A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700, Vol. 1 Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe

Volume I is second edition.

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BALLADS.--A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the best and most Ancient Copies extant. With Introductions Historical and Critical or Humourous. Illustrated with Copper Plates . . . London . . . MDCCXXIII (reprint). _8vo, three volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

Large paper copy. A reprint of the original edition.

BALLADS.--Popular Ballads and Songs, from Tradition, Manuscripts, and scarce editions; with translations of similar pieces from the Ancient Danish Language, and a few originals by the Editor. By Robert Jameeson. Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable and C^{o} . . . 1806. _8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Matthews._

BALLADS.--A Book of Roxburghe Ballads, edited by John Payne Collier . . . London: Longman &c . . . 1847. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, doubled with red morocco, borders, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

John Payne Collier's copy, with India proofs of the woodcuts by Fairholt, and many manuscript additions and notes.

BALLADS.--The Book of British Ballads . . . Edited by S. C. Hall. London: Jeremiah How MDCCCXLVII-IV. _Imperial 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by J. Wright._

Both series complete. Illustrated by Ward, Kenny Meadows, Pickersgill, Tenniel, Corbould, Gilbert, Fairholt, Selous, Paton, Crowquill, Creswick, Frith, and others.

BALLADS.--English and Scottish Ballads. Edited by Francis James Child. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. M.DCCC.LX. _12mo, eight volumes, calf, gilt top, uncut edges._

BALLADS.--Four Books of Choice Old Scotish Ballads, M.DCCC.XXIII.--M.DCCC.XLIV. Edinburgh: Reprinted for Private Circulation. M.DCCC.LXVIII. _Crown 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Portrait of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.

One of one hundred and fifty-five copies printed.

BALLADS.--A Book of Old English Ballads with an Accompaniment of Decorative Drawings by George Wharton Edwards: And an Introduction by Hamilton W. Mabie New York The Macmillan Company [1896]. _12mo, buckram, gilt top, uncut edges._

BALLADS OF SCOTLAND.--See Aytoun, W. E.

BALLADS AND SONGS OF LANCASHIRE.--See Harland, John.

BALLANTINE, JAMES.--The Life of David Roberts, R. A. compiled from his journals and other sources by James Ballantine with etchings and facsimiles of pen-and-ink sketches by the artist [and portrait] Edinburgh Adam and Charles Black, . . . M DCCC LXVI. _4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

BALMANNO, MARY.--Pen and Pencil, by M^{rs} Balmanno. New York: D. Appleton & C^{o} 1858. _4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

Many of the woodcuts, including the Etruscan Vase, page 212, are by Anderson.

BALZAC, HONORE.--Balzac's Contes Drolatiques. Droll Stories collected from the Abbeys of Touraine. Translated [by Henry Van Laun] into English, complete and unabridged. [vignette] Illustrated with 425 designs By Gustave Dore. London: Chatto and Windus, . . . 1874. _8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

First edition.

BANDELLO, MATTEO.--The Novels of Matteo Bandello Bishop of Agen now first done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne . . . London: M DCCC XC: printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and for private circulation only. _4to, six volumes, vellum boards, gilt top, uncut edges._

Large paper copy, No. 13.

BANNATYNE CLUB.--The Bannatyne Club. Lists of Members and the Rules, with a Catalogue of the Books printed for the Bannatyne Club since its Institution in 1823. Edinburgh: M.DCCC.LXVII. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

BARBAULD, ANNA LAETITIA.--See Richardson, Samuel. Correspondence, 1804.

BARHAM, RICHARD HARRIS DALTON.--The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby Esquire London. Richard Bentley. M DCCC XL. [-M DCCC XLII.-M DCCC XLVII]. _8vo, three volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition of the three series, with two portraits, three engraved titles, and seventeen other plates by Cruikshank and Leech.

BARHAM, RICHARD HARRIS DALTON.--The Life and Remains of Theodore Edward Hook. By the Rev. R. H. Dalton Barham, . . . London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1849. _Crown 8vo, two volumes, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allo._

First edition. Portraits by G. Cook after Bennett and W. Greatbatch after E. W. Eddis, and a full-page woodcut.

BARHAM, RICHARD HARRIS DALTON.--The Life and Letters of the Rev. Richard Harris Barham, author of The Ingoldsby Legends: with a selection from his Miscellaneous Poems. By his Son. London: Richard Bentley . . . 1870. _Crown 8vo, two volumes, half red morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Portrait by J. Brown after R. J. Lane.

BARKER, EDMUND HENRY.--Literary Anecdotes and contemporary reminiscences, of Professor Porson and others: from the manuscript papers of the late E. H. Barker . . . London: Printed and Published by J. R. Smith, . . . 1852. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Autograph of the author and numerous plates inserted.

BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT English Lives of Buddha Edited and Induced by Joseph Jacobs London. M DCCC XCVI. Published by David Nutt, . . . _Royal 8vo, half vellum, uncut edges._

Frontispiece by H. Ryland in two states, black and bistre. No. 22 of sixty large paper copies printed.

BARLOW, JOEL.--The Columbiad, a Poem. By Joel Barlow Printed by Fry and Kammerer for C. and A. Conrad and C^{o} . . . Philadelphia, 1807. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf._

Portrait and eleven copper-plate engravings by A. Smith, etc., after Fulton and Smirke, some of the plates in four states, proofs both on India and plate paper, before and after letters, and in addition sixteen inserted plates, four being first proofs by W. Blake, portrait of Louis XVI by Bartolozzi, the Burning of New York, and others of the series by Barbier, and five portraits of Washington, including that of Roger after Tardieu.

BARRERE, A.--Argot and Slang A new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in high and low life of old and new Paris by A. Barrere . . . with a frontis-piece drawn by Godefroy Durand London privately printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham and Co 1887. _4to, boards, uncut edges._

BARRY, ALFRED.--The Life and Works of Sir Charles Barry, . . . By Rev. Alfred Barry, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1867. . . . _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Portrait on steel, and thirty-nine woodcut illustrations.

BARYE, ANTOINE LOUIS.--Catalogue of the Works of Antoine-Louis Barye exhibited at the American Art Galleries, . . . New York under the auspices of the Barye Monument Association also of paintings by J. F. Millet, Th. Rousseau &c . . . his contemporaries and friends for the benefit of the Barye Monument Fund November 15th, 1889, to January 15th, 1890 . . . [New York, 1890]. _4to, boards, uncut edges._

Limited edition, with portrait after F. Millet and facsimile.

BASILE, GIOVANNI BATTISTA.--Il Pentamerone; or The Tale of Tales. Being a translation by the late Sir Richard Burton, . . . of Il Pentamerone; Overo lo Cunto de li Cunte, trattenemiento de li Peccerille, of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count of Torone (Gian Alessio Abbattutis). . . . London: Henry and Co., . . . 1893. _Royal 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

No. 23 of one hundred and sixty-five large paper copies printed.

BATE, HENRY.--The Rival Candidates: a comic opera In Two Acts; as it is now performing at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By the Rev. Henry Bate. London: Printed: Sold by T. Becket, . . . and by W. Griffin, . . . M,DCC,LXXV. _8vo, morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. Dedicated to Mrs. Garrick.

BATTY, ROBERT.--French Scenery from Drawings made in 1819 by Captain Batty . . . London . . . Rodwell & Martin . . . MDCCCXXII. _Folio, green morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt edges, by Matthews._

Large paper copy, with the sixty-four plates in two states, engraver's etchings and finished plates, proofs on India paper before letters.

BATTY, ROBERT.--Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, from Drawings by Capt^{n}. Batty . . . London. Robert Jennings 1826. _Folio, purple morocco, gilt back and sides (with arms)._

Large paper copy. Sixty large plates and two vignettes engraved by Goodall, Le Keux, Heath, Finden, J. Landseer, Woolnoth, etc., each plate in two states, the engraver's etching and finished proof, each on India paper.

The text is in English and French.

BATTY, ROBERT.--Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, 1826. _Folio, green morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt edges, by Matthews._

Another copy printed on large paper, with the sixty plates and two vignettes, proofs on India paper in two states, the engraver's etching and the finished plate before letters.

BATTY, ROBERT.--Select Views of some of the principal Cities of Europe. From original paintings by Lieut. Col^{l} Batty. F.R.S. With Illustrative Notices London: Moon, Boys, and Graves . . . 1832. _Royal folio, red morocco, back and sides heavily tooled, crest and shield in the centre, gilt edges._

Large paper copy, with the thirty-five plates each in two states, unfinished and finished proofs on India paper; an outline plate, with references to each.

BEAMES, THOMAS.--The Rookeries of London: Past, Present, and Prospective. By Thomas Beames . . . London: Thomas Bosworth . . . m.dccc.l. _12mo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf._

Woodcut illustrations.

BEARDSLEY, AUBREY.--The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley with a prefatory note by H. C. Marillier. John Lane. . . . London and New York. M DCCC XCIX. _Royal 4to, decorated buckram, gilt top, uncut edges._

One hundred and twenty copies printed on Japanese vellum, with two portraits and one hundred and fifty-five other illustrations.

BEATTIE, JAMES.--Original Poems and Translations. By James Beattie, A.M. London: Printed; and sold by A. Millar . . . M DCC LX. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides (original gilt edges), by The Club Bindery._

First edition. Presentation copy on thick paper, from the author.

BEATTIE, JAMES.--The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: in two books. With some other poems. By James Beattie . . . London: printed by T. Gillet, for C. Dilly . . . MDCCXCVII. _Post 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Four plates engraved by Fittler, Neagle, and Heath, after the designs of Burney.

BEATTIE, JAMES.--The Minstrel: or, the Progress of Genius. With some other poems. By James Beattie, LL.D. A new edition, to which are prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author. By Alex. Chalmers, . . . London: printed for J. Mawman, . . . by T. Bensley, . . . 1806. _12mo, half orange levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Portrait by J. Heath, and four plates by Heath, Fittler, and Neagle, after E. F. Burney.

BEATTIE, JAMES.--The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: in two parts. With Some Other Poems. By James Beattie, LL.D. With designs by Mr. Thurston: and engraved on wood by Mr. Clennel. Alnwick: Printed by Catnach and Davison . . . 1807. _4to, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, side corners, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Large paper copy, with five portraits of Beattie inserted, and numerous other illustrations by Westall, etc., including proofs in two, three, and four states.

BEATTIE, JAMES.--The Poetical Works of James Beattie [with a Memoir by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, and a portrait of Beattie.] London William Pickering 1831. _Foolscap 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

BEATTY, CHARLES.--The Journal of a Two Months Tour; with a view of Promoting Religion among the Frontier Inhabitants of Pennsylvania, and of Introducing Christianity among the Indians to the Westward of the Alegh-geny Mountains. To which are added, Remarks on the Language and Customs of some particular Tribes among the Indians, with a brief Account of the various Attempts that have been made to civilize and convert them, from the first Settlement of New England to this Day; By Charles Beatty . . . London: Printed for William Davenhill . . . M DCC LXVIII. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru._

BEAUTY: or the Art of Charming. A Poem . . . London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver . . . MDCCXXXV. _Folio, red levant morocco, by The Club Bindery. Bound with ten other works._

BEAUTY: or the Art of Charming. 1735. _Folio, red morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery. Bound with JAMES BRAMSTON'S "Man of Taste," 1733_.

Another copy, uncut.

BECKER, W. A.--Gallus: or Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus; with notes and excursuses illustrative of the manners and customs of the Romans. By Professor W. A. Becker. Translated by the Rev. Frederick Metcalfe. London: John W. Parker . . . M DCCC XLIV. _Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Two folded plates, coloured.

BECKER, W. A.--Charicles. Illustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks with notes and excursuses. From the German of Professor Becker. A new edition collated and enlarged. London John W Parker and Son . . . 1854. _Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

BECKFORD, WILLIAM.--An Arabian Tale, [Vathek] from an unpublished manuscript: with Notes critical and explanatory. London: Printed for J. Johnson, . . . MDCCLXXXVI. _8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Holloway._

Large paper copy of the first edition in English, with portrait and two plates inserted, all proofs.

The notes are by Mr. Henley.

BECKFORD, WILLIAM.--Vathek. A Londres: chez Clarke . . . 1815. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Cuzin._

Large paper copy, with a vignette "eye and turban" on the title-page, and three inserted plates by Isaac Taylor, Westall and Heim, proofs on India paper.

The first English edition in the French language. Originally written in French, the editions printed in Paris and Lausanne became so scarce that the author consented to this publication of the first text.

BECKFORD AND JOHNSON.--The History of the Caliph Vathek By William Beckford, . . . With Preface and Notes, Critical and Explanatory also Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia By Samuel Johnson, . . . With Four Etchings and Portrait of Beckford by A. H. Tourrier Etched by Damman. London J. C. Nimmo and Bain . . . 1883. _8vo, two works in one volume, cloth, uncut edges._

No. 71 of one hundred and fifty large paper copies printed, with proof etchings on Japan paper.

BECKFORD, WILLIAM.--Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters. By the author of "Vathek" A new Edition. London: Richard Bentley . . . 1834. _12mo, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by C. Lewis._

Engraved frontispiece.

BECKFORD, WILLIAM.--Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal. By the author of "Vathek." London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1834. _8vo, two volumes, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

First edition.

BECKFORD, WILLIAM.--Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal. By the author of "Vathek." Third edition. London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1835. _8vo, two volumes, original boards, uncut edges._

Presentation copy from the author.

BECKWITH, ARTHUR.--Majolica and Fayence: Italian, Sicilian, Majorcan, Hispano-Moresque and Persian. By Arthur Beckwith. With photo-engraved illustrations. New York: D. Appleton and Company, . . . 1877. _12mo, cloth._

BEDDOES, THOMAS LOVELL.--The Brides' Tragedy. By Thomas Lovell Beddoes of Pembroke College, Oxford. London: Printed for F. C. & J. Rivington . . . 1822. _8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Riviere._

First edition. A1-A4, and B-K1 in eights, title on A1.

BEDDOES, THOMAS LOVELL.--The Poems posthumous and collected of Thomas Lovell Beddoes. London William Pickering 1851. _Small 8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by David._

A Memoir of one hundred and thirty pages, signed "B," prefaces the first volume.

BEDFORD, ARTHUR.--The Great Abuse of Musick. In Two Parts. Containing An Account of the Use and Design of Musick among the Antient Jews, Greeks, Romans, and others; with their Concern for, and Care to prevent the Abuse thereof. And also An Account of the Immorality and Profaneness, which is occasioned by the Corruption of that most Noble Science in the Present Age. By Arthur Bedford, . . . London: Printed by J. H. for John Wyatt, . . . 1711. _8vo, blue morocco, gilt back, sides elaborately tooled in gold, heightened with colours to the "cottage" pattern, gilt edges, by Mearne._

BELCHER, SIR EDWARD.--The Last of the Arctic Voyages; being a narrative of the Expedition in H. M. S. Assistance, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. B., in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54. With notes on the natural history, by Sir John Richardson, Professor Owen, Thomas Bell, J. W. Salter, and Lovell Reeve . . . . London: Lovell Reeve, . . . 1855. _Royal 8vo, two volumes, half red morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Four charts, thirty-six plates, many of them coloured, and twenty-five wood-engravings.

BELL, SIR CHARLES.--The Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression as connected by the Fine Arts. By Sir Charles Bell . . . Third edition, enlarged. London: John Murray . . . M.DCCC.XLIV. _Imperial 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

Forty-five engravings by Scriven, etc., after the designs of the author.

BELL, SIR CHARLES.--The Hand its mechanism and vital endowments as evincing design by Sir Charles Bell K.G.H. . . . [Fourth edition] London William Pickering 1837. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Bridgewater Treatise No. 4. Woodcuts.

BELL, THOMAS.--A History of British Quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. By Thomas Bell, . . . Illustrated by nearly 200 woodcuts. London: John Van Voorst, . . . M.DCCC.XXXVII. _Imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Large paper copy.

BELL, THOMAS.--A History of British Reptiles. By Thomas Bell, . . . [vignette] Illustrated by more than forty woodcuts. London: John Van Voorst, . . . M.DCCC.XXXIX. _Imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Large paper copy.

BELOE, WILLIAM.--Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books. By the Rev. William Beloe . . . London: printed for F. C. and J. Rivington . . . 1807-'8-'10-'11-'12. _8vo, six volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pratt._

BELOE, WILLIAM.--The Sexagenarian; or, the Recollections of a Literary Life . . . Second edition. London: printed for F. C. and J. Rivington . . . 1818. _8vo, two volumes, half russia, uncut edges._

A manuscript key to the characters is inserted.

BENJAMIN, PARK.--See Holmes, O. W. The Harbinger.

BENTLEY BALLADS.--The Bentley Ballads, comprising the Tipperary Hall Ballads, now first republished from "Bentley's Miscellany," (1846). With preface and notes biographical and critical by John Sheehan, . . . An entirely New Edition. London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1869. _Crown 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pratt._

Frontispiece-title by J. Brown after G. Cruikshank.

BEOWULF.--The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf the Travellers Song and the Battle of Finnesburh edited by John M. Kemble . . . [also] a Translation . . . with a copious Glossary Preface and philological notes by John M. Kemble . . . London William Pickering 1835-7. _Foolscap 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

BERANGER, P. J. DE.--Songs of Beranger translated by the author of the "Exile of Idria" etc. [J. C. H. Bourne] With a sketch of the Life of Beranger up to the present time London William Pickering 1837. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Presentation copy from the translator to Thomas Campbell.

BERINGTON, JOSEPH.--The History of the Lives of Abeillard and Heloisa; comprising a period of eighty-four years, From 1079 to 1163. With their genuine Letters, from the collection of Amboise. . . . By the Rev. Joseph Berington. Birmingham: printed by M. Swinney; for G. G. J. Robinson, . . . and R. Faulder, . . . M.DCC.LXXXVII. _4to, calf, gilt back._

BERRY, MARY.--Extracts from the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the year 1783 to 1852. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis. Second Edition. London: Longmans, Green, and C^{o} . . . 1866. _8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Three frontispiece portraits and a view of the Berry residence, engraved on steel.

BEST, THOMAS.--A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling, confirmed by actual experience, and minute observations. With the proper Methods for Breeding and Feeding Fish, and of making Fish-Ponds, Stews, &c. with several Arcana, never before made Public. To which is added The Complete Fly-Fisher; the Game-Laws relative to Angling: and Prognostics of the Weather, independent of the Barometer. By Thomas Best. . . . The Fourth Edition, corrected and improved. London: Printed for B. Crosby . . . 1798. _12mo, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

Frontispiece engraved by Wooding.

BEST, W. T.--Eighty Chorales Newly Harmonized in Four Parts, with Organ Accompaniment, by W. T. Best. . . . London: J. Alfred Novello, . . . [n. d.] _Oblong 4to, cloth._

BEVERLEY, ROBERT.--The History and Present State of Virginia, In Four Parts. I. The History of the First Settlement of Virginia, and the Government thereof, to the present Time. II. The Natural Productions of Conveniences of the Country, suited to Trade and Improvement. III. The Native Indians, their Religion, Laws, and Customs, in War and Peace. IV. The present State of the Country, as to the Polity of the Government, and the Improvements of the Land. _By_ a Native and Inhabitant of the Place. London: Printed for R. Parker, . . . M DCC V. _8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, side border, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition: dedicated to Robert Harley, Speaker of the House of Commons, and "One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State."

Frontispiece and fourteen plates by Gribelin, reduced from originals by De Bry in Hariot's Virginia, and a folded table at the end. Each of the four parts has separate pagination.

BEVERLEY, ROBERT.--The History of Virginia, In Four Parts. I. The History of the First Settlement of Virginia, and the Government thereof, to the Year 1706. II. The natural Productions and Conveniences of the Country, suited to Trade and Improvement. III. The Native Indians, their Religion, Laws, and Customs, in War and Peace. IV. The Present State of the Country, as to the Polity of the Government, and the Improvements of the Land, the 10th. of June 1720. By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place. The Second Edition revis'd and enlarg'd by the Author. London: F. Fayram and J. Clarke . . . and T. Bickerton . . . 1722. _8vo, green straight-grain morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

Frontispiece and fourteen plates by Gribelin, as in the first edition. The pagination of the four parts is continuous.

BEWICK, THOMAS.--A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick, [wood cut] Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, B. Beilby, & T. Bewick . . . 1790. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by David._

First edition. One hundred and eighty-six cuts of animals and numerous tail-pieces. Four hundred and fifty-six pages, the last two leaves Addenda, "The American Elk," with cut, and "Wild Cattle," with tail-piece.

BEWICK, THOMAS.--A General History of Quadrupeds. 1790. _Royal 8vo, citron levant morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Another copy, printed on large paper, and formerly owned by Marmaduke Tunstall, who commissioned Bewick to make the famous woodcut of the Chillingham Bull. Tunstall has pencilled notes on several pages.

BEWICK, THOMAS.--A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. The second edition. [cut] Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, . . . 1791. [Price nine shillings in boards.] _8vo, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Thick paper copy. 483 pages instead of 456, as in the first edition, and no Addenda. "The American Elk" in the Addenda of the first edition is incorporated in the text, and "Wild Cattle" is omitted. Fourteen varieties of Bat are added, with three cuts, and two tail-pieces, the second the same as the last of the first edition.

BEWICK, THOMAS.--A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. The third edition. [cut] Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick. . . . 1792. . . . _8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru._

BEWICK, THOMAS.--A general History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. The fourth edition. Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, and T. Bewick, . . . 1800. Price 15_s._ _Royal 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by L. Broga._

Large paper copy.

BEWICK, THOMAS.--A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. The fifth edition. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: printed by Edward Walker . . . 1807. _Imperial 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back and side panels after the manner of Roger Payne, gilt edges, by Bedford._

Imperial paper copy with the following plates inserted: A print from the last work of Bewick, the unfinished block "Waiting for Death," with the original wrapper and printed description, the large print of Kyloe Ox, unique impressions of the Chillingham Bull cut on India paper and three other states, portrait of Bewick by Meyer after Ramsay, facsimile letter and a drawing.

BEWICK, THOMAS.--A General History of Quadrupeds. 1807. _Imperial 8vo, half russia, uncut edges._

Another copy on largest and thick paper.

BEWICK, THOMAS.--A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. The seventh edition. Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by Edw. Walker, for T. Bewick . . . 1820. _4to, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt over uncut edges, by Marius Michel._

Large paper copy, with portrait of Bewick, proof on India paper before letters.

BEWICK, THOMAS.--(I.) History of British Birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Vol. I. containing the History and Description of Land Birds. [cut] Newcastle: printed by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick:. . . [Price 13_s._ in Boards.] 1797. (II.) History of British Birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Vol. II. containing the History and Description of Water Birds. [cut] Newcastle: printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick: . . . [Price 15_s._ in Boards.] 1804. _8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

First issue of the first edition, with the misprint above the date, "13_s_ in Boards" instead of "15_s_" as in Volume II. The last page of