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      portrait of Prince of Orange , 1639 , and Hist , de TEntree de la Reyne Mere dans la Grande Bretaigne , 1639 , portraits of Charles , his Queen , and the Queen-Mother , with the folding plate of the ¦ " ¦¦ procession - BB 1 BBBB vol B Bi P . W folio B "BBP- BB V ¦ £ BB 66 flV ( Ellis Hfe <¦»__¦ BBhng ^ and f Bl BBi White « B » « h ) B Le bbJB Brim bbbBbh > 's 0 b Peintres b *^ b 0 bVj 1 Flam f bW B > and bW s

      ^ m ¦¦^ V v ^ b ¦ ^ ' K ™^ ^ " ^ " » " __ b " ^^ B ^_» A ¦ ^^ V _ »*_ - - ^ ~^ a » ^^^_ _ , ~ bb ~ ___ b _ - ^ __ bb ^^ , "J ^ ^^^^^ bb > ah < ~ ^ B B ^ "V * V ^ B > V ™* B * M ; * > bbbb- ^ B *¦* ¦ b > ^» bV __ ^ . ^ » ^ ^ > ^^ ^^ A ~ _ j ^ ¦ ^^^ I ^ B ** b _ bp J ^ ^ ¦ t J ~_ . _ ' B ^ _ ^ P - ™ >~ * "•« # , V Hollan ^* ^ dais " , et Allemands ^ , 3 vols . in two , folio ^— , 1792 . — _ -6 , £ 69 ( Quaritch ) , this . sold ^ for ^ £ 73 . 10 s . in Talleyrand ' s sale .

      The eighth day yielded £ 1 , 278 . 13 s . 6 cL The following were the highest prices : Livre de bien bien vivre vivre . p Drinted rinted on on vellum vellum , folio folio . Paris Paris . A A . . Vftrard Verard . 1492 1492 . with with 38 38 TniniafnrpH miniatures and anrl c nsuri apitals tala

      illuminated , . This rare and beautiful , , book , , in perfect , condition , , was the principal lot in the day ' s sale , and , after being put up at a bid of £ 40 from Mr . Ellis , speedily rose to £ 200 , Mr . Quaritch being his opponent b bbbbi bb- bw up bbi to £ 329 when Mr . Ellis bbi bbbbb advanced Bl i b b and became the purchaser it

      ¦ - ^^ J — ' — b » - ^ ** BBfc % — % - - — B ™* — A ¦ ' ¦ W ^ K — ' BB ^— - " * _ — " - ' - *^ » Bk bB ^ ^» _ ¦ I BB ^^ ^ " ^ B ^^ ^***^ ^^^ B . ^ " ^ , " | * k ^^ ^ ^ ' ^ ^^ ^^ B ^^ ^ BBk ^^ ¦ ^^ ^^___ ¦ > ¦ »* -w » »~ B > ^ ft bbb BbT **** ^~ Bb > ^^ f ^ "" ^ m ^ W **^ fc W * . ~ ^^ r ^^ ^ fW J ^ -fc- * ^^^ ^^ ^ ^» ^^^ B ^^ ^ . ^ 4 ^ ^^^ ^ Jfc ^ . ^ H bb ^ V *^ at erroneousl £ 330 —* " * . *» . y Livre ^ attribute fort d excellent to Taillevent de Cuysine ^ . , author , black ^^ of ^~ ' latter Livre , du 12 — ^ roo Grand ., L ^* yon Cuysinier , 1542 . , a , very £ 33 ( ra Quaritch re book _^ ) , ;

      Lobineau , Hist , de Bretagne , 2 vols ., Paris ^\ 1707 , bound by Ruette , with arms and cypher of Louis XIV ., £ 40 ( Quaritch ) ; Lobkowitz , PMipus Prudens , folio , Antverpiee , 1630 , with the

      arms of Charles I . of England , £ 42 ( Ellis and White ) . The feature of the ninth day was the extraordinary K ^ v competition X for the sp Xlendid folio —^ _

      copy on vellum of the Pastoralia of Longus , an edition de luxe of 1802 . For this remarkable production of the press of M . Didot , artists of such repute as Prud'hon and F . Gerard were employed in making a set of nine exquisite water-colour drawings in sepia as original designs , from , which the engravings ¦ were made for the ordinary 1 ies . This to rfb particular 4 ^ p- f

      however —~ — ' " ^— , ^^ ^~ was ^^ ~* *^ ^ not ^~ *» ^ " ^ onl ^ v ^* ^ ^ pK y ^** ' ** « one v «^ ^ v ^ > v ^ W" ^ h of **^* W the ^ i— ^^ ^^^ very ^ B > - ^^^ ^ T > ^» W few ^ f ¦ A ^ m printed ¦ ^ 4 ^ V ^ ^* ^*« ^^ ^* r ¦ ~ on ^ B « MiTj . — vellum n w cop ^* T ^* , a ^ ' but ^^^ !¦_ , ^ was ;^ , ^ of k P ^ tfT course Bs ^ ^ - ^ V q ^ p > ^^ ^* ^ ' ¦ vT , ^ p , ^ rendered *^ f copy ^ V ^¦ w' V- _ x , « uni - ~ — | q — u — v e ^ b ^^ y ^ J the ~— ^^ ** ™ ^ addition P-v ^ r ^ m * ^ ^ p > v ^» ^ v ^ v ^ p » of ^* r ^^ those ^ v 4 b ^ Pf ^^ r vspT ^ p * beautifu P ^^ mf ' ^ m ^ P ^ b ^ P * ** ^ ^^^ l p ^ drawings ^^^ ^ P « ^ V w V . PA ^* ^ B ^ p ^ h ipr which V P P ^ * JP * ^ h ^ V ^*> ^ P > were V V ^ p ^ P ^ ^^ rr done ^ p' ^ b ^ - ^ « w «« ^^ r p for ^ b ^^ ^ P « the ^ p > **« " V ^ P library " * -P * **^ ^ P ~ ^ W ^ W of ^ p ^ ¦¦«

      M . Junot , Gouverneur de Paris . It was quite anticipated that a large sum would be paid for a book of which it was impossible at any price to obtain any similar copy , but the biddings , beginning at £ 100 from BP ¦ - « Bk B Mr aflPsW P > . Ellis P ¦¦»> BBh | PB who V P ¦ Hph was V met ¦ quickl # P > « P ( Pk rfP > bMr «¦¦¦«) . Addington pptu dBfe bbb and bBb ¥ VbT bbbb M Hb . Morgand WtVM ¦¦» BkBgBh bbbb «¦

      ^^ Cj . J *""*^ — ^ ^ ^^ C ^ " V 7 > ^^ j" ^ ^^ ^^^^ ""^ B "C " ***> _ k « ^ ^ p B p «> ^ p > ^ pwk V W ^ Ha ^> ^ p > ~ ~ , * Pk pB > ^^^^ " > v ^* ¦¦¦ - *>^ ^ P > ^ V « B . ^ f ^^ ^_ JL V ^ *^ ^ p > y *~^^ y PWk p * * aBPBB - « a ^ BlPk PP » ^ ^ p ~ "Ap ^ B ^ V * « J ^ ^ vv * CU V __| gh Tpf ^^ ^> ^» j * bf ^ ** ¦» ^ W ¦ ^» V " w ^ b ^ ^^ ^ ^^«* '^» ^ ^ ur ^ V , rose to £ 500 ^ *^ , and still went on higher and higher between ^ . M . Morgand *^ ^ and some unkno ^ wn ¦ competitor h— * ^^ ^ BB > * " , J for - ^^ r - ^— whom * k * B— ^ BB ^ BF- BBBBBBBp it BBBk ^ was p B BbTK r ^ pB' . P seen ^ B * ^^ « aP Bspp the apr ^ ^ Bi ^ b ^ > auctioneer VkFVf _ Bft 'BB , « p ^ - VBT oPBh « ^^ ^ - PV > * B * ^ BBB ^ - ^^ BBB * held BBBi BBBi Bp BB ^ B * ^ m a « b ^ ^ very , ¦ V ^^ B ^ BBk H ¦ ¦ stiff BBI ^ BF bB | BBbB . commission ^ pBB ^ bbF * " > * " ~ B >* BB b » Bh ( Bi FBI Bb « BBi * - * BJBk BB » , Breaching B ^ ^^^ Bfc B . B ^ B- BBB > ^ B B * BB BB— ^ BJBJ ^ to « V Bq BBB ^ . *¦> . ^^ > . - _ _ ^_ m ^ . * . «> ^ ^

      £ 895 . The excitement was intense as the ^ hammer was raised in suspense at this bid , and then M . Morgand bid £ 900 , at which sum the hammer fell and the buyer carried off his ¦ costly ¦¦ volume V BP i ^ BP Bl . V There BBBBBBh BBf flap BB | JB were V B Bjtf b other BBB bVbi B- ¦ ¦¦ b ies of » bP Longus BBffBBBBPJ ¦ «¦ which V BbBBBPB Bpf BP as BU ¦ T will Bi BflBp BpB > bPH * be P ^ BBP seen bVb below bT ¦ 1 PA broug bPBBBI 4 BT BB Batk ¦¦> ht

      ~^ ~^ ™ ~> ~^ " ^— w ^ v ^^^ «> ^ ^^^ ^^ p" ^ B ^ Bfl ^ ^^ cop jpP' ^ bp' ^ p > ^ Hk ^ VV V ^ BB * ^ » ^ pP * * " * BBI MIV ^ V >^ V " BW > , ~ Bp , B * , pPB ^ p ^^ ^^^ *> * ^ M ^ ^^^ BB > ra ^ p' ^^ V ^>^ P ~ , P ^* ^> ^ BPP * V very full prices , as did the little Aldine Lucan—Grolier ' s own copies—which brought prices ¦ quite — A - ¦— unheard BPi "BP- - ^ — - ^ BBB ^ — ' ^ m -of ^^ b- BB ^^ , — ¦ such ^ bbb ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ Bl as ~ 1 ^^ Bp » — £ ^ - 2 H ^ i ^ H i 90 ^^ P ^ ^ p ^ BB for ^ ^ ^ ^^ B one — . — BP > BBfc ^^ pT , BB ¦ £ ¦¦ " "BT 120 BPh * BBBBBB _ — — ~ b ~ for Bp * " ^ P- BBBB another BB V ^ B ^ P * " ^^ ^»^ *^ B ^ ~^ B ^ i ^^ , ^¦ B and Bj ^^ ^^ ^ ¦ Bp ^ . P £ B 135 ^^^^ " » P ^ ^ ip ^ ^ for ^ ^ BPT ~ ^^ JP a ^^ ^ P third Bp « ^ ^ ^^ B ^ . ™ P W . V Thes ^^^ *^ ™™ ^^^ P ^^ e ^^^ ^ hi ^ ^^ P ^^ g ^ fl ^ k ^ h "" ^^^ _ ^ _^

      prices brought the day ' s total up to £ 2 , 870 . 196 ' . The tenth day ~!» closed b BBF with the flW result BPbb BBtal Pb h of £ 2050 . Among the features of the day were r some

      fine examp "" - ~ — - les — v of r ^~ - ^ r v „ - — French BP ^^^ -m ¦ . r ^^ ^ B ^^ 'K and ^ " ^ fc" ^* " Bl ^ 4 b Italian B ^^ B £ ^^ BBr ^^ 1 ** , ¦ printing PJ | p ^^ p * ^ pi «» *^ B > ^ P ™^^ HV ^^ , H of the BT ^ ^ sixteenth ^^ »^^ ^~ - ^™ BP " ^ p" ^^ «^ ^^ M - ^^ ^^ ^^ w and ^^^ ^^ ~^ B " ^» ^ seventeenth ^^ " ^ — ^^ m - ^— ¦ IP " ^ B ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ H B— Bb > " ^ centuries ^ ^ ' ^ f P » ~^»^^ B " ^» ' , » " — ' BB and — ' ^— —^ - ^^ several * ^~ ^—^ — — ¦ ~^ - ^~ — notable — —~ ^ - ^ ¦ ™ - ^ ~ ^ ^^^ ^^^ specimens B ^ ¦ ¦ * IbI r ^ H ^ ^ BB ^ ^^^ B ^ B ^^ B ^* ^ BB ~ ^ ^^ . B ^^^ of ^^^^^ BIB ^ the ^ pT B ^ ^^ h ^^ BF bookbinders PB ^ aV ^ XbT ^ . ^ ' ^ ^ Pa fl ^^ F ^^ pV Bk B ^ ^ p ~^ ~^ BjfP bBb B ^^^ p * ' ^ arb U ^ B * Bi ^ V . Bp The ^^^^^ b h b h ^^ P ^ following ^^ v- "B b- ^— ^^ h ^ B ^— V * ^^ B i " ™ ^ ^ ialHk were ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ * noteworth ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ y items bbb ^ ^^ ^^ ^ v ^^ ^^ : ^ — _____

      F . Marcolino ' Le Sorti intitolate Giardino de Pensieri / Venetia , F . Marcolino , 1540 , £ 140 ; Rueth Louis XIV in brown . ' s copy morocco of the Heptameron £ 400 Grolier of Marguerite ' s splendidl de "Valois y bound , Queen of of Navarre Maruili , H bound ymni b et y

      IBK at BB BB , t ; L copy , BB BB , B B b B B 1 - - > -k I B E ^^ pigrammata . , ' Florence —^ mm , 14 — - 27 , quarto , £ 275 ; and a volume ^^ printed ^ ^ in ^ Paris ^—^^ . in 1532 ~ , describing Cuba an £ other West India Islands , £ 12 G .

      The eleventh day ' s total was £ 1 , 318 . 7 s . Gd . The only very high price reached during the ¦ day ^ v- ^— ^^ ' ^^ was * bt ^^— - ^ p i ^^ £ - ^— 3 - ^ b ^^ G —m ^ 5 ~^ m ^ paid ^ p- ^ ^^' ' ^ P ^ P » * B > ^^ b r * aP y ^ ^ Mr P ^_ i * ^ B ^^ b BBB . ^ Quaritch ^¦ ^*^ H ^ ^ P ^ P ¦ ** *^ V BB ? ^ b' ^ " ^ Pf Bp | p flB for ^ ^^^ P bI ^ bi a B 4 - ^ f fine B ^ k «^ Bi B ^ « B > ^^^ B' copy ^ jBP ^ , ^ f P V of ^*^ b b Massuccio P ^^ v * K ^ P ^^ ^ ^ 1 . Pr 1 ^^ ^ # ^ ^ BBP ^^ p' ¦ ^ -W , B Cinquanta " ^»* ^^ ¦ « ^ B ^ b—^^ ^ ^— — ^^ m - ^^ - ^ ^ r ^ Novelle ^^^ ^ ^ hbC * ^^^ ^— ^^ B ^^ P ^ , ^ B Vineg * "" i b ¦ h ^^ p- ^^^ p ^_ ia IB b « ^ p , - ^ m

      1541 , and Boccaccio ( G . ) , Laberinto d'Amore , 1545 , in one vol ., in brown morocco , with Grolier 4 J v BBBBBBBBB BBBI ^ B HT BBB > BP « ^^ BT B ^ b BbBB . tooling b B « ) Bi p- ^^ P ~ fl ^ V ^ b' B ^ b Bh * IBb aBj Bk _ fB , ^^ , ^ B from b | K ^ b fi , ^ ^ b ^ b ^ ^^ the ^ B * b "* <¦* ' v b library bI * bBB P » - * bIW ^ o % . ™ BJ aff 4 . V of ^* | * bV ^ T ^ jp _ ., . Maioli B « Bp _ * < _ . ^ ^ ^ _ ^^ _ f % , ~^ b ^ B ^ ^ ^ k ^ ^ B , A and "L' ^ B * B _ h ^ ^ ^ ^ r k ' ^ B ^ B stamped B- ^ — iB * BB Bjp > B **^ BB V BB BB BB B . BBB Bf » - ^ b * ^ y ^ , H B ^^ ** in B ^ BB ^ B » ^ gol ^^ B ^ ^ _ f BBH B * b d ^ BB ^ , BB B > with A B * BB V B _ B . ^^ ^ his PB BBi Bh | bP name B ^ P > BB B ^ B > ¦ «> ¦« fl ^ ~ Bj ^ and ^ b > P BB ^^ B > "Bp motto «^ ^ B ¦ * — p * ^ . W ^ p > " ^ * BB .

      * Tho . Maioli et Amicor / and Inimici ^ ^ Mei __ Mea _ . Mihi JNon Me Mihi . . ' ¦ The ¦ b ¦ b twelfth day ' s sale brought a total of £ 2157 BBP ^ p . 7 $ 'B . C > d . ¦ Among the ¦ noteworth b b y items — - ™ h

      were : ^— - ^ b ^ Moliere ~» ^^ ^| B » ^^ P ^ ^ » ^^^ ^ ^ , CEuvres I ^ * B- ^ 1 ^ B ^ hBr V ^ BB * B ^ yBf , ^^ ^^ 8 vols ^ B ^ ^^ h , ^ B ^ P ^ ^ - ^ . ^ , ^^^_ B ^ b Paris ^ Pfc ^^^ ^< P ^ P Wb , " * * P ^ 173 B / ^ BrW ^^ B 9 ^ , p ^^ lates B ^ ^^ " ^^ , ^ B ^^ BV ^ J by ^ ^ J Punt ^ B ^ p » ^^ ^ , very " ^ ^^ ^ - ^ fine ~ ° *— ^^ ^— BT ^^ I ^^ copy ^^ ™ ^^^ P ^^ ™ in ^ - ^^ bluo — — - ' — — morocco p ^ - ^ - —— - ^^ , silk ¦ linings BBh I BP B b I IIIP HP Padeloup b ^ B ^^ VB hbffB from Pb HKl B PPk the Lamoi / Bl gnon Bb ^^ ItfV collection b BBi «¦« BB £ 100 ¦ ( Techciier I ¦ ~ B ¦ b b ) ; Montai ~ gne

      ~~— - » ^^ " ' ^^ - ^ — —™ ^ w , . y ^«^ b ** . ^* B * *¦* ^^ ™ m" _ I B *^ , B ^^ B ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ JP ^ P « ^ # B ^ »*^ B ^ . W ^ V ^^ ^^ ^^«* B ^ ^^ ^ P" ^^ ^^ ^_ - *— ^— ^^ - ^ v ^ ^_^ ^^ ^~ - , — ' ' ^^ " ^^ » — " ^^ —_^ — — — — ^^^— , - — Essais , 4 to ., Paris , 1588 , cinquiesnie edition , augmeiitee d'un troisiesmo livro et de six cens additions UVIVIIUIUUIJ aux UUA . V deux 4 \_> tX ^ V premiers yjA . t / illA ^^ A . O , , engraved OX 1 C 11 til I bU titl (/ I (/ 1 e U , . the UXLKs >< last * OV published JJUWXikJJ . V ^ U . during VAUA bV 1 . JL £ ^ the HJIV life J .. JL -O- V of - 'J . the uaw author uuv . iUl . , j

      and the first , which contained the third book , bound by Deseuil in red morocco , and doubM with red B leather BbT b _^ . For «^ B « this « BT «« « fc B » f ^^ fine ¦ the & two great ¦ French PB dealers B -BV - B B- MM ¦ B . V Techener P -B- and

      Morgand » - — -W ^ H . ^ - ^ B ^ BR , contended ^ P * ¦ ' « , _ BW BB ^ V , XpT the B * B ^ , former , _ B ^ " ^ BB ^ B ^ p / ' copy " being ^ " b-- ' JL ^ * "_* the < B » B *^ V purchaser W W — ~~ * — " » fc ' " ™ " ""^ *^^ ** — at " ^^^ £ 120 — * B - ~ , ^ a price —— B ^ — , H ' which ^^ ^— - — is stated — — —— to be () OUi 0 f . . less least than than Jt TUm > enzon ^ -nn ' s s rnnv sold Rnlrl for f ( . r . . Thp The . JKlzcvir Fllzo . vir edition n : lit , ion . Amsterdam Amst . fmbiin . loo Ki 5 . i )) . winch wliich ioUoweu followed .

      3 vola . 8 vo ., also bound copy by Deseuil in red and doublSy bro , ught a much , hi , gher price , being , bought by Mr . Pearson against M . Morgand for £ 200 . Next came the Brussels Elzevir , 1659 , of -BB the Bf *• Essais Bll Vfr PbT / 3 vols 8 vo with b % portrait and ¦>> <¦ bT different P title T B BP L / -but bound by Roger -- BM -

      ¦ I -B' _ B c * _ B ** * B-- BBB * P . * ^ ' ^ V . K 1 | H Vf " »_ - ^ BBP ^^ . tf V > ™ . , & V V . ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ V / P ™ B V ^^ » ™ M ™* •_* " b" ^ ^~ - ^ P ^ V -BB H * * .- * " * 1 ^ " ^ *» fl ^ _ - ¦ _ - __ - * , pages ^ - ^^ J ^ " ^ ^^ , # iB ^ - — . — ¦•— - — I <« — -- ^ ^ Payne , and apparently copied _ ... from . the — Deseuil — ~ . ( the — . preceding . lot > ) , which " ^ only brought . £ 12 . 10 tf . ; Montresor , M ^ uaoires , 2 vols . 12 mo ., about ft 5 by 3 , Leydo ( Elzevir ) , 16 G 5 ,

      beauti beautLtui ful specimen BDecimen ot of binclinp binding - in in red ri * A inorocco inorao , co a a pet vet Us its jt--rs rs . . attribute attributcd u . in in tho tao catalogue catalogue to to Le JUe Gascon , with leather linings , £ 79 ( Quaritch ) ; Moore ( E . ) , Fables for tho Female Sex , 1744 , 8 vo ¦ . k with double ¦ - set of plates ( proofs and etchings ¦* ) and tho 17 drawings b ii in Indian ink b

      Francis ¦*_ -- -v ^ - , *«_ . Hayman v---j _ , b ^ w , - ™* -- •_/•_> - " - » " A " - - » R » - — " " h- . * " »* A . *^ * , m with ^ f M , % Jmf ¦ V- * . ** •_ - several - . _ - A V ^ ~ fc ^ A Pb # unfinished a ^ WB . * . V ^ - ^ «^~* »/ A -- m proofs ** t— " ^ # ~ t- _»*•_» ¦ --- and » - *> -- ™ — -- etchings — ~ -- — — -r added — — ¦» -- ^» ™ — - > by —— —^ Mr -- » — — ——— . . Baker — . — — y _ , in in whose whoso library librarv , it it was wa . q , sold sold for fr > r £ ^ A 100 . m 5 , t . .. and and now now fetched futrJiod £ £ ' 0 G . 5 3 (( Quaritch Quaritch ^ . ; ; : Mornav Mornay du du Plessis flessis

      , Mariy ( P . de ) , De la Verity d © la Religion Chre ' tionne , Anvers , 1581 , thick 4 to ., very finely l bound ibrary in of Marguerite olive morocco de , Yaloia covered sold with in gold the tooling present , sale similar , attributed to that to on Clovia volumes Eve from , P . the do Mornay ' s own copy , with his arms and th © interlaced P . A . ( Pleasis and Arbaleste , his wif © X J

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 30, 1882, page 1561, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_30121882/page/5/