74 BIBLIOPHILE (LE) FRANÇAIS.- Gazette Illustrée des Amateurs de Livres, d'Estampes et de haute Curiosité. PARIS: Librairie BachelinDeflorenne, 1868-1873. 7 vols. imp. 8°; half crimson levant morocco, tops gilt, UNCUT. 75 BIRCH (SAMUEL).— HISTORY of ANCIENT POTTERY, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. New and Revised Edition. With Colored Plates, and upwards of 200 woodcut illustrations. LONDON: John Murray, 1873. 8°; pp. xv. 644, bound in polished tree-calf super-extra, gilt back and edges, filleted sides with corner ornaments, inside gilt borders, by MANSELL, successor to HAYDAY. 76 BISSELIUS (JOHANNES).-JOANNIS BISSELII, |è Societate Jesu, | ARGONAUTICON AME | RICANORUM, | sive, | HISTORIE PERICU- | LORUM | Petri de Vi- | ctoria, ac So- | ciorum eius, | Libri xv. | MONACHII: | Formis Luca Straubii, | Sumptibus Iohannis Wagneri. | Bibliopola. | Anno Christi M.DC.XLVII. [1647.] 12°; with engraved frontispiece and map of America. 77 BLACK'S GENERAL ATLAS of the WORLD. Accompanied by INTRODUCTORY LETTER-PRESS and INDEX. EDINBURGH: 1873. Folio; half red morocco, gilt edges. 78 BLANC (C.)—THE GRAMMAR of PAINTING and ENGRAVING. Translated from the French of Blanc's "Grammaire des Arts du Dessin." By KATE NEWELL DOGGETT. With the [43] Original Illustrations. NEW YORK: Hurd & Houghton, 1874. Sq. 8°; cloth. 79 "BLUE LAWS."-THE CODE OF 1650. Being a Compilation of the Earliest Laws and Orders of the General Court of Connecticut: also the Constitution, or Civil Compact, entered into and adopted by the Towns of WINDSOR, HARTFORD, and WETHERSFIELD, in 1638-9. To which is added some Extracts from the Laws and Judicial Proceedings of New Haven Colony, commonly called BLUE LAWS. HARTFORD: Silas Andrus, 1822. 12; pp. 120, frontispiece of" The Constable seizing a tobacco taker." Half bound in sheep. On page 98 we read the following bright "Blue Law": "It is ordered, That no man within this colonye, shall take any tobacko, publiquely, in the streett, highwayes, or any barne yardes, or uppon training dayes, in any open places, under the penalty of six pence for each offence against this order, in any the perticulars thereof, to be paid without gainesaying." 80 BLOCK-BOOK, ITALIAN. Opera noua contemplatiua p [On the verso of fol. 62 :] Opera di Giouāniandrea [s. a. circa 1510.] Sm. 8°; bound in olive levant morocco super-extra, gilt back and edges, paneled sides with corner ornaments. This VERY RARE and interesting little volume consists of 63 leaves, the first of which is occupied by the title and the last two by the colophon and an engraving of the Virgin and Child; the remaining 60 bear on either side illustrations of the Old and New Testament, giving always two representations of the types to one of the fulfillment. At the top and bottom of the pages are descriptive sentences and quotations from the Prophets, engraved in block. An extraordinary degree of interest attaches to the volume, AS BEING THE ONLY BLOCK-BOOK PRINTED IN ITALY. DIDOT's copy, sold at his sale in May, 1879, brought 1300 frs. "Imitation de la BIBLE DES PAUVRES, et le seul livre xylographique Italien que l'on connaisse. Une jolie bordure d'entrelacs blancs sur fond' noir décore la première page. Les planches sont au nombre de cent-vingt, plus une image de la Madone, assise sur un trône et couronnée par deux anges (au verso de l'avant-dernier feuillet). La gravure de ces planches est de GIOVANNI ANDREA VAVASSORE, dit Vadagnino, dont le nom figure dans la souscription finale: c'est sans doute l'artiste plus connu sous le nom de ZOAN ANDREA. Leur exécution ne peut pas être antérieure à 1510 ou 1512, attendu que la planche représentant Jésus chassant les vendeurs du Temple est une copie fidèle du même sujet de la Petite Passion de Jésus-Christ d'ALBERT DÜRER. CICOGNARA, qui le premier a décrit ce volume fort rare ("Catalogo," Tome I., No. 1992), nous dit que certaines planches semblent avoir été gravées d'après les dessins de BELLINI, de CARPACCIO, de SQUARCIONE et de MONTAGNA; celle de la Madone est très remarquable."— AMBROISE FIRMIN-DIDOT. 81 BOCACE (IEAN).—LE' | DECAMERON DE | MAISTRE IEAN BOCACE | Florentin, | TRADVICT D'ITALIEN | en Françoys par maifire Antoine le Ma- | çon, Confeiller du Roy, & Trefo- | rier de l'Extraordinaire de | fes guerres. | A PARIS: | De l'Imprimerie d'Oliuier de Harfy, | 1569. 2 vols. sm. 12°; 16 prel. leaves, and 628 leaves numbered on the recto of each leaf, with spirited WOODCUTS, medallion portrait of BOCCACCIO on the title, and fine portrait engraved by DEMAUTORT added, ruled throughout in red lines. Bound in blue morocco, doublé with vellum, the outside and inside covered with elaborate gold tooling (including the Daisy) in the Grolier style, gilt over marbled edges, by CLOVIS ÈVE for MARGUERITE DE VALOIS, Reine de Navarre. 82 BOCCACIUS (IOHANNES).—(Fol. 19.) [G]Enealogię deorum gen| tilium ad Vgonem in- | clytum Hierufale & Cy- | pri regem fecundum Io- | hannem Boccatiu de certaldo liber | primus incipit feliciter. phemiū. | On the verso of the last leaf of the INDEX, which comprises 36 leaves, are two sets of verses, the last of which end as follows: Hçc Vindellinus fignis qui impreffit ahenis Se tibi cömendat familiamq fuam. Venetiis impreffum anno falutis M.CCCC.LXXII. [Followed by (fol. 1a):] Ioannis Boccacii de Certaldo: de montibus: fyluis: fontibus: lacubus: | fluminibus: ftagnis: seu paludib': de nomibus maris: liber icipit feliciter. | On the recto of the last leaf: Io. Boccatii uiri clariffimi de montibus: filuis: 2 vols. in 1 vol. folio; plain calf. FIRST EDITION. Elegantly printed in Roman letters, without numerals, catchwords or signatures. The "Genalogia" contains 294 leaves, 41 lines on a full page, and 2 blank leaves. The last two leaves of the INDEX have been misplaced by the binder between the Treatises "de Fluminibus" and "de Stagnis." The "De Montibus," etc., comprise 75 leaves, 41 lines on a full page. The millenary letter "M" is omitted by mistake from the date. 83 Boccactus (Jobannes) De mulieribus clariffimis. IN FINE [verso fol. cxvj.]: Liber Jobānis boccacij de certaldo ml’ribus claris Folio; 2 unnumbered prel. leaves, containing the Table of Chapters; TEXT, 116 numbered leaves ; 33 lines on a full page, and 81 exceedingly curious and diverting WOODCUTS, one of which is dated 1473. This copy is perfect and has all the cuts, including that which is usually missing, representing the sudden accouchement of "PAPESS JOANNA" in the street, which DIBDIN has reproduced in the "Bibl. Spenceriana,” Vol. IV., p. 586. It has unusually wide margins and is handsomely bound in russia by ROGER PAYNE, gilt back, untrimmed edges. FIRST EDITION. "It is not without good reason that LAIRE pronounces this impression to be 'Editio originalis et rarissima.' It has, however, other pretensions to be noticed and treasured by the curious; since it not only presents us with a specimen of a type-rarely used by JOHN ZEINER- and one of the earliest books printed at Ulm, but it contains some of the most curious and diverting woodcuts in the earlier annals of the arts of printing and engraving. There are also very few books, of the same date, which display equal spirit of execution, and if the printer had shewn the skill of modern typographers in working the blocks, very little would have been wanting to render this a brilliant, as well as an interesting, production of early art."-DIBDIN. ("Bibl. Spenceriana," Vol. IV., p. 580 et seq.) When perfect it is one of the rarest of the editions of Boccaccio. This is believed to be the only perfect copy in the United States. 84 BOCCACIUS (J.)- DE MULIERIBUS CLARISSIMIS. ULMÆ: J. Czeiner de Reutlingen, 1473. Folio; old calf. Another copy, in good condition, and similar to the foregoing, except that it lacks three leaves, including that representing the accouchement of "PAPESS JOANNA." 85 BOCACE. - CONTES et NOUVELLES de BOCACE Florentin. Traduction Libre, Accommodée au gout de ce temps, & enrichie de Figures en Taille-Douce gravées par Mr. ROMAIN DE HOOGE. AMSTERDAM: chez George Gallet, M.DC.XCVII. 2 vols. sm. 8°; Vol. I., 12 prel. leaves, pp. 366; Vol. II., pp. 427; Table, 7 leaves. Bound in highly polished crimson levant morocco super-extra, gilt backs and edges, filleted sides, inside gilt borders, by F. BEDFORD. BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, containing the PLATES of ROMAIN DE HOOGE. 86 BOCCACCIO.- LE | DECAMERON | DE JEAN | BOCCACE.― LONDRES: | (PARIS) 1757. [Engraved title by Gravelot.] 5 vols. 8°; bound in full red crushed morocco by DAVID, fillets on sides, and broad inside border, gilt edges. These volumes are beautifully illustrated by Gravelot, Eisen, and Boucher. The head bands and tail-pieces are especially charming. The portrait of Boccaccio by Gravelot faces the engraved title of the first volume. It is the most attractive and popular edition of Boccaccio's Tales which has been published in modern times. This copy is in especially fine condition, being clean and having unusually wide margins. 87 BOCCACE.- CONTES DE BOCCACE (LE DÉCAMERON) Traduits de l'Italien et précédes d'une Notice Historique par A. BARBIER. Vignettes par MM. Tony Johannot, H. Baron, Eug. Laville, Célestin Nanteuil, Grandville, Geoffroi, etc. PARIS: Barbier, 1846. Roy. 8°; half red levant morocco, top gilt, UNCUT. 88 BOLLAERT (W.)— ANTIQUARIAN, ETHNOLOGICAL and other RESEARCHES in NEW GRANADA, EQUADOR, PERU and CHILE, with Observations on the Pre-Incarial, Incarial, and other Monuments of Peruvian Nations. By WILLIAM BOLLAERT, F. R. G. S. LONDON: Trübner & Co. 1860. 8°; map and plates, cloth, UNCUT. 89 BOETHIUS.-¶ Auicij [sic] manilij torquati feuerini boccij ordina | rij patricij viri exconfulis de confolatione philolophie. | [Libri V.] IN FINE: ¶ Sancti Thome de aquino fuper libris Boccij | de cõfolatione phĩe cōmentū cũ expositione felici- | ter incipit. | ¶ Libri quing de confolatōne philosophie Boetij | rhomani ɔulis ac oratoris (plendidiffimi vna ɔmentaria editione per | me Johannem koelhoff de lubick in fancta ciuitate Colonia diligëter ela- | borati die vicefino quīto Maij expliciūt. Anno gratie Millefimoquadrin | gentefimo octogefimo primo. [1481.] Folio; TEXT 47 leaves, 27 lines on a full page; COMMENT. 202 leaves, 40 lines on a full page; rubricated initial letters; large, fine copy, old calf. The following work is bound with the above volume: IN FINE: In figurarum biblie fructuofñ et vtile compendium: quod & aureum alias biblie reportoriй muncu patur. prologus feliciter inchoat. Figurarum biblie fructuofn et vtile cōpendiu qỗ aureū biblie reportoriй noïant Explicit feliciter. [Absque anni, loci, et typographi indicatione, sed COLON.: Ulr. Zell, circa 1475.] Folio; 98 leaves, 2 columns, 41 lines on a full page; rubricated initials. The author's name was ANTONIUS RAMPIGOLLIS, vel AMPIGOLIUS. Vide PANZER, " Annales Typogr." Vol. I. p. 333. HAIN, "Repertorium Bibliographicum," Vol. I. p. 462, Vol. IV. p. 190. LAIRE, Index Librorum," Pars I. pp. 173-4. DENIS, "Supplementum,” p. 648. 90 BOETHIUS.— DE CONSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHIE. Latinè et Belgicè, cum Commentariis Belgicè. Gheprendt te Ghend by my Arend de keyler denderden duuft vierhondert vine ende tachten GOTHIC LETTER. Folio; 360 leaves, printed in two columns without numerals and catchwords, but with signatures. The Latin text and Flemish version are printed in a larger black letter than the Commentary. The present copy is richly ornamented with Initial letters illuminated in gold |