BOOKS ON THE FINE ARTS:

A LONG SERIES OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ART ANNUAL:

362 SALON (Le), par PH. BURTY, MAURICE HAMEL, HENRI FRANTZ, ROGER MILÈS, ANTONIN PROUST, ARMAND DAYOT, HENRI HOUSSAYE, LOUIS VAUXCELLES, et autres; complete from 1883 to 1907, printed on PAPIER DE HOLLANDE', with COLOURED PLATES, and very numerous full-page and other photogravures (many on CHINA PAPER), etchings, and woodcuts, 25 vols. 4to. cl., uncut (ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF SETS ISSUED), £18. 18s 1883-1907

The series from 1891 to 1901 in the above is of the English translation.

363 SCHELL (Hermann) CHRISTUS: das Evangelium und seine weltgeschichliche Bedeutung, vermehrte Auflage; with 3 plates and 90 text-illustrations, impl. 8vo. cl., t. e. g., 3s (p. M. 5)

With imprimatur of the Archbishop of Mainz.

München, 1906 364 SCHLIEMANN (Heinrich) ILIOS: Stadt und Land der Trojaner: Forschungen und Entdeckungen in der Troas, und besonders auf der Baustelle von Troja, mit Selbstbiographie, Vorrede von RUDOLF V. VIRCHOW, und Beiträgen von P. ASCHERSON, H. BRUGSCH-PASCHA, E. BURNOUF, J. P. MAHAFFY, MAX MÜLLER, A. H. SAYCE [pr.], u. a. m.; with 35 plates, 1570 woodcuts, and 5 folding plans (linen-mounted), thick impl. 8vo. handsomely bound in hf. brown morocco gilt, cl. sides, uncut, t. e. g. (as good as new), £1. 5s (p. M. 45 in cl.)

Leipzig, 1881 365 SCHNAASE (Carl) GESCHICHTE der BILDENDEN KÜNSTE bei den ALTEN und im MITTELALTER, 2. [neueste] verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage; with fine etched portrait, and numerous fine woodcuts, 8 vols. 8vo. in 7, handsomely bound in hf. brown morocco, cl. sides (FINE SET); SCARCE, £3. 3s Düsseldorf, 1866-79 A choice set throughout in the original impressions. 366 SCHWARTZ (A. N., Professeur à l'Université Impériale de Moscou) L'ART RUSSE; with 24 large heliogravure plates on INDIA PAPER, folio, in cl. portfolio, £1. 1s

SHAKESPEARE ILLUSTRATIONS:

Moscou, 1894

367 BOYDELL'S GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS of the DRAMATIC WORKS of SHAKESPEARE FINE IMPRESSIONS of the 95 splendid plates engraved by BARTOLOZZI, SHARPE, EARLOM and others (including the Stratford bust), after paintings by NORTHCOTE, SMIRKE, REYNOLDS, STOTHARD, WEST, FUSELI, ROMNEY, OPIE, and other distinguished artists, impl. 4to. contemporary smooth olive morocco extra (scarce), £5. 5s [1803] 368 GRAPHIC GALLERY of SHAKESPEARE'S HEROINES (The): a Series of Studies in GOUPILGRAVURE from Paintings by L. ALMA TADEMA, R.A., F. GOODALL, R.A., SIR VALENTINE PRINSEP, R. A., LORD LEIGHTON, P.R. A., LUKE FILDES, R.A., and others; with the Stories of the Plays by W. E. HENLEY, 21 plates, signed artists' proofs on INDIA PAPER, atlas folio, in portfolio, £3. 3s (p. £21.)

1888 369 STOTHARD (Thomas, R.A.) :-SHAKESPEARE'S SEVEN AGES of MAN, with engraved title-page and 7 illustrations by W. BROMLEY after STOTHARD, folio, hf. morocco, g. e., £2. 2s 1790 370 WILLIAMS (James Leon) The HOMES and HAUNTS of SHAKESPEARE; with Introduction by HORACE HOWARD FURNESS, with 15 fss. of water-colours, 45 full-page photogravures, and more than 150 other illustrations, folio, in 5 cl. portfolios, as issued, £2. 15s (p. £15. 15s)

1892

371 SCHULTZ (Alwin, Univ. Prag) ALLGEMEINE GESCHICHTE der BILDENDEN KÜNSTE, I. Band: die KUNST des ALTERTUMS; with 144 plates (many coloured, and the folding ones linen-mounted), and 1322 text-illustrations (some coloured), 2 thick vols. large 8vo. in 1, handsomely bound in hf. crushed purple Levant morocco, cl. sides, uncut, t. e. g. (as good as new), £1. 12s 6d (p. M. 41.50 sewn) Berlin, 1896 372 SHERILL (Charles Hitchcock) A STAINED GLASS TOUR in ITALY, with map, and 23 plates, 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 7s 6d nett)

1913

1912

373 SHIELDS (Frederic), The LIFE and LETTERS of, 1833-1911; edited by ERNESTINE MILLS, with portrait and 41 other illustrations, 8vo. cl, 3s 6d (p. 10s 6d nett) 374 SLOCOMBE (Edward) The RIVERS of the EAST COAST: a Series of 12 ETCHINGS, signed artist's proofs on India paper, with descriptive Letterpress, impl. folio, in hf. morocco portfolio,

£1. ls

n. d.

375 SMITH (George) The CABINET-MAKER and UPHOLSTERER'S GUIDE: being a Complete Drawing Book, with 122 plates, some being fine COLOURED AQUATINTS, 4to. hf. calf (SCARCE), £2. 10s 1836 376 SPRINGER (Anton) HANDBUCH de KUNSTGESCHICHTE; with 79 fine COLOURED PLATES, and 2690 text-illustrations, Band I-IV (I-III 6. Auflage und IV 5. Auflage); with 29 FINE COLOURED PLATES, and 1914 text-illustrations, 4 vols. 4to. original cl. extra (as good as new), 16s 6d (p. M. 30) Leipzig, 1899-1902 RAFFAEL und MICHELANGELO, 3. [neueste] Auflage; with fine portraits and plates (on India paper), and numerous other illustrations, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. original hf. morocco gilt (fine copy), 14s (p. M. 22) ibidem, 1895

377

BOOKS ON THE FINE ARTS:

378 STANFIELD (Clarkson, R.A.) COAST SCENERY; Picturesque Views in the BRITISH CHANNEL, and on the COAST of FRANCE, 40 highly finished and beautiful engravings by FINDEN, Cooke, etc., with Descriptions, original edition, folio, LARGE PAPER, WITH PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS ON INDIA PAPER of the plates; original green morocco super-extra, g. e. (some plates foxed as usual, but a FINE COPY), £2. 10s

1856

379 STEPHENS (Frederic George) ARTISTS at HOME, with 25 full-page plates of the Artists in their respective studios, after photographs by J. MAYALL, PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, Ioy. folio, cl., t. e. g., £1. ls (p. £3. 13s 6d) 1884 380 STILLMANN (William James) VENUS and APOLLO in PAINTING and SCULPTURE, text printed on handmade paper, with COLOURED FRONTISPIECE after BOTTICELLI, and 40 fine photogravures after BELLINI, TITIAN, RAPHAEL, CORREGGIO, GUIDO RENI, RUBENS, VELASQUEZ, POUSSIN, BURNE JONES, etc. etc., roy. folio, original hf. white vellum gilt, buckram sides, uncut, t. e. g. (No. 108 of only 555 copies printed), £2. 2s (p. £6. 6s nett) 1897

381

SET of the PLATES ONLY (proofs on India paper), roy. folio, handsomely bound in hf. purple morocco, cl. sides, uncut (AS GOOD AS NEW), £1. 10s 382 STIRLING-MAXWELL (Sir William) WORKS; UNIFORM EDITION, comprising ANNALS of the ARTISTS OF SPAIN, including Velasquez'; edited with the Author's latest Additions and Annotations, with the original wood-blocks and steel-engravings, and 12 further engravings from subjects chosen by him, 4 v.: The CLOISTER LIFE of the EMPEROR CHARLES V., with 8 mezzotints and 5 illustrations in colour: MISCELLANIES, with 6 mezzotints-together 6 vols. crown 4to. cl., uncut, t. e. g., £3. 10s

383

1891

ANNALS of the ARTISTS of SPAIN, first edition, printed in large type, with beautiful steel plates, and woodcuts, 3 vols. 8vo. cl. gilt, uncut (loose); SCARCE, £3. 10s 1848 384 STOTHARD (Thomas, R.A.), LIFE of, with personal Reminiscences, by his Daughter-in-Law MRS. BRAY, portrait on India paper, and numerous charming woodcuts from his designs, extraillustrated with over 240 engravings from his works, 1 vol. cr. 4to. in 2, crushed maroon morocco extra, uncut, t. e. g. (A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY), £5. 5s

1851

385 STUDIO (The) YEAR BOOK of DECORATIVE ART, 1906, with 20 good COLOURED PLATES, 4 autotypes, and profuse text-illustrations of interiors, gardens, statuary, pottery, etc. etc., impl. 8vo. cl., 78 6d

PRESENTATION COPY FROM ROBERT BROWNING:

1906

386 TENNYSON (Alfred first Lord) [IDYLLS of the KING]: ELAINE, ENID, GUINEVERE, VIVIEN, finely printed in large type, with 36 full-page plates after GUSTAVE DORÉ, 4 vols. folio, cl. extra, g. e. (each vol. in a different colour); presentation copy from Robert Browning, WITH INSCRIPTION, 'Mr. Benzon, with R. Browning's best regards, Christmas Eve, 1868'; £4.10s

387

1868

: ALFRED LORD TENNYSON and his FRIENDS: a Series of 25 Portraits and Frontispiece in Photogravure, from the negatives of MRS. JULIA MARGARET CAMERON and H. H. H. CAMERON, REMINISCENCES by ANNE ISABELLA THACKERAY LADY RITCHIE, with Introduction by H. H. HAY CAMERON, atlas 4to. buckram extra (stamp on half title), £1. 5s (p. £6. 6s nett)

1893

388 THACKERAY (William Makepeace) ETCHINGS while at CAMBRIDGE, illustrative of University Life, etc., 11 clever etchings, 8vo. original boards (SCARCE), £1. 10s [1878]

389 THOMY-THIÉRY COLLECTION, au MUSÉE du LOUVRE: Catalogue descriptif et historique par JEAN GUIFFREY; with 15 illustrations in photogravure and half-tone, after MEISSONIER, Isabey, MILLET, and others, 4to. sewn, with inscription from the Author on half-title, 10s 1903 390 TURNER (Joseph Mallord William, r.a.) PICTURESQUE VIEWS of the SOUTHERN Coast of ENGLAND, 80 beautiful plates and vignettes engraved by W. B. COOKE, 2 vols. roy. 4to. contemporary green straight-grained morocco extra, g. e., £5. 10s"

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A FINE COPY, WITH PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER:

1826

PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE SOUTHERN COAST of England, with Descriptions, 80 exceedingly beautiful plates engraved by W. B. COOKE, G. COOKE, and other eminent engravers, FINEST ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS ON INDIA PAPER, 2 vols. folio in one, LARGE PAPER, hf. dark green morocco, gilt edges (A THOROUGHLY DESIRABLE COPY, very little foxed); SCARCE, £33. 10s

1826

ANOTHER LARGE PAPER COPY, WITH FINE UNFOXED IMPRESSIONS (not on India Paper) 2 vols. in 1, morocco gilt, gilt edges, £18. 18s

: J. M. W. TURNER, R.A., by SIR WALTER ARMSTRONG, with numerous full-page and other photogravure reproductions of the artist's finest pictures, impl. 4to. cl., uncut, £2. 12s. 6d (p. £8. 8s nett)

1902 Although several accounts of Turner's career have been published, they have all been either unsatisfactory or incomplete. The above work contains everything that is important of the artist's life, as well as a carefully thought out estimate of his work, and of the place he occupies in modern art.

The GENIUS of, edited by CHARLES HOLME, with portrait and 15 beautiful COLOURED PLATES, 16 autotypes from proof plates of his Liber Studiorum, numerous vignettes, and fs., impl. 8vo. cl., t. e. g. (SCARCE), 18s Studio Extra No., 1903

A LIST of the WORKS contributed to PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS by, with Notes by C. F. BELL, roy. 8vo. buckram, t. e. g., 9s 6d (p. £1. 1s nett)

1901

BOOKS ON THE FINE ARTS:

396 THEDENAT (Abbé Henri, de l'Institut) Le FORUM ROMAIN et la VOIE SACRÉE: Aspects successifs des Monuments depuis le IVe Siècle jusqu'à nos Jours fidèlement restitués d'après les Documents authentiques par F. HOFFBAUER; with 6 plates (4 historical general views coloured), 60 text-illustrations, and plan, folio, handsomely bound in hf. purple morocco, cl. sides, t. e. g., with the original coloured cover bound in (as good as new), 14s (p. F. 20 nett sewn)

1905

397 THOMSON (Arthur, M.D.) HANDBOOK of ANATOMY for ART STUDENTS, with 29 plates, and 207 text illustrations, 8vo. cl., 12s

Oxford, 1896 398 THOMSON (David Croal) The BARBIZON SCHOOL of PAINTERS: COROT, ROUSSEAU, DIAZ, MILLET, DAUBIGNY, etc., a Large Paper Copy, with the 37 beautiful plates on JAPANESE VELLUM paper, and the 93 illustrations in the text on INDIA PAPER, impl. 4to. cl., uncut, t. e. g. (VERY SCARCE), £6. 6s 1890

399 TITIEN, La VIE et l'ŒUVRE de, par GEORGES LAFENESTRE; nouvelle Édition; with 52 plates (chiefly etchings and heliogravures), and numerous text-illustrations, impl. folio, cl., uncut, £1. 10s (p. F. 100) s. d. 400 TUER (Andrew White, F.S.A.) LUXURIOUS BATHING; fourth Edition, with 8 etchings by TRISTRAM ELLIS, oblong 8vo. hf. vellum, uncut, 7s 6d 1880 401 TYRWHITT (Richard St. John, Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxon.) HANBOOK of PICTORIAL ART; with Chapter on PERSPECTIVE by A. MACDONALD, fine chromolithographs, etc., 8vo. hf. Niger morocco, t. e. g., 6s 6d (p. 18s in cl.) Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1868 402 UNGER (William) ŒUVRES EAUX-FORTES d'après les MAÎTRES ANCIENS, commentées par A. VOSMAER: portrait and 72 MOST BEAUTIFUL ETCHINGS after Tintoretto, Ruysdael, Rembrandt, Guido, Poussin, Rubens, Ostade, Jan Steen, Van Dyck, Wouvermans, Paul Potter, Frans Hals, Paul Veronese, Jordaens, van der Velde, Brouwer, etc. etc. (PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS ON 'PAPIER DE HOLLANDE'), mounted on cardboards, atlas 4to. handsomely bound in hf. red morocco extra, uncut, t. e. g., £10.

[Leyde,] 1874

This fine collection does not include the engraver's equally fine series of 21 etchings after FRANS HALS, q. v. ante. 'No engraver who ever lived has so completely identified himself with painters he had to interpret as Professor Unger in the seventy-two plates which compose his works. . . . Mr. Vosmaer has much increased the interest in Unger's etchings by accompanying them with valuable descriptive and critical notes. . . . We recommend them strongly to all artists and lovers of art.'-P. G. Hamerton.

403 VASARI (Giorgio) VITE de' più eccellenti PITTORI, SCULTORI ed ARCHITETTI; with fine portraits, 3 vols. thick 4to. diced russia gilt (FINE COPY), with bookplate of SIR RICHARD TEMPLE, £3. 10s Roma, 1759-60 VITE de' più ECCELENTI PITTORI, SCULTORI, et ARCHITETTI, in questa nuova Edizione diligentemente corrette, etc.; woodcut portrait, 2 vols. 4to. in 3, old calf (WILLIAM HAZLITT'S COPY, with his book-label), 188 Bologna, 1681-63

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LIVES of the most eminent PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, and ARCHITECTS, with Notes by MRS. JONATHAN FOSTER, with portraits, 5 vols. post 8vo. cl., uncut, 11s 1850-2 406 VENTURI (Adolfo) La MADONE: Représentations de la VIERGE dans l'ART ITALIEN; traduit par A. BERTOLETTI; with 17 plates and very numerous other fine illustrations from old paintings, impl. 8vo. haudsomely bound in hf. purple morocco, cl. sides, uncut, t. e. g. (as good as new), £1. 8s (p. F. 40 nett sewn) [1902] 407 VERCHÈRE (J., Architecte-Expert d'Ameublement) Le MOBILIER ANCIEN et MODERNE: TAPISSERIE; EBÉNISTERIE: Dessins nouveaux de Meubles, Sièges, Tentures et Reproductions de Mobiliers anciens, avec Texte et Renseignements pour servir à l'Exécution et à l'Étude des Styles; with 84 large etched plates, roy. folio, handsomely bound in hf. purple morocco, cl. sides, uncut, t. e. g., as good as new (SCARCE), £2.10s [c. 1880]

408 VOLKMANN (Ludwig) GRENZEN der KÜNSTE: auch eine Stillehre; with 146 illustrations, cr. 4to. buckram, uncut, t. e. g., 5s (p. M. 8) Dresden, 1903 409 NATURPRODUKT und KUNSTWERK: vergleichende Bilder zum Verständnis des künstlerischen Schaffens; with 41 plates and other illustrations, cr. 4to. buckram, uncut, t. e. g., 58 (p. M. 8) ibidem, 1902 410 WALKER (Alexander) BEAUTY; ILLUSTRATED by an ANALYSIS and CLASSIFICATION of BEAUTY in WOMAN; revised Edition, with 22 beautiful lithographic plates from life by PROF. HENRY HOWARD, R.A., roy. 8vo. cl., uncut (fresh copy); SCARCE, £1. 15s

1846

n. d.

411 WALKER (Francis S.), and David LAW: RIVERS of the SOUTH-WEST COAST, a Series of 12 large ETCHINGS, signed artist's proofs on JAPANESE PAPER, impl. folio, in hf. morocco portfolio, £1. 1s 412 WALPOLE (Horace, FOURTH EARL OF ORFORD) COMPLETE WORKS, ORIGINAL EDITION, with numerous fine portraits and engravings by Heath, etc., 5 vols. roy. 4to. russia gilt, £4. 10s 1798 ANECDOTES of PAINTING in ENGLAND; with some Account of the principal Artists, and incidental Notes on other Arts; MAJOR'S BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED EDITION, with a fine series of beautifully engraved PORTRAITS by ENGLEHART, COOPER, and others, 5 vols. large 8vo. hf. crimson morocco extra, g. e. (FINE COPY); SCARCE, £4. 10s

413

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1828 ANOTHER EDITION, with considerable Additions by JAMES DALLAWAY, pr.; revised and enlarged by RALPH NICHOLSON WORNUM, with 150 fine steel portraits and many woodcuts, 3 vols. 8vo. cl., uncut (fresh copy); SCARCE, £3. 12s 6d

The SAME, 3 vols. calf gilt, newly rebacked, £3. 5s

1849

BOOKS ON THE FINE ARTS:

416 WARING (John Burley) MASTERPIECES of INDUSTRIAL ART and SCULPTURE at the INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862, comprising 300 elaborate PLATES in CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY, executed under the direction of W. R. TYMMS, A. WARREN and G. MACCULLOCH, with Descriptions in English and French, 3 vols. roy. folio, sumptuously bound in red morocco super-extra, g. e. (joints and corners rubbed, and some margins foxed), £1. 10s (p. £12. 12s) Day and Son, 1863 417 WATTEAU (Antoine), par VIRGILE Josz, avec une Introduction de LÉONCE BÉNÉDITE, Conservateur du Musée du Louvre; finely printed with ornamental initial letters in red, frontispiece in COLOURS, and 50 beautiful photogravure plates on India Paper, besides vignettes, and culs-delampe reproduced from the Figures de Différents Caractères,' thick impl. 4to. cream-coloured cloth, t. e. g. (only 500 copies printed), AS GOOD AS NEW, £6. 15s

s. a.

ORIGINAL EDITION of the FIGURES DE DIFFÉRENTS CARACTÈRES '-see FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, post.

418 WHEATLEY (Francis, R.A.): his LIFE and WORKS; with a CATALOGUE of his ENGRAVED PICTURES, by W. ROBERTS, illustrated with over 100 of his principal works in colour and monochrome, 4to. hf. cl., t. e. g., 68

1910

419 WILKIE GALLERY: a Selection of the best Pictures by SIR DAVID WILKIE, including his Spanish and Oriental Sketches; 72 fine steel plates (GOOD IMPRESSIONS), with Biographical and Critical Notices, roy. 4to. cl. gilt, g. e., 17s 6d [c. 1850] 420 WYLLIE (William Lionel, R.A.) The TIDAL THAMES; with 24 large full-page photogravure plates on INDIA PAPER, and other illustrations after original drawings, with descriptive Letterpress by GRANT ALLEN, atlas 4to. original hf. morocco, g. e. (slightly rubbed), £1. 1s (p. £5. 15s 6d) [1894] 421 YRIARTE (Charles) The ART of the WORLD: illustrated in the Masterpieces of Modern English, American, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, and Italian Art, as exhibited at the WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EHHIBITION, with 50 coloured plates, 50 photogravures, and several hundred illustrations in the text, 2 vols. impl. 4to. hf. red morocco, g. e., £2. 2s (p. £12. 12s unbound) [1894]

422 ZAHN (Wilhelm) ORNAMENTE der KLASSISCHEN KUNST-EPOCHEN, nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthümlichen Farben dargestellt, 3. Auflage: 100 BEAUTIFUL COLOURED PLATES, some heightened with gold, with Descriptions in German and French, oblong folio, handsomely bound in hf. maroon morocco, cl. sides, g. e. (as good as new), £3. 3s (p. M. 108 sewn) Berlin, 1870 423 ZIELINSKI (Thaddäus v.) Die ANTIKE und WIR: Vorlesungen, autorisierte Übersetzung von E. SCHOELER, roy. 8vo. new buckram, uncut, t. e. g., 2s (p. M. 3)

FINE OLD BINDINGS:

Leipzig, 1905

424 ALMANACH ROYAL, Année 1766, 8vo. CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO, BACK TOOLED WITH FLEURS-DE-LYS, BROAD BORDER ON SIDES, CONSISTING OF A DOUBLE LINE TWISTED INTO CIRCLES, ENCLOSING ORNAMENTS, FORMING A PANEL WITHIN WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL AND ELABORATE GOLD TOOLING ENCLOSING THE LARGE ARMS OF Noblet de Romery, blue silk linings and ends, g. e. (A CHOICE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE), £22. 10s 1766

On the fly-leaf is pasted an interesting contemporary illustrated stationer's Trade Card A la Teste Noire,' dated Paris, 1766. 425 BIBLE (Holy), with engraved title, together with Book of COMMON PRAYER, 4to. (91 × 7 ins.), BLACK MOROCCO, THE SIDES AND BACK COVERED WITH GOLD AND SILVER TOOLING, ENCLOSED WITHIN PATTERNS FORMED BY COMBINATIONS OF THE WELL-KNOWN DRAWER-HANDLE TOOLS, PARTLY INLAID WITH BROWN MOROCCO, g. e., by MEARN, with Autograph of ANN PEARSON on title-page, and FAMILY REGISTER of the FAMILY of PEARSON, of St. Katherins, Dublin, from 1673 to 1693, at end, £21. Cambridge, 1675-7

426

427

Authorised Version, with the Psalms in Metre, bound in 2 vols. sm. 8vo. YELLOW MOROCCO, FULL GILT FLOREATE BACKS, THE SIDES COVERED IN RICH AND ELEGANT GILT TOOLED FLORAL ORNAMENTS ON AU POINTILLÉ GROUNDS, WITH CIRCULAR CENTRE FAN-SHAPED DESIGNS, g. e., A FINE EXAMPLE OF EARLY SCOTCH BINDING, IN EXCELLENT STATE, from the Collection of the late HENRY B. WHEATLEY, F.S.A., £4. 10s Edinburgh, A. Kincaid, 1758 Authorised Version, thick post 8vo. stereotype edition, BLUE MOROCCO, FULL GILT ORNAMENTAL BACK AND PANEL SIDES, INSIDE DENTELLES, PINK SILK DOUBLURES, JOINTS, g. e., from the late Duke of Cambridge's library, and that of the late HENRY B. WHEATLEY, F.S.A., with his fine armorial decorative BOOKPLATE (PRETTY COPY), £5. 5s Eyre and Strahan, n.d. 428 BLOTTER (12 × 10 ins.) formed from the sides of an old quarto book, bound in fine purple straight-grained morocco (c. 1810), with broad inch-and-a-half gold-tooled borders, ornamental centre panel, original red paper linings and ends, with old bookplate J. L.', and coronet with Prince of Wales's Feathers, £2. 5s

429

ANOTHER BLOTTER (10 × 7 ins.) formed from the Covers of an old SEVENTEENTH CENTURY SCOTCH BINDING, calf, covered with elaborate gold tooling (much tarnished), £1. 10s The last thing wanting to complete the harmonious ensemble of a room full of fine old Furniture, so often marred by the incongruities of modern stationery ware.

FINE OLD BINDINGS:

430 BANDELLO (Matteo) HISTOIRES TRAGIQUES, et mises en Langue françoise, les six premieres par P. BOISTUAU, surnommé LAUNAY, et les suivantes par F. DE BELLEFOREST, 7 vols. thick 18mo. CRIMSON MOROCCO EXTRA, g. e., by NIÉDRÉE (CHOICE COPY), £21. Rouen, 1603-4 431 CERUTTI (Joseph Antoine Joachim) (EUVRES MELÉES, 2 vols. CONTEMPORARY CRIMSON MOROCCO, RICHLY GILT BACKS, ORNAMENTAL GOLD BORDERS ON SIDES, yellow edges, with the ARMS OF PRINCE DE CONDÉ (IN FINE CONDITION), £12. 12s Glasgow et Paris, 1783 432 GUARINI (Battista) Il PASTOR FIDO, 4to. (93 × 7), OLIVE MOROCCO, WITH VERY RICH AND BEAUTIFUL DENTELLE BORDERS IN GOLD ON SIDES, GOLD TOOLED BACK, edges marbled and gilt, by Padeloup, with his ticket on the titlepage (A MOST BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE, IN PERFECT CONDITION), £68. Londra, par Enrico Chapelle librario in Grosvenor Street, 1736 433 HAYLEY (William) The TRIUMPHS of TEMPER: a Poem, with 7 very pretty plates after STOTHARD, post 8vo. CONTEMPORARY CRIMSON STRAIGHT-GRAINED MOROCCO, RICHLY GILT BACK, ORNAMENTAL PANELS ON SIDE, g. e. (A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BOOK), £1. 8s 1788

434 HUNT (James Henry Leigh) FOLIAGE; or Poems original and translated, first edition, post 8vo. new green crushed morocco extra, the sides and back almost wholly covered with gold leaves and branches, morocco doublure, and flyleaves, t. e. g., by DE SAUTY (A VERY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE VOLUME), £9. 9s C. and J. Ollier, 1818

435 INTELLECTUAL SENTIMENTS, explained by the STUDY of the SENSATIONS, by a YOUNG LADY, post 8vo. CONTEMPORARY CRIMSON STRAIGHT-GRAINED MOROCco, back tooled in blind and gold, broad panels on sides, enclosing large crowned monogram 'C.' (? QUEEn Charlotte), silk linings and ends, g. e., £2. 10s 1809

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439 SPECTATOR (The), to which is added a large Preface never before published, 8 vols. post 8vo. CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO EXTRA, gilt backs, and gold borders on sides (FINE SET), the binding in very sound condition, £10. Dublin, 1728

POPE PIUS THE SIXTH'S COPY:

440 STEVENS (John) The HISTORY of the ANTIENT ABBEYS, MONASTERIES, HOSPITALS, CATHEDRALS, and COLLEGIATE CHURCHES being two ADDITIONAL VOLUMES to SIR WILLIAM DUGDALE'S MONASTICON ANGLICANUM, with plates of habits, and fine views (many folding) engraved by E. KIRKALL, 2 vols. folio, RED MOROCCO EXTRA, RICHLY GILT BACKS, THREE-LINE BORDER ON SIDES, CORNER-PIECES CONSISTING OF SMALL FLORAL SPRAYS, g. e., by DEROME, with the Arms of Pope Pius VI. on the sides, and the TOWNLEY BOOKPLATE, £35. 1722 441 TAJ-ul-IKBAL (HISTORY of BHOPAL), printed in Hindostani, folio, with ornamental title, hf. brown Niger-like morocco, the leather extending right round the edges of the volume, and painted with alternate segments of squares, divided by yellow lines (AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF NATIVE BINDING), £2. 2s A. H. 1289 [1876]

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BOOKS ON BOOKBINDING:

442 BOUCHET (Henri, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris) Les RELIURES d'ART à la BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE; 80 beautiful autotype fss. of fine examples, with Descriptions, roy. 8vo. handsomely bound in crushed brown Levant morocco, inside dentelles, uncut, t. e. g. (nice copy), £3. 3s 1891 443 BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB:-ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of the EXHIBITION of BOOK BINDINGS, with Introductions by E. GORDON DUFF and MISS PRIDEAUX, with 113 beautiful plates, mostly in GOLD AND COLOURS, thick impl. 4to. original cl. (SCARCE), £13. 13s 1891 444 CATALOGUE of the Collection of Books in VALUABLE BINDINGS of the late PROFESSOR W. H. CORFIELD, COMPLETE, with 58 fine COLOURED PLATES, and the PRICES and PURCHASERS' NAMES, 8vo. hf. morocco, t. e. g., by Roger de Coverly and Sons, £3. 3s 1904 445 TECHENER (J. et L.; libraires) HISTOIRE de la BIBLIOPHILIE, RELIURES: Recherches sur les Bibliothèques des plus célèbres Amateurs; ARMORIAL des BIBLIOPHILES; with 42 large and very beautiful plates of bindings, and 3 plates of armorial bearings by J. JACQUEMART, impl. folio, hf. morocco, t. e. g., with the original wrappers bound in (SCARCE), £7. 10s

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