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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    528° CARTE (Thos.) History of the Life of, valuable Collection of Letters, &c., 3 vols, folio, _ FINE copy, old brown calf nt., 15s 1736 The best History of the Irish Rebellion extant. 529 CARY.—Memoir of Miss C. Cary, who was retained in the Service of the Queen (CAROLINE) tion of the Recriminations, 3 vols, 8vo, fine PORTRAIT, bds., SCARCE, 15s 1825 This work was suppressed, it contains much scandalous matter. Mackenzie’s copy sold for £6 6s. 580 Castilto (B.) CourryEr necessarie and pro- fitable for Young Gentlemen and Gentlewomen abyding in Court or Palace, done into English by T. Hoppy, sm. 4to, Black Wetter, woodcut title, good copy, old half russia nt., £2 8s 1561 The second book entreats of Merry Jestes and Pranks (Stories and Tales of the Boccaccio style). This work is em- phatically termed by the Italians, The Golden Book. Marsh’s copy sold for £6 6s. Pyne’s £6 10s. 531 CATHEDRAL or Sauispury, History of, by Wm. Dodsworth, 4to, many fine plates, half blue morocco extra, gilt top edges, 128 6d (pub at £5 5s) 1814 532 CATHOLICKS (Roman) Request to, with ~ Queries on the Popes Power, 1687—Carolan (Neal, Parish Priest in Neath) Conversion to the OaTHOLICK Fair, 1688—Defence of the Mis- sionaries Arts, 1689—Reformed Church of Eng- land by the Parists, 1683—Pope PIvs, HIS NEw CREED, 1689—Answer to a PopisH PRIEST, 1689 —Roman Forgeries, 1689—Romr’s SUPREMACY OpposED, 1678—Legacy of Hersert, Lord Bp. of Hereford, 1679—Controversies of ENGLAND AND THE CHURCH, OF RomE, 1689—INvocaATION OF Saints, 1684—and others, in.a very thick vol, sm. 4to, bds., ALL UNCUT, RARE COLLECTION, £1 10s 1678—89 5383 CATULLUS.—Recensuit J. Wilkes, sm. 4to, FINE COPY, brown calf gilt extra, gilt edges, by RoGER PAYNE, 9s 1788 Wilkes for a wager to print a Work without an error is- sued this edition, of which only a few copies were printed for presents. Thorold’s copy £2 14s—Towneley £1 17s. 534 Caxton (Gdim.) Game and Play of Chesse, 4to, black letter, 28 large and curious woodcuts, antique calf extra, £1 1s Caxton, 1478 This isa most exact reprint of the work as originally published by Caxton. A copy of the original recently sold for over £1000. Only 80 copies reproduced. 635 Carton, Statutes of Henry VII., exact facst- mile of the UNIQUE ORIGINAL in Slack Detter, 4to, FINE COPY, antique calf extra, £1 88 Gam. Carton, 1489 of the original only three copies are known to exist, neither of these will ever come into the market to be sold, and of this facsimile, only 50 were reproduced. 5386 Carton (ddam.) Golden Wegend, with In- troduction and Memoir of Caxton, by ALFRED ASPLAND, folio, nwmerous rude woodcuts, also plates from the Dutch Edition, cloth bds. neat, ONLY A FEW PRINTED, £1 1s Caxton, 1488 537 Caxton (Pon) Arte and Crafte to know well unique original, on old paper, ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED, 18s 6d Caxton, 1480 The Original is worth £1000 or more. 538 Warton (GdAm.) Wrapers, printed by Com- mandment of the Princess ELIZABETH, sm. 4to, black letter, cut of the Crucifixion, an exact 25 facsimile of the UNIQUE, ORIGINAL, neat vellum, 10s 6d Am. Carton, 1490—1869 The only copy known of the. original is the one in the of, by Chas. Knight, 8vo, portraits, facsimiles of woodcuts, devices, etc., sewed, 38 1877 illustrating the Art of PRinTING, contains the fine collection of BrsuEs from 1450, 8vo, 38 1877 thick 4to, richly illustrated by Dorz, new half red mor. extra, 98 (cost £2 2s) N.D. Sigismunda, 2 vols, 8vo, beautiful plates and vignettes in the style of Moreau, calf gilt neat, 6s 6d Madrid, 1781 translated from the SPANISH of 1613, 2 vols, cr. 8vo, BEST EDITION, half mor. nt., 73 6d 1822 Portery and PoRcELAIN, with Notices of each Manufactory, thick roy. 8vo, ILLUSTRATED with upwards of 3000 woodcuts, cloth bds. nt., NICE cory, £1 10s 1876 545 CHAP BOOKS.—Nisard (C.) Histoire des Livres Populaires, ou de la Litterature du Col- portage depuis le XVe Siecle, 2 vols, thick roy. 8vo, Best EpImrion, many singular and rude woodcuts on INDIA Paver, half red morocco nt., gilt top edges, uncut, £1 1s Paris, 1854 One of the most interesting works ever published on Popular Literature and Superstitions: generally brings £2 2s to £3 8s at Auctions. 546 CHAP BOOKS.—Life and Surprising Adven- tures of Baron Trench, frontispiece, 1812— Lermos and Rosa, or the Fortunate Gipsey Girl, col. frontispiece—Recluse of the Woods, col. frontispiece—Innocent Orphan Distressed ; in 1 vol, 8vo, half calf nt., 7s 6d 547 CHAPMAN (G.) Dramatic Works, now first collected, with Notes and Memoir of the Author, 3 vols, cr. 8vo, bds., wncut, 10s 6d =1598—1873 548 CHARLES I.—Works of the Great Martyr, includes E1rKon-BASILIKE, with Life and Letters, thk. folio, port. and folding plates, clean in old calf, 10s 6d. 1687 549 CHARLES I. anp Crvin War.—Vicars (John) England Parliamentary Chronicle : or Narrative of the Proceedings of the Crvin War, from 1641 to 1646, 4 PARTS, COMPLETE in 3 vols, sm. 4to, VERY FINE PERFECT COPY, RUSSIA SUPER EXTRA BY ROGER PAYNE, the sides tooled to a GronieR PaTrern, broad tooled joints, gilt edges, £3 18s 1644—6 ORIGINAL and EXCESSIVELY RARE Epirion of this curi- ous work, full of interesting relations of Battles, Storm- ing and Plundering Towns, Villages, Castles, Mansion Houses in all parts of England and Wales, not to be met with in any other work. Names of Persons killed, &c., with full indexes to each part. Hibbert’s copy sold for £10 10s, and others in recent years for £20 and upwards. 550 CHARLES I.—ErKon BastLiKke, The Por- traicture of his Sacred Majesty in his Solttudes and Sufferings, 8vo, folding plate by Marshall, extra port. inserted, FINE COPY, half blue mor. nt., RARE, £1 1s No Place, 1648 At the end is Bp. Juxon’s Praiers. A copy of this edi- tion recently sold at Sotheby’s for £3 10s. 551 CHARLES L., Portrait by Vertue, folio size, very fine, 3s 6d
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