774 LILFORD (LORD). COLOURED FIGURES OF THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 7 vols., roy. 8vo., with portrait and 421 coloured plates after drawings by Thorburn and Keulemans; a very fine copy in half green Levant morocco, gilt tops, the plates on guards throughout; 775 VERY RARE the same. 1885-97 67 10 0 Second Edition. 7 vols., roy. 8vo., in the 36 original pts. 1891-97 60 0 0 This work, probably the most popular of its kind ever published, became scarce in the ordinary course of things, but since a considerable number of copies were destroyed in the disastrous fire at the workshops of Messrs. Rivière and Son, copies are now almost impossible to obtain. "Lord Lilford's work only requires to be known to have as many admirers as there are lovers of birds, and as many subscribers as can afford it."-Sir Herbert Marwell, Bart, M.P. Music: 776 BATESON. The second set of Madrigales to 3. 4. 5. and 6. Parts: Apt [1896] 778 BLOW. AMPHION ANGLICUS. A work of many compositions, For One, Two, Three and Four Voices: With several Accompagnements of Instrumental Musick; and a Thorow-Bass to each Song: . . By Dr. JOHN BLOW. Folio, with a fine portrait by R. White; calf William Pearson, 1700 779 BREMNER (Robert). Thirty Scots Songs adapted for a Voice and Harpischord, the words by Allan Ramsay; a Second Set of Scots Songs.. (etc.). 2 books in 1 vol., impl. 4to., sd. (1778) 780 BUNTING (Edward). THE ANCIENT MUSIC OF IRELAND, arranged for the Pianoforte. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Irish Harp and Harpers. Roy. 4to., pp. 100, xi, and 113 engraved pages of Music; cloth Dublin, 1840 781 CAMBRIAN MINSTRELSIE. A National Collection of Welsh Songs. The music in old and new notations, edited and harmonised by Professor Joseph Parry; the words in English and Welsh, edited by Professor David Rowlands. 6 vols., roy. 4to., 180 Songs with original accompani ments, with 2 portraits and 6 coloured frontispieces; cloth Edinburgh (1896 ? ) 782 DANIEL. Songs for the Lvte, Viol and Voice: Composed by I. Daniel, Batchelar in Musicke, 1606. To Mris Anne Grene. Folio, the two leaves of signature G missing; in wrapper Excessively rare. Unknown to Watts and Lowndes. 1606 783 ENGEL (Carl). Music of the most ancient Nations, particularly of the Assyrians, Egyptians, and Hebrews; with special reference to recent discoveries in Western Asia and in Egypt. Svo., pp. xii and 379, with numerous illustrations; cloth 1864 784 HOPKINS (Edward J.) and Edward F. RIMBAULT. The Organ, its History and Construction. Roy. 8vo., pp. xxxi and 588, with numerous illustrations; cloth 10 0 0 0.10 6 400 036 1 50 0 18 ! + 41 0 12 Music, continued: 786 GAFURIUS or Gaforio. THEORICA MVSICE FRANCHINI GAFVRI LAVDENSIS. (Col. :) Impressum mediolani . . anno. . Mcccc. Lxxxxii. Milan, 1492 VERY RARE. This is the second edition of the first treatise on Music which VERY RARE. Milan, 1508 the two above-described works in 1 vol., folio, fine tall copies in old 788 MACE. MUSICK'S MONUMENT; or, a Remembrancer of the best Practical 791 First edition of the second book. The Theater of Music: or, a choice collection of the newest and best songs.. 4 books in 1 vol., folio, each book having its separate title, with a vignette on it, and pagination; old calf, VERY RARE Printed by J. Playford for Henry Playford.. 1685-86-87 792 TEVO (Zaccaria). IL MUSICO TESTORE.. 4to., with the scarce portrait, engraved title, and illustrations; bds.; VERY SCARCE Venezia, 1706 1733 A general treatise in four parts: the first treats of the history and growth of Music; the second of the voice, ear notation, &c. ; the third of harmony; the fourth of different kinds of counterpoint. 793 THOMSON. ORPHEUS CALEDONIUS: or, a Collection of Scots Songs. Set to Musick by W. THOMSON. 2 vols. 8vo., with the music engraved to each Song; a fine copy in calf gilt 794 VICENTINO. L'Antica Mvsica ridotta alla moderna prattica, con la dichiaratione, et con gli essempi de i tre generi, con le loro spetie, et con l'inventione di vno nvovo stromento, ne qvale si contiene totta la perfetta mvsica, con molti segreti mvsicali.. dal Reverendo M. Don Nicola Vicentino. In Roma appresso Antonio Barre. MDLV. Folio, LARGE AND THICK PAPER, woodcut portrait of the author on reverse of title, and 3 large folding woodcut diagrams at the end; fine copy in the original vellum First edition, and very rare. 1555 795 VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. 2 vols., thick folio (so lettered), consisting of 511 SONGS, with Music, all engraved and including a large number of songs by Dr. Arne; half bound, from William Chappell's library, with a list of some of the songs in his autograph Saec. XVIII These two volumes include: The Monthly Melody. . being a collection of Vocal and Instrumental Music, composed by Dr. Arne, 1760; Songs by Shield, Dibdin, Battishill, Arnold, etc. etc., and a number of anonymous songs, Music, continued: 797 796 ZARLINO. Dimostrationi Harmoniche. Folio, calf gilt, from the Vols. I, III, and IV have each a title-page; there is none to the "Dimostrationi," £ S. 1 0 6 16 1882-3 1 1 ( 799 BYLAND. ZEE-TACTICK of Grond-Regulen der Krygskunde ter Zee, handelende van de Evolutien en Zeinen . . . door LODEWYCK GRAVE VAN BYLAND. 2 vols. in 1, 4to., with 66 plates; calf Amsterdam, 1767 1 1 ( 800 ORTELIUS (Abr.). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, opus nunc denuo ab ipso auctore recognitum . . . et quamplurimis novis tabulis auctum.Parergon sive Veteris Geographiae aliquot tabulae.-Nomenclator Ptolemaicus. In 1 vol., roy. folio, the frontispieces, maps, and other engravings elegantly coloured by a contemporary hand; calf gilt, gilt edges Antuerpiae, 1591 134 maps. At the end of the "Nomenclator ": "de Mona Druidum insula . . epistola . . Humfredi Lhuyd.” 7 pp. Palæography: 801 AMIRA (Karl von). DIE DRESDENER BILDERHANDSCHRIFT DES SACHSENSPIEGELS. FACSIMILE AUSGABE, in lichtdruck und farbendruck. Herausgegeben von KARL VON AMIRA. ERSTER BAND. FACSIMILE DER HANDSCHRIFT IN 184 LICHTDRUCKTAFELN, NEBST 6 TAFELN IN FARBENDRUCK, UND 3 ERGÄNZUNGSTAFELN IN AUTOTYPIE, SOWIE EINER EINLEITUNG. Folio, in 2 cloth portfolios Leipzig, 1902 A fine reproduction of an ancient Manuscript in the Dresden Royal Library, of great importance to everyone who takes an interest in the study of the Fine Arts, in the Law-History of the Middle Ages, and to the Germanic (linguistic) scholar. 802 FRESHFIELD (Edwin). A Letter to the Right Honble. Lord Aldenham (President of "Nobody's Friends ") upon the subject of a Byzantine Evangelion. Roy. 4to., with 5 facsimile plates of Greek liturgical MSS. and 7 photogravures; cloth Privately printed, 1900 803 GARDTHAUSEN (V.). Griechische Palaeographie. 8vo., with 12 facsimile plates; cloth Leipzig, 1879 804 JAMES (M. R.). The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. A Descriptive Catalogue. Volume III, containing an Account of the Manuscripts standing in Class O. Roy. 8vo., xxxii and 532 pp.; cloth Cambridge, 1902 Class O comprises the important miscellaneous collection bequeathed to the college by Dr. Thomas Gale and his eldest son Roger Gale. "Hardly a department of ancient or medieval literature is unrepresented in it; it comprises books written in every century from the ninth to the eighteenth. There are books in Greek, Latin, English, French, Italian, German, Bohemian, Dutch, and Welsh. There are excellent specimens of illumination, French, English, and Italian, and many of the greater monasteries of this country have made important contributions to the collection." 805 MIDDLETON (J. H.). Illuminated Manuscripts in Classical and Medieval Times, their Art and their Technique. Impl. 8vo., with numerous illustrations; cloth 1892 Valuable for its criticism of the decorative styles found in MSS. and for the history of artistic methods. 315 0 9 0 1 1 0 12 015 0 18 Palæography, continued: 806 MONUMENTA PALEOGRAPHICA. Denkmäler der Schreibkunst des Mittelalters. Erste Abteilung: Schriftafeln in Lateinischer und Deutscher Sprache. In Verbindung mit Fachgenossen herausgegeben von Dr. Anton Chroust. I. Serie. Lieferungen I-VIII. Impl. folio, 80 plates of facsimiles with transcriptions and explanatory text; in parts as issued Munich, 1899-1902 A worthy supplement to the publications of the English Palæographical Society. The complete series will comprise twenty-four parts, each published at £1. 807 RUESS (Ferd.). Über die Tachygraphie der Römer. 8vo., 30 pp. of letterpress, 25 pages of autographed lists of Tivonian notes München, 1897 808 VITAL (Ordericus). Orderici Vitalis Angligenae Coenobii Uticensis Monachi HISTORIAE ECCLESIASTICAE, Libri VII et VIII e Codice Vaticano, Reg. 703 A, annuente Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae consilio cura et sumptibus Sodalium Gallicae Historiae nec non et Chartarum Scholae phototypice descripti. Folio, the 104 pages of which the MS. is composed reproduced by the phototype process, with an introduction; vellum Paris, 1902 809 WATTENBACH (Wilh.). Schrifttafeln zur Geschichte der greichischen Schrift und zum Studium der griechischen Palaeographie. Folio, 20 plates, 4 pp. of letterpress in wrapper 810 811 Berlin, 1876 Anleitung zur lateinischen Palaeographie. Third Edition, 1878.-The same, Anleitung zur griechischen Palaeographie. Second Edition, 1877, with 12 facsimile plates in folio. In 1 vol., 4to., bds. Leipzig, 1878-77 Anleitung zur griechischen Palaeographie. Third Edition. 8vo, cloth Leipzig, 1895 812 WESTWOOD (J. O.). PALEOGRAPHIA SACRA PICTORIA: being a Series of Illustrations of the Ancient Versions of the Bible, copied from Illuminated Manuscripts, executed between the Fourth and Sixteenth Centuries. Impl. 4to., with 50 plates of facsimiles in GOLD and COLOURS; half morocco, gilt top, uncut 813 1845 FACSIMILES OF THE MINIATURES AND ORNAMENTS OF ANGLO-SAXON £ S. d. 7 10 0 040 500 076 076 0 36 4 14 6 1868 14 0 0 814 WRIGHT (A.). Court Hand restored: or, the Student's Assistant in reading old Deeds, Charters, Records, etc. Eighth Edition. 4to., with numerous plates of facsimiles; cloth 1874 15 Persian. TEZKEREH AL VAKIAT (The) or Private MEMOIRS of THE MOGHUL EMPEROR HUMAYUN, written in the Persian Language by JOUHER, translated by Major Charles STEWART. 4to., with portrait; cloth; SCARCE O. T. F., 1832 16 PHILONIS JUDÆI OPERA . . . notis illustravit THOMAS MANGEY, Græce et Latine. 2 vols., BEST EDITION, folio, old calf, or vellum (Londini) 1742 Philo and Paul were two Hellenized Jews of great ability and learning. The one joined the intellectual company of the Neo-platonists, the other flung himself into the new sect along with peasants and fishermen. The latter has become a saint, whose words are quoted throughout the world; the philosopher is only read by scholars and students. Philo sought to prove that the Pentateuch contained the essence of Greek philosophy, as well as the truth of Jewish history. ... 17 Portraits: RETRATOS DOS GRANDES HOMENS DA NAÇÃO 0 17 6 1 5 0 5 10 0 Lisboa, (1830 ?) 1 0 0 818 Prayerbook.-Heures nouvelles tirées de la Sainte Ecriture écrites et gravées par L. Senault. 8vo, engraved throughout and finely decorated with ornaments, ornamental initial and calligraphic designs, with 6 plates (after pictures); old French citron morocco, full gilt back and rich floreate borders, silk linings, gilt edges; FINE COPY Paris, chez l'auteur (about 1680) 819 PRICHARD (J. C.). The Natural History of Man, comprising Inquiries into the modifying Influence of Physical and Moral Agencies on the different Tribes of the Human Family. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., with woodcuts and 64 coloured plates; cloth; out of print 1855 820 PTOLEMAEUS. THEATRUM GEOGRAPHIAE veteris cur. P. Bertius. 2 vols.: I. Ptolemaei Geographia, graece et latine. II. Itinerarium Antonini. Provincia Romanae. Civitates Gallicae. Itinerarium a Burdigala Hierosolymam usque. Tabula Peutingeriana, cum notis Marci Velseri. Ortelii Tabulae aliquot.-In one volume, large folio, with 2 engraved title pages (1 coloured), portrait of Mercator, and 49 maps; russia, gilt edges. Fine copy Amsterdam, Isaacus Elzevir, 1618-19 Valuable collection, which is much sought after, sumptuously got up by Isaac Elzevir for the Publisher, J. Hondius, at Amsterdam. The collation of this copy agrees with Willems, including Berghman's correction 821 Railways. MAP of the London and Birmingham Railway. 2 sheets, £ 4 40 2100 550 0106 822 RAYLEIGH (Lord), and WILLIAM RAMSAY. Argon, a new Constituent of the Atmosphere. Roy. 4to, sewed Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1896 823 REEVE. CONCHOLOGIA ICONICA. Monograph of the VOLUTA. 4to., 22 1840 American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1895 826 SEEBOHM (Henry). SIBERIA IN ASIA: A Visit to the Valley of the Yenesay in East Siberia. With description of the Natural History, Migration of Birds, etc. Svo., with map and numerous illustrations; cloth; SCARCE 1882 827 SELBY (Prideaux John). History of British Forest-Trees. 8vo., with numerous beautiful woodcuts; cloth; FINE COPY 1842 026 0.16 0 2.10 0 076 212 i 1 11 6 096 Sometimes the 828 SMILES (Samuel). The Huguenots. Their Settlements, Churches, and Industries in England and Ireland. 8vo., pp. 530; cloth 1867 Sports: 1656 4 4 830 CUSTANCE (Henry). Riding Recollections and Turf Stories. Roy. Svo., LARGE PAPER, with 9 plates; cloth 1894 07 cloth 831 JESSE (George R.). Researches into the History of the British Dog, from Ancient Laws, Charters, and Historical Records. 2 vols., 8vo., with 20 plates and 13 vignettes designed and etched by the author; 1866 0.18 @ |