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Constance €. ^oor 1. ABU ZACARIA lAHIA. Libro de Agricoltura <-0 -£^ tradueido al Castellano y anotado por Don Josef /- *^ "^^io Banqueri. (Text in Arabic and Spanish.) 2 vols, ntempoiary Spanish calf. Madrid, 1802 MS (HENRY). John Randolph. 12mo, new Qr^i^iarter light green levant gold tooled back, gilt top, {V uncut. Bost. 1883 f 4- Choice copy, finely extra-illustrated by the insertion of 25 scarce portraits of Randolph, his friends and contemporaries. / 3. AITKEN (GEORGE A.). The Life and Works of . ^1^ John Arbuthnot. Front, portrait. 8vo, cloth. ' ' • / ' Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892 4. ALDINE PRESS. Manutius (Paulus). Antiquita- cP i/^ turn Romanarum Pauli Manutii Liber de Legibus. 8vo, full / / ^^\^ ^ maroon levant morocco, extra gilt, Aldine anchor stamped / ^ f ^ in gold on the centre of the front cover, gilt edges, by Stike- > ^ * MAN. Venetiis, Aldus, 1559 Choice copy, with numerous scholarly notes on the margins in a late 16th century hand. 5. ALPHABETS. A Handbook of Lettering, with histo- rical, critical and practical descriptions, by E. F. Strange. With numerous alphabets in various styles of writing and facsimiles from ancient manuscripts and early printed books. 12mo, cloth. Lond. 1895 /■/ 6. AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA : a Popular Dictionary of ttrt^v General Knowledge. 16 vols. imp. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1873-76 J 7. AMERICAN GARDENING. Vols. 19-20. Illust. 2 vols. 4to, full morocco. N. Y. 1898 8. AMERICAN PORTRAITS. William Bradford (proof on India paper), by F. S. King, signed by the engraver; William Dunlap, engraved by Max Rosenthal, signed by the engraver (proof on India paper) ; Daniel Webster (proof on India paper before letters), engraved by F. S. King and signed by him. 8vo and folio. (3 pieces.) ^- M752149 ^ // ? / / Y 9- /American revolution, votes of the House of CaHmJons. Number 103. Contains series of Resolutions in relation to the American Colonies of the greatest interest and utmost importance, the refusal of the House of Repre- sentatives of New York to make supplies to the troops, also "That tumults and insurrections of the most dangerous nature have been raised and carried on in several North American Colonies . . . That all the subjects residing in the said Colonies who . . . assist in carrying into execution any acts relating to the British Colonies have acted as loyal subjects, and are entitled to and will surely have the Pro- tection of the House of Commons of Great Britain," also, Resolution '* That the Colonies and Plantations in America are . . . subordinate and dependent upon the Imperial Crown . . . and that the King's Majesty . . . had full power to make Laws and Statutes to bind the Colonies, and people of America." 10 pp., half morocco neat. Lond. : Printed for John Whiston, 1767 An extremely interesting historical document containing details leading to the immediate causes of the Revolution. 10. AMERICAN STATESMEN. A Collection of the Lives of American Statesmen, comprising Washington, Lin- coln, Gallatin, Monroe, Adams, Webster, etc. Each work written by a competent authority. 18 vols. 12mo, cloth, gilt tops. Bost. : Houghton, Miflain and Co., 1898, etc. 11. AMES (OAKES). Orchidaceae: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidacese. Issuing from the Ames Botanical Laboratory. Fascile I. Illust. Royal Svo, boards, cloth back. Bost. 1905 12. AMHERST (ALICIA). A History of Gardening in England. Illusts. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1896 13. AMONG ENGLISH HEDGEROWS [Johnson], 1900; In a Glaustershire Garden [Ellacombe], 1896; Types of British Plants [Colman], 1902; A Glaucestershire Wild Garden [''Curator"], 1903; An Indian Garden [Eggar], 1904; British Wild Flowers [Lubbock], 1882. All illust 6 vQl8.1l2mo, cloth. v. p. 1/14} ANACREON: Sapho, Bion et Moschus, traduction Nouvelle en Prose, suivie de la Veillee des Fetes de Venus par M. M. De Clairfons. Numerous very charming vi- gnettes by Massard after the designs of Eisen. 8vo, fine old calf gilt (joints weak), k Paphos et se trouvea Paris, 1780 The rare Original Edition. y I ( 15J ANDREWS (H. C). The. ^^j?ajm of the Genus Erica, containin descriptions, dissections, etc., of [all that expensive and distinguished tr I-III (should be 6). With 160 c\ one. 8vo, full calf (rubbed and re 4 Heathery; or, A Mono- tin and English known species of e of plant^/ Vols. s. ^ vols, in ). iojm. 1804-06 n 16. ANDREWS (H. C). The Botanist's Repository for new and rare plants: containing colored figures of such plants as have not hitherto appeared in any similar publi- cation, with all their essential characters, botanically ar- ranged, after the sexual system of the celebrated Linnaeus, in English and Latin. To each description is added a short history of the plant, as to its time of flowering, mode of culture, where indigenous, when introduced and by whom. With 664 plates of flowers and plants very finely colored by hand, 10 vols. 4to, half calf (rebacked) uncut. Loud. 1816 >— ~^ Fine copy of this scarce and really magnificent work. YitAnDREWS (WILLIAM LORING). Fanny: a Poem. K^ By-^tz- Greene Halleck. Fine India proof portrait after j^^,^ ^ Rogers. 8vo, wrappers, uncut. N. Y. I866i ^^^*. Edition of 70 copies privately printed for W. L, Andrews- 1 ^ 4^ \y^ Rare. 18. ANCIENT CLASSICS. Petrarch's Sonnets, Festus, Sophocles, Homer, Plato, Tacitus Works, Res Grsecse, Attic Orators, and others. 30 vols. 8vo and smaller, cloth. V. p., V. d. 19. ANNESLEY (THE EARL). Beautiful and rare Trees and Plants With70illusts. 4to, cloth. Lond.,n. d. X Only 300 copies printed. / ^20. ANTHOLOGY OF NEW NETHERLAND ; or, Trans- /• ^ Tations from the Early Dutch Poets of New York, with Me- / moirs of their Lives. By Henry C. Murphy. Portrait of O Jacob Steendam. 8vo, sewed, half morocco, uncut. N. Y. 1865 Edition of 125 copies privately printed for the Bradford Club. Presentation copy from the Club to Evert A. Duyckinck. 21. ARABIAN NIGHTS. Lady Burton's Edition of her husband's Arabian Nights, transl. literally from the Arabic. Prepared for household reading by J. H. McCarthy. Pho- tograph portrait of Lady Burton. 6 vols. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1886 22. ARCH^EOLOGIA. Vols. 7 and 12 (containing articles 7 Gardening). Plates. 2 vols. 4to, calf . Lond. 1785-1796 33. ARCHITECTURE. Serlio (Sebastiano). Architet- tura nellaquale con facile e breve modo si tratta de primi . x^ principii delta geometria. With several hundred fine illusts. f "^^ and diagrams. 4to, vellum. Venice, 1566 Scarce. 24. Architectural Studies in France. By J. L. Petit. Edited by Edward Bell. Illusts. 4to, cloth. Lond. 1890 25. Later Renaissance Architecture in England: a Series of Examples of the Domestic Buildings erected subse- > quent to the Elizabethan period. Edited, with Introductory 'p^ and Descriptive Text, by John Belcher and M. E. Macartney. 6 parts folio, half cloth portfolios. Lond. 1897-1901 5 k 26. ARISTOTLE. The Art of Poetry. With Notes by D'Acier. 8vo, old panelled calf, rebacked. Lond 1705 . ^^T^ARNOLD (MATTHEW). Poems. First and Second ^py,»&rles. 2 vols. 12mo, original green cloth, uncut, ^r First edition of each series. Scarce. Lond. 1853-55 ? 28. ARTISTIC HOUSES: being a Series of Interior Views of a number of the most Beautiful and Celebrated X* Homes in the U. S. , with a description of the Art Treasures contained therein. Plates^ proofs on India paper. 4 vols. thick large folio, half morocco, leather joints, each leaf on a linen guard. N. Y. 1883-84 Limited to 500 copies, printed for subscribers only. Choice COPY of this elegant work. r29. ASTRONOMY. Popular Astronomy [Flammarion and Gore], illusts., 1894; Other Worlds [Serviss], 1901; I I Stellar Evolution [Croll], 1889. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth. » '1 Lond. andN. Y. 30. ATKINSON (G. F.). Studies of American Fungi. / . Mushrooms, edible, poisonous, etc. With colored j^lates . Qi and 2S0 illusts. 8vo. cloth. Ithaca, 1901 /^ 31. /TKINS' VOYAGE TO /GUINEA. Atkins (John). (^A^Voyage to Guinea, Brazil ^nd tha, W^st-Indies in His j?^jesty's Ships, the Swallo)f<^ and J^i^^mouth, describing /y the several Islands and SettlemenJa^Maderia, Barbadoes, J Jamaica — Habits, Mannera^-etCj^y^^ the Natives, with Re- / marks on the Gold, Ivos'^^jjir^l^ Woodcut of o ship in full sail on ^i^/Z^[^^i8b in UJiC vol. small 4to, half calf. f ^ Rare. 33. AVEBURY (LORD — Sir John Lubbock). Notes on the Life Historj^ of British Flowering Plants. Illust. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1905 6 f r ^ ACON (LQBOk Sjflva Sylvarum ; or, A Natural History/^ t^^SiJenturies. Whereunto is newly added the History Aalural a^^d Experimental of Life and Death, or of the piioloAgation of Life. Published after the author's death by W. Rawley, D.D. Portrait and en- graved title-page hij Cecil. Small folio, old sheep (neatly rebacked). Lond. 1677 35. An Account of the Life and Times of Francis ^ Bacon. Extracted from the edition of his occasional writ- / ings by James Spedding. Portrait. 2 vols. 12rao, cloth. ^^..x--*^ y y Bost. 1878 ^ ;, [ 36^AILEY (L. H.). Cyclops9dia^yMf(merican Horti- / // ^T^ I ^ . Ottittlre. With over 2,000 engra^^J^ 4Wols. 4to, cloth. / •f^ ..-^ iKllA^Y y/ <>^ N. Y. 1900-2 ^fji P 37. BAKER (RICHARD). X Oftronicle of the Kings of England from the time of the l^mans Government unto the Death of King James. Wh^teunto is added the Reign of King Charles I, with a contihuatiou of the Chronicle to the Coronation of King Charles II. Front, engraved hyW. Mnmlldll "(mounted). Folio, old calf (cracked). Lond. 1665 38. BANCROFT (H. H.). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, with portrait, illusts. and maps, 3d vols., 1883-90; Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth, with, nu- merous portraits engraved on steely 7 vols., 1891-92; Index to the Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth, 1892. Together 47 vols. 8vo, uniformly bound in half calf, gilt (few of the backs somewhat rubbed or slightly dam- aged), with the exception of the Index, bound in cloth. San Francisco, 1883-92 Complete set of the Works of Bancroft, with the Chronicles of the Builders, which are very seldom found together. S^BANCROFT (JOHN); Henry the Second, King of i-gTand ; with the Death of Rosamond, a Tragedy, acted at /3 the Theatre Royal by their Majesties Servants Small 4to, ' half levant, gilt top. Lond. : Printed f^r Jacob Tonson, 1693 First Edition. The Epilogue was written by Dryden and the VUj->^Dedication by Will Mountfort. ^ ^Ao'yBANNISTER'S MEMOIRS. Memoirs of John Ban- ^.xf^ /yvV OT*fe€r, Comedian. By John Adolphus. Portraits. 2 vols. ( 8vo, half crimson morocco extra, gilt tops. Lond. 1839 *^ First Edition. Presentation copy from the author to John Field. With his portrait, engraved by Ridley, and four auto- graph letters from Adolphus to Field relating to the book, in- serted at end of Vol. I. 41. BARING-GOULD (S.). Historic Oddities and Strange Events. First and Second Series. First edns 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1889-91 42. In Troubadour-Land. A Ramble in Provence ^^ and Languedoc First edn. Illusts. by Rogers. 8vo, -^ S^ cloth, uncut. Lond. 1891 7 z V43. ^ 43. BASKERVILLENEWTES-TAMENT. Novum Testa- mentum. Juxta exemplar Millianum. Grsece. Typis Joannis Baskerville. Royal 8vo, original boards. ^ Oxonii : E Typographeo Clareudoniano, 1763 John Baskerville's famous Greek Testament. Extremely rare in such fine original condition. Baskerville only printed two books in Greek. Choice copy. ^ ^ ^ 1 ^, f ? ,1 44. BASKERVILLE HORACE. Quinti Horatii Flacci / Carminum Libri Quatuor. 12mo, original calf. Birminghamise: Typis S. Baskerville, 1777 45. BATSON (H. M.). A Book of the Country and the ^g,rd«n. With 12 illusts. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1903 BAXTER (RICHARD), yootiosil Fragments : Heart- mployment with God and it selflC ^e Concordant Discord of a Broken Healed Heart. Sorroying^^joycing, Fearing- hoping, Dying-living. 16mo^riam*^rsheep. Lond.: T. WSyt^Jor^B^mmon 1681 First Edition. Rare, the Epistle tojJ^ Reader contains reference to some of th^EnglKh poets — fr ithers, Lord Brooke, Quarles, Abraham Cov^ey, ^Ivester, Sandys, and others — as also mentioning the Net En^and version of the Psalms, the ' Bay Psalm Book. Baxter was one of the London correspond- y ents of John Eliot. ^7. BERKSHIRE CO., Mass. Historic Homes and In- stitutions, and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berk- y shire County. Edited by R. H. Cooke. Profusely illust. ^ with fine steel portraits. 2 vols. imp. 8vo, half morocco, gilt edges. N. Y. 1906 48. BETAGH (WILLIAM). A Voyage round the World, being an Account of a Remarkable Enterprise begun in 1719, chiefly to Cruise on the Spaniards in the Great South Ocean, relating the true Historical Facts of that whole Affair, etc. With map (usually missing). 8vo, con- temporary calf (neatly rebacked). Lond. 1728 A volume of great interest, giving full particulars regarding Capt. Shelvocke's Famous Privateer Voyage, which the author declares ' ' is the most absurd narrative that was ever given to the publick." The brutality of this famous privateer is described with great freedom, his acts reading more like fic- tion than fact. Contains an account of the famous Jesuit settlement in Para- guay. 49. BEWICK (THOMAS). A General History of Quad- rupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. 8vo, old half sheep. Newcastle, 1792 • Clean, unspotted copy. ^ ^0. BIBLE: BiBLiA Latina. "Incipit epistola beati J^ Hieronymi ad Paulinum presbyterum," etc. Printed in / double columns, 56 lines to a column, with signatures, but no foliation. Large initial letter on folio 1 in gold and colors, and initials throughout painted by hand in red and blue. // I ^ y^i ^ 4to, old leather, with arms of the Comte de Preysin stamped in gold on side, without printer's name, place or date. [Nuremberg, 1491] Although the volume bears no statement as to the printer, there can be little doubt that it was printed by Caspar Hoch- feder at Nurnberg. It is printed in the earliest form of type used by him, and as he commenced printing in 1491, it was )robably issued about that date. An interesting example of an |arly Bible, and very rare. With a Gpu- ation, Mu- Collected by HBLIOGRAPHY. The General Catalogue of Books in England since the Dreadful Fire of London, 1666, to the End of Trinity Term, 1674. Together with the Titles of all Publick and Private Acts of Parliament: Proclama- tions: The Texts of Single Sermons, with the Authors' Names: Play es Acted at both Theat]^s:/Aji4 an Abstract of the General Bills of Mortality sij eral Account of all the Books^ sick, &G With a Catalogue of Robert Clavel. Small folio, eh Lond. : Andrew Cl4rk', for Robert Clavel, 1675 Clavell's list, based on the numbers of The Term Catalogues, issued between the dates mentioned. This particular volume includes, sandwiched in between the books and bordered with heavy black mourning bands, a statistical summary of all the '• Christenings and Burials" in London between the years 1661 and 1673. This includes the "plague " year, when the number of persons who were buried jumped from eighteen thousand in the previous year to over ninety thousand in that. The Index of Authors' names has been filled out. where lapses have been made by the compiler in MS. by some former eighteenth century owner, who has also on some of the margins added the the names of the authors. The list is most valuable for the entries of books now of the utmost rarity, and some quite lost y knowledge of. ^52. Unique Album of Engraved Portraits and con- temporary clippings from New York newspapers describing with many very interesting and curious details the books of well-known American collectors with amusing anecdotes of the collectors themselves. Among the best-known names are those of: Geo. W. Bethune Henry C. Murphy Wm. E. Burton J. Carson Brevoort D. W. Fiske Astor Library, and Astor Dona- tions, Litigation, etc. Lenox Library and Its Dona- tors Boston Public Library Ezra Cornell and Cornell Uni- versity Library Library of Congress New Ridgway Library Bradford Club Brinley Fitz Greene Hal leek Charles Lamb's Library in New York Menzies Odell K. H. Stoddard Bayard Taylor Daniel Webster John Carter Brown John Allan Augustin Daly Fields' Indian Library George Bancroft Samuel F. Dunlap Dr. J. W. Francis r- V J- Among the other miscellaneous articles in the Scrap Book are articles by Henry Harisse, George Philes, Dr. Wynne and other well-known Bibliographers. Some of them describe the libraries of the Poet Gray, H. Perkins, Sir Wm. Tite, the Harleian and British Museum, the Didot Collection. With racy chapters on New York Bookstalls and their surprising bargains: *' Recollections of an Old Cartman, of Books and Book Auctions"; "Scribner's on Broadway"; "Club Books"; "Library Catalogues" ; "Ro- mance of a Bookstall, 1868"; "Pleasant Books by Jospeh Hatton."; "The Visible and Invisible in Libraries"; "His- tory of the Almanac"; "Children of Book Collectors," to- gether with some interesting MS. notes on Thomas Paine. 4to, half red morocco. N. Y. 1848-79 y \0( /^ 53. BINDING BY LE GASCON.— Sylv» Regime Bal- thasaris de Vias. Fine engraved title-page^ containing Me- dallion portrait of Louis XIII by Mellan. Small 4to, fine old French red morocco, the sides tooled with Fleur-de-Lys, elaborate dentelle borders, cross and laurel wreath in centre of each cover, back panels tooled with Fleurs-de-Lys (small piece of top of back supplied). Paris: Nicholas Buon, 1623 An admirable old French Binding, in fine preservation. 54. BINDING, ITALIAN —Expositione di Ageo Pro- >heta, nel Domo de Mantua predicata per il Reverendo Padre Don Callisto Placentino Canonico regulare Lateran- ense, et Predicatore Apostolico. 12mo, green morocco, finely tooled on the sides with a design of interlacing double filets, the compartments being filled with leafy sprays. In Pavia per Giovanni Maria Simonete Cremonese, 1541 An extremely rare book, on the Prophet Haggai, in a beau- Jiful Italian binding. 55. BINDING, IRISH.— Boulter's Monument. A Pane- ial Poem, Sacred to the Menxory c^ that Great and Ex- cellent Prelate and Patriot, tie/Moi^^ev.^Dr. Hugh Boul- ter, late Lord Archbishop of Aid^agh aifd Primate of All ^^ /^ Ireland. 8vo, contemporary ,i?€a momGi^, fine dentelle bor- j,. ders on side, pointille centre and aij^ ornament. Dolphin ^ and Crown in the back pai;ieJsi gilt edges. / Dtfblin : George Faulkner, 1745 ^ Written by Dr. Samuel Madden and revised by Dr. Samuel ' Johnson, to whose influence many fine passages are traceable. i ^ The Dedication Copy bound for Frederick Prince of Wales. J56. /.y .V ^w. BINDING: Lecture de I'Ecriture Sainte contre les ftj Paradoxes extravagans et impies de M. Mallet. 8vo, old , 'V French red morocco, with a panel of three gold lines on the HirlPR Via/irinor at th« mitPiT' onrnfirs n, flpsnrnn tooled and S'ilt. \^ / sides, having at the outer corners a fleuron tooled and gilt, gilt tooled back, and inside borders, gilt edges, by Duseuil. A Anvers, 1680 A very fine specimen of Duseuil's binding, and in the finest condition. 10 y I'i 57. BIRDS. Check-List of North American Birds. 8vo, halLn^orocco, gilt. Amer. Ornithologists' Union, 1889 IIRDS AND MAN, by W. H. Hudson, 1901; Land- ^capff Gardening, by F. A. Waugh, 1901; Lessons with Plants, by L. H. Bailey, 1899; Botany, by the same, 1901; North American Forests and Forestry, by E. Bruncken, 1900; The Fern-Collector's Guide, by W. N. Clute, n. d. ; Familiar Trees and Their Leaves, by F. S. Mathews, 1901 ; Grasses and Forage Plants, by C. L. Flint, 1859; Garden Design and Architects' Gardens, by W. Robinson, 1892; How to Attract the Birds; by N. Blanchan, 1903. Mainly illust. 10 vols. 8vo and infra, cloth. 59. BLACKMORE (RICHARD D.). Fringilla. Some Tales in Verse. First edn. Illusts. and borders by L. F. Muckley and James Linton. Square 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1895 60. BLAINE (J. G.). Twenty Years of Congress: from Lincoln to Garfield. With a Review of the Events which led to the Political Revolution of 1860. Portraits. 2 vols, imp. 8vo, full morocco, gilt edges (cracking). Norwich, 1884 Autograph of Mr. Blaine on the titles. 61. BLAIR'S LECTURES, 3 vols., 1796; Bracebridge Hall, 2 vols., 1822; Human Understanding [Locke], 3 vols., 1759; Scripture History [Howard], illusts.; Beauties of History, 2 vols., 1785; Poems of Shakespeare, 1850. To- gether 13 vols., various sizes and bindings. v. p. 62. BLANCHAN (NELTJE). Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy, birds of prey, game birds and water- fowls. With ^8 colored plates. 4to,'©loth. N. Y. 1898 / Nature's Garden: an aid to knowledge of our wi owers and their insect visitors. With colored plates 1 atid many other illusts. photographed directly from nature. ^'^ Imp. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1900 64. BOHN'S LIBRARY. Chronicles of the Crusades, by De Joinville, illuTYiinated front, 1870; Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Sbret, 1882; History of Civili- zation, by F. Guizot, portraits, 3 vols. 1856; Tales of Wil- helm Hauff, 1886; Critique of Pure Reason, by I. Kant, 1881; Works of Daniel De Foe, portrait, 7 vols. 1854-85. Together 14 vols 12mo, cloth. 65. BOILEAU (DE). CEuvres Poetiques de Boileau avec des Notes de tons les Commentateurs. 8vo, half calf. Paris, 1853 66. BOLINGBROKE (HENRY ST. JOHN, VISCOUNT). Works, with the Life of Lord Bolingbroke, by Dr. Gold- smith. Portrait. 8 vols. 8vo, half vellum. Lond. 1809 11 67. BOOK-PLATES. Egerton (Castle). English Book- plates : Ancient and Modern. With numerous facsimiles. 12gao, cloth. Lond. 1893 Edwin Davis French. A Memorial. His Life. /I / His Art. With 2 fine portraits and 10 illusts. , proofs on India paper of his principal bookplates. 8vo, boards, uncut. N. Y. : Privately Printed, 1908 CoDtains Check-List compiled by Ira H. Brainerd of the 299 plates executed by E. D. French, with details of their varieties. Together with lists of the artist's other works. Only a very hmited edition ; privately printed. 69. BOSSE (J. C). Plant Response as a Means of Phy- • ) .^ siological Investigation. Illusts. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 19U6 70. BOTANIST AND PHYSICIAN (The). A Descrip- tion of the Principal Active Medicinal Plants found in the Middle and Northern States of America. 12mo, half sheep (few^ater stains). Scarce. ,• ^ Kingston, 1831 /71. BOYLE (FREDERICK). Th^e 'Woodlands Orchids y^ I X. ^a>eiscribed and illustrated. \\^ith Stories of Orchid-Col- J) . \yMecting. 16 finely colored plates/hyjj. I^^acfarlane. Royal V^JUr^ ^ Svo, cloth, gilt edges. / f Lond. 1901 72. BRISSOT DE WARVILLE (J. P.). Nouveau Voy- age dans les !lStats-Unis de I'Amerique Septentrionale, fait en 1788. 3 vols. 8vo, half calf. Paris, 1791 L The th)rd volume has also the following title: " De la France ■ et des Etats-Unis, ou de I'lmportance de la revolution de n I'Amerique pour le bonheur de la France par Etienne Claviere, et J. B. Brissot (Warville)." 73. BRITISH ANTHOLOGY. Including those of Pope, Johnson, Goldsmith, Spenser, Milton, Dryden, Shake- speare, Cowper, Surrey and Wyatt, and Dunbar. 10 vols. 12mo, cloth. / ^ Lond. 1901 y/TlyBRITISH FLORIST; or, Lady's Journal of Horti- (^tUtfre. With 81 finly colored places. 6 vols. 8vo, ►riginal cloth. ^< Lond. 1846 i iw U original ciotn. ■^ V ^- Complete sets are scarce. y *5 75. BRITISH POETS. Jones' Cabinet Edition of Select British Poets. Engraved fronts., portraits a7id vignette titles. 4 vols. 12mo, half calf gilt. Lond. 1827-29 76. BRITTON (N. L.) AND BROWN (A.). An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the Brit- ish Possessions from Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian. Numerous illusts. 3 vols, royal 8vo, half morocco gilt, gilt tops, uncut. N. Y. 1896 12 ^ v/77. BROWN(JOHN— *'of Ossawattomie"). John Brown. With the original French Text by Victor Hugjo and the English Version by Lionel Strachey. With striking fronts, drawn by Hugo. 12mo, boards, uncut. Only 150 copies printed. Ridgewood, N. J., 1902 78. BROWNE (D. J.). The Trees of America, Native and Foreign. Pictorially and Botanically Delineated and Scientifically and Popularly Described. Numerous illusts. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. : Harper [ca. 1850] 79. BROWNING (ROBERT and E. B.). TheLettersof Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1845-46. Portraits and facsimiles. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth. Lond. 1899 80. BRYANT (CHARLES). Flora Diaetetica: or History of Esculent Plants, both Domestic and Foreign. 8vo, calf. Lond. 1783 81. BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN). Selections from the American Poets, N. Y. 1840 (2 copies); Voices of Na- ture, ih. 1865, First edns. ; Poems (blue and gold edn.), N^Y. 1871. 4 vols. 16mo, cloth and boards. \/82. BRYDGES (SIR EGERTON). The British Biblio- grapher. With numerous portraits. 4 vols. 8vo, full sprinkled calf gilt. Lond. 1810-14 / First Edition. Only 250 copies printed. Very fine set. v/83. - V' 83. Res Literarise. vols. 8vo, vellum. Very rare. Only 75 copies printed teresting collection of bibliographical Bibliographical and Critical. Naples, 1821 A very useful and in- articles, especially on Italian authors of the XVIth Century, with the addition of bibliographical notices, with the author's presentation inscrip- ion to Lord Colchester. . The Pilgrim's Progress from is to come. With 16 illusts. by I ^' URR (AARON). A 'Correct us sources from which the History tion of John Adams was compiled, a suppression by Colonel Burr, with i arrative. By a Citizen of New or of said History. 8vo, half sold for the Author by G. F 13 ins,yi802. i( 1 j^ ^ j^ J 3 UNYAN (JOHN), to that which othard reproduced in permanent photography. 8vo, (cracked). ' N. Y. 1882 BUNYARD (GEO.) and THOMAS (OWEN). The Garden. Numerous illusts.. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1904 URBERRY (H. A.). The Arti^teur Orchid Culti- / / Guide Book. With colof^edr^^d other illusts. 8vo, ' " N. Y. [n. d.] Statement of the of the Administra- tke motives for its rvations on a By John Wood, )'N. Y. : Printed h yT vss ^ ^ 88. BURR (AARON). Nine Letters on the subject of Aaron Burr's Political Defection, with an Appendix. By- James Cheetham. 8vo, half morocco. N. Y. 1803 t^/^^ A rare and very interesting Burr item. j^89. yBURR AND CLINTON. A Full Exposition of the rciip45t)nian Faction, and the Society of the Columbian TTmminati, with an account of the writer of the narrative, and the characters of his Certificate Men, as also remarks on Warren's Pamphlet. By John Wood. Newark : Printed for the Author, 1803 Contains an extraordinary account of a New York Club, then known as the " Theistical Society," and written in the most offensive style of the pamphleteers of the period. y 90. BURTON (ROBERT). The Anatomy of Melancholy. A new edition, to which is prefixed the Life of the Author. Engraved front, (lateral side slightly cut into). 2 vols. 8vo, half vellum. Lond. 1826 91. BUSH FRUITS [Card], 1901; Our Native Trees [Keeler], 1900; Practical Forestry [Gifford], 1902; Eco- nomics of Forestry [Fernow]; With the Trees [Going], 190^; and others. All illust. 10 vols. 8vo to 16mo, cloth. y^2. BUTLER (SAMUEL). Hudibras. In three parts, ^k^'^ritten in the Tim4 of the late Wars. Corrected and ^ -7 Amended, with Adfditions. To which are added Anno- y^ tations, with an Index to the whole. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts, designed and engraved by Mr. Hogarth. Fine portrait of ButUr by Vander Gucht. 12mo, old calf (re- backed). Lond. 1732 Scarce. * Hudibras. With Dryferey's^nnotations. With , ^ t6ioe portraits of Butler., Willicm^-p^illy , the astrologer, and Dr. Grey, and many fiwe^^^m^^cwi vignettes. 3 vols. 8vo, fine old English diamond cal/, wii^^ed labels. Very fine set. / J Wnd.: Baldwin, 1819 ^/ \v i 94. BYRON (LORD). Works, with his Letters and / Journals, and his Life, by Thomas Moore. Engraved titles ^ and portraits. 6 vols. 8vo, full morocco, gilt edges. V^ N. Y. 1836-37 /^ 95. pAMBRIDGE MODERN HISTORY planned by ^^ the late Lord Acton, edited by A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, and S. Leathes: Vol. 1, The Renaissance, 1902; Vol. 2, The Reformation, 1904; Vol. 3, The Wars of Religion, 1905; Vol. 5, The Age of Louis XIV, 1908; Vol. 7, The United States, 1903; VoL 8, The French Revolu- tion, 1904; Vol. 9, Napoleon, 1906; Vol. 10, The Restora- tion, 1907; Vol. 11, The Growth of Nationalities, 1909. 9 vols. imp. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1902-09 U 96. CAMPBELL (D. H.). The Structure and Develop- ment of the Mosses and Ferns. Ulust. 8vo, cloth. >r> Lond. 1895 97. CAMPBELL (W. R.). Annals of Tryon County; or, . ^ he Border Warfare of New York during^ the Revolution. . f Folding plate of the ** Siege of Fort Schuyler.^' Svo, origi- •)J^ nal sheep. N. Y. 1831 A'-r-*. An exceptionally fine clean copy. yf98/CARLILE (JAMES). The Fortune Hunters; or, v^-^^ T^m Fools Well Met. A Comedy, as it is acted by His ^^ Majesty's Servants. Small 4to, half levant, gilt top. jf^ Lond. : Printed for James Knap ton, 1689 H C-y First Edition of this "brisk and entertaining Comedy." The principal performers were Mr. and Mrs. Mountfort, Leigh, Kynaston and Nokes. 7- tfd 99. CARLYLE (THOMAS). .ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH CORRESPONDENCE ^^^ THOMAS CARLYLE / WITH His Publishers, Chapman & Hall, 1840-68. 1. Carlyle. Autograph letter signed, asking Mr. Chap- man to use his influence on behalf of Mr. Garnier, a French Exile who proposed to deliver a series of Lectures in England, and also about the Lectures Carlyle himself was then delivering. *' There seems to be one or two reporters doing daily there utmost. Eraser has engaged one whose complete copy of the First Lecture I have not got and read. It will do nothing for printing, it is like the soda-water with the glass out of it. Yet I think it seems nearly made out with me that in some way or other I am to write out these lectures myself, if not what was said yet what might or should have been said," etc. Also mentions his Miscellanies, etc. 4 pp. Svo. Chel- sea, 1840. Refers to his most celebrated Lecture, " Heroes and Hero- WORSHIP." Carlyle. Autograph letter signed relating to his "■ Cromvtell." Thanks for the ray of light you have thrown over that dreary labyrinth of a moulder- ing Necropolis named '* Record Office." How to turn those parchments to account, if not by making glue of them, seems to be a problem at present," etc., etc. 8vo. Chelsea, 1843. 15 3. Carlyle. Autograph letter signed, also in regard to Cromwell. " Leaving aside the question of subsi- dies I am again in a little antiquarian dubiety, from which it lies a little more in your department to deliver me. Noble in his very stupid Memoirs of the Cromwell Family, acquaints us with the interesting fact, if it be one, that Oliver the Protector was a member of Charles first Parliament 1625 for the Borough of Huntingdon. Noble I have found too often to be an ass, to trust him in this matter. I have tried Willis's Notitia Parliamentaria and find Noble indeed to be wrong, but perhaps Willis himself to be wrong also, and the whole matter involved in suitable chiaroscure," etc., etc. 4 pp. 4to. Chelsea, 1844. An exceptionally fine, full and interesting Literary Letter. 4. Carlyle. Autograph Memorandum signed, addressed to the Head Clerk of Messrs. Chapman & Hall. " To send by the first opportunity to J. Harland a copy of the Supplement of the First Edition of Cromwell" — the " first opportunity please," T. Carlyle. 1 page, 8vo. Chelsea, 1851. 5. Carlyle. Autograph letter signed, to Mr. Warren of Chapman & Hall, sending list of books he required for the use on his Frederick the Great. " If Mr. Warren will take pains he may do me a valuable ser- vice. I recommend myself to his loyalty and energy," etc. 1 page, 8vo. Chelsea, 1853. 6. Carlyle. Autographletter signed, thanking Mr. War- ren for sending him " La Saxe Galante," Mirabeau's *'Histoire Secrete de la Cour de Berlin," Vehse's History of Frederick the Great, and other books. 2 pp. 8vo. Chelsea, 1853. 7. Carlyle. Autograph Memorandum signed, asking Mr. Warren to send copies of his French Revolution and Cromwell to Mr. Walsh of Edinburgh, and arranging for an Autograph Copy of Cromwell to be sent to David Lang. 2 pp. 4to. Chelsea, 1857. 8. Carlyle. Autograph note signed, addressed to Mr. Chapman or Mr. Warren, asking for two Copies of Cromw^ell to be sent to Canada and one copy for the " Belgrave Square Quarter." 12mo. Chelsea, 1858. 9. Carlyle. Autograph note signed regarding a letter of Cromwell's, " Mr. Puttick ought to know that the letter has been published nearly 100 years and stands in C. 's letters and speeches (all the Editions) at the proper date, with indications in whose hands it was when last heard of. *' If the American Minister is a literary man he ought to be a bidder for it." 1 page, 8vo. (Chelsea, 1858.) 16 \^ 10. Carlyle Autograph Memorandum signed, addressed to Chapman & Hall, giving them instructions for forwarding volumes of his Cromwell and other works to Charles Butler of 12 Wall Street, New York. 2 pp. 12mo. 1857. 11. Carlyle. Autograph note signed, giving Chapman & Hall the instructions about forwarding Vols. I and II of Frederick the Great to Berlin. 12mo. Chel- sea, 1858. 12. Carlyle. Autograph note to Chapman & Hall asking for 10 copies of Frederick the Great. 12mo. Chelsea, 1858. 13. Carlyle. Autograph letter signed to Mr. Warren of Chapman & Hall, regarding Frederick the Great, '*I also want to see, in good time, directly if there is no reason for delay, the Engraver of Frontispiece to Vol. II. His picture appears to a disgrace to human nature, in its present state it is a pretty exact Por- trait of the Clothes in his original, and as to the man, no more like him than it is to the Emperor of Japan — an engraving calculated to please an ex- tremely juvenile class of mortals. Pray send him and let us see if we cannot put some slight feature of Frederick Wilhelm into it." 2 pp. 4to. Chelsea, 1858. 14. Carlyle. Autograph letter signed, addressed to Moncure D. Conway, and giving him directions how to reach Roslvn Park near Hampstead Heath. 3 pp. 12mo. Chelsea, 1863. 15. Carlyle. A note written on a letter of enquiry from an Admirer of the Author's regarding some verses written by Carlyle on the occasion of his wife's death. Written in Carlyle's usual sarcastic style to the effect that the lines had been suppressed but could be found in the First Edition of Vol. 3 of his Miscellanies. 1868. Folio, full blue levant extra. London, 1840-1808. This fine series of 15 autographs, mostly in relation TO his greatest works, is accompanied by a manuscript summary chronologically arranged of the principle events of Carlyle's life, lists of his works and other interesting memoranda. The manuscript was neatly writ- ten BY one of Carlyle's friends J. O. Westley, who has ADDED to its ALREADY GREAT INTEREST BY ENCLOSING UNDER A GLASS SOME OF CaRLYLE'S HAIR GIVEN HIM BY A DUMFRIES HAIR CUTTTER, AND ANOTHER AUTOGRAPH RELATING TO SOME VERSES WRITTEN BY CaRLYLE AND WRONGLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN OCCASIONED BY THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE. 100. CARPENTER (JOSEPH). The Retir'd Gardener. J In Six Parts. Second edn., revised. Full-page and folding ^ copper-plates. 8vo, old calf (joints cracked). Lond. 1717 17 -/ J<^^1 \ ^ y 101. CARROLL (LEWIS). Sylvie and Bruno. First EDN^^^^ illusts. hy Harry Furniss. Crown 8vo, original cIq^^J^^ J^oii^. : Macmillan, 1889 'ujp, J^l^*rts and Flowers, ire p^pagated for sale Sd(gMypf Gardeners. artd^Wmp-per-plates of hy hand. Folio, half Lond. 1730 i^; 102. CATALOGUE of Trees, SI ^ oth fcotic and Domestic, wj in the Gardens near London. Front, engraved hy H. Fletchers ers^ plants, shruhs, etc., eoloi o \ \> / 103. CATALOGUS PLANTARUM circa Cantabrigiara nascentium : in quo exhibentur quot-quot hactenus inventse sunt, quae vel spoute proveniunt, vel in agris seruntur. 12mo, half calf. Cantabrigige: John Field, 1660 With the title-page in dupHcate. 104. CAXTON CLUB. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Nineteenth Century Bookbindings. Facsimiles. 4to, half cloth and boards, uncut. Chicago, 1897 Edition limited to 127 copies on handmade paper. ENTURY CLUB (The) of Gardening. A Com- sive Work for Every Lover of the Q^arden. Edited Cook. Numerous illusts/ Boj^l 4to, decorated cloth extra, gilt edges. /^^J^ /^Ix)nd. [recent] 106. CERVANTES SAAVED^^^MIOTEL DE). The History and Adventures of the Kenowned Don Quixote. Transl. by T. Smollett. Willi 28 copper-plates, engraved after Hayman. 4 vols. 12mo, old calf (rubbed and 2 labels missing, names erased from titles). Lond. 1782 107. The History of the valorous and witty Knight- Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. Transl. by Thomas Shelton. lllust. 4 vols. 12mo, cloth. Lond. and Phil. 1895 108. CHAMBERS (WILLIAM). A Dissertation on Ori- ental Gardening. Fine vignette on title and a headpiece, hoth engraved hy Bartolozzi, after Cipriani. 4 to, contemporary^ calf (somewhat rubbed). Lond. 1772 One of the few copies printed on Large Paper. 109. CHANLER (WILLIAM ASTOR). Through Jungle and Desert. Travels in Eastern Africa. Numerous illusts. ThdCife,8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1896 Poems of Sixty-Five 2i,ih^i/K. Fym portrait. 12mo, Concord, 1902 ipan paper. AND THE GREAT A RARE AND MOST IN- 'HAND WRITING PF SiR ED- Principal Ki^g of Arms ; •urchaser of rvV^liyCHANNING (EI ^ Yesd^. Edited by F. B original half vellum, gi J^"^^ First Edition v/llly^HARLES I. OF (^^^WELLIAN RJEBEL TERESTING MANUSCRIPT I WARD Walker, Knight ( Secretary to Charles I. Shakespeare's House of Stratford-on-Avon in 1675. The title reads : * ' Historical discourses. Written upon Sev- erall Occasions by Sir Edward Walker, Knight Garter and Principall King-of-Arms." Dedicated "To my Grand- child, Edward Clopton of Cloptou, Esq.," under date Octo- ber 14th, 1664. The entire Manuscript consists of five hundred and sixty-four beautifully written pages, all evi- dently in the handwriting of Sir Edward Walker himself, who has also illuminated his Coat-of-Arms as a frontispiece to the work. The Discourses consist of seven different chapters, as follows: (1) His Majesty's Happy Progresse and Successe from the 30th of March to the 23rd of November, 1644. (2) Briefe Memorialls of the Unfortunate Successe of his Majesty's Army and Affaires in the year 1645. (3) A Short Journall of several! Actions performed in the Kingdome of Scotland after his Majesty's first arrivall there, the 24th of June, 1650, unto the end of October following. (4) A Short View of the Life and Actions of the most Noble and Excellent Thomas Howard, Earle of Arun- dell and Surrey Earle Marshall of England. (5) A full Answer to a Confused Mixture of False, Trai- terous and Contradictory Observations on the Life and Actions of the late King Charles. Published by William Lilly in July, 1651. (6) Observations upon the Inconveniences that have at- tended the frequent promotions to Titles of Honor and Dignity since King James came to the Crowne of England. (7) Observations upon the Annals published by H. L., Esq. , of the Reigne of King Charles. Each chapter is prefaced by a special dedicatory state- ment, and in the contents are also given an account of the occasions at which each piece was written. The author states that his work was revised in part by King Charles himself. Folio, straight-grained brown morocco extra, with double of brown calf containing the Walker Coat-of- Arras inlaid on each cover, gilt edges. Lond. 1644-55 Unique Historical Manuscript, in beautiful condition and preservation, of the highest antiquarian and his- TORICAL VALUE. The later tracts are dated from Amsterdam, where Sir Edward Walker lived after the execution of the King. y ^CHAUCER (GEFFRAY). The Workes of Geffray \y^' (^ haj ^er, newly printed, with dyvers workes which were '^ never in print before; as in the Table more playnly dothe aiTO^re. Fine woodcut border to title, two woodcuts in text V^ 19 and numerous fine initial letters throughout. Black Let- ter, double columns. Folio, old calf, neatly rebacked. Imprynted at London by Rycharde Kele, n. d. The third collected folio published between the editions of 1542 and 1561. Good sound copy, with the names of several V/ early owners written on the title-page. 113. CHAUCER. The Workes of our Ancient and Learned 'y)^ English poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed. To that ^ which was done in the former Impression, this much is now added. 1. In the Life of Chaucer many things inserted. Jk The whole worke by old Copies reformed. 3. Sentences X and proverbs noted. 4. The signification of the old and obscure words proved ; also, Caracters shewing from what Tongue or Dialect they be derived. 5. The Latine and French, not Englished by Chaucer, translated. 6. The Treatise called Tacke Upland, against Friers ; and Chau- cer's A, B, C, called La Priere de Nostre Dame, at this Im- pression added. Black Letter, double columns. With full-length portrait of Chaucer^ as described by Thomas Occleve, his scholar. Old panelled and woodcut border to title-page. Folio, old panelled calf, rebacked. Lond. : Printed by Adam Islip, 1602 An edition of peculiar interest, as containing the first en- graved PORTRAIT OF Chaucer, and a long criticism addressed to Thomas Speght, the Editor, by Francis Beaumont. Rare. 114. CHESTERFIELD (EARL OF). Letters to his son, Philip Stanhope; together with several other pieces on various subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the original. Portrait. 4 vols. 8vo, old calf (cracked), name on titles. Lond. 1774 115. CLASSIC AUTHORS. The Comedies of Terence. Transl. into Familiar Blank Verse by George Colman. Second edn., revised and corrected. Copper plates. 2 vols. 8vo, calf. Lond. : Becket, 1768 116. CLERKE (AGNES M.). The System of the Stars. IlJy^C^ 8vo, cloth. I ^ Lond. 1890 117. ylfCLEVELAND (JOHN)/ /Po^b. By J. C. With ^_d^itK)ns, never before prin^d/(in<^luding with separate title) A Character of a Lond onjPijrirnal -Maker. Portrait. 12mo, half crushed levant gi^Dj^ltedj^eS on the rough, by the Club Bindery. [Lohd/j : Priifted in the Yeare 1654 ^ >~^ Rare. With Leffertaf'Dooll- label. , \^ /118. iDLUTE (W. N.). Our Fernyand'IbhetfHaunts. A 7^ \l ^ GrHid^ to all the Native Species. Cmored front, and numer- y/ ]y^^ousillusts. Post 8vo, cloth. / ,^ / N. Y. [1901] 119. COCKTON (HENRY). MThe' Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist. With numerous humorous engravings by Onwhyn. 8vo, cloth. Lond. : Routledge & Sons, n. d. 20 120. COLERIDGE (SAMUEL TAYLOR). Confessions of an Enquiring Spirit. Edited by H. N. Coleridge First .2mo, cloth (name on title). Lond. 1840 50L0RED PLATES. View Drawings in the possessioi/of during his Embassy to Q f>tH| A y \ jytCOOPER (ANTHONY ASHLEY— Third Earl of [ha^sbnry). Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions ana Times. Wiilfi a beautiful full-length portrait of the Author^ and 3 engraved title-pages and vignettes^ by S. Gribelin. 3 vols. 8vo, old calf (neatly rebacked). [Lond.] 1733 Of these famous Essays, Pope, in a letter to Bishop Warbur ton, wrote that: " The Characteristics had done more harm to Revealed Religion in England than all tJire Works on Infi- delity put together. " Jr. \'> ^/y 129. COOPER (J. FENIMORE). The Cooper Gallery; or, Pages and Pictures from the Writings of James Feni- more Cooper. With Notes by Susan Fenimore Cooper. IVith 40 fine steel plates engraved by Smillie and others^ after F. O. C. Darley, and 127 choice woodcuts after Bar- ley and others. 4to, original morocco. N. Y. 1865 First Edition. y> 130. COSTUMES OF ALL NATIONS, from the Earliest Times to the 19th Century, exhibiting the Dresses and Habits of all Classes, Regal, Ecclesiastical, Noble, Mili- tary, Judicial and Civil. By Albert Kretschmer and Carl Rohrbach. With 10 4 large and fine colored double plates^ containing in all thousands of figures. Royal 4to, cloth (pp. loose). Lond. 1882 A scarce and useful costume work. A 131. COSTUME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. >J \^' Illustrated by a series of engravings from original draw- ings, by Thomas Uwins, to which is prefixed a Brief Ac- count of the Members and Officers of that University. 17 large and beautifully colored plates, all life portraits, of the Docj/Ors, Bachelors, Graduates, Scholars, Noblemen, Com- moners and Masters of Oxford University, all finely en- graved on copper by Agar, after Uwins. Folio, calf, neat. Lond. : Ackerman, 1815 An extremely rare English costume work. 11 132. /30TT0N (CHARLES). The History of the Life of ke of Espernon, the great favorite of France. Eng- Tshed by Charles Cotton, E^./ Ip^hree parts, containing twelve books — wherein the Hilto^ of France is continued from the year 1598 — where, I^aVila leaves off, down to our own times, 1642. With 2 very- fine portraits. Folio, orig- ■\ inal calf, gilt. Lond. : Prfiited by E. Cotes and A. Clark for Henry Brome, 1670. J * First Edition. Rare. The Planter's Manual: being Instructions for tft^-HfSising, Planting, and Cultivating all sorts of Fruit- Trees, whether Stone-fruits or Pepin-fruits, with their natures and seasons. Very useful for such as are curious 23 in planting and grafting. Front., engraved by Van Hove, 12mo, original sheep. Lond. : Printed for Henry Brorae, 1075 First Edition. Not only was Cotton an accomplished angler, but he was well skilled in horticulture. The taste which he showed in planting his ground at Beresford is commended by Cockaine. and the above work imparts practical information in a plain and easy style. He tells us that it was originally written " for the private satisfaction of a worthy gentlemau '^ho is extremely curious in the choice of his fruits and has it judgment in planting." toUNTRY DAY BY DAY ; The Flower Garden Fs in My Garden, by A. H. Ja^ len, by Celia Thaxter, 1904; Gardens, 1905; In my Vicarag Canon Ellacombe, 1902; In Austin, 1895; Elizabeth an Mainly illust. 8 vols. 12mo,*clot y ^ K. Robin- 'fnnet, 190^; An Island Gar- in the City of where, by arden, b}^ A. Garden, 1899. 135. COTOTRY LIFE [Copeland], 1859; Forest Trees [Pontey], Jlr814; Gardeners' Dictionary, 1852; F'oundations of Botajay [Bergen], 1901; Mawe's Gardener, 1822; and 10 vols, various sizes and bindings. !OUNTRY-MAN'S RECREATION; or. The Art of Graffing, and Gardening, in three books. The 'irst declaring divers wayes of Planting and Graffing, and the best times of the years; the Second treateth of the JHop-Garden, with necessary Instructions, whereunto is ydded, the Expert Gardener. Small 4to, contemporary sheep (rebacked). Lond. : B. AUsop and T. Fawcet, 1640 First Edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with outs and plans of gardens. ,|y M37 A / 37. COURT MEMOIRS. Louis XIV, et ses Amours, Galerie Historique. Finely printed and illust. with 6 hril- liant portraits of Louis XIV, Mile, de la Valliere, a7id his other mistresses, engraved from their most characteristic portraits by Roger. 4to, original boards, uncut. Paris, 18^4 One of the most interesting publications relating to the times of the "Grand Monarque," as. in addition to the embellish- ments, the text records many intimate anecdotes of the King's favorites not described elsewhere. )OWELL (JOHN). The Curious and Profitable mer, ivith a plate, Lond. 1730; New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, by Richard Bradley, unth plates, Lond. 1717; Paradise Retrieved, plainlj- and fully demon- strating the method of managing and improving fruit-trees against walls or in Hedges contrary to Mr. Lawrence and others upon Gardening, together with a treatise on mellons and cucumbers, plates, Lond. 1717. In 1 vol. bvo, half calf. All scarce and curious treatises. \ ^ ^ 139. COWPER (WILLIAM). The Life and Works of Wm. Cowper. Edited by T. S. Grimshaw. lllusts. 8 vols. 12nio, cloth. Lond. 1885 140. CREEVEY (CAROLINE A.). Flowers of Field, Hill and Swamp, lllusts. Post 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1899 H' 141. CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE). The Modern Sinbad. y Kit Barn's Adventures; or, The Yarns of an Old Mariner. By Mary 0. Clarke. 4 full-page etchings hy Q. C. 12mo, cloJJ*-4^cased). Lond. 1854 , ^mWcRUIKSHANK (I. R^. ylegsons of Thrift. Pub- 0^^ lislTed for General Benefit, J^ ^Member of the Save All y^ Club. 12 very humorous MoTj^tMa^ and etched y ^y I' ^' Cruikshank. 8^^7^M1 poihiifed calf, full gilt back, inside borders, gilt top (roint/wealfJT Lond. 1820 First Edition of tl^s very rare colored Cruikshank, 143. CUNNINGHAM (W.). The Growth of English In- dustry and Commerce during the Early and Middle Ages. First edn. 8vo, cloth. Cambridge, 1890 144. CURIOUS. A New Dictionary for the Fashionable World. Front. 12mo, half morocco (rubbed), gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1820 ^ {^ 3c^ 145. CURTIS (WILLIAM). Flora LondincDsis: or Plates and Descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the Envi- rons of London: with their places of Growth and times of flowering, 3 vols., 1777-98; (Continuation) Flora Londin- ensis: containing a history of the plants indigenous to Great Britain, illustrated by Figures of the Natural Size, by W. J. Hooker, 2 vols., 1819-28. With 6^7 finely colored plates of flowers and plants. 5 vols, folio, full russia gilt (cracking). Lond. 1777-1828 These original copies are very scarce. Of the original work, with its 433 plates, the edition pubHshed by the author ^ ' himself is much preferable to that published by Sir William I Hooker ; and when the continuation by the latter is added to Vthe first issue of the original work, as above, they form the best edition of Curtis' Flora Londinensis. Published at £87, 4s. 146. Curtis' Botanical Magazine, continued by J. Sims, S. Curtis, Sir W. J. Hooker and Dr. J. D. Hooker. First Series, 53 vols., 1787-1826; Second Series, /^ 17 vols, (or Vols. 54-70), 1827-44; Third Series, Vols. 1-23 ^ (or Vols. 71-93), 1845-6"^. With thousands of fine colored plates of plants, flowers, etc. 93 vols, royal 8vo, uni- formly bound in three-quarters levant morocco, sjilt tops. Lond. 1787-1867 /N A superb collection of one of the greatest botanical publica- ' tions of all time. \ 24 147. "pvANA (CHARLES A). The Household Book of -*-^ Poetry. Edited b}^ Chas. A. Dana. Illusts. 4ta< cloth, gilt edges. N. Y. 1901 / ya48. DANCE OF DEATH (The). From the original NjVy (lesigns of Hans Holbein. With 33 plates^ engraved hy W. Hollar, finely colored hy a contemporary hand. 8vo, original red morocco, gilt edges. Lond. 1816 Colored copies are very scarce. 149. DARWIN (CHARLES). The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. Illusts. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. : Murray, 1868 150. A Collection of the Writings of Darwin, comprising The Variation of Animals and. 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Orname ' Park Planting, with a •ilities, and adaptations of varieties, native and foreign, cloth. s for Garden, L..of th^ origin, meroiy species and illusjLr Kojul 8vo, ^ N. Y. 1899 153. DAWBER (E. G.). Old CMtages and Farmhouses in Kent and Sussex. With 100 plates. 4to, cloth. Lond. 1900 154. DAWSON (H. B.). Battles of the United States by Sea and Land, embracing those of the Revolutionary and Indian Wars, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War. Illust. with numerous steel engravings^ including battle- scenes and full-length portraits from original paintings^ hy A. Chappel. 2 vols. 4to, ha)f morocco. N. Y. 1858 155. D]gCOR FLORAL. 50 Planches, Bordures et Pan- neaux, Semis, Fonds ornes, etc. Folio, boards, portfolio. Paris, n. d. 25 3 g -^ 1.1 / 156. DEMOSTHENES. Orationes (grfece). Part III. rv/U 8vo, contemporary vellum (back somewhat torn). ^ / Basilese: I. Hervagiiis, 1547 \457. DICKENS (CHARLES). Our Mutual Friend. 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IjLafW^^papWv com^eT'of which only 250 of ' / each were issued. /C(mtfdns 23* va^y fine plates and portraits ) of Steele, Dr. JcAiusojI, Gol*pith, Chodowiecki, Hogarth, Cowper, Samuel/Richjtrdson,*TIandel and others. Vol. 1 is f signed by Austin Ddbson. V 161. A Postscript/to /Dr^^oldsmith's Retaliation, being an Epitaph on S^ulfL /pHNSON, LL.D. 4to, 4 pp. folded. Printed in JuBfe,^^^^....* ^ V 'V Only a very few/ ^omes pri/a^^ printed, each signed on half title by Austin D^Wson. VB2!/)0D0EUS (REMBERT). a Niewe Herball, or yfi^ Histone of Plantes: wherein is contained the whole dis- course and perfect description of all sortes of Herbes and Plantes : thfeir diuers and sundry kinds : their straunge fig- ures, fashions and shapes: their names, natures, opera- tions. .. .First set foorth in the Doutche or Almaigne tongue, by that learned D. Rembert Dodoeus, Physition to the Emperour: and now first translated out of French into English, by Henry Lyte Esquyer. Title within an histori- ated woodcut portrait, and hundreds of woodcuts of plants and herbs. Folio, contemporary binding in undressed calf (cracked). Title somewhat damaged and remargined and some leaves of the tables cut into in the lateral sides. Im- printed at Antwerpe by me Henry Loe Bookeprinter, and are to be solde at London in Powels Churchyarde, by Ge- rard Dewes, 1578. The rare First edition. ^ yn <\ / 163. DOG AND RABBIT FANCIER, including a General History of Dogs, a description of their properties and an account of the diseases peculiar to them. With the Best Methods of Cure. Also directions for Buying, Breeding, Fattening, Feeding, Handling, Coupling and preventing the Diseases of Rabbits. 12 mo. cloth. Derby [1840] 164. DOLLINGER (JOHN J. I. VON). Fables respect- ing the Popes of the Middle Ages. Transl., with Introduc- tion, etc., by Alfred Plummer. 8vo, half calf, uncut (joints rubbed and loosening). Lond. 1871 165. DONN (JAMES). Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or, A Catalogue of Plants, Indigenous and Foreign, in the Wal- kerian Botanic Garden, Cambridge. Small 8vo, calf. . Cambridge, 1796 Vl66. DOVES PRESS. Cornelii Taciti De Vita et Mori- '^ bus Julii Agricolae Liber. Small 4to, in full light-brown polished levant, tooled in gold at the corners of both sides and backs, broad inside borders; bound by F. F., 1901. The Doves Press, Hammersmith, 1900 Very rare. The first book from this famous press, in beauti- ul binding. 169. Open- Air hardening: The Culture of Hardy Flowers, Fruit an(^ Vegetables. Illusts. 8vo, cloth. Lond. and N. Y. 1901 RAMA. Actors by Daylight; or, Pencillings in t. Containing correct memoirs of upwards of forty of the most celebrated London performers. Original Tales, Poetry and Criticisms, the whole forming a faithful account of the London Stage for the last twelve months. With 55 ^full-page character portraits. 2 vols. 8vo, half red morocco ^ extra. , / Lond. 1838 Contains the complete set of v. 55 weekly parts, all that was published of this racy old stage journal. Contains at end of Vol. II, Nos. 1 to 10 inclusive of ' 'Actors by Gaslight; or, 'Boz' in the Boxes" 7 108. DRURY (W. D., Editor)./ The Book of Garden- S A Handbook of Horliciiliure. Fully illust. Thick L^ cloth. , Lond. 1900 #v fV {Yl^/V>\ ^IJJ/DUGMOjfcaT¥R)^^ ^ - aB^Breeding Habits jT^^e Land Birds breeding in the ^T-^^ Eastern Unitea S|ates.^CoZored illusts. 4to, cloth. N. Y. 1900 171. DU MAURIER (GEORGE). Trilby. Illusts. by the author. Royal 8vo, full decorated vellum gilt, gilt top, ^-^ uncut. Lower margins of several leaves at the end and back cover pierced by a nail. N. Y. 1895 Large paper. Limited to 600 copies. 27 [, 6 /^ ^172y^UNLAP (WILLIAM). The Life of George Fred l^ooJ?e (late.of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden). Com- * a) posed prinoroally from Journals and other Authentic Docu- V^ mente left My Mr/ Cooke and the personal knowledge of the author: c0mpi;ismg original Anecdotes of his Theatrical QonteuijSoifarie^' his Opinions on various Dramatic Writ- >ings, e|cV By William Dunlap. Portrait engraved hy Cooper, ^vols. 8vo, half light calf extra, gilt tops, uncut, by R. W. Smith. Lond. : Colburn, 1815 Best edition. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of nine portraits of Mr. Cooke in various characters, including the very rare print of the actor as Lear, drawn by Leslie and en- graved hy Edwin. ARLE (ALICE M.). Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth : A Book of the Sweet o' the Year. umerous illusts. Large Svo, half parchment, gilt, uncut. N. Y. 1901 E^APER. No. 13 of only 850 copies printed. un Dials and Roses of Yesterday. Garden displayed in werj truth. -Numerous illusts. Large Svo, half parchment gilt, uncut. N. Y. 1902 Large paper. No. 9 of only 100 copies so printed. ARLE (MRS. C. W.). Pot-Pourri from a Surrey n. Appendix by Lady Constance Lytton. Svo, cloth. Lond. 1897 More Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden. Svo, uncut. Lond. 1899 A Third Pot-Pourri. Svo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1903 ARLY PRINTING? Manucius de Quattuor Vir- s. Roman Le™r,;>^5 lines to the page. Small 4to, brown calf gilt, n. p^f^' a. 7 Leipzig: Jacob Thaumer, 1500 Scarce and fine editiolSof these quaint old poems on the rdinal virtues. A few leaves neatly repaired in the margins. Sacrobusto (Joannes De). Sphera mundi noviter r^ognita cum commentariis et authoribus in hoc volumine cofttfintis vz : Cichi Eschulani cum textu, Joannis Baptiste Capuani, Jacobi Fabri Stapulensis, Theodosii de Spheris cum textu, Michaelis Scoti questiones, Petri de Aliaco Cardinalis questiones, Roberti Linconiensis Compendium, Theodosii iterum de spheris cum textu, Tractatus de sphera solida, Theorice planetarum conclusiones cum expositione, Campani tractatus de sphera, etc., etc. Black Letter, with numerous woodcut diagrams. Folio, vellum. Venetijs : Impensis nobilis viri domini Luce antonij de giunta floren- iinl, 1518. Excessively rare. Unknown to Renouard. All editions of this famous work are rare. Brunet has no record of this edi- tion, although he records editions printed later. 28 / ISoJeATON (D. C). The Ferns of North America. Col- ^red^gures and descriptions, with synonymy and geographi- caTdistribution of the Ferns (including the Ophioglossaceee) of the U. S. of America and the British North American ession. t vols. 4to, cloth. Bost. 1893 DEN (F.). A Garden in Venice. With numerous Small 4to, stamped calf. Lond. 1903 DWARDS (EDWARD). Anecdotes of Painters, ave resided or been born in England, with critical remarks on their productions. With a portrait of Edwards r^ engraved by Q 4to, half calf. Lond. 1808 TR A ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of carce portraits, engravings and etchings, Walpole by Vertue, Vertue by Chambars, S. 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With 36 fine colored plates by R. and G. Cruikshank. 8vo, new- three-quarter red levant, gilt top. Very fine copy. ^ ' Lond. [ca. 1824] 185.\iEGEDE'S GREENLAND, 1729. Det gamle Gron- iVi^djt^ye Perlustration ; Eller: en kort Beskrivelse om de gamle Nordske Colouiers Begyndelse ogUndergang i Green- land, grondlands Situation, Lust og Temperament, ag dets istige Indlyggeres Kladedragt, HandtcBring, Spise, Sprog, ^gestab, etc. , forsattet of Dr. Hans Egede. 12mo, wine calf gilt, entirely uncut, by Pratt. Kjobenhavn, 1729 First edition of the First Book by Hans Egede, the famous Missionary, on the Natives of Greenland. The author resided among them for 25 years, and records in this work many valuable historical incidents and descriptions of the manners of the natives of that early period. Very rare. Not in Murphy, Brinley, Barlow or Menzies. 186. ELIOT (CHARLES). Landscape Architect. Por- trait and numerous illusts. 8vo, cloth. Bost. 1902 3 \^'. 1^ n 187.yELLIS (JOHN). A Description of the Mangostan he Bread-Fruit, copper plates^ Lond. 1775; [also], An Historical Account of Coffee, with papers relative to its Iture and Use, etc., front, plain and in colors, Lond. [also], A Description of Rolling Carts and Waggons uilt, by Jas. Sharp (2 11. of text and plate), [Loud. ca. 1770L In one vol. 4to, boards. Lond. 1774-75 OSg/ELLIS (WILLIAM). The Practical Farmer; or, The Hermordshire, containing Many New Improvements in Hus- IJ C ^ baadry. 8vo, calf. Lond. 1759 >/l89. ELZEVIR CICERO. M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera, cum optimis exemplaribus accurate collata. With first im- pressions of the beautiful engraved title and portrait. 10 vols, in 8, 12mo, original vellum. Lugd. Batavorum : ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1642 ^^X^ A tall, clean set of this beautiful Elzevir Classic, with the ^^ best issue of Vol. IX, containing the Consolatio (301 pp. and v\ v/ pages 239-238 repeated). Described by De Bure as remarkable r&f "for the beauty of the paper and brilliancy of the type," and ■ eulogized by Dibdin as " very beautiful and correct." Not a ytall copy. — - " 190. ELZEVIR "PROVINCIAL LETTERS." Les Pro- a)^ vinciales ou les Lettres ecrites par Louis de Montalte k un ^ Provincial de ses Amis, et aux RR. PP. Jesuites; sur le sujet de la Morale et de la Politique de ces Peres. 12mo, /Ts original calf gilt (worn). f^ ( t/ A Cologne: ches Pierre de la Vallee, 1657 ' ^ The rare first Elzevir Edition of Blaise Pascal's famous Let- ters. Printed by Louis and David Elzevir. Contains 108 pages, entitled : ''Avis de Messieurs les Curez de Paris a Messieurs les Curez des autres Dioceses de France, sur le sujet des mauvaises laximes de quelques nouveaux Casuistes." i'> ^ yp^ L9J/EMBLEMS Majeri Emblemata Chymica. With 50 ^mely curious Mystical copper-plate engravings. Small 4to, old calf (rebacked). Frankfort, 1687 Rare and curious. Bound up with J. H. 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Essex House Press, 1903 ' Limited Edition. 196. EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE GARDENS: Ital- ian Gardens, by A. D. F. Hamlin ; English Gardens, by R. C. Sturgis; French Gardens, by J. G. Howard; Japanese Gardens, by K. Houda. Edited by Glenn Brown. 8vo, clotk-s Phil. 1902 /l97/ EVELYN (JOHN). Kalendarium Hortense; or, the GrJrrtlener's Almanac, directing what he is to do monthly ^ throughout the year, and what Fruits and Flowers are in ^ prime._ 12mo, old calf (rebacked). Date and few signa- y tures^ ctjjb into. Scarce. Lond. 1683 /198,^ivELYN (JOHN). Silva; or, A Discourse of /P Fer^st Trees and the Propagation of Timber (etc ). Fourth ^ -^ >^EDN., much Inlarged and Improved. Small folio, old calf. , ^ Lond. 1706 199. EVOLUTION. Experimental Evolution [De Va- rigny], 1892; The Evolutionist at Large [Allen], 1884; The Races of Man [Deniker], 1901; Easy Outline of Evolution [Hird], 1903; The Evolution of Marriage [Letourueau], 1891; The Germ-Plasm, A Theory of Heredity [Weis- mann], 1893; Life of Charles Darwin, 1892. 7 vols. 12mo, cloth. V. p. 200. T^fiNfiLON (FRANgOIS). Les Avantures de ■^ Telemaque. Nouvelle edn. Numerous pretty copper-plates. Thick 12mo, old sheep. Paris, 1735 201. Avantures de Telemaque. Portrait and fine en- grmMplates. 12mo, calf (rubbed, slightlj^ foxed). Paris,1827 02/FERREE (BARR). American Estates and Gardens. numerous fine half-tone plates. Royal 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1904 203. Another copy of the same. / 204. FICTION. Face to Face [Grant]; Plain Tales from ^J the Hills [Kipling] ; John Inglco(3ihfr - [Sboi ' t ) bons e] ; Helback ^ of Bannisdale [Ward]; Wo"Mer Book [Hawthorne]; The ^y Image in the Sand [Benson] ; The Man of Property [Gals- XX. ' worthy] ; Manasseh [ Jokai] ; The Baron's Sons [Jokai] ; ^ The Garden of Allah [Hichens] ; and others. 30 vols. 12rao, cloth. V. p. 205. Vivien [Maxwell] ; The Woman in the Alcove [ [Green] ; The Lake [Moore] ; The Silent Places [White] ; The One I Knew Best of All [Burnett] ; Treasure Island ^'' [Stevenson]; The Wrong Envelope [Molesworth] ; Virgin 31 //^ iP Soil [Turgenief] ; The Five Nations [Kipling] ; Plain Tales from the Hills [Kipling] ; and others. 30 vols. 12mo, cloth. V. p. 206. FICTION. Traffics and Discoveries [Kipling] ; Life's Handicap [Kipling]; The Day's Work [Kipling]; The Undercurrent [Grant] ; On the Eve [Turgenieff] ; From Sea to Sea [Kipling], 2 vols. ; Some Experiences of an Irish R. M. [Somerville] ; and others. 30 vols. 8vo and 12mo, cloth and half morocco. v. p., v. d. v/^07. FIELD (EUGENE). The Model Primer. With pictures by Hop. Square 16mo, original pictorial wrappers. N. Y. : F. Tredwell, 1882 First Edition- Vfery fine copy. V ^O^'FIELD (MlClHApL). Stephania: a Trialogue. First EDN. Square 12mp,i original boards, uncut. Lond. 1892 y Edition limfite^ to 250 copies. \/w9. FIELDING (HENRY). Amelia. 4 vols. 12mo, green crushed levant extra, gilt edges, by Walters. ^^^^ First Edition. Choice copy. Lond.: A. Millar, 1752 AlO JFILSON (JOHNf^ The Discovery, Settlement, and ]^vresent State of jKentuckyj and an Essay towards the Topography and Nktiiral Iftstory of that important Country, etc. Being a Supplement to Imlay's description of the Western Territory! \rol. II (but Filson's Kentucky com- plete). Map of Kentucky. 12mo, half green morocco, gilt t^^- SStNE COPY. N. Y. 1793 211. FISHES. Gulielmi Rondeletii Doctoris Medici, Ibri de Piscibus Marinis. Quae in toto Piscium historia contineantur, etc. With many remarhahle illusts. of fishes^ including the ^' Monk Fish^' and ^^ Bishop Fish,^^ and ier sea monsters. Folio, boards. Lugduni, 1554 Very scarce. Good sound copy, with interesting MSS. notes i^ an old hand on the margins. 212. FITZGERALD (R. D.). Australian Orchids. Parts 1-2 (all issued). With 15 finely colored plates. 2 vols, folio, wrappers. Very scarce. Sydney \^ca. 1875] 213. FLAGELLATION. Cooper (W. M.). Flagellation and the Flagellants. A History of the Rod in all Countries from the earliest period to the present time. With nu- ^ous illusts. 12mo, cloth. Lond. 1877 '214. FLAUBERT (GUST AVE). Bouvard et Pecuchet. 12mo, three-quarter brown levant, gilt top, uncut, original printed covers bound in, by Champs. Paris, 1881 First Edition of Flaubert's famous realistic novel. [ 215. FLETCHER (S. W. ). How to make a Fruit Garden : a Practical and Suggestive Manual for the Home Garden. X niust. Imp. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1906 *1/ 33 ^ / 21^FL0RA DOMESTICA; or, The Portable Flower m, with Directions for the Treatment of Plants in Pot/; and Illustrations from the Works of the Poets. "ront. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1831 a7^L0RICULTURAL CABINET and Florist's Cabi- Cond acted by Joseph Harrison. With hundreds of BfeAlfTTFrLJ^Y COLORED PLATES. 19 VOls. SVO, half Calf, gill., M^/^nd. 1833-1851 \Jt ^SUCH A LONG AND IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL y^X^KlBLICATIGN IS SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE. /^2r8. FLOWER GARDEN displayed in above 400 curious Representations of the most beautiful flowers. Engraved ml^ and 12 plates of flowers finely colored by hand. 4to, calf (cracked). Very scarce, Lond. 1732 rtt^ f. seco:n:d sessio:n^. 'OORD (EMANUEL). The Famous History of ^Jion Knight of the Oracle. Son to the true Mirrour . , Tinces, the most Renowned Pemicl^ Kjiig of Assyria, L Shewing his Strange Birth, Unfortumlajc^ove, Perilous Ad- ventures in Arms: and how he ^Swh^B mft^nowledge of yO liis parents. Interlaced with vajervuof jfteasant and de- /^y^lightful discourse. Licensed accoraing to Order. Woodcut S 'v^ front. Lond. : Printed for W. Thackeray at the Three ^ Bibles, on London Bridge, 1695. First Edition of this rare old English Black Letter Romance t\ of Chivahy. ^/ 220. FOORD (J.). Decorative Flower Studies for the ^ Use of Artists, Designers, Students and others. A series of JfO. artistic colored plates. Folio, decapated cloth. W/T^ // ^ ^^- ^^^^ (/O i^2l/F0RBES (A. C). English Es^Mt^^^ Illust \ > 8Vo<^loth. Jrr^ ^ Lond. 1904 | 4\ Y 222. FORBES (A. H.). Archit/cViiral Gardens of Italy. A series of 196 photogravure plates from photographs. 3 parts in 1. Royal 4to, cloth portfolios. N. Y. [n. d.] Limited to 750 copies. 223. JFORBES (JAMES). Hortus Woburnj^naj^. A Cata- gup^f upwards of Six Thousand Omamej^yKTlants cul- tivated at Woburn Abbey, with Branfl ^j6^&j:eenhou8es, ete., their management, etc. Nurr^rmiMlum^, plans, etc. ^o, cloth, uncut (somewhat loo8«^. ]/ Lond. 1833 224. FORCING BOOK, Nursery Book, Plant Breeding, Garden Book, all by L. H. Bailey, 1897-1901; Trees of New England [Brooks], 1902; Violet Culture [Galloway], 1899; How to Cut Flowers [Hunt], 1893; and others. Some 0' illust. 13 vols. 12mo, cloth. v. d 33 ^- il f^ 'l4^ ^^ J 225. FORREST THE ACTOR. Edwin Forrest. By yy ^ Lawrence Barrett. 4to, very finely bound in full dark blue v^ V morocco gilt, gilt top, uncut. Bost. 1882 Large Paper copy. Only 100 printed. 1 jr J Extra-Illustrated with over 70 portraits, views, etc., inlaid \ ^ J M .to size of volume, including scarce photographs in his various • "* ' characters of King Lear, William Tell, Roman Characters, etc., portraits of G. F. Cooke. Tyrone Power, Edmund Kean, J. R. Scott, Macready, J. H. Hackett, Catherine Sinclair (Mrs. For- rest), Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, E: L. Davenport, views of the Old Bowery Theatre, the Park Theatre, etc., etc. An exceptionally choice collection of American dramatic por- traits. 226. FOUNTAIN (PAUL). The Great Deserts and Forests of North America. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1901 227. The Great Mountains and Forests of South America, lllust 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1902 228. The Eleven Eaglets of the West. 8vo, cloth. M^..,^ y N. Y. 1906 ^Y22^ FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). /poor Richard's Al- ^ manack for 1733. With an lulrcpi/itiqn by John Bigelow and Notes on the 15 rare portraji^^ d^l^Janklin illustrating the work. 12mo, sheets, fold^ lineup N. Y. 1894 /^ One of 12 copies printedN^ vellum, and containing an ^ A extra portrait of Franklin Iw 0\| W. Peale, after David Martin. t? Privately printed for "BThe Duodecimos.'' 230. FREEMAN-MITFORD (A. B.). The Bamboo Gar- denr lllust. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1896 28>r FRENCH XYIIITH CE^fTURY ENGRAVINGS. les. Par M. Boisard. Wim^ ingnei^s on title-pages^ n ^>V 9 full- page plates and 2 charmim^cdi-pieces finely engraved jO ^ by St. Aubin and Schmitz, aT^^^Ionji^et. 2 vols, small f^}/^ 8vo, three-quarter royal bluorle^Jt, gjjjjtops. Paris, 1779 Original edition. Vei^ 232. f^ ALTON (FRANCIS). English Men of Science: ^^ their Nature and Nurture. First edn. 8vo, buckram, uncut. Lond. 1874 233. Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Develop- ment. First EDN. Front. 8 vo, cloth. Lond. 1883 ^ 234. GAMBLE (J. S.). A Manual of Indian Timbers: l/^ an Account of the growth, distribution and uses of the [ ^ y trees and shrubs of India and Ceylon. lllust. 8vo, cloth. »i Lond, 1902 235. GARDEN OF A COMMUTER'S WIFE, 1901; A Garden in the Suburbs [Williams], 1901; The New Earth [HarwoodJ, 1906; Little Gardens [Skinner], 1904; Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden [Matthews], 1901; and others. All illust. 10 vols. 12mo, cloth. 34 Y^y 236. GARDEN OF SIMPLES (A) [Martha B. Flint]; Hardy Perennials and Old-Fashioued Flowers [J. Wood], illusts. ; The Culture of Fruit Trees in Pots [Josh Brace], illtLsts.'y and others. 8 vols. 12ino, etc., cloth, v. p., v. d. 237. GARDEN-CRAFT OLD AND NEW [Sedding], • 1901; Children's Gardens [Cecil], 1902; Lamia's Winter- Quarters [Austin], 1898; Stray Leaves from a Border Gar- vj^ OoK/^ den [Home], 1902; Flowers and Gardens [Watson], 1901; rl/yiand others. All illust. 10 vols. 12mo, cloth. v. p. 238. GARDEN COLOUR: Spring, by Mrs. C. W. 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Curse >^jy a^Hfret Ibis, faithfully and fam/iarf^translated into Eng- lish Verse; and the Histories /hei^lr contained, being in number two hundred and fif t^p^JKeleast briefly explained, one by one; with Natural, ]™ral,ytfifiMcal, Political, Mathe- yi y^ raatical and some few TheoJwgic^l^raTications. By John I ^' Jones, M.A., Teacher of a/lYi/ateTSchool in the City of I Hereford. I'/imo, sprinklfed \^lf gilt, rough gilt edges. I Printed by J. G. for Ric Davis in Oxon, 1658 First Edition. Beautiful copy. ¥34 \\ 341. JONSON (BEN). The Works of Ben Jonson, which were formerly printed in two volumes and are now reprinted J in one. To which is added a comedy called the " New Inn. " / • With additions never before published. With beautiful impression of the fine portrait of Jonson by W, Elder. Folio, old calf, newly rebacked. Lond. : Printed by Thomas Hodgkin for H. Herringman, 1692. The first complete folio. Scarce. / 342. JONSSON-ROSE (N.). 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Bloody News from Carolina, or The English Sailors Tragedy ; being a full and true Account of the Horrid, Bloody, Barbarous and Inhuman Murder, com- ^ mitted on the body of James Radford, a sailor on board the a a A ship Cgesar, in South Carolina, by the hands of a desperate \^ PRESS-GANG, ctc, ctc. 8vo, ucw half calf, UNCUT. Very rare, / especially in this state. Lond. 1742 The accounts of how the ghost of the unfortunate sailor appeared to a ''certain great personage" between the hours of twelve and one are told in the extravagant language of the )eriod. OWERBY'S ENGLISH BOTANY. English Bot- r Colored Figures of British Plants. Edited by John 'Boswell Syme, the popular portion by M^. Irankester, the figures by J. Sowerby and John Edward'^^^rby. Third EDITION ENLARGED, REARRANGED ACORDINQF j^>^HE NATURAL ORDERS AND ENTIRELY REVISED, with dcs^j^^pons of all the species by the editor. With thousand/^ CGLofeED figures ON 1,922 PLATES. ]^.yols. thick royal Syo/ half ^een morocco, gilt, gilt tops. y If Lond. 1863-1886 A FINE AND PERFECT SET OF THK LATEST AND BEST EDITION OF THIS FAMOUS WORK, WHICH MUST ALWAYS RANK AS ONE OF THE GREATEST PRODUCTIONS OF ITS KIND FOR ALL TIME. 560. SPANISH AMERICA. The British Sailor's Dis- covery, or the Spanish Pretentions confuted, containing a short History of the Discovery and Conquests of Spain in y^ America, with a particular Account of the Illegal and un- christian means they made use of to Establish their Settle- ments there, etc., etc. 8vo, new half calf. Lond. 1739 The rare original edition. Contains much information re- garding the early history and settlement of the West Indies not to be found elsewhere. Also ^'An exact account of the num- ber of ships, men, etc., employed in the grand intended Invasion of 1588." This copy contains the half-title. 561. SPANISH FREEBOOTERS. Some Observations on Damages done by the Spaniards, or a Representation of our damages in the five Years last past ; Collected out of Pub- Accounts, by some leading Trading Men of the City of who have suffered for want of such a Protection, etc. half calf. Lond. [1728] The rare original edition, with the half-title. Contains many references regarding American commerce and the Spanish freebooters that were such a menace to it and who were ever on the look out for prey. 562. [Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount).] The Craftsman Extraordinary, being Remarks on a late Pamphlet entitled ' ' Observations on the Conduct of Great Britain, ' ' etc. Published by "Caleb D'Anvers, Esq." Original edition. / 8vo, new half calf, totally uncut and with the half title. / Lond. 1729 Eelates to the Spanish Depredations in the West Indies. Rare in this unusual condition. 70 Damages ( /\ sea damag p^ AJ y^lick Accor f j[ s^ ^r London — ^ \J\ /^ 8vo, new h 563. SPANISH FREEBOOTERS. Another copy of the above, half new half calf, with half title (cut copy). Lond. 1729 564. [Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount).] The Craftsman Extraordinary, containing an Answer to the De- fence of the Enquiry into the Reasons of the Conduct of Great Britain. In a Letter to the Craftsman. By John Troy, Yeo- man. Original edition. 8vo, new half calf, totally uncut, AND with the half-title and leaf of * * Errata. ' ' Lond. 1729 Fine copy and very rare in uncut state. Relates to the Spanish Depredations in the West Indies. 565. The Anti-Craftsman, being An Answer to the Craftsman Extraordinary, wherein the Clamours of a certain Party are fully Detected and Exposed. Original edition. 8vo, new half calf. Lond. 1729 Refuting certain statements made regarding the Spanish Depredations in the West Indies. 566. [Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount).] Some Farther Remarks on a late Pamphlet entitled Obser- vations on the Conduct of Great Britain, particularly with Relation to the Spanish Depredations and Letters of Re- prisal. By "Caleb D'Anvers of Gray's-Inn, Esq." 8vo, new half buff calf. Lond. 1729 Original edition. Rare. The Postscript is ''In Vindication of the West India Merchants against a late charge op theft AND PYRACY.'' 567. [Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount).] The Second Craftsman Extraordinary, being Farther Remarks on a ^Pamphlet lately published, entitled ' ' Observations on the Conduct of Great Britain." Published by Caleb D'Anvers, Esq. Original edition. 8vo, new half calf. Lond. [1730] With the half-title. 568. The Cases of some English Ships taken by the Spaniards, wherein is set forth the unwarrantable Manner in which they were seized, the illegal Manner of declaring them Prizes, etc. Taken from Spanish Documents. The rare original edition. 8vo, new half calf. Lond. 1731 Detailed declarations of the masters of English vessels . . "which were lawfully proceeding on their Voyages for our Plantations in America,'' and which were seized by Spanish PIRATES. 569. SPANISH WEST-INDIES. The Works of James Houstoun, containing Memoirs of his Life, and Travels in Asia, Africa, America and most parts of Europe from the year 1690 to the giving a particular Account of the Scotch expedition at Darien in America, the great Advantages to Gt. Britain from the Union, the Rise, Progress and Fall of the two great African and South-Sea Companies, the late Ex- 71 -vA^ / \ aJ, / pedition to the Spanish West-Indies, the Taking and Resti- tution of Cape Breton. Some Curious Anecdotes of the Spanish Court, a short Hint for expunging the Errors and Superfluous Jargon and hyperbolical Mysteries of — Divinity, Physic and Law, etc. The rare original edition. With the author's Coat-of-Arms as fronts. 8vo, cont. calf (neatly re- backed). Lond. 1753 A curious feature about this interesting volume is that it . . ^'is entered according to Act of Parliament, and subscribed by THE AUTHOR IN HAND-WRITING " the autograph being at the end of the ''Apology." 57Q/ sport. The American Shooter's Manual, comprising jigji^lain and simple Rules as are necessary to i»troduce the Inexperienced unto a full knowedge of all inaJJrelates to the Dog, and the Correct use of the Gun ; silfio k description of the Game op this Country. By a Gentlefaaii o^^hiladelphia County. (Dr. Lee Kester.) With full-'j^emlM^ ^ Kearney of Birch, of Duck Shooting, etc. 12mo, Jnranal bWrds, uncut MAINLY UNOPENED. / i/ Phil. 1827 The Second American Sporting B*)k Mnd the First Work on American Game Birds. In the A^ertfeements at end is a fine copper plate engraving of Shooters, Dogs and Birds, issued by " G. TV. Tryons Gun Manufactory. 165 N. Second St., Phila." Of extreme rarity in boards, uncut. 571. Riding and Hunting. By M. Horace Hayes. Numerous illusts. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1901 572. STANFIELD (CLARKSON). Coast Scenery. A Series of Picturesque Views in the British Channel and on the Coast of France. Full-page engravings with text. Square Svoj cloth gilt, gilt edges. N. Y. 1879 v/573. STEAMBOAT DISASTERS AND RAILROAD ACCIDENTS in the U. S. To which is appended accounts of Recent Shipwrecks, Fires and Sea-thrilling Incidents. By S. A. Howland. Profusely illust. with full-page and text engravings. 8vo, original sheep. Worcester, 1840 Very scarce. The illustrations include some very quaint views of a ''Collision between a Lumber and a Passenger Train, '* ' ' Explosion of a Locomotive on the Harlem Eailroad, " ' ' Wreck ©f the Mexico at Hampstead, L. I." ''The Seminole Indians burning the Cape Florida Lighthouse," "Conflagration of the Lexington," etc. 574. STEUART'S Planters' Guide, 1828; Lindley's Theory of Horticulture, 1840; Marshall's Practice of Gardening, 1813; Gushing 's Exotic Gardener, 1814; Doyle's Practical Gardening, 1839 ; and others. Some illust. 11 vols., various sizes and bindings. v. p. 575. STEVENSON (ROBERT L.). The Works of Steven- son. Edited by C. C. Bigelow and Temple Scott. Illust. 10 vols, post 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1906 576. STILLINGFLEET (BENJ.). Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Natural History, Husbandry and Physick. With the Calendar of Flora. 8vo, calf. Lond. 1791 577. STRACHEY (SIR JOHN). Hastings and the Rohilla W^j^fT^vo, cloth. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1892 STRADA'S WARS OF FLANDERS. Histoire de la J de Flandre, escrite en Latin par Famianus Strada. yiv en Francois par P. Du Rier. With many very fine ^ ^ ^ copper-plate portraits of Phili p II of Spain, William ^f » ^ Nassau, Prince of Orange, D'Amtap Governor of Antwerp, [^ Comte d'Aremherg, the Duke of Alba', Alexander Farnese, and other's. 2 vols, folio, old sprinkled calf neatly rebacked. A Paris, chez Augustin Courbe, 1659-61 Fine copy. ■ ' 579. STRICKLAND (AGNES). Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest. With portraits. 8 vols. 12mo, full calf gilt, marbled edges (few of the labels missing). Lond. 1854 ^ (I 580. STRUTT (JOSEPH). Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, including the Rural and Domestic Re creations. May games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pa geants, and Pompous Spectacles from the earliest period the present Times. Illust. by 140 engravings, in which are represented most of the Popular Diversions. Royal 8vo, half olive green morocco gilt, gilt top, uncut. Lond. : Tegg., 1845 One of 50 Large Paper copies, with the cuts finely colored. X to ^-> s/. 581. SUFFOLK (LORD). Miscellanies in Prose and ^flLV Verse. 8vo, old calf, neatly rebacked. r^ ^ Printed in the year 1741 ^ ^ First Edition. The ''Familiar Letters" and "Poetical Miscellanies" contain some highly facetious pieces. ' «, V^582. SURTEES (R. S.). Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities; ^ 'Ky or, the Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, *» -^ A Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that Renowned Sport- ^jy^ I ing Citizen, Mr. John Jorrocks. 2 vols. 12mo, original boards, * with cloth backs and paper labels. Phila. : Carey and Hart, 1838 First American Edition of these racy Sporting Memoirs. J B»**emely rare. Fine 'copy. ^ ^ Y583. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour. By the Author ^^ of Handley Cross. Illust. with 13 spirited colored plates and numerous comic woodcuts by John Leech. 8vo, three-quarter light brown levant, gilt top, uncut by Bradstreets. Choice copy. Lond. : Bradbury, Evans Co., n. d. 73 /T^ \^ 584. SUTTON & SONS. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers, from Seeds and Roots. Illust. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1906 585. SWEET (ROBERT). The Hothouse and Green- house Manual, or Botanic Cultivator. Thick 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1839 586. SWINBURNE (A. C). Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems. First edn. Post 8vo, half polished morocco gilt, gilt top. Lond. 1882 ., \/587. The Heptalogia, or Seven against Sense. Small pS^ 4to, full dark green levant, with thin gold rules round edges of sides and back, with broad inside borders richly tooled in gold, by TooF. Portland : T. B. Mosher, 1898 Mosher's First and very limited Edition in beautiful binding. 588. SWITZER (STEPHEN). Ichnographia Rustica; or, the Nobleman, Gentleman and Gardener's Recreation. With copper-plates of views and plans of gardens, etc. 3 vols. 8vo, >orary calf. Lond. 1718 589. The Practical Fruit- Gardfe^fer. ^ng the best id newest method of raising, planting, and pruning all sorts fruit-trees, agreeably to the expedience and practice of the most eminent Gardeners and nu'ysery-men. /With copper- plates of plans of gardens. 8vo, ebnttemporary calf. ^ 4 Lond. 1724 590. SYMONDS (MARGARET). Days Spent on a Doge's Farm. Illust. 12mo, half calf. Lond. 1893 591. nPAINE (H. A.). History of English Literature. -^ Transl. by H. Van Laun. (Vols. 1 and 2 only.) 2 vols. 8vo, tree calf (broken) . ^ Edinburgh, 1873 592. TEMPLE (WILLIAM). Works. Engraved por. trait. 4 vols. 8vo, full calf (cracking). Lond. 1770 593. TENNYSON (A.). Gareth and Lynette. First edn. 16mo, full green crushed levant morocco*, gilt tooled inside borders, gilt top, by the Club Bindery. Lond. 1872 594. THACKERAY (W. M.). The History of Henry Es- / ji mond, Esq. First edn. 3 vols. 12mo, half calf gilt, marbled lU /^ ^ edges. Upper comer of a leaf of Vol. Ill torn, with damage Cf^ C , of the text. Lond. 1852 / f y 595. THEURIET (ANDRE). Contes pour les Soirs d'Hiver. With designs in color hy De S. Bejchan. Royal 8vo, ornamented cloth (loose in binding), gilt edges. Paris, n. d. 74 IRLWALL (CONNOP). PrimitiaB/ or, Essays bems, on various Subjects, Religious, Mot^Vand Enter- y taming. Portrait. 16mo, three-quarter ait top, by Stikemajst. Lond. : Printed f o; jC / Connop Thirlwall, the Historian of ^f^ y wards became Bishop of St. Davids, p ^ collection in the eleventh year of his evant, extra, Aut^r, 1809 ce a^^d who after- above singular 597. THOMSON (JAMES). VanflT^s Story, Weddah and Om-El-Bonain, and other Poems. First edn. 12mo, cloth. Lond. 1881 598. THOMSON (WILLIAM). A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1863 599. THOREAU (H. D.). Friendship. lum paper. 12mo, cloth. Portrait on veU N. Y. [1906] 600. TREES, SHRUBS AND VINES, by Parkhurst, 1903 ; The Gateless Barrier, by L. Malet, 1900; In the Garden of Peace, by Mrs. Crooton, 1900 ; Some Familiar Trees, by C. S. Boulger, n. d. ; Talks on Manures, by J. Harris, 1900 ; John- son 's Cottage Gardener's Dictionary, 1863; Our Northern Shrubs, by H. L. Keeler, 1903 ; The Wild Flowers of Selbome, by J. Vaughan, 1906. Mostly illust. 8 vols. 12mo, cloth. 601. TRICKER (WILLIAM). The Water Garden, em- bracing the Construction of ponds, adapting natural streams, planting, hybridizing, ^eed saving, propagation, building, etc. With 9 plates, 18 full-page descriptive views and numerous ketches in the text. 4to, cloth. |602. /TRIGGS (H. I.). FormayO? S(3QtJ«nd, their planning and arr/ngj ornamental features. Illust. hy^ the author and 53 reproducec folio, boards portfolio. N. Y. 1897 *dpns in England and it, architectural and ^rom drawings hy lotographs. 3 parts Lond. 1901 603. The Art of Garden Design in Italy. Illust. hy 73 photographic plates reproduced in collotype, 27 plans and numerous sketches in the text taken from original surveys andvlans especially made hy the author, and 28 plates from pl^og^phs. Folio, buckram. Lond. 1906 Remarks Sons of neat. many 604VTRINITY-GARDEN, a poem. Wit Scurrilous Pamphlet, lately publishe mess. By A. G. [Barber] . Thin 4 Lond.: Printed for Mynheer Hibergin^ parts by many people, 1754. First Edition of this very humorous t)uf coarse satire. 605. TWISS (TRAVERS). The Law of Nations con- sidered as Independent Political Communities. On the Rights and Duties of Nations in time of peace. New edition revised and enlarged. 8vo, cloth. Oxford, 1884 75 z r^ ^^ 3> Xf I ^ (^ Y 606. T/"ANBRUGH (SIR JOHN). The False Friend, a ^ Comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. By His Majesty's Servants. Small 4to, half levant, gilt top. Lond. : Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1702 First Edition. 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Illust. with 154 woodcuts from drawings hy Joseph Pen- nell, and with plans and diagrams. 2 vols. imp. 4to, boards, uncut. N. Y. 1892 Only 250 copies printed. /e 610. VIERGE'S ILLUSTRATIONS. Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper. Transl. from the Original of Francisco de Quevedo-Villegas. Illust. with 110 drawings hy Daniel Vierge. Together with comments on them by Joseph Pennell. 4to, cloth. Lond. 1892 First Edition, now extremely scarce. 611. WALFORD (CORNELIUS). Gilds: Their Origin, ^^ Constitution, Objects, and Later History. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1888 612. [WALPOLE (HORACE).] Observations on Modern Gardening. Illustrated by Descriptions. Second edn. 8vo, calf (name on title). Lond. 1770 613. Essays on Moderning, with a faithful translation into French by the Duke of Nivemois. A Reprint in type facsimile of the edition printed by Mr. Walpole at Strawberry Hill 1785. To which is added an Introductory Note by Alice M. Earle. 4to, boards, uncut. Canton : The Kirgate Press, 1904 Only 300 copies printed. 76 y 6: 614. WASHINGTON (GEORGE). Epistles Domestic, Confidential and Official from General Washington, written about the Commencement of the American Contest, when he entered on the Command of the Army of the United States. With an interesting series of his letters, particularly to the y^ritish Admirals, to Gov. Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, ty(/ Marquis de La Fayette and others, none of which have been printed, in the two volumes published a few months ago. 'With portrait of Washington, hy Bollinson after Savage. 8vo, hal blue levant, gilt top, original wrappers bound in, uncut. 179) Rare. The portrait is in the very rare second state of the plate (line over stipple), and on the right breast of his Uniform Washington is wearing the Order of the Society of the Cincin- J^\ nati. w61^ An Address in Latin, by Joseph Willard, Presi- dlm ; and a discourse in English, by David Tappan, delivered before the University in Cambridge, Feb. 21, 1800, in solemn Commemoration of Gen. George Washington. Fine proof h V j^ portrait inserted. 4to, original black wrappers. IV Cambridge : E. Typis Samuel Etheridge, 1800 » / A presentation copy ''From the President and Fellows of r y presentation copy Harvard College to John Nichols, Esq., LL. D. " Very scarce. '\ \f 616. Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious Gen. G. Washington, late President of the U. S. of America, contain- ing a History of the principal events of his Life,v.with Extracts from his Journals, Speeches to Congress and Public Ad- dresses ; also a Sketch of his Private Life. Rare portrait and plate. 16mo, half blue morocco, gilt top, uncut. Phil. : R. Folwell, 1800 The very rare First Edition of this fine Memoir, and up to the time of publication the most complete History of Washing- ton published. Written by Thomas Condie. 617. The Life of George Washington, compiled under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington from original papers, by John Marshall. Portrait of Washington engraved hy D. Edwin. 5 vols. 8vo, full sheep (rubbed). P^^t badly foxed. Phil. 1804 The History of the Centennial Celebration of the iration of George Washington as First President of the 'S. Edited by Clarence W. Bowen. Numerous portraits, views, etc. Thick 4to, full brown morocco gilt, gilt edges. y"^\ No. 137 of a limited issue. N. Y. : Appleton, 1892 ^19./ George Washington (In Masonic costume), en graverf by Charles B. Hall from an original painting, by Gil bert Stuart. In three states: 1. Artist's proof on Japanese Paper signed by the ^ graver. xj ^ y 2. Proof on India Paper, with scratched inscription. ^ -^ 3. Open letter proof on India Paper. N. Y. Only 35 sets privately printed. 77 Dt 1 62a/\^ASHINGTON (GEORGE). 'jwLmi^ON Deliv- ekiiig^n Eulogy on Lafayette," engraved bt Carles B. Hall, y from the original painting. Three jnr^pi^i^m/ Artist's ^^ proof on Japanese paper; signed by engravei:. Proof on India paper, with scratched inscription : nnd ope^ letter proof. Only 36 sets privately issued for subscribers. 621. 'WASHINGTON'S MOUNT VeRNON LIBRARY. ^ (fhe First Principles of Chemistry. By "William Nicholson. 8vo, sheep. Lond. 1796 Autograph of "Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon," on _^^ half title. Also Certificate from Laurence Washington certifying to same; also that it was probably from Gen. Washington's ersonal library. / yn^Jy22. JWATBON (P. W.). Dendrologia Britannica; or, A , \ YK^Trees^nd Shrubs that will live in the open air of Britain Z' A ^ >^ ^ tm«eWATSON (W.)> Orchids: Their Culture and Man- t. Ne^ Edition revised and greatly enlarged by H. J. Chapman. With numerous illusts. in colors. Svo, cloth. Lond. 1903 3 625. WEATHERS (JOHN). A Practical Guide to Garden Plants, containing Description of the hardiest and most beau- .y tiful annuals and biennials, hardy herbaceous and bulbous yk/O perennials, etc. With 163 illusts. Svo, cloth. Lond. 1901 -^ 626. WEBBER (THOS. W.). The Forests of Upper India and their Inhabitants. With maps. Svo, cloth. ^.^ Lond. 1902 . f p2pWEED (CM.). The Flower Beautiful. Illust. Svo, fl/ r ^ clM^ Bost. 1903 i^45/ ^EIDENMANN (J.). Beautifying Country Homes. ^ ^ x^y^^^vxuook of Landscape Gardening . Colored plans. Small \^ l>Ofoliorcloth. N. Y., n. d. ^"^ ^ 629. WELLS (CHARLES). The Literature of the Turks. A Turkish Chrestomathy. Facsimiles. Svo, cloth. Lond. 1S91 629.* WOODES ROGERS' PIRATICAL VOYAGE. (Capt. Woodes). A Cruising Voyage round the World, first to the South-Seas, thence to the East Indies and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope begun in 170S and finished in 1711 — a Journal of all the remarkable Transactions — ^the tak- ing of Puna and Guiaquil, of the Acapulco ship and other 78 / Prizes; an Account of Alexander Selkirk's living alone POUR YEARS AND POUR MONTHS IN AN ISLAND. Introduction relating to the South-Sea Trade. With maps. 8vo, cont. calf, rebacked. Lond. 1712 Rare. This expedition fitted out by Danipier, who accom- panied it as Pilot, produced £170,000, half of which went to the proprietors: They surprised Puna and Guyaquil and got much booty, took several prizes, and sailing towards Acapulco cap- tured the Spanish galleon, also a rich ship from Manila off the coast of CaJifornia. The famous Selkirk was rescued from his lonely habitation and appointed by Rogers as mate of his ship. 630. VERNEY FAMILY. Memoirs of the Vemey Family during the Seventeenth Century. By Frances and Margaret Vemey. Numerous portraits. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth. Lond. 1904 631. WESTELL (W. P.). Country Rambles. A Field Naturalist's and Country Lover's Note Book for a Year. Ulusts. from, nature. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1903 632. WESTERMARCK (EDWARD). The History of Human Marriage. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1891 633. WHARTON (EDITH). Italian Villa's and their Gardens. With numerous plates of views, several in colors, "2^ ^"'^ Imp, 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1904 634. WHERE TO FlJI^Dv£l^^, by F. G. Heath, 1885; Selorct Ferns and LyconOdaf by^ S/^illiams, 1873; Ferns -^ j^/Hieir Homes and OiAy^J^^jR^inson, 1878; Disease in <3 Plants, by H. M. Wa^fl^ ^&0f7)How to Grow Chrysanthe- ^^ mums, 1899; Practi/{/ Farm Drainage, by C. G. Elliott, ^'^ 1903; Grasses, by C/li. Johns, 1893; The Culture of Green- house Orchids, by F. Boyle, 1902; Seed Dispersal, by W. J. Beal, 1898. With illusts. 9 vols. 12mo, cloth. 635. WHIST. 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