28 29 30 31 32 BENNETT, CHARLES. The Nine Lives of a Cat. A Tale of Wonder. Illustrated with engravings in colors. Square 8vo, polished tree calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. 44 London, 1860 With the original cover and advertisements bound in and ex libris" of William Crampton. BEWICK. The Seasons. By James Thomson. A New Edition. With engravings on wood by Bewick, from designs of Mr. Thurston. 12mo, full blue morocco, gilt, gilt edges. London, 1805 BEWICK. The Natural History of British Birds; A Natural History of Water Birds; A Natural History of Fishes; A Natural History of British Quadrupeds; A Natural History of Reptiles, Serpents and Insects; A Natural History of Foreign Birds; and A Natural History of Foreign Quadrupeds. Seven Chap-Books. All illustrated with woodcuts by Bewick. Bound in I vol. 16mo, full light calf, gilt, top edge gilt. Alnwick, N. D Has all the original printed covers bound in. The Foreign Birds" have been rudely colored by hand. With BEYLE, MARIE-HENRI. La Chartreuse de Parme. thirty illustrations by V. Foulquier. Etched by G. Mercier. Translated from the French by E. P. Robins. 3 vols. 12mo, half dark green crushed levant, gilt, top edges gilt, uncut. New York: George H. Richmond & Co., 1895 No. 132 of seven hundred and fifty copies printed on antique laid paper. BIBLIOPHILIST'S LIBRARY. Containing the Whole Prose Romances of Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire. Now first completely done into English, by William Dalton. With etchings by Laguillermie and Thevenin. 3 vols.-The Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha. By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Done into English by Henry Edward Watts; with Notes, Original and Selected; also an Introduction and Life of the Author. With etchings by Adolph Lalauze. 4 vols.The History of Gil Blas of Santillana. Rendered into English by Henri Van Laun. Revised and completed by Henri Roberts; also an Introductory Notice, Life of Lesage and Notes. With etchings by Lalauze. 3 vols. The etchings are all in two states, proofs and remarque proofs. Together, 10 vols. Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie, Philadelphia. The Japan vellum paper edition. Only one thousand copies printed, of which this is No. 105. 33 34 35 36 BIBLIOPHILIST'S LIBRARY. Containing The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio (Il Boccaccio). Now first completely done into English Prose and Verse by Jno. Payne; with etchings by L. Flameng. 2 vols.-The Heptameron; or, Tales and Novels of Marguerite d' Angoluême, Queen of Navarre. Now first completely done into English Prose and Verse from the Original French by Arthur Machen; with etchings by L. Flameng. 2 vols.-The Persian Letters of Charles de Secondat Montesquieu. Now first completely translated into English with Notes and Memoir by Jno. Davidson; with portrait and etchings by Boilvin. 2 vols.-And The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. Now first completely done into English Prose by W. Conyngham Mallory; with etchings by Hédouin, 2 vols. The etchings are all in two states, proofs and remarque proofs. Together, 8 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Printed only for subscribers by Geo. Barrie. Philadelphia, N. D. The Holland paper edition. Only one thousand copies printed, of which this is No. 14. BIERSTADT, O. A. The Library of Robert Hoe. A Contribution to the History of Bibliophilism in America. With one hundred and ten illustrations taken from manuscripts and books in the collection. 8vo, full crushed dark olive levant, elaborate gilt and blind tooled back and sides, red levant doublé, heavy gilt borders, grained silk and Morris paper fly-leaves, edges gilt in the rough, by David. With case. Duprat & Co., New York, 1895 Limited to three hundred and fifty copies, of which this is No. 70. Bound in David's best style. Illus BLAKE. (Blair, Robert.) The Grave. A Poem. trated with twelve etchings executed from original designs of Wm. Blake, by Schiavonetti. Royal 4to, three-quarter tan colored crushed levant, top edge gilt, uncut, by Macdonald. London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1808 Fine copy of the original edition. BLAKE. Illustrations of the Book of Job. Invented and engraved by Wm. Blake. 4to, original boards, white lable, uncut. London: Published by Wm. Blake, 1825 Fine, uncut copy of the original edition, with the twentytwo plates, including the title page. Clean as the day of issue. Very scarce. 37 BOCCACCIO, MESSR. GIOVANNI. 38 39 40 41 42 Decamerone di. Illus trated with portrait and beautiful full-page engravings, after Stothard. 3 vols. Svo, full dark olive colored morocco, gilt backs, gold borders on sides, inside gold borders, gilt edges, by Hayday. London: Guglielmo Pickering, 1825 One of a few copies printed entirely on India paper. Of exceeding rarity. BOCCACCIO. The Decameron; or, Ten Days Entertainment of. Translated from the Italian. A New Edition, corrected and enlarged, to which are prefixed Remarks on the Life and Writings of Boccaccio. Illustrated with numerous colored plates. 2 vols. 12mo, half calf. London: Printed for James Griffin, N. D BOSWELL, JAMES. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides. New Edition, with Numerous Additions and Notes by Right Hon. John Wilson Croker, M. P. To which are added Two Supplementary Volumes of Johnsoniana, by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Malone, Nichols, Stevens, Cumberland and others, and Notes by various hands, also upwards of fifty engraved illustrations. 10 vols. Foolscap 8vo, half brown crushed levant, gilt, top edges gilt, by Zaehnsdorf. London: John Murray, 1839 BOWDLER, MISS. Poems and Essays by the Late. Svo, full contemporary paneled calf, gilt, with fore edges painted with views of Kirkham Abbey. Bath, 1797 A very good specimen of binding, by Edwards, of Halifax. BOYDELL'S PICTURESQUE SCENERY OF NORWAY, with the Principal Towns, from the Naze, by the Route of Christiana, to the Magnificent Pass of the Swinesund; from original drawings made on the spot. (Printed in colors) and engraved by John Wm. Edy. With Remarks and Observations made in a Tour Through the Country, and Revised and Corrected by William Tooke. Folio, full contemporary straight-grained morocco, gilt, gilt edges. Illustrated with eighty superb aquatints printed in colors BREE, CHARLES ROBERT. A History of the Birds of Europe not Observed in the British Isles. Illustrated with numerous plates of birds and their eggs, drawn from nature and beautifully colored. 4 vols. Royal Svo, half crushed olive levant, gilt, top edges gilt, by Zachnsdorf. London: Groombridge & Sons, 1863 43 44 BRITISH CLASSICS (THE). Illustrated with beautiful engravings after Stothard and others, and engraved titles. Containing: The Tatler, 4 vols. The Guardian, 2 vols. The Rambler, 4 vols. The Idler, 2 vols. Essays on Tatler, Spectator and Guardian, 3 vols. Essays on Rambler, Adventurer and Idler, 2 vols. The Camp and Guard Room, I vol. The Ruminator, 2 vols. Together, 38 vols. 16mo, full light calf, gilt, red labels, gold lines on sides, inside dentelle borders, top edges gilt, by Tout. London, 1804-1813 A beautiful set of the first edition, with the addition of several volumes seldom found with the set. 4.5 Together, 53 vols. Full polished light calf, gilt backs, red labels, gold lines on sides, inside dentelle borders, edges gilt on the round, by Tout. London: Wm. Pickering, 1830-1859 A choice set of the rare and favorite Pickering Edition, bound in beautiful style by Tout. BROWN, MR. THOMAS. The Works of. Serious and Comical, in Prose and Verse. With the Life and Character of Mr. Brown, and his Writings, by James Drake, M. D., and a Key to the whole. The Eighth Edition. Carefully corrected. 4 vols. 12mo, three-quarter crushed green levant, gilt, top edges gilt. Dublin: Printed for John Murphy, 1778 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 BROWNING, ROBERT. Poems by. With Introduction by Richard Garnett. Illustrations by Byam Shaw; colored by hand by Miss Gloria Cardew. 8vo, full russia, gilt back, elaborate gilt sides, inside borders, Morris paper fly-leaves, top edge gilt, uncut, by The Hampstead Bindery. London: George Bell & Son, 1897 A pretty specimen of the famous Hampstead Bindery. BURNS, ROBERT. The Works of; with his Life. By Allan Cunningham. Illustrated with beautiful steel engravings. 8 vols. Foolscap 8vo, full polished green calf, gilt backs and sides, red labels, inside dentelle borders, top edges gilt, by Zachnsdorf. The best edition. London: James Cochran & Co., 1834 BURTON, RICHARD F. Plain and Literal Translations of the Arabian Night's Entertainment, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. With Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men, and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights. Illustrated with numerous suggestive photogravures. 12 vols. Royal 8vo, half red levant, gilt, top edges gilt. N. P., N. D The library edition, reprinted from the original Benare's edition of 1885. Only two hundred and fifty copies published, of which this is No 88. BUSBY, T. L. Costumes of the Lower Orders of London. Painted and Engraved from Nature. A series of twenty-five finely colored plates. With descriptions. 4to, half morocco. Very scarce. BUTLER SAMUEL. London (1819) Hudibras. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. Corrected and Amended with Large Annotations and a Preface by Zachary Grey. Adorned with a new set of cuts, after Hogarth. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1744.—The Genuine Remains, in Verse and Prose, of Mr. Samuel Butler. Published from the Original Manuscript, formerly in the possession of W. Longueville; with Notes by R. Thyes. 2 vols. London, 1759. Together, 4 vols. 8vo, half blue calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Tout. C Cambridge and London, 1744-59 ALDECOTT, RANDOLPH. "Graphic" Pictures. 8 vols. Oblong 4to, picture boards. London, 1888-1889 CAMPBELL, THOMAS. The Poetical Works of. Elegantly illustrated with fine steel engravings, after Turner. 8 vo, full polished blue calf, gilt back and sides, maroon label, inside dentelle borders, gilt edges, by Tout. London: Edward Moxon, 1837 |