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![and Charity-Schools. And a Search into the Nature of Society. London, Edmund Parker, 1723 £1 10s 8vo. 428 pp. 6 leaves. Calf rebacked. (Bernard de, M.D.)] An 483 [Mandeville _ Enquiry into the Origin of Honour, and the Usefulness of Christianity in War. By the Author of the Fable of the Bees. London, John Brotherton, 1732 £2 10s 8vo. 240 pp. Calf rebacked. 484 Marriage ; A Satire: with Two Satires on Love and Old Age. London, J. Roberts, 1728 21s 8vo. 47 pp. Recent half calf. 485 (Marriage). — Sandeman (Robert) The Honour of Marriage Opposed to all Im- purities: An Essay. London, T. Vernor, aes 21s 8vo. 79 pp. Half calf. Robert Sandeman (1718-71), born in Perth, came under the influence of Robert Glas, whose religious views he adopted & whose daughter he “fharried. He went to America in 1764 & founded his first Church at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 486 Marriages. — A Letter from a _ By- stander, containing remarks on and objec- tions to the Bill now depending in Parlia- ment, for the better Preventing of Clandes- tine Marriages. London, 1753 —b5s 8vo. New boards. 23 pp. The author who signs himself J. H. appears to be influenced by no religious. bias, but to be a sincere critic from an economic standpoint. An Appeal to those Interested in Human Destiny. London, J. W. Southgate, 1839 7s 6d 8vo. 23 pp.. Brown paper wrappers. An early pamphlet of Marston’s, published when he was 20 & in his transcendental period. 488 Martin (Jonathan) The Life of Jonathan Martin, of Darlington, Tanner. Written by Himself. Containing an Account of the Extraordinary Interpositions of Divine Providence on his behalf, during a period of six years’ service in the Navy, including his wonderful escapes in the Action of Copenhagen . . . with the Persecutions he suffered for Conscience’ sake, being locked up in an asylum and ironed, describing his miraculous Escape through the roof of the house ... Second Edition, Considerably Improved. Barnard Castle, Thomas Clifton, 1826 18s 8vo. Wrappers, with original front wrapper cut round and mounted. . 3 curious plates, including his ‘escape from madhouse. Martin was miraculously spared till 1838, & just had time to set fire to York Minister in 1829. After that he finally retired to St. Luke’s Hospital. 489 Martin (Sir Theod.) and Aytoun (W. E.) The Book of Ballads. Edited by Bon Gualtier. Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill London, 1845 12s 6d Sm. 8vo. Original cloth,- g.e. leaf missing. First Edition. 490 (Mary Queen of Scots). — Blackwood (Adam)] ‘La Mort de la Royne d’Kscosse, Douairiere de France. Oud est contenu la Vray Discours de la procedure des Angloys & Execution dicelle, la Constante & Royalle resolution de sa Maiesté defunte: ses Vertueux deportements & derniers propos, ses Funerailles & enterremét, d’ou on peut cognoisire la traiste curauté de VHeretique Angloys a JVencontre d’une Royne souveraine, Tres-chrestienne & Ca- tholoquie, Innocente. 1588 £52 10s Sm. 8vo. A4, b-K8, 14 (last blank). 166 pp., 1 ealf. Catchwords on last page of each sheet. Whole crushed blue levant morocco, inside dentelles. Fine woodcut of the crucifixion on sign. A3 verso. The earliest printed account of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, & of the utmost rarity. The present volume is not S.T.C. 3107-3108, or 3109, all of which bear the imprint “‘ Edinbourg, chez J. Nafield,” though the printing was actually Paris. Nor is it No. 173 in Scott, ‘* Bibliography of Works Relating to Mary, Queen of Scots,” as the collation does not agree. This edition is unrecorded, & it seems probable that bearing no imprint, it is the First Edition. Mason, M.A., Precentor of York, and Rector of Aston. London, T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1811 a £1 15s 8vo. 4 vols. Calf gilt, m.e. Portraits of Mason, the Earl of Holdernesse, & William Burgh. Apart from Mason’s Odes, Poems, and Dramas, many of which were retouched by Gray, this edition contains his “English Garden,’? with prose com- mentary ; his ‘“‘ Religio Clerici”?; his Translation of Du Fresnoy’s “ Art of Painting,” with the interest- ing prose historical notes ; and the “ Essays on Church Music.” His sermons are included. A superb copy of the works of the friend, corre- spondent, & literary executor of Gray. It is in an unusual binding for the period, of blue calf, with a broad gilt outer border, and a stamped panel sur- rounding an inner panel composed of alternating vetical and horizontal lines. This fine binding seems to us obviously to have been influenced by the French *“‘reliures romantiques.” It is in perfect preserva- tion. tion of Examples and Precepts Relating to the Married State, from the Most Celebrated Writers, Ancient and Modern. Being the Third Edition, adorn’d with a beautiful Frontispiece not in the Former. London, Printed (by Assignment from Thomas Hope for T. Lownds [etc.]), (1765) 25s Tall 12mo. 309 pp., 1 leaf. Sheep (joints cracked). Fine frontispiece and engraved title-page (both very slightly wormed in bottom blank margin). KAQTA ETEPOYIAXA, or, The Secret History of the House of Medicis. Made English by Ferrand Spence. London, R. Bentley and S. Magnes, 1686 £2 10s 8vo. 470 pp. Half calf. No blank on licence leaf before title. Majesty, Presented by the Count de Briord “.. Containing His Reasons for Accepting the late King of Spain’s Will, in Favour of the Duke of Anjou. The Second Edition. London, J. Nutt, 1700 Sm. 4to. 16 pp. the King of Great Britain, and the States General of the United Provinces, for settling the Succession of the Crown of Spain. In English and French. London, A. Baldwin, 1700 183 Sm. 4to. 18 pp. : The 2in1 vol. Calf gilt.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33159191_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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