BURNET AND CUNNINGHAM.--Turner and his Works: illustrated with [10]
Examples from his Pictures, and critical remarks on his principles of
painting. By John Burnet, F.R.S. . . . the Memoir by Peter Cunningham,
F.S.A. . . . Re-edited by Henry Murray, F.S.A. London: James S. Virtue,
. . . 1859. _Royal 4to, cloth, uncut edges._
Second edition. Dedicated to Samuel Rogers.
BURNET, THOMAS.--A Second Tale of a Tub: or, The History of Robert
Powel the Puppet-Show-Man. . . . London: Printed for J. Roberts . . .
1715. . . . _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt fillets on the sides, gilt
edges, by The Club Bindery._
Frontispiece and preliminary leaf containing the Imprimatur, dated Oct.
16, 1714.
A satire on Sir Robert Walpole, sometimes attributed to Thomas Duffet.
The Jolley copy.
BURNEY, CHARLES.--A General History of Music, from the earliest ages, to
the present period. To which is prefixed, a Dissertation on the Music of
the Ancients. By Charles Burney . . . London, printed for the Author . . .
MDCCLXXVI.-LXXXIX. _4to, four volumes, calf, gilt back._
Brilliant portrait of the author engraved by Bartolozzi after Reynolds,
and ten other plates, including five by Bartolozzi after the designs of
Cipriani.
Dr. Samuel Johnson is believed to have written the Preface.
BURNEY, CHARLES.--Memoirs of Doctor Burney, arranged from his own
manuscripts, from family papers, and from personal recollections. By his
Daughter, Madame d'Arblay. . . . London: Edward Moxon . . . [Bradbury
and Evans] 1832. _Crown 8vo, three volumes, original boards, uncut
edges._
BURNEY, FANNY.--See D'Arblay, Madame.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, by Robert Burns.
[Four lines of English verse] Kilmarnock: printed by John Wilson.
M,DCC,LXXXVI. _8vo, green straight-grain morocco, gilt back, gilt top,
uncut edges, the original blue covers bound in, blue straight-grain
morocco case, by Bedford._
First edition. Autograph letter of Burns (two pages) inserted.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. By Robert Burns.
Kilmarnock: printed by John Wilson, M.DCC.LXXXVI [_rep. 1867_].
_Imperial 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by
Bedford._
No. 12 of fifty largest paper copies printed.
Eighty-seven plates have been inserted in this copy, many proofs, and
some of Stothard's illustrations retouched for the engraver. At the end
is bound a facsimile of the original manuscript of the "Jolly Beggars,"
Glasgow, 1823.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. By Robert Burns.
Edinburgh: printed for the author, and sold by William Creech.
M,DCC,LXXXVII. _8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt
top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
First issue of the first Edinburgh edition, with the misprints
"stinking" and "haggis" in the last stanza on page 263.
Portrait by Beugo after A. Nasmyth, and an original water-colour
drawing by Uwins, representing the witches in the church in "Tam O'
Shanter."
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. By Robert Burns.
Edinburgh: printed for the author, and sold by William Creech.
M,DCC,LXXXVII. _8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges,
by Zaehnsdorf._
Second issue of the first Edinburgh edition, with the errors on page 263
corrected to "skinking" and "Haggis."
Portrait by Beugo after A. Nasmyth.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. By Robert Burns.
The third edition. London: printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell in the
Strand; and W. Creech, Edinburgh. M DCC LXXXVII. _8vo, green levant
morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._
First London edition, copied from the first issue of the first Edinburgh
edition, with the misprints in the last stanza of the poem "To a
Haggis," on page 267.
Portrait by Beugo after A. Nasmyth.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. By Robert Burns.
Philadelphia: printed for, and sold by Peter Stewart and George Hyde
M,DCC,LXXXVIII. _12mo, olive levant morocco, richly tooled on back and
sides, gilt edges, by Lortic._
First American edition, published in April. The text of this edition
gives unmistakable evidence that it was printed from the first issue of
the first Edinburgh edition, with the two errors in the lines, "To a
Haggis."
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. By Robert Burns.
To which are added, Scots Poems, selected from the works of Robert
Ferguson. New York: printed by J. and A. M'Lean, Franklin's Head, No.
41, Hanover-Square. M,DCC,LXXXVIII. _Post 8vo, green levant morocco,
gilt back, wide side borders of interlacing fillets and foliage, doubled
with green morocco, green silk guard, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club
Bindery._
Second American edition, published in June. Printed from the first issue
of the first Edinburgh edition, with the two errors in the poem "To a
Haggis," last stanza, page 187.
Portrait by Scot.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. By Robert Burns.
Belfast: printed and sold by William Magee, . . . M,DCC,XC. _12mo, green
morocco, gilt and mosaic back, side panels in mosaic of orange, red,
ivory, and maroon morocco, the intervals studded with dots, corner
ornaments in gilt and red mosaic, gilt edges, by "E. S. Aurifex" [Sir
Edward Sullivan]._
The misprints in the last stanza of the poem, "To a Haggis," are
repeated, page 187.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. By Robert Burns
. . . . The second edition considerably enlarged. Edinburgh: printed for
T. Cadell, London, and William Creech, Edinburgh. M.DCC.XCIII. _8vo, two
volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by
Riviere._
Portrait by Beugo after Nasmyth.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems. 1793. _8vo, two volumes in one, original half
calf, uncut edges, in a maroon morocco case._
Another copy, on the verso of the half-title of which is the following
presentation inscription: "Mr. White will accept of this Book as a mark
of the most sincere Friendship, from a man who has ever had too much
respect for his Friends, & too much contempt for his enemies, to flatter
either the one or the other--The Author."
In the back of the book is pasted a folio sheet containing stanzas "To
the Memory of Robert Burns. By T. White, author of St. Guerdun's Well,"
dated Dumfries, 1796.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. By Robert Burns
. . . A new edition, considerably enlarged. Edinburgh: printed for T.
Cadell jun. and W. Davies, London; and William Creech, Edinburgh.
MDCCXCVIII. _8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top,
uncut edges, by Riviere._
Portrait by Beugo after Nasmyth.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems ascribed to Robert Burns, the Ayrshire bard, not
contained in any edition of his works hitherto published. Glasgow,
printed by Chapman & Lang, for Thomas Stewart, . . . 1801. _8vo, green
levant morocco, gilt fillets, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club
Bindery._
BURNS, ROBERT.--(I.-IV.) The Works of Robert Burns; with an account of
his life, and a criticism on his writings. To which are prefixed, some
observations on the character and condition of the Scottish Peasantry
. . . . The second edition. London: printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W.
Davies, . . . 1801. Printed by R. Noble, . . . (V.) Reliques of Robert
Burns; consisting chiefly of original letters, poems, and critical
observations on Scottish songs. Collected and published by R. H. Cromek
. . . . London: printed by J. M'Creery, for T. Cadell, and W. Davies,
. . . 1808. _8vo, five volumes, calf, gilt back._
Large paper copy. Portrait by Neagle after Nasmyth.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Select Scotish Songs, ancient and modern; with critical
observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns. Edited By R. H.
Cromek . . . [vignette] London: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies,
. . . By J. M'Creery, . . . 1810. _Crown 8vo, two volumes in one, half
blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf._
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems by Robert Burns: with an account of his Life And
Miscellaneous remarks on his writings. Containing also many poems and
letters, Not printed in Dr. Currie's edition . . . Edinburgh: printed
for the Trustees of the late James Morison, by John Moir . . . 1811.
_Royal 8vo, two volumes, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top,
uncut edges, by Allo._
Twenty plates by Burnet and (inserted) four portraits and eleven
additional plates, seven being India proofs.
BURNS, ROBERT.--The Works of Robert Burns; with his life, by Allan
Cunningham. . . . London: John Cochrane and Co. . . . 1834. _Post 8vo,
eight volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
Portrait, frontispieces, and engraved titles, sixteen plates in all.
BURNS, ROBERT.--The Poetical Works of Robert Burns [with a Memoir by Sir
Harris Nicolas, and a portrait of Burns] London William Pickering
1839. _Foolscap 8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
BURNS, ROBERT.--The Works of Robert Burns; with a complete life of the
poet, and an essay on his genius and character, by Professor Wilson.
Also numerous notes, annotations, and appendices. Embellished by
eighty-one portraits and landscape illustrations. . . . Blackie and Son,
. . . Glasgow, . . . M DCCC XLVI. _Royal 8vo, two volumes, cloth, gilt
top, uncut edges._
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. By Robert Burns.
[Posthumous Poems] Kilmarnock: printed by James M'Kie M.DCCCLXIX.
_Imperial 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by
Bedford._
No. 15 of thirty copies printed on largest paper. Forty-six plates
inserted, including eight portraits of Burns, one an original drawing.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. By Robert Burns.
[Poems as they appeared in the early Edinburgh edition] Kilmarnock:
printed by James M'Kie M.DCCCLXIX. _Imperial 8vo, green levant morocco,
gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford._
No. 15 of thirty copies printed on largest paper. Ninety-eight plates
inserted, including eight portraits.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Songs, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. By Robert Burns.
Kilmarnock: printed by James M'Kie. M.DCCCLXIX. _Imperial 8vo, green
levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford._
No. 15 of thirty copies printed on largest paper. In this copy ninety
plates have been inserted, including seven portraits of Burns, and
illustrations on copper and steel after designs by Stothard and others.
Many of the plates are in two states, before and after letters, a fair
proportion being on India paper.
BURNS, ROBERT.--The Poetical Works of Robert Burns edited from the best
printed and manuscript authorities, with glossarial index and a
biographical memoir By Alexander Smith. . . . London: Macmillan & Co.
1879. _Post 8vo, two volumes, boards, uncut edges._
Portrait on India paper by G. B. Shaw after J. Nasmith. One of five
hundred copies printed.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Selected Poems of Robert Burns with an introduction by
Andrew Lang. London Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & C^{o}. Ltd. MDCCCXCI.
_Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._
Large paper copy, fifty printed.
BURNS, ROBERT.--Letters addressed to Clarinda, &c. By Robert Burns, the
Ayrshire poet. Never before Published. Glasgow: Printed by Niven, Napier
and Rhull; For T. Stewart . . . 1802. _Small 8vo, green morocco, gilt
back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford._
BURTON, JOHN HILL.--The Book-Hunter etc. By John Hill Burton. William
Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh . . . MDCCCLXII. _Foolscap 8vo, half
morocco, uncut edges._
First edition.
BURTON, JOHN HILL.--The Book-Hunter etc. 1862. _Square 8vo, half olive
morocco, uncut edges._
Large paper copy of the first edition, twenty-five printed.
BURTON, JOHN HILL.--The Book Hunter, etc. By John Hill Burton . . . A
new edition with a Memoir of the Author William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh: . . . MDCCCLXXXII. _4to, light brown levant morocco, gilt and
mosaic back, mosaic side compartments in maroon and green morocco,
richly tooled, silk linings, gilt over uncut edges, by The Club
Bindery._
One thousand copies printed. Etched portrait of the author by W. B.
Hole.
BURTON, JOHN HILL.--A History of the Reign of Queen Anne by John Hill
Burton, . . . William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London M DCCC
LXXX . . . _8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
BURTON, SIR RICHARD F.--(I.) Benares: M DCCC LXXXV: printed by the
Kamashastra Society for private subscribers only. . . . A plain and
literal translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entituled
the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night with introduction
explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a
terminal essay upon the history of The Nights by Richard F. Burton
(XI.) Benares: M DCCC LXXXVI: printed &c . . . Supplemental Nights to
the Thousand Nights and a Night with notes anthropological and
explanatory by Richard F. Burton. _8vo, sixteen volumes, original cloth,
red top._
The Supplement consists of six volumes.
BURTON, SIR RICHARD.--See Basile, Giovanni Battista.
BURY, LADY CHARLOTTE.--Diary illustrative of the Times of George the
Fourth, interspersed with original letters from the late Queen Caroline,
and from various other distinguished persons. . . . London: Henry
Colburn, . . . M DCCC XXXVIII. _8vo, two volumes, half red levant
morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._
BURY, RICHARD DE.--Philobiblon, a Treatise on the Love of Books, by
Richard de Bury, . . . First American edition, with the literal English
translation of John B. Inglis. Collated and corrected, with notes, by
Samuel Hand. Albany: Joel Munsell. M DCCC LXI. _Crown 8vo, half brown
morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._
One of thirty large paper copies printed.
BURY, RICHARD DE.--The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury Bishop of Durham
Treasurer and Chancellor of Edward III Edited and Translated by
Ernest C. Thomas . . . London Kegan Paul, Trench and Co. [Chiswick
Press] 1888. _8vo, original paper, uncut edges._
No. 33 of fifty large paper copies printed.
BURY, RICHARD DE.--(I.) Ricardi de Bury Philobiblon ex Optimis Codicibus
Recensuit Versione Anglica necnon et Prolegomenis Adnotationibusque
Auxit Andreas Fleming West in Collegio Princetoniae Professor Pars Prima.
Textus. Novi Eboraci [** symbol] Typis et Impensis Societatis Grolierianae
MDCCCLXXXIX. (II-III.) The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury edited from
the best manuscripts and translated into English with an introduction
and notes by Andrew Fleming West . . . Part second . . . [Part third]
New York printed for the Grolier Club 1889. _4to, three volumes,
citron levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, doubled with citron
morocco, borders and corner ornaments, vellum guards, gilt top, uncut
edges, by David._
One of two hundred and ninety-seven copies printed.
BURY, RICHARD DE.--Philobiblon. 1889. _4to, three volumes, red levant
morocco, gilt back, side borders, doubled with vellum, borders, gilt
over uncut edges, in maroon levant morocco cases, by Cuzin._
One of three copies printed upon vellum.
BUTLER, CHARLES.--The Life of Hugo Grotius: with brief minutes of the
civil, ecclesiastical, and literary history of the Netherlands. By
Charles Butler . . . London: John Murray . . . M.DCCC.XXVI. _8vo, half
brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._
BUTLER, FRANCES ANNE.--See Kemble, Fanny.
BUTLER, JOSEPH, BISHOP.--The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed,
to the Constitution and Course of Nature. To which are added Two brief
Dissertations: I. Of Personal Identity. II. Of the Nature of Virtue. By
Joseph Butler, LL.D. Rector of Stanhope, in the Bishoprick of Durham. . . .
London: Printed for James, John and Paul Knapton, at the Crown in
Ludgate Street. M DCC XXXVI. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back, side
borders, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
First edition, with the half-title.
BUTLER, JOSEPH, BISHOP.--The Analogy of Religion, natural and revealed
to the constitution and course of Nature. By Joseph Butler L.L.D. late
Lord Bishop of Durham. With Analytical Index by Edward Steere . . .
London. Bell and Daldy . . . 1857. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back,
gilt edges, by Bedford._
BUTLER, JOSEPH, BISHOP.--The Works of . . . Joseph Butler . . . late
Lord Bishop of Durham. To which is prefixed, a Preface, giving some
account of the character and writings of the author. By Samuel Halifax,
D.D., late Lord Bishop of Gloucester. Oxford: at the University Press
MDCCCXLIX. _8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, by Hayday._
BUTLER, LILLY.--A Discourse, proving, That the Faith and Practice of
True Christians, Are no Just Matter of Shame or Reproach. Being Eight
Sermons Preached at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, in the Year 1709,
at the Lecture Founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq;. By Lilly
Butler, . . . London: Printed for Brabazon Aylmer, . . . 1711. _8vo, old
blue morocco, gilt back and sides, with the crowned cipher of Queen Anne
on both covers, gilt edges._
From the collection of Francis Wrangham, with his autograph on the
title-page.
BUTLER, WILLIAM ALLEN.--Home Poems and Rhymes for the Nursery with "Sea
Scribblings" and "The Animal Book" by William Allen Butler Printed
for private circulation New York printed at the De Vinne Press
1897. _12mo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._
One hundred and fifty copies printed, with portrait and one other
illustration.
BYERLEY, THOMAS.--Relics of Literature. By Stephen Collet. [Thomas
Byerley] London: Thomas Boys . . 1823. _8vo, half olive morocco, gilt
top, uncut edges._
Byerley had still another _nom de guerre_. He was the "Reuben Percy" of
the Percy Anecdotes.
The two hundred subjects in this volume include Book Destroyers, the
Ancient Value of Books, Voltaire and the Booksellers, etc., etc. A leaf
of facsimile autographs precedes the title.
BYERLEY, THOMAS.--See Percy Anecdotes.
BYROM, JOHN.--Miscellaneous Poems, by John Byrom, M.A. F.R.S. sometime
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, And Inventor of The Universal
English Short-Hand. . . . Manchester: Printed by J. Harrop. M DCC
LXXIII. _8vo, two volumes, original calf._
Inserted is a portrait of Dr. Byron [_sic_] "A Sketch after spending an
Evening at a Coffee House."
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Hours of Idleness, a series of poems,
original and translated, By George Gordon, Lord Byron, a minor . . .
Newark: Printed and sold by S. and J. Ridge; . . . 1807. _8vo, maroon
morocco, gilt back, gilt edges._
Large paper copy of the first edition of Byron's first publication.
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--Hours of Idleness: a Series of Poems,
original and translated. By Lord Byron . . . London: printed for Sherwin
and Co. . . . 1820. _12mo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top,
uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
Thick paper copy, with frontispiece.
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD.--English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers. A
Satire.
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I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew!
Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers.
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