300 64 ARIOSTO. Orlando Innamorato di Bojardo; Orlando Furioso di Ariosto, with an Essay on the Romantic Narrative Poetry of the Italians; Memoirs and Notes by Antonio Panizzi. Best edition. London: Pickering. 1830-1834. 9 vols., post 8vo, half calf, gilt top. 65 ARIOSTO. Orlando Furioso; translated from the Italian of Ludovico Ariosto; with Notes; By John Hoole ... London: Otridye & Son. 1799. 5 vols., rl. 8vo, russia, gilt; PROOF PLATES; LARge Paper. 66 ARNOLD. Proceedings of a General Court Martial for the Trial of Major General Arnold, with an Introduction, Notes and Index. New York. 1865. 4to, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Bradstreet; LARGE PAPER COPY; privately printed; scarce; PORTRAIT. Thirty-five copies printed in this size 65067 ARNOLD. [The same.] New York. 1865. 300 325 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Bradstreet. These elegant reprints were issued by Mr. F. S. Hoffman, for presentation only. 68 ARNOLD (S. G.) History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1859. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf, red edges. See Washington (G.) 69 ARNOLDUS. Istam letaniã magne efficacie cõposuit venerabilis ac multum denotus pater dms Henricus Arnoldi prior Cartusien in Basilica. Anno Añi. M.cccc.LXXVI. 8vo. A small, but fine specimen of printing in the fifteenth century (1476). 525+70 ARSCOT (Alexander). Some Considerations Relating to the Present State of the Christian Religion. Wherein 16. the Nature, End and Design of Christianity, as well as 3 vols., 12mo, half calf. The third volume is a book of much rarity, and bears the 71 ARTHUR. The History of The Valiant Knight Arthur, 50 of Little Britain. A Romance of Chivalry. Originally translated from the French, by John Bourchier, Lord Berners. With a Series of Plates from illuminated drawings. London. 1814. 4to, green morocco extra, gilt edges. The work was edited from the extremely rare original edition by E. V. Utterson, who uses extraordinary diligence in tracing out the name of the original writer of the romance, the time of its composition, and other much-wished-for particulars. 625 72 ARTHUR. La Mort d'Arthure. The History of King 3 vols., crown 8vo, tree calf, gilt edges, by Revière; Large Paper; scarce; uncastrated 73 L'ART de Péter, Essai Theori-Physique et Methodique, et l'usuage des Personnes constepées ... En Westphalie. M.DCC.LXXVI. 12mo, half morocco, with appropriately gilt sides. 74 L'ART de Péter. [Another Edition.] 25674 1500 En Westphalie. 1852. 18mo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut, with appropriate FRONTISPIECE. " A[SH] (T.) Carolina; | Or A |Description | Of the Present London. Printed for W. C. Sm. 4to; fine copy, in polished calf, by F. Bedford. One of the earliest books relating 76 ASCHAM (R.) The Scholemaster, Or plaine and perfite way of teaching children, to understand, write, and speake the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate bringing vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by them selves, without a Scholemaster, in short time, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilite, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin. By Roger Ascham. At London, Printed by John Daye, 1573. Sm. 4to, red morocco extra, gilt leaves, by F. Bedford; Black Letter; very rare. Written to decry the severe school discipline of the time. Dibdin pronounces it "a work which can only perish with our language." 5 5 .00 77 ASCHAM. The Whole Work of Roger Ascham, now first collected and revised, with a Life of the Author; by the Rev. Dr. Giles. London. 1865. 4 vols., crown 8vo, tree calf, gilt edges, by Rivière; LARGE PAPER COPY. "Ascham was the founder of our prose style, and bravely determined to speak as the common people, think as wise men.'"-Disraeli's "Calamities of Authors." See also Wood's "Ath. Oxon.," and Bohn's "Lowndes," p. 79. 78 ASHER (G. M.) A Bibliographical and Historical Essay 1050 on the Dutch Books and Pamphlets relating to New Netherland and to the Dutch West India Company, and to its possessions in Brazil, Angola, etc. ... Amsterdam. 1854-67.. One of a few copies on LARGE PAPER, uncut. Indispensable to the collector of books relating to New York. The notes are numerous, and, in some instances, extend to great length. 79 ASHLEY (John). Memoirs and Considerations concern550 ing The Trade and Revenues of the British Colonies in America. London. 1740. 8vo, pp. vi, 154, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Bradstreet. 80 ATHERTON (Wm.) Narrative of the Sufferings and 50 Defeat of the Northwestern Army, under General Winchester. Frankfort, Ky. 1842. 12m0, pp. 100, half boards. 81 AUDUBON. The Birds of America from Original Drawings By John James Audubon London: Published by the Author. 1827-30. 4 vols., elephant folio, and LETTERPRESS, imp. 8vo, in 5 vols.; an extremely fine copy, newly bound, in half russia, gilt backs. One of the most sumptuous ornithological works ever published; the coloring of the plumage, and the exact drawing of the birds, can scarcely be surpassed. The birds are represented in action amid the scenes, or on the plants and trees, most common to their habits, presenting a variety of land and marine views of floral and other productions of different climates and seasons. Its great dimensions have permitted eagles and other birds of the largest size to be represented in their natural size, and even in groups. "All is combined to ally," says Brunet, "in the most happy manner, the exactness of individual details with a living and animated representation of general forms." The plates were published without any text, to avoid the necessity of furnishing copies gratis to the public libraries in England, agreeably to the law of copyright. Trübner, p. 174, quotes the work with plain plates. I have never seen one in that condition. Owing to the destruction, by fire, of the stock and copperplates, the work has become extremely rare; and even small sections command high prices. 82 AUDUBON and BACHMAN. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. By John James Audubon ... and the Rev. John Bachman New York: 7. 7. Audubon. 1845-48. 2 vols., folio, and LETTERPRESS in 3 vols., 8vo, half russia. This, with the preceding lot, forms a complete set of this magnificent work. We are unable to trace the sale of a complete set in any auction during the last twenty years. An opportunity to procure so fine a set should not be permitted to pass. 83 AUDUBON. The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and other Territories. By J. J. Audubon, F.R.S. New York: George R. Lockwood. [n. d.] 8 vols., imp. 8vo, morocco, gilt edges. Also, 84 AUDUBON. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. By J. J. Audubon and the Rev. John BachNew York: J. J. Audubon. M DCCC XLVI. man. 3 vols., imp. 8vo, together, II vols., morocco antique, gilt edges. 85 AUFRICHT (Th.) Catalogi Codicum Manuscriptorum 4to, cloth, uncut. The Bodleian Library is particularly rich in manuscripts, and this is a complete catalogue of the Sanscrit series. |