Chapter IV: Part 4

JEST BOOKS.--The Polite Jester: or, Theatre for Wit. containing Diverting Jests, Smart Repartees, &c. &c. Interspersed with a great Variety of comic poetry. The whole intended for chearful amusement, and is free from indelicacy. London: Printed by and for J. Drew, . . . 1796. [Price One Shilling.] _12mo, green straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece.

JEST BOOKS.--Scogin's Jests; Full of Witty Mirth, and pleasant Shifts; done by him in France and other places. Being A Preservative again Melancholy, Gathered by Andrew Board, Doctor of Physick. . . . London: Printed for W. Thackeray, . . . and J. Deacon. . . . Reprinted for J. Caulfield. 1796. _12mo, red straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Full-length portrait of Andrew Board [Borde] by Clamp after Holbein.

JEST BOOKS.--Quick's Whim, or, the Merry Medley: containing a collection of . . . jests, bon-mots, repartees, &c. occasionally introduced by this son of Momus and his companions, at the tables of hospitality, in the hours of convitiality and moments of mirth. Enriched with an Engraving of that excellent Comedian. . . . London. Printed for W. Lane, . . . [1796] _12mo, red straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece of Quick by Eastgate after Corbould.

JEST BOOKS.--The new universal Story-teller, or, A Picture of Human Life. . . . Southwark: Printed by W. Kemmish, . . . M DCC XCVII. Price six-pence. _12mo, green straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece, "Music has Power to melt the Soul," printed in green.

JEST BOOKS.--Paragon Jester; or, the Polite Wit's Museum. Containing a Variety of elegant Apophthegms, Jests, &c. newly translated from the French, German, Spanish, Roman, and Eastern Languages: . . . Southwark: Printed by and for W. Kemmish, . . . 1798. . . . _12mo, olive straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece.

JEST BOOKS.--The Sailor's Jester; or, Merry Lad's Companion: a diverting, droll and entertaining collection of Funny Jests, Witty Replies, &c. &c. of the brave tars of old England, from the captain to the cabin boy: . . . London: printed for W. Lane, . . . [1798] _12mo, brown levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece, "The Merry Sailor's."

JEST BOOKS.--The Dramatic Budget; or, Olio of Fancy. Being a choice collection of much-admired comic scenes: to which are added, prologues epilogues and tales. . . . London: printed by J. Plymsell, . . . and published by T. Hooper and J. Woodhouse, . . . 1800. Price sixpence. _12mo, blue straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece, "Fustian & Silvester Daggerwood."

JEST BOOKS.--Admiral Nelson's Fun-Box open'd; being a complete collection of Jests, of the first cast, by the most celebrated wits of the age. . . . London. Printed by T. Plummer, . . . [1800] _12mo, olive straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece, "An Old Story," by Brune after E. Dayes.

JEST BOOKS.--The Ladies Elegant Jester, or Fun for the Female Sex; being a chaste and delicate selection of good things, written By Mrs. Montague, the Countess of Aisborough, Lady Douglass, the Countess of Wimbledon, and other Literary Ladies; . . . together with many originals, by Ann Sophia Radcliffe. . . . London. Printed for the Proprietor, and published by Crosby & Letterman . . . Price only 6d. Plummer, Printer, . . . [1800] _12mo, olive straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece by Grignion after E. Dayes.

JEST BOOKS.--The New Loyal and Patriotic Jester, or Complete Library of Fun; intended for the perusal of every loyal Briton; . . . Nearly the whole of which has never before appeared in print. By Christopher Grin, Esq. The second edition. London. Printed by T. Plummer, . . . And sold by H. D. Symonds, . . . Price One Shilling. [1800] _12mo, olive straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece by T. Tegg after E. Dayes.

JEST BOOKS.--The Social Magazine or Cabinet of Wit being a Complete Repository of Original Bon Mots, Epigrams &c By a Society of Gentlemen Members of the Club of Odd Fellows . . . London: Printed for H. D. Symonds, . . . [1800] _12mo, red straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Engraved title by Holland, frontispiece, "An Old Story," by Brune after E. Dayes, and five other plates by R. Heath, Brune, T. Tegg, and Grignion after E. Dayes and Tegg.

JEST BOOKS.--The Festival of Mirth For 1801; consisting of interesting, moral, and amusing stories; . . . London: printed by W. Nicholson, . . . for Thomas Wilson, . . . Price One Shilling. 1801. _12mo, red straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece by R. Williamson after Cawse, coloured by hand. The text of pages 34 and 36 is reversed, and 37-40 are mixed.

JEST BOOKS.--The Convivial Jester, or Bane of Melancholy; being an unrivalled collection of the Most celebrated and pointed Jests, Puns, and Repartees, ever before published in the whole world; . . . Written and compiled Under the immediate Inspection of that facetious and lively Writer, Godfrey Broadgrin, Esq. The second edition, Embellished with a beautiful and appropriate Frontispiece, by a most eminent artist. London. Printed for the Proprietor, and published by H. D. Symonds, . . . and T. Hurst, . . . Price only 6d. Plummer, Printer, . . . [n. d.] _12mo, blue straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges; by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece by Heath after Tegg.

JEST BOOKS.--The Gentleman's Companion, or an elegant and lively selection, of the bon mots, repartees, &c. of the most distinguished characters, in the brilliant circles of taste and fashion. London: printed for W. Lane, . . . [n. d.] _12mo, red straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece.

JEST BOOKS.--The Humorous Jester; or, Man of Fashion's Companion; being a collection of jests and humours, . . . By Henry Ranger, author of a thousand good things. London: printed by and for J. Roach, . . . [n. d.] _12mo, olive straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece.

JEST BOOKS.--The Laughing Philosopher; or repository of wit: . . . Written and compiled for the Sons of Momus, By Jerry Jingle, Esq. of Jingle-Hall. London: Printed for H. D. Symonds, . . . Price Six-Pence. Plummer, Printer, . . . [n. d.] _12mo, blue straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt over uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece by Brune after E. Dayes.

JEST BOOKS.--The Laughing Philosopher. [n. d.] _12mo, green straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt over uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Another copy, similar to the preceding in all respects through page 36. Page 37 begins with a paragraph on the word "Sir"; the last page, 48, ends with "Newspapers." The preceding copy begins on page 37 with verses called "The Spectacles," and ends on page 48 with "Charles II."

JEST BOOKS.--The Laughing Philosopher's Legacy to Dull Mortals. . . . London. Printed for S. Elliott, . . . and W. Harris, . . . Price 6.^{d} [n. d.] _12mo, blue straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Woodcuts and frontispiece, "The Old Citizen at Vauxhall."

JEST BOOKS.--Laugh when you can; or, the monstrous droll Jester. . . . To which is added, The Benevolent Jew, as recited at the Royalty Theatre. London: printed for Ann Lemoine, . . . (Price Sixpence.) [n. d.] _12mo, olive straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece, "The Compulsive Wedding."

JEST BOOKS.--The Merry Fellow; or Jack Fun's Budget. . . . Gosport: printed by J. Watts, And Sold by Crosby and Letterman, . . . London. [n. d.] _12mo, olive straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece, "The Rival Candidates," by T. S. Seed.

JEST BOOKS.--New genuine edition. The New London & Country Jester; or, Fun for the Parlour & Kitchen. . . . By Peter Cunningham, Esq. Professor of Drollery at Oxford. Including the most Remarkable Jokes and Witticisms, used by the late Noted Sir John Fielding, of facetious memory, . . . London: printed for, and Sold wholesale and retail by, Alex. Hogg, [n. d.] . . . [Price only 1s. Embellished with a Droll Frontispiece.] _12mo, blue straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece, "The Town and Country Jester."

JEST BOOKS.--Rusted's humourous and entertaining Jester Or Pabulum of Life. Containing a variety of original Jests, entirely new. London: Sold by R. Rusted, . . . J. Adlard, printer, . . . [n. d.] _12mo, brown straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece etched by Haynes and coloured by hand.

JEST BOOKS.--Sam Brown's precious collection of merry Jokes; with his curious Story of the unfortunate little French Pastry Cook. London: printed for R. Rusted, . . . Six-pence. Bentham, Printer, . . . [n. d.] _12mo, blue straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece, "Misfortune the First," by Haynes.

JEST BOOKS.--The Town and Country Nut-cracker, or Jack Sharp's Jests. . . . London, Printed and sold by T. Sabine, No. 81, Shoe Lane. [n. d.] _Small 8vo, green straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece in two compartments.

JEST BOOKS.--The Variety, or The Evening's Entertainment; In a Parcel of Interesting Novels, Histories, Amours, Intrigues, &c. &c. &c. . . . London: Bailey, Printer, . . . [n. d.] _12mo, blue straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece.

JEST BOOKS.--The Whimsical Jester; or, the Humors of High Life. Calculated for the entertainment of the polite world; . . . London: printed for J. Sudbury, . . . [n. d.] Price six-pence. _12mo, red straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece, "The Amorous Lovers," preliminary blank leaf, A1, and two final leaves of advertisement, E5 and E6.

JEST BOOKS.--The Humourist: a collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Repartees, Witty Sayings, Epigrams, Bon Mots, Jeu d'esprits, &c. carefully selected. . . . Vol. I. [Vols. II.-IV.] London: Printed and Published by J. Robins and Co. . . . 1822. [1819. 1819. 1820.] _12mo, four volumes, original decorated boards, uncut edges._

Forty coloured plates by George Cruikshank.

JEST BOOKS.--See Wit.

JEWITT, LLEWELLYNN.--The Wedgwoods: being a Life of Josiah Wedgwood; with Notices of his Works and their Productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the Early Potteries of Staffordshire. By Llewellynn Jewitt, . . . with a portrait and numerous illustrations. London: Virtue Brothers and Co., . . . 1865. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

JEWITT, LLEWELLYNN.--The Ceramic Art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, being a history of the ancient and modern Pottery and Porcelain Works of the Kingdom and of their productions of every class by Llewellynn Jewitt . . . illustrated with nearly two thousand engravings. London Virtue and Co., . . . 1878. _Royal 8vo, two volumes, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY.--The John Carter Brown Library The Dedication of the Library Building May the seventeenth A. D. M DCCCC IIII With the Addresses by William Vail Kellen LL.D. and Frederick Jackson Turner Ph.D. Providence Rhode Island M DCCCC V. _8vo, half cloth, uncut edges._

Presentation copy.

JOHNSON, CHARLES.--Fortune in her Wits. A Comedy. London, Printed for Bernard Lintott . . . 1705. Price 1s. 6d. _4to, green levant morocco, gilt fillets, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. A2-A4, a1-a2, and B-I2 in fours, title on A2.

JOHNSON, CHARLES.--Love and Liberty. A Tragedy. As it is to be Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-lane. Written by Charles Johnson, Of the Middle-Temple, Esq; London; Printed for Bernard Lintott . . . 1709. Price 1s. 6d. _4to, blue levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by Mercier._

First edition. A-I in fours, half-title on A1, title on A2. Dedicated "To the Judicious Criticks Throughout the Town," "From my Chambers in the Middle-Temple, November 25, 1708"; but never acted.

JOHNSON, CHARLES.--The Wife's Relief: or, the Husband's Cure. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Mr. Cha. Johnson. [Two lines in Latin] London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, . . . 1712. _4to, brown levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf._

First edition. A-K2 in fours, title on A1. Dedication to Henry Bentinck, Earl of Portland.

JOHNSON, CHARLES.--The Generous Husband: or, the Coffee House Politician. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-lane. By Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Mr. Charles Johnson. [One line in Latin] London: Printed for Bernard Lintott . . . and Egbert Sanger, . . . [1713] Price 1s. 6d. _4to, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf._

First edition. A-I in fours, title on A1. Dedicated to Lord Ashburnham.

JOHNSON, CHARLES.--The Victim. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane By Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Mr. Johnson . . . . London, Printed: And Sold by Ferd. Burleigh . . . MDCCXIV. _12mo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Riviere._

Frontispiece by Lud. Du Guernier.

Taken from Racine and plagiarized from the adaptation of Abel Boyer.

JOHNSON, JOHN.--Typographia, or the Printers' Instructor: including an Account of the Origin of Printing, with Biographical Notices of the Printers of England, from Caxton to the close of the Sixteenth Century. A Series of Ancient and Modern Alphabets and Domesday Characters . . . By J. Johnson, Printer Longman . . . London: 1824. _8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt over uncut edges, by Brany._

Thick and largest paper copy. A Roxburghe Club copy. Portrait of Caxton, etc.

Johnson was assisted by T. F. Dibdin and other bibliographers.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--Irene: a tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-lane. By Mr. Samuel Johnson. London: Printed for R. Dodsley at Tully's-head in Pall-mall and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster-Row. M DCC XLIX. _8vo, green levant morocco, gilt fillets, uncut edges._

First edition. A1-A4 and B-G3 in eights, half-title on A1, title on A2, and final leaf of advertisement, G4.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--The Vanity of Human Wishes. the Tenth Satire of Juvenal, imitated By Samuel Johnson. London: Printed for R. Dodsley . . . , and Sold by M. Cooper . . . M.DCC.XLIX. _4to, citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, some uncut, by Chambolle-Duru._

First edition. A-D2 in fours, title on A1.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--The Rambler. Volume first, [second.]

Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri,
Quo me cunque rapit tempestas deferor hospes.

HOR.

London: Printed for J. Payne, at Pope's Head, in Pater Noster Row. M DCCLIII. _Folio, two volumes, brown morocco, gilt fillets, gilt edges, by Bedford._

First edition, as published, in numbers. Title and Contents in each volume, two leaves, Mottos, three leaves. Volume I contains Nos. 1-104, Tuesday, May 20, 1749--50 to Saturday, March 16, 1751. Volume II, Nos. 105-208, Tuesday, March 19, 1751 to Saturday, March 17, 1752.

Each number consists of three leaves, "Price 2d." with date, and the notice, "To be continued on Tuesdays and Saturdays." The double date, 1749-50, was dropped after the second number, and No. 3 is headed, "Tuesday, March 27, 1750." At the end of No. 1 is the imprint: "London: Printed for J. Payne, and J. Bouquet, in Pater-noster-Row; where Letters for the Author are received." In No. 2 this reading is changed to "for the Rambler," and in No. 5, "and the preceding Numbers may be had" is added and continued to the end.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. By Samuel Johnson, A. M. London: printed by W. Strahan . . . MDCCLV. _Royal folio, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

First edition.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--The Prince of Abissinia. [Rasselas] A Tale . . . London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, . . . and W. Johnston, . . . MDCCLIX. _Small 8vo, two volumes, original calf._

First edition.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--The Idler . . . London, Printed for J. Newbery, . . . MDCCLXI. _12mo, two volumes, calf gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

First edition.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell . . . M DCC LXXV. _8vo, maroon levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges, by Carayon._

First edition: with final leaf of Errata.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--The Lives of the most eminent English Poets; with critical observations on their Works. By Samuel Johnson . . . London: printed for C. Bathurst . . . MDCCLXXXI. _8vo, four volumes, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Second edition. Portrait of Johnson by Trotter after Reynolds.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. now first collected in one volume. London. Printed for the editor and sold by G. Kearsley, . . . 1785. _Small 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru._

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D . . . Oxford. Printed for William Pickering; London . . . MDCCCXXV. _Royal 8vo, eleven volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

One of fifty copies printed on large paper, including the Parliamentary Debates, etc. Portrait of Dr. Johnson by Worthington after Reynolds, India proof, and (inserted) Westall's illustrations to Rasselas.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--Dialogue between Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Knowles. London: Printed for J. and A. Arch, . . . M DCC XCIX. [Price Six Pence.] _8vo, calf, side panels blind-tooled, gilt top, uncut edges. Bound with Sir Joshua Reynolds' "Johnson and Garrick."_

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.--See Beckford, William. Boswell, James.

JOHNSONIANA; or, a collection of bon mots, &c. By Dr. Johnson, and Others. Together With the choice sentences of Publius Syrus, Now first Translated into English. London: Printed for J. Ridley, . . . W. Shropshire, . . . W. Davis, . . . T. Evans, . . . G. Kearsly, . . . Wallis and Stonehouse, . . . Richardson and Urquhart, . . . and W. Flexney, . . . M DCC LXXVI. . . . _Small 8vo, Spanish calf, gilt top, uncut edges._

Portrait of Dr. Johnson by Taylor.

JOHNSONIANA.--The Witticisms, Anecdotes, Jests, and Sayings, of Dr. Samuel Johnson, during the whole course of his life. Collected From Boswell, Piozzi, Hawkins, Baretti, Beauclerk, Sir Joshua Reynolds, And other Gentlemen in the Habits of Intimacy with the Doctor. And a full account of Dr. Johnson's Conversation with the King. To which is added, A great Number of Jests, In which the most distinguished Wits of the present Century bore a Part. By J. Merry, Esq. of Pembroke College. . . . The third edition, greatly improved. London: printed for D. Brewman, . . . 1797. _8vo, Spanish calf, gilt top, uncut edges._

Frontispiece, "Mrs. Thrale's Breakfast Table," by Barlow after Cruikshanks.

JOHNSONIANA; or Supplement to Boswell. being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson collected by Piozzi [and many others] London: John Murray . . . MDCCCXXXVI. _Royal 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

Large paper copy, with forty-five portraits and views engraved on steel.

JOHNSONIANA.--Samuel Johnson his words and his ways what he said, what he did, and what men thought and spoke concerning him edited by E. T. Mason New York Harper & Brothers, . . . 1879. _12mo, cloth._

JOHNSON, SAMUEL, OF CHESHIRE.--Hurlothrumbo: or, the Super-Natural. As it is Acted at the New-Theatre, in the Hay-Market. Written by Mr. Samuel Johnson, from Cheshire. . . . London: Printed for T. Wotton, . . . and J. Shuckburgh, . . . M. DCC.XXIX. _4to, half calf gilt edges._

The author of this play was a namesake of Dr. Johnson.

JOHNSTON, CHARLES.--Chrysal; or the Adventures of a Guinea: Wherein are exhibited Views of several striking scenes; with interesting anecdotes of the most noted persons in every rank of life, through whose hands it has passed. By an Adept. . . . London: printed for Samuel Richards and Co. . . . 1822. _Post 8vo, three volumes, original cloth, uncut edges._

Twelve coloured plates.

JOLLY, WILLIAM.--Robert Burns at Mossgiel: with reminiscences of the poet by his herd-boy. By William Jolly, . . . [cut] Paisley: Alexander Gardner. 1881. _16mo, original cloth._

Diagram.

JOMINI, BARON.--Life of Napoleon. By Baron Jomini, General-in-Chief and Aid-de-Camp to the Emperor of Russia. . . . Translated from the French. With notes, By H. W. Halleck, . . . New York: D. Van Nostrand, . . . 1864. _8vo, five volumes, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Volume V is an Atlas containing sixty maps.

JONES, GEORGE.--Sir Francis Chantrey, R. A. Recollections of his life, practice, and opinions. By George Jones, R. A. London: Edward Moxon, . . . MDCCCXLIX. _12mo, original cloth, uncut edges._

JONES, HENRY.--Card Essays, Clay's Decisions, and Card-table Talk. By "Cavendish," . . . London: Thos. de la Rue & Co. . . . 1879. . . . _Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Portrait.

JONES, OWEN.--The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament. One hundred folio plates, drawn on stone by F. Bedford, and printed in colours by Day and Son. London: published by Day and Son . . . M DCCC LVI _Imperial folio, half purple morocco, gilt top._

First edition.

JONES, STEPHEN.--See Baker, Reed, and Jones.

JOONES, Z.--The Hermit of Mona, a poem; Saled, a tale of the eleventh century: with other pieces. By Z. Joones, . . . London: printed for T. and G. Underwood. . . . 1822. _Post 8vo, boards, uncut edges._

JORDAN, DOROTHEA (DOROTHY) BLAND.--The Life of Mrs. Jordan; including original private correspondence, and numerous anecdotes of her contemporaries. By James Boaden, Esq. . . . Third edition. . . . London: Edward Bull, . . . 1831. _8vo, two volumes, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges, by Pratt._

_Portrait on India paper by W. H. Worthington after Romney. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of two hundred and seventy-five portraits, many being original drawings, and several autograph letters. The engravings are for the most part in proof state._

JOSEPHINE, EMPRESS.--Memoirs of the Empress Josephine with Anecdotes of the Courts of Navarre and Malmaison. London: Henry Colburn, . . . 1828. [-1829.] _Post 8vo, three volumes, blue morocco, gilt back, gilt edges._

JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS.--The Jewish War of Flavius Josephus: a new translation, by the late Rev. Robert Traill, . . . edited, with notes, by Isaac Taylor. With Pictorial Illustrations. . . . London: Houlston and Stoneman, . . . 1851. _Royal 8vo, two volumes, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pratt._

Seventy-five plates.

JOURNAL of Design and Manufactures . . . London: Chapman and Hall, . . . MDCCCXLIX-LII. _8vo, six volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Volumes I-VI, with two hundred and thirteen fabric patterns inserted, and many hundred woodcuts.

JOURNAL of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, shortly before the Revolution; embellished with seventeen coloured engravings, from designs by T. Rowlandson, Esq. . . . London: published by R. Ackermann, . . . 1821. _8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First issue, with a list of seventeen plates on the final page under "Directions to the Binder." Although the title-page calls for this number, there are eighteen, which in the present copy are in two states.

The list in the second issue includes the plate here omitted: Rural Happiness at Caverac, page 73.

JOURNAL of Sentimental Travels. 1821. _Royal 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Champs._

Second issue, with the list of plates on the last page increased from seventeen to eighteen, to correspond with the number in the book, although the title-page calls for only seventeen.

JOUTEL.--Joutel's Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage A reprint (page for page and line for line) of the first English translation, London, 1714; with the Map of the original French edition Paris, 1713, in facsimile; and Notes by Melville B. Anderson Chicago The Caxton Club mdcccxcvi. _8vo, half vellum, uncut edges._

One of two hundred and three copies printed on American hand-made paper.

JUDAH, SAMUEL B. F.--Gotham and the Gothamites, a medley. . . . New York: published for the Author, and sold by S. King, . . . 1823. _16mo, original boards, uncut edges._

This satire on New York society caused the imprisonment of the author-publisher, and the suppression of the work.

"JUNIUS."--Junius. [Letters] . . . London: printed by T. Bensley . . . 1796. _8vo, two volumes, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews._

Thick paper copy, with engraved title, sixteen copper-plate portraits, and woodcuts by Bewick.

"JUNIUS."--Junius . . . London: Printed by T. Bensley . . . 1797. The letter-press title is dated 1799. _8vo, two volumes, red morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt over edges partially uncut, by Bozerian the Younger._

Thick paper copy. Twenty-one portraits engraved by Ridley, and numerous woodcuts by Bewick.

This edition contains all the letters of Junius, Philo Junius, and of Sir William Draper and Mr. Horne to Junius.

JUSSERAND, J. J.--The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by J. J. Jusserand . . . translated from the French by Elizabeth Lee. Revised and enlarged by the author. Illustrated. London T. Fisher Unwin . . . M DCCCXC. _8vo, vellum, gilt top, uncut edges._

No. 52 of sixty-five copies printed on Japanese paper. Frontispiece portrait of Queen Elizabeth after William Rogers, and sixty-one other illustrations.

JUSSERAND, J. J.--A French Ambassador at the Court of Charles the Second. Le Comte de Cominges From his unpublished Correspondence. By J. J. Jusserand . . . with portraits. London T. Fisher Unwin . . . MDCCCXCII. _8vo, vellum, gilt top, uncut edges._

No. 56 of sixty-five copies printed on Japanese paper.

JUST VENGEANCE.--The Just Vengeance of Heaven Exemplify'd. in a Journal Lately Found by Captain Mawson, (Commander of the Ship Compton) on the Island of Ascension. As he was Homeward-bound from India. In which is a full and exact Relation of the Author's being set on Shore there (by order of the Commodore and Captains of the Dutch Fleet) for a most Enormous Crime he had been guilty of, and the extreme and unparallel'd Hardships, Sufferings, and Misery he endur'd, from the Time of his being left there, to that of his Death. All Wrote with his own Hand, and found lying near the Skeleton. London: Printed and sold by the Booksellers. . . . [n. d.] _8vo, half calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Frontispiece containing a skeleton on the seashore.

KALIDASA.--Sakoontala; or the Lost Ring; an Indian Drama, translated into English prose and verse from the Sanskrit of Kalidasa. By Monier Williams &c . . . Hertford: printed and published by Stephen Austin &c M DCCC LV. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by A. Motte._

First edition. Every page surrounded with a border in gold and colours, sub-titles and other illustrations similarly treated, woodcuts, etc.

KALIDASA.--['S]akoontala or The Lost Ring An Indian Drama translated into English prose and verse from the Sanskrit of Kalidasa by Monier Williams, M. A. . . . New York Dodd, Mead and Company 1885. _4to, citron levant morocco, back panels and side compartments in a floral design of red mosaic and gilt, green mosaic borders, tooled, figured silk linings, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

No. 47 of one hundred and ten copies printed on Japanese paper.

KALIDASA.--['S]akoontala. 1885. _4to, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, doubled with brown morocco, gilt borders, gilt edges, with the original covers bound in, by Riviere._

No. 1 of four copies printed upon vellum.

KANT, IMMANUEL.--Critick of Pure Reason translated from the original of Immanuel Kant London William Pickering 1838. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

KEANE, A. H.--The early Teutonic, Italian, and French Masters translated and edited from the Dohme series by A. H. Keane, . . . with numerous illustrations London Chatto and Windus, . . . 1880. _Royal 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

KEATS, JOHN.--Poems by John Keats . . . London: printed for C. & J. Ollier . . . 1817. _Small 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

First edition.

KEATS, JOHN.--Poems. 1817. _12mo, citron levant morocco, rich gilt back and side border, doubled with citron morocco, gilt border, gilt over uncut edges, in a citron levant morocco case, by Mercier._

Another copy.

KEATS, JOHN.--Endymion: A Poetic Romance. By John Keats. "The stretched metre of an antique song." London: printed for Taylor and Hessey, [by T. Miller] . . . 1818. _8vo, maroon levant morocco, sides covered with a floral design, the intervals studded with dots, doubled with red morocco, maroon borders, filleted, red silk guards, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition; dated from Teignmouth, April 10, 1818, and "Inscribed to the memory of Thomas Chatterton." Two final leaves of Advertisement dated May 1, 1818.

B. R. Haydon's copy, with his signature on the title-page. A three-page autograph letter from Keats to Fanny Brawne is inserted.

KEATS, JOHN.--Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and other poems. By John Keats, . . . London: printed for Taylor and Hessey, . . . 1820. _12mo, brown levant morocco, rich gilt back and sides, doubled with red levant, chaplet border, gilt top, uncut edges, by David._

First edition. Portrait of the author inserted, India proof, by Meyer after Severn.

KEATS, JOHN.--The Poetical Works of John Keats. A new edition. London: Edward Moxon, . . . 1851. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Portrait by H. Robinson after J. Severn.

KEATS, JOHN.--The Poetical Works of John Keats. With a Memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes. Illustrated by 120 designs, original and from the antique, drawn on wood by George Scharf, Jun., . . . London: Edward Moxon, . . . 1854. _4to, cloth, uncut edges._

One of one hundred large paper copies printed, with portrait by H. Robinson after J. Severn.

KEATS, JOHN.-The Poetical Works of John Keats. With a Memoir. . . . Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1866. _12mo, half green cloth, uncut edges._

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

KEATS, JOHN.--(I.) The Letters of John Keats edited by Jno. Gilmer Speed . . . New York Dodd, Mead & Company [De Vinne Press] 1883 (II.-III.) The Poems of John Keats with the annotations of Lord Houghton and a memoir by Jno. Gilmer Speed . . . [Same imprint] _12mo, three volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt over uncut edges, by David._

One of fifty-five copies printed on Whatman paper; with seven portraits (three coloured), two facsimiles, and one view.

The coloured portraits in the Letters are in two states, unique duplicates on satin having been added to the ordinary impressions. In the Poems, the mask of Keats is in three states: Japan and India paper, and vellum. Twenty-five proof portraits and scenes have been added, including five examples after Stothard, for the most part on India paper.

KEATS, JOHN.--Letters and Poems. 1883. _12mo, three volumes, red levant morocco, back and sides tooled in bands of fillets, doubled with blue morocco, floral borders, gilt over uncut edges, in green morocco cases, by David._

No. 1 of two copies printed on vellum. Inserted are two pages from Keats' original manuscript of "Cap and Bells."

KEATS, JOHN.--The Poetical Works of John Keats edited by William T. Arnold London Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., . . . M DCCC LXXX IIII. _Royal 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, corner ornaments, gilt top, uncut edges, with the original covers bound in, by Zaehnsdorf._

No. 35 of fifty copies printed on large paper: with etched portrait on Japan paper.

KEATS, JOHN.--The Poems of John Keats edited by G. Thorn Drury. With an introduction by Robert Bridges. London: Lawrence & Bullen . . . 1896. _Post 8vo, two volumes, half vellum, gilt top, uncut edges._

Large paper copy, two hundred printed, with a portrait of Keats after Severn's miniature.

KEATS, JOHN.--Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats. Edited by Richard Monckton Milnes. . . . London: Edward Moxon, . . . 1848. _Post 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

First edition. Portrait by H. Robinson after J. Severn, and facsimile.

KEATS, JOHN.--Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne written in the years MDCCCXIX and MDCCCXX and now given from the original manuscripts with introduction and notes by Harry Buxton Forman London printed for private circulation MDCCCLXXVIII. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Whatman paper copy, fifty printed, with etched portrait of Keats by Severn, a private proof.

KEATS, JOHN.--See Rossetti, William Michael.

KEBLE, JOHN.--The Christian Year: thoughts in verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the year . . . Oxford, printed by W. Baxter, for J. Parker; . . . 1827. _Small 8vo, two volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition.

KEBLE, JOHN.--The Christian Year thoughts in verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the year [by ----] London Kegan Paul Trench & Co., . . . MDCCCLXXXII. _Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

Large paper copy, fifty printed, with portrait of Keble, proof on India paper.

KEELING, WILLIAM.--Liturgiae Britannicae, or the several editions of the Book of Common Prayer of The Church of England, from its compilation to the last revision; together with the Liturgy set forth for the use of The Church of Scotland: arranged to shew their respective variations. By William Keeling, . . . London: William Pickering. . . . 1842. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

KEESE, JOHN, _editor_.--The Poets of America: illustrated by one of her Painters . . . Edited by John Keese. New York: published by S. Colman . . . 1840. [-1842] _12mo, two volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Barr & Co._

First edition of the First and Second Series. Thirty portraits have been inserted in this copy which is otherwise illustrated with thirty-seven etchings, some printed in red.

KEESE, JOHN, _editor_.--The Poets of America. 1840. _12mo, brown morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Matthews._

Another copy of the First Series, with the thirty-seven illustrations.

KEESE, JOHN, _editor_.--The Poets of America: illustrated by one of her painters . . . Edited by John Keese. London: Charles Tilt, . . . [New York] MDCCCXL. _12mo, cloth, uncut edges._

Frontispiece-title in black and bronze and the same illustrations as in the New York edition, but printed in different colours. A leaf "Advertisement to the English edition," dated Fleet Street, November, 1839, is substituted for the dedication, "To the Poets of our Country."

The verso of the frontispiece-title bears the imprint of H. Ludwig, New York; the verso of the title-page of the New York edition, the imprint of Alex. S. Gould, New York.

KEESE, JOHN, _editor_.--The Poets of America: illustrated by one of her painters. . . . Edited by John Keese. (Volume Second of the Series.) Third edition. New York; published by Samuel Colman. . . . 1842. _12mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, with the original covers bound in, by Riviere._

KEESE, JOHN, _editor_.--The Poet's Gift: illustrated by one of her painters. . . . Edited by John Keese. Boston: published by T. H. Carter and Company. New York: Collins . . . 1845. _12mo, brown morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Matthews._

Thirty-six illustrations by W. H. Croome, etc.

KELLY, HUGH.--False Delicacy: a comedy; as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's Servants. By Hugh Kelly. London, printed for R. Baldwin, . . . W. Johnston, . . . and G. Kearsly, . . . M DCC LXVIII. _8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. Dedicated to Garrick, who wrote both Prologue and Epilogue.

KELTY, MARY ANN.--Reminiscences of Thought and Feeling; by the Author of Visiting my Relations. London William Pickering 1852. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

KEMBLE, FANNY.--Poems by Frances Anne Butler [Fanny Kemble] Philadelphia: John Pennington . . . 1844. _12mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back and side panels in the style of Roger Payne, gilt over uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition. Portrait by Cheney after Sully.

KEMBLE, JOHN PHILIP.--Fugitive Pieces . . . written by J. P. Kemble. York: printed by W. Blanchard and Co . . . MDCCLXXX. _8vo, green morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Hayday._

Kemble was at particular pains to destroy as many copies of this book as possible, so that very few remain.

KEMPIS, THOMAS A.--Of the Imitation of Jesus Christ, translated from the Latin original ascribed to Thomas A Kempis; with an Introduction and Notes. by the Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin, D. D. . . . London: Printed for the Author by W^{m} Nicol . . . published by Wm. Pickering, and John Major. M DCCC XXVIII. _Royal 8vo, divided into two volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford._

Large paper copy, with an original drawing and ninety selected plates added, including many rare old copper-plate engravings and proof impressions of the more modern steel plates.

KEMPIS, THOMAS A.--Of the Imitation of Jesus Christ. Translated from the Latin original ascribed to Thomas A Kempis by T. F. Dibdin D. D. London William Pickering 1851. _8vo, blue levant morocco, back and sides richly tooled, gilt edges, by Bedford._

The engraving "Ecce Homo" is in two states, a fine proof having been added.

KEMPIS, THOMAS A.--Of the Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis London C. Kegan Paul & Co., . . . MDCCCLXXXI. _Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

Large paper copy, fifty printed, with frontispiece on India paper.

KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON.--Swallow Barn, or a sojourn in the Old Dominion. . . . Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, . . . 1832. _12mo, two volumes, red morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON.--Swallow Barn; or, a Sojourn in the Old Dominion. By John P. Kennedy . . . revised edition. With Illustrations by Strother. New York . . . Hurd and Houghton . . . 1866. _12mo, half brown morocco, uncut edges._

KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON.--Horse Shoe Robinson; a tale of the tory ascendency. By the author of "Swallow Barn" . . . Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard. 1835. _18mo, two volumes, half cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

First edition.

KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON.--Horse-Shoe Robinson. A tale of the tory ascendency. By John P. Kennedy . . . revised edition New York . . . Hurd and Houghton . . . 1866. _12mo, half brown morocco, uncut edges._

Frontispiece and vignette.

KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON.--Rob of the Bowl: a Legend of St. Inigoe's. By the author of "Swallow Barn" . . . Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard . . . 1838. _18mo, two volumes, half cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

First edition.

KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON.--Rob of the Bowl. A Legend of St. Inigoe's. By John P. Kennedy . . . revised edition. New York . . . Hurd & Houghton 1866. _12mo, half brown morocco, uncut edges._

KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON.--Quodlibet: containing some annals thereof, with an authentic account of the origin and growth of the borough and the sayings and doings of sundry of the townspeople: interspersed with sketches of the most remarkable and distinguished characters of that place and its vicinity. Edited by Solomon Second-thoughts, School-master, from original MSS. indited by him, and now made public at the request and under the patronage of the great new light democratic central committee of Quodlibet. . . . Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 1840. _12mo, red morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON.--Quodlibet: containing some annals thereof, with an authentic account of the origin and growth of the borough, and the sayings and doings of sundry of the townspeople; interspersed with sketches of the most remarkable and distinguished characters of that place and its vicinity. By Solomon Secondthoughts, schoolmaster . . . Third edition. New York . . . Hurd and Houghton. 1866. _12mo, half brown morocco, uncut edges._

KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON.--The Blackwater Chronicle a narrative of an expedition into the Land of Canaan, in Randolph County, Virginia, a country flowing with wild animals, . . . By "The Clerke of Oxenforde." With illustrations from life by Strother. Redfield . . . New York. 1853. _12mo, red morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON.--Memoirs of William Wirt, Attorney-General of the United States. By John P. Kennedy. A new and revised edition New York . . . Hurd and Houghton. 1866. _12mo, two volumes, half brown morocco, uncut edges._

Portrait of Wirt by Walter after King.

KENRICK, WILLIAM.--Falstaff's Wedding: a comedy. being A Sequel to the Second Part of the Play of King Henry the Fourth. Written in Imitation of Shakespeare, By Mr. Kenrick. . . . London: Printed for J. Wilkie, . . . F. Blyth, . . . T. Lowndes, and W. Owen, . . . Becket and De Hondt, . . . T. Lewis, J. Walter, . . . and J. Almon, . . . M. DCC. LX. [M. DCC. LXVI] _8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. The Preface is dated Jan. 1, 1766; therefore the date on the title-page is obviously a misprint. Dedicated "To M^{r.} Quin, in return for the frequent pleasure received, by his representation of the character of Sir John Falstaff."

Title, A1-A4 and B-G2 in eights.

KETTELL, SAMUEL.--Specimens of American Poetry, with critical and biographical notices . . . By Samuel Kettell. Boston,--S. G. Goodrich and Co. MDCCCXXIX. _12mo, three volumes, half morocco, uncut edges._

KIDD, JOHN.--On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man, principally with reference to the supply of his wants, and the exercise of his intellectual faculties. By John Kidd, M. D. . . . London: William Pickering. 1833. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Bridgewater Treatise No. II.

KIDGELL, JOHN.--The Card . . . London: Printed for the Maker, and Sold by J. Newbery, . . . M D CC LV. _12mo, two volumes, red morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Coloured frontispiece, and one other plate.

KIDGELL, JOHN.--Original Fables By the Reverend John Kidgell . . . London: Printed for James Robson . . . MDCCLXIII. _Small 8vo, two volumes in one, blue morocco, rich gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Birdsall._

The text is in English and French, on opposite pages. A spirited outline illustration accompanies each of the ninety-four Fables, and two other plates precede each volume. In 1788 Isaac Reed said he had never seen any copy but his own, for the author absconded at the time the book was printed and it was suppressed.

KING, CHARLES WILLIAM.--Antique Gems and Rings. By C. W. King, . . . London: Bell and Daldy, . . . 1872. _Royal 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Fifty-six woodcut and ten copper plates, and numerous illustrations in the text.

KING, RICHARD JOHN, _editor_.--Handbook to the Cathedrals of England . . . with illustrations London: John Murray . . . 1861 [-'62-'67-'69] _Crown 8vo, six volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Maclehose._

Comprises

Northern Division, 2 volumes, York--Ripon--Carlisle--Durham--Chester--Manchester.

Southern Division, 2 volumes, Chichester--Canterbury--Rochester--Winchester--Salisbury--Exeter--Wells.

Eastern Division, Oxford--Peterborough--Norwich--Ely--Lincoln.

Western Division, Bristol--Gloucester--Hereford--Worcester--Lichfield.

KING, WILLIAM.--Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. By William King. London: Printed for B. Lintott . . . _8vo, original calf._

Large and thick paper copy, presented by the author to Dean Swift, with the latter's autograph and memoranda.

KINGSLEY, CHARLES.--The Saint's Tragedy; or, the True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary, Landgravine of Thuringia, Saint of the Romish Calendar. By Charles Kingsley, Junior, Rector of Eversley. With a preface by Professor Maurice. London: John W. Parker, . . . M. DCCC. XLVIII. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

First edition.

KINGSLEY, CHARLES.--Twenty-five Village Sermons. By Charles Kingsley, Jun., . . . Third edition. London: John W. Parker and Son, . . . M DCCC LIV. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

KINGSLEY, CHARLES.--Sermons for the Times. By Charles Kingsley, . . . The second edition. London: John W. Parker and Son, . . . 1858. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

KINGSLEY, CHARLES.--Phaeton; or, loose thoughts for loose thinkers. By Charles Kingsley, . . . Third edition. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. . . . 1859. _8vo, boards, uncut edges._

KINGSLEY, CHARLES.--Andromeda and other poems by Charles Kingsley . . . The Third edition. London: Parker, Son, and Bourn . . . MDCCCLXII. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

KINNAIRD, DOUGLAS.--The Merchant of Bruges; or, Beggar's Bush. With considerable alterations and additions. By the Honourable Douglas Kinnaird. Now performing, with universal applause, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. London: printed for Whittingham and Arliss, . . . 1815. . . . _8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

KINZIE, JULIETTE A. MCGILL.--Wau-Bun the "Early Day" of the North-west by Mrs. John H. Kinzie of Chicago New edition, with an introduction and notes by Reuben Gold Thwaites, . . . With numerous illustrations Chicago the Caxton Club M DCCC CI. _8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

One of two hundred and fifty-six copies printed on hand-made paper.

KIPLING, RUDYARD.--The Story of the Gadsbys, a tale without a plot. By Rudyard Kipling. Published by Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co., Alla-habad. [1888] _8vo, cloth, with the original covers bound in, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

KIPLING, RUDYARD.--The Light that Failed by Rudyard Kipling London Macmillan and Co. . . . 1891. _Crown 8vo, original cloth, uncut edges._

First edition.

KIPLING, RUDYARD.--Many Inventions by Rudyard Kipling . . . London Macmillan and Co. . . . 1893 . . . _Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

First edition.

KIRBY, WILLIAM.--On the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God as manifested in the Creation of Animals and in their History Habits and Instincts by the Rev. William Kirby, . . . London William Pickering 1835. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Bridgewater Treatise No. VII. Sixteen plates after C. M. Curtis.

KIT-KAT CLUB.--The Kit-Kat Club, done from the Original Paintings of Sr. Godfrey Kneller, by Mr. Faber. Sold by J. Tonson [London] 1735. _Folio, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford._

First edition.

Mezzotint title-page and forty-four portraits on forty-three plates, one being double.

KNAPP AND BALDWIN.--The Newgate Calendar; comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters who have been convicted of outrages on the Laws of England since the commencement of the eighteenth century; with occasional anecdotes and observations, speeches, confessions, and last exclamations of sufferers. By Andrew Knapp and William Baldwin . . . London: J. Robins and Co . . . 1824. _8vo, four volumes, mottled calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

Four portraits and numerous woodcut illustrations.

KNIGHT, CHARLES.--The Old Printer and the Modern Press. By Charles Knight . . . London: John Murray . . . 1854. _16mo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

Numerous woodcut illustrations.

KNIGHT, JOSEPH.--Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Joseph Knight London Walter Scott . . . 1887. _Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

KNIGHT, SAMUEL.--The Life of Dr. John Colet, Dean of S. Paul's In the Reigns of K. Henry VII. and Henry VIII. and Founder of S. Paul's School: with an Appendix containing some Account of the Masters and more Eminent Scholars of that Foundation; And several Original Papers relating to the said Life. By Samuel Knight . . . London, Printed by J. Downing . . . 1724. _8vo, purple straight-grain morocco, back and side panels finished in blind-tooling, leather joints, gilt edges, by C. Lewis._

Large paper copy of the first edition. Portrait by Vertue, and seven other plates.

KNIGHT, SAMUEL.--The Life of Dr. John Colet, Dean of St. Paul's in the reigns of K. Henry VII. and K. Henry VIII. and the founder of St. Paul's School: with an appendix, containing some account of the masters and more eminent scholars of that foundation, and several original papers relating to the said life. By Samuel Knight, . . . a new [second] edition. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press. MDCCCXXIII. _8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt back with red roses inlaid, gilt top, uncut edges, by David._

Two portraits of Colet and six other plates.

KNIGHT, SAMUEL.--The Life of Erasmus, More particularly that part of it, which He spent in England; Wherein an Account is given of his Learned Friends, And the State of Religion and Learning At that Time in both our Universities. With an Appendix containing several Original Papers. By Samuel Knight . . . Cambridge: Printed by Corn. Crownfield MDCCXXVI . . . _8vo, pigskin, uncut edges._

An uncut copy of the small paper edition, with the portrait by Vertue and sixteen other plates, all indexed, the three extra engravings, including the portrait of Froben, so often missing, and (inserted) a proof before letters on India paper of Sir Thomas More and his family.

Dibdin says in his "Library Companion" that he never saw this book in an uncut state.

KNIGHT, SAMUEL.--The Life of Erasmus. 1726. _8vo, purple straight-grain morocco, back and side panels blind-tooled with centre ornament in gold on the back, doubled with a border of red morocco, gilt edges, by C. Lewis._

Large paper copy, with proof impression of the portraits and plates (16), and the three extra engravings.

KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN.--The Dramatic Works of James Sheridan Knowles . . . . London: Edward Moxon, . . . MDCCCXLI [Volume III., M DCCC XLIII.] _8vo, three volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by David._

First edition. Portrait by Finden after Wageman. Dedication of Volumes I and II to the Duchess of Kent, of Volume III, dated Dec. 20, 1842, to W. A. Dow.

Volume I contains Caius Gracchus, Virginius, William Tell, Alfred the Great; or, The Patriot King, and The Hunchback.

Volume II contains The Wife: a Tale of Mantua, The Beggar of Bethnal Green, The Daughter, The Love-Chase, and Woman's Wit; or, Love's Disguises.

Volume III contains The Maid of Mariendorpt, Love, John of Procida, Old Maids, and The Rose of Arragon.

KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN.--George Lovell. A Novel. By James Sheridan Knowles, . . . London: Edward Moxon, . . . MDCCCXLVII. _12mo, three volumes, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

KNOWLES, JOHN.--The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Esq. M. A. R. A. . . . the former written, and the latter edited by John Knowles, . . . London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, . . . MDCCCXXXI. _8vo, three volumes, half purple morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

Portrait of Fuseli by Dean after Harlow.

KUGLER, FRANZ THEODOR.--The Schools of Painting in Italy. Translated from the German of Kugler by a lady. Edited, with notes, by Sir Charles L. Eastlake, . . . with upwards of one hundred illustrations, drawn on wood, by George Scharf, Jun., from the works of the old masters mentioned in this book, engraved by John Thompson and Samuel Williams. Second edition, thoroughly revised, with much additional matter. . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1851. _12mo, two volumes, original cloth, uncut edges._

KUGLER, FRANZ THEODOR.--Handbook of Painting. The German, Flemish, Dutch, Spanish and French Schools. Partly translated from the German by a lady. Edited, with notes, By Sir Edmund Head, Bart. Illustrated Edition. London: John Murray, . . . 1854. _12mo, two volumes, original cloth, uncut edges._

LACKINGTON, JAMES.--Memoirs of the Forty-Five First Years of the Life of James Lackington, the present Bookseller in Chiswell-street, Moorfields, London. Written by himself in forty-seven Letters to a Friend. With a triple Dedication . . . A new edition. Corrected and much enlarged . . . to which is also added, an Index. London: Printed for the Author . . . M D C C X C I V. _8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allo._

Second edition. Four portraits of Lackington, and a coloured print of his shop, inserted.

LACKINGTON, JAMES.--Memoirs of James Lackington, who from the humble station of a Journey-man Shoemaker, by great industry, amassed a large fortune, and now lives in a splendid stile, in London. Containing, Among other curious and facetious Anecdotes, a succinct account of the Watch nights, Classes, Bards, Love-feasts, &c. of the Methodists; with specimens of Mr. Wesley's and Mr. Whitfield's mode of preaching, and the means made use of by them in propagating their tenets. Written by himself. Formerly one of the brethren of Mr. Wesley's Church. Newburgh: Printed by D. Denniston, for J. Fellows, New York.--1796-- _12mo, half calf._

LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE.--Tales and Novels in verse of J. de La Fontaine illustrated with the eighty fives original plates by Eisen . . . Paris J. Lemonnyer . . . 1883. _8vo, two volumes, original paper, uncut edges._

No. 35 of one hundred copies printed on Japanese paper. Portrait of La Fontaine by Ficquet after Hyacinthe Rigault, and of Eisen by Darodes after Ficquet's drawing from Vispre.

An orthographic curiosity. Reprinted from the so-called Moore translation, London, 1814. The French publisher has not only repeated the errors of the English edition, but has also created many more; "eighty-fives" on the title-page being a specimen.

LAING, DAVID.--See Cunningham and Laing. Wilkie and Geddes.

LAMARTINE, ALPHONSE DE.--History of the Girondists; or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From unpublished sources. By Alphonse de Lamartine, . . . Translated by H. T. Ryde. London: George Bell & Sons, . . . 1883. _Post 8vo, three volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

Three frontispiece-portraits and three inserted plates, besides an autograph letter of Mirabeau.