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50 English Books to 1640.-DU MOULIN (Pierre) A Defence of the Catholicke Faith, contained in the Booke of the most Mightie, and most Gracious King James the First, King of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, against the Answere of N. Corfetteau. With autograph and dated bookplate, 1707, of Sir Thomas Hanmer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Editor of the Works of Shakespeare, 4to, polished calf, gilt lines, gilt back, very neatly rebacked, gilt and red centre design, with initials, I.S. (namely, John Sparke), and ties, 10+494 pp., £4 17s 6d London, W. Stansby, 1610 H.İ. (Hayward, Sir John) The First Part of the Life and Raigne of King Henrie the IIII., extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne, with an Introductory Address to the reader by A.P. This is an exceedingly rare version of Hayward's important work on Henry IV. The B.M. has several copies of three other editions all dated 1599 and printed by Wolfe. The work is dedicated to the Earl of Essex, and was regarded by Queen Elizabeth as treasonable. A fine and most interesting copy. 4to, mottled calf, gilt lines, gilt back, gold inside dentelles, gilt edges, 6+150 pp., title soiled, name in corner of title (R. Heber Richardson), £12 London, Iohn Wolfe, 1599 HOOKER (Richard) Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, bound with Certayne Divine Tractates: The Answere of Mr. R. H. to a Supplication Preferred by Mr. Walter Travers, etc., A Learned Discourse of Justification, etc., Five Learned Sermons, A Remedie against Sorrow and Feare, A Learned and Comfortable Sermon, Two Sermons upon Part of St. Ivdes, imp. 8vo, 584 +16 pp., half calf, 5 engraved titles, first title and some pages stained. "This is remarkable as being one of the few theological and philosophical works which have taken a high place in the literature of the language in which they were written." Camb. Hist. of Eng. Lit. of the Law of Eccles. Polits., 1909. Jackson, F., p. 416, Vol 3, 27s 6d London, William Stansbye, 1631-2 52A JUNIUS (Franc.) Sacrorum Parallelorum libri tres, Editio Secunda, 8vo, original calf, back broken, title in woodcut border, with Royal arms, dedicated to the Landgrave of Hesse, £3 5s Londini, Impensis G. Bishop [1588] MATHIEU (Pierre) The Heroyk Life and Deplorable Death of the most Christian King Henry the Fourth, translated by Ed. Grimeston, sm. 4to, calf, £3 London, George Eld, 1612

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London, John Daye, 1571 54 English History.-BELL (Henry Nugent) The Huntingdon Peerage, comprising a Detailed Account of the Evidence and Proceedings connected with the Recent Restoration of the Earldom; together with the Report of the AttorneyGeneral on that Occasion, to which is prefixed a Genealogical and Biographical History of the Illustrious House of Hastings, including a Memoir of the Present Earl and his Family, the whole interspersed with a Variety of Curious Historical and Legal Matter; and several Original Letters, and incidental anecdotes, of distinguished Individuals concerned, 4to, boards, cloth back, 5 portraits, 404 pp., m.e., 25s London, Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1820

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DRAPER (Lieut.-Col. Edward Alured) An Address to the British Public on the Case of Brigadier-General Picton, late Governor and Captain-General of the Island of Trinidad; with observations on the Conduct of William Fullarton, Esq., F.R.S., and the Right Hon. John Sullivan, 8vo, half calf, shabby, front cover loose, Spanish and English xvi. +58 pp., 15s London, D. Jaques, 1806 Picton was made commandant and military governor of Trinidad in 1797, and his administration led to perfect tranquillity throughout the island. He established a fine system of police, improved the roads and opened trade facilities. In 1801 he was made BrigadierGeneral, but the vigour of his rule having occasioned adverse criticism among his enemies, Fullarton headed an attack upon him which led to his resignation in 1803.

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56 English History.—An Account of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, from her First Coming to Court to the year 1710, 8vo, calf, 316 pp., 12s 6d London, James Bettenham, 1742 MANOLESSO (Emil. Mar.) Historia Nova, Nella quale si Contengono tutti i successi della guerra Turchesca, la Congiura del Duca de Nortfolch contra la Regina d'Inghilterra; la guerra di Fiandra, Flisinga, Zelanda, et Holanda ; l'uccisione d'Vgonotti, le morti de Prencipi, l'elettione di novi, e finalmente tutto quello che nel mondo è occorso, da l'anno MDLXX. sino all'hora presente, 4to, limp vellum, 100 11., device on title, woodcut historiated initials, important for the contemporary account of the Conspiracy of the Duke of Norfolk and of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, £1 15s Padova, Lorenzo Pasquati, 1572

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Some Cautions Offered to the Consideration of Those who are to Chuse Members to Serve in the Ensuing Parliament, by a Person of Honour, 4to, calf, gilt border design, gilt back, gold inside dentelles, bound by Hayday and Mansell, from the Library of Wm. Twopenny, with his label, 32 pp., 12s 6d London, W. Rogers, 1701 59 V.P., Historical Narration of Certain Events that took place in the Kingdom of Great Britain in the month of July, in the year of our Lord 1553, written by P.V. [i.e., P. M. Vermigli, translated by J. B. Inglis and edited by J. P. Berjeaul, 8vo, original cloth, 10s 6d London, Bell and Daldy, 1865 60 English Literature BACON (Francis) Opuscula Varia Posthuma, Philosophica, Civilia, et Theologica, Francisci Baconi, Cura et Fide Guilielmi Rawley, First Edition, very rare, 8vo, old calf, loose, 34+216 pp., slightly stained, £4 4s London, R. Daniel, 1658 BUNYAN (John) The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come, Third Part; to which is added The Life and Death of John Bunyan, fine copy, 12mo, blue morocco, gilt, gilt edges, inside gold dentelles, woodcut, £2 10s London, Printed by W.O. for Bettesworth, 1705 DOWNES (G.) Dublin University Prize Poems, with Spanish and German Ballads, etc., 8vo, polished calf, gilt border design, gilt back, 92 pp., 10s 6d Dublin, Bentham and Gardiner, 1824 63 HUNTER (Rev. Joseph) The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S., Author of the Topography of Leeds, 1677-1724, now first published from the original manuscript, by the Rev. Joseph Hunter, F.S.A., 8vo, original boards, joints loose, 1 portrait, 7s 6d London, Henry Colburn, 1830 64 MILTON (John) Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio, Contra Claudii Anonymi, alias Salmasii, Defensionem Regiam, 278 pp., index, 2 engravings on title; bound with, Salmasius (C.) Defensio Regia Pro Carolo I ad Serenissimum Magna Britannia Regem Carolum II. Filium natu majorem, Heredem et Succorem, legitimum, 1652, 444 pp., woodcut on title, 12mo, brown straight grain morocco, gilt back, gilt lines, crest in gold on sides. Dugard, the Printer, was Headmaster of Merchant Taylors School. Condemned as a Royalist, he changed masters, and Milton's book was issued by him as an evidence of the sincerity of his conversion, £3 10s London, Du Gardianis, 1652 MORE (Sir Thomas) Utopia, written in Latin by Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England, translated into English (by Gilbert Burnet), 8vo, calf, 206 pp., rebacked, first edition of Burnet's translation, £2 10s

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69 English Literature. -SMYTHIES (William, Curate of St. Giles', Cripplegate) The Second Advice to Apprentices and other young Persons, to beware of Evil Company and Evil Courses, and particularly of Drunkennness, sm. 8vo, sprinkled calf, 16 pp., curious, 15s London, T. Milbourn, 1687

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73 English Poetry-RADFORD (Ernest) Measured Steps, Poems, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, in sheets, 15s London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1884 SOUTHEY (Robert) Attempts in Verse by John Jones, an old Servant, with some account of the Writer, wrtten by himself, and an Introductory Essay on the Lives and Works of our uneducated Poets, by Robert Southey, Svo, boards, shabby, xii. + 332 pp., 15s London, John Murray, 1821

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Bristol, Fenley and Baylis, 1802 YORKSHIRE. Gent (Tho.) The Antient and Modern History of the Loyal Town of Ripon, with Particular Accounts of three of the Northern Saints in the Seventh Century, Adorned with many cuts, preceded by a South-West Prospect (and a new plan) of Ripon, besides are added Travels into other Parts of Yorkshire, to which is subjoin'd by the Author of the Country Life, A Letter to the Hon. John Aislabie, Esq.; The Happy Reign, an Eclogue; and a Latin Copy of Verses, with a Translation, on the Renowned Grotto of Queen Caroline, 8vo, calf, joints loose, large folding map of Ripon, slightly torn, £1 5s York, Printing Office, 1733

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97 Gardening. HEELY (Joseph) Letters on the Beauties of Hagley, Envil, and the Leasowes, with critical remarks, and observations on the Modern Taste in Gardening. Contains references to Le Notre, Pope, Shenstone, etc., 2 vols, polished calf, gilt backs, 15s London, R. Baldwin, 1777

98 Greek Printing-Achilles Tatius Clithophontis et Leucippes Amoribus Libri VIII. ex Editione Cl. Salmasii, 12mo, vellum, xii. ll., 752 pp.; xiv. ll., 1 1. Errata, engraved front. Very nice, best and rare edition, with notes and emendations by Salmasius. This copy was given by Salmasius to J. Le Clerc. Note by Le Clerc's hand: "Donum clarissimi Salmasij mihi J. Le Clerc, Medico Physico, 1640," Latin and Greek, £2 10s Lugd. Batav., Fr. Heger, 1640 Aristophanis Facetissimi Comoediae undecim. Plutus, Nebulae, Ranae, Equites, Acharnes, Vespae, Aues, Pax, Concionantes, Cereris sacra celebrantes, Lysistrate, small 4to, calf, 514 pp., £1 2s 6d

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SAVONAROLA (Hieron) Epistolae Spirituales et Asceticae, miram vitae sanctitatem, et Simplicitatem, Fidei et Religionis zelum Spirantes, nunc primum collectae, et ex etrusca Authoris lingua Latine reddita, per F. I. O. P O. R., Latin and Italian, 8vo, 280 pp., half calf, FIRST EDITION, with different title, on which Quetif's name is represented by initials, and with new preliminary matter, rare, 35s Parisiis, S. L. Billaine, 1674