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![oy es ates Se Wid lat AF Bat Peed 122 [Amory (Thomas)] The Life of John Buncle, Esq.; Containing Various Obser- vations and Reflections, Made in Several Parts of the World; and Many Extra- ordinary Relations. London, J. Noon, 1756 £1 10s 8vo. 511 pp. Calf, rebacked. First Epirion. It was ten years before Amory published the second volume (1766). Perhaps Hazlitt for once was not quite correct when he said that the soul of Rabelais had passed into Amory. For the book is a very English mingling of philosophical discussion, religiosity and amor. 123 Arbuthnet (Archibald) Memoirs of the Remarkable Life and Surprizing Adven- tures of Miss Jenny Cameron, a Lady, who by her Attachment to the Person and Cause of the Young Pretender, has Render’d herself Famous by her Exploits in his Service. London, R. Walker, 1746 15s 8vo. 280 pp. Calf, rebacked. 124 Authentic Anecdotes of the Life and Transactions of Mrs. Margaret Rudd: Con- sisting of a Variety of Facts hitherto Un- known to the Public. Addressed in a Series of Letters to the now (by a Late Act of Parliament), Miss Mary Lovell. ‘London, J. Bew, 1776 5202S pn Tall 12mo. 2 vols.in 1. Portrait by Bartolozzi (slightly soiled). New half calf, uncut copy, with i the original blue wrappers preserved. No title- 2 page to Vol. 2. 3 125 Awfull Warnings to Vicious Companions. —Memoirs of Two young Gentlemen. Exhibiting the Most Striking Instances of the Seduction and Snares to which young People are Liable, and the Horrors Conse- quent upon Vice and Dissipation. London, Alexander Cleugh, Ratcliff Highway, 1791 Tall 12mo. 386 pp. New half calf. 30s _ 126 [Bail (Le Sieur du)] The Famous Chinois : or, The Loves of Several of the French Nobility, under Borrowed Names. Witha Key Annexed. London, E. O. for Thomas Dring, 1669 Bound with :— [La Mothe (Marie Catherine, Comtesse d’Aulnoy)}| Memoirs of the Court of France. In Two Parts . By Madam L.M.D., Author of the Voyage into Spain. London, R. Bentley and T. Benett, 1692 £3 10s Not is Esdaile. The Dedication to Sir Adam Felton is signed P.B., presumably Peter Bellon, obliging Ladies, of all sorts and complexions, all Beauties, and endow’d with a world of wit and good nature, Pick and chuse, Sir; they will comply with their chapman on _ reasonable terms,”’ 8vo, 2 vols.in 1. Calf, rebacked. A rather distinguished copy, as the original small 8vo sheets have been inlaid throughout on f full-sized 8vo paper; apparently a contemporary oo labour of love. 127 Beard (Thomas) The Theatre of Gods ie Judgements: Revised and Augmented. : Wherein is Represented the admirable Justice of God against all Notorious CABLE ADDRESS: ate BOOKSELLERS, Sinners, both great and small; but es pecially against the Most Finincee Persons — of the World, whose Transcendent Power — Breaketh thorow the Barres of Humane _ Justice’... Collected out of sacred: ae siasticall and Prophane Histories. Now Thirdly Printed, and Encreased with many more Examples. London, Adam _ Islip, 1631 £2 sae Sm. 4to. 592 pp. Modern half calf, lacks blank — leaf, Al. First published in 1597. Cited by Esdaile (Introduction) as having perhaps suggested a later and very popular book of deterrent stories, Reynolds’ Triumphs of Gods Revenge against Murther, 1621. But it doubtlessly offered and suggested matter for many subsequent warning accounts of Murder, Rapes, Adulteries, Incests, | Dicers and Card Players, and Drunkards. 128 Besant (Sir Walter) and Rice (James) The Golden. Butterfly, A Novel. London, Tinsley Brothers, 1876 10s 8vo. 3 vols. Original cloth. First EpIitTIon. 5 129 [Bignon (Jean Paul)] The Adventures of — Abdalla, Son of Hanif. Sent by the Sultan of the Indies to make a Discovery of the Island of Borico, where the Fountain which Restores Past Youth is Supposed ~ to be Found. Also an Account of the Travels of Rouschen, a Persian Lady, to— the Topsy-Turvy Island, Undiscover’d to this: Day~. Translated into French > from an Arabick Manuscript Found at Batavia by Mr. de Sandisson: and now Done into English by William Hatchett, Gent. London, Tho. Worrall, 1729 25s 8vo. 169 pp. 8 plates. Modern half morocco. - Name written on title-page. 130 Blackmore (R. D.) Lorna Doone: a Romance of Exmoor. London, Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1869 £2 10s 8vo. 3 vols. New cloth. Title-page of Vol. 1 in printed facsimile. First EpItIon. 131 Braddon (Mary Elizabeth) The Story © of Barbara; Her Splendid Misery, and Her Gilded Cage. Stereotyped Edition. London, John and Robert Maxwell, n.pD. Svo.- 320 pp. Half vellum. 10s. Inserted is an autograph note from the author, — dated from Lichfield House, Richmond : “To Ellen Terry, a tiny Jubilee offering, from “M. E, Braddon. June 25th, 1906.” 132 [Bronté (Anne)} The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. By Acton Bell. New York, Harper’ & Brothers, 1848 7s 6d Probably lacks half-title. Slightly spotted. Published the same year as the English First — Edition. 133 Burnet (Thomas) A Second Tale of a Tub: or, The History of Robert-Powel, the Puppet-Show Man. The Second Edition, — London, J. Roberts, 1715 15s 8vo. 219 pp. Calf, rebacked. A satire on Walpole. An amusing book, ude 4 given by Esdaile. Sir Thomas Burnet (1694- -1753), was the second son of Bishop Burnet, and a Whig. Beginning with an early manhood of wit and debauchery, he took seriously to the Law, — and ended as Justice of the Common Pleas. a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33159142_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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