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Early Modern Printed Books
Catalogue of a collection of valuable books and manuscripts, comprising French and other illustrated works of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries; books of costumes; early printed books with woodcuts; a series of books of hours (MS. and printed); rare works connected with America; first editions of French classical writers, Elzevir and other classics; etc. Mostly fine copies in ancient and modern bindings by the best artists.
Catalogue of rare and valuable printed books and choice illuminated and other manuscripts, sacred and secular, autograph letters and modern historical and literary documents, editiones principes and first editions of modern authors, very fine illuminated books of hours, missals, breviaries, bibles, private prayer books, early metrical romances, historical and ecclesiastical writings; productions of the early English press, collections relating to fairs and other pleasure resorts, publications of the Kelmscott and other presses. First editions of Shelley and C. Lamb, the three original Voyages of Frobisher; original drawings from Holbein’s portraits, done for Chamberlaine’s edition, 1780-1790; King Glumpus and the Exquisites, illustrated by Thackeray; autograph manuscripts of Robert Burns, and many other rare and valuable books and manuscripts.
Musical Illustrations of Bishop Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. A collection of old ballad tunes, etc. chiefly from rare MSS. and early printed books. Deciphered from the obsolete notation, and harmonized and arranged according to modern usage
Paradise Lost
A guide to the manuscripts and printed books illustrating the progress of musical notation