XV. upon Fish. By the late Rev. John Duncombe, . . . With a brief
introduction; and passages from English writers, selected as notes.
London: printed for R. Triphook, . . . 1809. _8vo, original paper
wrappers, uncut edges._
One of fifty copies printed. Originally published in Brydges's "Censura
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VASARI, GEORGE.--The Life of Giovanni Angelico da Fiesole, Translated
from the Italian of Vasari by Giovanni Aubrey Bezzi, With Notes and
Illustrations. Printed for the Arundel Society. 1850. _4to, half red
levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews._
Twenty-one plates, proofs on India paper.
VAUGHAN, ROBERT ALFRED.--Essays and Remains of the Rev. Robert Alfred
Vaughan. Edited, with a Memoir, by the Rev. Robert Vaughan. London: John
W. Parker and Son . . . 1858. _Square post 8vo, half blue morocco, gilt
back, gilt top, uncut edges._
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VAUGHAN, ROBERT ALFRED.--Hours with the Mystics. A Contribution to the
History of Religious Opinion. By Robert Alfred Vaughan B. A. Second
Edition Revised and Augmented by the Author. London: John W. Parker and
Son . . . 1860. _Square post 8vo, half blue morocco, gilt back, gilt
top, uncut edges._
VEGA, GARCILASSO DE LA.--The Works of Garcilasso de la Vega, surnamed
the Prince of Castilian Poets, Translated into English Verse; with a
critical and historical Essay on Spanish Poetry, and a Life of the
Author. By J. H. Wiffen. London: printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co. . . .
1823. _8vo, green levant morocco, back and side panels richly
tooled, arms on the sides, gilt edges, by Riviere._
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This copy, No. 9, was given by the translator to Samuel Rogers, the
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VERSES in Memory of a Lady. Written at Sandgate Castle, M DCC LXVIII. . . .
London, Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt . . . M DCC
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VESPUCCI, AMERIGO.--The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci reprinted
in facsimile and translated From the rare original edition (Florence,
1505-6). London Bernard Quaritch . . . 1893. _4to, original paper
covers, uncut edges._
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[VESTRIS, MADAME.]--. . . Memoirs of the Life, public and private
adventures, of Madame Vestris; [Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi--Mrs. Charles
James Mathews] . . . with Interesting and Curious Anecdotes of
celebrated and distinguished characters in the fashionable world.
Detailing an interesting variety of singularly curious and amusing
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King. . . . Embellished with Portraits, and Curious Coloured Plates.
London: printed & published by John Duncombe, . . . [n. d.] _12mo, half
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VIEW OF THE TOWN.--A View of the Town: in an Epistle to a Friend in the
Country. A Satire. . . . London: Printed by R. Penny, for the Author,
and sold by A. Dodd, . . . 1735. _Folio, red levant morocco._
VILLARI, PASQUALE.--Life and Times of Girolamo Savonarola by Professor
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_8vo, two volumes, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._
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VILLON, FRANCOIS.--The Poems of Master Francis Villon of Paris, now
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Death', &c. London: printed for the Villon Society, for private
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VIZETELLY, HENRY.--Berlin under the New Empire, its institutions,
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amusements. By Henry Vizetelly, . . . Illustrated with upwards of 400
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VOLKMANN, LUDWIG.--Iconografia Dantesca the pictorial representations to
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Author with a preface by Charles Sarolea . . . With Seventeen Plates and
Four Woodcuts London H. Grevel & Co. . . . 1899. _Royal 8vo, half
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VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE.--Three Epistles in the Ethic Way.
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WAAGEN, G. F.--Peter Paul Rubens, his life and genius. Translated from
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Jameson. London: Saunders and Otley, . . . MDCCCXL. _Crown 8vo, original
cloth, uncut edges._
WAAGEN, G. F.--Handbook of Painting. The German, Flemish, and Dutch
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re-written. By Dr. Waagen, . . . With [57] illustrations. . . . London:
John Murray, . . . 1860. . . . _Crown 8vo, two volumes, blue levant
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WAECHTER, HARRIET, _editor_.--The Chaucer Birthday Book. Compiled by
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"WAGSTAFF, SIMON."--See Swift, Jonathan.
WAKEFIELD, GILBERT.--An Examination of the Age of Reason, or an
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WALKER, ALEXANDER.--Beauty illustrated chiefly by an Analysis and
Classification of Beauty in Woman. Preceded by a critical view of the
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Alison, etc., and followed by a similar view of the hypotheses of beauty
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WALKER, ALEXANDER.--Intermarriage; or the mode in which, and the causes
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WALKER, ALEXANDER.--Woman physiologically considered as to Mind, Morals,
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WALKER, THOMAS.--The Wit of a Woman. As it is now Acted at the New
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WALLIS, ALFRED.--Examples of the Book-Binder's Art of the XVI. and XVII.
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WALLIS, HENRY.--The Godman Collection Persian Ceramic Art in the
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WALPOLE, HORACE.--A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England,
With Lists of their Works . . . The Second Edition, corrected and
enlarged. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley . . . MDCCLIX. _8vo, two
volumes, contemporary red morocco, gilt back, thistle border on the
sides._
Frontispiece by Grignion.
Horace Walpole's copy, with his book-plate.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England,
Scotland, and Ireland; with Lists of their Works: by the late Horatio
Walpole, Earl of Orford. Enlarged and continued to the present time by
Thomas Park . . . London: printed for John Scott . . . 1806. _4to, five
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both referring to this book.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--Portraits of Royal and Noble Authors Publish'd . . .
by S. Harding (London 1798-1802) _Royal 4to, half red levant morocco,
Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rousselle._
One hundred and forty-five portraits in semi-outline, and three from the
British Cabinet by Adolphus.
These portraits must not be confounded with the series issued with the
edition of 1806, for while most are taken from the same originals, some
do not appear in the later issue.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--Anecdotes of Painting in England; with some Account of
the principal Artists; and incidental Notes on other Arts; collected by
the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his
original MSS. By Mr. Horace Walpole . . . Printed by Thomas Farmer at
Strawberry-Hill MDCCLXII [LXIII--LXXI] _4to, four volumes, red
morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt edges, by Henderson & Bisset._
One hundred and four plates of portraits. The fourth volume contains
"The History of the Modern Taste in Gardening," and is printed by Thomas
Kirgate. The "Additional Lives" are bound with the second and third
volumes.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--Anecdotes of Painting in England, with some Account of
the principal Artists; and incidental Notes on other Arts; collected by
the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his
original MSS. By Mr. Horace Walpole . . . Printed by Thomas Farmer at
Strawberry Hill MDCCLXII. [III-XXI] _4to, four volumes, old red
morocco, gilt back, gilt edges._
One hundred and four plates of portraits. The fourth volume, printed by
Kirgate, contains "The History of the Modern Taste in Gardening." The
"Additional Lives" are in the third volume.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--Anecdotes of Painting in England; with some Account of
the principal Artists; and incidental Notes on other Arts; collected by
the late Mr. George Vertue; digested and published from his Original
MSS. By the Honourable Horace Walpole; with considerable additions by
the Rev. James Dallaway London: printed at the Shakespeare Press, by W.
Nicol, for John Major . . . MDCCCXXVIII. _Royal 8vo, five volumes,
citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._
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paper. In addition, one hundred and twenty-two plates have been
inserted, comprising twenty-four India proofs of English kings by
Worthington, fifty-eight portraits from the Strawberry-Hill Press, a
drawing by Harding of Horace Walpole as a child, etc.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--A Catalogue of Engravers, who have been born, or
resided in England; digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the MSS. of Mr.
George Vertue; to which is added an Account of the Life and Works of the
latter . . . Strawberry-Hill: Printed in the Year MDCCLXIII. _4to, red
morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt edges, by Henderson & Bisset._
First edition. Nine plates of portraits.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--A Catalogue of Engravers. 1763. _4to, old red morocco,
gilt back, gilt edges._
Another copy.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--A Catalogue of Engravers, Who have been born or
resided in England; digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the MSS. of Mr.
George Vertue; To which is added An Account of the Life and Works of the
latter. The Second Edition . . . Strawberry-Hill: Printed in the Year
MDCCLXV. _4to, half red morocco, red top, uncut edges._
Nine copper-plate portraits.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--The Castle of Otranto, a story. Translated by
William Marshal, Gent. From the Original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto,
Canon of the Church of St. Nicholas at Otranto. London: Printed for Tho.
Lownds . . . MDCCLXV. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges,
by The Club Bindery._
First edition, which consisted of very few copies.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story. Translated by
William Marshal, Gent. from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, . . .
The Sixth Edition. [Parma] Printed with Bodoni's characters for
Edwards . . . of London MDCCXC. _Royal 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt
back, side borders in scrolls, flowers, foliage, and small tools, gilt
over uncut edges, in a brown straight-grain morocco case, by Bedford._
Marshal Junot's copy, one of six printed upon vellum.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story. Translated by
William Marshal, Gent. from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto . . .
The Sixth Edition. Parma. Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards,
Bookseller of London. MDCCXCI. _Royal 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt
back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Joly._
Large paper copy, with brilliant portrait of Walpole by Falconet, and
view of the Castle of Otranto in two states, engraver's etching and
finished proof.
Portrait inserted.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--Jeffery's Edition of the Castle of Otranto, a Gothic
Story. Translated by William Marshal, Gent. from the original Italian of
Onuphrio Muralto . . . London: Printed by Cooper and Graham . . . 1796.
_8vo, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges, by
Chambolle-Duru._
Seven coloured plates, engraved by Birrell, with a gold border added to
each plate.
WALPOLE AND REEVE.--. . . The Old English Baron A Gothic Story By
Clara Reeve also The Castle of Otranto A Gothic Story By Horace
Walpole With Two Portraits and Four Drawings 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.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--The Mysterious Mother. A Tragedy. By Mr. Horace
Walpole. Printed at Strawberry-Hill: MDCCLXVIII. _8vo, citron morocco,
rich gilt back and sides, inside borders, satin linings, gilt edges, by
Roger Payne._
First edition, fifty copies printed.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--The Mysterious Mother. 1768. _8vo, blue morocco, rich
gilt back and sides, gilt over uncut edges, by Clarke and Bedford._
Another copy.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--The Mysterious Mother. A Tragedy. London: Printed for
J. Dodsley, . . . M.DCC.LXXXI. _8vo, brown levant morocco, Janseniste,
gilt edges, by Smith-Mansell. STREATFEILD'S "Comedies" are bound at the
end._
Second edition. Presentation copy "From the Author," with five
water-colour drawings.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--Letters of Horace Walpole Earl of Orford, to Sir
Horace Mann, British Envoy at the Court of Tuscany. Now first published
from the originals in the possession of the Earl of Waldegrave. Edited
by Lord Dover; with an original memoir of the Author, by the Editor.
Third edition . . . London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1834. _8vo, three
volumes, gilt top, uncut edges._
Portrait by Dean after a miniature by Zincke.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford:
including numerous Letters now first published from the original
manuscripts . . . 1735-1797. London: Richard Bentley . . . 1840. _8vo,
six volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
First collected edition. Twenty-four steel portraits.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. Edited
by Peter Cunningham. Now first chronologically arranged. [cut] In nine
volumes. . . . London: Richard Bentley, M.D.CCC.LVII.[-IX.] _8vo, nine
volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
First Cunningham edition: with thirty-nine plates.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third. By
Horace Walpole . . . now first published from the original MSS. edited,
with notes, by Sir Denis Le Marchant . . . London: Richard Bentley . . .
1845. _8vo, four volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
First edition. Steel portraits of George III, Queen Charlotte, Duke of
Grafton, and the Hon. Charles Townshend.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second. By
Horace Walpole . . . Edited, from the original MSS. with a preface and
notes, by the late Lord Holland. Second Edition, Revised. With the
original mottoes. London: Henry Colburn . . . 1847. _8vo, three volumes,
cloth, uncut edges._
First octavo edition, with six steel portraits.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his Contemporaries;
including numerous original letters chiefly from Strawberry Hill. Edited
by Eliot Warburton . . . London: Henry Colburn . . . 1851. _8vo, two
volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
Portraits of Horace Walpole and Mary Berry.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--Journal of the Reign of King George the Third, from
the year 1771 to 1783. By Horace Walpole. Now first published from
Original MSS . . . Edited, with Notes, by Dr. Doran. London: Richard
Bentley . . . MDCCCLIX. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
Portraits of John Wilkes and Francis, Lord North.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--Horace Walpole's Marginal Notes, written in Dr. Maty's
Miscellaneous Works and Memoirs of the Earl of Chesterfield. 2 vols.
4to. 1777. Communicated by R. S. Turner, Esq. The possessor of the
volumes, [n. p., n. d.] _8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut
edges, by The Club Bindery._
[WALPOLE, HORACE.]--Horace Walpole and his world. Select passages from
his Letters. Edited by L. B. Seeley . . . with eight illustrations after
Sir Joshua Reynolds and Sir Thomas Lawrence. London. Seeley, Jackson,
and Halliday . . . 1884. _Square 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and
sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews._
Large paper copy, with one hundred portraits and views inserted,
including mezzotints after Reynolds, a large number of proofs before
letters and on India paper.
WALPOLE, HORACE.--See Pilkington and Fuseli.
WAR IN AMERICA.--An Impartial History of the War in America, between
Great Britain and Her Colonies, from its Commencement to the end of the
Year 1779. Exhibiting a circumstantial, connected, and complete Account
of the real Causes, Rise, and Progress of the War, interspersed with
Anecdotes and Characters of the different Commanders, and Accounts of
such Personages in Congress as have distinguished themselves during the
Contest. With an Appendix, containing A Collection of Interesting and
Authentic Papers tending to elucidate the History. Illustrated with a
Variety [13] of beautiful Copper-Plates, representing real and animated
Likenesses of those celebrated Generals who have distinguished
themselves in the important Contest. [and a map]. London: Printed for R.
Faulder . . . M,DCC,LXXX. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt
over rough edges, by Bedford._
WARD, EDWARD.--Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: or, An Useful Prospect of
the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, incident to all
Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage. Containing many great Examples
of Love, Piety, Prudence, Justice, and all the excellent Vertues that
largely contribute to the true Happiness of Wedlock. Drawn from the
Lives of our own Princes, Nobility, and other Quality, in Prosperity and
Adversity. Also the fantastical Humours of all Fops, Coquets, Bullies,
Jilts, fond Fools and Wantons, old Fumblers, barren Ladies, Misers,
parsimonious Wives, Ninnies, Sluts, and Termagants, drunken Husbands,
toaping Gossips, schismatical Precisians, and devout Hypocrites of all
sorts. Digested into serious, merry, and satyrical Poems, wherein both
Sexes in all Stations, are reminded of their Duty, and taught how to be
happy in a Matrimonial State. By the Author of the London-Spy . . .
London: Printed for T. Norris . . . 1723. _12mo, two volumes, citron
levant morocco, gilt and mosaic back, gilt edges, by Bedford._
Eight plates drawn and engraved by J. Pine.
WARING, J. B., _editor_.--. . . Art Treasures of the United Kingdom from
the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester edited by J. B. Waring chromo
lithographed by F. Bedford. The drawings on wood by R. Dudley. With
Essays by Owen Jones, Digby Wyatt, A. W. Franks, J. B. Waring, J. C.
Robinson & G. Scharf. Jun. London, 1858. Day and Son. . . . _Royal 4to,
dark brown calf, back and sides covered with a mosaic design of
interlacing ribbons in darker brown calf, gilt ornaments._
One hundred plates and numerous woodcuts in the text.
WARNER, CHARLES DUDLEY.--Our Italy by Charles Dudley Warner . . . With
Many Illustrations New York Harper & Brothers, . . . M DCCCXCII.
_8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._
WARNER, GEORGE F.--Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum.
Miniatures, borders, and initials reproduced in gold and colours. With
descriptive text by George F. Warner, . . . First Series. Fifteen
Plates. Printed by Order of the Trustees. . . . London, 1899. _Folio, in
a half cloth portfolio._
WARREN, ARTHUR.--The Charles Whittinghams printers by Arthur Warren
New York the Grolier Club of New York MDCCCLXXXXVI. _8vo, half green
morocco, uncut edges._
Three hundred and eighty-five copies printed, with portraits and
numerous facsimile illustrations in the text. The Index, pages 345-353,
was issued after the publication of the volume.
WARREN, ARTHUR.--The Charles Whittinghams. 1896. _8vo, blue levant
morocco, gilt back and side borders in a design of scrolls, flowers, and
birds, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
One of three copies printed upon vellum.
WARREN, J. LEICESTER.--A Guide to the Study of Book-plates (Ex-libris)
by the Hon. J. Leicester Warren . . . London John Pearson . . . 1880.
_8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
Sixteen full-page woodcuts.
WARREN, SAMUEL.--Passages from the Diary of a late Physician. By Samuel
Warren . . . William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh . . . MDCCCXXXVIII.
_Post 8vo, three volumes, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._
WARREN, SAMUEL.--Ten Thousand a-Year. In three volumes . . . William
Blackwood and Sons, . . . M.DCCC.XLI. _Post 8vo, three volumes, half
green levant morocco, gilt back, striped green silk sides, uncut edges,
by The Club Bindery._
WARREN, SAMUEL.--Miscellanies critical, imaginative, and juridical,
contributed to Blackwood's Magazine. By Samuel Warren. William Blackwood
and Sons, Edinburgh . . . MDCCCLV. _Crown 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut
edges._
WARTON, JOSEPH.--An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope . . . By
Joseph Warton . . . The fifth edition, corrected. To which is now added,
an Index London: Printed by Thomas Maiden . . . 1806. _8vo, two
volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by
Holloway._
Large paper copy, illustrated by the insertion of one hundred and
twenty-five portraits (twenty-three of Pope) and scenes. Many of the
plates are proofs before letters, and seventeen are on India paper.
Included are a fine mezzotint of Samuel Butler and Caroline Watson's
engraving of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
WARTON, THOMAS.--The Poems on various subjects, of Thomas Warton, B. D.
. . . London: printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, . . . M.DCC.XCI.
_8vo, maroon levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf._
Portrait and autograph of the author inserted.
WARTON, THOMAS.--The History of English Poetry, from the close of the
Eleventh to the commencement of the Eighteenth Century. To which are
prefixed, Three Dissertations
1. Of the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe.
2. On the Introduction of Learning into England.
3. On the Gesta Romanorum.
By Thomas Warton, B. D. . . . A new edition carefully revised, with
numerous additional notes by the late Mr. Ritson, the late Dr. Ashby,
Mr. Douce, Mr. Park and other eminent Antiquaries, and by the Editor.
[Richard Price] London: printed for Thomas Tegg . . . 1824. _8vo, four
volumes, boards, uncut edges._
Portrait.
WARTON, THOMAS.--The History of English Poetry, from the close of the
eleventh century to the commencement of the eighteenth century. To which
are prefixed Three Dissertations: by Thomas Warton, B. D. . . . From the
Edition of 1824 superintended by the late Richard Price Esq. including
the Notes of Mr. Ritson, Dr. Ashby, Mr. Douce, and Mr. Park. Now further
improved . . . London: printed for Thomas Tegg . . . 1840. _8vo, three
volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Matthews._
Portrait after Reynolds.
"WARWICK, EDEN."--See Jabet, George.
WASHINGTON, GEORGE.--Official Letters to the honorable American
Congress, written, during the War between the United Colonies and Great
Britain, by his excellency George Washington . . . Copied, by Special
Permission, from the Original Papers preserved in the Office of the
Secretary of State, Philadelphia. London: printed for Cadell Junior and
Davies . . . 1795. _8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut
edges, by Matthews._
Contains, in addition to the duplicate titles, "American State Papers,"
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Hancock to Washington, dated 27 Aug. 1776, and endorsed by the latter; a
folio letter of Washington to General McDougall from headquarters at
Morristown, March 21, 1777, and an Ensign's Commission, signed by John
Hancock, and attested by Charles Thomson.
WASHINGTON, GEORGE.--A Message of the President of the United States,
to Congress, relative to France and Great Britain: delivered, December
5, 1793. With the papers therein referred to. Published by Order of
the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: printed for Mathew
Carey, . . . October 24, 1795. _8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back,
gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
WASHINGTON, GEORGE.--Address of George Washington, President of the
United States, to his Fellow Citizens, On his declining being considered
a Candidate for their future suffrages. To which is added The Tribute
of Respect, paid to his memory, by the legislature of New-Hampshire, at
their late session at Exeter, December 28th. 1799. Exeter, from the
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One hundred copies printed for the students of Phillips Exeter Academy.
The false title is "Washington's Legacy."
WASHINGTON, GEORGE.--Diary of Washington: from the first day of October,
1789, to the tenth day of March, 1790. from the Original Manuscript, now
first printed. New York: 1858. _Royal 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt
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Large paper copy. Inserted are a Washington manuscript, signed, fifteen
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many of the engravings being proofs.
WATKINS, JOHN.--See Hone, William.
WATSON, WILLIAM.--Lachrymae Musarum. (October 6th, 1892.) By William
Watson, . . . London: Printed for Private Distribution. 1892. _Crown
8vo, silk covers._
First edition. Frontispiece and portrait bust of Tennyson.
Vellum copy, one hundred printed.
WATSON, WILLIAM.--The Eloping Angels a caprice by William Watson.
London. Elkin Mathews and John Lane . . . 1893. _4to, vellum, uncut
edges._
First edition. One of seventy-five copies printed on large, Japanese
vellum paper.
WATSON, WILLIAM.--Excursions in Criticism being some prose recreations
of a rhymer. By William Watson. London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane . . .
MDCCCXCIII. _8vo, boards, uncut edges._
First edition. Large paper copy, fifty printed.
WATSON, WILLIAM.--The Poems of William Watson. New York Macmillan and
Co . . . 1893. _Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
One hundred copies printed on hand-made paper.
WATSON, WILLIAM.--The Poems of William Watson new [second] edition
rearranged by the author with additions. New York Macmillan and Co . . .
1893. _8vo, buckram, uncut edges._
One hundred copies printed on hand-made paper, with a portrait of the
author.
WATT, ROBERT.--Bibliotheca Britannica; or a General Index to British and
Foreign Literature. By Robert Watt, M. D. . . . Edinburgh: printed for
Archibald Constable and Company, . . . 1824. _4to, two parts in four
volumes, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._
WATTS, ALARIC.--Poetical Sketches: The Profession; The Broken Heart,
etc. with stanzas for music, and other poems. By Alaric A. Watts. Third
edition, with additional poems. Illustrated with [2] engravings from
drawings by Messrs. Stothard and Brockedon. . . . London: printed for
Hurst, Robinson, and Co. . . . 1824. _Post 8vo, boards, uncut edges._
WATTS, ALARIC A.--Lyrics of the Heart; with other Poems. By Alaric A.
Watts. With forty-one engravings on steel. London: Longman . . . 1851.
_8vo, blue levant morocco, back and sides richly ornamented, gilt top,
uncut edges, by Matthews._
The engravings are after the designs of Stothard, Westall, David
Roberts, Howard, and others.
WATTS, ISAAC.--Divine Songs Attempted in easy Language, for the Use of
Children. By I. Watts, D. D., . . . The Twelfth Edition. London: Printed
for Richard Ford, . . . 1733. _12mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back,
gilt edges, by Bedford._
WATTS, ISAAC.--Divine and Moral Songs for Children. By Isaac Watts. D.
D. London: The Religious Tract Society &c [n. d.] _12mo, calf, gilt,
gilt edges, by F. Bedford._
Seventy woodcut illustrations.
WATTS, ISAAC.--Horae Lyricae. Poems, chiefly of the lyric kind, in three
books. . . . By Isaac Watts, D. D. To which is added, a supplement,
containing translations of all the Latin poems, with notes, by Thomas
Gibbons, D. D. . . . With a Memoir of the Author, by Robert Southey,
Esq. London: printed and published by Joseph Rickerby, . . . 1836. _Post
8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
Portrait of Watts by Scriven.
WATTS, ISAAC.--The Poetical Works of Isaac Watts. With a Memoir. . . .
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1866. _12mo, half green cloth, uncut
edges._
No. 13 of one hundred large paper copies printed, with portrait on India
paper.
WEBSTER, NOAH.--Dissertations on the English Language: with Notes
Historical and Critical, To which is added, by way of Appendix, an Essay
on a Reformed Mode of Spelling, with Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that
Subject. By Noah Webster, Jun. Esquire . . . Printed at Boston, for the
Author, by Isaiah Thomas and Company, MDCCLXXXIX. _8vo, green levant
morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by Rousselle._
WEBSTER, NOAH.--An American Dictionary of the English Language. By Noah
Webster, L. L. D. Thoroughly Revised, and greatly Enlarged and Improved
by Chauncey A. Goodrich . . . and Noah Porter . . . Cambridge. Printed
at the Riverside Press for G. & C. Merriam, publishers, Springfield,
Mass. 1865. _Folio, two volumes, brown morocco antique, gilt top, uncut
edges, by Matthews._
Large paper copy, two hundred and fifty printed, with portrait of
Webster, and engraved title, on India paper.
WEDMORE, FREDERICK.--Meryon and Meryon's Paris: with a descriptive
catalogue of the artist's work. By Frederick Wedmore. London: A. W.
Thibaudeau . . . 1879. _Crown 8vo, vellum, uncut edges._
One hundred and thirteen copies printed.
WEDMORE, FREDERICK.--Four Masters of Etching. By Frederick Wedmore. With
original etchings by Haden, Jacquemart, Whistler, and Legros. London:
The Fine Art Society, . . . 1883. _4to, half brown morocco, gilt top,
uncut edges._
One of one hundred and twenty-five large paper copies printed.
WEIROTTER, F. E.--[Etched Works of F. E. Weirotter, consisting of One
hundred and eighty designs, including many titles. 1760 &c] _Folio, red
morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges._
WELD, H. HASTINGS.--Benjamin Franklin: his autobiography; with a
narrative of his public life and services. By Rev. H. Hastings Weld.
With numerous designs [76] by J. G. Chapman. London: Sampson Low, . . .
[n. d.] _8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._
WELLINGTON.--The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss [A. M.]
J.[enkins] 1834-1851 edited, with extracts from the diary of the latter,
by Christine Terhune Herrick New York Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1889.
_16mo, boards, uncut edges._
Inserted is a letter from the Duke of Wellington to Miss Jenkins.
WELLS, NATHANIEL ARMSTRONG.--The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain;
described in a series of letters, with illustrations, [ten plates and
nineteen woodcuts] representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other
monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo,
and Seville. By Nathaniel Armstrong Wells, London: Richard Bentley, . . .
M.DCCC.XLVI. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
WESTMACOTT, RICHARD.--Handbook of Sculpture ancient and modern by
Richard Westmacott . . . Edinburgh Adam and Charles Black . . . 1864.
_12mo, cloth, uncut edges._
Frontispiece and other illustrations.
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL (ST. PETER'S COLLEGE).--Comitia
Westmonasteriensium, in Collegio S^{ti} Petri habita die
anniversario fundatricis suae Reginae Elizabethae Inauguratae Jan. XV.
[engraved coat of arms] Londini, Typis Guil. Bowyer: . . . apud
Jacobum Roberts . . . MDCCXXVIII. _Folio, red morocco, gilt edges, by
The Club Bindery. Bound with two other works entirely in Latin._
The contents of this volume are a Latin poem to the King by Robert Hay,
an English poem to the Queen by Lord Middlesex, a Latin address by
Thomas Kingsman, eighty-two short poems in Latin and English by alumni
of the College, an English "Speech in the College Hall after Dinner," by
James Noel, a Prologue in Latin, and an Epilogue in English. In the
middle of page 63 is pasted a note of four errata. On page 64 is a list
of the six men under whom the meeting was begun in 1726/7, and of their
twelve successors for the following two years.
From the Heber collection.
WESTROPP, HODDER M.--Handbook of Archaeology. The Traveller's Art
Companion to the Museums and Ancient Remains of Italy, Greece, and
Egypt. By Hodder M. Westropp. [cut] London: Bell & Daldy, . . . 1868.
_8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._
Seven plates, and numerous illustrations in the text.
WESTWOOD, J. O.--Fac-similes of the Miniatures & Ornaments of
Anglo-Saxon & Irish Manuscripts executed by J. O. Westwood, . . . drawn
on stone by W. R. Tymms. Chromo-lithographed by Day and Son, . . .
London, Bernard Quaritch, . . . MDCCCLXVIII. _Royal folio, red levant
morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges, by F. Bedford._
Title in a coloured border, and fifty-three coloured plates.
WESTWOOD, THOMAS.--The Chronicle of the 'Compleat Angler' of Izaak
Walton and Charles Cotton. Being a Bibliographical Record of its various
phases and mutations. By Thomas Westwood. London: Willis and Sotheran . . .
1864. _4to, half morocco, uncut edges._
Large paper copy.
WESTWOOD, THOMAS.--The Sword of Kingship. A legend of the "Mort
d'Arthure." By T. Westwood. London: printed for private circulation, by
Whittingham and Wilkins. 1866. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back,
sides richly decorated in gold and mosaic scrolls, &c., gilt edges, by
Bosquet._
WESTWOOD AND SATCHELL.--Bibliotheca Piscatoria a catalogue of Books on
Angling, the Fisheries and Fish-culture, with Bibliographical Notes and
an Appendix of Citations touching on angling and fishing from old
English authors. By T. Westwood and T. Satchell. London W. Satchell,
. . . 1883. _8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._
Large paper copy.
WHALLEY, THOMAS SEDGWICK.--Edwy and Edilda, a tale, in five parts. By
the Rev. Thomas Sedgwick Whalley, . . . Embellished with six fine
engravings, from original designs, by a Young Lady. London: printed for
T. Chapman, &c . . . 1794. _Royal 4to, red morocco, gilt edges, by The
Club Bindery._
WHARTON, GRACE AND PHILIP.--The Wits and Beaux of Society. By Grace and
Philip Wharton . . . With [16] Illustrations from Drawings by H. K.
Browne and James Godwin. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. London: James
Hogg & Sons, . . . [1860] _Crown 8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco,
gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
First edition.
WHARTON, GRACE.--The Literature of Society. By Grace Wharton . . . With
an Introductory Chapter on the Origin of Fiction. London: Tinsley
Brothers . . . 1862. _Crown 8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt
back, side panels, gilt over uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
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WHARTON, GRACE AND PHILIP.--The Queens of Society. By Grace and Philip
Wharton. Illustrated by Charles Altamont Doyle, and the Brothers
Dalziel. London: James Hogg & Sons. [n. d.] _Crown 8vo, two volumes, red
levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges, the lower ones
uncut, by The Club Bindery._
First edition.
WHARTON, HENRY THORNTON.--Sappho. Memoir, Text, Selected Renderings and
a Literal Translation by Henry Thornton Wharton . . . Second Edition.
London David Stott . . . MDCCCLXXXVII. _Post 8vo, vellum, uncut
edges._
Portrait of Sappho by Webb after Alma-Tadema, and facsimiles.
[WHARTON (R).]--Cheviot: a poetical fragment. By R. W. Newcastle upon
Tyne: printed by S. Hodgson, . . . MDCCCXVII. _8vo, brown morocco, gilt
back and sides, arms on the covers, gilt edges._
One of three copies printed upon India paper, and on one side only. The
editor, John Adamson, suggests that the author's name was possibly
Wharton.
WHEATLEY, HENRY BENJAMIN.--Notes on the Life of John Payne Collier; with
a complete list of his works, and an account of such Shakespeare
documents as are believed to be spurious. By Henry B. Wheatley. London:
Elliot Stock, . . . 1884. _16mo, original vellum wrappers, uncut edges._
Reprinted from the BIBLIOGRAPHER, 1883-84.
WHEATLEY, HENRY BENJAMIN.--Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum
selected for their beauty or historic interest and described by Henry B.
Wheatley . . . London Sampson Low, Marston, &c . . . 1889. _4to, half
red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._
One of twenty-five copies printed, with the sixty-two plates coloured in
imitation of the original bindings.
WHEATLEY, HEWETT.--The Rod and Line: or, practical hints and dainty
devices for the sure taking of trout, grayling, etc. by Hewett Wheatley,
. . . London: printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, . . .
1849. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
Nine coloured plates.
WHEWELL, WILLIAM.--Astronomy and General Physics considered with
reference to Natural Theology. By the Rev. William Whewell, . . .
London: William Pickering. 1833. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
Bridgewater Treatise No. III.
WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL.--See Thomas, Ralph.
WHITE, GILBERT.--The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the
County of Southampton: with engravings, and an appendix. . . . London:
printed by T. Bensley; for B. White and Son, . . . M,DCC,LXXXIX. _4to,
light brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
First edition. Folded frontispiece, second title with vignette by D.
Lerpiniere after S. H. Grimm, and seven other engravings after Grimm.
WHITE, GILBERT.--The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. By the
late Gilbert White. A New Edition, with notes by eminent naturalists,
and an enlargement of the Naturalists' Calendar. London: printed for J.
and A. Arch . . . [1832] _8vo, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top,
uncut edges._
Numerous woodcut illustrations.
WHITE, GLEESON.--English Illustration 'the sixties': 1855-70 by Gleeson
White with numerous illustrations by Ford Madox Brown: A Boyd Houghton
Arthur Hughes: Charles Keene: M. J. Lawless: Lord Leighton, P. R. A. Sir
J. E. Millais, P. R. A.: G. Du Maurier. J. W. North, R. A.: C. J.
Pinwell. Dante Gabriel Rossetti: W. Small: Frederick Sandys: J. McNeill
Whistler. Frederick Walker, A. R. A.: and others. Westminster Archibald
Constable and Co . . . 1897. _Imperial 8vo, original gilt cloth, gilt
top, uncut edges._
WHITE, HENRY KIRKE.--Clifton Grove, a sketch in verse, with Other Poems,
by Henry Kirke White, . . . London, Printed by N. Biggs, . . . for
Vernor and Hood, . . . 1803. _Small 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt
back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru._
First edition.
Two portraits of the author inserted, one a proof before letters.
The severe criticism of this book in two numbers of the _Monthly Review_
is supposed to have accelerated the author's death.
WHITE, HENRY KIRKE.--The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White. London
William Pickering 1830. _Foolscap 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas, and a portrait of White.
WHITE, RICHARD GRANT.--Shakespeare's Scholar: being historical and
critical studies of his text, characters, and commentators, with an
examination of Mr. Collier's folio of 1632. By Richard Grant White, . . .
New York: D. Appleton and Company, . . . M.DCCC.LIV. _8vo, cloth,
gilt top, uncut edges._
First edition.
WHITE, RICHARD GRANT.--An Essay on the Authorship of the three parts of
King Henry the Sixth. By Richard Grant White. Riverside Press: . . .
Cambridge, . . . 1859. _8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._
Twenty-five copies privately printed.
WHITE, RICHARD GRANT.--Memoirs of the Life of William Shakespeare, with
an essay toward the expression of his genius, and an account of the rise
and progress of the English Drama. By Richard Grant White. Boston:
Little, Brown, and Company. 1866. _8vo, half olive morocco, gilt top,
uncut edges._
Portrait on India paper, after Burbage.
No. 5 of one hundred large paper copies printed.
WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM.--Atys and Adrastus, a tale In the Manner of Dryden's
Fables. By Mr. William Whitehead, Fellow of Clare-Hall in Cambridge. . . .
London: Printed for R. Manby, . . . And Sold by M. Cooper, . . . M DCC
XLIV. _Folio, boards, by The Club Bindery._
First edition.
WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM.--The School for Lovers, a comedy. As it is Acted at
the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By William Whitehead, Esq; Poet
Laureat. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley . . . and Sold by J.
Hinxman, . . . M DCC LXII. . . . _8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery._
First edition.
WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM.--Plays and Poems by William Whitehead, Esq. Poet
Laureat . . . London; printed for J. Dodsley . . . MDCCLXXIV-XXXVIII.
_Crown 8vo, three volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top,
uncut edges, by Bedford._ Three portraits of the author inserted, two
on India paper, one a proof before letters.
The third volume is printed at York and comprises "Poems by William
Whitehead . . . to which are prefixed, Memoirs of his Life and Writings
by W. Mason."
WHITMAN, WALT.--Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: 1855. _Folio,
original green cloth._
First edition: with three-quarter standing portrait engraved on steel,
and four preliminary leaves of English and American criticisms.
WHITMAN, WALT.--Leaves of Grass Boston James R. Osgood and Company
1881-82. _12mo, cloth._
Full-length portrait engraved on steel.
WHITMAN, WALT.--Walt Whitman's Drum-Taps. New-York. 1865. _12mo, cloth._
First edition, with the sequel, "When Lilacs last in the Door-yard
bloom'd," and other pieces. Washington, 1865-66.
WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.--Poems, by John G. Whittier. . . .
Philadelphia: published by Joseph Healy. . . . 1838. _12mo, original
cloth._
First edition.
WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.--Miriam and other poems. By John Greenleaf
Whittier. [vignette] Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1871. _16mo, original
cloth._
First edition: with woodcut frontispiece, and two vignettes.
WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.--Hazel-blossoms. By John Greenleaf Whittier.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, . . . 1875. _16mo, cloth._
First edition.
WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.--See Lowell, J. R. The Pioneer.
WIGHT, JOHN.--Mornings at Bow Street. A selection of the most humourous
and entertaining Reports which have appeared in the Morning Herald. By
Mr Wight, (Bow Street reporter to the Morning Herald.) With twenty-one
illustrative drawings, By George Cruikshank. . . . London: printed for
Charles Baldwyn, . . . M DCCC XXIV. _Post 8vo, half green levant
morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._
First edition, with all the plates printed separately. In later
editions, they are in the text.
WIGHT, JOHN.--More Mornings at Bow Street. A new collection of humorous
and entertaining reports. By John Wight, of the Morning Herald. With
twenty-five illustrations by George Cruikshank [vignette] London: James
Robins and Co. . . . MDCCCXXVII. _Post 8vo, half green levant morocco,
gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._
First edition, with frontispiece etching and twenty-five woodcuts.
WILDE, OSCAR O'FLAHERTIE WILLS.--A Hovse of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde
The design & decoration of this book by C. Ricketts & C. H. Shannon
London James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co M.DCCC XCI. _4to, decorated
cloth, uncut edges._
First edition.
WILDE, OSCAR.--The Pictvre of Dorian Gray. By Oscar Wilde Ward Lock
and Co London New York & Melbovrne. [1891] _Crown 8vo, half cloth,
uncut edges._
First edition.
WILDE, OSCAR.--Lady Windermere's Fan a play about a good woman by
Oscar Wilde London . . . Elkin Mathews and John Lane . . . MDCCCXCIII.
_4to, buckram, uncut edges._
Large paper copy, fifty printed.
WILDE, OSCAR.--A Woman of no Importance by Oscar Wilde London John
Lane . . . M D CCC XCIV. _4to, yellow buckram, uncut edges._
Large paper copy, fifty printed.
WILDE, OSCAR.--The Priest and the Acolyte Honi soit qui mal y pense.
Privately Printed for Presentation only. [1894] _4to, original brown
wrappers, uncut edges._
WILDE, OSCAR.--Salome a tragedy in one act: translated [by Lord Alfred
Bruce Douglas] from the French of Oscar Wilde: pictured by Aubrey
Beardsley London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane . . . 1894. _4to, olive
silk, uncut edges._
Only one hundred copies printed, with the title-page and eleven
full-page plates on Japan paper.
WILDE, OSCAR.--The Sphinx by Oscar Wilde [woodcut] With decorations by
Charles Ricketts London M DCCCXCIV Elkin Mathews and John Lane . . .
_4to, vellum boards, decorated in gilt, uncut edges._
First edition, only twenty-five copies printed.
WILDE, OSCAR.--The Importance of being Earnest a trivial comedy for
serious people by the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan London Leonard
Smithers and Co . . . [Chiswick Press] M DCCCXCIX. _4to, cloth, uncut
edges._
WILKES, JOHN.--See Jest Books.
WILKIE AND GEDDES.--Etchings by Sir David Wilkie, R. A. Limner to H. M.
for Scotland and by Andrew Geddes, A. R. A. with biographical sketches
by David Laing, F. S. A. S. Edinburgh: MDCCCLXXV. _Folio, maroon levant
morocco, back panels and side borders blind-tooled, uncut edges._ One
hundred copies printed. This copy is extra-illustrated by a number of
trial proofs of the etchings, executed for the author, David Laing,
during the progress of the publication.
WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--Topography of Thebes, and General View of
Egypt. Being a short account of the principal objects worthy of notice
in the Valley of the Nile, to the Second Cataract and Wadee Samneh, with
the Fyoom, Oases, and Eastern Desert, from Sooez to Berenice; with
remarks on the manners and customs of the Ancient Egyptians and the
productions of the country, &c &c. By J. G. Wilkinson. London: John
Murray . . . MDCCCXXXV. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
Eleven plates.
WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--(I.-III.) Manners and Customs of the
Ancient Egyptians, including their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts,
Manufactures, Religion, and Early History; derived from a comparison of
the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments still existing, with the
accounts of Ancient Authors. Illustrated by Drawings of those Subjects.
By J. G. Wilkinson . . . London: John Murray . . . MDCCCXXXVII.
(IV.-VI.) A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient
Egyptians, including their religion, agriculture, &c. derived from a
comparison of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments still existing,
with the accounts of ancient authors. By Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, . . .
Two volumes, and a volume of plates. . . . London: John Murray, . . . M
DCCCXLI. _8vo, six volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
First edition of both series. Eighty-eight plates, some coloured, and
numerous woodcuts in the text.
WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--Modern Egypt and Thebes: being a
description of Egypt; including the information required for travellers
in that country. By Sir Gardner Wilkinson . . . with woodcuts and a
map, London: John Murray . . . 1843. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut
edges._
First edition.
WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--Dalmatia and Montenegro: with a Journey to
Mostar in Herzegovina, and remarks on the slavonic nations; the history
of Dalmatia and Ragusa; the Uscocs; &c &c. By J. Gardner Wilkinson . . .
London: John Murray . . . 1848. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
First edition. Fifteen maps and plates and numerous woodcut
illustrations.
WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--On Colour and on the necessity for a
general diffusion of taste among all classes. With remarks on laying out
dressed or geometrical gardens. Examples of good and bad taste
illustrated by woodcuts and coloured plates in contrast. By Sir J.
Gardner Wilkinson . . . London John Murray, . . . 1858. _8vo, cloth,
uncut edges._
WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--See Herodotus.
WILKINSON, RICHARD.--Vice Reclaim'd: or, the Passionate Mistress.
A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal, By Her Majesty's
Servants. Written by Richard Wilkinson, Gent. [Two lines in Latin]
London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Middle-Temple-Gate in
Fleet-street. 1703. Price 1s. 6d. _4to, blue levant morocco, gilt
back, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf._
First edition. A1-A4, a1-a4, and B-I4 in fours, half-title, A1, title,
A2.
[WILLIAMS, SIR CHARLES HANBURY.]--H----s-s----y to Sir C[harles]
H[anbury] W[illiam]s: or, The Rural Reflection of a Welch Poet. London:
Printed for A. Moore . . . 1746. . . . _Folio, cloth, by The Club
Bindery. Bound with two other works._
WILLIAMS, D. E.--The Life and Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence . . .
by D. E. Williams . . . London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . . .
1831. _8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._
Illustrated by three portraits of Lawrence, and (inserted) forty-five
portraits, etc., after his paintings, including India proofs and
engraver's etchings.
WILLIAMS, D. E.--The Life and Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence,
1831. _8vo, two volumes extended to four, red levant morocco, gilt back,
gilt edges, by Bedford._
Another copy. In addition to the three portraits of Lawrence issued with
this book, two hundred and six other portraits, etc., have been added,
including all the important examples of the artist's lifework. The
greater majority of these inserted plates are in proof state, some are
coloured, and all are selected impressions. An autograph letter of
Lawrence is also inserted, and special title-pages printed.
WILLIAMS, J. M., _editor_.--The Dramatic Censor: or, critical and
biographical Illustration of the British Stage. For the Year 1811.
Involving a correct register of every night's performances at our
metropolitan theatres, And published with a View to sustain the Morality
and Dignity of the Drama. Edited by J. M. Williams, L. L. D. . . .
London: Printed by G. Brimmer, . . . [1811] _8vo, half calf._
Portrait of "Anthony Pasquin" (John Williams) by F. Bartolozzi.
Eleven numbers, published on the eleventh of each month, beginning with
January. Although December has no separate heading, the dramatic events
of the month are chronicled through to the thirty-first, under November.
WILLIAMSON, JOHN.--The British Angler: or, a Pocket-companion for
Gentlemen-fishers. Being a New and Methodical Treatise of the Art of
Angling: Comprehending all that is Curious and Useful in the Knowledge
of that Polite Diversion. As: I. An Introduction; . . . II. The
Angler's Apparatus: . . . III. An exact Description of the several
Kinds of Fish that are found in the Rivers, . . . IV. The whole
Practice of Angling: . . .
Together with Supplemental Discourses, 1. On Fish-ponds and
Reservatories. 2. On the Laws against Poachers, and in Favour of the
Fair Angler. Also, Excellent Receipts for Dressing of Fish, and a
complete Index, in which the Terms in Use among Anglers are
occasionally explained. Embellished with Copper-Plates curiously
Engraved. The Whole Compiled from approved Authors, and above Thirty
Years Experience, By John Williamson, Gent. Who has added a
Versification of the principal Heads, at the End of each Chapter, for
the Help of Memory. London: Printed for J. Hodges, . . . M DCC XL.
_12mo, original calf._
First edition: with frontispiece by G. Bickham, and three folded plates
by B. Cole.
"WILLINGTON, JAMES."--See Goldsmith, Oliver.
WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER--Letters from under a Bridge. and Poems. By N.
P. Willis, Esq. . . . London: George Virtue, . . . 1840. _4to, green
levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges, by The Club
Bindery._
First edition. Portrait by F. C. Lewis after Lawrence, engraved
title-page and nine other plates after W. H. Bartlett.
The Letters were written to Dr. T. Olcutt Porter, and are dedicated to
Miss Jane Porter. The Prefatory Note is dated London, March 30, 1840.
WILLIS, ROBERT, _translator_.--Facsimile of the Sketch-book of Wilars de
Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century; with commentaries and
descriptions by M. J. B. A. Lassus, . . . and by M. J.[ules] Quicherat,
. . . Translated and Edited, with many additional Articles and Notes, by
the Rev. Robert Willis, . . . London: John Henry and James Parker. . . .
1859. _4to, purple levant morocco, gilt back, side fillets._
Frontispiece bust portrait of Lassus and seventy-three plates on India
paper, besides forty-three woodcuts.
WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN.--Melchior. By W. G. Wills. 1884. [Printed by
Hutchings and Crowsley, London] _4to, vellum boards, uncut edges._
One of seven copies privately printed.
WILSON, CHARLES HEATH.--Life and Works of Michelangelo Buonarroti by
Charles Heath Wilson the Life partly compiled from that by the Commend.
Aurelio Gotti--[50 illustrations] London John Murray, . . .
MDCCCLXXVI. _Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._
WILSON AND GREY.--A Practical Treatise upon modern Printing Machinery
and Letterpress Printing. By Fred J. F. Wilson and Douglas Grey.
Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. Cassell & Company, . . . London,
. . . 1888. . . . _Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._
WILSON, JAMES GRANT.--The Life and Letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck. By
James Grant Wilson. . . . New York: D. Appleton and Company, . . . 1869.
_Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
No. 36 of one hundred large paper copies printed, with portrait by H. B.
Hall after Inman, and engraved title-page.
WILSON, JOHN.--Noctes Ambrosianae by Professor [John] Wilson. William
Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh . . . MDCCCLV.[-VI] _Crown 8vo, four
volumes, calf, gilt back._
First collected edition, with a preface by J. F. F.
WILSON, JOHN.--Noctes Ambrosianae by the late John Wilson . . . Wm.
Maginn, . . . J. G. Lockhart, James Hogg, and others. Revised edition
with memoirs and notes by R. Shelton Mackenzie, . . . New York W. J.
Widdleton, . . . 1863. _12mo, five volumes, cloth, uncut edges_.
Four portraits after Sir J. Watson Gordon, Maclise, etc., and a
facsimile.
WILSON, JOHN.--The Poetical Works of Professor Wilson ["Christopher
North"]. William Blackwood and Sons. Edinburgh . . . MDCCCLVIII. _Crown
8vo, calf, gilt back, by Henderson & Bisset._
WILSON, RICHARD.--See Hastings, Thomas.
WILSON, THOMAS.--A Catalogue Raisonne of the select Collection of
Engravings of an Amateur [Thomas Wilson] London MDCCCXXVIII. _4to,
blue levant morocco, rich back and side panels, gilt edges, by W.
Matthews._
Privately printed. The engraved initials and head-pieces are on India
paper, and two autograph letters of Wilson, together with one hundred
and thirteen portraits and other engravings, are inserted. The majority
of the plates are in proof state; fourteen are by Bartolozzi, five by
Raphael Morghen, and among the others are notable examples by Rembrandt,
Nanteuil, Edelinck, Caroline Watson, Hollar, Drevet, Wille, Tardieu,
Crispin de Pass, Masson, the Sadelers, and others.
WILSON, THOMAS.--A Catalogue Raisonne of the select Collection, &c.,
1828. _Royal 4to, green morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges._
Large paper copy, with proofs on India paper. Inserted are over one
hundred specimens of engraving by Faithorne, Wierix, Raphael Morghen,
Hollar, Edelinck, Bartolozzi, the Pass family, etc.
Presentation copy from Thomas Wilson to his wife. From the collection of
John Allan.
WILSON, THOMAS.--A Descriptive Catalogue of the Prints of Rembrandt. By
an amateur. London: J. F. Setchel . . . 1836. _8vo, green levant
morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by Holloway._
Lowndes describes this book as "privately printed," but as the
title-page bears the subscription imprint of eight publishers of books
and prints, the statement is largely fictitious, though in any event the
number printed is known to have been very small.
WILSON, THOMAS.--A Descriptive Catalogue of the Prints of Rembrandt.
1836. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, of which ten were printed.
Presented by the author to Mr. Tiffin, Sept. 19, 1836, with an inserted
letter from Wilson pertinent to the subject.
WINCHELSEA, ANNE FINCH, COUNTESS OF.--Poems on Several Occasions, viz.
The Prevalence of Custom.
The Mussulman's Dream.
Jupiter and the Farmer.
The Spleen.
The Philosopher, the Young Man and his Statue.
Adam pos'd.
The House of Socrates.
The Wit and the Beau.
Cupid and Folly.
Alcidor.
The Atheist and Acorn.
The Miller, his Son, and their Ass.
The Phoenix.
A Nocturnal Reverie.
The Shepherd piping to the Fishes.
Love, Death, and Reputation.
Fanscomb's Barn.
Alexander's Epistle to Hephaestion.
The Lord and the Bramble.
The cautious Lover.
The Equipage.
The Executor.
The Change.
The Nightingale.
The Tradesman and Scholar.
Life's Progress.
Aristomenes, &c. a Tragedy, &c.
Written by the Right Honourable Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.
London: Printed by J. B. and sold by W. Taylor . . . and Jonas Browne
. . . 1714. _8vo, old red morocco, gilt back, side borders, arms in the
corners, gilt edges, in a brown levant morocco case with gilt back._
"The Spleen" was first printed in Charles Gildon's Miscellany, 1701.
Lady Winchelsea's poetical name was "Ardelia."
WIRT, WILLIAM.--The Letters of the British Spy. Originally published in
the Virginia Argus, in August and September, 1803. The second edition.
Richmond: printed by Samuel Pleasants, Junior. December, 1803. _Crown
8vo, calf, citron edges._
Inserted are two portraits of Wirt, by J. B. Longacre and P. Maverick, a
print of Richmond by Maverick, and an autograph letter from Wirt to
Henry Thompson, dated Washington, Dec. 4, 1820.
WIT.--Of Modern Wit. An Epistle To The Right Honourable Sir William
Young. London: Printed for Henry Lintot . . . MDCCXXXII. _Folio, red
levant morocco, by The Club Bindery. Bound with ten other works._
WIT.--The New Foundling Hospital for Wit. Being a collection of several
curious pieces, in verse and prose: written by
Lord Chesterfield,
Lord Hardwicke,
Lord Lyttelton,
Sir C. H. Williams,
Mr. Wilkes,
Mr. Churchill,
Mr. Garrick,
Mr. Potter,
Dr. Akenside.
and other eminent persons. London: Printed in the Year MDCCLXVIII.
_Small 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Riviere._
Caricature frontispiece.
WIT.--A new edition, with great additions. The Festival of Wit: or, the
Small Talker. Consisting of Flights of Humour and Genius, selected from
a voluminous work, In the Possession of G***** K***, Summer
Resident at W----. With the Life of the Author and Compiler, Written
by Himself. When Prussia's Monarch writes, why may not I? London,
Printed, by Permission of the Editor, for M. Smith; and sold by the
Booksellers of Piccadilly, Fleet-street, and Paternoster-row.
1783. _Small 8vo, panelled calf, gilt back and sides, citron top, uncut
edges, by Riviere._
WIT.--(I.) The New Festival of Wit; or, Gleanings, From the best
Authors of Jokes, Jests, and Flashes of Merriment; with Curious
Anecdotes. . . . London: Printed for R. Rusted, . . . six-pence, [n. d.]
(II.) The Paragon of Mirth & Drollery, or the new Merry Jester,
Calculated for the Sons of conviviality, and jocularity. London: printed
for R. Rusted, . . . [n. d.] _12mo, two works in one volume, red
straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Frontispieces engraved by T. Ovenden and printed in brown ink, the
second hand-coloured in part.
WIT.--Wits Museum, or the new London Jester; a collection by the choice
Spirits of the present age. A new Edition [vignette] London, Printed for
W. Lane, . . . Price Two Shillings. [1790] _12mo, red straight-grain
morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Engraved title-page and frontispiece, "Charles Fox & his Merry
Companions."
WIT.--Attic Wit; or, a Medley of Humour: Containing an agreeable variety
of Bon Mots, Jokes, & Repartees; being Humorous, Whimsical, Laughable,
Novel and Sentimental; In prose and verse. designed To promote Mirth,
Jocularity, and Chearfulness, in in both sexes. London: Printed for
and sold by A. Hamilton, . . . 1791. Ornamented with an engraved
frontispiece. Price one shilling. _12mo, red straight-grain morocco,
Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Engraved frontispiece, "Attic Meeting or the Jovial Companions."
WIT.--The Museum of Wit; being a choice collection of Poetical Pieces,
Instructive and Entertaining; . . . Selected from various authors. . . .
London: printed for Crosby and Letterman, . . . By J. Cundee, . . .
1800. _12mo, green straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by
The Club Bindery._
Frontispiece by Scott after Satchwell.
WIT.--The Banquet of Wit: containing a choice collection of bon-mots,
jests, repartees, for the Amusement of the Fire-side, [woodcut] . . .
Gosport: printed by J. Watts. And Sold by Crosby and Letterman, . . .
London. [n. d.] _12mo, green straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt
edges, by The Club Bindery._
Frontispiece, "The Rival Candidates," by T. S. Seed.
WIT.--The Encyclopedia of Wit. [vignette] London, Printed for R.
Phillips, . . . [n. d.] Price Six Shillings in Boards. _12mo, red
morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Alfred Matthews._
Engraved frontispiece title, with vignette, "A Laughing Audience," by E.
Mills after Hogarth.
WIT.--See Jest Books.
WIT'S MAGAZINE.--The Wit's Magazine; or, Library of Momus. Being a
Compleat Repository of Mirth, Humour, and Entertainment . . . [Edited by
Thomas Holcroft] London: Printed for Harrison and Co . . . MDCCLXXXIV-V.
_8vo, two volumes in one, mottled calf, gilt back, side border, gilt
edges._
The complete issue of this magazine from January, 1784, to May, 1785,
inclusive. Of the seventeen double-page plates, five are by Blake.
WOLCOTT, ROGER.--Poetical Meditations, being the Improvement of some
Vacant Hours, By Roger Wolcott, Esq, with a Preface By the Reverend M^{r}
Bulkley of Colchester. New London: Printed and Sold by L. Green, 1725.
_Small 8vo, red morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford._
WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARY.--See Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft.
WOLSELEY, GARNET JOSEPH, (FIRST) VISCOUNT.--The Life of John Churchill
Duke of Marlborough to the Accession of Queen Anne by General
Viscount Wolseley, . . . [vignette] . . . London Richard Bentley and
Son . . . 1894 . . . _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
First edition. Eight portraits, five plans, four vignettes, two views,
and one facsimile.
WOLTMANN, ALFRED.--Holbein and his Time. By Dr. Alfred Woltmann.
Translated by F. E. Bunnett. With sixty illustrations. London: Richard
Bentley and Son, . . . 1872.
Proof sheets, unbound.
WOLTMANN AND FOUQUE.--The White Lady [by C. Von Woltmann] and Undine [by
La Motte Fouque] London William Pickering 1844. _Post 8vo, white
satin, brocaded in silk and embroidered in light green, gilt top, uncut
edges, by The Club Bindery._
Printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, with numerous woodcut
illustrations.
WOOD, ANTHONY A.--See Jest Books. Modius Salium.
WOOD, JOHN GEORGE.--Homes without Hands. Being a description of the
habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of
construction. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, . . . With new designs by W. F.
Keyl, and E. Smith. Engraved by G. Pearson. London: Longmans, Green, and
Co. 1866. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
WOOD, MARY ANNE EVERETT (MRS. GEORGE PYCOCK GREEN).--Letters of Royal
and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain, from the commencement of the
twelfth century to the close of the Reign of Queen Mary. Edited chiefly
from the originals in the State Paper Office, the Tower of London, the
British Museum, and other State Archives, by Mary Anne Everett Wood.
Illustrated with fac-simile autographs . . . London: Henry Colburn . . .
1846. _Crown 8vo, three volumes, gilt back, citron edges, by Bedford._
WOOD, ROBERT.--An Essay on the Original Genius and Writings of Homer:
with a comparative view of the ancient and present state of the Troade.
Illustrated with engravings. By the late Robert Wood, Esq; . . . London:
Printed by H. Hughs; For T. Payne, . . . and P. Elmsly, . . . MDCCLXXV.
_4to, green morocco, back and sides richly tooled with brackets and
floral festoons, the arms of Horace Walpole on both covers, gilt edges._
Portrait of Homer engraved by Basire, four large plates, and vignettes
engraved by Bartolozzi.
Presentation copy from Mrs. Wood to Horace Walpole, with a note from
Elmsly inserted, stating that he had orders to "bind the copy in the
most elegant manner."
WOODCUTS.--A Collection of eighty-four woodcut engravings, India proofs,
by Carbonneau and other French artists. Paris 1825-1850. _Folio, half
brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, by R. W. Smith._
WOODFALL, WILLIAM.--See Savage, Richard.
WOOLLEY, CHARLES.--A two Years Journal in New-York: And part of its
Territories in America. By C. W. A. M. London, Printed for John Wyat, . . .
and Eben Tracy, . . . MDCCI. _16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back,
side borders, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE.--Lyrical Ballads, with a few other poems.
London: printed for J. & A. Arch, . . . 1798. _Foolscap 8vo, calf, gilt
back, side borders._
First edition.
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--Poems, . . . by William Wordsworth, author of the
Lyrical Ballads . . . London, Printed for Longman, . . . 1807. _12mo,
two volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._
First collected edition.
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--The White Doe of Rylstone; or the Fate of the
Nortons, a Poem. By William Wordsworth. London: printed for Longman, . . .
by James Ballantyne and C^{o}., Edinburgh 1815. _4to, calf, gilt back,
gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._
First edition, with a frontispiece engraved by Bromley after Sir George
Beaumont.
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--[The White Doe of Rylstone. The forty-four
illustrations by Birket Foster, and H. Noel Humphreys, retouched
engraver's proofs on India paper.] _4to, half green morocco._
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--The Waggoner, A Poem. To which are added, Sonnets.
By William Wordsworth. . . . London: Printed by Strahan and
Spottiswoode, . . . for Longman, Hurst, . . . 1819. _12mo, red levant
morocco, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
First edition: dedicated to Charles Lamb.
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820. By
William Wordsworth. London: printed for Longman, Hurst, . . . 1822.
_8vo, red levant morocco, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The
Club Bindery._
First edition.
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. London:
Edward Moxon: . . . MDCCCXXXVI[-VII]. _Post 8vo, six volumes, half red
levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._
Portrait by Watt after Pickersgill.
WORLD, THE.--See British Essayists.
WORLIDGE, THOMAS.--[Select Collection of Drawings from curious Antique
Gems, etched after the manner of Rembrandt by Thomas Worlidge London
1768.] _Royal 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Allo._
The true edition of 1768, without the letterpress, and with one hundred
and sixty-nine plates.
WORLIDGE, THOMAS.--A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique
Gems; most of them in the possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this
Kingdom; etched after the manner of Rembrandt. By T. Worlidge, painter.
London: printed by Dryden Leach, for M. Worlidge, . . . and M.
Wicksteed, . . . MDCCLXVIII. _4to, old red straight-grain morocco, gilt
back, side borders, corner ornaments, gilt edges, by C. Smith._
Large paper copy of the second edition, with etched portrait, 1754, and
one hundred and eighty-two plates, proofs on French plate paper.
The text calls for only one hundred and eighty plates, but there are two
Fauns at No. 11, and preceding No. 85, at the beginning of Volume II, is
an extra plate, "Medusa Antique."
WORNUM, RALPH NICHOLSON.--The Epochs of Painting. A Biographical and
Critical Essay on Painting and Painters of all times and many places. By
Ralph Nicholson Wornum, . . . London: Chapman and Hall, . . . MDCCCLXIV.
_8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
Forty illustrations.
WORNUM, RALPH NICHOLSON.--Some Account of the Life and Works of Hans
Holbein, Painter, of Augsburg. With numerous illustrations. By Ralph
Nicholson Wornum, . . . London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1867. . . .
_Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
Portrait by C. W. Sharpe after Holbein, and thirty-three other
illustrations.
WOTY, WILLIAM.--Poems on Several Occasions; by W. Woty. . . . Derby:
printed for the author, by J. Drewry. M, DCC, LXXX. _8vo, contemporary
red morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges._
The Heber copy.
WREATH, THE.--See Du Bois, Edward.
WRIGHT, MABEL OSGOOD.--The Friendship of Nature A New England Chronicle
of Birds and Flowers by Mabel Osgood Wright. With Twelve Full-page
Illustrations from Photographs by the Author. New York Macmillan and
Company . . . 1894. _12mo, boards, uncut edges._
Large paper copy, two hundred and fifty printed.
WYN, ELIS.--See Borrow, George.
WYNNE, JAMES.--Private Libraries of New York. By James Wynne, M. D.
New York: E. French, . . . M D CCC LX. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
Woodcut frontispiece.
YARRELL, WILLIAM.--A History of British Fishes. By William Yarrell . . .
Illustrated by nearly 400 woodcuts . . . London: John Van Voorst . . .
M.DCCC.XXXVI [-LX]. _Imperial 8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco,
back and sides richly tooled, gilt edges, by Bedford._
Largest paper copy (10-11/16 by 7-1/8 inches), with portrait of the
Author, proof on India paper, and both Supplements, the second edited by
Sir John Richardson. A Life of Yarrell and a list of his writings appear
in the first volume.
YARRELL, WILLIAM.--A History of British Birds. By William Yarrell . . .
Illustrated by 520 wood-engravings. London: John Van Voorst . . .
M.DCCC.XLIII.[-XLV-LVL] _Imperial 8vo, four volumes, green levant
morocco, back and sides richly tooled, gilt edges, by Bedford._
Largest paper copy (10-11/18 by 7-1/8 inches), with the two Supplements.
YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER.--The Wind among the Reeds. By William Butler
Yeats London. Elkin Mathews . . . MDCCCCIII. _Post 8vo, half cloth,
uncut edges._
YELLOW BOOK.--The Yellow Book An Illustrated Quarterly Volume I
April 1894 [Volume XIII, April, 1897] London: Elkin Mathews & John
Lane . . . _4to, thirteen volumes, decorated yellow cloth, uncut edges._
YOUNG, EDWARD.--Two Epistles to Mr. Pope, Concerning the Authors of the
Age. [vignette] London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver, . . . MDCCXXX.
_8vo, red morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
"Epistle II, From Oxford," extends from D-F2 in fours, ending with four
lines of Errata. F3-F4 are advertisements.
YOUNG, EDWARD.--The Works of the Author of the Night-Thoughts. Revised
and corrected by himself London: Printed for J. Buckland . . .
MDCCLXXIV.-[W. Owen,-XXIII and T. Cadell-XXVIII.] _12mo, six volumes,
red morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by J. Clarke._
Portrait by Boitard. The fifth volume contains a Life of the poet.
YOUNG, EDWARD.--Night Thoughts by Edward Young, D. D. With the Life of
the Author, and notes critical & explanatory. [vignette by P. Rothwell
after Stothard] London Printed by C. Whittingham for T.
Heptinstall, . . . 1798. _Royal 8vo, Spanish calf, gilt back, side
borders._
Large paper copy, with portrait by J. Collyer, and eight illustrations
after Stothard.
YOUNG, EDWARD.--The Poetical Works of Edward Young. London William
Pickering, 1834. _Foolscap 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
Memoir by the Rev. John Mitford, and a portrait of Young.
YOUNG, JOHN, _editor_.--A Catalogue of Pictures by British Artists, in
the possession of Sir John Fleming Leicester, . . . with etchings from
the whole collection. Including the pictures in his gallery at Tabley
House, Cheshire; . . . and accompanied with historical and biographical
notices. By John Young, . . . London: printed by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol,
. . . April 2, 1821. _Folio, half blue morocco, uncut edges._
Thirty-three plates (seventy figures) on India paper.
YOUNG CHEVALIER.--See Pretender.
ZAEHNSDORF, JOSEPH W.--The Art of Bookbinding by Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf
Illustrated. London George Bell & Sons . . . 1880. _Crown 8vo, cloth,
uncut edges._
Fifty copies printed on large paper, for private circulation only.
ZIMMERN, HELEN.--See Firdusi.
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.--The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society
Delineated. Published with the Sanction of the Council . . . Chiswick:
Printed by Charles Whittingham . . . M.DCCC.XXXI. _8vo, two volumes in
one, calf, gilt back, gilt edges._
Printed on India paper, with woodcut illustrations of Quadrupeds and
Birds, engraved by Branston and Wright after drawings by William Harvey.
ZOUCH, THOMAS.--The Life of Isaac Walton; including notices of his
contemporaries. By Thomas Zouch . . . London: Septimus Prowett, Strand.
MDCCCXXIV. _4to, half morocco, uncut edges._
Largest paper copy. Twenty-one plates, proofs on India paper, including
two portraits, and five other India proofs added.