YORKSHIRE-continued.

914 MERITON] (G[eorge]), The Praise of York-shire Ale, wherein is enumerated several Sorts of Drink, with a Discription of the Humors of most sorts of Drunckards. To which is added, a Yorkshire Dialogue, in its pure natural Dialect, as is now commonly spoken in the North parts of York-shire. With the Addition of some Observations, of the Dialect and Pronuntiation of Words in the East Ryding of York-shire. Together with a Collection of significant and usefull Proverbs. York, printed by

J. White, for Francis Hildyard, 1697. Sm. 8vo, old blue morocco extra, gilt edges, 2l. 2s.

915 MIALL (L. C.), The Geology, Natural History, and Pre-Historic Antiquities of Craven in Yorkshire. Leeds, 1878. Roy. 4to, geological map and plate, cloth, 5s.

916 MUNKHOUSE (Dr. Richard), A Sermon, preached in the Church of St. John Baptist, Wakefield, for the Benefit of the Choir. To which are added Notes, and an Appendix [on Choir Training]. London, 1798. 4to, half morocco, 4s.

917 NAYLOR (James), Two Epistles. [To Friends about Wakefield, and to all Dear Brethren and Friends in Holderness.] Printed in the year, 1654. Sm. 4to, fine copy, boards, 7s. 6d.

918 ORTON (John), Turf Annals of York and Doncaster; together with the particulars of the Derby and Oaks Stakes at Epsom, from the earliest period up to the close of the year, 1840. York, 1841. 8vo, FIRST EDITION, half calf, very scarce, Il. 15s.

919 [PERCY.]-The Regulations and Establishment of the Household of Henry Algernon Percy, the Fifth Earl of Northumberland, at His Castles of Wresill and Lekinfield in Yorkshire begun anno domini 1512. London, 1770. 8vo, beautiful copy in contemporary red morocco extra, broad gold tooled borders on sides, the back ornamented in gold, gilt edges, 41. 4s.

This very rare privately printed volume contains a preface by Bishop Percy, who edited it for the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland. Loosely inserted is a List of the Beauties at Windsor, in Bp. Percy's handwriting. The Fonthill copy sold for £20 Is. 6d.

920 RHODES (E.), Yorkshire Scenery; or, Excursions in Yorkshire. London: Printed for the Author, 1826. Roy. 8vo, 7 plates by G. Cooke and others, original boards, cloth back, uncut, 7s. 6d. 921 SHEFFIELD PRESS.-A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Use, adapted to the Services of the Church of England. By the Rev. T. Cotterill. Sheffield: printed for the Editor, by J. Montgomery, at the Iris-Office, 1819. 8vo, calf gilt, gilt edges, 7s. 6d.

A MS. Index of the Authors of the Psalms and Hymns is inserted.

922 SHORT (Dr. Thomas, of Sheffield), The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, particularly those of Scarborough. London, 1734. 4to, FIRST EDITION, with 4 plates, half calf neat, 18s. 6d.

923 SMITH (John, of Snenton in York-shire), Cytherea, or The Enamouring Girdle. A New Comedy. London, Printed for Langly Curtis, 1677. Sm. 4to, FIRST EDITION, some margins defective, sewed, scarce, 15s.

The Scene is the City of York.

YORKSHIRE-continued.

924 TEESDALE.-A Tour in Teesdale; including Rokeby, and its Environs. York, 1813. 12mo, folding map, calf gilt, gilt edges, from the Beckford Library, 12S.

925 THORESBY (Ralph), Ducatus Leodiensis: or, the Topography of the ancient and populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and parts adjacent. To which is added, a Catalogue of his Museum. With notes and additions by T. D. Whitaker. Printed by B. Dewhirst, 1816.—WHITAKER (Rev. T. D.), Loidis and Elmete; or, an attempt to illustrate the districts described in these words by Bede. Printed by T. Davison, 1816. 2 vols. folio, BEST EDITION, with numerous portraits, plates, and pedigree tables, fine UNCUT copy, half brown pigskin, top edges gilt, 7l. 10s.

This copy contains the Appendix and Index to Loidis and Elmete, which was not published until 1820, and is consequently often wanting.

926 WHITAKER (T. D.), Appendix to Loidis and Elmete.

1820.

Folio, with plates of Brierley Hall, Gledhow, and Monuments at Methley, and a portrait of Rev. W. Sheepshanks, original wrappers, rare, 18s.

927 YORK.-The Thoughts of a Private Person; about the Justice of the Gentlemens Undertaking at York. Nov. 1688. Wherein is shewed, that it is neither against Scripture, nor Moral honesty to defend their just and legal Rights, against the Illegal Invaders of them. Printed in the year, 1689. Sm. 4to, sewed, 7s. 6d. 928 YORK PRESS.-Evelyn (John), Silva: or a Discourse of ForestTrees, and the propagation of Timber. With notes by Dr. A. Hunter. To which is added the Terra. York, 1812. 2 vols. 4to, with portrait by Bartolozzi and numerous plates, half calf,

21. 2s.

929 YORK PRESS.-Mason (William), Poems. York, Printed by A. Ward, 1779.-The English Garden : a Poem in Four Books. To which are added a Commentary and Notes by W. Burgh. York, Printed by A. Ward, 1783. 2 vols. 8vo, in exquisite contemporary bindings of vellum, richly gold tooled and painted in light blue on gold grounds, the edges prettily ornamented in gold on green grounds, 31. 3s.

on

930 YORK PRESS. Richardson (Charlotte), Poems written Different Occasions. To which is prefixed some account of the Author, by the Editor, Catherine Cappe. Printed by Subscription for the Benefit of the Author. York, 1806. 8vo, original boards, uncut, 5s. 6d.

The author received a meagre education at a Charity School, and became a domestic servant at 16. She married a shoemaker who died in 2 years and left her destitute. There are 15 pages of closely printed subscribers' names at the end.

931 BOOKPLATES (99) of the Acklom, Arthington, Akroyd, Baines, Boyne, Constable, Hawke, Holroyd, Lister (of Westby), Maister (of Kingston upon Hull), Maude, Priestley, Staniforth, Strickland, Sykes, Thompson (of Escrick), Waud, and other Yorkshire families, 51. 5s.

932 ENGRAVINGS (44), including Views of Fountains Abbey, HackFall, Wentworth Castle, Esholt House, Bolton Abbey, Cannon Hall, Castle Howard, Bretton Hall, Conisborough Castle, Denby Grange, Whitby, Armley House, Kirkstall Abbey, etc., 21. 25. 933 AYSGARTH FORCE. Pencil Drawing. 4 X 7. 7s. 6d. 934 BARDEN TOWER, near Skipton. Pencil Drawing. 6 × 81. 7s. 6d.

YORKSHIRE-continued.

935 BEVERLEY, The Court House. Pretty sepia drawing. 3§ × 53. 15s.

936 EASBY ABBEY, South Side. Drawing in sepia by John Coney. 4× 7. 8s. 6d.

937 ON THE BANKS OF THE CALDER near Wakefield, Yorkshire. 1820. Pencil Drawing. 7 X 10. 7s. 6d.

938 SAXTON CHURCH. Pencil Drawing. 6 × 10. 4s. 6d.

939 WAKEFIELD, The Chantry on the Bridge. Sepia drawing by John Coney. 57 × 71. IOS.

940 WAKEFIELD, Heath Hall. Drawing in sepia by John Coney. 57 × 88. IOS. 6d.

Freland.

941 ABSTRACT of Certain Depositions, by vertue of His Majesties Commission, taken upon Oath, concerning the Traiterous intention of the Rebels in IRELAND, in rejecting the Government of His Majestie, in having a King of their own; and who that King should be. With an Abstract of a Letter from Rome, 4. Jan. 1641 [to Phelim O'Neill]. London, 1642. Sm. 4to, Black Letter, sewed, 15s.

942 ALURED (Col. Matthew), His Case; or a short Account of his Sufferings, by long Imprisonment, and the loss of his Regiments and Garisons; for his faithfulnesse to the Parliaments Cause and his Countrey. London, 1659. Sm. 4to, old calf, 12s. Colonel Alured, who had been sent to Ireland by Cromwell in command of troops, was charged with having spoken at Lisnagarvey against the Lord Protector and the Commonwealth Government.

943 ARMES of the Earles, Vicounts, and Barons of the Kingdome of Ireland, according to their degrees in the highe Court of Parlaĕnt. IIO DRAWINGS of the Armorial Bearings of the Irish Nobility of the 17th and 18th centuries, of which 96 are emblazoned. In 1 vol. Sm. 8vo, half calf, 2l. 10s.

944 ATWOOD (William), The History, and Reasons, of the Dependency of Ireland upon the Imperial Crown of the Kingdom of England. Rectifying Mr. Molineux's State of the Case of Ireland's being bound by Acts of Parliament in England. London, 1698. 8vo, FIRST EDITION, fine fresh copy, original sheep, 18s.

945 BARNARD (Nicolas, Deane of Ardagh), The Penitent Death of a Woefull Sinner; or, the Penitent Death of John Atherton, late Bishop of Waterford, in Ireland. Who was executed at Dublin the 5 of December, 1640. London, 1642. 12mo, original calf, 9s. 6d.

946 BELFAST POLITICS: or, a Collection of the Debates, Resolutions, and other proceedings of that town in the years 1792 and 1793. With strictures on the Test of certain of the Societies of United Irishmen also, Thoughts on the British Constitution. Belfast, 1794. 8vo, half russia (cracked), uncut, 15s.

947 BOATE (Gerard), Thomas Molyneux, and others, A Natural History of Ireland. Dublin, printed by and for George Grierson, 1726. 4to, II engraved plates, mostly folding, old calf, Il. Is.

IRELAND-continued.

948 BELFAST LITERARY SOCIETY. 1801-1901. Historical Sketch, with Memoirs of some Distinguished Members. Belfast, 1902. 4to, with 9 portraits, only 300 copies printed, boards, uncut, Ios. 6d.

The volume contains biographies of the following members of the Society :-Doctor James M'Donnell (1762-1845); William Bruce, D.D. (1757-1841); William Hamilton Drummond (1778-1865); Henry Joy (1754-1835); John Knox (fl. 1787-1816); William Bruce, A.B. (1790-1868); Rev. William D. M'Ewen (1787-1828); William Neilson, D.D. (1774-1821); James Thomson, A.M., LL.D. (1786-1849); William Cairns, LL.D. (d. 1849); T. Dix Hincks, LL.D. (1767-1857); Rev. Henry Montgomery, LL.D. (1788-1865); George Crawford Hyndman (1796-1867); Edmund Getty (1799-1857); Robert Patterson, F.R.S. (1802-72); James Macadam (1801-61); The Rev. John Scott Porter (1801-80); William Thompson, Naturalist (1805-52); Robert S. Macadam (1808-95); John Grattan (1800-71); Thomas Andrews, M.D., F.R.S. (1813-85); W. Neilson Hancock, LL.D., Q.C. (1820-88); Joseph John Murphy (d. 1894); C. P. Reichel, Bishop of Meath (1816-94); Rev. Edward Hincks (17921866); William Reeves, Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore (1815-92); James Thomson, LL.D., F.R.S. (1822-92); Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (1830-82); Henry Burden, M.D. (1835- ); Professor Charles Mac-Douall, LL.D. (1813-83); Rev. Reuben John Bryce (1798-1888); Professor J. F. Hodges (1815-99); Professor James Glasgow (1805-90); Canon William MacIlwaine (1807-1880); Professor James Cuming (1833-99); Professor S. J. MacMillan (1842-1900).

II.

949 BORLASE (E.), The Reduction of Ireland to the Crown of England; with the Governours since the Conquest by King Henry A Brief Account of the Rebellion, 1641. Also the Original of the Universitie of Dublin, and the Colledge of Physicians. London, 1675. Sm. 8vo, FIRST EDITION, calf neat, 16s.

950 BUNTING (Edward), A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, arranged for the Piano-Forte. To which is prefixed a Historical and Critical Dissertation on the Egyptian, British, and Irish Harp. 1809. Folio, engraved titlepage, portrait of Hempson, 3 other plates, and music, boards, Il. 17s. 6d.

951 BUNTING.-The Ancient Music of Ireland: another edition. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Irish Harp and Harpers, including an account of the Old Melodies of Ireland. Dublin, 1840. 4to, with plates, and the music, half leather binding, Il. IS. This volume contains 150 airs, 120 of which are here published for the first time. 952 CARR (Sir John), The Stranger in Ireland; or, a Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in 1805. London, 1806. 4to, frontispiece and 16 PRETTY AQUATINT PLATES by Medland, fine copy, half morocco, il. 5s.

953 CARVE (Thomas), Lyra, sive Anacephalæosis Hibernica, in qua de Exordio, seu Origine, nomine, moribus, ritibusque Gentis Hibernicæ succinctè tractatur; cui quoque accessere Annales ejusdem Hiberniæ, necnon rerum gestarum per Europam ab Anno 1148, usque ad Annum 1650. Sulzbaci, 1666. 4to, with the rare engraved plates of ancient Ireland and St. Patrick's Purgatory, also portraits of Donatus O'Brien, King of Ireland, Charles I., and the author, green morocco, gilt edges, 61. 6s.

954 CAVAN.-The Beginning and Progresse of the Rebellion in the County of Cavan, in the Province of Ulster in Ireland, from October 23. 1641, unto June 15. 1642. Sm. 4to, sewed, il. 12s. This interesting tract consists of 40 pages (signatures B-F), by errors of pagination numbered 48. We are unable to say whether a title-page is lacking, as we cannot trace another copy of it.

955 COLUMBA (St.)—The Life of St. Columb-kille, Patron of Ulster, and Apostle of the Pictish and Scotch Nations. Together with his Prophecies respecting Ireland. Dublin, [n.d., abt. 1820.] 12mo, old calf, 4s. 6d.

IRELAND-continued.

956 CHENEVIX (Richard, Bishop of Waterford), A series of Six Autograph Letters written in the year 1766, signed Waterford '; also an Autograph Letter of Lord Conyngham, and other matter principally relative to charitable bequests of Mrs. Jane Bonnell (wife of James Bonnell Accountant general of Ireland). Bound in a 4to vol. half russia, gilt edges, 2l. 10s.

957 CORK PRESS.—Bisse (Dr. Thos.), The Beauty of Holiness in the Common Prayer: as set forth in Four Sermons, preach'd at the Rolls Chapel. London, printed, and Re-printed at Cork by Samuel Terry, for John Redwood, Bookseller, near the Exchange, 1721. Sm. 8vo, a little wormed, sewed, 8s. 6d.

In this Irish edition is a List of the Bishops and Clergy of the Dioceses of Cork and Ross, and Cloyne, with other Gentlemen, subscribers to this edition.

958 [CROKER_(John Wilson)], An Intercepted Letter from JT-, Esq. Writer at Canton, to His Friend in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin, 1805. Post 8vo, in the original wrappers, 7s. 6d.

A piquant sketch of Dublin and its notabilities under the disguise of Chinese names. 959 CROSSLY (Aaron, Herald Painter of Dublin), The Peerage of Ireland: or, an exact Catalogue of the present Nobility both Lords Spiritual and Temporal, with an Historical and Genealogi'cal Account of them, containing the Descents, Creations, and most remarkable Actions of them, their Ancestors, and some of their Monuments; also the Titles of Honour they now enjoy, both here and in England. With their respective Arms, Crests, Supporters, and Mottoes. Dublin: printed by Thomas Hume at the Custom-House Printing House in Essex-Street, for the Author, 1725. Folio, half calf, very rare, 41. 4s.

The First attempt at a Peerage of Ireland. The volume includes The Signification of most Things that are born in Heraldry, another work by the same author, with a separate title dated Dublin, 1724.

960 DAVIES (Sir John), A Discoverie of the true causes why Ireland was never entirely Subdued, nor brought under obedience of the Crowne of England. Dublin, printed for Richard Watts, and Laurence Flin, 1761. 12mo, calf neat, 5s.

961 DAVIES.-Historical Tracts: consisting of 1. A Discovery of the True Cause why Ireland was never brought under obedience of the Crown of England. 2. A Letter to the Earl of Salisbury on the state of Ireland, in 1607. 3. A Letter to the Earl of Salisbury, in 1610; giving an Account of the Plantation in Ulster. 4. A Speech to the Lord Deputy in 1613, tracing the Ancient Constitution of Ireland. Dublin: Printed by William Porter, 1787. 8vo, old calf, 8s.

962 DECLARATION of the Lords and Commons, 30. Martii 1647. That the two Houses of Parliament having received information of a dangerous Petition, tending to put the Army into a distemper and mutiny, to put conditions upon the Parliament, and obstruct the reliefe of Ireland. They doe declare their High dislike of that Petition, etc. 1647. Folio, 15s.

963 DOWN.-A Topographical and Chorographical Survey of the County of Down. Încluding some part of the Natural and Civil History, intended as an Essay towards a fuller Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, than has hitherto appeared. Dublin, printed by S. Powell, 1740. 8vo, half bound neat, 10s. 6d.