1388 WESLEY (Charles) 1708-1788. SHORT HYMNS on select passages of the Holy Scriptures, 2 vols. 12mo. calf gilt 1794-96 £ 8. d. 0 12 0 1389 WESTMACOTT (C. M.) THE ENGLISH SPY.. Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious, drawn from the Life by Bernard Blackmantle, 2 vols. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, coloured plates and woodcuts by Robert Cruikshank, fine copy in contemporary calf gilt, gilt edges 1825-26 21 00 1390 WESTMORELAND (MILDMAY FANE, Earl of) died 1665. Engraved title: OTIA SACRA. Optima Fides. W. M. sculpsit. Deus nobis hæc Otia fecit. Virg. London Printed by Richard Cotes. 1648. Small 4to. blue morocco extra, leather joints, gilt edges, from the libraries of Thomas Park, T. Hill, and Sir Mark Sykes 1648 English poems, chiefly loyal and devotional, privately printed and never published. 1391 WESTON (Jessie L.) The Legends of the Wagner drama studies in myth- 9 0 0 050 100 1823 10 10 0 1637-8 12 12 0 An amorous story written in easy and fluent verse, somewhat licentious in plot and = HD MS Typ 14 Small folio, MS. written in a very beautiful "Italian" hand, 98 leaves of paper, with 198 Drawings of Emblems shaded in monochrome, those of the first part in sepia, those of the second in a pale blue, done with exquisite taste and skill; in a sixteenth-century gilt vellum binding, enclosed in a red morocco case (London, 1585) 48 C The first part is written in brownish ink, the second in violet ink. The edition printed at Leyden in 1586 is a fine and rare book, but to see the real beauty of Whitney's work one must pore over this charming combination of lovely writing and delicate illustrations. The second part which begins on leaf 51, opens its preliminary title and quotation, with "In praise of the two noble Earles Warwick and Leicester. Two beares there are, the greater and the lesse . ." The variations in arrangement and text between the MS. and the printed book give particular interest to this dedication copy which ends with the eulogy on Francis Drake. It is evidently the MS. referred to by Whitney in his printed book (Address to the Reader) in which he says "When I had finished this my collection of Emblemes, gentle Reader, and presented the same in writinge unto my Lorde, presentlie before his Honour passed the Seas into the lowe countries. ." It is therefore clear that this MS. was written and illustrated in England. Its artistic qualities are far above those of the printed edition produced one year later in Leyden. 0 1396 WHITNEY. A CHOICE OF EMBLEMES, AND OTHER DEVISES, For the moste parte gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and Moralized .. by Geffrey Whitney.. Imprinted at LEYDEN, In the house of Christopher Plantyn, by Francis Raphelengius. M.D.LXXXVI. 2 parts in 1 vol. Small 4to. 10 preliminary leaves, and 230 pp., with 246 woodcut Emblems; fine copy in olive brown morocco extra, by Riviere, tooled to imitate a richly gilt English binding of the period £ 8. d. 1586 22 10 0 He added in this printed edition 48 extra illustrations, put Latin quotations and 1397 WILKES (John) 1727-1797. The North Briton, 45 nos. in 2 vols. 12mo. 1763 0 7 6 This edition was printed within a month or two after the date of No. 45. 1398 WILKINSON (George Theodore) An Authentick History of the Cato-Street Conspiracy with the Trials at large of the Conspirators, 8vo. portraits; (1820) 0 7 6 calf 1399 [WILLIAMS (Isaac)] The Baptistery or the Way of Eternal Life, original edition, 33 plates after Boetius a Bolswert, olive morocco extra, gilt edges 1842 Presentation copy from the author with his autograph inscription. 1100 WILLIAMS' (T.) Selection of Comic Songs. Smallest 4to., title, 112 pp. and 14 plates, engraved throughout; fine copy in green morocco extra, gilt edges, from the Gaisford library T. Williams, 2 Strand (no date, cir. 1820) VERY RARE. Issued in numbers, each of 8 pages and a plate. This copy con1401 WILLIAMS (William) 1677. Divine Poems and Meditations. . 2 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. 64 leaves; dark blue morocco extra, gilt edges, from the Haslewood and Bateman collections J. Redmayne for the Author..1677 Entirely in verse, of not the most elevated kind, but it is VERY RARE. written in prison. tains nos. 1-14. It was 1402 WILSON (Sir Thomas) 1520-1581. The rule of Reason, conteinyng the Arte of Logike. Sette fourthe in Englishe. . M.D.Lxiij. Mens. Aprilis. Imprinted at London, by Ihon Kingston. Small 4to. 96 leaves, the title within a woodcut border; hf. calf 1403 1563 First printed in 1551. On leaf S iii and iv, there is a long letter quoted in double punctuation, from "an enterlude made by Nicolas Udall" namely Ralph Roisterdoister. The Three Orations of Demosthenes chiefe Orator among the Grecians in fauour of the Olynthians. . Englished out of the Greeke By Thomas Wylson . . Imprinted at London by Henrie Denham. At end of colophon on last page: 1570 1 1 0 3 0 0 28 0 1 10 0 Small 4to. fine copy in calf, gilt edges 1570 3 10 0 Ninety-nine leaves (i.e. 20 preliminary, pp. 1-146, and 6 final leaves). By signatures there are 12 preliminary leaves, A-X in fours, and Y three leaves. The signature of "John Hull" on the title represents a theologian who wrote books 1404 WINCHELSEA (Earl of) Voices through many Years; 3 vols. 8vo. stamped fanciful figures. : 0 14 0 1641 12 0 0 12mo. 17+ leaves; crimson morocco extra, gilt edges £ $. d 660 1406 WOOD (Mrs. Henry) Novels, 28 vols. post 8vo. engraved frontispieces (pub. at £8. 8s in cloth); hf. calf neat 1881 etc. 1407 WORCESTER (Edward Somerset, Marquis of) died 1667. A CENTURY OF THE Names and Scantlings OF SUCH INVENTIONS, As at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected. . Printed by J. Grismond in the year 1663. 12mo. 52 leaves, the last one blank; in the original binding 1663 VERY RARE. One of the most curious items in any library of English scientific character. 1409 1408 WORDSWORTH (William) 1770-1850. Poetical Works, 6 vols. 12mo. AND ELEGIES Small 4to. 38 leaves; calf extra, gilt 1410 WORTLEY (Sir Francis) flor. 1640-50. CHARACTERS Printed in the Yeere CIOIɔCXLVI. edges, by Bedford 1411 5 15 0 0 17 6 2 50 1646 the same, a very fine copy in olive morocco extra, gilt edges 1646 In mixed rhyme and prose. The author was a loyal Cavalier. 1412 WYRLEY (William) died 1618. THE TRVE VSE OF ARMORIE. . Imprinted at London, by I. Iackson, for Gabriell Cawood. 1592. Small 4to. 81 leaves, woodcuts of armorial shields; with the autograph signature of Bryan Fairfax (about 1630); old calf 1592 The greater part of the book (the last 66 leaves) is occupied by two poems in the style of the Mirror for Magistrates, upon Sir John Chandos, and the Captal de Buz, heroes of Froissart. 1413 YOUNG (Edward) 1683-1765. The Tragedy of Busiris, with the author's 1414 XENOPHON. Title: XENO-PHONS TREATISE OF HOVSEHOLDS. This In a short address to the Reader, on the back of the title page, the book is stated to have been translated from the Greek by Gentian Hervet at the desire of Geffery Pole. Gentian Harvet, a great French theologian, was, about 1526-27, a tutor in the house of the Countess of Salisbury (Reginald Pole's mother), but it is difficult to believe that he could write English well enough to translate Greek into it. Harvet was then about thirty-two, and Geffery Pole (Reginald's brother) was some ten years younger. ZOUCH (Richard) 1590-1660. THE DOVE, or Passages of Cosmography 1613 [in verse]-See (bound up with) DAVIES (Sir John) Nosce Teipsum 1619 1415 ZWINGLI. The Rekening and declaració of the faith and beleif of Huldrik Zwingly, bisshoppe of Züryk.. sent to Charles . v. . . holdinge a Perlemente or Cownsaill at Ausbrough. . M.D.xxx . . Translated Imprinted at Züryk in Marche Anno Do. M.D.XLIII. 12mo. 34 leaves; blue morocco extra, gilt edges, from the White Knights and from Heber's libraries 1543 VERY RARE. There is no copy in the British Museum printed catalogue. The translator's Preface begins on the reverse of the title and occupies five pages. . The last five pages of the book are "The complayninge Prayer of the pore psecuted maryed Preistis with their wyues z childern chased oute of Englond. ." Thomas Cottesford appears to have been the name of the translator. 550 6 60 4 4 0 7 10 0 V. ENGLISH COLLECTIONS, PERIODICALS and Transactions of Learned Societies 1416 ANNUAL REGISTER, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature from 1758 to 1890, being vols. I to CXXXII, with the Index, bound in 135 vols., 8vo. bright calf gilt £ s. d. 1758-1891 31 10 0 The present title is : Annual Register, a Review of public events at home and abroad. Such a fine set seldom occurs for sale. 1417 Ashmolean Society. A volume containing 9 papers on Geology, Physics, Oxford, 1835-46 1418 BAILY'S MAGAZINE of SPORTS and PASTIMES. A COMPLETE 07 6 1860-96 2000 With the exception of a few leaves in vol. 32, and several plates stained, the set is in good condition. After 1870 the Sporting Magazine merged in Baily's Magazine. 1419 BELL'S WEEKLY MESSENGER, from the beginning May 1, 1796 to December 29, 1799, being Nos. 1-192 (without nos. 89, 95, 98, 101, 103, 161 and 162). 4 vols., folio, half bound BIBLIOTHECA LINDESIANA: 1796-9 1 0 0 1420 HANDLIST of the Boudoir Books (part of the Library of the Earl of Crawford at Haigh Hall, Wigan), 8vo. 101 pp. 1881 The present Earl of Crawford's first essay towards cataloguing the gems of the Haigh Hall Library; the List was printed in Leipzig without supervision. 1421 HAND LIST of PROCLAMATIONS; 1509-1837; 2 vols. fcap. folio, cloth Aberdeen, 1893-97 Only 50 copies privately printed. Vol. I is copy No. 25, vol. II is copy No. 24. CRAWFORD AND BALCARRES (Ludovic, Earl of), COLLATIONS and NOTES, privately printed, impl. 4to. Roxburghe binding. 1422 No. 1. SANDERI BRABANTIA, 1656-1695 [only 10 copies extant], 0 10 6 500 1883 076 33 pp. 1423 No. 2. FOWLER'S MOSAIC PAVEMENTS, etc. (only two perfect copies in existence), 14 pp. 1883 076 1424 No. 3. DE BRY'S COLLECTION OF VOYAGES, 230 pp. with 33 Only 100 copies printed, none for sale. circa 1536 1546 1550 3 3 0 1898 15 0 0 The Crawford Library at Haigh Hall, in Lancashire, is one of the most valuable, and certainly the most universal in its character, of all private book-collections. It comprises a very large number of books of great importance, including many which, by reason of their excessive rarity, have been imperfectly described in the standard works of bibliography. A full catalogue of the library would be a task of such magnitude that it must for the present remain a project to be executed in the future; but in the meanwhile it is considered useful to issue a number of desultory monographs on some of those rarer books of which only the most enthusiastic collectors have discovered that the accounts given by Brunet, Graesse, Lowndes, and other bibliographers, are defective and incorrect. The necessity of such a detailed and accurate description with reference to the De Bry Voyages will be readily acknowledged by all bibliophiles and students of bibliography; it is less apparent in the instance of Sander's Brabant and Fowler's Mosaic Pavements, which have not attracted so much attention as to make the rarity These "Notes and Collations" have been and are being compiled by Lord Craw- 1426 Challenger. Scientific Results of the CHALLENGER EXPEDI- 1427 1428 1429 1430 Sold separately: £ s. d. 1880-91 50 0 0 NARRATIVE of the Cruise of H.M.S. Challenger; with a General Account of the Scientific Results of the Expedition. 2 vols. in 3, royal 4to., with 67 maps, and 51 photographic and chromo-lithographic plates (published at £8. 6s 6d); cloth worn 1882-5 ZOOLOGY, Vol. V: OPHIUROIDEA, by T. LYMAN; Some points in the Anatomy of the THYLACINE, CUSCUS, and PHASCOGALE, by D. J. CUNNINGHAM, royal 4to., with 61 plates (published at £2. 10s); cloth 1882 ZOOLOGY, Vol. VI: ACTINIARIA; TUNICATA, royal 4to., with 51 plates (published at £2. 2s); cloth 1882 ZOOLOGY, Vol. XVI: CEPHALOPODA; STOMATOPODA; REEF CORALS; HUMAN SKELETONS, part II, royal 4to., with 64 plates (published at £2.) ; cloth 1886 1431 Chaucer Society's Publications. FIRST SERIES, nos. 1-61, 73, 75-77, and 79-80. SECOND SERIES, nos. 1-18, 20-26;-forming 92 vols. or parts, 8vo. and oblong 4to., including a large portfolio containing 16 autotype facsimiles of Chaucer MSS.; three vols. half calf, the rest unbound and parts 201 0 12 0 12 109 1868-89 24 0 0 1432 Chemical Society of London. A COMPLETE SET of the publications of the Chemical Society, from the beginning in 1841 to 1897 inclusive: MEMOIRS of the Chemical Society, 1841-8. 3 vols. JOURNAL of the Chemical Society, 1848-1897. 72 vols. -In all 76 vols. in 78, thick 8vo., with plates; the whole neatly and A VERY FINE SET The cost of the binding of this set was about thirty pounds. 1433 JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON: A series from 1866 to December, 1897, inclusive, forming vols. XIX-LXXII; in all, 54 vols., thick 8vo., in cloth and numbers 1434 1866-97 20 0: the same, a series from 1875 to December 1892 inclusive, forming vols. XXVIII-LXII, in all, 35 vols., thick 8vo., in parts as issued 1435 CURTIS'S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. 1875-92 10 0 A COMPLETE SET from the beginning in 1787 to 1885, inclusive, with 1787-1885 130 0 0 [FIRST SERIES], 53 vols., 1787-1826. SECOND SERIES, 17 vols. (or vols. 54-70), 1826-44. THIRD SERIES, 41 vols., 1845-85. |