Sales catalogue 341: William Ridler

Date:
November 1899
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/45/5
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 341: William Ridler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    877 BIRDS.—Albin (E.) Histoire Naturelle des! OISEAUX, 8 vols, 4to, 300 plates of Birds, most BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED BY HAND, bright old gilt calf very neat, £1 10s 1750 Copies have sold for £10 10s. Very CHEAP Copy. I once sold a copy same state as this for £6 6s. 378 BIOGRAPHIA Britannica, or Lives of the most eminent Persons of GREaT BRITAIN and IRELAND, from the Earliest Ages, 7 vols, sm. foliv, brown calf nt., FINE COPY, 15s 1747 ‘Indispensable work in every histo1ical library.”— LownpDEs. Steeven’s copy sold for £7 10s, Bindley’s £8 12s. This copy cost late owner £8 8s —see printed slip. 379 BIRINGUCCIO (Van) Pyrotechnie, ou Art du Feu, sm. 4to. very numerous CURIOUS WOOD- cuts, including BELL Maxina, old half calf nt., 16s Paris, 1572 This has always been considered a standard book on Metallurgy, and extremely rare. 880 lack Wetter.—Magna Charta, cum aliis Antiqui Statutis, 2 vols in 1, thick 12mo, tzéles within woodcut borders, old brown calf nt. RARE, £1 1s @. Berthelet, 1531—2 Berthelet, the printer of this work was one of Caxton’s a and the first printer having the King’s Privi- edge. 381 slack Letter.—Che Great Charter made in Kyneg Henry THyrpr’s TIME, with divers other CHARTERS AND STaTUTES made in ED- WARDE F rst REIGNE, thick sm. 8vo, printed in large black letter type, small part of title in facsimile, LARGE COPY, in old vellum binding, VERY RARE, £1 8s Tuos. Petyt, 1542 The first edition in English, and one of the first books printed in St. PauLe’s CouRcH YARD. 382 Black Getter—Henry VIII.—Necessary Doctrine and Eruditione for any Christen Man, set furthe by the Kynges MaJesrik& of ENGLAND, etc., sm. 4to, First EDITION, LARGE COPY, tzéle and 2 leaves in old MSS., old gilt calf nt., Royal book plate, VERY RARE, £2 2s @. Berifelet, 1543 A most important aud valuable book known as the King’s book. Pyne copy sold for £10 10s—another re cently for over £20. 383 Glack detter.—Thomas (Wm.) Historie of Irate, a Boke profitable to bee red because it | treateth of divers Commonweales,sm. 4to, LARGE copy, woodcut title, First Epition, calf very nt., rare, £1 15s @. Gerthelet, 1549 The author was condemned to be burnt by Q. Mary on account of his remarks on the Bishops aud Popes of Rome, &e.—his book was suppressed, and the copies publicly burnt. Smith copy sold for £10 10s, Napier’s £8 18s 6d. 384 WGlack Metter.— Actes of Puiiurere & Mary, Subsedye of the Clergy, etc., sm. folio, woodcut title with royal arms, FINE Copy, half calf neat, £1 1s J. Cawood, 1558 Acts of Philip and Mary’s time are VERY RARE. Fine specimen of early English Printing. 385 Slack tetter.—Coberdale (MA ples) Certain most Godly, fruitful, and Comfortable letters of such Saintes and Hoty Martyrs of Gop as in the late Bloodye Persecution here within this realme gave their Lyves for the Defence of Christes Holy Gospel, written in the tyme of their affliction and Cruell Imprisonment, thick sm. 4to, title within border, and woodcut on title, LARGE PERFECT COPY, small corner of title defective, old calf binding, £4 10s 1564 ExcrssivELy Rare. This copy has the four leaves after the Table which were issued subsequently to the ! publishing ofthe work, and are very often deficient. Priced by Lilly in one of his last Catalogues £8 18s 6d. 19 386 Black Letter.—Nowell (Alex.) Reproufe of a Booke entitled A Proufe of Certayne Articles in Religion denied by M. Juell, set furth by THos. Dorman, B.D., and printed at Antwerpe, 1564, sm. 4to, black letter, orIGINAL EDITION, LARGE SOUND copy, half calf neat, £3 38s 1565 Apparently a large paper copy of this work, unknown to Lowndes this size. 387 lack Wetter.—Hardinge (M.) Answeare to the Replie on the groundes of the RoMAINE RELIGION whiche of late hath bene accompted CATHOLIQUE, stout sm. folio, FINE copy, brown calf very nt., rare, 15s 3H. WAvkes, 1566 388 Glack wetter—Bullinger (Henry) Hundred Sermons upon the Apocualipse faythfully cor- rected and amended, thick sm. 4to, dedicated to Sir THos. WENTWORTH, LARGE SOUND COPY, with printer’s device at end, old calf nt., gilt edges, 12s 6d John Daye, 1573 389 Black Metter.—Seneca, his tenne TracsE- DIES, translated into English, by Hrywoop and NEWTON, sm. 4to, First Epirrion, Large Cory, title wanting, calf nt., rare, 15s 1581 One of those Karly English Translations so highly prized by Philological Collectors for the OBsoLETE ENG- LIsH Worps, see also Whailey in his Learning of SHAKE- SPEARE. Napier’s copy sold £12 10s—Bibl. Anglo. Poet. £8 8s—Smyth, £13 10s. 390 Glack #etter.—Stocker (Thos.) Tragicall Historie and Civil Warres of the Lowe Coun- TRIES, with the Burbarous Crueltie and TyRran- NIE of the SPANIARDS, sm. 4to, Lance Sounp copy, dedicated to Rospert DUDLEY ERLE of LEICESTER, original calf binding, £1 1s 1583 A copy sold, May 1897, at Sotheby’s for £5 10s. 391 Black Wetter.—Colynet (Ant.) True His- tory of the Crvitt Warres of FRANCE, thick sm. 4to, title within a woodcut border, LARGE Copy, calf very nt., £1 1s T. Woodeock, 1591 A most rare work, the Crawford copy sold for £5 5s. 392 Glack BWetter.—Womtltes—Certaine Ser- mons, appointed by the Queenes Majestie tu be declared and read by all Parsons, Vicars and Curates, &c., in their CHURCHES, 2 vols in 1, thick sm. 4to, woodcut titles, VERY FINE COPY, brown morocco super extra, gut edges, by PRaTT, edition unknown to Lowndes, £2 10s 1595 RarF, includes the Homilie against Rebellion. 393 Black Letter.—Sidney (Sir Philip) Worke concerning the Christian Religion, from the French of Philip of Mornay, sm. 4to, dedicated to Henry PrIncE of WALES, several old Auto- graphs on flyleaf, Lance Cory, old vellum bind- ing, 10s 6d 1617 394 BLAKE (W.)—The Gates of Paradise, 4to, many tinted plates, facsimile of the RarE OrIcI- NAL, ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED, half morocco neat, uncut, 12s 6d 17938 395 BLAKE (W.)—Hayley’s (W.) Triumphs of Temper, a Poem, with beuutiful engravings by BuaKgE, cr. 8vo, clean state for binding, 6s 6d’ 1803 White’s copy sold for £2 3s. 396 BLAKE and Bewick.—Thornton (R. J.) Pastorals of VirGiL, with Descriptions in Eng- lish and Latin, 2 vols, 8vo, 230 beautiful plates and woodcuts by WM. Buake, the Bewicks, and CRUIKSHANK, FINE Copy, new calf gilt extra, yellow edges, rare, L2 2s 1821 The last copy of this book sold at Sotheby’s Auction Rooms produced £6 6s. Jupp copy sold for £6 10s, ,
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