Sales catalogue 329: William Ridler

Date:: 1899

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/45/1

Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 329: William Ridler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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= * 214 ASTRONOMICAL Discourse of the JuDGE- MENT OF NaTIvitiEs by Oger Ferrier, translated by Thos. Kelway, sm. 4to, wormed in the back margins, otherwise a LARGE COPY, half calf neat, RARE, 15s 1642 215 ATHENIAN LETTERS : Epistolary Corres- _ pondence during the Peloponnesian War (by Lord Hardwicke, Hon. Charles York, Dr. Birch and others) 2 vols, 4to, many splendid portraits - after ROMNEY, BURNEY, &c,, BRILLIANT IMPRES- SIONS, FINE COPY, rich old gilt English red mo- rocco extra, gilt edges, £1 1s 1798 This was Brockett’s copy and sold in his sale for £4 4s. 216 A VISIT to the Monastery of La TRAPPE, with a Tour through Normanby, by W. FEL- LOWES, 4to, LARGE PAPER, many most BRILLIANT COLOURED PLATES of Scenery, morocco extra, bor- ders of gold on sides, gilt edges, 188 6d 1823 CxHoicE copy. Book and binding cost £6 6s. 217 AVON.—Ireland (S.) Picturesque Views on the WARWICKSHIRE Avon, thick roy. 8vo, 30 beautiful plates of views of famous places of WARWICKSHIRE, and of Shakespearian Interest, Old Houses, &c., calf gilt, 10s 6d 1795 218 BACON (Lord Francis) Sylva Sylvarum, or a Naturall Historie, with the New Atlantis, sm. folio, FIRST EDITION, portrait and a fine engraved front. by Cecill, FINE copy, original brown calf nt., 158 1631—5 219 BACON (F.) Naturali et Universali Philoso- phia, thick 12mo, THE RARE ELZEVIR EDITION, pretty engraved front., FINE COPY, wrapping vel- lum nt., 63 6d . Euzevir, 1653 220 BACON (N.) Historical Discourse of the Laws and Government of ENGLAND, firom the first times, folio, FINE CoPY, old calf nt., 9s 1739 The author was very bitter against the clergy. After editions are much altered. 221 BALFOUR (Sir James) Historical Works, (ANNALS OF ScoTLaND, &c.), from the original MSS. by James Haig, 4 vols, 8vo, portrait, calf gilt, 10s 6d (pub at £3 3s) Edin,, 1825 222 BAILEY (N.) English Dictionary of OBSOLETE and Cant Words and Terms, County DIALECTS, &c., thick folio, woodcuts af arms, FINE COPY, old brown calf nt., 10s 6d 1730 Of great value to readers of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, and Plays of their period, &c. 223 BALLADS.—Percy (T.) Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, consisting of Old Heroic Bat- LADS, Songs, &c., of our Earlier Poets, 3 vols, 8vo, vignettes, Frrst EpITion, contains several Bawxaps left out of later ones, old brown calf nt., FINE COPY, SCARCE, £1 1s 1765 The Smith copy lately sold for £3 3s. 224 BALLADS.—Collection of Loran Sones against the Rump Parliament, 1639—1661, variety of BALLADS, Merry and Diverting, 2 vols, sm. 8vo, clean in old calf neat, 12s 6d 1731 Amusing collection of the quaint ballads, shouted at the Puritan and Cromwell party by the Cavaliers. 225 BALLADS.—Evans (Thos.) OLD BALLADS, Historical and Narrative, now first collected from rare copies and MSS., with Notes, 4 vols, 8vo, VIGNETTE TITLES, calf gilt, 12s 6d 1784 226 BALLADS and Sones,—Collection of Poems, BaLuaps and Sonas, many old and Local, 6 vols, 8vo, vignette titles, FIRST AND BEST EDITION, calf very neat, 10s 6d 1765 A storehouse of capital pieces by celebrated persons. Dent’s copy sold for £3 3s ; Reid’s £3 3s ; Hirst’s £3. Ancient and Modern, Collection of ScorrisH Bauaps, thick sm. 4to, front., calf gilt, marb, edges, 103 6d Glasgow, 1827 OrIGINAL Epition of this interesting collection of the taire et la Muse Foraine, ou les CHANSONS DES Russ, par C. N. (Chas, Nisard), thick 8vo, LARGE PAPER, with the Appendix, half crimson morocco extra, gilt top, uncut, ONLY 250 COPIES PRINTED, 10s 6d Paris, Gay, 1863 229 BARCLAY (Robt., of Ury) Apology for the People called QUAKERS, FIRST EDITION in Eng- lish, dedicated to CHARLES 2ND, stout sm. 4to, half calf nt., RARE, 10s 6d Printed 1678 A copy recently sold for £3 3s. 230 BARONIAL and Monastic Remarns in Eng- land and Wales, with Descriptive text by G. Parkyns, 2 vols, roy. 8vo, 180 beautiful tinted plates of Views of OLD CASTLES AND ABBIES, FINE COPY, green morocco super extra, full gilt, bor- ders of gold on sides, gilt edges, £1 10s 1816 Book and binding cost £10 10s. Contains many Views of famous places in Wales not to be got in any other form. 231 BARRIFFE (Lieut. Col. Wm.) Military Dis- cipline, or the Young Artillery Man, wherein is discoursed and showne the, Postures, both of Musket and Pike the exactest way, etc., sm. 4to, portrait of the author and plates, FINE COPY, old brown calf neat, RARE, £1 1s 1643 A curious account of the Military Art, temp. Charles I. 232 BASIA, or the Kisszs, Translation of the Basra of Joannes Secundus, with the original Latin, and Life, roy. 8vo, LARGE PAPER, portrait and beautiful front. by Bartouozzl, gilt green calf extra, 16s 6d 1778 233 BASKERVILLE—Virgilius Opera, royal 4to, FIRST AND BEST EDITION, most beautifully printed. russia neat, gilt edges, 173 6d Birm., 1757 I have always considered this beautiful production as one of the most finished specimens of typography, and the work is esteemed by allcollectors.—Dispin. Dent's copy sold for £4 4s, Heath’s copy, #5 ds. 234 BARTOLOZZI.—Varie Pitture, after OLD Masters, roy. folio, 25 beautiful plates by Bar- ToLozzi, d2,, FINE COPY, old half calf nt., RARE, 16s Venezia, 1760 235 BARTOLOZZI—Glover (R.) Leonidas, a Poem Ato, FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER, ILLUSTRATED with BARTOLOZZ1’S BEAUTIFUL SERIES of PLATES from a later edition, russia extra, antique tool- ing, gilt edges, £1 8s A copy of this first edition, without the plates, recently sold for £3 3s. 236 BARTOLOZZI.—Jephson’s (R.) Roman Por- traits, with BartoLozz1’s fine plate of the VOTIVE SHIELD, ports. of VirciL, Horace, Cesar, &e., 4to, LARGE PAPER, old gilt red morocco extra, gilt edges, 168 1794 A valuable book. The illustrative notes are from the classic pen of Mr. Malone (pub £4 4s) without binding. 237 BARTOLOZZI Scuoo.—The Works of GUER- cINO, 2 vols in 1, folio, 40 large and very beau- tiful plates, FINE ORIGINAL COPY, handsome calf gilt extra, broad ornamental border of gold on sides, £2 2s 1803—7 This is a most charming collection of Guercino prints, 238 BATH.—Wood (John) History of Batu, its Antiquity during the days of the Britons; Saxons and Danes, 2 vols in 1, 8vo, map and

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