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![103:ALDINE Counterrert.—Prudentius et alii Poet Christiani, 8vo, THE KXTREMELY RARE ALDINE COUNTERFEIT—see Renouard, vol 2, FINE copy, brown morocco super extra, gilt sides, tooled _ edges, facsimile of the original binding, £1 1s sine nota, sed Lugduni, circa 15038 Syston Park copy sold for £4 10s. The present volume is a pretty specimen of modern binding. 104 ALDROVANDI (Ulyssis) Opera Omnia, Orni- thologia, Piscibus, Quadrupedibus, 10 vols, thk. folio, several Thousand curious. woodcuts of Birds, Fishes, MonstRosIties, &c., FINE COPY, old brown calf nt., £2 8s 1642 Copies of this work have sold for 20 GuINEAS. 105 ALEMAN (M.) SpanisH Rocus, Life of Guz- MAN DE ALFARACHE, from the Spanish, 2 vols in 1, sm, folio, contains the leaf of Verses by BEN JONSON, Goop Copy, old calf nt.. £1 1s ~ 1634 In the Retrospective Review there is an excellent notice of this very curions work, which contains a vast fund of amusing tales, stories and adventures. 106 ALEXANDER (Sir Wm., Earl of Stirling) Dramatic Works, The Monarchicke Tragedies, Crasus,, Darius, ALEXANDR#AN and JULIUS CaHSAR, 12mo, title and leaf in facsimile, red morocco extra, gut edges, £1 18s 1616 This edition varies.considerably from the other ones. Valued in the Bibl, Ang]. Poet., wanting a leaf, £21, Bind- ley’s copy sold for £32 11s. The Monarchicke Tragedies of this noble author had high honour of Shakespeare’s adoption. Present copy cost late owner £10 10s, see slip. 107 ALEXANDER(Wm.)HistoryofWomen, Dress, Ornaments, . CoURTSHIP, MatRIMoNy, Customs, 2 vols, 8vo, curious work, calf very nt., 98 1782 108 ALEXIS’s Les Secrets, contenans excellens re- medes contre plusieurs. Maladies, distillations, parfums, etc., sm. 4to, FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, FINE COPY, calf very neat, 15s 4 Anvers, 1557 109 ALLASON’s (T.) Antiquities of Pota, imp. folio, 16 beautiful large engravings by J. M. W. Turner, G. Cooke, etc., half morocco nt., uncut, 10s 6d-(pub at £5 5s) 1819 110 ALLEN’s History of YorxKsHiRz, including the City of York, 3 vols, thick 4to, LARGE PAPER, bewutiful plates, PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, ORIGINAL copy, cloth bds., uncut, £2, 2s 1829 An elegant, illustrated County History, and only a few printed, pub at £8 8s, see label. y 111 ALLEN (Wnm.) Kitrine No MurDER, sim. 4to, the ORIGINAL EDITION, half morocco neat, RARE, 10s 6d Printed 1689 This edition printed clandestinely is exceedingly scarce. The real author ofthis famous pamphlet, which is said to have struck such a terror into the mind of Cromwell, was the celebrated Col. Silas Titus. Drake’s copy £3 3s. 112 ALPINE Scenery,—Beaumont (A.) Travels through the Maritimz Aups, and Views in the South of France, with Topographical Descrip- tions, 2 vols in 1, folio, maps and niumerous large and splendid plates of ALPINE SCENERY, dc., in the style of CLAUDE, FINE COPY, bright old calf gut extra, 188 6d (pub £10 10s) 1795 113 ALPINE SCENERY.—Brockedon’s Passes of the Atps, 2 vols, 4to, maps and over 100 beau- tiful plates by Finden of ALPINe SCENERY, with Copious Descriptions, cloth bds. neat, wneut, , £1 5s (pub at £10 10s) 1828 A very cheap copy of this fine work, 114 ALPINE Scenery.—Cockburn (Major) Pic- turesque Views of SwirzERLAND, with descrip- tive text, thick 4to, LaRGE PAPER, 60 beautiful plates by Heath, Goodall, &c., of Lake and ALprne SCENERY, HANDSOME COPY, green morocco super extra, full gilt back, broad ornamental border of gold on sides, gilt edges, £1 1s 1820 A beautiful volume. ‘Book and binding cost £10 10s. ‘ ILLUSTRATED, 2 vols, 4to, 100 beautiful plates of ALPINE, Lake and Mountain Scenery, from draw- ings by BARTLETT, ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS, NICE copy, half green morocco extra, gilt edges, 15s (cost £4 4s) - 1836 116 AMADIS pr GaAvuLE, RoLanD 1’ AMOUREUX, ROLAND FURIEUX, POESIES et autre CHUVRES par du Louis ComTE de TrEssAN, 10 vols, 8vo, por- trait and many charming plates by MARILLIER, calf gilt neat, gilt edges, £1 8s Paris, 1787 The plates seldom occur in this scarce set of books. Priced in a London -Bookseller’s Catalogue £8 18s 6d. 117 AMATORY EPIGRAMS—Monerii(Martialis) Epigrammata (Amatory), 8vo, old brown morocco extra, gold line tooling, gilt edges, PADELOUP’S BINDING, RARE, 12s 6d Burdigale..1573 One of the first books printed at Bourdeaux, see Cotton, @ very curious volume (BECKFORD Copy sold £3 3s). AMERICANA, see end of Catalogue. ’ 118 AMES (J.) Typographical Antiquities, His- torical Account of PRinTING in ENGLAND, from Caxton, Memoirs of Ancient Printers, Registers ‘of Books, etc.. 4to, portraits, plates of Types, De- vices, ete., calf very neat, 16s ' 1749 119 AMMON (Jost) Stand und Orden der H. Ro- mischen Catholischen Kirchen, sm, 4t0, ORIGI- NAL EDITION, 102 spirited woodcuts illustrating the various Costumes, Male und: Female, of the Monastic ORDERS OF THE ROMAN CHURCH,’ FINE COPY, new calf gilt extra, RARE, £2 2s 1585 Copies usually sell at sales from £5 to £6. Bedford copy as . £8 8s. 120: AMOURS Pastorales de DaPHNIs ET CHLOE, traduites par AMyYoT, sm. 8vo, 28 most beautiful plates from the designs of the REGENT D’ORLEANS, FINE COPY, bright old gilt calf nt., gilt edges, bookplates of former owners, £1 1s 1776 RaRF, copies have sold as high as £10. 121 AMOURS.—La Flandre Galante, Les Con- quetes, Amoureuses, Galantertes, etc., 12mo, singular front., FINE COPY, original uncut state, old ex libris of Rt. Hon. the LORD BRACCO, RARE, 1.98 Cologne, 1709 122 AMOURS (Les) de Tibulle, 3 vols, sm. 8vo, many curious plates in the style of HISEN, FINE copy, brown calf gilt neat, 15s Paris, 1732 123. ANACREON.—Opera. Grace cum), Latine versione, Notis.et Indice, cura Maittaire, 4to, large type, only 100 copies printed, FINE COPY, bright old calf gilt neat, 9s 1725 Of this rare and splendid edition only 100 copies were struck off.—Drspin. Cutting of a copy priced £2 12s 6d. 124 AN ACRE ON.—Convivialia Semiambia, GRACE, cum Versione Latine, folio, LARGE PAPER, the Codex engraved, and wlustrated with many large copper-plate engravings in the style of Bar- TOLOZZI, FINE COPY, bright old gilt calf neat, RARE, £1 1s Rome, 1781 The Codex is a facsimile of the Vatican MS. of the tenth century. Bedford copy sold for £3 10s. 125 ANCIENT Classic, circa 7th Century.—Vir- gilius Opera, facsimile of the FAMOUS MEDICEAN MANUSCRIPT, sm. 4to, FINE COPY, russia, gilt leather joints, gilt edges, £1 88. Florent., 1741 An accurate facsimile of one of the’ most Ancient and valuable MSS. in the world. The types are cut to imitate the letters of the MS. Heber’s copy sold for £3 10s).](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33157364_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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