1. Title-page. 2. Blank. 3. The Argument. 4. Blank. 5. "As a new heaven
is begun," with two drawings. 6. The voice of the Devil, with one
drawing. 7-8. "Those who restrain desire," with one drawing. 8-9. A
Memorable Fancy, "As I was walking among the fires of hell." 9-12.
Proverbs of Hell, one drawing. 13. "The ancient Poets," etc., two
drawings. 14-15. A Memorable Fancy, "The Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel."
16. "The ancient tradition," etc., one drawing. 17. A Memorable Fancy,
"I was in a Printing house in Hell," one drawing. 18-19. "The Giants who
formed this world," one drawing. 19-22. A Memorable Fancy, "An Angel
came to me," one drawing. 23-24. "I have always found," etc., one
drawing. 24-26. A Memorable Fancy, "Once I saw a Devil," one drawing.
27-29. A Song of Liberty. 30. Blank.
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. _4to, half morocco,
gilt top, uncut edges._
One hundred copies reproduced from the original in the collection of
Lord Houghton.
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--Songs of Experience 1794 The Author & Printer W
Blake. _Post 8vo, maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt back, side panels,
corner ornaments, gilt edges._
The plates are arranged as follows, by leaves, the versos being blank:
1. Title-page. 2. Introduction. 3. Earth's Answer. 4. The Clod & the
Pebble. 5. The Chimney Sweeper, "A little black thing among the snow."
6. A Poison Tree. 7. Infant Sorrow. 8. The Tyger. 9. The Fly. 10. The
Sick Rose. 11. The Human Abstract. 12. A Little Girl Lost, "Children of
the Future Age." 13-14. The Little Girl Lost, "In futurity I prophetic
see" [found also in both copies of "Songs of Innocence"]. 14-15. The
Little Girl Found, "All the night in woe" [found in "Songs of
Innocence"]. 16. The Garden of Love. 17. The Angel. 18. My Pretty Rose
Tree, Ah! Sunflower, and The Lilly. 19. A Little Boy Lost, "Nought loves
another as itself." 20. To Tirzah. 21. London. 22. The Little Vagabond.
23. Holy Thursday, "Is this a holy thing to see." 24. Nurses Song, "when
the voices of children are heard on the green, And whisperings are in
the dale" [a different version from that in "Songs of Innocence"]. 25.
The School Boy, "I love to rise in a summer morn."
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William
Blake London: R. Brimley Johnson. Guildford: A. C. Curtis. M DCCC I.
_Square 16mo, red levant morocco, side border of mosaic in green and
blue morocco, doubled with red morocco, wide floral borders of gilt and
green mosaic, the intervals filled with dots, vellum guards, gauffred
gilt top, uncut edges, by the Guild of Women-Binders._
Aquatint frontispiece after Blake.
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--Songs of Innocence and Experience with other poems By
W Blake London Basil Montagu Pickering . . . 1866 _Foolscap 8vo,
cloth, uncut edges._
First issue, printed without the name of the Editor, Richard Herne
Shepherd. Fifty copies were printed containing the cancelled lines on
pages 89 and 100, where the asterisks occur in this copy.
"Long John Brown and Little Mary Bell" is here printed for the first
time. It was omitted in the Appendix to Gilchrist's "Life of Blake," for
the reasons stated there.
The present copy was the Editor's, and contains the substance of the
preceding notes, in his handwriting.
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--Milton, a Poem in 12 Books. The Author & Printer W.
Blake 1804. To Justify the Ways of God to Men. _4to, original calf
binding._
Forty-five pages, ten being entirely illustration, thirteen partly so,
and the rest in script text with background in many colours.
In all probability the best of three copies of this book known to exist,
though it is said that Blake made twelve copies in all. The other known
copies are in the British Museum and Lenox Library. Mr. Muir, who
reproduced the copy in the British Museum, places this example as better
than either of the others, the scheme of colour being more perfect.
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--Illustrations of The Book of Job Invented & Engraved
by William Blake 1825 London Published . . . March 8: 1825, by
William Blake. . . . _Folio, half red morocco, uncut edges, by The Club
Bindery._
Large paper copy. Engraved title and twenty-one proof plates on India
paper.
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--Poetical Sketches By William Blake now first
reprinted from the original edition of 1783 edited and prefaced by
Richard Herne Shepherd London Basil Montagu Pickering . . . 1868.
_Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--The Poems of William Blake comprising Songs of
Innocence and of Experience together with poetical sketches and some
copyright poems not in any other edition London Basil Montagu
Pickering . . . 1874. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--Volume I. (I.) Number 31 Songs of Innocence. W. Blake
1789 [rep. 1885] (II.) Number 6. Songs of Experience. W^{m} Blake 1794
[rep. 1885] (III.) Number 33. The Book of Thel. W^{m} Blake 1789 [rep.
1885] (IV.) Number 35. Visions of the Daughters of Albion. W Blake
1793 [repr. 1885] (V.) Number 12. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.
Will^{m} Blake. 1790 [rep. 1885]
Volume II. (I.) Copy No. 15. Milton, a poem in 2 books, By Wm. Blake,
1804, facsimiled at Edmonton, anno 1886, By Wm. Muir, J. D. Watts, H. T.
Muir, and E. Druitt. For whom Bernard Quaritch, . . . is agent. (II.)
No. 2. The Gates of Paradise, by Wm. Blake, Lambeth, 1793. Facsimiled at
Edmonton, anno 1888, By Mary Hughes and Wm. Muir. Bernard Quaritch, . . .
(III.) No. 5. The First Book of Urizen, by Wm. Blake, Lambeth, 1794.
Facsimiled at Edmonton in 1888 by Wm. Muir, H. T. Muir, J. D. Watts, and
A. F. Westcott, from the splendid original belonging to Mr. Macgeorge,
of Glasgow. . . . Blake calls this the "First" Book, but he composed no
Second. . . . Bernard Quaritch, . . . (IV.) Copy No. 1. There is no
Natural Religion. By Wm. Blake. Facsimilied at Edmonton Anno 1886 by Wm.
Muir, E. Druitt, H. T. Muir, and J. D. Watts. . . . _4to, two volumes,
half green straight-grain morocco, uncut edges, with the original covers
bound in, by The Club Bindery._
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--Facsimile of what is believed to be the last replica of
The Songs of Innocence and of Experience executed by William Blake
With an Introduction By Edwin J. Ellis . . . London Bernard
Quaritch, . . . 1893. _Royal 4to, half brown morocco, uncut edges._
No. 28 of fifty copies in water-colours, on printed outlines, touched
with gold, in exact imitation of Blake's own work.
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--The Poems of William Blake edited by W. B. Yeats.
London: Laurence & Bullen, . . . 1893. _Post 8vo, half vellum, gilt top,
uncut edges._
Portrait. No. 53 of two hundred copies printed on large paper.
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--Selections from the Writings of William Blake with an
introductory essay by Laurence Housman London C. Kegan Paul, Trench,
Truebner & Co. Ltd. MDCCCXCIII. _Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut
edges._
Large paper copy, fifty printed, with a frontispiece.
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--[Illustrations to Dante's "Inferno."] _Oblong 4to, half
cloth, gilt top._
Seven plates on India paper.
BLAKE, WILLIAM.--See Blair, Robert.
BLAKEY, ROBERT, _editor_.--The Angler's Song Book. Compiled and Edited
by Robert Blakey . . . London: George Cox . . . 1855. _8vo, green
morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt edges, by Matthews._
Presentation copy from the author to Octave Delepierre. Printed on paper
of various colours and tints.
BLAKEY, ROBERT.--Historical Sketches of the Angling Literature of all
Nations. By Robert Blakey . . . to which is added A Bibliography of
English Writers on Angling London: John Russell Smith . . . MDCCCLVI.
_12mo, calf, gilt and inlaid back, gilt edges._
BLEECKER AND FAUGERES.--The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker, in
prose and verse. To which is added, A Collection of Essays, prose and
poetical, by Margaretta V. Faugeres. New York: Printed by T. and J.
Swords . . . 1793. _12mo, red calf, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by
Pratt._
Portrait by Tiebout.
BLENNERHASSETT, LADY.--Madame de Stael her friends, and her influence
in politics and literature. By Lady Blennerhassett. With a portrait of
Madame de Stael. . . . London: Chapman and Hall . . . 1889. _8vo, three
volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
A slightly abridged translation by J. E. Gordon Cumming.
"BLINKINSOP, VICESIMUS."--See Hook, Theodore.
BLOEMART, ABRAHAM.--Twenty-five Etchings by Abraham Bloemart, original
impressions, depicting Beggars, Soldiers, &c. _12mo, red morocco, gilt
top, uncut edges, by Stikeman._
BLOODGOOD, S. DEWITT.--The Sexagenary: or, Reminiscences of the American
Revolution. . . . Albany, . . . J. Munsell, . . . 1866. _8vo, half blue
morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._
One of fifty copies printed upon large paper, with three inserted
portraits.
BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT.--(I.) The Farmer's Boy; a rural poem. By Robert
Bloomfield. . . . [vignette] London: printed for Vernor and Hood, . . .
by T. Bensley, . . . MDCCC. (II.) Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs: By
Robert Bloomfield, . . . London: printed for Vernor and Hood, . . . and
Longman and Rees, . . . By T. Bensley, . . . 1802. _4to, two works in
one volume, green levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by
Bedford._
First editions. In addition to the woodcuts by Bewick, over one hundred
engravings have been inserted, including nine portraits of the author,
also forty-five views and sixty miniature vignettes, for the greater
part proofs on India paper.
BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT.--The Farmer's Boy. 1800. _4to, green levant morocco,
gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Another copy, with the title on India paper.
BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT.--The Farmer's Boy; a rural poem. By Robert
Bloomfield. The fourteenth edition. London: printed for Longman . . .
1820. _12mo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut
edges._
Nine woodcut illustrations by Bewick.
BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT.--May Day with the Muses. By Robert Bloomfield, . . .
[vignette] London: printed for the author; and for Baldwin, Cradock, and
Joy. 1822. _12mo, boards, uncut edges._
Eight woodcut vignettes.
BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT.--Poems by Robert Bloomfield, the Farmer's Boy. With
thirteen illustrations, designed and drawn by T. Sidney Cooper, J.
Callcott Horsley, J. Frederick Tayler, and Thomas Webster, . . .
engraved by Thurston Thompson. London: John Van Voorst, . . . M DCCC
XLV. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
BLUNDERELLA: or, the Impertinent. A tale. . . . To which is Added The
Beau Monde, or, the Pleasures of St. James's. A new ballad. To the
Tune of, Oh! London, is a fine Town, &c. London: Printed for A. Dodd, . . .
M DCCXXX. _Folio, cloth, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN.--The Love Songs of Proteus with frontispiece by
the author. London C. Kegan Paul & Co. . . . MDCCCLXXXI. _Foolscap 8vo,
cloth, uncut edges._
BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN.--The Love Lyrics & Songs of Proteus by Wilfrid
Scawen Blunt, with the Love Sonnets of Proteus by the same author. Now
reprinted in their full text with many Sonnets omitted from the earlier
editions [Reeves & Turner] London MDCCCXCII. _Small 4to, parchment
covers, uncut edges._
Three hundred copies printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press.
BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN.--In Vinculis. By Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. London
Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. . . . MDCCCLXXXIX. _Crown 8vo, original covers,
uncut edges._
Large paper copy, fifty printed, with etched portrait of the author,
Japan proof.
BOADEN, FORSTER, AND OTHERS.--(I.) An Inquiry into the Authenticity of
various Pictures and Prints, which, from the decease of the poet to our
own times, have been offered to the public as Portraits of Shakspeare:
containing a careful examination of the evidence on which they claim to
be received; by which the pretended portraits have been rejected, the
genuine confirmed and established. Illustrated by accurate and finished
engravings, by the ablest artists, from such originals as were of
indisputable authority. By James Boaden, . . . London: printed for
Robert Triphook, . . . 1824. (II.) A Few Remarks by Henry Rumsey Forster
on the Chandos portrait of Shakspeare, recently purchased at Stowe, for
the Right Hon. The Earl of Ellesmere. And a letter upon the Same, by H.
Rodd. London: [No. 28 of] fifty copies printed for private distribution,
1849. (III.) On the Principal Portraits of Shakspeare. (From "Notes &
Queries," April 23, 1864). By George Scharf. (IV.) An Inquiry into the
History, Authenticity, and Characteristics of the _Shakspere_ Portraits;
the death mask Martin Droeshout's engraving, the Chandos picture, the
Janssen, and others of that period; together with the Stratford
monument, Roubiliac's, and the one in Westminster Abbey. _Royal 4to,
four works in one volume (the last three inlaid to 4to), half red levant
morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bradstreet's._
Large paper copy. Besides the seven portraits published with the first
work, there are inserted five views, one facsimile, and ten other
portraits, including those engraved by R. Cooper, Neagle, Scriven, J.
Cochran, Lud. Du Guernier, W: Sharp, and W. Holl.
The second and fourth works contain woodcuts.
BOADEN, JAMES.--The Life of Mrs. Jordan; including original private
correspondence, and numerous anecdotes of her contemporaries. By James
Boaden . . . London: Edward Bull . . . 1831. _8vo, two volumes, boards,
uncut edges._
First edition. Portrait of Mrs. Jordan by Worthington after Romney,
another (inserted) in the character of the Country Girl, and a
facsimile.
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI.--The Decameron; or, ten days entertainment of
Boccaccio. Translated from the Italian. To which are prefixed, Remarks
on the life and writings of Boccaccio; and an advertisement, By the
Author of Old Nick [Edward Dubois] . . . London: printed for . . . all
Booksellers. 1845. _8vo, calf, gilt back, citron edges, by Bedford._
Portrait and ten plates by Stothard inserted.
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI.--The Decameron or Ten Days' Entertainment of
Boccaccio. A revised translation, by W. K. Kelly. London: Henry G. Bohn
. . . M DCCC LV. _Post 8vo, half blue morocco, uncut edges._
Portrait of Boccaccio by Hinchliff after Van Dalen.
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI.--The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (Il Boccaccio)
now first completely done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne . . .
London: M DCCC LXXXVI: printed for the Villon Society by private
subscription and for private circulation only, _4to, three volumes,
vellum boards, gilt top, uncut edges._
Large paper copy, No. 23.
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI.--A translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's Life of
Dante with an introduction and a note on the portraits of Dante by G. R.
Carpenter. The Grolier Club of the City of New York MDCCCC. _8vo,
original boards, uncut edges._
Three hundred copies printed, with portrait of Dante, and folded plate
of Florence.
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI.--A translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's Life of
Dante. 1900. _8vo, brown levant morocco, rich gilt back and side
borders, doubled with vellum, gilt borders, vellum guards, gilt over
uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
Another copy. One of three printed upon vellum.
BOHN, HENRY G.--The Biography and Bibliography of Shakespeare. By Henry
G. Bohn. [1863] _4to, red levant morocco, doubled with russia, russia
guards, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf._
Nineteen plates. Published by the Philobiblon Society, and dedicated to
its members. The author's own copy.
BOHN, HENRY G.--The Biography and Bibliography of Shakespeare. [1863]
_Small 4to, red levant morocco, back and sides blind tooled, gilt top,
uncut edges, by Alfred Matthews._
Another copy.
BOHN, HENRY G., _editor_.--A Dictionary of Quotations from the English
Poets. By Henry G. Bohn, . . . London: printed for private distribution.
1867. _4to, red levant morocco, doubled with russia, russia guards, gilt
top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf._
BOOKBINDING.--A Collection of Facsimiles from examples of historic or
artistic bookbinding, illustrating the history of binding as a branch of
the decorative arts. [111 coloured plates] London: Bernard Quaritch, . . .
1889. _Royal 8vo, half red straight-grain morocco, gilt back, gilt
top, uncut edges, with the original covers bound in, by Stikeman._
BOOKBINDING.--Catalogue raisonnee Works on Bookbinding practical and
historical Examples of Bookbindings of the XVIth to XIXth centuries
from the collection of Samuel Putnam Avery, A. M. exhibited at
Columbia University Library M DCCCC III [Compiled by Charles Alexander
Nelson] Privately printed [at the De Vinne Press] New York [1903].
_12mo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._
Frontispiece on Japan paper from a water-colour drawing and autograph
note by Maurice Leloir.
One of one hundred copies printed for Mr. Avery, with Addenda and
frontispiece not in the first edition. Presentation copy.
BOOK OF FUN.--The Book of Fun. London J. Gilbert. _12mo, red levant
morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._
This volume comprises: "The Illustrated English Grammar; or, Lindley
Murray Simplified"; "The Comic Speaker"; "Illustrated Arithmetic; or,
Cyphering made Comical"; and "The Comic History of Rome." Lithographic
title-page, numerous woodcut illustrations, and the original cloth
covers.
BOOK OF GEMS.--The Book of Gems. The Poets and Artists of Great Britain.
Edited by S. C. Hall. London: Saunders and Otley . . . 1836-'7-'8.
_8vo, three volumes, calf, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges,
by Riviere._
First edition. One hundred and forty-nine vignette illustrations
engraved on steel by Finden, Greatbach, Goodall, Cousins, etc., after
the designs of Mulready, Eastlake, Lawrence, Etty, Prout, Beechey,
Stanfield, Wilkie, Reynolds, Maclise, Turner, Stothard, Flaxman, Leslie,
Constable, Gainsborough, Landseer, and others.
BOOSEY, THOMAS.--Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings by an Old
Angler and Bibliopolist [T. Boosey]. To which is added a Catalogue of
Books on Angling [by William Pickering] London William Pickering
1835. _16mo, cloth, uncut edges._
Frontispiece. The Catalogue of Books on Angling has a separate title,
dated 1836.
BOOTH, EDWIN.--Excerpts from the many good words uttered in honor of
Edwin Booth At the Supper given on Saturday Night, March 30, 1889, by
Augustin Daly and A. M. Palmer. Printed for The Players. New York
1889. _4to, cloth, uncut edges._
BOOTH, MARY L.--History of the City of New York by Mary L. Booth . . .
Illustrated . . . New York W. R. C. Clark . . . 1867. _Imperial 8vo,
two volumes, boards, uncut edges._
First edition. No. 49 of one hundred large paper copies printed.
BORROW, GEORGE.--Faustus: his Life, Death, and Descent into Hell.
Translated from the German. . . . London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall.
1825. _Post 8vo, half russia, gilt top, uncut edges._
First edition. Coloured frontispiece.
BORROW, GEORGE.--Romantic Ballads, translated from the Danish; and
Miscellaneous Pieces; by George Borrow. Norwich: printed and published
by S. Wilkin . . . 1826. _8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._
First edition. Original autograph poems of Borrow and Allan Cunningham
inserted.
BORROW, GEORGE.--Targum. or Metrical Translations from thirty languages
and dialects. By George Borrow . . . St. Petersburg. Printed by Schulz
and Beneze. 1835. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut
edges, by Riviere._
First edition.
BORROW, GEORGE, _translator_.--The Talisman. From the Russian of
Alexander Pushkin. With other Pieces. St. Petersburg. Printed by Schulz
and Beneze. 1835. _8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut
edges, by Riviere._
BORROW, GEORGE, _translator_.--Embeo e Majaro Lucas. Broto-boro randado
andre la chipe griega, acana chibado andre o Romano, o chipe es zincales
de Sese. El Evangelio segun S. Lucas, traducido al Romani, o dialecto de
los Gitanos de Espana. 1837. _16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt
top, by Riviere._
First edition.
BORROW, GEORGE.--The Zincali; or, an account of the Gypsies of Spain.
With an original collection of their songs and poetry, and a copious
dictionary of their language. By George Borrow, . . . London: John
Murray, . . . 1841. _Crown 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
First edition.
BORROW, GEORGE.--The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and
imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the
scriptures in the Peninsula. By George Borrow, . . . London: John
Murray, . . . 1843. _Crown 8vo, three volumes, brown levant morocco,
gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._
First edition.
BORROW, GEORGE.--Lavengro; the Scholar--the Gypsy--the Priest. By George
Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1851. _Crown 8vo, three
volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by
Riviere._
First edition. Portrait by W. Holl after H. W. Phillips.
BORROW, GEORGE.--The Romany Rye; a sequel to "Lavengro." By George
Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1857. . . . _Crown 8vo, two
volumes, maroon levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by
Riviere._
First edition.
BORROW, GEORGE, _translator_.--The Sleeping Bard; or Visions of the
World, Death, and Hell, by Elis Wyn. Translated from the Cambrian
British by George Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1860. _8vo,
brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._
First edition.
BORROW, GEORGE.--Wild Wales: its people, language, and scenery. By
George Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1862. . . . _Crown 8vo,
three volumes, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut
edges, by Riviere._
First edition.
BORROW, GEORGE.--Romano Lavo-Lil: Word-book of the Romany; or, English
Gypsy Language. With many pieces in gypsy, illustrative of the way of
speaking and thinking of the English gypsies; with specimens of their
poetry, and an account of certain gypsyries or places inhabited by them,
and of various things relating to gypsy life in England. By George
Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1874. _Crown 8vo, green levant
morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._
First edition.
BOSWELL, JAMES.--The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel
Johnson, L.L.D. By James Boswell, Esq. containing some Poetical Pieces
by D^{r} Johnson, relative to the Tour, and never before published; a
Series of his Conversation, Literary Anecdotes, and Opinions of Men and
Books: with an Authentick Account of the Distresses and Escape of the
Grandson of King James II, in the Year 1746 London: printed by Henry
Baldwin, for Charles Dilly . . . M.DCC.LXXXV. _8vo, original russia
binding, gilt back panels, edges entirely untrimmed._
Boswell's own copy, with manuscript corrections and additions in his
autograph.
BOSWELL, JAMES.--The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an
account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a
series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many
eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never
before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary
men in Great-Britain, for near half a century, during which he
flourished. . . . By James Boswell, Esq. . . . London: printed by Henry
Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, . . . M DCC XCI. _4to, two volumes, blue
levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
First edition. Portrait by J. Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds, to whom
the work is dedicated. Inserted is an autograph letter from William
Forbes to Miss Boswell.
BOSWELL, JAMES.--The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. By James Boswell,
Esq. Oxford, Published by Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering,
London M DCCC XXVI. _Royal 8vo, four volumes, blue levant morocco,
gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._
One of the fifty large paper copies. Portrait of Boswell by Worthington
after Reynolds, proof on India paper, and a facsimile.
BOSWELL, JAMES.--The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1826. _Royal 8vo, four
volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by
Bedford._
Another copy. One of fifty printed on large paper, illustrated by the
insertion of three hundred and fifty-eight engravings, comprising
thirty-two portraits of Johnson. One hundred and twenty-five are either
proofs on India paper or before letters. Two original drawings by
Harding, etc., and fifteen views and facsimiles are among the
illustrations.
BOSWELL, JAMES.--The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. including a Journal
of his Tour to the Hebrides; by James Boswell, Esq. To which are
added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens,
&c. and notes by various hands [also Johnsoniana] London: John Murray
. . . M DCCC XXXV. _Foolscap 8vo, ten volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
Forty-five portraits, views, and facsimile autographs engraved on steel.
BOTTA, ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH.--Memoirs of Anne C. L. Botta written by her
friends with selections from her correspondence and from her writings in
prose and poetry . . . [portrait] New-York J. Selwin Tait & Sons . . .
M DCCC XC IV. _12mo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._
BOURNELLE.--Annotations on the Tatler. Written in French By Monsieur
Bournelle; and Translated into English By Walter Wagstaff, Esq;
Part I. . . . London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, . . . 1710. _12mo,
half blue calf, uncut edges._
BOURRIENNE, LOUIS ANTOINE FAUVELET DE.--Private Memoirs of Napoleon
Bonaparte, during the periods of the Directory, the Consulate, and the
Empire. By M. de Bourrienne, private secretary to the Emperor. . . .
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BOUTERWEK, FREDERICK.--History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature. By
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BOWES, JAMES L.--A Vindication of the Decorated Pottery of Japan. by
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BOWLKER, RICHARD.--The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts,
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BOWYER, WILLIAM.--See Nichols, John.
BOYER, ABEL.--Achilles: or, Iphigenia in Aulis. A Tragedy. as It is
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BRADLEY, JOHN W.--A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators,
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BRADLEY, JOHN W.--The Life and Works of Giorgio Giulio Clovio,
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BRADSTREET, ANNE.--The Poems of Mrs. Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
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BRAMSTON, JAMES.--The Art of Politicks, In Imitation of Horace's Art of
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A Lady's Bosom, and a Tail of Cod,
Who could help laughing at a Sight so odd?
Just such a Monster, Sirs, pray think before ye,
When you behold one Man both Whig and Tory,"
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BRAMSTON, JAMES.--The Man of Taste. Occasion'd by an Epistle Of Mr.
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BRAY, ANNA ELIZA.--Life of Thomas Stothard, R.A., with Personal
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BREVAL, JOHN DURANT, CAPT.--The Petticoat: an Heroi-Comical Poem. In Two
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BREVAL, JOHN DURANT, CAPTAIN.--The Progress of a Rake: or, the Templar's
Exit. In ten cantos, in Hudibrastick Verse. containing. I. His coming
out of the West of England, being put under the Care of his Uncle, a
Middlesex Justice. II. His Learning at Westminster-School; and
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BREWER, J. S.--The Reign of Henry VIII from his accession to the death
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BRIDGES, ROBERT.--Prometheus the Firegiver by Robert Bridges Printed
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BRIDGES, ROBERT.--Prometheus the Firegiver. By Robert Bridges. London
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BRIDGES, ROBERT.--Eros & Psyche a poem in twelve measures by Robert
Bridges the story done into English from the Latin of Apuleius . . .
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BRIDGES, ROBERT.--The Feast of Bacchvs by Robert Bridges. Privately
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BRIDGES, ROBERT.--The Growth of Love. Printed by H. Daniel: Oxford:
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BRIDGES, ROBERT.--Eden an oratorio by Robert Bridges set to music by
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