uis ol what he sees for subsequent use in his pic- 
 tures. His two plates, ‘ Un Uhlan’ and * Trompette de Chasseurs,’ are as 
 good as anything well can be in that light-handed, sketchy manner, being full of 
 the closest observation expressed with admirable ease. Any critic can say that 
 these are 1 mere sketches,’ because all the paper is not blackened; but he who 
 knows what good drawing is, and where to look for it, will find more of it in a 
 horse’s leg by Detaille, sketched from memory in a five minutes, than in many a 
 labored engraving." 
 
 DETAILLE. 
 
 2033 Another copy of the preceding. 
 
 Proof before letters, on Japan paper, without the “remarque.” 
 frame. 
 
 Cold 
 
 DETAILLE. 
 
 2034 “The Uhlan.” 
 
 Original painter’s etching, in gold frame. 
 
 DETAILLE. 
 
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 2035 “The Trumpeter.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
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 DHOUI.T (L. E.). 
 
 2036 “Female Satyr Sleeping discovered by Young 
 Girls.” 
 
 A suggestive sepia drawing, neatly framed, of the French school, dated 1821, 
 representing a female satyr almost nude reclining under the shade of a large 
 tree, evidently sleeping off the effects of an orgie in honor of Bacchus. A 
 drinking vessel of antique shape is still clutched in her hand, and a broken wine 
 vase is on the ground at her side. She is just discovered by three young 
 maidens, whose occupation is evidently that of Chloe. Their varied expressions 
 of surprise, diffidence, astonishment, wonder and fear are admirably rendered. 
 
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 2037 “The Awakening of Bacchus.” 
 
 A sepia drawing, neatly framed, by the same master as the above, and equally 
 suggestive. It represents the rosy god reclining on the ground at the foot of a 
 tree, an empty wine jar by his side; three of his votaries arc* gently arousing 
 him. He observes them with an expression of quaint humor difficult to describe, 
 but we might imagine him to be about to chant a verse of one of old Anacreon’s 
 odes: — 
 
 “ Teach me this, and let me swim 
 My soul upon the goblet's brim. 
 
 Teach me this, and let me twine 
 My arms around the nymph divine.” 
 
 ^DIETRICH (Christian W. E., Born 1712 and Died 1774). 
 q 2038 “ Hungarian Quack Doctor,” and “Itinerant 
 Vendor,” after Rembrandt. (2) 
 
 DIETRICH. 
 
 f 13 2 °39 “T he Ratcatcher.” 
 
 DIETRICH. 
 
 2040 “ Landscapes,” “ Goats,” etc. (n) 
 
 DIETRICH (M., the younger, Born 1799). 
 
 I $00 2041 “ A Cavalry Engagement.” 
 
 1 A very spirited and clever original water-color drawing by this artist, neatly 
 framed in blue velvet and gold. 
 
 DREVET (Pierre, the elder, Born 1663 and Died 1738). 
 
 LfvPb 2042 “ Louis XI V.,” after Rigaud. 
 
 Fine old impression of this celebrated portrait, framed in polished oak. “ The 
 elder Drevet produced some fine works, notably the large full-length portrait of 
 ’ Le Grand Monarque,’ Louis XIV. That much flattered potentate is represented 
 standing in all the glory of ermine, lace and wig, his face indicating the 
 unbounded conceit and selfishness which were so characteristic of him. It is 
 with this portrait that Thackeray made so felicitous a hit in his ‘ Paris Sketch 
 Book,’ where he represents, side by side, first Louis Le Grand in all his glory; 
 then a miserable little decrepit old man ; and thirdly, the same gorgeous habili- 
 ments, wig and high-heeled shoes, but with the man left out of them .” — The 
 Golden Age of Engraving. 
 
 DREVET. 
 
 I 0 0 2043 “ Robert de Cotte, Architect to the King,” after 
 
 * Rigaud. 
 
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 DREVET. 
 
 2044 “Nicholas Boileau,” after Rigaud. 
 
 Fine old impression, neatly framed. 
 
 DUBUCOURT. 
 
 2045 “Every one in his Turn,” and “An Useless Cau- 
 tion,” after C. Vernet. (2) 
 
 \ ery rare. Engraved on copper in aquatints and colored by hand in fac- 
 simile of the original drawings. 
 
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 DUJARDIN (Karel, Born 1625, Died 1678). 
 
 2046 “ Horses.” 
 
 Fine impression. Bartsch No. 25. “ Karel Dujardin evidently loved the 
 
 life of the fields. He strictly followed Paul Potter as long as he remained in his 
 native land. He engraved numbers of animals, illustrating their habits and ex 
 plaining their natures. Some sleep in sheer idleness, stretched on their sides or 
 wallowing in the mud; others, accustomed to work, ruminate peacefully, or 
 browse carelessly on the grass. Dujardin’s engraving is clear, the outlines bold 
 and distinct; he never betrays weariness.” — Duflessis. 
 
 DUJARDIN. 
 
 JvT 2047 “ Hogs.” 
 
 Fine impression. Bartsch, No 16. 
 
 DUJARDIN. 
 
 2048 “ Goats.” 
 
 DUJARDIN. 
 
 ()U 2049 “ Landscape and Cows.” 
 
 Bartsch, No. 31. 
 
 DUJARDIN. 
 
 SS 2050 “Landscape and Cows.” 
 
 Fine impression. Bartsch, No. 26. 
 
 DUMONT. 
 
 2051 “A Young Girl at the Fountain,” after Greuze. 
 Fine proof before all letters on India paper. Chestnut frame. An 
 exquisite and charming subject after this well-known and favorite master. 
 
 DURER (Albert, Born 1471 and Died 1528). 
 
 6,(10 2052 “The Virgin and Child with the Monkey.” 
 
 ORIGINAL. Cherry wood frame. One of the most curious and desirable of 
 the many Madonnas engraved by this great master. W. Schmidt, in his de- 
 lightful essay on Durer, says of this print: — “ But amongst the very finest 
 engravings of this period (1497-1504) are the charming idyl of ‘ The Holy Fam- 
 ily with the Ape’ in a landscape, and the delightful ‘ Holy Family’ of 1504. 
 With what love the surroundings are here carried out, and how exquisite are the 
 miniature little figures!” 
 
 DURER. 
 
 2053 “ Our Lord on the Cross (15 ii).” 
 
 ORIGINAL. Bartsch 13. Oak frame. One of the sixteen 
 engraved by Durer, 1509 to 1612, called “ The Passion on Copper.” 
 
 plates 
 
 DURER. 
 
 2054 “Christ before Caiaphas (1512).” 
 
 ORIGINAL. Bartsch 6. Gold frame. One of the series known as “ The 
 Passion on Copper.” 
 
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 DURER. 
 
 
 2055 “ Ecce Homo. — T he Virgin and St. John looking 
 sadly at the suffering Christ (1509).’’ 
 
 Fine contemporary copy. Bartsch 3. Gold frame. The first engraved of 
 the series known as “ The 1 ’assion on copper." 
 
 DURER. 
 
 2056 “ Le Pavsan du March6.” 
 
 Bartsch 89. An old copy. 
 
 DURER. 
 
 Nn 
 
 2057 “Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples.” 
 Original woodcut by Albert Durer. Bartsch 25. 
 
 DURER. 
 
 I \J 0 2058 “The Martyrdom of St. Catherine.” 
 
 f Large woodcut. Original. Bartsch 120. 
 
 DURER. 
 
 2059 “Samson Slaying the Philistines.” 
 Large woodcut. Original. Bartsch 127. 
 
 “ In these days of universal scepticism, people are unwilling to consider 
 Albert Durer a wood-engraver; but we hardly like to exclude these masterly 
 engravings from the list of Durer's works. If he did not himself engrave 
 the plates he must have watched over the artists to whom he intrusted them with 
 untiring solicitude. ” — Du plessis. 
 
 DURER. 
 
 2060 “ Adam and Eve.” 
 
 Reduced fac simile on wood. Proof on India paper. 
 
 “ It is chiefly in Durer’s engravings that we are able toget an insight into the 
 depths of his character. Perfect in detail and marvelous in execution, each one 
 conveys a lesson often too deep for minds unaccustomed to introspection, un- 
 moved by the questionings and doubts, the hopes and the despair, which afllict 
 a nature dissatisfied with the conditions in which it exists, and striving ever to 
 fathom the surrounding mysteries.” — M rs. Heaton. 
 
 DURER. 
 
 / 2061 “Life of the Virgin,” “The Large Passion,” etc. 
 
 05 ) 
 
 Fac similes of Durer's larger works on wood, including selections from the 
 above, and some of the first illustrations of the Apocalypse, the St. Jerome, etc. 
 
 ^ EARLOM (Richard, Born 1743 and Died 1822). 
 
 0 2062 “ Landscapes,” after Claude Lorraine. (3) 
 
 Fine original impressions. 
 
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 EDELINCK (Gerard, Born 1627 and Died 1707). 
 
 2063 “ Philip de Champagne,’’ after a painting by himself. 
 
 Neatly framed in massive oak. A fine impression of this famous engraver’s 
 masterpiece. Charles Sumner in his article on “The Best Portraits in Engrav- 
 ing,” says: — “ Gerard Edelinck excelled Nanteuil in genuine mastery. It requires 
 no remarkable knowledge to recognize his great merits. Evidently he is a 
 master, exercising sway with absolute art, and without attempts to bribe the eye 
 by special effects of light.” Longhi in his valuable work, “ La Calcografia.” 
 is very enthusiastic in his praise. He remarks, “ He [Edelinck] is an engraver 
 whose works deserve the first place among exemplars,” and he attributes to him 
 all perfections in his art; designs, chiaro-oscuro, ariel perspective, local tints, 
 softness, lightness, variety, in short, everything which can enter into the repre- 
 sentation of the true and beautiful without the aid of color. Of this particular 
 portrait he writes: — “ The work which goes the most tomy blood, and with regard 
 to which Edelinck with good reason can congratulate himself, is the portrait of 
 Champagne. 1 shall die before I cease to contemplate it with wonder always 
 new. Here is seen how he was equally great as designer and as engraver.” 
 This print sold for $35 at the Morgan sale. 
 
 EDELINCK. 
 
 2064 “Charles, Due de Berry,” after deTroye. 
 
 Folio. Fine impressions in gilt frame. A beautiful specimen of the master’s 
 manner, particularly in his exquisite treatment of the lace-work at the neck and 
 wrists, and the gold-embroidered coat. Charles, Duke de Berry was the third 
 son of the Dauphin, and grandson of Louis XIV. He was bom in 1686 and 
 named by Charles II. of Spain successor to the throne of that country. He 
 died in 1714. This plate, which is undated, was probably engraved for Louis 
 XIV. while the artist was in the service of that monarch. 
 
 EDELINCK. 
 
 2065 “Charles Le Brun, Painter to the King,’’ after 
 Largilliere. 
 
 EDELINCK. 
 
 l/Jd 2066 “ Marten van den Bogaert, Sculptor to the 
 King,” after Rigaud. 
 
 EDELINCK. 
 
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 2067 “ Philippe, Due d’Anjou,” 
 
 after Troye. 
 
 EDELINCK. 
 
 q 2068 “ Bartholomew d’Herblot.” 
 
 EDWARDS (Edwin, Born 1823). 
 
 0 2069 “The Wreck.” 
 
 Original etching by this well-known English landscape painter. 
 
 EHRMAN ( E .) 
 
 CL. 2070 “The Last Love of Charlemagne.’’ 
 
 ^ Original etching. Proof before letters on Holland paper. 
 
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 FERRIS (L. J.) 
 
 2n 
 
 Proof on satin, one of a very limited number taken. 
 
 FERRIS. 
 
 2071 “The Guard of the Harem,” after G£r6me. 
 
 
 2072 The Same. On Holland paper. 
 
 FERRIS. 
 
 2073 “The Florentine Poet,” after Cabanel. 
 
 Proof before letters on Japan paper. Gold frame. 
 
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 FERRIS. 
 
 2074 “A Stable Door — Grenada.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
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 FEYEN-PERRIN (Francois Nicholas Augustin). 
 2075 “The Bean Picker.” 
 
 Original etching. Gold frame. 
 
 FICQUET (Etienne, Born 1719 and Died 1794). 
 
 2076 “Jean de la Fontaine,’’ after Rigault. 
 
 Ficquet was an eminent French engraver, a pupil of G. F Schmidt. He 
 acquired great reputation by the small portraits which he engraved of the dis- 
 tinguished literati of France. They are executed with extraordinary neatness 
 and delicacy, and arc very correctly drawn. Two of his best plates are the 
 portraits of La Fontaine and Kisen, the celebrated artist. 
 
 FICQUET. 
 
 (/ J ' 2077 “ Louis V., the Sluggish, King of France.’’ 
 
 FICQUET. 
 
 x 0 \T 207S “ Louis VII., the Pious, King of France.” 
 
 FICQUET. 
 
 0 j — 2079 “Robert, King of France.” 
 
 FLAMENG (Leopold, Born 1831). 
 
 77 vj 2080 “ Herodias,” after Benjamin Constant. 
 
 ' Proof before letters on Japan paper, neatly framed. “The influ- 
 ence of one man is sometimes of the very greatest importance even in those 
 movements which appear to be the result of a tendency generally prevalent. 
 
 1 hus, in the revival of etching, Leopold Flameng has given a strong impulse 
 to one branch of the art, that which concerns itself with the interpretation of 
 
 painting.. Charles Plane, a critic not at all given to excesses in the 
 
 use of epithets, and far too accomplished a writer to forget, even for an instant, 
 the necessity for distinguishing between shades of expression, calls Flameng 
 ’ 1 illustre graveur — an adjective always reserved, in Fiench criticism, for the 
 one or two men in a generation whom posterity is likely to remember. The 
 epithet is not misplaced in this instance. Flameng is really one of those illus- 
 trious men whose labors make epochs in the history of the fine arts. He 
 is a thoroughly great engraver — an artist -engraver of the highest rank.” — 
 11 AMERTON. 
 
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 441 
 
 FLAMENG. 
 
 2081 “Adieu for the Present,” after Valentine C. 
 Prinsep, R.A. 
 
 Proof before letters on Japan paper. Neatly framed. 
 
 “ Prinsep is always exceptionally strong in these charming little bits of 
 drawing-room incident, and this picture is an admirable illustration of the care 
 and skill with which he handles such subjects .” — London Art Journal. 
 
 FLAMENG. 
 
 jO 0 2082 “The Birth of Venus,” after Cabanel. 
 
 Proof on India paper. 
 
 FLAMENG. 
 
 .Pt. 2083 “ Marguerite at the Fountain,’’ after Ary 
 0 Scheffer. 
 
 Early proof on Holland paper. 
 
 FLAMENG. 
 
 f f 0 2084 “The Jolly Companions,” after Ostade. 
 
 Proof before letters on Japan paper. 
 
 FLAMENG. 
 
 3-Sb 2085 “A Helping Hand,” after Renouf. 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. Oak frame. 
 
 FLAMENG. 
 
 7 2086 “Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of Rochelle,” 
 V after Motte. 
 
 Proof before letters on Japan paper. Oak frame. 
 
 FLAMENG. 
 
 2087 “Homeric Battle.’’ 
 
 Original etching. Very scarce, ioo impressions'only taken, and 
 plate destroyed. 
 
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 FORSTER (Francis, Born 1790 and Died 1872). 
 
 I 2088 “La Vierge a la Legende,” after Raphael. 
 
 UNIQUE- From the original in the possession of the IIon. A. J. 
 Ward. A brilliant TRIAL PROOF, and the TENTH IMPRESSION 
 from the plate of this celebrated engraving. Oak frame. 
 
 “ Forster was a pupil of Langlois. At the age of twenty-four he obtained 
 the first prize at Paris, by which he was sent to Rome; and after his return he 
 soon gained a reputation, his plates being remarkable for the skill with which 
 he represented the originals. He handled the graver with great ability, and 
 his faculty of imparting both vigor and tenderness in the execution gives to the 
 whole a beautiful and harmonious effect.” — Bryan. 
 
 FORSTER. 
 
 'iPl'.UO 2089 “The Three Graces,” after Raphael. 
 
 From THE ORIGINAL IN THE COLLECTION OF LORD WARD. OPEN LETTER 
 proof, neatly framed. This print sold for $56 at the Morgan sale. 
 
442 
 
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 FORTUNY (Mariano, Born 1838 and Died 1874). 
 
 2090 “A Spanish Lady.” 
 
 An original etching by this pre-eminent Spanish painter, in cherry- 
 wood frame. “ What Chopin is to music, it appears to us that Fortuny is to art, 
 and both of them have more of the gypsy wildness and strangeness of Spain in 
 their works than of the classical composers of Italy, or of the graceful esprit of 
 France .” — London Art Journal. 
 
 . p FOSTER (Birket, Born 1825). 
 
 ‘tv ^ 2091 “An Old English Mill.” 
 
 Proof before letters of an original etching by this favorite artist; 
 in neat gold frame. 
 
 FRAGONARD (Jean Honor<$, Born 1733 and Died 1806). 
 
 0 0 2092 “ Haman Convicted, before King Ahasuf.rus and 
 
 Queen Esther.” 
 
 An original water-color study, neatly framed, by this remarkable French artist, 
 who early in life was a lawyer’s clerk, but finding he had little disposition for 
 that business, entered the studio of Chardin, where he received his first instruc- 
 tion in drawing, lie then attended the atelier of Boucher, where he made such 
 rapid progress that he obtained, when only twenty years old, the “ grand prix 
 de Rome.'’ After spending some years in Italy, Fragonard returned to Paris, 
 and in 1765 painted for Louis XV. his “ Coresus and Callirrhoe.” Finding that 
 the style of painting, which he acquired in Italy, did not meet with sufficient suc- 
 cess, he applied himself to delineating love-scenes of a libidinous character. 
 These productions, adapted to the corrupt taste at that time in France, he sold 
 for great sums. His portraits, scenes of family life, landscapes, miniatures, 
 crayon and water color drawings, are of a most graceful and light touch. They 
 are still greatly esteemed in Europe, and whenever they occur for sale bring large 
 prices. 
 
 The present specimen, which was painted to order in 1790, for the Due de 
 Choiscuil, is a very desirable example of his early style. The varied expressions 
 of the actors in the scene depicted are all admirably rendered. The anger of the 
 King, who has just returned from the garden and finds Haman “ fallen upon the 
 bed where Esther was"; the triumph and exultation of the Queen and her hand- 
 maid; the terror, horror, and abject cowardice of Haman ; and lastly the soldiers 
 with the gallows in the distance, are all delineated with such power and fidelity, 
 that as we gaze on the wonderful whole, we can almost fancy we hear Ahasuerus 
 utter with concentrated fury, “ Hang him thereon!” 
 
 FRAGONARD. 
 
 70 2093 “ Les Jets d’Eau.” 
 
 Proof on India paper of an etching by an anonymous artist of one 
 OF the very free subjects by this famous painter. 
 
 FRANCAIS (Francois Louis, Born 1814). 
 
 2094 “ The Old Well.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof on India paper. 
 
 
 FRANQOIS (Alphonse). 
 
 2095 “The Birth of Venus,” after Cabanel. 
 
 Fine impression of this exquisite nude subject, neatly framed. 
 
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 FRANKEL (Ingomar). 
 
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 2096 “Theodora.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 Proof on India paper. 
 
 GAILLARD (F.) 
 
 l(lS 2097 “A Flemish Burgher,” after Van Eyck. 
 
 Proof before letters, in bronzed frame, with deep French mat. Very fine 
 and one of the most wonderful specimens of “ dry point ” work ever executed. 
 
 GAILLARD. 
 
 (0 20 98 “ The Pope Leo XIII.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
 GAILLARD. 
 
 (OOO 2099 “Statuary,” after Le Crepuscule. 
 
 Proof before letters on Japan paper. 
 
 
 GAUCHEREL (Leon, Born 1816). 
 
 * “ The Sun of Venice going 
 
 2099’ 
 
 W. Turner. 
 
 to Sea,” after J. M. 
 
 Neatly framed. Hamerton saysof thisetching: — “ It is a matter of extreme 
 difficulty to translate Turner into etching, and it can only be done at all by the 
 boldest interpretation. This plate by M. Gaucherel conveys, I think, a very 
 good idea of Turner’s poetical conception, and recalls the picture very strongly 
 to the memory.” 
 
 GAUCHEREL. 
 
 So 2100 “ The Sea.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof on India paper. 
 
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 AUCHEREL. 
 
 2101 “Interior of a Library.” 
 
 Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
 GAUJEAN. 
 
 'Js V 0 2102 “ Souvenirs,’’ after Chaplin. 
 
 Proof before letters on Japan paper, printed in colors from the 
 copper-plate. A beautiful production and curious as an example of the 
 almost lost art of printing in several colors from copper. 
 
 GAUTIER (I.ucien). 
 
 00 2103 “ Ice on the Seine, January, 1880.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
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 “GAVARNI,” /. e., GUILLAUME SULPICE CHEVALIER 
 (Born 1804 and Died 1866). 
 
 2104 “ Les Belles Equestriennes.” 
 
 Original and signed water-color drawing, in frame, by the celebrated 
 “ Gavarni,'’ Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, etc. It represents two ladies 
 of the belle monde conversing in the Hois-de-BouIogne. One is seated — the 
 other standing. Both are habited in equestrian costumes of the period, 1830- 
 1840. The dainty little foot and bottom of pants peeping from the dark green 
 riding habit of the grande-dame to the right are very suggestive. The attempt 
 at masculinity on the part of both is admirably depicted by Gavarni. The arms 
 lolling over the scat, the tied scarf and pin, the tall beaver hats and the general 
 tout ensemble of the loquacious couple make up a charming study. 
 
 Gavarni, after a visit to the Pyrenees, write Clement and Hutton in the 
 “Artists of the Nineteenth Century” — “returned to Paris in May, 1828. 
 During the year after his return he studied every phase of Parisian life; his 
 curiosity was insatiable, and he sketched continually, but he earned little money, 
 and was beginning to be very anxious about his future, when a friend suggested 
 that he should show some of his water-colors to Susse, the picture dealer. This 
 he did and Susse declared himself ready to purchase them if they were signed; 
 after a moment's thought the artist took a pen and wrote 4 Gavarni,’ and from 
 that moment the name inscribed on the register of his baptism was lost. Imme- 
 diately his sketches were the fashion The name of Gavarni will live 
 
 beside that of Balzac; both studied life seriously — the one commenced in writing 
 what the other completed by illustrating.” 
 
 GAVARNI. 
 
 J 0 2105 “Mother Pipelot.” 
 
 Original lead pencil drawing tinted with chalk. Oak frame. 
 
 GAVARNI. 
 
 2106 “Sketches of the People.’’ 
 
 A SERIES OK UNPUBLISHED SKETCHES ON WOOD BY GAVARNI. PROOFS ON 
 India paper. 
 
 GEILLE. 
 
 , ( (j 2107 “ St. Michael,” after Raphael. 
 
 Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
 GIFFORD (R. Swain, Born 1840). 
 
 i-llo 2108 “Neapolitan Fishing Boats Returning Home.” 
 
 Original etching by this favorite artist. The London Art 
 Journal says: — “ R. Swain Gifford is one of the most original of the younger 
 American artists. His landscapes are, as a general thing, remarkably true to 
 the local color and characteristics of the scenes he paints. There is a great 
 variety in his subjects, and he treats with equal felicity the snow scenes of the 
 Sierras or the pastorals of Brittany.’’ 
 
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 GIRADET (Eugene). 
 
 0 2109 “The New Master.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 GRAVESAND (Storm Van). 
 
 ^3 0 2110 “A Scene in Holland.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof on Japan paper. 
 
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 GRAVIER (A.). 
 
 2 t 1 1 “Lady Teazle.” 
 
 REMARQUE PROOF, in polished oak frame. The artist has chosen the 
 Screen Scene as the subject of his illustration. Her ladyship is depicted behind 
 the screen; her picturesque costume and her expression of disgust, doubt and 
 consternation are admirably rendered. 
 
 GRAVIER. 
 
 3 00 2112 “Rosalind.” 
 
 Remarque proof, in polished oak frame. 
 
 GRAVIER. 
 
 l^Oii 2113 “ Faithful,” after W. Oliver. 
 
 Remarque proof of tiie fine etching, in polished oak frame. 
 
 GUERARD (H.). 
 
 f o o 2114 “ The Lady’s Slipper.’’ 
 
 Rare. Artist's proof, signed. Printed in red and black. 
 
 GUERARD. 
 
 2115 “ My Mother,” after Tissot. 
 
 Fine proof before letters. 
 
 GUILLAUMET (G. A.). 
 
 21 16 “ Frederick Lemaitre.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters, on India paper. A lifelike 
 portrait of the great actor, drawn and etched by his friend, the artist. 
 
 GUTTENBERG (Heinrich, Born 1749 and Died 1818). 
 
 3(9 2117 “ The Game of Cards,” after Teniers. 
 
 . HADEN (Francis Seymour, Born 1818). 
 
 900 2Il8 “COWDRAY.” 
 
 Impression on Holland paper in gold frame. “ Francis Seymour Haden 
 
 is an artist of rare endowment and consummate practical skill In a few 
 
 weeks one of the busiest surgeons in London found himself one of its most 
 
 celebrated artists A never-ending subject of wonder to me in 1 laden’s 
 
 work is that it is not only art, but pure art — art reigning unopposed in its own 
 realm.” — H amer ton. 
 
 HADEN. 
 
 f JO 2119 “ Egham Lock.” 
 
 First state. 
 
 C/cc 
 
 HADEN. 
 
 2120 “Old Chelsea, out of Whistler’s Window.” 
 First state. 
 
 HADEN. 
 
 2121 “Brig at Anchor.” 
 
 Fine impression on Holland paper in oak frame. 
 
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 HADEN. 
 
 yo 0 2122 “Twickenham.” 
 
 ' One of the earliest of I laden’s published etchings, dated 1865, and in gold 
 
 frame. 
 
 HAIG (H.). 
 
 
 2123 “An Old German Mill.” 
 
 Proof before letters on Holland paper, in gold frame. 
 
 
 HAMILTON (H.). 
 
 2124 “Feeding the Birds.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
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 HANRIOT (Jules). 
 
 2125 “Les Nouvelles Drolatiques.” (10) 
 
 A set of original etchings illustrating the erotic stories of Marc de Monti- 
 faud. 
 
 HART (William, Born 1822). 
 
 3 J C 2126 “After the Shower.” 
 
 * Original etching. Proof on Japan paper and in gold frame. 
 
 “ William Hart’s landscapes admirably discriminate the diversities and coin- 
 cidences of natural phenomena in North Britain and North America; they dis- 
 play characteristic features often rendered with consummate taste His 
 
 smaller landscapes are gems of quiet yet salient beauty.” — Tuckerman. 
 
 HEATH (James, Born 1757 and Died 1834). 
 
 ' ! 0 2127 “The Good Shepherd,” after Murillo. 
 
 .. HEDOUIN (Edmond, Born 1819). 
 
 . 3 d 2128 “Net Fishing.” 
 
 Original etching. Very scarce. 
 
 HEDOUIN. 
 
 - 2129 “Madame La Marquise de Noaillf.s,” after La- 
 
 
 gren£e. 
 
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 HEDOUIN. 
 
 0 2130 “Portrait of Mme. ****,” after Chaplin. 
 
 Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
 [HEMSKERK (Martin Van Veen, Born 1498 and Died 1573).] 
 2131 “Belshazzar’s Feast.” 
 
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 An ancient original painting on parchment of the period, in the 
 style attributed to and probably by this artist. A very curious production, 
 neatly framed. 
 
 HENRIET (D.). 
 
 0 2132 “Dante in Purgatory,” after Delacroix. 
 
 Fine and scarce. 
 
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 HENRIQUES (Benoit Louis, Born 1732 and Died 1806) 
 
 Jr 21 33 “ 1 HE Chastity of Joseph,” after Vanderwerf. 
 HEREAU (Jules). 
 
 1 ,^ 2134 “Reverie.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
 HERKOMER (Hubert, Born 1849). 
 
 yu 2135 “ The Babes in the Wood.’’ 
 
 Original etching by this eminent painter. Proof before letters 
 on Holland paper. Gold frame. 
 
 HORVIER (V. R.). 
 
 w p 2136 “The Soul after Death.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof on India paper. 
 
 HESS (B.). 
 
 2 vfo 2137 “ Landscape with Trees.” 
 
 Original water-color drawing by this artist, in neat bronzed frame. 
 
 HOBBEMA (Meindert, Born 1638 and Died 1705). 
 
 (jq 2138 “A Watermill.” 
 
 An original painting on copper (neatly framed), by this celebrated artist. On 
 the reverse of the copper is painted a picture of the Virgin and Child, evidently 
 executed about the fourteenth century', probably by some monkish artist of the 
 middle ages. The Virgin is habited in a dark blue mantle bordered with red 
 and gold. Her undergarment is of the same color. The face of the 
 Virgin, while rudely executed, has considerable expression. Her features 
 are Semitic and Italian. The infant Christ, whom she holds in her arms, 
 grasps with one hand the chin of his mother. The background is gold 
 and there are various initials such as “ R. M.” (Maria Regina), “I. H. S.,’’’ 
 and “X. R. S.” The most striking feature of this ancient painting is, how- 
 ever, the aureoles which surround the heads of the mother and child and 
 which are partly engraved on the copper. The nimbus attached to’ each 
 plainly betray a Byzantine origin and are very similar to the pictures emanating 
 from the Greek, or Russian Church. As a specimen of one of the earliest 
 phases of Christian art this painting is worthy of a place in either the Metro- 
 politan Museum of Art, New York; or in the Corcoran Gallery at Washington. 
 
 DOLLAR (Wenceslaus, Born 1607 and Died 1677). 
 r^To 2I 39 “A Member of the Court of Henry VIII.” 
 
 Old impression, inscribed “ W. Hollar, ff.cit aqua forti 1647.” 
 Hollar was a pupil of Merian. Meeting the Earl of Arundel at Cologne in 
 1637, he so impressed the Earl with his genius that his lordship took Hollar at 
 once into his service, and upon his return to England he brought Hollar with 
 him, and employed the artist in engraving several of the pictures in the Arun- 
 delian collection. The present example is one of the plates so executed for the 
 Earl Hollar in his frequent and long journeys was able to compare rival 
 schools, and all his engravings are so entirely original that not one betrays the 
 influence of his master Merian. Hollar's execution is vivid and harmonious, 
 Merian s cold and dark. 1 he pupil excelled in copying the human face He 
 rendered admirably the transparency of glass, the brilliancy of metals, the hair 
 or feathers of animals, and the gloss of textile fabrics. 
 

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 HOLLAR. 
 
 2140 “ Theatrv Mvliervm Varietas atq. Differentia 
 
 Habituum Fceminei Sexus, diuerforum Europe 
 Nationum, hodierno Tempore vulgo in usu, a 
 Wenceslao Hollar, Bohemo delineate et aqua- 
 
 Original etching. Proof on satin, one of a very limited number in 
 
 THIS STATE. 
 
 HOWARD (Henry, Born 1769 and Died 1847). 
 
 WvT 2143 “Psyche’’; “Guardian Angels”; “Angels Re- 
 
 / n A r»T\TXT/"» AT T? XT ** / 1 \ 
 
 Three small prints, proofs before letter, engraved by Lightfoot, Fostbury and 
 Goodyear after this artist, in polished oak frame. 
 
 Original etching, proof before letters, on Japan paper. Gold frame. 
 
 IVIGERSON. 
 
 2145 “A Dream of Love.” 
 
 A beautiful and charming fac-simile of an original water-color drawing by this 
 artist. Neat bronze frame. 
 
 Beautiful proof on Japan paper, with the red stamp. Gold frame. 
 Jules Clarelie writes: — “The time is long past when Charles Jacque gave for 
 
 a few francs engravings that now sell at fabulous rates Naturalist I 
 
 have called him, and in fact he does work from nature. His admirable 
 ‘ Souriciere,’ of rare vigor and powerful in color, that was engraved for the 
 Gazette des Beaux Arts, was made one day when, as he was about to set the 
 trap, he found that the compartments were filled. He immediately went to 
 work, and so this picture was made.” 
 
 fT 2148 “A Midnight Hunt.’’ 
 
 Very rare. Drawn on stone by Charles Jacque. Proof on India 
 paper, in gold frame. 
 
 FORTI vERI SCULPTS. LONDINI, Ao. 1643.” (36) 
 
 Very rare. 
 
 HOLLYER (Samuel). 
 
 2141 “ Napoleon,” after David. 
 
 Remarque proof on Japan paper. Finely framed in antique oak, deep 
 French mat. 
 
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 HOPKINS (George E.). 
 
 2142 “A Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice.” 
 
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 HUNTER (Colin, Born 1842). 
 2144 “Mussel Gatherers.” 
 
 JACQUE (Charles Emilie, Born 1813). 
 
 2146 “ SouRicifeRE — M ice in a Trap.” 
 
 JACQUE. 
 
 2147 The same. Proof on India paper. 
 r ACQUE. 
 
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 JACQUE. 
 
 J (j 0 2 149 “Bargaining for the Pig.’’ 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on India paper, 
 fine. 
 
 Very 
 
 JACQUE. 
 
 Jj 7 > 2150 “Cows Drinking.” 
 
 A fine proof of an original etching by this master, neatly framed 
 in ebony and gold. . 
 
 JACQUE. 
 
 2151 “Feeding the Pigs.” 
 
 , Original etching. Fine proof on India paper, neatly framed in 
 
 ebony and bronze. 
 
 JACQUE. 
 
 I \ J” 2152 “ Evening, Driving Home the Cows.’’ 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 JACQUE. 
 
 3 o <^ 2I 53 “ The Farm-House.” (2) 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters, on India paper, also coun 
 ter-proof from same plate. Very rare. 
 
 JACQUE. 
 
 fov 2154 “ Driving Home the Pigs.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters. 
 
 JACQUEMART (Jules Ferdinand, Born 1837 and Died 1880). 
 
 2 2 vT 2155 “ Moses,” after Michael Angelo. 
 
 Proof on parchment. Rare. 
 
 “ Jules Jacquemart compelled etching to say what it had never been able to 
 say before. With the point of his needle he expresses the density of porphyry; 
 the coldness of porcelain; the insinuating surface of Chinese lacquer; the trans- 
 parent and imponderable finesse of Venetian glassware ; the reliefs and the chased 
 lines of the most delicate works of the goldsmith, almost imperceptible in their 
 slightness; the polish of iron and steel; the glitter, the reflections and even the 
 sonority of bronze; the color of silver and of gold, as well as the lustre ot the 
 diamond, and the appreciable shades of the emerald, the turquoise and the ruby.” 
 — Charles Blanc. 
 
 JACQUEMART. 
 
 . 2156 “ The Shield of Charles IX.” 
 
 Etched by Jacquemart from the original in the I.ouvre. 
 
 JACQUEMART. 
 
 j 2157 “William Van Heythuysen,” after Hals. 
 
 ' JIMENEZ (L.). 
 
 j 2158 “The Rattle.’’ 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
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 JOUANIN. 
 
 2159 “The Virgin of the Chair,’’ after Raphael. 
 
 JOUVENET (Jean, Born 1644 and Died 1717). 
 
 2160 “ The Martyrdom ok St. Ovide.” 
 
 An India ink drawing of this subject neatly framed, and probably the first 
 design made by the painter for his famous masterpiece executed for the Church 
 of the Capuchins at l’aris, in the Place Vendome, and celebrated in later times as 
 the square in which stood the column destroyed by the Commune under the aus- 
 pices of Gustave Courbet, the founder of the realistic school in France. 
 
 “ This eminent French painter [jouvenet] was born at Kouen in 1644. At the 
 age of seventeen he went to Paris and studied under Nicholas Poussin, under 
 whose instruction he made such rapid progress that at the age of twenty-seven 
 he produced his celebrated picture of Christ Healing the Paralytic — a noble and 
 grand composition — in the Church of Notre Dame. In 1655 Charles I.e Brun 
 presented him as a candidate for the honors of the Academy, and he was received 
 with marks of distinction, on which occasion he painted his picture of Esther 
 before Ahasuerus, one of the finest works in the halls of the Academy. The 
 most capital work of Jouvenet is his Deposition from the Cross, painted for the 
 Church of the Capuchins, but now in the Gallery of the Louvre. The French 
 are justly proud of Jouvenet as one of the greatest painters. Watelet, speaking 
 of the Deposition from the Cross says: — ‘In this picture Guercino is united 
 to Caracci, or rather it is Jouvenet breathing defiance to all the great masters. 
 I lad it been painted at Rome, or had Poussin seen it there, he would have ranked 
 it as the fourth of the c hej s-d' ceuvrcs of that emporium of art.’ Jouvenet had a 
 ready invention and a fruitful genius, and a taste for grandeur in composition. 
 Ilis design is correct, and his draperies are cast in an elegant and graceful 
 manner. " — Bryan. 
 
 JULIEN (Bernard Romain, Born 1802 and Died 1871). 
 
 2161 “Eugene Sue.” 
 
 Proof before letters on India pater, signed. Very rare. 
 JUNDT (Gustave, Born 1830). 
 j 2162 “The Incroyables.’’ 
 
 Original etching. Very rare, ioo impressions only. Plate de- 
 stroyed. 
 
 KAUFFMAN (Angelica, Born 1741 and Died 1807). 
 
 2162* “ Holy Family.” 
 
 An original ETCHING by this well-known and favorite artist, neatly framed. 
 Among her many admirers were the celebrated Abbe Winckelmann, who in a letter 
 to his friend Franck, written in 1764, speaks of her accomplishments in the most 
 flattering terms. “ I have just been painted,” says he. “ by a stranger, a young 
 person of rare merit. She is very eminent in portraits in oil, mine is an half 
 length, and she has made an etching of it, as a present to me. She speaks 
 Italian as well as German, and expresses herself with the same facility in French 
 and English, on which account she paints all the English who visit Rome. She 
 sings with a taste which ranks her amongst our greatest virtuose. Her name is 
 Angelica Kauffman.” 
 
 KELLER (Joseph, Born 1S11 and Died 1873). 
 
 2163 “The Queen of Heaven,” after Df.gkr. 
 
 Keller was a pupil of Desnoyers and Forster, and in this beautiful specimen 
 of pure line he appears to have combined the qualities of both his masters. 
 
TIIE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
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 KLAUBER (Joseph S., Born 1710 and Died 1768). 
 
 'IS 2164 Charity, after Guioo. 
 
 KLEIN (John A., Born 1792, Died 1875). 
 
 Q. \ 2165 “Watering Horses in Italy”; “A Pointer Dog 
 
 ' “ A Swiss Bull.” (3) 
 
 Three painter’s etchings by this clever though now almost forgotten German 
 artist. 
 
 KOBELL (Ferdinand, Born 1740 and Died 1799). 
 
 \ J . J ~ 2166 “Sports of Children”; “Landscapes”; “Peas- 
 
 ’ ants”; etc. 
 
 KOBELL (Wilhelm, Born 1766 and Died 1855). 
 2 fj 2167 “Landscapes.” 
 
 LACOSTE (the younger). 
 ij^ 2168 “ Francis Ravaillac.” 
 
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 ( 3 ) 
 
 A FINE COPY OF TIIE VERY RARE CONTEMPORARY PRINT. PROOF ON INDIA 
 PATER. 
 
 LALAUZE (Adolphe). 
 
 rj (jo 2169 “The Halt,” after Meissonier. 
 
 $i>o 
 
 A capital rendering of Meissonier's famous picture. Fine impression on Hol- 
 land paper in gold frame. 
 
 LALAUZE. 
 
 2170 “ Entry ok Charles V. into Antwerp,” after Hans 
 Makart. 
 
 A HEAUTIFUL SUBSCRIBER’S PROOF ON JAPAN PAPER OF THIS EXQUISITE REN- 
 DERING OF Makart's MASTERPIECE, in fine chestnut frame. 
 
 LALAUZE. 
 
 2171 “A- Soiree temp. Louis XIV.,” after Casanova. 
 
 Rare. Remarque proof on Japan paper. 
 
 LALAUZE. 
 
 •2 g 2172 “The First Communion,” after P. R. Morris, A.R.A. 
 ^ • Proof before letters on Japan paper. 
 
 LALAUZE. 
 
 3 IS 2173 “A Cancai.aise Oyster Woman.” 
 
 Original etching, neatly framed in chestnut. 
 
 LALAUZE. 
 
 I 2174 “ Jean-Francois Millet.” 
 
 ' ’ Original etching. Proof on Japan paper. A capital free-hand 
 sketch of the great painter. 
 
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 LANCON (A.). 
 
 f 0 0 2175 “ The Watering Place,” after Troyon. 
 
 LANDSEER (Thomas). 
 
 ^ 2176 “ Holy Family,” after Correggio. 
 
 A scarce early etching by the brother of the famous Sir Edwin 
 Landseer. 
 
 LANSYER (Emanuel, Born 1835). 
 
 2177 “ The Fountain.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof on Holland taper. 
 
 LARMESSIN (Nicholas de, the younger, Born 1684 and Died 
 
 * 755 )- 
 
 / 2 - J ~ 2178 “William Couston, Sculptor to the King,” after 
 ' ' Lien. 
 
 LAUGIER (Jean Nicholas, Born 1785). 
 
 2179 “Sappho,” after A. J. Gros. 
 
 Proof before letters on India paper. Polished oak frame. In this very 
 effective composition the painter depicts the legend of the poetess throwing her- 
 self from the Leucadian Rock, because her love for Phaon was not returned. 
 Alexander Pope might have had a picture similar to this in his mind's eye when 
 he wrote: — 
 
 “ To rocks and seas I fly from Phaon’s hate. 
 And hope from seas and rocks a milder fate. 
 Ye gentle gales, beneath my body blow, 
 And softly lay me on the waves below ! ” 
 
 ' LAURENS (Jean Paul). 
 
 3 0 2180 “The Baby of Yport.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof on India paper. 
 
 LAW (David). 
 
 ~X J~ 2 ) 2181 “ Fishing Boats off Whitby.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof on Japan taper. Gold frame. 
 
 LE BAS (James Philip, Born 1708 and Died 1782). 
 
 O O 0 2182 “ Daphnis and Chloe,” after Boucher. 
 
 Fine old impression, neatly framed. 
 
 LECOMPTE (Felix, Born 1737 and Died 1817). 
 
 0 2183 “ Madonna di San Sisto,” after Raphael. 
 
 Proof before all letters. 
 
 LEFMAN (F). 
 
 * 3 cJ 2184 “ The Smoker,” after Vetter. 
 
 Proof on India paper. 
 
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 453 
 
 LEFEVRE (Achille Desire, Born 1798). 
 
 2185 “General Foy,” after Horace Vernet. 
 
 A BEAUTIFUL PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER of this exquisite Sped 
 men of line engraving. Neatly framed. 
 
 LE GRAND (L.). 
 
 2186 “ To Promise is One Thing; To Keep your Promise 
 another,” after Eisen. 
 
 Rare. Fine original impression, framed in polished oak. Eisen, the accom- 
 plished drawing-master to Madame de Pompadour, is well known by his exquisite 
 designs for the “ Fermiers Generaux ” edition of La Fontaine’s “ 1 ales. I he 
 present subject is of a similar character. A good-looking young fellow, dressed 
 in all the fashionable frippery of the period, is seated on the ground. By his 
 side is a beautiful young country girl. He is evidently trying to persuade her 
 to do something, she ought not to consent to. She, while inclined to listen to 
 his addresses, is convinced that he is promising more than he intends to perform. 
 The expressions of eagerness on his part, and doubt and fear on hers are admir- 
 ably rendered. 
 
 LEG R OS (Alphonse). 
 
 9 "If 2187 “Charity.” 
 
 ‘ Original etching by this celebrated .painter. Proof before letters 
 on Japan paper. Oak frame. 
 
 “ Bold and strong in his style, he [LegrosJ is a proof that the artist never 
 ceases to be true. He has never flattered either the taste or tendencies of his 
 time; it is thus that he has remained himself, and that in each one of his im- 
 pressions he has subordinated the form to an original and powerful thought. 
 Charles Ouellette. 
 
 LEGROS. 
 
 2188 “The Disabled Wagon.” 
 
 . Rare. Original etching. First state. 
 
 LEROLLE (H.). 
 
 2189 “Rest.” 
 
 - Original etching. Proof on India paper. 
 
 9 LEROUX. 
 
 3 u 2190 “ St. Jerome ” after Domenichino. 
 
 Proof on India paper. 
 
 LESSURE (H. E.). 
 
 2191 “ Victor Hugo.” 
 
 Original etching. Very scarce. 
 
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 L’HULI.IER (J. D.). 
 
 .- 2192 “Surprise.” 
 
 L J original etching. Proof before letters on Japan paper. Gold frame. 
 
THE TENE D U BOIS COLLECTION. 
 
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 LELOIR (Alexander Louis). 
 
 2193 “ Un Gentilhomme.” 
 
 Original etching, the only one ever executed by this distinguished 
 artist. Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 LELOIR (Maurice). 
 
 2194 “The Trumpeter.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof on Holland paper. 
 
 LEMPEREUR (Louis Simon, Born 1725). 
 
 2195 “After the Bath,” after Tringuesse. 
 
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 LE RAT (P.). 
 
 () 2196 “ The Lover’s Gift,” after Boucher. 
 
 Proof on India paper. 
 
 7-JD 
 
 [? LERIGUE.] 
 
 2197 “ Marshal Turenne at the Siege of Turin.” 
 
 A study in charcoal, signed and dated 1821, neatly framed, and representing 
 the Marshal, baton in hand, amid the smoke of cannon, receiving proposals 
 for the capitulation of the beleaguered city. 
 
 ^ LEVASSEUR (Jean Charles, Born 1734 and Died 1816). 
 0 2198 “ The Deluge,” after Veronese. 
 
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 LLOYD (W.). 
 
 2199 “Landscape, with Trees.” 
 
 Clever water-color drawing by this artist, in gilt frame. 
 
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 LONGHI (Giuseppe, Born 1766 and Died 1831). 
 
 qq 2200 “Bonaparte at the Battle of Arcole,” after 
 
 Gros. 
 
 Fine old impression. Rare. 
 
 LONGHI 
 /f-J 0 2201 
 
 (Giuseppe, Born 1766 and Died 1831). 
 “The Magdalen,” after Correggio. 
 
 LOUIS (Aristide). 
 
 () (j 2202 “ Napoleon I,” after Paul Delaroche. 
 
 Trial proof before all letters, state before the graver marks 
 WERE REMOVED FROM THE MARGIN. VERY RARE, PROBABLY UNIQUE. The 
 original painting, which is known as the “ Snuff Box ” Portrait, is in the Stand- 
 ish collection. 
 
 LOVEWELL (R.). 
 
 2203 “Shipping in Harbour.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
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 LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (Born 1494 and Died 1533). 
 
 2204 “ Ecce Homo.’’ 
 
 Bartsch 71. 
 
 LUCAS VAN LEYDEN. 
 
 .■ O u 2205 “The Crucifixion.’’ 
 
 Bartsch 74. Lucas Van Leyden learnt engraving with an armorer and gold- 
 smith, and gave early proof of talent. When he was fifteen years of age he 
 engraved his first plate. Lucas knew Albert Durer, and when that great artist 
 visited Antwerp, in 1520, exchanged some engravings with him, but he did not 
 borrow so much from the illustrious German as other contemporary artists, 
 lie retained his original style of interpreting nature, and his mode of engraving 
 remained unchanged He took his models from those around him, and did not 
 hesitate to dress the Queen of Sheba, Esther, or Dalilah in the costumes of the 
 richer classes of Holland. Ilis “ Ecce Homo” may be considered one of his 
 chief compositions from an artistic point of view, but it is also full of another 
 kind of interest. The scene is laid in the public square of a Flemish town, sur- 
 rounded by gabled houses; and here, indifferent to historical truth, the engraver 
 has given the executioners and spectators the costumes of his own age. We are 
 therefore indebted to him for a very important record of the manners and cos- 
 tumes of the people of the Netherlands in the first half of the sixteenth 
 century. 
 
 MANDEL (Johann August Eduard, Born 1809). 
 
 ()()(t 2206 “ La Madonna Della Sedia,’’ after Raphael. 
 
 Brilliant open letter proof on India paper; in gold engraved frame, 
 w’ith deep French mat. The finest rendering of the many line engravings of 
 this famous masterpiece of Raphael’s. The story of its origin is well known. 
 Raphael had long been seeking a model which could be used to assist him in 
 painting a picture of the Blessed Virgin and her Son which floated before 
 his vision — just real enough to haunt his thoughts continually, and just 
 unreal enough to refuse to be rendered by his brush. Wandering one day 
 in a vineyard in the environs of Rome, he saw in an arbor near some wine 
 casks a young mother seated with her two boys. As she pressed her baby 
 to her breast the older child ran towards her with a stick, to which he had 
 fastened a cross. Now at last the wish of the great painter’s heart was 
 realized. But he had only a pencil! On what could he draw? Just 
 then the smooth cover of the huge wine cask presented itself to him, and 
 eagerly he drew upon it the outlines of the mother and her children. This 
 he took away with him, and rested not till he had painted his wondrous 
 “ Madonna della Sedia,” now reposing — the shrine of many pilgrims — at the 
 I’itti Palace, in the City of “Florence the Fair.” 
 
 “ There is perhaps only one man surviving who deserves to rank with those 
 who have passed away, and he — the German Mandel — has said, ‘ When 1 die 
 there will be no more.’” — The Golden Age of Engraving. 
 
 MARSHALL (William E., Born 1836). 
 
 SlUC 2207 “ General Grant.” 
 
 Proof on celluloid, in ebony frame. This is a very interesting and valu- 
 able portrait. It was the last engraved before the hero's lamented death. In- 
 deed, it may be said to have been executed under his superintendence. 1 luring 
 the progress of the plate and the General’s last illness, Mr. Marshall submitted 
 the proofs in their various stages for his inspection. He approved them, and 
 on the completion of the plate, signed several of the final proofs at the artist’s 
 request. 
 
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 MARTIAL (A. P.). 
 
 J (TV 2208 “ A Woman Churning Butter,” after J. F. Millet. 
 
 Artist’s proof, signed, of this charming production, doubly inter- 
 esting FROM THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE LAST PICTURE CONTRIBUTED BY 
 Millet to the Paris Salon. H. Wallis, of the London Times, a critic 
 not much prone to eulogy, writes: — “ The late M. Millet, besides being a land- 
 scape painter, was a great figure painter. In the opinion of many he was the 
 first French painter of his time. Certainly, the French school has never pro- 
 duced an artist with more thorough devotion to nature, or who has so truthfully 
 rendered scenes and emotions of natural life. He had the art of introducing 
 into pictures of modern French pastoral life, while retaining the truthfulness of 
 nature, all the elevated qualities of the best artistic culture to be found in the 
 works of the great masters- ” 
 
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 martial. 
 
 2209 “Old Oaks at Bas-Breau.” 
 
 Original etching, by this artist, neatly framed. 
 
 MARTIAL. 
 
 2210 “River Through the Woods.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
 MARTIAL. 
 
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 2211 “The Forest of Pierrefonds.” 
 Original etching. Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 Gold frame. 
 
 MARTIAL. 
 
 ,J'l) 2212 “ Winter in the Forest.” 
 
 MARTIAL. 
 
 Lq 2213 “ The Rendezvous.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 MARVY (Louis). 
 
 / 3 J 2214 “ Landscape, with Cottages,” after Rembrandt. 
 
 . MASQUELIER (Louis Joseph, Born 1741 and Died 1811). 
 j 2215 Illustrations to Swift’s “ Travels of Gulliver,” 
 after Le Febvre. (10) 
 
 Fine old impressions of these exquisite illustrations. Rare. 
 
 Ii ^ ^MASQUELIER. 
 
 U "*’. 2216 “ Jean Benjamin De Laborde,” after Denon. 
 
 Very rare. Fine impression on parchment of this exquisite print. 
 White and gold frame. Laborde was the author of the “Chansons de Laborde.” 
 lie was the valet-de-chambre and favorite of Louis XV., by whom he was made 
 “ fermier general.” lie was guillotined during the Reign of Terror. 
 
 I MASQUELIER (Nicolas Francois Joseph, Born 1760 and Died 
 
 * 1809). 
 
 2217 “Corps-De-Garde Hollandais,’’ after Le Due. 
 
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 MASSARD (Jean Baptiste Raphael, Born 1775). 
 
 ^ 2218 “Atala,” after Girodet. 
 
 ^MASSARD (Jean, Born 1740 and Died 1822). 
 
 2219 “ St. Paul Healing the Sick,” after Le Suer. 
 
 MASSARD (L.). 
 
 2220 “Adolphe Thiers,” after Bonnat. 
 
 Very fine. Proof before letters on Japan paper. 
 
 MASSON (A.). 
 
 /, 7 o 2221 “Portrait of Mlle. Artus,” after Chaplin. 
 
 Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
 MEEKER (E. J.). 
 
 2222 “Ye Bibliophile.” 
 
 An original pen and ink drawing by this favorite artist of the Century 
 Magazine , made specially for the frontispiece to the work now being printed in 
 Paris, “ New York Bibliophile,” the author of which is Mr. Henry Pene du 
 Bois.' A reproduction of this clever drawing has been made for a frontispiece to 
 this catalogue. 
 
 MEISSONIER (Jean Louis Ernest, Born 1813). 
 
 2223 “ Le Rapport.” 
 
 This and the two following numbers are original etchings by 
 
 THIS PRE-EMINENT MASTER. PROOF ON INDIA PAPER, ONE OF VERY FEW 
 
 ETCHED by Meissonier. Philippe Barty says: — “ The etchings of Meissonier 
 are few, and the proofs of them are singularly rare. There is scarcely a cabinet 
 which offers them to the curiosity of amateurs. They are engraved with an ex- 
 tremely fine point, one would almost say with the point of a needle. But the 
 effect is large, because the niceness of the detail loses itself in the mass, and 
 renders, with most astonishing skill, the appearance of everything, the epidermis 
 of each object.” 
 
 MEISSONIER. 
 
 2224 The same. 
 
 Another impression on Holland paper. 
 
 MEISSONIER. 
 
 S (J[) 
 
 2225 “Punchinello.” 
 
 MEMPES (M. L.). 
 
 2226 “A Sabot Shop.” 
 Proof before letters on 
 
 Japan paper, neatly framed. 
 
458 THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 MERYON (Charles, Born 1821 and Died 1868). 
 
 Am 2227 The Old Louvre.” 
 
 Proof on blue paper. Rare. This and the four following 
 NUMBERS ARE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY THIS PRE-EMINENT ARTIST. Mcryon, 
 early in life was a naval officer — ‘‘he visited remote shores, sailing even 
 round the world, and always employing his leisure hours in sketching everything 
 of interest that came in his way.” It was while on one of these voyages he made 
 the drawing of San Francisco, from which he afterwards executed his wonderful 
 etching of that city described below and number 2231. His health, however, 
 did not allow him to follow the sea, and on his return to Paris h&studied engrav- 
 ing under Blcry and became one of the best etchers of his day. Ilis work, how- 
 ever, did not meet with the appreciation which it deserved and he fell into a 
 melancholia, which finally ended in insanity and death. It is much to be regretted 
 that during one of the paroxysms of his madness he destroyed some of his finest 
 plates. Hamerton says of him — “ Mcryon was one of the greatest and most 
 original artists who have appeared in Europe; he is one of the immortals; his 
 name will be inscribed on the noble roll where Durcr and Rembrandt live for 
 
 MERYON. 
 
 J 2228 “ Passf.relle Pont au Change.” 
 
 ' ' Rare. 
 
 MERYON. 
 
 u V (J 2229 “Tourellf. Rue de L’Ecole de Medecine.” 
 
 ' , Rare. 
 
 MERYON. 
 
 yy 22 3 ° “ La Pompe Notre Dame.” 
 
 • Rare. 
 
 MERYON. 
 
 ' W* 2231 “San Francisco.’’ 
 
 MfcRYON’S LARGEST ETCHING, 38 X 7^. IMPRESSION ON JAPAN PAPER. 
 Rare. 
 
 M&RYON. 
 
 A 2232 “The Apse of Notre Dame of Paris.” 
 
 • Fine copy, neatly framed in oak. 
 
 . MILLET (Jean-Fran^ois, Born 1814 and Died 1875). 
 
 V JJV 2233 “ Mother Feeding her Child.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 MILLET. 
 
 TV 2234 “The Spinning Wheel.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
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 MILLSPAUGH (J. H.). 
 
 2235 “ Landscape.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
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 MONGIN (A.). 
 
 JjOO 2236 “ Pansies.— “ Think of Me.”’ 
 
 Proof before letters on Japan paper, neatly framed. 
 
 MONGIN. 
 
 I is 2237 “Alexander Dumas,” after Meissionier. 
 
 ' - Proof on Japan paper before letters. 
 
 MORAN (Peter, Born 1842). 
 
 2238 “On the Road.’’ 
 
 » Original etching by this esteemed American painter. The Loudon 
 Art Journal says:— “ Peter Moran's excellent etchings are very varied in style and 
 subject, and show a thorough mastery over the resources of the etching needle.” 
 
 MORAN. 
 
 "2, i^vT 2239 “ Farm Buildings and Trees.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 MORDANT (Daniel). 
 
 2241 “ Madonna del Gran Duca,” after Raphael. 
 
 Extremely rare proof before letters by this pre-eminent engraver. 
 
 Neatly framed in cherry wood. Raphael Morghen, the best known and one of 
 the most celebrated engravers of modern times, needs no eulogy here. He was 
 at an early age instructed in the elements of his art by his father. In 177S he 
 entered the studio of Volpate at Rome. His first work of importance was a 
 copy of Sadeler's print of Christ and Mary Magdalene in the Garden. This was 
 looked upon as a remarkable performance, and, considering the artist’s youth, it 
 gave considerable promise of his future greatness. The well-known Aurora of 
 Guido was his next large plate. His fame now rose to a great height, and he 
 received many commissions from the Royal Family of l iorence and others. In 
 1795 he commenced the celebrated “Transfiguration” of Raphael, but it was 
 not completed until 1812, when it appeared with a dedication to Napoleon. 
 This print was originally sold for twenty scudi, but its value has so much 
 increased that certain impressions have sold of late years for several hundred 
 dollars. All the prints of Morghen have been described in a very able manner 
 by Mr. F. R. Halsey in his Catalogue Raisonne. to which exhaustive book we 
 refer those of our readers who may want any information on this subject. Many 
 vears since the late Duke of Buckingham paid one thousand two hundred pounds 
 for a collection of the works of Raphael Morghen. What would such a collec- 
 tion sell for now ? 
 
 MORGHEN. 
 
 2242 “The Virgin and the Sleeping Christ. — Parce 
 Somnum Rumpere,” after Titian. 
 
 Fine old impression of this beautiful print. 
 
 2240 “A Young Girl at Prayers,” after Jean Beraud. 
 
 A SUPERB PROOF BEFORE LETTERS ON CHINA PAPER. 
 
 10 RG HEN (Raphael Sanzio, Born 1758 and Died 1833). 
 
460 
 
 THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 MORGHEN. 
 
 f 3 0 0 224 3 “Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus,” 
 
 after Mengs. 
 
 Fine old impression “ before the fig-leaf,” in antique oak frame. 
 
 MORGHEN. 
 
 7 S . Qo 2244 “ The Transfiguration,” after Raphael. 
 
 / Fine old impression in antique oak frame. Painted for the Church of 
 
 San Pietro in Montorio; now in the Gallery of the Vatican. 
 
 MORGHEN. 
 
 /'>/) 2245 “The Holy Family Reposing in Egypt,” after 
 
 ^ r Poussin. 
 
 Very fine old impression. 
 
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 MORGHEN (“ Raphael et Antonius ”). 
 
 2246 “The Transfiguration,” after Raphael. 
 
 Black oak frame. An impression with only the artists’ names, “ Raphael 
 Sanctius pinx. — Raphael et Antonius Morghen Sculps.” 
 
 MORIN (Fran^ois-Gustave, Born 1809). 
 
 I IT 2247 “A Sentimental Walk.” 
 
 Original etching. Very scarce, ioo impressions only taken and 
 PLATE DESTROYED. 
 
 MULLER (H. C.). 
 
 J vlHD 2248 “Psyche carried off by the Zephyrs,” after Prud- 
 
 ' HON. 
 
 Very fine proof before letters on India paper, and in polished oak 
 frame. 
 
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 - ^ 2249 “Carl. De Secondat Montesquieu.” 
 
 Very fine. Proof before letters on India paper of this excellent por- 
 trait of the author of the “ Spirit of Laws.” 
 
 MURRAY (C. O.). 
 
 2 - -) C 2250 “Saved,” after Napier Henry. 
 
 * ' Proof on Japan paper; neatly framed. 
 
 MURRAY. 
 
 2251 “When the Kye Come Home,” after Mark Fisher 
 and J. D. Watson. 
 
 Proof before letters on Japan paper; neatly framed. 
 
 NAEGLE (Victor). 
 
 ( j 2252 “ The Spirit of the Crusades.” 
 
 An original study in oil by this artist neatly framed. In the centre of 
 the picture stands a stalwart baron of the middle ages in armor, leaning on his 
 two-handed sword. The spirits of Religion, Justice, and Faith arc inciting him 
 to leave his ancestral halls and go forth to take part in the deadly struggle 
 between Infidel and Christian for the possession of the Holy Land. 
 
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 NANTEUIL (Robert, Born 1630 and Died 1678). 
 
 %ooo 2253 “ Louis XIV.” 
 
 A kink old impression, neatly framed, of this celebrated portrait exe- 
 cuted by command of the King by this pre-eminent engraver, inscribed 
 “ Nanteuil ad virum faciebat cum privil. Regis 1677." Fred. Kcppcl, in 
 his Essay on “The Golden Age of Engraving, says:— “Nanteuil’s abilities 
 were refined by a classical education, and his correct taste restrained him 
 from running into the prevailing fashion of meretricious ornamentation. 
 He usually represents his personages within a neat oval of about seven by 
 nineinches. His works illustrate the reign of LouisXIV., andareall, with- 
 out exception, tine.” 
 
 NANTEUIL. 
 
 T/i 2254 “Pierre du Cambout de 
 • Orleans.” 
 
 Very fine. 
 
 Coislin, 
 
 Bishop ok 
 
 tVND PLATE 
 
 NANTEUIL. 
 
 22 55 “Jean Francois Sarrasin.” 
 
 NANTEUIL (Celessin, Born 1813 and Died 1873) 
 
 I Tj - 2256 “ The Blood of the Giants.” 
 
 V Original etciung, very scarce. 100 impressions only, an 
 
 DESTROYED. 
 
 OSBORNE (H. F.). 
 
 / yr 2257 “ A Walk through the Woods.” 
 
 ^ •« Original etching. 
 
 OSTADE (Adrian Van, Born 1610 and Died 1685). 
 
 >']o 22 5 8 “ Le Joueur de Violon.” 
 
 / Bartsch 44. 
 
 OSTADE. 
 
 Pp 2259 “ Les Musiciens Ambulants.” 
 
 Bartsch 38. 
 
 OSTADE. 
 
 \^q 2260 “ The Quarrel.” 
 
 An unusually fine original impression. 
 
 PANNIER. 
 
 2261 “ The Marriage of the Virgin,” after Raphael. 
 
 PEARCE (E. L.). 
 
 I Ivl" 2262 “A Rustic Bridge.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 PERELLE (Gabriel, Born 1610 and Died 1680). 
 
 I 0 0 2263 “Landscapes with Ruins and Figures.” (2) 
 
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 PICART (Etienne, called the Roman, Bom 1631 and Died 1721). 
 () q (j 2264 “The Marriage of St. Catharine,’’ after Cor- 
 
 ' REGGIO. 
 
 PICART (Bernard, Born 1663 and Died 1738). 
 
 //* 2265 “ Dutch Peasant.” 
 
 A sketch in water-colors, neatly framed, representing a Dutch peasant in a 
 gala dress. Bernard Picart was the son of “ Picart the Roman” and early 
 received instruction in design from his father. At the age of sixteen he gained 
 the prize at the Academy of Paris. Bryan says — “ He distinguished himself not 
 less as a designer than an engraver, and he executed a multitude of plates, which 
 evince the fertility of his genius, and the excellence of his taste. His drawing is 
 correct and his prints have a very pleasing appearance. In 1710 he left Paris 
 and settled at Amsterdam where he found abundant employment.” 
 
 PICART. 
 
 , 2 -/”* 2266 “ The Triumph of Painting.” 
 
 Inscribed “ B. Picart invenit et fecit.” 
 
 ft 
 
 PICCINNI (A.). 
 
 2267 “A Souvenir of Rome.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters, on India paper. 
 
 PICGUENOT (Euphrasie). 
 
 . IT 2268 “Sir Joshua Reynolds.” 
 
 A very rare stipple rendering of the well-known “spectacle” portrait painted 
 by Sir Joshua himself. 
 
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 PIGLHEIN (Bruno). 
 
 2269 “A Spanish Dancer.” 
 
 A beautiful reproduction of a pastel drawing by this clever 
 
 ARTIST. 
 
 
 PIGLHEIN. 
 
 2270 “ A French-woman 
 tury.” 
 
 A beautiful fac simile of a charming India-ink drawing by this artist, 
 nut frame. 
 
 of the Nineteenth Cen- 
 
 Chcst- 
 
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 PIRANESI (Giovanni Battista, Born 1713 and Died 1778). 
 
 2271 “View of the Campo Vaccino.” 
 
 “ Piranesi devoted his life to etching the magnificent ruins and edifices of 
 his native country. His plates are of large size, and are etched with so much 
 picturesque boldness and ruggedness that he well deserves his sobriquet of the 
 Rembrandt of Architecture. “ The Golden Age of Engraving.” 
 
 ^ .-PIRANESI. 
 
 * ^ 2272 “View of the Portico of Octavia, Rome.” 
 
 PIRANESI. 
 
 -ax 2273 “ The Curia Ostilia, Rome.” 
 
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 PIRANESI. 
 
 •Vv 
 
 2274 “View of the Golden Palace of Nero, com- 
 monly CALLED THE ‘TEMPLE OF THE SUN.’ ” 
 
 POPE (John M.). 
 
 2275 “The Reprimand.” 
 
 Proof on satin. One of a limited number in this state. 
 
 POPELIN 
 2276 “ 
 
 (Claudius). 
 
 Les Conquerants.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof on India paper. 
 
 __ PORPORATI (Carlo Antonio, Born 1741 and Died 1816). 
 
 I J 0 2277 “ A Young Woman Preparing for Bed,” after 
 
 Vanloo. 
 
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 POTTER (Paul, Born 1625 and Died 1654). 
 D 2278 “Cows and Oxen.” 
 
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 Bartsch 8. “ We have some charming etchings by this celebrated artist, 
 
 drawn with great spirit and correctness, and executed in a very masterly style. 
 They are as follow: A set of eight plates of cows, oxen, etc., with a bull on 
 the title; Paulus Potter, f.,” etc. — Bryan. 
 
 POURVOYEUR. 
 
 . /j 2279 “Jean Baptiste P. Moliere,” after Coypel. 
 
 Proof before letters, on India paper. 
 
 PREVOST (Benoit Louis, Born 1740 and Died 1804). 
 
 0 J ~ 2280 “Lady Hester Stanhope,” after Denon. 
 
 PREVOST (Z.). 
 
 . J 0 2281 “ The Death of St. Francois,” after Correggio. 
 
 Proof on India paper. 
 
 RAJON (Paul-Adolphe). 
 
 I U u 2282 “ The Young Student,” after Meissonier. 
 
 RAJON. 
 
 • 2283 “Knight in Armour,” after Barbarelli. 
 
 [ 0 v RAFFAELO SANZIO (Born 1483 and Died 1520). 
 
 2284 “Madonna della Sedia.” 
 
 A small copy in oil of this famous picture, in moulded gilt frame. 
 
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 REMBRANDT (Paul Van Rhyn, Born 1606 and Died 1665). 
 
 J J7> 2285 “A Naked Woman Sleeping.” m 
 
 Bartsch 205. Sold for $3S, in the Morgan sale. “ Every Art has its 
 
 great representative master, and the representative etcher is Rembrandt 
 
 Rembrandt is what the French call a god of art. The phrase sounds a little 
 blasphemous to English ears; but whether blasphemous or not, it describes with 
 perfect accuracy the relation of certain famous artists towards their admirers. 
 Rembrandt and one or two others are, in a very strict sense, the gods of con- 
 noisseurs, and the kind of homage they receive is not critical, but has the nature 
 of worship or adoration.” — Hamerton. 
 
 TP 
 
 REMBRANDT. 
 
 2286 “ The Supper at Emmaus.” 
 
 Bartsch 87, sold at the Morgan sale for $23. 
 
 REMBRANDT. 
 
 I JTny 2287 “Christ Healing the Sick.” 
 
 Known as tiif. “Hundred Guilder” print. An extremely fine 
 copy by Leopold Flameng. Proof impression before tiir artist’s 
 name on Japan paper. Ash frame with deep French mat. Of I his copy 
 Hamerton says: — “He (Flameng) produced a copy of one of Rembrandt's 
 most difficult and complicated etchings — a copy which certainly far ex 
 ceeds the most perfect photograph in accuracy, whilst at the same time it 
 possesses us a piece of execution in etching all those technical merits for 
 which Rembrandt himself was famous. It is not an exaggeration of the 
 truth to affirm, that there exists in Europe in our own day a man who may 
 be said to possess the hand and eye of Rembrandt It may be diffi- 
 
 cult to convey to the reader that full apprehension of the wonder of such a 
 work as this. In a certain sense it may be boldly affirmed that, as a tech- 
 nical performance merely, such a copy as this is even more wonderful than 
 the original plate itself.” 
 
 ^ REMBRANDT. 
 
 /JO 2288 “ The Burgomaster Six.” 
 
 Fine copy. Polished oak frame. 
 
 REMBRANDT. 
 
 I.K 2289 “ Portrait of Himself leaning on a Window Sill.” 
 
 Fine copy. 
 
 REMBRANDT. 
 
 L t 2290 “ Head.” 
 
 Old copy after Rembrandt. 
 
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 REGAMEY (F.). 
 
 , 2291 “ The Comical Story.” 
 
 Original etching. Rare. 100 impressions only. 
 
 Plate destroyed. 
 
 REGNAULT. 
 
 Ilf 2292 “ Portrait of Meissonier.” 
 
 Proof on India paper, before all letters. 
 
 Very fine and rare. 
 
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 7 
 
 RIBOT (T.). 
 
 ^ 2293 “ Une Grande Douleur.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 STKOYED. 
 
 Rare. 100 impressions only and plate de- 
 
 RICHARDS (B.). 
 
 3 is 2294 “A Dutch Burgomaster,” after Rembrandt. 
 
 Brilliant old impression of this flue mezzotint, neatly framed. 
 
 RICHARDS (F. D. B.). 
 
 .(pij 2295 “ An Old Mill” and “ Landscape.” (2) 
 
 • Original etchings. 
 
 RICHETON (Leon). 
 
 2296 “Richard Brinsley Sheridan,” 
 sell, R. A. 
 
 after John Rus- 
 
 Artist’s proof signed, on Japan paper. Chestnut frame. The orig- 
 inal of this interesting portrait of the celebrated wit, playwright, states- 
 man and orator is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London. It was 
 drawn in crayons in 1788, the year of the Warren Hastings Trial, at which 
 Sheridan’s speech was second only to Burke’s in virulence. This is the 
 first time that it has ever been acceptably engraved: a remarkable circum- 
 stance, considering the fact that it was believed by Sheridan’s family to be 
 much more characteristic and lifelike than the well-known one by Reynolds, 
 paiuted a year later. 
 
 RICHOMME (Joseph Theodore, Bom 1785). 
 
 / 2 -( j 0 2297 “Triumph of Galatea,” after Raphael, and “The- 
 
 tis BEARING THE ARMOR OF ACHILLES,” after GERARD. 
 
 ( 2 ) 
 
 A fine pair of brilliant old impressions of these well-known and 
 charming prints, neatly framed. 
 
 RICHOMME. 
 
 2298 “ Adam and Eve,” after Raphael. 
 
 Beautiful and brilliant original impression of this celebrated 
 
 PRINT. 
 
 RIFFAUT (A.). 
 
 2299 “ Ninon,” after Darcy. 
 
 ROGER (B.). 
 
 3 ~ 0~0 2 3 °° “ Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France,” after 
 
 Rosslire de Suedois. 
 
 A FINE FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF TnE UNFORTUNATE QUEEN. An EX- 
 CELLENT COMPANION PRINT TO BERVIC’8 LOUIS XVI. AND DrEVET’s LOUIS 
 
 XIV. Chestnut frame. 
 
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 ROPS (Felicien). 
 
 0 2301 “The Salute.” 
 
 Original etching by this clever artist. Rare. 
 
 ROPS. 
 
 0 2302 “La Fileuse,” after Millet. 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 ROSA (Salvatore, Born 1615 and Died 1673). 
 q 2303 “ Soldier with Spear.” 
 
 Old copy after this celebrated master. 
 
 ROULLET (Jean Louis, Born 1645 and Died 1698). 
 r~ 2304 “Jean Baptiste Lully, Musician to the King,” 
 after Mignard. 
 
 ROWLANDSON (Thomas, Born 1756 and Died 1827). 
 
 2305 “ Going to the Colonies.’’ 
 
 Original sketch, in water-colors, by the great English caricaturist Row- 
 landson, and in passe-partout. 
 
 This picture, by the inimitable artist, who illustrated the “ Tour of Doctor 
 Syntax, ’’ represents a convoy of prisoners on their way to a ship laying in the 
 offing. A boat is just about to leave shore, in which are a party of male and 
 female emigrants, who are leaving their country for their country’s good. The 
 middy is at his post. Six unhappy mortals are seated in the boat, some of 
 whom have a most woe begone and bedraggled appearance. Two red-coats, 
 with pointed bayonets, are aiding the ceremonies — one by pushing a clerical- 
 looking personage into association with the scourings of society. The faces of 
 the women are studies, particularly that of the lady who has evidently got up 
 before breakfast and without completing her toilet. Two cart-loads of similar 
 human cattle are on the way — the last of which is passing under a gallows, where 
 ominously swing a pair of coqises — and which fate may betake their living 
 brethren unless they amend their lives in the new country where they may have 
 the chance of becoming worthy and respectable members of society, if not the 
 founders of the best families in a new world. 
 
 Rowlandson was born in Old Jewry, London, in 1756. Early in life he 
 was the recipient of a legacy of .£7,000 from an aunt, which he soon wasted in 
 gambling and debauchery, and only when his means were exhausted he sat 
 down to work. Mis drawings, somewhat farcical, but very clever caricatu res, 
 were made with a reed pen, and then drawn in water-colors; many of them are 
 of large size, anil all indicate great skill of hand and keen observation. The 
 above is an excellent example. 
 
 Every one at all acquainted with the arts know the caricature work of this 
 very eccentric genius; the extent of Rowlandson’s talent, however, as a dtaughts- 
 man, is not so generally known. His studies from the human figure at the 
 Royal Academy were made in so masterly a style, that he was set up as a rival 
 to Mortimer, whom he would have excelled, had his subsequent mode of study 
 kept pace with the fecundity of his invention, llis powers, indeed, were so 
 versatile, and his fancy so rich, that every species of composition flowed from 
 his pen with equal facility. There ‘are certain subjects of his composition 
 carried through w ith a compatibility of style so truly original, and so replete with 
 painter-like feeling, that Sir Joshua Reynolds and West pronounced them 
 wonders of art. 
 
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 467 
 
 RUDAX (E.). 
 
 J^>) 2306 “The Little Fisherman.” 
 
 Original Etching, proof before letters, on India paper. 
 
 RYLAND (William Wynne, Born 1732 and Died 17S3). 
 
 2307 “Jupiter and Lf.da,” after Boucher. 
 
 Fine original impression, very scarce, and neatly framed. The 
 unfortunate engraver of this beautiful piece had a curious story. Horn in 
 London in 1732, he first studied engraving with Ravenet, the collaborateur of 
 Hogarth, who was at that time established in England. On leaving that 
 master he went to Paris, and studied design under Boucher and engraving with 
 J. P. Le Bas. On his return to his native city he acquired distinction in his 
 profession, and was appointed engraver to the King. But he was one of those 
 peculiarly constituted individuals who cannot make the best of prosperity. 
 Becoming involved in pecuniar)' difficulties, he committed forgery, was tried, 
 condemned and executed in 1783, as was that holy divine and sanctimonious 
 hypocrite, Dr. Dodd, a few years before, for a similar offense, and in his full 
 canonicals, surplice, doctor’s hood and all. 
 
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 RYLAND. 
 
 2308 “ The Triumph of Venus,” after Angelica Kauff- 
 
 MANN. 
 
 ST. AUB 1 N (Augustin, Born 1720). 
 
 Lh) 2309 “Jacques Roettiers,” after Cochin. 
 
 ST. AUBIN. 
 
 I / 0 2310 “Fenelon,” after Vivien. 
 
 Extremely fine original impression. 
 
 SALVADOR-CARMONA (Emanuel, Born 1740). 
 
 | 2311 “Francois Boucher, Painter to the King,’’ after 
 
 SUEDOIS. 
 
 Fine. IIis reception print at the Academy. 
 
 SCHLEIGH (Adrian). 
 
 a~7) 2312 “The Song of the Bell,’’ after Christopher 
 
 Nilson. 
 
 A large folio line engraving, in nine compartments, illustrating Schiller’s 
 famous poem. 
 
 SCHMIDT (George Frederick, Born 1712 and Died 1775). 
 
 [ *)/“ 2313 “Pierre Mignard, painter to the King,” after 
 
 7 Rigaud. 
 
 SCHMUTZER (Jacob Mathias, Born 1733 and Died 1811). 
 
 2314 “The Family of Rubens,” after Rubens. 
 
 SCHREYER (Adolphe, Born 1828). 
 it 3 2315 “An Ambuscade,’’ 
 
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 SCHUPPEN (Peter van, the Elder, Born 1628 and Died 1710). 
 2316 “Louis the Dauphin, Son of Louis the Great,” 
 after Francis de Troy. 
 
 Folio. Very fine, in oak frame; engraved 1684. Van Schuppenthe Elder was 
 a pupil of Nanteuil and acquired much of the magnificent style of that master. 
 
 SCHUPPEN. 
 
 1/tn) 
 
 2317 “Francois Van der Meulen, 
 King,’’ after Largillierre. 
 
 Painter to the 
 
 SCRIVEN (Edward, Bom 1775 and Died 1841). 
 
 I 2318 “Nell Gwyn,” after Sir Peter Lei.y. 
 
 /do 
 
 Proof on India paper. Ebony and gold frame. Scriven was a pupil of 
 Bartolozzi and in one respect he excelled his master, as, unlike him, he faithfully 
 rendered the character and expression of the painter he had to translate. This 
 print was engraved for the Rev. T. F. Dibdin, from the original at Althorp, and 
 is a different and more pleasing portrait than the one by the same engraver which 
 appears in “ Granunont’s Memoirs.” 
 
 SERZ (J.). 
 
 2319 “The Tribute Money,” after Titian. 
 
 Proof on India paper before letters. 
 
 %(ro 
 
 SLOCOMB (Frederick). 
 
 2320 “ A Middlesex Lane.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on Japan taper. 
 frame. 
 
 Gold 
 
 SMILLIE (Janies D., Born 1833). 
 
 2321 “South Jefferson Street, Poughkeepsie.” 
 Original etching. Proof on satin, one of a limited number in 
 
 THIS STATE. 
 
 SMIRKE (Robert, Born 1752 and Died 1845). 
 
 2322 Set of Illustrations to the “Arabian Nights,” en- 
 graved by Peter Maverick, Bruen, etc. (12) 
 
 Fine oi.d impressions and rake. 
 
 SOMM (M.). 
 
 'X-O 0 2323 “A Japanese Study.” 
 
 A characteristic water-color drawing, neatly framed, and which would delight 
 the heart and inflame the fancy of Oscar Wilde, and brings up memories of the 
 “ Mikado.” It represents the Japanese swell of the period, gorgeously arrayed — 
 gloves, fan, and silk garment of many colors, which will be found in the works 
 on Japanese ceramics and decoration of Gonse, Audsley and Bowes. The figure 
 of the inhabitant of Yeddo holding a fan is admirably depicted, and the colors 
 of the embroidery on the yellow gown are delightfully blended. The indigo' 
 background displays the touch of a master’s brush. M. Somra is well known *" 
 by his admirable etchings in dry point. 
 
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 SOTOMAYER (Esquirel de). 
 
 2324 “Karl du Jardin,’’ after Himself. 
 
 STAAL (G.). 
 
 ijT 2325 “Jules Janin.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters. 
 
 STAAL. 
 
 » 2326 “Madame Lamartine.” 
 
 ' ^ Original etching. Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
 STAAL. 
 
 IS 
 
 2327 “Jean Pierre Beranger.’’ 
 
 Original etching. Proof befqre letters on India paper. 
 
 ,0J 
 
 JSTAAL. 
 
 2328 “ Alfred de Vigny.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof on India paper. 
 
 the author of “ Cinq Mars.” 
 
 A capital portrait of 
 
 STAAL. 
 
 I 0 2329 “ Madame de Girardin.’’ 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
 STAAL. 
 
 J 7 ) 2 33 ° 
 
 “ Madame de Pompadour 
 Barry.” 
 
 
 AND 
 
 “ Madame du 
 
 (*) 
 
 [STOTHARD (Thomas, Bom 1755 ar >d Died 1834) ?] 
 
 1 'on 2331 “Tasso Reciting to the Princess at the Court of 
 
 Ferrara.’’ 
 
 A spirited sepia drawing, neatly framed, and in the manner of, and probably 
 by, Thomas Stothard. It represents the well-known incident in the early life of 
 the poet Tasso when he recited his “ Rinaldo ” before the Princess Eleonora 
 and her brother the Duke Alfonse, the first step which afterwards made his 
 name famous throughout Italy. 
 
 STRANGE 
 Sh) 2 33 2 “ 
 
 (Sir Robert, Born 1721 and Died 1792). 
 
 Venus attired by the Graces,” after Guido. 
 
 Brilliant old impression and neatly framed, of this fine print engraved by 
 the eminent artist in 1759. “Sir Robert Strange, born in the distant Orkneys 
 in 1721, abandoned the law for engraving. As a youthful Jacobite he 
 joined the Pretender in 1745, sharing the disaster of Culloden, and owing his 
 safety from pursuers to a young lady dressed in the ample costume of the period, 
 whom he afterwards married in gratitude, and they were both happy. He has a 
 style of his own, rich, soft, and especially charming in the tints of flesh, making 
 hfm a natural translator of Titian.” — Charles Sumner. 
 
 TRANGE. 
 
 2333 “ Venus and Adonis,” after Titian. 
 
 Beautiful old impression of this celebrated nude subject. 
 
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 TAIEE (A.). 
 
 2334 “ Millet’s House at Barbison,” from an original 
 
 drawing by J. F. Millet. 
 
 Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 I 0 0 233 5 “ The Dutch Dentist” and “ The Cottage Door,” 
 
 TAYLOR (T.). 
 
 after G. Dow. 
 
 TENIERS (David, Born 1610 and Died 1694). 
 
 1 2336 “Jolly Companions Every One.” 
 
 * Curious old Dutch mezzotint after the younger Teniers, rare unfiuislicd 
 proof before letters, neatly framed in polished oak. 
 
 THEROND (E.). 
 
 3 2337 “ Thkophile Gautier.” 
 
 Proofs on India paper. Two portraits of the celebrated French 
 writer, one in advanced life, the other a very clever caricature of the 
 younger man. 
 
 Fine proof before letter on India paper, neatly framed in polished 
 oak. 
 
 THORNLEY (G. W.). 
 
 ”} \J~ 2 / 2339 “ Venus after the Bath,” after Boucher. 
 
 < Rare. A fac simile on copper, printed in tints after a chalk 
 drawing by Tnis master. White and gold frame. 
 
 THORNLEY. 
 
 2340 “A Young Girl Reading,” after Boucher. 
 
 A fac simile on copper, printed in tints after a chalk drawing by this 
 master. White and gold frame. 
 
 TRIERE (P., Died 1780). 
 
 j Ivf 2341 “ Hercules Hesitating between Venus and Min- 
 erva, after Crayer. 
 
 Engraver’s proof before letters, neatly framed in polished oak. 
 
 TURNER (Charles, Born 1773 and Died 1857). 
 
 0 OO 2342 “A Famous Newfoundland Dog,” after H. B. 
 ' Chalon. 
 
 Very fine. Polished oak frame. Charles Turner was a pupil of Bov- 
 dell. lie engraved many remarkable plates in mezzotinto; principally 
 portraits after Reynolds, Shee, Lawrence, etc. He also engraved several 
 of the plates of his great namesake’s “ Liber Studiorum.” 
 
 ULM. 
 
 , THEVENIN (J. C.). 
 
 [) 1 J 2338 “ Madonna,” after Raphael. 
 
 2343 “ Petrus Borel.” 
 
 Proof on India pater. 
 
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 UNGER (W.). 
 
 2344 “ A Winter Scene in Holland,” after Rembrandt. 
 UNGER. 
 
 . / 0 2345 “ Dutch Peasants,” after Ostade. 
 
 VALPERGA (L.). 
 
 2 34 6 “ Conjugal Correction,” after Gerardon. 
 
 A cliaracterislic engraving of the French school of the period of Louis 
 XV. Love is represented as beating the almost nude wife with roses, 
 while the husband compels her to submit to a punishment less than she 
 deserves. 
 
 VANDEVELDE (E., Born 1597 and Died 1648). 
 
 I]r 2 347 “The Quack Doctor — ‘ Populus vult Decipi,’ ’’ 
 after William Buytenweg. 
 
 A fine old original, impression, neatly framed, of this very rare and 
 curious print. 
 
 VANDERHOOF (Charles H.). 
 
 . do 2348 “ The Old Pier.” 
 
 Original etching, artist’s proof signed. 
 
 
 VANDYCK (Anthony, Born 1599 and Died 1641). 
 
 VAT 2349 “ Lucas Vostermans, Engraver of Antwerp.” 
 
 This and the three following numbers are original etchings by the celebrated 
 portrait painter. Vandyck was not content merely to look over engravings after 
 his works by Bolswert, Pontius or Vostermans; he used the etching needle him- 
 self, and has left brilliant proofs of his skill in this kind of work. Hamerton 
 says: — “ lie (Vandyck), is one of the great princes of the art. Vandyck’s etch- 
 ings have greatly increased in value of late years. At M . Seguier’s sale, in 
 1844, they averaged from three to eight pounds each, and were thought to be 
 very dear. At recent sales they have produced sums varying from eight to thirty 
 pounds. It may be considered certain that, as etching becomes better appre- 
 ciated, the plates of Van Dyck will attain still higher prices.” 
 
 * 
 
 £.60 
 
 VANDYCK. 
 
 2350 “ Erasmus.” 
 
 VANDYCK. 
 
 2351 “Justus Sustermans, Painter to the Grand 
 Duke, Florence.” 
 
 (U 
 
 VANDYCK. 
 
 2352 “ Daniel Mytens, 
 
 Painter of Holland.” 
 
 Fine old impression. Engraved by Paul Pontius (1596), after Vandyck. 
 1 his and the next number are of the same size, and uniform with the original 
 heads by Vandyck described above. “ In his fine portraits after Vandyck, Pon- 
 tius seems to have adapted his style to the character of the persons represented. 
 His plates are executed with the graver in a clear bold style; and they will be 
 ranked among the ablest productions of the Flemish engraver.” — Stooner. 
 
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 VANDYCK. 
 
 2353 “ Phillip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke.” 
 
 Fine old impression, engraved by Robert Vander-Voerst (1596 — 1669). 
 
 Il-T 
 
 VARIN (A.). 
 
 2354 “ Madame Rachel.” 
 
 Proof on India paper. A capital portrait of the celebrated actress. 
 
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 VERNET (Horace, Born 1789 and Died 1863). 
 
 2355 “Napoleon the Third at the Battle of Sol- 
 ferino.” 
 
 This is a very spirited sketch in water-colors of the conflict in the cemetery of 
 Solferino, attributed to the great “our own correspondent of the brush.” 
 Napoleon, mounted on a gallant gray, is vehemently urging on his soldiers, who 
 are responding with a dash, and the white-coated Austrians are giving way to 
 the impetuosity of their opponents. This sketch is supposed to be one of 
 many made by Vemet in his old age as a preliminary study for one of his large 
 canvases. Probably about the time this sketch was made, Vernet painted his 
 great picture of the Battle of the Alma and his Portrait of Napoleon III. 
 
 VEYRASSAT (Jules Jacques). 
 
 2356 “Sunset,” after Daubigny. 
 
 VIDAL (Gerald, Born 1742). 
 
 2 357 “ The Confidential Soubrette," and “The Toil- 
 ette Merchant,” after Laurins. 
 
 A pair of beautiful old French prints, bright original impressions, neatly 
 framed. Very rare, in this fine state. 
 
 VILLERY (Antoine Claude Francois, Born 1768). 
 
 2358 “ Innocence and Love,” after Prudhon. 
 
 Brilliant open letter proof of this exquisite line engraving, neatly 
 framed. 
 
 WALLACE (Henry W.). 
 
 2 359 “ Foot of Broad Street, Old New York.” 
 
 Proof on satin. One of a limited number taken in this state. 
 
 WALTNER (C.). 
 
 2360 “ The China Vase,” after Fortuny. 
 
 Fine impression on Holland paper and in gold frame. 
 
 WALTNER. 
 
 2361 “Dans la Ros6e,” after Carolus Duran. 
 
 Proof on India paper. A beautiful specimen of Waltner’s method 
 of treating the nude female figure. 
 
 WALTNER. 
 
 2362 “ Head of a Young Girl,” after Du Bois. 
 
 Fine proof before letters on Japan paper. 
 
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 WATERLOO (Anthony, Born 1618 and Died 1679). 
 2363 “ Hkrmaphroditus and the Nymph”; 
 Pursuing the Nymph Syrinx.” 
 
 and 
 
 “ Pan 
 
 (2) 
 
 Landscapes with trees; the classical legends introduced; neatly framed in 
 iwlishcd oak. Spooner says: — “ As an engraver, the works of Waterloo have 
 long been the admiration of artists and connoisseurs. They are etched with 
 great spirit and facility, in a very masterly style, and usually retouched with the 
 graver to harmonize the lights and invigorate the shadows. They consist of 
 landscapes from his own designs, frequently embellished with figures from 
 sacred and profane history and mythology. He etched the whole design with 
 equal strength, but slightly, and then linished in a bold manner those parts 
 which he desired to be most effective.” 
 
 WATERLOO. 
 
 .Si> 
 
 2364 “ The Little Cottage.” 
 
 Original etching — Bartsch 29. 
 
 WATERLOO. 
 
 J 2365 “Small Landscape with Trees.” 
 
 WHISTLER (James Abbott M‘Neill, Born 1834). 
 
 2366 “ Chelsea.” 
 
 Impression on Holland paper, in gold frame. '* Whistler is widely 
 known by his etchings and his paintings; the former receive unqualified praise, 
 the latter have been alternately abused and lauded, but even his severest critics 
 seem inclined to allow him exceptional achievements." — Tytler's "Modern 
 Painters. ” 
 
 “ The most finished and perfect specimens of Whistler’s artistic powers are 
 to be found in his etchings. For some time amateurs in this branch of art have 
 been acquainted with the views of the Thames executed by him. We can 
 think of no work of the kind in which genius is more decisively manifested. 
 The views of shipping and river-bank reveal the closest study of the effects to 
 be seen in and about London .” — London Art Journal. 
 
 /V . WHISTLER. 
 
 7 9 ° 2367 “ Street Scene in Paris.” 
 
 Original etching. 
 
 “ Whistler may be fairly estimated now. lie has very rare and very peculiar 
 endowments, and may, in a certain sense, be called great — that is. so far as 
 greatness may be understood of faculties which are rather remarkable for keen- 
 ness and originality than range. The faculties which he has are pre-eminently 
 
 of the artistic order; he is essentially a painter and etcher; he is 
 
 never literary, but always pictorial It is unfortunate, I think, that 
 
 etchings like those of Mr. Whistler and Mr. 1 laden should be published at 
 such a very high price and in such a small edition." — IIamerton. 
 
 WHISTLER. 
 
 b - J 1 ) 2 3^8 “ Boats at Mooring.” 
 
 Fine impression on Holland paper in oak frame. 
 
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 )syo 
 
 YVILLE (John George, Born 1717 and Died 1807). 
 
 2369 “The Little Physician,” after Gaspar Netscher. 
 
 A fine original impression, neatly framed. “ But Paris soon again 
 became the ceulre of the art, which he quickened into new life l>y an 
 engraver of original genius, who attracted to him pupils from all parts of 
 Europe, so that he became the father of the great school of engravers that 
 flourished in Prance, Germany and Italy about the end of the hist century. 
 This eminent master was John George Wille, who was born at Konigs 
 berg in 1717, but establishing himself in Paris, he devoted his long life of 
 ninety-one years to the art in which he so greatly excelled. Ilis neat and 
 careful style was well adapted to pictures of the school of Gerard Dow, as 
 well as to elaborate portraits, and there is no engraver whose works are 
 more eagerly sought and more universally admired.”—" The Golden Age 
 of Enoraving.” 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 2370 “Abraham Receiving Hagar,” after Dietrich. 
 Fine impression, but lacks margin. 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 \lo 2371 “Jean Baptiste Masse,’’ after Tocque. 
 
 1 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 JFd 2 37 2 “The Good Woman of Normandy,” after P. A. 
 * ® Wille. 
 
 Copy of Wille’s famous print. 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 , 2 - 0 2 373 “ Philippe I., King of France.” 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 ' fU 2374 “Thierry I., King of France.” 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 , lo 2 375 “Thierry II., King of France.” 
 
 ,(o 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 2376 “ Dagobert II., King of France.” 
 
 WILLE. 
 ,l 0 2377 
 
 . WILLE. 
 
 » '0 2378 
 
 . j 0 WILLE. 
 
 2 379 
 
 “Henry I., King of France.” 
 
 “ Hugh Capet, King of France.” 
 “ Lothaire, King of France.” 
 
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 475 
 
 YVILLE. 
 
 s l Q 2380 “Louis I. f King of France.” 
 WILLE. 
 
 f U 2381 “ Louis II., King of France.” 
 WILLE. 
 
 2382 “ Louis VI., King of France.” 
 WILLE. 
 
 , I 0 2383 “ Charles III., King of France.” 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 r j 0 2384 “ Charles IV., King of France.” 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 , I 0 2385 “Childeric II., King of France.” 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 , / 0 2386 “Childeric III., King of France.” 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 , /o 2387 “Chilperic II., King of France.” 
 
 WILLE. 
 
 , | o 2388 “Clovis III., King of France.” 
 
 WORMS (Jules). 
 
 I / 2389 “ Every Age has its Pleasures.” 
 
 ' , ^ Original etching. Proof on India paper. 
 
 WOLGEMUTH (Michael, Born 1434 and Died 1519). 
 
 I IS 2390 “ Knight in Armor.” 
 
 Neatly framed. This curious old woodcut attributed to the father of 
 wood-engraving represents a knight in full armor, covered with a mantle, 
 with the collar of a noble order suspended from his neck; his hand rests on 
 a two-handed sword, and his armorial bearings, tinctured with the proper 
 heraldic colors, appear in the left-hand corner. 
 
 GtoYON (E.). 
 
 2391 “ A SMALL BRANCH OF THE MARNE.” 
 
 Original etching. Proof before letters on India paper. 
 
476 
 
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 “NAPOLEON AT THE BATTLE OF BORODINO, 
 SEPTEMBER 7th, 1812.” 
 
 A CURIOUS LARGE CONTEMPORARY WATER COLOR DRAWING IN INDIA INK 
 
 and sepia of this kamous battle, evidently drawn for the purpose of 
 engraving on copper, as the soldiers have their swords in their left hands, 
 and their muskets on their left shoulders. Napoleon is represented in the 
 distance surrounded by his staff. In the foreground a squadron of French 
 cavalry — the dashing Murat at their head, are charging the Russian in- 
 fantry. 
 
 ^ J 7) 2393 “THE HAPPY FIDDLER.” 
 
 ^ A clever and highly finished original water-color drawing of the German 
 
 school, about 1765, neatly framed in polished oak. 
 
 I400 2M1 
 
 I -g 2394 “THE BATHER AT THE SPRING.” 
 
 1 A spirited original water-color drawing (neatly framed) representing a 
 
 young girl, perfectly nude, just emerged from the water, and about to 
 drink from a spring which trickles above her head. 
 
 Q q 2 395 “ A VOTARY OF BACCHUS.” 
 
 1 Finely colored, in neat oak frame. 
 
 lo 2 ^* “ 0N THE BANKS OF THE SEINE, PARIS,” etching 
 
 1 / by Jacque. 
 
 y p 2396 BACCHANTE. “ Nude Female Figure Asleep.” 
 
 / Proof on Japan paper. 
 
 r 
 
 J~3 2 397 VAN MARCKE. “ Landscape with Cattle,” after. 
 
 Proof #n Japan paper. 
 
 2397* “WHERE’S THE FIELD?” 
 
 Fine sporting subject, Fox Hunting, engraved by M. Hunter, and in 
 antique oak and bronze frame. 
 
 JvJT) 
 
 2398 “THE KISSES,” engraved.by F. Flipart. (2 pieces.) 
 A pair of exquisite eighteenth century engravings, neatly framed. 
 
 j-q 2399 “ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST.” 
 
 A very curious Greco-Russian engraving printed on linen, represent- 
 ing incidents in the life of St. John and other saints of the Greek Church. 
 The centre of the picture represents the saint as a gray-bearded old man, accord- 
 ing to the manner in which he is depicted in Oriental art. He is standing on 
 the Isle of Patmos, and holds a scroll in his hand. The Virgin in glory is in 
 the clouds at the right. The lower portion of the engraving represents a tur- 
 reted city, and a number of religious buildings, Russian horsemen, camels, etc. 
 The sides of the picture are in eight compartments, which depict incidents in 
 the lives of the saints. 
 
THE PENE DU 80 IS COLLECTION 
 
 477 
 
 indent cfclootUuts. 
 
 )0oo 
 
 2400 “THE BAPTISM OF JESUS CHRIST.” 
 
 Master L. F. Bartsch, 96. A curious production, 38 x to^, containing por- 
 traits of Luther, Melancthon and other celebrated contemporaries of the artist. 
 
 J 7 ) 24 oi “THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE 
 VINEYARD.” 
 
 By an unknown Master. Very curious, as illustrating art in Germany at the 
 Durer period. The architecture is Grecian, representing the court-yard of the 
 mansion of the noble master of the vineyard, who is paying off his laborers, 
 and replying to the remonstrance of the discontented one, “Friend, did not I 
 agree with thee for a penny ?” 
 
 / J7) 2402 “CITY OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, 1570.” 
 
 By an unknown artist of the date, with a Key to the principal buildings of 
 the city, in old German text. 
 
 ( 7 ) 2403 “THE TOWN OF PRESSBUBG ASSAULTED BY 
 • THE TURKS.” 
 
 .in 
 
 A very rude woodcut, interesting as a specimen of one of the earliest known 
 engravings on wood. 
 
 2404 “ LOT FLEEING FROM SODOM.” 
 
 Lot, an old bald-headed man, is in the foreground under the protecting wing 
 of an angel, his two daughters are following, laden with household goods, 
 accompanied by another angel. In the far distance is Lot’s wife turned into a 
 pillar of salt, and at the back is the doomed city, in flames, with the fire from 
 heaven still descending. In the right-hand ci rner of the engraving Lot is rep- 
 resented seated, a daughter on each side, rapidly consuming the wine they had 
 brought along. 
 
 2405 “ DANCE AT THE F£TE OF THE VILLAGE OF 
 
 MEGELDORF.” (16) 
 
 A frieze in six divisions representing the villagers enjoying themselves. Some 
 are on their way to the feast. Others are drinking. One is drunk. Some are 
 soliciting their partners for the dance. Two arc playing the bagpipe and horn, 
 and many are dancing. 
 
 2406 “THE MEN CAGED BY THE WOMEN.” 
 
 Many men in fool's-caps are imprisoned in a large cage. An old woman is 
 teaching them music at the front, while a younger woman has charge of the door 
 at the back. In the distance an old woman with a wheelbarrow is bringing 
 another man, also in a zany’s cap, to add to those already in the cage. At the 
 right of the print is a group of men engaged in lamenting that this is eventually 
 to be their fate also. 
 
 ^2407 “THE THREE AGES.” 
 
 A father is introducing his young son, who is riding a hobby-horse, to his 
 grandsire, a very old man, who is seated at a table, with his money, desk, and 
 writing materials before him. 
 
 / 240S GROLIER (Jean). Fac-similes of bindings belonging 
 
 to Jean Grolier, with his arms and crest illuminated 
 in the proper heraldic colors; Fac-simile of a deed 
 with Grolier’s signature, etc. (6 pieces; 
 
478 
 
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 ,^2409 “ROGER PAYNE,” the celebrated Bookbinder. 
 
 Copy of the large plate of this portrait. 
 
 A 6/ 2 4 o 9 * “T. F. DIBDIN”; “ W. C. BRYANT,” etc. Portraits. 
 “ (6 pieces) 
 
 J Q 0 2410 ASCHAM, ASHMOLE, GRANGER, and LOWNDES. 
 ' * Portraits. (4 pieces) 
 
 Illy 2411 BYRON, HUME, MILTON, DRYDEN, SHAKES- 
 ' ^ PEARE, JOHNSON. SCOTT, DEFOE, GIBBON, 
 
 POPE, CHAUCER, SPENSER, BEN JONSON, etc. 
 Portraits. (28 pieces) 
 
 * 2412 “MARGUERITE OF NAVARRE.” 
 
 ' Proof on India paper, printed in crayon sanguine (genre Boucher) 
 
 and from a contemporary painting. 
 
 J ^ 2 413 “FRANCIS RABELAIS.” 
 
 Fac-simile of a rare contemporary portrait. Proof on India paper. 
 
 3 / 2414 ROUSSEAU, LE SAGE, FENELON, MONTESQUIEU, 
 , ot) PHILIDOR, RONSARD, etc. French Literary Por- 
 traits. (17 pieces.) 
 
 iL 2415 FENELON, LA FONTAINE; MOLIERE, LE SAGE, 
 DESCARTES, RACINE, VOLTAIRE, ete. French 
 Literary Portraits. (11 pieces.) 
 
 n 2416 VOLTAIRE, MONNIER, FLORIAC, etc. Portraits of 
 
 ™ French Authors, and all proofs on India paper. (4 pieces ) 
 
 ^^2417 “THE NUDE IN ART.” (25 pieces.) 
 
 < Subjects after Giordano, Raphael, Poussin. Correggio, Michael Angelo, Rubens, 
 
 Titian, Guido, Vandyck, Barbieri, Albano, etc., all illustrating "the Nude in 
 Art.” 
 
 \ 
 
 j7) 24 
 
 18 OLD MASTERS. “ Hannibal,” after Rembrandt; “Pan 
 and Syrinx,” after Martin deVos; “ Charge of Cavalry,” 
 after Bourguignon; “ The Watering-Place,” after Miel; 
 “The Four Ages,” after Valentin. (5 pieces.) 
 
 £^2419 “A MONK,” after GUIDO; “The Flaying of Marsyas,” 
 Rivera; “Jewish Heads,” Denon ; “Lydia”; “Land- 
 scape witli Cows ” (original pencil drawing), Vignettes, 
 etc., some proofs. (io pieces.) 
 
 jL^42o CORTONE. “Four Muses — Clio, Polymnia, Calliope and 
 Euterpe,” engraved byGoDEFROY, Masquelier, etc., after 
 PlETRA DE CORTONE. 
 
 (?J 2421 “MARKET DAY”; “ Menia Bridge”; “Fishing Boat 
 Ashore.” Original etchings. (3 pieces.) 
 
 |U)2+22 FRENCH LITHOGRAPHS. Subjects after FROMEN- 
 T 1 N, HEBERT, COGNIET, FRERE, BARON, etc. 
 
 (8 pieces.) 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 479 
 
 22/2423 FRENCH LITHOGRAPHIC CARICATURES after 
 * Bellange, etc. (15 pieces.) 
 
 1 7 2424 SCARRON. Set of Illustrations to SCARRON’S 
 • “Comic Romance” engraved by B. AUDRAN, L. SUR- 
 
 UGUE and B. LEPICIE, after J. B. PATER. Folio. 
 
 (1 1 pieces.) 
 
 Fine 01, n original impressions. Very scarc e. 
 
 Scarrou’s “ Comic Romance ’’ is the most important and best of all the 
 humorous and familiar romances of the seventeenth century, and the 
 author's chef-d'oeuvre. In this history the adventures of a ■wandering troop 
 of comedians are recited. Strange types and characters abound in the 
 book. The witty little bourgeois Ragotin, the misanthropical Larencune 
 full of vanity and envy, the wicked laugher Rappinirie, the poet Roquebine, 
 full of pretention — not to say anything of the female characters of the 
 romance — present a lively picture of the times and manners of the period, 
 not to be found in the works of any other author. 
 
 Jean Baptiste Pater, the designer of the above rare series of prints, was 
 a French painter, born at Valenciennes in 1095. He went to Paris early in 
 life and became the pupil of Anthony Watteau, whose subjects and manner 
 he imitated with considerable success. In these pictures, however, he ex- 
 celled bis master in one respect — that of humor — a spirit which Watteau 
 never attempted. 
 
 ,2V 425 
 
 MARILLIER. Set of Four Illustrations to “ Guzman de 
 Alfarache, the Spanish Rogue,” after Marillier, etc. 
 
 (4 pieces.) 
 
 Fine old impression, neatly inlaid to large octavo. 
 
 ,2426 MOLIERE. Illustrations to MOLIERE, mostly Original 
 Etchings by LALAUZE. (8 pieces.) 
 
 L 1^2427 CHATEAUBRIAND. Set of Thirteen Illustrations to 
 CHATEAUBRIAND, after Tony and Alfred Joh a nnot, 
 etc. (13 pieces.) 
 
 Fine old impression. 
 
 2^2428 VOLTAIRE. Set of Thirteen Illustrations to Voltaire’s 
 Dramas, engraved by Lefevre, Chollet, Le Bas, etc., 
 after Desenne. (13 pieces.) 
 
 Fine old impressions. 
 
 (>2429 “PAUL AND VIRGINIA.” Illustrations to, engraved 
 by DUPONT and SIXDERIERS, after DESENNE. 
 
 (2 pieces.) 
 
 Engraver’s proofs before letters, on India paper, 
 a 2430 SHAKESPEARE. — BOYDELL’S Large Plates Illus- 
 
 ‘ ( V TRATING “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA ”; “ TWO GENTLEMEN 
 
 of Verona,” and “Winter’s Tale.” Engraved by 
 FITTLER and SCHIAVONETTI, after ANGELICA 
 KAUFFMANN and WHEATLEY. (3 pieces.) 
 
480 
 
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 ,ftJ 434 
 
 I 0 0 2 435 
 . i 0 2 436 
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 n JJ'2438 
 ,302439 
 ,/f 2440 
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 / 602444 
 
 . 51 2445 
 
 ROUSSEAU. Set of Illustrations to J. J. ROUS- 
 SEAU’S Life and Novels, engraved by LEFEVRE, 
 BLANCHARD, etc., after I 3 EVERIA, TONY and 
 ALFRED JOHANNOT. Fine old impressions. 
 
 (21 pieces.) 
 
 “ SATYRE MENI PPEE.” Set of Three Illustrations to 
 this curious work, engraved by TONY JOHANNOT. 
 KONIG and LEFEVRE, after DEVER 1 A. Proofs on 
 INDIA PAPER. (3 pieces.) 
 
 WOODCUTS, MOSTLY FRENCH, HAND PROOFS 
 on INDIA PAPER, some before the blocks were 
 finished, etc. (98 pieces.) 
 
 A rare lot. very useful for illustrating any work on the fine arts. 
 
 “PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.” An Allegorical 
 Subject. 
 
 Very fine large photograph, mounted. 
 
 “THE BURGOMASTER,” after Adrian Ostade. Fine 
 line engraving (slightly injured). 
 
 “ FREDERICK THE GREAT.” Portrait. After Chod- 
 owiecki. Rare. 
 
 “ AMABLE JULIEN DU BOIS.” Two portraits of 
 this celebrated Statesman and Physician. One on India 
 paper. (2 pieces.) 
 
 “MISS SYDNEY, of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.” 
 Portrait. Proof on India paper. 
 
 SHAKESPEARE, SARAH BERNHARDT, MOZART, 
 and JULIA GRISI. Portraits (6 pieces.) 
 
 MURGER, MERY, and DELVAN, all proofs on India 
 paper. 
 
 LORD CLIVE, Nelson, Rodney, Drake, Blake, Cook, 
 etc. Portraits. (7 pieces.) 
 
 BOLINGBROKE, Marlborough, Walpole, Burke, 
 Pitt, Strafford, Hampden, Chatham, Fox, etc. Por- 
 traits. (10 pieces.) 
 
 ERSKINE, Bacon, Mansfield, Coke, Clarendon, 
 Hale, Camden, More, etc. Portraits. (10 pieces.) 
 
 SIR H. DAVY, Jenner, Harvey, Ray, Hunter, Her- 
 scheli., Sydenham, etc. Portraits. (16 pieces.) 
 
 PRIESTLEY, Wesley, Barrow, Knox, Wiclif, Wol- 
 sf.y, Calvin, Cranmer, Luther, Jeremy Taylor, etc. 
 Portraits. (11 pieces.) 
 
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 / f (? 457 
 
 WASHINGTON, Jefferson, Franklin and Pf.nn. 
 Portraits (4 pieces.) 
 
 REYNOLDS, HOGARTH, FLAXMAN, RUBENS and 
 WREN. Portraits. (5 pieces.) 
 
 NAPOLEON, CROMWELL, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, 
 etc. Portraits. (6 pieces.) 
 
 FRENCH KINGS, engraved by Dupuis, Duchange, 
 Aveline, Fessard, etc. Portraits. (42 pieces.) 
 
 PORTRAITS. French Royal Personages. Some 
 proofs on India. (19 pieces.) 
 
 NAPOLEON’S Generals — Soult, Berthier, Murat, 
 Ney, Lasalle, Suchet, ere. Portraits. (24 pieces.) 
 
 PORTRAITS; Illustrating the French Revolution. 
 
 (13 pieces.) 
 
 DUNOIS, TALLEYRAND, COLBERT, RICHELIEU, 
 DUC DE BOURGOGNE, etc. Portraits. Some fine 
 and scarce. (7 pieces.) 
 
 MIRABEAU, Foy, Barrot, Lafitte, Berryer, Danton, 
 Constant. Portraits of French Orators. All Proofs 
 on India paper, being before letters. (19 pieces.) 
 
 BEAUHARNAIS, LAMETH, ROBESPIERRE, 
 LAFAYETTE, SIEYES, etc. Portraits. (18 pieces.) 
 
 MIRABEAU, CARNOT, DANTON, ROBESPIERRE, 
 SIEYES, etc. Portraits. (7 pieces.) 
 
 PORTRAITS, illustrating French History and Literature. 
 
 (93 pieces.) 
 
482 
 
 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 
 
 X. ©nfijos 
 
 AND 
 
 f^ilrrani ffmmititvc. 
 
 “ Les Arts, s’appelent les beaux arts parce que leur objet est de produire 
 l’emotion du Beau sans egard aucun pour l'utilite ni du spectateur ni de l’artiste. 
 I Is s’appelent encore les arts liberaux parce que ce sont des arts d'hotnmes libres 
 et non d’esclaves, qui affranchissent lame, charmcnt et ennoblissent l’existence; 
 de la sens et l’origine de ces expressions de l’antiquite; ‘ artes liberales, artes 
 ingenuoe.’ ” — Cousin. 
 
 f J7) 2 458 
 
 ROYAL DRESDEN PAINTED PORCELAIN 
 PLAQUE, after PHILIP WOUVERMANN. 
 
 This handsome porcelain plaque measures fourteen and a half inches in 
 diameter. It is of royal Dresden production and has on the reverse the mono- 
 gram “ A. R.” in blue below the line “ nach Wouvermann ” in gold. 
 
 The monogram “A. R.” signifying “ Augustus Rex,” shows that it came 
 from and was painted at the Royal Manufactory of Meissen in Saxony for 
 Augustus the First, King of Poland, 1709-12. 
 
 The centre of the plaque is after a painting of Wouvermann. the most popu- 
 lar of all the Dutch landscape painters. It represents a hunting party setting 
 out and corroborating the statement that the celebrated artist never painted a 
 picture without introducing a white or a gray horse. There is a two-inch 
 border of flowers and vases in colors, heightened with gold. 
 
 SEVRES CHINA SALAD DISH formerly belonging 
 to NAPOLEON THE THIRD. 
 
 This salad bowl, which measures eleven and a quarter inches in diameter and 
 four inches in height, came from the Palace of St. Cloud. It is of white porce- 
 lain, with ivy leaf decoration and gold lines, also the letter “ N ” and imperial 
 crown of the late Emperor Napoleon on two sides. The following are the 
 marks — i, ‘‘S. 4b” in green label; 2, “Series 1846,” royal crown and initials 
 “ I, . P.” all within double circle and in blue; 3. an imperial crown, below which 
 arc the words “ Chateau de St. Cloud " within a dentelle circle and in orange. 
 
THE PENE DU BO IS COLLECTION. 
 
 483 
 
 2460 SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATE 
 
 RIES AND THE PROPERTY OF 
 
 THIRD. 
 
 FROM THE TUILE- 
 
 NAPOLEON THE 
 
 This example measures nine inches and a half in diameter. It is of purple, 
 white and gold. In the centre are the imperial arms of Napoleon, with crown, 
 sceptres, ermine mantling and Legion of Honor cross and collar. The border 
 an inch and a half in width is of imperial purple with broad gold fillets and the 
 monogram “ 1’. P.” denoting that it belonged to the “ Palais Prive ” and to the 
 personal dinner service of Napoleon the Third at the Tuilerics. There are also 
 eighteen gold imperial bees in the border. On the reverse is one of the impressed 
 Sevres marks of a late date. 
 
 2461 “NAPOLEON THE FIRST.” Bronze statuette on 
 
 MARBLE BASF.. 
 
 A three-inch replica of the statue of Napoleon, with the cocked hat and 
 overcoat of “ the man in gray” — as it stood on the apex of the Vendoine 
 Column in Paris during the reign of King Louis Philippe and commemor- 
 ative of the inauguration. This was superseded during the last empire by 
 a different figure of Napoleon, with laurel wreath and toga. 
 
 r\ 2462 “NAPOLEON THE FIRST.” White marble cameo 
 
 /. PORTRAIT WITH LAUREL CROWN. 
 
 Beautiful executed medallion made out of the stone of the monolith 
 of Napoleon the First’s tomb in the Invalides at Paris, and given by the 
 sculptor of the sarcophagus to ihe grandfather of a friend of Mr. Pene du 
 Bois. It measures, with heavy bronze border, two and seventh-eighths 
 inches by two and five-eighths inches. 
 
 | 0 0 2463 “ FREDERICK THE GREAT.” 
 
 Metal statuette of the great Frederick, measuring with pedestal, two 
 and three quarter inches. 
 
 I VOo 2464 “JOHN GUTTENBERG, PATER TYPOGRAPHIC.” 
 
 An iron replica, measuring with pedestal eight and three eighth inches, 
 of the celebrated Thorwaldscn statue of the Inventor of Printing, 
 erected at his native city of Mentz, on the occasion of the four hundredth 
 anniversary of the discovery of typography. 
 
 There were only four hundred of these replicas made, and they were 
 subscribed for in advance by members of the “Commemorative Society.” 
 They were manufactured out of the iron of an old printing press, which 
 was traditionally asserted to have been that on which Guttenberg printed 
 his first book. 
 
 ^^-2465 “BOAR.” Japanese bronze. 
 
 I (000 2466 CLOCK AND PENDANTS, METAL BRONZE. 
 
 (3 pieces.) 
 
 Theophile Gautier describes this identical clock and pendants in “ Le Capitaine 
 Fracasse ” as ornaments of the mantel in the reception room of his hero’s dilapi- 
 dated castle, Sigognac. in whose coat of arms were two “cigognes” as sup- 
 porters. He saw them at a reception in the Chateau of the Kcrlosquet family, 
 Mr. Pene du Bois’ relatives, near Douarnenet in Brittany. Theophile Gautier, 
 who was born at Tarbes, was an intimate friend of the Pene family who owned 
 a mountain in the Pyrenees near l’Allemesan and derived their name from the 
 fact that they lived on the Summit — the Pena in Spanish — of it. 
 
484 
 
 THE PENE DU BOIS COLLECTION. 
 
 ^■>£,246 / “SIR WALTER SCOTT.” 
 
 A bronze relievo portrait plaque of French manufacture, sixteen inches by 
 twelve and five-eighths, in walnut frame. Uniform in size and design with the 
 following number. 
 
 JlEV 2468 
 
 “FREDERICK THE GREAT.” 
 
 Another bronze relievo portrait plaque in walnut frame. 
 
 CJD 2469 “AIGUIERE” or EWER OF COPPER WITH 
 1 BRASS HANDLE. 
 
 An early example of Italian repousse work of the Renaissance. It is deco- 
 rated with conventional floriation, nude and grotesque figures, etc. A serpent 
 and lion’s head form the handle. It is twelve and three-quarter inches high. 
 
 /I '0 0 2470 “THE RACQUET PLAYERS.” (A pair.) 
 
 A pair of original bronze figures, on brass pedestals, each eight and three- 
 quarter inches high, representing two “ Incroyables ” of the First French Revo- 
 lution, with racquets in their hands. 
 
 Ujl) 2471 “ANTIQUE GREEK VASE.” 
 
 < An Elkington oxydized copy of an antique in alto-relievo, with three nude 
 female figures and Cupid on each side. It has floriated decoration, ancient 
 heads, etc. Nine and three-eighths inches high. 
 
 2472 “SATYRS WITH NYMPH.” 
 
 , Erotic alto-relievo bronze of two satyrs, with naked nymph, who is riding on 
 
 the back of one, while the other kisses her. It is oval, measuring eight and 
 three-quarter inches by six and three-quarters, and is in a bronzed and plush 
 frame on easel stand. 
 
 vHH) 2 473 “THE BLIND BEGGARS.” 
 
 » A seventeenth century bronze alto-relievo, representing two old-time tramps 
 
 of the character that Callot chose as his favorite studies. This piece cost its 
 owner $55, and is an extremely rare example. 
 
 This heavy bronze measures five and a quarter inches by four and seven- 
 eighths. 
 
 2474 “JEAN QUI PLEURE” and 
 
 “JEAN QUI RIT.” 
 (A pair.) 
 
 Two bronze children’s heads of the above well-known subjects, sometimes 
 called — “Sunshine” and “Rain.” Height, with pedestal, three and five- 
 eighths inches. 
 
 <? 
 
 q 0 2475 “IRON PROCESSIONAL KEY.” 
 
 This curious object, which is over two feet high, some four hundred 
 years ago, was one of the signs of the guild of Locksmiths at Nuremberg. 
 It was carried in processions at the head of the members of the guild os au 
 object representative of their avocation. 
 
 The head of the key is floriated Gothic scroll-work wrought in hammered 
 iron and gilded. 
 
 I 0 \fb 2476 “ PHALLIC ivory.” 
 
 A Hindoo carved narwahl’s tusk covered with fourteen male and female 
 figures, mostly l’rinpic. The upper one of all is environed by a cobra da 
 capello, showing that the object was associated with serpent or Yishnavan 
 worship. 
 
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 2^477 “VENETIAN WEDDING CASKET.” 
 
 This casket made of pierced and engraved ivory lined with wood, lias the 
 date ** 1661 ” and the initials “A. G.” on one of the sides. On the front is 
 a shield of arms. 
 
 3 DO 2478 “GOBLET OF BROWN GLAZED POTTERY.” 
 
 This curious sixteenth century goblet depicts a tonsured monk holding a 
 naked woman under his robe. One arm lasciviously encircles her waist. This 
 piece, which is seven and a quarter inches high, was made by hand and before 
 moulds were used. It is an erotic satire upon the monks of the Middle Ages. 
 
 (0 00 2479 DURER (Albert). “Adam and Eve.” Painted Glass. 
 
 This circular transparent vitrail, ten inches in diameter, and of “ Adam and 
 Eve before the Fall,” was painted either by or after Alfred Durer, and it was so 
 catalogued and sold at the San Donato Palace sale. This interesting example 
 of glass transparency is painted on both sides, and cost its owner about one 
 hundred dollars at the dispersion of the treasures of Prince Demidoff. 
 
 [)C )0 2480 “ MEDIEVAL GLASS TRANSPARENCY.” 
 
 This mosaic glass painting is of English origin, and measures fourteen inches 
 square. The design is a tree with llowers, on one of the branches of which is 
 seated a purple bird. This is a very early specimen on pot-metal glass, which 
 has never yet been successfully imitated, and it doubtless was before the 
 Reformation in the window of some English ecclesiastical edifice. 
 
 UfO 2481 LIBRARY ARM CHAIR, Black Walnut, red morocco 
 • covered. 
 
 % 7^482 
 
 / 6 Jo 2483 
 Cjoo 2484 
 
 LIBRARY CHAIR, Black Walnut, red morocco covered 
 to match. 
 
 RED MOROCCO COVERED COUCH to match. 
 
 CARVED BLACK WALNUT LIBRARY TABLE, red 
 cloth top, one drawer, castors. 
 
 Cj 0 U 248 5 
 
 l \ 400 2486 
 
 rj ^487 
 I r.oo 2488 
 
 I iq o 2489 
 
 tjfo 2490 
 
 CARVED BLACK WALNUT LIBRARY TABLE, green 
 cloth top, one drawer, castors. 
 
 FIGURED RED RAW SILK RECEPTION ROOM 
 SUIT, ebonized, consisting of couch, four chairs, arm chair 
 and rocker. (7 pieces.) 
 
 SQUARE MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE, carved 
 legs, ball and brass claw feet. 
 
 BLACK AND BURR WALNUT BUFFET, French plate 
 glass mirror, two beveled plate-glass china cupboards, 
 five drawers (three with locks), brass mountings (six feet 
 nine inches high by five feet wide by one foot ten and a 
 half inches deep). 
 
 BLACK WALNUT SQUARE DINING-ROOM TABLE, 
 with nest of six leaves in case. 
 
 BLACK WALNUT Cane-Seated Dining-Room Chairs 
 
 (6 pieces.) 
 

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 7 /) / 7) 2491 HANDSOMELY CARVED BLACK AND BURR WAL- 
 ^ w NUT BOOK-CASE, with three glass lock doors, and 
 
 three drawers (eight feet two inches high by five feet wide). 
 
 ^Ov 2492 CARVED BLACK AND BURR WALNUT BOOK- 
 CASE, three glass lock doors and three drawers (five feet 
 six inches high by six feet wide). 
 
 CARVED BLACK WALNUT BOOK-CASE, with brass 
 mounts, two glass lock doors and two drawers (five feet six 
 inches high by four feet four inches inches wide). 
 
 BLACK AND BURR WALNUT OPEN BOOK-CASE, 
 with three paneled lock cupboards (seven feet six inches 
 high by five feet six inches wide). 
 
 EBONIZED OPEN PORTABLE BOOK-CASE (four 
 feet five inches high by two feet eight inches wide). 
 
 BLACK AND BURR WALNUT BOOK-CASE, with two 
 glass doors and two lock drawers (five feet eight inches 
 high by four feet eight inches wide). 
 
 Vo 00 2493 
 
 I if U(j 2494 
 
 I • 
 
 Tos 495 
 
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 lf % 0 0 2496 
 
PENE DV B01S 
 
 G(?or<fe Jl. ImviH f fo.> flvclionpprs, 
 
 787 mi 789 Bro&dwky, Npw York. 
 
 June, 1887. 
 
 Qataloi — priei? O9? Dollar. 
 
ORDER OF SALE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PENE 1)1 HOIS COLLECTION, 
 
 AT THE 
 
 JL KAT rrc ABT ga f i I . K U'.Y , 
 
 787-789 Broadway, New York City. 
 
 % BY 
 
 GEORGE A. LEAVITT & CO., 
 
 AUCTIONEERS. 
 
 Monday, June 13th, at 10 A. M. ‘ 
 I.ots 1 to 175. inclusive. 
 
 Monday, June 13th, at 2.30 P- M. 
 Lots 176 to 352, inclusive. 
 
 Tuesday, June 14th, at 10 A. M. I 
 Lots 353 to 522, inclusive. 
 
 - Tuesday, June 14th, at 2.30 P. M. | 
 Lots 523 to 693, inclusive. 
 
 - Wednesday, June 15th, at 10 A. M. 
 Lots 694 to 866, inclusive. . 
 
 Wednesday, June 15th, at 2.30 P. M. 
 Lots 867 to 1017. inclusive. 
 
 Thursday, June 16th, at 10 A. M. 
 Lots 1018 to 1170, inclusive. 
 
 - Thursday, June 16th, at 2 30 P. M. 
 Lots 1171 to 1321. inclusive. 
 
 Friday, June 17th. at 10 A. M. 
 
 Lots 1322 to 1508. inclusive. 
 
 Friday. June 17th, at 2.30 P. M. : 
 Lots 1509 to 1690. inclusive. 
 
 Saturday, June 18th, at 10 A. M. i 
 Lots 1691 to 1882. inclusive. 
 
 Twelfth Session, .... Monday, June 20th, at 10 A M. 
 Lots 1883 to 2085, inclusive. 
 
 Thirteenth Session. - - - Monday, June 20th, at 2.30 P. M. ; 
 
 Lots 2086 to 2285, inclusive. 
 
 Fourteenth Session, ... Tuesday, June 21st. at 2 30 P. M. 
 Lots 2286 to 2496 (the End). 
 
 First Session, 
 Second Session, • 
 Third Session, 
 Fourth Session, - 
 Fifth Session, 
 Sixth Session, 
 Seventh Session, 
 Eighth Session, 
 Ninth Session, - 
 Tenth Session, - 
 Eleventh Session, 
 
 0* F or “Conditions of Sale,” see the third page of this cover. 
 
 Orders to purchase executed free oi charge by the Auctioneers. 
 
 The Entire Pkne Dl’ Bois Collection will be on exhihition from 9.30 A. M. until 5.30 
 P. M., on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June Sth, 9th and 10th, 1SS7; and from 9.30 A.M. 
 to 2 P. M. on Saturday. June 11th. Admission by Card only. 
 
 The “ Bookmart ” Publishing Company, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will publish a Printed 
 Price I.ist of ihe Pkne Dc Bois Sale. Copies, price Fifty Cents, can be obtained of 
 the “Bookmart," or of George A. Leavitt and Co. 
 
CONDITIONS OF SALE. 
 
 1. The highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and, if any dispute 
 arise, between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall 
 be immediately put up again and re-sold. 
 
 2. The Purchasers to give their names and addresses, and to 
 pay down twenty-five per cent, on the dollar in part payment, or 
 the whole of the Purchase-money if required ; in default of 
 which the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediatey put up 
 again and re-sold. 
 
 3. The Lots to be taken away at the Buyer’s Expense and Risk 
 within twenty-four hours from the conclusion of the Sale, and the 
 remainder of the Purchase-money to be absolutely paid, or other- 
 wise settled for to the satisfaction of the Vendors, on or before 
 delivery; in default of which Messrs. Geo. A. Leavitt and Co. 
 will not hold themselves responsible, if the Lots be lost, stolen, 
 damaged, or destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of 
 the Purchaser. 
 
 4. The sale of any Book, Painting, Engraving, Print, Furni 
 ture, Works of Art, or any other article, is not to be set aside 
 on account of any error in the description. All articles are ex- 
 posed for Public Exhibition one or more days, and are sold just 
 as they are without recourse. All books are presumed to be 
 perfect unless otherwise expressed, and are collated as far as 
 practicable when catalogued; but the sale of any book or books 
 cannot be invalidated on account of any stained, foxed, torn, 
 mended, facsimile, written on, stamped, or short leaves of text 
 plates, maps or diagrams, or want of title frontispiece, table of 
 contents, index, or list of plates, or on account of the publica- 
 tion of any subsequent volume, supplement, appendix or plates. 
 All manuscripts and autographs, all magazines and reviews, all 
 books in lots, and all pamphlets in lots or volumes, all single 
 volumes or sets, will be sold with all their faults, imperfections 
 and errors of description. The sale of any illustrated book, lot 
 of prints or drawings is not to be set aside on account of any 
 error in the enumeration of the number of volumes or pieces, or 
 other errors of description. 
 
 5. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery and inconvenience in the 
 settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can, on any account, be re- 
 moved during the sale. 
 
 6. Upon failure of complying with the above conditions, the 
 money deposited in part payment shall be forfeited; all Lots 
 uncleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by Public 
 or Private sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale 
 shall be made good by the Defaulter at ’this sale, together with 
 all charges attending the same. This Condition is without 
 prejudice to the right of the Auctioneers to enforce the contract 
 made at-this sale, without such re-sale if they think fit. 
 
 GEORGE A. LEAVITT <fe CO. 
 
GEORGE A. LEAVITT AND CO. 
 
 Call attention to the EXCEPTIONAL FACILITIES 
 
 TO BE FOUND AT THEIR 
 
 OLD ESTABLISHED AUCTION HOUSE 
 
 IN DISPOSING OF 
 
 ALL KINDS OF VALUABLE PROPERTY, 
 
 IN THE 
 
 “WXXTZDIXT3- CF ESTATES, 
 
 AT THE 
 
 BE^VIll /IRW GjmiiKRY 
 
 AND 
 
 ^ BOOK a SALE a ROOMS, ^ 
 
 787 & 789 Broadway, 
 
 IS A HANDSOME GALLERY DEVOTED TO THE 
 
 EXHIBITION AND AUCTION SALE 
 
 OP 
 
 PAINTINGS STATUARY 
 
 AND OTHER 
 
 Mr W O R KS + OF TAR T, -> 
 
 SUCH AS 
 
 Bnc-a-brac, Antique and Modem Furniture, Ceramics , Oriental Tapestries and Carpets , etc. , etc. 
 
 VALUABLE LIBRARIES 
 
 OF 
 
 ANCIENT & MODERN BOOKS, 
 
 OF THE 
 
 RAREST AND MOST EXPENSIVE CHARACTER, 
 ETCHIN G-S and TC TST <3- EA AY I TT C3- S , 
 
 ittanusevipts ancl Autographs, 
 
 CAREFULLY CATALOGUED BY THE BEST EXPERT BIBLIOGRAPHERS. 
 
 The Dkiakiment of 
 
 A N C I K NT AND M O I ) E R N C O I N S, 
 
 MEDALS, POSTAGE STAMPS, ETC., 
 
 IS UNDE II THE CUAttoK UP 
 
 Mr. El). ritOSSAHI), tl»e well-known Numismatist ami A n t i<|ii>nian Expert, 
 
 " ho will Catalogue for Special Auction Sales, Consignments or Collections, large or small. 
 
 Auction Sales of FURNITURE and HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS 
 
 are undertaken at tlu? RESIDENCES OF OWNERS by 
 
 GEORGE A. LEAVITT AND CO., 787 and 789 Broadway, New York. 
 
 Dora las Tayloii, Hook. Law and ('niulostuc Printer, S') Nassau Street, comer Fulton. New York. 
 

 

 
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