FORMED BY A WELL-KNOWN COLLECTOR WHO HAS DEVOTED MONEY IN ITS FORMATION COMPRISING AN UNUSUAL ASSEMBLAGE OF FINE ART AND ILLUSTRATED WORKS, UNIQUE EXTRA NOW OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE VERY REASONABLE PRICES AFFIXED The books described in the accompanying catalogue comprise the Library of a gentleman who has devoted many years and a large expenditure of means in accumulating it. The collection, as a whole, is one of unusual excellence and interest. It is seldom, indeed, that a Library so perfect in the essentials requisite for a gentleman is placed at the disposal of the public. In the number and range of desirable books, in the choice of editions, in the careful selection of copies, the judicious and often costly bindings, and the perfect condition of the whole, it has seldom been equalled. The Library is particularly strong in standard authors, in the department of fine arts, and comprises all the most notable art publications, both old and new; galleries and collections of prints, etchings, drawings, and standard treatises in English, French and German-all being in the finest possible condition, a considerable number of which could not easily be duplicated, with others that are absolutely unique. The prices at which the books are offered are very reasonable, in many cases from twenty-five to fifty per cent. below their original cost, with the object of inducing a speedy sale. J. W. BOUTON, December, 1889. M 6248 1152 Broadway. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA * CATALOGUE. 1 A'BECKETT (G. A.). THE ALMANACK of the Month: a Review of Everything and Everybody. Numerous engravings on wood. 2 vols., 32mo, half calf, gilt, uncut. $5.50. London, 1846 2 A'BECKETT (G. A.) AND SAMBOURNE. OUR HOLIDAY IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. Numerous fine humorous illustrations. Oblong 4to, cloth. $2.00. London, n. d. 3 ADAMS (W. H. DAVENPORT). GOOD QUEEN ANNE; or, Men and Manners, Life and Letters, in England's Augustan Age. 2 vols., 8vo, new cloth. $3.00. London, 1886 * * "As a picture of men and manners, life and letters, in England's so-called Augustan age, 'Good Queen Anne' is excellent reading."- Telegraph. 4 ADAMS (W. H. DAVENPORT). THE MERRY MONARCH ; or, England under Charles II. Its Art, Literature and Society. 2 vols., 8vo, new half morocco extra, gilt tops. $6.50. London, 1885 5 ÆSOP'S FABLES. With 56 large illustrations from designs by Henry L. Stephens. Beautifully printed on thick paper. Royal 4to, new half levant extra, gilt top. $20.00. Scarce. New York, 1868 Mr. Stephens has no superior in the peculiar style of illustration which is most effective in bringing out the spirit of Æsop's Fables, and in this volume he has given us 56 full-page cartoons, brimming with droll humor, reciting the Fables over again, and enforcing their morals just as effectively as was done by the words of Æsop himself. The illustrations are among the finest specimens of art ever produced in this country, and the volume, as a whole, is most creditable to American artistic skill. 6 AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE, from 1842 to 1847. Illustrated with a large number of fine plates by George Cruikshank. 12 vols., large 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops. $50.00. London, 1842-47 ***A good copy. |