51 BRADSHAWE (Ellis, of the Parish of Boulton, in the County of Lancaster, Husbandman) A NEW AND CLEER DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE, AND PROPER, NATVRAL CAVSE, OF THE EBBING AND FLOWING OF THE MAIN SEA. Convincingly held forth, both from Scripture and Reason: So as any Rational man, may easily apprehend, the proper Cause of its fluent motion: And that it is not the Moon, as some have imagined, and gone about to prove. . London, Printed by Gartrude Dawson for Thomas Brewster, at the Signe of the three Bibles under Mildreds Church in the Poultry, 1649. Sm. 4to, page 2 soiled, calf, antique style, £5 5s

*A rare early tract on tides, written by a native of Bolton, Lancashire, who also published several other curious tracts.

52 BRONTE (Charlotte), 1816-55.

Celebrated novelist. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "CURRER BELL," 1 pages, 8vo, dated March 6th, 1850, to J. G. Smith: I have to thank you very sincerely for your kind note and the volumes accompanying it. Through the kindness of my Publishers I had already enjoyed the opportunity of reading "Mirabeau," but it is an additional pleasure to possess the work as a gift from the author. I am happy to learn that my writings have afforded you some agreeable moments, and if my gratification is a little chastened by the fear that you ascribe to me a merit beyond my deserts, perhaps it is better so; the unmixed cup is rarely salutary. With every good wish for your success in the honourable but difficult career of literature,' £32 10s

* A fine and characteristic example of the autograph of this distinguished authoress.

EXTRA ILLUSTRATED.

53 BUTLER (Samuel) HUDIBRAS, a Poem, in three Cantos, with Notes by Dr. T. Nash, the historian of Worcestershire. London, 1793. 3 vols, large 4to, WITH PORTRAITS OF BUTLER And Nash and nUMEROUS FINE VIGNETTES, choice impressions, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED BY THE INSERTION OF THE COMPLETE SET OF HOGARTH'S HUMOROUS PLATES AND TWO OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS, BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS, remarkably fine clean copy, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN OLD ENGLISH STRAIGHT-GRAINED BLUE MOROCCO, sides tooled in gold with two broad single fillets, enclosing a line geometrical design, and inner fan ornament at each corner, back richly gilt in 5 compartments, with the Hutton crest in the centre of the third, g.e., £30

*Only 200 copies printed. The binding is a choice example of English work in immaculate state. It was evidently bound for a Thomas Hutton, whose bookplate, circa 1800, is inserted in each volume. The extra illustrations were added at the time of binding.

54 BROME (Richard) DRAMATIC WORKS, containing Fifteen Comedies now first collected. London, John Pearson, 1873. LARGE PAPER, 3 vols, 8vo, portrait, binders' boards with the original labels, uncut, £4 158

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55 BROME (Richard).—FIVE NEW PLAYES, viz., The English Moor, or the Mock-Marriage. The Love-Sick Court, or the Ambitious Politique. Covent Garden Weeded. The New Academy, or the New Exchange. The Queen and Concubine. London, Printed for A. Crook and H. Brome, 1659. Sm. 8vo, a number of headlines cut into, chiefly at the end, one or two entirely gone and others nearly so, small piece torn from margin of one leaf, injuring two letters, old half calf, £7 158 *The rare sequel to The Five New Playes," printed for H. Moseley, R. Marriot, and T. Dring in 1653. Copies vary in the make-up, the present example has not the first blank (save for title slip), nor the duplicate title to the English Moor, but has the blank leaf at the end of Covent Garden Weeded, the list of books sold by Andrew Crook at the end of The New Academy, and the last leaf with the list of books printed for Hen. Brome on recto and errata on verso, all seldom found, even the Hoe copy wanting the first and second leaves.

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56 BROWNE (William) BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS, Lond: print: for Geo: Norton, dwell: at Temple-barr, N.D. [1613?] --BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS. The Second Booke, London, Printed by Thomas Snodham for George Norton, and are to be sold at the Signe of the Red Bull without Temple-barre, 1616. FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER (10 by 67 inches), sm. folio, engraved title to first part by W. Hole, with figures of a Shepherd and Shepherdess, pastoral games in background and most part of pp. 60-61 engraved (all skilfully re-margined, with all printed matter intact), fore-margin of 9 leaves and top corner of last leaf of Part 2 restored, ELSE FINE COPY, polished calf extra, g.e., by Pratt, £35

* Extremely rare. Part 1 is dedicated in verse to Edward Lord Zouch, and contains prefatory verses by John Selden, Michael Drayton, Christopher Brooke, and others. Part 2 is dedicated, also in verse, to William, Earl of Pembroke, with prefatory verses by W. Herbert, John Davies of Hereford, George Wither, Ben Jonson, and others. The D.N.B. says, "Britannia's Pastorals were greatly applauded at the time of their appearance, and still hold a distinguished place in English poetry... Browne was indeed, as Michael Drayton says of him in the epistle to H. Reynolds, a rightly born poet.' The difficulty in quoting from Browne is not in finding passages to extract, but in the embarrassment of too much wealth." Both Milton and Keats show clear traces of his influence. For the Shakespearian interest of this work see Douce's Illustrations of Shakespeare," Vol. 1, p. 388; and Drake's" Shakespeare and his Times," Vol. 1, p. 155.

57 BYRON (Lord), 1788-1824. The celebrated poet. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "BYRON," 1 page, 4to, dated Venice, August 31st, 1818, to Captain Basil Hall, R.N.: "Dr. Aglietti is the best Physician not only in Venice but in Italy [small hole between in and Italy, injuring part of the I-his residence is on the Grand Canal & easily found— I forget the number-but am probably the only man in Venice who don't know it. . . I regret very much to hear of your indisposition— & shall do myself the honour of waiting upon you the moment I am up—I write this in bed. . . I beg you to believe that nothing but the extreme lateness of my hours would have prevented me from replying immediately or coming in person.-I have not been called a minute," £20

* A fine example of the famous poet's autograph. Captain Hall, to whom the letter is addressed, was the author of many well-known and interesting books of travel.

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58 BROWNING (Robert), 1812-89. Eminent English Poet. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED WITH INITIALS "R. B.," 31 pages, 8vo, dated 19 Warwick Crescent, W., May-day '74, to his son, Robert Barrett Browning: "Dearest Pen... I have just returned from the private view: Mr. Heyermans' picture is indeed well hung on the line, level with the eye, and in a capital light, it looks even better (which is only natural) than in Moscheles' little studio. It is a charming picture &, I am quite sure, will obtain the notice it deserves. I took Sidney Colvin (perhaps our best critic) and made him look at it,-he admired it extremely-so did others I managed to get hold of. Mr. Heyermans owes me no thanks at all, for his work claims all the notice I can hope to attract to it, but I feel most grateful to him for his care and kindness to you. Besides, now you are about it, I want you to be ambitious, and to see & paint for yourself that is, originally, from your own liking and knowledge, and not as the hundredth imitator of anybody the exhibition is above the average decidedly. Millais' landscapes and portraits-very fine. Writes also of paintings by Leighton, Nettleship, Lehmann, Moscheles, &c., £5 5s

* A long and very interesting letter, written by Browning to his son at Antwerp, where he was being trained as an artist under the superintendence of Heyermans. 59 CAESAR (Caius Julius).—LES OEUURES ET BRIEFUES EXPOSITIONS DE JULIUS CESAR sur se faict des batailles de Gaule, Imprime nouvellement a Paris par la veufue feu Michel le Noir demourant en la grant rue sainct Jacqs a lenseigne de la Rose blanche couronnee, S.D. (c. 1525). Sm. 4to, lettres batardes, long lines, 38 to a full page,

FINE LARGE WOODCUT ON TITLE OF THE TRANSLATOR PRESENTING HIS WORK TO CHARLES VIII., KING OF FRANCE, ANOTHER LARGE WOODCUT ON THE VERSO OF LAST LEAF AND 6 SMALL SPIRITED CUTS IN THE TEXT, numerous ornamental initials, FINE COPY, a number of lower margins uncut, modern calf, blind tooled to an antique pattern, £16

* EXTREMELY RARE. Remarkable for its fine outline woodcuts. Translated into French by Robert Gaguin. Collation: A to E, G to L, N to S, V to X, z and 3, and BB to cc, in 4's; F, M, T, Y, and AA in 8's, DD 6 leaves.

60 CALATRAVA (ORDER OF).-DIFFINICIONES DE LA ORDEN Y CAVALLERIA DE CALATRAUA conforme al Capitvlo General celebrado en Madrid, 1600. Impresso en Valladolid, con licencia por Luis Sanchez, 1603 (colophon at end 1604). Folio, fine engraved title, with the royal arms of Spain in the centre, woodcut, initials and ornaments, arms of an old owner stamped on title, FINE LARGE COPY, old limp vellum, g.e., £9 9s

* A very rare edition. Unknown to Brunet or Salva, while the earliest edition in the British Museum is that of Madrid, 1661. This military and religious Spanish order was instituted in 1158 in the reign of Sancho III. of Castile. It received the town of Calatrava as a perpetual gift, on condition that the Order should defend it against the Moors. The later history of Calatrava is a series of civil wars between the grandmasters, which became so troublesome that Ferdinand and Isabella, in 1487-8, prohibited a new election, and secured the grandmastership to the Crown by a papal bull in 1493.

61 CANALETTI (A.) URBIS VENETIARUM PROSPECTUS CELEBRIORES, ex Antonii Canal Tabulis XXXVIII. ære expressi ab Antonio Visentini in Partes Tres Distributi. Venetiis, apud J. B. Pasbuali, 1742-51. 3 parts in one vol, oblong folio, vignette on each title, portraits, AND FINE EARLY IMPRESSIONS OF THE 38 INTERESTING VIEWS OF VENICE, few slight tears mended, fine large copy, half vellum, £10