Edition limited to 150 numbered and registered sets for
subscribers only.
An unusually fine large type edition, finely illustrated and
handsomely bound.
129 Field (Eugene). The Writings in Prose and Verse. Finely
illustrated. Scribner's subscription edition. 12 vols.
Handsomely bound in 3/4 polished dark calf extra, richly gilt
tooled backs, with purple and red levant labels, gilt tops,
uncut. New York, 1903. =$42.00=
A very handsome set, both as to illustrations and binding.
130 Family Devotion A Guide to. Containing a Hymn, a Portion of
Scripture with Reflections, and a Prayer, for the Morning and
Evening of Every Day in the Year. With an Appendix of Prayers
and Hymns on Various Subjects. By Alex. Fletcher. With numerous
fine full-page steel engravings. 4to. half brown morocco extra,
gilt centres, raised bands, solid gilt edges. New York. =$7.50=
Fine copy with splendid impressions of the numerous plates.
131 Fairbairn's Crests of the Leading Families in Great Britain
and Ireland, and their kindred in other lands. Compiled
from the best authorities by James Fairbairn. Revised by L.
Butters, and edited by J. MacLaren. Illustrated with colored
frontispiece and 137 plates containing several thousand designs
of crests, etc. 2 vols. in one. 4to. 1/2 dark brown leather,
marbled edges. New York, 1911. =$7.50=
The best and most complete work on the subject yet issued.
132 Facetiae. Italian Novelists. The Facetious Nights of
Giovanni Francesco Straparola, in four volumes; The Pecorone of
Ser Giovanni, in three volumes. Illustrated with 44 fine plates
on special paper from originals by Jules Garnier, of Paris,
and E. R. Hughes, A.R.W.S., London. 7 volumes, 8vo., very
handsomely bound in 3/4 morocco, gilt tooled back, top edges
gilt. Edition strictly limited to 1,000 numbered and registered
copies. Privately printed for Societe des Bibliophiles, a very
fine, curious and facetious work. =$27.50=
133 Another copy of the same edition. Limited Edition de Luxe.
Unexpurgated. Illustrated. 7 volumes, 8vo., in original green
buckram, gilt tops, uncut edges. Privately printed for Societe
des Bibliophiles. A very fine, curious and facetious work.
=$19.50=
"The Nights" of Straparola consist of an exquisite and
delightful collection of humorous, witty and mirthful
conversations, tales and enigmas, including singing, music and
dancing during the thirteen nights of the Carnival at Venice,
as related by ten charming and accomplished damsels and several
nobles, men of learning, illustrious and honorable gentlemen of
note at the entertainments of merriment and pleasure given by
the Princess Lucretia at her beautiful Palace at Murano.
The masterpiece of Italian prose, The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni,
ranks in celebrity with Boccaccio's Decameron. The great
popularity of the Pecorone arose from the fact that the amorous
stories of love, intrigue and adventure therein contained cover
comparatively fresh ground. Shakespeare borrowed Falstaff from
Ser Giovanni, and The Merchant of Venice is founded on the
first novel of the Fourth Day.
134 Facetiae. The Amours and Adventures of the Chevalier de
Faublas, by John Baptiste--Louvet de Couvary. Founded on
historical facts, interspersed with most remarkable narratives.
A faithful reprint of the very rare, literal, unexpurgated
translation of 1822, from the Paris edition of 1821, choicely
printed on antique deckle-edged paper, and delightfully
illustrated with numerous charming plates, etched by Louis
Monzies from drawings by Paul Avril, printed on special paper.
Complete in 4 vols. Newly bound in 3/4 morocco extra, gilt tops
and backs, uncut. Edition strictly limited to 100 sets only.
Privately printed for Societe des Bibliophiles, 1898. =$40.00=
A very fine set of this very curious and facetious work.
A most extraordinary work depicting the free and easy manners
and customs of the Eighteenth Century.
135 Facetiae. The Life of Marianne; or, the Adventures of
the Countess of * * * By M. de Marivaux. Translated from the
Original French. 12mo. New 1/2 polished brown calf extra, gilt
tooled back, with red levant inlays, gilt top, uncut. London,
1736. =$20.00=
Was this history a mere fiction, very likely the form of it
would have been different. Marianne's reflections would be
neither so long nor so frequent. It would contain more facts
and less morality; in short, the author would have indulged
the universal inclination of the present age, which, in books
of this kind, does not relish abundance of arguments and
reflections.
136 Facetiae. The Secret History of Betty Ireland. Copper-plate
frontispiece. 8vo. New 3/4 polished brown calf extra, gilt
tooled back, linen sides. London, n. d. Very scarce. =$12.50=
Read Flanders Moll, the German Princess scan,
Then match our Irish Betty, if you can;
In Wit and Vice she did 'em both excel,
And may be justly call'd a Nonpareil.
137 Facetiae. La Fontaine (J. de). Tales and Novels in Verse.
Unexpurgated Edition. With quaint illustrations. New 3/4 red
morocco, gilt tops and backs. 2 volumes bound in one. Privately
printed. =$5.00=
138 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
139 Facetiae. The Heptameron. By Margaret, Queen of Navarre.
Illustrated with full-page etchings. New 3/4 red morocco, gilt
top and back. Unexpurgated Edition. 2 volumes bound in one.
Privately printed. =$5.00=
140 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
141 Facetiae. The Novellino of Masuccio. Now first translated
into English by W. G. Waters. With 11 full-page illustrations
by Hughes. Waters Edition. New 3/4 red morocco, gilt top and
back. Unexpurgated Edition; two volumes bound in one. Privately
printed. =$5.00=
142 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
143 Facetiae. Rousseau (J. J.) Confession of. Unexpurgated
Edition. With portrait and 20 original etchings by Ed. Hedouin.
New 3/4 red morocco, gilt top and back, 2 volumes bound in one.
Privately printed. =$5.00=
144 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
145 Facetiae. Rabelais, the Works of. Unexpurgated Edition.
With 10 full-page engravings by Chalon. 3/4 red morocco, gilt
top and back. 2 volumes bound in one. Privately printed.
=$5.00=
146 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
147 Facetiae. Mademoiselle de Maupin, by Gautier. Unexpurgated
Edition. With full-page etchings by Toudouze. New 3/4 red
morocco, gilt top and back, uncut. 2 volumes bound in one.
Privately printed. =$5.00=
148 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
149 Facetiae. Plays written by Sir John Vanbrugh. Curious
copper-plates. 2 vols. 12mo. full mottled calf extra, finely
gilt tooled backs. London, 1734. =$10.00=
Very fine copy. Scarce.
Contents: The Relapse, or Virtue in Danger; The Provok'd Wife,
Æsop, The Confederacy, The False Friend, The Mistake, A Journey
to London, The Provok'd Husband.
150 Facetiae. A New Description of Merryland. Containing
a Topographical, Geographical and Natural History of that
Country. Post 8vo. 1/2 cloth, leather label. Bath (1741).
=$10.00=
Of this scarce re-issue only 200 copies have been printed for
private subscription, each numbered.
151 Facetiae. The Monk. A Romance. By M. G. Lewis, 2 vols.
12mo. new half blue morocco, gilt tops, uncut. London, n. d.
=$15.00=
Unabridged reprint of the First Edition.
One of the most remarkable, powerful, and mystical novels ever
written.
152 Facetiae. Musarum Deliciae; or, The Muses' Recreation,
containing several pieces of poetic wit. By Sr. J. M. and
Ja. S., 1656, and Wit Restor'd, in several select poems, not
formally published, 1658. Also, Wits Recreations, selected from
the finest fancies of modern muses, with a thousand outlandish
proverbs, 1640. With all the wood engravings, plates, memoirs,
and notes. 2 vols. 12mo. new half brown levant morocco extra,
gilt tooled backs, gilt tops. London, n. d. =$20.00=
New Edition, with additional notes, Indexes, and a portrait of
Sir John Mennis. Scarce.
153 Facetiae. The Plays, Histories and Novels of the Ingenious
Mrs. Aphra Behn. With Life and Memoirs. Portrait. 6 vols. 8vo.
3/4 crimson levant morocco extra, gilt backs with raised bands,
gilt tops, uncut. London, 1871. =$45.00=
The above Collection of Plays needs no other recommendation
than that they were writ by the incomparable Mrs. A. Behn;
a person whose character is so universally known, and whose
performances have met with such a general applause, that 'tis
needless to bespeak the readers' favor on her behalf.
Contents: The Dutch Lover, The Rover; or, The Banish'd
Cavaliers; The Town Fop, Forc'd Marriage, The False Count, The
Lover's Watch, The Ladies' Looking-Glass to Dress Themselves
By; or, The Whole Art of Charming all Mankind.
This is a literal reprint of the First Edition--unabridged, and
unexpurgated. An exceptionally fine set of this scarce reprint,
of which only a limited number of copies have been printed.
Mrs. Behn devoted herself to intrigue and writing for support;
and, as she had a good person and much conversational talent,
she became fashionable among the men of wit and pleasure of
the time. She published three volumes of poems by Rochester,
Etherege, Crisp, and others, with some poetry of her own; and
wrote seventeen plays, the heartless licentiousness of which
was disgraceful both to her sex and to the age which tolerated
the performance of same.
154 Facetiae. Moore (Thomas). The Poetical Works of the late
Thomas Little. Post 8vo. boards, uncut. London, 1835. =$5.00=
Scarce. Very fine and facetious poems by Tom Moore, published
under a nom de plume.
155 Facetiae. The Plays of Philip Massinger. From the text of
William Gifford. With the addition of the tragedy, "Believe As
You List." Edited by Lt.-Col. Francis Cunningham. 8vo. cloth.
London, n. d. =$5.00=
156 Facetiae. Memoirs of a Coxcomb. By the author of Memoirs of
a Lady of Pleasure. [John Cleland]. 12mo. pp. 251. Half calf,
gilt back. Dublin, 1751. =$25.00=
Very scarce. Fine copy of the First Issue of the First Edition.
A later issue was printed the same year in London, with
omissions.
157 Facetiae. The Satyricon; or, Trebly Voluptuous. By Titus
Petronius Arbiter, Minister of Pleasure to the Emperor Nero.
Unexpurgated. 12mo. New York, 1866. =$5.00=
Scarce. The Satyricon shows more plainly than any other book,
how abominably depraved human nature has become under the
Social System that has been experimented with ever since the
human race begun.
158 Facetiae. A Satyrical Dialogue; or, A Sharplye--Invective
Conference between Alexander the Great and that truly
woman-hater, Diogenes. [By Williams Goddard.] Edited by John
S. Farmer. Small 4to. half leather (broken.) London: Privately
printed for subscribers only, 1897. Very scarce, only one
copy of the original (1615) being known (that in the British
Museum). =$12.50=
Imprinted in the Lowcountryes for all such gentlewomen as are
not altogether idle nor yet well.
To the Vertuous, beauteous; to the all-illustrious and most
puissant creatures of the Earth, Women. William Goddard, sole
desirer of your goddess-like virtues (with all reverence to
your Angelical sex), commends to your protection this unlearned
Dialogue.
159 Facetiae. Boccaccio's Decameron. Faithfully translated by
J. M. Rigg. Exquisitely illustrated by Louis Chalon. 2 vols.
Small 4to. beautifully bound in green rippled silk, uncut.
London: Privately printed. =$22.50=
Edition de Luxe, of which only a limited number were printed
entirely on Japanese vellum paper.
This being the latest and best translation (no passages being
omitted), makes it the most desirable edition, printed in
beautiful clear type.
160 Facetiae. The Comedies of Publius Terentius Afer.
Translated into English, with Introduction, Bibliography and
Brief Notes. The original Latin, with translation on opposite
page. 2 vols. 8vo. boards, vellum back, uncut. Privately
printed for the Roman Society, 1900. =$12.50=
Limited to only 250 numbered copies for distribution amongst
the members of the Roman Society. None of these copies were for
sale.
161 Facetiae. Sophie Arnould: Actress and Wit. By Robert B.
Douglas. With 7 exquisite copper-plate engravings by Adolphe
Lalauze. 8vo. cloth. Paris, 1898. =$10.00=
Edition limited to only 500 copies printed entirely on Japan
paper, issued by Carrington.
The genuine unexpurgated edition.
162 Facetiae. My Uncle Barbassou. By Mario Uchard. Prettily
illustrated with 40 vignette etchings by Paul Avril. Royal 8vo.
original cloth, uncut. London, 1888. =$7.50=
First Issue. Scarce. Published by Vizetelly. Only a limited
number of this most humorous and facetious work were printed.
163 Facetiae. Fables from the Female Sex. By Edward Moore.
16mo. boards. Philadelphia, 1812. =$7.50=
Very scarce. Contents: The Female Seducers, Love and Vanity,
The Farmer and the Colt, The Poet and His Patron, Hymen and
Death, etc.
164 Facetiae. Young Scarron. [By Thomas Mozeen.] 16mo. old calf
(broken.) London, 1750. =$7.50=
The real first issue. Scarce.
165 Facetiae. The Works of Don Francisco de Quevedo.
Translated from the Spanish. With finely engraved copper-plate
frontispieces. 2 vols. 8vo. old mottled calf. Edinburgh, 1798.
=$7.50=
A very fine set of this scarce and curious work of Quevedo.
166 Facetiae. Les Facéties de Pogge. Traduites en Français,
avec le texte Lation. Complete Edition. 2 vols. 12mo. original
wrappers. Paris, 1878. =$12.50=
The scarce little edition published by Isidore Liseux, printed
on hand-made paper. Limited number of copies only.
167 Facetiae (De Couvray, Louvet). Une Anée de la Vie de
Faublas. With full-page colored and many text illustrations by
E. Barcet. Sq. 12mo. half brown morocco. Paris, n. d. =$7.50=
Scarce little volume of the life of Faublas, finely illustrated.
168 Facetiae. The Dramatick Works of George Farquhar. Curious
fine copper-plates. 2 vols. 12mo. contemporary mottled calf
extra, finely gilt tooled backs. London, 1736. =$10.00=
Very fine copy. Scarce.
Contents: Beaux Stratagem, Love and a Bottle, Constant Couple,
Stage-Coach, Recruiting Officer, Sir Henry Wildair, Inconstant,
Twin Rivals.
169 Gautier (Theophile) Complete Works. Unexpurgated Edition.
Translated and Edited by Prof. F. C. de Sumichrast, Department
of French, Harvard University. With an Introduction by the
Editor. With numerous illustrations in two states--one on Japan
vellum, the other on India paper, and one of the frontispieces
finely colored by hand. 24 vols. 8vo. New 3/4 crushed morocco
extra, floreated gilt tooled backs, with red levant inlays,
gilt tops, uncut. Published for subscribers only. New York:
George D. Sproul, 1901.