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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    ing Dates of Historical Events, and of. Public tant keeper of Public Records, cr. 8vo, on . thick paper, cloth, valuable work, 4s 6d 1866 87 Registers of the Parish of Thorington -in Suffolk, with notices of the Bence Family, and pedigree of other Families, edited by T, Hill, _ roy. 8vo, cloth, 6s 1804 88 Astrological Almanacks jor the year 1678 : a most interesting collection of 17, ail for thesame year by Lilly, Gadbury, Dove, Partridge, Andrews and others, in one volume, ' thick sm, 8vo, contemporary red morocco, ‘with Crown and interleaved letters, C. in each corner, gilt edges, 22s 6d 1678 All printed in red and black, some with woodcuts, the Lilly has the portrait of that famous Astrologer, by T. Cross, on title. Includes ‘‘A Yea and Nay Almanack for the people called by the men of the world Quakers.” Very satirical at their expense, curious and very rare. 89 Astrological Almanacks for the Year . 1684 ; a collection of 11, by Lilly, Partridge, Gadbury, Cole, Poor Robin, etc., in one volume, thick sm. 8vo, portrait of Lilly, old red - morocco, gilt edges, 12s 6d 1684 90 Astrological Almanacks for the Year 1696 : a most complete collection of 29, in . one very thick vol, sm. 8vo, calf, 25s 1696 Comprising : The Protestant Almanack ; the English pepper, Dove, Parker, Taylor, Dade, Tanner, Wing, Hobbs, Woodhouse, White, Trigge, Tanner, Pond, Andrews, Poor Robin, Coley, Gadbury, Rose, . Fowle, The Fly, The Swallow, Perkins, Turner, and Partridge. 91 Curious Vol.—Premontvat (M. de) Le Diogene de D’Alembert, ou Diogene Decent : ‘Pensées Libres sur |’Home et sur les princi- paux objets des connoissances de l’Home, - 24mo, half calf neat, 5s Berlin, 1755 ‘ A curious little volume of Maxims. 92 Facetise.—Radcliffe (Alex., of Gray’s Inn, Gent.) Ovip TRAVESTIE, a Burlesque upon Ovid’s Epistles, Zonson, 1682—Tur RAMBLE : an Anti-Heroick Poem: together with some Terrestial Hymns and Carnal Ejaculations, Printed for the Author, 1682 ; in one vol, post 8vo, calf extra, RARE, 30s London, 1681—82 . James Maidment’s copy, with his bookplate ; also, bookplate and autograph of Walter Hamilton, and autograph of Wm.. Gilly, Esq., on first title. works are fit production of the period ; the days of the Merry Monarch, being very free and facetious. Quaint Tracts, Collection of Scarce, Choice and Valuable Tracts, being taken from the Manuscripts and Printed Books, very un- common and not to be found but in the Libraries of the Curious, by a Gentleman who searched after them for about 20 years, 8vo, contains the Book of Sports of Charles I., The '- - Summe and Substance of the Conference at ‘Hampton Court, Trial of W. Penn, &c., calf, 6s 6d 1721 The Book of Sports refers to Sunday recreations, and commands that dancing either of men or women, leaping, vaulting, &c., shall be lawful after service. 93 a Genuine Explication of, full of sundry new ‘Christian Considerations, by the Learned and Pious A. B. Peganius, Englished out of High- Dutch sm. 8vo, sheep, 3s 6d N.D., circa 1680 PANION: or a Character of True Nobility, and Gentility in the way of Essay, by a Person of Quality, written at first for his own Private Use, and now Published for the Benefit of ail, sm. 8vo, title in red and black, fine portrait, original calf, RARE, 15s London, 1672 96 Wright (Thomas) The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon, a History of the Early Inhabitants of Britain, 8vo, numerous illustrations of Ro- man and other antiquities, cloth, 5s 1852 97 Borrow (George) The Zincali, or Account of the Gypsies of Spain, cr. 8vo, half calf, 3s 1846 98 Traditional Tales of the English and Scot- tish Peasantry, by A. Cunningham, post 8vo, boards, 2s 6d 1874 99 Long Life.— Records of Longevity, by Thomas Bailey, cr. 8vo, cloth, 3s 1757 Containing interesting anecdotes and amusing inei- dents connected with this subject. 100 Maxims and Characters, with Reflections, Critical, Satyrical and Moral, 8vo, calf neat, 4s 1756 A collection of cuts and cutting maxims. Sporting.—Harrine (J. E.) Hints on Shore Shooting, with a chapter on Skinning and Preserving Birds, fcap. 8vo, frontispiece, cloth, SCARCE, 5s 6d Van Voorst, 1871 Gardening.—TuHe GentiemMan Garp’NER, instructing in Sowing, Planting, Pruning and Grafting Seeds, Plants, Flowers, and Trees also in the management of Bees ; to which is adde, the Gard’ner’s Kalendar shewing the particular work to be done every month in the Kitchen-Garden, Flower-Garden, and Orchard, by the Rev. Mr. STEVENSON, of Fast Retford, Nottinghamshire, small 8vo, calf, SCARCE, 7s 6d 1748 Shelley (Percy B.) Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments by edited by Mrs, Shelley, 2 vols, cr. 8vo, cloth, 4s 6d 1852 Sporting Essays on Social Subjects, by Mr. J. Higgins, cr. 8vo, on Horses, Sports etc., cloth, 2s 6d 1875 Wanderings of an Antiquary, chiefly upon the Traces of the Romans in Britain, by Thomas Wright, 8vo, ilustrations, cloth, 5s . 1854 Drama.—Rytey (S. W.) The Itinerant ; or Memoirs of an Actor, Ist and 2nd Series, 6 vols, post 8vo, half calf, name on title of Sophia Lee, portrait of the author, 25s 1817 A most interesting series of recollections by a wan- dering player, the miseries incident to the life being forcibly painted; his anecdotes and adven- tures are exceedingly amusing, and told in detail with great gusto. There are references to Mrs. Jordan Elliston, and many eminent actors, etc. 107 Proverbs.—Essays on some of the most ~ curious English, Scotch, and Foreign Pro- verbs, by S. Palmer, 8vo, 5s 1710 108 Rousseau (Jean Jacques) ConrFessions of, now for the First Time completely translated into English, wITHoUT EXPURGATION, 2 vols, 8vo, LIBRARY EDITION, portraits of Rousseau and Madame de Warens, and 12 fine illustra- tive Etchings by E. HEDOUIN, cloth, uncut, 28s (cost £3 3s) Privately printed, 1896 The only complete English version of this piquant morsel of literature. 101 102 103 104 105 106