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488. BUFFON (G. L. LECLERC DE) AND MONTBEILLARD (PHIL. GUÉNEAU DE). Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. 973 plates of birds engraved by Martinet all beautifully colored by hand. FIRST EDITION. 10 vols. 4to, old French red morocco gilt, arms on the sides, gilt edges, by Padeloup (?). 2 or 3 vols. slightly rubbed.

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86 489. BULLEN (A. H). Musa Proterva: Love-Poems of the Restoration. Edited by A. H. Bullen. Small 4to, original half calf, gilt top, uncut.

London: Privately Printed, 1889

*Limited to 780 copies.

490. BULWER (JOHN). (I.) Chirologia: or the Natvrall Langvage of the Hand. Composed of the Speaking Motions, and Discoursing Gestures thereof. Whereunto is added Chironomia: Or, the Art of Manvall Rhetoricke, etc. (II.) Cheronomia: Or, The Art of Manual Rhetorique. With the Canons, Lawes, Rites, Ordinances, and Institutes of Rhetoricians, both Ancient and Moderne, Touching the artificiall managing of the Hand in Speaking, etc. Emblematic frontispieces engraved by Marshall, and six other plates of hands, in twenty-four compartments each. 2 vols. in 1. 8vo, crimson levant morocco, elaborately tooled sides and back, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

London: Printed by T. H. and Tho. Harper, 1648-1644

491. [BUNBURY (H.)] Annals of Horsemanship: containing accounts of accidental experiments, and experimental accidents, both successful and unsuccessful: communicated by various correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado.

And now first published by the Editor of the Academy for Grown Horsemen. Illustrated with cuts by the most eminent artists. 17 plaies after Bunbury's designs. 4to, maroon levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt tops, uncut, by The Club Bindery.

London: W. Dickinson, &c., 1791

* FIRST EDITION. The authorship is also ascribed to Francis Grose.

492. BUNSEN (CHRISTIAN C. J.). Egypt's Place in Universal History; an Historical Investigation. Translated from the German by C. H. Cottrell. Illustrations. 5 vols. Svo, orange levant morocco gilt, gilt tops, uncut, by StikeLondon, 1867-1854-1359-1860-1867

man.

*The last volume is very scarce.

493. BUNYAN (JOHN). The Pilgrim's Progress. Portrait of Bunyan, and eight plates after Stothard, Woolley, etc. 8vo, red levant morocco gilt, gilt top, uncut, by Pratt. * Large Paper copy. London, 1796

494. BUNYAN (JOHN). The Pilgrim's Progress. With original notes by the Rev. Thomas Scott. Engravings after Stothard on India paper, and numerous woodcuts. Svo, red calf gilt, gilt edges, by W. Matthews.

London: L. and G. Seely, 1840

495. BUNYAN (JOHN). The Pilgrim's Progress. Portrait of Bunyan engraved by Swaine, and 20 proof woodcuts from a later edition inserted. 8vo, blue morocco gilt, gilt top, uncut, by Rivière. London: William Pickering, 1849

496. BUONARROTI (MICHAELANGELO). Michael Angelvs Bonarotvs pinxit. Adam Sevlptor Mantvanvs incidit. Portrait of Michaelangelo engraved after that by Eneas Vico, and 73 copper-plates by Adam Ghisi, after frescoes by Michaelangelo. 4to, brown levant morocco, panelled sides, gilt centre ornaments, gilt edges, by Bedford. [n. p., 1645]

497. BURGON (JOHN WILLIAM). The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham; compiled chiefly from his correspondence preserved in Her Majesty's state-paper office: including notices of his contemporaries. Portrait, facsimile, 8 full-page illustrations, and numerous text woodcuts. 2 vols. 8vo, half maroon morocco, gilt tops, uncut. London: Robert Jennings, 1839

498. [BURGOYNE (JOHN).] The Heiress. A Comedy in five acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, maroon levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1786

499. BURGOYNE (JOHN). The Dramatic and Poetical Works of the late Lieut. Gen. J. Burgoyne; to which is prefixed, Memoirs of the Author. Embellished with four copper-plates. 3 vols. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut, by Smith-Mansell.

London: Printed by C. Whittingham, 1808

*First Collected Edition, on Large Paper.

500. BURGUNDIA (ANTONIUS A.). Mundi Lapis Lydius sive Vanitas per Veritatě Falsi accusata & convicta. Engraved title by T. J. van Merlen and 50 emblematic illustrations by A. Pauli, after A. Diepenbeck. Small 4to, green morocco, inside borders, gilt edges.

Antverp. Joan Cnobbari, 1639

501. BURKE (BERNARD). The Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. Illustrations. 12mo, ivory calf, back and sides covered with floral and scroll designs in mosaic of various colors, doublure of vellum, with Gothic panels of mosaic and gold, gilt edges. London: Edward Churton, 1841

* Dedication copy of John Maude, with his arms painted in color on vellum, a duplicate frontispiece-title by H. Beckwith after J. E. Jones, and a duplicate page of dedication, both colored.

Exhibition of

502. BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. Portrait Miniatures. With 36 plates (over 250 miniatures). Folio, buckram.

London, 1889

503. BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. Catalogue of a Collection of European Enamels. From the Earliest date to the End of the XVII Century. Introduction by Alfred Higgins. With 72 plates, some in colors. Imperial 4to, green buckram, uncut.

London. 1897

Exhibition of

504. BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. a Collection of Silversmith's Work of European Origin. Introduction by J. Starkie Gardner. 120 plates, several reproductions on many of them. Thick folio, brown levant morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt top, uncut, by Zaehnsdorf. London: Chiswick Press, 1901

505. BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. Exhibition of English Mezzotint Portraits from circa 1750 to circa 1830. Introduction by Frederick Wedmore. 30 plates after Van Dyck, Romney, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Lawrence, and others. Folio, blue buckram, nncut. London, 1902

506. BURNET (GILBERT, BISHOP). The Memoirs of the Lives and Actions of James and William Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, etc. In which an Account is given of the Rise and Progress of the Civil Wars of Scotland. . . Together with many Letters, Instructions and other Papers, written by King Charles I. Never before Published. By Gilbert Burnet. In Seven Books. FIRST EDITION. Title and frontispiece ruled in red and with portraits of the Dukes (2) by White, and a portrait of Charles I by Faithorne. Inserted are two fine mezzotint portraits of the author and Charles the First, the first being in proof state and the second, by I. Smith after Van Dyke, in first state. Folio, full old red morocco, gilt back, elaborate panels on sides worked in dotted tools, gilt edges.

London: J. Grover for R. Royston, 1677 The fine Hamilton Palace copy, with manuscript notes by Mr. Beckford.

507. BURNET (GILBERT, BISHOP). Lives of Sir Matthew Hale and John Earl of Rochester. Engraved title. 12mo, blue morocco gilt, gilt edges, by Rivière.

London: William Pickering, 1829

508. BURNET (GILBERT, BISHOP). Bishop Burnet's History of the Reign of King James the Second. Notes by the Earl of Dartmonth, Speaker Onslow, and Dean Swift. Additional observations now enlarged. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Oxford: University Press, 1852

* Large Paper. Presentation copy from Dr. Routh, the editor.

509. BURNEY (CHARLES). A General History of Music, from the earliest ages, to the present period. To which is prefixed, a Dissertation on the Music of the Ancients. Portrait of the author engraved by Bartolozzi after Reynolds, and 10 other plates, including 5 by Bartolozzi after Cipriani. 4 vols. 4to, calf, gilt backs.

London: Printed for the author, 1776-1789

510. BURNEY (CHARLES). Memoirs of Dr. Burney, arranged from his own manuscripts, from family papers, and from personal recollections. By his Daughter, Madame D'Arblay. 3 vols. 8vo, original boards, uncut. London, 1832

511. BURNEY (FANNY-MADAME D'ARBLAY). Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay. Edited by her niece. Portraits. 7 vols. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1843-46 * Extra-illustrated by the insertion of 108 portraits.

512. BURNS (ROBERT). Select Scottish Songs, ancient and modern; with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns. Edited by R. H. Cromek. Vignette on title. 2 vols. in 1, 12mo, half light green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Zaehnsdorf. London, 1810

513. BURNS (ROBERT). The Works of Burns; with his life by Allan Cunningham. 16 plates, including portrait, frontispieces and engraved titles. 8 vols. 12mo, cloth,

uncut.

London, 1834 514. BURTON (JOHN HILL). A History of the Reign of Queen Anne. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Edinburgh and London, 1880

515. BURTON (JOHN HILL). The Book Hunter, &c. A new edition, with a memoir of the author. Etched portrait by Hole. Square 8vo, light brown levant morocco, gilt and mosaic back, mosaic side compartments in maroon and green morocco, gilt over rough edges, by The Club Bindery. Edinburgh: Blackwood and Sons, 1882

516. BURTON (ROBERT). The Anatomy of Melancholy, what it is. With all the kindes, cavses, symptomes, prognostickes, and severall cvres of it. In three maine partitions with their seuerall Sections, Members, and Svbsections. Philosophically, medicinally, historically opened and cvt vp. By Democritvs Iunior. With a Satyricall Preface, conducing to the following Discourse. Small 4to, blue levant morocco, the sides covered with intertwined mosaic of maroon and green, floral and festoon tooling, back to match; doublure of blue levant, floral, small dot and double-line borders, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery. (Title-page repaired.)

At Oxford: Iohn Litchfield, and Iames Short, 1621

* FIRST EDITION, Large copy, measuring 71 x 5 inches, with the leaf of Errata.

517. BURTON (ROBERT). The Anatomy of Melancholy, by Democritus Junior, with a Satyricall Preface. The Sixth Edition, corrected and augmented by the Author. Engraved title, with portrait. Small folio, olive brown morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

Oxford, 1652

518. BURTON (ROBERT). The Anatomy of Melancholy. &c. (Same title, retouched, as in the edition of 1628, except that "That Eigth Edition" is substituted for "The thirde Edition," with the following imprint): London, Printed For Peter Parker . . . 1676. Title within a woodcut border, containing portrait of the author, by Le Blon. Small folio, russia, back and sides gilt and blind-tooled, embossed corners and panels, gilt corners and quintuple fillet on the insides, gilt edges, by Hering, with his ticket. (Top corner of half-title supplied.)

[Colophon] London: Printed by R. W. for Peter Parker, .. 1676.

*The fine Henry Perkins copy, with bookplate.

519. BURTON (SIR RICHARD F.). 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. Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night with notes anthropological and explanatory. 16 vols. royal 8vo, original cloth; also 100 illustrations to the above from original paintings, by Stanley Wood, proofs before letters. In royal 8vo cloth portfolio (mounted), with ties, London, n. d. Together, 17 vols. royal 8vo, original cloth. Benares, 1885-86

520. [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. 2 vols. 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut.

London: Henry Colburn, 1838 521. BURY (RICHARD DE). Philobiblion. Excellent traité sur l'Amour des Livres. Small 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and side corners, gilt edges, by Bedford. *One of 476 copies on Holland paper. Paris, 1856 522. BUSÆUS (JOHANNES). Panapion, hoc est, Arca Medica variis, etc. Frontispiece title, containing representations of "Superbia," "Ira," "Avaritia," uria," etc. 4to, original vellum wrappers.

"Lux

Moguntia: Joannem Albinum, 1608 523. BUTLER (JOSEPH). The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Continuation and Course of Nature. To which are added, Two brief Dissertations, (I) Of Personal Identity (II) Of the Nature of Virtue. 4to,

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