The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-05-26 00:00:00

SALES BY, AUCTION.

fly Mr. SOTHEBY,
At his House, Wellingron.atreet, Strand, on MONDAY NEXT.
and Two following Days, at 12,
THE Select and Valuable LIBRARY of the late JAS.
UNDERHILL, Es q. of Handsworth, near llirminghsm,
containing fine Books of Prints, of the very highest modem class,
capital Missals, itzt, ; including, Piranesi Yetitre di Boma, 2 tom.;
Boydell's large Plates to Shakspzare ; blontfuncon's Antiquities,
by .Hesophreys, large paper. 5 vnls. Nash's Worcestershire,
vols. ; Clarke's Travels. 7 vols. Imola ; Watts'. Bibliotheca liri.
tannica, I I Parts • Batty's various Scenery, India Proofs; hake.
Italian Scenery,i India Proofs. and others; Ditxlin's Spen.
ceriana, hides Althorpinna, and Cassano Library, 7 vols. large
paper; Dodwcll's Greece, on card paper; florsley's Britannia
mans, 'Thula ; Stuart's Athens, 4 vols. ; Queen Elizabeth's Pro-
gresses. 3 vols. original edition ; Pryons'is Parliamentary Writs,
4 vols. &c. &c.
To be viewed, arid catalogues (price Is.) had at the place of sale.

By Mr. SOTHEBY,
At his House, No. 3, Wellington-street, Strand, on FRIDAY,
June 9, and Seven following Days (Sunday excepted), at 12,
ASingularly curious and valuable SELECTION from
the LIBRARY of a Gentleman, including three extraor-
dinary specimens of Block Printing; Books printed in the 15th
century ; Books printed on vellum ; floe copies of work's from the
presses of Caxton, Machlina, Wynkyn ae Wnrde, l'ynson, Julian
Notary, Versed, &c.; an extensive_ r.ollection of Old English
Poetry, Romances, Historical and boollgical Tracts; early Voy.
ages and Travels; curious Treatise do Witches and Witchcraft;
some of the earliest Dictionaries and Vocabularies in the English
Language, &c. Ste.•. including Les Faits de Maitre Alain Chanter,
par Verard (1485.95): Raoul le Fevre le Recutil des Histoires
Troiennes, with highly finished miniatures, par Verard ; Nic. de
Lyra Questioner ludsica ; Miseale ad usual Ecclesiae Sarum ; all
printed on vellum. The Four Last Things. 1478 ; the Game and
Play at Chesse, 1474; the Rook named Cordyide, 1480; the His-
tory of Reynard the Foxe, 14111 ; the Book called Cathon, 141L3 ,
the Fayt of Armes and Chyvarye 1439; Gower's Confessio
Amantis, 1493 ; the Golden Legend (ie.° etlitiens)—all printed by
Caxton. Barclay's Ship of Footer, first edition ; Dives and Pauper,
1493 ; the Description of England ; Froissart's 'hum iclea, 2 vols.;
and Promptuarium Parvulorum, 1499, by Prison ; Bentley's i'.lo.
numenrof Maumee, quite complete, in 3 vols. 15112; Boccaccio it
Decaruerone, 1527, true edition, and very fine cppy, in morocco;
the Catechisme, printed at Sena Androus, 1552; Cockaine on Fox
Hunting, unique, 1591 ; a Dlctionarve in English and Welsh, by
W. Saleabory' 1547; the Dyetcs and Sayingea of the Philosopher,
by W. de AVorde, 1528; Fletcher's Purple Island, large paper:
Sir David byndesay's Dialogue, 1552. first edition ; Painter's Pa-
lace of Pleasure, 3 vols. complete, 1575; and very many others, of
equal rarity. Containing, also, a most extensive Collection relating
to the Rise and Progress of the Reformation in England. Like-
wise. several Manuscripts on vellum, most beautifully illuminated,
&c. St.c.
To be viewed on Tuesday, Jane 6, and catalogues, price 2s. fid.,
to be then had at the place of sale.

TO SPORTING GENTLEMEN, SPECULATIVE MEN,

AND OTHERa.
O be SOLD, or would be LET for 300/. per annum,
T
the free Mae of a MANOR in CORNWALL, for such
term of years as may be agreed on. This Manor k leased out on
lives, several of wluch are now vacant, and by filling them up the
sum of from 1.5001. to 2,000/. might be immediately raised. This
Manor would afford the tight of sporting over some thousand um.
For further particulars, address (post paid) to J. T. J., at the
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