^O HUNDRED AND FIFTY MANUSCRIPTS BOOKS & AUTOGRAPHS INCLUDING A SUPERLATIVE EXAMPLE OF CAXTON^S PRESS AN IMPORTANT SERIES OF INCUNABULA AND A COLLECTION OF BOOKS PRINTED ON VELLUM ON SALE BY J. PEARSON &f CO. ^, PALL MALL PLACE, LONDON, S.W. Telegraphic and Cable Address: " Parabola, London" ALL THE CONTENTS OF THIS CATALOGUE ARE ENTIRELY FREE OF DUTY /Pi^ INSWORTH (W. H.). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT DRAFT of his famous novel CHETWYND CALVER- LEY. Covering ^f^'^ pages, AfX.o. Red morocco. This, the Original Holograph Draft (which comprises about three-fourths of the finished work), is entirely different 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 AINSWORTH (W. H.). THE ORIGINAL HOLO- GRAPH MANUSCRIPT DRAFT of his famous novel THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE. Coverijig a,o% pages, 4to. Red morocco. This, the Original Holograph Draft (which comprises about two-thirds of the completed book), is entirely different 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 characters of the time are included. ^84 B 1214939 J. PEARSON & CO. 3 AINSWORTH (W. H.). THE ORIGINAL HOLO- GRATII MANUSCRIPT DRAFT of his famous novel TOWER HILL. Covering 379 pages, 4to. Red 7n07'OCCO. This, the Original Holograph Draft (which comprises about two-thirds of the completed book), is enfirely different from the published version. Some of the pages have been re-written by Ainsworth no less than four times — quite a number have been written twice. The charm of Ainsworth's novels is not at all dependent upon the analysis of motives or subtle description of character. Of this he has little or nothing, but he realizes vividly a scene or an incident and conveys the impres- sion with great force and directness to the reader's mind. ^84 4 ALVAROTIS (JACOBUS DE). OPUS SUPER FEUDIS. A SUPERB COPY. Folio. Morocco extra. Venice, 1477. Editio Princeps. Of the very greatest typographical importance and rarity. Jacobus de Alvarotis, a writer ignored by most biographical dictionaries, was a celebrated lawyer of Padua, born about the year 1384. The family to which he belonged came originally from Hungary, and is the same family as that of Speroni. Both were particularly prolific in men of genius, and the family of Alvaroti produced several famous lawyers, such as the two brothers Aycardinus de Alvarotis, who wrote several law books and died in 1389, and his brother, who died in 1379, leaving two sons, Petrus, who taught law with much success at Padua and Bologna for the space of thirty-seven years, and another. Jacobus, the writer of the present book, was very learned in civil and 5, PALL MALL PLACE canon law, and studied under Bartholomeus de Saliato and Franciscus de Zabarellis, Cardinal of Florence. He became a Doctor at Florence, afterwards a Provost at Siena, and finally a professor at Padua. Alvarotis wrote several law treatises, though the present is the only one that was printed. The author died 27th June 1452, aged sixty-eight years, and was buried in the Church of St. Anthony at Padua. He left two sons, the elder of whom was father of another Jacobus de Alvarotis or Alvarez, a celebrated lawyer who studied at Padua, at Florence, at Ferrara, and lastly at Modena, where for thirty-seven years he was one of the chief professors. Alvarotis died at Ferrara in 1546, at the age of seventy-four, being at that time secretary to Hercules, Duke of Ferrara. The present edition is the first of the four or five printed in the fifteenth century, and offers many points of great interest to the bibliographer. The TVPE IN WHICH IT IS PRINTED IS FOUND IN NO OTHER ROOK, thoUgh it re- sembles very strongly that used in some books printed at Venice, " nel Bere- tin convento de la Cha grande," between 1474 and 1478. It is therefore AT PRESENT THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ANONYMOUS PRESS. It is alsO a very remarkable book as regards the signatures, for while the beginning and end portions are signed, a large part in the middle, nine quires containing seventy-two leaves, are without signatures. This might be accounted for in several ways. The early printers were accustomed to begin the printing of a volume at several different places, and it is clear since the register is on the first leaf of the first quire that the earliest part of the book was the last printed. The second portion may have been printed first without signatures, and the printer then have started to use them. Or they might have been omitted because the printer could not calculate how much material the second part would contain, and feared lest his signatures might overlap the second series. The first hypothesis is the most probable. By 1477 signatures were only beginning to come into general use and books are as often found without them as with them. In one case in the present book the signature C of the second alphabet has been stamped in by hand, in the very edge of the lower outer margin, and hand stamped signatures are found in a few early books. There is a curious difference also throughout the volume in the way the directors for the coloured initials have been printed, in some cases in the centre of the space, throughout other quires in the top corner. The second edition of this book was printed in November 1477, and though the colophon distinctly states " hoc opus impressum fuit Venetiis " it J PEARSON & CO. was really printed at Padua by Laurentius Canozius. There appears no reason for this false statement. The third edition was printed at Lyons by Nicolaus i'hilippus and Marcus Reinhart in 1478, the edition mentioned in an early catalogue of Payne and Foss as issued a year previously by the same printers, being probably the 1478 edition with the date misread or altered. The last edition was printed at Pavia in 1498 by Andreas de Boscho. Though it remained unprinted for a considerable period it was not lost sight of, and being a work very frequently quoted by Italian lawyers, a new edition was printed in 1587 at Frankfurt, then the greatest centre of publishing. There is a copy in tJie British Museum, but fteither the Speficer, Huth, Am- herst, Ashburnham, nor Hoe libraries possessed it. £300 5 ARCHBISHOP'S WHITGIFT'S COPY AMERICA.— DE BRY (THEODORUS). ADMI- RANDA NARRATIO Fida tamen, de Commodis te Incolarum ritibus Virginae, nuper admodum ab Anglis, qui a Dr. Richardo Greinvile, equestris ordinis viro eo in Coloniam anno M.D. LXXXV. deducti sunt inventae, sumtus faciente Dn. Waltero Raleigh equestris ordinis viro Fodinaru stanni praefecto ex auctoritate serenissimae Reo^inae Angfliae. Anglico scripta sermone a Thoma Hariot, eiusdem Walteri domestico, in earn Coloniam misso ut Regionis situ in diligenter observaret. Nunc autem primum latio donata a CCA. Cum gratia & privilegio Caes Maiest. ad quadriennium. Bemitiful impressions of the finely engraved border to title and 28 fine large engravings and map by De Bry and G. Vee7i. Folio. Original calf. 5, PALL MALL PLACE Fra7icofo7'ti ad Moenum typis Joannis Wecheli sumtibus vero Theodori De Bry anno cioioxc (1590) Venales re- periuntur in Officina Sigismiuidi Feirabendii. i590- The finest known copy of this famous and precious volume, and the excessively rare First Issue of the First Edition of the " Latin America " of T. de Bry (see No. 140 in the Church Catalogue). From the library of John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, with his arms impressed (in gold) on both sides of the binding, and doubtless sent by De Bry to Queen Elizabeth's favourite Archbishop. Apart from its excessively xaxe provenafice, the present example is far finer than that in the Church collection, having the original blank leaf D6 which in the Church example is " substituted." The present copy agrees with the description of the first issue given in the Church Catalogue, except that plates III, V, VI, VIII, IX, and XV are assigned by Church to the second issue of the First Edition. Be this as it may, these six plates are extremely brilliant impressions, and the volume before us is certainly now in exactly the same condition as when originally bound for the great Archbishop's library. As regards size the present copy is slightly wider than the Church example. The " Privilege " is printed on a tiny slip (see Church) which is pasted beneath the title, and examples with this peculiarity appear to be of great rarity. The Church copy has the ordinary printed " Privilege." The superb full-page plate of Adam and Eve (T. de Bry's chef-d'ceuvre) is in the "first state." The Dedication to Maximilian, King of Poland and Archduke of Austria, later Emperor of Germany, is preceded by a superb engraving of the King's Arms. The present volume passed, some time after Archbishop Whitgift's death, into the fine library of Sir Robert Abdy of Albyns, Essex, and bears his ex-libris. Sir Robert was one of the first baronets created by Charles II (in 1660). .^400 See Illustration J. PEARSON & CO. 6 ARNE (THOMAS AUGUSTINE). T/ie composer of ''Rule. Britanniar THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of the Words and Music of his "WHITTINGTON'S FEAST." Qiiite complete. Covering 250 pages, ajid dated 1776. Folio. Red 7)iorocco. The Manuscripts of Dr. Arne are of the greatest rarity. This is PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE existing outside the British Museum, which possesses but the score of " Judith," the only one known to the " Dictionary of National Biography." " Manuscripts of Arne's music are now rarely found, most of them HAVING BEEN DESTROYED WHEN COVENT GaRDEN ThEATRE WAS BURNED DOWN IN 1808." — Dictionary of National BiograpJiy. Besides the musical manuscript and words, there are twelve pages which precede it, containing the Title, Advertisement, Preface, and Words of both " Whittington's Feast " and " Alexander's Feast," very neatly written, and the whole manuscript, in its present arrangement, was evidently intended for the press. The manuscript is dated 1776, and it is highly probable that this is the last manuscript penned by Arne. He died in 1778. It was Dr. Arne who wrote the setting to Thomson and Mallet's masque "Alfred." This was "performed on Friday and Saturday, i and 2 Aug., 1740, on a stage erected in the gardens of the house of Frederick, Prince of Wales, at Cliveden, Bucks, at a fete given in commemoration of the accession of George I, and in honour of the birth of Princess Augusta . . . This perform- ance is memorable in the annals of English music, for it was for ' Alfred ' that Arne composed ' Rule, Britannia,' perhaps the finest national song possessed by any nation, and for which alone, even if he had produced nothing else, Arne would deserve a prominent place amongst musicians of all countries." Dr. Arne also wrote the beautiful music to Shakespeare's " As You Like It" and "Twelfth Night." Perhaps the best known of his pieces next to " Rule, Britannia," is the charming setting to " Where the Bee Sucks." /. .«^-^ .-_*_ . ^ -,- 3^ ^ VPH m UIS( itioni IHll whicl * ^■'H'^f' e^^^. . Un '//'^r-^-l ^ =p^ ^ =3^ rr^ Ihisii , f 1 / -^ \ rforo ^^^t^^ ^^r~: ^ -A.-, 1 ,^; ^ ' \=^^^& >^" ^- ;- >~ # r ^ ?/- ^^ ■te^ ^ ^ t.- /J '-^ C/ 3 !^ (V ■/k'./fK^^iJ^^^ ;'i'/A/i 'ff/ii\^//Ayj •/;Vi-<y//;'?r //.i*/U-i«/, i^vfr/^ /^/'^ A,>t^^,''//'K'/^^^i^/:'^"^-'^^^' A^/^A^; ' -f- :?=t ^ '»'» ye — 1 ; . T: \ " 1 _- :r= -z=q J /• V - , ^ _ ^ ^^ . H L.. J ._ ^ /. 5, PALL MALL PLACE Accompanying the manuscript is a copy of the hopelessly rare first printed edition of the work, of which only two copies are known — one in the pos- session of Dr. W. H. G. Flood (the biographer of Arne), and the present example. See Illustration 7 BACH (JOHANN SEBASTIAN). HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED, i/^^^, 4to. Lip sias {Leip- zig), November 2, 1725. In Latin. From the Meyer-Cohn collection; one of this great amateur's most prized possessions. Of superlative rarity, being the only signed Bach MS. that has occurred for sale during the past twenty-five years. 8 BALFE (MICHAEL WILLIAM). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED, of his "WHEN THE KING OF CASTILE." 3 pages, oblong folio. £'20 9 BARBIERI (GIOVANNI FRANCESCO) " IL GUER- CINO." HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, i page, folio. Ceuto, December (}, 161 7. There is no autograph of Guercino's in the British Museum. 8 J. PEARSON & CO. lO BEETHOVEN (LUDWIGVAN). LETTER SIGNED, \ page, 4to. Wicn, \\th Dec. 1826. To Baptist Streicher. A receipt. Signed during his last illness — he died three months afterwards, on the 26th March 1827. ] 1 BEN JONSON. THE WORKES OF BENJAMIN JONSON — neque, me ut miretur turba laboro: Contentus paucis lectoribus. Imprinted at Londo7i by Will S tans by. A 71". D. 16 16. Folio. Fine impression of the engraved title by William Hole. Red morocco extra, Harleian tooled sides. The excessively rare First Edition. Besides being the first collected edition the present volume is of unusual Shakespearean interest because it informs us that Shakespeare took part as a tragedian in one of his rival's plays, for in the Hst of " The principall Tra- gedians " at the end of " Sejanus " Shakespeare's name appears. He is there described as " Will. Shake-Speare." Not only, therefore, does this volume comprise a contemporary record of Shakespeare as an actor, but also a coeval spelling of his name concerning which so much has been written. 12 BEVERIDGE (WILLIAM). THE CHURCH CATE- CHISM EXPLAINED: for the Use of the Diocese of St. Asaph. Quotations from i Corinthians xiv, 19, and 5, PALL MALL PLACE Ephesians vi, 4. 4to. Red morocco. Bound for Queen Anne with her crowned chiffi^e in the centre and at the angles of each cover gilt panels and floral ornanie7its on the sides. London: J. Leake for W. Kettilby, 1704. The binding of this volume is a fine example of the excellent taste of the period, a direct outcome of the influence of Samuel Mearne. The sides are occupied by two bold panels, one inside the other, formed by plain fillets. The interior panel is enriched by a gilt roll on the inside, the outer by triangular masses of tooling at the two sides and at the top and bottom. The inner and outer panels are joined by a narrow roll at each angle, but the space between them is left quite plain. In the centre is the Royal monogram surmounted by the crown, and at each corner of the outer panel the monogram and crown with palm branches on either side assumed by all the descendants of Charles I in memory of his martyrdom. This use of the palm-branch, alone or with a branch of cypress or laurel, is found round most of the book-stamps used by markedly Royalist families. The restrained ornament of the binding is especially effective owing to the remarkably fine quality of the red morocco which was used at this period. The Royal binders at this period were William Churchill and Edward Castle, but the best known were Eliot and Chapman, who bound for Harley, Earl of Oxford, and introduced the Harleian style of a perfectly plain side bordered by a broad gilt roll. William Beveridge, son of another William, was born in 1637 at Barrow in Leicestershire. After being taught at home and at the Grammar School of Oakham, he proceeded to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he devoted himself to the study of Oriental languages. At the age of twenty-one he pub- lished a treatise on the Excellency and Use of the Oriental Tongues, especially Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, and Samaritan, together with a Syriac Grammar. Though the book, as might have been expected, was of little value, it ran into two editions. For some time he was vicar of Ealing, and while there published his " Institutiones Chronologies" and his " Zuro^ti^-oi/ " or collections of canons and decrees. In 1672 he was presented to the living of St. Peter's, Cornhill, in 1684 made Prebendary of Canterbury, and in 1689 President of Sion College. Beveridge was strongly opposed to any attempts at relaxing the C 10 J. PEARSON & CO. terms of conformity and became unpopular with many divines, whilst his refusal of the bishopric of Bath and Wells in 1691 gave great offence at court. In 1704 he was made Bishop of St. Asaph when he addressed a letter to his clergy on their duty of catechizing, and published the present book for their assistance. In his place in the House he was a vigorous opponent of the Union, being afraid that the Presbyterian views of Scotland might affect the national Church of England. He died in the Cloisters at Westminster in March 1708, and amongst other bequests left all his books to found a library in St. Paul's Cathedral. Of this book very many editions were issued. On the reverse of the title-page is the bookplate of East Apthorp, A. M. Cambridge 1761. He was a prebendary of St. Paul's and was appointed Chancellor in 1791. In 1792 he was made prebendary of Finsbury, and died 17th April 1 816, aged eighty-four. 13 [BIBLIA SACRA LATINA.] F. la: Incipit epta sancti Hieronymi ad Paulina psbyteit: d 01b, dine histoie libr. Captm I. F Rater Ambrosius tua mihi munuscula pferens detulit simul z suavissimas litte-ras: que a principio. ami- citiai; fidem, pbate etc. F. 3b, col. 2, incip. cap. i. Genes.: IN principio creauit deus celum z terram Terra aut erat ianis z vacua z tenebre erant super faciem abyssi : etc. F. 421b, col. 2: Explicit Biblia impressa Venetijs p Fraciscu de hailbrun z Nicolaii de frankfordia socios. M.CCCC.LXXV. Folio. Venice, F. de Hailbrttn & N. de Frankfordia, 1475. Of the utmost rarity. This is the fir.st Bible printed in Venice and the first of the five editions printed by Frank Renner de Hailbrun either in part- nership with Nicolaus de Frankfordia or alone. Unlike the succeeding edi- tions it has no printed signatures. The present copy, owing to its large margins, still retains many of the manuscript signatures, and these are 5, PALL MALL PLACE ii peculiarly interesting. They are identical with those printed in the subsequent edition, though of an unusual style. They run from a to y, omitting z, and instead of being followed by a series of double letters, the usual way, the sub- sequent quires are signed by numbers. Frank Renner of Hailbrun, the printer, was at work in Venice for the thirteen years 1471 to 1483, and during five (1473-1477) was in partnership with Nicolaus de Frankfordia, and for a few months (147 7-1478) with Petrus de Bartua. Altogether he issued about fifty books. Nicolaus de Frankfordia began to print in partnership with Renner in 1473, ^"d continued with him up to 1477. He then seems to have employed various printers to work for him, but from 1482 to 1489 was in business by himself, almost his whole out- put consisting of service books. After this date his name is found but rarely, and only as employing other printers. He was still employed in 1500, when a Missal was printed for him at Venice by Johannes Emericus de Spira. This superb copy was formerly in the celebrated library of the Benedictine Monastery of Saint Emmeram at Ratisbon (where many rarities in the Spencer library were obtained), which was dispersed about the beginning of the nine- teenth century, and contains its bookplate. Eight leaves added at the begin- ning are filled with Latin verses intended to serve as a mefnoria technica to the chief incidents contained in each book of the Bible, and each line is sur- mounted by explanatory glosses. A few notes have been written on the margins of the text in later hands, especially in parts of the New Testament. On the last leaf is an explanation in German of the books of the Old Testa- ment, the same explanation being written as a headline at the beginning of each book. The volume is in its original boards, covered, at a later date, in red velvet. /200 BIBLIA SACRA VULGATAE EDITIONIS. Sixti V. Pont. M. jussu recognita, et dementis VIII auctoritate edita. Col.: Agrippinse Sunipt. Haered. Bern. Gualteri et Sociorum. \Cologne\ 1647. 6 vols. 48mo. Engraved titles. Contemporary red 7norocco, 12 J. PEARSON & CO. doubU with red morocco, entirely cove^-ed with the cross of Lorraine and the Greek double <i>. Probably bound for Franfois Cardinal de Lorraine. This charming edition of the Latin Bible is one of several issued by B. Gualterus and his successors. The first, on account of the excellence of the text, was in special favour with ecclesiastics, and well known as the " Bible des eveques." The present on account of the beauty of the printing has often been ascribed to the Elzevir press. The binding of this copy in smooth red morocco is a very fine example of a style which came greatly into favour in France during the second half of the seventeenth century. It was known as Jansenist, named after Cornelius Jansen, the founder of a very austere sect. The bindings were made to look as plain as possible outside, but as a set off were often elaborately tooled on the doublure. One great advantage of this style was that it necessitated the use of particularly good morocco and required very superior forwarding. For whom the present binding was executed it is difficult to state absolutely. No binding bearing similar ciphers and emblems has apparently been described or reproduced in any work treating of the subject. The use of the double Greek ^ to represent an F or a Ph was not uncommon amongst early French collectors. It was used amongst others by Francois Clausse de Marchaumont, Philippe Des Portes, Feydeau de Brou, Nicolas Fouquet and the celebrated Phelypeaux. The symbol of the double cross which occurs alternately with the cipher is clearly the badge of Lorraine. No Duke of Lorraine, however, within the period to which the binding belongs, had a name beginning with an F or Ph, and it seems most probable that the binding was done for Frangois, Bishop of Toul, brother of Charles, due de Lorraine, who before his death in 1675 had several times lost and regained his estates. Francois Nicolas was born in 1609, was made a Cardinal in 1627 and later Bishop of Toul. His brother Charles having abdicated in 1634, he took possession of the duchies of Bar and Lorraine, and forsook his ecclesiastical position, though he never appears to have been in fixed possession of the Duchy of Lorraine. He seems to have lived an adventurous life, living for a while in Italy and later in Flanders. He died in 1670. With the absence of all distinctive tooling it becomes impossible to assign 5, PALL MALL PLACE 13 the workmanship to a particular binder, though the style closely resembles that of Ruette, the most celebrated of the " Jansenist " binders. THE FAMILY BIBLE OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER BIBLE, THE HOLY. Frontispiece after F. Hayman by C. Grignion. 4to. Coittempo7'ary red morocco, with dentelle border. Cambridge, i 768 The Family Bible of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester with two bookplates, one with his coat of arms and the other his monogram. The Duke was the brother of George III. Written on the first fly-leaf in the autograph of the Duke of Gloucester, and signed both by the Duke (" William Henry ") and the Duchess (" Maria "), is the following: " Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia Matilda, born at Gloucester House London May twenty nine, One thousand seven hundred Seventy three, between the hours of eight and nine in the evening. " His Royal Highness Prince William Frederick born at the Teodoli Palace in Rome, on Monday the Fifteenth of January in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and seventy six. " We, William Henry Duke of Gloucester, and Maria Duchess of Gloucester, do Declare, that the above entry of the Births of our Daughter and Son is true." William Henry was the first Duke of Gloucester and the brother of George IK. Pie married on 6 Sept. 1766, Maria, dowager Countess of Waldegrave, an illegitimate daughter of Sir Edward Walpole, and a niece of Horace Walpole. The two children mentioned were the only issue of the Duke and Duchess — Sophia Matilda died unmarried and William Frederick was the 2nd Duke of Gloucester. ^45 14 J. PEARSON & CO. i6 BLACKMORE (R. D.). Author of '' Lorna Dooner His original correspondence with F. B. Doveton, Mrs. Kirton, and Mrs. Kroeker. Consisting- of 43 HOLOGRAPH LET- TERS SIGNED, written between 13th March 1877 and 28th May 1897. With the original envelopes addressed in Blackmore's autograph. This important correspondence also includes the proof of a poem entitled " The Haunted Castle," consisting of twenty-four verses by F. B. Doveton, with numerous corrections in the autograph of R. D. Blackmore, who has written at the end of the poem — " Wont do. Dashed off with a cigarette instead of a thoughtful pipe. The metre — Iambic dimeter — is not sufficiently observed." The first letter, which is dated from Teddington 13 March 1877, refers to the German translation of his novel, "Alice Lorraine." Blackmore writes " Destiny forbids me, I fear, from ever getting into Teutonic attire." In the second he mentions E. Capern, whom he does not know, " except by fame and from extracts from his poems." In the next letter, written in the same month, he refers to his favourite sport, fishing. " R. B. Marston is coming to me on Monday, for a days pike-fish'g ... I hate all bottom- fishing, even that for pike, which is of course the prime of it; but perhaps good sport may convert me. Fly-fishg. is my favourite pleasure and next thereto snipe-shooting. But I fear, eyes that have been so much on paper are worn out for the keen flight of sport." In the following letter Blackmore refers to his wife's illness. In other letters he mentions having received a letter " from a Dartmoor worthy, Mr. Dimond of Exeter and of Widecombe fame." He will be pleased to receive a copy of Doveton's Collected Poems. In a letter dated Oct. 2nd 1884 Blackmore says that he " has not left home at all this summer, for I have had a most disastrous year and a dead loss of ;^6oo wh. compels me to economise." — " Perhaps I am prejudiced against anything Ingoldsbyian — by my special dislike of the ' Ingoldsby ballads,' whose humour seems to me to be flippancy, and the main wit oddity of 5, PALL MALL PLACE 15 rhyme and rhythm"; he also refers to his garden, "and soon I shall be working with pen and spade from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. My work goes on very slowly and has been delayed by 3 weeks bronchitis." " The taste of the age is not for verse, and no man reads it unless he is bound." He refers to the death of his wife in a letter dated February 8th 1888 : " My dear wife lived entirely for me and tended me with perpetual caresses, and we scarcely ever were asunder for a week at a time, and even that very rarely," etc. He has lost the use of his left hand, criticizes his correspondent's poems, and mentions Baring Gould. In November 1894 Blackmore writes that he is " getting too old for the fly [fishing] ; and fit only to fish in Styx with the black slug." Again in the same month he writes : " I doubt whether I shall ever see Devon again. Don't ' bonny ' it, ' bonny ' is to [sic] Scotchified." He again criticizes his friend's verses: "So far as I can tell there is some beauty, and much facility in your lines; but of strong originality less trace." Another letter contains more criticism, and Blackmore says of himself, " 40 or even 50 years ago, I used to write verse more easily than prose, but I could never get a hearing for it, and was obliged to take up prose. . . . Some of it now makes me laugh though I thought it ' devilish ' fine when I wrote it," etc. In a letter dated January nth 1895 Blackmore writes: " If my little verse-tales see the light I shall beg you to accept a copy. Shades of Maevius, is one not as good as a Punch and Judy panpiper ? " ( T/u's refers to his " Tales frotfi the Telling House, ^^ published in 1896, one of his last two publications) In one of the letters Blackmore criticizes the Editor of a Paper " that has dared to touch literature "; he again refers to angling, and regrets that "the fates will not allow him to see a Devonshire trout again." Refers to his "Tales from the Telling House" again in a letter dated June 8th 1895: " When my little book will be out I know not, neither care, for it is a most hideous thing, and vexes me so that I decline to think of it. 'High Art'! they call it." In another reference he says: " \os. net is too much for him to carry, 25. (id. I proposed or ^s. at the utmost, but Elkin Mathews said it would not come home," etc. Blackmore refers to the death of " one of his old friends," Mortimer Collins, " some of his things are beautiful." And in another letter mentions his old school, Blundell's, where he was educated. This school figures in " Lorna Doone," where "Jan Ridd " was also educated. The last letter in this correspondence is dated 28th May 1897 (less than i6 J. PEARSON & CO. three years before his death). Blackmore writes: " I have little time now to look at anything, and seen very few of the magazines, for I can no longer get about with any comfort. Though my fruit crop is utterly smashed, I have as much to do as ever, and become rapidly less fit to do it." The forty-two holograph letters, envelopes, and corrected proof sheet are uniformly inlaid and bound in a Royal 4to volume of green morocco extra. This is the sole correspondeiice of the Author of '■'■ Lorna Doofie" known to us. 17 BOCCACCIO. THE MODELL OF WIT, Mirth, Eloquence, and Conversation. Framed in Ten Dayes, of an hundred curious Pieces, by seven Honourable Ladies, and three noble Gentlemen. Preserved to Posterity by the Renowned John Boccacio, the first Refiner of Italian prose: and now translated into English. 1625. THE DECAMERON containing an hundred pleasant Novels wittily discoursed, . . . The last Five Dayes. 1620. Pj'iitted by Isaac laggard, for Math ew Lownes, 1620, 1625. Folio. Curious woodcut borders to title, and numerous quaint cuts in the text. Red morocco by Bedford. The First Complete English Translation of the Decameron. The translator is unknown. An excessively rare book when perfect. lis 18 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON. Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales. Edited by George 5, PALL MALL PLACE 17 Birkbeck Hill, D.C.L. 6 vols. A very remarkable Extra Illustrated Copy, extended to 10 vols., folio, by the insertion 0/1,^00 Portraits, Engravings, and Views. Together luith 560 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS a7id signed docu7nc7its of persons 7nentio7ied i7i the text. The whole very ca7'efiilly ijilaid a7td bojmd to a tuiiform size. Half red 77iorocco ext7-a. Oxfo7^d, 1887 This is by far the most carefully and lavishly " Grangerized " copy of Boswell's immortal biography that has ever been in the market. It forms a graphic illustration of the literary and political life of the eighteenth century that can hardly be equalled. The illustration of these volumes was com- menced in 1887 and only completed in 1899. The quality of the prints, portraits, and above all of the autographs, leaves nothing to be desired. Accompanying the " Life," and uniformly bound, is an Index volume to the illustrations. There is also the original deed signed by Johnson and Mrs. Thrale, besides the other executors of Thrale's will, and finally a unique copy (specially printed in 1796) of Shaw's "History of Litchfield" (Johnson's birthplace). A mere catalogue description of volumes of this character must neces- sarily be brief, but ///// particulars will be sent on applicatioti to intending purchasers. £750 19 BRAHMS (JOHANNES). HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. 3 P<^g^s, 8vo. Dated fro7}i Bade7t Bade7i. " Freundschaftliches Schreiben. Es ist doch schlimm, wenn man die Stadt verlasst, man auch die Menschen lassen muss! Und leider! wenn ich hier Wiener sehe, so habe ich nur andre her zu wiinschen." — Meyer-Cohn Catalogue. D i8 J. PEARSON & CO. 20 " BRAMANTE D'URBINO " (DONATO LAZARRI). HOLOGRAPH RECEIPT SIGNED, i page, 4to. April 27, 1512. Of excessive rarity. There is no autograph of this painter, the illustrious uncle of Raphael and the architect of St. Peter's, in the British Museum. 21 BRONTE (CHARLOTTE). The series of fifty-one very important HOLOGRAPH LETTERS, addressed prin- cipally to her most intimate friend, Ellen Nussey. Other letters are to her father, her brother (P. Branwell Bronte) and Messrs. Smith and Elder (her publishers). The majority of these letters are of considerable length, and of the most private nattire. In addition to the letters there is a manuscript of Emily Bronte (who died when young), and three manuscripts of P. Branwell Bronte. This correspond- ence shows seven different signatures of Charlotte Bronte, and really constitutes a most valuable Manuscript Biography of Charlotte and the Bronte family. The whole inlaid to a uniform size, folio, and bound in bi^ow^i morocco extra, gilt leaves. Probably the finest Bronte collection in existence. Fuller particulars on application. See Illustration , -^11 f -rn r r n W. ^-^ 1^% I O^ fc>i-i-»v* N»«'.«» «.v*.w{> •,».'>v» V\^»*,, f •'■.>•». xx-v^v^ 'sJL'^ts^v — D;^ ' jr,\y^ Chapter X^^ B u o . a^^_ v ^ .'it r-V -r-i'i»-.v< 1 A^ -.sv*-i« v^.«MM K.^'^* . t» -»- -.jj\^j^ w. -^- - i'.\-iKiCK i;k.\n\v1':i,i, iikoNTr; 21 Pilgrim's ProgpwEss FROM THIS W O R L D T O That which is to Come: Deliyct'd under the •SIMILITUOfi O F A D R E A M * Wherein Is Dlfcovemij The Manner of his Setting out, His Dangerous Journey^ AND Safe Arrival ac theDefired Country. By JOHN B V N T A N. And now done into VERSE By Franck Hoffman, ■P "^ i" IIMI^* I have ufed SimilitHdes^ Hofea. I a» to. ~^ L N D O j^T"""""''^ Printed hy R, iQuiiey, and are to be So!3 h^ the Bookfeikrs of Zea<*on and WtHm^ef, if^.^ 5, PALL MALL PLACE 19 22 BUNYAN. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, from this World to That which is to come: The Second Part. DeKvered under the SimiHtude of a Dream. Wherein is set forth The manner of the setting out of Christian's Wife and Children, their Dangerous Journey, And Safe Arrival at the Desired Countrey. By John Bunyan. I have used similitudes, Hos. 12. 10. Licensed and Entred according to Order. Fine impression of the curious fronti- spiece. I 2 mo. In the original calf London, Printed for Nath. Ponder at the Peacock in the Poultry, near the Church, 1687. The exceedingly rare Second Edition of the Second Part of this World famous book. 23 BUNYAN. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS from this World to That which is to come : Deliver'd under the Similitude of a Dream : wherein is Discovered The Manner of his Setting out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country. By John Bunyan. And now done into Verse By F'rancis Hoffman. I have used Similitudes, Hosea. 12. 10. Fine impression of the cuj^ious frontispiece {containing a portrait of Bunyan asleep^ andm^any very quaint wood e7i^ravi7igs. 12 mo. Blue morocco extra. London: Printed by R. Tookey, and are to be sold by the Booksellers of London and West7ninster. 1706. The First Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress in Verse, and of 20 J. PEARSON & CO. ^/le tit77iost rarity. This is the first attempt to popularize the " Pilgrims Progress" by turning it into rhyme. It is therefore an extremely desirable volume. The paper on which it is printed is of poor quality, used, doubtless, in order that the work should be as inexpensive as possible, so that its purchase could be within reach of the masses. Therefore practically the whole issue has perished. Offor's copy was very imperfect, wanting pages 19 to 30. Only three perfect copies are known: the present, that in the British Museum, and the example in W. B. Gurney's library. The British Museum copy is in very poor condition. ^120 See Illustration 24 BUNYAN. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. Being a facsimile reproduction of the First Edition. Moj'occo extra, UNCUT. 8vo. London, 1678 (Rep. i860) Printed on Vellum. One of but six copies so printed. 25 BUNYAN. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. A unique collection of Editiones Principes of the translations of this World-famous book into various languages, a. Taith neu Siwrnai y Pererin, Tan Rith neu Gyffelybiaeth Breu- ddwyd : Yn yr hwn y dangosir, I. Y Modd y mae Pechadur yn Cychwyn, neu yn Dechreu ei Siwrnai, or Byd hwn tua'r Nefoedd. II. Y Peryglon y mae fo 'n cyfarfod ag hwynt, yn ei Daith. III. Ei Ddyfodiad o'r diwedd ir Wlad ddy- munol, neu'r Nefoedd, mewn Diogelwch. Arferais gyffelybiaethau, trwy Law y 5, PALL MALL PLACE 21 Prophwydi. Hosea 12. 10. Wedi Lisenso gan K. Midgley, y 23 o fis Tachwedd, 1687. 12 mo. Original calf. Printiedig yn Llundain gan J. Richardsoft, yn y Flwyddyn, 1688 The precious and possibly unique First Edition of " The Pilgrim's Progress" in Welsh. The earliest Welsh edition possessed by Offor was that of 1761 (the second part only). " A copy of the Welsh translation, published before Bunyan's decease, but which had not come to his knowledge, is in the library of Miss Atherton, of Kersell Cell, near Manchester. That lady, not understanding the Welsh lan- guage, most readily and kindly furnished me with some particulars of this rare volume, extracted in Welsh ; and it appears that the title-page exactly follows the English editions. The preface is signed S. H. It has the marginal notes and references." — Offor. The present example lacks four leaves, which were never bound up with the book; they were doubtless omitted by the binder through his ignorance of the Welsh language. The above was the only copy known to Offor. It is not in the British Museum. b. The Pilgrim's Progress. . . . 8vo. Loudon: Printed by E. Hodson, for /. Deighton, Holboru, 1792 The first edition containing the remarkable error of Mordecai FOR Haman, page 157. Offor's copy was imperfect, and must have been a remarkably short one, for he described it as a i2mo. The British Museum does not possess a copy of this edition. c. En Pillegrims Fremgang, Det er. En sand Christens Reyse fra denne til den tilkommende verden; i Tvende Parter fremsat under En Lignelse af en Drom, hvorudi forestilles under mange Lignelser, hvad der kand vederfarcs en Christen fra bans omvendelses forste beayndelse, indtil hand efter mange slags fristelser, kamp og gienvordighed omsider opnaaer sin troes erde og maal, som er den evige Salighed. Sammenstrevet paa Engelst of Johannes Bunian, Proedikant til Betfort. Nu paa ny igiennemseet, afdcelt i Capitler og 22 J. PEARSON & CO. mindre afdelinger, saa og med mange udleggelser, til Loeserens des storre nytte og opbyggelse forsynet, og til trykken befondret. Selges her vindbund: for 24 skilling danske. Curious frotttispiece. 2vols. i2mo. Kisbenhavn, udi det Kongel Wdysenhuses Bogtrykkerie, og paa dets Forlag, Trykt af Gottmann Friderich Ktsel, Aar 1 744. The first edition of the " Pilgrim's Progress " in Danish. The earliest Danish edition in the British Museum is that of 1862 — one hundred and twenty-two years later! Offor possessed no copy whatever of any edition in Danish. The earliest mentioned by Dr. Brown, the latest Bunyan biographer, is also the 1862 edition. d. En Christens resa Til den Saliga Ewigheten, hwilken genom atskilliga artiga Sinne-Bilder ForestSller En BotfSrdig Gud-s6kande Sials hela Tilstand, Pa Engelska Spraket beskrifwen Af M. Johann Bunian, Predikant i Betford, Men nu for desz fortraffelighet skull, Efter Den Tyska Ofwersattningen, forswenskad Af M.L. 8vo. Stockholm, Tryckt has Peter Hesselberg, Ar 1766. This is the First Edition of the "Pilgrim's Progress" printed in Sweden. The earliest edition in the British Museum is that of 1848, eighty-two years later than the present edition. e. Andra Delen Af en Christens resa Til den Saliga Ewigheten, hwilken f6restaller Hans Hustrus Christinnans Resa, Sammaledes pa Engelska Spraket beskrifwen Af M. Johann Bunian, Predikant i Betford, Men nu efter den Tyska Ofwersattningen forswanskad uf M.L. 8vo. Stockholm, Tryckt hos /oh . Georg Lange, Ar 1779. The First Edition of the second part of the " Pilgrim's Progress," printed in Sweden. Not in the British Museum. / Perigrina^ao de Hum Christao, ou Viagem Para a Cidade Celeste, Debaixo da Allegoria de hum Sonho. Trasladada em Vulgar, por F.R.I.L.E.L. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 23 Eu osinstrui por meio de muitas Visoes. Oseas 12. 10. Curious frontispiece. Sm. 8vo. Lisboa, Na Typografia Roliandiana, 1782. Com liceufa da Real Meza Censoria. The extremely rare First Edition of the " Pilgrim's Progress " in Portuguese. Offor did not possess any edition in Portuguese. g. TuRUS AN Chriosdiughe, . . . Aistrithghe o Mbhearla Eoin Bhuniain. Svo. Original boards with paper label. Dublifi: John Robertson and Company, James Nisbet and Co., and R. Groom- bridge, London, 1837. The First Edition of the " Pilgrim's Progress " printed in the Irish (Erse) language. There is no copy of this edition in the British Museum, and Offor did not possess a copy. The Advertisement states : " This little book hath long been translated into not a few of the languages of Europe, and printed too; nay, it is now reading by the very natives of Bengal. . . . Yet strange to say, although there are no people on earth so fond of a good story, and to whom such a one as this could be more welcome, the book has never before appeared in the ancient and expressive tongue of old Ireland." h. Te Tere no te Tuitarere Mei Teianei. Ao ki te ao a Muri Atu; e Mea Akakiteia Mai, Mei te Mea, e Moe. Na Joane Bunyan. Rarotonga. Printed at the Mission Press, 1846. Sm. Svo. Curious frontispiece of " Pilgrim " hnoching at a door. The First Edition of the First Translation into the language of THE Pacific Islands. /. Krossgangan ur Pessum Heimi, til hins okomna — Draumvitran — eptir John Bunyan. Sniiid lir ensku af O. V. Gislasyni. Cand. Theol. Svo. Reykjavik, i prentsmidju Islands. E. Pordarson. 1865 The First Edition of the "Pilgrim's Progress" in Icelandic. 24 J. PEARSON & CO. Presentation copy from the translator with his autograph inscription (signed). Offor did not possess any edition of " The Pilgrim's Progress " in Ice- landic. There is no copy of this First Edition in the British Museum, and the earliest edition known to Dr. John Brown (the biographer of Bunyan) was dated 1876 — eleven years later. /. Ai TuKUTUKU Kei Vulagi-Lako: a ya nai Tukutuku ni nona Lako mai na Vuravura o qo ki na Vuravura ena niuri mai : sa volai me Vaka sa dua na todra. E vola taumada ko Misa Joni Puniyani. Sa laveti ki na vosa Vaka-Viti. Sa Tabaki mai Lodoni e Peritani, 1867. Sm. 8vo. Portrait of Butty an with facsimile of his autograph beneath. Original cloth. The First Edition of the First Translation into the Fiji language AND OF the utmost RARITY. k. Mbuk Asana usum hevn Obuk nte enye otode ke ererimbot emi Asana aka Hevn John Bunyan ewet ke iko mbakara Alexander Robb akabare ewet ke iko Efik. Frontispiece. 8vo. Edinburgh: Messrs. Muir ye Paterson Efik. 1868 The extremely rare First Edition of the " Pilgrim's Progress " in Efik (an African dialect). The British Museum does not possess any copy in Efik. Together 1 2 vols. Some in their original bindings and others bound in dark blue moivcco extra. This is believed to be the most complete collection of translations extant. 26 BURNS (ROBERT). Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. The Simple Bard, unbroke by rules of Art. He pours the wild effusions of the heart: and if inspir'd, tis Nature's pow'rs inspire. Her's all the melting thrill, and her's the kindling fire. Anonymous. 1 P O E M S, ll^ > V ( // C H 1 £ F L Y i N THE SCOTTISH 'dialect, B y ROBERT BURNS. .-«..<.^..<..<..<..< .<..<..<..<..<,.<.<.<.< <..<.<..<..<..<..<.,<. .<..<.,<..<..<..4,.<..4.,«.,< THE Simple Bard, unhroke by rules of Art, He pours the wild tfTufioiis of the heart : And if infpirM, 'tis Nature's pov\'rs infpire; Hcr's all the melting tlirill, and her's the kindling fire Anonymous. KILMARNOCK: PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON. M,DCC,LXXXVI. r » 4 —>•>•>■■>•■> ■>■■>•>.■>. >..>.>..>..►..>..>..>.»..>..>..>..»..>. >..►..>..>..,,.>..,..>..>..>..),. ►,,_.^^>» *Trc<^^'^fi-«i ^) ''> ^ ' ^" ' ' »» " ■ ' gg^ '»«'- uij ;%^< ^j>5i 26 5, PALL MALL PLACE 25 8vo. Green morocco prettily tooled in gold, by Bedford. Kilmarnock : printed by John Wilson, 1 786. The First Edition. Known as the " Kilmarnock Burns." The present copy, which measures 7^^ x 4^ inches, was bound by the late Francis Bedford in 1875. See Illustration 27 BURNS. LETTERS FROM, TO, AND CONCERN- ING SCOTLAND'S POET. An extremely important Collection of ']2i Autograph Letters, MSS., Drawings, and Engravings. The collection comprises, in addition, many- fine portraits of the Poet, including a beautiful impres- sion presented by two descendants of Rob. Burns to N. Call with their autograph inscriptions and signatures. Inlaid to a uniform size and forming a handsome Royal ^to green morocco volume. I. BURNS (ROBERT). A. 1. s. to Captain Richard Brown of the Ship Mary and Jean, z pages, 4to. March 20/// 1788. "... I have been getting my tack extended as I have taken a farm; and I have been raking shop accounts with Mr. Creech, which both together, with watching, fatigue, and a load of care almost too heavy for my shoulders, have in some degree actually fever'd me. ... I am posting to my farm in Dum- frieshire, where many perplexing arrangements await me . . . these eight days I have been positively crazed . . .," etc. This letter is one of a series of seven only, which the Poet addressed to Captain Brown: "At Irvine the Poet began his friendship with Richard Brown, a sailor whose approval encouraged him to 'endeavour' at the char- acter of 'poet' but who also led him into \\cq.^^—D.N.B. All the letters from Burns to Brown are published, but this original letter E 26 J. PEARSON & CO differs in many respects from the published version (see Paterson's " Burns," vol. V, p. 112), some words being changed and the date given as March 26th 1788, whereas the original is dated March 20th 1788. 2. BURNS. HIS ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF A GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH WORDS. 2 pages, 8vo. The following inscription in the autograph of his son is written on the first page: "My Father's handwriting, Feby. 23 1834. Robt. Burns." 3. AN UNUSUALLY INTERESTING SERIES OF 13 ACCOUNTS OF PURCHASES MADE BY THE POET, 7 of which are endorsed in his autograph, and one has a note "By Cash \^s. iid" also in the Poet's autograph. These accounts include bills for his clothes, spirits (whisky and rum), tea, boots, etc., and are dated from Ayr, 26 Feb. 1788; Dum- fries, 24 Nov. 1789, 1790; 12 July, 1793; 1794; Edinburgh, 1791; Thorn- hill, 28 Feb. 1 791 ; 23 Jan. 1792; thus dating one month before he took the farm at Ellislmd near Dumfries and covering the period of his position as Exciseman. The series end about two years before the Poet's death. The entries in these accounts give us an intimate acquaintance with Burns' life. Entries for Mrs. Burns (Jean Armour), Miss Burns, and the Poet's other children are frequent. His literary pursuits are represented, for he paid jQi 4^. for eight copies of the "Bee." His farming labours and the Excise Office are also recalled by the account for advertising the sale of his cattle dated from the Office of Excise. These accounts likewise cover the period when some of Burns' best Poems were written. His " O' a' the airts the wind can blaw," "O were I on Parnassus' hill," " I hae a wife o' my ain," " Auld Lang Syne," and " My Bonnie Mary," are among those written at this time. These Accounts constitute a most valuable record of the Poet's life, and are, we believe, unpublished. 4. TYTLER (A. ERASER, Lord Woodhouselee). A. I. s., To Burns. 2, pages, 4to. 27 Nov. 1791. Criticizing his Poems " The Whistle " and " The Lament." Tytler revised the later editions of Burns' Poems. This is the only letter fro7n Tytler to Burns that has occurred for sale. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 27 5. CLARK (JAMES). A. I. s., 2 pages, 4to. i8//i J^edy. 1796. To Burns. Respecting the payment of money. " Your Letter makes me very un- happy, the more so as I heard very flattering accounts of your situation some months ago. A note is enclosed, and, if such partial payments will be acceptable, this shall soon be followed by more." Important as it throws light on the Poet's circumstances a few months before his death. He died 21st July 1796. 6. SMELLIE (WILLIAM). A.l.s., 1 page, 4to. Alar. 10, 1787. To Burns. Acknowledging ;^2o. Endorsed by Burns "SmeUie receipt." 7. A TRACING OF THE AUTOGRAPH VERSE, SIGNED, written by Burns "on a pane of glass at Brow." Sent to Mr. Bramwell. These lines are as follows : " Wha e'er shall say I wanted Grace When I did kiss and daute her. Let him be planted in my place Syne say I was a fauter." Beneath these are: " The Exciseman and the Gentleman in Ane I point thee O Findlater, for thou'rt the Man." The following lines are also written on the back; " On Tom Pain's Death " All pale and ghastly Tammy Pain Gaed down ae night to Hell. The Devil shook him by the Hand Saying Tammy — I hope y'ere well — He shut him up in Dungeon Hot And on him Barr'd the Door, — Lord ! How the Devil Lap and Leugh To Hear the B Roar. " R. B." 28 J. PEARSON & CO 8. HAMILTON (JOHN). A. l. s , i page, 4to. Sept. i6th 1839. To Cochrane. Sending a copy of Burns' letter to his (Hamilton's) father Gavin Hamilton, which is on the fly-leaf. John Hamilton was the "wee Curly John's ier-oe " of Burns' Poetical Dedication to Gavin Hamilton. 9. ALLAN (DAVID). The remarkable series of lO ORIGINAL DRAW- INGS in water-colours by this eminent artist and contemporary of the Poet, who was known as "The Scottish Hogarth." These beautiful drawings were designed to illustrate Burns' Poetry. They remained unpublished until 1798, when they were engraved for Campbell's " Introduction to the History of Poetry in Scotland." Beneath each drawing is the verse which it illustrates very neatly written in gold. 10. BURNS (GILBERT). The Poefs Brother. A.l.s., 3 pages, folio. 2']th April 1808. To Robt. Ainslie. On the suppression of certain passages in his brother's Poems. "You will observe that everything complementary to such a person will reflect discredit on the Poet's Memory, and however Robert might sport the verses in question to amuse that society about Kilmarnock ... I am con- fident the Poet would never have consented to the publication of them, and if Mr. Cromeck wishes to be considered a friend to the Poet's Memory he ought to avoid publishing anything which the Poet on sober reflection would have considered discreditable to him. The Kirk's Alarm I remember well and think it decidedly unfit for publication and I hope most earnestly that you will get it suppressed," etc., etc. 11. BURNS (ROBERT). The Poefs Eldest Son. A. l.s., i page, 410. ^ist July 1 8 1 1 . 12. BURNS (ROBERT). A. Is., 1 page, 4to. Edinburgh, is March 1822. To Hurst, Robinson & Co. Relative to a portfolio of pictures. 13. BURNS (JAMES GLENCAIRN). The Poefs Son. A. Is., 7, pages, 8\o. Enfield, 4th Aug. 1840. To Jas. Cochrane. Relative to his father's Poems edited by Cochrane. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 29 14. BURNS (J. G.). A.l.s., 2 pages, 8vo. 13M Dec. 1842. To R. Cole. Mentions Mrs. S. C. Hall and the meeting of Lord Lytton and the Ettrick Shepherd (James Hogg). 15. BLOOMFIELD (ROBERT). Author of The Farmef^s Boy." A.l.s., to the Earl of Buchan, 4 pages, 4to. Comparing his Muse with that of Burns. A most remarkable letter. "... The illustrious that has left amongst us the name of Burns, has often been lowered down to a comparison with me, but the comparison exists rather in circumstances than in essentials, that man stood up with the stamp of superior intellect on his brow a visible greatness and great and Patriotic subjects would only have called into action the powers of his mind which lay inactive, while he played calmly and exquisitely the pastoral pipe. The Letters to which I have alluded in my preface to the Rural Tales were friendly warnings, pointed with immediate reference to the fate of that extra- ordinary man — Remember Burns has been the watchword of my friend I DO remember Burns, but I am not Burns neither have I his fire to FAN OR QUENCH, NOR HIS PASSION TO CONTROL." EtC. 16. BUCHAN (D. STEUART ERSKINE, EARL OF). An extremely long a. I. s. {10 pages, 4to). To Lady Elcho. This letter contains a poem eulogizing Burns and refers to the influence of Geddes upon the Poet. The most important part of this letter is that repudiating the charge against him (Lord Buchan) that he was the cause of Burns writing in the Scottish dialect: " I have been accused of encouraging Burns to write in the uncouth vulgar dialect OF Scotland, but the fact is quite the contrary, as in my letter of advice which was lost ... I dissuaded him from the use of it except in his Pastoral Pieces where the scene was placed in Scotland. His * Vision,' his ' Mary in Heaven ' and his ' Address to the Shade of Thomson ' were al the fruits of my advice." Etc. The Earl was a great admirer of Burns, and the latter sent him " Bruce's Address at Bannockburn." It was Lord Buchan who advised the Poet to fire his muse at Scottish 30 J. PEARSON & CO. story and Scottish scenes," and to whom in answer he addressed the noble letter published in Paterson's "Burns" (vol. iv, p. 197). Buchan also sent an invitation to Burns to be present at the inauguration of the statue of James Thomson (the Poet) at Dryburgh. The Poet declined, however, but sent an Ode on Thomson. After the death of Burns in 1796 the Earl placed a bust in his memory beside the bust of Thomson. It was also to Buchan that Burns wrote to say that he would " woo his rustic muse ... at the ploughtail." 17, 18. SCOTT (SIR WALTER). Two a. I. s. About Burns and his Monument in Edinburgh. \ pages, \\.o. To Jas. Ellis. " I daresay you are aware of Burns' reply to a correspondent who en- quired if he had written the song beginning ' Cauld blaws the wind o'er Dennocht head.' ' I would give ten pounds if I could answer you in the affirmative ' was, I think, the purport of Burns' reply. If you have not Burns by you I will look out the passage and send it to you." Etc. 19. SCOTT (SIR WALTER). A. Is., \ page, 4to. Abbotsford, i\ July, 18 1 9. To Geo. Thompson. Relative to Burns' Monument in Edin- burgh. " . . . It is some time since I agreed on an application from the Com- mittee I believe of the Subscribers for Burns' monument at Edinburgh to give two guineas. More I cannot subscribe, have already given my mite to the Mausoleum at Dumfries and being considerably liable to various applica- tions of this kind. I should be a very useless and unornamental member of the committee, as neither my health nor inclination are such as to induce me to attend to public business. . . ." 20. HAZLITT (WILLIAM). A. /., i page, 8vo. To Perry. Relative to his Lectures. "That to-morrow will be on Burns but I am afraid a very lame and impotent conclusion." 5, PALL MALL PLACE 31 21. CAMPBELL (THOS.). Poet. A.Ls., 2> pages, 4to. 2()th Sept. 1801. To George Thomson. Relative to his marriage and praising Burns. "There was a man indeed who if now Hving could have handled the British Harp with the hand of a Master, and would to God he had lived to do justice to other music beside that of Scotland. The unpremeditated effusions of his great mind cost him no effort. The God was ever upon him. The facility of his talents in clothing music with Poetry must strike you as 1 feel it most humbly myself," etc. A remarkable letter. 22. BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON). A.Ls. li, pages, 'ivo. 8 J/aj', 1834. To McCrone. Marked " Private." A most remarkable and extremely long letter. " I read A. Cunningham's Life of Burns from 2 a.m. Wedn. morning to 2 p.m. when I finished it. I read myself blind, faint and exhausted. I have not yet recovered it: — I am weak, and low-spirited. It is an eloquent and noble life oi one of the truest poets, and tioblest of bemgs\ I have not ceased to tremble and shed tears at the description of his death scene. . . . "The Poet comes out bright and pure ore from the fiery furnace! " Yet it appears to me that something is still wanting in the delineation of the character of Burns: — I am not yet quite prepared to say what. . . . " I once had a conversation with Cromek, who asked my leave to reprint Burns^ letter to Capt. Grove containing the prose narrative of Tam O'Shanter, which I think at least equal to the poetry ... I place (with this exception) Burns' forte on the songs. " Be assured, tht (that) the Burns was beautiful in description, he was still more beautiful in sentiment— and real unaffected sentiment will any day beat imagery! "It is Burns'' glory that he did not write as an artist\ "If he had had an higher and more classical education, and had been born in a more fashionable and worldly station of life, he would not have written so well ! ! ! ! In that case his raciness and force, wd. have been filed and polished down ! "It is Burns' life, which has thrown a halo round his poetry. " Coming from Burns I did not think at first that I should be much interested by Gait." 32 J. PEARSON & CO. 2s. HOLMES (OLIVER WENDELL). A. I. s., to John Dougall, Esq. 3 pages, 8vo. Bos/on, 13M Oc/. 1889. Relative to Burns. A very fine letter, mentioning the loss of his only daughter, and speaking feelingly of Burns' Poetry: " I had recently suffered a great bereavement in the death of my only and much loved daughter. . . , "The daisies from . . . remain as when you sent them except that I gave one to a lady who I knew would value it highly. ... I am proud to think that my book found itself in the company of Marcus Aurelius and that it should hold between its leaves the modest flower which Burns has invested with a tender beauty it never drew from the soil or air in which it grew. "You need not be surprised that Americans are frequent pilgrims to the place made dear to them and to all that read his songs, by the poetry of Burns. He ought to have had ten years of his life — or five at least, in America, for those words of his ' A man's a man for a' that ' shew that the true American feeling belonged to him as much as if he had (been) born in sight of the hill before me as I write — Bunker Hill," etc. 24. GIBSON (SIR JOHN). The great Sculptor. A.I.s. i full /^^^^, 4to. 3 Oct. 1848. To Jos. Mayer. "Thence at 5 p.m. we can proceed as may be determined upon to either Edinbro' or Glasgow for 8/4 each, and the next day, Saturday, spend at one of these places — & at Kilmarnock & Ayr — making the Hotel, at the old KIRK of AlLOWa', close BY BURNS' BIRTHPLACE, & THE BRIDGE WHEREON Maggie lost her tail, our abode over Sunday. Here we have my friend Mr. Auld the Keeper of the Mausoleum for our Companion — a man filled with enthusiastic love of your Poet <Sc who possesses various relics connected with the Great Man." Etc. 25. CUNNINGHAM (ALLAN). Wrote the Life of Burns. A. l. s., i page, 8vo. ir Fedj. 1839. To Geo. Virtue. Relative to his edition of Burns Poems. 26. CUNNINGHAM (ALLAN). A. I. s., i page, 4to. 31 Dec. 1839. To G. Virtue. "I have now completed your Edition of Burns. All his poems, all his 5, PALL MALL PLACE 33 epigrams, all his songs and now all his letters have been arranged in the natural order of their composition and critical or historical or explanatory notes added to all. This will be the best arranged as well as [the] fullest edition of his poetry and correspondence which has been yet given to the world," etc. 27. CUNNINGHAM (ALLAN). A. I. s., i />age, 4to. i Mv. 1S39. To G. Virtue. Relative to his Edition of Burns' Poems. " I have put the Glossary for Burns into the hands of Mr. Rickerby, . . . I have finished my undertaking and finished it well too: it has cost me much more labour than I looked for, but this you know is my matter and I hope the work will be, as it deserves, successful in spite of the illustrations of Wright, which are not according to the spirit of the poet, the more the pity," etc. 28. CUNNINGHAM (ALLAN). A. Is., 2 pages, 4to. 11 Nov. 1839. To G. Virtue. Relative to Virtue's Edition of Burns and the injury which it will do to an existing edition in which Cunningham also has an interest. Cunningham asks for ^25 in addition to the ^100 already agreed on. He again attacks Wright's illustrations. 29. CHAMBERS (ROBERT). Famous Scottish Publisher. A. I. s., ^ pages, 8vo. To Robert Cole. "The accounts of Robert Anderson against Robert Burns do not come down to the period when Burns had a pair of boots ruined by the Kenmure thunderstorm in July 1793 but I have been able to make a note quoting them for the general fact that Burns paid 22^. for his boots. Having great scruples about such precious documents as yours I lose no time in returning them," etc. 30. MARTIN (LADY), Helena Faucit, A. Ls., ^ pages, 8vo. /any. ^fh 1872. To Mrs. Macgregor. Relative to a Ball ; she will " make Mr. Martin (Sir Theodore) get himself up as Burns whom he so often has been told he is like." 34 J. PEARSON & CO. 31. A SERIES OF SIX PROOF ENGRAVINGS ILLUSTRATING BURNS' POEMS. After J. M. Wright by S. Bull, J. Rogers and F. W. Topham. 1. The Spirits of the Brigs of Ayr. 2. Nae-Body. 3. Tarn O Shanter. 4. The Cotters' Saturday Night. 5. Scotch Drink. 6. Burns' Interview with Lord Daer. 4to. G. Virtue^ 1839-42. These are the illustrations that Cunningham attacked in his letters (see supra). All the above are Open Letter Proofs. 32. "THE GENIUS OF POETRY FINDING BURNS AT THE PLOUGH." After H. Melville by J. Rogers. 4to. G. Virtue, 1840. Open Letter Proof. 33. BURNS. ADDRESS TO THE DEIL. Engraving by Thos. Landseer. 34. THOMSON (GEORGE). Publisher. A. 1. 3rd person, i page, 4to. July 25M 1798, to Alex. Grant. Mentions "Burns' Verses." 35. THOMSON (GEORGE). HIS ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANU- SCRIPT of the Announcement of Thomson's "Select Melodies of Scot- land," etc., with the printed form. " It was on the suggestion of the Editor (Thomson) that Burns engaged in the Composition of those exquisite lyrics which now constitute the noblest monument to his memory." 36-49. THOMSON (G.). A series of 14 a. I. s., covering 25 pages, folio, and addressed to Hurst Robinson & Co. between March 1823 and/?//)^ 1826. All relative to Thomson's Edition of Scottish Songs [including a large selection from Burns' Poems.] 50. OPIE (AMELIA). A. I. s., 2 pages, 8vo. 25 JVov. 1834. To George Thomson. Thanking him for his Collection of Scottish Songs. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 35 51. CURRIE (DR. JAMES). Biographer of Burns. A.i. s., i page,^\o. To Mr. Martin. Inviting him to dinner to meet Galton and Charles Blagden. Currie wrote the Life of Burns, undertaken for the benefit of the Poet's family. It narrates the facts without much art, and succeeded in its object of raising money for the widow. 52. CURRIE (DR.). A PRESCRIPTION in his autograph. 1/^^^,410. 13 Sept. 1804. 53-65. WALLACE (ROBERT). A descendant of the national hero Sir JVilliam. A series of 13 a. I. s., covering 32 pages, and addressed to G. King and J. Cochrane, from Sept. 10th 1839 to Oct. i^th 1839. A remarkably inter- esting series entirely relative to Burns' " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace BLED," and to the proposal for illustrating the same with an engraving of the Wallace arms. ". . . . I would half the difference with Mr. Fleming and give him ;^i5 for Scots wha hae. I will also supply Cochrane with information as to my family, which being that of Sir Wm. Wallace, will be appropriate to follow the song of Scots wha hae, in the forthcoming edition." " I shall endeavour to give you a choice of documents regarding the family of Wallace and within the time you have specified. . . . Perhaps you would like to see our family seal attached to an old Deed. Very few old seals are so perfect, and the deed is no less curious than the Seal and highly honorable for the Deed I would send is one of many, is very clear, capital and brief bearing the legitimate Arms of Sir Wm, Wallace, perhaps you would give them a place in your work— they are in no other — for it is only lately I received the Deeds to which the seals are attached." " If you desire it I will send the seal and deed for your inspection — which must be done I suppose if you shall decide giving a plate of the arms." " If Burns had been spared to witness and welcome Penny Postage, he would have called to his aid the utmost energies of [his] great soul to record the innumerable ways in which it will benefit mankind and the immeasurable bonds of its influence." " I think he (Cochrane) should give the World a Facsimile of the hand- writing of Burns from the Poem and with the poem of 'Scots wha hae.' . . . I am now among 'Scots wha hae.' ... I have offered to send him the true t 36 J. PEARSON & CO. Wallace Arms, attached to a deed in 1464, both being in perfect preservation — the Seal a proof of the estimation in which the family had been and were held by the King of Scotland— the Deed a pattern proper to use in putting to shame the shameless plunder imposed on all ranks in the length and breadth of Deed's now-a-days used in Conveyancing. Of this seal he may also make a Plate and so put on record Wallace's honour and Burns brightest — at any rate his most popular song in his own handwriting — both of which, as I venture to think, would be very acceptable to the Lovers of Burns." " I am now owner of ' Scots wha hae ' ... it shall be at your service for taking a Lithograph or other Facsimile from it if you shall see proper to fall in with this proposal." " I . . . now return the narrative respecting Mrs. Dunlop of Dunlop and family. She was an excellent woman and showed as I think a fine and just female feeling in not sanctioning the publication of her correspondence with Burns — the time she lived in was in favour of her decision — this has been succeeded by very different times and feelings, and now that she is gone I can see no good grounds for her family persisting in refusing to gratify the admirers of Burns, and of elegant female acquirements, with a sight of those letters which the Poet doubtless valued highly — but ... I can be of no use in aiding you to the correspondence you so properly desire to publish. . . ." "... I have packed up carefully ' Scots vi'ha hae.' ... I have thought it best to desist on reflection I see plainly your work must have a likeness only of Burns. . . . And now to ' Scots wha hae ' — I think the whole should be represented in exact conformity with that sent you — namely, that the address of the letter, its contents and the ode should all appear. You will notice two peculiarities about this document. It has neither postmark nor date— and to my mind both of these present proofs of its originality. Captn. Millar lived at Dalwinston where the letter is addressed to. Dalwinston is only a short distance from Dumfries, where Burns lived. There is no post town between the places — and therefore a carrier, or chance bearer of some sort— very likely a servant of the family would carry the Gem to the Captain on the day it was written." (Continuing, the writer states that the original differs from the already published versions.) The writer owned, and refers to, the famous Burns-Dunlop correspondence which is now in the Morgan library. ^485 5, PALL MALL PLACE 37 28 BURTON (SIR RICHARD FRANCIS), The Trans- lator of ^'The Arabian Nights r THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his translation into English Blank Verse of "THE URAQUAY." Quite Complete. Covering 79 pages, 4to. Accompanying this manuscript are Burton's holograph notes upon the Ufe of the author — Jose BasiUo da Gama. 35 pages, 4to. 114 pages in all. The Preface is signed " Frank Baker," Burton's pseudonym. Unpublished. The original manuscripts of this most extraordinary genius are among the introuvables. ^225 29 BYRON. POEMS written by Somebody most respectfully dedicated (by permission) to Nobody and intended for Everybody who can read!!! Small 8vo. Original calf, gilt. London, 18 18. First Edition and so excessively rare as to be missing from most Byron collections. Presentation Copy from Byron with the following autograph in- scription on the fiy-leaf: " iMrs. Lawson from the Author with sincere regard Feby. 1818." 30 CAMPAN (GENET), First Lady in waiting to Marie Antoinette. A remarkable Series of TWENTY HOLO- GRAPH LETTERS (ten of which are signed in full) and 38 J. PEARSON & CO. 1 DOCUMENT SIGNED, covering 43 pages, 410, and 2 pages, 8vo. There are also 5 letters from her husband, Monsieur Campan. Madame Campan was one of the most gifted and brilliant women of her time. These important letters are dated from St. Germains, Ecouen, Mantes, and Croissy about the years 1799 and 1821, less than a year before her death. They are chiefly addressed to her friend, Louise Cochetet, reader to Her Majesty " la Reine Hortense de Beauharnais " and relate to the domestic and political affairs of the Royal Family. The whole mounted in a contemporary red morocco album, richly tooled in blind and gold, tvith light blue silk end-leaves, zvith a gold border of roses. Royal 4to. In a letter to her uncle, Madame Campan refers to her occupations which have increased to such an extent that she is obliged to rise at six o'clock in the morning. In another it is a question of a Miss Caroline Ides or Edes, an Englishwoman, a balloonist, and of Mde. de Beaumont " mon ancienne titulaire comme lectrice de Mesdames." The first letter to her friend Louise (reader to Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland) refers to a little " cabanne '' which she has procured from one of the poor religious orders. For this she desires some "tabourets," one of which is for the Queen " les tabourets seront des chiffres et une grccque en noir et le fond jaune le chiffre de la Reine une h (Hortense) et un B. (Beauharnais or Bonaparte) avec la couronne Imperiale." Mentions the Princess Berthier and is in love with a friend's English colony. Another letter is to Degothy the artist. Another, to her friend Louise, refers to a widow whose husband appears to have been one of the Legion of Honour. Mentions some of her pupils and the King and Queen (of Holland — Louis Bonaparte and Hortense) (1807). Again in 1807 (April) she writes that she has lost her "joli lustre," which "je devoir a I'aimable souvenir de mon aimable Reine." Requests her to ask the Abbe Bertrand to give her (Louise) 14 chapters of the " Imitation of Christ " to read every morning on her knees for penitence, and commands him to find her "lustre." The King and Queen are again mentioned and a marriage referred to. In 5, PALL MALL PLACE 39 another letter she is extremely curious regarding "this dear Fontainebleau." To the Grand-Chancelier of the Legion of Honour, Madame Campan writes that Mile. Leclerc, daughter of Colonel Leclerc, commander at Hannau, entered as pupil in the Maison Imperiale Napoleon on the 23rd Sept. 1810. Under date of 31 Jan. 181 1, from Ecouen, is a document commanding the Dame Tresoriere to pay the Dames Surnumeraires 499 francs 92 cent. their pay for January 181 1. To Monsieur Aime Martin the writer explains her method during holidays: " When my house of St. Germains existed, Sir, and when I had collected there a crowd of young pupils whom destiny reserved to play the greatest roles in the world, I wished to amuse them in the days generally devoted to pleasures, I did not desire to give balls however and each year a Thursday, monday or on Shrove Tuesday they represented Esther and one or two pieces of Mile. Genlis in which were her most beautiful thoughts," or else one of her own compositions. The Queen [Hortense] has played in one. After the abdication of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, in 1810 she writes again to her friend relative to our dear Queen and her sorrow. " What sacrifices and what resignation it demands to support such blows of fate. Was there (ever) a being more amiable? " This is no doubt relative to the abdication. She (the Queen) complains not of the letter received at 3 o'clock in the morning, and which in certain moments of the health of women could have killed her. Two other letters are dated 18 16, when the writer was sixty-three years of age, and in which she says she has still five years in which she will be capable of undergoing a long journey. The letter written in 1821, when Madame Campan was sixty-eight, is to Mde. Rousseau, and asks that lodgings be procured in Paris for one or two days which she intends to spend there. She will travel slowly. Paris was never again visited, however, for Madame Campan died soon after she wrote this letter. The five letters of her husband request the favour of a " Monseigneur " for a faithful company which is threatened with the loss of its honour and possessions ; criticizes and returns an invoice in which the measurement of a certain article is questioned, asks for samples of "verds" from Messrs. Barbier and Tetard, for ten yards of "taffetas de Florence double gris d'acier " for mourning, from the same people. 40 J. PEARSON & CO. A letter to Monsieur Rupe asks him to pay a bill; he has not seen him lately as his health is still poor; leeches were again applied to him yesterday. The receipt of Monsieur Rupe for the 250 livres advanced is at the bottom of this letter. At the age of fifteen Madame Campan (whose maiden name was Berthollet) became reader to the daughters of Louis XV, and three years later y?r.T/ hdy in waiting to Marie Antoinette. She continued her functions up till the last moment — the awful loth August 1793 — when she was separated for ever from the Royal Family. As her biographer states, " elle vit le fer des Marseillais leve sur sa tete quand les Tuileries furent livrees au pillage"; that was after the flight of Louis XVI and his family. When the unfortunate Queen was incarcerated in the Temple, Madame Campan vainly endeavoured to persuade Petion to allow her to accompany Marie Antoinette. This devotion nearly cost her her life, for she became the object of the special suspicion of such revolutionaries as Robes- pierre and Combertin. However, she evaded capture by fleeing to the valley of Chevreuse. There she learned that her sister had committed suicide at the moment of arrest. Ruined by the Revolution Madame established a school at Saint-Germain, where Hortense de Beauharnais became her pupil, who had been confided to her care by Napoleon six months before his marriage to her mother, Josephine. After the war in Italy Napoleon took part in two representations of Esther at Madame Campan's institution, and through this acquaintance the latter was appointed by Napoleon head of the famous Maison Imperiale Napoleon at Ecouen. Her acceptance of Napoleon's patronage was disastrous to her upon the return of the Bourbons, her greatest fault in her accusers' eyes being that she had not hesitated to accept service under a new reigning family after having been so closely attached to the old. Madame Campan retired to Mantes, where she lost her son, and this blow so crushed her that she gradually declined and expired in 182 i, the year in which the last letter in the present collection was written. ^JL,f&<6 out of Cx^j) ao of fxcnff^ «j fo out ctigf^^ fcnguc/of t^c pf^fj^quc fooR name* ^uUtUQ be fcllCC} (ontgn^doM© ma^ fe t^c f utfjfrtfit ?iuc CatD fcnatout of (»))je i^ ^nipton g 3;eliiU0 <^2nc fe^na; j^ong no6& 6n^3^fe6 g aCfo (cHflfeuve of t^c fab wmc/of <^c ffibt ; f^t^c/icccomcjtcacgoj) g magnj^f^ccncc.t^af f^C&fc 3g^ nc») ft> mo) of oC% agc/fb* (^cjji; ^fcicfee (t ^prgencc mj ISKjfcOow) of prj^fj>!|uc jotcaitauiX/ij 6Rxm«> i^t\y) i£)ai\x ipiouo) ox fof^j) oEts age/u ^^ Catnn «^^rfet$ (t coufciC? fc<§ oCaj tticj; 6> & ;]fo5cfuC,ant>? ^xs pc^cniC^ oC?c age ffi^t) ii eomet^ (o ^oij/QCn^ ^2B "^uUtus at wuetf no? of Catan %cRxcci6 6j> 'Rij^e of «pamp^ » 6o"5> 6unCU3 <^auf^cn( p^jfofop^a purpjfct^ cin& tB?}>fe(^ mj t^tx ^r; (ce «)m|xn?>^ou(C^ Sufo ^te ficnw 2Ctdtn3 aCfb a (cna (out of ^omC'^tB ^ <oRc gtcfe f^oug^i an^ charge fb? <6c goucntauncc of t^c comj)j) p:ouff j)g^( / ffbr tG^ic^c ^ ^fcmc!>7 gate KiS£» anbp^noutc ») pjcfett^'ng^ t^c fame namcb? wj K^t^'n ()yC9 ^ubUca K«)3ptg] t^e (^o * inftj^nc0 ptxifpct»u6/(j ^fen^png i^o)) fxo ^cgz ^uctfa; «^c<5 anbj> tx&(Cc6 / tB^ic^c foofitSac 6;an(rafeb? ant>? <6^fto?'C6opnf^«cKxrc?)«6g<0c oj^naunce ^ ojf^cc of <^e noe(c Qtimo'cnf anj^g^t ^^t ^ol^an J=afiol6 of <§c couttftc of ^Ot&ilh Rtnctrffe ♦ f ?"?"3? ^^ flgc of fbwt (cMc ^c« . cjiccjdf^n^j t^j tfett^e m; ^« ^o^amc cf Jfwtuncc an?> ot^cr coun6rcC0 / ffb? t^c ^ifjfciuc anti? "^njucjfaCiXcCfArpof fot^ctojjamco ofcngfonb? anb? ffi^uncc 6^ fbuit^ ^ace cnt^utgng^ / t§c f^pfe of atmte ,*.. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 41 31 A SUPERLATIVE CAXTON CAXTON. TULLY. His Treatises of Old Age and Friendship, with the Declaration of Noblesse, etc. Fol. I. recto: Here begynneth the prohemye upon the reducynge both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue of the polytype book named Tullius de Senectute, etc. FoL 71. recto: ExpHcit: Thus endeth the boke of Tulle of olde age translated out of latyn in to frenshe by laurence de primo facto at the comaundement of the noble prynce Lowys Due of Burbon and enprynted by me symple persone William Caxton in to Englysshe at the playsir solace and reverence of men growyng in to olde age the vij day of August the yere of our lord. M.cccc.lxxxj: (M^O Fol. 72. recto: Here foloweth the said Tullius deAmicicia \_sic'\ translated in to onr[our] maternall Englissh tongue by the noble famous Erie, The Erie of Wurcestre (Worcester) sone & heyre to the lord typtoft, which in his tyme, flowred in Vertue, & cunnyng, etc. FoL 99 recto: Thus endeth this boke named Tullius de Amicicia, etc. Fol. 100 recto: Here foloweth the Argument of the declamacyon which laboureth to shewe. wherin honoure sholde reste: \i.e. The Declamation of Nobleness]. G 42 J. PEARSON & CO. Fol. iigv^rso: Explicit per Caxton. (h^O Folloioing the text are 77 blank leaves contempoi^ary with the seventh-century russia binding in which the work is bouJid. A MOST SUPERB EXAMPLE OF CaXTON's PrESS AND POSSIBLY THE FINEST THAT CAN EVER OCCUR FOR SALE. ThE TEXT IS ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE. The present is one of otily four knoivn copies containing hvo {out of three) blatik leaves. These four copies are: 1. The present. 2. The British Museum. 3. The Eton College. 4. Lord Pembroke's. No copy with all three blank leaves is known to be in existence. Our copy is also the second largest known, it measures 269 x igo mm. The Eton copy is uncut and measures 293 x 209 mm. Caxton's English version of " De Senectute " " De Amicitia " and of the " Controversia de Nobilitate " of Buonaccorsi has many claims on the lover of literature and old books. It is the FIRST ATTEMPT to givc to English readers a classic author rendered into their own tongue; it is a memorial of some famous men, John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, Sir John Fastolf, William Worcester the chronicler, and others; while it is also a product of the first press set up in England BY William Caxton. The English translation of " De Senectute " is anonymous, and Caxton, though giving full information as to the translation of the " De Amicitia " and the " Controversia de Nobilitate," gives no clue as to its translator. It has been attributed to John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, the translator of the " De Amicitia " and the " Declamation of Nobleness," but Caxton in his prologues distinctly implies that the translator was unknown to him. Blades ascribes the translation to Stephen Scrope, the son-in-law of Sir John Fastolf, because Caxton in his first prologue states that the work was accomplished at the desire of that worthy knight, and Scrope had already translated the " Dictes and Sayings of Philosophers " in 1450 for Sir John. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 43 We are, however, left in no doubt as to the authorship of the translation of the " De Amicitia"; it was translated from the French of Laurent de Premierfait by that celebrated statesman and scholar, John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester. In regard to the Declamation (by " two noble Knyghtes Romaynes ") of Nobleness, the authors of the two orations purport to be Publius Cornelius and Gaius Flaminius, competitors for the hand of Lucrece. Earlier writers up to Herbert, whom Dibdin copied, ascribed this book, on the authority of Leland, to a certain Bonatusius Magnomontanus. It is, how- ever, a translation of the " Controversia de Nobilitate of Buonaccorso da Montemagno, a noble of Pistoia distinguished for his learning and eloquence. The complete work was issued under the patronage of Edward IV. The type used for the main body of the book is the recast type 2, known as type 2*, while the quotations and proper names are printed in the larger type 3. When Caxton left Bruges he had already made the punches and matrices of type 2, and he left his first type in Bruges with his partner, Colard Mansion. Type 2 is therefore the first type used in England, and was used in the majority of books printed up to the end of 1478. It was then re-cast and some fresh letters made, and the new type was in use from the beginning of 1479 until about 1484. Apart from its being an excessively important volume from Caxton's Press, this is the first edition of the first classic printed IN the English language. Mr. Gordon Duff has specially written an elaborate Monograph descriptive of this volume, of which 30 copies have been printed on fine paper. ^^2,500 See Illustration 32 "CEDASPE" (PABLO DE CESPEDES). HOLO- GRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. 3 pages, folio. Cor- dova, September 13, 1577. A superb letter addressed to Bastiano Caccini, Rome, in which he men- tions his master Zuccaro. 44 J. PEARSON & CO. Letters of this illustrious Spaniard (called "the Spanish Raphael") are excessively rare. He seems to have been equally famous as a painter, sculptor, architect, and poet. ^80 33 CERCEAU. POESIES DU PERE DU CERCEAU. Nouvelle Edition. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Red morocco gilt, silk end-papers, gilt leaves, by Derome. A Pa^ds, 1785 Believed to be the sole copy printed on vellum. Totally unknown to MM. de Bure. 34 CERVANTES. THE HISTORY OF THE VALOR- OUS AND WITTIE KNIGHT-ERRANT. DON QUIXOTE OF THE MANCHA. Translated out of the Spanish, London, Printed by William Stansby, for Ed. Blou7it and W. Barret. 1 6 1 2 THE SECOND PART of the History of the Valorous and witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha. Written in Spanish by Michael Cervantes: And now Translated into English. Londo7i, Printed for Edward Blount. 1620 2 vols. 4to. Quaint engraved titles {in addition to the printed ones) to both paj^ts. Red morocco extra by Bedford. The First Issue of the First Edition of both volumes of the First English translation. This is a most precious copy of an excessively rare book because it con- tains BOTH printed TITLE-PAGES. THE Y OF THE VALOROVS AND WITT IE Kni G HT -E R P. A N T- DON-QV iX OT E Of the Mdmha. - TranJIated out of the Spanip?^ L N D O'iV Pf int>ed by VMkrn^ SUmshy^ {ox Eel Blount and W.BArret. \ 6 \ i. ; 34 5, PALL MALL PLACE 45 A perfect copy of both parts is in an American private library, but apart from that now offered, no other is known. The present example is in splendid condition, and measures 7| by 5^ inches. It was bound by the late Francis Bedford in 187 1. The Huth copy was imperfect, lacking the printed title to Volume I. The British Museum example of the first part not only has the title-page and one leaf in facsimile, but also lacks the engraved frontispiece. The Spanish original of Part I realized ^1,460 at auction last year in London. ^850 See Illustration 35 CHARLES I. ROSA-HISPANI-ANGLICA SEU MALUM PUNICUM ANGL' HISPANICUM. Bril- liant i^npression of the excessively rare frontispiece, contain- ing' portraits of Charles I and the Infanta Donna Maria of Spain. 4to. Brown morocco. Bound for Georv:^e ViLLiERS, Marquis {afterwards Duke) of Buckingham, with his arms impressed on the sides. 1623-4 This is THE IDENTICAL COPY presented to the Marquis of Buckingham (James Fs " Steenie "), at one time the great promoter of the famous match between Charles I and the Spanish Infanta, and who was, afterwards, the principal means of its being broken off. The finely engraved frontispiece is the very earliest state before the engraver's name was added. This beautiful volume was formerly in the Bindley and Beckford collections. Examples of the " Great " Duke of Buckingham's library are of extreme rarity. It is one of the scarcest volumes relating to the projected Spanish marriage which convulsed all Europe. See Illustration 46 J. PEARSON & CO. 36 CHARRON (PIERRE). DE LA SAGESSE, trois livres. 4 vols. Small 8vo. In the original vellum binding, uncut. Dijon, Frautin, 1801 There were only three examples printed on vellum. The present copy is still preserved in the original publisher's cases. Vellum copies were totally unknown to MM. de Bure. Z7 CHERUBINI (LUIGI). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. ^ pages, 4to. Paris, 2^ Janvier, 181 5. To a friend in Berlin. " Tr^s-belle lettre amicale adressee a un ami de Berlin. II a ete nommd chevalier de la legion d'honneur et sur-intendant de la musique du roi. S'il re^ssit d'obtenir un conge de quelques mois, il s'empressera de faire le voyage de Berlin et il pourrait peut-etre profiter de son sejour, pour composer un opera pour Berlin, il parle de Weber, etc." — Meyer-Cohn Catalogue. ^18 18.?. CHOISEUL (ETIENNE FRANCOIS, DUG DE). First Minister of Lotcis XV. THE ORIGINAL HOLO- GRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS UNPUBLISHED "ME MOIRES." Covering I /\;^ pages, ioWo. Quite com- plete. An extremely important manuscript, and of extreme interest from the light it throws on the vast power wielded throughout Europe by Madame de Pompadour. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 47 Preceding the manuscript is a neatly written title which reads: " Memoires de la main D'Etienne Frangois de Choiseul-Stainville, Due de Choiseul, Ecrits dans sa retraite de Chanteloup apres son Ministere." " Lorsque Etienne Charavay, dirigeant sa maison d'autographes, fut charge de vendre la collection laissee par M. Feuillet de Conches, il trouva dans cette collection un manuscrit original contenant des memoires inedits du due de Choiseul. Rediges sous forme de Lettres, ces memoires presentaient par le caractere de I'ecriture comme par celui du style, la marque distinctive de leur auteur. Aucun doute d'authenticite ne lui paraissant possible et les DOCUMENTS RELATiFS A CHOISEUL ETANT ASSEZ RARES. Etienne Charavay s'entendit avec la famille de feu Feuillet de Conches pour acheter ce manu- scrit et pour s'en reserver la publication; puis il ne soumit a son ami Jules Flammermont, que des etudes speciales avaient rendu familier avec I'ecriture et la pensee du due de Choiseul." Etc. For the continuation of this interesting description see the preface of "Memoires du Due de Choiseul, 1719-1785," Paris, 1904, a copy of which accompanies the manuscript. Inserted is an a. I. s. of the due de Choiseul, 3 pages, 4to, 1 2 October 1766. £zoo 39 CHOPIN (FREDERIC FRANgOIS). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. 3 pages, 8vo. Paris, 25 Nov., 1839- Asking the favour of the Grand Duke of Baden on behalf of a certain (}uttmann who has been drawn for a conscript. " II serait vraiment dommage que la carriere d'un artiste qui donne autant d'esperance flit entravee des son debut." Autograph Letters of Chopin are extremely rare. £\o 48 J. PEARSON & CO. 40 CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS). ORATIONES. A Superb Copy. Folio. Morocco extra. Rome, Conrad Sweynheyvz and A rno/d Pannartz, 147 i Editio Princkps of this famous classic. Two editions of Cicero's Orations were printed in 1471, the first one at Rome, and a second at Venice, by Christopher Valdarfar. The preface is not fully dated, but is addressed to Pope Paul II, who died on the 28th of July 147 1. The second edition is placed by Proctor last of the six books printed in 147 1 by Valdarfar, though it must be placed before the 9th of November since Cristoforo Moro who died on that day is mentioned as the reigning Doge in the colophon. The Roman edition is also more important than the Venetian, being considerably more complete, containing the Philip- pics, the Orations In Verrem, Pro Roscio and others. Most probably the two editions were prepared quite independently from different manuscripts. The present volume opens with a long prefatory letter by Giovanni Andrea Bussi, the Bishop of Aleria, who was not only a staunch friend to the printers, but also the editor of most of the volumes which they printed. He was a man of great learning, and for a time librarian of the Vatican. He died in 1475. Pope Paul II appears also to have been a liberal patron to the printers if we may judge from the many prefatory letters addressed to him, and the great falling off in the productions of the press after his death: Conrad Sweynheym and Arnold Pannartz, both Germans, introduced the art of printing into Italy, settling first in the monastery of Subiaco where they printed four books between 1465 and 1467, and in the latter year moving into Rome, where they established their press in the palace of the two brothers Pietro and Francesco dei Massimi, near the German National Hospice. Here they continued to print until 1473, issuing in that period forty-eight different books and editions, many being important first editions of the classics. In March 1472 in the prefatory letter to one of the volumes of Nicolaus de Lyra's Commentary of the Bible, an appeal was made to the Pope for assist- ance, and in it the printers gave a list of all the books they had printed and the number issued of each. Copies of all are known with the exception of the 5, PALL MALL PLACE 49 first. This was an edition of the Donatus pro pueris of which three hundred copies were printed and of which all traces have disappeared. Of the present work two hundred and seventy-five copies were printed. Of many of their books the printers issued some copies on vellum, but no copy of the present book so printed is known. There are copies of this Editio Princeps in the British Museum, Bodleian and Rylands libraries. Lord Crawford possesses an interesting copy, unfor- tunately imperfect, which was once in the French Royal Library, and has the arms of Diane de Poictiers emblasoned on the first leaf. CLOVIO (GIULIO). HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, \ page, folio; Rome, September 12, 1561. There is no autograph of this incomparable miniaturist in the British Museum. The present is believed to be the only one that has occurred for sale in England. See Illustration 42 COLERIDGE (S. T.). THE ORIGINAL HOLO GRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS SONNET ADDRESSED TO MISS E. BULLOCK. I page, 4to. Signed " S. T. Coleridge." Dated Nov. 181 7. 'Twas dull November: dim the Moon: each Flower That in it's beams erewhile had gleam'd or glitter'd, Had left our Garden, . . . etc. Unpuhlished. ^10 \os. H 50 J. PEARSON & CO. 43 COLERIDGE (S. T.). An Absolutely unique and Com- plete SET OF First Editions (including special and PERSONAL copies) of the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Comprising 155 volumes 2mi/ormly bou7id in red morocco. All the excessively rare Coleridge pieces, such as the " Ode on the Depart- ing Year," j^m/^/, 1796, "Fears in Solitude," Bristol, 1796, "Conciones ad Populum," 1795, "Lyrical Ballads," 1796, "Poems on the Death of Priscilla Farmer," 1796, the privately printed Poems of 1798, the "Tears of a Grateful People," 1820, etc., are included. There is no copy of the "Ode on the Departing Year" in the British Museum, and indeed on/y one other copy is known to us. There are thirty-three copies of unique and important interest, among which are no less than eight presentation copies from S. T. Coleridge to his nephew, to Wordsworth (the Poet), and others, with his autograph inscriptions. There are also six books formerly in Coleridge'' s possession and annotated in his autograph {including his own Poetical Works, 3 vols. 1834); thirteen copies having autograph letters inserted of Hartley Coleridge (the Poet's eldest son); Sara Coleridge (the Poet's daughter); Henry Nelson Coleridge (nephew of S. T. Coleridge); Joseph Cottle (Coleridge's publisher and friend); Dykes Campbell (Coleridge's biographer), etc. In addition there are three other annotated copies and three volumes of original manuscript materials (in the autograph of Richard H. Shepherd, the bibliographer) prepared for the 1880 edition of (Coleridge's works. Besides which there is a remarkable collection in eight volumes of maga- zine articles, newspaper cuttings, poems, letters, etc., collected by Mr. Dykes Campbell, from which the " Life " of Coleridge was evidently written. The finest Coleridge collection in existence, excelling even THAT in the British Museum. Full particulars on application. £ 1 ,000 See Illustration r o O O fi I Pi w H en O Pi M Ph *\ en O CO <^ n o I CO >^ CO <r) ODE ON THE Be^smcsrjKg icsi^a. By S. T. COLERIDGE. 2rfO/3Ei, ra§a,<To-wy ^'foi/iioij Etf^jw-'oi;. jEsCHT. AtJAMEM. 1225. BRISTOL; P HINTED BY N. BIGGS, AND SOLD BY J. PARSONS, V ATERNOSTER-ROW, LONDON, ,J&. /^^ 5, PALL MALL PLACE 51 44 CONSTABLE. VARIOUS SUBJECTS OF LAND- SCAPE, Characteristic of English Scenery, principally intended to mark the Phenomena of the Chiaroscuro of Nature: from Pictures painted by John Constable, R.A. Engraved by David Lucas. Oblong folio. Green rno7'occo extra, gilt leaves. London: published by Mr. Constable, 35, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square. Sold by Colnaghi, Dominic Colnaghi, and Co. , Pall Mall East. 1833 The superb presentation Proof copy from Constable to Mr. Vaughan with the following inscription in the artist's autograph : " Mr. Vaughan from Mr. Constable as a mark of his sincere regard, May 5, 1836." This inscription is written upon the original gray front wrapper and Constable has written his signature "J.C. R.A.," beneath the short title printed thereon. Above this title in the top right-hand corner the word Proofs is printed. Moreover, inserted at the beginning is the original auto- graph letter from Constable to Vaughan in which he says: "The book is one of the best set of Proofs Lucas could find in looking over many, he has put his name on the last No. I have \sic\ sending it as an offering to a very long friendship." In a postscript he adds: "I have not taken out the first Introduction but have enclosed the last which I preferred, J.C." The two Introductions men- tioned by Constable are still intact — one dated January and the other May 1833, and there are also five extra plates which are proofs before all LETTERS. The plates are most beautiful impressions and (with the exception of the five additional plates) are open letter proofs. All are engraved on very stout paper. The extra plates have the inscriptions written in pencil, prob- ably by the engraver David Lucas, which is doubtless what Constable meant when he said "he has put his name on the last No," the name of the engraver not appearing. 52 J. PEARSON & CO. The five additional mezzotints which were added by Constable when sending this copy to his friend are: 1. Castle Acre Priory. 2. Mill near Brighton. 3. Salisbury from the Meadows. 4. Scene on the Orwell, Ipswich. 5. Opening Waterloo Bridge 181 5. Possibly the finest copy of this volume of the great Artist's works EXTANT. ^180 45 CORNEILLE (P.). LE THEATRE de P. Corneille reveu et corrige, et augmente de diverses pieces nouvelles, suivant la copie Imprimee a Paris, 1664. 5 vols, in 4. Frontispieces.— LES TRAGEDIES ET COMEDIES DE TH. Corneille, revues et corrig^es, et augmentees de diverses pieces nouvelles, suivant la copie imprimee a Paris, 1665, 1 676- 1 678, 5 vols. Together 10 vols, in 9. Fronti- spieces. 8vo. Brown levant morocco extra, finely gilt backs, inside borders, gilt and marbled leaves, by Trautz-Bau- zoNNET. Paris, 1664-78 This is THE FINEST KNOWN COPY, measuring 131 millim. It contains the ex-Ubris of M. de Montesson, and was sold in the Potier sale in 1870 for 2,400 francs. A minute description of this famous edition is given by M. E. Picot (Bibl. Corndlienne, No. 138). ^150 LES POESIES DE GUILLAUME CRETIN. A PARIS, De i'lmprimerie d'ANTOJNE-URBALNf COUSTfL UR.^^ Imprimeur-Libiaire de S. A. R. Monrdgoeui. le Due d'Oricans. M. DCC. XXI II. 48 5, PALL MALL PLACE 53 46 CORNELIUS NEPOS. VITAE EXCELLENTIUM I M P E R A T O R U M . In the original green vellum, wholly uncut. 8vo. Parisiis, Didot, an ^7/(1799). One of two copies printed on vellum. This was probably Marshal Junot's copy (sold in 1815). 47 COWPER (WILLIAM). THE ORIGINAL AUTO- GRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his celebrated Hymn— "JEHOVAH-JIREH." Comprising six verses of four lines each. The hymn commences: " The Saint should never be dismayed, Nor sink in hopeless Fear, For when they least expect his Aid, The Savior will appear. " This Abra'm found, he rais'd the knife, God saw, and cried — forbear — Yon Ram shall yield his meaner life, Behold the Victim there." Etc. 48 CRETIN. LES POESIES de Guillaume Cretin. Small 8vo. 2 vols. Contemporary morocco, gilt leaves, in a red morocco case. 54 J. PEARSON & CO. A Paris, de rimpi'imerie d' Antoine-Urbain Coustelier, Impri7neur libraire de S.A.R., Monseigneur le Dtic d'Or- Mans. 1723 A unique and beautiful copy. Specially printed on fine vellum for Louis XV and bound by Padeloup for the King. The royal arms are stamped on both sides of the binding. Totally unknown to MM. de Bure. See Illustration THE CROKER CORRESPONDENCE Bequeathed by his Widow to the late Follett Pennell, Esq., and the late Rev. George Staunton Borrow, HER Nephews and Executors THE POLITICAL AND LITERARY CORRE- SPONDENCE of the Rt. Hon. J. W. Croker. This dis- tinguished man was Secretary for Ireland, 1808, Secretary to the Admiralty, 1809-30, and editor of Boswell's " Life of Johnson," 1831. Croker was one of the most powerful and notable Englishmen of the reigns of George III, George IV, and William IV, as well as the intimate friend of no less than nine Prime Ministers — Perceval, Liverpool, Canning, Ripon, Wellington, Peel, Derby, Aberdeen, and Palmer- ston. There are fine series of letters, too, from Sir W. Scott, Southey, Lockhart, and other Political and Literary celebrities. Thackeray has immortalized Croker as " Mr. Wenham " ("Vanity Fair"). The most valuable portion of the Correspondence is preserved in the 5, PALL MALL PLACE 55 Original Despatch Box, of the reign of George III, of wood covered with brown leather in wonderful preservation. This fine box is studded with brass nails, and the Royal initials " G. R." are twice repeated on the front also in brass nails. The box stands upon its original carved wood stand and measures 42I by 23 by 22 inches. The principal portion of this precious and monumental correspondence is as follows: 49 ABERDEEN (EARL OF), Premier. A series of 61 a.l.s., 4to and 8vo, addressed to Mr. Croker between 1828 and 1 85 1. There are several long and important communications refuting Wraxall's insinuation that Pitt received money from Lord Abercorn for making him a Marquis; they also refer to the United States Boundary Question, etc.; together with copies of Letters from Croker to Lord Aberdeen. £^00 50 ANGLESEY (H. W. PAGET, MARQUIS OF), Ge7iera/ {^ fought at Waterloo) and States?nan. A series of 33 a. I. s., 1824-53. Very interesting letters, giving his reminiscences of the Battle of Waterloo, etc. There is also a series of 118 letters from Lord Ashburton on contemporary politics, 1840-48, and 175 letters from Lady Ashburton (the intimate friend of Thomas Carlyle). /125 56 J. PEARSON & CO. 51 BROUGHAM (HENRY, LORD), Lord Chancellor. A most splendid and important series of 450 a. I. s., chiefly on political topics, addressed to Croker between 1839 and 1857. The finest series of the great Chancellor's letters in existence. Lord Brougham was on terms of great intimacy with Croker for many years, and communicated with him on all sorts of subjects. In an interesting letter Brougham avows himself an ardent Corn Law repealer, " but with a careful acknowledgment of the claims of the land." ^500 52 CANNING (GEORGE), Premier. An exceedingly im- portant series of 102 a. I. s. A few were written while Canning was ambassador at Lisbon, 18 14- 16, and contain important references to Bonaparte and the Prince Regent. He writes on April 14, 1815 : " Observe — ^that no part of my expectation would hold out against the fact — if that were physically possible — of the Prince Regent having been apprised before his embarcation of the return of Buonaparte to France. No — that in- telligence would fix him where he is for life. But I calculate upon his having embarked before it can reach him." ^400 53 CROKER (RT. HON. J. W.). A large number of letters (about 250) and Papers on Political, Literary, and Social Topics, including the very interesting series of 72 PALL MALL PLACE 57 a. I. s. addressed to his Wife and 10 a. I. s. of Mrs. Croker to J. W. Croker. Together with a number of Memoranda (about 100) relative to the Croker family, including genea- logical tables, drawings of family arms, etc. CROKER (RT. HON. J. W.). A large and import- ant collection of Miscellaneous Papers, etc. Consisting of 250 letters from various correspondents; 135 letters relating to his West Molsey properties, with plans of Rose Cottage, inventories, bills, etc.; 32 of his auto- graph Notebooks relative to his visits to Paris, notes on Brighton, George IV and Mrs. Fitz- Herbert, notes of what passed about a change of Ministry in 1832, notes on Georoe HI and Lord Wevmouth, etc. His Diaries for the years 1820, 182 1-7-8-9 and 1850 (some containing sketches) and 2 Bank Pass Books are included. There are also notes on the State of Parties during Canning's Ad- ministration, Manuscript Articles for the " Quarterly Review " on the French Revolution, Papers connected with his Candidature for Dublin University, Official Papers addressed to him, various Manuscripts, and a few engrav- ings. Also a collection of 30 pamphlets (some by Croker) ; a copy of the Marquis of Hertford's will and the account and evidence of the Case and Appeal brought before the House of Lords. Together ^250 54 CURTIS (SIR ROGER), Admiral. A series of 108 a. I. s. 1809-14. Some of these important letters refer to I 58 J. PEARSON & CO. the War with America. There are also 129 of Sir George Cockburn, Admiral in the American War; 123 of T. Casey, 29 of Lord Canterbury, 16 of the Earl of Clancarty, 2,2, of Lord Colchester, 2 of Edward Cooke and i of Wil- helmina Casey. ^105 55 DERBY (EDWARD, 14TH EARL OF), Premier, A series of 18 a.l.s., some long and very interesting. Of Louis Napoleon's coup d'etat he writes: ... It is certain that the President has openly violated the constitution which he had sworn to observe and maintain- but, on the other hand, I believe that he sincerely endeavoured to make the constitution work, and that his coup d'etat was not resolved upon until the inherent weakness of the constitution itself had brought the machine of government to a deadlock. ^50 56 DISRAELI (ISAAC), Author. A series of 20 a.l.s. 1820-30, on literary subjects. Of Boswell's Johnson he says : . . . My old friend, Caleb Whitefoord, who lived above me in my chambers at the Adelphi, assured me the conversations were not correct, some of the puns had not been immortalized. Peter Pindar once called Boswell, in a letter to me, "Johnson's spitting pot." The writer was, of course, the father of Lord Beaconsfield. £60 5, PALL MALL PLACE 59 57 ELDON (EARL OF), Lord Chancellor. A series of 10 a./, s., 4to and 8vo, 182 1-4, on Political matters. £30 58 ERNEST {Son of George III and Duke of Ctunberland) KING OF HANOVER. A series of 17 a. I. s., and 2 a. l. between 181 2 and 1842. Many of these letters, which are of considerable length and of great interest, refer to the Duke of Wellington, the marriage of his niece, Queen Victoria, and other important topics. ;^IOO 59 GUIZOT (F. P. G.), French Statesman and Historian. His Important Correspondence with Croker, consisting of 81 a. I. s., including long and interesting letters on the Corn Laws and Free Trade, his return to France after his exile, the marriage of Napoleon III, etc. Others deal with his literary labours and political topics. There are also the original proof sheets of Croker's Article on the French Revolution with Guizot's holograph corrections; letters of the Due d'Aumale and Madame de Genlis, as well as copies of letters from Croker to Guizot. /200 6o J. PEARSON & CO. 60 HERTFORD (FRANCIS, 3RD MARQUIS OF), Fzce- Chamberlain to George IV when PiHnce of Wales. Lord Hertford was the original of the " Marquis of Steyne" in Thackeray's " Vanity Fair " and Disraeli's " Lord Mon- mouth " in "Coningsby." The series of 591 a.Ls. ad- dressed (some written when Lord Yarmouth) between 181 2 and 1842, and 20 of the Countess Lecky. Croker's intimacy with " Thackeray's Marquis " was the subject of much caustic criticism, but there is no doubt that the friendship was an entirely disinterested one, and that Croker exercised an influence for good over the eccentric nobleman. The great interest of these letters is that Lord Hertford was " Lord Steyne " and Croker was " Mr. Wenham." ^200 61 HOOK (THEODORE E.), Novelist and Wit. A series of 1 10 a. I. s. and i a. /., 1824-1840; with 5 a. I. s. of W. F. Hook and 7 a. I. s. of Robert Hook. Croker greatly interested himself in Theodore Hook's affairs when the latter was in difficulties. Thackeray caricatured Hook, who was Lord Hertford's parasite, as " Mr. Wagg," and Disraeli has him in "Coningsby " as " Lucian Gay." 5, PALL MALL PLACE 6i 62 HUSKISSON (W.), Statesman. A series of 35 a. I. s. and I I.S., 1815-28, on politics, etc. This well-known Statesman was killed at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester railroad in 1830. ^100 63 KEITH (GEORGE, VISCOUNT), Admiral. A series of 99 a./.s., 1812-1818, mostly on naval matters and some in reference to Bonaparte, with whom he acted as inter- mediary before his deportation to St. Helena. .^200 64 LAWRENCE (SIR THOMAS, P.R.A.). The splendid series of 105 a l. s., 4to and 8vo, accompanied by an a. I. s. of Sir R. Peel to Croker concerning this eminent painter, 1815-29, This is the most important series of Laivroice'' s Letters extant. Croker's charming niece, Miss Croker (afterwards Lady Barrow), sat to Lawrence for the famous portrait which is known to all Art lovers by Cousins' beautiful engraving. The original picture in the possession of Mr. J. P. Morgan is now on exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. A few months previous to his death Lawrence writes : "... The same power enables me to catch the quick momentary expres- sion of beauty (as in the portrait of Miss Croker), and is the cause of my present certainty in producing fidelity of resemblance. This is the one advantage that I possess. But then there is a charm in the general practice 62 J. PEARSON & CO. of Sir Joshua, as well as in his finest works, which we painters feel with the most sensitive enjoyment, and which makes comparison with him always more repugnant to me that it would be with any other painter." ^500 65 LIVERPOOL (R. JENKINSON, EARL OF). Premier. A series of 43 a.Ls., 1816-41, some very interesting, and Croker's replies to him; also 2 a./, of Lord Lans- downe; 42 letters (7 written by an amanuensis) of Lord Lyndhurst, and 2 a. I. s. of Lord Lytton. ^100 66 LOCKHART (J. G.). Son-in-law and Biographer of Sir Walter Scott. His very extensive and important COR- RESPONDENCE WITH CROKER, consisting of 1,088 a. I. s. from about 1820 to a very short period before Lockhart's death in 1854. These letters, which cover no less than thirty-four years, deal with a great variety of literary and social topics, and are most valuable for their references to Sir Walter Scott, his last illness, etc. 67 LOWTHER (LORD), afterwards Second Earl of Lons- dale, Postmaster-General. The series of 860 a. I. s. be- tween 1814 and 1856, with 10 a.l.s. of the First Earl of 5, PALL MALL PLACE 63 Lonsdale. There are also 214 a. /. s. of E. H. Locker, Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital and author of " Me- moirs of Celebrated Naval Commanders." Lord Lowther was the original of Thackeray's " Lord Colchicum " (" Pen- dennis") and of Disraeli's Lord Eskdale ("Tancred"). /250 68 MELVILLE (ROBERT, SECOND VISCOUNT). Statesman, Fii^st Lord of the Admiralty. A series of 389 Letters written between 1809 and 185 1 ; also 6 a. l.s. from Viscount Melbourne and i a. I. s. of his father, the First Viscount. 69 MOORE (" TOM "). The Irish Poet. A series of 7 1 a. I. s., 4to and 8vo, 1809-45; ^^^ ^ a. l.s. of R. Montgomery, In one of his letters Moore writes that it was reported that Byron and he " had had a considerable and inex- tinguishable blow-up — a day or two after, however, I received a letter from him, beginning ' My dear Tom,' which (not looking very bloody-minded) set all my apprehensions to rest." 70 MURRAY (JOHN). The very important collection of 916 a. l.s. from Byron's celebrated Publisher (including some from John Murray, junr.), from 1815 to 1856. These 64 J. PEARSON & CO. letters, written during four Reigns, cover a very wide range of literary topics, such for example as Croker's edition of Boswell's Johnson and Scott's Battle of Waterloo, etc. -^'200 71 PALMERSTON (VISCOUNT). Premier. The series of 87 a.l.s. and 3 a. I. between 1810 and 1856. These fine letters are almost entirely political. On the riots and troubles of 18 19 he writes: "The Manchester Observer of 17 July last, completely disproves the assertion that was made about the sharpening of the Yeomanry swords, and contains also many remarks strongly illustrating the confidence with which the Radicals looked forward to the 16 of August as the consummation of their revolutionary hopes and the objects which they openly professed to have in view." ^300 72 PEEL (SIR ROBERT). Premier. The very extensive AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT POLITICAL CORRESPOND- ENCE consisting of 617 a. I. s. and a MS. of 4 pages on the Ladies of the Bedchamber Question, from 18 12 to 1847. Together with 25 a. l.s. of Lady Peel ; i a. I. s. of Peel's father and i a. I. s. of Eliza Peel (Sir Robert Peel's daughter). Sir Robert Peel, of course, figures very largely in the Croker Correspond- ence. Peel and Croker were on terms of the greatest intimacy for many years, although they afterwards quarrelled. The letters deal with a vast number of subjects, and there is no doubt that a careful perusal of them would throw much light on many obscure political problems. ^500 5, PALL MALL PLACE 65 11 PERCEVAL (SPENCER). Premier, assassinated 18 12. A series of 26 Letters (21 a, I. s., 4 a.L, and i i.s.), 1 8 10- 1 2. Croker and Perceval were on terms of preat intimacy; on one packet he has written : " We lived so near and saw each other so often that little passed between us by letter." ;^IOO 74 RAGLAN (LORD). The Famotts General. A series of 37 a.Ls., between 182 1 and 1854. Writing from "Before Sevastopol," Christmas Day, 1854, he says (in regard to the Crimean War): "... The great task, however, confided to the AUied Armies is still to be accomplished, and we have to contend against the difficulties of the season," etc. Lord Raglan lost a leg in the Crimean War. 75 RIPON (EARL OF). Premier when Lord Goderich. The series of 34^. /. i"., together with 6-^ of George and 36 of vSir G. H. Rose, 5 of Lord Harrowby, 99 of J. C. Herries, 16 of Count Fernan Nunez, 25 of Colonel McMahon and 40 of Lord Farnborough. In all there are 318 letters. K 66 J. PEARSON & CO. 76 SCOTT (SIR WALTER). A splendid series of 29 a./.s., between 1810 and 1831, covering about ^\ pages, 4to and 8vo. There is also a MS. in his autograph, 2\ pages, 4to, "Additional Notes on Boswell's Tour." Scott's friendship with Croker was unbroken up to the time of the former's death. On presenting " The Lady of the Lake " he writes on May 3rd, 1810: "This comes to entreat your obHging acceptance of a certain square volume called The Lady of the Lake. I am now enabled to send her to my friends as the Romans of yore used to lend their wives and greatly it is to my own relief; for never was man more tired of his wife (and that's a bold word), than I am tired of the same Lady. 1 hope, however, you will find her agreeable company for an evening or two." Scott admired Croker's poem on the "Battle of Talavera," and after praising it he adds of WeUingto?/: " I trust we shall soon hear from the Conqueror of that glorious day such news as may procure us ' another of the same.' His excellent conduct joined to his high and undaunted courage make him our Nelson on land . . . the matter of Lucien Bonaparte is one of the most surprising which has occur'd in our day. A Frenchman refusing at once a Crown & declining to part with his wife is indeed one of the most uncommon exhibitions of an age fertile in novelties as wonderful as portentous." On March 19, 1826, he sends Croker a long and vigorous letter on the proposed changes in Scottish law : "... There is yet time to make a stand for there is yet a great deal of good & genuine feeling left in the country. But if you Unscotch us you will find us damned mischievous Englishmen." When Scott learned of Croker's intention to edit " Boswell's Johnson " he took a keen interest in the project, and on January 30, 1829, sent him a remarkably interesting letter, covering eight closely written 4to pages, and 5, PALL MALL PLACE 67 full of anecdotes of Dr. Johnson. The old Lord Auchinleck (Boswell's father) was not flattered when he heard of his son's friendships: "... great was the contempt he entertained and expressed for his son James for the nature of his friendships, and the character of the personages of whom he was ' engoue ' one after another. ' There 's nae hope for Jamie, man,' he said to a friend; 'Jamie is gaen clean gyte. What do you think, man? He's done wi' Paoli; he's off wi' the land-louping scoundreal of a Corsican; and whose tail do you think he has pinned himself to now, man?' — here the old judge summoned up a sneer of most sovereign contempt — ' a dominie, man — an auld dominie. He keepit a schule and caa'd it an acaademy ! ' " Other communications on the same subject and of almost equal interest follow. An undated letter contains a translation of a Gaelic song, com- mencing: " Come here 's a pledge to young and old We quaff the blood red wine, An health to Allan Murdant bold The dearest love of mine." ' 76A SCOTT (SIR WALTER). AN ORIGINAL MANU- SCRIPT IN HIS AUTOGRAPH, relative to both Bos- well and Johnson. This was sent to Croker for his edition of Boswell's Johnson and comprises 1 1 pages, 4to. Also Autograph Notes on the same subject, 2\ pages, 4to; Autograph Notes on Gaelic words, i\ pages, 4to. Together (76 and 76A) ^600 68 J. PEARSON & CO. 11 SOUTHEY (ROBERT). A series of 21 aJ.s., covering about ^6 pages, 4to and 8vo, between 181 1 and 1834. On his acceptance of the Poet Laureateship he writes: "Twenty years ago when I had a reputation to win it would have been easy for me to furnish Odes upon demand on any subject. This is no longer the case. I should go to the task like a school boy, with reluctance and a sense of incapacity for executing it well ; but unless I could so perform it as to give credit to the Office, certain it is that the Office could give none to me. But if these periodical exhibitions were dispensed with & I were left to write upon great events, or to be silent, according to the spirit mood, I should thankfully accept the Office as a mark of honourable distinction which it would then become." Other letters dealing with his poems, etc., are equally interesting. ^100 78 WELLESLEY (MARQUIS). Governor-General of India, brother of the Duke of Wellington. A series of 33 a.l.s., and repHes by Croker. Also others of the Wellesley family (9), Wellesley-Pole (28), and Lord Maryborough (2). In all seventy- two letters. 79 WELLINGTON (DUKE OF). The excessively im- portant series of 186 a.l.s., between the years 1807 and 1852; also letters of Croker in reply. There are also important notes of interviews between him and the 5, PALL MALL PLACE 69 Duke; an interesting letter from the Duchess of WelHngton, 23 April 1 81 2, on the Duke's safety after the fall of Badajos; Notes in the Duke's autograph concerning the 1830 pamph- let; copies of important letters, etc. Probably the finest collection extant of the " Great " Duke's letters. .;^6oO 80 WILLIAM IV. A series of 51 a.l.s., written when Duke of Clarence, addressed between 18 14 and 1828, mostly relative to matters connected with the Admiralty, and one a./, of the Lord Chancellor to H.R.H. Croker, of course, was Secretary to the Admiralty at this period. ^250 81 CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE RIGHT HON. J. W. CROKER from Statesmen, Celebrities in Literature, Science and Arts, Military and Naval Officers, etc. This collection comprises no less than eleven thousand six HUNDRED LETTERS, embracing almost the whole period from his entrance into public life in 1808 to his death in 1857, arranged for the most part chronologically. Including letters from Admirals Sir T. Foley, Sir R. Bickerton, Sir Graham Moore, Sir R. Calder, Sir Home Popham, Sir J. Duckworth, Lord Gambler, Lord Saumarez, Sir E. Codrington, Sir J. P. Beresford, and others. The Literati comprise Joseph Planta, B. Bandinel (the bibliophile), P. Bliss, Sir H. Ellis, R. Polwhele, Sir C. J. Eastlake, Blackwood (the publisher), W. Jerdan, W. Maginn, H. Mackenzie, J. W. Singer, Sir J. Mackintosh, 70 J. PEARSON & CO. Dean Goulburn, R. C. Trench, Alaric A. Watts, J. P. Collier, H. G. Liddell, Lord Mahon, Decimus Burton (the architect). Lord Annesley, Lord Clanri- carde, Annie Gilbert, R. Sniirke, Hon. Douglas Kinnaird, Dean Milman, John Forster, Michael Faraday, Henry Hallam, Davies Gilbert, C. R. Gleig, Lord Rosse. The political celebrities include Sir F. Burdett, Sir A. Grant, H. Drummond, Ei.rl Spencer, Joseph Hume, Sidney Herbert, and numerous others. ^750 82 D'ARBLAY (MME. /^^^ FANNY BURNEY). Authoress of'' Evelina,'' etc. A . I. s. \ pages, 4to, October 1 1//^, 1813. A long and interesting letter to her brother Charles (the classical scholar) when keeping his school at Greenwich. Thanking him for his care of her son Alexander, speaking of the perversity and ambition of the latter, discoursing on the general principles of education and on the subject of prosperity which " has rendered all quiet and rational re- ward of toil insipid and scarcely worth attainment." The famous authoress also refers to her brother at Sittingburn and to Fanny Phillips: " I am glad you 'piped' as well as laughed at the prettiest verses he ever writ, for they sur- prised me I confess into tears. Sweet bright blossom ! long, long may she enjoy Grandfather, Father, Mother," etc. Madame d'Arblay's letters are of the greatest rarity, ^25 ^ r H E L I F E AND ' Strange SURP RI ZING ADVENTURES O P ROBINSON CRUSOE, Of TORK, Mariner; Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited liland on the Coaft of A M E R I c A5 near the Mouth of the Great River of O r o o n q. u e >• Having been caft on Shore by Shipwreck, where^ in all the Men peri&cd but himfelf. WITH An Account how he was at Jaft as iirangely deli- vered by PY RATES. tVrittsn by Himjelf, A^ LONDON^ Printed for W. T a y l o r at the Ship in Pater- No/ier- Row. MDCCXIX. 83 5, PALL MALL PLACE 71 83 DEFOE (DANIEL). THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRIZING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. Frontispiece by Clark and Pine. Red morocco. Londo7i, for W. Taylor, 17 19. First Edition. THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. Being the Second and Last Part of his Life. With a Map of the World. London for W. Taylor^ 1719- First Edition. SERIOUS REFLECTIONS DURING THE LIFE AND SURPRIS- ING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, with his vision of the Angehck World. London, for W. Taylor, 1720. First Edition. 3 vols. 8vo, uniformly bound in red morocco extra. First Issue of the First Edition of all three volumes, with all "the points." See Illustration ^250 84 LORD BEACONSFIELD DISRAELI (BENJAMIN). A REMARKABLE COL- LECTION OF AUTOGRAPHED PRESENTA- TION COPIES of his works. In addition there is a 72 J. PEARSON & CO. presentation copy of his father's (Isaac DisraeH) Life of Charles I. In all there are 31 volumes. With but one exception ("Tancred") all are First Editions. Presentation copies of Lord Beaconsfield's works are of the very GREATEST RARITY. The present collection is the only one known to us. All are in handsome green, purple, red and blue morocco (or calf) bindings, appropriately, and in some cases, most elaborately tooled in gold. These bindings well illustrate Disraeli's love of splendour, the exceptions being "The Revolutionary Epic" and "Lord George Bentinck," which arc still in their original bindings, and entirely uncut. Four autograph letters frovi Disraeli to Ids father are i}icluded. The most important works included in the present set are: CONTARINI FLEMING. A PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTO-BIOGRAPHY. 4 vols. Green morocco extra. Sm. 8vo. 1832. First Edition. Presentation Copy with the following inscriptiori : " Mrs. Meredith from her affectionate friend the Author." HENRIETTA TEMPLE, A LOVE STORY. Blue calf extra. 3 vols. Svo. 1837. First Edition. Presentation Copy with the following inscription : " Mrs. Meredith from her friend the Author." CONINGSBY; OR THE NEW GENERATION. 3 vols. Green calf extra. Svo. 1844. First Edition. Presentation Copy with the following inscription: "Mrs. Meredith with the Author's kind regards." William Meredith was probably Disraeli's closest friend, and was engaged to his sister Sarah. The two men had been travelling together for more than a year when Meredith died suddenly in Cairo. It was on this journey that Disraeli acquired that knowledge of the Near East which he afterwards used in "Tancred." 5, PALL MALL PLACE 73 TANCRED; OR THE NEW CRUSADE. 3 vols. Purple morocco extra. Uncut. 8vo. 1847. Presentation copy. With the following inscription: "E. Brydges Willyams from the Author." "In 'Tancred' he leads his readers into 'the Desert,' the cradle of the Arabs, from which they spread east and west and became known as the Moors in Spain and the Jews in Palestine. Nothing can be more interesting than his account of the manners and the men, of which neither are much changed since the days of the patriarchs — nothing finer than his picture of the rocks and towers of Jerusalem on the green forests of the Lebanon." LORD GEORGE BENTINCK: a Political Biography by B. Disraeli. Original clot/i, ViiCW. Svo. 1852. First edition. Presentation copy with the following inscription: "J.H. Delane Esq. from the Author." Delane was the famous Editor of the "Times." This " Life " is " a pohtical study of the highest interest and value." DISRAELI (I.). COMMENTARIES ON THE LIFE AND REIGN OF CHARLES THE FIRST, King of England. Portrait after Denning by Graves. 5 vols. Blue morocco extra. Svo. 1828-31. First edition. Presentation copy, with the following inscription in his autograph: " For William George Meredith Esqr. from his sincere friend the Author." " This is Disraeli's most valuable work, and marked a distinct advance in the; methods of historical research." BEACONSFIELD (B. DISRAELI, EARL OF). FOUR AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, addressed to his father Isaac Disraeli. Inlaid to a uniform size with 6 portraits, 3 each of father and son and an original water-colour drawing of Beaconsfield's house in Bloomsbury Square. 4to. Bound in morocco extra. Letters from Lord Beaconsfield to his father are but seldom met with. L 74 J. PEARSON & CO. 1. A. I. s. 4 pages. 4to. Good Friday morn. 1835. "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 are desirous of forming a coalition with Peel, Lyndhurst, etc." etc. 2. A. I. s. ^ pages, 4to. April i, 1835. " I take up the pen everyday to write you a bulletin and fling it down again regularly in despair of conveying 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. 3. A.l.s. 2) pages, 4to. April id>th, 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 morn- ing to say that if there was a fair Parliamty. opening in consequence of the formation of ye Whig Government, the Tories wd. start me," etc. 4. A.l.s. (initials). 4 pages, 4to. Feb. 7, 1836. " The mysterious article in the Standard alluded to a rumoured 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 Churching is to be ' Lord how wonderful are thy works,' " etc. ^350 85 "NELL" GWYNNE'S AUTOGRAPH DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL AUTOGRAPHS. A Collection of about 400 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH AND FOREIGN 5, PALL MALL PLACE 75 ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, MUSICIANS, DRA- MATIC MEN AND WOMEN, etc., etc. There are in ADDITION 242 portraits of the writers of these letters (chiefly choice proofs and many extremely rare), also a unique collection of 158 OLD PLAY BILLS, views and other illustrations. The whole arranged alphabetically in 5 large folio volumes, with Baron Heath's specially printed titles. Splendidly bound in full red morocco extra, g.e., ivith Baron Heath's ex-libris. The finest Dramatic and Musical Collection that has occurred FOR Sale within living Memory. This unequalled collection was formed by Baron Heath between the years 1830 and 1865. It contains, inter alia, a letter from Humphrey Moseley to Sir H. Herbert, the Master of the Revels, respecting the Actors of the Red Bull and Cockpit Playhouses, and the Plays performed there, dated 30th August 1660; a. I. s. of Mrs. Abingdon, 2 pp., 4to. J. Bannister, Spranger Barry (relative to Garrick), Miss Bateman, Master Betty, Mrs. Billington, John Braham ; two theatrical documents with the joint signatures of Colley Cibber, Barton Booth and R. Wilks; Theophilus Cibber, a splendid a. I. s., 3 pp , large folio, to his wife (this is a most remarkable love-letter); Thomas Davis, W. Dowton, R. W. EUiston, Miss Farren (afterwards Countess of Derby), W. Farren, J. Fawcett, C. Fechter, Samuel Foote, a. L s., 2 pp., 4to, excessive/}' rare; David Garrick, a. 1. s., 4 pp., 4to, to his brother George, and also an a. I. s., I p., 4to, quoting Shakespeare; Joseph Grimaldi. The gem of the collection is the almost unique signature of " Nell " Gwynne (" E. G.") TO A TREASURY RECEIPT for ^250; as wcU as the original Treasury Document respecting her Annuity (granted by Charles H) of ;^5,ooo per annum: this is signed by Lord Rochester and the other Lords of the Treasury. Then follow J. P. Harley, J. Henderson, J. Holman, Mrs. Inchbald, Mrs. Jordan, 6 a. /.s., 8 pp., 4to, and i p., 8vo; Edmund Kean, a. /. s., 2 pp., 4to, a very early letter (18 12), a most remarkable theatrical document illustrating his early struggle for fame and of the greatest Shakespearean importance; also an a. I. s., I p., 4to, an a. I. s.y 3 pp., 4to, and a signed quotation in his autograph; also 76 J. PEARSON & CO. an a. I. s. from his wife and the three oj-igifial and excessively famous (and oft- quoted) letters from Dr. Drury and Pascoe Grenfell which led to Kean's resctie from obscurity and historical first appearance in London (as Richard HI); C. Kean and Mrs C. Kean, Michael Kelly, J. P. Kemble, and other members of the Kemble Family; T. King, C. Macklin, W. C Macready, C. Matthews (several), C- J. Matthews, Mrs. Mattocks concerning the New York theatres, Harriet Mellon (Duchess of St. Alban's); Joe Miller, the famous Jester and Actor: this is also signed by T. Doggett; J. Palmer, Miss Pope, Tyrone Power, "Perdita" Robinson, a. I. s., 4 pp., 4to; a most extraordinary love- letter to a Count; Mrs. Siddons, 2 a. I. j., 3 pp., 8vo, and 2 pp., 4to; D. Terry, Madame Vestris, Tate Wilkinson, C Young, and a host of other world famous actors and actresses. The foreign volumes include Letters of Madame Albani, Catalini, Louis Contat (written during the French Revolution), Donzelli, J. Dazincourt (written during the French Revolution), Garcia, Graffini, Julia Grisi, Louise Dugazon (written during the French Revolution), Jenny Lind, Madame Mara, Mario, Mile. Georges (Mistress of Napoleon I), Tamburini, Madame Pasta, Mdlle. Clairon to Garrick, 1772: Le Kain ("the French Garrick "), relative to Shakespeare's "Tempest"; Mdlle. Mars, Madame Rachel, Taglioni, Mdlle. Raucourt (written during the French Revolution), Talma, etc., etc. The musical section contains such famous names as Dr. Arne (Author of " Rule, Britannia "), a. I. s., and autograph verses, Auber, Beethoven, a. I. s., I p., 4to, Bellini, Berlioz, Bishop, Boieldieu, Cherubini, Sir M. Costa, Doni- zetti, Gounod, Gretry,W. Horsley, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Meyerbeer, F. Paer, F. Pleydell, Rossini, Spohr, Spontini, Verdi, Wagner, Karl von Weber, S. Wesley, F. Cramer, Dragonetti, F. Liszt, Moscheles, Paganini, i p., 4to, and also Musical Notes in his Autograph, Thalberg, Tartini (most rare), etc., etc. The dramatic writers include G. Colman, R. Cumberland, T. Dibdin, Alex. Dumas (important MSS.), T. Holcroft, Leigh Hunt, M. G. Lewis, also Royal Sign Manual of Charles II on a Treasury Warrant for payment to Thomas Fitz and H. Brocknell for the Royal Band of Violins, 1669. The mezzotint portraits include J. Beard, by McArdell after Hudson, first state; Master Betty, by Ward after Northcote; Colley Cibber, by Simon after Grisoni; R. Wilks, by Faber after Ellys; Mrs. Kitty Clive, after Schalken; Miss Foote, by T. Lupton after Clint; John Johnstone, by W. Ward after 5, PALL MALL PLACE 77 Shee; E. Knight, proof before letters; J. Liston, by Ward after Jackson; W. Powell, by J. Dixon; T. Dibdin, by Young after Philips, etc., etc. Thirty years ago in the Ouvry sale these splendid volumes sold for ;^2 5o. In this twentieth century it would be quite ifnpossible, irrespective of price, to duplicate this collection. ^600 86 DUCHAT (YVES). CARMEN. 4to. Original Vellum. [Paris] [1625]. Printed upon Vellum and probably the sole copy so printed. The work was entirely tmknown to Brunei and to MM. de Bure. The headpieces and capitals are illuminated in red, blue, and gold. The text is in Greek and Latin. Yves de Duchat was a French historian of the seventeenth century, belong- ing to the same family as Louis Francois le Duchat, the poet. He styles him- self in the present book Royal Historiographer in Greek and Poet, but beyond the few tracts he published little is known of him. In 1620 was issued his " Histoire de la guerre saincte faite par les Frangois et autres chrestiens pour la delivrance de la Judee et du S. Sepulcre, composee en grec et en frangois par Yves Duchat, Troyen." Another work printed in 1636 was the "Relation du voyage de Godefroy de Buillon en la Palestine." The present book, which is a poem on the newly renewed compact of friendship between the French and English, is dated in the British Museum catalogue as 1629 with a note of interrogation. The cataloguer had obviously in his mind the Treaty of Susa, that triumph of Richelieu which put an end to the war between France and England, but which, though restoring peace, did nothing to promote friend- ship between the two countries. The compact of friendship, however, which the writer alludes to was clearly the betrothal of Henrietta Maria, sister of Louis Xni, to Prince Charles. "... Rex Christus . . . Firmis vinculis rursus junxit Francos et Anglos Desiderabiles parans nuptias et dulces hymenaeos Sororis Regis nostri Ludovici Filiique magnae Britanniae moderatoris." 78 J. PEARSON & CO. Now Charles was formally betrothed to the French princess in December 1624, and his father, James I, died on 27th March 1625, so that the poem must have been composed between these two dates. The binding of white vellum has panels on the sides formed with a three- line fillet and with a floral ornament at each corner, and in the centre a wreath formed of two branches. The volume had originally blue silk ties of which the ends remain. Duchat's writings are exceedingly rare. Brunet, not noticing the present, mentions only one. The British Museum has a copy of this (on paper) as well as his two other poems. 87 DUMAS {Perc).— THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED, of his Comedy: L'ENVERS D'UNE CONSPIRATION. Quite COMPLETE. i(><^ pages. Royal 4to. " C'est le manuscrit d'un drama qui a pour objet de rappeler la mort de votre roi Charle P"" Le manuscrit a ete public." This, the Original Manuscript, has a different title from the printed version. It is: " Le Fils de Donald le Noir — Comedie en 5 actes et en Prose." Dumas altered this title to the one given above (" L'Envers d'une Con- spiration "). There are considerable textual differences between the printed version and the Original Manuscript. Bound in red morocco extra. A copy of the printed version is included. 88 DUPLESSI-BERTAUX. VIE DE L'ENFANT- PRODIGUE tiree du Nouveau Testament & accom- 1 L )le\^^ •1 5. PALL MALL PLACE 79 pagnee de douze sujets dessinEs & Graves a I'Eau- Forte par Jean Duplessi-Bertaux. Green morocco extra, gilt top. 4to. Paris, 181 5. This example on vellum is believed to be unique. Totally unknown to MM. de Bure. ^"50 89 EDWARD IV. LETTER SIGNED BY THE KING. I page. 4to. To the Chancellor of Charles the Bold. Canterbury, September 21st, (1462). " Treschier et grant amy. Pour certaines matieres touchantes le bien dentre nous et notre treschier et tresame cousin Le Due vostre maistre, nous en- uoions apresent pardeuers lui nos feaulx et bien amez conseilliers Messire Thomas Montgomery I'un des chevaliers pour nostre corps Maistre Jehan Cootz docteur ez loys et Maistre Guillaume Slefelde lun de noz secretaires &c. vous prions que les vueillies croire en ce quilz vous diront de par nous et tenir la main a la bonne expedicion desdites matieres ainsi que aurons en vous parfaicte fiance. Et treschier et grant amy nostre seigneur soit garde de vous. Escript en nostre Cite de Cantirbury le XXI Jour de Septembre. Edoward R." [Addressed] A nostre treschier et grant amy Le S"" de Chanens Chan- cellier de Bourgoingne. A superb specimen of this Plantagenet king's autograph. Edward's letters are of excessive rarity. Charles the Bold married Mar- garet of York, sister of the King. See Illustration 8o J. PEARSON & CO. 90 QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE MANOR OF APPLEDORE IN KENT. ELIZABETH (QUEEN). HER ROYAL SIGN MANUAL AND GREAT SEAL affixed to a docu- ment on vellum. Large folio. Dated 16 February 1582. This is THE Original Indenture between " our Soveraigne Ladie Elizabeth " and the Deane and Chapiter of the Cathedrall and Metropoliticall Church of Canterburye " for the sale of the lease- hold OF THE Manor of Appledore unto Her Majesty. Setting forth that in consideration of the sum of ;^ioo paid before "then. sealinge hereof" whereof the said Dean and Chapter "knowledge themselves well and trulie contented and satisfied," and also in consideration of the sum of ;^4oo of like lawful money of England to be paid as hereinafter set forth, " have demised graunted and to farme letten and by theise preasents doe demise graunte and to ferme let unto our saide sovereigne Ladie and Quene all that their Scyte and Courtlodge of theire Manor of Appledore in the Countie of Kente, togeather withall howses, barnes, Stables, courte yardes and gardens there and all landes meadowes ... of the saide Dean and Chapiter in Appledore afforesaid . . . with the windmill there and certein landes called Pykes Bushetts Marylandes Chapell hooke in Easte marshe parte of Berkand, which John Ashley sometime helde to ferme and the landes called fferry meades . . . and also one hundreth fourscore and fyfteene acres and three Roddes of Marsh by estimacon heretofore inclosed in the Marsh called Cowlease and Threescore and three acres and one rodde (rood) of Saltmarshe there, be it more or lesse, and one hundreth and eighteene acres &c. by cstymacon lienge (lying) in Sharley moore . . . and all that theire Chanell their with the proffitte of the Shippes cominge and entringe into the same Channell and of the fflote (fleet) there with two Acres of Saltemarshe lieinge (lying) nere to the late bridge there and all other the landes meadowes pastures . . . now or late in the Tenure ... of Thomas Ashenden, Henry 5, PALL MALL PLACE 8i Thomas Rychard Ashenden or Willm Ashenden . . . withall and singular their appurtenances Excepte and alwaies to the saide Deane and Chapiter and theire Successors reserved all and all maner of rente of Assise fee fermes and other landes and teiits (tenements) parcell of the saide Manor heretofore letten [let to divers others] and excepted also the view of Frankpledge and all other Courtes there to be holden. . . . And also all maner of the excheate forfeitures, the goodesandcattalleof ffelons, fugityves and outlawed parsonnes wayffes Straies royall fyshes Deodands, wrecks of the Sea and all the Amercia- mentes of the men and tennts (tenants) of the said Deane, also all trees woods, etc. . . . and free ffyshinge, fowlinge, hawkinge. And huntinge within the same landes . . . togeather with free libertie of ingress egresse and regresse at all tymes reasonable to all maner of officers ... of the said Deane and Chapiter. . . and to have and take all comodities and proffittes . . . arisinge by reason of enie (any) thinge before excepted. To have and to Hold the afforesaide Scite . . . from the feast of St. Michaell tharchangell which shalbe in the year one Thowsand sixe hundred and Three unto thende and terme of ffourtie yeres. Yealding and Paieing therefore yearlie . . . that is to sale for the fyrst yeare of the saide terme . . . one hundreth fyftie and nyne pounds two shillings and nyne pence of lawfull money ... at the feaste of the Annuncyation of St. Marie the Virgin." Paying during the residue of the term regular payments of ^^59 2s. ^d. "at Islippes tomb within the bodie of the saide Cathedrall Church," With a further payment for the tenth year of ^100, and in the twentieth year a further payment of another ;^ioo, and in the thirtieth year another ;^ioo, etc. The historical importance of this fine document is apparent. It is explicitly stated (and the fact is most important) in this "Indenture," that the Queen's tenure of the Manor of Appledore is to start from the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel {i.e., 29th September) 1603. Queen Elizabeth, however, never lived to enjoy or to possess this historic manor — she died in March of the same year, 1603. No mention is made in Hasted's "History of Kent," 1799, of the leasing of the Manor of Appledore to Queen Elizabeth. Of this Manor we learn that it "was in early times possessed by one Eadsey, a priest, who, on his turning monk, had licence granted him by King Cnute. and Aeglife his queen, in the year 1032, to dispose of it as he pleased, and he accordingly gave it to the consent of Christ-church in Canterbury; and it remained part M 82 J. PEARSON & CO. of the possessions of that church at the time of the conquest; and when Arch- bishop Lanfranc soon afterwards divided the revenues of his church ' Apul- dore,' in this division fell to the share of the monks, and was allotted for their subsistence, or de cibo eoru??i, as the record of the monastery mentions it. "In the tenth year of Edward II, the prior of Canterbury obtained a charter of free-warren for his manor of ' Apuldre ' among others. Thomas Goldstone, Priorof Christ-Church in King Henry the Vlth's reign, among other beneficial acts to his convent, wholly rebuilt the court lodge of Apledore, with its offices, which had been burnt down. After which it continued part of the possessions of this priory till its dissolution in the 31st year of Henry VIII, when it was surrendered into the king's hands, who by his dotation charter, in his 33rd year, settled it on his new-founded Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, with whom the inheritance of it still remains." — Hasted's History of Kent. .^125 91 ELIZABETH (QUEEN) AND THE EARL OF LEI- CESTER. The Original Indenture, signed by the Queen, and sealed with the Great Seal of England, COMPLETING THE SaLE OF THE LoRDSHIF, ETC., OF DENBIGH (then IN THE Earl of Leicester's possession) to Queen Elizabeth. On vellum. Large folio. Dated 2 December 1585. This is THE Original Indenture between our " saide Soveraigne Ladie the Queene's Most Excellente Maiestie" and "the Righte Honorable Robert Earle of Leicester." "Witnessethe that the saide Earle for . . . the Somme of Seventene Thowesande Sixe hundred Powndes of Lawfull Englishe monie to him in hand paide by o'' saide Soveraigne Ladie hath sold and doth sell by this present unto Her Majesty the lordship and Lordships of Denbighe and Denbighe lande." "And all that ye Castle of Denbighe and Boroughe of Denbighe and the Forest of Denbighe together with their Right members Liberties and apptnnances [appurtenances] What- 5, PALL MALL PLACE 83 soever in the Countie of Denbighe in Northe Walles parcell of the Lands and possessions of the late Earl of Marche." Also all the Parks known by the names of " Castell Park," " Postney Park," " Mollewike Parke," " Kylforde parke," " Garandrocke parke," with their rights and appurtenances. And all the " deare " and wilde beasts whatsoever as well male as female within those parks. Together with all Landes, meadows, feadings, pastures, Lodges, howses, Buildinges, and also all the Rent roll. Likewise the land under the tenure of " Owen ap Jenij ap Rees " and the land known as Hergone and Heyrethron within Dunmayle. All the rents, quitrents, tenths, services of Bond, etc., etc. [the list is exhaustive] within the Borough of Denbigh and in Abergelly and Tallion in the said Countie of Denbigh and within the " Comotte of Kynnighe ats Kynighe Issallett Ughallet ats Uchallet Istulas ats Istdulas Uchdulas ats Ugdulas." Also all those Lordships and Manors of Kylforde. Also the naming, making and appointing of stewards, etc. To have and to hold by Her Maiestie her heires and assignes forever. The Earl of Leicester asserts them to be of the yearly value of ^900. "Provided AUwaies " that the Earl of Leicester shall pay several sums of ;^55o amounting to ;^i 7,600 unto 32 persons mentioned, viz.: unto the Right Honorable Wolstan Dyxie, Lord Mayor of London, upon the loth Dec. 1586, ;!^55o unto Sir Thomas Ramsay, Alderman, a like sum on the same day. A similar sum to be paid on the same day to Sir Thos. Blanke, Knight and Alderman, Martin Calthrop, Alderman, Geo. Bonde, Alderman, Richard Martyn, Alderman. Upon the 12th December 1585 the same sums to be paid to others, & on 13th Dec. 1585 the same amounts to Henri Billingesley, to Anthonie Ratclyfe, Henrie Prannell, Richard Maye, William Elkin, Robt. Brooke, Richard Saltonstall (Skinner), Hughe Offeley (leatherseller), Wm. Hewitt, Wm. Whitmore (haberdasher), Richd. Hall, Arthur Malbie (fish- monger), Thos. Aldersey, Gyles Garton, Thomas Smythe, Robt. Withers, Roger James, Thos. Goore, Richard Piatt. In the event of the sums not being paid this Indenture to be void and of none effect and the Earl of Leicester to enjoy his own again. This very long document concludes with the statement that the Earl is to remain in possession and to receive all rents, etc., until the 3rd January 1586, and that Her Majesty and the Earl have " interchangably " put their hands and seals thereto. The Earl, however, has neither signed nor sealed it. A remarkable and most important Tudor document reminiscent of Queen 84 J. PEARSON & CO Elizabeth's intimate relations with her favourite — Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, "Sweet Robin." At the time this Indenture was signed by Elizabeth, Leicester was pre- paring to leave England as Commander-in-Chief of the Army destined for the Low Countries. In the autumn of 1585 (the year this precious document was signed by the Queen), Elizabeth at length resolved to intervene in the Low Countries. A great English army was to be sent to the aid of the States- General in this war with Spain, and the command of the expedition was given to Leicester (September 1586). His intimacy with the Queen made the appointment satisfactory to England's allies, but his incapacity soon showed its imprudence. If Leicester landed at Flushing on December loth (as stated in the " Dictionary of National Biography"), and reviewed his troop of horse in London early in December, this document must have been signed by the Queen about the time her favourite was reviewing his troop of horse, and just before his embarkation for the Low Countries. Leicester's generalship during this campaign is notorious. The Seal attached to this Indenture is beautifully preserved and intact. It bears an effigy of the Queen on horseback on one side, and another of Her Majesty seated upon the throne on the other. Documents both signed and sealed with the Great Seal very rarely occur. 92 ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of their well-known work, " Maitre Daniel Rock." 410, 261 leaves. Quite Complete. Entirely in the autographs of the two famous collabo7'ateurs. Red morocco extra. Published in 1861. A copy of the printed book accompanies the manu- script. ^125 5, PALL MALL PLACE 85 93 EVELYN (JOHN). Diarist. A. /. s., i full page, 4to, \<^th June, 1661. To his Wife, recommending- her to pro- secute her interest with Charles II. Fine letter, with SEAL. " It is believed that it would be convenient you now improv'd yr. interest afresh, and made another attempt for the King's promise, in reguard it is certaine that sister of my L: of Bathes has lately a confirmation of wh. she pretended too, so as it seemes his Matie. dos now begin to declare and owne the favours which he bestows. In this affaire is no tyme to be lost & there- fore consult yr friends and make more if you can," etc. Evelyn's wife was the only daughter of Sir R. Brown, and he evidently considers that she has a claim on the King's bounty, owing to her father's impoverishment in the Royal service. There is also added an interesting Letter addressed to Evelyn by Sir W. Coventry, referring to the Plague of London, 5 Dec, 1665. 94 EVELYN (JOHN). A. L s., 2 pages, foHo. Dated 21 Jiine, ijo^. Addressed "for Mr. Cooper": relative to the Tabulae Eveliniana. " Hearing Sir that you are causing the Tables of Veines, Arterys &c which I some years since brought out of Italy, to be accurately delineated & ingraven as more correct than any yet extant or to be found among the Figures in Books of Anatomy; and desirous to understand how they came to my hands, I send you this little history of it for your satisfaction." The letter describes how he first saw these tables and purchased them at Padua, that he lent them to Dr. Scarborough at the College (of Surgeons) for a little while, " who read in them," and concludes: "his Ma^'" Charles the IP"' hearing of them was 86 J. PEARSON & CO. pleased to come and see them himselfe with great satisfaction. The R: Society for the promotion of experimental and natural knowledge being a little after instituted by that Prince, and meeting at Gresham-CoUedge, I made a present of the Tables to the Repository." The famous Tables are now in the possession of the Royal College of Surgeons. ^60 95 THE FIELDING FAMILY PAPERS FIELDING (HENRY). The Novelist. I. THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, signed by Henry Fielding and HIS Brother and Sisters relative 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, Somer- setshire. {b) William Day Of the second part— (^) HENRY FIELDING (the Novelist), Catherine Fielding, Ursula Fielding, Sarah Field- ing, Beatrice Fielding (his four sisters) & Edmund Fielding (his only brother) Relative to the sum of ;^3,ooo 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 as Sarah Fielding died about 19 years since and left no instructions with the trustees as to whom the Estate should be conveyed, that up to the time of her death Henry Fielding (her son) and his Brother and VA o o T- fimC ^luUi/cJ ' ^^^4 ML>.; . (.». ^1*. ^'^^- -" J-iflhi^ ir.Uc^ ^^ <iS<,&2 I^MU^ JB* '? r.#- C c ^rrat/a- fJfA'y ftlr^^ J^itC^inlf ^r^^'to #.i<?. ^ K a- a '■^mdfih^-' IpH >*> .- .-^^^"^ ^'jv'/f 7l^ Jil^- 'f ■■H c c 5, PALL MALL PLACE 87 STERS witnesseth that she received the rents, profits etc. from her Estate " that since her death the monies have been received by Henry Fielding ' his Brother and Sisters and that the trustees — Davidge Gould and iham Day are by these presents now released from their trust. Signed and sealed by — Endorsed : I. 2. 3- 4- 5- 6. 7- William Day HENRY FIELDING Catherine ,, Ursula „ Sarah ,, Beatrice „ Edmund ,, " Davidge Gould Esqre. to HENRY FIELDING Esqre. Conveyance in ffee Counterpart." 2. THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE QUADRU-PARTITE SIGNED by Henry Fielding and his five Brothers and Sisters, on vellum, 2 folding {oX\o pages, dated yd Feb. 1737. The parties concerned in this Indenture were: Of the first part Of the second „ Of the third part {a) Peter Davies of Wells in County Somerset. {b) Davidge Gould (Uncle of Henry Fielding) above-mentioned. {c) William Day of London. id) Henry Fielding: Catherine Fielding : Ursula Fielding: Sarah Fielding: Beatrice Field- ing : Edmund Fielding. Of the fourth part {e) Robert Stillingfleet of New Sarum in Wiltshire. Relative to the sale of the estate in the parish of East Stour, County Dorset, concluded by Davidge Gould at the request of Edmund Fielding and Sarah his Wife, in the reign of Queen Anne, and which was conveyed unto the Six members of the Fielding Family above-mentioned to be equally divided between them, now by this present Indenture doth assign 88 J. PEARSON & CO. AND TRANSFER THE SAID ESTATE UNTO ROBERT StILLINGFLEET above men- tioned, etc. Signed and sealed by: — I. HENRY FIELDING 2. Catherine „ 3- Ursula „ 4- Sarah „ 5- Beatrice ,, 6. Edmund „ . 7- William Day. Endorsed: "Peter Davis Esqre. to Mr. Stillingfleet. Assignment of a Term to attend the Inheritance in Trust for Mr. Henry Fielding and others. Counterpart." FIELDING (HENRY). HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, i page, folio. Basitigstoke, 15 July, 1740. To (his uncle) Davidge Gould, at Sharpham Park, by Bridgewater, asking him to send the present documents to the Dorsetshire Assizes. It was only in June, 1 740, that Fielding had been called to the Bar, so that this was probably his first experience of Assize work. GOULD (DAVIDGE). Uncle of the above. HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. I page, 8vo. Sharphajn Park, 23 Jdy, 1740. To Henry Fielding. This is the reply to the above letter in which Gould states that he has sent the deeds. FIELDING (SIR JOHN). Half-Brothcr of the Novelist. LETTER SIGNED. 2 pages, 4to. Bow Street, Dec. 9, 1762. To Lord Holder- nesse, giving him particulars of the orders he has issued for his protection to and from the House of Lords. Sir John was the blind son of General Plelding by his second wife Anne. He was known as " The Blind justice." 5, PALL MALL PLACE 89 FIELDING (SIR JOHN). DOCUMENT SIGNED, i page, 410. Fublic Office, Bow Street, 12 Nov. 1770. Being the oath of a private soldier, Thomas Davis. Henry Fielding was born at Sharpham Park. The above deeds and letters were found a few years ago among a number of old papers at a solici- tor's offices, where it is believed they have remained since the firm was founded about 120 years ago. The two highly important Family Documents were unknown to Miss Godden, Fielding's latest biographer. Documents in the British Record Office prove that in 1738 — the year following the date of the present docu- ment — Henry Fielding (then only 35) sold his Stour property, or a portion of it, to Thomas Hayter for ;^2 6o. ^600 See Illustrations 96 FIELDING (HENRY). The Novelist. HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. i/^^^,8vo, lo J/^r^// 1739 (1740). Acknowledging the sum of ^45, from Nourse the bookseller, in part payment for the copyright of the " History of Charles XIL" Fielding's editors from Murphy to Godden were not aware of the existence of any literary production of his between the abandon- MENT OF PLAY-WRITING AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO " ThE ChAMPION," 27th November 1739 — 12th June 1740. This document is the sole extant evidence of Fielding's responsi- bility FOR the English version of Adlerfield's Charles XH — it was his first independent literary production apart from his plays. During the past thirty years less than half-a-dozen examples of Fielding's autograph have occurred for sale. In the Huth Sale the assignment of " Tom Jones" sold for ^1,015. N go J. PEARSON & CO. 97 FOLENGO (THEOPHILO). ORLANDINO DI LIMERNO PITOCCO, Nuovamente stampato, diligente- mente corretto, ed arricchito di annotazioni. Ejigraved title by Moreait. Red moi'occo gilt, with the Wodhull arms on side, by Derome {a I'oiseau). 8vo, Londra, e si trova a Parigi Presso Molini. 1773 Printed on Vellum and believed to be unique. An eighteenth-century note on the fly-leaf says: "J'ai paye 600 Hvres a MoHni pour cet Exemplaire qui est unique. P.D." This was formerly in the Wodhull library and has his signature upon the fly-leaf. No record is to be found in any bibliography of any edition printed upon vellum, and no proof of more than one copy existing can be gathered from the reasoning stated on the fly-leaf. The title is beautifully engraved by Moreau le Jeune. Totally unknown to MM. Ue Bure. 98 GAINSBOROUGH (THOMAS). The great Portrait Painter. AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF 5 HOLOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED — two to his sisters, Mrs. Dupont and Mrs. Gibbon and another to his friend and rival Sir Joshua Reynolds. The remaining two are relative to his last illness. There are also an holograph letter of one of his daughters and a long holograph letter, signed, of David Garrick referring to his portrait by Gains- « ^y^ /L.^ y^^ ^ ' /^?..^>-^. ■^■^^- y^"-'--*- ^-o^-^ /it^l^X^ J^-, ^^j,,^ <!rx2^^ ^^^y^ i<t. t-^ ■ 1^^ /^ jht-^f ^a- -^t- ^t,rfK.<-*f.-*-^'^v-' '^^ i?^-^-^^^ ^'« .<1; >u«s--j'-^c2^ *» c--^^>^t^ •^CiiJ c-^ ■:^^^^-^^^r ^X.-v^P :<^ ^^^-J:^ ^^.^^-^^ .^^^^*-/ ^^. ,v:<»^ . ,^ •^^*«*' - .-/ >\.£.^*^ A^ 98 5, PALL MALL PLACE 91 borough, etc. The zvhole inlaid to a uniform folio size, illus- trated by portraits and bound in brown morocco extra. For some unexplained reason Gainsborough's letters ARE OF extraordinary RARITY. DuRING ^p YEARS WE HAVE NOT SEEN A DOZEN IN ALL. 1. GAINSBOROUGH (THOMAS, R.A.). A. I. s., 2 J>ages, 4to. To his sister Mrs. Dupont, Pall Mall, SeJ>L 29M, 1783. " I promised John when he did me the honour of a visit in Town, to allow him half-a-crown a week, which with what his good cousin Gainsboro' allow him and sister Gibbon, I hope will (if applied properly to his own use) render the remainder of his old age tolerably comfortable, for villainously old he has indeed grown," etc. 2. GAINSBOROUGH (THOMAS, R.A.). AN ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH of a tree. 3. GAINSBOROUGH (THOMAS, R.A.). A. I. s., 2 />ages, 4to, 31 /u/y (1787), To his sister Mrs. Gibbon. " I hope we have more affection for each other, if not more sense, than to suffer what may be said in joke to make any material difference in our good wishes towards each other ... I do think that poor Betsy should be allowed something besides her share," etc. 4. GAINSBOROUGH (THOMAS, R.A.). A. I. s., 1 page, 4to. To SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. " Sir Joshua, " I think myself highly honour'd and much obliged to you for this singular mark of your favor; I may truly say that I have brought my Piggs {sic) to a fine market. " Dear Sir, " Your ever obliged and obedient servant, "Tho. Gainsborough." 92 J. PEARSON & CO. This letter refers to Gainsborough's picture " Girl with Pigs " which Sir Joshua Reynolds sold for him to M.de Calonne for 40 guineas more than he asked for it. The sole letter of Gainsborough's to Sir Joshua known to us. 5. GAINSBOROUGH (THOMAS, R.A.). A. l. s., 2 pages, 4to (Aj>n7 1788). " What this painful swelling in my neck will turn out I am at a loss at present to guess. Mr. John Gunter found it nothing but a swell'd gland, and has been most comfortable in pesuading {sic) me that it will disperse by the continued application of a sea water poultice. My neighbour Dr. Heberden has no other notion of it. It has been 3 years coming on gradually, and having no pain till lately, I paid very little regard to it, now it is painful enough indeed, as I can find no position upon my pillow to admit of getting rest in Bed." Extremely important, being relative to his last illness. Gainsborough died in the following August (four months after he wrote this letter) of a cancer, which, as is proved by the present letter, was treated as a swelled gland ! In February (1788), while attending the trial of Warren Hastings, "he suddenly felt something inconceivably cold touch his neck," and on his return home his wife and niece found on his neck "a mark about the size of a shil- ling, which was harder to the touch than the surrounding skin and which he said still felt cold." This proved to be a cancer, of which he died on the 2nd August 1788. 6. GAINSBOROUGH (THOMAS, R.A.). A. I s., 1 page, 4to, \st May, 1788. To R. Bowyer. " I am extremely obliged to you for your kind anxiety for my recovery. But as I have reason and every assurance from Dr. Heberden (who has known many swellings dispersed like mine and no mischief come) I shall not on any account interfere in what Mr. Hunter is about." 7. GAINSBOROUGH (MISS). Daughter of the famous Painter. A. /., ^rd person, i page, 4to, z\ Jan. 1799. To Mr. Farrington. Giving a brief biography of her Father. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 93 8. GARRICK (DAVID). 5 CONTEMPORARY PEN AND INK SKETCHES OF. 9. GARRICK (DAVID). HOLOGRAPH LETTER (SIGNED). ^P^g^s, 8vo, April 20 {no year). " I am this moment returned from the play." Requests his correspondent to take care of his bargain with Saunders: "why need you absolutely set him to work before I come to town? . . . whatever you do let it be in writing . . . you may say, that you can't determine without me and why should you — I would not have you deceiv'd for ye world, or fretted by ye common craft of builders — festina lente! — let me be of yr. Council. I am sorry for Thompson but ye Hobby-Horse will never do. . . . Bensleys success pleases me. Poor Dr. Shomberg — I hope he is better. ... My Gout is better — I ventur'd to ride out too soon and had a sad bout of it— I shook it into my stomach and head — but one good Dr. has manag'd me well. . . . Pray see my picture BY Gainsborough upon which Derrick wrote those foolish verses, why should they put 'em into the St. James' to be abused? " I hope my dear little Ford got something for her benefit — I am proud that Madam likes her silk — I thought it pretty, & was satisf'd — I intend to, see her soon in it, & receive the tributary kiss — my Love to her. My Nurse the best in Europe desires to be most affectly remember'd to you, etc." An important letter relative to Garrick's famous portrait by Gainsborough. In 1766 Gainsborough painted a portrait of Garrick for the Corporation of Stratford-on-Avon, it was said by Mrs. Garrick to be the best portrait ever taken of " her Davy." ^315 See Illustration 94 J. PEARSON & CO. 99 GARTH (SIR SAMUEL), the famous Physician arid Poet. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS TRANSLATION OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSIS. Quite complete. Covering 517 pages. Small 4to. Red morocco. The Dedication " to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales " is signed by Garth. The Manuscript contains a long preface wherein Garth not only gives an idea of the work and points out its principal beauties, but shows the uses of the Poem and how it may be read to advantage. Written on the fly-leaf, in a contemporary hand, is " Garth's manuscript Ovid Written by himself." This fine manuscript was published in 171 7, less than two years before his death (i8th Jan. 17 19). Dr. Garth enjoyed immense fame during the reigns of Anne and George I. He was one of the founders of the Kit-Kat Club, a friend of the great Duke of Marlborough, Addison, Pope, Dryden, etc., and author of the "Dispensary," and numerous other poems. .^200 100 GEORGE L COPIES OF THE TREATIES WITH SPAIN, 1 718 and 1720. The King's Own Copies of these Important State Papers, ^a^ pages y folio. Comprising — i. The Royal ratification of the Act of Accession of Our Good Brother the Catholik King (of Spain) to the Treaty of AUyance concluded at London between Us, Our Good Brothers the Emperor of Germany and /' «». 0"^ J^. ijyo il/^qceULcJft^o^^ f -^. ^>^V^ ^^d^e/n^^ ^ f^f>#- <^^^ lf^/!3 '^^^--^/ '^ ^'■i \ (Aj- ^^ :;^ B^c^-%. f4({ CiMj ^ci>i'% OM^^ fr-inw / ^;\ m # 5, PALL MALL PLACE 95 the most Christian King, the Twenty-Second day of July, 1718, and to the Separate and Secret Articles, and also to other four separate Articles thereunto belonging. 2. The Original Warrant for affixing the Great Seal to the above, signed by George I with his Royal Sign Manual. Two highly important historical documents. lOI GLUCK (CHRISTOPH). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. 3 pages. Large folio. Vienna, 31 December, 1769. This is a Gluck manuscript rather than a letter. It contains 454 words. Addressed by Gluck "An Ihro Durchlaucht dem Fiirsten von Kaunitz (P.T.) Untertiinigstes Bitten von mir innenbenanten." "Gluck hatte den grossten Teil seines Vermogens zu einer Societiit mit dem Obristleutnant Afflisio fiir dessen ' Teatral Impresa ' verwandt und war auf dem Punkte, durch ungiinstige Umstande alles zu verlieren. Die aus- fiihrliche Darlegung dieser Verhaltnisse sowie Bitte um Abhiilfe bilden den Inhalt dieses Schreibens.— Gluck's Briefe gehoren bekanntlich zu den aller- grossten Seltenheiten. Ein Brief von dem Umfange und der prachtigen ausseren Erhaltung des vorliegenden diirfte aber iiberhaupt im Handel noch nicht vorgekommen sein." This is considered to be the finest letter of Gluck's in existence. ^350 See Illustration 102 FROM "LA BELLE STUART'S" LIBRARY GODFREY OF BOULOGNE: or the Recoverie of Jeru- salem. Done into English Heroicall verse by Edward 96 J. PEARSON & CO. Fairfax. Portrait by Pass. Contemporary olive morocco. Folio. Lo7ido7i: by John Bill, Printer to the Kiitg' s most excellejit Maiesty. 1624 " La Belle Stuart's " copy, with her autograph signature, " Francesse Teresa Stuart." The erstwhile owner of this volume, who has so gracefully inscribed her name inside the cover, is known to fame as " La Belle Stuart," the heroine of Grammont's " Memoirs," the animated pages of which are largely occupied by her escapades at court. When she arrived from France as Maid of Honour to the Queen her wondrous beauty enslaved the hearts of kings and courtiers alike. " With her hat cocked and a red plume, sweet eye, little Roman nose and excellent taile," she appeared to Pepys the greatest beauty he had ever seen, and he "fancied himself sporting with her with pleasure," although he was ready to make petulant remarks about the king becoming besotted with her, and spending " half an hour together kissing her." How this " artless prattler " managed to transform the libertine passions of the merry monarch into something of a semblance to love, and to defeat the best laid schemes of the most accomplished masters of amorous intrigue is a story too well told by Anthony Hamilton, one of her many baffled admirers, to need further recital here. As to the supreme quality of her beauty, if any evidence is needed beyond the chorus of contemporary praise, it may be found imperishably re- corded in the figure of Britannia on our coins, and on certain medals struck in her honour, for which figures she was the model, the design being carried out by the great medallist, Roettier. This book from her library is, curiously enough, the identical work, which shares the honour with one of the folio Shakespeares, of having solaced the prison life of Charles I, to whom (as Prince of Wales) it is dedicated. On pages 284 and 285 some passages of an especially tender nature are underscored with red crayon, and further attention is called to these lines by means of a large black star at the top of the page. These marks have every appearance of dating from the time of " La Belle Stuart's " ownership. We are not atvare of the existence of another book from her library^ and even her autograph is of extreme rarity. \ THE VICAR O F f W A K E F I E L T A L E. Suppofed to be written by Himself.. Sperate m'lferi^ caveie falices. V O L. I. SALISBURY: Printed by B. COLLINS, For F. Newbery, in Pater-Nofler-Row, London, MDCCLXVI, lO • 5, PALL MALL PLACE 97 103 GOLDSMITH. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD: A Tale Supposed to be written by Himself. Sperate miserly cavete fcelices. 2 vols. Small 8 vo. Red morocco extra, gilt leaves. Salisbury: Printed by B. Collins, for F. Neivbery, in Pater-Noster-Row, London. 1 766 The First Edition. Inserted is an autograph letter, signed, of the publisher, Benjamin Collins, covering i page, 4to, dated, Salisbu/y, 14th December 1769, and addressed to Mr. Nourse. Asking for copies of the second editions of Mr. Harris's two books to be sent to him. ^125 See Illustration 104 GOLDSMITH (O.). ESSAYS, POEMS, AND PLAYS. Vellum gilt. Small 8vo. / Printed by C. Slonian, Yarmouth, 1826 One of but two copies printed on vellum. This copy belonged to Dawson Turner. 105 GONCOURT (EDMOND DE). THEOPHILE GAU- TIER. Red morocco by Lortic. 8vo. Saint- Gratien, 1878 Printed on Vellum. Unique. Edmond de Goncourt's own copy with his signed autograph note on fly-leaf: " Mon exemplaire. Exemplaire unique sur peau velin d'un tirage special O 98 J. PEARSON & CO. de ma preface mise en tete du livre de Bergerat intitule: Theophile Gautier Entretiens, Souvenirs et Correspondance. Edmond de Goncourt." 1 06 GOUNOD. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANU- SCRIPT (SIGNED) of the Words and Music of his "MAGNIFICAT." Quite Complete. ^ pages folio, in three parts, for Sopi^ano, Tenor, Bass. Each part is signed in full, " Ch. Gounod." Written in May 1874. On two of the parts the famous composer has written the words : " Com- posed for his friend E. Silas." 107 GOUNOD (CHARLES). THE ORIGINAL HOLO- GRAPH MANUSCRIPT (SIGNED) of the Music and Words of his very celebrated "NAZARETH." Q uiTE Complete. Covering 2 2 pages folio, i^ed morocco extra. The title (in Gounod's handwriting) reads: "Jesus de Nazareth, Chant Evangelique pour Baryton Solo et Choiurs." a most precious musical manuscript. See Illustration 108 GRANGER (JAMES). A BIOGRAPHICAL HIS- TORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE REIGN OF EGBERT TO THE END OF GEORGE I, consist- jMid rL ]].cm.ruL. m m m 5, PALL MALL PLACE 99 ing of Characters disposed in different Classes, adapted to a Methodical Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. This ii7iiqiie copy has been extended from 7 vols, to 31 folio VOLS, by THE INSERTION OF ABOUT 4,500 MEZZOTINT AND OTHER PORTRAITS, MANY BEING PROOF IMPRESSIONS. Thereis a Specially printed title to each volume. Bound in old green morocco extra. A MOST SUPERB SET OF BOOKS. Amongst the rarer of the remarkable collection of Mezzotint portraits may be mentioned: Henry VI, by Faber; Margareta, mother of Henry VH; Henry of Monmouth, by Faber; Hugo de Balsam, by Faber; and many others by Faber; Edward VI; Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, by J. Smith; Martin Bucer, by Houston: John Hooper, by Houston; James I. by J. Smith; William Shakespeare, by C. Turner; Abraham Hondius, by J. Smith; Mrs. Turnor, after Kneller; Charles I, by J. Smith; another after Van Dyck, by J. Smith; Duke of Gloucester, by J. Smith; Mary, Princess of Orange, after Van Dyck, by Faithorne; Lord John and Lord Bernard Stuart, after Van Dyck, by McArdell; John Egerton, Earl of Bridgwater, after Kneller, by J. Smith; John Hampden, by A. Miller; Drummond of Haw- thornden, by Finlayson; Van Dyck, by Watson; St. Agnes (Mary Villiers, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox), by J. Smith; Rachel, Countess of South- ampton, after Van Dyck, by McArdell; Prince of Orange and Nassau; Lady Elizabeth Cromwell, after Kneller, by J. Smith; James Harrington, by Marchi; John, Earl of Exeter, after Kneller; Andrew Marvell, by J. R. Smith; Sir Thomas Jones, after Claret; Sir John Chichley, after Lely, proof impression; Rembrandt, after the painting by himself, and another by C. Townley; Sir Peter Lely, by Becket; Sir G. Kneller, two anonymous portraits by J. Smith; Guil. Wissing, by J. Smith; Sir Christopher Wren, after Kneller, by J. Smith; W. Vaillant, after the painting by himself; Isabella, Duchess of Grafton, after Kneller, by Faber; Henry Jenkins; Col. Blood, by G. White, proof impression; Bp. Burnet, proof impression; Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons, after Closterman, by J. Smith; Rev. T. Parnell; J. B. Monoyer, after Kneller, by G. White; Diana Vere, Duchess of St. Albans, after Kneller, by Faber; Frances Bennet, Countess of Salisbury, after Kneller, by J. Smith; Rev. John Moore, after 100 J. PEARSON & CO Kneller, by Faithorne; E. W. Jeffreyes, after Dahl, by Sympson; Wm. Cowper, surgeon, after Closterman, by J. Smith; Joseph Addison (there are three portraits of this distinguished author); Mrs. CentHvre, after Firmin, by Pel- ham; Richard Blome; Major R. Snow, writing master, after Is. Whood, by V. Hacken, fine impression ; T. Frampton, Royal Stud-keeper, after Wooton, by Faber; Charles, Viscount Townshend, two portraits, one being a proof; Henry Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, with Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, after Kneller, by Faber; Lord Torrington, after Kneller, by J. Smith: Bp. Gibson, after Murray, by Gibson; Rev. T. Langdon, after N. Tucker, by Faber, Charles Dartiquenave, after Kneller, by Faber, fine; Peter King, by Faber; Sir Thos. Bury, after Richardson, by J. Smith; Sylvester Petyt, after R. V. Bleeck, by G. White; Wm. Hucks, after Vanderbank, by Faber; Alex. Pope, by T- Smith; Sir Richard Steele, after Richardson, by J. Smith; Chris- topher Wren, by Faber; William Stukely, after Kneller, by J. Smith; H. Wanley, after Hill, by J. Smith; A. de Moivre, after Highmore, by Faber Tycho Wing, after Vanderbank, by G. White; R. Van Bleeck, after Ipse John Bannister, after Murray, by J. Smith; T. Walker (as Capt. Macheath) after EUys, by Faber; Mr. Isaac (dancing master), after L. Goupy, by G White; John Sturges, after Vanderbank, by Kyte, and another by White Mrs. Gurney, "the Fair Quaker," after Houston; Philip Lockhart, by A Johnston; Voltaire, after Sen; Owen McSwiny, after Vanloo, by Faber Lay ton Smith, by Faber; Abr. Stanyan, after Kneller; Martin Folkes, after Vanderbank, by Faber; the notorious Buckhorse, proof impression. In addition to these there are numerous fine and rare mezzotint portraits after Sir Godfrey Kneller; Richardson, Wissing, Murray, Riley, Closterman, Schalken, Verelst, Dahl, Gibson, Russell, Vanderbank, Grace, Ellys, Reynolds, Stevens, Highmore, Jervas, Ramsay, Hill, Hudson, Dandridge, Smibert, Hysing, Laffontaine, Bragge, Wollaston, Latham, Hicks, Vandersaart, Stubly, Parry, Knapton, and others. Amongst the portraits (other than mezzotint) will be found: William Shakespe.^re, by W. Marshall for the Poems of 1640 (extra- ordinarily rare); John Milton, after Marshall, with the sarcastic Greek lines beneath; Dr. Donne, by Marshall; J. Sylvester, by Vicars; Prince Rupert, after Van Dyck ; Lodowick, Duke of Richmond, by Pass ; Thomas Earl of Arundel, by Pass; Lord Montjoy Blunt, by T. Jenner; Francis White, 5, PALL MALL PLACE loi by Cockson; Andrew Willet, Hugo Broughton, by Payne: Sir Anthony Sher- ley; Francis Lord Bacon, by Marshall, also one by Hollar; Sir Henry Hobart, by Pass; Sir Horace Vere, by Faithorne, proof impression; John Milton, by Faithorne; Ben Jonson, by Holl; Henry, Earl of Nassau, by Pass; John Fletcher, an original drawing in sepia, by E. Bathurst; another portrait of Fletcher (engraved), by Marshall; Countess of Pembroke, by Pass; Sir Walter Raleigh, six scarce portraits; Aaron Rathborne, by Pass; J. Florius, by Hole; William Lithgow; Catharine, Marchioness of Buckingham, by Pass; Lucia Harin, by Pass; Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, and Aletheia Tal- bot; James Stewart, Earl of March, by Voerst; Henry Rich; Jerom Weston, Earl of Portland: Wm. Gouge, by Faithorne; Wm. Fenner, by Hollar; John Rogers; R. Carpenter, by Marshall; Ranulph Crew; James Calthorpe; Sir B. Rudyerd, by J. Payne; Sir Mathew Lister; Sir John Suckling, by Marshall; R. Stapylton, by Marshall; George Withers, by J. Payne; Robert Baron, by Marshall; Henry Spelman, by Faithorne; John Dethick, by Lombart; John Tradescant (two portraits), by Hollar; Elizabeth, Countess of Kent; Jane, daughter of Arthur Goodwin, after Van Dyck; Mr. Hobson, by J. Payne; Moll Cut-Purse, three portraits; Giovanni Viconte Mordaunte, by Faithorne; Brian Walton, by Lombart; F. Roberts, by Cross; Arthur Jackson, by Log- gan; Hugh Peters, three scarce portraits, one a proof, and a rare mezzotint; Robert Leighton; Sir Samuel Morland, by Lombart, a fine proof; Alex. Erskine, a proof before the numbers; John Bulwer, two rare portraits, one a proof; Francis Rous, by Faithorne; Prince Rupert, after Lely; George, Duke of Albemarle: Dr. Henry More, by Faithorne, another by Loggan; Thomas Killigrew, by Faithorne; Valentine Greatrakes, by Faithorne; Edward Water- house, by Loggan, proof impression; Sir George Wharton; Sara, Duchess of Somerset; Thos. Mace, by Faithorne; Anne, Countess of Chesterfield, after Van Dyck, by Faber, a beautifully executed sepia drawing by Le Belloman, from the rare print; Hortense Mancini, after Lily, by G. Valck; King James ye Second's Lord Chancellor endeavouring to save himself by flight; Timothy Hatton, by Burghers; John Smith (writing master); Thomas Baskerville; Oliver Cromwell (discovering his Chaplain on his knees, before his daughter), by Bartolozzi, after Cipriani; Granny, after Laroon, etc. There are also several rare portraits of Milton, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Fairfax, Queen Mary, and Queen Anne, portraits of the English Countesses by Lombart, the series of fine portraits by Houbraken and Vertue, etc. 102 J. PEARSON & CO. These 31 splendid volumes form perhaps the most magnificent " Grangerized " book that has ever occurred for sale — its original COST (about a HLTNDRED years ago) must have been at least ;2{^2,000. The portrait of Shakespeare by Marshall is alone worth ;^2oo, and MANY hundreds OF PORTRAITS ARE, INDIVIDUALLY, OF CONSIDERABLE VALUE. The index volume, in 8vo, interleaved, with numerous MS. additions, accompanies the collection. ^800 109 GRESHAM (SIR THOMAS). Founder of the Royal Ex- change. A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF FIVE LETTERS SIGNED, and a document signed by him. Together with a holograph letter, signed, of Thomas Gresham the yottnger. These superb letters are addressed to Sir Nathaniel Bacon, the brother of the famous Sir Francis, Lord Verulam, and Sir Thomas Gresham's son-in-law. They date from 1574 to 1579. These seven letters are illustrated by six portraits including a brilliant proof after Sir Anthony Moore of Gresham. The whole being inlaid to a uni- form size and forming a handsome folio volume bound in brown morocco extra. Sir Thomas Gresham, the famous merchant-banker, was the son of Sir Richard Gresham, Lord Mayor of London. He first attained fame as a financier by negociating certain loans for Edward VI in 1551. Subsequently he was em- ployed on several occasions by Elizabeth, who found him exceedingly useful in obtaining money from foreign merchants, and also in raising loans from merchants in England. In 1566 he founded the Royal Exchange, which was opened by the Queen in person (1570). When Gresham first entered the bank- ing business Antwerp was the commercial centre of the world, when he died the supremacy had been transferred to London. I. HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, i page, folio, from the Court at London, 2,rd April 1577, to his son-in-law Nathaniel Bacon: Relative to the birth of a grandson. " Well belovyd sonne I have re'' [received] yors of the fyrst of this present 5, PALL MALL PLACE 103 wherby I pseve [perceive] that itt haithe pleassed god to seand [send] my Daughtyr a boye of the wyche I ame right glade praying to god to seand him longe lyffe being right sorry that I cannott come ovver my sellfe to crysteny- ing as my dessyr ys. And for as moche as my lorde yor ffather [Sir Nicholas Bacon] ys very dessirus [desirous] to have yt don [in] his name withe the wyche I am very well content there wythe. Praying you yff Willm. gillett be not come ffrom the aus (?) afore this my leattr [letter] come to yr. handes that you woll seand for hym to Crystenn Itt yff he be come then to apoynte yo"" brother Mr. Woodhous or some other of yo'' ffryndes that wyll tacke so moche paynes for me — having seant [sent] my Dawghter for to geve her soney [sonny] a Cupe for to Carus [caress?] him." Etc. 2. LETTER SIGNED WITH HOLOGRAPH CONCLUSION OF 9 LINES. 3 pages, folio, 2\th June, 15 79) to his son-in-law. Sir Nathaniel Bacon. An interesting letter respecting two of his servants who owe him money and relative to his estates in Norfolk and Suffolk, his trade with Holland. Send- ing Philip Cely and advising Nathaniel to sell much of his land. Also relative to his selling wool and referring to " fishinge of freashe watter fishe," etc. 3. HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. 2 pages, folio, Gresham House, <^th July, 1597, to the same. Relative to the sale of lands to his tenants. 4. LETTER SIGNED WITH HOLOGRAPH SUPERSCRIPTION. 2, pages, folio, 6th Sept. 1579, to the same. Thanking him for the pains he has taken in his business, and giving in- structions in connection with his estates. 5. LETTER SIGNED WITH HOLOGRAPH SUPERSCRIPTION. \ page, folio, Osterley, ith October, 1579, to the same. Referring to the Bishop of Norwich and the lease of some lands at Holkham. Gresham died a little over a month after writing this letter — 21st November 1579- 104 J- PEARSON & CO. 6. DEED ON VELLUM, SIGNED, conjointly by him and by Robert Boston. Assigning a messuage at Bisbrooke, co. Rutland, to Clement Brettyn of Uppingham in the same county, i6th June i574- 7. GRESHAM (THOMAS). The Younger. HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. \ page, folio, i^June, 1597, to the same. A curious letter asking him for ^100 that Bacon owes him for books (Gresham's writings). Mentions Sir Henry Woodhous and Thomas Grymes, etc. This is the sole Gresham correspondence known to us. I 10 GRESSET (DE). LE PARRAIN MAGNIFIOUE, Poeme en Dix Chants, ouvrage Posthume. Original half binding, 8vo. A Paris, chez Ant., Aug., Renouard 18 10. Printed on Vellum. One of but two copies so printed. " II en existe deux exemplaires, dont un est joint a I'exemplaire des oeuvres de Gresset ci-dessus en 2 volumes, que possede M. Renouard." — De Bure. -^35 1 I I GRESSET, POEMES DE. Red morocco. 8vo. Pains, Chez D. Jouaust, 1867 Printed on Vellum. One of but two copies so printed. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 105 1 12 HAMPDEN (JOHN). The famous Commomvealth States- ma7i. HIS SIGNATURE to an Assessment of Taxation in the County of Bucks, i page, 4to, Sept. 10, 1628. This almost unique autograph is accompanied by a very rare folio broad- side: "The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the County of Bucking- ham presented to the Kings most Excellent Majestic at Windsor, iT^ih January, 1642, in the behalfe of Mr. Hampden, Knight of the said County, and the rest of the members of Parliament accused by his Maiestie of Treason." This is the sole signature of Hampden that has occurred for sale during the past thirty years. 113 HARTE (BRET). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his THE HEIR OF THE MAC HALISH'S. Quite Complete. Z9 P'^S^^^ 4to- Green morocco. With numerous corrections also in Bret Harte's autograph. 114 HAYLEY (WILLIAM). THE ORIGINAL HOLO- GRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his extremely famous work: " THE TRIUMPHS OF TEMPER, a Poem in Six Cantos." Quite complete, consisting (9/217 leaves, \\.o. Inserted in this important manuscript are proofs of the six designs of p io6 J. PEARSON & CO. Maria Flaxman, engraved by William Blake in 1803. Bou7id 171 broio7i morocco extra. This is the Original Manuscript entirely in Hayley's autograph, of a book which was so extremely famous in the early years of the nineteenth century as to be illustrated both by Blake and Romney. " Hayley retained a traditional reputation on the strength of almost his first poem, still his magmitn of us, after nearly twenty years had passed since its appearance — ' The Triumphs of Temper.'" — Gilchrist's " Life of Blake." A copy of the origiTial edition of the printed zvork accompanies ihis manu- script, and also a copy of the edition of i^i"] zvhich was illustrated by Romney. ^155 115 HEATH [^\CWO\.h'$^\ Archbishop of York. LETTER SIGNED by him. i page, folio. Elthavi, \6th Aug., 1556. To Lord Cavendish. An original Privy Council letter signed by Archbishop Heath, who helped Bishop Tunstall to translate the "Great" Bible. In 1531 Heath was Vicar of Hever; he was subsequently Archbishop of Stafford, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of Rochester, and Archbishop of York. He was also Queen Mary's Lord Chancellor. The Archbishop was deprived of his See by Ehzabeth, although he had rendered her an immense service by proclaiming her (in the House of Lords) immediately after Queen Mary's death. This letter is dated from Eltham, i6th August 1556, and is addressed to Sir William Cavendish, Treasurer of the Chamber. Sir William built Chats- worth and was the husband of the famous " Bess of Hardwick." The Privy Council, for the second time, in the name of the King (Philip H) and Queen (Mary) commands Cavendish to attend the Court at once. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 107 The letter is signed not only by Archbishop Heath, but also by the fol- lowing famous Tudor Statesmen : 1. Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Ely (previously the first and only Bishop of Westminster). 2. William Lord Paget, Lord Privy Seal. 3. Sir William Petre, Secretary of State. 4. Sir John Bourne, Secretary of State. 5. Sir John Baker, Chancellor of the Exchequer. 6. Sir Thomas Cornwaleys, Comptroller of the Household. In the reign of Edward VI, although he had opposed the measure, Heath was appointed one of the Chief Commissioners for carrying out the Act for the use of the new Book of Common Prayer (1549). Refusing to sign the new Ordination form for the Church of England Clergy, he was imprisoned and deprived of his Bishopric by Edward VI's Government. On the accession of Mary he was restored, translated to York, and the Great Seal committed to him. As 116 HEINE (HEINRICH). HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. I full page, 4to. Paris, 27 April, 1838. To his publishers Messrs. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg. Heine states that he sent the MS. of his Poems a few days ago, and will send by Horse Post 3 proof-sheets in prose to be printed at the end of the book as an Epilogue. Had he not been suffering from nasal catarrh for six weeks the epilogue would have been in hand by now. "At all events it will give you pleasure, and prove that I keep your interests in mind. There will be an important literary scandal. The portrait is good, and may go in front of the preface. I have mentioned it in the epilogue. My wife is always ill, otherwise I am doing well." Important being relative to his Poems. Heine's letters are of extra- ordinary rarity. io8 J. PEARSON & CO. 117 HENRY VII AND THE EXPENSES FOR HIS PRIVATE CHAPEL HENRY VII. HIS ROYAL SIGN MANUAL TO THE ORIGINAL ORDER for the payment of 40 shillings unto William Tolle for " syngyng brede, tukkynge gyrdyll and frankyncens spent in c'" (our) Chapel " for the " two yeres now passed." On velhim. Dated Greenwycke {GreemvicJi) ^th Apryll The i^th yere of d" {our) Reigne (1498). Addressed to "Sir Robert Litton keper of our grreat Wardrobe." The phrases in this important Tudor Ecclesiastical document may be thus explained. 1. "'Syngyng brede' is the Sacramental wafer. This is a common mediaeval term. 2. " ' Tukkyng gyrdyll ' would be a girdle for putting round the alb to keep it from being in the way when celebrating Mass. 3. " ' Frankyncens ' is, of course, incense." This is an order for payment of forty shillings to William Tolle for Sing- ing Bread, tucking girdle and frankincense used in the Royal Chapel during two years. Singing Bread was a common term in early days for the conse- crated wafer in reference to the singing of the choir during Mass. Thus Hig- den wrote in the fifteenth century, " The pope ordained that bread ordained to sing with should be pure bread and clean." The girdle was a cord of linen, silk, worsted or other material to bind round the alb at the waist, the word " tucking " is used in its real sense of " gathering in " a robe. The document is dated from Greenwich but does not specify for which of the Royal Chapels the articles were supplied. The famous chapel of Henry VII at Westminster was not begun until 1502, and the chapel at Windsor was also 5, PALL MALL PLACE 109 in process of rebuilding. It was in the year of this document, 1498, that the dispute arose as to where the body of Henry VI should be finally buried. The abbeys of Chertsey and Westminster both claimed the body, Chertsey because it had been removed from there by Richard III, and Westminster because the King in his lifetime had settled to be buried there. The Council held to adjudicate on the matter decided in favour of Westminster, and Henry VII then determined to found a Chapel at Westminster even more magnificent than the one he had designed at Windsor. The outcome of all this was curious. As Stanley writes, " The language of the Westminster records certainly implies that the body was removed (according to a faint tradition of which no distinct trace remains) to some ' place undistinguished ' in the Abbey. But the language of the wills, both of Henry VII and of Henry VIII, no less clearly indicates that it remains 'according to the Windsor tradition, in the south aisle of St. George's Chapel. Unquestionably no solemn ' translation ' ever took place. The ' canonization ' which the Pope had promised, was never carried out. The chapel at Westminster was still pushed forward, but it became the chapel, not of Henry VI, but of Henry VII." The Robert Litton, to whom the document is addressed, was for a time one of the under-treasurers to the King. He was subsequently knighted and made Keeper of the Wardrobe. He probably died in 15 13, as a docu- ment of that year states that the office of Remembrancer was given on 12th January to Edmund Denny vice Sir Robert Lytton. ^175 118 HENRY VII. HIS ROYAL SIGN MANUAL and 6 WORDS IN HIS Autograph to a leaf from the Royal Treasury Accounts. On paper. 2 pages, folio. Setting forth particulars of the Properties of R. Samforde and T. Goodman, with the sums due from them to the King. Dated 22nd Henry VII. (1507) As no J. PEARSON & CO. 119 HENRY VIII AND MASSES FOR HIS FATHER HENRY VIII. HIS ROYAL SIGN MANUAL to the ORIGINAL ORDER for the remission of the payment of ^300 from " John, Abbot of o'" [our] Monasterie of Chestre " " it being determyned that for the discharge of the soiile of o^" said late Fader the same obHgracons ought of Con- science to bee restored to the said Abbot and his Mon- asterie." On pape7\ Dated " Grenewiche the last Day of Marc he The seconde yere of oure Reigne." {i^ii) An exceedingly important Ecclesiastical document illustrating Henry VIII's early piety. It bears a most remarkable group of rare Tudor signatures. It will be noticed that no less than three of Henry VH's seven executors have signed this document. Coufitersigfied by Cardinal Fisher (the martyred Bishop of Rochester); Thomas Ruthall (Bishop of Durham); Richard Fox (Bishop of Winchester); Thomas Howard (Earl of Surrey); John Yonge (one of Henry VH's seven executors and Master of the Rolls); Sir John Fyneux (another of Henry VH's executors and Chief-Justice of the King's Bench); Sir Thomas Lovell (yet another of Henry VH's executors); and four other signatories. Addressed to John Heron (afterwards Sir John). This document is no doubt an outcome of Henry VH's will, for there is in the Rolls Office a document containing " A declaration of all such sums of money as hath been restored delivered and paid unto bishops, abbots and priours by the lords executors of the testaments and last will of the late King of noble memory. King Henry VH." The Abbot of St. Werburg's Monastery at the time was John Birchenshaw, who had been elected in 1493, ^^^^ in the year of this document, 151 1, began a feud with the City of Chester, which appears to have ended in his removal for a time. The Abbot of Chester was 5, PALL MALL PLACE iii one of those to whom money had been paid under the late King's will, and probably some differences had arisen on the point. This would account for the number of the late King's executors signing the document. The signatures to the document, numbering eleven, represent some of the most important men of the time. John Fisher, Cardinal-Bishop of Rochester, one of the most learned and liberal churchmen of his day, was the friend and adviser of Margaret, Countess of Richmond, Henry VIII's grandmother, and influenced her immense benefactions to Cambridge. In later life he fell under the King's displeasure for denying the validity of Queen Catherine's divorce. He refused to swear to the Act of Succession, and finally, in 1535, was beheaded for refusing to acknowledge the King as supreme head of the Church. Thomas Ruthall, though not so important a man, was secretary to Henry VII and Henry VIII. He was made Bishop of Durham in 1509, and Keeper of the Privy Seal in 1516. He died in 1523. Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, who died in 1528, was noted as a diplomatist. Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey and Duke of Norfolk, was at this time an old man, having been born in 1443. He was a notable warrior and fought for Edward IV at Barnet and Richard III at Bosworth. He was created Lord Treasurer in 1501 and Earl Marshal in 15 10, and died in 1524. John Yonge, born in 1467, after considerable diplomatic work was created Master of the Rolls in 1508. He was made prebendary and Dean of York in 15 14, and died two years later. Sir John Fyneux was appointed in 1495 Chief Justice of the King's Bench. He died in 1527. Sir Thomas Englefield, who is not mentioned in the "Dictionary of National Biography," was Speaker of the House of Commons in 1497 and again in 1509. He can hardly be the same as the Thomas Englefield who became Serjeant-at Law in 1521 and a Justice of the Common Pleas in 1526. Sir Thomas Lovell fought with Henry at Bosworth Field. In 1485 he became Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons, and was made by Henry VIII Constable of the Tower. He died in 1524. Sir John Cut or Cutte, who is also unmentioned in the " Dictionary of National Biography," was Under-Treasurer of England, while Sir John Heron was Treasurer of the Chamber. Of these persons, six, Richard Fox, Thomas Howard, John Yonge, John Fyneux, Thomas Lovell, and John Cutte were all executors of the will of Henry VIL ^220 112 J. PEARSON & CO. I20 HENRY VIII AND FALCONRY HENRY VIII. LETTER SUBSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the King addressed to Madame de La Ferte. " Madame jay commande a Messe John Hervey I'ung des gentiB hommes de ma chambre a vous pnter de p. moy une gaige de lamitie que vo'porte ces Oyseaulx de Leuvre po3 vo' donner recreation en leur voUerye. Et y aurois tn volu mes battre avecques vo' se nestois ung peu mallade de fiebure Madame trouerez au ditquoy trois gerfaulx a gars et ung blanc quat'aut's gerfaulx sors deux tierceletz et troys faulcons dont en y a ung a gart et les aut's deux sors Lesquelz tous ay Bn volu eslire moy mesme que dignes destre mys en vfe Faulconerye. Et ne vo' debuez surprendre de me voyr ainsy vre faulconyer q'nt telz oyseaulz, se vont soubSmettre a la collombe que est exemple a ymyter f) tous et pmyerement par " Vre bon Amye "Henry R. "Sy doibt on leur laysse(r) prendre qlques pdr . . . labord affin q ne s . . . po3 ce quyl yalong . . . s quon ne les ait fait voiles, de Caillaiz ce iij""' apres disner." A remarkably interesting letter, being entirely relative to a gift of Hawks and to Falconry. It appears to be unpublished. 121 HENRI IV'S RENUNCIATION OF PROTESTANTISM HENRY IV OF FRANCE. LETTER SIGNED by him addressed to " Mons. du Pouet, Capt. of Fifty Men 5, PALL MALL PLACE 113 of Arms of my Ordnance." i page, folio. St. De?iis, July, 1593. A MAGNIFICENT AND MOST VALUABLE HISTORICAL LETTER, WHEREIN THE King announces his adoption of the Catholic Faith. Henry was bred and educated by his mother, Jeanne d'Albret, a daughter of the famous Huguenot leader, Henri de Navarre. She has been described as "a woman of superior merits, ardently devoted to the Protestant faith in which she educated her son," and he himself had led the Huguenot forces against the Cathohc League in 1576. When, however, he was on the point of gaining the throne of France, he suddenly announced his intention of joining the Roman Catholic Church, which he did in 1593, at the same time assuring the Protest- ants of the continuation of his favour and protection. In this letter the King announces to his friend, Monsieur de Pouet, the step he has taken, assuring him that he has only been persuaded to it by the certainty that it is for the ultimate safety of his soul. \^Translation.'\ — " I write to make you acquainted with the resolution I have made, to profess, in the future, the Catholic Religion, called Romanism. Although I feel sure you are aware of this, I wished to inform you myself, in order to beg you not to receive this news with any manner of apprehension that this change, which concerns me only, should in any way affect what is at present admitted by the law, nor the established precedents concerning your religion, nor also the sympathy I have always felt for your religion. This which I do at present is with every good intention, principally that I feel it my duty for my salvation, and in order that I shall not differ on this point from the kings, my predecessors, who have well and peacefully ruled their subjects. Trusting that God will give me also grace so to do." Etc. 122 HERBERT (GEORGE). THE TEMPLE. Sacred Poems and private ejaculations. Being a facsimile reprint of the First Edition with an introduction by the Rev. Q 114 J- PEARSON & CO Alexander B. Grosart. Small 8vo. Green morocco extra, gilt top, tincut. Camb7'idge 1633; R. P. London 18 — Printed upon vellum. Only six copies were printed upon vellum, of which this is No. 4. ^35 123 HOMER. ILIAD. FoL \a\ bernardvs nerlivs petro MEDiCAE LAVRENTii FiLio. s. [C]Vm doctissimorum. . . . Vale. FLORENTiAE Idibus lanuariis. m.cccc.lxxxviii. On the reverse: Any-nrpiog ^ocXKoi/SuXng . . this address in Greek ending on Fol. 20. rot. ^a : HPOAOTOT . . HEPI TH2 tot OMHPOY rENE2I02 . . I^Ol. 9^ • • • nAOYTAPXOT EI2 TON BION TOT OMHPOT . . Fol. 39*^ ' • * nEPI OMHPOT A0r02 Nr AlilNOS TOT XPT202T0M0T • . Fol. 43^' ^'^^ teXt of the poem begins. Fol. 2^ob: . . teao2 th2 o mhpot iai a aoe. Folio. Vellum. Florence, Bernardus Nerlius, 1488 A fine and large copy of the Editio Princeps of Homer's Iliad. It measures 12 j by 8| inches. The volume was formerly in the possession of an eminent Greek scholar, who has annotated it throughout in Greek and Latin in a beautifully neat hand. These annotations date from about 1760. The volume came later into the possession of the Earl of Mansfield, whose bookplate is inserted. The work commences with two prefaces, one in Latin by Bernardus Nerlius, on the recto of the first leaf; the other by Chalcondyles, the editor, in Greek, commencing on the verso of the same leaf, then follows the bio- graphy of Homer from Herodotus, succeeded by the preface to Plutarch's biography of the Poet. The "Iliad" begins on the recto of the 43rd leaf, ending on the verso of the 206th leaf. The Edilio Princeps of Homer is, as Dibdin justly says, " the boast of every classical collection." Bibliographers and scholars have written enthusi- 5, PALL MALL PLACE 115 astically of it for centuries. It charms alike the student and the lover of beautiful typographical work. The paper, ink, and workmanship form a fitting shrine for the verses of the great Poet of antiquity. 124 HORAE. An exquisite Pocket Book of Hours, illustrated with 53 charming miniatures of the very finest French workmanship. Saec. xv. It is an extraordinary occurrence to find a manuscript of this size (3|- in. X 2\ in.) so richly decorated with miniatures and borders. Professor Bradley considers that these miniatures are from the brush of the Court painter to the art loving Rene d'Anjou, and that they date from about the year 1450. This charming little manuscript is in two parts. The first contains various hour services such as the Horae Conceptionis, the Horae Trinitatis, the Horae B.V.M., or the Horae S. Katherine, while the second contains a large number of " memoriae," prayers, antiphons, and collects of Saints and Martyrs. The various hours had special services connected with memorable events which had taken place at those hours; for instance, the descent of the Holy Spirit, and the Crucifixion at Tierce, the commemoration of All Saints at Sext. Though containing these hour services this little book can hardly be classed as a regular Book of Hours, as several of the essential parts of such a book are omitted. There is no Kalendar or IJtany of the Saints, nor has it the seven penitential or fifteen gradual Psalms, which occur in all regular Horae; on the other hand the "memoriae" are unusually numerous. The miniatures are of two kinds. There are nine larger ones representing the subjects of the various Hours, such as the Trinity, All Souls, For the Dead, Corpus Christi, the Holy Cross, the Virgin, St. Katherine. The remainder are small, repre- senting the various Saints who are commemorated. Though small, these miniatures are executed with minute care and represent some special occur- rence in the Saint's life and the emblems which usually distinguish them. Adrian has his anvil and sword, George his dragon, Laurence his gridiron, ii6 J. PEARSON & CO Eustace the holy stag, and so on. Even when several figures are introduced as in the miniatures of St. Mauritius and the christian soldiers, or the eleven thousand virgins, every detail is wonderfully delicate and clear. Whenever there is a miniature on a page there is also a border round the three sides. The binding is of old French red morocco with blue silk linings. It came from the library of Dr. Gott, Bishop of Truro, and contains his book-plate with armorial shield of Gott quartering Rhodes. 125 THE PRAYER BOOK OF JUAN II HORAE IN LAUDEM BEATISSIME VIRGINIS MARIE AD USUM ROMANUM. MANUSCRIPT. Saec. XV. A most charming manuscript written on 180 leaves of fine vellum for " the Warrior-King" of Navarre, Juan II. Being the work of a French scribe and a French miniaturist it was possibly a gift from his " only ally," Louis XI. Juan, who reigned from 1425 to 1479, was the father of Ferdinand "the Catholic," the patron of Columbus. The volume is illustrated with eight exquisite miniatures and sixteen finely illuminated initial letters. The device of the King of Navarre is emblazoned in the border of each of the eight miniatures. These lovely little paintings are very far removed from the conventional illustrations usually found in Horae of the middle fifteenth century. Internal evidence points to this manuscript having been written and illuminated in the Franche-Comte, because the Calendar contains the names of five Saints who were Archbishops of Besan^on (Nizier, Prothadius, Claude, Desire, and Donat). The later owners of the manuscript were the families of Renard, Danvers, and Bercin. Antoine Renard was a famous diplomat much employed by Charles V of Spain, the great-grandson of Juan II. •^-"^i4 *A« l-^< Mi,15^/,*: 125 127 5, PALL MALL PLACE 117 The condition of this manuscript is indeed remarkable and happily it is still preserved in its original binding of oak boards covered with emblematic- ally stamped leather. The advertisers consider this to be one of the most desirable Liturgical Manuscripts that it has ever been their good fortune to offer their clients. ;^800 See Illustration 126 HOUDON (JEAN ANTOINE). HOLOGRAPH LET- TER, SIGNED. 3/^^^-?, 4to; Paris, May 15, 1774. Addressed to Friedrich Wilhelm Doell, the Sculptor. Letters of this world-famous French Sculptor are of extraordinary rarity. 127 HOYM (COUNT). The ''Polish Grolier" (1694-1736). J. Pearson and Co. have for sale an unrivalled collection of 81 splendidly bound volumes bearing the arms of Count Hoym. There are in addition a collection of Original Autograph Manuscripts and Letters of Hoym, a priced catalogue of the Hoym library, Baron Pichon's "Vie de Comte de Hoym," 2 vols., and the Grolier Club's transla- tion of the same, i vol. — 86 volumes in all. A special catalogue of these will be sent on application. The " Life of the Count de Hoym," by Baron Jerome Pichon, was one of the most noted publications of the Grolier Club. Price of the entire Collection ;^ 1,8 50 See Illustration ii8 J. PEARSON & CO. 128 HUNT (LEIGH). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his "CRITICAL NOTICE OF THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF BOIARDO." Quite complete. Covering 32 pages, 8vo. With many alterations in the author's autograph, and differing con- siderably from the printed version. This manuscript was printed in the " Stories from the Italian Poets," 2 vols. 1846. ^85 129 HUNT (LEIGH). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his "STORY OF ANGELICA." Quite complete. Z9 pct'ges, 8vo. With numerous altera- tions in Leigh Hunt's autograph, and differing considerably from the printed version. Nine pages are in the hand of an amanuensis. This story appeared in the " Stories from the Italian Poets " as the " Adven- tures of Angelica." 130 IRVING (WASHINGTON). LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. First Edition. /^ portraits of Wash- 5, PALL MALL PLACE iig ington, portrait of his wife, and View of Washington s Tomb. 5 vols, large 8vo, Original cloth. New York, G. P. Ptitnam and Co., 1856-9 Presentation Copy, with inscription in the handwriting of the Author, " to Sir Arthur Ashton with the best regards of the Author. Sunnyside, 24th May, 1856." JAMBLICHUS. Fol. ia: lamblichus de mysteriis Aegyptiorum. Chaldaeorum. Assyriorum Proclus in Platonicum alcibiadem deanima, atq; daemone. Colophon: Venetiis mense Septembri. M. HID. (1497). In aedibus Aldi. Folio. Old red morocco, by Derome. Venice, 1497 A superb copy. Editio Princeps of a rare and interesting specimen of the Aldine Press. 132 JAMES V OF SCOTLAND. AD SERENISSIMUM SCOTORUM REGEM JACOBUM quintum de Sus- cepto Regni Regimine a diis feliciter ominato Strena. Title within woodcut border. Reprinted from the rare ORIGINAL OF Thomas Davison, c. 1 565, as issued in the Bannatyne Miscellany. Scotch binding of black morocco gilt, ornamental panel sides, with Scottish device and Order of the Garter in centres. Sm. folio. {^Edinburgh, 1565) {Reprint 1827). Unique. The only copy printed upon vellum. This was formerly in the possession of David Laing. The following note 120 J. PEARSON & CO. in his autograph is writlen on the fly-leaf. " The only copy of this facsimile printed on vet.lum." The title has a beautifully painted and illuminated border, and flowers have been painted at the corners of each page by Wm. Penney of Mid- Calder. James V was the father of Mary Queen of Scots. ^55 133 JOHN OF SALISBURY {Bishop of Ckartres) POLI- CRATICI DE NUGIS CURIALIU et vestigiis philosophoru Joanis Salesberiensis. Printed hi red and black. 8vo. Calf. Bound for Catherine of Aragon, wifh her arms impressed 01 the front cover, and those of Henry VIII on the reverse cover. Paris, Berthold Rembolt et Jehan Petit, 1513. A most wonderfully preserved example of Queen Catherine's theological library and an extraordinarily rare prove naftce. This binding is exactly similar to the Catherine binding in the British Museum catalogue. John of Salisbury, one of the most distinguished scholars of the twelfth century, was born at SaHsbury about the year 1120. The " Policraticus " was completed in 1159, and dedicated to Saint Thomas a Becket, the author's intimate friend. The author was one of those present with St. Thomas in Canterbury Cathedral when he was murdered before the altar in December 11 70. John bequeathed his library and relics, amongst them a phial of Becket's blood, to the cathedral of his diocese — Chartres — whither he returned upon Becket's fall. See Illustration 4 '4 I 5, PALL MALL PLACE 121 134 JOHNSON (DR.). HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. \ page, 4to. April 20, 1778. To Mrs. Thrale. " Being to go to dine with your favourite Hamilton and to pass the evening with Mrs. Ord, I write before your letter comes to me, if there comes any letter. I have not indeed much to say but inclose one from Lucy, and another from Taylor, keep them both for me. " I do not think they bled Taylor enough. Mr. Thrale was saved by it, and I hope he will steadily remember that when convention [?] is a cure plenitude is a disease, and abstinence the true and only preventive. " I owe Miss Thrale and Aliss Btirney each a letter, which I will pay them. " Dr. Burney gave fifty-seven lessons last week, so you find that we have recourse to musick in these days of public distress. Do not forget me. . . . You never date your letters," etc. Unpublished. An extremely interesting and very characteristic letter. The references to Miss Thrale, Johnson's " Queenie," and Fanny Burney, the talented authoress, are interesting. Johnson directed the education of " Queenie " Thrale, wrote childish rhymes for her, and played horses with her. She became the Viscountess Elphinstone in 1814 oy her alliance with the famous Admiral. The reference to Taylor is reminiscent of the lawsuit between him and Mr. Thrale. KNOX'S LITURGY. KNOX (JOHN). FORM OF PRAYERS used In the English Congregation at Geneva. 8vo. Blue morocco extra. 1561 A little volume of superlative rarity. It was secretly printed, probably in Edinburgh or in London. R 122 J. PEARSON & CO. In 1534 the citizens of Geneva had accepted the Reformation, and in 1536 had appointed Calvin as a professor and preacher. The reforms which he and his coadjutor, Farel, attempted to force upon the city proved too severe, and in March 1538 he was driven from the town. After a short stay at Strasburg he was recalled to Geneva in September 1541, and remained there the rest of his life. Refugees from England were often in Geneva, and in 1550 a certaine William Huicke made a translation of Calvin's " Form of Prayers and Cate- chism," which was printed by Edward Whitchurch in 1550. It was published at the instance of Thomas Brook, who appears to have been hostile to the new Prayer-book, and anxious to spread Genevan views. There was no doubt a considerable Puritan influence, mainly from abroad, manifesting itself in England, which was partly responsible for the issue of the revised Prayer- book of 1552. John Knox, after one or two short visits to Geneva, settled there from 1556, until the beginning of 1559, as joint-pastor of the English congregation there. Previous to this he had been for a while at Frankfurt, where a fierce battle raged amongst the Marian exiles on the subject of the use of the Prayer-book. Knox led the party who opposed it, and was finally compelled to leave the town and return with his friends to Geneva, where, supported by the authority of Calvin, their ideas of a fitting Christian ser- vice were embodied in Knox's " Form of Prayers of Geneva," which was first published both in Latin and English at Geneva in 1556, by Jean Crespin. The preface is dated February 10, 1556, which probably means 1557 in modern calculation. The present is the second edition, and it differs from the Genevan issue of 1556. The preface is dated February 10, but the year has been omitted, perhaps to make the edition look up to date. In 1559 Knox left Geneva for Scotland full of the influence of Calvin, which was to have so great an efl'ect in shaping the character of Scottish Protestantism both in regard to doctrine and to church government. In 1562 an edition of the present volume was printed at Edinburgh by Lekprevik, and in 1564 the same printer issued the first complete edition of the Book of Common Order with the title " The Forme of Prayers and Ministration of the Sacraments, etc., used in the English Church at Geneva, approved and received by the Church of Scotland." It contained the Liturgy, the Catechism, and the Psalms. This continued to be Scotland's service book for many years and was frequently printed. The Geneva Prayers appeared again in England, soon after the opening of 5, PALL MALL PLACE 123 the Long Parliament, when Convocation, Liturgy, and Episcopacy were alike furiously attacked by the Puritans. Several new Service books were brought forward, and amongst others " The Service, Discipline and Forme of the Common Prayers and Administration of the Sacraments used in the English Church of Geneva," printed in 1641. This was an abridgment of Knox's book, and was presented to the Houses of Parliament though not adopted. This volume is in the British Museum, but we are quite iinable to trace the whereabouts of another copy. Queen Mary had returned from France to Scotland in August 1561, and the present volume was issued a month or two at the most after her arrival in Edinburgh. It was a direct attack on all that was most sacred to her, and how effectively these attacks by Knox undermined her rule has for long been a matter of common knowledge. /210 136 KNOX (JOHN). HISTORIE OF THE REFORMA- TION OF RELIGIOUN WITHIN THE REALM OF SCOTLAND. First Edition. 8vo. Bhie morocco. [ Vatitro liter, 1586] The rarity of the first edition of Knox's world-famous book is too well known to require any comment. Less than a dozen copies are known to be in existence. Being forVjidden to print his Alagnum Opus in Scotland, the manuscript was confided by Knox to Vautrollier in London, who had set up sheets B to Mm (pages 17 to 560) when, by order of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the entire impression was seized and destroyed, with the exception of the very few copies, sent previously to Knox, as the sheets left the press. Every extant copy (like the present) commences at page 17. ^63 124 J- PEARSON & CO. 137 KNOX. A SERMON preached by John Knox in the Pub- Hque audience of the Church of Edenbrough, within the Realme of Scotland, upon Sonday, the 19 of August, 1565. For the which the said John Knoxe was inhibite preaching for a season. 12 mo. Bhie morocco. \EdinburgJi\ Imp 7Hiited Anno. 1566 This is the extremely famous sermon which Knox preached before Darnley. It was secretly printed in Edinburgh and so rigidly suppressed by Queen Mary's orders that only two other perfect copies seem to have SURVIVED, one of which David Laing sold 32 years ago for ;£i/\ S^- On loth August 1565 Darnley went in state to St. Giles to hear Knox preach. The text was from Isaiah XXVI, beginning with the 13th verse, "O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have ruled us, but we will remember thee only and thy name"; and quoted the passage, "I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. Children are their oppres- sors, and women rule over them." He also referred to the punishment of Ahab because he did not correct the idolatry of Jezebel. Darnley left the church in displeasure. In the afternoon Knox was brought before the Privy Council and prohibited from preaching so long as the King and Queen were in Edinburgh. 138 LACROIX (M. PAUL). BALLETS ET MASCAR- ADES de Cour de Henri III a Louis XIV ([581-1652) recueilHs et pubHes, d'apres les editions originales. 6 vols. Sm. 8vo. Original boards, uncut. Geneva 1868 Printed upon vellum. One of but two copies so printed. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 125 139 LA FONTAINE. THEATRE. 8vo. Vellum. En- tirely UNCUT and unopened. A Paris, dc t Imprimerie de P. Didot Vaini, et de Firmm Didot, 1812 Printed upon vellum. One of but two copies so printed. The present example was formerly in the Due d'Abrantes' library. 140 LAMARTINE. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of the Prospectus of " Lectures pour Tous " (Annonces ET Prefaces). Quite complete. 1 1 pages, 4to. Crammed with corrections and additions by Lamartine. " Lectures pour Tous " still holds the chief place among the literary magazines of France. 141 LAMARTINE. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his " Pr£ambule de l'Ann£e, 1858." Quite complete. 1 1 pages, 4to. With numerous corrections and additions by Lamartine. 126 J. PEARSON & CO. 142 LA MENNAIS (F. DE). THE ORIGINAL HOLO- GRAPH MANUSCRIPT (SIGNED) of his "PREMIERE LETTRE A MGR. L'ARCHEVEQUE DE PARIS. Quite Complete, 6\ pages. 4to. 1829 " Les Lettres a Mgr. I'archeveque de Paris ne sont a proprement parler (lu'une defense du livre " Des Progres de la Revolution." C'est une demon- stration nouvelle des idees fondamentales de Touvrage, un mordant pamphlet contre liberalisme et le gallicanisme. Tout le monde remarqua dans ces lettres une ironie impatiente de toute autorite qui annongait deja le prete revoke de 1834. La coliere bouillonne dans chaqueligne, quoiqu'elle n'eclate pas encore. Paul-Louis Courier n'aurait pas parle autrement des hauts dig- nitaires ecclesiastiques." — Lamentiais par Mercier. 143 HUGH LATIMER (BISHOP OF WORCESTER) AND EPISCOPAL PROPERTY LATIMER (HUGH). THE ORIGINAL ORDER SIGNED by him for: "Too okys (oaks) of suffycyete (sufficient) tymber wt (with) ther topps and lopps out of my wode called busshewoode " to be delivered unto Arthur Basham, Vicar of " Clavedon," without any delay. On paper. Dated \th July 1538. Addressed " To my kep (keeper) of my wode callid bushewode." The autograph of this eminent Bishop and Protestant Martyr is of such GREAT RARITY THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO TRACE ANOTHER OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. Bishop Latimer was burned at the stake with Bishop Ridley at Oxford in 1555- 5, PALL MALL PLACE 127 Claverdon is a parish in the Henley division of the hundred of Barlichway in Warwickshire, about three-and-a-half miles from Henley-in-Arden. The vicar, Arthur Basham (according to Dugdale, "Andrew Bassam "), a bachelor in theology, was presented to the living 4th May 1536, by the Bishop, it being the solitary occasion on which he presented, as the presentation was in the hands of the Archdeacon. Basham held the living until 1543. The wood called Busshewood was in the parish of Lapworth, adjoining Claverdon on the north. Latimer, the son of a Leicestershire farmer, was born about 1485, and educated at Cambridge, taking his Master's degree in 15 14, and his B.D. in 1524. In 1530 Latimer, through the influence of Cromwell, was presented to the benefice of West Kingdon, in Wiltshire, but even here his free manner of speaking in the pulpit led him into trouble. In 1532 he was accused of heresy and brought before Convocation, but having finally made a complete sub- mission was absolved, though this did not prevent him from immediately getting into trouble again. In 1535 he was appointed Bishop of Worcester, a position he held for only a short time, for on the passing of the Act of the Six Articles, signed by the King on 28th June 1539, he, together with Shax- ton. Bishop of Salisbury, resigned their livings. For a year after this he was kept a prisoner in the custody of Sampson, Bishop of Chichester, but in July was set free under the King's general pardon. For some years after this nothing whatever is known of his life, but in 1546 he was again in trouble, brought before the Council, and imprisoned, until again, by a general pardon, he regained his liberty on Edward's accession. On ist January 1548, after eight years' silence, Latimer again began to preach and was for a while in great favour, preaching often before the King and receiving many evidences of his kindness. For the last two years of the reign, however, he went into Lincolnshire, and lived in retirement though still preaching. On Mary's suc- cession his life of security ceased. In September 1553 a summons was sent him to come to London, and on the 13th he appeared before the Council and was committed to the Tower. In 1554 he was sent with Cranmer and Ridley to Oxford, where his opinions were examined by the leading divines of the University. In September 1555 Latimer and Ridley were finally condemned as heretics, and burnt at the stake in the town-ditch, outside the city walls, just opposite Balliol College. Examples of Latimer's autograph are so rare that Turner, in his work on 128 J. PEARSON & CO. mitographs, was not able to refer to any rtprodiued example. The existing specimens are mostly in the Rolls Office. His signature as Bishop must be extraordinarily rare, since he was Bishop of Worcester for only four years. £zoo LEGOUVE (GABRIEL). LA MORT DE HENRI QUATRE, roi de France, tragedle en cinq actes et en vers. Portraits. Bine morocco, uncut, by Bozerian. 8vo. Paris, Renoitard, 1806 The Publisher's (Renouard) own, unique, copy, printed on vellum (the only copy so printed). It has the two portraits of Henri IV by Aug. de Saint- Aubin, after Pourbus, in two states, of which one is on rose-coloured paper; and also the portrait of Marie de Medicis by the same artists. Inserted is the original drawing of the Marie de Medicis portrait. One of the portraits of Henry IV is also printed on satin. Inserted is a Holograph Letter Signed of E. Lemaire, a friend of the author, addressed to the publisher, Renouard, asking for ten copies on the very best paper possible. Renouard has endorsed this letter, " il en a eu douze et n'en a rien paye." An original letter, signed by Henri IV, i page, folio, dated 27th June 1593 (a few days before he renounced Protestantism), is also inserted. /lOO 145 LEGOUVE (GABRIEL). LE MERITE DES FEMMES, poeme. Frontispiece by Moreau, engraved by Bosq in tzvo states. 12 mo. Citron morocco. Paris, chcz Renouard, 181 8 Printed upon Vellum. One of but two copies so printed. The frontispiece is in two states. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 129 146 LE SAGE. LE DIABLE BOITEUX. 8vo. Half piu^ple morocco. Paris, 1868 Printed upon Vellum. One of but two copies so printed. ^20 147 LISZT (FRANZ). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED, of his " Une Marche Fun^bre." Written by Liszt the day following- the death of his father. 2 pages, 4to. Dated Boulogne, 2>o Aoul, 1827. ^25 148 LOCKE (JOHN). AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMANE UNDERSTANDING. In Four Books. Folio. Calf. Printed by Eliz. Holt, for Thomas Basset, at the George in Fleet street, near St. Dunstan s Church. 1 690 First Edition. " Shakespeare, Milton, Locke, and Newton are four names beyond competi- tion superior to any the continent can put against them." — Mackintosh. This copy is rendered unique by the insertion of Locke's splended holo- graph letter (signed) covering 2 pages folio, dated Oates, 25th Jan. 1698-9, S 130 J. PEARSON & CO. addressed to Sir F. Molyneux. In this splendid letter Locke mentions that he has given orders to Mr. Churchill to send his last reply to the Bishop of Worcester and the last edition of his " Treatise of Education." "As for my Essay concerning Human Understanding, it is now out of print, and if it were not I think I should make you but an ill compliment in sending it to you, less perfect that I designe it should be as the next Edition, in which I shall make many additions to it," etc. A SUPERB AND IMPORTANT LETTER, a portion of which (the extract ending with the words " thrust into your study ") was printed by Molyneux in " Familiar Letters between Mr. Locke and several of his friends " (A. and J. Churchill, at the Black Swan in Paternoster Row, 1708). The remainder OF THE letter IS UNPUBLISHED. ^85 149 LOUIS XII AND ANNE DE BRETAGNE. Two large and very finely painted and richly Illuminated Miniatures (12 in. square), of the Fifteenth Century, representing "The Last Supper" and "Pentecost." Folio. Blue morocco. Scbc. X V These two large and most remarkable miniatures are superb examples of the French School of Illuminators of the fifteenth century, and are most prob- ably from the brush of Jean Bourdichon. They represent two large initial S's, within which the figures are grouped. They are surrounded by rich borders in compartments of natural flowers and floreate scrolls, amongst which are inter- spersed the fleur-de-lis of Louis XII and the ermines of Anne of Brittany, some having the crowned monogram A. and L. On the one with the Pentecostal design occurs the Porcupine of Louis XII surmounted by the Royal Arms of France. These hvo splendid paintings were commissioned by Louis XII and his Queen, and are very similar to the ornaments and miniatures found in the " Grandes Heures de la Reine Anne de Bretagne." 5, PALL MALL PLACE 131 150 LOVER (SAMU'Eh^tke famotis Novelist. THE ORI- GINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS ''OCCASIONAL POEMS." Comprising no less than thirty original poems written in a very neat hand. Covering ^^ pages, 4to {ivitk title, index, etc., also in Lover s autograpJi). Possibly THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPT OF THE AUTHOR OF " HaNDY Andy," eyer offered for sale. These poems were written by Lover when quite a young man. The following are some of the principal pieces, several of which have explanatory footnotes (also by Lover) appended: — " The Welsh Harper," a Poem of 52 lines. " Epigram" a verse of 4 lines on " The Beggars' Opera." Song, commencing "Tho' the tear may flow," a Poem of 2 verses (8 lines each). Address spoken in Dublin by Miss Ford on the night of her Benefit, a Poem of 32 lines. Song, commencing " Why sweet maid, thy doubts still cherish," a Poem of 16 lines. Lities on the death of H.R.H. the Princess Charlotte, a Poem, of 5 verses of 4 lines each. Song, commencing " When anxious Nature fram'd the heart," a Poem of 16 lines. Lities addressed to Miss Kelly, the celebrated Actress, a Poem of 27 lines. Song, commencing " Our sages declare, we of Love should beware," a Poem of 24 lines. Lines addressed to Miss Byrne, a Poem of 4 verses (4 lines each). Song, commencing " How oft when the Sun leaves the purple streak'd sky," a Poem of 2 verses of 8 lines each. '•^ Albert and Matilda," a Tale in verse of 149 lines. 132 J. PEARSON & CO. Sofi^^y commencing " Farewell to those soft eyes of blue," a Poem of 2 verses of 8 lines each. Epigram on the removal of the four Venetian horses by Bonaparte. '■'Farewell" a Poem of 9 verses (4 lines each) and a long introductory note. Elegy, a Poem commencing " She's gone: and Friendship sheds the bitter tear," comprising 28 lines, with a long introductory note. " The Poefs Eleciioti" snng at the Dinner given by the Citizens of Dublin to Thomas Moore, a Poem of 12 verses (5 lines each). Sotig, commencing "How swift, alas! the pleasure flies," 2 verses of 8 lines each. Song, commencing "In Hfe's young morn," a Poem of 2 verses often lines each. " Signor Politd's Answer to the patentee's Proposition," a piece in prose and poetry. ''The Decree or the debate of the Muses," a Poem commencing "Jove, awak'd t'other day from his sleep, by a clatter," comprising about 137 lines. Song, commencing " Believe me my fair that my heart will unfold," a Poem of 2 verses of 8 lines each. Etc., etc. LUCRETIUS. Titi Lucretii Cari DE RERUM NA- TURA, libri sex. Accedunt selectae lectfones dilucidando Poemati appositae. 2 volumes. Small 8vo. i fi^ontispiece, 6 veiy fine plates, and 6 vignettes by Van Mieris, engraved by Duflos. Blue morocco, rich dentelle borders by Derome. Paris, 1744 Printed upon Vellum. A superb copy, in a magnificent binding. It is probably the Camus de Limare copy which sold for ;^i44 many years ago. Totally unknown to MM. De Bure. See Illustration I ^1 5, PALL MALL PLACE 133 152 LUPO (THOMAS). Musician. HOLOGRAPH LET- TER, SIGNED. \ page,io\\o. Greenwich, 2 September, 1 61 8. To Mr. Cunningham. In 1607 Thomas Lupo wrote, in conjunction with Thomas Giles, some of the songs in a Masque " Presented before the Kinges Maiestie at White Hall on Twelfth Night last, in honour of the Lord Hayes and his Bride; daughter . . . to . . . Lord Dennye, Invented and set forth by Thomas Campion, Dr. of Physic." The orchestra by which the music was to be performed is described as follows: "On right, lo musicians, 2 lutes, Bandora, double Sack bott, harpsichord, 2 treble violins — on left, 9 violins and 3 lutes, and to answer both the Consorts (as it were in a triangle), 6 cornets, and 6 Chappell voyces were seated almost right against them." Sir William Leighton's " Teares or Lamentations of a Sorrowful Soule " (1641) contains two pieces by Thomas Lupo: "O Lord, O I-ord, giue eare," for four voices, and " The cause of death is wicked sinne," for five voices. Thomas Myriell, in his " Tristitiae Remedium, Cantiones selectissimae diversorum auctorum " (Addit. MS. 29372-6), prepared for publication in 1616, has included, in addition to the above-named compositions, the following by Lupo, for five voices: " O vos omnes qui transitis," " Miserere mei " (in two keys), " Salva nos Domine," " Heu mihi Domine," and "Out of the Deepe " (two keys). The library of Christ Church College, Oxford, contains many manuscripts by Thomas Lupo, including two anthems for five voices, " Heare my prayer, O Lord," and "Have mercy upon mee"; a madrigal, "Ah mee, can love," a song, " Daphnis," and some instrumental pieces, in three, four, and five parts. Six " Fantasias " by Lupo in five parts are also among Brit. Mus. Addit. MSS. An excessively rare letter. .^45 134 J. PEARSON & CO. 153 LUTHER AND MELANCHTHON'S AUGSBURG CONFESSION of 1530. Foreword The Diet of Augsburg met in June 1530 when the reformers laid before it the celebrated Augsburg Confession, the central symbolic document of the German Reformation. The Lutheran doctrine was developing on dogmatic lines, and was kept more or less within the limits of authoritative statements which must be strictly assented to. The Fifteen Articles of Marburg, drawn up in 1529 by Luther and his fellow theologians of Wittenberg, was the first of these prepared statements, and was drawn up to define clearly the points on which they differed from Zwingli and the other Swiss reformers. At another conference held shortly afterwards at Schwabach the Seventeen Articles were prepared. These Articles meant more than mere doctrine, since with the various princes, states, and towns belonging to various schools of Protestant doctrine, subscription to one or other set of articles was exacted as a condition of political alliance. Thus at the Diet of Augsburg there were three Confessions presented, that of Melanchthon and the Lutherans, that of Zwingli and the Swiss reformers, and finally the Confessio Tetrapolitana of the four cities Strasburg, Constance, Memmingen, and Lindau. In 1530, when the Diet was held, it was impossible for Luther to come to Augs- burg. The ban placed upon him by the Emperor had not been removed, and the nearest town to which he could come was Coburg. The prepara- tion and presentation of the Confession was therefore left to Melanchthon and though it is throughout based upon Luther's Schwabach Articles, both it and the Apology, which followed it, were drawn up by Melanchthon. Preparations had been made for a public reading of the Confession at the Diet on June 24, but for some reason this plan was changed and it was read on the following day before a private audience in the Emperor's apartments. In drawing up this Confession Melanchthon had two special objects before him, the one to minimize as far as possible the differences between Lutherans and 5, PALL MALL PLACE 135 Catholics, the other to exaggerate those between the Lutherans and the fol- lowers of Zwingli. The Confession certainly marks the minimum of the Protestant revolt against Rome. It points out that the differences between the two churches were merely concerned with traditions and abuses, that the objects of the Reformers were neither polemic nor propagandist, and that they merely desired toleration for themselves, and that in that case since there was sub- stantial agreement between the two churches, it was unjustifiable to exclude the reformers from the Catholic Church. Melanchthon would have gone further than Luther himself, and but for the opposition of the Protestant princes would have conceded much more than was actually given in the finished settlement. However much the Emperor desired a peaceful solution of these religious difficulties, the Pope was naturally of another mind, and when the Church appealed to him for protection how was he to refuse? While the Diet was still sitting, an edict was announced commanding the restoration of the Catholic services throughout Germany, the restoration of the Church property and the reversal of all that had been done. It seemed as though a religious war was inevitable, but greater dangers from outside arose, and the Edicts of Augsburg remained unenforced. The Augsburg Confession exercised a wide influence. Soon after its publication an English translation was published under the title " The con- fession of the faith of the Germans," and the several editions issued prove that it was widely read. Its influence on the English reformation can be clearly traced in the draft of the Thirteen Articles drawn up by Cranmer in 1538 and 1539, when the German embassy visited England. In 1553 were promulgated the Forty-two Articles, which, ten years later were revised and reduced to Thirty-nine, and formally adopted by the Queen and the Church. These Articles contain many points of likeness and verbal resemblances to the Augsburg Confession, and when they were revised and took their final form in 1563 much of the new matter introduced was taken from the Con- fession of Wiirtemberg, presented at the Council of Trent in 1551, and which was only the Confession of Augsburg in a slightly different form. A. Z^TYiV.— CONFESSIO EXHIBITA CAESARI IN COMITIIS AUGUSTAE. Anno md.xxx. {Quota- 136 J. PEARSON & CO. lion fi'07n Psalvi 119.) 4to. Brown morocco extra by Bedford. {Secretly printed) 1530 This is THE FIRST EDITION of the Latin version. It is of the greatest rarity^ and no copy appears to be iti the British Museum or in Lord Cratv/ord^s large Reformation collection. It is stated that a second edition appeared the same year, which contains also Melanchthon's "Apologia," but as this was not composed until some time after the " Confessio " it probably did not appear until 1531. Doubtless a good deal of confusion by careless transcrip- tion, or from the use of imperfect copies, has arisen from the date 1530 on the title-page, which refers to the date of the Diet, having been taken for the date of the printing. The present edition is without name of printer or place of printing, and is said to have been " secretly printed in Switzerland," a rather improbable statement since it expresses the views of the German reformers, which were absolutely opposed to those of the Swiss. Another statement is made that "such care was taken that even the Emperor it is said could not obtain either before they were exhibited and read at the Diet." A century ago the extreme rarity of this first edition was drawn attention to by Panzer, who adds, in a Latin note: "This is the first Latin edition of the ' Confession,' and doubtless that which Melanchthon was enquiring for in the preface to the Editio princeps printed at Wittenberg in 1531." In 1531 a large number of reprints were issued, in Latin, in German, and the two versions together. Georgius Rhaw of Wittenberg printed at least three quarto editions of the bi-lingual version, and one of the Latin alone in octavo. The Bodleian has a quarto edition of the Latin version printed by Georgius Ulricher at Strasburg in 1531. This copy is rendered additionally important by the insertion of a holograph letter from Melanchthon, to Dr. J. Latige, March 26 1540. The celebrated Reformer states : " 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 study 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 reprehending much in me, nevertheless as to this I think I can quote a Pindaric line (Greek quotation follows). 5, PALL MALL PLACE 137 Certainly I have striven to maintain the Concord of the Churches 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 both Melanchthon and Luther. B. GE/^MAA^.—ANZEIGIJNG UND BEKANTNUS DES GLAUBENS UND DER LERE, so die adpel- lierenden Stende Key. Maiestet auff Yetzigen tag zti Augspurg oberantwurt habend m.d.xxx. 4to. Brown morocco extra by Bedford. 1 5 30 This is THE TRUE FIRST GERMAN ISSUE of the Augsburg "Confession," dis- tinguished from the reprints by the spelling of the word " Adpellierenden " in the title. It is of singular rarity. The Tubingen edition of this year, as mentioned by Graesse, is in reality one of 1535, and he quotes only two other German editions; the present, consisting of seven and a half quires, and another of six quires, having the word in the title spelt " Adpellirenden." Two German quarto editions of 1530 are in the British Museum. A number of so-called 1530 editions contain also the "Apologia," but the manuscript of this was not finished and presented until September 22nd, and the Emperor at that date gave the Lutherans a delay of six months to conform to his views, during which time they were prohibited from writing, printing, or selling any- thing on the subject. Between June and September there would have been ample time to issue an edition or editions of the "Confession " itself, but as we know, the first authorized edition of the " Confessio " with the " Apologia " was issued in 1531, that is, after the six months prohibition had expired. Though the German and Latin first editions were most probably issued at the same time, the German may in one sense be called the Editio Princeps, since when the "Confession" was read both versions were prepared, but when the reader proposed to use the Latin version, the other was chosen, since few of the German princes could understand anything but their own language. The chief arbiter, the Emperor, knew little of either! A copy of the present edition is in the Bodleian, but we are unable to trace the whereabouts of any other. T 138 J. PEARSON & CO. Inserted is a holograph letter fro?n Me/anchfhon, to Hermann Huddeus, 3 Oct., 1559, in which he states: " 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 disposi- tion to pour out copious and sweet song is wholly the work of God, and a gift which God 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 foolish and I would rather not publish them 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 is pubUshed in " Melanchthonis Opera Omnia," edit. Bret- schneider, vol. ix, and was written but six months before his death. The two issues ^250 154 LUTHER. DIE BESCHWERUNGEN DES HAY- LIGEN R6. Key, und besonderlich gatz Teiitscher Nation vom Stiil zu Romun seiner anliagende Gaystlichait zu Worms im Reychaz tag des 1521. l^itle within woodcut border. 4 to. Black morocco extra. (1521) Editio Princeps, reprinted in Luther's " Gesammelte Schriften," vol. xv. No other copy of the Editio Princeps can at present be traced. The Diet of the Holy Roman Empire held at Worms early in 152 1 is best 5, PALL MALL PLACE 139 remembered by one of its episodes, the summons and appearance of Martin Luther. The publication of some of Luther's books had aroused the enmity of the Holy See, and a papal bull denouncing Luther and his works was pub- lished and numbers of his books burnt. Early in December 1520 Luther retaliated, and on the loth invited the students of Wittenberg to witness the "pious and religious spectacle" of the burning of the pontifical constitution and volumes of scholastic theology. On the lighted pyre Luther placed the Decretals, with other official documents, and finally the Pope's Bull with the words, " Because thou hast troubled the Holy One of God, so let eternal fire destroy thee." At the Diet of Worms the papal legate demanded the execu- tion of the Bull and the condemnation of Luther, and he was summoned to appear in April. He did not, however, receive fair trial, since he was not allowed to defend or prove any of his doctrines. All he was asked to do was to withdraw the doctrines which he had put forward in his works, but against this he made a firm stand. In spite of the attempts of many of the Electors and Princes, who, to a certain extent sympathized with Luther's views, Charles the Fifth finally allied himself with Rome, and Luther was condemned. On 25th April he was officially told that the time for his stay in Worms was ended, and that he was allowed twenty-one days' safe conduct to return home, but was forbidden to preach or write by the way. On 26th May Charles formally signed the Edict of Worms which condemned Luther and his doctrines. While the Reformers were aiming at a reform of doctrine in the Church, the great majority of the German people were opposed to the oppression of the Holy See, and were anxious for a reform of discipline. At almost every Diet a list of grievances against the papal administration of the Church was brought forward, though the matter rarely went further. When, after Alex- ander's speech in February 1521, Luther's trial was considered by the Diet, the Estates concluded their letter to the Emperor with a request that he would consider these grievances, and a commission for that purpose was accordingly formed and began its labours in March. These " Beschwerungen " were con- cerned with disciplinary, not doctrinal, reforms, and while many embodied Luther's practical complaints, Duke George of Saxony, a most orthodox prince, was a large contributor. From the lists given in by the various princes and rulers every grievance mentioned by more than one was entered and examined by the committee, and the finished document, which tabulated one 140 J PEARSON & CO. hundred of the principal grievances, was a bitter statement and full of the strongest opposition to Leo X and the Holy See. It was finally laid before the Emperor in Council at the beginning of May 1521, but without result, since Charles had on 8th May concluded an offensive and defensive alliance with the Pope. Luther's views in these "grievances" were generally shared throughout Germany, and there is no doubt that the neglect with which they were treated did much to strengthen Luther's position amongst the ordinary people, who, caring little about doctrine, merely looked upon him as a champion against the exactions of the PajDacy. When, a little later, at the Diet of Nuremberg in 1522-23, the papal legate inquired why the Edict of Worms against Luther and his followers had never been enforced, he was con- fronted with these hundred grievances which had also been brought forward at the Diet of Worms, and ignored. This side of the conflict between the German people and their demand for a Council, and the Papacy, became increasingly bitter, until it resulted in the long drawn-out Council of Trent. This volume appears to be excessively rare, the only bibliographer whom we find noting it is C. C. Hirsch in his Ust 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. No name of printer, place, or date, are given, but it was evidently printed after May 1521, when the document was laid before the Emperor in Council, and before the holding of the Diet of Nuremberg in 1522-23, when the "Centum Gravamina," 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 annou7icing his Coronation at Aixla-Chapelle. This letter is dated from Brussels 24th June 1520. The Emperor states that he has written to his Governor, Cardinal de Cortosa, from whom the Duke will have heard of his arrival in Flanders, prosperous journey, and good reception by the King and Queen. Has now reached Brussels, and is summoning the States of his dominions to make the necessary provisions for their peace and good govern- ment. Hopes to be in Aquisgrana (Aix-la-Chapelle) by the middle of Sept- ember for his coronation, and has summoned the Electors. The delay is necessary because of the distance they have to travel, especially the King of Bohemia, and because the King and Queen of England are to come and re- 5. PALL MALL PLACE 141 joice 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 utmost to enforce the commands of his Governor, Car- dinal 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 towns and cities that it may appear how contrary to the truth are the reports which have been circulated. Signed " Yo el Rey." LUTHER AND THE EDICT OF WORMS LUTHER. EDICT WIDER DEN LUTHER. Folio. Brown morocco extra. 1 5 2 1 Editio Princeps of this famous 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. In October 1517, he had nailed up his ninety-five theses on the door of the Castle Church at Wittenberg, and was in consequence summoned by the Pope to appear at Rome, though the place was changed to Augsburg, where he appeared before the Legate Cajetan, who demanded a recantation, without result. In 15 19, Luther held his controversy with Eck at Leipzig, a meeting which resulted in still further estrangement with Rome. In 1520, the Papal Bull against him was issued, which he publicly burnt, along with the Decretals at Wittenberg. The newly elected Emperor Charles V was pressed by the Pope to see the bull executed, and Luther was summoned to appear before the Diet of Worms on i6th April 1521. Between this date and the 26th, when he left Worms, he 142 J. PEARSON & CO. appeared several times at the Diet, but all efforts to make him retract were witliout avail, and in spite of the efforts of his friends, sentence was passed against him by Charles, and the Papal Legate Aleander was commissioned to prepare the Decree against him with the necessary explanations. When this was ready and translated into German, it was referred to a council, but through various delays had not been signed when the last sitting of the Diet was held on Saturday 25th May. After most of the princes and nobles had dispersed, Charles caused the finished Edict to be read, which was agreed to unanimously by those who still remained. On the following day it was signed in the Minster after Mass by the Emperor. One point about this edict is most curious and has given rise to a consider- able amount of controversy. Though it was actually signed on 26th May, it was ante-dated to the 8th. It appears not improbable that this may have been done to persuade the world that the edict had been issued while the Diet was still sitting. The words which occur in it " by virtue of the dignity, height, and authority of our Imperial office, and moreover with the unanimous advice and goodwill of our and the Holy Empire's Electors, Princes, and Estates now here assembled " though they would suit the 8th, would not suit the real date when the Diet had finished sitting. The date of a document is taken from the date of its official signing, in this case the 26th, so that this edict cannot properly be considered as an act of the Diet since it was produced after the last sitting had come to an end, and it seems clear that the date was altered to give to the document an official weight which it did not really possess. Luther had left Worms, a month before the edict was passed, on his return journey. The terms of his safe-conduct for twenty-one days were that he should neither preach nor write upon the way, but these terms, as soon as he thought himself fairly safe, he ignored. After preaching at Eisenach and Mohra, and on his way towards Gotha, he was seized on Saturday 4th May while passing through a wood and carried off to the Wartburg, an electoral fortress and castle near Eisenach. The imprisonment was a mock one, worked by the connivance of the Elector of Saxony to preserve Luther from his enemies. The real facts soon leaked out, his friends knew he was in friendly captivity and even the Papal Legate Aleander was soon in possession of the secret. Litde, however, could be done. Luther's books were burned in France and in London, but the Reformer was safe and his teaching spread- ing. In July, in a letter to Leo X, the Archbishop of Mainz wrote, " Day by 5, PALL MALL PLACE 143 day, in spite of the efforts of all good men, of the Bull of your Blessedness, and the Edict of the Emperor against Martin and his accomplices, the forces of the Lutherans increase." Though Charles was willing to aid the Pope in suppressing Protestantism some political emergency arose and engaged his attention. As soon as the Edict of Worms was passed Charles went off to the Italian wars and did not again set foot in Germany until the Council of Augsburg in 1530. So far as Luther was concerned the Edict of Worms was almost a dead letter. LUTHER. HISTOIRE DES VIES ET FAITS de Trois Excellens Personnages, premiers restaurateurs de I'Evangile, en ces derniers temps: a scavoir, De Martin Luther, par Philippe Melancthon. De Ian Ecolampade, par Vuolfgag Faber Capito, & Simon Grynel. De Huld- RiCH ZviNGLE, par Osvaldus Myconius. Le tout traduit nouvellement de Latin en Fran9ois, & mis en lumiere. Sm. 8vo. Old French green morocco. S. I. \Genevci\ 1562 These lives of the three Reformers are important as being written by their friends and contemporaries. Luther's life was written by his follower, Melanch- thon, the most learned though not the strongest among the reformers, of whom it was said that he passed all his life seeking religion, and never finding it. Luther died in 1546, and his biography, in Latin, appears to have been first printed at Erfurt in 1548. Besides the life there is an account of Luther's speeches at Worms, and the oration and prayers delivered by Melanchthon at his funeral. The second life, that of Johann Hausschein or Oecolampadius, who died in 1531, is by two friends, Simon Trynaeus, a celebrated theologian, who after being Professor of Greek at Heidelberg, came for a time to England and later worked for the Reformation in Swabia, and Wolfgang Faber Capito, a minister of Strasburg and very intimate with both Oecolampadius and Bucer 144 J. PEARSON & CO. with whom he attended many councils. He made many attempts to reconcile the differences in the reformed church on the question of the Sacrament. Both Trynaeus and Capito died of the plague in 1541, the first at Basle, the second at Strasburg. Their life of Oecolampadius was first published as a preface to that writer's " Commentarius in prophetam Ezechielem," printed by M. Apiarius at Strasburg in 1534. The last life, that of Ulrich Zwingli, who died, like Oecolampadius in 1531, is by Oswald Myconius or Zeisshiissler, the " Reformer of Weimar," originally a Franciscan who later in life came to England for the purpose of attempting to force Lutheran opinions upon the English Church. This life, written in the form of a letter to Agathius Beroniensis, was written from Basle, where Myconius was the leading preacher, in 1532. Though Luther, Oecolampadius, and Zwingli are here classed together, it must be remembered that the first represents Protestant Germany, the two latter Protestant Switzerland, and after the Conference of Marburg in 1529, the two countries absolutely divided on the question of the Eucharist, and the Continental supporters of the reformation were split into two hostile parties, the Lutherans and the Reformed Church. This book, printed at Geneva and under Calvin's censorship, naturally represents the latter. The present edition is very rare mid no copy appears to he in the British ATuseum. The present copy was formerly in Heber's Collection. A former owner's religious opinions are clear from the lettering on the back of the binding : "Histoire des Heret." 158 LUTHER. HOLOGRAPH LETTER from Joachim Frederick, Margrave of Brandenberg, to yt?^^/^;;/ Ernest, Prince of A nhalt. 1578. " Gracious and well-beloved Cousin, Brother and Godfather (Kinsman), As your Highness asked me a short while ago, when you sent me the declaration (or manifesto) of those theologians' concerning the Concord ^ The manifesto of theologians. — This refers to the assembly of reformed divines convoked in 1577 by John Casimir, Prince Palatine, at Frankfort-on- Main, in order to annul and reject the Form of Concord. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 145 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 contrary to those in the authoritative syi?ibolical books -.^ 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 (omni- presence). 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 anti- theses,' and denounces them. It deals with them fundamentally (thoroughly) and decisively by means of controversial articles, from the Holy Scriptures and the authoritative symbolical books, and from the doctrinal and contro- ^ The Concord or Berg Book, the last of the symbolical books of the Lutheran Church drawn up by order of the Elector Augustus of Saxony in 1577 as a revision of the Book of Torgau, 1576. The Concord Book was drawn up and composed by Jacob Andreae, Martin Chemnitz, Nie Selneccer, Andreas Musculus, Christopher Cornerus, and David Chytraeus, with the object of terminating the controversies of the Lutheran Church which raged after the death of Luther, and to preserve that Church against the influence of the Swiss reformers. The Form of Concord was the first part of the Concord Book (see note 4). ■ Berg, or Klosterberg, near Magdeburg. ^ By the term Symbolis or Symbolical Books the Lutherans designated certain books containing their articles of faith and rules of discipline. * The Book of Concord, or Berg Buch, was divided into two parts (i) The Form of Concord was an epitome containing in eleven articles the declaration of the extreme Lutheran party concerning controversial questions. The orthodox view of these controversial points was stated in {he. Affirmation, and the opposed view which was rejected and held up to condemnation was embodied in the Negatio?i or Antithesis. (2) The Solid a Declaratio, was the Concord Book of Torgau with all the amendments and revisions added at Berg, in which the position of the parties was stated, and the anathema pronounced U 146 J. PEARSON & CO. versial writings of Luther. They (the theologians), therefore, betray the fact that they impugn the doctrine of Luther and his irrefutable argument against all kinds of Salvationists,^ and thereby not only do they attack this Berg Book but also Luther's writings. Your Highness will be able to see from the en- closed pamphlets that Doctor Luther held the same conception of the Person and Majesty of Christ as the Berg Book. Hem they justify the syner- gia," 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, (juitc nakedly and without explanation which the calumnists use as the most captious argument against the presence of the body of Christ in the Sacra- ment,^ 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 himself to be taken prisoner, suffer, die and allow himself to be buried, an argument which is satisfactorily explained in the afore-mentioned Form of Concord from the writings of Luther. Item they pretend that the only object with which this Berg Book was conceived, was to obscure Philip [Melanchthon] 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 pro- pounded norma doctrinae are rejected, but warning is only given against all kinds against all who inclined to the teaching of the Reformers on the subject of the Eucharist and the presence of Christ in the elements, and other doctrines. By Salvationists were meant those who put forward the necessity of good works for the attainment of everlasting salvation, whereas, the extreme Lutherans, headed by Amsdorf, declared that salvation could not be obtained by man, that he was unable to take part in his own salvation, which was purely a matter of grace. The Synergia, from the Greek word meaning co-operation, a doctrine maintaining that the co-operation of the human will with divine grace was necessary for the attainment of salvation. ' The great controversy of Transubstantiation then raging in Germany. Peucer, the son-in-law of Melanchthon, was thrown into prison by the Elector of Saxony for denying the real presence of Christ in the elements of the Eucharist. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 147 of corruption and men are exhorted to read everything cum Judido, and to adjust everything according to the correct fiorma. But that PhiUp, of blessed memory, should be regarded as suspect by many on account of some of his discourses, that was not the motive which prompted the authors 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 am- biguous words which the Sacramentarians ' have adopted in defence of their views and have made use of, as I have shown your Highness in the transcript which I am forwarding, in which words he is said to have departed from the right Form, so that now your Highness can place the matter before the theo- logians and demand 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 Philip in those writings in which he has rightly taught, then they would be in agreement with the 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 moment, and, because this Book, is in principle, conformable 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 Highness will probably remember having ' The Sacramentarians, so designated by the Lutherans, were those who denied the real presence of Christ in the Sacrament. 148 J. PEARSON & CO. heard by word of mouth from us the feelings they manifest against us, which I, acting upon your Highness's own request and from a loyal regard, did not wish to conceal, I am at all times ready to show the same cousinly and friendly goodwill. Given at Halle, March 9th of the year 78 " (1578). {Sig?ied) "Joachim Friderich, Marggraf zu Brandeburgk. & E. L. gebreuer vetter, bruder unnd gevalter. Manu propria scripsit." (Joachim Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg and your Highness's loyal cousin, brother and godfather (or kinsman). Written by my own hand.) In the left-hand bottom corner of the last page of this letter is zvritten — "My gracious and beloved consort sends your Highness and consort many loving greetings, and I beseech your Highness to be good enough to give all • good greetings to my dear cousin. Your Highness's Consort, and to salute her in optima forma^ on my behalf." Addressed — "To the Highborn Prince, our gracious and beloved Cousin, Brother and (Godfather) Kinsman, the Lord Joachim Ernst, Prince of Anhalt, Lord of Ascanien, Lord of Zerbst and Bernburg. To be handed to his Highness in person, and to none other." The Concord Book was recognized and accepted by the Elector of Saxony, the Elector of Brandenburgh, the Elector Palatine, and by 20 Duchies, 24 Counties, and 35 Cities of the Empire. It was rejected by the Princes of Hesse, of Zweibriicken, of Anhalt, of Pomerania, of Holstein, by Denmark, Sweden, and by 20 Cities of the Empire. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 149 159 LUTHER. HOZYUSZ (STANISLAW). THE HATCHET OF HERESIES. Translated out of Latin into Englyshe by Richard Shacklock. 8vo. Blue morocco. Aegidius Diest. Antwerp 1565 Secretly printed at Antwerp and of the greatest rarity. On the recto of the second leaf is a curious allegorical woodcut of Bishop Hozyusz confronting the devil, " weary of whipping Luther and Calvine.'' The tree of heresy stands between Luther and Calvin, which the bishop is about to attack with his hatchet. The original cause of this book was the publication of an attack on P. de Soto by Johann Brenz, encouraged by P. P. Vergerius. Stanislaw Hozyusz, bishop of Worms, wrote an answer entitled " Verae Christianae Catholicaeque Doctrinae solida Propugnatio," which was issued at Antwerp in 1559 and at Paris and Cologne in 1560. The first section of the book, entitled " De origine haeresium nostri temporis," of which the present work is a translation, was separately printed at Louvain and Paris in 1559. Richard Shacklock, the translator, was educated at Cambridge, and became M.A. and Fellow of Trinity in 1559. His strong devotion to the Catholic faith was the cause of his leaving England, and he settled at Louvain, where he studied civil law. His literary output was very small. He published a translation of the letter of Osorio de Fonseca to Q. Elizabeth [" A Pearl for a Prince "], printed by Ae. Diest at Antwerp, 1565, and also wrote a Latin Epitaph on Bishop Cuthbert Scot, which was translated into English and answered by Thomas Drant. The date of his death is unknown. The printer, Gillis van Diest (probably the first of the name, and not the second as Mr. Sayle suggests) printed certain English books (all of the greatest rarity) at Antwerp during the years 1563, 1564, and 1565; the Antwerp printing of controversial books passing in the succeeding year to John Fowler, a refugee from Bristol. 150 J. PEARSON & CO. 1 60 LUTHER. DAS NEU TESTAMENT. Folio. Aforocco extra, very richly tooled. \_Augsburg?\^ \_Silvan Ottmar.'] [1522 or 1523] A SUPERB COPY OF A VERY EARLY AND HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED EDITION. On his way home from the Diet of Worms, where he had been put on trial for his opinions, Luther, soon after leaving Mohra, was captured by some armed horsemen, servants of the Elector of Saxony, and carried to the Wart- burg, an Electoral fortress near Eisenach. This friendly capture was made to protect Luther from his enemies, and while in retirement he applied himself to the great undertaking of translating the Scriptures into German. Shortly after leaving the Wartburg in March 1522, Luther wrote to Spalatin, "I translated not only John's Gospel, but the whole of the New Testament in my Patmos, but Melanchthon and I have now begun to revise the whole of it, and it will, by the blessing of God, do us credit." The complete version was finished and in the printer's hands by May, and in September the first edition is stated to have been issued from the press of Melchior Lotter at Wittenberg, followed by a second edition in December. Though these were the first com- plete editions, several of the books are said to have been printed off separately and issued slightly earlier. During the years immediately following the issue of the first edition a certain number of new editions were printed, many of them without date or name of printer. This is perhaps due to the vigorous measures taken by the enemies of the Reformation to prevent the circulation of Luther's version. The more learned adversaries attacked it on the literary side, and also called in the aid of the civil authorities to assist them. Duke George of Saxony forbade its use and destroyed many copies, besides punishing the booksellers who sold them, and many other distinguished princes, the Elector Frederick and Ferdinand of Austria issued edicts against its use. This edition, which has no note of date, place, or pri?iter, appears to be from the press of Silvan Ottmar, who worked at Augsburg between 15 13 and 1533. The book is finely printed, with large handsome woodcut initials at the commencement of each book containing figures of the evangelists and apostles. On the title- 5, PALL MALL PLACE 151 page is a fine woodcut engraved by Hans Schaufflein of a crucifix in the clouds with the saints and martyrs at the sides, and notable persons of the Old and New Testament kneeling below. Schaufflein, born at Nuremberg in 1490, was a famous designer on wood and a great illustrator of books, the most famous being the allegorical poem of Tewrdannckhs. He died at Nordlingen in 1540. The Apocalypse is illustrated with nine large woodcuts by Hans Burgmair the elder, a native of Augsburg. Burgmair, though a designer, does not appear to have engraved his own blocks. His best known work is the " Triumphs of Maximilian," of which he was part designer, and which was left unfinished at his death in 1531. The present series for the Apocalypse would appear to be also unfinished since it drops short at the ninth chapter. This editmi appears to be of excessive rarity. It is not in the British Museum^ nor is it tnentioned in a?iy of the catalogues of noteivorthy collections of Bibles. The only bibliographers who cite it are Panzer, and from him Graesse. ^200 161 LUTHER. DAT NYE TESTAMENT. Mit Nven Summarien . . . dorch Johaniiem Bugenhagen. 8vo. Morocco extra, very richly tooled. Hans Luft, Wittenberg, 1530 Bugenhagen's Low-German revision of Luther's "Testament." The first two editions of Luther's New Testament were published towards the end of 1522, and during the following few years a number of new editions appeared. Luther had gathered round him at Wittenberg a number of learned men to assist him in the preparation of his version of the Old Testament which was issued in portions from 1523 onwards, though not published in a com- plete form until 1534, and to help him in amending and improving what had already been issued. One of the most important of these revisers was John Bugenhagen, sometimes called from his native district Pomeranus. Born in June 1485 in the island of WoUin, he was educated at Griefswald and became rector of the school at Treptow. He became a convert to Luther's teachings somewhat rapidly, for he is stated to have said on reading Luther's tract on the "Babylonian Captivity," published in 1521, "the author of this book is the most pestilent heretic that ever infested the church of Christ," an opinion 152 J. PEARSON & CO. which he changed after a second reading to "the whole world is blind and involved in Cimmerian darkness, and this man alone sees the truth." After joining the reformers he became a preacher and theological professor at Wit- tenberg, and later journeyed to Brunswick, Hamburg, Lubeck, and Copen- hagen to spread the reformed doctrines and regulate the churches. He died in April 1558. He was the author of many theological works, and also wrote a history of Pomerania. Bugenhagen's chief work was the rendering of the Scriptures into the Low Saxon dialect, and the complete Bible, to which he added a Preface, short notes and summaries, was issued in 1533-4. Previous to this he issued separate editions of the Pentateuch and the New Testament. Hans Lufft, the printer, is well known to bibliographers, not only on ac- count of the books he printed, but on account of a number of books in English bearing his name which he certainly did not print. He was the most prolific of the Lutheran printers, and issued books and tracts continuously at Witten- berg between. 1 523 and 1546, including many editions of the Scriptures. The present edition, besides an engraved title-page wath figures of Christ crucified between the two thieves below an ornamental arch, has twelve plates of the evangelists and writers of the Epistles prefixed to the various books, and a series of twenty-six 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 after the designs of Lucas Cranach, the celebrated drawer on wood, who lived for a time at Wittenberg. An editiofi of the greatest rarity. It is not in the British Museum, and the Bible Society has on/y the reprint (9/1534. ^120 162 LYALL (EDNA). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (SIGNED) of her very famous novel "DONOVAN" Quite complete. 546 pages, folio. 2 vols. Elite morocco extra. " Donovan " was the first important novel written by " Edna Lyall," and her second book. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 153 The manuscript is also corrected throughout by the authoress. This novel "dealt with her religious beliefs and spiritual experiences. The book won the admiration of Gladstone, who wrote to Miss Bayly (the correct name of the authoress) in 1883 of its first volume as ' a very delicate and refined work of art.' " ^150 163 LYTTON (SIR E. BULWER), the famous Novelist AN IMPORTANT SERIES OF 54 AUTOGRAPH LET- TERS, SIGNED, BEING THE ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE OF Lytton with Lady Morgan between the years 1826 and 1853- Of the fifty-four letters the following may be briefly noted: Z'?^/^//^, Sept. 4th 1826. "... I dont know whether it is lawful for authors to do such things. But as you are not likely to meet with my book elsewhere, perhaps you will accept it from myself," etc. Probably referring to his volume of poems " Weeds and Wild Flowers," published in 1825. Ciraveti) Cottage^ Aug. 7 1840. "... I continue very ill — the worse, I think, for the Cheltenham Waters and am going to Wiesbaden. . . ." Owing to excessive industry his health broke down at this time. Portman Sq. 1840. ". . . I am very much obliged to you for allowing me the consolation of thinking my play may have beguiled a weary hour. ... I have been severely unwell, but am better," etc. 1840. "I hope for ever by the great Bentley the Phalaris not of New Burlington Street. . . ." 1840. Praising Lady Morgan's book. "I hear it most highly spoken of and look forward with much pleasure and interest to the quiet enjoyment of it at my Cottage," etc. X 154 J. PEARSON & CO. 25 May 1 84 1. Enquiring for the name of an Italian gentleman whom he heard sing at Lady Morgan's house. Lincoln, 21 June 1841. "Your letter finds me in a committee room. Babel around me. ... It is a most severe contest here. In this district Ministers are at a terrible discount." Referring to the Election in which Lytton lost his seat. 2 pages, Svo, 6 May 1844. "You are as usual, most amiable in your allusions to Schiller." Lytton's " Poems and Ballads translated from Schiller " was published in 1844. Great Malvern, 31 July 1844. "Your agreeable letter found me convers- ing with you — at least in Print. I have just been renewing an old acquaint- ance with the charming ' Florence Macarthy!' . . . and what a relaxation it proved amidst the chilling rigours of the Water Cure. What a beautiful novel it really is," etc. 1844. Praising the memory of Sir Chas. Morgan who had recently died. " I have not turned to Epictetus for many long years. I shall now open his Stoic pages with a more reverent feeling." 1844. " I seldom look at a newspaper when out of town, in total darkness as to Henry's collision with Mr. Cochrane," etc. 1844. " Disraeli's book seems very clever and brilliant, and I always liked him so much, during the time in which we were thrown together that I feel unaffected sympathy in his success. Your old friend Croker must find the lashes he received at your fair hands, smart again under the Conhigsby discipline." Also relative to a riverside cottage he wishes to sell. 30 Aug. 1846. "I am not surprised at the warm reception the Irish meets with. I have not yet had the volume but shall no doubt on returning to town. I am not a little proud that the preface was partially composed at Knebworth." 7 Nov. 1850. "The Report in the Morning Post was an absurd election- eering exaggeration." Relative to his deafness and health. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 155 1 85 1. He is leaving England but he requested Bentley to send T,ady Morgan a copy of his " Harold." 1854. " Disraeli and Milman ought to play into each other very prettily. The theologian of the jews and the Jew among the historians. That was a splendid idea of Dis's by the way that the cleverest Jesuits were disguised Jews! What rogues he makes them." 1855. "I am chained by tyrannical business and early in October I pro- pose going abroad for the winter," etc. The whole inlaid to a uniform size and bound into a folio volume, green morocco. The letters are enriched by the addition of Sir Thomas Law- rence's EXQUISITE Original Drawing for his famous portrait of Lady Morgan. ^400 164 MAIDMENT. A BOOK OF SCOTISH PASQUILS, 1 568-1 715. Many head and tailpieces. 2 vols, 8vo. Blue morocco extra, gilt top, uncut. Edinburgh, 1868 Printed upon Vellum. Unique (?). 165 MADAME DE MAINTENON AND CHRISTIAN PERFECTION MAINTENON (MME. DE). Married to Louis XIV in 1684. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANU- SCRIPT, SIGNED, of her entirely unpublished " DIS- COURS SUR LA PERFECTION CHRETIENNE TIRE DE PLUSIEURS AUTRES " (Auteurs). Quite Complete, comprising 144 pages in all. Sm. 8vo. The binding is 156 J. PEARSON & CO. French red morocco stamped with the Du Plessis arms. L. A. M. Gitton Du Plessis was a collector living at Blois. He collected early printing and bind- ings and had some interesting manuscripts. This exceedingly important manuscript is preceded by a holograph letter (signed with her parafe) from Mme. de Maintenon to Mademoiselle de Monchy. 4 pages. The manuscript is immediately followed by another in a different hand- writing (probably by the recipient of the above — Mademoiselle de Monchy) entitled: Ordre du Jour. This covers 10 pages. In her letter of Dedication the Marquise de Maintenon says : " I will send you Mademoiselle, a book entitled ' Perfection Chretienne ' " (the present Manuscript). Etc., etc. This charming little Unpublished Devotional Book, which is signed no less than twelve times with the Maintenon parafe, was written by Madame de Maintenon whilst living at St. Cyr. Frangoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon, was one of the most striking and interesting figures in the Court circle of Louis Quatorze. After a strange childhood, for she was born in a prison, lived some time in Martinique, and was orphaned at seven, she married at the age of seventeen Scarron the comic dramatist. For nine years, from 1651 to 1660, she nursed him with the greatest care and entertained the literary society which frequented his house. Soon after his death she was appointed by Mme. de Montespan, the King's mistress, as governess to his children, and gradually growing in favour with the King she succeeded to Mme. de Montespan's position. She was always a friend to the Queen, and not long after the latter's death, was privately married to the King in the presence of Pere la Chaise. Always of a devotional nature she founded the institution of St. Cyr for the education of poor but well-born girls, which the King endowed in 1686 with the funds of the Abbey of St. Denis. This school was the great work of her life, and after the death of the King in 17 15 she retired there and passed her remaining years in great seclusion. She was a voluminous letter writer, and besides keeping in touch with her old friends wrote many letters of religious and moral advice to her former pupils of St. Cyr. Late in life she appears to have written small devo- tional books for her own use, and in this case made a present of one of them to a particular friend. As is clear from the introductory letter the work was not a compilation of her own, but unfortunately, she gives no clue either to 5, PALL MALL PLACE 157 the author of the original book, or to the identity of the great lady who furnished the text. For whom the manuscript was actually written it is impossible now to determine. The family of De Monchy was one of some distinction in Picardy, though no member rose to great eminence. Many of its men were soldiers, and many of its women religious. Andre de Monchy Seigneur de Senarport, who married in 1655, had two daughters, Louise-Charlotte- AngeUque and Jeanne. Raoul de Monchy, Seigneur de Moimont, who married in 1678, also had two daughters. Bertrand Andre de Monchy, Marquis de Montcavrel, was likewise blessed with two daughters, one of whom died in 1715, Abbess of the Abbaye aux Bois. Madame de Maintenon states in the prefatory letter that the book consists of extracts from another work compiled by a man distinguished for his "merite" and "noblesse," made by a friend of the writer's, a lady "de tres grande qualite," who had allowed her to make another copy to be sent to Mile, de Monchy who is particularly asked not to show it to anyone else. The main part consists of the " Discours sur la perfection chretienne " which is followed by some other miscellaneous Reflexions. At the end of the letter and various sections of the book is the paraph or cypher of Madame de Main- tenon, and under the first is written, probably by Mile, de Monchy, " I am delighted to find your name on this book." ^200 166 MARLBOROUGH (JOHN CHURCHILL), the Great Duke. HIS ORIGINAL LETTERS TO GEORGE I, relative to the War of the Spanish Succession in the Low Countries. A most precious and remarkable Series of Nineteen War Letters from the " Great " Duke of Marlborough, principally addressed to George I (when Elector of Hanover), written during the progress of the War of the Spanish Succession in the Low Countries. They date from 1704 to 1714. There are also extremely important War Letters of Charles III and Philip V of Spain, Queen Anne (her Sign Manual to the Original Proclamation for a 158 J. PEARSON & CO. Public Thanksgiving commemorative of the Victory at Blenheim), and Prince Eugene of Savoy {Marlborough's colleague). Besides these the collection comprises Letters of Elizabeth Christine (Consort of Charles III of Spain), Queen Anne (to the Count Palatine of the Rhine), the Princesse des Ursins, Lord Godolphin, Lord Cholmondeley, St. John Bolingbroke, Addison (the Essayist), Sir Cloudesley Shovell, and Lord Stanhope. In all there are thirty-eight letters and historical documents. These letters, etc., are inlaid atid bound in morocco extra forming a splendid folio volume. 167 QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE PRINCE CONSORT MARTIN (SIR THEODORE). The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. Portraits and plates. First edition of each volume. 5 vols., 8vo. Original cloth. 1875-1880 The unique presentation copy from the Queen to R. Lohlein, the Prince Consorfs devoted personal attendaiit. Each volume bears an inscription in the autograph of Her Majesty, in every instance covering the whole of the page : " R. Lohlein with the kindliest feelings from his life-long patron Victoria." The first volume being published before Her Majesty was proclaimed Empress of India, she has signed the inscription as Queen; in the other four volumes Her Majesty signed as Queen-Empress. These five volumes have been greatly cared for and are in spotless preservation. .^80 See Illustration ^ ^ ^ d ii i ,ci^ ^ r^ /V.^ .^^^ ^. I ft; 5, PALL MALL PLACE 159 168 MARY I AND LENTEN CEREMONIES IN HER PRIVATE CHAPEL. MARY L HER ROYAL SIGN MANUAL '' MARYE THE QUENE" to the ORIGINAL ORDER for " Oone (one) yerde of purple Vellat (velvet) to be employed about our Paulmes on Pauline Sundaye next. And for the tryniyng (trimming) of Brushes for the Washing of Aulters in our Chapell " to be delivered unto Robert Basset Ser- geant of the Vestry. On vellum. Palace at Westminster, 2^th March 1557. With a fine impression of the Queen's seal intact. Countersigned by Thos. Thirlby, Bishop of Ely and Privy Councillor. Addressed to Sir Edwarde Walgrave {i.e. Waldegrave) " Master of our greate Guarderobe." Church of England documents of this nature are of the greatest rarity. The present bears a superb example of Queen Mary's signature — one of the finest and boldest we have ever seen. The palms, in the service, were blessed by a priest, after exorcism, with prayer and holy-water, then censed and distributed, first to the Clergy, then the men, finally to the women. Meanwhile the choir sang the anthem Pueri Hebraeorum. Then a procession was formed which passed through the churchyard to the western door in the follov/ing order : First two thurifers and the boat-bearer, secondly the cross-bearer with two acolytes, and then in succession the choir boys, the choir men, the cantors, the ceremonarius, the deacon and the sub- deacon, and finally the priest celebrant. It was customary in this procession to carry the cross veiled and with palm branches attached, and perhaps it was for this veil that the velvet was required which would necessarily for the i6o J. PEARSON & CO season between Septuagesima and Easter be purple. As regards the brushes no reference can be traced in an Enghsh book, but in that very rare work, Myller's " Ornatus Ecclesiasticus," printed at Munich in 1591, there is a plate showing six different brushes for church use with descriptions. They are of four kinds. The first two are made of twigs, strong or fine, for brushing the pavements and carpets; the third kind are of fine peeled twigs or bristles, for cleaning vestments and hangings. The fourth, for cleaning the altars and ornaments, are to be of foxes' or martens' tails. The Sir Edward Waldegrave, to whom the order is addressed, had been attached to the Princess Mary's household, and was committed to the Fleet Prison in 1551 for refusing to enforce the order of the Privy Council by preventing the celebration of Mass at Mary's residence. There he fell sick and was provisionally released. On Mary's accession he was highly favoured, made a Privy Councillor and Master of the Great Wardrobe. During the reign he received large grants of land and various honours, but after the Queen's death was deprived of his employments, and shortly afterwards sent to the Tower, where he died in 1561. Thomas Thirlby, who countersigned the document, holds the unique honour of having been Bishop of Westminster, appointed to that new bishopric by Henry VIII in 1540. In 1550 he was made Bishop of Norwich. He was a strong opponent of Protestant innova- tions, and was made by Mary Bishop of Ely in 1554. Refusing to take the oath of supremacy to Elizabeth he was deposed, and for preaching against the Reformed religion was imprisoned. He died in 1570. This document is dated 25 March, the third and fourth year of our reign, that is the third year of Philip and the fourth of Mary, so that it was signed on New Year's Day 1557. In August 1555 Philip had left England for the Continent, and after his departure Mary lived much in seclusion. At length, on March 20 1557, five days before this document was signed, he returned to England, and on the 21st the King and Queen attended in State a mass in the palace chapel at Greenwich, and orders were issued for the Te Deum to be sung in the churches throughout the country. On the 23rd there was a royal progress through the City. J^or a year a fid a half Mary had bee ft ffioitrfiing her husbafid^s absence, afid the boldfiess of the sigfiaiitre to the present documefit is perhaps a mark of her relieved viifid. £iSo 5, PALL MALL PLACE i6i 169 MARY STUART. LA MORT DE LA ROYNE D'ECOSSE, Douairiere de France. Ou est contenu le vray discours de la procedure des Anglois a I'execution d'icelle, la constant and Royalle resolution de la maieste defuncte: . . , Deus iniqui insurrexerunt super me, & synagoga potentiii quaesierunt animam meam, & non pro- posuerunt te in conspectu suo. With a woodcut of a Calvaire at the end of the leaf " Au Lecteur." i6mo. Blue morocco extra. {IVithout printer s na?ne or place) 1589 One of the rarest books relative to Queen Mary. Secretly Printed. This edition is most probably the first issue of this famous book — the colophon being dated 1588. It appears to be the production of a different printer from any of the other described editions. The " Calvaire " occurs in all, but in this is of an entirely different design. Scott's Bibliography, No. 179. Mr. Scott could never, however, obtain a copy for his own collection. This precious little volume belonged to H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex and contains his ex-libris. The Duke (a son of George III) was eighth in direct descent from Queen Mary. .^80 170 MAZARINADES. LA FAMINE PAR LE SIEUR DE LAVALISE; La Derniere Souppe a I'Ognon pour Mazarin; Ballet Dance devant le Roy et la Reine Regent sa Mere; Plainte du Carnaval et de la Foire S. Germain. 8vo. Red morocco. Paris, 1649 [1854] This is THE ONLY COPY PRINTED ON VELLUM. Inserted is an a. I. s. of Cardinal Mazarin. ^ pages, 8vo. 2^ July 1657. Y i62 J. PEARSON & CO. 171 MEYERBEER (GIACOMO). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED TWICE, of his composition: " LE JARDIN DU CCEUR," Paroles de Henri Blaze, Musiqiie de Giacomo Meyerbeer. Chanson pour voix de soprano av. accomp. de piano. Quite complete. ^ pa£-es, {olio. "Superbe piece ecrite sur du papier de luxe avec bordure en or. Elle est signee deux fois, una fois au titre, puis a la fin, Giacomo Meyerbeer, 16 dec. 47." — Duprez Catalogue. 172 MICHELANGELO (BUONARROTI). HOLO- GRAPH LETTER SIGNED. \ page, \\.o. December 26, 1521. Holograph letters are of superlative rarity. Formerly in the famous Bovet collection. ^175 See Illustration 173 MILLAIS (SIR JOHN EVERETT). AN IMPORT- ANT COLLECTION OF 38 HOLOGRAPH LET- TERS, SIGNED. Together with 5 holograph letters of his wife (Euphemia Chalmers, daughter of George Gray of <U cvi ^ J^, Cncvan^ ti^^1MtYllOYofier^'iu(fSh' Qam^^iCo ■p'J^Ce-^ feSh^J^ , (yMy de^ro ee(^^C-ito <^^^h-' Jmit- tJ[tfh' fefff <Iuc<aW Jia^re ♦WA/- •'^a e-TTMv^ ^-AVufTV- ew-vdnnt^^t 172. Michai-.i-ani;llo iLT-* .'% trc -.. k ^il. ^>»«/». tt—A**. »-.Jl-<. ^»^ nt>-^ **^* -^ ^ . Nt^n^ V-y^v^ .^■^.CZ:^^ ^^Ji^l^' .^j y-'—?' B _^/Cl-I^ C'^^i./'-^-^t'-^-' ^ >^^ (^ 5, PALL MALL PLACE 163 Bowerswell, Perth), 2 holog-raph letters (signed) of Wil- liam H. Millais, brother of Sir John, and one of Mrs. Tennyson, wife of the Poet Laureate, 46 letters in all. The whole inlaid to a uniform folio size and boimd in green morocco extra, gilt leaves. These letters are addressed to Ernest Gambart, Millais' publisher; Payne, Hills, S. Mendell, Lady Anglesea, to Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, Lord Ronald Gower, etc., and date from 1859 to i88g. The majority of this interesting correspondence is addressed to Gambart, and relates to Millais' most famous paintings, portraits, and pictures. Among the pictures referred to are "Over the Hills and Far away," "The Huguenot" (painted in 1856, which is now in the Birmingham Art Gallery), "Helen Petrie," " The Young Ladies' Instructor," etc. Among the portraits noticed are those of Mr. Gladstone, Millais' masterpiece — (the letters addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone being on the subject of the portrait). Lord Lytton, the Duchess of Westminster, and Mr. Grote. There is also an interesting letter from Millais, relative to the illness of Sir Edwin Landseer, and containing his opinion that if he (Landseer) died, his remains should be interred in Westminster Abbey or St. Paul's Cathedral. References to book illustration also occur. The letters are illustrated with portraits of the artist and proof impressions of his book-illustrations. This is the sole Correspondence of this eminent artist knowti to us. 174 MILLET (J. FRANgOIS). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, 3 pages, 4to; Paris, June i, 1838. Addressed to Monsieur Le Marquand. A superb letter, in which he speaks of his failure to secure the Prix de Rome. His professor, who he at first imagined had something to do with his dcfi-at because of his absence for some time, gave instructions the next day that he. i64 J. PEARSON & CO. Millet, was to be sent to him as soon as possible. The professor sympathized with him and encouraged him to remain with him, and stated that he could do so free of charge, and he would assist him to gain the next year's " Prix." Millet states that at first he was determined not to enter again for the prize, but upon second thoughts considers that determination foolish, and states " why should I renounce the pleasure of dreaming among those beauti- ful ruins where we shall see, walking in the twilight, the long-draped majestic forms coming again to think over the affairs of the Senate with one of these forms conducting us." Millet has here draivti a sketch of the scene illustrating this impression. The painter and his companion — the former with his artisfs materials under his arm — are seen listeni?ig to a re-incarnated Senator, who is poititi?ig to a ruin l>ehifid which a procession of Senators appears. Millet closes his letter by a request that his friend will be careful not to mention to anyone the fact that he is remaining with his professor free of charge. This is a highly important and probably the finest letter of Milk fs extant. It was written at the period of his studies in Paris under Delaroche, and refers to his competing for the famous Prix de Rome. The name of the kindly professor is not given, but it was, in fact, Paul Delaroche. This letter is also a direct refutation of the account given in his Hfe by Julia Cartwright of the famous artist's endeavour to win the coveted Prix de Rome. The account in that work is given as follows: "He (Millet) was at his wits' end for money, and at one time he had to give up going to Delaroche's atelier for want of means to pay the yearly fee of loo francs. " The master missed him from his accustomed place and sent him word to come and see him. Millet obeyed. ' Why do you never come to the atelier now?' the painter asked in a friendly tone. 'Because, sir, I am unable to pay the fees,' replied Millet. ' Never mind that ! ' replied Delaroche. ' I do not wish you to leave. Come all the same, and I will speak to Poisson (the porter of the studio). Only say nothing about it to the other fellows, and draw just what you like — big subjects, figures, studies, whatever you fancy. I like to see your work; you are not like the rest of them ; and then I wish to speak to you about some work in which you can be of use to me.' " Millet was touched by this unexpected kindness on the painter's part, and 5, PALL MALL PLACE 165 went back to the atelier. But the historical compositions in academic style that were then in fashion seemed to him every day more wearisome. An artist of his power could not fail to produce striking work; but in the conventional figures and heavy sombre colouring of Millet's compositions at that period, it was difficult to discern the germ of his future greatness. Still he persevered, and in the summer of 1838 he entered the lists for the Prix de Rome. The originality of his composition attracted Delaroche's notice and pricked the master's conscience, for he had already promised to use his interest on behalf of one of his favourite pupils, a student named Roux ; so he sent for Millet and said to him : " 'You wish to win the Prix de Rome ? ' " ' Certainly,' replied Millet, ' or I should not have entered my name.' "'Your composition is very good,' said Delaroche ; 'but I must tell you that I am anxious to see Roux nominated this time. Next year I will promise to use all my influence on your behalf.' "This frank declaration was enough for Millet He left Delaroche's atelier for good, and determined never again to look to others for help or advance- ment, but to rely solely on his own efforts." There is no autograph of this famous Frenchman in the British Museum, and the present is believed to be the finest that has occurred for sale. See Illustration 175 MILTON'S PROSE WORKS (EDITIONES PRIN- CIPES OF). This is the finest collection in the World of the FIRST EDITIONS of Milton's Prose Works. It consists of 43 volumes and was brought together by a devoted ad- mirer who, over a long series of years, scoured the whole of England. Neither the British Museum nor any other public institution or private library can approach this collection either in extent or in importance. More- over, EVERY VOLUME IS COMPLETE. i66 J. PEARSON & CO. The rarity of Milton's first editions (most of which were secretly printed) can be easily judged by their absence from such famous libraries as the Huth, Church, and Hoe. The first editions of Milton's Prose works having been hurriedly printed on wretched paper, most of the existing copies are either imperfect or in very poor condition. OF REFORMATION TOUCHING CHURCH DISCIPLINF IN ENG- LAND; and the causes that hitherto have hindered it. 4to. 1641 First Edition. Milton's first prose work. Published anonymously. Excessively rare. OF PRELATICAL EPISCOPACY, and whether it may be deduc'd from the Apostolical times by Vertue of those Testimonies which are alledg'd to that purpose in some late Treatises : one whereof goes under the name of James, Archbishop of Armagh. 4to. 1641 First Edition. Milton's second prose work, also published anonymously and of equal rarity with the first. ANIMADVERSIONS UPON THE REMONSTRANT'S DEFENCE AGAINST SMECTYMNUUS. 4to. 1641 First Edition. Milton's third prose work. Published anonymously. THE REASON OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT. Urged against Prelaty in two books. 4to. 1641 First Edition. Milton's fourth prose work. AN APOLOGY AGAINST A PAMPHLET, call'd a Modest Confutation of the Animadversions upon the Remonstrant against Smectymnuus. 4to. 1642 First Edition, Milton's fifth prose work. Published anonymously. There is no copy in the British Mtiseiim. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 167 APOLOGY FOR SMECTYMNUUS (AN); with the Reason of Church- Government by John Milton. Small 4to. Printed for John Rothwell at the Fountain and Beare in Cheap- side, 71. d. {c. 1642) First Edition. Milton's sixth prose work. T/iere is no copy in the British Museum and it was unknozvn to Sir Leslie Stephen. A REPLY TO THE ANSWER (Printed by his Majesties Command at Oxford) to a Printed Booke Intituled Observations upon some of his Majesties late Answers and Expresses. 4to. Lo?idon, for M. Walbancke, 1642 First Edition. Milton's seventh prose work. Only his initials are on the title-page. There is no copy in the British Afusemn and it was also unknozvn to Sir Leslie Stephen. THE DOCTRINE AND DISCIPLINE OF DIVORCE, Restored to the good of both sexes from the Bondage of Canon Law. 4to. 1643 First Edition. Milton's eighth prose work. Published anonymously. THE DOCTRINE AND DISCIPLINE OF DIVORCE, Restored to the good of both sexes from the Bondage of Canon Law. 4to. 1644 Second Edition, containing 40 additional pages. The presentation copy to H. Jackson, the Oxford Divine, with inscription IN THE Autograph of Milton, also a few corrections in his autograph in the text. A most precious volume, the inscription reads " H. Jackson ex dono Authoris." THE JUDGEMENT OF MARTIN BUCER CONCERNING DIVORCE. Writt'n to Edward the Sixt, in his Second Book of the Kingdom of Christ . . . Wherein a late Book restoring the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, is heer confirm'd and justify'd by the authoritie of Martin Bucer. 4to. 1644 First Edition. Milton's tenth prose work. Published anonymously. There is no copy in the British Museum. i68 J. PEARSON & CO. AREOPAGITICA. An Order of the Lords and Commons for the Regula- tion of Printing and for suppressing the great late abuses and frequent dis- orders in printing many false, scandalous, seditious, libellous and unlicensed Pamphlets, etc. Black letter. Small 4to. Half morocco. Printed for J . Wright in the Old Bailey, i6^t„ June 16. 1643 This is the original "Order" which gave rise to Milton's celebrated " Areopagitica." Excessively rare. There was no copy in the Tercente?iary Milton Exhibition. Its practical extinction is easily understood, as it consists of but four leaves. AREOPAGITICA; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of Un- licenc'd Printing. Small 4to. 1644 First Edition. Milton's eleventh prose work. Of the very greatest rarity. Reprinted by the Grolier Club in 1890. TETRACHORDON: Expositions upon the Foure Chief places in Scripture, which treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. 4to. 1645 First Edition. Milton's twelfth prose work. Only his initials are on the title-page. COLASTERION: A reply to a nameless Answer against the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce. 4to. 1645 First Edition. Milton's thirteenth prose work. Only his initials are on the title-page. There is no copy in the British Museum. THE KING'S CABINET OPENED: or, certain Packets of Secret Letters and Papers, written with the King's own Hand, and taken in his Cabinet at Nasby Field June 14, 1645 by Victorious Sir Thomas Fairfax; wherein many mysteries of State, tending to the Justification of that cause, for which Sir Thomas Fairfax joyned battell that memorable day are clearly laid open. 4to. 1645 First Edition. Milton's fourteenth prose work. Published anonymously. There is no copy in the British APuseum, and it ivas unknoiun to Sir Leslie Stephen. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 169 THE TENURE OF KINGS AND MAGISTRATES: proving that it is Lawfull to call to account a Tyrant, or Wicked King, and after due con- viction, to depose, and put him to death. 4to. 1649 First Edition. With portrait by Faithorne inserted. Milton's fifteenth prose work. Only his initials are on the title-page. This tract, which appeared four days after the publication of " Eikon Basilike," was not included in any edition of Milton's Works until that of 1S06. THE TENURE OF KINGS AND MAGISTRATES: proving that it is Lawfull to call to account a Tyrant, or Wicked King, and after due convic- tion, to depose and put him to death. . . . Published now the second time with some additions. 4to. 1649 Second edition, with eighteen additional pages. EIKON BASILIKE. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestic in His Solitudes and Sufferings. Rom. 8 More then Conqueror &c. Bona agere, & mala pati, Regium est. Folding plate of the King kneeling, by JVm. Marshall. Small 8vo. 1648 This exceedingly rare, genuine First Edition of the King's Book, having the faulty pagination in signature G, and title (without printer's name) as copied above, of which only 7 copies were known to Mr. Almack (the biblio- grapher). The present copy also contains the hopelessly rare leaf of Errata. "The first issue appeared almost before the King's body was cold(/.6'., on Feby. 9, 1649). Copies were eagerly bought and carefully treasured. Forty- six editions of it were issued in English during the first twelve months of its sale, as well as three editions in Latin, four in French, two in Dutch, and one in German. EIKONOKLASTES in Answer to a Book intitl'd Eikon Basilike. 4to. 1649 First Edition. Milton's sixteenth prose work. Only his initials are on the title-page. PRO POPULO ANGLICANO DEFENSIO contra Claudii Anonymi, alias Salmasii, Defensionem Regiam. i2mo. 1650 First Edition. Milton's seventeenth prose work. There was no copy of the first edition in the Tercentenary Exhibition. Z 170 J. PEARSON & CO. EIKON AKLASTOS.— The Image Unbroken, a Perspective of the Impu- dence, Falshood, Vanitie, and Prophannes, Published in a Libell entitled Eikonoklastes against Eikon Basilike. Sm. 4to. Printed anno dom. 165 1 First Edition. This is the famous answer by Jane to Milton. PRO POPULO ANGLICANO SECUNDA, contra infamem libellum anonymum cui titulis 1654. — PRO SE DEFENSIO contra Alexandrum Morum 1655. 2 vols, in i. i2mo. 1654-55 First Editions. Milton's nineteenth and twentieth prose works. A DEFENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND in Answer to Sal- masius's Defence of the King. Small 8vo. 1692 The First Edition in English of " Pro Populo Anglicano." 1 650-1 654. CABINET COUNCIL (THE), containing the Chief Arts of Empire and Mysteries of State, by Sir Walter Raleigh, published by John Milton, Esq. Portrait by Vaughan. Small 8vo. T. Newconil) for T. Johnson. 1658 First Edition. Published by Milton from the original manuscript then in his possession. A TREATISE OF CIVIL POWER IN ECCLESIASTICAL CAUSES, showing that it is not lawful for any power on earth to compell in matters of Religion. i2mo. 1659 First Edition. Milton's twenty-first prose work. Only his initials are on the title-page. CONSIDERATIONS TOUCHING THE LIKELIEST MEANS TO REMOVE HIRELINGS OUT OF THE CHURCH, etc. The Author J. M. i2mo. T. N.forL. Chapmati, in Pope's Head Alley, 1659 First Edition. Milton's twenty-second prose work, and of the greatest rarity. Only his initials are on the title-page. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 171 BRIEF NOTES UPON A LATE SERMON TITL'D THE FEAR OF GOD AND THE KING. Preach'd, and since Publish'd, by Matthew Griffith, D.D., and Chaplain to the late King. Wherin many Notorious Wrestings of Scripture, and other Falsities are observed by J. M. 4to. London^ Printed ui the year 1660 First Edition. Milton's twenty-third prose work. The excessive rarity of this secretly printed tract is especially mentioned in the Catalogue of the Tercentenary Milton Exhibition. There is no copy in the British Museum. Only Milton's initials are on the title-page. THE READIE & EASIE WAY TO ESTABLISH A FREE COM- MONWEALTH. 4to. 1660 First Edition. Milton's twenty-fourth prose work, and one of the most famous. Only his initials are on the title-page. ACCEDENCE COMMENC'T GRAMMAR, Supply'd with sufficient Rules, For the use of such (Younger or Elder) as are desirous, without more trouble than needs to attain the Latin Tongue. i2mo. 1669 First Edition. Milton's twenty-fifth prose work. THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN, that part especially now call'd England from the first traditional beginning continued to the Norman Conquest. 4to. 1670 Brilliant impression of the portrait of W. Faithorne. First Edition. Milton's twenty-sixth prose work. ARTIS LOGICAE PLENIOR INSTITUTIO, ad Petri Rami Methodum concinnata, adjecta est Praxis Annalytica & Petri Rami vita. Libris duobus. 1 2 mo. Londini, 1672 Portrait of the Author by W. Dolle. First Edition. Milton's twenty-seventh prose work. 172 J. PEARSON & CO. OF TRUE RELIGION, HERESIE, SCHISM, TOLERATION, and what best means may be us'd against the growth of Popery. 4to. Uncut. 1673 First Edition. Milton's twenty-eighth prose work. Only his initials are on the title-page. There was no copy in the Tercentenary Exhihitioti. EPISTOLARUM FAMILIARUM LIBER UNUS; quibus accesserunt, ejusdem, jam olim in CoUegio Adolescentis, prolusiones quaedam Ora- toriae. i2mo. 1674 First Edition. Milton's twenty-ninth prose work. The present is Charles II's beautiful copy, and was once in the Royal Library. It was bound for the King by Samuel Meare, who was Royal binder from 1660 to 1683. The binding is of red morocco of very good quality. The sides are left plain, with the exception of a narrow gold fillet round the edges, and in each corner is stamped the Royal monogram, the double C between palm branches and surmounted by a crown. A smaller variety of the same stamp is repeated in each panel of the back. Mearne bound books in this particular style for the King, for we find among the State Papers entries of accounts like the following: " Pro colligendis IV^ (four hun- dred) libris rubro corrio Turci pro Bibliotheca apud domum Sancti Jacobi." This, the last of Milton's works printed in his lifetime and issued only a few months before his death, contains some of his earliest writings. He was especially anxious that two books on which he had long been working, should be pub- lished while he was still alive^, his "Treatise of Christian Doctrine," and his collection of Latin State papers written by him while secretary to the councils of the Commonwealth and to Oliver and Richard Cromwell. The letters, however, have a distinct value. The contents of some of them are of a distinctly private and confidential nature, and from all there are to be obtained a number of details about Milton's own life which would otherwise have been unknown. On the inside of the cover is the book-plate of Dr. Charles Chauncy, a celebrated eighteenth century collector, whose library was dispersed in 1790. It belonged later to the Rev. John Mitford (1781-1859), and contains severa notes in his small, clear hand. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 173 LITER.^ PSEUDO-SENATUS ANGLICANI, CROMWELLII, Reli- quorumque perduellium nomine ac jussu conscriptae. i2mo. 1676 First Edition. Milton's thirty-first prose work. There is no copy in the British Museum. CHARACTER OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT AND ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES IN 1 64 1, omitted in his other works, and never before printed. 4to. 1681 First Edition. Milton's thirty-second prose work. There is no copy in the British Museum. A BRIEF HISTORY OF MOSCOVIA and of other less-known Countries lying eastward of Russia as far as Cathay. Small 8vo. 1682 First Edition. Milton's thirty-third prose work. Said by the publisher to have been written by Milton's own hand before he lost his sight. THE ARTS OF EMPIRE, AND MYSTERIES OF STATE DIS- CABINETED IN POLITICAL AND POLEMICAL APHORISMS, grounded on Authority and Experience, by the ever Renowned Knight Sir Walter Raleigh, pubHshed by John Milton. Small 8vo. 1692 First Edition. There was no copy in the Tercentenary Exhibition^ neither is it in the British Museum. LETTERS OF STATE TO MOST OF THE SOVEREIGN PRINCES AND REPUBLICKS OF EUROPE FROM 1649 TILL 1659, to which is added an account of his Life, several of his Poems and a catalogue of his Works. i2mo. 1694 First Edition. Milton's thirty-fourth prose work. It was edited by his nephew. There is no copy in the British Museum. 174 J- PEARSON & CO. THE SECRETS OF GOVERNMENT AND MISTERIES OF STATE PLAINLY LAID OPEN, in all the several forms of Government in the Christian World. Small 8vo. 1697 First Edition. Milton's thirty-fifth prose work. There tvas no copy in the Tercentenary Exhibition, and it is not in the British Museum. THE WORKS OF MR. JOHN MILTON. Folio. Printed in the year 1697 The Editio Princeps of Milton's collected prose works. THE LIFE OF JOHN MILTON, containing, besides the History of his Works, several Extraordinary Characters of Men and Books, Sects, Parties and Opinions (by John Toland). 8vo. 1699 First Edition of the First Separate " Life " of Milton. There was no copy in the Tercentenary Exhibition. Price of the 43 volumes, ^1,500 176 MILTON (JOHN). Das Verlustigte Paradels in Unser gemein Teutsch durch E. G. V. B. Small 8vo. Zei'bst, 1682 The FIRST German translation of " Paradise \.o%i,'' ds^A the only copy known to us except that in the British Museum. Having been printed at the translator's [Von Berge] expense, in all prob- ability only a very few copies were issued for his friends. As 5, PALL MALL PLACE 175 177 TOiNSON'S ASSIGNMENT OF THE COPYRIGHT OF "PARADISE LOST." Mll^TON.—TONSON {] ACOB),^/ie ce/ed7'a/ed Lonc/o7ipud- /ts/ier, associated luith Milton, Dryden, Addison, Pope, Szvift, and other literary men. THE ORIGINAL ASSIGN- MENT (to his son) of the Copyright of Milton's " Para- dise Lost" and " Paradise Regained." Signed twice by ToNSON. I page. Large folio. O71 vellum. Sept. 17 18. With the fine wax seal intact. This extremely important literary document, which appears to have escaped the researches of all Milton's biographers, is the original Deed by which Tonson assigns his Copyrights to his son. "And also all those three parts in four in the copy of a book intituled Milton's ' Paradise Lost,' in twelve books, and also all his share or part in the copy of a book intituled Milton's ' Paradise Regained,' with his other poems." 178 MISSALE ROPAANUM. Ex Decretosacrosancti Concllii Tridentini restitutum. Pii V. Pontif. Max. jussu aditum. Folio. Contemporary red morocco richly tooled in gold ivith the a7'ms of Pope Paul V on the sides. Sala^nanca. Gulielmus Foquel, 1589 The personal Missal of Pope Paul V. The Missal, the book containing the service of the Mass, is said to have been first arranged by Pope Zachary and to have been revised and completed 176 J. PEARSON & CO. by St. Gregory. At first several books were required for the service, but about the tenth century these were collected into one book, and such volumes were called " Missalia Plenaria." The " Missale Romanum," now in use, dates from the Council of Trent, when a committee of the members was entrusted with the preparation of a correct and uniform liturgy. So long did the proceedings take that the work was still uncompleted when the Council dissolved. When it was finished it was promulgated by Pius V on 14th July 1570, and its universal use enjoined, the only exception being made in the case of churches having local liturgies which had been in unbroken use for at least two centuries, such as the Sarum use in England. This edition is very finely printed and beautifully illustrated with engravings. These are of three classes. The largest are full paged, and are at the commencement of each special portion. One is signed " M.G.F.," and these plates are probably from designs by Martin Galindez, a Spanish painter born in Old Castile in 1547. In 1584 he entered the Chartreuse of Paular, and died in 1627 after executing a num- ber of devotional pictures. The series of small square cuts illustrating saints and festivals has the signature "I sauri " (?) a designer or engraver not mentioned by Bryan. The medium sized engravings are unsigned, but of excellent work- manship. At the commencement of each portion the page has a beautifully engraved border, some containing the charges of Sixtus V. The present copy is beautifully bound in dark red morocco. Round the edges of the sides runs a broad gilt band of interlaced work, and within this is a panel formed by gilt and blind tooled lines. In the centre, within an oval border are the arms of Camillo Borghese, Pope Paul V: " Azure, a dragon or, a chief of the Empire." In the panels on the back, and in the corners of the sides the two charges, the dragon and eagle, are repeated. Inside is a Bor- ghese bookplate. Bound at the end, after the Missal proper, are two supple- ments. The first, of two leaves, and printed by Foquel at Salamanca in 1589, contains the " Proprium Missae in VigiHa S. Jacobi Apostoli." St. James was said to have been buried at Compostella, the most famous shrine in the middle ages in Europe, and was the patron saint of Spain. The second supplement, of twelve leaves, printed at Madrid in 1584 by the widow of Alfonso Gomez, contains the special masses of the saints and festivals of the diocese of Toledo. The British Museum possesses no copy of this edition. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 177 179 MOLIERE. LES CEUVRES. A Paris, Chez lean Guig- nard Fils, dans la grand Salle du Palais, a coste de la Cour des Aydes, a rimage S. lean, mdclxvi. Avec Privilege du Roy. 2 vols. Small 8vo. Engraved titles by F. C. (Fran9ois Chauveau). Red morocco extra, with a dotid lure of red morocco and richly gilt inside borders, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Paris, 1666 The edition, originate of the works of Moliere and of excessive rarity. This superlative copy sold in 1875 for 6,000 francs. It was afterwards in the Bordes Collection. " EUe est tres rare et se vend fort cher maintenant." — Le Petit in 1888. This extremely important edition comprises all the plays of Moliere which had been published separately up to the year 1666. The finely engraved frontispieces represent characters from Moliere's comedies. See Illustration ^350 179A MOLIERE. LESICILIEN,OU LAMOUR PEINTRE, Comedie. First Edition. i2mo. Morocco. A Paris, chez lean Ribon, au Palais, vis a vis la Porte de la S. Chapelle, a f Image S. Louis. 1668 Unique, being not only absolutely uncut, but also having the LEAVES unopened. Apart from the morocco binding which preserves it, the volume is just as it left the press 250 years ago. No other entirely uncut and unopened example of any of Moliere's Comedies is knotvn to be in existence. There is, however, an uncut (but not unopened) copy of Moliere's Les Ftmnies Scavantes in Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan's library. A A 178 J. PEARSON & CO. This very pleasing and very animated comedy was first acted before the Court of Louis XIV in 1666. It formed part of the fetes given by the King at Saint-Germain, and was specially written for Benserade's Ballet des Muses. According to the brothers Parfait, the first performance of Le Sicilien was graced by the presence of the two reigning favourites, Mademoiselle La Valliere and Madame de Montespan, who both danced in the ballet. Thirty years ago an ordinary copy of this comedy sold in Paris for ;^64. ^300 180 MOLIERE. CEUVRES de J. B. Poquelin de Moliere. 6 vols, bound in 12 vols. Royal 4to. Handsomely bound in contemporary red morocco extra, fioral gilt borders and richly gilt backs in the Borzerian style, by Dietrich. A Paris, de V hnprimerie de P. Didot V Ain^. 1 791 -1794 A MOST SUPERB BOOK, with the exception of the de/anze the finest copy of Moliere extant. Printed upon fine vellum. Unique. It is No. 353 in De Bure's Catalogue of Books printed upon vellum. This magnificent example of vellum printing was formerly Prince Galitzin's, and at his sale over fifty years ago it realized 1250 francs. Since it left Prince Galitzin's library it has been enriched by the insertion of twenty-one Moliere family documents bearing the signatures of his relatives. They are inter alia: (a) His Father. (d) His Wife. (c) and (d) His Brother (J. B.) and his Wife. (e) His Brother (Robert). (/) His Sister (Catherine). (g) His Uncle (Robert). (h) His Nephew (Pierre). i~^irUe.ct-^ e^xi^ M .tu-y A vo '^ /?«idi* •— e-'^^z/tr— ^^^ a^tJ", .y /ij^-nyi^ ^^ lo~ ^— a^n^ ^^t^.^^JLcA^^-.'-^*---'^ IfV ^ Marc N^t i i i 5, PALL MALL PLACE 179 {{) His Niece (Martha), (y) His Niece (A. C). {k) His Cousin (Nicholas). (/) His Cousin (Louis). {m) His Cousin (Pierre). («) His Cousin (Guy). ^300 181 MONTESQUIEU. DE L'ESPRIT DES LOIS. 5 vols. 1 2 mo. In the original green velhim binding, uncut. Paris, 1803 One of but two examples printed upon vellum. It is still preserved in the original publisher's cases. This was probably Marshal Junot's copy which was sold by auction in 1815. Totally unknown to MM. De Bure. /80 182 NATTIER (JEAN MARC). HOLOGRAPH LET- TER, SIGNED. 2 pages, \lo. Paris, October 2 t^, i753- There is no autograph of this most eminent French portrait painter in the British Museum. .^35 See Illustration 183 NORTHUMBERLAND (DUKE OF). The lover of Afine Boleyn. The Original Grant of the Manor of Kelsale by Thomas, third Duke of Norfolk, to Henry Algernon Percy, sixth Earl of Northumberland,and Henry Stafford,son of Edward, i8o J. PEARSON & CO. Duke of Buckingham. Signed by both the Earl of North- umberland and Lord Stafford. On vellum. Jime 20, 1529 The autographs of the two signatories are very rare. Two fine seals are attached, that of the Earl of Northumberland — a crest, and another having the initials H. S. The Earl of Northumberland fell in love with Anne Boleyn while a page in Wolsey's household and was scolded by the Cardinal for doing so. He intended to marry the young lady, and although he had to renounce her in favour of Henry VHI, the attachment lasted through life. In 1532 Northumberland stood in great peril. His wife, drawing doubtless upon her recollection of matrimonial squabbles, accused him of a pre-contract with Anne Boleyn. She confided her alleged grievance to her father, who cautiously mentioned the matter to the Duke of Norfolk. Anne Boleyn ordered a public inquiry. Northumberland denied the accusation, and his accusers were routed. In 1536 he formed one of the Court for the trial of Anne Boleyn, but when he saw her he grew ill and left the room. Anne is said to have confessed a pre- contract with him in the hope of saving her life. Stafford married Ursula, sister of Cardinal Pole, who was of the Blood-Royal. 184 ORDO DISTRIBUTIONIS SACRAMENTI Altaris sub utraqiie specie, et formula Confessionis faclendae in regno Angliae. Haec Londini evulgata sunt octavo die Martii Anni m.dxlviii. 8vo. Bhie moi^occo. \^Leipzig\ 1548 An English Liturgical volume of surpassing importance. At the beginning of 1548 the English Bishops were engaged upon questions concerning changes in the Liturgy. There was considerable hesitation as to whether all the Mass should be said in English, but in the meantime it was essential that provision should be made for carrying out the direction for Communion in both kinds which had been passed both by Convocation and Parliament in December of the preceding year. This work was entrusted to " sundry of his Majesty's most grave and well-learned prelates and other learned men in the scripture," though there is considerable uncertainty as to who these 5. PALL MALL PLACE I'Si were. After a long conference they agreed upon a " Form " which was issued by Royal proclamation on 8th March 1548, and a letter was addressed by the Council to the Bishops directing Easter as the time when the new Order of Communion should come into use. This made no alteration in the Latin Mass beyond having the English prayers for communicants inserted in the middle, the English portion consisting of the Invitation, longer and shorter Exhortation, Confession, Absolution, Comfortable Words, and prayer of Humble Access almost in their present form, and the words of administration for communion in both kinds. The reformers abroad were watching with the greatest interest the progress of the religious changes in England, and no sooner had the Order of the Communion been issued than a copy was sent to Frankfurt where it was trans- lated by Miles Coverdale into German and Latin. The Latin copy was sent to Calvin in the hopes that he would approve it and cause it to be printed. This version does not appear to have been issued. Meanwhile the present version was made, signed A. A. S. D. Th., that is Alexander Alesius Scotus Doctor Theologiae. It was made for the benefit of foreign reformers, like A. Lasco, Peter Martyr, and Martin Bucer, who, meddling persistently with the preparation of the English Prayer Book knew no word of the language. Ales was born in Edinburgh in 1500, and was educated at St. Andrews. Partly by the teachings and example of Patrick Hamilton the martyr, and partly by the behaviour of Archbishop Beaton, Ales threw in his lot with the reformers, and in 1532 fled to Ge^'many and soon became engaged in literary work on behalf of the Reformation. From 1535 to 1540 Ales was in England, and besides writing, was for a time lecturer at Cambridge. From 1540 to 1543 he was professor of theology at Frankfurt, removing in that year to Leipzig, where he mainly resided until his death in 1565. Besides translating this Form of Communion, Ales also translated the first Prayer Book of 1549 into Latin to make known the progress of the reformed doctrine to the foreigners with whom he lived. This was pubhshed at Leipzig in 1551, but the translation was care- lessly performed and, indeed, occasionally intentionally incorrect. This excessively rare little volume was printed abroad, probably at Leipzig, the date and place on the title-page being merely the intimation that the Form was issued by authority at London on 8th March 1548. The only other copy known to us is that in the British Museum. i82 J. PEARSON & CO. 185 ORDONNANCES (LES), DE L'ORDRE DE LA TOISON D'OR. 4to. Old vellum gilt. Christopher Plantin (1560) Printed upon fine vellum. This is the second issue of the Ordonnances according to Brunet, and comprises eleven more pages of text than the first. The title is followed by a beautiful full-page engraving of the coat of arms of the Dukes of Bourgogne, and another full-page engraving of the Collar of this famous Order, both by Cornelius Galle and each printed upon separate leaves of vellum. Inserted in the present example is a contemporary Manuscript note (an introduction to one of the chiefs of the Order) also on vellum, addressed to a Prince (" Monseigneur ") and presenting a Chevalier elected by the King (prob- ably Francis II, the husband of Mary Stuart). This historic order of chivalry (The Golden Fleece) was founded at Bruges in 1429 by the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good, hence the Burgundian Arms in the above work. It was founded by him in honour of his mistress Marie de Crumbrugge, whose red hair had been the object of many pleasantries. The Order was at first limited to but twenty-four knights, but it was gradually increased to fifty, the Duke being Grand Master. When the House of Burgundy became extinct the Grand Mastership passed to the House of Austria. Charles V transmitted it to his descendants the Kings of Spain, until the extinction of the House of Austria in Spain, when, by the Peace of Utrecht, Philip V (of Bourbon) King of Spain became Grand Master. The Emperor, however, wished to retain the honour, and so it was agreed that it should be held concurrently by the Kings of Spain and by the Emperors of Germany. See Illustration -f:.v*--«^ L E S ORDONNANCES DE L'ORDRE D E LA TOISON DOR. t iSs '^ LES ORDON^ . NAN CES DE L'ORDRE DE LA THOYS ON DOR. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 183 186 ORDONNANCES (LES), DE L'ORDRE DE LA THOYSON D'OR. 4to. In the original rich ly gilt ca If. {Christopher Pla7itin, 1566) This is the third issue, according to Brunet, who wrongly describes it. He says: "63 pp. de texte, formant 66 chapitres," thus leaving out the additional chapters (i to xxi), although giving the correct number of pages. The type and ornaments are entirely different from the issue of 1560. This was David Laing's copy. See Illustration 187 PAYN (JAMES). The Original Holograph Manuscript OF his best and most successful Novel, "BY PROXY." Quite complete. Comprising 565 pages, 4to. Redmorocco. ^175 188 PEPYS (S.). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. I page, folio, Greenwich, Oct. 24, 1665. Relative to the disposal of some sick men whom he declines to take charge of "having much more of our own proper Worke on our hands than wee feare wee can quitt ourselves of soe as well as wee would." This fine letter is signed also by Sir William Batten, the Admiral, who was at this time Master of Trinity House, while Pepys was an " Elder Brother." Three days after the date of this letter Pepys was appointed Surveyor-General of the Victualling Office. /2 5 i84 J. PEARSON & CO. 189 PHAEDRI, FLAVII AVIANI ET ANONYMI FABU- LAE ^SOPI^. Thick sm.Svo, Half calf . ,/ Bj^iissels, Ludoviais Tencd, 1829 Printed upon vellum. Unique. Unknown to Brunet. " Exemplaire sur peau de velin, tire a part par ordre du Roi des Pays-Bas. Chef-d'oeuvre de typographie." 190 PHILIP II (KING OF SPAIN), Husband of Queen Mary I of England. AN UNPUBLISHED SERIES OF THIRTY-FOUR LETTERS, thirty-two of which are signed in full by the King, addressed to Pedro Men- do9a, the King's Ambassador in Genoa. Together with a precis of their contents. Inlaid to a uniform size and bound in crimson morocco, forming a handsome folio volume. The majority of these letters are partly written in Philip's secret cipher, and bear the Royal Seal. They are countersigned by Antonio de Perez, Philip's great minister, and also by Juan del Gado, Cyas, etc. and cover the momentous period from January to December 1579. They refer not only to the famous campaign in the Netherlands, but also to a great number of other important subjects, not the least being the payment of Philip's German mer- cenaries, then engaged in Flanders for the suppression of the Netherlands. The great Perez fell into complete and permanent disgrace on 28th July 1579; the last letter (in this volume) with his signature is dated 3rd July in that year. This correspondence, which was acquired several years ago in Rome, is apparently entirely unpublished, and is believed to be tlie sole correspondence of Fhilip II which has occurred for sale in Great Britain. £2,00 1 3 i.|s.toiuM: f^AiKcm tlOl f:- a||Ri aJ ^fts^/W^-^" i -a^^J*^'*'-- ♦,-' «VM^# 191 INSIDE or BlNDlNr. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 185 191 PHILOTES. Delia notabile & famosa HISTORIA DE I FELICI AMORI del delfino di Francia, et di Angelina Loria, Nobile Siciliana, Libro Secondo: Nuova- mente Ritrovata, & dall'antica lingua Normanna tradotta nella Italiana. Da M. Giulio Filoteo di Amadeo Siciliano. hi Veneiia, Appresso Lticio Spi?ieda. 1609 The binding of these four volumes is a particularly good and representative specimen of Roger Payne's work. It is of straight-grained green morocco with plain sides The boards are edged with a single line fillet, while another is ruled half an inch further in, both being finished at the corners with small rosettes. In each corner of the frame thus formed is a delicate spray of leaves and flowers. The top and bottom panels of the back are richly gilt, and the lettering is in Payne's usual bold style. The insides of the covers are very distinctive of Payne's work. A broad border of morocco runs round the four sides edged with a gilt fillet, and each side contains a large gilt ornament made up of small tools, flowers, leaves, rosettes, crescents, and at each corner is a spray. The centre portion ana end papers are dull purple cob paper. Roger Payne's work was so frequently and successfully imitated by his con- temporaries and successors that much of the work now attributed to him is the work of other hands. But there are certain little mannerisms and details of work, which other binders might consider faults, which distinguish his bindings. This is especially the case with the inside joints, usually of russia leather, which are finished off in a very clumsy way, no attempt being made to square them off at the corners. In the majority of his bindings the head- bands are of green silk. Payne was the only binder who did every part of the binding himself, all the forwarding and finishing, and his bindings have thus an individuality which is wanting in the work of all his imitators, and which to an expert, identifies his work at a glance. The present copy belonged to the celebrated book collector, Richard B B i86 T PEARSON & CO. Heber, and contains some notes in his hand. It is the only copy quoted by Brunet (IV. 622). See Illustrations 192 PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA (GIOVANNI FRAN- CESCO). Liber de Veris Calamitatum Causis Nostrorum Temporum. A remarkably fine copy. Morocco extra. 4to. Mitandola, Joannes Mazockius, 1 5 1 9 An extraordinarily rare and most desirable typographical volume. Not in the Spenser, Huth, or Hoe libraries. The present book is of great typographical interest, being the earlier of ONLY TWO BOOKS PRINTED AT THE PRIVATE PRESS which Pico installed at Mirandola after his third return to his city. The printer, Johannes Mazochius Giovanni Mazocco dal Bondeno, was at work at Ferrara between the years 1509 and 15 1 7, where he issued a number of books, including the very rare first edition of Ariosto. At Mirandola he printed only two books in 15 19 and 1520, and is not heard of again, nor was there any further printing in that town, although Pico lived until 1533. The early bibliographers knew of no book printed at Mirandola except the " Examen " of 1520, and the present book seems to have been first noticed by Cotton in his " Typographical Gazetteer" of 183 1, where he notes the copy in the Bodleian. So rare is it that in i860 a reprint was issued at Milan by M. Calori Casii, "now first produced from the unknown Mirandola edition of 15 19." As a piece of printing it is remarkable, and the printer appears to have only possessed a limited amount of material, and has used directors in place of initial letters. The note on the last page is a quaint piece of writing, the printer pointing out that no doubt a few stops were wrongly placed and here and there letters left out, and so on; but it didn't really matter, as the least educated person could see what was meant, and therefore it wasn't worth printing a list of errata. In this, as in most of the writer's books, there is an 5, PALL MALL PLACE 187 express statement that not only were they licensed by the recognized powers, but also specially by the Papal authority. Giovanni Francesco Pico was the son of Galeotto Pico, lord of Mirandola, and nephew of the famous Giovanni Pico, one of the most brilliant and renowned scholars of the Middle Ages. He was born in 1470, and on the death of his father succeeded him as ruler. In 1502 his brother Ludivoco, who had married Francesca, daughter of Giovanni Trivulzio, aided by his father-in-law and the Duke of Ferrara, dispossessed him of his dominions and held them until 1509. In 15 11 Julius II captured Mirandola and replaced Giovanni, but in a short time he was again driven out by the French troops commanded by Trivulzio. On the waning of the French power he again assumed government, and became partly reconciled to his sister-in-law, Francesca, though they still continually quarrelled. During the lifetime of Leo X he lived a quiet life, but later on troubles arose, and on 15 October 1533 his nephew, Galeotto, son of Ludivoco, broke into the palace and murdered him and his son Alberto. Among his contemporaries he shone as a man of brilliant abilities. Sadoleto affirmed that he knew no sovereign of the age who united, like him, ability with moderation, religion with military skill, and an extensive knowledge in all arts and sciences with a close application to the cares of government. Symonds writes of him in his " Renaissance in Italy " : " Few of the scholars could boast of wider learning and a nobler spirit." His literary work, mainly produced before 1520, exhibits an amazing amount of versatility, embracing as it does almost every department of literature and science, and every mode of composition ; poetry, theology, antiquities, natural philosophy, morals, ascetics, letters, orations, translations from the Greek, and essays. He was an extreme admirer of Plato, and warmly opposed to the doctrines of Aristotle, while, like his uncle, he lost no opportunity of attacking judicial astrology, then a most powerful factor in all affairs. The present work affords an excellent example of these attacks. Taking as his subject the causes of the late troubles in Italy, of which he gives a short account, he points out the futility of believing that they could have been influenced, caused or foretold by any study of the comets or other forms of astrology. Further, they are not caused by luck or chance, but are the out- come of wicked deeds and ordered by providence. As usual, his arguments are frequently drawn from Plato and Aristotle, and he also quotes the Fathers. i88 J. PEARSON & CO Of his other works, perhaps the most famous is the " Examen Vanitatis Doctrinae Gentium," printed at Mirandola in 1520, and his tract in defence of Savonarola, printed at Wittenberg in 1521. As early as 1506 he had published a collected edition of his works, and others were printed along with the collected works of his uncle in 1504 and subsequent editions. Several of his books were translated into English at an early date. His life of his uncle was translated by Sir Thomas More, and printed by Wynkyn de Worde without date, and reprinted in More's works in 1577. Since then it has several times been reprinted. The " Rules of a Christian Life " was translated by Sir Thomas Elyot, and printed several times from 1534 onwards by Berthelet. Lupset translated others, but in England, as a rule, his writings have been confused with, and published under the name of, his uncle Giovanni. /84 193 PITCAIRNE (ARCHIBALD). DISSERTATIONES MEDIC A E. 4 to. Contemporary blue morocco. Edinburgh, Robert Freebairn, 1 7 1 3 The present copy is of great interest, being the magnificently bound pre- sentation copy to James Edward Francis Stuart, commonly known as the " Old Pretender," son of James II and half-brother to Queen Anne. On each side is the bold inscription, " Regi Scotorum Jacobo Octavo, Pitcarnius," an unequivocal statement of the author's political opinions. To the Jacobites the " Old Pretender" was James III of England and James VIII of Scotland. The binding is an extre?nely fine example of the very distinctive Scottish school which flourished at Edinburgh in the early years of the eighteenth century. The material used was almost invariably a very deep blue-green morocco, very occasionally red. The centre panel was often worked with a roll, the one weak point about the bindings. The rest of the ornament was all hand-tooled, and a lavish use made of gold dotting, giving a very rich effect. The corners were generally filled with rather florid sprays. A very fine example, much resembling the present, and worked with many of the same tools, is on a copy of " The Parfait Mareschal," Edinburgh, 1696, in the British Museum, and was reproduced as Plate 55 in Fletcher's "English Bookbind- i-S^ii:iiiii^-i<i,^Si^^^^£i^ ^^sSL<.<.z!^-i^'ff^>^^^ 5, PALL MALL PLACE 189 ings in the British Museum." Another peculiarity of these bindings is that they are almost always lined with coloured and gilt German end-papers. On the inner board is the book-plate of the Scots College at Paris, engraved by Ingram. In the centre is a figure of St. Andrew, and on the left the arms of Scotland. On the right are two shields surmounted by a cardinal's hat. The first is that of Cardinal James Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow, who, at his death, in 1603, left all his fortune and library to the college, the second that of some other bishop, the arms being apparently those of the family of Murray. The main portion of the library of the Scots College was dispersed at the time of the Revolution, though part is believed to have been removed to St. Omer. Inserted is an autograph letter from James' Queen (Clementina) to the Pope. It is dated from Boulogne, Dec. loth, 1727. The Queen's autograph is of extraordinary rarity. ^225 See Illustration 194 POMPADOUR (MADAME DE). THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT INVENTORY, covering about 500 pages, of the famous works of art collected by Madame de Pompadour. The catalogue gives full details of her Furni- ture, China, Statuary, Library, Objets d'Art, etc. Eolio. Half morocco. This manuscript constitutes the sole complete record of the vast and precious Pompadour collections. An excessively important icnpublished manuscript, and invaluable to any future biographer of this extraordinary woman. There were one hundred and sixty-six auction sittings, commencing from 29th November 1764, and continuing till 7th May 1766. The Inventory, igo J. PEARSON & CO. though succinctly drawn up, illustrates the importance of the superb works of " art collected by the Marquise. The total realized amounted to an enormous sum. All the items are priced. 195 THE DUNCIAD AND RAPE OF THE LOCK POPE (ALEXANDER). A Most Valuable and In- teresting Series of 23 Holograph Letters (Signed) of THIS EMINENT PoET, being the Original Correspondence with his Pubhsher, Charles Bathurst and others. These letters contain references to "The Dunciad," " Rape of the Lock," " Homer," his " Miscellanies," and other Publica- tions. Together with a letter from Bathurst to Pope, and another from Thos. Edwards. There are also Original Holograph Letters from Pope to Slingsby Bethel, Chas. Brinsdon, Mr. Buckley, Thos. Dancastle, W. Fortescue, Dr. Oliver, etc. Several are UNPUBLISHED. Together with the Original Agreement, signed by the Publisher John Knapton, assigning unto Andrew Millar one moiety in the Works of Pope. Inlaid to a ttniforni size, forming a handsome 4to volume in red morocco. A. I. s , ^ pages, 4to. Chiswick, Oct. 18 (1717). To Thos. Dancastle. Entreating him to return the 14th book, which Dancastle has copied. " But be pleas'd to keep by you the original, for fear of any accident. I have just ended the 15th which must wayt a better opportunity and may perhaps by that delay grow the more correct. If it travels too young, it may come home again like most young Travellers, very unfinished and unentertain- ing," etc. Important. Referring to his "Iliad of Homer." 5, PALL MALL PLACE 191 A. l. s., 2 pages, 8vo. Tzvick'nham, Feb. i2,th 1719/20, to John Hughes, praising his Tragedy, and begging him to let some ladies of Pope's acquaint- ance have a side box to witness it. The Tragedy referred to is Hughes' "The Siege of Damascus." Hughes died the night it was produced, 17th February, the day indeed before this letter was written. A. I.S., 2 pages, 8vo {June 1739), to Wm. Fortescue. "... I had been called for home on occasion of ye Fire in my neigh- bourhood." Details his movements. " I beg you to forward Mrs. Blunt's business," etc. Unpublished. Mrs. Blount was the mother of Martha Blount, the great friend of the Poet, to whom he dedicated many of his Poems. " Pope bequeathed to Miss Blount ;^i,ooo, three score of his books, his household goods, chattels and plate, the furniture of his grotto, the urns in his garden, and the residue after all legacies were paid." A. I. s., I page, 8vo. Endorsed " Delivered 3 Feby. 1740-1." To Bathurst. Relative to the '-Miscellanies." "I send you some additional pieces yet unprinted which might be inserted in ye two or three vols, of Miscellanies instead of Dean Swift's, and those removed into my volume." Mentions also Lintot and Knapton (publishers). Unpublished. A. I. s., \ page, Svo. June 15 (1741). To Bathurst. Acknowledging a gift of minerals from Mr. Edwards and saying that he (Pope) is staying with Lord Bathurst and will put the " Miscellanies " in order as soon as he returns. A. I. s., \ page, ^io. July 19M 1741. To Bathurst (his publisher). Relative to the printing of his " Miscellanies." " . . . . I wish you wd. resolve upon printing, in ye manner I mentioned, ye Miscellanies: for I am now perfectly at leisure, wch. I shall not be a month longer. I am sure it will turn out much to their advantage & as for mine, I have no Terms to make with you, but only to serve you, in the little 192 J. PEARSON & CO. ■ _ improvement y' I shall make— By putting all ye Verses into ye last Vol (as ^ was originally intended as you'l see by ye first Paragraph of Dr. Swifts and my Preface)." ^. /. s., \ page, 8vo. Twickenham, 29 Aug. (1741). To Bathurst. "... I shall print some thing more of Scriblerus, & add to what is already done. But it will be in Quarto, & ye New Part of ye Volume be above two thirds of ye old. ... if ye have any mind to treat for ye Impression, I will give you ye refusal. I have endeavord to serve you as to a Volume of all Dr. Swift's Pieces, collected & more Selected than ye present : It wd. be for His Honour . . ." A. I. s., r page, 8vo. Tzvickenham, Oct. \Zth (1741). To Bathurst. Advising the delivery of " The Books of Miscellanies, with my note how to rectify several mistakes for ye future when you reprint." A. I. s., I page, 8vo. Twickenham, Oct. 23 (174 1). To Bathurst. Inviting him to dinner. A. I. s., I page, 4to. Miv. 15 (1741). To Bathurst. Mentions Knapton and Mr. Arbuthnot, who will not have his sermon printed. Unpublished. A. I. s., I page, Svo. Arlington Street, Monday (1741). To Bathurst. Bathurst is requested by Pope to send him a line as to what Corbett says to him, " And if he persists in his design of pyrating, pray watch his motions & I'll file a Bill. Twill be best of all if you can find of what Press he does it." A. I. s., 1 page, 4to. 20 Nov. 1741. To the Rev. Charles Brinsdon. "... I find my Lord B(olingbroke) is extremely alarmed at the last account he had of your father. I wd. have come to see him this day, but must be satisfied to hear he is so much better (as they tell me he is)," etc. The Rev. Charles Brinsdon's father was Lord Bolingbroke's private secretary. Unpublished. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 193 A. /. s. I page, 8vo. Wensday (1741) to Mr. Cole. "I wd. be glad to know what you did, or wt past with Corbet? I believe he will not proceed, having reed, since a Letter from him of Recantation, so yt I believe you need not file a bill, however I'm glad you spoke to him — If he plays cunning, I shall have him watched & inform you further . . ." Cole was solicitor to the Stationers' Company, and this letter was written in reference to a pirated edition of Pope's Letters which Corbet was going to have printed. A.l.s. I page, 4to. Aug. 4, 1742. To Mawhood. Mentions Warburton. " I am assured by Council there is no Pretence for his (Warburton) paying your attorney's bill. I therefore desire you to think better of it, and pay it to the Bearer. ... If not I can only acquaint Mr. W(arburton) to take any course he thinks proper." Unpublished. A.l.s. 1 page, ^to. Thursday, Sept. 2nd {i^ ^2). To Mawhood. " If this should meet you in town I shall be glad to finish Mr. W's (Warburton) commission this afternoon. . . ." Unpublished. A. I. s. I page, 4to. Twickenham, February 20th, to Mr. Buckley. Regrets his inability to see him so soon as Thursday, as he is engaged with company, and " planting some things wch will otherwise be too late for ye season." He adds: "On my return to town I will meet you anywhere . . . tho the affair the Dr. mentioned to you I think will keep you cool," etc. Unpublished. A.l.s. 1 page, 4to. March 18, to Mr. Slingsby Bethel. "The bearer of this is my nephew, who has been long conversant in the West Indies, and used those parts as Master and Supercargo. He thinks he can acquaint you with some improvements that may be made in Sir William Codrington's Estates," etc., etc. A. l. s. I page, 4to. Sunday, to Wm. Fortescue. Arranging a meeting at Chelsea. Mentions Mrs. Howard. Unpublished. Mrs. Howard (afterwards Lady Suffolk) was George IPs mistress. C C 194 J- PEARSON & CO. A. I. s. I page^ 4to. Sitnday nighi, to Dr. Oliver. Pope wishes he could spend more time with his correspondent as his infirmities confine him too much. Mentions Warburton who has been ill. Unpublished. Dr. Oliver was the leading practitioner of Bath. His success was mainly due to the friendship of Pope, Warburton and the rest of the guests at Prior Park. A. I. s. (initials), i page, 4to. Sept. 20, to Richardson. Relative to his portrait which Richardson had painted. Unpublished. A.l.s. 2^ pages, 4to. Twick'nham, Nov. 15, inquiring about Ralph Allen, of Bath, about whom he has been unable to obtain any information except that he was seriously ill, and detailing the remedies he has adopted for his own complaints. Unpublished. Ralph Allen was the original of Fielding's " Squire Allworthy." A. I. I page, 4to, n.d. To Arbuthnot. "... if you would add anything I send it you open," etc. Bathurst (Chas.). A. l. s. i page, 4to. To Pope. Asking if he (Bathurst) is to allow Lintot's claim to the key to " The Rape of the Lock." In reply to the letter from Bathurst, Pope has written (on the same sheet) : " Mr. Lintot has had no Right to the Key to the Locke these many years, the Term expir'd in ye year 29 or 30. But till then I presume Mr. Motte allowed it. If not, you may set ag" it your Right to ye Small poems in ye end of Mr. Lintot's third volume of my Works 8vo, to which your Right from Mr. Motte yet continues." Unpublished. Edwards (Thos.) A.l.s. i page, ^to. iS/w/j;, 1741. To Pope. Relative to some Minerals which were late in arriving. Knapton (J.). Mimous Publisher. THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT SIGNED. \ page,{o\\o. 6 Jan. 1756. Assigning one moiety of the Works of Pope unto Andrew Millar (the publisher) for ^425, .^350 5, PALL MALL PLACE 195 196 PORTA (GIOVANNI BATTISTA DELLA). The Founder of the Science of Physiognomy. THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his— " DE EA NATURALIS PHYSIOGNOMONIAE PARTE, que ad manuum lineas spectat. Libri Duo." Quite Complete. Covering 63 pages, 4to, veiy neatly written, and containing 7iumerous drawings of hands, feet, claws, etc., by Porta himself. Bou7id iii the original limp vellum. A MOST VALUABLE AND EXTREMELY IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPT. It is One of the great writer's treatises on Physiognomy, doubtless written by him for one of his noble patrons. Giovanni Battista della Porta, the Founder of the Science of Physiognomy, Natural Philosopher and Mathematician, was born at Naples in 1540. He devoted the greater part of his life to the sciences, established academies for their promotion, and was the inventor of the Camera Ohscnra. He wrote treatises on Natural History, Optics, Hydraulics, Physiognomy, and Agri- culture, and also thirty-seven dramatic pieces, which are so rare that Apostolo Zeno expressed the wish that they should be collected together as a curious monument of the old Italian Theatre. The SOLE Manuscript of this famous scientist known to us. ^200 197 QUIN (JAMES), Actor. HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. 2 pages, /\X.o. Bath, 2 June, 1763, to George Townshend (afterwards 4th Viscount). Quin writes that he has passed an evening with Mrs. Horatio Townshend and Major Long who benefit by the waters. Asks him to accept his sincere ige J. PEARSON & CO. and affectionate congratulations upon Townshend's "successes and Safety througli a series of Difficulties and dangers and on your accession to the great honours and offices his Majesty has been pleased to reward them with. You have now before you prospects which few are blessed with." An excessively rare autograph. It is the only one that has occurred for sale during the past thirty years. A 2 198 RABELAIS. LES SONGES DROLATIQUES DE PANTAGRUEL ou sont contenues plusieurs figures de I'invention de Maistre Francois Rabelais, avec une intro- tion et des remarques par M. E(dwin) T(ross). Plates. 8vo. Red morocco extra, gilt leaves by Petit. Paris, Librairie Tross. 1869 Printed upon vellum. " Un superbe livre. Un des 3 exemplaires imprimes sur peau de velin." ^21 199 RACINE. MITHRIDATE, Tragedie. A Paris, Chez Claude Barbin, au Palais, sur le second Perron de la Sainte Chapelle. m.dc.lxxiii. Avec Privilege du Roy. ^^1Z' 8vo. Red morocco extra with a doublure of red morocco, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. A remarkable and unique copy, being entirely uncut. It measures 183 X 100 mm. MITHRIDATE, r RAG EB I Ei PAR M^ RACINE. A P A R I S , , Chez CLAVDE BARBIN , an Palais , fur i lefecond Perron de laSainte Chapelle. M. DC. LXXIir. jiVEC VRiriLEGE DV ROT^ k 199 die ^ti'nKt CmJ"/** Uilttntxit j>ic)iv>n<. ttihu-ih »<^ ipiC4liui tirfuic fmUn; S J.H- "-tc '>on it, / > J ' ' ' I ! ' 7 7 ' / ' ' -tt4 «*)(**>»* o rfm Itonii bf> X *«»Mo unn-.io _ ^lilC • (• due ■ (2 CiCHt-B ■ lu- Juri-n I /. u dtpc . ■&'J^Y' i£>^7^ i'lP^icllt lU-i — -* 201. Raphaki. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 197 This is the edition originate of Racine's famous chef-d'oeuvre. " Cette Edition originale contient quelques vers qu'on ne retrouve plus dans les suivantes. La tragedie de Alithridate fut representee avec beaucoup de succes au com- mencement de Janvier 1673, par la troupe de I'Hotel de Bourgogne. C'est a cette epoque que Racine fut regu h I'Academie frangaise."— y^^Z?^ Le Petit. ^250 See Illustration 200 RAEBURN (SIR HENRY), R.A. HOLOGRAPH LETTER, in the third person, i page, 4to ; 30 November 1801. In reference to one of his pictures Letters of this most famous Scots artist are of equal rarity to those of Gainsborough and Romney. ^18 iSj. 201 "RAPHAEL" (RAFFAELLO SANZIO). HOLO- GRAPH RECEIPT, SIGNED, i page, folio; Rome, I November, 15 14. A matchless example of this immortal painter's autograph. There is no autograph of Raphael in the British Museum and no other can be traced as having occurred for sale in Great Britain. ^300 See Illustration igS J. PEARSON & CO. 202 READE (CHARLES). THE ORIGINAL HOLO- GRAPH MANUSCRIPT (SIGNED) of A COMEDIETTA. Written in French, quite complete. Covering 55 pages, folio. Red ^norocco. Reade has written upon the original cover : " A comedietta written in FRENCH BY CHAS. READE, ROUGH DRAFT." UNPUBLISHED. An important fact about this particular manuscript is that it is in french — and it is fair to assume that it is probably the only manuscript written BY Reade in that language. ^105 203 RICHARDSON, "SIR CHARLES GRANDISON " AND "CLARISSA" RICHARDSON (SAMUEL), Novelist. HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. \ pages, 4to, 13//^ Feby, 1750-51. To Thomas Edwards, chiefly in reply, in characteristic and highly appreciative terms, to certain criticisms by the latter of " Sir Charles Grandison." "... How kind are you to think of Harriet Byron ! But as the Metro- politan says, you are good Mr. Edwards. I have taken her to task. There is one Passage where, I think, she lay open to Censure. A pert Baggage ! . . . I designed her to have a livelier turn than Clarissa. . . . But not to be in the least wanting as to Purity of Manners. No vile Accommodation to the Times ! She should not have my good Man, if she was in the least indelicate in her I 5, PALL MALL PLACE 199 Morals . . ." with the transcription of the aforesaid paragraph, the '■'' objktible {sic) Passage" ruled out ^^ ivith pale red ink" (still faintly visible) and a quotation of another passage to be scratched out, "... for fear of hinting at an Extenuation for Unchastity in a Man." Again thanking his critic, Richardson continues, ^^ I would in viy intendedly exemplary characters be even more pure than Milton, since he in one Place, mentions the amorous Disport of the First Pair." The latter half of the letter refers to various mutual friends, with a request to "make my respectful compliments ... to the lovely Ladies who have been affected by the Distresses of Clarissa." A most remarkable letter replying to criticisms of Richardson's third novel, "Sir Charles Grandison," published in 1753. Thomas Edwards, an intimate friend of the author, was himself an author, having written several sonnets (one of which is mentioned in the above letter) and an " ironical supplement " to Warburton's edition of Shakespeare, under the title of "Canons of Criticisms," 1747. Amongst a number of sonnets printed at the end of that volume, are two addressed "To the Author of Clarissa" and of " Sir Charles Grandison." The finest Richardson letter known to us. ^55 204 ROME. DE HISTORIA ROMANA LIBELLUS. Fol. i^, Angelus, etc. Fol. 2^ {14th line). Sexti Rufi viri consularis Valenti ano Augusto de historia Ro. libellus Inciplt. Colophon : Sexti Rufi Consularis Valentiano Augusto de Historia Ro. LibelP Finit. 4to. Old vdlurn. [G. Sachsel and B. Golsch. Rome, 1474) Examples of this early Roman press are of the greatest rarity. These printers, who like most of the early ones in business at Rome were Germans, had a brief and mysterious career. They issued only six books, two of which are dated, one 7th June, the other 9th August, 1474. The type they used is a very coarse Roman, and both the upper and lower case show a com- bination of two different sized founts. It has a very strong resemblance to 200 J. PEARSON & CO. the type used at a shortly previous date by J. P. de Lignamine, another Roman printer. There is a copy of the book in the British Museum and the John Rylands Library, but fione in the Bodleian. The present book, sometimes known as the " Breviarium verum gestarum popuh Romani " is a short summary of the growth of the Roman Empire from its foundation, up to the time of the two brothers Valens and Valentinianus. The present remarkably fine copy, having the very rare blank leaf, was formerly in the collection of Michael Wodhull. A8 205 ROME. RACCOLTA di Niim° 320 Vedute si antiche, che moderne della Citta di Roma. Large 8vo. Contemporary green morocco, with dentelle border. Rome (1750) Printed upon Vellum. There are 320 views printed in sets of four to a page, after A. Franzetti by Torsanguigna. Brunei could only record one example printed on vellum (probably the present). 206 ROMNEY (GEORGE). HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. 3 pages, 4to, March 13, 1794. To his son the Rev. John Romney. " I have painted four pictures that do me more credit than any I have painted before, Milton, the Indian Woman, Ophelia from Hamlet as a com- panion, and a picture of Susanne." Romney's letters are almost as rare as Gainsborough's. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 201 207 ROUSSEAU (JEAN -JACQUES). HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. 3 pages, 410, to his publisher, Duchesne; Motiers, 11 aout, 1765. '^ Belle et interessante lettre relative a un de ses ouvrages. II lui retourne les planches corrigees, et il compter rester a Metiers tout Thiver, afin d'etre a portee de voir les epreuves. II desire avoir quelques bonnes epreuves de ses portraits, on lui en demande de tous les cotes et il a ete force de reprendre a Mile, le Vasseur celui qu'ii lui avait donne. On a imprime a Lyon une lettre anonyme ou I'auteur, homme tres considere et tres digne de I'etre, rendait un compte tres fidele des tracasseries que le clerge de ce pays lui a suscitees. M. de Montmolin, ministre de ce village, a cru devoir faire imprimer, en reponse, une dizaine de lettres tres dignes de lui dans lesquelles il debite tant de mensonges et traite I'anonyme si brutalement qu'il I'oblige a continuer sa relation et a se nommer. II publiera plusieurs pieces et entre autres une longue lettre ou il rend compte de ce qui s'est passe entre M. de Montmolin et lui depuis son arrivee dans ce pays. ' Je ne m'imagine pas que toutes ces tracasseries interessent beaucouple public ou vous etes; cependant, comme on aime assez a connaitre un peu en detail les manoeuvres des gens d'Eglise. peut-etre que cette raison pourrait rendre ce nouvel ecrit interessant. D'autant plus que ce ministre qui est un intrigant ne manquera pas de remplir la France et les journaux de sa brochure.'" Probably relative to Emile. 208 FOX AND THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE ROWLANDSON (THOMAS). HISTORY OF THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION, containing every Ma- terial Occurrence, from Its Commencement on the First of April to the Final Close of the Poll on the Seventeenth of D D 202 J. PEARSON & CO. May; to which is prefixed a Summer Account of the Pro ceeclings of the Late ParHament, etc. Folding frontispiece ' and numerous folding plates by Rowlandson. 4to. Morocco extra, top edge gilt, uncut. 1784 A UNIQUE COPY, There are inserted — 1. Eight of the original Unpublished drawings by Thomas Row- landson. 2. SIX HOLOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED of the celebrated Duchess of Devonshire " who devoted her utmost efforts to secure the return of her friend C J. Fox at the famous Westminster election of 1784." The famous Gainsborough portrait of the Duchess is well known. 3. A Letter to her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire. 4to. Fielding and Walker, i^TJ. 4. FOX (C. ].), candidate for the Westminster election of i']2>/[. HOLO- GRAPH LETTER SIGNED, i page, 4to. The Delightful Series of Letters from "the Beautiful Duchess" in her Seventeenth Year (shortly after her marriage) are ex- tremely interesting as the following extracts aptly demon- strate: {a) A. I. s. 2 pages, 4to, JiiTie 13, 1774, to her Sister Lady Harriet Spencer. " I am obliged to you for your note and ask you a thousand pardons my Dearest Sister for my going without seeing you. . . , My brother and Lord Clermont are at Putney. ... I was very sorry to part with him [her brother] so soon. Grace is very much pleased with Cheswick, they have been walking about all the evening. ... I wish you would begin a head in black chalk for me and not forget practising my favourite Lesson and Rondeau on the Harpsichord. "Adieu my Dearest Sister " Believe me ever sincerely yrs., " G. Devonshire." 5, PALL MALL PLACE 203 {b) A./.s. I page, 4to, June i$th, 1774. To the Same: a most affectionate letter. " I could not let Dennis go to Wimbledon without writing a word to you my Dearest Sister as I know you are good enough to me to be happy at hearing de mes nouvelles, and believe me that the Love and Friendship that you show for me is returned with the greatest sincerity by me that I feel the greatest happiness in the thoughts of being beloved by ma chere soeur and living with her in the truest friendship. " Adieu ma chere soeur croyez moi avec beaucoup de sincerite votre aff. " G. Devonshire." {c) A. /., 3 pages, 4to {in French) to the Same: a charming letter, re- iterating her sentiments of affection towards her sister, stating that she had got up at seven o'clock to write to her, suggesting mutual help and encouragement in their joint studies, etc. "... Nous avons icy aussi des fracas pour les Elections, My lord Frederick qui doit etre elu pour Derby y donne un bal Samedi ou je dois aller — Je n'ai jamais vue les Demoiselles Lewis sont elle amiable si elle sont cela doit vous faire une agreable societe a Althorp " — etc. (d) A. /. {iti French). 3/a^^x, 4to., Hardwick, Oct. i6th, 1774, to the Same: a delightful letter giving a charming view of the world as seen by a young Duchess, and anticipating her future interest in elections. " C'est avec bien de plaisir ma chere soeur que je reponds a votre charmant lettre elle ma fait un plaisir que je ne scaurais exprimer et soyez persuadez mon aimable Ami que bien loin de m'ennuier. Vos lettres doivent me charmer puisqu'elles me vienent de vous et quel sont de nouvelles marque de votre tendresse — Assurement La Personne a qui la Duchesse de Masarin [car s'etoit elle] mettoit un croix pour exprimer — Je vous aime devoit en reponse avoir quelque figure qui vouloit dire Et moi je vous aime autant quel que ce fut, je devrai m'en servire en vous ecrivant . . . Je suis Enchante du petit triomphe de Maman et je suis charme que I'Election c'est si bien termini. Je crois ma chere Soeur que vous avez eu beaucoup de plaisir en voyant les fracas d'une Election comme cela devois vous paroitre tout a fait nouveau — Je mamuse beaucoup icy — jai du temp pour la Lecture mais malheureusement nous 204 J. PEARSON & CO. n'avons que fort peu de Livres— Je me promene plus que je ni faisait a Chats- worth et je suis toute a fait suprise de trouver que mes jambe peuvent me porter aussi loin qu'elle font. Je monte beaucoup a cheval . . J'ai commencer un dessin de la vielle maison . . . Voici ma chere soeur les occupation de ma Vie Champetre, Le Whist et la Conversation remplissent le rest," etc. ,^ (e) A. L s., ' G. Devonshire ' {iti Fretich). 2 pages, 4to. Chatsworih: another very charming letter to the Same, full of sisterly affection. " Mille et Mille remerciments ma chere Soeur pour votre charmante lettre — soyez assure que votre Georgini aime son Henriette autant quil est possible . . . Nous sommes Amies et doublement liee par le sang et par I'Amitie — nous somme eloignee I'une de I'autre, faisons bonne usage d'une si triste necessite. Ecrivons nous nos projects pour nos etudes, etc., et faisons part lune a I'autre des avancement que nous faisons dans la lecture le Dessein la musique "—etc. ^200 209 RUBENS (PIETRO PAUOLO). HOLOGRAPH LETTER (in Italian), SIGNED. -^ pages, io\\o. Madrid, 22 April, 1629. A superb letter. Rubens writes that he has received his correspondent's letter of the 5th February, under cover to the Ambassador of Flanders, wonders where it has been detained so long. Rejoices to hear that he and his brother are in good health; also that M. Preise is well and remembers him; he sent the latter his portrait before leaving Flanders, hopes it arrived safely. Fears the bad season will prevent him from going to visit him in Provence, may be obliged to go elsewhere, but may pass through Paris first. Thanks him for the fine heroic inscription devictis Rusellanis, the author should compose another showing that external victory is more glorious than that which is intestine. Caesar's veni vidi vici might apply to his most Christian majesty. The articles of the treaty are infamous to Spain, the Ministers could hardly threaten war in more insulting terms than they treat of peace. The Duke of Saxony always seems .>c ^*,<i/^ ioU'yi*'^ (^^^'T^^ IP^^^^ /x^ A^.-<-A_^ ^^<r}^M^uj0^t^/-<^ -v/^-i^ <.«LA_ ^^^/f l7«*-r7i^^ fea.(' /^"Z*- 'Jyffx^fu'-t.A^f,^ f/H^M^^ /^ti^^t^ ^/G«-t<^ cf/yu. ) //2^ /? j'i^'CL/r^ y^u4-i^ 5, PALL MALL PLACE 205 to be valiant against Spain, but succumbs easily to the arms of France. Has heard of the capture of the fleet from new Spain, due to good fortune rather than courage, the victors are ashamed not to have taken a single prisoner. It is reported that the general and officers are to be sent, under arrest, from Seville for trial. The fleet was very rich for it brought the extraordinary grant from Peru, as well as the usual treasure. The caravel and galleon from Goa, which it was feared had also fallen into the hands of the Dutch, have arrived safely, which is some consolation. Sends remembrances to the Abbot of St. Ambrose, and M. de la Motte. (Signed) " Pietro Pauolo Rubens." ^250 210 RUBENS (PIETRO PAUOLO). HOLOGRAPH LETTER (in Italian), SIGNED. 2pages,{oX\o. Addressed to Monsieur de Puy at the house of Councillor de Thou in Paris. Antwerp, 17 Septe77iber, 1626. In the course of this letter Rubens remarks that Monsieur Valavez must, by now, have left Paris; he is grieved to lose the best correspondent in the world. Does not wish to put M. de Puy to the trouble of writing, but will be grateful for occasional copies of the best public news sheets. Regrets that he cannot do the same but no news is published there, except reports by char- latans, unworthy of a gentleman's notice. Has nothing to relate, having written at length in his last letter to M. Valavez concerning the attempt of the Dutch upon Kildrecht, and the defeat of the King of Denmark by Tilly. The Dominican Michael Ophovio who was in prison at Heusden and the Hague, and in peril of his life for having tried to persuade Van Kessel, Governor of Heusden, to some treason, was consecrated bishop of " Boldveq" on the 1 3th September and has thus happily exchanged the halter for the mitre. (Signed) " Pietro Pauolo Rubens." See Illustration 2o6 J. PEARSON & CO. 21 I RUSKIN. THE STONES OF VENICE. The Founda- tions. By John Ruskin, Author of "The Seven Lamps of Architecture," "Modern Painters," etc., etc. With Ilhistra- tio7is drawn by the Author. Super royal 8vo. 3 vols. Original cloth, uncut. Lo7idon: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65 Cornhill. 1851 First Edition. The presentation copy from the Author to the Sage of Chelsea — Thomas Carlyle — with Ruskin's autograph presentation inscription ON the half-title. When one remembers that both the giver and the recipient of these volumes were great writers, both imbued with such high ideals and both work- ing indefatigably for the attainment of those ideals, a more interesting copy of this famous work could not be conceived. See Illustration 212 SAINT-LAMBERT. LES SAISONS, POEME. 8vo. Flenron on title, 4 vignettes by Choffard, and 5 plates by Moreau, engraved by Delaunay, Duclos, Prevost and Simonet. — Contes, Poesies fugitives et Fables Orientales. 2 plates by Moreau. Green morocco extra. ATnsterdam, 1775 The finest known example of one of the most beautiful of the famous French illustrated books of this period. A superb and Unique Copy, the plates by Moreau being in Two States, with the letters, and Proofs Before MMpM t^ 1 1 i '4 4 ■I m o h-H ;^ W ^ Ph H O c^ (^ ^ O c;0 v'^/^/'///v^ £ ^. y^fnJfh/iprj/ra/m^h£ # y^' / "-<<-» '-.^^w. v^t^^^ # 5, PALL MALL PLACE 207 Letters. The en-tetes by Choffard are also in Two States, ordinary im- pressions and Proofs " tirees a part." An autograph letter of the Author is inserted. 213 SAND (GEORGES). THE ORIGINAL HOLO- GRAPH MANUSCRIPT (SIGNED) of her " La Reverie A Paris." Quite Complete. Covering 39 pages. 8vo. Together with a Holograph Letter to Louis Ulbach, to whom the cele- brated Authoress presented this fine Manuscript. In this letter she states that the Manuscript {sent to Ulbach with this letter) is a retrospective impression. Manuscripts of Georges Sand are most rare. " Georges Sand " — Armandine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, baroness Dudevan — was contemporary with Dumas pere et fils^ and with the poet Alfred de Musset. 214 SCHUBERT (FRANZ). HOLOGRAPH LETTER (SIGNED). I page, ^oWo. Vienna, 1816 This superb letter was one of Herr Meyer-Cohn's most treasured Possessions. Schubert's letters are of the greatest rarity. " Eingabe, auf Stempelpapier, an die ' Hochlobl. K.K. Stadthauptmann- schaft.' Er bittet unterthanigst ihm die erledigte Musik-Direktor-Stelle zu Laibach in Gnaden zu verleihen. Nach Mitteilung iiber seinen musikalischen Lehrgang, seine Kenntnisse der Komposition etc. ' Gelobt er, die bestmogliche Verwendung seiner Fahigkeiten, um einer gnadigen Bittgewahr vollkommen 2o8 J. PEARSON & CO. zu entsprechen.' Der Brief ist wie folgt unterzeichnet: Franz Schubert ni.p. derzeit Schuleghiilfe der Schule seines Vaters zu Wien am Himmelpfortgrunde No. lo." — Meyer- Cohft Catalogue. ^200 See Illustration 215 SCOTLAND.— PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE RE- GALIA OF SCOTLAND. (Including a True Account of the Preservation of the Regaha of Scotland by Sir George Ogilvie of Barras, Bart., Edinburgh 1701.) Edited and presented to the Bannatyne Club by William Bell. Folding plates and facsimiles. 4to. In the original half morocco uncut. Edinburgh, Privately prijited, 1829 Printed upon vellum. One of but three copies so printed. The present was David Laing's copy. £^s 216 SCOTT (SIR WALTER). —LOCKHART (J. G.) ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS Historical and Romantic. 4to. Engraved title after the author [J. G. Lockhart) by W. H. Lizars. Original boaj^ds, uncut. William Blackwood, Edinburgh, and T. Cadell, London. 1823 First Edition. The presentation copy from Sir Walter Scott to the Marchioness 5, PALL MALL PLACE 209 OF Abercorn, with his signed autograph inscription on the fly-leaf as follows : " For the most noble Marchioness of Abercorn, from her grateful and attached friend Walter Scott. The frontispiece drawn by the Author." This, the First Edition, contains many Poems afterwards omitted. Scott was the fatherin-law of J. G. Lockhart. The volume was formerly in the library of Lord Napier, and has his book- plate. 217 SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS). OPERA. Folio I^ Incipit Lucii Annei Senecae cordiibensis liber de moribus in quo notabiliter & eleganter vitae mores enarrat. Folio 2^ (fifth line), Incipit liber Lucii Annei Senecae de formula honestae vitae: vel de quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus. Folio. Brown morocco. Colophoji: Impressum Tarvisij per Bernardum de Colonia Anno domini m.cccc.lxxviij. / Treviso, Bernardus de Colonia, 1478 An Incunabula of the highest interest and rarity. The printer of this edition of Seneca, Bernardus de Colonia, is only knozvn to have printed three books: " Majus, de priscorum proprietate verborum " in 1477; the present book in 1478, and the " Dissensio inter Papam et Floren- tinos " without date. Unlike most of the printers who worked at Treviso he made use of a small and neat gothic type of rather peculiar form, which is particularly noticeable as containing the diphthongs, and this type was fre- quently copied, especially by the printers at Basle and Nuremberg. This copy, which contains the excessively rare blank leaf, found a home in France from a very early period, and belonged to some religious order at Sens in Champagne, as may be seen from the partly defaced inscription at the foot of the first page. There are two other inscriptions in French below the E E 210 J. PEARSON & CO. colophon, the first stating that the book was given by Jehan beuf (?), bachelor in theology, to a brother of the order Celestines at Sens. On the title is a note and autograph of Jacques Rousseau, dated 15th September 1661. Rousseau, who was born in Paris in 1626, became a pupil of the famous artist, Herman van Swanevelt. Later he studied in Rome and returned to Paris. Owing to the edict of Nantes he fled to Holland and thence to London where he was employed to decorate Montague House, afterwards the British Museum, and part of Hampton Court. He died in London in 1694. The first possessor of this remarkable copy of Seneca was evidently a scholar of some repute, for he has written in (in a contemporary hand) the headlines: De Remediis fortuito2|Z Primus declamationum; De Beneficiis; De Ira, etc. 218 A UNIQUE SECOND FOLIO SHAKESPEARE. MR. WILLIAM SHAKE- SPEARE'S COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES. Published according to the true Originall Copies. The second Impression. Portrait by Martin Droeshout. Londo7i, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Paiils Church- yard. 1632. [^Colophon at end.^ Printed at London by Thomas Cotes, for John Smethwick, William Asp ley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, Robert Allot, 1632 The Second Folio. A remarkably fine and entirely unwashed copy bound in red morocco. The present folio is corrected and augmented throughout, and presents certain differences in the setting up and printing from the ordinary copies as described by Mr. Pollard. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 211 Differences from Mr. Pollard's Collation. Head Title (leaf x) " to their first Originall " is here printed on a fresh Hne. Misprints. Signature bb instead of cc. Pagination. \i is unnumbered. P. 88 (in the repeats) printed correctly. P. 164 printed correctly. Manuscript Corrections and Augmentations. First pagination. Page 2, Col. I. " And (thou) his onely heire" — "Thou " written in. "To thinke oth' teene " — " teene " altered to " tune." " Though all the signories " altered to " Through all," etc. Page 3, Col. 2. " Yea, his dead Trident shake " altered to " his dread," etc. " Some tricks of desperation " — the first e in desperation has been added in ink. Page 4, Col. I. "Which is't thou canst demand?" — " hich " of " which " scored out. "Save for the sinne that he did littour " altered to "Save for the Sonne that she did littour." Page 8, Col. i. "Which th-owes thee much to yeeld" altered to "which sh-owes thee much to yeeld." Col. 2. "The Man i'th Moone's too slow" enclosed in brackets. " (And by that destiny) " — second bracket added. Page 9, Col. 2. " had but his fish painted " altered to " this fish," etc. Page 10, Col. 2. " Cal(iban) " altered to "Ste(phanie)." " Delight in them set off" altered to "sets off." Page 1 1, Col. 2. "Thy eyes are almost set in thy heart " altered to "thy head." Page 13, Col. I. Alteration to "vigilance." Page 15, Col. 2. " beyond yon cell " altered to " beyond yor cell." Page 16, Col. 2. Alteration to "I will have none on't." Page 17, Col. 2. "My Dukedome of thre" altered to "thee." 212 J. PEARSON & CO. Page 27, Col. 2. "lent me wit to plot his drift " altered to " this drift." Page 31, Col. 2. " then I prove loyall " — L written in. Page 38, Col. 2. " we will include all jarres " — i in include written in. Second pagination . Page 6, Col. 2. " And if yon " altered to " and of yon." " io^a«." altered to " CzV." Page 206, Col. I. "Must fetch him in; he (?) Papers" altered to "his Papers." Page 207, Col. I. "To heare this of him; and could wish you were" — " you " corrected. Page 209 (120), Col. I. "For this to ruminate on this so farre" — the first "this" scored out. Page 216, Col. I. "Continue in my Liking; nay, gave notice" altered to " gave not notice." Page 228, Col. I. "To make your house our Towre: you a brother of us" altered to " were you a brother of us." Third pagination. Page 7, Col. I. "If that he praise himself, bring the praise forth " altered to " If he praise himselfe, that brings the praise forth." Page 8, Col. i. "Our imputation shall be oddely poized" altered to "Our reputation." Page 13, Col. 2. "Hel(ena)" written in. " Par(is) " scored through. Page 16, Col. I. "That through the fight I beare in things to love" — "in" and " to " transposed. Page 17, Col. 2. "That all the Greekes," etc. — " Greekes " corrected. Page 20, Col. 2. "Injurious time, which now with a robbers haste" — " which " written in. Page 21, Col. I. "He cut thy thy throate" — the second "thy" scored through. Page 24, Col. 2. "Cressida come(s) forth to him" — s written in. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 213 Page 26, Col. 2. " For we would count give much to violent thefts " altered to " As to give much by violent thefts." These corrections are in a Stuart handwriting — they appear to be entirely original and unpublished. -^500 219 SHAKESPEARE. MR. WILLIAM SHAKE- SPEARE'S COMEDIES, HISTORIES AND TRAGEDIES. Published according to the true Original copies. Unto which is added seven Plays, never before printed in folio: viz., Pericles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigal. The History of Thomas Lord Cromwell. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The Puritan Widow. A Yorkshire Tragedy. The Tragedy of Locrine. The Fourth Edition. Portrait by Martin Droeskout, with the verses by Ben Jonson beneath. Folio. Red morocco, gilt edges, by Clarke and Bedford. London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bent ley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Paul's Church-yard, and in Russell-Street, Covent Garden. 1685 A beautiful unwashed copy bound by Clarke and Bedford (about the year 1840) for W. T. B. Ashley. Its size is most unusual, being 143?^- inches in height and 9 inches wide. The present copy is unique inasmuch that before the leaf of Dedication " To the most Noble and Incomparable pair of Brethren William Earl of Pembroke and Philip Earl of Montgomery " there are inserted original letters OF both of these extremely famous men. The letter of the elder brother (the Earl of Pembroke) is entirely holo- graph, being dated 24th December 1625, and relates to the approaching 214 J- PEARSON & CO. coronation of Charles I. It is addressed to his uncle, the Earl of Leicester, and signed " Yo"" Lo"' most affectionate nephew and servant Pembroke." The letter of the younger brother (the Earl of Montgomery) was written during the Civil War to Colonel John More (the Regicide). It is dated from Whitehall 5th August 1647, ^"d signed "yo"'. most affectionate and assured ffriend Pembroke and Mont^." (he had become Earl of Pembroke on the death of his elder brother in 1630). William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, not only has the enduring honour of the dedication of the Shakespeare " Folios " but was also (according to Shake- speare's biographers) the famous " Mr. W. H." to whom the Poet dedicated so many of his "Sonnets." The autographs of both brothers are of extra- ordinary rarity. This is without doubt the most desirable copy of the famous " Fourth Folio " in existence. ^250 220 SHAKESPEARE. THE WORKS OF MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR: in Six Volumes. Adorn'd with Cuts. Revis'd and Corrected, with an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. By N. Rowe, Esq. Frontispiece containing a portrait of Shakespeare to each volume and plate to each play by Van der Gucht. 6 vols. 8vo. Original panelled calf. Printed for Jacob Tonson, zvithin Grays- Inn Gate, next Grays-Inn Lane, i 709 Volume the Seventh. Containing Venus & Adonis. Tarquin & Lucrece. And His Miscellany Poems. With Critical Remarks on his Plays, etc. to which is Prefix'd an Essay on the Art, Rise and Progress of the Stage in 5, PALL MALL PLACE 215 Greece, Rome and England. Fi^07itispiece representing Venus regaj'dmg the wojinded Adonis. 8vo. Original panelled calf, nniforni with the Plays. Printed for E. Cnrll at the Dial and Bible against St. Dimstans Churchy and E. Sanger at the Post- House at the Middle- Temple Gate. 1710 Together 7 vols. 1709, 17 10 The First Complete Edition of Shakesp?:are's Plays and Poems. This precious edition also contains the First Life of Shakespeare as well as the first criticism of his works. It is, too, the First Illustrated Edition. These illustrations are of the very greatest importance as they are the very earliest existing records of the manner in which the plays were mounted, and of the costumes worn by the early Shakespearean actors. Absolutely perfect copies, of the seven volumes (with all the plates) such as the above, are of the greatest rarity. .^50 221 SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORKS; with ex- planatory notes to which is now added, a copious Index by the Rev. Samuel Ayscough. Portrait, engraved by W. Slier win. Thick 8 vo. Original calf . London: 1790 The Poet Southey's copy with his autograph signature and date " 1802" on the inside of the front cover. The volume also contains his book-plate. /15 I5-^- 2i6 J. PEARSON & CO. 222 SHAKESPEARE.-HANMER (SIR THOS.). The Original Holograph Manuscript of his "GLOSSARY EXPLAINING THE OBSOLETE AND DIFFICULT WORDS IN THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEAR." Quite complete, /[^^pages. Royal 4to. Old green morocco. A fine and boldly written Manuscript, with numerous emendations and additions also in Hanmer's autograph. The manuscript appears to be unpub- lished. Sir Thomas Hanmer's edition of Shakespeare, which appeared in 1743-4, was the first "which," says Dibdin, "appeared in any splendid typographical form." See Illustration 223 SHAKESPEARE.— A GODLY EXHORTATION, by occasion of the late iudgement of God, shewed at Parris- garden, the thirteenth of Januarie: where were assembled by estimation; aboue a thousand persons, whereof some were slaine; & of that number, at the least, as is crediblie reported, the thirde person maimed and hurt ... By John Field . . . At London: Printed by Robert Walde-graue . . . and Hefiry Ca7're . . . [At end:) January . i 7 . 1583 . /, /\ Small 8vo. P rutted mostly in black letter. Morocco extra. (•583) Paris garden was a well-known London resort for the "sport" of bear- baiting. It is referred to by Shakespeare in "Henry VIII," V, iv, 2. On F xiC i e if 1 %i « ^^ >^ ^^ < ■ IN N i^ y X J trim fktMwri hy jhAji^n^K- A ] t^jUt^c J J AJLm j ^-v- 5, PALL MALL PLACE 217 13th January 1583, which was a Sunday, the gallery collapsed while crowded ^v^th spectators of the baiting of a bear. "This is a tract of the highest degree of rarity; the only copy I have heard of as being in any public library is that in the University Library of Cambridge. The British Museum has, I find, a copy, but it must have been bought in late years." — The Halliwell-Philllips' Shakespearean Rarities, 1891. 224 SHELLEY (MARY W.). The second Wife of the Poet. An EXTREMELY IMPORTANT Series of 5 HOLOGRAPH LET- TERS, addressed to Leigh Hunt and his Wife. They are intimate letters, and are all relative to Shelley BEFORE and AFTER HIS TRAGIC DEATH. ThEY ALSO RELATE TO HIS Poems and to his Will. HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED "MARY \V. SHELLEY." \ page, 4to. Bath, January 13, 181 7. To Mrs. Leigh Hunt. Respecting the Poet. "I am going to trouble you with a very impertinent commission, but Mr. Shelley's thoughtlessness must be my excuse. Will you be so kind as to ask him for his dirty linen and send it to the wash for him. . . . Will you also tell me how Mr. Shelley continues under the reaction of this hateful busi- ness. ..." HOLOGRAPH LETTER. 4 pages, \\.o, unfinished. Leghorn, Aug. 28, 18 1 9. To Mrs. Leigh Hunt. Referring to their life in Italy and to the Poet's work and health, etc. " We are very dull at Leghorn and I can therefore write nothing to amuse you. We live in a little country house at the end of a green lane surrounded by a.podere; these podere are just the things Hunt would like — they are like our kitchen gardens with the difference only that the beautiful fertility of this country gives them — a large bed of cabages \sic\ is very unpicturesque in F F 2i8 J. 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England — but here the furrows are alternated with rows of grapes festooned on their supporters — it is filled with olive, fig and peach trees and the hedges are of myrtle which have just ceased to flower — their flower has the sweetest faint smell in the world like some delicious spice — green grapy walks lead you through the vines — the people are always busy — and it [is] pleasant to see three or four of them transform in one day a bed of indian corn to one of celery — they work this hot weather in their shirts or smock frocks (but their breasts are bare) their brown legs nearly the colour only with a rich tinge of red in it with the earth they turn up — They sing not very melodiously but very loud — Rossini's music — ' Mi revedrai mi ti revedro " and they are accom- panied by the a'ca/a a kind of little beetle that makes a noise with its tail as loud as Johnny can sing — they live on trees and three or four together are enough to deafen you — it is to the a'ca/a that Anacreon has addressed an ode which they call to a grasshopper in the English translations. " Well here we live — I never am in good spirits — often in very bad — and Hunt's portrait has already seen me shed so many tears that if it had his heart as well as his eyes he would weep too to [i"/<f] in pity — but no more of this or a tear will come now, and there is no use for that. " By the bye a Hint Hunt gave about portraits — the Italian painters are very bad — they might make a nose like Shelley's & perhaps a mouth, but I doubt it; but there would be no expression [in] it. — They have no notion of anything except copying again and again their old masters — and somehow mere copying however divine the original does a great deal more harm than good. " Shelley has written a good deal and I have done very little since I have been in Italy— I have had so much to see — and so many vexations — independant of those which God has kindly sent to wean me from the world if I were too fond of it — S.[helley] has not had good health by any MEANS— AND WHEN GETTING BETTER FATE HAS EVER CONTRIVED SOMETHING TO PULL HIM BACK — HE NEVER WAS BETTER THAN THE LAST MONTH OF HIS STAY IN Rome except the last week — then he watched 6o miserable DEATHLIKE HOURS WITHOUT CLOSING HIS EYES & you may think what good that did him. " We see the Examiners regularly now four together just two months after the publication of the last — these are very delightful to us. I have a word to say to Hunt of what he says concerning Italian dancing — the Italians dance 5, PALL MALL PLACE 2ig very badly — they dress for their dances in the ughest manner — the men in Httle doublets with a hat and feathers — they are very stiff — nothing but their legs move — & they twirl and jump with as ill grace as may be — it is not for their dancing but their pantomime that the Italians are famous. You remem- ber what we told you of the ballet of Othello — they tell a story by action so that words appear perfectly superfluous things for them — In that they are graceful agile impressive & very affecting so that I delight in nothing so much as a deep tragic ballet — but the dancing — unless as they sometimes do — they dance as common people — for instance the dance of joy of the Venetian citizens on the return of Othello — is very bad indeed. " I am much obliged to you for all your kind offers and wishes — Hunt WOULD DO Shelley a great deal of good — but that we may not think of — His spirits are tolerably good — But you do not tell me how you get on — How Bessy is & where she is — Remember me to her — Clare is learning thorough base and singing— we pay 4 crowns a month for her master — he comes 3 times a week cheap work this — is it not — at Rome we pay 3 shillings a lesson & the master stayed two hours. — The one we have now is the best in Leghorn — I write in the morning— read latin till two when we dine — then I read some English book and two cantos of Dante with Shelley — In the evening our friends the Gisbornes come so we are not perfectly alone — I like Mrs Gis- borne very much indeed but her husband is most dreadfully dull and as he is always with her we have not so much pleasure in her company as we other- wise should — Her son is the pattern of good boys — I'hornton & Johnny should take pattern by him — he is only thirty years of age and always does as he is bid — this is no exaggeration although that age, he is under as complete a subordination as few boys of twelve are — this however is all to his praise for he is very clever." HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED in full " Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley." 3 pages, 4to. Dated "5, Bartholomew Place, Kentish Town, 30 October, 1826." To Leigh Hunt, mainly referring to Shelley's intended legacy TO THE latter. " Am I guilty of any want of tact in addressing these few lines to you at the present moment? I trust not — or if I am mistaken in my hope, yet I en- treat you to set down my undelay to the account over seal [zeal] ; and a wish, in part the birth of circumstance, to relieve your mind from a part of that 220 J. PEARSON & CO. care which I know is now oppressing it. I shall be too happy if you permit any act of mine to have that effect. I told you long ago that our beloved LOST Shelley, intended on rewriting his will to have left you a legacy; I think the sum he mentioned was ^2,000. I trust that hereafter you will not refuse to consider me your debtor for that sum, merely because I shall be bound to pay you by the laws of honour, instead of a legal obligation. "You would of course be better pleased to have received it immediately from DEAR Shelley's bequest, but as it is well known that he intended to make such an one, it is in fact the same thing, and so I hope by you to be considered. Besides your kind heart will receive pleasure from the knowledge that you are bestowing on me the greatest pleasure I am capable of receiving. "This is no resolution of to-day's; but found from the moment that I knew my situation to be such as it is, I didn't mention it, because it seemed almost like an empty boast to talk and resolve on things so far off. But futurity approaches; and a feeling haunts me as if this futurity was not very distant. I have spoken vaguely on the subject to you before, but now, your having had a recent disappointment, I have thought it as well to explain in exact terms the meaning I attached to my expression. " I have as yet made no will, but if in the meantime I should chance to die, this paper may serve as a legal document to prove that I give and /^e- queath to you, dear Leigh Hunt, the sum of two thousand pounds sterling. " But I hope we shall both live — I to accomplish our Shelley's inten- tions; you to honour me as far as to permit me to be their executor. "I have mentioned this subject to none; and do not intend; an act is not aided by words especially an act unfulfilled, nor do I see that this letter requires an answer — at least not till after the death of Sir Timothy Shelley; — when perhaps this explanation would have come with a better grace; but I trust to your kindness to put my writing now to a good motive." HOLOGRAPH LETTER. 3 pages, 4to {signature cut away). Dresden, 17 August (1842). To Leigh Hunt. " I can only say if Lord Leigh will join us it will go hard with Percy and me but that we will contribute to so dear and memorable a work you may count on ^lo for the Xmas quarter. I wish that I heard of other success and 5, PALL MALL PLACE 221 prosperity for you. I saw advertized, that your poem was reprinted in Galig- nani's weekly journal to which he transfers what he considers most worthy of our literature. When I get to Florence I shall try to read this and read your poem. " We have made a long journey since I wrote. We found here Pearson who has set several of Shelley's Poems most beautifully to music (Novello pub- lished them) and has a great musical genius. He is very German in his Music — but there is much beautiful melody in some of these songs, in the Arethusa for instance and in the Spirit of Night — but they are very difficult to play. He is now writing an opera which he hopes to have brought [out] at Vienna. Mean- while he talks of accompanying us to Florence — towards which we shall make progress (it is a long way off) in about lo days. The Elbe has no water for steamers— or we had hoped for a beautiful voyage to Prague. The drought in this part of the world is become disastrous. Every (thing) is dried up — the heat is oppressive beyond description. It is impossible to go to galleries or sights. Doing so the other night in some small degree I was knocked up and quite ill. No rain, no clouds, each day the sun makes its progress through the sky scorching & stewing, a thunderstorm never intervenes to check or change t he heat — water is sold about the town and the people are forbidden to wash their houses not to use the water a superfluity of caution I should imagine for the Germans are not given to much washing and there is still water in the Elbe though it may be walked across. We regret not being among mountains, but after spending last year in a Welch valley, rained on the whole time it did not occur to us that we should be in danger of being broiled alive in Dresden in the month of August. We visited (helped by the Railroad) Berlin on our way hither. The gallery there is a very good one admirably arranged. All things in Prussia you know are so arranged as to half convert a republican — all is done by the king in the best way. There is free ingress to the Gallery to every one. Among all the pictures none delighted me so much as the adoration of the kings by Raphael. A large picture in his first style. The colors all faded yet what is left, the expression of the faces, the grace and simplicity of the figures are quite matchless. One kneeling Angel in particular. There is adoration, humility and perfect self forgetfulness and much inexpressable sweetness that none but Raphael could have put on canvas. The Mother and Child (di San Sisto) here are very fine but quite different. There is much more majesty and grandeur but less simplicity and sweetness. The Magdalene 222 J. PEARSON & CO. you mention is very lovely so tearful yet composed — hoping yet regretting. There are other fine Correggios in the Gallery. " As I said we go towards Florence. One of our party is ordered a warmer climate. I fear Florence will be scarcely temperate enough for him. Percy's friend Knox (whom you met at our house) has a complaint of the heart — a painful disorder attended by great nervousness and distress requiring great quiet and composure, and he has many things to worry him. He is writing and will bring out a volume of poems this autumn — a copy shall be sent you, get it well noticed if you can. . . . Percy desires to be most kindly re- membered." HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "MARY SHELLEY." a pages, 4to. Futney, 20 April, 1844. To Leigh Hunt, mainly respecting Shelley's pro- posed legacy to the latter. "... Twenty years ago in memory of what Shelley's intentions were, I said that you should be considered one of the legatees to the amount of ;^2,ooo. ... I need scarcely mention that when Shelley talked of leaving you this sum he contemplated reducing the other legacies — and that one among these is (by a mistake of the Solicitor) just double what he intended it to be. Twenty years have of course much changed my position. Twenty years ago it was supposed that Sir Tim""^* would not live five years. Meanwhile a large debt has accumulated — for I must pay back all on which Percy and I have subsisted as well as what I borrowed for Percy's going to college. In fact I scarcely know how our affairs will be. Moreover Percy shares now my rights — that promise was made without his concurrence— and he must concur to render it of avail — nor do I like to ask him to do so till our affairs are so settled that we know what we shall have — whether Shelley's uncle may not go to law — in short till we see our way before us. "It is both my & Percy's great wish to feel that you are no longer so burthened by care & necessity — in that he is as desirous as I can be — but the form & the degree in which we can do this must at first be uncertain. "From the time of Sir Timothy's death I shall give directions to my banker to honour your quarterly cheques for ^^30 a quarter, and I shall take steps to secure this to you & to Marianne if she should survive you. "Percy has read this letter and approves — I know your real delicacy about I 5, PALL MALL PLACE 223 money matters & that you will at once be ready to enter to my views — & feel assured that if my present debt should press if we have any command of money we will take care to free you from it. " Anxiety we shall not have for neither Percy or I will allow ourselves to be anxious where matters of necessity are not concerned — but worry & busi- ness enough we shall have. " I believe we are going into Hampshire on Monday — when we return we hope to see you & Percy will call to see how you are and I hope find you are better." A more interesting series of letters relative to the Poet can hardly be conceived. ^125 224A SHELLEY (PERCY B.). ADONAIS, an Elegy on the death of John Keats. Frontispiece after JV. B. Scott, etched by Ever shed. 8vo. Original half vellum. Pisa with the types of Didot, 1 8 2 1 Printed upon Vellum. The reprint edited by H. Buxton Forman in 1876. 225 SURVILLE (MADAME DE). POESIES DE MAR- GUERITE-ELEONORE CLOTILDE de Vallon- Chalys depuis Madame de Survile, poete fran9ois du XV^ Siecle, publiees par Ch. Vanderbourg. 2 volumes. Small 8vo. Frontispiece and six plates, 5 in two states, and I in four states, plain and coloured. Gi^een morocco, richly tooled dentelle border, gilt top, uncut, by Capt^. Pa^ds, Didot famd 1804 Printed upon vellum. One of but two examples so printed. /55 224 J. PEARSON & CO. 226 SWINBURNE. A REMARKABLE SET OF FIRST EDITIONS of the Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne. The set comprises no less than 72 volumes, including: The Queen Mother Rosamond. Two plays. 8vo. In ///^ORIGINAL DARK PURPLE CLOTH WITH PAPER LABEL (contain- ing the err OT hi the Poet's name ''A. G. Swinbur^ie " for A. C. Siuinbiirne) on the back intact, entirely uncut. Less than twenty copies of this excessively rare first edition had passed into circulation when it was withdrawn. DEAD LOVE. 8vo. I?i the Original brick-red coloured paper wrappers, ENTIRELY UNCUT. London : John W. Parker mid Sons, West Strand. 1 864 A little book of great rarity and of extreme interest. It has never been reprinted. THE CHILDREN OF THE CHAPEL. 8vo. /// the Original red cloth. London. 1864 This story is by " Mark Dennis " {i.e. Miss Gordon = Mrs. Disney Leith), but most of the verse scattered throughout is by Swinburne. It is extremely RARE. The Poems by Swinburne have never appeared elsewhere than in this little book. ATALANTA IN CALYDON. 4to. /;/ the Original white buckram, ENTIRELY uncut. Lotidon : Edward Moxon and Co. 1865 Of this edition only one hundred copies were printed. The binding is ornamented in gold by D. G. Rossetti. LAUS VENERIS. 8vo. Ln sheets, entirely uncut. London: Edivard Moxon and Co. r866 Of the utmost rarity — there is no copy in the British Museum. "The only example of this exceptionally interesting little volume which 5, PALL MALL PLACE 225 has come into the market in recent years was priced ;^30." — T. J. Wise in 1896. " Very few copies were printed, most of which were distributed AMONGST PRIVATE FRIENDS." — Ibid. POEMS AND BALLADS. 8vo. In the original green cloth. Entirely UNCUT. london: Edivard Moxon and Co. 1866 The rare Moxon issue. Edward Moxon was rendered nervous by the unreasoning and hysterical criticism flung at the book, and the storm of opposition roused by certain of its contents. He resigned his commission as Mr. Swinburne's pubUsher, and allowed it to pass into the hands of John Camden Hotten. NOTES ON POEMS AND REVIEWS. 8vo. As issued, stitched without ivrappers. London: John Catuden Hotten, Piccadilly. 1866 " Examples of (this) the genuine first issue are of very mtich greater scarcity than is generally supposed, most of the copies sold as ' First Editions ' being in reality specimens of the spurious second issue. The variation in the imprint, however, removes any difficulty in deciding whether an example be a copy of this spurious issue, or a genuine princeps." — T. J. Wise. CLEOPATRA. Square 8vo. In the original plain dark brown wrappers. Uncut. London: John Catnden Hotten, Piccadilly. 1866 Concerning this excessively rare little volume Swinburne wrote: " Mr. George Meredith, I remember, strongly (and no doubt justly) remonstrated with me for producing such a farrago of the most obvious com- monplaces of my ordinary style — as it was in '66, or thereabouts. The verses were never intended for reproduction or preservation, but simply scribbled off as fast as might be to oblige a friend whose work I admired — just as in the preceding year I had written a few lines on his picture of ' Spring,' which appeared in the Royal Academy catalogue of that year. I should no more have thought of reproducing the one improvisation than the other. My im- pression is that the best thing about the poem ('Cleopatra') is the motto — from an imaginary 'Fall of Antony,' 1655." The poem was "written to G G 226 J. PEARSON & CO. illustrate a drawing by F. Sandys, in which Cleopatra is represented as treading on a consecrated vestment." " The poem was entirely dropped by its author, and is not included in a?ty of his collected volumes, neither is there any reason to anticipate that it ever will be."— T. J. Wise. UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. 8vo. In the original stone-coloured PAPER WRAPPERS. LoudoH : D. White, 22, Coventry Street, W. 1872 Extremely rare. This copy has the rare slip of Errata at the end. " The manner in which copies of ' Under the Microscope ' have been absorbed is remarkable. Five hundred copies were printed in 1872, and until quite recent years examples of these were readily obtainable. Now copies OCCUR AT increasingly LENGTHENED INTERVALS." T. J. WisC in I906. THE DEVIL'S DUE. A Letter to the Editor of "The Examiner." By Thofnas Maitland. 8vo. Uncut. For private circulation, 1875 Of the very greatest rarity — only one other copy was KNOWN TO T. J. Wise. It is probably the rarest of all Swinburne first editions. As stated upon the title-page this tiny brochure of eleven pages was printed "for private circulation." The Poem is the Author's " most searching and scathing satire " and is an attack (under the pseudonym of Thomas Maitland) on Robert Buchanan, a consequence of the latter's " Fleshly School of Poetry." The pamphlet was rigidly suppressed in consequence of the unexpected result of the action for libel brought by Buchanan against the proprietor of "The Examiner," in which it likewise appeared. LE TOMBEAU DE THEOPHILE GAUTIER. 4to. Red morocco. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur, 27-29, Passage Choiseul, 27-29. 1873 Swinburne's own copy of this — the first and only edition. It has his autograph inscription of five lines and 32 ANNOTATIONS AND COR- RECTIONS ALSO IN HIS AUTOGRAPH. This is, too, ONE of the few copies that has an etched portrait of Theophile Gautier as frontispiece. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 227 The following Poems are by Swinburne: (i) Sonnet (with copy of "Mademoiselle de Maupin "). (2) Memorial Verses on the Death of Theophile Gautier. (3) Ode: "Quelle fleur, O mort, quel joyau, quel chant." (4) Sonnet: "Pour mettre une couronne au front d'une chanson." (5) In Obitum Theophili Poetae Clarissimi. (6) A Poem in Greek. These Greek verses (fifty-six lines in all) have never been reprinted. The whole of the above six contributions are signed " Swinburne." A WORD FOR THE NAVY. A POEM. 8vo. In the original pale GREEN WRAPPERS. London: C harks Ottky, Landon, and Co. 1887 Not MORE THAN TWENY-nvE COPIES WERE PRINTED. It is therefore ex- cessively rare. This edition must not be confounded with the August issue of the same year. THE QUESTION, MDCCCLXXXVII. A Poem. 8vo. In the original GREEN PAPER 'WKX^VE.Yi.5, protected by another cover of brown morocco extra. London: Charles Ottley, Landon, and Co. 1887 Excessively rare. Only 25 copies were printed. The Question was dropped by its author, and is not included in any of Swinburne's collected volumes; and considering the controversial nature of the subject treated, it is in the highest degree improbable that it will ever be revived. THE JUBILEE, MDCCCLXXXVII. Square 8vo. Printed on thick Dutch {Van Gelder) hand-made paper in the original pale green paper WRAVPKRS, protected by another cover of tvhite vellum, entirely uncut. Lo7idon: Charles Ottley, Lafidon, atid Co. 1887 Excessively rare — only 25 copies were printed. 228 J. PEARSON & CO. GATHERED SONGS. Small 4to. Pritited on Dutch ( Van Gelder) hatid- made paper. In the original pale green wrappers, entirely uncut. London: Charles Oitky, Landoti, and Co. 1887 Excessively rare. Twenty-five copies only having been printed. They were not offered for sale. THE BRIDE'S TRAGEDY. 8vo. Printed upon hand-made paper. In the original plain paper wrappers, of a pale buff colour. ENTIRELY UNCUT. London : Printed privately, 1889 Excessively rare, being privately printed. THE BALLAD OF DEAD MEN'S BAY. 8vo. In the original paper wrappers, of a pale buff colour, entirely uncut. London: Printed privately, 1889 Excessively rare, being privately printed. A SEQUENCE OF SONNETS ON THE DEATH OF ROBERT BROWNING. Square 8vo. In the original dark slate-coloured PAPER wrappers, ENTIRELY UNCUT. London: Printed for private ci?-ailation, 1890 Excessively rare. "The Prefatory Note states that ' a few copies only have been printed IN THIS separate FORM more befitting the occasion.' It may safely be prophesied that these 'few copies,' forming as they do a connecting link between two of the foremost Poets of the age, will at no distant date prove to occupy a conspicuous position in the list of modern poetical rarities." THE BALLAD OF BULGARIE. 8vo. In the original plain paper WRAPPERS, OF A PALE ORANGE COLOUR. London: Printed for private circulation, 1893 Exceedingly rare, being privately printed. " The Ballad of Bulgarie " appeared only in the private pamphlet here described. " It has never been reprinted in any shape or form, and it is in the highest degree improbable that it ever will be revived." 5, PALL MALL PLACE 229 GRACE DARLING. 8vo. In the original white "Japanese vellum " BOARDS. Lo7tdo?i: Printed only for private circulation, 1893 Excessively rare, being privately printed. This is one of the thirty copies printed upon Whatman's hand- made paper. LETTERS FROM ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE TO JOHN CHURTON COLLINS, 1873-1886. 8vo. In the original blue paper wrappers, entirely uncut and unopened. London: Printed for private circulation, 1910 This privately printed pamphlet is excessively rare, only 20 copies HAVING been printed. ^550 227 TASSO (TORQUATO). GERUSALEMME LIBER- ATA con note Ossia spiegazione de' luoghi piu oscuri, dilu-cidazioni grrammaticali ed imitazioni dai Classici An- tichi. II tutto Riveduto da Romualdo Zotti. 2 vols. 8vo. hi the 07'iginal red morocco, watered silk fly-leaves. London, 1806 Printed upon vellum. One of but two copies so printed. The binding is of particularly good straight-grained morocco, with very neat gold borders, and with broad inside borders tooled similarly in gold. It is strongly reminiscent of Roger Payne. This was Colonel Stanley's copy. Totally unknown to MM. de Bure. 228 TAYLOR (JEREMY). Bishop of Dozvn, author of the '' Holy Livingr HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. I full page, folio. November 15, 1656: (To John Evelyn the diarist). " . . . S"" I could not but smile at my own weakenesses, & very much love 230 J. PEARSON & CO. the great candor and sweetnesse of your nature that you were pleas'd to endure my English poetry: but I could not bee removed from my certaine Knowledge of my owne greatest weakenesses in it: but if I could have had your Lucretius when I had occasion to use these extractions out of it, I should never have ask'd any man's pardon for my weake version of them, for I would have used none but yours." Evelyn's Essay on Lucretius was published this same year, 1656. This great Bishop's letters are of the utmost rarity. 229 TENNYSON'S AUTOGRAPHED "IDYLLS OF THE KING" TENNYSON (ALFRED, LORD). THE UNIQUE ORIGINAL SET OF DORE'S PROOF ILLUS- TRATIONS TO TENNYSON'S "IDYLLS OF THE KING." 1868 Each of the eight Proofs bears the autograph signatures of: 1. Tennyson. 2. Dord (the Artist). 3. The Engraver. These Proofs are on India paper and measure i6| by 12 inches. They have been carefully mounted and bound in red morocco extra, forming a handsome folio volume. This is the only set of Proofs or, indeed, of illustrations of any kind to his Poems signed by Tennyson that are recorded. The first proof is Dore's portrait of the Poet himself surrounded by numerous characters from the "Idylls." The remainder of these charming proofs illustrate the following passages from the "Idylls": I. "... It was the Time when first the question rose About the founding of a Table Round, 5, PALL MALL PLACE 231 That was to be, for love of God and men And noble deeds, the flower of all the World." — Vivien. 2. "... and all day long we rode Thro' the dim land against a rushing wind, That glorious roundel echoing in our ears. And chased the flashes of his golden horns Until they vanish'd by the fairy well." — Ibid. 3. " . . o I found a fair young squire who sat alone And carv'd upon his knightly shield of wooci . . . the scroll ' I follow fame.' And speaking not, but leaning over him, I carv'd a Gardener putting in a Graff, With this for motto, ' Rather Use than Fame.' "—Ibid, 4. "... Then rose Elaine and glided thro' the fields, And past beneath the weirdly sculptur'd gates Far up the dim rich city to her king. . . ." — Elaine. 5. "... Set in her hand a lily, o'er her hung The silken case with braided blazonings. And kiss'd her quiet brows, and saying to her ' Sister, farewell for ever,' and again ' Farewell, sweet sister,' parted all in tears. Then rose the dumb old servitor," etc. — Ibid. 6. "... And Lancelot answer'd nothing, but he went, And at the inrunning of the little brook Sat by the river in a little cove, and watch'd The high reed wave, and lifted up his eyes And saw the barge that brought her moving down Far off, a blot upon the stream. , . ." — Ibid. 7. "They found a naked child upon the sands Of dark Tintagil by the Cornish sea; And that was Arthur; and they foster'd him Till he by miracle was approven King. . . ." — Guinevere. These beautiful illustrations were designed by Dore for the 1868 edition. The " Idylls " of Tennyson are so well known wherever the English 232 J. PEARSON & CO. language is spoken that comment upon them may seem superfluous. Yet the following note, from the " Dictionary of National Biography," is appropriate: "The 'Idylls of the King' appeared in the autumn of 1859, and received a welcome so instantaneous as at once to restore its author to his lost place in the affections of the many. . . . The Duke of Argyll had predicted that the 'Idylls' would be 'understood and admired by many who were incapable of understanding and appreciating many of his other works,' and the pre- diction has been verified. At the same time such poems as 'Elaine' and ' Guinevere ' became at once the delight of tlie most fastidious, and the least. Men so different as Jowett, Macaulay, Dickens, Ruskin, and Walter of the 'Times' swelled the chorus of enthusiastic praise." According to Monsieur Claretie, Dore's illustrations to Tennyson's "Idylls" rank with his best inspirations, and are enough to secure the lasting fame of any artist. Dore was at home in Tennyson's exquisite dreamland. He revelled in the succession of pictures, Merlin resting against an old oak, the exploits of Lancelot, the heroic deeds of the Knights of the Round Table, the black shadows of the forest, the enchanting lakes. Poet never had daintier dressing than the Laureate had in the " Idylls of the King." It was said of them, "their issue has given wings to the muse of Mr. Tennyson! These wings bore them to foreign lands and gave them new homes " (Blanchard Jerrold's " Life of Dore "). 230 TENNYSON (ALFRED LORD). THE LAST TOURNAMENT. By Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate. Small 8vo. Green morocco extra, top edge gilt, UNCUT. Strakan, 1871 A Trial Copy issued before the First Edition (of which less than a dozen copies are recorded). This and Mr. Wise's example are the only two Trial Copies known to us (see " The Athenaeum " article enclosed in the volume). This excessively rare volume was unknown to Shepherd when compiling his Tennyson Bibliography. £7S 5, PALL MALL PLACE 233 231 TENNYSON. PARABLES FROM NATURE, by Mrs. Alfred Gatty. i8mo. Three eiLgraviiigs. Original blue cloik, \5^c\5T. London, Bell and Daldy, 1857 The presentation copy from Lord Tennyson to Henry Cameron with the following inscription on the inside of the front cover in the great Poet's autograph : " Henry Herschel Hay Cameron from Alfred & Emily Tennyson May 12M/57." At this period the Poet Laureate was engaged upon the Arthurian Poems. " Enid " was ready in 1856 and " Guinevere " in 1858. 232 TRISSINO (G.). L'lTALIA LIBERATA da' Goti di Giangiorgio Trissino. Riveduta, e corretta per 1' Abbate Antonini. 3 vols. 8vo. Red morocco extra. Parigi, Appresso Cavelier nella strada di S. Giacomo. Cailleau, alia Piazza di Sorbona. Brunei il figlio, al Palazzo. Bordelel, nella strada di S. Giacomo. Henry, nella strada di S. Giacomo. 1729 Printed upon vellum. Unknown to De Bure. From the Marquis Salsae's library with his fine armorial ex-libris in each volume. The author was a celebrated Italian poet (who died in 1550) of an ancient and illustrious family. Because of the early death of his father his education H H 234 J- PEARSON & CO. was at first neglected, but he studied later in life under Demetrius Chal- condylus at Milan. Going to Rome in 1503 his knowledge of literature, mathematics, physics, and architecture, drew to him the literati and learned of the day. His most famous work, " Sophonisba," a tragedy, established his reputation throughout Italy. Trissino was employed as a negociator by Leo X and Clement VII, whose complete favour he won. When Charles V was crowned Emperor at Bologna, Trissino acted as train-bearer to the Pope, an honour usually reserved for the most illustrious Princes. Domestic troubles and the ingratitude of a son by his first wife clouded the brightness of his fame, and despoiled him of a great part of his wealth. Most of the great men of his time esteemed him, among whom were Rucellai, Giraldi, Crescimbeni, Girolamo Molino and Palladio, who sought his advice in architectural matters. Trissino's "Sophonisba," is described by Voltaire as "la premiere tragedie raisonnable et purement ecrite que I'Europe ait vue apres tant de siecles de barbaric." Voltaire imitated Trissino's work in his own " Sophonisbe." The present poem, " L'ltalia Liberata," Trissino wished to be his cJief- d'oiuvre, and for twenty years he was engaged in its composition. YALTA (PIERRE LUDOVIC). Ad honorem Trinitatis Immense Patris & filii & spiritus sancti unius dei : Opus- culum quodda a Petroludouico Valta Christianissime regie maiestatis consiliario & hospitii magistro nunc autem miseratione diuina Episcopo Riuensi: Super qualibet dic- tione symboli apostolici deuote compositii Incipit. Quod sacre theologie facultati Parisii presentatum fidei orthodoxy consonum approbatum est. 4to. Brown morocco gilt. Paris y Jodocus Badius, 1 5 1 5 5, PALL MALL PLACE 235 A SUPERB Liturgical volume printed on fine vellum. Only two OTHER VELLUM COPIES ARE KNOWN. The present book is beautifully printed on fine vellum by the scholar- printer, Josse Bade, usually known from his native place, Assche, as Badius Ascensius. Working first under Jean Trechoel, the printer of Lyons, he re- mained there until that printer's death in 1498, when, marrying his daughter Hostelye, he removed to Paris. For a time he worked for others, but in 1503 started in business for himself continuing until his death in 1535. He was a learned man and edited many of the books which he produced. This book is remarkable for the number and beauty of the initial letters, and on the verso of the title is a woodcut of St. Peter holding the keys and a book. Copies even on paper appear to be very rare; it is not mentioned by Brunet or other bibliographers. There are copies on vellum in the Vatican Library and in the Bibliotheque Nationale, but no others appear to be known. The present beautiful copy was formerly in the library of the Convent of S. Maria Major at Rome. An old tradition of the church and dating back at least to the time of Rufinus in the fourth century affirms that the Apostles before they departed for their special labours, met together to consider about a common statement of doctrine. A much later tradition, though by some attributed to St. Augustine, asserts that each Apostle, by divine inspiration, recited in succession one article of the Creed. This tradition became exceedingly popular in mediaeval times and finds frequent expression both in literature and art. We find repre- sentations of the Apostles both in pictures and in stained glass windows, each having his sentence from the creed attached, and often in printed books and manuscripts where the creed occurs, the names of the Apostles are given in the margin or as heading to each article. This work was apparently composed in or before 1497, in which year a copy was submitted to the professors in the faculty of Theology at Paris. It was written on ten leaves, and certified to contain nothing opposed to sound doctrine. Maittaire, Panzer, and Hain all quote an edition printed at Paris in 1497, but no such edition exists. Each simply quotes from the other, and the original authority appears to be the Nova Bibliotheca of Labbaeus. The mistake probably arose from a careless scrutiny of the last page with the 236 J. PEARSON & CO. date 1497. The binder of the present copy has fallen into this error and dated it 1497. We learn that the book was approved by the doctors of Paris, and after- wards sent " in forma libelli " in the form of a book, which doubtless means a printed book, to Pope Leo X, who added an indulgence to those who should recite it. This indulgence was dated 6th August 15 16, so that the book sent to the Pope was the vellum copy of this edition now in the Vatican. In 15 16 two editions were issued by Badius, both dated 25th October, and both printed in octavo. One contains twenty-four, the other twenty-eight leaves, the latter having the University sanction and papal indulgence printed in full. These editions contain some small woodcuts besides the cut of St. Peter. Little is known of Pierre Ludovic A^alta, who is ignored by all biographical dictionaries. The title-page of this book tells us that he was bishop of Rieux and a Counsellor of the King. In 1500, however, he presented a manuscript of this book, exquisitely written and illuminated on twenty-three leaves of vellum to Isabella, Queen of Spain. From it a few more details are derived. It is dated from Granada where the author was staying with an Embassy, and he speaks of himself as a native of Chalons-sur-Maine, and an archdeacon of Angers. ^280 234 "VERONESE (PAUL"). Paolo Caliari. HOLO- GRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, addressed to Signer Marcantonio Gandini at Treviso. Venice^ March 28M, 1578. The great painter sends Gandini particulars of his negotiations for the purchase of a house and land either at Piambino, Voghera, or Castelfranco, and informs him that he has been requested to go and view two estates at Vossega, which yield a profit of 5 per cent., but it is so far that he is not inclined to do so. He cannot give an answer to his invitation until one of the above transactions is completed. Veronese finally states that he has bought 'W rv' r»»'''^ - ■>—•»*' 5 ^ X.- /^iv i/;s^ .iy-^-^ 'tf^A- '^'"^ /'-- *'/^4; Ihs . ^. - .. 23^ " Paul Veronese" DOUBLURE (greatly RKDUCIlD) -3*- KUONT COVKR (dUKATf.V RUnUCKD) 5, PALL MALL PLACE 237 the house of which he has told him several times; the matter will be con- cluded by Easter Day. Prays God for the health of his family, etc. (Signed) " Paolo Caliari, painter." See Illustration 235 VIRGIL. PUBLII VIRGILII MARONIS BUCOLICA, GEORGICA ET AENEIS. 4to. Magnificently bound in contemporary red jnorocco, richly gilt. Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1757 A SUPERB BINDING, POSSIBLY AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF ROGER PaYNE. In 1754 John Baskerville issued his first piece of printing, a proposal for printing Virgil, but it was not until three years later that this Virgil, his first BOOK, was published. Baskerville was born in 1706 at Wolverley in Worcester- shire, and in early life earned his living as a writing master. About 1750 he was wealthy enough to start a letter foundry, and though he did not engrave the type himself, he spent very large amounts of money, amounting to about ;;^8oo, in getting the most skilled engraver to cut founts after his designs. His Virgil was received by some as a most beautiful production, by others it was condemned, but in 1758 the University of Oxford commissioned from him a fount of Greek type, which, however, turned out a failure. By the book-trade Baskerville's work was badly supported, and in disgust he attempted to dispose of his printing material abroad, but without success. He continued printing from 1760 to 1773 issuing editions of the Bible and Prayer-book, the works of Addison and Congreve, " Aesop's Fables " and a series of classics in quarto and octavo. After his death in 1775 his widow carried on the foundry for a short time, but in 1779 succeeded in selling the type to a French society for ^3,700, who used it for printing the great edition of Voltaire's works. Baskerville's work is noteworthy for its extreme simplicity. Everything depends on the beauty of the type and the regularity of the printing and spacing. In the Virgil and many other of his books there is not a single ornament, headpiece, or engraved initial to attract or divide the attention. 238 J. PEARSON & CO. The binding of the present volume is a verv magnificent piece of WORK BY AN UNCERTAIN BINDER. The material used is red morocco, and each cover is ornamented with a broad border built up with a number of small tools, giving the appearance of a rich Harleian binding. The inside covers are doubld with red morocco, and have in the centre a panel of green silk with scalloped edges. The border round the panel is also richly tooled, and one of the sections of the frame is made with diamonds of inlaid blue leather. The edges are gilt and tooled with a pattern picked out in blue. The end leaves are of green silk. The panels of the back are tooled with sprays of leaves and flowers with a rich dotted background in the style of Roger Payne. With the exception of a narrow fillet at the edge, the whole ornament is worked up from small tools. The binding is apparently later than the book, but, apart from the Roger Payne tools, there is no clue to the binder or the person for whom it was bound. An Earl's coronet occurs frequently in the tooling. -^75 See Illustrations 236 VOLTAIRE. CEUVRES. Nouvelle Edition, Revue, corrigee & considerablement augment^e, avec des Figures en Taille-douce. Portrait of Voltaire by Folkema, fleurons on the titles and 18 plates by de Brie, de Troy, and Vleughels, engraved by La Cave, Duflos, Folkema, Tanje, de Putter, and Philips. 4 vols. 8vo. Red 7norocco extra, elegantly tooled in gold, doubUwith red morocco zvith heavily gilt border. A beautiful binding by the nephew and successor of Derome le jeune — Bradel I'Aind, with his ticket. Amsterdam: chez Jaques Desbordes; chez Etienne Ledet £s? Compagnie, 1738-9 This is THE IDENTICAL COPY GIVEN BY VOLTAIRE TO HIS FRIEND HeL- vETius, the famous French author and philosopher. re teJnlrlrlrrrjrjrJrJrJnlrJrlrJr. 236 ees I WKT'- Ne/zCfxi/BltlDEL /Ji/ie /e Je/ai<' son 0/ic/e 1^1.1 1 111 vini^v f li^l.Pil.-jA. . .,, ;'V/ifM'a-"'"' •'■ ^ \' 1 \. ii4 Jj. </(;ii44i^Li4 mirnL ijj^ deujnxy^^^ i)^ nQ& cu c/J^'^, ^f ^I'^^e^^^ius/: r 'Oir- <*#*«tf^ ^- ,.. 236 (2) 5, PALL MALL PLACE 239 The volumes are corrected throughout either by Voltaire or his SECRETARY. This is a highly important and exceptionally interesting copy of a notorious edition of the " CEuvres." It was later in the possession of the famous French publisher, Firmin-Didot, as will be seen by the inscription on the fly-leaf of volume I. {See Illustration, No. 2.) Bengesco states that Voltaire " avait donne a Helvetius une exemplaire qui avait fait partie de la bibliotheque de Firmin-Didot." The inscription in Didot's autograph informs us that the volumes were given to him in 1796 at the house of Mde. Helvetius, at Auteuil, by the Comte de la Roche, the host and friend of Helvetius. That was twenty-five years after the death of the philosopher. The manuscript corrections and additions throughout are very numerous, and were absolutely essential as the work was so carelessly printed. Although announced (before publication) by Voltaire and the Mercure de France as " une magnifique edition," yet a more faulty one could scarcely have been issued. This is seen by the quantity of manuscript additions and corrections contained in this example which number 107, one of them being no less than four pages in length. Voltaire definitely states that he partook in the task of seeing this edition through the press, and yet so many serious errors are comprised that the author, says Bengesco, " prit le parti de faire corriger a la main." The author certainly had copies corrected throughout for certain of his friends and patrons. Examples were thus corrected and sent to Helvetius (the present copy). Cideville. Marquis d'Argenson (now in the Bibliotheque de I'Arsenal). President Henault (two copies, one on large paper, which is now in the Bibliotheque Nationale). Thieriot. Voltaire wrote to Helvetius on 6th July 1739 stating that some copies of the work were already in Paris. From internal evidence this copy is apparently one of the very earliest, if not the earliest issued, for at the end of volume 2 is the title-page of " Zayre," which is repeated in volume 3 where the play appears. Moreover, Bengesco 240 J. PEARSON & CO. states that the work was printed on " grand papier fin," but this example is on very poor paper, which points to its being a proof copy. At the end of volume 3 is Voltaire's comedy, " L'Enfant Prodigue," printed at Amsterdam by Ledet and Co. in 1739 (an edition unknown to Bengesco), preceded by a fine frontispiece which evidently belongs to his " Henriade," and is here misplaced. Again, at the end of volume 4, " La Vie de Moliere," printed at Amsterdam by Jean Catuffe in 1739, appears. These additions, which are not parts of the work, were apparently sent to Helvetius with this copy of the " CEuvres," as they are scored like the rest of the book. The present copy was doubtless sent to the philosopher Helvetius with the letter from Voltaire stating that the work was in Paris in July 1739. So that with absolute certainty it can be said that seven corrected copies exist, viz., the present (sent to Helvetius); the Cideville; the Argenson; the Henault (2) examples, and the Thieriot. Of these, two are beyond private ownership, viz. : the Henault large paper copy (in the Bibliotheque Nationale), and the Argenson copy (in the Biblio- theque de 1' Arsenal). The number of the manuscript corrections and additions apparently differ in each recorded example. The copy mentioned by Bengesco in which the number of corrected pages is given, has 46 corrected pages, but in the present example there are 87 cor- rected pages and the corrections number 107. As before stated one of these emendations covers 4 pages, and replaces the printed pages 187 and 188 in volume I. The inscription in gold on the doublure of the front cover of volume i, states that the volumes are pencilled by Helvetius. The pencillings are in red and black. The fleurons upon the title-pages differ in regard to position from the Beuchot and Bengesco copies. In the former the fleuron signed by La Cave, and dated 1738, and which differs from the three other fleurons, is on the title-page of volume 4, the fleurons to tomes i, 2, and 3, being signed Duflos and dated 1728. In the Bengesco copy, all the fleurons are alike and, with the exception of that to volume 4, which is signed Yver and dated 1728, are signed Duflos. The present example differs from both of these, for the fleuron signed by La Cave and dated 1738 is comprised but is on the title-page of the first 5, PALL MALL PLACE 241 volume, the fourth volume having the fleuron by Yver and dated 1728, the other two fleurons are by Duflos. ;^200 See Illustrations 237 VOLTAIRE. COMMENTAIRES SURCORNEILLE. D'apres le precede de Firmin Didot. 4 vols., 8vo. Vellum, ENTIRELY UNCUT. A Paris, Pierre Didot f AinS, et de Firmin Didot. 1806 Printed upon Vellum. One of but two copies so printed. This was the Due d'Abrantes' copy. 238 VOLTAIRE. LA PUCELLE D'ORLEANS. Poeme en Vingt-un chants, suivi de Corisandre. 26 plates by Du- plessi-Bertaux, on India paper. Thick 12 mo. Green morocco. Paris, A. Nepveu, 1824 Printed upon Vellum. " Cette edition n'a ete tiree qu'a vingt six exemplaires, dont dx sur peau de velin." 239 VOLTAIRE. ROMANS. D'apres le precede de Firmin Didot. 3 vols., 8vo. Vellum, entirely uncut. A Paris, Pierre Didot VainS, et de Firmin Didot. An VIII. (1800.) Printed upon vellum. One of but two copies so printed. I I 242 J. PEARSON & CO. 240 WAGNER (RICHARD). HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. 3 very full pages, large 410, A lisbrunn, 2 1 Nov. '51, addressed to Van Ziegesar of Weimar, who had com- missioned him to write an opera for Weimar: [Iranslation.] I have just communicated to my friend Liszt in greater detail that about which you also will doubtless desire to be further informed, when you learn that I hereby duly notify to you that I shall not be able to carry out the main clause in the agreement, in accordance with which I was bound to write a new opera for Weimar. I, therefore, beg you to be gracious enough to dissolve this contract. You will learn from Liszt that it was my honest and earnest desire to write in the near future a work suitable for performance in Weimar, but that I eventually became conscious that the poetical theme I had selected for the purpose would make quite different and much more extensive demands for its artistic production, so that I now find myself engaged upon a subject which, even reckoning on the best of health, must take me three full years' work. Under these circumstances, it became my duty to address the above- mentioned request to you. To the best of my belief, however, when you offered me that contract you had in mind, not so much a commission for work which you stipulated should be carried out unconditionally within a certain specified time, but, rather, you merely intended to provide me in this, the only seemingly suitable manner, with a subsidy which would secure for me the utmost possible freedom from domestic cares while engaged in the composi- tion of an art-work. While feeling that I cannot sufficiently thank you for this, or indeed for all the delicate consideration you have shown me, yet I must not, on the other hand, fail to recognise that that contract has likewise its strictly official aspect, from the working of which I must at the same time entirely dissociate myself. This course seems to me the more necessary that you have been forced by ill-health — a cause which I sincerely deplore — to give up for a time your position as Intendant at the Weimar theatre, and moreover, as I now hear, in spite of your recovery, you have to absent yourself from this post 5, PALL MALL PLACE 243 for another year as it belongs to your successor for that period. I feel under the strongest obligation, as regards yourself as well as Liszt, to avoid causing anyone who has warmly interested himself on my behalf in the above- mentioned matter, the slightest embarrassment; a contingency which might seriously be feared should I, on the one hand, prove incapable of fulfilling the contract to the letter, and should on the other, not punctually carry out the only condition necessary and requisite for the fulfilment of the con- tract. Be, therefore, kind enough to forgive me if I earnestly request you to return to the treasury of the Court Theatre (Hoftheatre) the sum of 200 thalers which I received through your kind intermediary in two monthly drafts (in July and at the end of October), and to be good enough to obtain for me, in consideration of the refunding of this sum, the release from my promise to deliver a new opera for the Weimar Court Theatre by July i, 1852. With this, I take leave of you in your character of theatre Intendant in order to assure you as my kindly-disposed benefactor and friend, that my connection with you in this my last — I sincerely believe my very last — dealings with the theatre of the present day, has done me an extraordinary amount of good. I consider, moreover, that your temporary severance from the directorship of the Weimar Theatre for so long a period will prove highly prejudicial to that Institution, because, if any energy should now be brought to bear upon dramatic art, and a higher tendency be thereby imparted to it, every step must be taken with careful deliberation and rigor- ous perseverance, whereas the least vacillation, the slightest relapse into the pernicious grooves of modern practices must render any effort in pursuit of progress ever more fundamentally unsuccessful. Judging from the most recent accounts which have reached me concerning the state of affairs in the Weimar Theatre, I can no longer entertain any hope for the prosperity of this institution. May this, nevertheless, not prove to be the last time that I shall have entered into friendly relations with you. May the cordial expression of my warmest thanks for the very pregnant interest you have displayed in my work, and even in my person, induce you to continue to extend to me in the future also your friendly disposed consideration ; etc. A REMARKABLY IMPORTANT AND CHARACTERISTIC LETTER. It IS ENTIRELY UNPUBLISHED. ^35 244 J- PEARSON & CO. 241 WAGNER AND "TANNHAUSER" WAGNER (RICHARD). HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. 3 pages, 8 vo. Paris, i st Jtily, 1 8 6 1 To Franz Abt at Brunswick asking him for his fee of 50 Louis d'or for the performing rights of " Tannhauser." If he cannot manage to obtain 50 Louis d'or he must be satisfied with 30. Wagner also thanks Abt for his endeavours: ^^ 7uenn er endlick, nachdem auf alien iibrigen deutschen Theater ti meine Opern bereits einheimisch gewordefi sind, wenigstens der Tannhauser auch dem Braunschweiger Publikum vorgefuhrt iverden soil." A precious and entirely unpublished letter. 242 WAGNER (R.). HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. 3 ve7y closely written pages, 8vo. Venice, Nov. 27, 1882. To an intimate friend. It is written in a state of the greatest irritation, and Wagner complains warmly of the conduct of Messrs. Voltz and Batz with respect to " Tristan and Isolde": Einen Vertragsentwurf fiir Tristan (mit [Angelo] Neumann), weswegen es zu einem Prozess gegen Letzteren von Seiten der Herren V. & B gekommen war. . . . Diese Angelegenheit steht so scandalbs, dass ich mich entschlossen habe, bloss um nicht als Dummkopf behandelt zu werden, sie auf das Energischste in Ordnung bringen zu lassen. Alles, was zwischen niir und Voltz u. Batz als wirklicher Vertrag aussieht, ist so wurmstichich, dass es vor keinem ernsten Richterspruch bestehen kann. . . . He ends with these words : . . . ich trotze jedem Prozessverfahren, und selbst auf die Grefahr hin, nie ^n fm/t/d/. f Beinga Dlfcourfe of FISH and FISHING, Not unworthy the pcrufal of mod Anglers* Simon Peter /i/rf, Igodfifhing: anitbejfaid, ff^e alfowilgovfithtbce. John i 1.5. LfndQJty Printed by T, Maxey for Rich. MARRtoT,in S.VunfiaHS Churct*/ar4 Fleetfttect, »653. 243 5, PALL MALL PLACE 245 mehr eine Note von diessem Werke (Tristan) in den Theatem spielen zu lassen. Mein Ehrgelfiihl leidet diess nicht anders. . . . Mit diesetn Gesindel habe ich Lust meine Zahne zu wetzen. . . . An extremely important and unpublished letter, written but te?i iveeks before his death. 243 WALTON (IZAAK). THE COMPLEAT ANGLER or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Dis- course of Fish and Fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. Simon Peter said, I go a fishing and they said. We also wil go with thee. John 21. 3. Title within a cartouche composed of dolphins and other fishes, and numerous small engravings. Small 8vo. Red morocco tooled in dlind and gold by Roger Payne. London, Printed by T. Maxey for Rich. Afarriot, in S. Duns tans Churchyard Fleetstreet. 1653 A SUPERLATIVE COPY OF THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION, with the error "contention" in stead of "contentment." Page 217 is printed upside down. The beautiful Roger Payne binding is in admirable preservation. This particular copy belonged to John Venables (his autograph signature is on the top blank margin of the title-page), who was probably a descendant of Robert Venables, the friend of Izaak Walton and the author of the "Ex- perienced Angler." The volume, which is beautifully clean throughout, measures 5f by 3^ inches, and with the exception of the Van Antwerp example (which sold in 1907 for ;^i,29o), is believed to be the finest copy extant. See Illustration 246 J. PEARSON & CO. 244 WASHINGTON (GEORGE). LETTER SIGNED by him. 2 pages. Folio. Nov. 26th ij^t^. " To the Ministers Elders and Deacons and Members of the Reformed German Congregation in the City of New York," being a reply to their congratulatory address upon his entry into New York: an interesting document full of the noblest expressions of lofty patriotism. " The illustrious and happy event, on which you are pleased to congratu- late and welcome me to this City, demands all our gratitude; while the favourable sentiments you have thought proper to express of my conduct, entitle you to my warmest acknowledgment. " Disposed at every suitable opportunity to acknowledge publicly our infinite obligations 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 virtuous Countrymen, and the testimony of my own Conscience, will be a sufficient reward, and augment my felicity beyond anything which the World can bestow. " The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the motive which induced me to take to 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 virtuous use of the blessings placed before them, and that the reformed German Congregation in New York may not only be conspicu- ous 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 precious letter was the termination of the War for American Independ- ence AND the withdrawal OF THE ENGLISH TROOPS. The capitulation of Yorktown and surrender of Lord Cornwallis (19 Oct. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 247 1 781) was the virtual end of that war, although the British troops did not evacuate New York until Nov. 1783. The delay was due to the necessity of procuring the official note of Peace from England. This did not reach Washington until 17 April 1783. On the 2nd Nov. Washington read his farewell address to the army and on the 25th Nov., the day before the above letter was written, he made his triumphal entry into New York, upon which occasion the Reformed German Congrega- tion of New York presented him with their congratulatory address to which THE PRESENT LETTER IS WASHINGTON'S REPLY. WASHINGTON AND GEORGE III'S MADNESS WASHINGTON (GEORGE). HOLOGRAPH LET- TER SIGNED. Mount Vernon, February ^tk, 1789. 3 pages, 4to. To Samuel Powell. The most important Washington letter that has ever occurred FOR sale in Great Britain. " The letters which you did me the honour of writing to me on the 6th and 26th of last month came duly to hand; and their enclosures were safely delivered to my nephew, Bushrod Washington, who has lately become a resident of Alexandria — where, and at the Courts in its vicinity, he means to establish himself in the practice of the Law. — No apology, my dear Sir, on this or any other occasion was, or will be, necessary for putting any letter you may wish to have safely conveyed to a friend in these parts, under cover to me. — "All the political manoeuvres which were calculated to impede, if not to prevent the operation of the new government, are now brought to a close until the meeting of the new Congress ; and although the issue of all the Elections are not yet known they are sufficiently displayed to authorize a belief that the opposers of the government have been defeated in almost every instance. — Although the elections in this State are over, it will be some time (from the extent of it) before the Representatives to Congress can be finally 248 J. PEARSON & CO. announced. From conjecture, however, it is supposed the majority will be Federalists — some are so sanguine as to believe that seven out of the ten will be so — but this, as I have already said, is altogether conjecture — and vague conjecture — for much pains has been taken — and no art left unessayed to poison the mind, and alarm the fears of the people into opposition. — In the list of the Electors which has been published by the Executive authority of this State, there appears (as far as I am acquainted with the characters of the gentlemen) eight decided friends of the New Constitution. " j5t' the cause of the British King's insanity what it may, his situation (if alive) merits commiseration. — Better, perhaps, would it have been for his nation, though not for ours (under present prospect) if this event had happened at the time. Doctr. Franklin, you say, supposes his Majesty s constitution was first tinged with the Malady under which he is now labouring. " Mrs. Washington, the Major and Fanny and others under this roof, write in best wishes and affectionate regards for Mrs. Powell and yourself." Historically this is one of the most interesting letters ever penned by Washington. It appears to be entirely unpublished and was written THE DAY AFTER HIS ELECTION AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED States. Washington's reference to George Ill's first attack of madness is most remarkable. In the autumn of 1788 the King returned to Windsor after taking the waters at Cheltenham, and on i6th Oct. got wet while walking. The next day he was taken ill, and on the 22nd signs of derangement appeared. How- ever, he got better, and on the 24th held a levee. His mind dwelt on the loss of the American Colonies. While at Windsor on 5 Nov. he became de- lirious, and for a while it was thought that his life was in imminent danger. On 5 Dec. his physician stated to the Privy Council that his disease was not incurable, but it was impossible to say how long it might last. 246 WEBER AND SPOHR WEBER (CARL MARIA VON). HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. 3 full pages, 4to, Feb. 22, 1813, 5, PALL MALL PLACE 249 addressed to Fr. Rochlitz, of Leipzig. A superb letter and OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE. Weber writes to his "dearest friend " to inform him and his dear wife, who have always taken such an interest in his welfare, of his appoiritmeiit as Kapell- meister [conductor] and director of the Royal Bo hemiatt Opera at Pragtie with a three years' contract. He relates how he had hardly set his foot on the paved streets of Prague when he was enthusiastically set upon on all sides by the citizens and hailed as the saviour of their opera and of the glories of Bohemian music. He was to take up his duties in earnest at Michaelmas. The present operatic company would be disbanded at Easter, and it would take him all his time to engage new forces and get them into working order by September for the re-opening of the opera-house. His contract gave him an annual holiday of three months in the summer, which would perhaps enable him to carry out his longed-for journey to Italy. In the summer he intends making a tour through some of the German cities with the Impres- sario Herr Liebich, beginning with Munich, Mannheim, etc., in order to see some of the artistes himself. There is not much time left for composition. With the exception of two songs, he has only finished an Andante and Rondo Ungarese for the famous fagottist Brandt,' of Munich, which was played at his concert on the 19th, and about which Gansbacher" is going to send him a critical opinion. Some one has told Weber of a review of the "Hymne"' ' George Frederick Brandt was a pupil of Ritter, in Berlin, and one of the best virtuosi on the fagotto of his day in Germany; he was appointed first fagottist of the Court Orchestra of Munich in 1800. ■ Johann B. Gansbacher, the conductor and composer, was the pupil of the famous Abt Vogler; he formed with Meyerbeer and Weber the famous trium- virate of friends, immortalized by Weber in a series of letters published in the Music Journal " Caecilia " (Mainz). ^ The " Hymne " was the "In Seiner Ordnung Schafft der Herr," which he conducted in Leipzig a short time before writing this letter. Rochlitz had sup- plied Weber with the text thereof. Writing to Gansbacher from Berlin, 14th July 1812, Weber says: " I have got a beautiful text for a cantata from Rochlitz, which I intend to compose and to give in Leipzig for the first time at the K K 250 J. PEARSON & CO. in the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung but he has not yet been able to get a sight of it. It is to be performed on 6th March at a concert Weber is giving. Weber wants to know what his friend thinks of Spohr's ' engagement in Vienna. So far as he knows him, he does not consider him at all suited for the post. Weber's heart is set on finding a good subject for an opera. Is there, then, nothing of the sort forthcoming from any quarter ? Scionda has at last written about the opera, and asking the time limit Miller wants to give " Silvana " ' for his benefit, etc. This is the finest Weber letter known to us. 247 WEBER (CARL MARIA VON). HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. 2 pages, 410. Dresden, 3 Dec- ember, 18 1 5. Addressed to Charles Kemble (the famous actor and manager of the Royal Theatre, Covent Garden). Written in English. A most important letter, in which the great composer accepts the offer of ;^5oo for his musical setting to "Oberon." The conditions concerning his acceptance of the offer are stated by Weber in this letter. New Year." And writing to the same on 25th November 18 12 from Gotha : " I have this moment written the last note of Rochlitz's hymn, which will, I hope, please you; there is a little fugue at the close." ' Spohr was on a concert-tour with his wife — a virtuosa on the harp — in Vienna, where he had triumphed over the French violinist Rode when he received the offer of a post as conductor at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna at the end of 18 12. He threw up this post in 1816 in consequence of dis- sensions, and was appointed the next year conductor in Frankfort. 2 The opera "Silvana" was composed to the libretto of Hiemer called " Waldmadchen," by Weber, whilst staying with Eugen, Duke of Wurtemberg, in Stuttgart. Julius Miller was one of the best German tenors of the day, a friend of Weber's, and a composer of several operas. 5, PALL MALL PLACE 251 When it is remembered that Weber died in London only six months after this letter was written, and that, at the time of his death, the composer was either directing or had just finished directing "Oberon," the unusual interest of the present letter will be at once recognized. These Weber letters are accompanied by a letter from Dr. Georg Kaiser, the authority on Weber, containing his notes upon them. 248 WILKES (JOHN). THE ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of his CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS LAWYER, W. Peter Fountain. A series of twenty- five letters dating from 1779 to 1782. A valuable series of letters of this remarkable man. It is extremely doubtful whether any other series of Wilkes' letters is extant. Some of the letters were written from King's Bench Prison whilst Wilkes was imprisoned there. This highly important correspondence deals with Wilkes' political and private difficulties, and to many of the letters Fountain has added notes. John wakes' was perhaps the ?nost extraordinary Englishman of the eighteenth century. The collection is illustrated throughout with fine contemporary portraits of Wilkes, among which are: 1. Three-quarter length seated, after Pine, by Kitcheman. Royal 4to. A very brilliant mezzotint. 2. Ditto, ditto. 8vo. Mezzotint. 3. Head and shoulders, after Pine, by Dickinson. Royal 4to, 1774. Another very brilliant mezzotint. 4. Whole length, standing, without artist's or engraver's names. Mezzo- tint. 5. The same, coloured. 6. Half length, after Pine, by Bocquet. A brilliant stipple engraving. 252 J. PEARSON & CO. 7. Three-quarter length, after Hogarth, by Baufe. A brilliant line en- graving. Etc. The whole inlaid to a uniform size, and bound in brown morocco extra, forming a handsome royal 4to volume. 249 WILLIAM I OF BAVARIA. Das buech der gemein- land-pot; Landsfordniing, Setziing und Gebreiich des Fiirstennthiimbs in obern und nidern Bayrn. Im funftzehn hUndert und sechtzehenden Jar aiifgericht, lit, 0Otf). Printed in red and black, title in large red gothic letters, with a large woodctit of two knights holdi^ig a shield zvith marks h.w. and h.l. printed upon thick vellum. Folio. Bound in the original oak boards, half pigskin, with clasps. " Von netieni ziidrilckhen hevolhh habit zu Milnchen an montag nach dem Sonntagjudica in der vassth im funffzehen- hundert und zzvantzigistm fare \_Jo. Schobser, 1520] Only four copies are extant printed upon vellum, of which this is the only one in Great Britain. A superb volume. 250 WOLSEY (CARDINAL). LETTER SUBSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HIM. i page, ^to. " Gentlemen, " I commend myself to you cordially in order to inform you of the business I have had with the Emperor (Charles V) for the smoothing away of the differences between the King your Master (Francis I) and him. I send to you the bearer of this letter to whom I beg you to give complete faith 5, PALL MALL PLACE 25 o and trust. And on this subject Give you to God who may give you, Gentle- men, good Ufe and long. At Bruges this Tuesday 20th August [15 21]. •'Your good friend, T. C.ARLis Ebor." [Thomas Cardinalis Eboracensis]. Addressed: "To Monsieur the Chancellor of France the Sieur de la Palice, the first President of the Court of Parliament at Paris, the Sieur de la Bastye and the other Ambassadors of France being at Calais." This letter is of supreme historical importance because it was written whilst Wolsey was presumed to be acting as an arbiter between the Emperor, Charles V, and the King of France, Francis I. The letter, indeed, may be regarded as a link with the Field of the Cloth of Gold pageant. After the meeting of Henry VI 11 and Francis I at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, '"twixt Guisnes and Ardres," in 1520, the Emperor and the King of England met at Gravelines on loth July that same year. At this meeting, which was regarded with distrust by France, the marriage of the Emperor with the Princess Mary, already recently betrothed to the Dauphin, was discussed, in spite of the fact that Charles V had pledged himself to marry the French King's daughter Charlotte. A Treaty was concluded between the two Monarchs by which they promised that no new treaty with France which should bind either to those matrimonial alliances which both had contracted with that country, should be made within two years. Henry then wrote to Francis informing him that the Emperor's ministers had made dishonourable proposals for breaking off the marriage treaties. Francis, however, was not deceived and although Wolsey persuaded him from open resentment, yet matters were now drifting towards a war which eventually broke out between the Emperor and the King of France. Charles therefore called upon Henry to assist him as he had bound himself to do. Henry, how- ever, required to know first who was the real aggressor, and Wolsey crossed to Calais to hear the deputies from both sides (29th July 152 1). Among the commissions which the Cardinal was charged with by Henry was the settling of the differences between the Emperor and Francis. Conferences were opened under Wolsey's presidency at Calais on the 7th August. The Emperor had come to Bruges to be near at hand, and the 254 J PEARSON & CO. Cardinal was requested by the deputies to negotiate with the Emperor direct owing to a hitch in the proceedings. Persuading the French deputies to remain at Calais until his return Wolsey visited Charles at Bruges. // zvas tvhile tvith the Emperor at Bruges that the Cardinal wrote the present letter, but, of course, his real business at Bruges was not to settle differences between Charles and Francis as he states in the present letter, that was only a ruse, but to conclude a secret offensive and defensive alliance against France. This had already been planned before Wolsey left England. ^^200 WORDSWORTH. This is believed to be the only COMPLETE SET OF FIRST EDITIONS of his works ever offered for sale. In all 27 volumes, of which 25 are uncut. The whole are uniformly botmd in red levant morocco extra. The set comprises : AN EVENING WALK. An Epistle, in Verse. Addressed to a Young Lady, from the Lakes of the North of England. By W. Wordsworth, B. A. of St. John's, Cambridge. 4to. Londoti: Printed for /. Johnson, St. PauVs Church- Yard. 1793 Wordsworth's first appearance in print, written at the age of nineteen, while at college in 1787-9, but not published until four years later. Ex- tremely RARE, WITH THE UNPAGED LEAF OF ErRATA. " Joseph Johnson, who published for many of the revolutionary party, brought out the ' Evening Walk ' and the ' Descriptive Sketches ' early in 1793. In both poems the metre and diction conform to the conventions of the old-fashioned school to whom Pope was still the recognized model. '■ The Evening Walk,' composed during his college vacations spent at the lakes, is remarkable for its series of accurate transcripts of natural scenery, obviously made on the spot." The " Evening Walk " was considerably revised in later editions. It shows Beattie's influence. Many years afterwards, in 1836, Wordsworth said it was 5, PALL MALL PLACE 255 addressed to his sister Dorothy, " Not an image in it which I had not observed." The present example is wider by \ of an inch than the Hoe copy. DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES in Verse. Taken during a Pedestrian Tour in the Italian, Grison, Swiss, and Savoyard Alps. By W. Wordsworth, B.A., of St. John's, Cambridge. " Loca pastorum deserta atque otia dia." — Lucret. "Castella in tumulis — et longe saltus lateque vacantes." — Virgil. 410. London: Printed fo/- /. Johnson, St. FatiFs Churchyard. 1793 Extremely rare. With the leaf of errata. Wordsworth's second appearance in print. Written in 179 1-2, at the age of twenty, on the banks of the Loire, during a trip resulting from a disappointment in love, and, like the " Evening Walk," a curious mixture of fine poetry and commonplace, even bathos. Coleridge wrote of it before he met Wordsworth : " Seldom, if ever, was the emergence of a great and original poetic genius above the literary horizon more evidently announced." The " Descriptive Sketches " describes the journey to Switzerland, and was composed in France, where he helped a fading memory of details from the work of the French painter Raymond, who in 1781 translated Archdeacon Coxe's letters from Switzerland, with additional notes. " The poem recalls Goldsmith's ' Traveller,' and illustrates Wordsworth's politics at the time of its composition. He bewails the harsh lot of the poor peasant in language recalling the hunger-bitten peasant of Blois. It leads up to an eager expression of sympathy for the defenders of liberty in France." This and the " Evening Walk " are two of the rarest books in THE English Language. Probably less than half-a-dozen of each have survived. POEMS: by Francis Wrangham, M.A., Member of Trinity-College, Cam- bridge. Quotation in Greek. (Tweedell. Prolus VIII.) 8vo. Uncut. London: Sold by /. Maivman, 22, Poultry. 1795 A Large Paper Copy. The translation of Wrangham's French stanzas is by Wordsworth. 256 J. PEARSON & CO. LYRICAL BALLADS, with a few other Poems. 8vo. Uncut. London: Printed for J. and A. Arch, Gracechurch- Street. 1798 Extremely rare, with the leaf of errata and uncut. An uncut copy sold for ;^34 \os. in 1910. " The most remarkable incident of this time was the walk of 13 Nov. 1797, when the two poets proposed to compose a joint Ballad to be sold for ^5 to pay for their tour. The Ancient Mariner thus begun was left to Coleridge. This led to talk of a joint publication to which Coleridge should contribute poems showing the dramatic truth of supernatural incidents, while Wordsworth should try to give the charm of novelty to ' things of every day.' The result was the publication of the ' Lyrical Ballads.' " POEMS, in Two Volumes, by William Wordsworth, x\uthor of The Lyrical Ballads. "Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur. Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus." 2 vols. 8vo. Uncut. Lofidon: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Pees and Orjne, Paternoster Row. 1807 A fine copy — extremely rare, being uncut and having the half titles and leaf of "erratum." "A collection of poems in two volumes appeared this year, including the odes to ' Duty,' and upon the ' Litimations of Immortality,' ' Miscellaneous Sonnets,' sonnets dedicated to 'Liberty' and poems written during a tour in Scotland." CONCERNING THE RELATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN, Spain and Portugal, to each other, and to the Common Enemy, at this Crisis; and specifically as affected by the Convention of Cintra: the whole brought to the test of those Principles, by which alone the Independence and Freedom of Nations can be Preserved or Recovered. " Qui didicit patriae quid debeat: Quod sit conscripti, quod judicis officium; quae Partes in bellum missi ducis." By William Wordsworth. 8vo. uncut. London: Printed for Lotigman, Ifjirst, Pees and Orme, Paternoster Row. 1809 " The Spanish rising, however, roused Wordsworth thoroughly. He sympathised heartily with the patriotic resistance to Napoleon, and was 5, PALL MALL PLACE 257 shocked by the permission granted to the French army to return to their own country. He expressed his feehngs in a pamphlet (the present) which Canning is said to have regarded as the most eloquent production since Burke's. It takes a high moral ground, and, if rather magniloquent, is forcibly written." THE EXCURSION, being a portion of the Recluse, a Poem. By William Wordsworth. 4to. Uncut. London : Printed for Longman^ ffursf, Rees, Orme and Brozvn, Paternoster Row. 1 8 1 4 " ' The Excursion ' marks the culmination of Wordsworth's poetical career. Jeffrey's famous phrase, ' This will never do! ' was really the protest of literary orthodoxy against a heresy the more offensive because it was growing in strength. Southey, Keats, and Crabb Robinson now put Wordsworth by the side of Milton." POEMS by William Wordsworth; including Lyrical Ballads, and the Miscel- laneous Pieces of the Author. With Additional Poems, a new Preface, and a Supplementary Essay. Frofitispiece after Sir G. Beaumont by J. C. Bromley and S. IV. Reynolds. 2 vols. 8vo. uncut. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Roiu. 1 8 1 5 THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE; or the Fate of the Nortons. A Poem. By William Wordsworth. Frontispiece after Sir G. Beaximont by Bromley. 4to. uncut. London: Printed for Longmati, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Broivn, Paternoster Row, by James Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh. 181 5 THANKSGIVING ODE, January i8th, 1816. With other Short Pieces, chiefly referring to recent public events. By William Wordsworth. 8vo. uncut. London: Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, for Lotigman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row. 18 16 Of this period of the Poet's life Sir Leslie Stephen wrote: " He [Wordsworth] had become respectable and conservative. To the L L 258 J. PEARSON & CO. liberals he appeared to be a renegade. Shelley expresses his views in a sonnet, and in 'Peter Bell the Third,' the first ' Peter Bell,' being the parody by John Hamilton Reynolds brought out when Wordsworth's poem was advertised. Browning's ' Lost Leader ' gives a later version of this sentiment. Wordsworth's 'Thanksgiving Ode 'in 1815 [this is a mistake, the ' Ode ' was published in Jan. 1816] (to which Shelley refers) shows how completely he shared the conservative view." A LETTER TO A FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS: occasioned by an intended republication of The Account of the Life of Burns, by Dr. Currie; and of the Selection made by him from his letters. By William Wordsworth. 8vo. Uncut. London: Printed for Longman, Llurst, Rees, Orme and Broum, Paternoster Row. 1 8 1 6 THE WAGGONER, a Poem. To which are added, Sonnets. By William Wordsworth. " What 's in a Name? " " Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar!" 8vo. Uncut. London: Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, Printers Street; for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme afid Brown, Paternoster Row. 181 9 PETER BELL, a Tale in Verse, by William Wordsworth. Frontispiece after Sir G. Beaumont by Bromley. 8vo. Uncut. London: Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, Printers Street; for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row. 1 8 1 9 "'Peter Bell' is said to have been Wordworth's 'most successful' book up to that time, an edition of five hundred having been sold in the year and a second published." THE RIVER DUDDON, a Series of Sonnets: Vaudracour and Julia; and Other Poems. To which is annexed a Topographical Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England. By William Wordsworth. 8vo. Uncut. Lotidon: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Patertioster Row. 1820 "The Sonnets on the Duddon, chiefly written about 1820, show his true power." 5, PALL MALL PLACE 259 A DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE LAKES in the North of England. Third Edition (now first pubUshed separately) with Additions and illustrative remarks upon the Scenery of the Alps. By William Wordsworth. Folding Map. Small 8vo. Uncut. London : Pi-mted for Lojigman, Hurst ^ Rees, Or me and Brown, Paternoster Row. 1822 ECCLESIASTICAL SKETCHES. By William Wordsworth. Svo. Uncut. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row. 1822 MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, 1820. By William Wordsworth. 8vo. Uncut. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brozvn, Paternoster Roio. 1822 " In 1820 the Poet made a four months' tour with his wife and his sister and other friends up the Rhine to Switzerland, met Robinson at Lucerne, and, after visiting the Italian lakes, returned by Paris." YARROW REVISITED, and other Poems. By William Wordsworth. " Poets . . . dwell on earth To clothe whate'er the soul admires and loves With language and with numbers." — Akenside. 8vo. Uncut. London : Printed for Lofigman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Long- man, Paternoster Row ; and Edivard Moxon, Dover Street. 1835 "In I S3 1 Wordsworth went to Scotland, chiefly to see Scott, whom he visited in September at Abbotsford. A fine sonnet. Yarrow Revisited, com- memorates this last meeting." THE SONNETS of William Wordsworth. Collected in one volume with a few additional ones, now first published. 8vo. Uncut. London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street. 1838 26o J. PEARSON & CO. ODE, performed at the Senate House, Cambridge, on Tuesday, 6th July 1847, in the presence of Her Majesty, at the first pubhc commencement after the Installation of His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, Chancellor of the University, written by William Wordsworth, Esqre, D.C.L., Poet Laureate, set to music by Thomas Atwood Walmisley, Mus. Doc, M.A. Trin. Coll., Professor of Music in the University and Organist of Trinity and St. John's Colleges. Price 10^. Folio. Uncut. London: Published {for the Author) by Chappell, Music Seller io Her Majesty, 50, New Bond Street. 1849 THE PRELUDE, or Growth of a Poet's Mind; an Autobiographical Poem: by William Wordsworth. 8vo. Uncut. London: Edward Moxofi, Dover Street. 1850 A posthumous publication. Wordsworth died 23rd April this same year (1850). This work was largely drawn upon by Sir Leslie Stephen when writing his life of the Poet. MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, Poet Laureate, D.C.L. By Christopher Wordsworth, D.D., Canon of Westminster. Portrait of Dora Wordsworth after Gillies by Armytage. 2 vols. Uncut. London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street. 185 1 Of this work the Poet's biographer states: "The Memoirs of WiUiam Wordsworth by Christopher Wordsworth (after- wards Bishop of Lincoln) his nephew, 1851, 2 vols., 8vo, gives a useful though not very full narrative." THE RECLUSE. By William Wordsworth. 8vo. Uncut. London: Macmillan and Co.., and New York. 1891. All rights reserved. Printed on Large Whatman Paper. - " When finishing ' the Prelude,' he says that the task ' of his life ' will be over if he can finish the ' Recluse ' and a narrative poem of the epic kind. The epic was never begun." W^ artpdes oftbe CftattouKeauDlpbcrtpcs of CnglanDe calico ^agrtat carta/ti)ati0torapct{je Cl^artoure of jf ozeda* 252 5, PALL MALL PLACE 261 A DESCRIPTION OF THE WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE MANUSCRIPTS, in the possession of Mr. T. Norton Longman. With three facsimile reproductions. Edited with notes by W. Hale White. 4to. Uncut. Longman, Green and Co., 39, Paternoster Row, London, Neiv York, and Bombay. 1S97 The Collection, ^400 252 WYER'S PRESS. THE ARTICYLES OF THE CHARTOURE AND LYBERTYES OF ENG- LANDE CALLED MAGNA CARTA that is to saye the great Chartoure. With the Chartoure of Foresta. At end: Impry7ited by me Robert Wyer. 12 mo. Dhie morocco extra. \_Londoii, c. 1535] This unique (?) little book contains an English Translation of the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, issued by Edward I. Who the translator was is not mentioned, but the work has been done in a curi- ously careless manner. In the fifth article, which relates to the duties of guardians towards minors in England, the guardian is bound to maintain the "vineyards." The word in the original has been mis-read "vinaria," and translated "vineyards," when it is really "vivaria," otherwise "fish-ponds"! In article 29 the well-known mortmain act, the beginning is here given, " Be it lawful! from henceforth," etc., in place of " Be it unlawful," etc. Robert Wyer, the printer, is mentioned as a printer in the lay Subsidy accounts as early as 1524, but nothing is known of his press before 1530. He lived at the sign of St. John Evangelist in the parish of St. Martin-in-the- Fields, and from 1530 to 1560 issued a very large number of small popular books. Of this particular volume no trace can be found, nor is it mentioned by Plomer in his bibliography of Wyer. The book which generally goes under the 262 J. PEARSON & CO., 5, PALL MALL PLACE name of Magna Charta is a considerably larger book, containing in addition to the Charter itself, a great number of early statutes. The First Article concerns the liberty of the " Churche of Englande," that she shall " be free and have all her ryghts hole and her lybertyes unhurte." ^63 See Illustration CHISWICK PRESS : CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO. 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