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1 A'BECKETT (Gilbert) THE ALMANACK OF THE MONTH, a Review of Everything and Everybody. Punch Office, 1846. FIRST EDITION, with numerous humorous engravings, 2 vols, 12mo, calf extra, top edges gilt, UNCUT, by RIVIERE, £2 108

2 A'BECKETT (Thomas) THE LIFE OR THE ECCLESIASTICALL HISTORIE OF S. THOMAS,
ARCHBISHOPE OF CANTERBURY. Collonia, 1639. Beautifully engraved plate of the
Murder of St. Thomas, small 8vo, fine copy in red morocco extra, gilt edges, £3 38
The Sunderland copy sold for £4 48 in 1881.

3 ABBOTT (Bishop G.) A BRIEFE DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE WORLD, wherein is particularly described all the Monarchies, Empires and Kingdomes of the same, with their Academies. as also their severall Titles and Situations thereunto adjoining, written by the Right Reverend Father in God GEORGE Abbott, late Archbishop of Canterbury. 1634. Engraved title, containing portrait by Wm. Marshall, 12mo, a nice copy in brown calf extra, rough gilt edges, by RIVIERE, £2 28

From pp. 240 to 321 relates to "America or the New World."

4 ADAMS (W. Davenport) SONGS OF SOCIETY, from Anne to Victoria. Pickering, 1880. LARGE PAPER, only 25 printed, 8vo, half boards, UNCUT, £l 18

"This little work is an attempt to bring together, on a plan which will be obvious to the attentive reader, specimens of the poetry of fashionable life from the time of Queen Anne to the present day."

5 ADDISON (Joseph) The Campaign, a Poem to his Grace the Duke of Marlborough. 1705. Second Edition, folio, sewn, 28 6d

6 ADDISON (Joseph) The Drummer, or thE HAUNTED HOUSE, a Comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, by His Majesty's Servants, Second Edition, WITH A PREFACE BY SIR RICHARD STEELE in an epistle dedicatory to Mr. Congreve, occasioned by Mr. Tickell's Preface to the four volumes of Mr. Addison's works. 1722. Small 4to, a few headlines cut, else a fine copy, 78 6d

7 ÆSOPI PHRGYIS ET ALIORUM FABULÆ, cum Indice. Remondini, N.D. 18mo, with curious cuts, polished calf, 10s 6d

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8 AFRICA.-A Letter from a Gentleman of Lord Ambassador Howard's Retinue, to his Friend in London, dated Fez, Nov. 1, 1669, wherein he gives a FULL RELATION OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PASSAGES IN THEIR VOYAGE THITHER, AND OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE COUNTRIES under the power of Taffaletta, Emperour of Morocco, WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE MERCHANDIZING COMMODITIES OF AFRICA, as also THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE THERE. 1670. Small 4to, calf, £2 28

A very scarce piece, not known to Lowndes.

9 AFRICA.-His Majestie's Message to the Commons in Parliament, relating to Tangier, and the Humble Address of the Commons to his Majesty in Answer to that Message. 1680. Folio, sewn, unbound, 38

10 AFRICA.-Loss of the American Brig Commerce, wrecked on the WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA, in the Month of August, 1815, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF TIMBUCTOO, and of the hitherto undiscovered great CITY OF WASSANAH, by James Riley, late Master and Supercargo. 1817. Map, 4to, half calf gilt, from the Earl of Ashburnham's Library, 158 11 AFRICA.-Act for Agreement between the Royal African Company and their Creditors. 1712. Act for the Application of a Sum of Money for making Compensation and Satisfaction to Royal African Coy. for their CHARTER LANDS, Forts, Castles, Stores, Military Stores, etc. 1752. Folio, sewn, 48

12 AGATHOCLES, the Sicilian Usurper, a Poem. 1683. Folio, sewn, unbound, 28 6d 13 ALCHEMY.-The Art of Distillation, or a Treatise of the Choicest Spagyrical Preparations, Experimente, and Curiosities performed by way of Distillation, together with the Description of the Choicest Furnaces and Vessels used by Ancient and Modern Chymists, and the Anatomy of Gold and Silver, with the Chiefest Preparations and Curiosities thereof, together with their Vertues, by John French, as also The London Distiller. 1667. Woodcuts, small 4to, calf, 10s 6d

13a ALEMAN (Matheo) THE ROGUE; OR THE LIFE OF GUZMAN DE ALFARACHE, THE WITTY SPANIARD, in two parts, written in Spanish by Matheo Aleman, Servant to his Catholick Majesty, and born in Sevil. 1656. Portrait by Gaywood, small 8vo, old calf, rebacked, 158

136 AMERICA.-A NEW DISCOVERY OF A VAST COUNTRY IN AMERICA, EXTENDING ABOVE FOUR THOUSAND MILES, BETWEEN NEW FRANCE AND NEW MEXICO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT LAKES, CATARACTS, RIVERS, PLANTS, AND ANIMALS: ALSO THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND LANGUAGES of the SEVERAL NATIVE INDIANS; AND THE ADVANTAGE OF COMMERCE WITH THOSE DIFFERENT NATIONS, With a Continuation Giving an Account of the ATTEMPTS OF THE SIEUR DE LA SALLE UPON THE MINES OF ST. BARBE, &c. THE TAKING OF QUEBEC BY THE ENGLISH; WITH THE ADVANTAGES OF THE SHORTER CUT TO CHINA AND JAPAN. TO WHICH IS ADDED SEVERAL NEW DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AMERICA, not published in the French Edition. 1698. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, illustrated with maps and figures, 8vo, A VERY fine, clean and sound copy in the original calf, gilt back, £16 168

A remarkable copy of this increasingly scarce and important book, the condition being almost as good as when it left the publisher's hands two hundred years ago; probably the finest copy existing.

14 AMERICA.-A NEW VOYAGE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ISTHMUS OF AMERICA, giving an Account of the Author's Abode there, the form and make of the Country, the Coasts, Hills, Rivers, etc., Woods, Soil, Weather, etc., Trees, Fruit, Beasts, Birds, Fish, etc., the Indian Inhabitants, their Features, Complexion, etc., their Manners, Customs, Employments, Marriages, Feasts, Hunting, Computation, Language, etc., with Remarkable Occurrences in the South Sea and elsewhere, by LIONEL WAFER. 1699. Map and curious copperplates, 8vo, old calf (very rare), £4 48

15 AMERICA.-AN ACCOUNT OF THE LATE REVOLUTION IN NEW ENGLAND, TOGETHER WITH A DECLARATION OF THE GENTLEMEN, MERCHANTS, AND INHABITANTS OF BOSTON AND THE COUNTRY ADJACENT, April 18, 1689, WRITTEN BY MR. NATHANIEL BYFIELD, A MERCHANT OF BRISTOL, IN NEW ENGLAND, TO HIS FRIENDS IN LONDON, Licensed June 27, 1689, J. Fraser. London, printed for Ric. Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1689. Small 4to, VERY FINE COPY, large margins, almost uncut, in morocco extra, by RIVIERE & SON, £13 138 An extremely rare and highly interesting tract. On last leaf is a list of gentlemen, etc., of Boston. 16 AMERICA. THE GENERALL HISTORIE OF VIRGINIA, NEW ENGLAND, AND THE SUMMER ISLES, WITH THE NAMES OF THE ADVENTURERS, PLANTERS, AND GOVERNOURS FROM THEIR FIRST BEGINNING, ANO. 1584, TO THIS PRESENT 1624, WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THOSE SEVERALL COLONIES, AND THE ACCIDENTS THAT BEFELL THEM IN ALL THEIR JOURNYES AND DISCOVERIES, ALSO THE MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THOSE COUNTRYES, THEIR COMMODITIES, PEOPLE, GOVERNMENT, CUSTOMES, AND RELIGION YET KNOWNE, DIVIDED INTO SIXE BOOKES, BY CAPTAINE JOHN SMITH, SOMETYMES GOVERNOUR IN THOSE COUNTRYES, AND ADMIRALL OF NEW ENGLAND. London, printed by I. D. and I. H. for Michael Sparkes, 1624. FIRST EDITION, beautifully engraved title by John Barra, Containing portraits of Elizabeth, James I, and Prince Charles, besides the Arms of Virginia, and a sketch of the country and hunting and other incidents there, outer margin cut into; and the four exceedingly rare maps, one containing a portrait of the author, others interesting incidents of his adventures, etc., with the Indians, GENUINE ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS, also Richardson's reprints of portraits of the Duchess of Richmond, by Pass, and Matoaka, small folio, sound copy in old russia, rebacked, £52 108

We here offer a perfect copy of "SMITH'S VIRGINIA" at a very moderate price. The book is of the utmost rarity to find in good state, the interesting maps being generally torn out. The portraits, which in this copy are reprints, are rarely found in the volume; the Bunbury copy, which realized £204 in 1895, had only one of these, and was dated 1625. The Beckford copy, which was on Large Paper, sold in 1883 for £605.