If e* ("ii ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT MANUSCRIPTS, BINDINGS BOOKS, AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS INCLUDING THE MAGNIFICENT CALVILLO PONTIFICAL Written ajid Illiitninatcd in Spain (1365-1 370) |. PEARSON &> CO. 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON SAV.i ^ Telegraphic anil Cable Address; "Parabola, London" P3 } ^v NOTE. The Letter (C) at the end of the description indicates that the volume is from a recently acquired Collection and enclosed in a specially made morocco pull-off case. ADAMS (SAMUEL). Massachusetts Signer of the Declaration of Independence. HOLO- GRAPH LETTER. 3 pages, folio. Philadelphia, 1775. To Eldridge Gerry, and endorsed by him "Hon. Mr. S. Adams." An important Historical letter referring to the capture of the British colours at Fort Chamblee, also describing the Continental troops and the Militia of the different Colonies. "... I hope our Militia will always be prepared to aid the forces of the Con- tinental in this righteous opposition to tyranny. . . . It is always dangerous to the liber- ties of the people to have an .\rniy stationed among them, over which thev have no control. . . . History affords abundant instances of established Armies making themselves the masters of those countries which they were designed to protect. . . . .\fter all, virtue is the surest means of securing the public liberty. Freedom or slavery will prevail in a country according as the disposition and manners of the inhabitants under them fit for one or the other. . . . Yesterday the colors of the 7th (British) Regiment were pre- sented to the Congress. They were taken at Fort Chamblee. The garrison surrendered prisoners of war to Majt)r Brown of the Massachusetts forces. May heaven grant us further success," etc. /21 ADDISON (JOSEPH). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, i page, 4to. Dublin Castle. June 25, I70(). 11/7// f7co portraits, hound in broicn morocco. " 1 give' you many thanks for your last obliging letter, my Lord Lieutenant has made the Dean of Lismore and his son-in-law Chaplains, which I hope ma\- be for thdr service in time. I believe Mr. Denton, my Ld's secretary, will be going for England in a week's time with our Irish Bills," £"l8 iSs. A I / - J. PEARSON & CO. AINSWORTH (W. H.). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT DRAFT of his Novel "THE FLITCH OF BACON." Covering 83 pages, 4to. Red morocco. *,* This, the Original Holograph Draft (wliich comprises Part I\' and about a half of Part V), differs from the published version. Many of the pages have been re-written no less than three times, and page i no less than seven. £50 4 AINSWORTH (W. H.). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT DRAFT of his Novel "THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE." Covering 408 pages, 4to. Red morocco. * This, the Original Holograph Draft (which comprises about two-thirds of the com- pleted Work), differs from the published version. Some of the pages have been written by Ainsworth no less than three times. His concise biographical notes upon the chief Charac- ters of the time are included. £84 AINSWORTH (W.H.). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT DRAFT of his Novel "TOWER HILL." Covering 378 pages, 4to. Red morocco. *^* This, the Original Holograph Draft (which comprises about two-thirds of the com- pleted Work), differs from the published version. Some of the pages have been re-written by Ainsworth no less than four times — quite a number have been ^vritten twice. £84 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 3 6 AINSWORTH (W. H.). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT DRAFT of his Novel "CHETWYND CALVERLEY " Covering 398 pages, 4to. Red morocco. *^* This, the Original Holograph Draft (which comprises about three-fourths of the finished Work), differs from the published version. Some of the pages have been re-written by Ainsworth no less than three times— quite a number have been written twice. £84 7 ALCIATI (ANDREA). Famous Italian Author. HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED; I page, folio; addressed "To the most Liberal Man N.S." Asking permission to dedicate a little Work on the " Clouds" of Aristophanes. *^,* " Accordingly as I have talked of the chief men of Gaul with the most distinguished Senator, Jacob Minutio, and he has recalled man\' to me; you in our judgment appear so to e.xcel that there is no one I admire more. Other men are celebrated and distinguished for other virtues, you alone appear by right to combine them all; to the arts you have restored a high nobility widely known, joined to the greatest gifts of mind and fortune, and of human munificence. How then may I testify to this my regard for you ? As I have long pondered I lia\-e now decided to dedicate to your name one of my studies to which I have returned, 1 liave made a little exposition of the 'Clouds,' the old story of Aristophanes, which I had condemned to perpetual darkness, and, like an exile, have permitted to return, which you, I think, will not disdain to protect with your approval, unless you find it un- worthy so great a patron. Farewell." — Translation. *,* Alciati's '' Livre des Emblemes" was one of the most popular books issued in the Sixteenth century. There is no autograph of Alciati's in the British Museum. 8 ANNE (QUEEN). HER ROYAL SIGN-MANUAL "ANNER." and "A.R." to the Original Instructions given to James, Duke of Ormonde, on his Appoint- ment as Governor-General of Ireland. Dated 26 March 1703. With the Royal Seal and Silk. 14 pages, folio. *,* An important Historical document, extending to fourteen foho pages. James, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, was appointed to the Government of Ireland in 1703 in place of his father-in-law. Lord Rochester, the Queen s uncle, who had wrathfully resigned. • £25 A J. PEARSON & CO. 9 ARETINO (PIKTRO). The '•Divine Aretino." HOLOCRAl^H L1-:TTER, SIGNED. 1 page, folio. Venice, 6 Jan. 1556. To Dun Ferrante (ionzaga (Duke ofMolfetta). "Since you with wise judgment and righteous intention frequently accord grace to humble supplicants, I have no doubt that I shall succeed in obtaining the pardon for which I now venture to ask you. . . It cannot be denied that Gian Tcjinaso da 1' Isola di Doara (condemned to work on a galley for having carried grains hither from Cremona) has deserved not only to ply the oar with his hand, but also to have a noose slung round his neck, if there were no extenuating circumstances to plead in his favour, and he had not been impelled to commit the misdeed by his desire to alleviate in some measure the misery of his starving family. . . . Foi more than a year the poor outcast has been buried in a prison — a sufficiently severe punisiiment for his offence. It is not the imprisonment, however, that bears him down ; it is the thought of his helpless and starving family that preys upon and consumes his heart. . . . I venture, therefore, to beseech Your E.xcellency to convert justice into mercy, by granting liberty to the poor wretch, and Fame will then add another of your humane actions to the records of the many heroic achie\ements that distinguish you as an admirable commander, assuring you that my gratitude to you will W as profound as if your pardon had been accorded to myself." — Condensed translation. *»* A splendid and very late Letter written one year previous to his death. It is signed in full. 10 BAULDRY (M.). Manuale sacrarum caeremoniarum, Juxta Ritum S. Romanae Ecclesiae. In quo omnia quae ad usum onnnium Cathedralium, Collegiatarum, Parochialium, Secularium, cS: Regularium Ecclesiarum pertinent, accuratissime tractantiir. Authore Michaele Rauldry, Quondam Latiniacensis, &c. Small _ito. P. Halleonius, Venice, 1673. *»* The Dedication copy to Jero.mmo P.ro.\co.MPAGNO, Cardinal .Archbishop of Bologna. The present beautiful copy was specially bound for presentation by the Author to him. It is in Venetian red morocco, and covered with gold tooling. An outer framework surrounds each cover, formed by three rolls of conventional design. Within this is another frame also formed by three ornamental rolls, the centre one with a series of formal flowers. The enclosed panel is filled at top and bottom with a curious decoration of curved and formal tools, and in the centre, on a shield with a decorated frame, are the arms of the Cardinal, "Gules, a dragon issuant from the base, winged or." Above is the Cardinal's hat with the six tasselled strings depending from it on either side of the shield. The back I I . Baxter 12. Bible 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. is fullv gilt. French influence can easily be traced in the decoration of this binding — e.g., in the use of finely engraved rolls and small tools on the side in place of the ordinary broad masses and heavier gilding of Italian work. .Again, the pointille tools used on the back are directly inspired by the bindings of Le Gascon, and are ver\' rarely found in Italian work. /"60 II BAXTER (RICHAKD). A Treatise of self-denial. Small 4to. Robert White for Nevill Simmons, London. 1660 *^* In a very choice Mosaic binding of the Restoration period. It is of black morocco, and round the sides runs a \'ery elaborate border made up of ornamental tools separated by flowers. Within this is a large panel containing four comer-pieces of white morocco and a centre-piece of red morocco, all of irregular outline, and entirely covered with intricate curved gold tooling. In the intervening space are gilt spangles and acorns. The panels of the back have each an oval centre-piece of coloured leather stamped with a rose and surrounded with gilt ornaments, acorns and tulips. The boards are lined with marbled paper, and the edges of the leaves are gilt. This beautiful copy has also been ruled throughout with red lines, and was probably espiecially prepared for Presentation to one of the Author's patrons, (c) ,£80 12 BIBLE (THE). 2 volumes. 8vo. London, Company of Stationers, 1648. *»* In a rich and beautiful binding ascribed to S.'^muel Browne. The binding of the present volumes is of black morocco, having a panel on either side formed by a plain two- line fillet. The centre and corner-pieces occupy almost all the inside space, and the orna- ment is formed by delicate dotted spiral tools enclosing roses. The exterior of the panel has a rich border of formal tooling with daisies. .\t the edge of the boards is another richly- tocjled border. The back is fully gilt in compartments. During the reign of Charles I the French influence on English bookbinding became very marked, both in the tools themselves and in the method of applying them. The favourite style of earlier Reigns had been a panel with solid centre and corner-pieces, and while the idea of large centre- and corner-pieces was at first retained thev were built up of small delicate tools. .\ note at the commencement ascribes the binding to Samuel Browne, a well-known RoyaHst printer and bookseller, who printed many Editions of the Royalist publication Eikon Basilike. This Bible is fairly well printed in a very small type, and is more free from misprints than is usual in English Bibles of the period.* // appears to be an extremdy rare Edition : it IS not mentioned by Lowndes. Lea Wilson, Cotton, and other authorities, nor nas there a copy, in the Caxton (Bible) Exhibition. The volumes have been extra-illustrated with a large number of copper-plate engravings taken from various series of Biblical illustrations. (c) /lOO e> J. PEARSON & CO. BIBLE (THE). 8vo. London, John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1676-79. *,* The MOSAIC binding is a very fine example of Stuart work of an unusual class. It is most probably by Norr. The sides are completely covered witii separate tools combined into a geometrical design, and the very rich appearance is enhanced by a skilful use of colour. Tlie binding itself is of dark red or claret morocco, but the hcillow ornaments liave been tilled with black and a yellowish grey. The tool most frequentl}' used is crescent-shaped with curved-in ends, and is very typical of this binder and his School. There are also several tulip tools, the open flower or large buds. The panels of the back are richly tooled with formal ornament, with black or silver spaces. Pi'pys wrote, under 12 March 1669 : "He carried me to Nott's, the famous bookbinder that bound for my Lord Chancellor's Library : and here I did take occasion for curiosity to bespeak a book to be bound, only that I might have one of his binding." Now, in the Pepys Collection, usually in plain bindings, there are one or two in thi' st\-lc of tlie present \'olume. (C) _ £80 BIBLE (THE). 2 vols. iSmo. London and Edinburgh, 1698-9. *:,,* These two littU \ nlumes, in wonderful preservation , are remarkably fine examples of Scottish binding of the late Stuart period. In the centre of the sides is the usual circular wheel-like ornament, with radiating lines, and a double-lined scalloped edge, the space between the lines powdered with gold dots. .Above and below separate tools are built up in the form of a square, from whose edges the large corner-pieces spring and above which is a triangular ornament. Other tools fill up vacant spaces so that the whole side is covered with tooling. The backs are fulh^ gilt. The striking point about these Scottish bindini^s is the excellence and beautiful colour of the dark green morocco and the brightness of the gilding. It is curious also that the very marked style ne\er spread out of Scotland and in no way affected English work. (c) £50 BIBLE. 1.5 THE / HOL^' BIBLE, / coalaining / The Old Testament / and / The New : / translated out of / The Original Tongues : / and with the / Former Translations / Diligently 'compared and revised. / By His Majesty's special Command. ' Appointed to be read in Churches. / London : / Published for John Reeves, Esq. / One of the Patentees of the Office of / King's Printer. / Sold by George and \\'illiam Nico), Booksellers / to His Majesty, Pall Mall. ,' 1802. 5 P. w"!!, ■I g-.SE ii; S^S &? g E X! 5i '! „ K c E n 2 ^'S Eo 3'3'Sr 'Sri S g, 5 fi a|^ ii„e^ III g'i"' 5 5, 3 'i» = 1:5^ o w rt i; r c g ^2 •3 SJ *> to 3e )r^ at 7: ^^ /'^ u = c j^ ^ X _o u F n a.j:> ^5 E 5itoi (B Ss'Sro 3 p jO ,3 tJ * ;; '5 o .S gtb^o g ** k u o V /> « 3 n -r " S g '3 « US"*-? '5iHt£ O 01 • |«S a§ S 3 , - «>S CL a o g t B)3^ rO -O C .|i.§ 2 » 5^B e i E 1 a» p n : »-E 2 a 2 SiE o-fi-x- « • C c"jii:6*r:n'^3poio E 2-3 " S-S.c-s g-£ s e <5 e » a-iE S'£JfS=EUo 2E"S't: = ".^-i^'S =iE ES ^ W Cfl 1 -r- Ci c c: » iS .T- *^ o ^ 2rS"8 S-2'H o o s* o S 3 E'8 £ .2 S o ■E E ; ISP « 3 w B =« - o o B 8 = •E.E S ll ta i. re — 3 Cl-E 5 ^i S 5 32 fi,E E a.51: s c Je O — .. t^ ,tJ li; -«-■ Ci. -3 Co ,_ aic= 7?^,= cn 10 E ci :: m t;'2 3 t:t5.-='B3 BpB S-E Svc'aS r 3 S^io.^ rs'gii'Eiii^ii "E^i ot 5 3 " £! ? i St-»|-&2i.9-5E| 2 e ,i £'1' 2 S "B » >3 5 o. S,'|g-2E|i§JS5,i| I i :> 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 9 vols. 4to. Magnificently bound in dark blue morocco, by ' Charles Lewis, the Royal binder. *»* I'KiNTKD ON Vellum. Uniquk. These nine volumes constitute what is certainly not only one of the most important copies of the Bible in existence, but also one of the most splendid books printed on Vellum. The present copy was commissioned by George III. The binding, by Charles Lewis, is magnificent, being gilt with a panel frame on the sides and a heavily gilt back and inside bdrders. At the period Lewis was considered the finest binder in England. In 1825 Dibdin wrote oi' this copy or thk Biblh : "At tlie present moment this mem- branaceous treasure, superbly bound in dark blue morocco with joints, borders of gold, etc., by C. Lewis, in nine quarto volumes, reposes upon the shelves of Messrs. Pavne and Foss." It appears to have been sold in the same year, for a note in Volume i runs : "This copy of Reeves Bible in nine volumes is the only one that was struck off on vellum, purchased of Messrs. Payne & Foss, 1825. H. P. Springfield." * The cost to George III of the nine volumes and the Lewis binding was probably £400-500. £300 16 BIBLIA LATINA. Cum summariis et concordantiis Menardi Monachi. Ulmis ; per Johanncm Xainer. Folio. Blue morocco. 29 January 1480. *,* This superb Bible, printed at the First press established at Ulm, is the only Edition of the Holy Scriptures which was printed at I'lm during the Fifteenth century. It is also the Editi(j Princeps of the Latin Bible with Suminarica. The Summaries are much more at length in the New than in the Old Testament, but in no case do they appear to have been exactly followed in subsequent Editions. In the 13th and 14th Chapters of Maccabees they appear to have been accidentally omitted — an error not discovered until the sheet was worked off and the type distributed, for they were subsequently added at the bottom of the page, which is thus made larger than any other in the volume. This Edition is e.xcessivelv r.\ri£. It is noticed by Maittaire, Masch, and Bauer, but it is not generally known to Biblio- graphers. Indeed, Lord Spencer could never obtain a copy for his matchless collection of Latin Bibles. There was no copy in the Great Caxton Exhibition of Bibles (1878), neither was it in Lord Crawford's nor Lord .Xshburnam's Bible c a iiin' (dps n\ tin- lirst Edition of "White Wings." 3 vols., 8vo, lnxtt, 1880. £125 18 BOCCACCIO. TH1-: MODELL OF WIT, Mirth. Eloquence, and Conversation. Framed in Ten Da\es, of an hundred curious Pieces, by se\-en Honour- able Ladies, and three noble Gentlemen. Preserved to Posterit}- by the Renowned John Boccacio, the first Refiner of Italian prose : and now translated into English. 1625. THE DECAMERON containin.'^ an hundred pleasant Novels wittily discoursed, . . . The last Five Dayes. 1620. Printed by Isaac laggard, for Mathcw Lownes, 1620, 1625. Illustrated borders round the Title-page, and numerous wood- engravings throughout the text. Small folio. Red morocco by Francis Bedford. *„,* The 1-ikst Complete English Tr.axsl.mion of the Decameron. The Translator is unknown. .\n e.\cessi\-cly rare book when perfect. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER (GREEK). 8vo. John Field, Cambridge, 1665. *^* In a very remarkable Stuart binding of black morocco decorated in a most unusual manner. Vp and across the sides run two broad bands of fine line work, while others run diagon- ally forming diamond shaped panels. Upon these bands and in most of the intervening spaces formal sprays of leaves and flowers are delicately tooled in blind. The dull effect which might be expected from the employment of so much blind tooling upon black leather has been most successfully avoided by the judicious use of some gilt ornament. .\11 the bands are edged with a fine dotted gilt fillet, while here and there are tulip flowers in dotted outline, and at the corners and in the centres a gilt quatrefoil. The panels of the back are ornamented with fine line work and blind tocjiing, rcHe\ed by gilt quatrefoils and rosettes. The boards are lined with marbled paper, and the edges of the leaves are gilt. 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. Tliis typo of Binding, and .siK-cially the use of the bands of fine line work, appear to tx- peculiar to Cambridge. It is only found on Cambridge books. \ Cambridge Bible of i()74 specially bound for presentation to Charles II has these bands, and a \ariet\- of blind tooled ornament relieved occasionallv with gold. 20 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. Engraved frontispiece and portraits of William and Mary. Small folio. London, John Bill, T. Neircnmh, H. Hills, 1680. *»* This copy was bound for the Royal Chapel of \\iLLi.\M \SD M.ARV, is in red morocco, and the sides are ornamented with a double panel. The frame of the outer is formed by a three-line gilt fillet, and from the top and bottom and the centre of either side extends a triangular mass of ornament, outlined with the curved-end crescent tool and filled with spirals of conventional foliage and flowers. The inner panel is formed by a double-line lillet edged with a fioral roll. Diagonal lines at the corners join the frames of the two panels. .\t the corners of the outer panel is a small ornament surmounted by the crowned mono- gram of W'li.i i.\M .\XD M.ARV. The panels of the back are fully gilt and contain a smaller crowned monogram. Inserted at the beginnim; is an interesting Inoadside Proclamation dated May 1702, and printed by the Royal Printer, Charles Bill, ordering an alteration in the prayers for the Royal Family, "after these words Catherine, Queen Dowager, insert these words the Princess Sophia." TItis Broadside is not in Lord Crawford's Catalogue. 21 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. Small folio. Oxford, 1701. *^* Gi-:oRGE Is I'k.whr Book. Bound circa 1714. The binding of this \olume is a beautiful specimen of late Stuart or early Georgian work in bluish-green morocco. The main design is a double panel, the inner formed by a roll tool, the outer by a lillet. the two being joined at the corners. In tlie centre of the four sides of the outer ])anel a large triangular de\-ice of gilt ornament is built up from small tools, and at each corner is the Royal monogram and Crown. In addition to this, the background has been elaborately decorated with blind tooUng, sprays of foliage, rosettes, and formal rolls, which heightens the effect of the gold and gives the whole side a very rich appearance. The ])anels of the back are gilt and contain the Royal monogram and Crown. In the centre of each cover is stamped the Royal Arms within the Garter and with supporters, crest, and motto. Hitherto the fourth c(uarter of the amis had b^en the same as the first, but George substituted for it his own arms, Brunswick impaling Luneberg, with Sa.vonv in tlu- base piiint, and o\-er all an escutcheon charged with the crown of Charlemagne. /80 lo J. PEARSON & CO. 22 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER and Administration of the Sacraments and utlier Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the Use of the Church of England. Large 8vo. London, 1717. *»* This is probably the finest copy extant of " Sliirl's " Prayer Book. It is printed on the Largest paper, and is in a superb Contemporary red morocco binding. The main design on the sides is a triple panel and each of the thiet frames is built up with a skilful combination of a number of very small tools. In the centre of the inner panels is a tree with flowers, all the other tools bcinj; en suite. What adds to the unusual effect of the sides is the absence of any gilt lines in the design, and no fillets or rolls are used, except a narrow three-line fillet which runs round the extreme edge of the covers. The decoration does not resemble in any way the known work of contemporary English binders, and it may possibly be French work. This Prayer Book is one of the most beautiful specimens of engraving ever produced in England. The entire volume is engra\-ed on 188 plates, the first twenty-two containing the Pre- fatory matter. After tlie title-page is a portrait of George I followed by portraits of the Prince and Princess of Wales, .Almost e\ery page of the book has, besides the text, an illustration and beautifully engraved initial letters. This beautiful book was printed in three sizes, on "ordinary paper," on "large paper," and on " largest paper." The present copy contains the mo\al)le Dial, wlucli ajipcars to haw been missing from all the recorded copies. (c) £200 2.3 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. 4to. M. Ritchie for J . Good and E. Harding, London, 1794. *^* This Edition of the Prayer Book was dedicated lo Queen Charlotte, and the present most interesting copy is the one which belonged not only to her, hut also lo her Children, the Princess .Sophia and the Duke of Sussex. It is bound in dark bhw straight-grained morocco, and round the edge of the sides runs a four-line gilt fillet. Within is a panel frame made with a single dotted line with semi- circular inlets. The back has double bands with gilt tooling, but the panels are left plain. The inside boards are framed in morocco with gilt lines, and are lined with marbled paper. On the fly-leaf is the following manuscript note : "This Prayer Hook having belonged to my beloved Mother and falling to my Share. I offer it to my dearest Brother .Augustus knowing the value He will set upon it for the sakes of this beloved I'arent and his un- ceasing kindness to myself, Sophy." Zm IX^^ 5^. . -^^i^lC i n ■ :_^ ~— a.>»— -'--Ir i ^"^'., i i » 1; ■ ■ I ^fc il i ' =4; r.-fr- if j 1 ii i' C^ *i» ; Li__;-..i^M. i' m v*^- * "• • V- V. • • <:^ ^^ •%|! -*=%(( ;^'^'^ I. V i. i>?^ 5«w^s>^j>eji- , 2 2. Coiniiion Prayer («) lUl. 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"Th^ iun^^ dtr iunm^ GtLORGtLjnd AjLi JCui^rdifmJ.^Jtd^ykrM^ni^ Jh^ prMJfi th^f. i? fifnd Ay n^Trrd^cnnn\Mmh^ trffuf^^ndfiirdi^*- 'uJ tvtmAv coMtuiM- at krif ■ di^ m ad ini0- nTrkJ be^u^ .c*nagtt»rd SMdi^*td^d Jt tk^^. n'f muy ^lifrr/i^ tky fi^/y MOSTpm>.'^/ii/.utd^l,^w7^J l-ffTd //'.•y af-n-ktifh ,-,jir\*nAnd vnnndJ bi^mi. jmA/df^up du' n-jt^J j/^dk^ S»4,tCfvKc 7%^ P»rm^£^ pa be Catd i-ejTm A^htAtSAA ^Mui/tdM.y /'rw.^ny. M O S TpvTt/^i^^ amJ. ^J^rr^Aua L-ovd^sd, tkA L.yrd .^k^at.dU/'ruL-^ And r.*rm rn^^tA^Mi/kijnf^, TkjfuJUtr/t Ln M/- A^Tnt£.jiid.n*tf ri^kf;- and A^a-.'^^.* «//• Tt^Ak^- .TU-f Addff/i a Ay MMrinf •'^tair/i^' i£i dLt nur durur ?nm.kM*ui,jUutjud4'i ArJn/o^n uJ Mid mr jn^ffu^'j .•;,'(• and thick paper, was elaborately bound for presentation to Rl'OOLPH II, son of Maximilian II, who became Emperor of (ierman\' in I57'>. Examples of his library are of excessive rarity. The binding is of red morocco, ehilioratcly tooled, the whole side being covered with curved sprays of foliage springing from the centre and worked into an elaborate pattern. Some of the enclosed spaces have a dotted background. In other blank spaces gilt roundels have been stamped. In the centre of the front cover are the letters RO.IM.II. for Rodolphus Imperator II. The whole design is enclosed in a frame made by an ornamental fillet within a double gilt hnc, whose effect is heightened by the use of additional blind tooled lines. The back has raised bands with a small gilt ornament in each panel. The edges are gilt. The larger leaf tools used on this binding are gracefully designed, and some are azured. (C) ^60 25 BRANT (S.). STULTIFERA NAVIS, OR THE SHIP OP FOOLES, translated out of Latin (with the Text) into Englishe, by Alexander Barclay, Priest, with his Mirrour of Good Manners (from Mancinus) and Egloges ; from the Miseria? Curialiimi of xElneas Silvius. Numerous curious woodcuts. iHarh ^dtcr. .A. remarkably beautiful copy, ;;/ Z^"-' original sheepskin binding. Folio. John Caivood, 1570, *if* On the fly-leaf is this autograjih inscription : " Thos. Belasvs, Lord I'aiiconberg. his Booke, 1(377. " This distinguished soldier married Cromwell's daughter. Believed to be the finest copy extant of this famous Elizabethan volume, an interesting account of which is gi\-en in tlie Groiier Club's catalogue of "Early Editions of English Writers." £150 ij J. PEARSON & CO. 26 BRANTEGHEM (WILLEM VAN). Jesii Christi \ita. 8vo. Matthew Cromme, Antieerp, 1541. *^* This copy is in a remarkable Coeval binding of red velvet lined with blue-flowered silk. The comer-pieces and clasj) fittings are of ivory, and on the front cover is a raised ivory figure, in the dress of a Reformed minister in bands, with his hands meeting over the waist. The figure may be intended to represent W'illem van Branteghem (the .Author). Bindings of this date with ivory eigurhs lpon them are extremely rare. This Work, which consists mainly of a life of Christ compiled from the four Gospels, was composed by Willem van Branteghem, a Carthusian monk of .Alost. // is ornamented with a number of wood-engravings, engraved by Adrian Ketnpe van Bouckhoiit, from designs by Lievett de Witle of Ghent. (c) ^55 27 BROWNE (SIl^ THOMAS), Author of Religio Media Works. 4to. London, 1686. *»* In an elegant Stuart binding of black morocco, richlv tooled. The sides are edged with gilt fillets and a narrow ornamental roll and within this is a border mainly built up with combinations of the "drawer-handle" tools relieved with dots, stars, and small circles. The inner space is filled with three vertical rows of ornamental designs framed by "drawer-handle" tools and filled with rosettes and dotted sprays, the groundwork being covered with gold dots. The panels of the back have lozenge-shaped centre ornaments surrounded by stars with comer-pieces of spiral omament. Parts of the omament on the sides ha\'e been filled with silver enamelling. The boards are lined with marbled paper, and the edges of the leaves are gilt. This binding is very probably unusually fine Oxford work. The present is the First collected edition of the .Vuthor's Works. Opposite the title is a fine portrait of Sir Thomas Browne, bv \\'hite. The two illustrations occurring in the Hydriutaphia and Garden of Cyrus were printed from the plates used in the Original edition. /120 26. Braxteghem 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 13 28 BROWNING CORRESPONDENCE. The highl>- IMPORTANT COLLECTION of 107 HOLOCiRAPH LETTERS, SKiNED, com}Mising the Correspondences of SIR F. LEIGHTON, BENJAMIN JOWETT, HELENA FAUCIT (LADY MARTIN). Together with 3 HOLOCiRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, of SIR THEODORE MARTIN and a HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, of FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. All of which are ad- dressed to R0BI:RT browning, the Poet. SIR FREDERICK I.KICHTOX'S Correspondence consists of jS Holograph Letters, ' Signed, dating from 15 July 1862 to 2 April 1.S89. BENJ.\MIN JOWETT'S Letters to Browning number 45. and date from 7 June i866 to 9 Nov. 1890. The Holograph Letter, signed, of Florence Nightingale was w ritten to Browning whilst she was nursing Jowett. HELEN.\FAUCrr'S(l.ADY M.\RTIX) Letters to Browning, of which there are 20 entirely Holograph and signed, date from 22 Jan. 1853 to 18 July 1888. There are also three Holograph Letters, Signed, of Sir Theodore M.^rtin to Robert Browning, relative to the invitation to the Poet to accept the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University. The -whole collection is inlaid to a uniform folio size and hound in i^reen morocco extra. 2Q BRUNI (.\NT0NI0). First TMe^LE I VENERI / Poesie. / Second Title— 1\ / Porno d'Oro. / Proposte / & / Risposte. ' In Roma, / Apprcsso Giacomu Mciscard / MDCXXXill. / Con Licenza dc Sttperiori. / 1633. Two Dedication engravings and two other engravings by C. Mellan. Three parts in i vol. umo. *^* Printed on Vellum. > The binding of the present copy is in contemporary crimson morocco very richly "/// /;/ the style associated with the name of Le Gascon. In the centre of each side is an elaborate circular ornanii'nt worked with small tools "a I'eventail." .Above and below, this orna- ment is extended to almost till up the space occupied by the centre panel vnth its richh- worked corner-pieces. The whole is enclosed in a framework formed by a roll. The back gilt leaves 14 J. PEARSON & CO. is quite flat, with a panel down the middle enclosed in a roll-worked frame, and ornamented with gilded diamond-shaped ornaments. This flat back ornamented with a long panel was api)arentl\- introduced b\' the E\es, but only remained in favour in France for a short time, t he early part of the Sixteenth century. The two engra^•ing^ of female figures in the first and second parts are by Claude Mellan, a French engraver born in 1598, who is noted for his method of producing shading by the deepening of the line. His most celebrated work in this manner is the large head of Christ engra\-ed in one single unbroken spiral line. The three frontispieces are engraved by F. Gr., an unidentified engraver. Four copies of this book printed on Vellum are known. There is one in the British Museum and one in the Ribliotheqne Xationale. A third, with the arms of the Duke of Urbino, was in the Libri collection. £80 BUNYAN (JOHN). Grace / Abounding to the chief of Sinners : / Or. / A Brief and Faith- ful / Relation / Of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, / to his poor Servant / John Bunyan. / \\'herein is particularly showed, the man- / ner of his Conversion, his fight and trouble for / Sin, his Dreadful Temptations, also how he / despaired of God's mere}-, and how the Lord at / length — thorow Christ did deHxcr him from all / the guilt and terrour that lay upon him. / Whereunto is added, / A brief Relation of his Call to the Work / of the Ministry, of his Temptations therein, / as also what he hath met witli in Prison. / All which was written by his own hand / there, and now published for the support / of the weak and tempted People of God. / Come and hear, all ye that fear God ; and I will declare / what he hath done for my soul, Psal. 66. 16. / i2mo. Blue morocco. London : j Printed by George Larkin, 1666. *^* A very fine copy of the ail-but unique F'irst Edition of this extremely famous book, Bunyan's Autobiography. Dr. Brown in his " John Bunyan " records that this Work : " gives, as Bunyan only could give it, the Story of his Life. This proved to be one of his most memorable Composi- tions; and associates itself in one's tnind with Augustine's Confessions and the heart- utterances of Luther." A very probable explanation for the extreme rarity of the First Edition is the occurrence of the "Great Fire" of London in September 1666 when we know vast stores of books perished. There is a copy of the First Edition, wanting two leaves (pp. 45-48) in the Library of the British Museum, purchased in 1883. But the only other recorded perfect copy is now in the Pierpont Morgan hbrary. No copy of the Second, Third, or Fourth Edition is recorded, and only one copy of the Fifth Edition. £150 ^i. Burnet 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 15 BURNET ((xlLHERT), Bishop of Salishury. Some Letters containing an account of what seemed most remark- able in Switzerland, Italy, etc. 8vo. Abraham Acher, Rotterdam, 1686. *^* Bound by Mat^nus, the s^rcatest of the Dutch bookbinders. The Elseviers employed him to bind their choicest Presentation copies, notably the Virgil of 1676, which they presented to the Dauphin, son of Louts XIV. The present copy is in a fine binding of orange-red morocco fully gilt. Round the edge of the covers is a frame made with a broad ornamental roll, bordered on the inside with a gilt fillet. At each interior corner is a large triangular tool of spirals of foliage and flowers The centre ornament, which covers most of the sides, is built up with large fleurons deli- cately and skilfully arranged together, the rest of the space is dotted with mullets, rosettes, and circles. The back has raised bands and in each panel is a gilt flower spray within an ornamental framework, the edges of the boards are gilt with a roll. This, the First Edition, must be very rare, for the Writer on Burnet in the " Dictionary of National Biography " gives the First Edition as 1687. (C) ;f40 BYRON. A Collection, consisting of 4 of his unpublished Letters, and \arious important Letters concerning him. BYRON (LORD). Holograph Letter, signed " B." I page, 8vo. 2 Oct. 1813. To John Murray (his Publisher), concerning some lost lines (in "The Giaour") : "The lines are certainly lost, there is no proof of them whatever. There were 82 sent on Wednesday." *^,* L'npublished. BYRON (LORD). Holograph Letter, signed "Bn." ipage,S\'o. Undated (1S13}.. Also to John Murray, grumbling at the mistakes made by the Printer in setting up "The Giaour." " It is \ery odd that as fast as I correct one thing the Printer either omits or rt'-blunders ; look at page 92, which I now correct for, I believe, the thirtieth time in the same place. Don't trouble yourself to answer this- — but you must at least acknowledge that this per- petual fooling of Master Davison (the printer) is very ve.\atious." *^* LTnpublished. BYRON (LORD). Holograph Letter, signed "Byron." 2 pages, 8vo. 11 Feb. i8i6- To Sir James Bland Burgess. Lady Byron's uncle. "... .\11 attempts at conciliation or explanation have hitherto been unsuccessful — but nothing decisive has taken place on my part. — Your support and evidence as far as consistent with truth and justice — (and more you know me too well to think I should insult you by expecting) will indeed be important. — Whenever you wish to see me I am at your service . . ." etc. *^,* Unpublished. Relative to the litigation about Lady Byron's property. i6 J. PEARSON & CO. BY RON (LORD). Holograph Letter, signed "B." i pagi", ^to. Ravetina, 2 Jaii, 1820, to John Murray. ♦^,* L'npublished. " If you want any news and (Tom) .Moore is not yet arrived — you may open the enclosed letter — and write to me an answer if you like it." H.\NCOCK (C.) Byron's banker in the Ionian Islands and Greece. Holograph Letter, signed. 7 pages, 4to. Argostoli, i June, 1824, to Muir. *^* The whole of this extremely interesting letter is descriptive of Lord Byron's life in Cephalonia. H.AXCOCK (C.) The Original Manuscript of: "Extracts of Letters from the Right Honourable Lord Byron to C. Hancock, and of one from His Lordship's Physician to the same." 20 pages, io\w. *^* The whole of these "Extracts " are taken from Letters written by B\-ron during his residence in Greece. HL'N'T (LEIGH). B\ron's Biographer. The Original Holograph Manuscript, signed, of his famous Ode, "To the Right Honourable Lord Byron on his departure for Italy and Greece." b pages, 4to. Dated H7 THE GUXPUWDi'.k IM..OT. CATESBY (ROBERT). Fellow Conspirator- with Gun l'~awkcs. Born 1573. Shot (whilst being arrested) on S November 1605. AN ORKilNAL FAMILY DOCUMENT BEARINCx HIS EXTRAORDINARILY RARE SIG- NATURE "ROBERT CATESBYE." The Document is also signed by his father, Sir \Mlliam Catesby, and l)v his father-in-law. Sir Thomas Leigh. The DocuinL'iit is dated Mas* ist, 1594 — or just after Catesl)y liad " come of age." This remarkable man's Autograph ranks amongst the very rarest of those of Eliza- bethan celebrities. No other is known to have occurred for sale. ALSO MONTEAGLE (WILLIAM PARKER, LORD). AX ORICxINAL DOCUMENT BEARINC; HIS SIGNATURE. Dated 23 October, 38 Eliz. (1596). * * * Lord Monteaglc, at one period the close friend of Catesby. was the revealer of the Gunpowder Plot. Several of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators were anxious to save the Catholic members of the House of Lords. An anonymous letter was received by Lord Monteagle from one of the conspirators (Catesby or Tresham) warning him not to be present at the cjpening of Parliament. The letter was shown to Cecil. Orders were given to search the vaults of the House, and Guy Fawkes was arrested. Lord Monteagle was also one of the most pr(jininent of the Council of the Virginia Colonization Company. These two most precious Documents are enclosed in a blue morocco box. ;C300 o 1 38. Cerlio S PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 19 38 CERLIO (SEBASTIANO). Libri Cinque d'Architectura. 4to. Nicolini da Sabio, Venice, 1559. *.,,* This magnificenl Renaissance binding was probably the most gorgeously bound volume possessed by Count Hoym. It is in its Original binding (1559) ol olive morocco, and constitutes an unsurpassed exampk' of the supreme period of the Bookbinder's Art in France. Both covers are ornamented with an elaborate centre-piece, consisting of a frame-work of rich Renaissance ornament surrounding a blank oval cartouche, and itself within a delicate frame of curved lints ending in azured floral tools and graceful ornaments. The large and elaborate corner-pieces with interlaced designs are a distinctive feature of the Valois period. The whole of the remaining space is covered with a diaper of gilt stars. The back, which is flat, is covered with a continuous delicate Renaissance design of curved tools and formal foliage, amidst which aic two Heurs-dc-lys. This Edition of 1559 is, moreover, the finest illustrated Edition of Cerlio's famous treatise on Architecture. It contains hundreds of beautiful Italian wood engravings. Before being acquired by Count Hoyin this very remarkable volume belonged to another very celebrated Collector, Jean-Baptiste Colbert. He died in 1683, but the Library remained in his Family for nearly half a century. It passed first to Colbert's eldest son, Jean- Baptiste, Marfjuis de Seignelay, and then to his brother, Jacques-Nicolas, Archbishop of Rouen. This latter bequeathed it to his younger nephew the Abbe Charles Eleonor. who, on the death of his elder brother in 1712, l)ccame Marquis de Seignelay, and left the Church. In 1728 he disposed of Colbert's Library by auction, when this volume passed to Charles Henry, Count Hoym, who was then fomiing his celebrated Collection. Sebastiano Cerlio, known also as "Bastiano de Bologna," Painter, Engraver, and .Archi- tect, was born at Bologna. In 1541 his fame caused him to be summoned to Fontainebleau by Francois I to prepare designs for the Louvre. He became supervisor of the works of the Lou\'re, and designed some of the details. He died at Fontainebleau in 1562. (c) £350 39 CHARNOCK (STEPHEN). Several discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God. 4to. London, for Neraman, Cockerill and others, 1682. * * * This superlative Mosaic binding, made by Mearne for a member of the great Howard family, is one of the finest specimens extant of a very distinctive class of decorated work produced in England for a short period following the Restoration. The whole of each cover is filled with a Mosaic design, not springing from any central scheme, but worked out evenly over the whole. The complete space is partitioned out into fifteen squares, each contained in a frame formed by fourteen repetitions of the favourite 20 J. PEARSON & CO. curved-end crescent tool, and tlu' interiors lillcd witli one of four different designs either composed of formal floral tools or of combinations of tulip tools with sprays of leaves. Three squares at top, bottom, and centre are filled with more solid masses of gilded work struck from large engraved tools. All the vacant spaces have been filled in with stars and dots. The back is richly gilded in the usual style of the period, each panel decorated with two chevrons point to point, standing out plain upon a gold background worked from large semi-circular and triangular tools. The rich effect of the decoration is much increased by the use of coloured enamel, for all the liollow tools, tulips, buds, leaves, flowers, and crescents have been enamelled in red or silver, which shows up brilliantly on the black morocco of the binding. This copy contains the inscriptions "Mary Howard 1682-3." She was the wife of Lord Henry Howard, who became the 7th Duke of Norfolk in 1584. (c) jfsoo 40 CHESTERFIELD (PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, EARL OF). HOLOGRAPH LETTER. 2 pages, 4to. Relative to Persia. With portrait, bound in brown morocco. *^* This is one of the famous " Lkttuks to his Son " {no. 88). "De.ar Boy, "In my last letter we travell'd no further than .\rabia, but now we'll go still more Eastward, and visit Persia, which is at present a very great and rich Country, though it does not now make the same figure in the world that it did in Antiquity. It was then the greatest Kingdom in the known world, and the enemy that Greece dreaded tlie most, till it was conquer'd by .Mexander the great, in the reign of Darius. It had then four famous great Citys, Ecbatana, Susa, Persepolis and Babylon. Persepolis was burn'd to ashes by Alexander the great, in a drunken fit, at the Instigation of his Mistress, Thais, who prevailed with him to go with a lighted flambeau in his hand, and sett fire to the Town himself. The chief Town of Persia at present is Ispahan, and the King of Persia is call'd the Sophy of Persia, who is now, Thomas Kouli Kan. Persia produces great quantitys of silk and Cotton, the Cotton grows upon shrubs, or bushes of about three feet high. The Persian horses are the best in the world, even better than the Arabians. The Persians have likewise great Numbers of Camels, which are animals much taller and stronger than horses, with great lumjis upon the middle of their backs ; they can bear vast Burthens, and can live without drinking. We bring a great many silks, and cotton stuffs here, from Persia, and particularly carpets for floors, which are much finer than the Turkey carpets. The Persians are of the Mahometan, that is, the Turkish religion. With this ^difference only, that the Persians look upon Hali a disciple of Mahomet's as the greatest prophet, whereas the Turks hold Mahomet to be the greatest. The Antient Persians worshipped the Sun. The Government of Persia like all the Eastern Kingdoms, is absolute and despotick, the people are Slaves, and the Kings Tyrants. Adieu." i^2 u'n'inifniiniiniiiiiii lij ill iii-iiffivniiniriiiiiiiri I ******* iL** '- ******;**** ***** ^^/^^ * * * * * >^ ^ * * * *yj^ ■ * * * *^ "* * * *^ . * * / /. :*:;***-.**** ****! **********'* : -it * * * *^; ^ * * * * :* i\. \* * * * ^-^ \* * X- * ^Ki-iA \LLkkkkUkkkLkX trywT!^ >^ « '\ X c- HI I A 4r— m m * * ;. »^ * * ' \\ V :^ * * J * 5»^ ^ =k 3k 3k sKS. ^ * * * * sk y H: ***** *> **-* ***** >^ 5^ r ********* * ** * ****:k^jfc^. iof:*>' * y. •* -I- V. _. ./ // - * * ' ^7**1 y^* * * * I ^* * » J * * * * >^.^ * * * « * r* ***** ^ ****** J ^******* *****.****** -******** * * ^-y* ******** * 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 21 41. CICERO. The History of the Life of Cicero by Conyers Middleton. Three vols. 8vo. London, ijii. *** The binding of these three volumes of Cicero is an excellent example of the work of Churchill and Castle, George H's binders They are in morocco, a dark blue or green shade. The decoration of the sides consists of a large star-shaped centre-piece, extended at top and bottom, within an oval frame filled in at the comers. The main tools used for the centre ornament are dotted cur\es of foliage reduced to a conventional design, and of several sizes. These are arranged in pairs in a double circle from which rays of formal tools extend. Any interior spaces are filled with small dots and stars. The framework is also made with these curved tools in graduated sizes, and finished off wdth some solid sprays and small tools. The panels of the back are divided saltirewise by gilt lines, and the spaces are filled with small tools representing acorns, stars, conventional leaves, etc. The volumes are lined with marbled paper, and the edges of the leaves are gilt. This " Life of Cicero " obtained immense fame for its .Xuthor. 42 CLEMENT X. PRIVILEGIA, / EXEMPTIOXES. et indulta / a Sanctis. D. N. / Clemente X. / concessa dapiferis / qui in conclavi suae assumptionis / S. R. E. Cardinalibus / inservierunt. / Romae, / Ex Typographia Reverendae Camerae Apost. / M.DC.LXX. / 4to. Contemporary brown morocco. 1670. *^* Printed on Vellum. This interesting book sets out the various Privileges, etc., granted by Pope Clement X to the persons in attendance on the Cardinals at the Conclave in which he was elected. Tht- voliinif is splendidlv bound in brown morocco. Round tiie edges of each cover is a frame made from a roll with ornaments of various flowers upon spiral branches. The centre is occupied by a panel outlined in strapwork and arched abo\-e and below within an oblong strapwork frame. In the centre of this panel on the obverse side is a shield with the arms of Giovanni Battista Emilio Altieri. Clement X, "Azure, six estoiles argent, a bordure indented," enclosed within a tooled frame resting on the Crossed keys and surmounted by the Tiara. In the centre of the reverse cover is a shield with the arms of Cardinal Cassar Facchenetti, "Argent, a walnut tree, eradicated vert," sumiounted by the Cardinal's hat with the tasselled strings falling on either side. The inner sides of the panels are richly tooled with a succession of dotted tools, and the spaces between the panel and the outer frame studded with stars. £100 22 J. PEARSON & CO. 43 CLIVE (ROBERT, LORD). Founder of the British-Indian Empire. The IMPORTANT SERIES of 3 HOLO(tRAPH LETTERS, SK.NED, iL. S.. I D. S., also a LETTER of CHAS. TURNER relative to Lord Cli\-e. 1. CLIVE (LUKU). iiolof^rapli Litter, Sigiiud, i paj^c, 4I0. BirkcUy Scjiiiin-. i March 1763. A letter of introduction for Mr. Jervais, who was recomincndtd to Cli\c by the Bishop of Liiiificld. 2. CLIVE. Holograph Lc^ttcr, Signed, j pai;cs, ^to. Berkeley Square, Jotli April ijU^. To John PybuB. Rchitivc to tlic East India Conii)an\-. "... The united efforts of the whole administration in fa\our of .Mr. Sulivan have at length prevailed and we are defeated for the present, yet, nevertheless, are preparing for another Battle next year, the occasional votes lost us the Election. . . . Our strength is our own, Mr. Sulivan belongs to the Ministry, and as we may not always have them ■ against us, I think that Gentleman may be certain of lieing routed at last," etc. *,* During the greater part of Clive's stay in England at this period, Lawrence Siili\ an was Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, a person with whom Clive had carrietl on a most friendly corresf)ondence when last in India. Hut owing to jealousy of CHvc's influence, on the part of Sulivan, an estrangement took place and Cli\'e would not undertake the Government of ]-5engal again unless Suli\'an resigned the Chair at India House. 3. CLIVE. Holograph Letter, Signed, 3 />«,;'«, 4to. Calcutta. S Sept. i7()5. To John Pybus. ". . .A peace with Sujah Dulali is established, and tlii' Cumpany are in possession of all the provinces of Bengal. Behar, and Orissa upon condition of paying the Nabob and King about 79 Lacks of Rupees per .\nnum. . . . The principles of extortion and corruption are so deep rooted in Bengal that without transplanting, I think a total reforma- tion cannot be effected." 4. CLIVE. Letter, Signed, 4 pages, 4to. Calcutta, 30 Sept. 1765. To the Right Honble. George Grenville. "Give me leave to call to your remembrance some discourse we had together about the (East India) Company's .\ffairs (in which the honor and interest of our Nation was so much concerned) and to inform you I have now the particular satisfaction of seeing the great Object of my wishes nearly accomplished. "The enclosed copy of my Letter to the Court of Directors and a Map of Bengal with some marginal Explanations will open to you a full view of the present great and flourishing condition of our East India Company and sliow how near it was to destruction, from Corruption, extortion, and luxury; if you have leisure, and inclination, to be further acquainted with our Transactions, Mr. Walsh has orders from me to lay before you our Proceedings. ... I hope by this year's conveyance to send you a particular account of the Revenues of these Provinces, which put under proper management cannot fall far short of 4 Millions per .Annum," etc. •ta^Mg^ ^ !!*:">*- 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 23 5. CLI\'I^ Document, signed, i pagt, U>\\n. I-'ort William. .51 Aiii^. 1759. Td William McGwise, Chief of the Council. *»* This document is also signed by J. Z. Holwell, who succeeded Clive as Governor of Bengal. 6. Tl'KXKR (CHARLES). A most interesting Holograph Letter, sifoi'il, 4 pases, folio, dated Fort St. George, 23 Feb. 1751. "Our affairs not going on very well at Trichinopcjly. Mr. Cli\f pioposed to Mr. Saunders for to send some Troops to go & take Arcot Fort, which the (iovcmor approved of, they being too strong for us at Trichinopoly, that they might Draw their forces that way. The Governor gave Mr. Clive a Captain's commission & sent with him 200 Mili- tary and 300 Sepoys ; as there were but two officers besides Mr. Clive, the Governor thought it too few. Mr. Saunders ga\'c that any of the Gentlemen in the Company's sers'ice might go out as it was for the good of the service. .Mr. Pybus, Mr. Kennett & I went out as officers. We left Madras the 26 Aug. and. marched for Arcot. The day before we got there, the Enemy ran away & left the Fort, and wc took possession of the Fort the ist September." He then describes several battles fought with the FVench, in all of which the British were victorious. 44 COBHAM (LORD). AX ABSTRACT / Containing the Substance of the / Rules and Ordinances / of the / New Golledge / of / Cobham / in the / Count}- of Kent ; / Of the Foundation of tlie Right Honorable the / Late Lord William Baron Cobham. 4to. 'London' 1687. *^,* Printed on \'ellum. I'.NIQIE. EncLOSKD IX .\ MOST REMARK.ABLK CHAINKD BINDING. ENGLISH CHAINED BINDINGS OF THIS PHRIOD ARE OF SLPERL.VTIVE RARITY. This unique Official copy of the rules of the New College of Cobham is bound in brown mottled calf. The sides are ornamented with a panel formed with a three-line gilt fillet, and having a large formal floral tool stamperl outwards at each comer. A narrow double- line gilt fillet runs round the extreme edge of the covers. The back is entirely covered with gold tooling made by the repetition of one roll, and the fore-edges of the boards are also gilt with a roll. The volume had two brass clasps, of which one remains, and at the bottom of the reverse cover, not far from the back, is fixed a staple and ring, bv which the volume was originally chained. In the centre of either panel is stamped a crest, an eagle issuing from a ducal crown, with the motto, "Sub umbra alarum tuarum." This is the crest of Sir Joseph Williamson, the celebrated statesman and diplomatist. The present w.\s the copy chained in the College Library for reference. .Vn analogous case is that of the Statutes of Thame School, a copy of which is still fastened down in a special case in the possession of New College, Oxford, the School being under the government of that College. {130 24 J. PEARSON & CO. 45 COLLINS (WILKIE). THE ORKilNAL HOLOCiRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his Novel "NO NAME." Consisting of 570 leaves. Small -jlo. *** This impurtant Manuscript, which is c]uitt' complete, is corrected throught)Ut by the Autlior. Bound in red morocco. f220 46 CONSTABLE (JOHN R. A.). \AR10US SUBJECTS OF LANDSCAPE, Characteristic of English scenery, principally intended to mark the Phenomena of the Chiar'oscuro of Nature : from Pictures painted by John Constable, R.A. Engraved bv Da\'id Lucas. In the Original lialf gncn morocco. Oblong 8\-o. London : piihlisiicd by Mr. Constable, 33 Charlotte Street, Fitzroy .'square. '^^33- *^* The Uniqiit' and siipirb Prcscntalivn copy from Constable to Samuel Rogers (the Banker-Poet) with the following inscription in the Artist's autograph : — " Samuel Rogers Ksqre, with Mr. Constable's compliments." The whole of the twenty-two Mezzotints are brilliant impressions printed on india- paper. In addition, there are added the following Proof states of the Mezzotints : — 1. Fast-Bt'rgbolt — Engraver's Proof before all letters. 2. .1 Summer Evening — Engraver's Proof before all letters and containing the two sup- pressed figures. 3. Old Sariim — Engraver's Proof before the Sky was altered. The title Old Sarum is just faintly scratched in on the margin — there is no other lettering. 4. River Slour — Engraver's Proof before all letters. 5. River Siour — Engraver's Proof before the plate was cleaned. 6. A Mill — Engraver's Proof before all letters. 7. The Glebe Farm — .An unique Trial Proof before all letters. This impression differs widely from the published states and was cancelled by Constable. 8. Hadleigh Castle — An unique Trial Proof before the Sky was jnit in and before all letters. 9. Hampstead Heath — Engraver's Proof before all letters. The present Set of Constable's famous Mezzotints is considered to be the most desirable extant. £350 w liMAGINES MORTIS. Uii dcceffcrunt E P r G R A M M A T A , E Gallico idiomate aCjcoigio Acmylio in Latinuni transUca. MEDF(C*tNA A N I M ^, fam in > quifirma , quam qui ad- utrfA coTDarii valtittdiuf prti~ diti funt I maximir tifcejpttia Quae his adJita funt, fcqucnspa- gtoa demonftrabic. LvBE cje, SumprilJKS Luii'riita ^Ikeni 'BihIiifiU. Anno m. d c- ilii 47. Corrozet {b) 47- Corrozet (a) »a»»*"' ii^ ■'■'- -" Myy - t i^' jj pf q * - «^ 'Tir ' /. i I/' / Bc:)Ci/< I Boo/< II p- Ay .^ vA^'^ 11,. I /^V 49. COWPER 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. "^ 47 CORROZET (GILLES). Imagines Mortis. i2mo. Liibeck, 1604. *^* The present copy is of the greatest interest as having belonged both to Henry, Prince of Wales, and to his Sister, Elizabeth, "the Queen of Hearts." ' It is ii'i very dark olive morocco with a three-line gilt fillet round the edge of the sides, and within is a panel frame made with the same fillet, and with a small gilt fleuron at each corner. The back is fiat and liilcd with Icnfy branches, the leaves stamped in singly. The edges of the leaves are gilt. In the centre of each side is tlu- monogram H.P., with two sprays in the centre of the H and a crown aboxc. The Prince was a great lover of books, and in 1609 purchased the fine and valuable librar\- of his late tutor, Lord Lumlev. The present volume has a further and most interesting provenance. As a personal relic of her dead Brother, it passed to his sister Elizabeth, who, marrying in 1613 the Elector Palatine, became in lOig Queen of Bohemia. She was styled by her friends " The Queen of Hearts." The initials E.P. upon tlie binding are hers. At the foot of the title-page is written, "Ex libris Cl(arissimi) magnac Britaniae Principis Henrici." George V's title to the English throne is derived from his direct descent from Elizabeth of Bohemia. This interestiny little volume contains the te.xt of the well-known Dance of Death. (c) £150 48 COWPER (WILLIAM). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of Ids celebrated Hymn "JEHOVAH-JIREH" Comprising six verses of four lines each. 4to. Green morocco extra. £50 49 COWPER. THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS uf liis famous translations of HOMER'S ILIAD AND ODYSSEY. Bound in 4 volumes, 4to (the Original binding), with Cowper's ex-libris in each. ' The Manuscripts, which are in beautiful condition, consist of : — I. THE ODYSSEY. A thick cpiarto volume containing the whole of the Odyssey. With inscription in Cowper's autograph to the effect that it was "begun September 24tli 1788." 26 J. PEARSON & CO. This is compk'to and fiitirely in Cowper's autograph with the exception of three or four pages and parts of pages of which there are old copies inserted. In all about 800 pages. It should be noted that Cowper frequently, when a passage was much confused with interlining and corrections, re-wrote the passage on a slip and pasted it over the Original. 2. THE ILIAU. .\ thick quarto volume containing by far the greater part nf the Iliad. There are 15 complete books, 4 incomplete books, and 5 books missing. More than half of the volume and the Corrections to the remaining half are in Cowper's autograph. In all about 850 pages. 3. THE I1.I.\D. .\ thin quarto \olunie of Corrections and \'ariations of tlie Iliad, nearly all in Cowper's autograph. About 150 pages. 4. THE OUYSSEY. .\ case containing Corrections and Variations of the Odyssey written on sheets of writingpaper. The c^e bears an inscription in Cowpers' autograph to the effect that these Corrections and Additions were finished on 8 March, 1799. The whole in Cowper's autograph. About no pages. *,* Nos. 3 and 4 are the Corrections and Variations which Cowper made at the in- stigation of his friend Johnson, with a view to the issue of a new Edition. The supreme importance of Nos. i and 2 is apparent when they are compared with the printed text. These, the Original Manuscripts, are full of Corrections and .\Iterations, and yet widely differ from the printed versions, .so that they alone show the gradual growth (if the finished Translation and the great labour Cowper bestowed upon them. The ,mai(^r part of these two \-ohmies is Cowper's own first fair copies, and the re- markable way in which they differ from the first prmted te.xts of the Iliad and Odyssey shows how many transcripts and revisions must have succeeded them. The pedigree of these, the Original Manuscripts, is clear and straightforward. M Cowper's death they passed into the hands of his relative John Johnson, who superin- tended the publication of the second Edition of the Homer in 1802, " with copious altera- tions and notes, prepared for the press by the Translator, and now published with a Preface bj' his kinsman J. Johnson, LL.B." John Johnson died in I- of State. 3. CROMWELL (OLlVKKi. Document, Signed 'Ohver P." to an Ofhcer's Commi>sion. I paf^:-, 4to. Dated from Whitehall 3 June, 1653. 4. .\ PETITION TO OLIVER CROMWELL, i page, folio : " The Humble Petition of the Several Farmers of the E.xcise of Beerc, Ale. Perry, Cider. Mead and Metheglin." The Document bears the signatures of the 19 Petitioners. *,* Particularly interesting because Cromwell's ancestors were publicans. 5. CROMWELL (RICH.\RD). His Signature, when Protector, to a Document, i page. folio. Presenting John Paradis to the \'icarage of Westbury in Wiltshire. Dated 1 1 January. 1658. 6. CROMWELL (HENRY). Son of the Protector. Viceroy of Ireland, and Ma;or-General of the Forces. His Signature to a Deed relative to the Cromwell family property in Huntingdonshire. Dated 4 February. 1656. *,* Of the highest interest. In this Document he is cited a> Henr\- Williams alias Cromwell." It is a little known fact that the real name of the Cromwell family was Williams. Oliver Cromwell's grandfather was Richard Williams, but he adopted the name of Cromwell whilst he enjoyed the patronage <>i thr famcms Thoin.is Cromwell. Earl of Essex. 7. CROMWELL (HENRY). Order. Signed by him. to pay Doctor Philip Carteret (77 for his pay as Advocate-General of the Army. This Order is upon the Treasurers of War for paying the English Forces in Ireland, i page, folio. Dated 30 Sept . 1^57. *»* The Receipt is duly endorsed and signed by Philip Carteret. 8. CROMWELL (HENRY). Order. Signed by him. to pay £641 4s. for the support ..f tli.- English Forces in Ireland. Dated 3rd December, 1658. i page, folio. 9. IRETON (HENRY). Parliamentary General. The first husband of CromxcelVs daualiler Bridget. Letter, Signed. I page, folio, 4th June. 1651. Ordering payment for the English Forces in Ireland. 10. FLEETWOOD (CHARLES). Parliameniary General. Married Cromwell's daughter, Bridget, after the death of Ireton. Holograph Letter, Signed. I page. 4ti> W.-tminster, 17th May, 1649. Concerning the Revenue. 28 J. PEARSON & CO. 11. FLEETWOOD (CHARLES). Letter, Si^cd, i pagf, 410. ji>i An-nst. i(>4,i, relative to the English Forces under the Command of Lord Esse.x. *»* This letter is countersigned by Dennis Bond, the Regicide. 12. DISBOROl'GH or DISI^ROW'E (JOHN). Brother-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. Document, Signed by him. i pai;t-, folio, 7 Jan., 1648. Acknowledging the receipt of £402 7s. 4d. for the wages of the Officers and Soldiers in the garrison at Portsmouth. I.;. H.\MP1)E\ (JOHN). His Signature to an Assessment of Ta.xation fur the County of Bucks. I pcif^c. 4to, 10 Scp/cwher, 1628. *^* This is but the second Signature of Ham])den's that has occurred for s.ilr dmini; the past thirty-fi\-e years. It is an interesting fact that Hampden and Oliwr Cromwell were first Cousins. 14. PYM (JOHN). Letter, Signed by him. i page, folio. 10 May, 1642. To Sir Gilbert (ieranl, Treasurer of the Army. Relative to the payment of /200 "Coined out of ye Kentish plate " unto Sir Edward Boys, for the payment of his Garrison. *** The Signature of Pym is almost as rare as that of Hampden. 15. L.AMBFIRT (JOHN). Parliamentary General. Holograph Letter. Signed, i page, 4to. Bradford, 6 March, 1643. Addressed to Sir Thomas Eairfa.x, General of the Northern Army. 1(1. THL'RLOE (JOHN). Secretary of State to Cromicell. Document, Signed by him. I page, folio. 21 October, 1652. Ordering the Committee of the Na\\- to give an account as to the condition of the Winter Guard. 17. LENTHALL (\\TLLL'\M). Speaker of the (Regicide) House of Commons. Document, Signed by him. i page, folio, 28 March, 1644. Requesting the Parliamentary Army not to plunder the goods or estates of Henry Lea, of Gatfeilde, Yorkshire 18. MEADOWS (PHILIP). Secretary for the Latin tongue to Cromuell. Holograph Letter, Signed, ipage.i^vo. London, i June, ibb^. An order for the payment of money. 19. THURLOE (JOHN). Cromwell's Secretary of State, Autograph Letter, Signed, 3 pp., folio, Whitehall, November 9th 1658, to Henry Cromwell. This highly important letter is relative to Oliver Cromwell's death, etc. I professe ingenuously that I am more to seeke for the reasons and grounds of some late actings amongst some of o' Friends than I ever was upon any occasions since I had any reference to y" publique affaires, not hinge ha\inge beene done or sayd either by his Highness or those who are upon the matter already prescribed since his late Highness's death, and Proclamation of his New Highness that should give the least offence to those who fill themselves and others w"' discontents, but on y' contrary all way essought and pursued \v'' might unite and remove jealousies, etc." *»* Cromwell had died on September 3rd of this year. 20. CARLVLE (THOMAS). Holograph Letter, Signed. .\ pages, 4U). Chelsea, 2 March, 1S56. Entirely relative to portraits of Oliver Cromwell. 21. CARLVLE (THOMAS). Holograph Letter, Signed. 2 pages, i2mo. Chelsea, II June, 1857. To F. Anderson. Referring to a Cromwellian Map. 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 29 22. VVOOLXER (THOMAS, R.A.). Holograph Letter. Signed, i page. 8vo. Welbdck Street. 6 March. 1S70. To F. .Anderson. Informing him that Carlyle wants a woodcut of the Mask of Cromwell from the Original in his (Woolner's) possession. 23. CAR1.^■I.1■: (THOMAS). Holograph Letter, Signed, 3 pages. 8vo. Chelsea, 8 March. 1870. To the same. Gi\4ng him full instructions as to the engraving of the (Cromwell) Mask, and not doubting that he wll " bring out a right likeness of the dead Oliver." 24. WOOLNER (THOMAS, R.A.K Holograph Letter, Signed. 2 pages. 8vo. 16 March. 1870. To the same. Concerning the difficulty as to the character of the pimple which had been broken off from Wi)olner's (Cromwell) cast. 25. WOOLNER (THOMAS, R.A.). Holograph Letter, Signed, i page. Svo. Welbeck Street. 19 March, 1870. To the same, on the same subject. 26. CARLYLE (THOMAS). Holograph Letter. Signed. 2 pages, Svo. Chelsea. 20 March (1870). To the same. He is not quite satisfied with the drawing from the (Cromwell) cast : " It is not completely like, the wart quite wrong placed .... no cast which has not a wart can be considered fit." 27. CARLYLE (THOM.AS). Holograph Letter, Signed. 2 pages, 8vo. (May 1S70). To the same. He sees nothing wrong in the (Cromwell) mask except the formation of the wart : " For Heaven's sake ! put that w^art right at last." 28. WOOLXER (THOM.\S R.A.). Holograph Letter, Signed, i page. Svo. IVelbeck Street, 17 May 1870. To the same. He thinks the print (of Cromwell) much improved, but suggests a few alterations. 29. PROOF on India paper of the Map, with corrections in the autograph of Carlvlc. referred to in his letter of 11 June. 1857. 30. PROOF on India paper of the Cromwell Mask, engraved bv F. .\nderson, to which the above letters from Carlyle and Woolner refer. *,* The preceding eight letters (Xos. 21-28) form a complete Correspondence. 31. CARLYLE (THOMAS). Holograph Letter, Signed. 3 pages, i2mo. Chelsea'. i^May 1844. Concerning his "Cromwell." 32. CARLYLE (THOMAS). Holograph Letter, Signed. 2 pages, Svo. 5 Cheyne Row. 25 August, 1854. To J. E. Martin. Relative to Sir Thomas Robinson's (Cromwellian) Papers. ii. BROWXIXG (ROBERT). Poet. Holograph Letter, Signed. 2 pages. Svo. Xeu Cross, 14 June, 1S44. To H. W. Held, stating that Carlyle wishes to have copies of" certain of Cromwell's letters. 34. BIRKEXHEAD (SIR JOHX)! The Original Holograph Manuscript of the weU- known poem by him, " OHver Ranting the Rump." 3 pages, folio. 35. THE REGICIDES. Document Signed by Gregory Xorton. Xicholas Love, Hum- phrey Edwardes, John Lisle, Henry Mildmay. and John Trenchard, all of whom were Regicides, i page, folio. March 1648-9. The Document is to pay Cornelius Holland (also a Regicide) 5J year's arrears due (with Holland's acknowledgment, signed). *^* A Document signed by seven of the Regicides, and by them e.xclusively, is of extremely rare occurence. ;f500 30 J. PEARSON & CO. 51 DENMARK. THE RULERS OF, FROM FREDERICK II TO CHRISTIAN IX. An EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND COMPLETE COLLEC- TION OF 20 LETTERS, etc., written by THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF DENMARK, representing over 300 years of Danish History. No Rulers are missing, and many of their Queens are included. It was under the first King here represented that the Danish Monarchy rose to be a great Power. Frederick was but two years old when proclaimed successor to the Throne, and later he fell in love with his tutor's daughter Anne Hardenburg, an event which influenced his future career; for, although offered the hands of Elizabeth of England, Mary Queen of Scots, and man}' others, a marriage was not arranged till 1571, when the King was 37 years of age. Inlaid to a small folio size and bound in red morocco extra. *,* No other complete series of the .Autographs of Denmark's Rulers is known to us. £350 DISRAELI (BENJAMIN, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD). The ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his "Political Confession of Faith," sent by him to the Electors of Taunton after his defeat at the Taunton poll {m May 1835). *^* This extraordinary Manifesto, which occupies 51 small 4to pages, is signed in lidl " B. Disraeli," and dated from London, 2 July, 1835. "It was not till the General Election of 1837 that Disraeli obtained a seat in Parlia- ment, lia\ing previously contested, without success, both High Wycombe (twice in 1832, and again in 1834), and T.-vuntox (in 18^55), involving himself in squabbles, of no very dignified character, with Joseph Hume and Daniel O'Connell. At Taunton he attacked O'Connell, who had written a complimentaiy letter about him when he stood for Wycombe. O'Connell retorted by comparing Disraeli to the ' impenitent thief.' There was some talk of a duel with O'Connell's son Morgan, O'Connell having made a vow against the practice ; but nothing came of it.' This is regarded as the most important of Disraeli's manuscripts now extant. £250 /lU^ ,7^-^^ f r- I • t i '-»^ ^ -- - ■ ^ 2r <-^'^-- ^^jcr^.- - - , . .^y^ .^ ./7^-^ > .v^/^- /«^^^^^<^' ^■-' -r^^ 52. Disraeli 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 5^ 53 DISRAELI (BENJAMIN). A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHED PRES- ENTATION COPIES of his works. In addition, there are Presentation copies'of his father's (Isaac Disraeh) LIFE OF CHARLES I, and AN INQUIRY INTO THE LITERARY AND POLITICAL CHARACTER OF JAMES THE FIRST. In all there are 38 volumes. *»* All .\ke Imrst EoiTroxs, except " Vivlw Grkv.' Presentation copn-,s of Lord Be.vconsfield's works are of the very gre.-vtest RARITY. The pR'SfiU ( ollcction is Tin-: only one known to cs. All are in thtir handsome Presentation trtges, 8%'o. Upon Political affairs and a fete at Gunnersburj- House. 5. November i2th (1840). L'pon Political matters. 6. August 1st, 1834. 3 pages, 4to. An interesting early Letter on a projected visit of Lady Cork to Bradenham : "She had h.\ed on ne.xt Thursday for her visit and never even hinted it to 'the young man.' She did not care whe'' he was there or not, as she went to visit his father. Thro' the good offices of Lady Sykes I rejoice to say that the storm has at present blown over. 'He who gains time, gains eveiything,' and therefore we will not anticipate futrue mo\emcnts on the part of the old lady," etc. 7. No date. .^ pages, ^\o. "Tlie Thiers Ministry is broken up. There are bets at Paris that L. P. will abdicate before 50 days are past," etc. 8. No date. (Paper watermarked 1834.) 3 pages, 4to. Thinks another Dissolution will occur. " Peel did not speak well ; Stanley with great point and power," etc c 34 J- PEARSON & CO. DISRAELI (BENJAMIN) Four Holograph Letters, Signed, addressed to his Father, Isaac Disraeli. Inhtid lo a uniform size, witli six portraits, tlirec each of Father and Son, and an Original water-colour drawing of Beaconsfield's house in Bloonishury Square, ^to. Bound in morocco extra. 1. A.l.s. .\ pages, 4to. Good I'riday morn. 1^.55. "The Whigs cannot form a Government. It is impossible to describe to you the extraordy. state of affairs Lord Grey, Mel. (Lord Melbourne) and all the old constitutional, aristocratic Whigs arc desirous of forming a coalition willi Peel, Lyndhurst," etc., etc. 2. A. I. s. 4 pages, 4to. April i, 1835. " I take up the pen every day to write j'ou a bulletin and fling it down again regularly in despair of conve^'ing to you a correct or fair idea of what is going on. Every hour the prospect alters. At present and Yesterday 'rums is riz'; I do not doubt myself that the Government will be in a minority There is no more reason now that the Tories shd. go out than two months ago," etc. ^. A.l.s. 3/>flges, 4to. April iSth, 1835. "As co-alition, or as the Whigs call it amalgamation is at the present moment impossible. Ld. M. (Melbourne) has I understand formed his Cabt Ld. Granville Somerset sent for me, to the Woods & Forests this morning to say that if there was a fair Parliamcnty. opening in consequence of the formation of ye Whig Government, the Tories wd. start me," etc. 4. A. I. s. {initials). 4 pages, 4to. February 7, 1836. "The mysterious article in the Standard alluded to a rumoiu'ed division in the Cabt. and that the King had written to Ld. Grey. There never has been a single difference or division in the Cabinet yet The Queen goes on prospering and the Whig wits say that the Psalm to be sung at Churcliing is to be 'Lord, how wonderful are thy works,'" etc. DISRAELI (ISAAC). A most interesting Collection of 20 Holograpli Letters, Signed, and an Original Sonnet in his Autograph, also Signed, covering 30 pages 8vo and 4to. Together with a Holograph Letter, Signed, of Mrs. Disraeh, the mother of Lord Beaconsfield. Inlaid to a uniform size and bound in morocco extra. *^* These Letters date from November 1809 to November 1837. Many of them, however, are undated, for Isaac Disraeli, like his more brilhant Son, but rarely dated his Corrrespondence. 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 35 The most important Letters refer to Isaac Disraeli's James I's " Life " (" An Inquiry into the Literary and Political Character of James the First") : "I have received many gifts from a Man of Letters who has translated my James rst " ; to the unquiet times: "Can you conceive . that Keforniers vvliose hands are not purer than those they pretend to Reform, can do cleaner work ? I think with you that the periodical Mania at this moment is Anti-Royalism," etc. ; to the Reform Bill, to Contarini, to his son Benjamin (the future Lord Beaconsfield). The writer also refers to a Captain Farre, supposed to have been Charles I's executioner. "Benjamin has an opponent in the son of the Premier." There are also references to Sir Walter Scott and to Smollett. Price of the Collection, £450. 54 DONIZETTI (GAETANO). The ORIGINAL SCORE, entirely in Donizetti's autograph, of his World-famous Opera, "MARIA STUARDA." *»* This is, we believe, one of the most important Musical manuscripts that has occurred for sale within living memory. This Manuscript was used by Donizetti at the first production of his Opera in the San Carlo Theatre, Naples, in October 1834. But this present complete and original Score has never been reproduced in its entirety — all the existing printed Scores are expurgated ones. E.xperts are well aware of the excessive rarity of Musical manuscripts when complete and entirely in the Composer's own hand. We may add that this magnificent Manuscript occupies nofeuer than 426 folio pages. The present Manuscript, which is entirely in Donizetti's autograph, has been collated and reported on by Miss Schlesinger, the acknowledged e.xpert in Musical manuscripts. £800 55 DONIZETTI (GAETANO). THE ORIGINAL HOLOCIRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his vocal and instrumental score, "IL BARCAJUOI.O." y pages, oblong folio (c. 1832). 112 I2S. 36 J. PEARSON & CO. 56 EDWARD IV (KIXC, OF ENGLAND). LETTKR, Signed by tlie King, addressed to Charles "the Bold," Duke of Burgundy, his brother-in-law. (In French.) "Most high and mighty Prince, very dear and wcll-lxloved Coii;^iti, \vf commend ourselves to you right cordially, and by the reixirt of Michel de Berghes Esquire, your first Cup-bearer, we have heard well of your estate and prosperity, whereat we are right joyful. And for those matters contained in his credence made known to us there is no man better able to tell you tiic answer than he is. Praying you that of your affairs o\er there we may ever be assured from daj- to day, likewise of anything whicii we may do for you, that it may be accomplished with very good w ill, our Lord helping, may He have you, most high and mightv prince, very dear and well-beloved cousin, in His holy keeping. Written in our castle of Windsor the 17th day of August, year fourscore [1480 . Edow.vrd R." [Addressed] To the most high and mighty Prince, our \ery dear and well-beloved Cousin, tiie Duke "d'Austriche de Bourgounge." *^* It was bv his alliance with Burgundy that Edward 1\' incurred the enmity f)f the Earl of Warwick, and it was with tlie help of mone}' borrowed from the Duke of Bur- gundy that he rcco\cred his Kingdom in 1471. A LETTER OF THE HIGHEST KARITV WD IN i;.\TR.\ORDIN.\RV PRESERV.MION. £200 57 ELGAR (SIR EDWARD). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT. SIGNED, of the MUSICAL SCORE of his ver\- celebrated Opera "COCKAIGNE." Comprising loi pages, folio. *„,* This is the Original Hologiapii Manuscript of the full score of Op. 40, "COCKAIGXE." The title-page reads: "Cockaygne (in London toivn). Overture for full orchestra. Edward Elgar, op. 40. Dedicated to my many friends, the members of British Orchestras. Score. A gift to Henry Ettling, Xov. 5, igoi, from Edward Elgar." The title- page bears, besides, a third Signature of the Composer, "Edward Elgar : Craeg-Lea, Mal- vern, Worcestershire, England." There is also upon the title-page an illuminated shield of the amis of the City of London in siher and red. At the end : " Edward El,t,'ar, Mahern Craeg-Lea, March i()Oi," and the motto: " Metelees and monelees on .Mahurnc Indies, Piers the plowman." The Original binding, in which it is preser\ed, also bt-ars the following inscription in the Composer's autograph : "Score, Cockaigne, Edward Elgar." This important Holograph Manuscript contains numerous corrections, sometimes on slips pasted over the corrected parts of the ]\Ianuscript. £125 V /^ 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 37 58 THE ELZEVIER PRESS. A matchless Collection of the most noted Classical and other Authors from this famous Press which were printed between the vears 1619 and 1680. The Authors are represented in 178 volumes. All are speciall\- selected Copies, beini^ either in beautiful old Bindings or else Uncut copies. Many of the volumes are in bindings by Boyet, Duseuil, Padeloup, Ruette, Lemonnier, Girou, Derome, Roger Payne, Bradel, Laferte, Walther, Kalthoeber, etc. Some of these are splendid examples of the famous doublure bind- ings by Boyet, Duseuil, and Padeloup. Many bear the Armorial devices of such famous Collectors as Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Colbert, de Thou, de Lomenie, and others. A considerable number were formerly in the noted Elzevier Collec- tion of Sir John Thorold of Syston Park. *»* There are no less than 22 Uncut copies, and it is believed that nothing like this number e.xists in any other Collection. A full descriptive Catalogue accompanies the Collection. :f3.500 59 ENGLAND, THE RULERS OF, FROM HENRY VI (BORN 1421) TO EDWARD VII. An ENTIRELY COMPLETE and ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE SET of HOLOGRAPH LETTERS and the ROYAL SIGN-MANUAL, etc., of the Kings and Queens of England for a Period of nearh- 500 Years. Four Royal Lines arc represented , viz. : THE PL.\XT.\(ii:XET LINE (from the Accession of HeniA- VI to the Death of Richard III). THE TUDOR LINE (from the Accession of Henrj- \"I1 to the Death of Elizabeth'. THE STUART LINE (from the Accession of James I to the Death of Anne). THE BRUNSWICK LINE (from the Accession of George I to the Death of Edward \II). 38 J. PEARSON & CO. The full descriptive catalogue which accompaxie? the collection gives an EXACT account OF EACH AND EVERY AUTOGRAPH. *^* The finest Collection of English Royal Autographs in existence. Ir is NOT IMPAIRED BY ANY MERE SIGNATURES OR BY INCOMPLITE LETTERS OR DOl UMENTS. The Collection, £3,500 60 ERASMUS. EPITOME CHILIADUM ADAGIORUM ERASMI ROTT. ad Commodiorem Studiosorum usum per Hadr. Barlandum Conscripta ; et de DUPLICI COPIA VERBORUM ac rcrum commentarii duo. Titles within woodcut borders. Original binding of oaken hoards, covered with stamped pigskin. Small 8\'o. Colonniac. E. Cervicornus, 1527. *^* Philip Melanchthon's copy, cramniud with the most important emendations AND additions in his handwriting, apparently prepared by the Refoimer for a new Edition. This printed Edition of the Copia \'erborum contains 154 Cliapters only, while later Hlditions have 206. The additional Chapters are here supplied in MS. At the end of the text is a transcript of \\'olfgang Meurer's Commentary- on the Work and indices of the principal words. Melanchthon's signatures appear throughout the volume in seven different ways, viz.: P.M., Philippus Melanch ; Pli. M. : P. Mi;i.., etc. The original stamped German binding is very curious. (c) £84 61 EUTROPIUS ■Fol. g, recto : INCIPIT EUTROPI9 HISTORIOGRAPHUS : & / post earn Pauliis diaconQ : de historiis / italice prouincie ac Roman- oriim. Colophon : Eutropius historiographus Rome improssiis / Anno dni. M.CCCC.LXXI. (1471) / die lune XX. Mensis / Mai Ponti. S. in xpo pris ac dni nostri domi / Pauli diuina puidentia Pape Secundi. Anno / eius Septimo Explicit. Initial letters in red and blue. Morocco. Small 4t(). 1471. *^* Editio Princeps. a most beautiful copy, formerly in the Syke> and Syston Park collections. Dibdin describes it as "the most perfect specimen of Laver's press." Laver's press was in the Monastery of Saint Eusebius at Rome. £105 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 39 62 FIELDING. The / History / of / Tom Jones / A Foundling / In six volumes / by Henry Fielding Esq. / Mores H omnium Multorum vidit / London / Printed for A. Millar over against / Catherine Street in the Strand / MDCCXLIX / 6 vols. 8vo. 1749. *^* Thi: First Issue of the First Edition. The first issue of the First Edition {with the 46 cancelled leaves Ji'hich contain the textual errors) is thus distinKuished : — '\'ol. I. Misprints at pages ii, 52, 57, 60, 68, qq, 151, and 209. ,, Has the leaf of ICrrata C8. „ Has the blank leaf K 12. Vol. 2. Misprints at pages 29, 86, 195, 230, 273, 289, and 306. Page 26 has no number to the page. Vol. 3. Misprints at pages 19, 27, 40, 57, 134, 238, 274, 277, 294, 307, 330, and 348. ,, Has the blank leaf R 12. „ Leaf M 3 has no signature mark. ,, Page 76 is wrongly numbered 67. „ 104 ,. .. 103. „ 114 .. .. 144- \ol. 4. Misprints at pages 35, 90, 91, no, in, 120, 122, 169, 179, 185 (2 misprints), 193, 212, 231, 235, 270, and 294. Leaf K 6 has no signature mark. Page 222 is wrongly numbered 225. Vol. 5. Misprints at pages 66, 113, 172, 181, 182, 223, 249, 251, 263, 272, 274, 282 (2 misprints), and 283. ,, Page 80 is wrongly numbered 96. „ ,. 262 ,, ,, 260. V^ol. 6. Page 106 is wronglv numbered 109. „ 185 „ ' ,, 188. ,. 208 ,, ,, 205. The entire Edition of this First issue was sold on the day of publication. The History of Tom Jones, 6 vols., 1749. The Corrected Issue of the First Edition. The History of T(jm Jones, 4 vols., 1749. The Third Iss7te of the First Edition. The 16 volumes are remarkably fine copies, and are bound in calf extra by Rivihe. 40 J. PEARSON & CO. Histoire / De / Tom Jones, / Ou / L'Enfant Trouv^, / Traduction De L'Anglais / De M. Fielding. / Par M. D. L. P. / Ennche D'Estampes / dessinees par M. Gravelot. / A Londres, / Chez Jean Nourse, I 1750. / The First French translation of " Tom Jones," 4 vols. *,* A remarkably fine copy in the original French veaii fauve. The 16 beautiful engravings by (iravclot are brilliant impressions. The Collection, £iSo 63 FIELDING. The History of Tom Jones, 6 vols., 1749. The Corrected Issue of the First Edition. An Uncut copy. The 6 volumes are bound in green morocco by Riviere, only the top edges being gilded. *»* Probably only three or four copies of this Corrected Issue of the First Edition exist in Uncut state. The present is a very fine copy save that the last leaf of Volimie 6 has the margin repaired. £200 64 FIELDING. HIS FAMILY PAPERS. I. THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, signed by Henry Fielding and his Brother AND Sisters, rel.vtive to the Family Estates. This occupies 3 folding folio pages, on vellum. Dated Feb. 1737. The Parties concerned in this indenture were : — Of the first part — (a) Davidge Gould (Uncle of Henry Fielding) of Sharpham Park in the parish of Glaston, Somersetshire. {h) William Day. Of the second part — (r) HENRY FIELDING, C.\theri\e Fielding, Ursula Fielding, S.\rah Fielding, Beatrice Fielding (his four sisters), and Edmlnd Fielding (his only brother). Relative to the sum of £3,000 left by Sir Henry Gould (the Judge and grandfather of Henry Fielding) in trust for his daughter Sarah Fielding to be placed at interest until such time as a fitting purchase can be made, her husband to have nothing to do with it. The sum mentioned purchased the estate at East Stour (see infra. Indenture No. 2). This Indenture witnesseth that Sarah Fielding died about iq years since and left no instruc- tions with the trustees as to to whom the Estate should be conveyed ; that up to the time of her death Henry Fielding (her son) and his Brother and Sisters witnesseth that she ftnC^ rti.9 V CD '>^'^; ^uu/. ■ f^^^ •'^'*'^ ^^t^ 7 '^"^"^ ^M^'-^'^ ^'^'^ i^» ^^iJdnt? y. '.Ol\ W<>l:ltr^:^m^' "is .^4 o •-N* ^ A ^ ^^. iflFlM tr^^^-^-^ <*4- "^ o 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 49 sowie Bitte um Abhiilfe bilden den Inhalt dieses Schreibens. — Gluck's Briefe gehoren bekanntlicli zu den alleiKiossten Seltenheiten. Ein Brief von dem Umfange und der prachtigen ausseren Erhaltung des vorliegenden durfte aber iiberhaupt im Han'DEL noch nicht vorgelcommen sein." — Meyer-Cohn Catalogue. This is considered to be the most important letter of Gllck's in existence. GOLDSMITH. £350 74 The / Citizen of the World ; / or / Letters / From A / Chinese Philoso- pher, / Residing in London, / To His / Friends in the East. / London : / Printed for J. Newberry, at the Bible and Sun, / in St. Paul's Church-yard. / MDCCLXIL"/ 2 vols., small 8 vo. Red morocco. 1762. *,* An unusually fine copy of the First Edition. £12 I2S. 75 GOLDSMITH. Le Ministre / De / Wakefield, / Histoire / Supposee Ecrite Par Lui- Meme. / Sperate miseri, ca\'ete felices. / A Londres, / Et se trouve a Paris / p, f Pissot, Libraire, quai de Conti. / (Desaint, Libraire, rue rue du Foin. / M.DCC.LXVIL 2 vols., i2mo. Original French veau fauve, 1767. *»* An unusuallj- hno copy of the First Edition in French of The Vicar of Wakefield. The first English Edition was published a year previously. £"^5 15s. 76 GOYA'S FORTY-ONE LEriERS ADDRESSED TO HIS BELOVED FRIEND MARTIN ZAPATER. *^* Goya's career furnishes no authority more trustwortiij-, more important, more \oluminous or more interesting than these Letters which he wrote to his beloved friend Don Martin Zapater y Claxeria of Saragossa, between the years 1775-1795. None could lead to a more intimate knowledge of Goya's character, of his Art, of his virtues and of his vices, of iiis passions, and of his social position. 50 J. PEARSON & CO. There are no less than 41 Letters, of which 28 are carefully dated , while the others can all be fairly well arranged in Chronological sequence. All of the Letters are Holographs with the exception of the two dated May 31, 1788, and October 21, 1789. To these two Letters Goya has only signed his name. They emanate from the period when Goya was particularly hard pressed with work. Goya's Letters are written on '»p y^»»ft»yF*»*' AAAAA^AAAA^^A^i-i.. 95. Job 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 6i 94 JAMES V (of Scotland). Father of Mary Queen of Scots. HIS ROYAL SIGN-MANUAL to a DOCUMENT. An Order to his Privy Council, dated from the Palace of Falkland, 6 December 1537. I pai^e, 4to. *^* lliis Docimient sets forth that the KinK, on liis own behalf and that of fiis tenants of A])pincliill, has issued a summons against the tenants of the Kirkland of Dow for steaUng peats, turf, and licritlier, and occupying the land, thereby depreciating the King's rentals from the land and injuring his tenants. . . . The King therefore orders the Privy Council to ])roceefl at once to take measures to see that the Summons is carried out. The Sign-Manual of janies \' is of the greatest rarity. £120 95 JOB— LIBER JOBI, IN VERS.ICULOS METRICS DIVISUS. • 8\'o. William Bowyer, London, 1742. *^* Flic present most i)eautiful copy is in a very remarkable binding of dark blue morocco. // tfrt.v probably bound for Georf^e II bv ('liurcliill and Castle. The sides are enclosed with a broad gilt frame richly ornamented with spirals of foliage containing in the curves figures of eleven different insects and a snail. The centre of the co\ers contains a large diamond-shaped ornament built up with a number of elaborate small tools, and with a King's crown and birds. The panels of the back contain a large centre ornament between four sprays. The boards are lined with marbled paper, and the edges of the leaves are gilt. We cannot trace any other example of this very curious and beautiful binding. This lulition of the Book of Job is printed in metrical form. The Hebrew version, in Hebrew and Italic type, is printed u))on our page, while on the page opposite is tlie Latin version of .A.lbert Schultens. (C) " U^ 96 JOHNSON (SAMUEL). An / Account / of tlie Life / of / Mr. Richard Sa\agc / Son of the Earl Rivers / London / Printed fur J. Roberts in Warwitk Lane MDCCXLIV / 8vo. Calf extra. 1744. *^* .\n uni(|ue copy of the I'irst Issue of the First Kdition, with the leaf of Errata. 62 J. PEARSON & CO. The Copyiie;ht was sold to Cave, and inserted in the present copy is Johnson's Original Autograph receipt for the Copyright. "Tlie 14th day of December Rec" of Mr. Ed Cave the sum of fifteen guineas in full for compiling and writing the Life of Rich"' Savage Esq deceased and in full for all materials thereto applyed and not found by the said Edward Cave. I say rec''. by mo Sam Johnson Dec' 14 1743." 97 JOHNSON (SAMUEL). The Origina! Thrale Trust-deed signed by Dr. Johnson, Mrs. Thrale, and three of the other trustees and executors to Henry Thrale's Will. The Document occupies 10 sheets of Vellum and is dated March loth, 1783- *^* The Signatures are : — 1. Hester Lynch Thrale 2. Samuel Johnson. 3. John Cator. 4. Jeremiah Crutchley. 5. Henry Smith. The five Signatures and their accompanying Seals are in admirable preservation. The Document is also signed by Bateman Robson and Christopher Norris (Mrs. Thrale's Solicitors), both of whom are mentioned in the "Letters." It is further Signed bj' John John.son, who was probably a relative of the Doctor's. I This is believed to be the most remarkable group of Johnsonian signatures that exists. (c) £120 98 KEAN (EDMUND). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, i page, 4to. To J. Lee. "Saturday evening. You know the day of the month." "Dear Lee, — What day do I open in Cheltenham, the stupid son of a bitch has not dated his letter, write me Birmingham, get as much money as you can and .save it for me, I shall send you Hellcot's money as soon as I get it — I won't say I wish her dead but I'll be damned if I don't. Yours truly, Edmund Kean." " My love to Tiddy. Tiddy no sausages out of season capital cigars and grog." *»* This Letter is probably one of the most remarkable ever penned by Kean. "Hellcot" was Kean's wife. "Tiddy" was his mistress. £25 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. ^^ 99 KEN (THOMAS). Bishop of Bath and Wells. The splendid SERIES of 25 HOLOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED "Tho. Bath" and "T. K.," addressed to Bishop Lloyd during the years i6gi to 1704. Inlaid to a uniform size and bound in blue morocco extra, 4to. *»* This highly important Correspondence contains accounts of the death of Bishop Kidder, and refers to his having been misrepresented atwut a book of Kettlewell's. Ken expresses his thankfulness for his deliverance during the "Great Storm" of 1703, when by a singular coincidence his successor in the Diocese (Dr. Kidder) was killed with his wife in the Episcopal palace at Wells. This saintly Prelate was one of the "Seven Bishops" who refused to take the oath to William and Mary. He was deprived as a Xon-juror, and was the Author of the famous "Morning" and "Evening" hjinns. There are many references to Ken's friend Hooper, Bishop of St. Asaph, etc., etc. Ken and Lloyd were the only remaining deprived Bishops living at the time of this Correspondence. Bishop Ken's Letters are of quite exceptional rarity. None, so far as can be traced, has occurred for sale for very many years. £225 100 KING (JOHN GLEN). The Rites and Ceremonies of the Greek Church in Russia : containing an account of its Doctrine, Worship, and Discipline. Numerous engravings by T. Mazell. 4to. London, 1772. ♦»* This copy was bound by Andreas Lande for George III in smooth red morocco and ornamented in the Harleian style with broad gilt border formed by the repetition of several formal floral tools and a cur\-ed band. The panels of the back are tooled with thistles, sceptres, and other tools, and with the Royal crown in alternate divisions. In the centre of each cover is a stamp of the Roj-al .^mis with England and Scotland impaled in the first quarter, France in the second, Ireland in the third, and Brunswick impahng Luneberg with Sa.\ony in the base point, with the crown of Charlemagne on an inescut- cheon in the fourth. The Arms are surrounded by the Garter and surmounted bv the Royal helmet, crown, and crest between the initials G.R. From the base of the helmet spring the rose and thistle, and the supporters, the lion and the unicorn, stand upon a ribbon containing the Royal motto. The binder of this volume worked for George III, both before and after his Accession. £40 64 J. PEARSON & CO. lOI LADIES' PORTRAITS IN MEZZOTINT. A Magnificent ("olli'ction of 331 portraits of famous Ladies. Kngraved from the portraits painted b}' Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Lely, Kneller, Falconet, Mercier, Hudson, Reynolds, Zoffanx', Ramsay, Cotes, Cosway, Harlow, and other eminent Portrait painters. These Portraits have been carefulh' inlaid and bound in 4 folio \'olumes, red morocco, by Ri\-iere. *,^* The above constitutes a perfectly genuine oltl Collection which could ne\er be duplicated. All the Portraits are in Mezzotint ami all have full margins. £2,500 102 LAMB (CHARLES). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SK^NED, May 1824, to B. \V. Proctor. " I have been sadly negligent (but 1 call'd once in Fia' St.) in not acknowledging youi" little Book, which I pronounce capital in it's way, and just enough of it. The moderner criticisnis, I think, are happiest. But where did you fall flat on the error that Sheffield, Duke of B(uckingham) wrote the 'Rehearsal'? He was a blockhead, it was (written by) Villiers. / am going to a Tavern dinner. Pray for me. Tell me where you are, and how we mav meet." 103 LANDOR (WALTER SAVAGE). The IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF 14 HOLOGRAPH MANU- SCRIPTS (7 of which are Signed) and 5 HOLOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, addressed to W. Hepworth Dixon. M.AXi;SCRIPTS. I. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGR.APH .M.\Xl'SCRIPT, SIGNED, of "A Modem Greek Idyl" addressed to the Editor of the Athcnaiim, 2 pages, folio. 2-8. SEVEN ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH POEMS. 2 pages. 4to. Dated 16 A'or. 1838. g-i2. FOUR ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH POEMS. 2 pages.iolw. 13. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED, of his Poem "On the Death of Ernest Moritz -Arndt," with Holograph Letter, Signed, to the Editor of the Alhenaum. i page, folio. 14. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (SIGNED "Pretf. Giuseppe Pesce") of "A Catholic priest's expostulation." i full page, 4to. 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 65 ALSO THE IMPORTANT SERHiS OF 71 HOLOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, FROM LAXDOR TO ROBERT BROWNING, covering about 160 pa^cs, 4to, and dating from 1840 to 22 August 1864 (less than a montli before Landor's death). *^* These Letters form a highly interesting Collection from a personal as well as from a literary point of view. They throw light upon the intimate relations between the two Poets. Landor was a great admirer of Browning's poems, as Browning was of his. Other Letters contain verses to Mrs. Browning, murli enthusiastic praise of Browning's poetrj', and siinilar praise for the poems of Thomas Campbell and Mrs. Hemans. Some of the later Letters, of which there are many written between Browning's departure for Florence after his wife's death in iSOi aiul Landor's death in 1864, contain pathetic accounts nf the Writer's infiiTnities. The Collection is inlaid to a uniform folio size, and bound in red morocco by Riviere. £300 104 LAWRENCE (SIR THOS.). The splendid SERIES of 107 HOLOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED. 4to and 8vo. To his friend the Right Honble. John Wilson Croker. Dated from 1815 to 1829. Inlaid to a Ro\al 4to size and bound in green morocco extra. *^* Sir Thomas Lawrence dit'd two months after the date of the last Letter in the present Correspondence. As with but five exceptions all these Letters are entirely unpublished, no e.xtracts are, for obvious reasons, given. During the period covered by these Letters many of Sir Thomas's finest pictures were painted, notably his Lady Blessington, which was celebrated in Byron's verses; the charming Miss Fry; his most famous pictures of Children; Sir Robert Peel; Lord Liver- pool ; the Duke of Wellington ; Canning ; Southey ; Mrs. Peel (afterwards Lady Peel) and her daughter; the Countess (lower; Lady Georgina-Agar-Ellis ; Sir Walter Scott ; "Tom" Mooie ; John Wilson Croker; Miss Croker, etc., etc. A number of these are mentioned in tile present Letters to Croker ; indeed, nearlyall the Letters refer to Sir Thomas'spictures. There are continual references to his \'ery famous portrait of Miss Croker. It is inter- esting to quote "The Croker Papers" in regard to this portrait : — ■ "Sir Tliomas iiad painted an excellent portrait of Mr. Croker, and he was still more successful with Miss Croker (Ladv Barrow). Of this latter portrait, .Mian Cunningham declares that 'men stood before it in a half circle, admiring its lo\eliness, in the E.xhi- bition.' It was 'all airiness and grace.'" This picture was in the E.xhibition of 1827, and Mr. Croker stated that "no portrait of the same size and of the same class e\cr produced so great an impression. " The beautiful portrait of Miss Croker is «o«' in the Pierpont Morgan collection. £500 66 J. PEARSON & CO. 105 LITURGIES. Not in the British Museum. A Collection of Twelve Missals, Pontificals, Breviaries, Proces- sionals, etc. These were printed at Rome, Basle, Strassburg, Lyons, Venice, Cologne, and Salamanca. They date from 1478 to 1590. *^* The special feature of this Collection is that so excessively rare are all of these Liturgies that not one of them is in the British Museum. Every volume is perfect, in fine condition, and handsomely bound. The terrible destruction durinf; the War of early printed Liturgies in Lou\ain and other parts of Flanders, as well as in the Xortli of iManie, renders this Collection of surpassing importance. A descriptive and fully illiislrated ('alalogue accompanies the Collection. £3.500 106 LIVINGSTONE (DAVID). An extremely IMPORTANT COLLECTION, comprising 10 HOLO- GRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, and i HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED, in all about 34 pages, 8vo, 4to, and folio. Together with a specially written signature of David Li\-ingstone ; also a Sheet bearing the signatures of David Livingstone, his wife Mary Moffat Livingstone, and Charles Livingstone, brother of the Explorer. One of the Letters is addressed to the President of the Royal Geographical Society of Vienna, and is relative to Livingstone's exploration of the River Zambesi and his observations on the natives. Another extraordin- arily important Letter gives an account of the destruction of his house, medicines, furniture, books, and manuscripts by the Boers, who also fought against Livingstone's friendly Natives round about. Another Letter refers to lithographic portraits of himself, whicli he says are like caricatures. *»* In addition to the above there is a Presentation Copy of Livingstone's work on the Language of the Bechuanas, of which onlv 25 copies were printed : two Letters of C. George of the Royal Geographical Society; a Map of the supposed route, and a Sketch of the correct route taken by Livingstone on one of his journeys through Africa; four portraits of Livingstone, etc. £135 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 67 107 LOCKE (JOHN). The Great Philosopher. H0L0(;RAPH LI':TTP:R, SICXED. i pat^e, 4to. Cleve, 20 Jan. 1666. To Sir William (icxlolphin (the English Ambassador in Spain). "The news was sent hither, that you were gone into Spaine, hatii for some time made me forbeare writing to you. But the return of Sr Walter's man having assured me that you are yet in England I againe give you this trouble, & shall constantly write, when I know that you are in a place where my letters may come to you. I was the more easily persuaded to believe you were gone with my Lord Sandwich, since though I had writt to you ever}' post I liad not received one letter from you since I came hither. Mr. Beverling from the States came hither this day seventh night and Mr. Colbert from the King of France yesterday. Tis reported that the King of Poland intends to lay down his Regality & retire into a Monastery and that Sophia the second person in Lubomirski's party & Generall in Lithuania is dead. Lubomirski too was reported dead, but that is con- tradicted. Tis said also that the Lmperor has an intention to send twenty Regiments to the assistance of the Bishops of Munster, & that he hath intimated to the Dukes of Lunenbourg that if they make a warre in the Empire, he shall be concerned to take notice of it. We heare the Prince or Orange's interest gets footing every day in .Amsterdam . . .etc." 108 LOVER (SAMUEL), Novelist. THE ORIGINAL HOLOCiRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his "OCCASIONAL POEMS," Comprising no fewer than thirty original Poems written in a very neat hand. Covering 59 pages, 4to (a/'//z title, index, etc., also in Lover's autograph). *,* Possibly Tin-; most import.xnt M.vnuscript of thi; Ai:thor of "H.andy Axdv" KVER OFFKRKD FOR S.^LE. These Poems W(Me written bv Lover when a vouth. £"105 109 LUTHER. DAS NEU TESTAMENT. Small folio. Morocco extra, very richly tooled. ."silvan Ottmar], [Augsburg] [1522 or 1323]. *,»* A SUPERB COPY OF .\ VERY E.ARI.Y AND HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED EDITION. This Edition, which has no note of date, place, or printer, appears to he from the press of Silvan Ottmar, who worked at A iigsbtirg betnecn 1513 and 1533. The volume is finely printed. bb J. PEARSON & CO. with large handsoiiK' wooiU at initials at the commfiiccni'-nt of each I5ook containing figures of tlie livangeHsts and Apostles. On the title-page is a fine woodcut engraved by Hans Schaufflein of a Criicitix in the clouds witii the Saints and Martyrs at the sides, and notable persons of the Old and New Testaments kneeling below. This Edition appears to be of excessive rarity. It is not in the British Museum, nor is it mentioned in anv of the Catalogues of noteworthy Collections of Bibles. The only Biblio- grapher who cites it is Panzer, and from him Graesse. £250 no LUTHER. DAT XYE TESTAMICN'I". .Mit Nyen Summarien . . . dorch Johannem Bugenhagen. 8vo. Moi-occo extra, very richly tooled. Htiiis Luft, Wittenberg, 1530. *^* Bugenhagcn's Lovv-(iernian revision of Luther's "Testament." ~' The present Edition, besides an engraved title-page with figures of Christ crucified between the two thieves, has twelve portraits of the Evangelists and writers of the lipistles prefi.xed to the \-arious Books, and a series of twenty-si.x woodcuts to illustrate the Apocalypse. None of the cuts appear to have any artist's or engraver's mark, but have every appearance of being by Lucas ("ranach, who lived for a time at Wittenberg. .1;; Edition of the greatest rarity. It is not in the British Museum, and the Bible Society has onlv the reprint of 1534. £150 III LUTHER. DAS NEWE / TESTAMENT / Derteutschet / Durch / Doct. / Mart Luther / Campt den Cummarien / auch cinem Register der Con- / taglichen Evangelien und Episteln. / Niirmherg / In verlegung Wolffgang Endters. / Im Jalir ifj^tj. / 8vo. In the original morocco gilt. *^* Printed on Vellum. Uniquk. The present Edition, even on paper, is not recorded by any Bibliographer. It is not in Darlow and Moule's Historical Catalogue of Printed Bibles, and no copy is in either the Bodleian or the British Museum. It is not in .\dler's Catalogue of the Lorck Collec- tion, which now forms part of the Duke of W'urtemberg's great Bible (Collection at Wolfenbuttel. ;(200 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 6g 112 LUTHER AND MELANCHTllOXS AK.SHL K(. CONFESSION. A. /,.477A^ -CONFESSIO EXHIBITA CAESARI IN COMITIIS AUCillSTAE. Anno md.xx.x. [Quotation from Psalm 119.) Small 4to. Brown morocco extra by Francis Bedford. [Secretly printed) 1530. *^* Till. FIRST KDiTiuN of tlir Latin Version. \{ in uf /lie greatest rarity, Bind no copy appears to be in the British Museum or in Lord Crawford's large Reformation Collection. A century ago the e.xtreme rarity of this First Edition was drawn attention to by Panzer. This copy is rendered additwnallv important by tlic insertion qf a Holograph letter from Melanchthon to Dr. J. Lange, March zb, 1540. "Although I am sorry to hear of your quarrel about de Fontibus and the ill will arisen thereupon, yet I know that acting wisely you studj' skilfully to heal such evils; but lesser offices I have studied to turn him of whom you write to the use and even the honour of the church. Concerning myself if he speaks a little lovingly, while yet repre- hending much in me, nevertheless as to this I think I can cjuote a Pindaric line (Greek quotation follows). Certainly I have striven to maintain the Concord of the Ciiurches and deem myself to be tolerably a philosopher in that kind of thing." Written at a most important period of the "Reformer's" life. On the 3rd March Philip "the Magnanimous" (of Hesse) had married his second wife. Marguerite de Saale, his first being alive — this bigamy was sanctioned by botli Melanilithon and Luther. B. G£/v'A/.4A^.— ANZEIGUNG UND BEKANTNUS DES GLAU- BENS UND DER LERE, so die adpellierendcn Stende Rey. Maiestet auff Yctzigen tag zii Augspiirg oberantwiirt habend m.d.xxx. Small 4to. Broicn morocco extra by Francis Bedford. 1530 *./•' Till-; TRri-: first (;i:rm.\n issui-: of the Augsburg "Confession," distinguished from the reprint-^ liy the spoiling of the word " Adpellierenden " in the title. It is of singular rarity. A copy of the present lulition is in tlie Bodleian, but we are unable to trace the whereabouts of any other. Inserted is a Holograph letter from Melanchthon to Hcrmuint Huddciis, 3 Oct., 155c), in which he writes : — "To the man most famous in erudition and excellent in virtue Hermann Huddaeus directing the doctrinal studies in renowned Minden, his dearest brother. "Man most learned in sacred doctrine and dearest brother. The disposition to pour out copious and sweet song is wholly the work of Ciod, atid a gift which (iod does not grant to all. But that youths may rightly learn grammar it is useful all should make little verses after whatever sort, which when they do they can have more understanding of the excellence in good poets. With this advice I encourage all that they should make verses and sometimes in this way have stirred up the more slothful. I would wish the learned and good to approve my intention; the little verses themselves I know to be dry and 70 J. PEARSON & CO. foolish and I would rather not puhlisli tiu'm. especially when both of older and of more recent ones there exist many good songs. I seem to be like Marsyas or a crow croaking among swans. I have made many epitaphs suitable to a sad nature in which matter it behoved me to gratify honest men. I beg you to dissuade the publication. Farewell and write back to me." This Letter was written but six months before Melanchthon's death. £250 113 LUTHER. DIE BESCHWERUNGEN DES HAYLKiEX R6. Re\ . und besonderlich gatz Teiitscher Nation xom Stiil zti Roniun .-^rincr anha- gende (ia\'stlichait zu Worms ifn Revchaz tag des 1521. Title within woodcut border. Small 4to. Black inorocco extra. (1521) *^* Editio Princeps. Xo other copy of the Editio Princeps can at present be traced. The only Bibliographer whom we find noting it is C. C. Hir.sch in his list of books, mainly dealing with the Reformation, published in 1746. It is not to be found in the British Museum Catalogue nor amongst Lord Crawford's very large Reformation Collection at Haigh Hall. Xo name of printer, place, or date, are given, but it was evidently printed after May 1521, when the document was hiid before the Kmperor in Council, and before the holding of the Diet of Xuremberg in 1322-2J, when the " Centum Ciravamina," the "Hundred Grievances," were flung in the face of the Papal Legate, Chieregati. Inserted is the Original Letter from Charles V to his cousin the Duque del Infante an- nouncing his Coronation at Ai.\-la-Chapelle. This Letter is dated from Brussels 24th June 1520. The Emperor states that he has written to his (iovernor. Cardinal de Cortosa, from whom the Duke will have heard of his arrival in Flanders, prosperous joiuney, and good reception by the King and Oueen. Has now reached Brussels, and is summoning the States of his dominions to make the necessary provisions for their peace and good government. Hopes to be in Afpiisgrana (.\ix-la-Chapelle) by the middle of September for his coronation, and has summoned the lilectors. The delay is necessary because of the distance thcj' have to travel, especially the King of Bohemia, and because the King and Queen of England are to come and rejoice with him, and will be in his city of Bruges by the 22nd July at the earliest, where he hopes to conclude peace and amity between himself and them, and the King of France, to the benefit of all Christendom. He is also awaiting the Ambassadors of the Swiss Cantons, and hopes to do all that is necessary for the good of that country. Having attended to the affairs of his Empire he will return to Spain, where he hopes to dwell for many years, as he prizes it above all his dominions. The Emperor is sure that during his absence the Duke will do his ufmost to enforce the commands of his CiO\'ernor, Cardinal de Cortosa, and use his wisdom and prudence to remedy all disorders and convince his people of his love towards them, which appears from the favours granted in his last Cortes, a report of which should be sent to all the tow'ns and cities that it may appear how contrary to the truth arc the reports which have been circulated. Signed " Vo el Rey." £105 LUTHER. 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 114 EDICT WIDER DEN LUTHER. Small folio. Brown morocco extra. 1521 *^* Editio Prin'ceps of this f.\mous Edict. The appearance of Luther before the Diet of Worms was the culmination of a series of attacks made upon his doctrines by the Papacy. £50 115 LUTHER. HOLOGRAPH LETTER, Signed, from Joachim Frederick, Margrave of Brandenberg, to Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt. 1578. "Gracious and well-beloved Cousin, Brother and (iodfather (Kinsman), As your Highness asked me a short while ago, when you sent me the declaration (or manifesto) of those theologians concerning the Concord Book which was drawn up at Berg, to state my true and friendly opinion of the same, I will communicate this opinion to your Highness, as I understand it,, out of a loyal heart. I consider, after having perused the afore-mentioned declaration, that the theologians of your Highness have thought and have tried to lead your Highness to believe that what is written in the afore-mentioned book concerning the Person and Majesty of Christ inculcates doctrines contraiy to those in the authoritative symbolical honks : that it confounds the natures (of Christ) or separates them and bases the presence of the real body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the ubiquity (omnipresence). Now such doctrines are not to be found in the book in question, nor does it defend them ; on the contrary, it rejects them specifically in antitheses, and denounces them. It deals with them fundamentalh' (thoroughly) and decisively by means of contro- versial articles, from the Holy Scriptures and the authoritative symbolical books, and from the doctrinal and contro\ersial writings of Lithek. Thej- (the theologians), therefore, bptray the fact that they impugn the doctrine of Lutuhr and his irrefutable argument against all kinds of Salvationists, and thereby not only do they attack this Berg Book but also Luthkr's writings. Your Highness will be able to see from the enclosed pamphlets that Doctor Luther held the same conception of the Person and Majcstv of Christ as the Berg Book. Item they justify the synergia, and wish to defend against the doctrine of Luther these three concurrent causes in the justification of men. Item they set forth a few rigid words, quite nakedly and without explanation, which the cakunnists use as the most captious argument against the presence of the body of Christ in the Sacrament, in the following words : if Christ be ubiquitous in both natures, how was it that he had a natural human body, how was he then conceived and born, how could he grow, go from place to place, .sleep, hunger, allow him.self to be taken prisoner, suffer, die and allow himself to be buried, an argument which is .satisfactorily explained in the afore-mentioned Form of Con- cord from the writings of Luther. Item they pretend that the only object with which this Berg Book was conceived was to obscure Philip ^Melanchtlion^ and his useful writings, and to render them suspect, which we, however, do not desire to do, since in the Form, no useful works by learned men which agree with the projX)unded norma doctrinae are rejected, but w'arning is only given against all kinds of corruption and men are exhorted to read e\-erj'- 72 J. PEARSON & CO. thing ciiiii judicio, and to adjust everything according to the correct itonuu. ]-!ut that Philip, of blessed memory, should be regarded as suspect by many on account of some of his discoui"ses, that was not the motive which prompted the autiiors of this book, neither have the writings of other loyal teachers been rejected, but it rather proceeds from the fact that he in diverse places has spoken and written ambiguous words which the Sacramentarians have adopted in defence of their \iews and have made use of. as I have shown your Highness in tiie transcript which I am forwarding, in which words he is said to have departed from the right Form, so that now j-our Highness can place the matter before the theologians and de- mand from them a declaration whether they agree with it or not, and your Highness can thus easily find out to what they incline. If they should say that they only defend I'iiilip in those writings in which he has rightly taught, then they would be in agreement witli tiie Form of Concord and would have to join the authors in warning the people against all kinds of corruptions, and would not impugn the necessary condemnation of those who continue in their errors, following the example of Paul. when, from ardent zeal, he pronounced a ban against an angel from heaven, whose teaching is different, and who will not allow the smallest piece of sour yeast to be mixed with the sweet dough of the wholesome teaching, and they could not, however, for all that, justly refuse to subscribe to it (the Form of Concord). Therefore it is my well-meaning opinion that your Highness should once more summon the theologians at the earliest possible monient, and, because this Book is in principle conform- able to God's word, exhort them to subscribe to it, since it does not hold or put forth the view that one desires thereby to approve or applaud the detestable passages quoted by the theologians. As I have already reported to your Highness, I had never taken pleasure in such abominable discourses or in any others, nor do I take any now. And also that in the Form in question such discourses or similar ones are not to be found. May your Highness be pleased further to lay stress upon these Christian matters, and in the light of your highly gifted mind, not to abstain from furthering such necessary Christian works. Your High- ness will probably remember having heard by word of mouth from us the feelings they manifest against us, which I, acting upon your Highness's own re> in htr Autograph. It is dated from Leith, 28 Januarj' 155(5. *** This Letter is addressed to Fran9ois de Noailles, Henri II's Ambassador to the Court of Mary Tudor. , II. JAMES VI AND AXNE OF DENMARK. Letter signed by both. It is dated 1595. *»* Letters bearing the joint-signatures of James and .\nne, especially at this early period, are of very great rarity. 12. CLAUDE DE LA BOISSELIERE NAU. Document signed by him It is dated from Tutbury Castle (where Mary was then imprisoned). 2 March 1585. The Document relates to Balthasar Huslin, one of Queen Mary's personal servants. *»* In addition to being signed by Nau, this document is also signed by two of the Queen's "\'alets de Chambre," Bastien Paiges and Hierosme Pasquier. It is of Historical importance, because it throws fresh light on the Household of the Queen. 13. LOUISE DE BRET.\GNE. Letter entirely in her .Autograph and signed. It is dated the second day of Lent 1561, and addressed to Catherine de Medicis. *,* The Letter contains curious references to the funeral of Frangois II and the depar- ture of Queen Mary for Scotland. The writer was Dame d'honneur to Elizabeth of France. Queen Mary's Sister-in-law. 14. FLORIMOXI) ROBKRTLT. Letter entirely in his Autograph and signed. It is dated 28 Jul\- 1560, and addressed to r.'\ubespine, Fran(;ois II's .Ambassador in Spain. A remarkably important Historical Letter denouncing the obnoxious "Treaty of Edin- burgh, " which had been signed on behalf of Queen Mary twen'.y-two days previously. *^* .\ quaint passage in this Letter states that the Writer had promised Queen Mary "a pair of blue silk stockings and a pair of carnation ones," and asks r.-\ubespine to pro- cure them for him in Spain. 76 J. PEARSON & CO. 15. JOHN I.I'lSI.liY (BISHOP OF ROSS). Letter signed bj- liiiii. It is dated from Rome, 16 June 1578. This Letter and the three which accompany it were addressed to Ansehno Dandino, the Papal Nuncio at Paris. They relate to a Benefice promised hy Henri III to Bishop Lesley in reward for his devoted services to Queen Mary. *^.* In 1569 Lesley printed (secretly) his famous book "A defence of the honour of the righte highe mightye and noble Princesse Marie Oueene of Scotlande and Dowager of France." The Bishop was the Queen's undaunted Cliamnion througiiout Ivurope. 16. THE MARRIAdH ARTICLES OF QUEEN MARY AND FRANCOIS II. This Manuscript is dated Paris, iq .April 1558. It is signed by Jacques Bonrdin, Cosme Clausse, and Claude de I'Aubespine. *^* This is the Official and attested copy of the Marriage Articles of Mary, Queen of Scots, which were read and signed on the day of the betrothal of the Queen and the Dauphin of France. This took place in the great hall of the ninth tower of the Louvre, and was attended by the Kings and Queens of France and Navarre, the Princes and Princesses of the Blood Royal, the great Nobles of France, and the nine Commissioners of the Queen and the Estates of Scotland. Transcripts and Historical notes accompany the whole of these Letters and Documents. (c) Price of the Collection, £3,000 120 MARY II OF ENGLAND. de Hooge. FUNERALIA MARIAE RE(,IXAE. Finely illustrated hy Romeyn Folio. P. Persoy, Amsterdam, 1695. *^* Bound by Cii.vrlks Herixg. The binding of this finely illustrated Pageant is of blue morocco, richly gilt. The ornamentation consists of a \ery deep gold border running roimd the sides. The outer frame of this is made with a two-line gilt fillet with a broad and narrow line, and within this a beaded fillet. The inteiTnediate space is filled by a double impression of a rich roll with a Greek acanthus pattern between sprays of flowers on a dotted b.ackground. The .spaces at the corners are filled with a floral tool. Within the frame is a light border of a Greek ornament alternating with laurel wreaths and edged with a blind fillet. The back is flat and heavily gilt at top and bottom, with the title printed sideways on the space between. The inside of the cover is edged with a broad leather border elaborately tooled with a double ornamental fillet enclosing a roll of twisted handwork. In the centre of the front cover is an oval sih-er plate with the initial "E" surmounted by a Crown, and the monogram "S.S.B." below. This was added to commemorate the gift of the volume in 1812 by the Princess Elizabeth to Miss S. S. Banks. 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. -j-j 111 MELANCHTHON (I'HILIP). HOIXX.RAPH LETTER, SIGNED. ^, pa'^es, folio. In Latin, to his friend (ieorgc Sturciadae, Doctor of Medicine. Dated 17 Aug. (no year). Is rejoiced to hear tliat lie ami i)is Wife and Children are well, but full of consternation at hearint; that he rontemiJJates leaving; Erfurt — Ims talked over the matter with Joaciiim Camerarius,*. who is most fi iendly to liim and prudent — urges him not to lea\e Krfurt with- out great cause, because of sudden tumults in other dominions and the greater tranquillity and reverence for justice to be found in honourable towns. A safe refuge for Wife and Children is also necessary against passible Turkish irruptions. Has often thought that God placed the Churches togetiier in the strongest towns in German}- that letters and doctrine might be preserved there if tin' Turks should ever lay waste tfie country. Concludes bv urging him once more to rt'iiiain at lirfurt. * Camerarius published a Life of Melanchthon in 1566. £75 122 MENDELSSOHN. THE ORICzIXAL HOLOGRAPH MAXl'SCRIPT of his Motet (Musical Score) "SURREXIT PASTOR." Dated Coblentz, 14 Aug., 1837. J^ound in red morocco. 13 pages. Small 4to. *^* This version is unpublished, and is extremely important. It was written for the Nuns of Trinita de' Monti, Rome. At the end of the volume is .\nother Oric.in.vl Holoi.rapm .MAXustRiPT by Men- delssohn, being part of another version of "Surre.xit Pastor," comprising variations of the last ten bars of Movement i ; also No. 2, and the first nineteen bars of the last Movement. The M.vnuscript \'ersions Compared with the Printed \'ersion ok 183S this DIFFER : — The printed \X'rsion consists of 4, not 3 numbers as in the present Manuscript, viz. : — (i) "Surrexit Pastor." Solos and Chorus (almost identical with Xo. i, Version I of MS.). (2) "Tulerunt Doniinum nieum." Duet for Two Soprani. Slighth- different in the accompaniment of a few bars when compared with MS. X'ersion I. (3) II Bars of Solo for Alto. " Surrexit Christus " in Chorale style. (4) Chorus. "Surrexit Christus." Follows No. 3 of \'ersiou II with few divergences. A few bars omitted ; a few slight^- altered. 78 J. PEARSON & CO. The duet in Version II is entirely different from the one in the printed Score and from the one in V'ersion I. Mendelssohn, therefore, in the Score sent to the piibhslier, Sinirock (in August or September 1838 before leaving Diisseldorf for the Birmingham I-'estival, 19 September 1822), did not follow exactly eitlu r of the two Versions. In the printed Score of the three Motets forming the Set composed for tlie Nuns of Sta. Trinitii de' Monte, " Surrexit Pastor" is No .3, but in this Manuscript it is headed No. 2. The Holograph corrections throughout this Manuscript are very numerous. The present is one of the most important of Mendelssohn's Musical M.ani- SCRIPTS ever offered FOR S.XLE. £250 123 MENDELSSOHN. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED, of his "SCHERZO." ^ full pages, small iulio. Red morocco extra. *^* This highly important Manuscript is extremely beautifully written, and has the Composer's full Signature at the end, and also his Autograph inscription stating that the "Scherzo" was composed for, and dedicated in profoundest esteem to, Friiulein Ciull. It recalls Weber's "Perpetuum Mobile," and is believed to be an early Composition for the piano. This Manuscript is not included in the list of Mendelssohn's published works given in Grove's "Dictionary of Musicians," and is therefore probably inpub- LISHED. £200 124 THE MENDELSSOHN-MOSCHELES MANUSCRIPT. Being the Collection of 65 HOLOCiRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, which Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy wrote to his devoted friend Ignax Moscheles. *»* The Letters cover a period of 21 3'ears. The first is dated 28 November 1826, when Mendelssohn was but 17 years old, and the last is dated 7 October 1847, less than a month before his death. There are many important and interesting references in this Correspondence to Men- delssohn's Compositions, to his Contemporaries, to the publication of his Works in London, to the conditions of their publication and to their prices. 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 79 He refers to Bach, Handel, Chopin, Mozart, Cherubini, Liszt, and many other famous Musicians, as well as to Paganini, Jenny Lind, and others. Mendelssohn also describes his famous "Songs without Words," the Overture to " A Midsummer Night's Dream," " Rondeau Brillant," his Oratorio "Paul," his Edition of Handel's "^lessiah," Handel's Works, etc., etc. Included in the Collection are 3 Holograph Letters, signed, of Mendelssohn's Father, 2 Holograph Letters, signed, of his Mother, and 3 Holograph Letters, signed, of his Wife. There is also the Composer's Original .Manuscript title-page for his " Rondeau Brillant, pour le Pianoforte avec accompagnement d'Orchestre compose & dedie a son ami F. Moscheles par Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy." In addition to the above Correspondence, there are 4 important Holograph Letters, signed, of Mendelssohn, addressed to H. L. Chorley, Wolfgang Robert Griepenkerl, Kapell- meister J. K. Lubeck, and Professor Joseph. Fischof. These Letters are preserved in the Original 4to volume as arranged and mounted by Moscheles, with his Manuscript Inde.x and notes. A full Descriptive Catalogue accompanies the Collection. The Collection is enclosed in a morocco box with lock and key £750 125 MEXICO -MISSA GOTHICA seu Mozarabica, et Officium itidem (iothicum Diligenter ac Dilucide e.xplanata ad usum percelebris Moza- rabum Sacelli Tolcti a Munificentissimo Cardinal! Ximenio Erecti. Large 8\-o. Puebla de los Angeles, 1770. *^* Printed, illustrated, and bound in Mexico. A volume of the greatest rarity and artistic interest. This Missal was bound in Mexico in brown calf with a broad gilt border round each cover, which is built up by the repetition and combination of two tools, a fleur-de-lis and a larger floral tool. The comer-pieces are made up of larger floral tools. In the centre of each side, within a broad circular frame, is a device with two figures, one an Angel, holding a covering over a third kneeling figure; above all is a large Crow'n. The boards are hned with flowered paper, and the edges arc gilt over red. The Missal contains three remarkable full-page engravings, the work of a Mexican engraver. The first shows the Roman Service-Book leaping from the flames, while the Gothic book lies amongst them unhurt ; the second is a Crucifixion ; the third depicts a combat between two horsemen where Johannes Ruizius, the Archpriest of Hiba, conquers on the side of the Gothic Rite. (C) £55 8o J. PEARSON & CO. 126 MEYERBEER (GIACOMO). AX IMPORTANT SPZRIES OF 9 HOLOCiRAPH LETTERS, SK.XED, and i HOLOCxRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SICNED. The Lt'tters date from 19//7 June 18 5O to October 1852 : the Manuscript is dated 1862. They cover in aU 18 pages, 8vo and 4to. *jj* These Letters are addressed to his Publishers, Breitkopf dv: Hartcl, Spolir (the Composer), Lard, Joli, etc. The Letter to his PubHshers is an extremely long one, co\erinf; no less than 6 pages 4to. In others, he refers to the engraving of the parts of his Opera " Les Huguenots"; sends an invitation, on belialf of the King, for a Beethoven Festival at Briihl, refers to his Compositions, etc. The Manuscript comprises the opening bars of the "Overture Meyerbeer," composed for the International E.xhibition (London), 1862. £35 127 MICHAEL ANGELO. HIS FRIENDS AND PATRONS AN UNIQUE COLLECTION of very PRECIOUS ORIGINAL LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS. Carefully inlaid to small folio size and handsomely hound in red morocco extra, with rich gold dentelle borders. No. I. MICHAEL .WGELO. HOLOGRAPH DOCUMENT concerning a payment made to Eederigo Frizzi for finishing and erecting the marble figure of the "Risen Christ " in the Minerva at Rome. Dated 26 October 1521. No. 2. PIETRO DE MEDICI (" TAe Vnfortimate"), 1471-1503. Son of Lorenzo the Magniacent (Patron of Michael Angelo)! HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, to his Cousins, Lorenzo and Giovanni de Medicis. Dated Venice, 24 Xoi'ember 1494. This Letter is of great importance, being written a few days after tlie Decree of banishment passed upon him by the Signoria of Florence on the gth November 1494. No. J. CLEMENT VII. (Patron of Michael Angelo.) Petition to the Pope in a Lawsuit between the heirs of Francis de la Fonte and the heirs of Peter de Cepparellis, as to the Court in which the Suit is to be decided. The decision of the Pope is appended. Dated Rome, 2nd May 15.51. No. 4. JULIL'S III. (Patron of Michael Angelo.) Alteration to his last Will. Signed twice by the Pope : "Fiat ut petit'," and "Fiat." Dated /m/a' (1552). £500 o a if =, T* 1 .1 1 1 .V •5^M3- .^^EJH: c 1 5 PALL MALL' PLACE, LONDON^ 8i 128 MISSALE ROMANUM. Small 4to. Junta. Venice, 1619-27. *,* In a Venetian binding of olive morocco extremely richly tooled. The main design of the sides is geometrical, but all the intervening spaces are filled with spirals and branches of laurel and palm, and dotted with stars. In the centre of the sides are small devices of the Infant Christ and the \'irKin and Child. This is a very interesting specimen of Veneti.vn workmanship of the first quarter of the Seventeenth century. Here we have the Italian and Spanish taste of a number of bands on the back with the intersected spaces covered by a repetition of a foiTnal tool. The edges have been elaborately tooled and gilt, the designs consisting of interlacing spirals of foliage with a rose-coloured red in each space. Tooled edges are only found with the finest early Veneti.^n bindings. There is no copy of this Edition in the British Museum. /lOO 129 MISSALE ROMANUM. *^* Bound for Cardinal Celsi. Folio. Rome, 1662. The binding of this finely printed .Missal is a magnificent example of Contemporary Italian work. It is of red morocco entirely covered with gold toohng. The large centre panel on either side contains a bold geometrical design of strapwork generally finished off in curves at each junction. In the centre is a square panel of irregular outline containing an Armorial device, the other spaces between the strapwork are either dispersed with small tools, or filled with gilt curved-work and branches of laurel. The panel is enclosed in a double frame filling the remainder of the sides, built up with a series of elaborate ornamental rolls separated by fillets. The back is flat and decorated as a whole with a line of gilt stamps down the centre, framed in a border of delicate roll-work and fillets. The edges of the leaves are gilt, and the boards lined with marbled paper. The shield in the centre bears the charge of a tree, and is surrounded by an ornamental frame. Above is the Cardinal's hat with the tasselled strings hanging on each .side. The device is that of Angelo Celsi, son of Hortensio Celsi, a member of a distinguished Roman family. ■ The splendour of the present binding is equalled by the beauty of the Missal itself . It is finely printed in red and black with well-designed Initials, and is illustrated with a series of full-page engravings by the best-known Designers and Engravers. (C) /lOO F 82 J. PEARSON & CO. 130 MISSALE SACRI ORDINIS PRAEDICATORUM. I'olid Manelphi Manelphii, Rome, 1644 * * Bound fof (u'ronimo Borghese, Bishop of Pienza. The most elaborate bindiiiK which cm-loses this Missal is in the richest style of Italian work of the period. It is of smooth brown morocco, and the scheme of decoration is a double frame enclosing a centre panel. The outer frame which runs round the edges of the boards is made with a number ot small tools producing a roll-like effect. The inner frame has its sides crossing at the corners and extending to the outer frame, thus forming four small s([uare compartments at the corners, in the centre of which are placed orna- mental metal bosses. In the spaces between the two frames are compartments of gold tooling divided by circles containing Heraldic devices. The main centre panel contains an elaborate geometrical design carried out in strapwork, and the spaces are filled with branches of leaves, masses of, dotted work, or more formal tooled patterns, all heightened with dots and stars. In the central compartment is an .Armorial shield surmounted by a Patriarchal cross, and a hat with strings with si,\ tassels depending from it. The Arms are those of the family of Borghese, "Azure, a dragon or," surmounted by those of the Empire, " Or, a double-headed eagle displayed sable, imperially crowned proper." The back of the volume is flat and entirely filled with a double row of circles containing dragons or eagles separated by curved foliate sprays. The background is tooled with dots and rosettes. The edges of the boards are decorated with the same tools as compose the frames on the sides, and the edges of the leaves are gilt and tooled. A very uncommon feature or this binding is the use of wooden boards, which by this time had been almost entirely superseded by pasteboard. In addition to the metal bosses the \olume has two clasps with large attachments on the sides in the form of scallop shells. This Missal, which is of Dominican "Use." is hnely printed in red and black, and has a munber of full-page engra%'ings. This Edition was entirely unknown to W'ralf. // /i probahlf that onlv a very few copies were privately printed. (c) £135 131 NELSON WILSON (THOMAS). Works, with liis Life compiled fioin authentic l'ai;er> by the Rev. C. Crut I well. Portrait by Lawrence after Phillips. 2 vols, ill I. Small folio. Original calf. Hath, 1782. *^* .Admir.m. Lord Nelson's copy, with his autograph inscription on the flj'-leaf, "Horatio Nelson January 30th 1784." As Nelson at this date was only twenty-fi\e years of age this must be one of the earliest examples of his .signature. Xelsnn's library was a verv small one — we can onlv recall one other example of it. (c) £63 v^ 1 ^ 1 j f nil f :h ;i 1 ^^ M q ^ 'i d '^ i ' i' ^ ^ \ \ \ ^] \' } ^ k ^ ^ ^ ^ ^.^ 4^ 'S i\ ^^;^ ^ o 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 83 132 NELSON. Tlie ORIGINAL SIGNED " MEMORANDUM " FOR THE BATTLE OF TRAFAL(iAR. Dated October 9th, 1805. *** 77/rs Memuraiuium is the Ufiginal of Nelson's world-famous "Plan of Attack" for the Battle of Trafalgar. It co\frs six pages folio, and was Signed by Nelson and dated from the "\'ictoiy" on gth October 1805, twelve days before his death, and was sent by Nelson to Admiral Collingwood, his Second-in-Command. This "Plan of Attack," so new in Naval warfare, yet simple with the simplicitj- of original genius, was recei\ed by Nelson's Captains with admiration and enthusiasm. Collingwood paid the following tribute to the genius of this "Plan of Attack" : — "Everything seemed, as if by enchantment, to prosper under his direction. But it was the effect of system, and nice combination, not of chance . . . We knew that when- ever they gave us a chance of meeting they would be very numerous. You know what time is required to fonn a Line of Battle. Lord Nelson determined to substitute for exact order an impetuous attack in two distinct bodies. The Weather Line he com- manded, and left the Lee-Line totally to my direction. He assigned the points to be attacked. It was executed well and succeeded admirably, probably its novelty was favourable to us, for the Enemy looked for a time when we should form something like a line." ALSO THE ORIGINAL WARRANT APPOINTING ADMIRAL COLLINGWOOD TO SUCCEED NELSON IN HIS COMMAND. Dated () Nov. 1805. *if* This Warrant "B}' the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High .Ad- miral of the United Kingclom of Great Britain and Ireland &c." is addressed to "Cuthbert Collingwood Esij., \'ice-Admiral of the Blue." It directs him to take upon himself the Command of "His Majesty's Ships and \"essels employed and to be employed from Cape St. Vincents to the Straits of Gibraltar, and in the Mediterranean, in the room of the Rt. Honble. Lord \'iscount Nelson deceased. ' It bears the Signatures of Lord Barham, at that time First Lord of the Admiralty; Admiral Philip Patton. then one of the Lords Commissioners of the .\dmiralty, and Sir Evan Nepean, Secretary of the Admiralty, and one of the Lords Conmiissioners of the Admiralty. The Warrant confinns to Collingwood the Command which naturally fell to him at Trafalgar on Nelson's death. He was also awarded a Peerage for his gallant services. After five years of service in the Mediterranean Collingwood died at sea, 7th March, i8io. He is buried beside Nelson in St. Paul's. (c) 1500 84 J. PEARSON & CO. 133 NELSON. THE / LIFE / OF / ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, K.B. / From / His Lordship's Manuscripts / By / The Rev. James Stanier Clarke, F.R.S. / Librarian to the Prince, and Chaplain of his Royal Highness's Household / And / John M'Arthur, Esq. LL.D. / Late Secretary to Admiral Lord Viscount Hood. / London. / Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street / For T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand / and W. Miller, Albemarle Street / 1809 / 2 vols., 4to. Red morocco, with the Baring ex-libris. *^* This is considered to be tlie most magnificent book printed in Great Britain on Vellum. Only two copies were specially printed on Velliini.aiid both are recorded in tiie List of Subscribers — • I. The Davison. 2. The Bcckford. The Davison copy was destroyed by fire. It was insured for {,0oo, and this sum was recovered, after a Law-suit, from the Insurance Company. The present copy was Beckford's, and was acquired in his Sale (1817) by a member of the Baring family, and bound in full red morocco. Mr. Baring added a Holograph letter, signed, of Nelson's, dated from the .{gamemnoti, 29 October 1795, relative to the Operations against Spain. This letter, which is signed "Horatio Nelson," is written with Nelson's right hand. ^Ir. Baring also added an extremely important Holograph letter from Nelson to Lady Hamilton, dated from the Amazon, ii October 1801. This Letter, which is signed "Nelson and Bronte," covers 4 pages 4to, and is, of course, written with the left hand. The verj' beautiful lOustrations are in two states — 1. Proofs before the letters, on vellum. 2. Ordinary impressions, on paper. Some idea of the cost of printing this copy on Vellum may be gathered from the fact that \'olume i occupies 441 pages, and Volume 2 occupies 551 pages. In addition, there are the remarkably beautiful Engravings, most of which are full-page. Probably the £600 recovered by Davison only represented the sum paid hy him for his copy. ;^400 o 136. Officia 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 85 134 NEW TESTAMENT (THE). 2 vols., i2mo. Robert Barker and assigns of John Bill, London, 1630-31. *^* In a beautiful Sti'.\rt embroidkred binding. The two volumes are bound together "dos-a-dos," the same board serving as an end to each, and the fore-edges pointing opposite ways. The Binding is embroidered upon a white ground. In the centre is a bird sitting in a tree, the whole e.xecuted in raised work. Round this is a deep oval frame made up of two conventional sprays worked in silver thread over a ground of blue. The rest of the background contains raised flowers, and the spaces have been filled with spangles. (c) £80 NEW TESTAMENT (THE). Small 4to. Adrian Watkins, Edinburgh, 1752. ♦^* This remarkable Edinbirou binding is a splendid e.xample of the richest and the most representative style ol Scottish work shortly before its decadence and final disap- pearance. It is of morocco of a light and dull red with a yellowish tinge, and the most striking feature of the decoration is the large circular ornament occupying the greater part of each cover. This wheel-like design is built up with a series of small tools filling up the spaces between the rays which spread from the centre until they are terminated with semicircular gouges. From the upper and lower part of the wheel stiff sprays extend to the corners and the centre of the upper and lower edges. These sprays have perfectly straight central branches from which- extend curved scrolls of leaves and flowers with small birds amongst them. The sides are edged with fornial gilt rolls, while the remaining spaces are scattered with single tools of flowers, rosettes, stars, spangles, etc., and tiie background covered with minute gold dots. The back is fully gilt, and each panel contains the usual .salt ire between tools. On the first leaf is the autograph of John Lee, M.D. afterwards Principal of Edinburgh Universitv. He was a famous Book-collector, and is satirized in Hill Burton's "Book- hunter" under the name of ArcMeacon Meadow. He was especially interested in Bibles, and wrote a historv of Bible printing in Scotland. 136 OFFICI A PROPRIA ' sanctorum / ordinis eremitarum / S. Augustini, / S. D. N. Clementis X. prixilegio aucta, cS: auctoritate recognita : / nuper Romae iussu Reverendissimi P. P. / Fr. Hieronymi Valvasorii / Mediolanenis : / Nunc iuxta exemplar Romanum, auctoritate ac 86 J. PEARSON & CO. Pri\ilegio / Reverendissiini P. .M. Fr. Xicolai Olivae Senensis, / Totius eiusdem Ordinis Priorum Generalium. edita. / 8vo. 1676. *,* Bound for Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, and a very remarkable Binding. This choice Service-book is in a binding of red morocco. The sides are ornamented with an elaborate geometrical design in plain strapwork carried out with a double-line fillet, stopped with a gold dot at every comer. All the intervening spaces, except the centre panel, are covered with gold tooling, some covered with gold dots, others with a diaper of cross lines with stars in the interstices, others with a .scaled effect produced by a succession of overlapping small semicircular tools. The whole is enclosed with a framework of two narrow ornamental fillets. In the centre of each cover is a shield with the Grimaldi Arms, " Fusilly argent and gules." They are here surrounded by a bordure which is not heraldic- ally correct, but it may be a mark of difference or cadency, for which a bordure was some- times used in Foreign Heraldry, or merelj' an ornamental addition. Above the shield is a Coronet, supported by Angels, and from them depends a wreath of laurel sprays surrounding the shield. At the top and bottom of the covers, in a space left in the strapwork, is a monogram in which are the letters "R.M.S.G." In the panels of the back is a repetition of a large device of a flaming heart pierced by arrows, the device of the Augustinians. The Work is beautifully printed in red and black, and contains three engraved portraits, S. Augustine and S. Monica, engraved by Marictte, and of S. .■\ugustine by Antonio Bosso. There is a vignette of S. Augustine on the title-page. There is no copy of this verv rare book in the British Museum. iTS (c) PALATINATE OF THE RHINE. DAS BUECH der gemeinenland- pot ; Landsordniing, Satzung / iind Gebreiich des fiirstenn- thiimbs in Obern und Xidern Bairn. Im fiinftzehn hiindert und Sechtzehendem Jar aufgericht. / lit. gotll. Muntch, J. Schohser, 1520. Folio. Bound in oaken boards and vellum, with clasps. Printed in Gothic Letter. Title in red, beneath which is a superb wood-engraving containing fine portraits of the Counts Palatine of the Rhine, together with their Shield of Arms. Printed on Vellum. *,* This Work, as the title states, treats of the Common land-order, Statutes of the land. Law and usage of the Principality in Upper and Lower Bavaria, as enacted in the year 1 316. The first twelve pages are occupied by Indices, and on the thirteenth is the i)i]i);):];jj;jJiMI))J))i)J)J)jJ;iJJJJ;/lWiiM;iV;U;;;;)^N)))))l]U ■■'Fll < l-l < wirarfiir^' rwyya- m^i o 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 87 Proclamation by the two brothers Wilhelm and Ludwie, Counts Palatine of the Rhine, Dukes of Upper and Lower Bavaria, the reigning Princes. This is followed on the ne.\t leaf by another Proclamation of Maximilian, King of Rome, Hungary Dalmatia, etc., Archduke of .\ustria. The Work is divided into four parts. The first contains L'cm-ial regulations for pre- sers'ing the peace, concerning criminals, etc. ; the ne.xt treats of authorities and procedure, trustees, etc.; the third of blasphemy, drunkenness, and such crimes; while the last has miscellaneous laws concerning inns, .sale of beers. Clergy and Church property, peasants and property, cattle, credit, peddling, mills, servants, labourers, wages, etc. The Colophon is interesting. It sets out that these Laws were originally ordered to be published at Ingol- stadt in 1516, but as since that date there had been numerous mistakes and misunder- standings, the Dukes had ordered some of the Judges to revise the earlier version. They altered, enlarged, and improved the Laws, which were thereupon ordered to be printed in the present book at Munich on the Monday after " Judica" Sunday (i.e.. Passion Sunday, 5th in Lent), 1520 The title, in six lines of bold red lettering, is printed from a wood- block, and below is an engraving of the two Dukes, H. \\'., H. I.. (Hertzog Wilhelm, Hertzog Ludwig), in amiour, standing in an architectural compartment, supporting the arms of Bavaria. This copy is bound in a plain half-binding, with wooden boards and a pigskin back, with brass clasps. It was the Official copy, and the marks are apparent on the last leaf, where a seal was affixed. It was sold (in 1859) ^^ ^he choicer portion of the Libri collection (Lot 273), and Libri considered it to be i-xiorE. PAPACY (THE). From IXXOCEXT IV (1243) to PIUS X. AN UNIQUE AND MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION of 80 LET- TERS, DOCl'MENTS, and ]^,ULLAE, being entirely in the AUTO- GRAPH OF THE POPES, SKiNED b\- the Popes, or issued by the Popes. Inlaid to a uniform folio size and handsomely hound in dark blue moroco extra, richly tooled sides, with dentelle borders. *^* This most wonderful Collection embraces a period of no less than 76.^ vears of the World's history. It commences with the remarkably early Document dated 1250, Signed with the rota and benci'aletc of Pope Innocent I\', who occupied the Pontifical Throne from 28 June 1245 till 7 December 1254. This precious Document is also signed by Nicholas III as Cardinal ; he became Pope in 1277. The Collection (which is fully catalogued) terminates with an Autograph Letter of Pius X. {830 88 J. PEARSON & CO. 139 PASSERINO (CARDINAL SVLVIO). STAirTA REVEREXniSSIMI DXI SVI.VII rARDIXALIS / Cortonensis Legati. TA large woodcut of Pope Leo X's and tlie Cardinal's Arms occupies the remainder of the title-page.] Perugia, Hieronymus Franciscus Carthularius, 1526. -|to. Contemporarv brown morocco, tooled in Mind. Printed on Vellum. *^* The Presentation copy to the poet Baldacchini, and believed to be Uniijiic. The book consists of the Statutes and Orders promulgated by the Cardinal, as well as some others also relating to the Citj' of Perugia. On the title-page is a large shield containing at base the aims of Sylvio Passerine, a bull couchant, below those of Leo X, or. five balls in orle gules, in chief a larger one containing the Amis of France, the whole surmounted by the Cardinal's hat. On the reverse of the leaf is a square wood-engraving with the .\nns of Perugia, above a set of verses by Hieronymus Cibbus. The volume is in a handsome Contemporary brown morocco binding, having a centre panel formed by a frame made by the repetitions of an intricate squaie rope-work device placed end to end with great exactness, and gix'ing the appearance of having been made with a good roll, a tool not then invented. Within this is another diamond-shaped panel of similar though smaller work, and on the blank spaces are occasional rosettes. On the title-page is the autograph " Philippi Baldachini a die ulti. Jan. 1526." Filippo Baldacchini was a cele- brated Italian Poet, born at Cortona, who flourished in the first quarter of the Sixteenth century. There is a copy in the British Museum, but it is on paper. £^75 140 PENN (WILLIAM). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGXED. 3 full pages, folio, with postscript and address to Margaret Fell (who afterwards married the famous Quaker, (ieorge Fox). A letter of great importanxe. That 1 am remembered of ye & am so neer thee, so far from thee, is delight- full ; keep mee so ; when farther from thee, for this I say, & y' before ye lord, & to yee, I will not goe, for any outward ends if I feel not a testemony & an appointed service, I desire never to stirr, but y' is strong before me, & my goeing is in ye Cross, w"" is to mee a satisfaction y' it is right. I have now some powr given me ; give it to Frds I desire, 141. Pentateuch i\ m' M 142. Pentateuch 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 89 if they can keep it for themselves & me ; but if in time they may be overvoted, so ye world only the better for my condiscention to part with it, then it were better I kept it, . . . " etc. *,* This most important Letter appears to have been written when Penn was busily engaged in framing his Constitution for Pennsylvania. It commences "Thy tender dcarc and loveing salutation I have received." (See anle, Fox.) 141 PENTATEUCH, HEBREW. 6 vols., i2mo. Amsterdam, 1726. *^* The present copy is enclosed in a most remarkable Contemporary binding of brown calf. The work is Dutch, and must have been e-xecuted by one of the leading Binders of the period. The sides are edged with a fillet, and within this is a border made with two ornamental tools used alternately. In the upper part is a design of a large Crown supjxjrted by two Winged figures, each holding in the other hand a garland. Below the Crown is an oak spray, and the whole is scattered with stars. In the centre is an oval frame with the figure of a crane holding a snake, above which is the name of the Owner, in Hebrew letters, "Dansit ben Hayyini." In the lower part of the side is a large gilt ornament. This Edition of the Pentateuch is very handsomely and very accurately printed, and great attention has been paid to the accuracy of the text. It was produced by order of Samuel Rodriguez Mendez, Moses Zarfati di Gerona, and David Gomez di Silva. There are three small Engravings, the first of Hannah and Samuel, with the text "And she called his name Samuel," the second of the Finding of Moses, with the text "And she called his name Moses, and she said, because I drew him out of the water," and the third some passage in the life of David. The beautifully engraved title-page to the last \'olume is b\* Bernard Picart. There is no copy of this Edition in the British and Foreign Bible Society's librarw (c) U5 PENTATEUCH, MEGILLOTH, HAFTAROTH. Toledot Aharon. 3 vols., 8vo. Giovanni da Gara, Venice, 1590-1. *^* These three volumes are enclosed in an Unique and extremely decorative contem- porary Venetian binding. It is of vellum, richly inlaid with scarlet, green, and purple. In the centre of the sides is a golden Sun bearing the name of Jehovah, enclosed in a scalloped circle of green strapwork, each semicircle containing a Cherub with folded go J. PEARSON & CO. wings. I'loni the top and the bottom of the rircle the strapwork extends down the sides, fonning double panels, the spaces between the strapwork and the sides being coloured purple, and covered with curved dotted tooling with formal leaves and flowers. The whole of the rest of the side is coloured scarlet, and the inner spaces tooled with long sprays ending in tulips. The back is without colour, and the panels are tilled with dotted curved ornaments. The edges of the leaves are gilt, and ornamented witli a jiattern at the corners. The boards are lined with marbled paper. No other copy of the Hebreiv Bible having the name of Jehovah stamped on the binding is recorded. These volumes contain the h\e books of Moses; the five Megilloth, i.e. the Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther; and the Hafteroth, or portions of the Prophets read at the conclusion of Services. In addition, there is the Targum of Onkelo.s, the Targum Hierosolymitanum, and the Targum of Jonathan ben Usiel in the Pentateuch, as well as the Commentary of Salaman Isaki on the Pentateuch and Megilloth, and the notes of Jacob ben .^scher added in the margin of the Pentateuch. The printer of this book, Giovanni da Gara, was an important printer from about 1564. Hebrew printing had been suppressed by the Senate, but two Patrician families, the Giustiniani and the Bragadini, engaged in ])ublishing. \Mien this Bible was printed the Bragadini alone were at work, and claimed the right to govern Hebrew printing. No Hebrew book could be printed except under their authority, and they received pay- ment for their patronage. The Christian printers were obliged to employ such Hebrew type-setters as their patrons chose. In the present case the book was produced at the command of (iiovanni, son of .\loysio. Bragadini, by Gio\-anni da Gara, who employed Asher Parenzo to print it. There is no copy of this Edition in the British and Foreign Bible Society's Collection of Hebraica. This copy wants the title and first printed leaf, but is otherwise te.xtually perfect. A leaf with a woodcut is wanting at the end of the Pentateuch. (c) £250 PEPYS (S.\MUKL). HOLOCxRAPH LETTER, SKiNED. i page, folio. Greenwich, Ocf"' 24, 1665. Relative to the disposal of some sick men whom he declines to take charge of, "having much more of our own proper W'orke on our hands than wee feare wee can quitt our- selves of soe as well as wee would." *,„* This fine Letter is also signed by Sir William Batten, the Admiral who was at this time Master of Trinitv House, while Pcpys was an "Elder Brother." Three days after the date of this letter I'epys was appointed Surveyor-General of the Victualling Office. £21 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 91 144 PITT iWILLIAM, //?.' Youngey). A SERIES of 84 HOLOfxRAPH LETTERS and STATE PAPERS. SIGNED. The first 66 are from William Pitt, tlie Younger. *^* Of the remaining 18 Letters, 12 are from the elder William Pitt, who was known as "The (jreat Commoner," till he was created Earl of Chatham. Amongst them special attention may be called to No. 71, relative to the false report of the Battle of Kiinersdorf, and to No. 74, on the War between Cat and Dog, as an answer to those who say that Chatham could not write a private letter fit to be read. The rcmaiuin'4 Letters are from Chatham's very eccentric grand-daughter. Lady Hester Stanhope. .\11 the Letters are admirably illustrated with fine Contemporary portraits, many of w hi( li are proofs. Carefully inlaid In small folio size and bound in bron'n morocco extra. £.500 145 POETS (THE) OF (iREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA. A monumental COLLI'XTION of HOLOCiRAl^H LETTERS AND POEMS of the POETS of GREAT BRITAIN and of AMERICA. Inlaid to a iiiiifonn size and hound in red morocco extra. 2 \ols., small folio. *^* riiis precious Collection comprises both Original Poems and Letters, and numbers no less than .555. The British and .American Poets are well represented. Such well-known names as the following are included ; -Arnold (Matthew), Bronte (Charlotte), Browning (Robert), Browning (E. B.), Burns, Campbell, Coleridge (Hartley), Coleridge (S. T.), Cowley (to John Evelyn, the Diarist), Cowper, Crouch (wrote "Kathleen Mavoumeen"), Dryden, "George Eliot," (iray. Hood, Hunt (Leigh), Johnson. Lamb. Landor, Lontrfcllow, Macau- lay, Marvell, Meredith (G.), MoOrc (Tom), Pope, Prior, Ruskin, Scott, Shellej', Shenstone, Sidney (Sir Philip), Southey, Swinburne, Tennvson, Thomson, Watts, Wesley, ^^'hittier, Wilde, Wordsworth, and Young. There are no fewer than 52 Original Holograph Poems. .i full detailed Catalogue accompanies this unique Collection. i(V5 92 J. PEARSON & CO. 146 POLLAJUOLO. THE ORIGINAL ORDER BY CARDINAL 1)1 SAX CIORGIO for payment to Antonio Pollajuolo of his monthly stipend of 25 ducats for work on the tomb of Sixtus IV, commissioned by Innocent \TII. With the Holograph Receipt, Signed, of Antonio Pollajuolo appended. Dated 5/. Peter's, 1 July 1487. Inlaid to a small folio size and bound in red ttiorocco extra, li'ith rich gold dentelle borders. {Translation.) "Raphael di San (iiorgio, dearon, Cardinal Chamberlain of the Lord I'ope. "To the Reverend Fathers in Christ, Domini John Alimento Denigris, Prothonotary of the Apostolic See, \'ice Chamberlain of our Sovereign Lord the Pope, and Antonio di Forlinio, clerk of the Apostolic Camera, Greeting in the Lord : By the tenor of these presents we charge and command you that you pay to Master Antonio (Pollajuolo) of Florence, sculptor, xxv ducats of the Camera for his stipend for the month of June last past, for work upon the tomb of our most Hij^h Pope, which we will allow in our accounts. Given at St. Peter's under the impression of our seal, the first day of the month of July 1487, and of the Pontificate of our most holy Lord Pope Innocent VIII the third year, "J. DE POXTECURVO." "/ Antonio d'Jachopo d' Antonio, goldsmith, de Pollaiuolo, have received .r.n' ducats." Thkre is no autogr.\pii of Poll.ajuolo in the British Museum. £250 147 PONTIFICAL. THE CALVILLO PONTIFICAL. An Illuminated ^Lanuscript on Vellum. Enriched with 88 Paintings. Spain (1365-1370). *,j* This truly magnificent Pontifical is regarded as the most splendid Spanish .Manuscript that has occurred for sale in Great Britain. It was written and decorated, probablv in .Aragon, between the years 1365 and 1370, for the Bishop of Tarazona. It occupies 214 leaves of the finest white vellum made up of twenty-six quires of eight leaves and a final one of six. The pages have, mostl}', twenty-seven lines arranged in two columns, and the smallei Initials are in red or blue with spiral work and other ornaments in blue and black. The Musical portion is written on a four-line stave. Tlie Eii;litv-eighf superb Paintings with which it is enriched are tlie work of two higldy skilled .Miniaturists, the first seveutv being from one brush and tlie remaining eighteen from the other. 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 93 AH the Miniatures are painted upon burnished gold backgrounds, and are very brilliantly coloured. Those of the second Miniaturist's are rather more sharply finished and with more minute detail, while he appears to have followed even more carefully the proper colouring and correct shape of the \estments. Both Miniaturists have been extraordinarily skilful in the accurate drawing of the faces of the various Ecclesiastics and others who are represented. These eighty-eight Miniatures occur at the commencement of as many special Services. The\^ represent the various Ceremonies in the Ordination or Consecration of various classes of persons, including Ecclesiastics of all ranks. Kings, Queens, .Nobles, and others. The Miniatures also represent the various Ecclesiastical objects over which Benedic- tions were pronounced ; .\ltars, \'estments, and various objects connected with the Church, as well as .A.rms and .Armour, the Farmer's flocks, etc. The vestments and costiunes are, in every instance, depicted with the greatest detail. The binding -uhicli encloses the volume is Spanish of the third quarter of the Fourteenth century. It is of oak boards covered with red leather and tooled to a curious Moorish pattern. The Pontifical, as its name denotes, contains the text for the special functions of a Bishop. In almost all Dioceses, however, the contents varied. In the present Manuscript the Services are divided into three Divisions. First comes "De Personarum Benedictionibus, Ordinationibus et Consecrationibus," which includes such Services as the Ordination, the Confirmation, and the Installation of an .\bbot, the blessing of Pilgrims, the enclosing of an Anchorite, etc. Then follow " De Consecrationibus et Benedictionibus aliarum rerum " ; the Consecration and blessing of various persons and Ecclesiastical objects connected with the Church, such as Altars, Fonts, Communion \'essels, Vestments, etc. ; or sometimes Secular objects, such as Weapons, Shields, and Helmets. The Third portion contains "De quibusdam Ecclesiasticis Officiis," and various other Episcopal Offices and Services The first leaf of the Manuscript contains the Coat-of -arms, supported by Angels, of Don Pedro Perez Calvillo, Bishop of Tarazona. It is easily understood why so very few Pontificals, especially of such an extremely early period as the present, exist. I'nlike other Ecclesiastical Manuscripts, they were prepared for the exclusive use of Bishops, and as there were so few Bishops in comparison with other Ecclesiastics only a very small number were required. The preservation of this lovely Manuscript is quite faultless. Xo leaf is missing, and no vandal has either damaged or removed a single painting from it. Its successive Owners, who for nearly seven Centuries recognized not only its e.xtreme beauty but also its importance, have treasured it accordingly. The overwhelming majority of Fourteenth-centurj- Manuscripts only e.xist either as fragments or as incomplete volumes, but the present Manuscript is complete from the first leaf to the last. A Monograph, with 8 illustrations, descripti\e of the Pontifical, can be had on application. The volume is enclosed in a specially made morocco box, with lock and key. :t3.000 94 J. PEARSON & CO. 148 POPE (ALEXANDER). DOCUMENT, SIGNED "A. POPE," being a printed receipt for the tirst payment of two guineas from Thomas Gainsfonl for Pope's translation of Homer's Ihad, Aprill izth 1715. The date and name are also in Pope's autograph. £10 lOS. 149 PORTA (J. B). De Distillatione, libri IX. Small 4to. Rome, 1608. *^* \''erv gorgeously bound for Laura, Duchess of Moclena, Wife of Alfonso 11' D'Este, Duke of Modena. The Ducliess was the Mother of Mary of Modena, Oueen of James II. The binding is of red morocco with decoration of the richest description. Round the edges of the sides runs a broad border of alternating curves, ending in fieurs-de-lys. Within this is a bold pattern in interlaced strapwork worked in curved designs. The intervening spaces are hlled with designs of curved sprays or with dotted scale work. The fiat back is tooled with a continuous pattern of curved foliate work. In the centre of each cover is a very elaborate Coat-of-arms, built up with separate tools. The shield is tierced in pale. The first division is charged with six torteau.x, the second represents the Mendoza arms, since they bore on their arms the words " .\\e Maria gratia {)lena," the third. di\ided in three, has an eagle displayed, crowned at the top. a cross between fleurs-de-lys second, and two lions affronte in base. The present Work was composed for the Academy of the "Lincei," wliich had been founded at Naples by Frederigo, Prince of Cesi, in 1603 ; and the Dedicatory Epistle, addressed to the Prince of Cesi, contains a laudatory and historical account of his Familj'. The first four leaves are occupied by a series of laudatory verses addressed to the .Author in Hebrew, Greek, Chaldee. Persian, Tllyrian, and .\rmenian, with Latin versions of each added. These are followed by a portrait of the .Author within a symbolic border, engraved by I. Laurus. Throughout the book there are a number of interesting wood-engraved illus- trations of Scientific instruments. The present copy is a Large Paper one, and was specially printed upon blue pajjcr. (c) fjAo 150 PRIVILEGIA, (;RATIAE, FAVORES, / IM.MX'XITATES, EXEM- PTIOXES, ET INDVLTA / CANONICORUM RECA'LARIVM S. SALVATORIS, / Ordinis. S. Augustini cum e plurimis Pontiticibus, / turn uero e lulio secundo ante concessa, nunc / etiam recens e Paulo eius nominis ter- ' tio confirmata, cS: innouata. / 152. Psalter [h) 152. Psalter {a) 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 95 {Ai end) Datum Romae in Camera apostolica sub / anno. . . Millesimo quingentesimo quadragesimo / nono inditione septima, die uero XX mensis Februarij Pontifica- / tus. . . . Pauli . . . papae tortij, Anno ciuintodecimo. / 4to. Red morocco. Rome, Typographia Camcme Apostolicae, 1549. *^* Printed on Vellum. This book contains a list of the Privileges, etc., granted to the Canons Regular of S. Salvator of the (Vder of the .'\u;iustinians by several Porpes, and more recently by JuUusII and Paul III. It begins with the attestation of the accuracy of the Document, following, made b}' (Cardinal Guido Ascanius Sforza to Jacobus Ferrariensis, the Procurator-General of the Order, and then follows the full text of all the Privileges granted or renewed by Julius II. This is dated 1512, and ends on page 34. Then follows the ratification of Paul III, dated 18 July I54i>. The Cardinal I'cho signed the book, G. As., ii'as Guido .iscanius .Sforza, eldest son of Bosio Sforza and Cunstantia Farnese. He was born in 1518, created a Cardinal in 1534, and died in 1564. The Notary's signature is X. Casulanus. Besides the present, onlv one other copy is known, which was sold in the l.ibri sale (1859)- ^Tioo 151 PSALMS. The Whole book of Psalms. 32mo. London, 1637. *„,* The Binding of this copy is a very choice example of English work during the reign of Charles I. The edges of the sides are framed with a three-line gilt hllet within which arc four elaborate corner-pieces of gilt interlaced ornament. The corner-pieces are edged on the inner side by repeated impressions of the "drawer-handle" tool, and the centre of the sides is occupied b)' a diamond-shaped ornament edged with the same tools. The panels of the back are also framed with a three-line tillet containing an ornament of circles and dot< Tlie boards are lined with marbled paper and the edges of the leaves are gilt. Following the Psalms are some Hymns and Metrical vtjrsions of the Ten Command- ments, the Lord's Praj-er with the Creed, and at the end some Prayers to be used in private houses every Morning and Evening. The "X" who versified twenty-five psalms was Thomas Xorton, "W.W." was William VVhittingham, and "R.W." Robert Wisdome. PSALTER. HEBRf:W. i2mo. Christopher Plantiu, Antwerp, 1581. *** Queen Elizabeth's copy of this excessively rare " Pocket edition " of the Hebreic Psalter. It was especially bound for her personal use. This is a most precious and most interesting souvenir of the Queen's private library. 96 J. PEARSON & CO. The binding is of dark brown calf, and round the edges of the sides runs a single gilt line between blind tooled ones. The back is flat with bands made with double gilt lines. In the centre of each side is stamped the gilt badge depicting a Falcon, Royally crowned, standing on a mound from which springs a sprav of roses. In the right claw the Falcon holds a Koyal sceptre. This was the badge of .Anne Boleyn, it was adopted in her Mother's memory by Queen Elizabeth, who styled it "Hir owne badge." The books thus dislinguished were bound, )tot fcr the Royal Library, but for Elizabeth's personal use. "She (Queen Flizabeth) continued to u.se the badge of her Mother, the Falcon with the Crown and Sceptre, and this, according to Holinshed, was exhibited in a Pageant at Norwich, during her Progress in 1378, as "Hir owne badge," and it remains on the iron raUing which surrounds her Monument in Henry the Seventh's Chapel." — Willement's Royal Heraldry, 1821, p. 82. Four other e.xamples of Oueen Elizabeth's private library, ornamented with Anne Boleyn's badge, are now known to be extant. 1. Her copy of the Aldine Cicero in the Royal Library at Windsor. 2. Her copy oi Justinus in the British Museum. 3. Her copy of Terentius in the Morgan librar}^ 4. Her copy of Cicero Epistolae in the Schiff library. This " Pocket edition " of the Hebrew Psalter contains 128 leaves made up by sixteen quires of eight leaves. The last two leaves are blank, and in the Queen's copy the final leaf has been attached to the inside of the cover. Each page has sixteen lines, and there are headlines and catchwords, the latter being printed without points. Plantin's Hebrew type was cut by the famous French artist Le Be, who came to Antwerp for the express purpose. According to Mr. T. B. Reed, an eminent authority on the subject, "The splendid type, cut by Le Be, the Frenchman, placed the Netherlands in tlie front rank of Hebrew- Typography. " There is not a copy of this excessively rare Edition in the British Museum nor in the British and Foreign Bible Society's extensive Collection, but there is one in the Opf>enheimer Col- lection of Hebraica, now in the Bodleian library. PSALTERIUM. Small 4to. P. P. Porrus, Genoa, 15 16. *** This is the First Polyglot work to be printed. The Edition is additionally remarkable for the long "Life" of Columbus, attached to Psalm XIX, 4, "Et in fines mundi verba eorum," which was written by Giustiniani. It constitutes the First "Life" of Columbus as well as the First account of his discovery of America and a description of its Inhabitants. In this "Life" Columbus is made to boast that he himself was chosen by God to fulfil the prophecy of David. Many points, however, in this narrative are contradicted in the " Life " of Columbus written by his Son. Indeed, Columbus's Son states " that considering ■■Ti r c = =-2 .- ^ _ <« ^ >'■ is :5 -^ oil J '^ •) •> «t .■~ o p «-» ^ 4 4 •1 5 1 1 c 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 97 tlif niuny mistakes and falsehoods foiiiui in tlic- Psalter, the Senate of Genoa had laid a penalty upon any person that shall read or keep it, and has caused it to be carefully sought out in all places and utterly extinguished." .1 full translation of the " Life " accompanies the present copy. The Psalter contains 200 leaves. The title-page is in five Languages, printed in red and black, and is within a verv elegant Arabesque border. On the back of the title-page is a Letter from Jacobus Anti- ([uarius to (iiustiniani, dated 1506. Then follows a letter to Leo X in Latin, Greek, Hebrew , Arabic, and Syriac. The text is printed in eight columns occupying two pages, and on the verso of D , and recto of I)', occurs the Colophon, printed in five Languages, and'the device of Porrus with the inscription below " Letrus Paulus Porrus Mediolanensis, Taurinin degens." This Psalter gi\es, in eight columns, the Hebrew, a literal \ersion of the Hebrew in Latin, the Latin \'ulgate, the (ireek Septuagint, the Arabic, the Chaldee in Hebrew characters, a literal Latin version of the Chaldee, and the Scholia. It was edited by .Augustus (iiustiniani. Bishop of Xebbio, who was assisted in the correction of tlie Greek text by Jacobus Furnius, and in the correction of the Arabic bv Baptista Cigala. The Editor appears to ha\e been very sanguine about the success of this Psalter, for besides the Edition on paper, a few special copies on \'eUum were printed. The \'ellum copies were destined for presentation to the European Sovereigns. The printer, Petius Paulus Porrus, must ha\e been brought to Genoa especially to )irint this book, as his place of ijesidence was Turin. The bindiui^ of this copy of the " Columbus " Psalter is an unusually decorative and very early example of a dated {154b) binding. The sides are ornamented with a centre panel enclosed within two frames. The outer frame is made with a tool decorated with a formal pattern of semicircles intersecting each other, and with an ornamental top where their ends join. In the .spaces between are stars and circles. The inner frame, impressed from a very delicatelv engraved tool, has four half-length figures in semi-hexagonal balconies. I. Christ with His right hand raised in blessing, and an orb in His left. 2 St. John the Baptist holding a book in his left hand, and pointing downwards with liis right hand. 3. St. Peter holding the Keys. 4. St. Paul holding a sword in his right liand, and resting his left hand on a closed book. Above the head of e;;ch, within an oval ornamental frame, is the svTiibol of an Evangelist, the .\ngel of St. Matthew, the Lion of St. Mark, the Ox of St. Luke, and the Eagle of St. John. Stamped above the shoulders of St. Joint the Baptist is the dale of the binding. I54f). .\bove the shoulders of St. Peter are the initials LI... and below St. Paul is a Monogram R.l\. The Initials I.L. are those of the Binder, the .Monogram that of the Engraver of the tools. The centre panel is formed by three impressions of the same tool, ranged side bv side. This panel and the two outer frames are edged with blind tooled lines joining each other at the corners. <; ^8 J. PEARSON & CO. The volume was skilfully re-backed about loo years ago. The tools used in decorating the present binding were unknown to Wcale, and are not recorded in his Catalogue of Bookbindings, (c) ' £150 PSALTERIUM CISTERCIENSE. 8vo. Apiid Ciercis, Venice, i()2i. *,* The Binding is a beautiful example of Venetian work. Tlie reiitre ])anel is tiilcd with an elaborate geometrical design ha\ing an oval centrepiece which, on the ob\erse side, is lilled with a ("ruciti.xion, on tiie reverse side with a figure of St. Bernard. The spaces between the geometrical strapwork are filled with gold tooling, spirals, stars, and the small undulating rays which so often occur on \'enetian work. A framework of rich tooling encloses the central panel, the whole sides and the back being covered with gold. The edges of the leaves are gilt and elaborately tooled. The text is printed in red and black. The title is enclosed in an engra\ed Iwrder having at the top three ovals containing figures of St. Benedict, the Founder of the Bene- dictines; St. Robertus, the founder of the Cistercians; and St. Bernard, the Restorer of the Order. M the base, between cherubs, is a picture of liuropa on her bull, the sign of the printers, the Cierac R(»fDre the Psalter is a full-page woodcut of David witli a \ iolin in place of a harp, and before the second portion one of the Annunciation. This Psalter appears to be excessively rare ; there is no copy in the British Museum. £40 15.5 PSALTERIUM GRAECUM E Codice Ms'. Ale.xandrino, ' Qui Loiuliiii in Bibliutheca Musei Brittanici Asservatur, T>pis ad simili- tudinem ipsius Codicis Scripturae / Fideliter Descriptum cura et labore / Henrici Herveii Baber, A.M. / Musei Brittanici Bibliothecarii. Londini I E.x Prelo Ricardi Taylor et Socii / MDCCCXII. 1812. 4to. Blue morocco extra, richly gilt borders on sideband heavily gilt hack : watered-silk end-leaves. *^* Printed en I'rllitm. The Codex .Alexandrinus is the third of the three great Codices of the Bible that have survived to tlie present time. The first is the Codex Vaticanus, written probably in the Fourth century; the second is the Codex Sinaiticus, found by Tischendorf in the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai, and now preserved at Petrograd. It is ascribed to the commencement of the Fifth century. The Codex .\lexandrinus .shows a considerable advance on the earlier two, having the (iospels divided into Ammonian sections and references to the Eusebian canons. It is considered to belong to the middle of the Fifth century. It was certainly written in Egypt, some of the letters having distinct Egyptian forms, and it belonged in earlv times to the Patriarchal Chamber of .-Mexandria. r^^ I n i 5^ yj ii + . t I - s P ! - it Ll ■■^r"-j ^^l. 1 J tl 1^ i U 1-4 r I t^j ^ t 'I 4 s ^^^ I 'i^ ^ ^\ ^ -t-'f i C ^ fe -^ £ *- - v5p :■ ' < mm ' ' .:) 5 PALL MALL PL ACE, LO NDON. 99 156 RAPHAEL, HIS l"RIi:.\l)> AM) PATRONS. A COLLECTION of very precious ORIGINAL LETTERS and DOCUMENTS. Carefully inlaid to a small folio size and hound in red morocco extra, with rich gold dentelle borders. Thkrk is no .\utograph \vh.\tever ok Raphakl in the British Miseim, and no OTHER CAN BE TRACED AS HAVING OCCURRED lOR SALE IN GRE.VT BRITAIN. 1. R.\PH.\EF,. THE ORIGINAL ORDER BY FERDIN.ANDO PONZETTI. on Ixlialt 1)1 ].<.-t> \. to .Au.mistino Cliisio (CliiKi) orckTiiif,- tlic pa\Tnfnl to Raphael of lOO ducats. Biin« his salary for two months for his paintings in the X'atican. WITH HOI.O- (iR.APH RECEIPT, SIGNED BY RAPHAEL. Dated Rome, 1 November 1514. 2. RAPHAEL. HOLOGRAPH DOCUMENT BY \"ALERI() PORCARI appointinfj Pietro Bembo, Antonio Maria Daynerio, and .\ntonioda San Marino, arbitrators of the anaount due bj- him and his brothers to RAPH.AEL, the sum to be levied on the rent of a house to be let by him to Raphael. Dated 23 May 1516. 3. BRAMANTE D'URBINO. ORDER ON BEHALF OF POPE JULIUS II for payment of 20 ducats to Bramante, his salar\- as Architect of St. Peter's. With HOLOGRAPH RECEIPT, SIGNED, BY BRAMANTE. Dated 27 April 1512. Of excessive rarity. There is no autograph of this Painter, the illustrious uncle of Raphael and Architect of St. Peter's, in the British Museum. 4. CLEMENT \ II. Ptilron of Raphael. Letter to the Officials of the celebrated Bank of St. George of Genoa. Dated Florence, 22 February 1522 (1523). 5. LEO N AND CARDINAL BEMBO. Letter to Maria Maximilian, Duke ot Milan, bestowing certain Ecclesiastical benefices within his Dominions upon Silvi(j Passerino (afterwards Cardinal). Signed by Pietro Bembo (afterwards Cardinal). Dated Rome. St. Peter's, 4 Xovetnber 1513. *,* Leo X was Raphael's second patron, and Cardinal Bemb are bovuid in red morocco by Rixieie, on)\' the top edges being gilded. *„,* The only other recorded Uncut copy of the First Issue of the First Edition of this English Classic is the Loclier, which itris acquired l)y the late ^[r. Church. The First Issue of the First Edition (with tiie hfteen cancelled lea\es which contain tin- textual errors) is thus distinguished : — \'ol. I. Misprints at pages 6, 10, and 72. \'ol. 2. . ,, ,, 15 and iqy. Vol. 4. 175 and 255. Vol. 5. 77. 125, 208, 262, 26(), and 284 \'ol. 6. 138 and 343. \'olume 4 also contains the leaf of Advertisements, which is nearl\- always missing. ^425 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. loi 159 ROME. RACCOLTA / Di Xum\ 320 Vedute si antiche, che modeme / DELLA CITTA DI ROMA E di Alcuni Luoghi Suburbani Incise a bulino in X. 80 rami. / In Roma / Nella Calcografia di Agapito Franzetti a Torsanguigna / Col Permesso. Rome (1750). Large 8vo. Contemporary green morocco, with dentelle borders. *»* Believed to be unique. There are 320 views of the most feimous places in Rome and the vicinity, after A. Fran- zetti by Torsanguigna. Brunei could only record one e.xample printed on Vellum (probably the present). Unknown to Mr. Seymour de Ricci, the Editor of the last Edition of Cohen's "Guide." (60 160 ROSSETTI. Thf hi^iilx important Series of 97 HOLOGRAPH LETTERS. SKiXED, addressed by tlie Poet to his Pnblislicr and intimate friend, F. S. Ellis. Together with (i) The ORIC.IXAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his Poem "A Sea-Spell," 14 verses, Signed and dated "April iS/j" ; (2) A HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGXED, and a HOLOGRAPH POEM, SIGNED, of his father, Gabriele Rossetti ; (3) 16 HOLO- GRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, of his sister, Christina G. Rossetti; (4) one of his brother, William Michael Rossetti ; and (5) a HOLO- GRAPH POEM, SIGNED, of his grandfather, Gaetano Pohdori. *„,* These extremely important unpublished Letters cover 246 pages 8vo, and were written between 1870 and 1881. It will be remembered that in 1S70 the Poet was residing at Cheyne Walk with his close friends — Swinburne and Cieorge Meredith. The Correspondence is principally relative to the publication of the First Editions of his " Poems" issued in 1870, and his "Ballads and Sonnets" issued in 1881. The Letters are indicative of the great care which Rossetti expended on the printing and publication of liis "Poems" — on Proofs, Cancels, Emendations, Revisions, and Reprinted Sheets, and on numerous other minute details, such as the particular shade of blue for the familiar binding of his "Poems." Many of the Letters are of great Literary interest, particularly those referring to the adverse criticism and "bestial" articles to which Rossetti — in common with other contemporarj' Poets — proved to be so highly sensitive. The allusions H I02 J. PEARSON & CO. to Buchanan include a draft of "The Stealth}' School of Criticism," which appeared in the AlhencBum as a reply to Buchanan's "Fleshly School of Poetry," and a nonsense- verse directed against Buchanan. There are also references to "William Morris and Watts-Dunton," and to "poor dear little Swinburne," including an amusing comment, presumably on one of Swinburne's Poems, "After all. what is to be done when (to utihze an old saying) ' Poeta nascitur non fit for publication'?" The Letters from Christina Kossetti refer to her "Nursery Rhymes," "Sing Song," etc.. and were written between 1870 and 1893. The whole Collection is mounted in a beautiful Album of russia leather decorated with a central mosaic of white tulips and green lea\'es having the letters " D.(i.R. I'.S.E." It is uniform with the Raskin Album (see post, \o. 166). This is the most important .\nd "intimate" Rossetti Collection that has occurred for sale, and it gains additional importance fro.m the fact th.\t it is cnpvblished. .{400 161 ROSSINI (GIOACHINO). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of the Score of his Song commencing "Chi m' ascolta il canto usato." t^ full pages, oblong foho, 1818. With the following Dedication, also in Rossini's autograph: "Rossini al suo Amico Luigi Duprc 1' anno 1818." /"18 iSs. '■J 162 ROSSINI (CxIOACHINO). THE ORIGINAL HOLOCxRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his "Stance di pascolar. Aria e Variazioni." 1 y pages, ohlongiolio. A note beneath the title states that this Manuscript was written by Rossini for Madame Caradori Allen, and came from her Collection. £30 163 RUBENS HIS FRIENDS AND PATRONS. A COLLECTION of very PRECIOUS ORIGINAL LETTERS and DOCUMENTS. Carefully inlaid to small folio size and hound in red morocco extra, with rich gold dentelle borders. I. PETER PAUL RUBENS. A superb HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, to Pierre Dupuy. Dated Antwerp, 17 September 1626. V? ^ v<^ di ^ ' IT-^ ;■ -... .-Y i' ti^^i c 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 103 2. THE INFANTA ISABELLA CLARA EUGENIA. Governess of the Netherlands and Patroness of Rubens. Instructions to urge the States of Tournai and Tournesis to grant the aid and extraordinary subsidies requested of them. Dated Brussels, 29 May 1630. 3. ALBICRT, ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA. Patron of Rubens. DIPI-OMA appointing Don Francesco dc Bcnavides to the Council of War in the States of Flanders. Dated Bruges, 2 .September 1604. 4. MARIE DE MfiDICIS, QUEEN REGENT OF FRANCE. Patroness of Rubens. AGREEMENT with the Sicur Gaveau, Receiver-General of the finances of Limoges, for the sale of Offices in that Generality. Dated Paris, 6 December 1621. 5. PHILIP IV, KING OF SPAIN. Pntron of Rubens. ORDER to the Marques de Castclrodrigo to appoint the Baron de Esclevecq to an Office for whicii he has petitioned, or to some other Office befitting his deserts and services. £300 164 RUSH (BENJAMIN, D.D.). Signed the Declaration of American Independence. HOLOGRAPH LPITTEK, SKiNED. c) pages, folio. Philadelphia . April ^th, 1785. Headed "An account of the Progress of Population, Agriculture and (ioNernnient in Penns\i\ania, in a letter from Benjamin Rush, M.I)., Professor of Chemistry in the I'niversity of Philadelphia, to Benjamin Vaughan, Esqr. of London." *^,* This is his Original and highly important historical account of the State of Penn- sylvania, ending : " From this you will see that our State is the great outpost of the United States for luiropians, and that afttM" performing the Office of a Sieve by detaining all those people who possess the stamina of industry, and virtue, it allows a passage for the rest to those States which are accommodated to their habits of indolence or vice." Vaughan was the intimate friend and correspondent of Benjamin Franklin. 165 RUSKIN. AN IMPORTANT SERIES OF 80 HOLOGRAPH LETTERS, SKiNED, covering 120 pages, 8vo and 4to. *j* This remarkable Collection comprises Ruskin's Correspondences to (i) his friend Ralph Nicholson Wornum, the Art critic and Keeper of the National Gallery, consisting of 34 letters; (2) 45 letters to his printer — Henry Jowett ; (3) A letter to Arthur Browning, relative to a Tennysonian photograph. Inlaid to Royal 4to size and bound in broicn morocco extra. 104 J- PEARSON & CO. The Letters to Wornum, (hitini; from 1858 to 1873, are most interesting, and depict Ruskin as the Champion of Turmr. They refer, principally, to the pictures and draw- ings BY Turner which that artist luet to the nation. Ruskin was one of the executors to Turner's will, and through legal and technical barriers was unable to arrange the drawings into any order for Exhibition until 1856, when they were found to be mildewed and mouse- bitten. Other letters deal with Wornum's "Life of Holbein," "Epochs of Painting," and "Saul," Swedenborg, Christianity, etc., etc. The Letters to Henry Jowett (Riiskin's printer) are highly important. Tliey illustrate the great care (as regards style and general get-up) which Ruskin insisted should be used when printing his books, although Printer's proofs were always a trial to him. There are, consequently, imusually interesting references to "Fors Clavigera," " Praeterita," "Proserpina," "St. Mark's Rest," "Roadside Songs of Tuscany," "Ulric," "The Laws of Fesole," etc., etc. £185 166 RUSKIN. THE MOST INTERESTINt; SERIES OF j; HOLOC^RAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, addressed to his Publisher and intimate friend, F. S. Ellis. Covering 66 pages, 8vo, and written between 17 Feb. 1870 and 18 Jan. 1886. They are addressed from Denmark Hill, Brant- wood, and Coniston. *^* These verj' important unpublished Letters are chiefly concerned with Ruskin's purchases of Manuscripts, rare Books, and Drawings, in which connexion there are many interesting references to his favourite Authors. For instance, on receipt of a copy of More's "Utopia" he writes, "What an infinitely wise — infinitely foolish book it is," while his keen admiration for Scott is revealed in several Letters — "I've been speechless with indignation since you let go that * 'Guy Mannering' MS." Again : ". . . I'd rather have lost a catch at Cricket than that ' St. Ronans ' — do PLEASE get it anyhow for me at once," or when he commends Ellis for his discretion in bidding in the Saleroom, whilst urging him to secure any Scott MSS. — ". . . Go calmly but unflinchingly in next time." Some Letters are of a more personal character, the final one (endorsed by Ellis, "The last note I ever had from my dear friend ") containing some pathetic lines on his own infiiTnities, " but this sweet sunlight on the Mere cheers me . . . I am recovering very slowly from the depression of this last illness, and can only say that I am ashamed of having been sad." The Correspondence is mounted in a beautiful Album of russia leather with a central mosaic of white tulips and green leaves, and the letters " J.R., F.S.E." It is uniform with the Rossetti Album (see ante. No. 160). * Now in the J. P. Morgan Libraiy. S.f-iV K^! fe6«ltMfilii-M . ■ ) 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 105 167 SCHUBERT (FRAXZ). HOLOGRAPH LETTER (SIGNED). I page, folio. Vienna, 18 16. *»* This magnificent letter was one of Herr Meyer-Cohn's most treasured POSSESSIONS. Schubert's letters are of the greatest rarity. The present is the finest that has occurred for sale in Great Britain. "Eingabe, auf Stempelpapier, an die 'Hochlobl. K.K. Stadthauptmannschaft.' Er bittet unterthanigst ihm die erledigte Miisik-Direktor-Stelle zu Laibach in Gnaden zu verleihen. Xach Mitteilung iiber seinen musikalischen Lehrgang, seine Kenntnisse der Komposition etc. 'Gelobt er, die bestmogliche V'erwendung seiner Fahigkeiten, um einer gnadigen Bittgewahr vollkommen zu entsprechen.' Der Brief ist wie folgt unter- zeichnet : Franz Schubert m.p. derzeit Scliulgehiilfe der Scliule seines \'aters zu \\'ien am Himmelpfortgrunde No. 10." — Meyer-Cohn Catalogue. (c) £200 168 SETTLE. (ELKAXAH). .\ Pindaric Poem on the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts— A Work of Piety so Zealously- Recommended and Promoted by Her Most Gracious Majest\'. 4to. London, 171 1. *^* Extremely rare. There was no copy in the Church Colkction, and the book appears to be totally unknown to all Bibliographers. It contains references to the Xorth American Indians. The Arms on the binding, which is of calf, are those of the widow of Sir Edward Smyth, of Hill Hall, Esse.x : Sable, a fers dancetty argent billetty (here wrongly given ermine) between three lioncels rampant guardant of the second each supporting an altar or flaming proper (Smyth) . Impaling the wife's arms quarterly — i and 4 : Or three dolphins salient azure (\'andeput) ; 2 and ', : \'ert three pine-apples or (Jaupinej. (c) £a5 169 SHAKESPEARE. \\'ORKS, the text formed from a New Collation of the early Editions, to which are added the Original Novels on which the Plays are founded, etc., by J. O. Halliwell. Portraits, views, facsimiles, etc., and uvodcids bv F.W. Fairholt. 16 vols. Folio. Original half binding, vacvT. 1853-1865. *,* Only 150 copies were printed for Subscribers, each of which contains Mr. Halhwell's signed guarantee. Five very interesting letters in n-fercnce to this Edition of Shakespeare are inserted. £150 io6 J. PEARSON & CO. 170 SOMERVILLE (W.). IHE / CHACE. / A / Poem. ' B\- William Somerville, Esq.; / London, / Printed for (i. Hawkins, and sold by T. Cooper at the / Globe in Pater-Noster-Row. / MDCCXXXV. (1735.) Illustrated teith a Frontispiece by Gravelot, engraved by Scotin. 4to. 1735- *^* Probably the finest known ropy of tlu- I'iist lldition of this very famous book. It is enclosed in a most elaborate binding of red morocco, decorated with broad gold borders, which is probably the work of Churchill and Castle, George 11 's binders. The frontispiece, by Gravelot, which dates from his first years in England, was quite unknown to Cohen-De Ricci. (c) _ £50 171 SWEDEN, THE RULERS OF, FROM JOHN HI TO OSCAR H. A REMARKABLE and COMPLETE COLLECTION of LETTERS, Etc., of the KINGS OF SWEDEN. There are 37 Letters, etc., in all, representing 326 years of the History of Sweden. This is thf. sole Collection of the Autographs of Sweden's Rulers known to us. Besides the Kings, many of their Queens are included. Illustrated with fine Contemporary portraits. Inlaid to small folio size and bound in red morocco extra. *^* Every Letter is complete. See ante, Denmark (Xo. 51). £350 172 SWINBURNE. Till-: ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his Poem "A SON(; OF ITALY." Covering 45 closely written 8\'o pages. (1867.) Quite complete, and entirely in the Poet's autograph. Inlaid to Imperial 8\-o size and bound in blue morocco extra, richly tooled in gold. Bound up with the Manuscript are tiik ork.in.vl proof sheets of the Poem with corrections in Swinburne's autograph. The Dedication, which reads: " Inscribed with all devotion and reverence to Joseph Mazzini," is also in the Poet's autograph. *^* This M.ANUSCRIPT was presented by Swinburne to his friend Thomas Purnell, and both names, in Swinburne's Autograph, Nvill be found bracketed together on the fly-leaf. ;t500 1 ^ A S ** i . J...- Vs ^ ._ ^^ , t . <., 5 •< 'Hi^5^'^-- * V ,-1 •I ^.^ f f S ^ * V i • ^ -(? f .V^ vl ^ ^ ft) ^ < ^ z o t S Q < Oi o ^ CO u S 2 w J CQ > ex W OJ — . M a> CO ft! w w S w ^ " •- e o o — a - " ■ 1-1 i a 2 g '-Si ~ « ^ S g o- s K 9 = § 9 C S" o'^ p> "^tJH.o = 3. 9 ^ E:S-SH = ^ 2 § ^ fl U "5 a .2 tt u < O -D p -c 2-3 T3 v. C o S O o g •-? o '-2 ,. -. , 3 ti ?^ - o ^. T. L_S § ^ S 3 =— Q 2_„j:t; "?„- M 5.^ ' .'a i c .2,2 B a S-^ °\t ^-^ S 0"% S o a o'^ ^^ ^ o ■i r^ S -s " « - ? kSl? -S ^ " °.£--3 o o p ■- o 3 g ^ g E g 8 <= 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 107 SWINBURNE. THE ORIGINAL HOLOCiRAPH MANUSCRIPT uf his Poem "CHASTELARD A TRAGEDY." This Manuscript comprises : — {a) Title-page with list of Dramatis persona on the reverse. (b) Text of the Poem, 113 pages, small folio. (1865.) Together 114 pages, small folio. Entirely in the Poet's autograph. *»* .\ magnificent Manuscript, and by far the most important .Author's Manuscript that has occurred for sale during the last thirty years at least. It is only surpassed by the Manuscript of Keats's "Endymion," which we sold to the late Mr. Pierpont Morgan in 1890. This Manuscript is not onh' absolutely complete, but every line of it is in Swinburne's own handwriting, not one word being in the hand of an Amanuensis. It is, nion-o\er, crammed with Swinburne's cancels, corrections, and additions. Of the 113 pages of the te.xt of Chastelard, no less than 2^ pages also /uzve Swinburne's holograph manuscript on the reverse, in some cases filling the entire folio page, in others a verse or so, thus making, in all, 137 pages in the Poet's handwriting. We believe that competent critics consider "Chastelard" to be Swinburne's greatest Poem. It was published in 1865. Accompanying this Manuscript is the Original Holograph Manuscript of George Meredith's famous Eulogy on Swinburne. It covers 4 pages 4to, and is signed and dated 14th April igog (Swinburne died four days previously}. This .Manuscript of Chastelard is enclosed in a superbly decorated binding of brown morocco. The binding is an exact reproduction, by Riviere, of the Scots Acts of 1566, which was bound for Mary Stuart, and is now in the British Museum. TASSO-BEMBO. Le Prose (rivedute da Varchi). Small 4to. Venice, 1525. *,* This unique and tnosl precious copy of the poet Bembo's work is filled uilh notes and annotations entirely in the autograph of Tasso. It also contains an original Poem in Tasso's autograph. The volume bears pathetic evidence of lia\ing been in Tasso's possession during the years (15713-1580) of his confinement in the Hospital of St. Anna. io8 J PEARSON & CO. The following Epistle, which he has written on the front page, is obviously addressed to the Princess Leonora d'Este — "the beloved of Tasso." " From the day when I looked upon your stupendous bcautv and graces, sole Patroness'of my life, I inmiediatclj' became a mass of living and inextinguishable fire. Many times, hoping to smother it, 1 had recourse to absence; but then my eyes, deprived of their living Sun continually poured forth as it were a living fountain of scalding tears; and being in your presence, contemplating the unprecedented marvel at its affable sweetness, the restrained and ardent desire arises ; the sa\agc jealousy, the uncertainty of being found pleasing, assail my heart with such fierce strife that man\' times my state has been nigh unto death." — Translation. Lower on the page is a second Inscription. It is doubtless an allusion to the death of Leonora, the Poet's " the second Angel," and to Lucrezia, her elder sister, " the first Angel." "S. Roberto. The second Angel flew better than the first, and has now reached Paradise, so thither you and I have now to fly together." — Translation. At the end of the volume an original Poem is written in tht- neat slanting hand which Tasso used in his Correspondence. The Poem, as translated, reads : — "Now hope and waiting weary me, and the long tornuiU in whicli I speiul m\ life and the fierce ardour which turns all sweetness into pain and would bring nie to untimely death. "Less than ten years the (irceks stro\e in Troy, and all things else are curbed by Time ; but, alas ! the sun brings in the fifth lustre that I have lived alone in anguished misery. "Never could I banish from my heart that beauty which is e\er present to me, nor that perpetual and immortal longing. "The flame of a volcano would be spent in the passage of so long a time, but I can never quench the burning flame." This most important Manuscript Souvenir of the Poet passed from the possession of Professor Rostni to George Hibbert, from Hibbert's library into that of Sir William Tite, and, finally, to the late Mrs. Singleton (better known under her nom de /)/;(>«<; of " \'iolet Fane"). The volume is in its Original vellum binding just as it u'as ivhen Tasso handled it. (C) /25() 1/5 TEN COMMANDMENTS [IWll). Here begyneth the ten comaudeinentis of God ye which euer}' man mote kepe if he wulle com to bhsse. [On page y.) Here bene ye seuene dedly synnes J^at euerj- man most flee, if he wolde be saued '^'i ^ C itcg^iincn< -t^c -tot ttfc ^oQjJU ■?; ,<«c: U/hn^ Ivtfi . Rti^ c:i^ mifn^ati to jntt- ttuta. aai feii ; yu^f -.^i. (Vi^ od iiJtn tti4^.^di fiuux tiuin^rt2\« \\tt i«r*£ -, r|wn A^olte axiti. m to Ujfft fe^jc yc a^mMmi^mcntif 0j\fi m>6>:i£^\Aux t...bO ^. yatU*i< vccuta of y<:LiaA« af 0y6 I'lfcu luc . v^i fk)Ah muk to yc iv» ^id»I yma^ ac bc^ 14/jici glS . '/ J- Ten Commandments. 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LOi^'DON. log for pci ben pe large weie to belle. {On page 14.) Ardeat in nobis diuini feruor amoris. This short pistelle )?at foUoweJ? is deuyded in sundry maters eche matere by him selfe intitlid as )jis kalendeer showi]> etc. Manuscript on vellum. Bound in calf. Small 4to. Saec. XV. \n uniinR- South-i'-n,u;lisli Manusiiipt wiitk-n in tlie reign of Henry V. * * * It covers 66 pages of \'ellum, very neatly written in long lines, 32 to a full page (6i by 42 ill)- It is ornamented with pen-letters and blue and red-painted Capitals. This important Manuscript is divided into two parts. The first part, oceupying tliir teen pages, contains the Ten Commandments with short explanations, the Ten X'engeances taken upon the men of Egypt for breaking the Commandments, the Seven Deadly Sins, the Seven bodily works of mercy, the Seven ghostly works of mercy, the Five senses of the body and mind, the \irtues, the Seven Sacraments, the Eight tokens, and a final Prayer. The remainder of the Manuscript contains a Treatise or Epistle on the Love of God. This is divided into four parts treating of "Ordeyne" love, "Clene" love, "Stede- faste" lo\e, and "Perfyte" love, and each part is subdivided into a certain number of points, all e.xplained and illustrated by texts from tlic Scriptures and quotations from the Fathers. From certain fomis of spelling, as, for instance, the suffix lic/i for (v. as "gostlich and bodelich," the Work was almost certainly written in the South of England. No clue is given to the Author, nor is anv other Manuscript of it known. £210 176 TENNYSON (ALFRED, LORD)'. HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. Seaford House, Seaford. Susse.x. Dec. qth (1852). Relative to a translation of lasso. "With respect to your corrections I agree with Professor Aytoun that the alliteration in that line about the vine is excessive. 'Fast clinging' to my mind wd. be better than 'Close clinging climbs.' As to the variations in that distich about the night I cannot pronounce so securely not having the Italian by me but it seems to me that I like the first better than the second as easier & not liable to the objection of the imperfect rhyme glad & shade with the further objection of the perfect rhyme 'made' occurring just before the imperfect." Etc. £15 15s- no J. PEARSON & CO. 177 THACKERAY (W. M.). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. li pages. Svo. 36 O^tslow Sijuare, S.W. Tuesday, 23 October (1856). To Robert Southey's ■ son-in-law. "... I ha\e always had tlie fjreatest regard and admiration for the character of that noble man of letters (Robert Southey) of whom I spoke in the Lecture which you have read ; and as for Thalaba and Keliama, they were the delight of my youth, and I think I scarcely spoke of them with sufficient respect. I hope some day I may have tlie pleasure of meeting Southey's daugiiter and son-in-law . . allured by the ad\ertise- ment of a house and a few acres of land to be sold in the village, and round which (if I remember the Auctioneer rightly) fig-trees of prodigious antiquity are planted and still flourishing, and I have long had an ambition to be able to sit under my own . . ." *af* Thackera\''s splendid Eulogy of Southey in his "Lectures en the Four Georges" is exceedingly well known. 178 THACKERAY (\V. M.). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. 2 pages, Svo. Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh. November 24, 1856. To his Cousin, William Ritchie. Relative to "The Virginians" and "Lectures on the Four Georges." "Read over the enclosed respectful document and think in your noble mind whether it is likely to serve my friend Captain Blackwood bj' being sent to it's address & put in the fire — that is if you have fires in Calcutta — though of course you do burn your widows on. Blackwood is a friend of mine a good officer a most worthy gentleman and I am very an.xious to serve him — can you ? Can Colonel Low ? The favour Captain B asks is not a big one. "My friend Da\ison goes to Madras — and now I real!}- think I must come to my native countrj' — Yardley at Bombay, Davies at Madras, and you and Arthur BuUer at Calcutta. \Miat a jolly winter I and the girls might have ! Let us finish the 'forth- coming Serial' ('Tlu- ^'irginians') and then see. "I saw your dear little ones at Paris not very long ago— Charlotte and Jane (how surprised we were to find her back !) will tell you how my mamma fell ill and my girls were disappointed of their trip to Scotland. My Oration (the Lectiues on 'The Four Georges') is a great success here and I am coining money at present at the rate of about half an Advocate General, say 5 or ^^600 a month. I get /600 for my next book ('The \irginians'). Cock a doodle doo ! The Family is looking up isn't it ? I send my best love to Augusta and am Yours my dear old \\"". always "W. M. T." £50 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. in 179 TRISSINO fO). L' 1 1'ALLA. LIBERATA / da' (ioti di (iiangiorgio Trissino. ; Riveduta e corretta par 1' Abbate / Antonini ' Flcuron]. Parigi, Appresso Cavelier nella strada di S. (iiacomo. / Cailleau, alia Piazza di Sorbona. / Brunet il tiglio, al Palazzo. / Bordelet, nella strada di S. Giacomo. ,' Henry, nella strada di S. (iiacomo. / M.DCC.XXIX. (1729.) 3 \'ols., 8vo. Red morocco extra. *^* Printed on Vellum. From the Maniuis Salsae's library, witli his lino amiorial ex-libris in each vohime. Trissinu's "Sophonisba" is described by \'oltaire as "la premiere Tragedie raisonnablc et purement ecrite que I'Europe ait una apris tant de siecles de barbaric." Noltaire imitated Trissino's work in his own " Sophonisbe. " The present poem, "L' Italia Liberata," Trissino wished to be his chef-d'oeuvre, and for twenty years was engaged in its composition. £150 180 TROLLOPE (ANTHONY). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his "NORTH AMERICA.' Consisting of 1,220 pages, small 4to. Hound in two volumes, red morocco. *^* .An e.xtremely fine Manuscript, perhaps the most important of the .Author's which e.xists. /"210 181 URBAN VIII. LITERAL / FACULTATUM, / & Priuilegiorum \U<. DD. Cappella- norum S."" D.N. / D. Urbani Papae VIII. Fleuron containing the arms of Pope Urban \TII."i Romae, Ex Typograp/iia Reii. Cam. A post. MDCXXllIl. / 1624. 4to. Russia, unxut. *^,* Printed on Vellum. Believed to be unique. This Work sets out in the form of a Papal brief the Dispensations and Privileges granted to the newly appointed Chaplains of Pope Urban \TII. The Pope's Chaplains had various duties as well as being .Auditors and Judges of causes in the Papal Coiuts; but none of the .Authorities seems agreed as to what these duties, at that time, e.xactly consisted of. The te.xt of the book begins with the enumeration of the ten newly appointed Chaplains, of whom the Subscriber to the present copy, Petrus Raynaldus de Castro Durante, nuUius Provinciae I'rbinatensis. was the third. £75 112 J. PEARSON & CO. 183 WAGNER. The IMPORTANT COLLECTION of 12 HOLOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, and i LETTER, SKiNED. Covering 33 /xjj^c.s, 4to and 8vo, and dating from 21 November 1851 to 27 November 1882. *** These Letters have been translated and fully described !)}• Miss K. Schlesinger, an authority on Wagner The first Letter is to \'on Ziegcsar and is rxpruLisiiiCD. Xon Ziegesar commissioned Wagner to write an Opera for Weimar, and in this letter Wagner breaks the Contract. "You will learn from Liszt that it was my honest and earnest desire to write in the near future a Work suitable for perfonnance in Weimar, but that I event uallv became con- scious that the poetical theme 1 had selected for the purpose would makt- (|uitc diltt'ient and inndi more extensive demands for its artistic production," etc. The second Letter is to F. \^on Dingelstadt, the General Intendant at Weimar Theatre, acceptiiii,' an offer for his Opera "Kienzi." The third Letter is to Franz Abt and is entirely relative to his Opera "Tannhauser," which the Ducal Theatre in Brunswick wishes to perform. The fourth Letter is to C. von Sidorowitz and is \\'agner's answer to him : it relates to financial assistance. In thf sixth Letter Wagner refers to his pension from tlic King of Ba\'aria as his only fortune, and mentions his " Xib(>lungen." The seventh Letter is relati\-e to the " Meistersinger " perfonnance in Hanover, where it was performed for the first time. The nintii Letter is extremely imporlant, being relative to no less than 5 of his Operas : "Die Meistersinger," " Rienzi, ITie Flying Dutchman, lannhauser," and "Lohen- grin." The tenth Letter is relative to the " Gotterdammerung." The eleventh Letter is only partly published, and is relative to "Kheingold" and " Walkiire," which Wagner insisted sliould be performed together. The twelfth Letter is to General von Kudolphi, Intendant of the Ducal Court Theatre, and is relative to "Gotterdammerung" and the "Ring of the Xibelungen." "Wliat induced you to take upon yourself the task of so very exceptional a venture as a com[)lete production of the ' Ring of the Xibelungen ' ? " The thirteenth Letter (27 .Yor. 1882) is to Adolf von Gross of Bayreuth, Wagner's trustee for his wife and son. This Letter is of the utmost importance, as it is entirely relative to disputes and litigation with Voltz and Batz and Frau Lucca concerning the rights of performance for his Operas, which, according to Glasenapp, shortened Wagner's life. These letters are inlaid to small 4to size, and enclosed in a green morocco portfolio. i 550 184. Waring 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 113 184 WARING (HENRY). The ; Rule / Of / Charity / Or, The / Liberal Man's Guide ; / Design 'd / For the Use of all good ' Christians. / Being the Pious Result of a For- saken / Convert's Ordinary Meditations. / By H. \V. Gent. / Licensed according to Order. London, Printed for the Author, in the Year / MDCXC. / 8vo. 1690. *^* In a Mosaic Binding, probably by Xolt. This e.\quisite binding is composed of red and orange leathers inlaid on black morocco, the whole being covered with gold tooling of the richest description. The groundwork is of black morocco, and in the centre of each side is an irregularly outlined oval of applied red morocco covered with gold tooling. Above and below are two corner-pieces of yellow morocco also richly gilt. The e.xterior border is filled with sprays of foliage ending in large and small tulip buds and flowers of red and yellow leather. The boards are lined with marbled paper, and the edges of the leaves are gilt. Xott bound all Lord Chancellor Clarendon's choicest books. He also bound for Samuel Pepys, as is recorded in the Diarv. The .Author was a Member of a well-known Catholic family residing in Staffordshire. The book, which was privately printed, is dedicated to Catherine of Braganza, tite widowed Queen of Charles II. The present is probably the Dedication copy to the Queen. This is one of the choicest Jacobean Bindings in existence. (c) £180 WASHINGTON AND RFJJGIOUS LIBERTY. 185 WASHINGTON (GEORGE). THE ORIGINAL LETTER dated Nov. 26th, 1783. which he addressed "To the Ministers, Elders and Deacons and Members of the Reformed German Congregation in the City of New York." This is Washington's replj' to the Congratulatory Address upon his entry into • New York. A splendid Letter covering two pages folio, full of the noblest expressions of Lofty Patriotism. "The illustrious and happy event, on which you are pleased to congratulate and welcome me to this City, demands all our gratitude; while the favourable sentiments you have thought proper to e.xpress of my conduct, entitle you to my warmest acknow- ledgment. 114 J- PEARSON & CO. "Disposed at every suitable opportunity to acknowledge publiclj" our infinite obli- gations to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, for rescuing our Country from the brink of destruction ; I cannot fail at this time to ascribe all the honour of our late successes to the same glorious Being. And if my humble exertions have been made in any degree subservient to the execution of the divine purposes, the contemplation of the benediction of Heaven on our Righteous Cause, the approbation of my xirtuous Countrymen, and the testimony of my own Conscience, will be a sufficient reward, and will augment my felicity beyond anything wliich the World can bestow. "The establishment oi Ci\il and Religious Liberty was the motive which induced me to take the Field — the object is attained — and it now remains to be my earnest wish and prayer that the Citizens of the United States would make a wise and \-irtuous use of the blessings placed before them, and that the Reformed German Congregation in New York may not only be conspicuous for their religious character but as exemplary in support of our inestimable acquisitions, as their Reverend Minister has been in the attainment of them." *^* The " illustrious and happy event," referred to at the beginning of this Letter, was the TERMIN.\TION OF TI!K W.\K FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AND TIIIC WITHDRAWAL OF THE English troops. ()n 2 Nov. Washington read his Farewell Address to the AiTny, and on 25 Nov., (lie day before the above LettericasicriUen, he made his triumphal entry into New York, u[X)n which occasion "The Reformed Gennan Congregation of New York" presented him with the Congratulator}' Address to which the present letter is Washington's official reply. The body of the Letter is in the handwriting of his Secretary, but the signature is in Washington's own hand. ■ • Bound in blue morocco. £200 r86 WELLINGTON-CROKER CORRESPONDENCE. The highly important and munumental COLLECTION of HIS- TORICAL LETTERS, entireh- in the Autograph of the great Duke. Inlaid to a uniform small foHo size and bound in red morocco extra. Comprising ; 1. THE IMPORTANT SERIES OF 186 HOLOGRAPH LETTERS written between the years 1807 and 1852 (the year of the Duke's death). There are, besides, the Original drafts of some of Croker's replies and important Notes relative to interviews between the latter and Wellington. 2. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH .MANUSCRIPT of the Duke's Notes on Croker's pamphlet, 11 pages, folio. *»* This pamphlet was Croker's "Military Events of the French Revolution, 1830" (published in 1831). 5 PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON. 115 3. An interesting LETTER from the Duchess of Wellington, 23 April 1812, relative to the DuKifs Safety after the fall of Badajoz. *»* The Letters to Croker are of a very intimate nature, and nearly all of them refer to his Wnild-famotis campaigns and to European politics. Napoleon is mentioned many times. £60(; 187 WESLEY FAMILY (THE). A remarkable and unrivalled Collection of HOLOGRAPH LETTERS and MANUSCRIPTS of members of this celebrated Familw Comprising : — 1. WESLEY (JOHN). The Founder of the Wesleyans. A series of 14 Holograph Letters (Signed), and a Holograph Epitaph on Dr. Dodd (10 lines). 2. L.-WV (\\TLLL\M). Author of "The Serious Call." Holograph Letter (Signed), to John Wesley. 3. HER\'EY (CHRISTOPHER). Author. Holograph Letter (Signed) concerning the Methodists. 7 pages, folio, 1771. 4. WESLEY (CHARLES). J n I, ,1 Wesley's brother. Holograph Letter (Signed). 5. WESLEY (S.^R.-VH). Wife of Charles. 3 Holograph Letters (Signed) to her dauehter "Sally." C. WESLEY (CHARLES). Nepheic of John Wesley. 5 Holograph Letters (Signed). One is addressed to his sister Sarah. 7 WESLEY (S.AMl'EL). Sephrw of John. The series of 35 Holograph Letters and Holograph Manuscripts (i being a Poem in Latin, and another the musical Score of his "Quod Libet." composed by Bach, together with a Manuscript "On endle.ss punishment") and S. Wesley's own copy of " .\ \'oluntary for the Organ." with his autograph signature. The wjiolc comprising 82 pages, folio, 4to, and 8vo, in the iiandwriting of this eccentric Musical genius, the propagandist of the works of Bach. The Letters are addressed to his mot her and sister, Sarah Wesley, the cultured daughter of Charles, and the niece of jdtm Wesley. 8. WESLEY (SARAH). Kiece of John. 10 Holograph Letters and MSS. 9. WESL1-:Y (CHARLES). Xephew of ^arah. Holograph Letter (Signed) to his aunt (Sarah). 10. WESLEY (CHARLES). 5 Holograph Diaries for the years 1796, 1799, 1806, iSii. and 1820. These Diaries are crammed with entries. He has also written verses therein. ii6 J. PEARSON & CO. II. WESLEY (SAMUEL SEBASTIAN). Xatitral son of Samuel Wesley. 4 Holograph Letters (Signed) Etc., etc., etc. *^* These highly important Letters and MSS. lluow mucli xahiablc and interesting light npon the Wesley family. The Letters of John Wtsley refer to his preaching, Preaclurs, journeying throughout Britain, his Wife and Friends, and contain much advice to his I-'ollowers. The Collection is inlaid to a uniform folio size and bound in full blue morocco. The Diaries of Charles Wesley are enclosed in a blue morocco case. A full descriptive Catalogue accompanies the Collection. 188 £250 SAINT WILFRED OF YORK. Life of. English Manuscript on vellum. 4to. Old calf. Saec. XII. *^* .in unique and 7't'ry precious Twelfth-century Manuscript. It was almost certainly written at eitlicr York or Ripon, and dates from the reign ol Henry IL North of England manuscripts as early as the Twelfth century are ])racticidly unknown outside the National Archives. St. Wilfred of York was born a.d. 634, and was in early life a member of the Monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumberland. For some years, between 633 and 658, he lived in Rome, where he had gone with Biscop, a founder of Monasteries in England. On his return he entered the Monastery of Ripon. After he had been ordained Priest, about the j^ear 663, he took part in the controversy at Whitby, where he so ably championed the Roman cause against the Columbite party that he was soon afterwards appointed Bishop of York. For some years he had trouble in his Diocese, St. Chad having been appointed in his place, and the Bishopric divided by the King of North umbria. He journeyed to Rome to protest, and after various difficulties was finally restored to the reduced See of York and Monastery of Ripon. Leaving York he became for a time Bishop of Leicester, but a quarrel with the King sent him once more to Rome, where, after a suc- cessful appeal, he returned, and, having become reconciled to Archbishop Brilitwald, became Bishop of Hexham. The Author of the " Life " of St. Wilfred was Eadmer, Chaplain to Archbishop Anselm and Precentor of Christ Church, Canterbury. £250 Printed by Eyre 6- Spottiswoode, Ltd., His Majesty's Printers Downs Park J\oad, London. 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