CONTINENTAL BOOkS AND MANUSCRIPTS

Lots 166–271

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166 (ARABIAN NIGHTS) Arabian Tales; or, A Continuation of the Arabian Nights... Translated by Denis Chaves and Jaques Cazotte. London: Printed for Faulder, and Hookham and Carpenter, et al., 1794.

3 vols. 8vo, full calf. Wear to boards with loss to spine ends and corners; hinges cracked; scattered brownspotting. $100-200

167* 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); tear to p. 223; rubbing to boards, with small crack to spine; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; contemporary manuscript ex-libris to verso title page; scattered brownspotting. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $400-600 168* (BIBLE) THEODORE BEZA Iesu Christi D. N. Novum Testamentum, Graece et Latine. Theodoro Beza interprete. [Geneva: Henri Estienne], 1580.

8vo, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with roll-tooled roundels of Hus, Luther, Erasmus and Melancthon on upper and rear boards, upper board center panel with cameo of Augustus, Elector of Saxony, (1526–86), standing with sword in elegant armor, and the rear board center panel with his elaborate coat-of-arms, identified by the text surrounding both, dated 1592, stamped NGS, gauffered edges, two spiral metal clasps, printer’s device to title page. Third edition, Greek letter, two Latin versions (Beza’s translation and the Vulgate), text in parallel columns. A few contemporary manuscript notations; light dampstain to a few plates; otherwise binding with deep impression and very well preserved. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota Provenance: Sothebys, London, November 7, 1967. Lot 384 $1,000-2,000

169* (BIBLE) ERASMUS VON ROTTERDAM Novi Testamenti aeditio postrema. [Tiguri:] In Officina Froschouiana, August 1538.

8vo, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, lacking clasps. Text in Latin, engraved initials. No records of this edition. Lacking blanks; light dampstaining; boards lightly soiled; contemporary manuscript ex-libri to final leaf. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $800-1,200 170* (BIBLE) The Holy Bible. London: Robert Baker, 1636.

8vo, contemporary calf, title within ornamental woodcut border incorporating numerous portraits. Title page laid down with repaired tears and large woodcut royal arm to verso; repaired tears to final leaf; boards worn with hinges cracked and loss to spine ends. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

171* (BIBLE) A leather-bound bible with silver decorated plate to upper board, 4to. The Holy Bible. Oxford: T. Wright and W. Gill, 1773. Property from the Estate of Mr. Albert Joseph, Northbrook, Illinois $100-200

172* (BIBLE) A mother-of-pearl cased bible, 8vo. The Holy Bible. London: Collins’ Clear-type Press, (1955). Property from the Estate of Mr. Albert Joseph, Northbrook, Illinois $80-120

173 [BORROW, GEORGE] Celebrated Trials, and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence. From the Earliest Records to the Year 1825. London: Printed for Knight and Lacey, 1825.

6 vols. 8vo, 3/4 crushed brown morocco, giltlettered spines, t.e.g. First edition, with 35 (of 36) engraved plates (four fold-out). Edgewear to boards with spines chipped; bookplate tipped in front pastedowns; light offsetting; light smoke smell. $500-700

174* BOSSUET, JACQUES BENIGNE Oeuvres. Venice: G.B. Albrizzi, 1736-1757.

10 vols. 4to, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers. Profusely illustrated, largely by Piazzetta, with 10 engraved portraits, 10 frontispieces, and engraved head- and tail-pieces. “The main interest of this splendid publication is that in it for the first time Albrizzi employed Piazzetta as his illustrator.” (Haskell) Light rubbing to boards; lacking first blanks; otherwise interior is in very good condition. Rare at auction. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota Literature: Haskell 1963, 334 $1,500-2,500

176 BOSWELL, JAMES An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1768.

8vo, contemporary mottled calf, title in gilt to red leather spine label. Second edition, with fold-out engraved map. Lacking half-title; boards detached and worn; light offsetting to map; bookplate Sarah Sophia Chili tipped in front pastedown; otherwise contents in good condition. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

176 BOYLE, ROBERT The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington, 1772.

6 vols. Folio, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. New edition, complete with frontispiece portrait and 24 engraved plates on 16 sheets (14 folding). Light wear to boards and spine labels; moderate intermittent foxing; otherwise very good. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200 177* BYRON, (GEORGE GORDON, LORD) Don Juan. Cantos III, IV and V. London: Thomas Davidson, 1821.

12mo, publisher’s plain boards, uncut, half-title, printer’s colophon to verso final leaf. First edition. Boards worn with loss to spine and edges; hinges tender; intermittent brownspotting. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

177A* CERVANTES, SAAVEDRA MIGUEL DE The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote, translated by Tobias Smollett. London: Effingham Wilson, 1833.

3 vols. 12mo, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt, a.e.g. With wood-engraved frontispiece portraits by K. Meadows and 15 etched plates by George Cruikshank. Light wear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Florence Shay, Titles, Inc., Highland Park, Illinois $100-200

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178* (CLASSICS) ALIGHIERI, DANTE Delle opere di Dante Alighieri... Venice: Giambatista Pasquali, 1741.

2 vols. in one. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, giltlettered red leather spine label, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., half-titles. Eighth edition. Edgewear to boards; some light brownspotting; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

179* (CLASSICS) CATULLUS, TIBULLUS AND PROPERTIUS Opera. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1772.

4to, bound by Brian Frost in 3/4 crushed red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Boards slightly bent; some light toning and rippling to edges of pages; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $200-400 180* (CLASSICS) CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS Libri tres de officiis, una cum Hieronymi Wolfii commentariis, hac secunda editione et correctis, & nonnihil auctis... Basil: Officina Hervagiana, 1569.

5 parts in one. Folio, contemporary vellum with manuscript musical notation, contents sewn. Second edition. Vellum soiled and wrinkled; intermittent foxing; minor dampstaining affecting lower margin of most leaves. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $400-600

181 No lot

182 (CLASSICS) HOMER The Iliad. Translated by Alexander Pope. London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, 1718.

6 vols. 4to, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spines. First edition translated by Alexander Pope, with foldout map. Boards detached and worn; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; scattered foxing and marginalia; dampstaining affecting some leaves. $600-800 183* (CLASSICS) HORACE Opera. London: Johannes Pine, 1733-1737

2 vols. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt-lettered spines, renewed endpapers. First Pine edition, first issue, with the “post est” reading in the medallion on p. 108 of vol. 2. Engraved throughout by John Pine, printed on heavy paper. Lacking “List of Antiquities” in vol. 1, per usual. Boards worn, split vol. 1, front board detached vol. 2; Devon and Exeter Institution copy, with bookplates tipped in front pastedowns and stamps to f.f.e.p.; otherwise contents are in good condition. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $600-800

183A* (CLASSICS) OVID Amori Ovidiani. Traduzione anacreontica de Federico Cavriani. Edizione seconda. Criopoli: n.p., 1802.

3 vols. 8vo, plain wraps, engraved title page vignette. Wraps torn and spines lacking; intermittent browning and soiling to leaves. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $50-100

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184* (CLASSICS) PETRARCH, FRANCESCO Le Rime del Petrarca brevemente esposte per Lodovico Castelvetro. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1756.

2 vols. 4to, contemporary calf professionally rebacked, half-titles, title page vol. 1 in red and black. Illustrated with two engraved frontispieces, two engraved portraits, title page vignettes, chapter head- and tail-piece vignettes, and initials, by Giovanni Magnini, B. Crivellari and Giovan. Battista Brustolon after Gaetano Zompini, Giovan Battista Moretti and Francesco Fontebasso. Inner hinges separated but sturdy; first few leaves vol. 2 starting; light rippling to edges of leaves; otherwise near fine with binding preserved with thick protective acetate. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $400-600

185 (CLASSICS) SALLUST C. Crispus Sallustius; et L. Annaeus Florus. Birmingham: Joannis Baskerville, 1773.

4to, full red morocco stamped in gilt and blind, a.e.g. Edgewear to boards; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; scattered foxing; otherwise good. $200-400 186* (CLASSICS) SALLUST Conjuratio Catilinae et bellum Jugurthinum fragmenta... Venice: Aldus, 1567.

12mo, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with roll-tooled roundels of the Four Evangelists, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, woodcut Aldine printer’s device to title and verso of colophon. Light wear to boards; renewed endpapers; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; intermittent foxing; otherwise good with a beautiful contemporary binding. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

187* (CLASSICS) SUETONIUS Le Vite de Dodici Cesari. Translated by Paolo del Rosso. Venice: Francesco Piacentini, 1738.

4to, contemporary full vellum, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, additional engraved title page and 12 engraved medallion portraits by John Baptist Jackson. Revised and extended reprint of Rosso’s translation. Wear to vellum at ends and corners; marginal dampstaining and some foxing. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200 188* (CLASSICS) SUETONIUS De Vita XII Caesarum. Florence: Guinta, 1510.

12mo, full speckled calf, gilt-tooling to spine. Not in Adams. Contemporary marginalia. Spine label detached; some light rubbing to boards; intermittent light foxing; otherwise very good. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota Literature: Brunet V 581 $200-400

189* (CLASSICS) TERENCE Comedie di Terentio nuovamente. Venice: Battista da Borgofranco, May 1542.

12mo, contemporary limp vellum, very early manuscript notations bound at end leaves, title within woodcut historiated border, printer’s device to last page. First few leaves starting; boards soiled. [Together with:] Comoediae Sex. Amsterdam: Danielis Elzevirii, 1665. 16mo, contemporary calf, engraved title page. Front board and f.f.e.p. detached; spine cracked and chipped; manuscript notations to endpapers; otherwise good. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

190 (CLASSICAL HISTORY) DENT, ARTHUR The Ruine of Rome. London: Printed by T.H. & I.Y., 1644.

Small 8vo, early calf. Rare, with no records of sale at auction. Boards detached and worn; repaired tears to corner of title page and p. 341; light dampstaining to pp. 338; previous owner’s pencil inscription to f.f.e.p. $100-200

191* (CLASSICAL HISTORY) GIBBON, EDWARD The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: W. Strahan, 1776-1788.

6 vols. 4to, contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered spines. First edition of vols. 2-6, second edition vol. 1, all half-titles present, errata leaves in vols. 2, 3, and 6, engraved portrait after Reynolds and three folding maps. Boards worn, joints cracked, and detached on most; otherwise contents are near fine. [Together with:] An Apology for Christianity, in a Series of Letters, Addressed to Edward Gibbon, Esq. By Richard Watson. Dublin: W. Watson, et al., 1777. 8vo, publisher’s plain boards. First Dublin edition. Soiling to boards; spine chipped with some loss; scattered light brownspotting; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $800-1,200 192* (CLASSICAL HISTORY) MEXIA, PEDRO The Imperiall Historie; or, The Lives of the Emperours, from Iulius Caesar. London: Mathew Lownes, 1623.

Folio, contemporary paneled calf. Second edition, with engraved title page, historiated initials and engraved chapter heads. Boards detached and rubbed; intermittent soiling. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $200-400

193 (CLASSICAL HISTORY) SCHMIDT, JOHANN GEORG Die gestriegelte Rockenphilosophie, oder auffrichtige Untersuchung derer von vielen super-klugen Weibern hochgehaltenen Aberglauben... Chemnitz: Stosselischen, 1759.

12mo, modern library buckram, gilt-stamped, frontispiece. Fifth, and final, edition of Schmidt’s study of the myths and rituals of women of his time, referred to by Sir James Frazer as “The StripedPetticoat Philosophy” and cited by him in The Golden Bough. Lightly toned; renewed endpapers; portion of f.f.e.p. restored; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $300-500 193A (CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE) JERROLD, BLANCHARD The Life of George Cruikshank. London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.

2 vols. 8vo, rebound in 3/4 calf over cloth, title in gilt to leather spine label, t.e.g., frontispieces. With 21 plates, facsimile manuscript, and original wraps bound into rear of each volume. Light wear to boards; hinges cracked; otherwise good. $150-250

194 (CULINARY, FRENCH) Dictionnaire portatif de cuisine, d’Office et de distillation. Paris: Chez Vincent, 1767.

2 vols. 12mo, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, a.e.g., half-title to vol. 1. First edition. Light wear to boards; library stamp to title pages; some light dampstaining. $100-200

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195 DEFOE, DANIEL The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: Harrison, 1791. [Bound with:] The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. By Tobias Smollett. London: Harrison, 1792.

2 vols. in one. 8vo, contemporary tree calf. 12 engraved plates, total. Lacking map; wear to boards; text block cracked; front board beginning to detach; dampstaining affecting majority of plates. $100-200

196 (ENGLAND) QUEEN ANNE (1665-1774) Manuscript document signed, (“Anne”), one page, on vellum, with portion trimmed away. S.l., n.d. Payment order given to Sir James Wishart and his assigns in the sum of five hundred pounds. Bottom right portion clipped (5 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches). Framed and matted with engraved portrait. 16 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection $800-1,200

197 (ENGLAND, CHRONICLES) A collection of nineteenth-century chronicles of England, France, and adjoining countries.

14 vols. 4to, uniformly bound in contemporary full calf, gilt-lettered spines, comprising: Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. 6 vols. London, 1807-1808. Hall’s Chronicle; containing the History of England. London, 1809. Grafton’s Chronicle; or, History of England. 2 vols. London, 1809. The Customs of London, otherwise called Arnold’s Chronicle. London, 1811. The New Chronicles of England and France. By Robert Fabyan. London, 1811. Chronicle of John Hardyng. London, 1812. Sir John Froissart’s Chronicles of England, France, Spain ... and the Adjoining Countries. 2 vols. London, 1812. Rubbing to boards; hinges cracked; ends chipped; intermittent light foxing; otherwise good. $400-600 198* (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 Wenzel 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 $800-1,200

199 (ENGLAND) LODGE, EDMUND Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. London: London Printing and Publishing, n.d.

5 vols. 4to, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels, silk endpapers, a.e.g. Complete with 240 engraved portraits. Light rubbing to boards; offsetting from plates to tissue guards; minor foxing to some vols.; otherwise a fine set. $100-200

199A (ENGLAND) PIERCE, EGAN Life in London. London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1821.

8vo, bound by Chamolle-Duru in full green morocco, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., silk endpapers, slipcase. First edition, second issue, with 36 color aquatint plates by I.R. and George Cruikshank, three foldout sheets of music and eight pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear. Minor wear to slipcase; spine faded; offsetting from plates and half-title; very light scattered foxing; otherwise fine. $250-350 199B (ENGLAND) ROWLANDSON, THOMAS The English Dance of Death. From the Designs of Thomas Rowlandson. London: Metheun, 1903.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s linen-backed blue boards, pastedown spine labels. New edition, with numerous color plates. [Together with:] The Physician of the Dance of Death: A Historical Study of the Evolution of the Dance of Death Mythus in Art. By Aldred Scott Warthin. New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1931. 4to, publisher’s linen-backed blue boards, gilt-lettered. First edition, one of 100 specially bound copies (from a total edition of 1000). Includes a bibliography of Warthin’s collection. $100-200

200* (ENGLAND) 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 volume 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 $200-400

201 (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 $100-200

202* (ENGLAND) SWIFT, JONATHAN The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen. London: A. Millar, 1758.

8vo, contemporary calf. First edition. Boards rubbed with loss to spine ends; bookplates tipped in front pastedown; hinges tender; some offsetting to preliminaries; otherwise very good. [Together with:] The Conduct of the Allies and of the Late Ministry, in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War. [By Jonathan Swift] London: for John Morphew, 1711. 8vo, modern plain wrappers. Fifth edition, corrected. The Crisis; or, A Discourse Representing ... the Just Causes of the Late Happy Revolution. By Richard Steele. London: Sam Buckley, 1714. Thin 8vo, modern plain boards. First edition, second issue, with date corrected. [A Summarye of the Chronicles of England.] By John Stowe. London: s.n., 1570. 12mo, full calf. Lacking at least 32 leaves, some misbound, tears. (4 total) Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $150-250

203* (ENGLAND) WALPOLE, HORACE Anecdotes of Painting in England. Strawberry Hill: Thomas Farmer, 1762-1763.

3 (of 5) vols. in two. 4to, modern 3/4 tan morocco over marbled boards, renewed endpapers. First edition, with frontispiece and 86 engraved plates. Offsetting from plates; light scattered foxing; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200 204* (ENGLAND) A group of four works in six volumes pertaining to the British Isles. Property from the Collection of Florence Shay, Titles, Inc., Highland Park, Illinois $50-100

205* 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; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $200-400

206 [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 to rear pastedown. $300-500 207 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. $600-800

208* HALLAM, HENRY View of the State of Europe in the Middle Ages. London: John Murray, 1818.

2 vols. 4to, quarter calf over marbled boards, giltlettered leather spine labels, half-titles. First edition. Rubbing to boards with spine starting on vol. 2; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. vol. 1; intermittent foxing; otherwise near fine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

209 (IRELAND) JOHNSON, J. A View of Jurisprudence of the Isle of Man. Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay, 1811.

8vo, rebound in tan buckram, gilt-lettered spine, uncut, renewed endpapers. First edition. [Together with:] Illustrated History of Ireland from the Earliest Period. By M.F. Cusack. London: Longmans, Green, 1873. 8vo, publisher’s green cloth decorated in gilt and black. Numerous plates, uncollated. History of the Irish Rebellion. London: Baily, Brothers, Cornhill, 1845. 8vo, 3/4 black calf over marbled boards. Numerous plates, uncollated. (3 total) $50-100

210* (ITALY) BIANCO, NOE Viaggio da Venezia al Santo Sepolcro et al Monte Sinai. Bassano: Spese Remondini, 1791.

8vo, publisher’s plain wraps. Illustrated throughout with numerous woodcuts of city scenes. Wraps worn with some loss to spine; intermittent light brownspotting; manuscript ex-libris to title page; small tear to title page. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

211* (ITALY) BRYDONE, PATRICK A Tour through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford, Esq., of Somerly in Suffolk. London: W. Strahan, 1774.

2 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, half-titles, 3 pp. advertisements to vol. 1. Second edition, corrected, of “one of the most successful works on Italian travel written in the eighteenth-century and was the first important book on Sicily.” (Pine-Coffin) No fold-out map. Boards worn with upper board detached vol. 1; bookplates and manuscript ex-libris. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota Literature: Pine-Coffin 770.2 $100-200

212 (ITALY) DONATI, ALEXANDRI Roma vetus ac recens utriusque aedificiis illustrata ... editio ultima. Amsterdam: Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem Wolters, 1695.

8vo, early calf, title in red and black. With 92 (of 96) engraved plates, four folding. Lacking boards; spine split in thirds; lacking frontispiece; dampstaining affecting first 3 pp.; scattered light brownspotting; pp.176/177 horizontally torn. $100-200

213* (ITALY) FORESTER, (THOMAS) Rambles in Corsica and Sardinia. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858.

Large 8vo, 3/4 red calf over marbled boards, giltlettered spine, marbled edges, half-titles. First edition, with map, eight lithograph plates (one folding, one chromolithographic, one hand-colored, others tinted), and numerous letterpress vignettes. Contents detached from backstrip and boards rubbed; two plates detached; light offsetting. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $200-400

214* (ITALY) GUICCIARDINI, (FRANCESCO) Della Istoria d’Italia. Venice: Giambatista Pasquali, 1738.

2 vols. Large folio, 3/4 green morocco over matching cloth, gilt-lettered spines, half-titles, title page in red and black. Illustrated with engraved portrait, family tree, title page vignette, historiated initials, and head- and tail-pieces, each depicting a different view of Venice. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; light rubbing to boards; minor brownspotting to title page; otherwise a very fine set. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota Literature: Gamba 560; Brunet II, 1803 $1,000-2,000

215 (ITALY) PINELLI, BAROLOMEO Istoria Romana. Rome: Giovanni Scudellari, 1818-1819.

Folio, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, title in gilt to red leather spine label. Complete with 101 plates. Wear to boards with chipping to edges; intermittent foxing affecting some plates; offsetting from plates. $200-400

216 (ITALY) PSALMANAZAR, GEORGE An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa. London: Printed for Mat. Wotton, 1705.

8vo, blind-stamped calf. Second edition. With folding map, folding table and six (of 15) plates. Boards detached; ends chipped; intermittent foxing; marginal dampstaining affecting most leaves and some plates. $100-200 217* (ITALY) ROGERS, SAMUEL Italy, a Poem. London: T. Cadell, 1830.

8vo, full green morocco with decorative gilt panel, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g. First edition, with engraved chapter headings by Turner and others. Hinges cracked; spine tape-repaired; intermittent foxing. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

218* (ITALY) SANDI, VETTOR Principi di storia civile della repubblica di Venezia. Venice: Presso Sebastian Coleti, 1755.

6 vols. 4to, contemporary vellum, gilt-lettered spines. Vellum lightly soiled with spine starting on vol. 1; otherwise a fine set of this rare history of Venice. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $400-600

219* (ITALY) SARNELLI, POMPEO La guida de forestieri curiosi di vedere ... Pozzoli, Baja, Cuma, Miseno, Gaeta, ed altri Luoghi circonvincini. Naples: Michele-Luigi Muzio, 1709.

12mo, modern quarter calf over marbled boards, giltlettered spine, renewed endpapers. With engraved dedication page, 30 engraved plates, including a fold-out map, and engraved head- and tail-pieces. Intermittent foxing; light rubbing to boards. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200 219A (ITALY) A group of 13 eighteenth-century Italian works by various authors. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $200-400

220 JOHNSON, SAMUEL Dictionary of the English Language. London: Strahan, 1760.

2 vols. Folio, 3/4 red morocco, gilt-lettered spine, title printed in red and black. Second edition. Ex-library copy with call number, bookplate, and stamp; board detached vol. 1, others rubbed; light toning to some leaves; otherwise good. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

221 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. $600-800

222 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. $500-700

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223 (JUDAICA) ADDISON, LANCELOT The Present State of the Jews. London: J.C. for William Crooke, 1676.

12mo, modern cloth-backed boards, manuscript title to spine label. Second edition. Ex-library copy with bookplate tipped to front pastedown; lacking frontispiece, pp. 212-237 printed in facsimile; manuscript notation to rear endpapers. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

224 (JUDAICA) BUXTORF, JOHANN Synagoga Judaica. Basilae: Johan. Jacobum Deckerum, 1661.

8vo, modern red library cloth, renewed endpapers, extra engraved title page. Third edition, revised and enlarged by the author’s son. Ex-library copy with pastedown label to front pastedown; intermittent marginalia; scattered foxing. Together with another copy of the same. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

225 (JUDAICA) L’EMPEREUR, CONSTANTINUS De legibus Ebraeorum forensibus liber singularis. Leiden: Ex Officina Elzeviriorum, 1637.

8vo, contemporary drab boards, uncut, title in Hebrew and Latin, Elzevir printer’s device to title page. Boards soiled and backstrip starting. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 226 LORRAIN, (CLAUDE) Liber Veritatis; or, A Collection of Prints, after the Original Designs of Claude le Lorrain; in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Executed by Richard Earlom. London: Boydell, [1777]-1819.

3 vols. Folio, bound by J. Mackenzie & son in 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. First edition, with 300 mezzotint engraved plates by Earlom after Claude Lorrain’s pastoral, biblical and mythological subjects, printed in bistre, and three engraved portrait frontispieces of Lorrain, Earlom and Boydell. Abbey speaks of “this capital work, a landmark in the history of reproduction master drawings ... This is the first complete edition, with the engravings in the best and final state.” Edgewear to boards; hinges rubbed and tender; dampstain, mainly marginal, to bottom left corner of 2/3 of the plates, affecting the image of a few; otherwise a fine set, rarely found complete. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Literature: Abbey, Life in England, 200 $6,000-8,000

226A MASUCCIO, SALERNITANO The Novellino. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. 2 vols. Number 178 of 210 copies printed for England and America. [With:] The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1897. Number 105 of 110 copies.

3 vols. Folio, uniformly bound in 3/4 crushed red morocco, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Limited edition, printed on vellum, with numerous sepia-toned plates. Light rubbing to boards with a few spots to lower edge vol. 2, Novellino; otherwise fine. $200-400 227* 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 $800-1,200

227A* MARSELAER, FREDERICK Frederici de Marselaer equitus legatus libri duo ad Philippum IV... Antwerp: Plantin, 1626.

4to, full contemporary vellum. First edition, with engraved allegorical frontispiece title and initials. Bookplates of Johann Adolf Wolff tipped in front pastedown and verso title page; scattered marginalia; list wear to boards. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

228 (MANUSCRIPT) BURGESS TICKET Manuscript document, one page, vellum, Glasgow, October 14, 1768. A business license/voter’s registration card issued to Edward Payne, Esq. by the Glasgow City Provost and members of the Gild Council. With city arms and motto “Let Glasgow Flourish” to verso. 9 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. $100-200

229 229 (MANUSCRIPT, HERALDRY) FRANZ JOSEPH I, Emperor of Austria Illuminated manuscript Grant of Arms and Nobility for K.K. Major des Geniestabes Andreas Tunkler von Treuinfeld, a Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown of the Third Calvary, signed (“Franz Joseph”) and countersigned (“Alexander Freiherrn von Bach”), Vienna, March 5, 1859, four leaves, on vellum, text in black ink, each page within an elaborate heraldic border bearing the Imperial arms, letters and names in liquid gold, full-page coat of arms hand-painted in red, blue, black and silver, interleaved with tissue guards. Folio, contemporary red velvet, the upper cover with gilt-stamped Imperial arms and blindstamped framed border, silk doublures, red wax Imperial seal in round brass case pendant on yellow corder, yellow and black ties.

A fine decorative document signed by Emperor Franz Joseph and countersigned by his Prime Minister Alexander Freiherrn von Bach, in favor of K.K. Major Andreas Tunkler von Treuinfeld of Rittersand and his heirs, to be elevated to the Order of Knight Calvary and bestow a knightly Coat of Arms. The document chronicles Tunkler von Treuinfeld’s military achievements, notably at the Battle of Litel, Hungry, July 14, 1849, where he was promoted Calvary of the Third Category. $1,000-2,000

230* (MANUSCRIPT, ILLUMINATED) An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, late fifteenth-century. Framed. 8 1/2 x 7 inches. Property from the Collection of Marjorie and Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois $100-200

231 (MANUSCRIPT, ILLUMINATED) An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, fifteenthcentury, with five illuminated initials. Framed. 6 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches. Property from A Distinguished Private Collector $100-200

232 (MANUSCRIPT, REFERENCE) H. AND O. JONES The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849.

Folio, publisher’s red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, title in red and black. With additional chromolithographed title and numerous mounted chromolithographed plates. Fading and rubbing to boards; intermittent foxing; marginal dampstaining affecting some leaves; otherwise good. $800-1,200

233 (MANUSCRIPT, REFERENCE) The Lorsch Gospels. New York: George Braziller, (1967).

Folio, quarter vellum over red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, slipcase. Limited edition, number 207 of 1,000 copies. Light soiling to spine; wear to slipcase; otherwise fine. $100-200

233A* (MANUSCRIPT, REFERENCE) WALTERS, (HENRY) Incunabula Typographica. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century (14601500) in the Library of Henry Walters. Baltimore: [Walters Art Museum], 1906.

4to, period-style full calf binding with raised fleurde-lis shaped bands, gilt-lettered spine and upper board, t.e.g., others uncut. Bookseller’s sticker to rear pastedown; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

234* (MANUSCRIPT, SPANISH) A group of three manuscript works bound together, including works by Mameranus, Godelevaeus, and Maurus. [Spain, sixteenth- early seventeenthcentury]

Folio, limp vellum. Light soiling to vellum; lacking original ties; scattered brownspotting; intermittent marginalia; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200 234A* MONTAGUE, (MARY WORTLEY, LADY) The Works. London: Richard Phillips, 1803.

5 vols. 8vo, publisher’s drab boards, uncut. First collected edition, with double engraved portrait frontispieces. Boards lightly worn, with some loss to spine; otherwise hinges are sturdy and contents are clean. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

235 NAPOLEON Autographed document. List of Candidates for Promotion, with memoranda in the autograph of Napoleon 30 times, granting or refusing, as noted. 4pp., undated [c. 1800], and in conformity with the “Acte Constitutional” of August 27, of that year. Stitched top and bottom, with the tri-color ribbon.

An unusual document, presented by the Minister of War to the Emperor, and giving a list of thirty names of members of the army-corps recommended for promotion occasioned by the death, resignation, or transfer of others. In 22 instances Napoleon has written “accorde”; in seven, “refuse”; and in one [illeg.]. The names listed include - Mallet, Chorant, Frelois Dumoulin, Bruges, Richomme, &c., names not readily placed historically, though a number may have become famous later. The document has been carefully ruled in ink and pencil, and describes the places to be filled, names and grades of the soldiers proposed, &c. Provenance: Sotheby’s, August 8, 1978. Warren C. Crane Collection, no. 2844 $800-1,200 236 (NAPOLEON) ANTOMMARCHI, (FRANCESCO) The Last Days of the Emperor Napoleon. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1825.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s plain grey boards, housed in custom navy morocco slipcase by Riviere. First English edition. Bookplate Frank C. Deering tipped in front pastedowns; otherwise near fine with original wraps in very good condition. $200-400

237* (NAPOLEON) NEY, (MARSHAL MICHEL) Autographed document signed (“Ney”), one page, rest of contents achieved in a secretarial hand, 1er Fructidor An 12 [August 29, 1804], to the Quarter General at Boulogne. [Laid into:] Memoirs of Marshal Ney. London: Bull and Churton, 1833. 2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s plain boards, pastedown spine label. First edition. Boards split at spines and detached, worn; spine label in pieces (retained). Property from the Collection of Marjorie and Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois $200-400

238* (NAPOLEON) Napoleon et l’Empire. S.l.: Hachette, (1968). 2 vols. 4to, red morocco, gilt-lettered spines, slipcase. Fine. [Together with:] The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. Hartford: Chauncey Goodrich, 1822. 8vo, original calf, gilt-lettered spine. Wear to boards; light intermittent foxing; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Marjorie and Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois $100-200

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239* (PARMIGIANINO, after) Varii disegni inventati dal celebre Francesco Mazzuola detto Il Parmigianino tratti dalla Raccolta Zanettiana incisi in Rame da Antonio Faldoni e novemente Pubblicati. Venice: [A. Zanetti], 1786.

Folio, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. 12 engravings and two etchings, including the title page, printed on fine laid paper, watermarked initials VA, initials CHV, and Triple Crescent with lettering Imperial. Bookplate John, Duke of Bedford, to front pastedown. Occasional pale foxing and soft rippling at the outer sheet edges; wear to boards with loss at spine and corners; hinges cracked. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $1,000-2,000

239A* 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 to front pastedown; minor wormholing affecting title page and rear board; otherwise good. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $300-500

240* (PHALARIS) BENTLEY, RICHARD A Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris... London: Printed by J.H. for Henry Mortlock, 1699.

8vo, modern calf, gilt-lettered spine, renewed endpapers. First edition of Bentley’s most important scholarly work. Light brownspotting; f.f.e.p. hinged; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200 241 (PHILOSOPHY) KANT, IMMANUEL Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten. Riga: Johann Freiderich Hartknoch, 1785.

12mo, marbled boards, title to paper spine label. Baptist Union Theological Seminary bookplate tipped in front pastedown; wear to boards; ends chipped and bumped; scattered brownspotting. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

242* (PHILOSOPHY) MILL, JOHN STUART Autobiography. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1873.

8vo, publisher’s green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First edition, first issue, with half-title, erratum and 2pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. Boards worn with tear to spine; hinges tender; contents fine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

243* (PHILOSOPHY) RANKE, LEOPOLD VON Zur Kritik neuerer Geschichtsschreiber. Leipzig and Berlin: Reimer, 1824.

8vo, cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. First edition of Ranke’s critique on the modern theory and practice of historical research. Light rubbing to boards with spine faded; minor intermittent foxing. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $200-400 244* (PHILOSPHY) WOLF, CHRISTOPH Philosophia prima, sive Ontologia, Methodo Scientifica Pertracta, qua Omnis Cognitionis Humanae Principia Continentur. Verona: S. Thomam, 1736.

Folio, early drab boards, contents sewn. Third Latin edition, with title page vignette of the Colosseum. Boards worn and hinges tender; light marginal dampstaining. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

245* 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 $200-400

246* (RUSSIA) LE CLERC, (NICHOLAS-GABRIEL) Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie ancienne [moderne]. Paris: Chez Froulle; Versailles: Blaizot, 1783-1794.

6 vols., without Atlas volume. 4to, contemporary full calf, gilt-lettered red and black spine labels, spines gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers. First edition, with half-titles, woodcut decorations, 74 plates of portraits, costumes, &c. (four double-page), four maps (three folding), and nine (of 10) folding tables. Minor rubbing to boards; some plates and pages misbound in vol. 1; minor brownspotting; a few tears; otherwise a near fine set. Property from the Collection of Henry H. Carey, Santa Fe, New Mexico $1,000-2,000

247 (RUSSIA) MONTPENSIER, A.M.L. Memoires de Mademoiselle Montpensier. Maestricht: J. Edme DuFour & Phil. Roux, 1776.

8 vols. 12mo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered black leather spine labels. Stamp of the Czar Nicholas Imperial Library at Tsarskoe Selo to the half-title. Light wear to boards; corners bumped; spine labels chipped; otherwise good. Provenance: Tsarskoe Selo Imperial Library, stamp $200-400 248 STRAVINSKY, IGOR Stravinsky: An Autobiography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1936.

8vo, publisher’s red cloth, dust jacket. Inscribed (“Igor Stravinsky”) to Charles Nelson, on the title page with musical quotation, Chicago, [November] 25, 1940. Stravinsky premiered Symphony in C with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra November 7, 1940. A few small tears to dust jacket; spine slightly sunned; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of The Women’s Society of the Winnetka Congregational Church, Winnetka, Illinois $1,000-2,000

249* SANNAZARO, JACOPO Arcadia. Venice: Aldus, 1534.

2 vols. in one. 12mo, modern full green calf, giltlettered red leather spine label, a.e.g, printer’s device to title page. Second edition. Spine faded and some edgewear to boards; intermittent foxing; otherwise good. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota Provenance: Sir Walter Raleigh, bookplate by Robert Anning Bell $200-400 250 SCHOTT, GASPAR Cursus mathematicus, sive Absoluta omnium mathematicarum disciplinarum encyclopaedia. Wurzburg: Sumptibus Haeredum Joannis Godefridi Schonwetteri, 1661.

Folio, full contemporary vellum. First edition, with engraved additional title by A. Froehlich and 41 (of 42) plates (two fold-out). Leaves evenly toned; intermittent light foxing; lacking portion of the spine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

251 SECKENDORF, VIET LUDWIG VON Commentarius historicus et apologeticus de Lutheranismo. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Sumtibus Jo. Friderici Gleditsch, 1692.

Folio, full vellum. First edition of this celebrated history of the Lutheran Church, with engraved allegorical frontispiece and portrait. Ex-library copy with bookplates tipped to front pastedown; light wear to boards; some toning and scattered brownspotting. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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252 (SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM) A group of five works pertaining to the life and works of William Shakespeare

The Poems of William Shakespeare. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1941. 2 vols. Limited edition, signed by Bruce Rogers. Shakespeare’s Folios and Quartos. A Study in the Bibliography of Shakespeare’s Plays 1594-1685. By Alfred W. Pollard. London: Methuen, 1909. William Shakespeare: A Documentary Life. S. Schoenbaum. New York: Oxford, 1975. William Shakespeare: The Complete Works. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. $100-200

253 SPENSER, EDMUND The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar. Together with the Other Works of England’s Arch-Poet, ... Collected into one Volume, and carefully corrected. [London:] Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes, 16111613.

[i-vi], 363, [xvi]; [x], 56, 16, [xxvi], [iv], [xxvi], [vi], [xvi], [x], [xii], [iv]. Folio, bound in full cherry red straight-grain morocco by Riviere, raised bands, giltlettered and ruled spine, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. First collected edition, third “reissue” of the 1609 edition. Part 1 with the 1611 title page, this issue includes Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale, which did not appear in the first issue (present here in the presumed first edition in a single gathering of eight leaves dated 1612 on the title page). The big colophon at leaf 2H5v has the date “16012,” i.e. 1612.” This setting has variants of many of the woodcuts in the prior 1611 edition. Very light rubbing to boards; some very minor intermittent brownspotting; small portion of f.f.e.p. neatly trimmed; otherwise very good. $2,000-4,000 254* (STOOPENDAAL, DANIEL) De Zegepraalende Vecht ... La Triomphante Riviere de Vecht... Amsterdam: Nicolaus Visscher, 1719.

Oblong 4to, quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, title page in Dutch and French. Rare second printing of the first edition of one of the finest plate books on eighteenth-century Dutch villas, of great importance to landscape design, with folding map of the River Vecht and 102 half-page engraved plates (24 handcolored) depicting the homes and gardens along the river belonging to the wealthy families of Amsterdam and Utrecht, drawn from nature by Stoopendaal. Plates numbered 1-98, but there are four extra views of the House Driemond as 94a-d. Two editions were printed in 1719; the first with 98 plates, the second, and preferred, presented here, with 102, and two statues behind the hedge in plate 94. Lacking frontispiece engraving and all text save the title page, which is present; minor wear to boards, with loss at corners and ends; endpapers creased; repaired tear to fold-out map and title page; minor intermittent spotting; otherwise very good. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000 255 STUART, GILBERT A View of Society in Europe, In Its Progress From Rudeness to Refinement: or, Inquiries Concerning the History of Law, Government, and Manners. Edinburgh: John Bell and J. Murray, 1778.

4to, full contemporary calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. First edition, with half-title, contents and errata leaf at end. Light wear to boards; hinges cracked; intermittent light foxing; otherwise good. $100-200

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

8vo, contemporary vellum. Complete with engraved architectural title page, 20 engraved plates, historiated initials and head- and tail-pieces. Vellum soiled and warped; light dampstaining to pp. 125-178; a few leaves darkened. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $200-400

257* TASSO, TORQUATO Aminta. Glasgow: Roberto ed Andrea Foulis, 1753.

12mo, contemporary calf rebacked retaining upper and lower boards, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, extra engraved title page and six engraved plates by Le Clerc. Light edgewear to boards; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; light marginal offsetting to preliminaries; otherwise near fine. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

258 (THEATRE, FRENCH) FOURNIER, EDOUARD Le Theatre Francais au XVIe et au XVIIe Siecle. Paris: LaPlace, Sanchez et Cie, n.d. [c. 1871]

4to, quarter calf, gilt-lettered spine, partially unopened. With 19 color plates illustrating sixteenth and seventeenth-century French costume. Wear to boards; hinges starting; light foxing. $200-400

259 (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 seventeenth-century French treatise on the theatre. Loss to corners and rubbing to hinges of boards; lacking f.f.e.p.; some light dampstaining. $400-600

260* (THEOLOGY) AUGUSTINE, SAINT BISHOP OF HIPPO Varii sermoni di S. Agostino et d’altri Catholici et antichi dottori. Venice: Gio. Antonio Bertano, 1573.

8vo, contemporary full vellum, elaborate engraved title page with printer’s device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials. Not in Adams. Light wear to boards; some intermittent light foxing; marginal dampstaining; library stamp to f.f.e.p. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

261* (THEOLOGY) BENTLEY, (RICHARD) The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism. London: Printed by J.H. for H. Mortlock, 1693.

8 parts in one. 8vo, rebacked in quarter calf over contemporary boards, gilt-lettered spine. Mixed editions. Wear to boards; corners bumped; occasional light foxing; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; otherwise good. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota Literature: Wing B1930 $200-400

262 (THEOLOGY) BURNET, THOMAS Telluris Theoria Sacra, originem et mutationes generales Orbis Nostri... Amsterdam: Jonnem Wolters, 1694.

4to, contemporary vellum, title page printed in red and black, additional engraved title page, two folding hemisphere plates and numerous in-text engraved illustrations. Front board detached but retaining portion of f.f.e.p.; evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown. $150-250

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263* (THEOLOGY) DUPLESSI-BERTAUX, JEAN, illus. Histoire de l’Enfant Prodigue, en douze tableau, tiree du nouveau testa. Paris: L’Imprimerie De P. Didot, 1816.

4to, modern blue cloth-backed boards with original blue wrappers bound-in. With 12 engraved tableaus by Duplessi-Bertaux of scenes from the New Testament. Light intermittent brownspotting; repaired tear to title page; some fading to cloth. [Together with:] Poesie per le Nozze dell’Eccellenze Loro, Il Nobil Uomo Zaccaria Spinelli e la Nobil Donna Cecilia Berlendis. Bergamo: Eredi Rossi, 1767. 4to, marbled boards, worn. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

264 (THEOLOGY) LATIMER, HUGH [Frutefull Sermons. London: John Day, 1571.]

*4, [1], A-B8, [four blank], C3, [plate], D-P8, Q4; B-T8; 2A4, 2B-2I8, 2K4. 3 parts in one. 8vo, full early calf stamped in gilt, laid-in title page possibly supplied from another edition, date/publisher derived from colophon, black letter. Woodcut of Latimer preaching. First part imperfect, lacking at least 11 leaves, including preliminaries, five at C first part, four at V second part, title page laid-in. Hinges cracked; intermittent soiling and staining and some dampstains; minor marginalia; bookplates tipped to front and rear pastedowns. Sold not subject to return. $100-200 265 (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 $200-400

266 (THEOLOGY) SANCHEZ, (THOMAS) Disputationum de Sancto Matrimonii Sacramento. Antwerp: Martini Nuti & Ioannem Meursium, 1614.

3 vols. in one. Folio, contemporary full blind-stamped vellum over thick wooden boards, manuscript title to spine, title printed in red and black with woodcut printer’s device. Early edition (first edition published in 1605), of this Jesuit treatise on the sacrament of marriage, morality and sin. Boards worn with clasps detached; bookplates tipped in front pastedown and f.f.e.p. and manuscript ex-libris to title page. Provenance: Bibliotheca ecclesiae Collegiatae Laternensis ad S. Nicolaum prope Passavium; Sir Francis Hopkins Bart., bookplates. $200-400 267* (THEOLOGY) SARPI, PAOLO The History of the Council of Trent. London: F. Macock, 1676.

Folio, contemporary paneled calf, gilt-lettered and -tooled spine, marbled edges and endpapers, title in red and black, license leaf before title. Rubbing to boards with some loss to spine; bookplate verso title page; bibliographic manuscript notations to preliminaries. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $150-250

268 (THEOLOGY) SCHARBAU, HEINRICH Observationes sacrae, quibus varia sacri codicis. Lubeck: Jonae Schmidii, 1731-37.

3 vols. in one. 8vo, contemporary drab boards, titles in red and black. With two fold-out plates and engraved title page vignette. Wear to boards with some loss to spine and corners; intermittent wormholing; scattered light foxing; otherwise good. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

269* (THEOLOGY) TILLOTSON, JOHN The Works ... Containing Fifty Four Sermons and Discourses London: B. Aylmer and W. Rogers, 1696.

Folio, contemporary paneled calf professionally rebacked retaining upper and lower boards, giltlettered red leather spine label. First edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece and initials. Rubbing to boards; renewed endpapers; otherwise fine in attractive professionally rebacked binding. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200

270* THOU, JACQUES AUGUSTE DE Il Falconiere. Venice: Giambatista Albrizzi, 1735.

2 parts in one. Folio, contemporary full vellum, giltlettered and -decorated spine. First Italian edition, with engraved frontispiece, portrait, vignettes and head- and tail-pieces. Spine partially detached and vellum torn and curled to upper board; numerous bookplates to front pastedowns and f.f.e.p.; otherwise contents are in very good condition. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $300-500

271 VITRUVIUS POLLIO De architectura, libri decem. Commentary by Daniele Barbaro. Venice: Franceschi and Chrieger, 1567.

xx, 375. Folio, contemporary full vellum, giltlettered red leather spine label, renewed endpapers. First Latin edition of Barbaro’s commentary, with woodcut printer’s device on title and final leaf, large architectural woodcut on verso of title, and numerous woodcut illustrations in text, including a full-page view of Venice not found in earlier issues. A few repaired tears and manuscript markings to title page, dedication and colophon; small wormhole top left near gutter of 61-75; a few brown stains and light toning to leaves; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Literature: Adams V-909; Cicognara 716; Fowler 409 $2,000-4,000