cONTINENTAL BOOkS AND MANUScrIPTS

Lots 73–164

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73* (ILLUMINATED MSS) BOOK OF HOURS An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from a Book of Hours, bi-folium, recto with five illuminated initials and two bars in blue, red and gilt, with depictions of a bird and a rabbit along the bottom. Use of France, circa 1350. 7 x 9 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $600-800

74* (ILLUMINATED MSS) PSALTER An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from a Psalter, with a detailed floral border against a gilt background on recto and verso. Framed and matted. 17 x 11 5/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $100-200

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76* (ILLUMINATED MSS) BOOK OF HOURS An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from a Book of Hours, with detailed floral borders on recto and verso, including Psalm 149.4, “Beneplactium est Domino in Populo Suo lauds. Use of France, circa 1450. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $200-400

77* (ILLUMINATED MSS) BOOK OF HOURS An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from a Book of Hours, with detailed floral border set against a gilt background, miniature of Michael the Archangel by Germaine Hardouyn. Use of France, circa 1500. 5 x 3 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $400-600

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78* (ILLUMINATED MSS) BOOK OF HOURS An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from a Book of Hours, Matins of the Dead, including Psalm 42, “Sitivit anima mea.” 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $200-400

79* (ILLUMINATED MSS) BOOK OF HOURS An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from a Book of Hours, with full floral borders framing the whole text on recto and verso. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $200-400

80* (ILLUMINATED MSS) BOOK OF HOURS An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from a Book of Hours, with detailed floral borders set against gilt backgrounds framing the whole text on recto and verso, including “Alleuiatrix peccatorum.” Use of France, circa 1500. 6 3/8 x 4 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $200-400 81* (ILLUMINATED MSS) BOOK OF HOURS An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from a Book of Hours, with a blue floral spray. 5 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $100-200

82* (ILLUMINATED MSS) BOOK OF HOURS An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from a Book of Hours, with a singular blue floral spray. 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $100-200

83* (ILLUMINATED MSS, INITIAL) SAINT PAUL An illuminated initial “D” on vellum, clipped, depicting a portrait of Saint Paul, in gilt, blue, and red, with a floral spray. 10 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $100-200 84* (ILLUMINATED MSS) PSALTER An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from a Psalter, set against a red and blue border, with red, blue and gilt decorative bars, including Psalm 20. Use of France, circa 1200-25. 5 x 3 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $300-500

85* (MSS, SPANISH) A Catalan land indenture on parchment, 16th-century. 8 1/4 x 22 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $50-100

86 86 (MSS, SPANISH) CARTA EXECUTORIA DE HIDALAGUIA An illuminated Carta Executoria on vellum, issued in the name of Philip III of Spain, in favor of Melchior del Peso of Valladolid, in Spanish. (Valladolid, May 21, 1614) dated and localized on final leaf.

73ff., many interleaved with silk. 4to, contemporary gilt-decorated Spanish goatskin over wooden boards, two full-page large miniatures with gilt frames, 13 5-line initials and 10 large chapter headings in gilt on red backgrounds, manuscript text in brown ink, notary endorsement in lower margin of each page, full page endorsement at end signed by nobility. Some light wear to binding with spine ends chipped; a few stains; some protective sheets torn.

Full-page large miniature at 3v featuring the royal family, Philip III, Margaret, their three sons and two daughters, flanked by Saints Peter and Paul, with the Virgin Mary hovering above, with full gilt border frame featuring scrolling foliage around cartouche portraits of four saints, “Don Felipe” in gilt on red background.

Full-page large miniature at 4r featuring the newly bestowed coatof-arms of Melchior, with full gilt border frame featuring armor and weaponry. $5,000-7,000

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87 ARIOSTO, (LUDOVICO) Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse. Translated by John Harrington. London: G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634.

(xvii), 423, (ix); (xliv) 2 vols. in one. 4to, full calf, giltlettered red leather spine label. Third edition, revised and amended with the addition of the author’s Epigrams, with engraved architectural title page and 46 full-page engraved plates. Second work with separate title page dated 1633. Lacking two pages (ii and xlv); 2 x 3 1/4-inch tear to p.223 obscuring text and engraving; clean tear to p.199 and a few corners torn; rubbing to boards, with small crack to spine; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; contemporary manuscript ex-libris to verso title page; scattered brownspotting. $400-600 90*

88 (BLAKE, WILLIAM) BLAIR, ROBERT The Grave. A Poem. London: R. Ackermann, 1813.

Folio, quarter brown morocco, title to pastedown label. With 13 engravings. Boards worn and detached; spine deteriorated; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; scattered foxing and light offsetting from plates. $100-200

89 [BURY, (LADY CHARLOTTE SUSAN MARIA)] Alla Giornata; or, To the Day. London: Saunders and Otley, 1826.

3 vols. 8vo, quarter calf over marbled boards, red and green gilt-lettered spine labels. First edition. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; light wear to boards. $200-400 BUTLER, SAMUEL Hudibras. Cambridge and London: J. Bentham and J. Bettenham, 1744.

2 vols. 8vo, bound by Larkin in contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spine labels, marbled endpapers. First edition, with engraved frontispiece and 16 engraved plates after designs by William Hogarth. Boards worn with front board detached vol. 1; spines chipped and rubbed. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $50-100

91* (COMPOSERS) BERLIOZ, HECTOR Autographed letter signed (“H. Berlioz”), one page, Monday morning, n.d. To James Ferriere, regarding preparations for a concert. Framed and matted with address leaf and reproduction portrait. Page slightly spotted. 7 x 5 inches. Property from the Collection of Laura Baier-Birtas, Roselle, Illinois $800-1,200

92* (COMPOSERS) BRAHMS, JOHANNES Autographed note signed (“J. Brahms”), postmarked September 26, 1890. To Richard Heuberger. Framed and matted in a window frame showing the address side, with a reproduction portrait. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Laura Baier-Birtas, Roselle, Illinois $1,000-2,000 93* (COMPOSERS) DEBUSSY, CLAUDE Autographed letter signed (“Claude Debussy”), 1 1/2 pages, on a bifolium, letterhead “80” Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Monday, n.d., black and blue pen. To an unknown recipient (“Cher Amis”), regarding his return to London. Framed and matted with a reproduction portrait. 5 1/2 x 10 inches. Property from the Collection of Laura Baier-Birtas, Roselle, Illinois $800-1,200

94* (COMPOSERS) ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO Autographed letter signed (“Rossini”), one page, October 25, 1865, Paris. To an unknown recipient (“Amico del cuon mio”). Framed and matted with a reproduction portrait. 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Laura Baier-Birtas, Roselle, Illinois $1,000-2,000 95* (COMPOSERS) VERDI, GIUSEPPE Autographed letter signed (“G. Verdi”), one page, in Italian, undated. To an unknown recipient (possibly the Mayor of Villanova), regarding payment for the performance of the mass, specifically noting the “Vigilia de Natale” performed at the Village of Villanova. Framed and matted with a reproduction portrait. 6 2/3 x 4 inches. Property from the Collection of Laura Baier-Birtas, Roselle, Illinois $2,000-4,000

96* D’ARNAUD, M. Zenothemis. Anecdote Marseilloise. Paris: Le Jay, 1773.

8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine. Wear to boards; spine chipped; scattered light brownspotting; minor dampstaining. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

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97 DEFOE, DANIEL The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: W. Taylor, 1719.

8vo, contemporary paneled calf rebacked with giltlettered black leather spine label. Third edition of the first part of Defoe’s masterpiece, with engraved frontispiece. Hinges and edges of boards rubbed; scattered brownspotting; renewed endpapers; frontispiece laid down with repaired tear; minor wormholing to pp.329-356. $1,000-2,000 98 (DICTIONARY) BARLEMENT, NOEL VAN Colloquia et dictionariolum octo linguarum, Latinae, Gallicae, Gelgicae, Teutonicae, Hispanicae, Italicae, Anglicae et Portugallicae. Amsterdam: Everardum Cloppenburguum, 1631.

Oblong 12mo, 3/4 green morocco, gilt-lettered spine, engraved title page and eight portraits. Text in four columns (covering eight languages across doublepage spreads) including Latin, Spanish, Flemish, English, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese, comprising not only a dictionary, but a lexicon, providing a language guide in a rapidly expanding world of trade and commerce. First appeared in 1576; Spanish was added in 1589, and expanded to Portuguese in 1630. Some dampstaining; boards worn; ex-library with bookplate tipped in front pastedown; final leaf restored with several words in facsimile. Provenance: Wilberforce Library, Backsettown, bookplate $300-500 99 (DICTIONARY) HALLIWELL, JAMES ORCHARD A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. London: John Russell Smith, 1847.

2 vols. 8vo, modern marbled boards, printed pastedown spine labels. Light rubbing to boards; ex-library copy with stamp to title page both vols.; scattered light brownspotting. $80-120

100* DRYDEN, JOHN The Poetical Works of John Dryden. London: William Pickering, 1832.

5 vols. 8vo, blue cloth, printed paper spine labels, 4pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear of vol. 1. The Aldine edition. Rubbing to boards; spines and spine labels chipped or detached; backstrip detached from text block on some vols.; boards detached from vol. 2; previous owner’s manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. all vols. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

101* ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences compiled upon a New Plan. In which the Different Sciences and Arts are digested into Distinct Treaties or Systems; and the Various Technical Terms, &c. are explained as they occur in the Order of the Alphabet ... by a Society of Gentlemen in Scotland. Edinburgh: for A. Bell & C. Macfarquhar, 1771.

3 vols. 4to, full contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spines. First edition of “The most famous of all encyclopaedias in the English language,” (PMM) diverging from the alphabetical models of predecessors by arranging entries under subject matter. Probably compiled by the editor and antiquarian William Smellie, the engraver Andrew Bell, and the printer Colin Macfarquhar. With 157 (of 160) engraved plates (one fold-out, musical plates printed on both sides), and one folding grammatical table in volume 2, errata at the end of vol. 2. Lacking chemistry tables and three plates; hinges cracked and boards worn on all vols.; minor intermittent brownspotting and a few small tears; plate 106 partially detached.

The present set was owned by the publisher and advertising executive William Benton (1900-1973), who was President and Chairman of Encyclopaedia Britannica from 1943-1973 and U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1949-1953). He also served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and Vice President of the University of Chicago. Property from the Collection of Marjorie and Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois Literature: Printing and the Mind of Man, 218 Provenance: William Benton, business cards tipped in each vol., TLS laid in David Hill, February 10, 1828, presentation slip tipped in $6,000-8,000

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103 102 (ENGLAND) BURNET, GILBERT The History of the Reformation of the Church of England. London: Richard Chiswell, 1681-83.

2 vols. (17), 377, 368, (4); (26), 421, (9), 416, (7). Folio, full calf rebacked retaining portions of boards and backstrip, gilt-lettered spine, renewed endpapers, title in red and black. With two engraved title pages, two half-titles, and 14 engraved portraits. Boards worn with some chipping to covers; armorial bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; some scattered pen marginalia. $200-400

103 (ENGLAND) CHARLES I Basilika. The Workes of King Charles The Martyr: With a Collection of Declarations, Treaties, and other Papers concerning the Differences betwixt His Said Majesty and his Two Houses of Parliament. London: James Flesher for R. Roylston, 1662.

2 vols. in one. Folio, full calf stamped in gilt and black, a.e.g., title pages printed in red and black. First edition, with engraved frontispiece, engraved title page, engraved vignette to second title page and two (of three) double-page plates, by W. Hollar and A. Hertocks (without the extra and frequently missing leaf with the epitaph “M.S. Sanctissimi Regis” and the additional frontispiece noted in some copies before the second title page). Boards broken and worn. $300-500

104* (ENGLAND) DUGDALE, (SIR WILLIAM) The History of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London. London: Printed by George James for Jonah Bowyer, 1716.

Folio, contemporary paneled calf rebacked retaining the upper and lower boards, gilt-lettered spine. Second edition, large paper copy, with engraved portrait frontispiece and 30 engraved plates (10 double-page) after W. Hollar. Boards worn with loss at corners; intermittent foxing, marginal save title and frontispiece, others toned. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $400-600

105 (ENGLAND) GIBSON, EDMUND Camden’s Britannia, Newly Translated into English: With Large Additions and Improvements. London: Printed by F. Collins, 1695.

Folio, quarter calf over marbled boards. With frontispiece, 50 double-page and folding engraved maps by Morden, nine engraved plates of coins and antiquities. Boards worn and detached; text block split; bookplates tipped in front pastedown; scattered brownspotting; some maps detached but present. $100-200

106 (ENGLAND) LOW, CHAS. RATHBONE Her Majesty’s Navy, Including Its Deeds and Battles. London: J.S. Virtue, n.d. [1889-1893]

3 vols. 4to, contemporary 3/4 navy morocco over matching pebbled boards, marbled endpapers, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g. First edition, with chromolithographed frontispieces, additional vignette titles and 40 plates with tissue guards. Very light rubbing to boards and minimal foxing. $400-600

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107 (ENGLAND) RITSON, JOSEPH, ed. The English Anthology. London: T. and J. Egerton, 1793.

3 vols. 8vo, modern 3/4 calf over cloth, gilt-lettered spines, t.e.g., untrimmed fore and bottom edges, half-titles, errata at end of vol. 1, glossary, corrections and leaf of ads at end of vol. 3. First edition, profusely illustrated with engraved vignettes by Thomas Stothard. A selection of the very best by English poets, assembled from many sources. Light wear to boards; bookplate tipped in front pastedown all vols.; minor intermittent foxing. Provenance: Edward J. Hanson, of Singapore, bookplate $200-400 108* (ENGLAND) SPELMAN, HENRY Concilia, decreta, leges, constitutiones, in re ecclesiarum orbis Britannici. London: Typis R. Badger, impensis Ph. Stephani, & Ch. Meredith, 1639.

Volume 1 (of 2) only. Folio, quarter calf over marbled boards. Text in Latin and Anglo-Saxon. Boards detached; lacking spine; corners bumped; intermittent light foxing. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $50-100

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109* FENELON, FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC Des avantures de Telemaque fils d’Ulysse. London: R. Dodsley, 1738.

2 vols. 8vo, modern green calf-backed boards, giltlettered spine labels, renewed endpapers. With engraved portrait, frontispiece and 24 engraved plates after Scotin, Picart and others. Some wear to boards; light offsetting from plates. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200 110 (FOX-HUNTING) VYNER, R.T. Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1841.

4to, publisher’s blind-stamped green cloth, title in gilt to red morocco spine label. With seven plates by Henry Alken and others. Boards worn and faded; scattered light brownspotting; bookplate tipped in front pastedown. Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200

111 (FRANCE) JANET, LOUIE, pub. Almanach de la cour de Paris et des departements. Paris: Louie Janet, 1847.

16mo, modern maroon leatherette, matching slipcase, a.e.g., half-title, engraved title page vignette and four engraved plates. Rubbing to boards and slipcase with some white spots; some light foxing. $80-120

112 (FRANCE) CALENDRIER DE LA COUR Calendrier de la cour, tire des ephemerides pour l’annee Mil Sept cent quatre-vingt-neuf. Paris: V. Herissant, 1789.

16mo, contemporary red morocco lavishly gilt featuring a central cartouche of a woman over a pedestal with an amphora on both covers framed by fillet and floral tooled borders, decorative endpapers, a.e.g. Light wear to boards; some minor brownspotting. $500-700

113 (FRANCE) DETAILLE, EDOUARD L’armee Francaise. Paris: Boussod, Valadon, 18851889.

2 vols. Folio, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, t.e.g. With 58 (of 60) color plates. Wear to boards; spines chipped with some loss; intermittent light foxing; minor offsetting from some plates; in-text illustrations cut from pp. 137 and 147, vol. 2; ephemera laid into rear of vol. 1. $600-800 114 [GARTH, SIR SAMUEL] The Dispensary: A Poem. In Six Cantos. Edited by John Nutt. London: By the Author, 1699.

8vo, early speckled calf, rebacked, retaining upper and lower boards. Third edition, signed on the dedication page, with engraved frontispiece and portrait. Wear to boards; corners bumped; intermittent foxing; ephemera tipped in rear pastedown. $150-250

115 GAY, JOHN Fables. London: John Stockdale, 1793.

2 vols. 8vo, contemporary red morocco, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine, a.e.g. With 70 engraved plates. Boards detached; ends chipped; light offsetting from plates. $400-600

116* (GENEALOGY, WORLD) BRESLER, FERNAND-LUDWIG VON Les souverains du monde. The Hague: La Compagnie, 1721-1722.

4 vols. 12mo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spines, title pages printed in red and black. With 45 engraved plates, title page vignettes, head- and tailpieces, and numerous in-text coats-of-arms. Rubbing to boards; hinges starting; intermittent manuscript notations. [Together with:] Calendrier des princes et de la nobless de France. Paris: Duchesne, 1764. 12mo, early mottled calf with central gilt armorial, marbled endpapers. Loss to corners; slight separation at foot of spine; spine label starting; scattered light brownspotting. Property from the Estate of Antonina Meyer, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

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117* (GENEALOGY, ENGLAND) COKAYNE, GEORGE E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-1998.

13 vols. in 14. Folio, publisher’s gilt-lettered green cloth, t.e.g., others uncut. New edition, edited by Vicary Gibbs. Some spines lightly faded. Property from the Estate of Antonina Meyer, Chicago, Illinois $600-800 118 (GENEALOGY, ENGLAND) GUILLIM, JOHN A Display of Heraldrie. London: Printed by Thomas Cotes for Jacob Blome, 1638.

Folio, contemporary calf, spine gilt. Third edition, with over 800 woodcut coats-of-arms, initials, and decorations, many colored. Boards detached and worn; evidence of tape removal to upper board and spine; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; intermittent brownspotting. Provenance: Frederick H. Sutton, bookplate $200-400

119* (GENEALOGY, ENGLAND) SANDFORD, FRANCIS A Genealogical History of the Kings of England, and Monarchs of Great Britain, &c., From the Conquest, Anno 1066, to the Year, 1677. Savoy: Tho. Newcomb for the Author, 1677.

Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked, retaining upper and lower boards, spine gilt in compartments, giltlettered red leather spine label, marbled edges, title printed in red and black. First edition, with numerous in-text engravings (many full-page) and six engraved plates (five fold-out). Armorial bookplates tipped in front pastedown; hinges cracked; some rubbing to boards with loss to corners. Property from the Estate of Antonina Meyer, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

120* (GENEALOGY, FRANCE) ANSELM, PERE, AND DU FORNEY Histoire genealogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France. Paris: La Compagnie des Libraires, 1726-1733.

9 vols. Folio, contemporary calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines, title printed in red and black. Third edition, with frontispiece to vol. 1, engraved title page vignette, and initial at the beginning of each volume, and numerous woodcut arms in text. Marginal foxing; some corners folded; hinges cracked on vol. 1 with some leaves starting; spine label detached on one volume; otherwise a near fine set in a beautiful contemporary binding. Property from the Estate of Antonina Meyer, Chicago, Illinois $3,000-5,000

121* (GENEALOGY, FRANCE) DUCHESNE, ANDRE Histoire genealogique de la Maison de Montmorency et de Laval. Paris: Sebastien Cramoisy, 1624.

2 works in one. Folio, contemporary calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine, marbled endpapers. First edition, with numerous in-text engraved heraldic emblems. 2pp. of manuscript notations to front; some light dampstaining; wear to boards with some loss. [Together with:] Histoire de la Maison Royale de Dreux. Paris: Sebastien Cramoisy, 1631. Folio, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spine. First edition, with numerous in-text engraved heraldic emblems, fold-out genealogical tree. Evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown; hinges cracked and wear to boards with some loss; early inventory sticker to spine. Property from the Estate of Antonina Meyer, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

122* (GENEALOGY) A group of 17 books pertaining to genealogy. Property from the Estate of Antonina Meyer, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

123* (GENEALOGY) A group of 20 books and pamphlets pertaining to genealogy. Property from the Estate of Antonina Meyer, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

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124* (GENEALOGY) ALMANAC DE GOTHA Gotha: Various, 1774-1870.

56 vols. 16mo-12mo, various bindings, a.e.g., profusely illustrated. Years 1774 (Almanac genealogique de Brunsvick Lunebourg), 1783, 178586, 1788 (Almanac de Goettingue), 1791 (Almanac royal historique et genealogique), 1801-2, 1810-1813, 1819, 1825-6, 1829-1870. Condition varies, but most in good condition with glassine wraps, some with slipcases. The Almanac de Gotha was published continuously from 1763-1944 and became the most influential royal genealogical reference book ever produced. Property from the Estate of Antonina Meyer, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

125 (GENEALOGY) ALMANAC DE GOTHA Gotha: Various, 1871-1944.

69 vols. 12mo, publisher’s red cloth, gilt-lettered spines. Years 1871-84, 1886-1916, 1919-22, 1924-26, 1928-39, 1941, 1944. Some fading to cloth; hinges tender on some vols. The Almanac de Gotha was published continuously from 1763-1944 and became the most influential royal genealogical reference book ever produced. $200-400

126 GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON Reineke Fuchs. Munich: Litterarisch-Artistischen Anstalt, 1846.

Folio, 3/4 brown morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g. First issue, with engraved title page and 36 plates. Rubbing and light soiling to boards; bookplate tipped in f.f.e.p.; scattered foxing; light offsetting from plates. $100-200 127 (ENGRAVINGS) [COMBE, WILLIAM] Six Engravings by H. Thielcke, After the Designs of Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth. With Illustrations in Verse. London: R. Ackermann; Printed by William Bulmer, Shakespeare Press, 1813.

4to, contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt. First edition, with engraved and etched dedication page to Queen Charlotte and six stipple engraved plates after Princess Elizabeth, on Whatman paper, with tissue guards. Only three copies located in Britain. Wear to boards; hinges cracked; intermittent brownspotting; otherwise good. $100-200

128 (ENGRAVINGS) GORI, ANTONIO FRANCESCO Statuae antiquae deorum et virorum illustrium centum aereis tabulis incisae quae extant in thesauro mediceo. Florence: Francesco Moucke, 1734.

Folio, marbled boards with cloth spine. Published as volume 3 of the Museum Florentinum, this is the first major work to describe the Medici collection. First edition, with 71 (of 100) engraved plates by Giovanni Domenica Campiglia, as well as engraved vignettes to half-title, title and in-text, and engraved head- and tail-pieces. Edgewear to boards with loss to spine ends; ex-library with call number to spine, stamp to f.f.e.p. and bookplate; light intermittent foxing and small dampstain; pp. v-vi misbound. $300-500

129 (ENGRAVINGS) HOGARTH, WILLIAM Collection of bound Hogarth engravings, manuscript titled Sammlung Hogarthischer Kupferstiche in verkleinerten Copien von Riepenhausen mit Erhlaerungen von Lichtenberg. S.l.: s.n., n.d.

4to, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, giltlettered spine, manuscript title page. With 54 engravings, including Times of Day (4), Harlot’s Progress (6), Marriage a-la-Mode (6), Industry and Idleness (12), and others. Wear and light soiling to boards; ends frayed; ex-library copy with bookplate to front pastedown and call number to spine; foxing. $100-200 130* (ENGRAVINGS) SCOTT, SIR WALTER The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland. London: Longman, et al., 1814-1817.

2 vols. Folio, modern library buckram over red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g., renewed endpapers. First edition, with 92 (of 95) engraved plates, including additional engraved titles to vol. 1. Large paper edition, with plates on India paper. Edgewear to boards; intermittent light brownspotting; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. both vols. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

131 (ENGRAVINGS) WORLIDGE, THOMAS A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems ... Etched after the Manner of Rembrandt. London: Dryden Leach, 1768.

2 vols. Folio, vellum-backed marbled boards, giltlettered black leather spine labels, uncut. First edition, complete with portrait and 182 engraved plates. Some light marginal foxing; inner hinges cracked but contents sturdy. [Together with:] Gems, Selected from the Antique, with Illustrations. London: Printed for John Murray, 1804. Folio, matching vellum-backed marbled boards, title page vignette and 20 engraved plates, each with tissue guard. [Also:] A supplemental volume of 10 engraved plates, each with tissue guard, in uniform binding. (4 total) Bookplate Geraldine Wilson Knight tipped in front pastedowns; some loss to boards and intermittent foxing to all. $400-600

132 (IRELAND) PLOWDEN, FRANCIS An Historical Review of the State of Ireland . . . Philadelphia: William F. McLaughlin, 1805-1806.

5 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. Wear to boards; ends bumped; intermittent foxing; lacking fold-out map; dampstaining affecting endpapers. $200-400

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133* (ITALY) VARCHI, BENEDETTO Storia Fiorentina. Cologne: Pietro Martello, 1721.

Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked, retaining upper and lower boards, gilt-lettered leather spine label. First edition, with engraved title page, portrait, and double-page engraved family tree of the Medici. Rubbing to boards; hinges cracked; bookplate tipped in front pastedown. Property from the Estate of Antonina Meyer, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

134 JOHNSON, SAMUEL Dictionary of the English Language. London: W. Strahan, 1773.

2 vols. Folio, full contemporary calf, titles in red and black. Fourth edition. Boards detached and worn; text block split, vol. 1; intermittent foxing; marginal dampstaining affecting both vols.; ex-libris to f.f.e.p. both vols. $300-500 135 JOHNSON, SAMUEL Dictionary of the English Language. Harrison’s Edition, with His Life of the Author. London: Harrison, 1785.

Folio, contemporary calf rebacked retaining portions of original gilt-lettered spine and boards, renewed endpapers, title in red and black. Title page soiled and laid down on thick paper with some loss; scattered foxing. $250-350

136 (JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS) L’ESTRANGE, ROGER, trans. The Works of Flavius Josephus. London: Printed for James, John, and Paul Knapton, et al., 1733.

Folio, early paneled calf, rebacked, retaining upper and lower boards, gilt-lettered spine, title printed in red and black, renewed endpapers. Fifth edition, with engraved frontispiece, six folding engraved maps and plans of Ancient Europe, the Holy Land, and Jerusalem, folding genealogical table and two (of four) engraved plates. 6-inch tear to plan of Jerusalem; 5 1/2-inch tear to “Part of the Mediterranean Sea;” light rubbing to boards; scattered marginal foxing. $200-400 137 (LAW) BROOKE, SIR ROBERT La Graunde Abridgement. Founded upon that of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert. London: Richard Tottyl, September 29, 1586.

2 vols. in one. Folio, later embossed calf. The last, and only folio, edition of Brooke’s digest of all of the cases in England up to his time, largely drawing upon Fitzherbert’s work, but including a sections at the end called, “Brooke’s new cases,” wherein he quotes many cases from his own tenure as Judge and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Upper board detached; spine split; wear to pages with chipping to edges and dampstaining. $100-200

138 LOREDANO, G. F. [Opere.] Venice: Guerigli, 1653, 1667.

6 (of 8) vols. only, comprising vols. 2, 4-8. 12mo, contents sewn into contemporary parchment, manuscript titles to spine, engraved title pages. Light soiling and dampstaining to binding. $100-200

139 LUCANUS, (MARCUS AENEAS) De bello civili libri X. [Pharsalia] Leiden: Simonis Vencentis, 1538. Colophon reads: Dionysius ab Harsio excudebat Lvgdvni, 1538.

8vo, contemporary gilt-stamped calf binding, printer’s woodcut device on title and final leaf, a.e.g. Early rare edition of Lucan’s important and influential epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey. Front board detached; wear to boards; scattered light brownspotting. Provenance: Edward White Benson, Saint Edwards School, mss ex-libris Literature: Graesse 273. Schweiger 562 $400-600

140 MELA, POMPONIUS De orbis situ libri tres. [Cosmographica] Edited by Joachim Vadianus. Paris: [C. Wechel], 1530.

2 parts in one. Folio, vellum-backed boards, title and divisional title within wide historiated border depicting biblical scenes, historiated initials, printer’s device on verso of final leaf. Paris reprint of the Vadianus edition, with the text in Roman type surrounded by commentary in italic. Macclesfield copy, with blind-stamp to title page and a few other pages and bookplate to front pastedown. Dampstain to 10 leaves; brown stain on lower fore edge; wormhole to first 2pp.; renewed endpapers. Provenance: Earl of Macclesfield, bookplate and blind-stamp Literature: Sabin 63958 $800-1,200 141* METASTASIO, PIETRO Opere ... giusta le correzioni, e aggiunte dell’autore nell’edizione di Parigi del 1780. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1781-1782.

16 vols. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels, marbled endpapers. Fine edition of Metastasio’s plays, profusely illustrated with engraved portrait, vignettes, and 94 plates of illustrations after P.A. Novelli and G. Gobis. Very light rubbing to boards; bookplates and ephemera tipped in front pastedowns; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $400-600

142 MILTON, JOHN Paradise Lost. London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1817.

12mo, red diced calf with gilt fillet border, black leather gilt-lettered spine label, marbled endpapers and edges, portrait frontispiece. Boards rubbed; hinges cracked; front endleaf detached. $100-200

143* (MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN) A group of four leaves from Cosmographia, Basel, c. 1590, comprising two one-page, and two doublepage leaves, each with woodcuts. Size of largest 11 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Urbana, Illinois $200-400

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144 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Partially printed document signed (“Bonaparte”), one page, large folio, January 12, 1804. Countersigned by Maurice Talleyrand, as Ministre des Relations Exterieures, and Hugues-Bernard Maret, as Secretary of State. Appointment of Louis-Noel Flury, as Assistant Commissioner of French Trade Relations in Bucharest. Framed and matted with engraved portrait. Some creases to document. 14 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches. $3,000-5,000

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148 145 (NIMROD) Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, (1837).

4to, publisher’s gilt-stamped green cloth. With 20 hand-colored aquatint plates. Light rubbing to boards; ends bumped; hinges starting. $200-400

146 (OPERA) MERLIN, MARIA (COUNTESSE DE) Memoirs of Madame Malibran, by the Countess de Merlin, and Other Intimate Friends. London: Henry Colburn, 1840.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, giltlettered spines. First edition of this biography of the famous opera singer. Malibran’s father, Manual Garcia, created the role of Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” and Maria became the most famous singer of her time after debuted in the role of Rosina in “Barber.” Wear to boards; ends chipped; bookplate tipped in front pastedown both vols.; scattered light foxing. $100-200

147 OVID Metamorphoseon liber XV. Sectionibus, et in easem argumentis probe distinctis, et locupletatus ... illustrata, atque ad usum viviendi, docendi, scribendique proposita per Iacobum Pontanum Societatis Iesu. Munich: Ioannis Hertsroy, 1613.

12mo, vellum binding with Hebrew manuscript text, remnants of cloth ties, Paradeigmataikon with separate title page, two engraved initials. Manuscript ex-libris to title page; boards soiled; very light dampstain to a few corners. $300-500

148* PHALARIS Epistolae. Greek text with Latin translation and commentary by Charles Boyle. Oxford: J. Crooke, 1695.

8vo, contemporary paneled calf, rebacked, retaining upper and lower boards, engraved frontispiece and title page vignette. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; minor wormholing affecting title page and rear board; otherwise good. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $150-250

149* PRIOR, MATTHEW Poems on Several Occasions. London: Jacob Tonson, 1718.

Folio, contemporary paneled calf, renewed endpapers. First edition, with engraved frontispiece, title page vignette and head- and tail-pieces; list of subscribers present. Boards detached and worn; intermittent light brownspotting; frontispiece detached with f.f.e.p. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

150 (ROME) FERGUSON, ADAM The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic. Edinburgh and London: Longman, Rees, Hurst, and Orme, 1805.

5 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. With six fold-out maps. Boards rubbed; hinges cracked; scattered marginalia; intermittent light foxing. $100-200

151 (ROME) GIBBON, EDWARD The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: John Murray, 1862.

8 vols. 8vo, bound by Bayntun in 3/4 blue morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, giltlettered spines, t.e.g. With frontispiece and 10 folding maps. A fine set. $300-500

152 SAINT-PIERRE, JACQUES-BERNARDIN-HENRI DE Paul et Virginie. Bound with Paul et Virginie, comedie en trois actes, en prose. Paris: de l’Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1789.

12mo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, engraved frontispiece. Wear to boards; light intermittent foxing; minor burn mark to p. 57/58. $200-400 153 (SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM) HINMAN, CHARLTON The Printing and Proof-Reading of the First Folio of Shakespeare. Oxford: Clarendon, 1963.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, gilt-lettered spines, dust jackets. First edition. Light wear to jackets. $100-200

154* SWIFT, JONATHAN, AND POPE, ALEXANDER Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. London: B. Motte and C. Bathurst, 1736-47.

10 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. Wear to boards; ends chipped; lacking spine labels on six vols.; hinges cracked; intermittent foxing. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

155 TASSO, TORQUATO La Gerusalemme liberata. Venice: Stefano Curti, n.d. [c. 1665]

8vo, contemporary vellum. With engraved architectural title page, 20 (of 21) engraved plates, historiated initials and head- and tail-pieces. Vellum soiled and warped; light dampstaining to pp.125-178; a few leaves darkened. $150-250

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156 (THEATRE, FRENCH) HEDELIN, FRANCOIS La pratique du theatre. Paris: Antoine de Sommaville, 1657. [Bound with:] Terence iustifie; ou deux dissertations concernant l’art du theatre. By the same. Paris: Guillaume de Luynes, 1656.

8vo, contemporary calf. First edition of this classic 17th-century French treatise on the theatre. Loss to corners and rubbing to hinges of boards; lacking f.f.e.p.; some light dampstaining. $200-400

157 (THEOLOGY) MISSALE ROMANUM Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti concilii tridentini. Regensburg: Friderici Pustet, 1904.

Folio, elaborately gilt-decorated red morocco, metal corner pieces and clasps, cloth page markers, decorative endpapers, a.e.g. Minor wear to boards; corner pieces worn; light ghosting to verso of frontispiece; intermittent light foxing; otherwise good. $400-600

158* (THEOLOGY) POLIGNAC, MELCHIOR DE Anti-Lucretius; sive, de Deo et natura, libri novem. Leiden: M.M. Rey, 1748.

2 vols. in one. 8vo, quarter modern blue library cloth, gilt-lettered spine. This edition not in Gordon. Ex-library, with call-number, bookplate and card slip; boards rubbed; title page starting; intermittent brownspotting. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 159 No Lot

160 (THEOLOGY, BIBLE) VULPIUS, JACOB ANTONIO La Sacra Biblia. Ingadina Bassa: Jacob Dorta, 1679.

Folio, contemporary calf with brass ornaments, five title pages, the elaborate woodcut border used for the first general title (variation) and the NT title contains representations of the four Evangelists, Moses and Aaron, and the Creation, narrow, ornamental borders are used for the other three titles.

An exceptionally rare bible, translated from Hebrew and Greek into Romansch by Jacob Dorta, of Vulpera, and Jacob Antonio Vulpius, then pastor at Schule.

[1], *5 (second title, preface and table), 753, [1 blank with mss notations], [2 inserted leaves], (title page dated 1678) 286, [lacking blank], (NT title within woodcut border) 332, (Apocrypha title) 140, ending QQQq2 with list of errata. Printer’s device to verso of final leaf. First general title differs from Darlow-Moule and appears to be a variation of the NT title page; first and second title page and six leaves to follow on inserted leaves with some restoration; lacking one blank; a few repaired corners and tears, some significant, but all closed. $2,000-4,000

161 (THEOLOGY) FRANCOIS DE SALES Introduttione alla vera divotione. Rome: Apresso Bernardino, 1643.

12mo, contemporary red morocco, possibly by Le Gascon, elaborately tooled in gilt with central gilt floral motif, a.e.g., housed in custom modern quarter green morocco clamshell case. Wear to boards; ends and corners bumped; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; minor dampstaining affecting some leaves; scattered light brownspotting. $400-600

162 (THEOLOGY, ELZEVIR) KEMPIS, THOMAS De imitatione Christi, libri quatuor. Leiden: John. et Dan. Elsevirios, n.d. [c. 1652-1655]

12mo, later red morocco gilt, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, engraved title page. Willems dates this Elzevir edition between 1652 - May 1655, and states it is similar to Corneille’s 1653 edition. Front board detached. Literature: Willems 729 $100-200

163 (THEOLOGY) L’OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE L’office de la semaine sainte. Lyon: Pierre Valfray, 1690.

12mo, contemporary calf, gilt-tooled spine, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, engraved plate of Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem. Light wear to corners; small worm hole to inner hinge of a few pages; intermittent brownspotting. $100-200

164 VALERIUS MAXIMUS; FIOCCO, ANDREA [Libri IX. in quibus quod philosophi aliique scriptores praeceptionibus, hic vir prudens et sapiens facinorum memorabiliu[m] exemplis tradit.] Basil: Henricus Petrus, August 1536. [Bound with:] L. fenestellae de magistratibus sacerdotis; Romanorum libellus, iamprimum nitori restitutus. Basil: Thomam Volsium, August 1535.

[8], [2 blank ff.], 542, [2, colophon and printer’s device], [174], [1 blank ff.]. 8vo, contemporary roll-tooled vellum featuring numerous portraits, over boards, two clasps. The first containing the Memorabilium and Oratio de virtute of Antonio Urceo. Light soiling to boards; marginal dampstain to some leaves; lacking first few pages, including title page, of first work. $400-600

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