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BURNS, ROBERT.--Selected Poems of Robert Burns with an introduction by Andrew Lang. London Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & C^{o}. Ltd. MDCCCXCI. _Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

Large paper copy, fifty printed.

BURNS, ROBERT.--Letters addressed to Clarinda, &c. By Robert Burns, the Ayrshire poet. Never before Published. Glasgow: Printed by Niven, Napier and Rhull; For T. Stewart . . . 1802. _Small 8vo, green morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford._

BURTON, JOHN HILL.--The Book-Hunter etc. By John Hill Burton. William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh . . . MDCCCLXII. _Foolscap 8vo, half morocco, uncut edges._

First edition.

BURTON, JOHN HILL.--The Book-Hunter etc. 1862. _Square 8vo, half olive morocco, uncut edges._

Large paper copy of the first edition, twenty-five printed.

BURTON, JOHN HILL.--The Book Hunter, etc. By John Hill Burton . . . A new edition with a Memoir of the Author William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh: . . . MDCCCLXXXII. _4to, light brown levant morocco, gilt and mosaic back, mosaic side compartments in maroon and green morocco, richly tooled, silk linings, gilt over uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

One thousand copies printed. Etched portrait of the author by W. B. Hole.

BURTON, JOHN HILL.--A History of the Reign of Queen Anne by John Hill Burton, . . . William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London M DCCC LXXX . . . _8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

BURTON, SIR RICHARD F.--(I.) Benares: M DCCC LXXXV: printed by the Kamashastra Society for private subscribers only. . . . A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entituled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night with introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Nights by Richard F. Burton (XI.) Benares: M DCCC LXXXVI: printed &c . . . Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night with notes anthropological and explanatory by Richard F. Burton. _8vo, sixteen volumes, original cloth, red top._

The Supplement consists of six volumes.

BURTON, SIR RICHARD.--See Basile, Giovanni Battista.

BURY, LADY CHARLOTTE.--Diary illustrative of the Times of George the Fourth, interspersed with original letters from the late Queen Caroline, and from various other distinguished persons. . . . London: Henry Colburn, . . . M DCCC XXXVIII. _8vo, two volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

BURY, RICHARD DE.--Philobiblon, a Treatise on the Love of Books, by Richard de Bury, . . . First American edition, with the literal English translation of John B. Inglis. Collated and corrected, with notes, by Samuel Hand. Albany: Joel Munsell. M DCCC LXI. _Crown 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

One of thirty large paper copies printed.

BURY, RICHARD DE.--The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury Bishop of Durham Treasurer and Chancellor of Edward III Edited and Translated by Ernest C. Thomas . . . London Kegan Paul, Trench and Co. [Chiswick Press] 1888. _8vo, original paper, uncut edges._

No. 33 of fifty large paper copies printed.

BURY, RICHARD DE.--(I.) Ricardi de Bury Philobiblon ex Optimis Codicibus Recensuit Versione Anglica necnon et Prolegomenis Adnotationibusque Auxit Andreas Fleming West in Collegio Princetoniae Professor Pars Prima. Textus. Novi Eboraci [** symbol] Typis et Impensis Societatis Grolierianae MDCCCLXXXIX. (II-III.) The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury edited from the best manuscripts and translated into English with an introduction and notes by Andrew Fleming West . . . Part second . . . [Part third] New York printed for the Grolier Club 1889. _4to, three volumes, citron levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, doubled with citron morocco, borders and corner ornaments, vellum guards, gilt top, uncut edges, by David._

One of two hundred and ninety-seven copies printed.

BURY, RICHARD DE.--Philobiblon. 1889. _4to, three volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, doubled with vellum, borders, gilt over uncut edges, in maroon levant morocco cases, by Cuzin._

One of three copies printed upon vellum.

BUTLER, CHARLES.--The Life of Hugo Grotius: with brief minutes of the civil, ecclesiastical, and literary history of the Netherlands. By Charles Butler . . . London: John Murray . . . M.DCCC.XXVI. _8vo, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

BUTLER, FRANCES ANNE.--See Kemble, Fanny.

BUTLER, JOSEPH, BISHOP.--The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature. To which are added Two brief Dissertations: I. Of Personal Identity. II. Of the Nature of Virtue. By Joseph Butler, LL.D. Rector of Stanhope, in the Bishoprick of Durham. . . . London: Printed for James, John and Paul Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate Street. M DCC XXXVI. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition, with the half-title.

BUTLER, JOSEPH, BISHOP.--The Analogy of Religion, natural and revealed to the constitution and course of Nature. By Joseph Butler L.L.D. late Lord Bishop of Durham. With Analytical Index by Edward Steere . . . London. Bell and Daldy . . . 1857. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford._

BUTLER, JOSEPH, BISHOP.--The Works of . . . Joseph Butler . . . late Lord Bishop of Durham. To which is prefixed, a Preface, giving some account of the character and writings of the author. By Samuel Halifax, D.D., late Lord Bishop of Gloucester. Oxford: at the University Press MDCCCXLIX. _8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, by Hayday._

BUTLER, LILLY.--A Discourse, proving, That the Faith and Practice of True Christians, Are no Just Matter of Shame or Reproach. Being Eight Sermons Preached at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, in the Year 1709, at the Lecture Founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq;. By Lilly Butler, . . . London: Printed for Brabazon Aylmer, . . . 1711. _8vo, old blue morocco, gilt back and sides, with the crowned cipher of Queen Anne on both covers, gilt edges._

From the collection of Francis Wrangham, with his autograph on the title-page.

BUTLER, WILLIAM ALLEN.--Home Poems and Rhymes for the Nursery with "Sea Scribblings" and "The Animal Book" by William Allen Butler Printed for private circulation New York printed at the De Vinne Press 1897. _12mo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

One hundred and fifty copies printed, with portrait and one other illustration.

BYERLEY, THOMAS.--Relics of Literature. By Stephen Collet. [Thomas Byerley] London: Thomas Boys . . 1823. _8vo, half olive morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

Byerley had still another _nom de guerre_. He was the "Reuben Percy" of the Percy Anecdotes.

The two hundred subjects in this volume include Book Destroyers, the Ancient Value of Books, Voltaire and the Booksellers, etc., etc. A leaf of facsimile autographs precedes the title.

BYERLEY, THOMAS.--See Percy Anecdotes.

BYROM, JOHN.--Miscellaneous Poems, by John Byrom, M.A. F.R.S. sometime Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, And Inventor of The Universal English Short-Hand. . . . Manchester: Printed by J. Harrop. M DCC LXXIII. _8vo, two volumes, original calf._

Inserted is a portrait of Dr. Byron [_sic_] "A Sketch after spending an Evening at a Coffee House."

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Hours of Idleness, a series of poems, original and translated, By George Gordon, Lord Byron, a minor . . . Newark: Printed and sold by S. and J. Ridge; . . . 1807. _8vo, maroon morocco, gilt back, gilt edges._

Large paper copy of the first edition of Byron's first publication.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Hours of Idleness: a Series of Poems, original and translated. By Lord Byron . . . London: printed for Sherwin and Co. . . . 1820. _12mo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Thick paper copy, with frontispiece.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers. A Satire.

/p
I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew!
Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers.
p/

SHAKSPEARE.

/p
Such shameless Bards we have; and yet 't is true,
There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too.
p/

POPE.

London: printed for James Cawthorn, British Library, No. 24, Cockspur Street. [1809]. _12mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, the original brown paper front cover bound in, by The Club Bindery._

Presumably the first edition, with a misprint "Aulhor," line 4 of the Preface.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers. A Satire . . . London: Printed for James Cawthorn . . . [1809.] _12mo, green straight-grain morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

Presumably the second edition, with the misprint "Aulhor," line 4 of the Preface, corrected. A thick paper copy.

The type of the title-page is larger and heavier than in the preceding edition; the ornament above the imprint is two arrow-like figures joined by a slender thread, whereas in the first edition it is two parallel lines, the upper much the heavier of the two. "Printed" here begins with a large "P" and "James Cawthorn" is in larger type.

The text is reset throughout. The ornament on B1 recto has here a star-like centre; in the first edition it is an elongated diamond. The parallel head-lines beginning on page 2 are here heavier. On page 5, line 47, "wizard" is spelled with one "z"; in the first edition with two. "Dispatch" in the same line is spelled with an "i"; in the first with an "e." Other slight variations of punctuation, etc., are observable on nearly every page.

The present copy has a half-title.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. By Lord Byron with the additional passages from the subsequent editions Illustrated with Forty Engravings [London] 1815. _4to, blue straight-grain morocco, gilt edges._

Unique copy, from the Drury collection, with special title-page as above, the original text inlaid to quarto. Manuscript interpolations written in a neat hand show the various changes in the poem. The portraits are well selected and include a coloured print of Madame Catalani.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--The Giaour, a fragment of a Turkish Tale. By Lord Byron . . . London: . . . John Murray . . . 1813. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Lara, a tale. Jacqueline, a tale. London: printed for J. Murray . . . 1814. _Small 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by David._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--The Corsair, a tale. By Lord Byron. London: . . . John Murray . . . 1814. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Hebrew Melodies. By Lord Byron. London: printed for John Murray . . . 1815. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--The Prisoner of Chillon, and other poems. By Lord Byron. London: printed for John Murray . . . 1816. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--The Siege of Corinth. A Poem. Parisina. A Poem. London: printed for John Murray . . . 1816. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Lord Byron's Farewell to England; with three other poems, viz. Ode to St. Helena, To my Daughter, on the morning of her birth, and To the Lily of France. . . . London: published by J. Johnston, . . . 1816. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Manfred, a dramatic poem. By Lord Byron. London: John Murray . . . 1817. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Mazeppa, a poem. By Lord Byron. London: John Murray . . . 1819. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Don Juan. . . . London: printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars. 1819. _4to, green straight-grain morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, by Birdsall & Son, Northampton._

First edition of Cantos I and II.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Don Juan . . . London: printed by Thomas Davison . . . 1819. Don Juan, Cantos III, IV, and V. London: printed by Thomas Davison . . . 1821. Don Juan. Cantos VI.-VII.- and VIII . . . London, 1823: Printed for John Hunt . . . Don Juan. Cantos IX.-X.- and XI . . . London, 1823: Printed for John Hunt . . . Don Juan. Cantos XII.-XIII.- and XIV. London, 1823: Printed for John Hunt . . . Don Juan. Cantos XV. and XVI. London, 1824: Printed for John and H. L. Hunt . . . _8vo, six volumes in three, green morocco, gilt ornaments on back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Birdsall._

First octavo edition, and first editions of all but the first two Cantos. The second volume has the original wrapper with the following inscription in Byron's handwriting: "From the Author to T. Grant with his best regards."

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Waltz: an apostrophic hymn. By Horace Hornem, Esq. (The noble author of Don Juan.) . . . London: printed and published by W. Clark, . . . 1821. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An historical tragedy, in five acts. With notes. The Prophecy of Dante, a poem. By Lord Byron. London: John Murray . . . 1821. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Letter to **** ******, on the Rev. W. L. Bowles' Strictures on the Life and Writings of Pope. By the Right Hon. Lord Byron. . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1821. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Sardanapalus, a tragedy. The Two Foscari, a tragedy. Cain, a mystery. By Lord Byron. London: John Murray . . . 1821. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. Portrait of Byron engraved by Page.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Werner, a tragedy. By Lord Byron. London: John Murray . . . 1823. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. Published in December, 1822.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--The Age of Bronze; or, Carmen Seculare et Annus haud mirabilis. . . . London, 1823: printed for John Hunt, . . . _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--The Island, or Christian and his Comrades. By the Right Hon. Lord Byron. London, 1823: printed for John Hunt . . . _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--The Parliamentary Speeches of Lord Byron. Printed from the copies prepared by His Lordship for publication. London: printed for Rodwell and Martin, . . . 1824. _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--The Deformed Transformed; a drama. By the Right Hon. Lord Byron. London, 1824: printed for J. and H. L. Hunt, . . . _8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--The Works of Lord Byron: with his Letters and Journals, and his Life, by Thomas Moore . . . London: John Murray . . . 1832-'33. _Foolscap 8vo, seventeen volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

First issue. Portrait and thirty-three frontispieces and vignettes.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--The Poetical Works of Lord Byron . . . London: John Murray, . . . M DCCC XXXIX. _8vo, eight volumes, original cloth, uncut edges._

Portrait by E. Finden after T. Phillips, and one hundred and thirty-four portraits and views, including frontispieces by E. and W. Finden, etc., after the designs of Stanfield, Westall, Turner, and others.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Poetical Works. 1839. . . . _8vo, eight volumes extended to fifteen, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Matthews._

Another copy, extra-illustrated by the insertion of five hundred and thirty selected engravings, for the most part proofs on India paper and generally before letters, and an autograph, Pass "below the Bar of the House of Lords" in favour of John Galt, by Byron. The plates include the Stothard, Finden, Johannot, Westall, Turner, Corbould, and other series, a brilliant group of portraits, and many unpublished plates. The portraits include sixteen of Byron.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt. By Lord Byron. London: John Murray . . . MDCCCXLI. _Royal 8vo, brown morocco, back and sides panelled in mosaic with foliated ornaments, inside border, tapestry panels and end leaves, gilt over uncut edges, by Marius Michel._

Proofs on India paper of the sixty-two engravings by Finden, after the designs of Creswick, Warren, Aylmer, etc.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Poetry of Byron chosen and arranged by Matthew Arnold. [vignette] London Macmillan and Co. 1881. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Large paper copy.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Fugitive Pieces by George Gordon Lord Byron a fac-simile reprint of the suppressed edition of 1806 London printed for private circulation [Chiswick Press] 1886. _Royal 4to, boards, gilt top, uncut edges._

No. 51 of one hundred copies printed.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the right honourable Lord Byron with anecdotes of some of his contemporaries. London: printed for Henry Colburn and Co. 1822. _8vo, boards, uncut edges._

Portrait by G. H. Harlowe, on India paper.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington . . . London: published for Henry Colburn, by R. Bentley, . . . 1834. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Portrait of Byron after Count d'Orsay.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--See Clinton, George. Hunt, Leigh. The Liberal.

CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN.--The Scribleriad: an heroic poem. In six books [vignette] London: Printed for R. Dodsley . . . M DCC LI. _Royal 4to, olive levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges._

First edition: with notes by George Chalmers. Seven plates by L. P. Boitard after J. Wall and Boitard, and vignette of Tully on the title, by C. Mosley after H. Gravelot.

CAMEO.--The Cameo; a Melange of Literature and the Arts selected from the Bijou. London William Pickering. MDCCCXXXI. _Post 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

Fifteen plates after Lawrence, Wilkie, Reynolds, etc.

CAMPBELL, JOHN, LORD.--The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the earliest times till the reign of King George IV. By John Lord Campbell, . . . Third edition. London: John Murray, . . . 1848. [-1869]. _8vo, eight volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

CAMPBELL, JOHN, LORD.--Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham, Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England. By the late John Lord Campbell, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1869. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

CAMPBELL, JOHN, LORD.--The Lives of the Chief Justices of England. From the Norman Conquest till the death of Lord Mansfield. By John Lord Campbell . . . London: John Murray . . . 1849. [-1857] _8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--The Pleasures of Hope; with other Poems. By Thomas Campbell. Edinburgh: printed for Mundell & Son; . . . 1799. _Small 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Ramage._

First edition. Four plates engraved by Scott, Somerville, and Mitchell after the designs of Graham.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--(I.) The Pleasures of Hope, with other poems. By Thomas Campbell . . . London: printed for Longman, . . . 1825. (II.) Gertrude of Wyoming, and other poems. By Thomas Campbell . . . Ninth edition. London: printed for Longman, . . . 1825. _12mo, two volumes in one, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, the fore edge bearing a beautifully painted landscape in the neighbourhood of Eton College._

The first of these volumes has an engraved title and three plates, the second an engraved title and two plates, all by Heath after Westall's designs.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--Theodric; a domestic tale; and Other Poems. By Thomas Campbell. London: printed for Longman, . . . 1824. _Small 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Ramage._

First edition, printed on thick paper.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. London: Henry Colburn, . . . 1828. _8vo, two volumes, red levant, gilt back panels and side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

Portrait by J. Burnet after Sir Thomas Lawrence and in addition forty portraits and scenes, for the most part proofs on India paper, including fifteen portraits of Campbell, Westall's illustrations to the Poems, proofs before and after the letters.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. London: Edward Moxon . . . MDCCCXXXVII. _Small 4to, red levant morocco, back and corner ornaments, gilt top, uncut edges, by Ramage._

Portrait and twenty vignettes after the designs of Turner.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--Poetical Works. 1837. _Small 4to, citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by Brany._

Another copy. Inserted are a portrait of Campbell by Holl and an illustration to the "Pleasures of Hope" by Westall, proof on India paper.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--The Pilgrim of Glencoe, and other poems. By Thomas Campbell. London: Edward Moxon . . . MDCCCXLII. _Small 4to, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Stikeman._

Sixty-seven plates inserted, many India proofs, including ten portraits, views by Turner, vignettes, etc.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. With notes, and a biographical sketch, by the Rev. W. A. Hill, . . . Illustrated by thirty-seven wood-cuts. From designs by Harvey. London: Edward Moxon, . . . 1851. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Portrait by W. H. Watt after Lawrence.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. With a Memoir . . . . Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1866. _12mo, half green cloth, uncut edges._

No. 13 of one hundred large paper copies printed, with portrait on India paper.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--Specimens of the British Poets; with Biographical and Critical Notices, and an Essay on English Poetry. By Thomas Campbell. London: John Murray . . . 1819. _8vo, seven volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt tops, uncut edges, by Matthews._

Illustrated by the insertion of fifty-two portraits of the Poets, thirty being on India paper, many proofs before letters. Included is the rare portrait of Sir Thomas Overbury by Payne, James I. by Gaywood, and Southerne by Evans.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--Specimens of the British Poets. 1819. _8vo, seven volumes, half citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allo._

Another copy, with one hundred and fifty-three portraits and vignettes inserted, ninety being proofs on India paper, and many before letters.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--Life of Mrs. Siddons. By Thomas Campbell. London: Effingham Wilson . . . 1834. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Portrait of Mrs. Siddons by Lupton after Sir Thomas Lawrence.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--Life of Mrs. Siddons. 1834. _8vo, two volumes, citron levant morocco, gilt and mosaic back and sides elaborately tooled in the manner of Derome, gilt over uncut edges, by David._

Another copy, illustrated by the insertion of one hundred and eighty-six portraits, etc., including forty-one portraits of Mrs. Siddons, a brilliant mezzotint of E. Kean, coloured portrait of Kynaston, and a water-colour drawing of Glasgow Cathedral. A large number of the plates are in proof state.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.--Life of Mrs. Siddons. 1834. _8vo, two volumes, extended to four, red morocco, gilt edges._

William Upcott's copy, containing in addition to the portrait of Mrs. Siddons, by Lupton after Sir Thomas Lawrence, two hundred and fourteen portraits, of which sixty are of Mrs. Siddons, including the oval by Ogborn after Harding, in two states, red (proof) and black, and the "Grecian Daughter" by Trotter after Lawrence. Autographs and letters of Mrs. Bracegirdle, Henry and Cecilia Siddons, E. Carll, Thomas Davies, the Duchess of Devonshire and many others have been inserted, several Bills of the Play, 1766, etc., a "pass" to the Gallery, written by Sarah Siddons, a water-colour drawing of the actress's home at Westbourne and a sepia drawing of her tomb at Paddington Church, together with a number of contemporary newspaper announcements, etc.

CANNING, GEORGE.--Speeches of the Right Hon. George Canning delivered on public occasions in Liverpool. With a portrait of Mr. Canning, [by W. T. Fry after George Hargreaves] Liverpool: Thos. Kaye, . . . 1825. _8vo, half cloth, uncut edges._

CARCANET.--The Carcanet, a literary album, containing select passages from the most distinguished English writers. London William Pickering MDCCCXXVIII. _18mo, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

Engraved title with vignette.

CAREY, HENRY.--The Dramatick Works of Henry Carey. [Large ornament] London: Printed by S. Gilbert, M DCC XLIII. _4to, red morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Contains 1. Amelia, an opera set to music by John Frederick Lampe. 2. Teraminta, an opera set to music by John Christopher Smith. 3. The Dragon of Wantley, a burlesque opera with music by Lampe. 4. The Dragoness, a burlesque opera with music by Lampe. 5. Chrononhotonthologos, a tragedy. 6. The Contrivances, a ballad opera. 7. The Honest Yorkshire-Man, a ballad opera. 8. Nancy: or, the Parting Lovers. An Interlude set to music by the Author.

"CARLETON, GEORGE, CAPTAIN."--See Defoe, Daniel.

CARLETON, WILL.--Farm Ballads. By Will Carleton. Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers, . . . [1882] _8vo, brown morocco, gilt edges._

CARLYLE, THOMAS.--Past and Present. By Thomas Carlyle . . . London: Chapman and Hall . . . MDCCCXLIII. _8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

First edition.

CARLYLE, THOMAS.--Past and Present. By Thomas Carlyle . . . second edition. London: Chapman and Hall . . . MDCCCXLV. _12mo, cloth, uncut edges._

CARLYLE, THOMAS.--Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: collected and republished. By Thomas Carlyle . . . third edition. London: Chapman and Hall . . . MDCCCXLVII. _12mo, four volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

CARLYLE, THOMAS.--The French Revolution: a History. By Thomas Carlyle . . . third edition London: Chapman and Hall . . . M.DCCC.XLVIII. _12mo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

CARLYLE, THOMAS, _editor_.--Latter-Day Pamphlets. Edited by Thomas Carlyle. London: Chapman and Hall . . . 1850. _Small 8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

First edition. Includes The Present Time, Model Prisons, Downing Street, The New Downing Street, Stump-Orator, Parliaments, Hudson's Statue and Jesuitism.

CARLYLE AND EMERSON.--The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson 1834-1872 . . . Boston James R. Osgood and Company 1883. _8vo, two volumes, boards, uncut edges._

No. 143 of three hundred and fifty copies printed, with two etched portraits by S. A. Schoff.

CARLYLE, THOMAS.--[Works] Boston Dana Estes and Charles E. Lauriat 1884. _8vo, twenty volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bradstreet's._

One of thirty-five copies printed on Japanese paper, with 33 portraits and 28 maps.

CARLYLE, THOMAS.--Sartor Resartus: the Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdroeckh in three books by Thomas Carlyle London Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. MDCCCLXXXIX. _Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

One of fifty large paper copies printed, with etched portrait of the author.

CARLYLE, THOMAS.--Two Note Books of Thomas Carlyle from 23d March 1822 to 16th May 1832. edited by Charles Eliot Norton New York The Grolier Club MDCCCXCVIII. _8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

One of three hundred and eighty-seven copies printed, with two portraits of Carlyle etched by Alfred Jones, and facsimiles of the original manuscript.

CARPENTER, WILLIAM HOOKER.--Pictorial Notices: consisting of a Memoir of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, with a Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings executed by him: and a variety of interesting particulars relating to other Artists patronized by Charles I . . . By William Hooker Carpenter. London: James Carpenter . . . 1844. _4to, calf, gilt back and side panels, gilt top, uncut edges._

Two portraits by William Carpenter, and in addition forty-six inserted plates, consisting of portraits by Van Dyck engraved by P. de Jode, Bolswert, Galle, etc., etc., including a proof of the portrait of Peter Oliver.

"CARROLL, LEWIS."--See Dodgson, Charles.

CARTER, CHARLES FRANKLIN.--The Missions of Nueva California An Historical Sketch by Charles Franklin Carter with illustrations from drawings by the author, from photographs, and reproductions of old prints San Francisco The Whitaker and Ray Company . . . 1900. _Royal 8vo, half cloth, uncut edges._

CARTER, R.--See Lowell, J. R. The Pioneer.

CARTWRIGHT, JULIA.--The Life and Art of Sandro Botticelli by Julia Cartwright (Mrs. Ady) . . . New York: E. P. Dutton and Co. London: Duckworth and Co. [Chiswick Press] 1904. _4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

Forty-two full-page plates, and thirty-seven illustrations in the text.

CARY, HENRY FRANCIS.--Lives of English Poets, from Johnson to Kirke White, designed as a continuation of Johnson's Lives. By the late Rev. Henry Francis Cary, . . . London: Henry G. Bohn, . . . M DCCC XLVI. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

CARY, HENRY FRANCIS.--The Early French Poets, a series of notices and translations, by the late Rev. Henry Francis Cary, . . . With an introductory sketch of the history of French poetry, by his son the Rev. Henry Cary, . . . London: Henry G. Bohn, . . . M DCCC XLVI. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

CARY, JOHN.--Cary's New Itinerary; or, an accurate delineation of the Great Roads both direct and cross, throughout England and Wales; with many of the principal Roads in Scotland . . . London: Printed for John Cary . . . 1798. _8vo, red morocco, back and sides richly tooled, wide inside border, green silk panel and linings, gilt over uncut edges, by Roger Payne._

Printed on India paper. Dedicated to the Earl of Chesterfield and a presentation copy from that nobleman.

CASTELLANI, CARLO.--Early Venetian Printing illustrated [portrait] . . . London: John C. Nimmo . . . M. DCCC. XCV. _Folio, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

CASTIGLIONE, A. P., _translator and editor_.--Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier: written by Conte Baldssar Castiglione. And a new version of the same into English. Together with Several of his Celebrated Pieces, as well Latin as Italian, both in Prose and Verse. To which is prefix'd, the Life of the Author. By A. P. Castiglione, of the same Family. London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for the Editor. MDCCXXVII. _4to, brown levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Riviere._

Portrait of the author engraved by Vertue. The original text and English translation are printed in parallel columns.

CASTLE, EGERTON.--English Book-Plates An illustrated handbook for Students of Ex-Libris by Egerton Castle . . . London: George Bell & Sons, . . . [Chiswick Press] M dccc xcij. _8vo, vellum boards, uncut edges._

Frontispiece in red and black, and numerous woodcuts in the text. No. 20 of sixty-five copies printed on Japanese vellum.

CATALOGUE.--Effigies of the most famous English Writers from Chaucer to Johnson Exhibited at the Grolier Club New-York, December, 1891. [DeVinne Press] _8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

One of two hundred large paper copies printed, with two reproductions.

CATALOGUE.--Catalogue of an exhibition of Illuminated and Painted Manuscripts together with a few early printed books with illuminations--also some examples of Persian Manuscripts--with plates in facsimile and an introductory essay New-York the Grolier Club [De Vinne Press] 1892. _8vo, olive levant morocco, Janseniste, uncut edges, by R. W. Smith._

One of three hundred and fifty copies printed, with twenty-two plates in facsimile.

CATALOGUE.--[** symbol] Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers from Langland to Wither With Collations & Notes & Eighty-seven Facsimiles of Title-pages and Frontispieces Being a contribution to the Bibliography of English Literature ¶ Imprinted at New-York for the Grolier Club, [De Vinne Press] Mdcccxciij. _8vo, original half brown morocco, uncut edges._

One of four hundred copies printed.

CATALOGUE.--[** symbol] Catalogue of Original and Early Editions. 1893. _8vo, red levant morocco, Janseniste, uncut edges._

Another copy; one of three printed on vellum.

CATALOGUE.--The catalogue of books from the libraries or collections of celebrated bibliophiles and illustrious persons of the past with arms or devices upon the bindings exhibited at the Grolier Club in the month of January 1895 New-York published by the Grolier Club [De Vinne Press] MDCCCXCV. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

One of three hundred and fifty copies printed, with twenty-four illustrations.

CATALOGUE.--The catalogue of books from the libraries or collections of celebrated bibliophiles &c 1895. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, doubled with vellum, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Another copy, one of three printed on vellum.

CATALOGUE.--A description of the Early Printed Books owned by The Grolier Club with a brief account of their printers and the history of typography in the fifteenth century Printed for the Grolier Club New-York, [De Vinne Press] May, MDCCCXCV. _Folio, half calf, uncut edges._

One of four hundred copies printed, with twenty-five facsimiles The books described are from the collection of David Wolfe Bruce.

CATALOGUE.--A description of the Early Printed Books owned by the Grolier club. 1895. _Folio, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, doubled with vellum, vellum guards, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Another copy, one of three printed on vellum.

CATALOGUE of an exhibition illustrative of a Centenary of artistic Lithography--1796-1896--With 244 examples by 160 different artists. Illustrated with 20 photo-engravings, from the originals by Bonington, Cassatt, Chauvel, Daumier, Decamps, Engelmann, Fantin-Latour, Gavarni, Hanfstaengl, Homer, Jacque, Jacob, Millet, Newsam, Olis, Prout, Raffet, Vernet, and Wagenbauer At the Grolier Club . . . New York [De Vinne Press] March M.D.CCC.XCVI. _8vo, original paper wrappers, uncut edges._

One of four hundred copies printed.

CATALOGUE of Etchings and Dry Points by Rembrandt selected for exhibition at the Grolier Club of the city of New York April-May, 1900 New York published by the Grolier Club [De Vinne Press] M C M. _Square 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

One of three hundred and ten copies printed, with etched frontispiece.

CATALOGUE of an Exhibition of first and other editions of the Works of John Dryden (1631-1700) together with a few engraved portraits and two oil paintings--commemorative of the two hundredth anniversary of his death New York the Grolier Club [De Vinne Press] 1900. _8vo, boards, uncut edges._

One of two hundred copies printed, with frontispiece.

CATALOGUE of an Exhibition of selected works of the Poets Laureate of England New York the Grolier Club [De Vinne Press] MCMI. _8vo, boards, uncut edges._

One of three hundred copies printed, with portrait of Ben Jonson by S. Arlent Edwards after Honthorst.

CATHOLIC RELIGION.--An Essay upon the Reasonableness and Usefulness of the Catholick Religion. Humbly offered to the serious Consideration of such Persons as may be unhappily seduced, either into Atheistick Doubts &c London, Printed and Sold by J. Roberts . . . 1722. _8vo, original green morocco, back and sides covered with a floral design of English workmanship, gilt edges._

CATLIN, GEORGE.--Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. By Geo. Catlin. Written during eight years' travel amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America. In 1832, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39. In two volumes, with four hundred illustrations, carefully engraved from his original paintings. . . . London: published by the author, . . . printed by Tosswill and Myers, . . . 1841. . . . _Royal 8vo, two volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pratt._

CATO.--Cato's Moral Distichs Englished in Couplets. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1735. _4to (12 leaves), green levant morocco, gilt back, corner ornaments on the sides (Roger Payne style), uncut edges, by Riviere._

"CATO PARVUS."--See Dibdin, T. F.

CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS.--The Poems of Caius Valerius Catullus translated. With a Preface and Notes by the Hon. George Lamb . . . London: John Murray . . . 1821. _Post 8vo, two volumes in one, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS.--The Poems of Catullus. Translated into English Verse with an introduction and notes by Theodore Martin. London Parker Son and Brown . . . 1861. _Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS.--The Attis of Caius Valerius Catullus Translated into English Verse, with Dissertations On the Myth of Attis, on the Origin of Tree-Worship, and on the Galliambic Metre By Grant Allen, B. A., formerly Postmaster of Merton College, Oxford. London. MDCCCXCII. Published by David Nutt . . . _Royal 8vo, half vellum, uncut edges._

No. 22 of sixty large paper copies printed.

CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS.--The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Now first completely Englished into Verse and Prose, the Metrical Part by Capt. Sir Richard F. Burton, . . . and the Prose Portion, Introduction, and Notes Explanatory and Illustrative by Leonard C. Smithers London: M DCCC XCIIII: printed for the Translators: . . . for private subscribers only. _8vo, half vellum, uncut edges._

Portrait by Blake after Della Rosa. No. 146 of one thousand copies printed.

CAULFIELD, JAMES.--Calcographiana: the Print-sellers Chronicle and Collectors Guide to the Knowledge and Value of Engraved British Portraits. By James Caulfield London: Printed by and for G. Smeeton 1814. _8vo, brown morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by J. MacKenzie._

Illustrated by the insertion of ninety portraits, including originals by Faithorne, White and Magdalen de Passe, also the portrait of Henry, Prince of Wales, from the Hieroologia.

From the collection of John Allan.

CAURTIER, PETER L.--See Courtier, Peter L.

CAVALCASELLE, G. B.--See Crowe and Cavalcaselle.

CAXTON CELEBRATION.--See Bullen, George.

CELLINI, BENVENUTO.--Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini, a Florentine artist; written by himself. Containing a variety of information respecting the arts, and the history of the sixteenth century. Third edition. Corrected and enlarged from the last Milan edition. With the notes and observations of G. P. Carpani, now first translated by Thomas Roscoe, . . . London: printed for Henry Colburn and Co. M DCCC XXIII. _8vo, two volumes, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

Portrait by J. Collyer after G. Vasari.

CERVANTES-SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE.--Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Embellished with engravings from pictures painted by Robert Smirke . . . London: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies . . . by W. Bulwer and C^{o} . . . 1818. _4to, four volumes, russia, gilt back and sides._

Largest paper, with proofs on India paper of the forty-eight plates and twenty-six vignettes, engraved by Anker Smith, Heath, Engleheart, Warren, Raimbach, Fittler, etc.

CERVANTES-SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE.--The Exemplary Novels of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the Author of Don Quixote de la Mancha, published at Madrid in 1613; so called, because in each of them he proposed Useful Example, to be either imitated or avoided London: printed for T. Cadell . . . 1822. _8vo, two volumes, calf, citron edges over rough leaves, by Bedford._

CERVANTES-SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE.--The History and Adventures of the renowned Don Quixote: from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. By T. Smollett, M. D. To which is prefixed a Memoir of the Author, by Thomas Roscoe. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. . . . London: Effingham Wilson, . . . 1833. _Post 8vo, three volumes, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by V. Krafft._

Three imaginary portraits by J. Smith after Meadows, and fifteen other plates by Cruikshank.

CERVANTES-SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE.--Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, by Charles Jarvis, Esq. carefully revised and corrected. Illustrated by Tony Johannot. London: J. J. Dubochet & Co., . . . 1837. [1838, 1839]. _Royal 8vo, three volumes, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews._

Extra-illustrated by the insertion of a few portraits, views, etc.

CERVANTES-SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE.--The Exemplary Novels of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: to which are added El Buscapie, or, the Serpent; and La Tia Fingida, or, the Pretended Aunt. Translated from the Spanish by Walter K. Kelly. London: Henry G. Bohn . . . MDCCCLV. _Post 8vo, half blue morocco, uncut edges._

Portrait of Cervantes by Hinchliff after Van der Gucht.

CESNOLA, LOUIS PALMA DI.--Cyprus: its ancient cities, tombs, and temples. A narrative of researches and excavations during ten years' residence in that island By General Louis Palma di Cesnola, . . . with maps and illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers, . . . 1878. _8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

Presentation copy from the author.

CHAFFERS, WILLIAM.--Marks and Monograms on Pottery & Porcelain of the renaissance and modern periods, with Historical Notices of each Manufactory, preceded by an introductory essay on the Vasa Fictilia of the Greek, Romano-British, and Mediaeval eras. By William Chaffers, . . . Fourth Edition, revised and considerably augmented. with 3000 potters' marks and illustrations. London: Bickers & Son, . . . CI[** inverted C].I[** inverted C].CCC.LXXIV. _Royal 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

The Printer's copy, one of two printed on thick paper, with many of the plates in colour.

CHAFFERS, WILLIAM.--The Collector's Hand Book of Marks and Monograms on Pottery & Porcelain . . . with nearly 3000 marks. By William Chaffers . . . London: Bickers and Son, . . . 1874. _8vo, cloth._

CHALKLEY, THOMAS.--A Collection of the Works of Thomas Chalkley. [Part II. Containing His Epistles, and other Writings.] Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, MDCCXLIX. _8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford._

CHALMERS, THOMAS.--On the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God as manifested in the Adaptation of external Nature to the moral and intellectual Constitution of Man by the Rev. Thomas Chalmers D.D. . . . [Second edition] London William Pickering 1833. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Bridgewater Treatise No. I.

CHAMBERS, ROBERT.--(I.) Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. Third Edition London: John Churchill . . . MDCCCXLV. (II.) Explanations: a Sequel to "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation." By the author of that work. London: John Churchill . . . MDCCCXLV. _12mo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

CHAMPION AND OWEN.--Two Centures of Ceramic Art in Bristol being a History of the Manufacture of "The True Porcelain" by Richard Champion with a biography compiled from private correspondence journals and family papers; containing unpublished letters of Edmund Burke, Richard and William Burke the Duke of Portland, the Marquis of Rockingham and others With an account of the Delft, Earthenware and Enamel Glass Works from original sources By Hugh Owen, . . . Illustrated with one hundred and sixty engravings London Bell and Daldy, . . . 1873. _Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Portrait of Champion by W. T. Davey.

CHANDOS THE HERALD.--The Black Prince. An historical poem, written in French, by Chandos Herald; with a translation and notes by the Rev. Henry Octavius Coxe, . . . Printed for the Roxburghe Club. London: W. Nicol, . . . M DCCC XLII. _Royal 4to, half brown morocco, uncut edges._

Engraved title and facsimile.

CHANTRY, JOHN.--A Book of Portraicture. John Chantry, sculp. 1663. Sold by Godfrey Richards at the signe of the Peacock in Cornhil neere the Royall Exchange. London. _Oblong 4to, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by R. W. Smith._

Twenty-one plates engraved by Chantry after the designs of Godfrey Richards.

CHAP-BOOKS, 1744 &c--(I.) The Delightful New Academy of Complements. . . . [cut] York: Printed and Sold by Thomas G (II.) Anacreon's Feast. To which are added, 1. A New Irish and Scotch Song. 2. The German Mare. 3. A New Song on Alderman Wilkes. [cut] [Colophon] Worcester: Printed for S. Gamidge; &c . . . [n. d.] (III.) The Baffled Knight; Or, The Lady's Policy. [cut] . . . Worcester: . . . S. Gamidge: &c . . . [n. d.] . . . (IV.) The Berkshire Tragedy: or, the Whittham Miller. . . . [cut] York: Pirnted for John Keed, 1744. (V.) Britannia's Charter A choice Collection of New Songs. . . . [cut] Printed for S. Gamidge, . . . Worcester. . . . [n. d.]. (VI.) The Witty and Entertaining Exploits of Sir Geo. Buhanan, commonly called the King's Fool. Printed by S. Gamidge, in Worcester; &c . . . [n. d.] (VII.) The Wandering Young Gentlewoman; or Catskin. To which is added, The Sailor's Return [cut] Ludlow: Printed by J. Turner. [n. d.] (VIII.) A Collection of New Songs. Containing, 1. Jockey and Jenny. &c . . . Sold by S. Gamidge, in Worcester. [n. d.] (IX.) A Choice Collection of Scotch Songs. Part the First. . . . [cut] Sold by S. Gamidge, in Worcester; . . . [n. d.] (X.) Part the Fourth of a Choice Collection of Scotch Songs. . . . [cut] Worcester: Printed for S. Gamidge; &c--[n. d.] (XI.) A Collection of New Songs. Containing. 1. An Ode to Echo. . . . [cut containing "Num. VI."] Sold by S. Gamidge, . . . Worcester. [n. d.] (XII.) A Collection of New Songs. Containing. 1. Cymon and Iphigenia. . . . [cut containing "Num. VIII"] Sold by S. Gamidge, . . . Worcester, . . . [n. d.] (XIII.) Cupid's Magazine. Being a Choice Collection of Songs. . . . London: Printed for C. Sheppard, . . . [n. d.] [cut] . . . (XIV.) The Life and Adventures of Capt. John Deane. . . . [cut] Sold by S. Gamidge, in Worcester. [n. d.] (XV.) The Devonshire Nymph; Or, The Knight's Happy Choice. . . . [cut] Sold by S. Gamidge, . . . Worcester. [n. d.] (XVI.) A diverting Dialogue both Serious and Comical: That passed the other day between a noted Shoemaker and his Wife, living in this Neighbourhood. [cut] Een tered according to Order [n. d.] (XVII.) Fair Maudlin; or, the Merchant's Daughter of Bristol. [cut] . . . [Colophon] Printed for S. Gamidge, . . . Worcester. [n. d.] (XVIII.) The Five Strange Wonders of the World: or, a New Merry Book of All Fives. . . . Sold by S. Gamidge, in Worcester; . . . [n. d.] (XIX.) The Glocestershire Tragedy; Being an Account of Miss Mary Smith, of Thornbury, who Poisoned her Father, Sir John Smith, For Love of a young Man. . . . Printed and Sold by Howard and Evans, . . . London. [n. d.] (XX.) The Golden Bull; or, The Crafty Princess. . . . [cut] . . . [n. p., n. d.] (XXI.) Undutiful Daughter: or the Hampshire Wonder. . . . [cut] Printed by C. James . . . [London, n.d.] (XXII.) A Mournful Tragedy. Being A True Copy of Verses, shewing the unparallelled Sufferings of the Heer Van Ussell, a Dutchman, his Lady, two Children, and sixteen Sailors, who underwent such hardships at Sea, as forced them to kill and eat one another. [cut] Sold by S. Gamidge, in Worcester, [n. d.] (XXIII.) The Overthrow of Proud Holofernes; And the Triumph of Virtuous Queen Judith. [cut] Worcester: Printed for S. Gamidge . . . [n. d.] (XXIV.) The Hull Tragedy, or Unnatural Ingratitude. . . . Sold by S. Gamidge, . . . Worcester. . . . (XXV.) Joaks upon Joaks, or No Joak like a true Joak. Containing, The Merry Pranks of The Earls of Warwick and Pembroke, Lord Rochester, Lord Mohun, &c. Sold by S. Gamidge, . . . Worcester; &c . . . [n. d.] (XXVI.) The Pleasant and Delightful History of Lawrence Lazy: containing His Birth and Slothful Breeding: . . . [cut] Printed, for James Hodges, at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge. (XXVII.) The Liverpool Tragedy. [n. d.] (XXVIII.) Love At the first Sight: Or, the Gay In a Flutter; . . . London: Printed by T. Thomas, near St. Pauls. [n. d.] (XXIX.) A Collection of Love-Letters. To which is added The History of Sylvia. [cut] Sold by S. Gamidge, . . . Worcester. . . . [n. d.] (XXX.) The Amusement, Being a Collection of Thirteen Love Songs. [n. d.] (XXXI.) The Loyal Martyrs: or, Bloody Inquisitor. . . . Worcester: Printed for S. Gamidge; . . . [n. d.] (XXXII.) The Maiden's Prize; or, Batchelor's Puzzle. . . . Printed for S. Gamidge, . . . Worcester. [n. d.] (XXXIII.) The Miraculous Farmer: or, No Cock like the West-Country Cock. [cut] Ludlow: Printed by J. Turner. [n. d.] (XXXIV.) The Nottingham Tragedy. . . . London: Prinsed by J. Johnson. [n. d.] (XXXV.) The Oxfordshire Tragedy; or, Rosanna's Overthrow. . . . [cut] Printed for S. Gamidge, in Worcester. . . . [n. d.] (XXXVI.) A choice Penny-worth of Wit; . . . [n. d.] (XXXVII.) Pills to purge Melancholy: or, England's Witty and Ingenious Jester. . . . [cut] Sold by S. Gamidge, . . . Worcester . . . [n. d.] (XXXVIII.) Plymouth Tragedy: or, Fair Susan's Overthrow. . . . [cut] [n. d.] (XXXIX.) The Politick Chambermaid: or, The Merchant Outwitted. . . . [cut] Sold by S. Gamidge, in Worcester; . . . [n. d.] (XL.) The Somersetshire Tragedy: or, The Unnatural Mother. Sold by S. Gamidge, in Worcester; . . . [n. d.] (XLI.) The History and Lives Of all the most Notorious Pirates, and their Crews. . . . [cut] Sold by S. Gamidge, in Worcester; . . . [n. d.] _8vo, forty-one works in one volume, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

CHAP-BOOKS, 1814-1817.--(I.) The Coalman's Courtship to the Creel-wife's daughter. In three parts. . . . Stirling: printed and sold by M. Randall. [n. d.] (II.) Odd History of a Scottish Thief, who imposed on the city of London, Bristol, &c. under the title of a Lord's eldest son. Also A Wonderful Escape from Death. [cut] [Stirling] Printed by M. Randall. [n. d.] (III.) The London Spy. Or the Frauds of London described. Being a complete discourse of all the Dark Transactions In and about that Great City. Edinburgh: Printed for the Booksellers. 1816. (IV.) The Exploits of Wise Willie, and Witty Eppie the Ale-Wife, of Buchaven. [cut] Stirling: Printed and Sold by M. Randall. [n. d.] (V.) Thrummy Cap: a tale. To which are added. Young Whip Stich, and the Gig Demolished. [cut] Stirling: Printed and Sold by M. Randall. [n. d.] (VI.) History of the King and the Cobler. In two parts. . . . A New Edition enlarged. [cut] Sold wholesale by J. Fraser & Co. . . . Stirling. [n. d.] (VII.) The Comical Transactions of Lothian Tom. In six parts. . . . [cut] Paisley: Printed by J. Neilson. 1815. (VIII.) Fun upon Fun! or, the Comical Merry Tricks of Leper the Taylor. In two parts. . . . [cut] Paisley: Printed by J. Neilson. 1815. (IX.) The History of the Seven Wise Masters of Rome. . . . Falkirk: printed by T Johnston. 1816. (X.) The History of Moll. Flanders. . . . [cut] Paisley, printed by J. Neilson, 1815. (XI.) The History of John Cheap the Chapman, . . . In three parts. [cut] Glasgow: Published and Sold by R. Hutchinson & Co. . . . 1817. (XII.) The Comical History of Simple John and his Twelve Misfortunes; . . . [cut] Glasgow: . . . R. Hutchinson & Co. . . . 1817. (XIII.) The History of The Wicked Life and Horrid Death of Dr. John Faustus. . . . [cut] Printed in the year 1816. (XIV.) The Laird of Cool's Ghost. . . . [cut] Paisley: . . . J. Neilson. 1815. (XV.) The Ancient and Modern History of Buck-Haven in Fifeshire . . . . [cut] Glasgow: . . . R. Hutchinson & Co. . . . 1817 (XVI.) The Pleasant History of Poor Robin, the Merry Sadler of Walden. . . . [cut] Printed in the year 1817. (XVII.) The Friar & Boy, or, the Young Piper's Pleasant Pastime. . . . Stirling, Printed and Sold by M. Randall. [n. d.] (XVIII.) The Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham. . . . Stirling: . . . M. Randall. [n. d.] (XIX.) Wanton Tom: or, the Merry History of Tom Stitch The Tailor. . . . Stirling: printed by M. Randall. [n. d.] (XX.) The Life and Transations of Mrs. Jane Shore, Concubine to K. Edward 4th, . . . [cut] Paisley: . . . J. Neilson. 1816. (XXI.) The Comical Sayings of Paddy from Cork, with His Coat Button'd Behind, . . . [cut] Paisley: . . . J. Neilson, 1815. (XXII.) The Dominie Depos'd; or some Reflections On his Intrigue with a young Lass, . . . With the Sequel. By William Forbes, . . . To which is added, Maggy Johnston's Elegy. [cut] Glasgow: . . . R. Hutchinson & Co. . . . [n. d.] (XXIII.) The Merry and Diverting Exploits of George Buchanan, commonly called The King's Fool. . . . [cut] Paisley: . . . J. Neilson. 1815. (XXIV.) The Whole Proceedings of Jockey and Maggy: . . . Carefully corrected and revised by the Author. Stirling: . . . M. Randall. 1814. _12mo, twenty-four works in one volume, green levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges, by Alfred Matthews._

Twenty-four old popular tracts, all reprinted from earlier editions at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Falkirk, and Paisley, from 1814 to 1817. They all relate to Scotland and Scottish manners, with the exception of two or three, viz., The Friar and the Boy, The London Spy, and The History of Poor Robin. Thirty-seven curious woodcuts.

John Payne Collier's copy, with his notes on the fly-leaf.

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