EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. 315 STOTHARD, R.A.-BRAY (Mrs. A. E.) LIFE OF THOMAS STOTHARD, R.A., with personal reminiscences. London, J. Murray, 1851. 4to, with portrait after Harlow, and numerous woodcuts of Stothard, illustrations to Defoe, Bunyan, Shakespeare, Milton, &c. DIVIDED INTO 2 VOLS, AND FURTHER ILLUSTRATED BY THE INSERTION OF 75 PRINTS SPECIALLY SELECTED AS EXAMPLES OF HIS BEST WORK, many of them proofs on India paper, and proofs before letters, all carefully inlaid to size, AND HANDSOMELY BOUND IN RED MOROCco, back and sides gold tooled, inside borders, g.e., by Riviere, £12 12s * Two choice volumes, the subject matter of the book lending itself admirably to the purpose of extra illustration. The inserted engravings are all of fine quality, and form a representative gallery of this distinguished artist's work. SIGNED BY THE COUSIN OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. 316 STUART RELIC. THE ORIGINAL RECEIPT AND DISCHARGE BY JOHN ERSKINE, EARL OF MAR, AND HIS WIFE, MARY (STUART) Countess of MAR, 1 page, large sq. folio, dated Stirling Castle, 22 Nov., 1594, for money paid by David Graham, of Fintry, and his tutor, William Graham, of Ballawnie, or Baldowy, for the resignation of the lands of Fintry. SIGNED ON THE FRONT IN TWO PLACES, "JHONNE ERLL OF MAR" AND "J. MAR." ALSO ONCE BY HIS WIFE, "MARIE STUART CONTESSE OF MAR." On the back is the authorization addressed to "Honble. Mr. Adam Newtoun" for the registration of the discharge, AGAIN SIGNED "J. MAR" AND "MARIE STUART CONTESSE OF MAR." Beneath is the following note: "Apud Edinburgh die 30 Februarii, 1598. I Mr. Adam Newtoun aduocat consentis for the pairtis of ye richt honole. Jhone Erll of Mar and Dame Marie Stuart his spous to ye registracioun of ye discharge within written in the buikis of counsall," &c., signed " M. A. Newtoun." Endorsed, "Discharge of ye erll of Mar and his spous to Dauid & William Grahamis." Several blank spaces left for the insertion of other names, beyond 2 slight tears, in very fine state, preserved in a specially made blue levant morocco case, inside dentelles, lettered on the front cover, "Stuart Archives, Queen Mary's cousin, November, 1594," £35 *John Erskine, second or seventh Earl of Mar in the Erskine line (1558-1634), was Lord High Treasurer of Scotland and Governor of Stirling Castle. He was educated in the castle in company with King James, who was seven years his junior, under George Buchanan. King James called him familiarly "Jocky o' Sclaittis (Slates). In 1578 he became guardian of the king. In 1598 he was made guardian of Prince Henry, and soon after went as ambassador to England to negotiate about the accession of James to the English throne. As his second wife he married Lady Mary Stewart, second daughter of Esme, Duke of Lennox. This marriage was arranged by King James as a mark of his special favour, and brought Mar into relationship with the Scottish royal family. Lady Mary Stewart was a very near relative of Mary Queen of Scots. Her father and Henry, Lord Darnley, husband of Queen Mary, were cousins, and she was also a cousin of the famous Lady Arabella Stuart, who, as near heir to the throne, was the centre of intrigues in the latter years of Elizabeth and the early part of the reign of James I. Mar was one of the foremost Scottish nobles of his day, and the acccunt of him in the D.N.B. occupies four whole pages. The name of the writer of the document is given: wrettin be Robert Roche serwand to James Strathanchin notar burges of Dundie." Accompanied by a typewritten transcript. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED, INCLUDING TWO FINE WATER-COLOUR PORTRAITS BY G. P. HARDING. 317 SURREY.-MAURICE (Thomas) RICHMOND HILL; a Descriptive and Historical Poem: illustrative of the principal objects viewed from that beautiful eminence. London, W. Bulmer & Co., for the Author, 1807. 4to, with two folding views, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED BY THE INSERTION OF 77 FINE PORTRAITS, &c., with numerous blank leaves for additions, name on title and dedication, FINELY BOUND IN OLD BLUE STRAIGHT-GRAINED MOROCCO, with vine-leaf gold border on the sides, back richly gilt and blind tooled in compartments, broad gilt inside borders, leather joints, by C. Smith, £21 * A very choice extra-illustrated volume, remarkable for the quality of the prints inserted. Among them we may mention the TWO BEAUTIFUL WATER-COLOUR PORTRAITS BY THE WELL-KNOWN ARTIST, G. P HARDING-one of Viscount Sidmouth, signed and dated 1813; the other of Fox, also signed. There are also fine portraits of the Duchess of Devonshire, by Bartolozzi; the Hon. Anne Damer, after A. Kauffman by Ryder; a fine mezzotint of John, Duke of Marlborough, and two fine large coloured aquatints Twickenham after Pugin by Hill, and View near Richmond, after J. Clark by Hill. 318 SURTEES (R. S.) HAWBUCK GRANGE, or the Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq. London, Longmans, 1847. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, 8vo, with 8 full-page etchings by Phiz (H. K. Browne), some blank margins slightly injured by careless opening, BUT A FINE UNCUT COPY, original red cloth, with gilt design on the front cover, £45 Very rare in this state. The one leaf of Longman's New Works and the 32-page list of their New Works, dated Oct., 1847, being very seldom found. 319 TASSO (Torquato) GODFREY OF BULLOIGNE, or the Recoverie of Jerusalem, done into English Heroicall Verse by EDWARD FAIREFAX, GENT. Imprinted at London by Ar. Hatfield for I. Jaggard and M. Lownes, 1600. FIRST EDITION, sm. folio, deep ornamental woodcut border to title, HAS THE RARE CANCEL SLIP pasted down on p. 1, 2 headlines just touched through fault of the original b.nder, polished brown calf, g.e., £14 10s *The first complete English translation of Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberata," and extremely rare, like most of the books included in the magic circle of the Shakespeare Library. Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. Written in four six-line stanzas. A portion of the poem had been previously translated by Richard Carew. Fairefax made full use of his predecessor's labours, though in refinement and poetic instinct he far surpasses not only Carew, but all the translators of later times. King James I. valued it above all other English poetry, and it was one of the chief solaces of Charles I. during his imprisonment. 320 THACKERAY (W. M.). 1811-1863. FAMOUS NOVELIST. Author of Vanity Fair, &c. AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED, 1 page, sm. sq. 8vo, * An interesting connecting link between the great author and the great humorous artist. It undoubtedly refers to the MS. of either Stubb's Calendar or Cox's Diary, published in the Comic Almanacks for 1839 and 1840, and must have been written in one of those two years when Thackeray was living at that address. The above two tales were the only works by Thackeray illustrated by Cruikshank. 321 THACKERAY (W. M.) THE BOOK OF SNOBS. London, Punch Office, 1848. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, sm. 8vo, with 65 woodcuts after designs by the author, polished calf extra, g.e., by De Broca, RARE, £6 6s TOBACCO.-See HUSBANDRY: MAISON RUSTIQUE. 322 TURBERVILLE (George) THE BOOKE OF FAULCONRIE OR HAWKING, for the onely delight and pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen. Collected out of the best aucthors, as well Italians as Frenchmen, and some English practises withall concernyng Faulconrie. Imprinted for Christopher Barker, 1575. THE NOBLE ART OF VENERIE OR HVNTING. Wherein is handled and set out the Vertues, Nature and Properties of fiuetene sundrie Chaces, togither with the order and maner how to Hunte and kill euery one of them. Translated and collected for the pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen, out of the best approued Authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: And reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here, in this noble Realme of England. Imprinted by Henry Bynneman for Christopher Barker, N.d. [1575]. FIRST EDITIONS, in one vol, sm. 4to, text in black letter, numerous interesting woodcuts of falcons, dogs, hunting scenes (three of the larger ones introducing a figure of Queen Elizabeth), &c., "The Booke of Falconrie" wants title, 5 preliminary leaves and C3 to 7, lower blank margin of C1 cut away, "The booke of Hunting" wants title, leaf of dedication, A 3, A 6, O 4, Q 1 and 4, the two leaves of otter hunting, and the two leaves of music at the end, slight waterstain nearly throughout, slight defect in P 8; Q 2 and 3 are supplied from a shorter copy, old names and writing on a few margins, one rust-hole, and a few slight stains, BUT AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AND CLEAN COPY, the woodcuts, which are generally cut into, being intact, old half calf, £40 *EXCESSIVELY RARE IN ANY STATE, few copies, perfect or imperfect, having survived to the present day It is the first authoritative work on the subject of hawking published in England. From the fact that commendatory verses by George Gascoigne are prefixed to" The Noble Art of Venerie," and on account of the strong resemblance of the verses throughout the volume to those found in Gascoigne's acknowledged books, Hazlitt has inserted the whole of these verses in his edition of Gascoigne's works. The present copy formerly belonged to R. Farmer, and has a long manuscript note on the fly-leaf respecting the book in his handwriting 323 TURKEY AND THE LEVANT.-RECUEIL DE CENT ESTAMPES REPRESENTANT DIFFERENTES NATIONS DU LEVANT, tirées sur les Tableaux peints d'apres Nature en 1707 et 1708 par les Ordres de M. de Ferriol, Ambassadeur du Roi a la Porte. Et gravées en 1712 et 1713 par les soins de Mr. le Hay. A Paris, chez le Sr. le Hay et le Sr. Duchange, 1714 (printed title 1715). Large folio, WITH 102 FINE LARGE PLATES OF COSTUME, CEREMONIES, &c., FINE IMPRESSIONS, OLD FRENCH RED MOROCCO, triple gold fillet on the sides, back gilt in compartments, inside borders, g.e., BY BOYET, joints a little worn, £12 10s * A choice copy of this rare and fine old Costume Book, containing the 2 extra doublepage plates, Nouvelles Estampes de Ceremonies Turques," and the plates of music. CALIFORNI The .xiii. Bookes OF ÆNEIDOS. The first twelue beeinge the Tranflated into English verfe to ¶Imprinted at London by 1584. No. 328. VIRGIL, |