Sales catalogue 302: Arthur Reader

Date:
31 October 1901
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/41
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 302: Arthur Reader. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    265 266 Old Romance.—Ranpctrre (Anne) The Romance of the Forest: interspersed with some Pieces of Poetry, 3 vols, sm. 8vo, calf, SCARCE, 5s 1799 Early Woodcuts.—Orera Virciniana: cum decem Commentis, docte et familiariter opusculum aluid, IN PRIAPI LUSUM, quod in antea im- 267 268 269 270 ted with an extensive collection of large and very fine woodcuts, stain on title and three leaves wanting, otherwise fine copy in the ori- ginal stamped calf, RARE, 25s LInugduni, Jo. Crespini, 1529 A most desirable volume to the collector of early woodeuts, as they are on a large scale, many in number, and very fine. Rare bookplate of Christo- pher Austey inside cover. Manon Lescaut and the CuHevatier Dzs GRIEUX, History of, translated from the French of the ABBE PREVosT, with a Preface by Guy de Maupassant, dlustrated by Mav- RICE LELOIR, roy. 8vo, original cloth, uncut, 12s 6d 1888 Best illustrated edition of this remarkable work of the heroine of which Maupassant writes: Then here is Manon Lescaut. More truly feminine than all the others, frankly rouée; perfidious, loving, distracting, spiritwelle, formidable, charming, full of seductiveness and instinctive perfidy, embodying all that is most pleasing, the most tempting, and the most infamous of the creature woman ! [Frere (Rt. Hon. J. Hookham)] Prospectus and Specimen of an intended National Work, by Wm. and Robert Whistlecraft, of Stow Market, in Suffolk, Harness and Collar- Makers : intended to comprise the most in- teresting particulars relating to King Arthur and his Round Table, both parts, 8vo, half old calf, 5s Murray, 1817—18 First Editions of these clever and most amusing bur- lesques, very scarce. Bound up in same vol. are Byron’s Beppo: Elijah’s Mantle, 1807; Groans of the Talents, 1807; The Bloomsbury Ode, a MS. poem, 1797, &c. Sidney (Sir Philip) Certain Sonnets from the Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, 4to, printed on thick plate paper, mounted on guards, with numerous plates, decorations, and headings, in various tints, from drawings by George Wharton Edwards, cloth extra, gilt top, others uncut, 5s 6d (pub 21s) Cleveland, Ohio, 1890 A splendid American tribute to the perfect Knight and Sonneteer of the early XVIIth Century. The frontispiece consists of a Portrait of Sidney from the Picture by Isaac Oliver, painted in 1610. Celtic Antiquities.—Sxkztcues at Carnac (in Brittany) in 1834 ; or Notes concerning the Present States of some reputed Celtic Antiquities in that and the adjoining Com- munes, with an Account of the great Roche aux Fées of Essé, &c., by Dr, Alex. Blair and 271 groups of stones (like the so-called Druidical Remains at Stonehenge) scattered stones, runic 1836 Gay’s Fables, First Volume, Sixth Edition, 1746 ; Second Volume, Fifth Edition, 1755 ; profusely illustrated, the one with numerous spirited engravings by Vander Gucht, the other with Gravelot’s fine plates, 2 vols, 8vo, old calf, uniform, 5s 1746—55 13° 273 274 Milton) Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum : containing brief Characters of the English Poets, down to 1675, 4to, 100 copies only reprinted at the expense, and with the Notes, of Sir Ecerton BrybDaes, 4to, wrapper, uncut, SCARCE, 8s 6d Geneva, 1824 this work, his hand is specially recognizable in the editor’s preface. Dials.—Hormetria, or the complete D1at- LIST, wherein the whole Mystery of the Art of Dialling is plainly taught, by Thomas Stirrip, small 4to, many woodcuts, calf, RARE, 21s 1652: Facetize.—A Sequel to the Rejected Ad- dresses ; or the Theatrum Poetarum Mino- rum by another Author, fcap. 8vo, boards, 38 6d 813. Eroti¢e.—The Loves of Mirtil, Son of Adonis, a Pastoral, sm. 8vo, engraved and 6 charming plates by GRAVELOT, a little soiled, half calf, 3s 6d 1770 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 Facetise.—Tue Loves or Mrirtin, Son of Adonis, a Pastoral, engraved title and six beautiful plates by H. GravELot, 1770—THE Joys of HyMEn, or the Conjugal Directory, a Poem, in three Books, 1768, bound in one: vol, feap. 8vo, calf gilt, RARE, VERY CURIOUS, 25s 1768—70 Bookplate of Earl Carlingford inside cover. Freedom of Will, Modern Prevailing Notions respecting, by J. Edwards, cr. 8vo, cloth, 2s 1877 Seotland.—Thoughts on the Origin and Descent of the Gael, with an Account of the Picts, Caledonians and Scots, by J. Grant, 8vo, boards, 6s 1814 Plague.—History of the Great Plague, 1665, post 8vo, portrait, cloth, 3s 1832 Rowlandson.—New Picture of Paris, by Edw. Planta, thick 12mo, 28 plates of the Costumes of the Lower orders in Paris, co- loured, most likely by Rowlandson, Street Criers, &c., one a little torn, old calf, 21s 1822 Exceedingly scarce plates of costumes. Fast Life.—Sinks of London, or Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, with a PLasH Dictionary of Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases, with a List of the Orders of Prime Covers, post 8vo, coloured plates by Geo. Cruikshank, half roan, 4s 6d Gale (Norman) OrcHaRD Sones, fcapr 8vo, woodcut title, FIRST EDITION, cloth, uncut, 3s ; 1893 Gems.—Collection of Fifty Prints from An- tique Gems in the Collection of Earl Percy, Hon. C, Greville, and Slade, Esq., roy. 8vo, > impressions of 50 choice prints, by J. Spils- bury, half calf, 7s 6d 17— Gems selected from the Antique, with illustrations, sm. 4to, nice plates, boards, 63 1804 Early Woodcuts.—Metancruon (Phil.) In Evangelia, que usitato more, diebus Do- minicis et Festis proponotur Annotationes, thick sm. 8vo, many spirited woodcuts, calf, 123 6d Leipzie, 1552