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Part I

." on the title-page were earlier printed than those bearing "Epistle I."

The wording of the third title-page is the same as the second, with the substitution of "Epistle III." for "Epistle II.," but they are differently set up. In the imprint of Epistle II, "J. Wilford" is in lower case italics, in Epistle III in small capitals; "Chapter-House" in Epistle III is in lower case italics, and not in Epistle II.

In the Address to the Reader preceding Epistle II, Pope says, "The Author has been induced to publish these Epistles separately for two Reasons; The one, that he might not impose upon the Publick too much at once of what he thinks incorrect; The other, that by this Method, he might profit of its Judgement on the Parts, in order to make the Whole less unworthy of it."

Collation: I. Title with ornament containing two birds, A1 (verso blank). "To the Reader," beginning "As the Epistolary Way of Writing," etc., A2. Text, B1-E2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-19.

II. Title with ornament containing a lion rampant, A1 (verso blank). "To the Reader," A2 (verso blank). Text, B1-E1, in twos. Pages 1-18.

III. Half-title, A1 (verso blank). Title with ornament containing an open book, A2 (verso blank). Text, B1-E2, ending with "N. B. The Rest of this Work will be published the next Winter." Pages 1-20.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) An Essay on Man. in Epistles to a Friend. Epistle I. Corrected by the Author. London: Printed for J. Wilford, at the Three Flower-de-luces, be-hind the Chapter-house, St. Pauls. [Price One Shilling.] [1734] (II.) An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle II. London: Printed for J. Wilford, at the Three Flower-de-Luces, behind the Chapter-House, St. Paul's. [Price One Shilling.] (III.) [Same title as III. in the preceding edition] (IV.) An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle IV. London: Printed for J. Wilford, at the Three Flower-de-Luces, behind the Chapter-House, St. Paul's. [Price one Shilling.] _Folio, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by R. W. Smith._

First edition of Epistle IV. Epistle I, although it contains only five lines more than in the first edition, i.e., 286, is considerably altered: e.g., between lines 22 and 23, six lines are inserted in the present edition; lines 29-34 are here omitted, and 35-42 of the first are transposed after 60; 95-100 and 111-114 in the first edition are omitted in the second; 115-116 in the second are new; 149 in the first is omitted in the second, and 142 in the second is new. These are a few of the alterations.

In Epistle II the lines are not numbered, except line 175, although the number is the same as in the first edition.

Epistle III is printed from the same forms of type as the first edition.

Collation: I. Title with ornament containing a face, one leaf (verso blank). "To the Reader," beginning "The Author was induced to publish these epistles separately," a1 recto. Contents, a1 verso-a2. Text, one leaf and B1-D3 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-17.

II. Title with ornament of a basket of fruit and flowers, A1 (verso blank). "To the Reader," beginning "The Author has been induced to publish these epistles separately," A2 (verso blank). Text, B1-E1. Pages 1-18.

III. The same as III of the first edition preceding, except that the half-title is misbound after the title.

IV. Title with floral ornament, A1 (verso blank). Contents, A2 (verso blank). Text, B1-F1, in twos. Pages 1-18; 17 misprinted 71. Leaf of Advertisement, "Lately Published the three former Parts of An Essay on Man," F2 (verso blank).

POPE, ALEXANDER.--Essais sur la Critique et sur l'Homme. Par M. Pope. Ouvrages traduits de l'Anglois en Francois. Nouvelle edition. . . . A Londres: [chez G. Smith] M DCC XXX VII. _4to, old brown morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges._

POPE, ALEXANDER.--Essai sur l'Homme, par Monsieur Alexandre Pope. Traduction francoise En Prose, par M^{r}. S * * * *. Nouvelle edition. Avec l'Original Anglois; ornee de Figures en Taille-douce [portrait of Pope, engraved by Will in 1745 after Kneller, 1722] A Lausanne, Chez Marc Chapuis. M DCC LXII. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by David._

English text and French prose translation. Four full-page engravings and eight vignettes by Galimard and Soubeyran after Delamonce, and portrait of Charles Frederic, Margrave of Baden and Hachberg, engraved by Will after J. F. Guillibaud.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--An Essay on Man. By Alexander Pope, Esq. A new edition. To which is prefixed a critical essay, By J. Aikin, M. D. London: printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, . . . 1796. _Foolscap 8vo, half orange levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Four plates by Parker, Cromek, and Neagle after Stothard.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) Of the Use of Riches, an Epistle To the Right Honorable Allen Lord Bathurst. [one of Pope's Executors] By Mr. Pope. London: Printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1732. Price 1s.

(II.) The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue between Alexander Pope of Twickenham in Com. Midd. Esq; on the one Part, and his Learned Council on the other. [Line from Horace] London: Printed by L.[awton] G.[illiver] and sold by A. Dodd, near Temple-Bar; E. Nutt, at the Royal Exchange; and by the Booksellers of London and Westminster. M.DCC.XXXIII.

(III.) An Epistle [Of the Knowledge and Character of Men] to the Right Honourable Richard [Temple] Lord Visc^{t}. Cobham. By Mr. Pope. [Six lines from Horace, Sat. 10. Lib. 1.] London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver, at Homer's Head against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1733. [Price one Shilling.]

(IV.) An Epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot. [Four lines from Tully.] London: Printed by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head in Fleetstreet, 1734.

(V.) Of the Characters of Women: an Epistle to a Lady. By Mr. Pope. London: Printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, M DCCXXXV. (Price One Shilling.)

(VI.) The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, imitated by Mr. Pope. Ludentis speciem dabit & torquebitur----London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head, in Pall-Mall. M. DCC. XXXVII. (Price One Shilling.) _Folio, six works in one volume, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Chambolle-Duru._

First editions. The Epistle to Lord Cobham, Of the Knowledge and Character of Men, Of the Characters of Women, and Of the Use of Riches are the first three of the four Moral Essays written in the form of Epistles.

In this edition of the Characters of Women, Philomede (Henrietta, Duchess of Marlborough in her own right), Atossa (her mother the Duchess Sarah), and Chloe (Lady Suffolk) do not appear. The Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot is the Prologue to the Satires.

The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace is presumably the first of four issues of the first of two editions printed in 1733, with no defective type on the title-page, and the catch-word on page 13 misprinted "In" for "Whether." It has been asserted that there were five editions of this poem in 1733, but an examination of various copies shows that defective type in the text occurs in the same places in four out of five instances. This would indicate that the type was actually reset only once, although variations of signature marks and marginal signs show that slight typographical changes were made as the sheets passed through the press. These, however, are not important enough to constitute new editions. The real test is in the composition of the text itself. The sheets of the four issues are the same, but on one title-page the words "Price One Shilling" are added after the date.

It has been asserted that there are three editions of the Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace; but, on the same grounds as in the previous poem, it seems more probable that there were three issues of one edition, parts of which were possibly reset, as indicated by occasional corrections of defective type. The present issue is presumably the first, with the misprint "16" for "15" at the foot of page 12, an error corrected in the other two issues.

Collation: I. Title with floral ornament, one leaf (verso blank). Text, B1-F2, in twos, ending with an Erratum of one line. Pages 1-20.

II. Title, A1 (verso blank). Half-title in Latin, A2 recto. Text in Latin and English, A2 verso-E2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-19.

III. Title, one leaf (verso blank). Text, B1-E1 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-13. Leaf of Advertisement, E2 (verso blank).

IV. Title with ornament of flowers and birds, A1 (verso blank). Advertisement, A2. Text, B1-F2, in twos. Pages 1-20, misprinted 30.

V. Title with ornament of a head, A1 (verso blank). Advertisement, A2 (verso blank). Text, B1-D2, in twos. Pages 1-16.

VI. Title with ornament of a vase of flowers, A1 (verso blank). Text, A2-E2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-19.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) The First Epistle of the First Book of Horace imitated. By Mr. Pope. London: Printed for R. Dodsley . . . and sold by T. Cooper . . . M DCC XXX VII. (II.) The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace imitated. By Mr. Pope. London: Printed for L. Gilliver . . . M DCC XXXVII. . . . (III.) The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, imitated. [Line from Horace] London: Printed for T. Cooper, . . . M. DCC. XXX VII. . . . (IV.) The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, 1737. _Folio, four works in one volume, cloth, by The Club Bindery_.

First editions. No. IV is of the issue with the correct numbering of the note, 15, at the foot of page 12, and no numeral in the lower right-hand corner of the page.

Collations: I. Title, one leaf (verso blank). Half-title, B1 recto. Text (Latin on the verso, English on the recto), B1 verso-F2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-19; 18-19 misprinted 20-21.

II. Half-title, A1 (verso blank). Title, A2 (verso blank). Second half-title, B1 recto. Text (Latin on the verso, English on the recto), B1 verso-E2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-15.

III. Title with large floral ornament containing figures and birds, A1 (verso blank). Advertisement, A2. Text, B1-G2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-23.

IV. Title with ornament of a vase of flowers, A1 (verso blank). Text, A2-E2 (verso blank), in twos. Pages 1-19.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Universal Prayer. By the Author of the Essay on Man. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's-Head, in Pall-mall. M DCC XXX VIII. (Price Six-Pence.) _Folio, red morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery_.

First edition. Title and three leaves without signatures.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. A Dialogue Something like Horace. By Mr. Pope. London: Printed for T. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster-row. (Price One Shilling.) [1738] (II.) One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. Dialogue II. By Mr. Pope. London: Printed for R. Dodsley at Tully's Head in Pall-mall, M DCC XXX VIII. (Price One Shilling.) _Folio, red levant morocco, by The Club Bindery_.

First editions.

Collation: I. Half-title, A1 (verso blank). Title with ornament of a basket of flowers, A2 (verso blank). Text, B1-D1, in twos. Pages 1-10. "Books lately Printed for T. Cooper," D2 (verso blank).

II. Title with ornament as in I, A1 (verso blank). Text, A2-D2, in twos. Pages 1-16.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--Verses Upon the Late D----ss of M----. [Duchess of Marlborough] By Mr. P----. [woodcut] London: Printed for W. Webb, near St. Paul's, 1746. (Price Sixpence.) _Small folio, red levant morocco, by The Club Bindery_.

The Announcement on the last page reads: "These Verses are Part of a Poem, entitled _Characters of Women_. It is generally said, the D----ss gave Mr. P. 1000 l. to suppress them: He took the Money, yet the World sees the Verses; but this is not the first Instance where Mr. P's practical Virtue has fallen very short of those pompous Professions of it he makes in his Writings."

Collation: [No signatures] Title with woodcut of a winged man with a scythe and a headless statue, one leaf (verso blank). Text, two leaves, on the verso of the second, an Announcement. Pages 1-5, last page unnumbered.

POPE, ALEXANDER, _translator_.--The Odyssey of Homer, translated by A. Pope London: Printed for F. J. Du Roveray, By T. Bensley . . . 1806. _Royal 8vo, six volumes in three, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford_.

Illustrated by the portrait and twenty-four plates by Fittler and others from the designs of Fuseli, Smirke, Singleton, Burney, Howard, etc., each in three states, and in addition eighteen scenes (eight on India paper) and two portraits of Homer.

POPE, ALEXANDER.

See Ayre, William. Dilworth, W. H. Parnell, Thomas. Ruffhead, Owen. Swift, Jonathan. Miscellanies, 1742. Thoms, W. J. Warton, Joseph. Young, Edward.

POPEIANA.--Love's Invention: or, the Recreation in Vogue. An excellent new Ballad upon the Masquerades. To the Tune of, O! London is a fine Town, &c. Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense. London: Printed for E. Curll . . . and R. Francklin . . . M. DCC. XVIII. . . . _4to, boards, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery_.

Pages 18-22 contain a poem, "To the Ingenious Mr. Moore, Author of the Celebrated Worm-Powder, By Mr. Pope."

POPEIANA.--The Progress of Dulness. By an Eminent Hand. Which will serve for an Explanation of the Dunciad. . . . London: Printed in the year M. DCC. XXVIII. . . . _Small 8vo, silk covers, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery_.

A poem of eight pages, "The Progress of Dulness. To Duncan Campbell," by H. Stanhope, dated White-Hall, June 6, 1720, is followed by "Observations on Windsor Forest, the Temple of Fame, and the Rape of the Lock," twenty-one pages, Verses to the Countess of Warwick, two pages by J. Markland, and five other pages, two of them advertisements.

POPEIANA, 1732-1741.-(I.) Stowe, the Gardens Of the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Cobham. Address'd to Mr. Pope. . . . London: Printed for L. Gilliver . . . M DCCXXX II. . . .

(II.) A Dialogue on One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-eight: together with a Prophetic Postscript as to One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-nine. London: Printed for T. Cooper, . . . M. DCC. XXXVIII. . . .

(III.) Are these Things So? the Previous Question, from an Englishman in his Grotto, to a Great Man at Court. . . . [by James Miller] London: Printed for T. Cooper, . . . MDCCXL.

(IV.) The Great Man's Answer to Are these Things So? in a Dialogue between His Honour and the Englishman in His Grotto. . . . By the Author of Are these Things So. [by James Miller] London: Printed for T. Cooper, . . . M DCC XL.

(V.) Yes, they are: being an answer to Are these Things so? the previous question from An Englishman in his Grotto to a Great Man at Court. . . . London: Printed for T. Cooper . . . M. DCC. XL. . . .

(VI.) What of that! Occasion'd by a Pamphlet, intitled, Are these Things so? And its Answer, Yes, they are. . . . The Second Edition. London: Printed for T. Cooper, . . . M DCC XL. . . .

(VII.) They are Not. . . . The Third Edition. London: Printed for T. Cooper, . . . M DCCXL. . . .

(VIII.) Pro and Con. . . . London: Printed for J. Roberts, . . . M DCC XLI. . . . _Folio, eight works in one volume, red morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery_.

POPEIANA.--The Court Dunciad. Inscrib'd to the Honourable Mrs. Fitz----ms.

/p This Book's a Meaning, and, no Doubt, Ye all have Wit enough to find it out. p/

London: Printed for J. Irons, and sold at the Pamphlet-Shops of London and Westminster. 1733. [Price 1s.] _8vo, green morocco, gilt edges. Bound with "Spiller's Jests" and three other works_.

Engraved frontispiece with four lines of verse beneath.

George Daniel's copy, with the following note on the fly-leaf: "Of 'The Court Dunciad' I have never seen a second copy."

POPEIANA.--A Tryal of Skill Between a Court Lord, and a Twickenham 'Squire. Inscrib'd to Mr. Pope. [Quotation of ten lines and copper-plate vignette] London: Printed and sold by J. Dormer, . . . [Price One Shilling.] M. DCC. XXXIV. _Folio, cloth, by The Club Bindery. Bound with three other works, all POPEIANA._

POPEIANA.--Sober Advice from Horace, to the Young Gentlemen about Town. As deliver'd in his Second Sermon. Imitated in the Manner of M^{r} Pope. Together with the Original Text, as restored by the Revd. R. Bentley, Doctor of Divinity. And some Remarks on the Version. London: Printed for T. Boreman, . . . [1735] _Folio, red levant morocco, by The Club Bindery. Bound with ten other works_.

The text is in Latin and English.

POPEIANA.--Mr. P--pe's Picture in Miniature, but As Like as it can stare; a poem: With notes. . . . London: Printed for G. Lion, . . . 1743. (Price Sixpence.) _Folio, cloth, by The Club Bindery. Bound with three other works, all POPEIANA._

POPEIANA.--A Plan of Mr. Pope's Garden, As it was left at his Death: with a Plan and Perspective View of the Grotto. All taken by J. Serle, his Gardener. With An Account of all the Gems, Minerals, Spars, and Ores of which it is composed, and from whom and whence they were sent. To which is added, A Character of all his Writings. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, . . . and Sold by M. Cooper . . . 1745. [Price 1s. 6d.] _4to, green morocco, uncut edges, with the original blue wrappers bound in, by The Club Bindery._

Folded plate, "A Plan of Mr. Pope's Garden as it was left at his Death. Taken by Mr. Serle his Gardener," and two other plates after Serle, "A Plan of the Grotto" and "A Perspective View of the Grotto."

POPEIANA.--A Plan of Mr. Pope's Garden. 1745. _4to, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

Another copy, extra-illustrated by the insertion of three sepia, two wash, and five pencil drawings of the grotto, four engravings, and an autograph letter from Pope to Jonathan Richardson, the painter, ending, "Yours most affectionately and faithfully."

POPEIANA.--Remarks on 'Squire Ayre's Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mr. Pope. in a Letter to Mr. Edmund Curl, Bookseller, with Authentic Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the said E---- C--l [Four lines from the Dunciad] London: Printed for M. Cooper, . . . 1745. _8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Contains half-title. The Letter is signed J. H.

POPEIANA.--Eloisa en dishabille: being a new version of that lady's celebrated epistle to Abelard. Ascribed to Professor [Richard] Porson . . . . London: printed in the year M DCCC XXII. _Post 8vo, original paper wrappers, uncut edges._

One of fifty copies printed.

PORSON, RICHARD.--See Popeiana. Eloisa en dishabille.

PORTER, GEORGE RICHARDSON.--A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State, of the Manufacture, of Porcelain and Glass, [vignette by E. Finden after H. Corbould] London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, . . . 1832. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Fifty woodcuts in the text.

[PORTLAND, DUKE OF.]--Catalogue of the Pictures belonging to His Grace the Duke of Portland, at Welbeck Abbey, and in London M. D. CCC. LXXXXIIII. [56 plates] London: printed at the Chiswick Press M. D. CCC. LXXXX IIII. _4to, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

PORTRAITS.--A Series of Proof Portraits and Embellishments executed by first rate Artists, to illustrate the best English Novelists, Poets, and Essayists . . . Got up under the direction of, and printed for, Charles Cooke . . . 1805, _8vo, four volumes, old red morocco, gilt back panels and side border, gilt edges._

Three hundred and forty plates, twenty-three being portraits.

PORTRAITS.--Physiognomical Portraits. One hundred Distinguished Characters, From undoubted Originals, Engraved in the Line Manner by the most eminent British Artists London: published for the proprietor, [John Johnson] by J. Major . . . 1824. _4to, two volumes, half purple morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

Largest paper copy, proofs of the plates on India paper, including the portrait of George IV. engraved on silver by Cosmo Armstrong and the cancelled portraits of Aremberg, Michael Angelo, Vandyck, Pitt the Younger, and Reynolds, and the engraver's etching of Lord William Russell and Wolsey.

POTTER, ROBERT.--Poems by Mr. Potter. London: Printed for J. Wilkie, . . . M DCC LXXIV. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Contains final leaf of Errata.

PRAED, WINTHROP MACKWORTH.--The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed. New and Enlarged Edition . . . Redfield . . . New York 1860. _4to, two volumes, half blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges_.

Large paper copy, "Editor's edition," fifty printed.

PRATT, SAMUEL JACKSON.--The Fair Circassian. A tragedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, by the Author of Sympathy, a poem. London: printed for R. Baldwin, . . . M DCC LXXXI. _8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery_.

First edition. The date 1780 in "Biographia Dramatica" is obviously a misprint, as the play was not acted until 1781.

PRAYERS.--The Book of Common Prayer . . . according to the Use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter . . . Oxford, printed by T. Wright and W. Gill . . . M DCCLXXII. _12mo, contemporary red morocco, gilt back, sides in mosaic of blue, red, and green elaborately tooled, silk linings_.

PRAYERS.--The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of The Sacraments, And other Rites and Ceremonies of The Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland. With Notes. Illuminated: And Illustrated with Engravings from the Works of the Great Painters. London: John Murray, mdcccxlv. _8vo, grey velvet, back and side borders embroidered in gold and colours to simulate jewels, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Twelve inserted plates.

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING.--History of the Conquest of Mexico; with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortez. By William H. Prescott London: R. Bentley . . . MDCCCXLIII. _8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

First edition: with three portraits, two maps, and a facsimile.

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING.--Biographical and Critical Miscellanies. By William H. Prescott, . . . London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1845. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

First edition. Portrait by W. Greatbatch after Ames.

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING.--History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic, of Spain. By William H. Prescott. . . . Fourth edition revised. London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1846. _8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Five portraits.

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING.--History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas. By William H. Prescott London: R. Bentley . . . 1847. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

First English edition. Two portraits and a map.

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING.--History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. By William H. Prescott, . . . Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company. 1855. [-1859] _8vo, three volumes, cloth._

First edition: with four portraits on steel by J. Brown, a facsimile, and a map.

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING.--History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. By William H. Prescott, . . . London: Richard Bentley, . . . 1855. [-1859] _8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

First English edition. Seven portraits by J. Brown and W. Greatbatch, and a facsimile.

Presentation copy from the Author to Sir Archibald Alison.

PRETENDER.--An authentick Account Of the Conduct of the Young Chevalier, [Charles James Edward] from His first Arrival in Paris, after his Defeat at Culloden, to the Conclusion of the Peace at Aix-la-Chapelle. Wherein The Motives of his late Behaviour are fully laid open and explained; with the various Messages which passed between him and the French King; and many other curious and interesting Particulars. Never before made publick. In a Letter from a Gentleman residing at Paris, to his Friend in London. . . . The Third Edition. London: Printed and sold by Nutt . . . Dodd . . . Barnes . . . M,DCC,XLIX. _8vo, Spanish calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pratt._

PRETENDER.--Virtue in Distress: or, Heroism Display'd. Containing A succint and true Relation of the Politick Methods taken by the Court of France to save the young Pretender [Charles James Edward] from being made a Sacrifice to the late Peace. Also the Steps taken at the Congress at Aix la Chapelle, to frustrate any Resolutions that might be formed to the Prejudice of his Claims and Pretensions in E--d. With a just and particular Account of every Thing that happened before, at, and after his being arrested at Paris, to his Arrival at Avignon. To which is added, A short Narrative of the various Hardships and Accidents that befell him in Scotland, after the Battle of Culloden, till his Escape to France. London: Printed for B. Dickinson, . . . 1749. _8vo, Spanish calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pratt._

Portrait of the Young Pretender by J. G. after L. Tocque.

PRETENDER.--The young Chevalier: [Charles James Edward] or, a Genuine Narrative Of all that befell that Unfortunate Adventurer, from His fatal Defeat to his final Escape, after wandering about the Isles and Highlands of Scotland, for the space of five Months, while continually pursued by his Enemies, from whom all his narrow Escapes are Circumstantially and Honestly related. The whole Interspersed With many Curious Anecdotes of the Lives and Characters of the Chiefs who accompanied, as well as those who abandoned him in his Distresses. In Particular The Characters of Lord Lovat, and some others are cleared up, all the Facts, hitherto unknown, are related on the most indisputable Evidence, in the most Candid Manner, and every fictitious Embellishment avoided. By a Gentleman, who was personally acquainted not only with the Scenes of Action, but with many of the Actors themselves. London: Printed for the Author, and by his Appointment sold by R. Griffiths . . . [n. d.] _8vo, Spanish calf, gilt back, red edges._

PRICE, H.--Poems on Several Subjects. By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole. . . . London: Printed for T. Astley, . . . M. DCC. XLI. _8vo, cloth, by The Club Bindery._

PRIDEAUX, SARAH T.--An historical Sketch of Bookbinding by S. T. Prideaux with a Chapter on Early Stamped Bindings By E. Gordon Duff. London Lawrence & Bullen . . . 1893. _Post 8vo, buckram, uncut edges._

No. 30 of one hundred and thirty large paper copies printed, with two illustrations.

PRIME, WILLIAM COWPER.--Pottery and Porcelain of all times and nations with tables of factory and artists' marks for the use of collectors [with 300 illustrations] By William C. Prime . . . [coloured ornament] New York Harper and Brothers, . . . 1878. _4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

First edition.

PRIOR, JAMES.--The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B. from a variety of original sources. By James Prior, . . . London: John Murray, . . . M DCCC XXX VII. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Frontispiece, Goldsmith's monument, engraved by E. Finden after Nollekens, and facsimile.

PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER.--(I.) Dramatic Scenes and other Poems, by Barry Cornwall [Bryan Waller Procter] London. Printed for C. and J. Ollier . . . 1819. (II.) A Sicilian Story, with Diego de Montilla, and other Poems. By Barry Cornwall London: C. and J. Ollier . . . 1820. _12mo, two volumes in one, blue morocco, back and sides, gilt and blind-tooled, gilt edges._

First editions.

PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER.--Effigies Poeticae: or The Portraits of the British Poets illustrated by notes biographical, critical, and poetical, [by Bryan Waller Procter] London: James Carpenter and Son, . . . MDCCCXXIV. _Folio, two volumes, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Large paper copy. One hundred and forty portraits, proofs on India paper.

PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER.--English Songs, and Other small Poems. By Barry Cornwall, [vignette] London: Edward Moxon, . . . M DCCCXXXII. _12mo, boards, uncut edges._

First edition.

PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER.--Charles Lamb: A Memoir. By Barry Cornwall London: Edward Moxon & Co., . . . 1866. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges_.

Portrait of Lamb by Vinter after Hazlitt.

PROCTOR, ROBERT.--The Printing of Greek in the fifteenth century By Robert Proctor Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press December, 1900. _4to, original paper wrappers, uncut edges._

Twenty-four plates.

No. VIII of Illustrated Monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society.

PROCTOR, ROBERT.--See Duff, E. Gordon.

PROPERTIUS, PETRONIUS ARBITER, AND OTHERS.--Erotica. The Elegies of Propertius, the Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter, and the Kisses of Johannes Secundus. Literally translated, and accompanied by poetical versions from various sources. To which are added, the Love Epistles of Aristaenetus. Translated by R. Brinsley Sheridan and Mr. Halked. Edited by Walter K. Kelly. London: Henry G. Bohn, . . . M DCCC LIV. _Post 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

PROPHECY OF LIBERTY.--The Prophecy of Liberty: a poem. Humbly Inscrib'd to The Right Hon. Robert Lord Romney. . . . London, Printed for G. Pearch, . . . and S. Steare, . . . MDCCLXVIII. _4to, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery._

PSALMS, ETC.--The Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs, of the Old and New-Testament: Faithfully translated into English Meeter. For the Use, Edification and Comfort of the Saints in Publick and Private, especially in New-England . . . The Twenty-third Edition. Boston: Printed for D. Henchman . . . 1730. _12mo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by David._

PSALMS.--The Book of Psalms translated by the Rev. T. K. Cheyne London Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., . . . MDCCCLXXXIIII _Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges_.

Large paper copy, fifty printed.

PUCKLE, JAMES.--The Club, or, a Grey-Cap, for a Green-Head, in a Dialogue Between Father and Son . . . The Fourth Edition, with Additions. London, Printed for Edward Symon, . . . 1723. _12mo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Chambolle-Duru._

Portrait of Puckle by Cole after Closterman.

PUCKLE, JAMES.--The Club; in a Dialogue between Father and Son [London: imprinted by J. Johnson] 1817. _Royal 8vo, tree calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

Large paper copy, with portrait of the author by Bragg after Vertue, and woodcuts by Thurston.

PUGLIA, JAMES PH. DE.--A short extract (concerning the Rights of Man and Titles,) from the work entitled Man Undeceived. Written in Spanish by James Ph. de Puglia, Sworn Interpreter, Translated from the original by the Author, and corrected by a Democrat. In Confutation of several Theological objections produced in an Aristocratical Piece by Walworth, against Thomas Paine, published in a London paper of the 7th of August, and in the Federal Gazette of the 13th of October last. . . . Or rather Mr. Burke, under the name of Walworth. However, the Author computes him as a different writer. Philadelphia: Printed by Johnston & Justice, . . . 1793. _8vo, green levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru._

PULIGA, COMTESSE DE.--Madame de Sevigne, her correspondents and her contemporaries. By the Comtesse de Puliga. London: Tinsley Brothers . . . 1873. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Two steel portraits and facsimile.

PUNSTER'S POCKET BOOK.--The Punster's Pocket-Book, or the Art of Punning enlarged. By Bernard Blackmantle. . . . illustrated with numerous original designs by Robert Cruikshank. London: Published by Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper . . . 1826. _Crown 8vo, half green morocco._

Portrait of George IV. and sixteen woodcuts.

PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER.--See Borrow, George.

PYTHAGOREAN.--Memoirs of a Pythagorean, in which are delineated the Manners, Customs, Genius and Polity of Ancient Nations, interspersed with a variety of Anecdotes . . . London: printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson . . . 1785. _8vo, three volumes in one, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by David._