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Cover of Catalogue of valuable books and manuscripts comprising many very rare Elizabethean and Jacobean books and pamphlets mostly relating to Shakespeare, including the Life and Reign of Richard the Second, 1634; The Two Noble Kinsmen by Shakespeare and John Fletcher, 1634; King Edward III, 1599; first and early editions of the writings of Ben Jonson, Brathwaite, Barnaby Rich, Sir P. Sidney Milton, R. Greene, Wm. Browne, S. Marmion, Beaumont and Fletcher, Drydon, Lord Bacon, Massinger; the excessively rare first edition of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, 1678; first editions of Boccaccio in English and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy; a valuable manuscript volume containing transcripts of letters by Jonson, Bacon, Drake, George Chapman, and others; a portion of the original autograph manuscript of Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe; rare works relating to America, including an important volume of official copies of letters of instruction written to Governors of American Colonies by General Hugh Conway, 1765-66; autograph letters of Queen Victoria, etc.; first and collected editions of modern English writers; a few ancient and rare books with woodcuts; publications of the Kelmscott and Vale Press; a fine XVth century antiphonale; rare French books including a fine La Fontaine, 1762, and Temple de Gnide, on large paper, with plates in three states; Izaak Walton's copy of John Hale's Eton Sermons; etc.

Catalogue of valuable books and manuscripts comprising many very rare Elizabethean and Jacobean books and pamphlets mostly relating to Shakespeare, including the Life and Reign of Richard the Second, 1634; The Two Noble Kinsmen by Shakespeare and John Fletcher, 1634; King Edward III, 1599; first and early editions of the writings of Ben Jonson, Brathwaite, Barnaby Rich, Sir P. Sidney Milton, R. Greene, Wm. Browne, S. Marmion, Beaumont and Fletcher, Drydon, Lord Bacon, Massinger; the excessively rare first edition of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, 1678; first editions of Boccaccio in English and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy; a valuable manuscript volume containing transcripts of letters by Jonson, Bacon, Drake, George Chapman, and others; a portion of the original autograph manuscript of Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe; rare works relating to America, including an important volume of official copies of letters of instruction written to Governors of American Colonies by General Hugh Conway, 1765-66; autograph letters of Queen Victoria, etc.; first and collected editions of modern English writers; a few ancient and rare books with woodcuts; publications of the Kelmscott and Vale Press; a fine XVth century antiphonale; rare French books including a fine La Fontaine, 1762, and Temple de Gnide, on large paper, with plates in three states; Izaak Walton's copy of John Hale's Eton Sermons; etc.

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Cover of Stevens's historical collections. Catalogue of the second portion of the extensive and varied collection of rare and valuable books relating to the history and literature of America formed by the late eminent bibliographer Mr Henry Stevens of Vermont comprising the greater part of his working library Basanier's Florida; Colden's Five Indian nations 1727; A Columbus letter; Hakluyt's Principal navigations 1589 (with map) and 1599-1600; Hudson's Detectionis Freti; Itinerarium Portugalensium; James's Strange and dangerous voyage 1633 (with map); Complete set of Las Casas' black-letter tracts; several Peter martyrs; fifteen Mathers; Molina Vocabulario Mexicana; six Ptolemys 1475, 1478, 1490, 1511, 1541, 1548; fine set of Purchas His Pilgrimes; Rumsey's Treatise on steam; Sagard's Histoire du Canada and Voyage du pays des Hurons; several editions of Varthema's Itinerario; Vespucius Mundus novus (Otmar 1504); Washington's Journal; many rare and important tracts relating to the Indians, New England, Virginia, etc. etc.; several early state histories; rare Spanish books; rare Dutch books relating to New Netherland; several Franklin imprints; rare books relating to Canada, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, etc.; scarce books and tracts on the War of Independence, history of the colonies, French possessions, Old French war, etc. etc. including a large number of uncut books. A very large percentage of the whole in elegant and expensive bindings by Bedford, Pratt, and others.

Stevens's historical collections. Catalogue of the second portion of the extensive and varied collection of rare and valuable books relating to the history and literature of America formed by the late eminent bibliographer Mr Henry Stevens of Vermont comprising the greater part of his working library Basanier's Florida; Colden's Five Indian nations 1727; A Columbus letter; Hakluyt's Principal navigations 1589 (with map) and 1599-1600; Hudson's Detectionis Freti; Itinerarium Portugalensium; James's Strange and dangerous voyage 1633 (with map); Complete set of Las Casas' black-letter tracts; several Peter martyrs; fifteen Mathers; Molina Vocabulario Mexicana; six Ptolemys 1475, 1478, 1490, 1511, 1541, 1548; fine set of Purchas His Pilgrimes; Rumsey's Treatise on steam; Sagard's Histoire du Canada and Voyage du pays des Hurons; several editions of Varthema's Itinerario; Vespucius Mundus novus (Otmar 1504); Washington's Journal; many rare and important tracts relating to the Indians, New England, Virginia, etc. etc.; several early state histories; rare Spanish books; rare Dutch books relating to New Netherland; several Franklin imprints; rare books relating to Canada, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, etc.; scarce books and tracts on the War of Independence, history of the colonies, French possessions, Old French war, etc. etc. including a large number of uncut books. A very large percentage of the whole in elegant and expensive bindings by Bedford, Pratt, and others.

Wilkinson and Hodge Sotheby