MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE: Includes an almost complete set of the first editions of the writings of Sir Richard F. Burton; a number of letters of Lord Byron; several scarce first editions of books illustrated by George Cruikshank, including the first issue of the "Fairy Library," Carey's "Life in Paris," Ireland's "Napoleon," and others of equal importance; the collected writings of the famous French Huguenot poet, Clemont Marot, 1597; the first collected edition of Molière, Paris, 1666; a set of "Notes and Queries"; the first edition of Peter Wilkins; the second collected edition of Racine, bound by Chambolle-Duru; first editions of Scott's "Waverley," "Ivanhoe" and "Kenilworth"; Surtees' "Jorrocks' Jaunts," and his "Analysis of the Hunting Field "; Tennyson's "Sailor Boy" and other rare separate publications; a presentation copy on Large Paper of the "Poems of Two Brothers," with the authorships indicated in Tennyson's Autograph; Thackeray's "Pocket Sketch Book," the drawings mainly subjects in Holland and Germany, indicating that they were drawn on his first trip thither, about 1830; a collection of Thackeray letters and drawings, formerly the property of Miss Blanche Paxton; the first edition of Wharton's "Sapho," 1885; rare Whistler and Oscar Wilde books and letters, etc., etc. Many other items might be mentioned, but the above are sufficient to show the continued interest and great value of the second part of Mr. Poor's Library. CATALOGUE CHT-EN-DERTIG KONSTIGE ZINNEBEELDEN: 1. ACH met Dichtkundige uitleggingen verrykt, door een Liefhebber der Nederduitsche Poezy. Vignette on title and 38 fine emblematic copper-plates. 4to, full red morocco extra, gilt, gilt edges, by CLARKE AND BEDFORD. Amsterdam, 1737 Very fine copy. From the Lefferts library, with book-label. 2. ADAMS (W. D.). Songs from the Novelists from Elizabeth to Victoria, edited with Introduction and notes. Square 8vo, half vellum, uncut. Lond. 1885 3. ADDISON (C. G.). The Knights Templars. Full-page lithographic plates. Post 8vo, half red morocco, gilt back and top. Lond. Longman, 1842 4. ESOP. The Fables of Esop. Selected, Told Anew and Their History Traced by Joseph Jacobs. Numerous characteristic illusts. by Richard Heighway. buckram and label, uncut. Royal 8vo, *LARGE PAPER. One of only 100 copies so printed. 5. AINSWORTH (W. H.). The Miser's Daughter: A Tale. FIRST EDN. Illust. with 20 full-page etchings by GEO. CRUIKSHANK. 3 vols. post 8vo, original cloth, uncut. SCARCE. Lond. Cunningham & Mortimer, 1843 6. AINSWORTH (W. H.). The Fall of Somerset. FIRST EDN. 3 vols. crown 8vo, half polished morocco gilt, gilt tops, uncut, by the CLUB BINDERY. SCARCE. Lond. 1877 7. ALBERTUS DE PADUA. Expositio Evangeliorum Dominicalium. Folio, full brown levant morocco extra, gilt, gilt edges. Venetiis: Adam de Rotwil et Andreas de Corona, 1476 *Gothic character, double coll. 250 unnumb. leaves; 42 lines to the page; signatures a-r, 2, s-x, z Hain, 573; Pellechet, 386; Proctor, 4415. The first book issued from this press. Said to be Melanchthon's copy and to have notes in his handwriting. One leaf slightly damaged, and some slight water-stains. 8. ALBUM d'Ex-Libris rares et curieux du XVIIe au XIXe siècle. 28 etched plates of facsimiles. 8vo, wrappers, uncut. Paris [1895] 9. ALCOFORADO (MARIANNA). The Letters of a Portuguese Nun. Translated by Edgar Prestage. 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1893 * LARGE PAPER. Only 50 copies printed on Dutch handmade paper. 10. ALDINE PRESS.-Aristophanes. Comœdiæ novem, græce; cum scholiis græcis et præfatione græca Marci Musuri. Folio, full red levant morocco gilt, the sides covered with a series of fleurs-de-lis, within crossed lines, gilt edges. wormed.) Venetiis: Apud Aldum, 1498 (Much * Greek character. 357 unnumb. leaves; sigatures a-w, A-T. Hain-Copinger, 1656; Proctor, 5566; Renouard, p. 16. EDITIO PRINCEPS, VERY RARE. 8vo, 11. ALDINE PRESS.-Martialis. Epigrammata. old calf (cracked), gilt edges. Venetiis: in ædibus Aldi, 1501 *First Aldine edition, and very rare. Old names on title. 12. ALDINE PRESS.-Statius. Sylvarum libri quinque. Thebaidos libri duodecim. Achilleidos libri duo. 8vo, full brown crushed levant morocco extra gilt, gilt edges, by BRADVenetiis: in ædibus Aldi, 1502 STREETS. *First Aldine edition. Leaf 40, containing the anchor missing, otherwise clean copy of this rare volume. 13. ALDINE PRESS.-Juvenalis et Persius. Satyræ. 8vo, full green levant morocco, extra, with the Aldine anchor stamped in gold on the centre of both covers, gilt edges, by RIVIERE. Venetiis: in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ Soceri, 1501 [not before 1508.] * Second issue, with the Aldine anchor on the title, and numbered leaves. See Renouard, p. 29. 14. ALDINE PRESS.-Perottus (Pyrrhus). Cornucopiæ sive linguæ latinæ commentarii. Folio, contemporary wooden boards, covered with stamped pigskin (soiled). Venetiis: in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ soceri, 1513 * First Aldine edition and very rare. MELANCHTHON'S COPY, WITH NUMEROUS MARGINAL NOTES IN GREEK AND LATIN IN HIS HANDWRITING. Some edges frayed and some light water-stains. 15. ALDINE PRESS.-[Scriptores Rei Rustica]. Libri de Re Rustica. M. Catonis Lib. I. M. Terentii Varronis Lib. III. L. Iunii Moderati Columella Lib. XII. Eiusdem de arboribus liber. Palladii Lib. XIIII., etc. 4to, full light green crushed levant morocco extra, Aldine anchor stamped in gold on the centre of both covers, gilt edges. Venetiis in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ Soceri, 1514 * FIRST ALDINE EDITION of this collection. FINE COPY of this rare book. 16. ALDINE PRESS.-Lucanus. 8vo, vellum. stained and title soiled and mended.) (Water Venetiis: in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ soceri, 1515 17. ALDINE PRESS. Ovidius. Metamorphoseon libri quindecim. 8vo, full vellum gilt, blue edges. [Venetiis: in ædibus Aldi, 1502] * The last four leaves of this copy are of the edition of the year 1516. 18. ALDINE PRESS.-Oppianus. Oppiani de piscibus libri V. Eiusdem de venatione libri IIII. Oppiani de piscibus Laurentio Lippio interprete libri V. (græce et latine). 8vo, full maroon levant morocco gilt, gilt edges, by BRADSTREETS. (Some pages with worm-holes.) Venetiis: in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ soceri, 1517 19. ALDINE PRESS.-Horatius. Q. Horatii Flacci Poemata omnia. Centimetrum Marij Servii. Annotationes Aldi Manutij Romani in Horatium. Ratio mensuum, quibus Odæ eiusdem poetæ tenentur Aldo authore. Nicolai Peroti libellus eiusdem argumenti. 8vo, full maroon levant morocco extra, gilt, gilt top, by STIKEMAN. (Blank leaf 8, and last 2 leaves, of which the first with the anchor and the other blank, missing.) Venetiis in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ Soceri, 1519 De rebus 20. ALDINE PRESS.-Curtius (Quintus). Alexandri Regis Macedonum. 8vo, old crimson morocco gilt, gilt edges (slightly rubbed and upper cover cracked). Venetiis: in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ soceri, 1520 *First Aldine edition. Rare. 21. ALDINE PRESS.-Livii Librorum Epitomæ. Lucius Florus. Polybii historiarum libri quinque, Nicolao Perotto interprete. 8vo, full brown levant morocco. Venetiis in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ Soceri, 1521 *This is the fourth volume of the Livy, published by Aldus 1518-33. From the McKee library, with book-plate. 22. ALDINE PRESS.-Herodianus. Historiarum libri. VIII. (græce et latine). 8vo, contemporary binding in stamped pigskin, with clasps (one broken). Venetiis: in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ Soceri, 1524 * From the library of the Duke of Sussex, with his book-plate. Somewhat water-stained. 23. ALDINE PRESS.-Priscianus. Prisciani Grammatici Cæsariensis libri omnes. 4to, full light-green crushed levant morocco extra, with Aldine anchor stamped in gold on the sides of both covers, gilt edges. Venetiis: in ædibus Aldi et Andreæ Soceri, 1527 * FIRST ALDINE EDITION. VERY SCARCE. First two leaves very slightly worn, and top margins cut close, otherwise a very clean copy. 24. ALDINE PRESS.-Valerius Maximus nuper editus. Index copiosissimus rerum omnium et personarum de quibus in his libris agitur. Small 8vo, full dark blue crushed levant, gilt edges, by BRADSTREETS. Venetiis: in ædibus Hæredum Aldi, 1534 * The Third Aldine Edition. Some pages browned with time. |