31 ELIZABETH (Queen), The FUNERAL PROCESSION of, from a drawing of the time, supposed to be by WILLIAM CAMDEN, then Clarencieux King at Arms, which was in the possession of John Wilmot, Esq., and by him deposited in the British Museum, 7 fine folding copperplates mounted on linen, impl. folio, bound in purple Levant morocco extra, gilt edges, gold lines and arms on side (RARE), £7. 10s

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81* ENGLISH HISTORY: A Complete Series of English Histories by the best Authorities, chronologically arranged and covering the complete period from Pre-historic Times to the Diamond Jubilee, BEST LIBRARY EDITIONS, 77 vols. newly and beautifully bound in straight-grained morocco super-extra, uncut, top edges gilt, each author in a different colour: a very valuable set, RARE, £157. 10s 1849-1901

CONTENTS:-DAWKINS (W. BOYD), Early Man in Britain, and his place in the Tertiary Period, with woodcuts, '80: GUEST (EDWIN), Origines Celticae, port., 2 v. 'S3: KEMBLE (JOHN MITCHELL), The Saxons in England; a History of the Commonwealth to the Norman Conquest, 2 v. 49: FREEMAN (EDWARD A.), History of the Norman Conquest of England, its Causes and its Results, with Index, 6 v. '70-'79 : — The History of the Reign of William Rufus, 2 v. 82: TURNER (SHARON), History of England during the Middle Ages; the Reigns from the Norman Conquest to Edward I., 5 v. '30: RAMSAY (SIR JAMES H.), Lancaster and York, a Century of English History, maps and illustrations, 2 v. '92: BREWER (J. S.), The Reign of Henry VIII., from his Accession to the Death of Wolsey, port., 2 v., '84: FROUDE (JAMES ANTHONY), History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 12 v. '58-70: GARDINER (SAMUEL RAWSON), Accession of James I. to Disgrace of Chief-Justice Coke, 1603-16, 2 v. '63: Prince Charles and the Spanish Marriage, 1617-23, 2 v. '69: — England under the Duke of Buckingham and Charles I., 1624-8, 2 v. '75:- Personal Government of Charles I., 1628-37, 2 v. '77 Fall of the Monarchy, 1637-49, 2 v. '82: Great Civil War, 1642-9, 3 v. '86-91: History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660, 3 v. 94-1901: MACAULAY (LORD), History of England, from Accession of James II. [to the Death of William III.], 5 v. '50-'61: LECKY (RT. HON. WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE), History of England in the XVIIIth Century, 8 v. '79-'90: MCCARTHY (Justin), History of the Four Georges, 4 v. '84-1901: WALPOLE (SPENCER), History of England from the conclusion of the Great War in 1815, 5 v. 78-86: MCCARTHY (JUSTIN), History of Our Own Times, from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the Diamond Jubilee, 5 v. '98-'97.

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91 GOLDSMITH (Oliver) The DESERTED VILLAGE: a Poem, vignette on title-page, first edition, A REMARKABLY FINE COPY, COMPLETE WITH HALF-TITLE, 4to. mottled calf extra, gilt edges (exceedingly rare), £42.

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'To Mr. James Basire, in acknowledgment of his great merit in the execution of his part of the Work. This Book is presented by his Friend and Servant The Author-June 17th, 1786.' The most splendid work I ever saw, and which I congratulate myself on having lived long enough to see.'-Horace Walpole. Many copies of this valuable work were destroyed by fire, particularly the third volume. Few copies are found free from stains.'-Lowndes. The Fonthill copy fetched £92. 88, Sir M. M. Sykes's £88. 4s, and the Marquess Townshend's and North's copies £73. 10s each.

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94 GRADUALE ROMANUM de TEMPORE et SANCTIS [Typis maximis et Cantus Gregoriani Notis illustratum]; printed throughout upon Vellum, in red and black, the musical Notation very large on five lines; the handsome engraved title, frontispiece, and large initials partly coloured, at the first page beginning the Psalm Ad te levavi' a large historiated 'A' in gold and colours, representing David playing on the Harp, folio (19 × 11 inches), in the original oaken beards covered with stamped leather, held together by two leathern straps fastened by a brass boss (VERY RARE, AND IN SPLENDID CONDITION), £52. 10s Antwerpiæ ex OFF. PLANTINIANA apud Joannem Moretum, 1599 This grand old Choir Book appears to have been printed for the use of the Jesuit College of St. Bertin at St. Omer's, having first undergone a rigorous revision.

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