937 lots.

"No. 25 of 1929-30"--Cover.

" ... comprising scarce old books in English literature, including Sir Thos. More's Workes, 1557--Gower's Confessio amantis, 1554--Speght's edition of Chaucer, 1598--Tudor translations of classical and foreign writers--first and other rare editions of John Donne (including the Sermons, 3 vols, folio, 1640- 60) and Sir Thos. Browne--the writings of Bacon, Walton, Herbert, Milton, Dryden and many others--a large paper copy of Pepys' Memoirs of the royal navy, 1690. Rare books in fine old morocco bindings including books printed at the Aldine, Baskerville and Bodoni presses. Old French and Spanish literature, Bailly's edition of Ovid's Metmorphosis, with engravings by Eisen, 4 vols, 1767--early editions of Voltaire--Chronica del rey do Rodrigo, Toledo, 1549--Chronica del gran Capitan Hernandez de Cordova, 1584-6--the beautiful Madrid edition of Don Quixote, 4 vols, 1780--a fine set of Lopez de Vega, 21 vols, Spanish calf extra. English books in 18th century literature, many being first editions, including the writings of Defoe (both books and pamphlets)--Johnson's Dictionary, 2 vols--Richardson's Clarissa, 6 vols-- Fielding's Miscellanies, large paper, 3 vols, and Amelia, 4 vols--Smollett's Count Fathom, 2 vols, and Humphrey Clinker, 3 vols--Gray's Poems, first collected edition--Chesterfield's Letters, 2 vols--White's Natural history of Selborne. An interesting collection of books on crime, standard books of travel, etc."

Place of sale: London.