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, pp. 1-339.] 1584. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, LC, Illinois._

26 Annales Galantes 5.6.7.8 Parties

[12mo. Par.1677. 26]

[Marie Catherine Hortense Desjardins, afterwards Villedieu (d. 1683)]. Annales galantes. Divisée [sic] en huit parties. Paris, chez Claude Barbin, 1677. 2 vol. 12mo.

_BM._

27 Avantures D'Abdalla Fils d'Hanif

[24to. Haye 1713. 26]

Abbé Jean Paul Bignon (1662-1743); Pseud., Mr. de Sandisson. Les avantures d'Abdalla, fils d'Hanif, envoyé par le Sultan des Indes à la découverte de l'isle de Borico, où est la fontaine merveilleuse dont l'eau fait rajeunir. . . . Traduites en françois sur le manuscrit arabe, trouvé à Batavia [or rather written] par Mr. De Sandisson. A La Haye, chez Guillaume de Voys, 1713. 12mo.

_BM._

28 L'Amant Oisif, Nouvelles Espagnoles

[12mo. Brus.1711. 26]

L'amant oisif. Contenant cinquante nouvelles espagnoles. [By Garouville.] A Brusselles, George de Backer, 1711. 12mo.

_BM; LC._

29 Aminta, Favola Boscareccia del _Tasso_

[24to. Amst.1678. 5]

Torquato Tasso (1544-1595). Aminta, favola boscareccia. Amsterdam, nella stamperia S. D. Elsevier, et in Parigi si vende appresso Thomaso Jolly, 1678. 32mo.

_BN._

30 L'Academie Francois Sentimens sur la Tragi-Comedie du Cid

[12mo. Londres 1703. 24]

Les sentimens de l'Académie françoise sur la tragi-comédie du Cid. [Chiefly by Jean Chapelain. First Ed., 1638.] A Paris, chez Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1701. 12mo.

_BN._

No copy of a 1703 edition has been found.

31 d'Ariste et Eugene Entretiens

[12mo. Paris.1671. 12]

[Le P. Dominique Bouhours (1628-1702).] Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugene. Seconde edition. A Paris, chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1671. 12mo.

_BN; Newberry, Clark._

32 Alaric ou Rome vaincu p Scudery

[12mo. Ib.1655. 6]

Georges de Scudéry (1601-1667). Alaric, ou Rome vaincuë. Poëme heroïque. A Paris, chez Augustin Courbé, 1655. 12mo.

_BM; Yale, Folg, Newberry._

A copy of this edition, with Dryden's signature on the fly leaf, was item No. 574 in the Leeds Sale, 1930, and is now in the Folger Shakespeare Library. Apparently this copy had been a gift from Dryden to Congreve. See James M. Osborn, _John Dryden: Some Biographical Facts and Problems_, New York, 1940, p. 231.

33 Athenæi Dipnosophistarum. Tom. 3 Per Nat: Com:

[12mo. Basil 1556 18]

Entry by the second hand.

Athenæi dipnosophistarum . . . libri XV. Natale de Comitibus. Basiliæ, per Henrichum Petri, 1556. 8vo.

See No. 1 above.

_BM; LC, Newberry._

34 Arbuthnot's tables of antient Coins, Weights, & Measures

[4to. Lon.1727 ....]

Entry by the third hand.

John Arbuthnot (1667-1735). Tables of ancient coins, weights and measures explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations. London, J. Tonson, 1727. 4to.

_BM; Harv, NYP, LC, Texas, Hunt._

35 ---- Oratio anniversaria Harvæana

[4to. Lon.1727 ....]

Entry by the third hand.

Oratio anniversaria Harvæeana, habita . . . die xviii Octobris, A.D. 1727. Londini, impensis Jacobi Tonson, 1727. 4to.

_BM; Harv, U.S. Surgeon General's Office, Texas._

36 Arsinoe, an Opera

[4to. Ib.1705 ....]

Entry by the third hand.

[Peter Anthony Motteux (1663-1718).] Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus. An opera, after the Italian manner. London, for J. Tonson, 1705. 4to.

_Bodleian; Boston Public, Folg, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

37 Burnet's (Bp) History of his own Time Vol. 1. from ye Restoration to ye Revolution

[Fol. Lond.1724. 1]

Only the first volume of Bishop Gilbert Burnet's history, published by Thomas Ward, appears in Congreve's list. The second volume was not published until 1734, five years after Congreve's death. A copy of this edition was listed under No. 1138 in the Hornby Castle Sale, 1930.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, LC, Hunt._

38 ---- Letters giving account of Things most Remarkable in his Travels p Switzerland, Italy &c[.]

[8vo. Rot.1687. 3]

Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715). Some letters, containing an account of what seemed most remarkable in travelling through Switzerland, Italy, some parts of Germany, &c. Rotterdam, for Abraham Acher, 1687. 8vo.

Wing B5918.

_BM; Yale, NYP, Chicago._

Three editions were printed at Rotterdam in 1687, but only one of these, the "second," was in 8vo.

39 Burnetii (Tho.) Archæologiæ Philosoph[.]

[4to. Lond.1692. 14]

Thomas Burnet, Master of the Charter House (1635?-1715). Archæologiæ philosophicæ: sive Doctrina antiqua de rerum originibus. Libri duo. Londini, typis R. N. impensis Gualt. Kettilby, 1692. 4to.

Wing B5943.

_BM; Harv, Folg, Newberry, Washington State._

40 ---- Telluris Theoria Sacra Ed. 3a.

[4to. Ib.1702 14]

Telluris theoria sacra: orbis nostri originem & mutationes generales, quas aut jam subiit, aut olim subiturus est, complectens. . . . Editio tertia. Londini, impensis Benj. Took, 1702. 4to.

_BM; Yale, Vassar, Clark._

41 ---- Theory of ye Earth 2 Vols.

[Fol. Ib.1684. 1]

The theory of the earth. . . . The first two books. London, by R. Norton, for Walter Kettilby, 1684. fol.

Wing B5950.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Michigan, Hunt._

42 Beaumont & Fletcher's Comedies & Tragedies - - - Large Paper

[Fol. Ib.1679. 1]

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625). Fifty comedies and tragedies. All in one volume. London, by J. Macock, for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679. fol.

Wing B1582.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

A copy of this edition was item No. 40 in the Leeds Sale, 1930.

43 Boccalini's Advertisements from Parnassus

[Fol. Ib.1656. 2]

Trajano Boccalini (1556-1613). I ragguagli di Parnasso: or, Advertisements from Parnassus; in two centuries . . . put into English by . . . Henry Earl of Monmouth. London, for Humphrey Moseley, and Thomas Heath, 1656. fol.

Wing B3380.

_BM; Harv, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

44 Ben Jonson's Works Old Edit.

[Fol. Ib. . . . 2]

Since "Old Edit" in No. 541 refers to the first folio of Shakespeare, it is probable that "Old Edit" here refers to Jonson's first folio printed at London by Will Stansby, 1616.

STC 14751.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

Congreve's copy is extant. See J. Isaacs, _TLS_ for September 2, 1949.

45 ---- Ditto Best Edit. _L. Papr._

[Fol. Ib.1692. 1]

The works of Ben Jonson. [Third edition.] . . . To which is added a comedy called The New Inn. London, by Thomas Hodgkin, for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R. Chiswell, M. Wotten, G. Conyers, 1692. fol.

Wing J1006.

_BM; Harv, Folg, Newberry, Hunt._

46 Blackmore's (Sir Richd.) K. Arthur

[Fol. Ib.1697. 1]

Sir Richard Blackmore (d. 1729). King Arthur. An heroick poem. In twelve books. London, for Awnsham and John Churchill, and Jacob Tonson, 1697. fol.

Wing B3077.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, Newberry, Hunt._

47 ---- Eliza, an Epick Poem

[Fol. Ib.1705. 1]

London, Awnsham & John Churchill, 1705. fol.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Newberry, Hunt._

48 ---- Creation, a Philosoph. Poem

[8vo. Ib.1712. 28]

Creation. A philosophical poem. In seven books. London, for S. Buckley and J. Tonson, 1712. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, Princeton, Newberry._

49 ---- Essays upon Sevl. Subjects

[8vo. Ib.1716. 14]

London, E. Curll; J. Pemberton, 1716. 8vo.

_BM; NYP, Newberry, Clark._

50 Blount's (Tho.) Law-Dictionary and Glossary. 3d. Edit.

[Fol. Ib.1717. 1]

Thomas Blount (1618-1679). A law-dictionary and glossary . . . The third edition. [London,] by E. Nutt, and R. Gosling for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, 1717. fol.

_BM; Harv, LC, Minnesota, Hunt._

51 Boadicea Q. of Britain. A Trag. by Charles Hopkins

[4to. Ib.1697. 27]

Charles Hopkins (1664?-1700?). Boadicea Queen of Britain. A tragedy. London, for Jacob Tonson, 1697. 4to.

This play is dedicated to Congreve.

Wing H2719.

_BM; Harv, Folg, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

52 Bulstrode's (Whitelock) Essay of Transmigra -tion

[8vo. Ib.1692. 8]

Whitelocke Bulstrode (1650-1724). An essay of transmigration, in defence of Pythagoras: or, A discourse of natural philosophy. London, for T. Basset, 1692. 8vo.

Wing B5450.

_BM; Yale, LC, Hunt._

53 Barclay's (Robt.) Apology for ye Quakers

[8vo. Ib. . . . . 14]

Robert Barclay (1648-1690). An apology for the true Christian divinity as the same is held forth . . . by Quakers . . . a full explanation and vindication of their principles and doctrines. London, T. Sowle, 1701. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, NYP (1701), LC, Newberry (1701 only)._

Congreve's copy was apparently of the fourth edition, 1701, or of the fifth, 1703, both of which were printed in London by T. Sowle in 8vo. The earlier London editions were in 4to.

54 Le Berger Extravagant

[8vo. Rov.1640. 3]

Entry crossed through but legible.

[Charles Sorel, Sieur de Souvigny (1597?-1674).] Le berger extravagant. Où parmy des fantasies amoureuses on void les impertinences des romans & de la poësie. A Rouen, chez Jean Berthelin, 1639. 8vo.

_BM._

An additional engraved title page bears the date 1640. Congreve had also an English translation of this work. See No. 350.

55 Balzac Oeuvres diverses

[4to. Paris 1644. 2]

Jean Louis Guez de Balzac (d. 1654). Les [oe]uvres diverses du sieur de Balzac. A Paris, par P. Rocolet, 1644. 4to.

_BN._

A copy of this edition was item No. 33 in the Leeds Sale, 1930.

56 ---- Le Prince

[4to. Ib.1631. 2]

Paris, chez Toussaint du Bray, Pierre Roccolet, et Claude Sonnius, 1631. 4to.

_BM; Harv, NYP, LC, Newberry._

57 Boileau Oeuvres avec des Eclaircissemens Historiques donnez p lui-meme 2 Tom.

[4to. Amst.1718. 19]

Nicholas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711). [OE]uvres de Nicholas Boileau Despréaux. Avec des éclaircissemens historiques, donnez par lui-meme. A Amsterdam, chez David Mortier, 1718. 2 tom. 4to.

_BM; Harv, Chicago, Clark._

58 ---- Ditto. 4 Tom. avec des Remarq -ues

[12mo. Ib.1717. 30]

[OE]uvres en vers . . . avec des éclaircissemens historiques. A Amsterdam, chez les freres G. & R. Westein, 1717. 4 tom. 12mo.

_BN._

59 ---- Ditto 2 Tom. en-1 Vol.

[12mo. Ib.1695. 30]

[OE]uvres diverses du Sieur D*** avec le traité du sublime. A Amsterdam, chez Antoine Schelte, 1695. 2 tom. 12mo.

_BM._

60 Boyle's (Charles) Exam. of Dr. Bentley's Dissert. on Phalaris Epistles

[8vo. Lond.1698. 33]

Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery (1676-1731). Dr. Bentley's dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris and the Fables of Æsop. London, for Tho. Bennet, 1698. 8vo.

Congreve's copy could have been the first edition, Wing O469 (_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, Newberry, Hunt_) or the second edition in the same year, Wing O470 (_BM; Harv, Princeton, Clark_).

61 Bossu du Poeme Epique

[12mo. Par.1675. 12]

René Le Bossu (1631-1680). Traité du poëme épique. Paris, M. Le Petit, 1675. 2 tom. 12mo.

_BM; Yale, Clark._

62 Burgersdicii Institutio Logica - - _abest Titulus_

[8vo. . . . . . 6]

Franco Petri Burgersdijck (1590-1635). Fr. Burgersdicii institutionum logicarum libri duo. Cantabrigiæ, apud Joann. Hayes. . . . Prostant venales apud Guil. Graves Jun., 1680. 8vo.

Wing B5636.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg._

This popular textbook on logic, edited and reissued many times during the seventeenth century, was probably represented in Congreve's book list by the last English edition, 1680.

63 Bourdeille, Seignr. de Brantom, Memoires contenant les Vies de Dames Galantes de son Temps. 2 Tom[.]

[12mo. Leyd.1699. 26]

Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Brantôme (1540-1614). Memoires, contenant les vies de dames galantes de son temps. Leyde, J. Sambix le jeune, 1699. 2 tom. 12mo.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Hunt._

64 Busbequii omnia quæ extant. apd. _Elzevir_

[24to. Lug.Bat 1633. 5]

Augier Ghislain de Busbecq (1522-1592). A. Gislenii Busbequii omnia quæ extant. Lugd[uni] Batavorum, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633. 16mo.

_BM; Harv, NYP, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

65 Bononcini Cantate et Duetti

[Fol. Lond.1721. 21]

Giovanni Battista Bononcini (_c._ 1672-_c._ 1752). Cantate e duetti dedicati alla Sacra Maesta di Giorgio Re della Gran Bretagna &c. Londra [no publisher given], 1721. fol.

_BM; Yale, Hunt._

Congreve's name appears in the printed list of subscribers.

66 Barnes Homer vide Homeri &c[.]

[.... .... 22]

See No. 290.

67 Bates' Dispensatory see Dispensatory

[.... --- 4]

See No. 215.

68 Boccae.s' Nouels English

[-- .... 33]

Entry by the second hand.

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). The decameron containing an hundred pleasant nouels. London, Isaac Jaggard, 1620. 2 vol. fol.

STC 3172.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, Newberry (Vol. 2 only), Hunt._

[Illustration: Page four of Congreve's "Bibliotheca," showing numbers 55-67 entered by the first hand, 68-69 by the second, and 70 by the third. The larger cross appears before number 65.]

The spelling "nouels" makes it probable that Congreve's copy was from the first English translation of the _Decameron_, 1620, rather than from one of the later translations. See also No. 123.

69 Holy Bible in four Voloumns

[4to Oxford 1727 22]

Entry by the second hand.

The Holy Bible, etc. Oxford, J. Baskett, 1727, 26. 4to.

_BM; Harv._

Possibly Congreve had an interleaved copy of this edition in four volumes.

70 Bleinheim, a Poem

[fol. Lon.1728 ....]

Entry by the third hand.

[George Baron Lyttelton (1709-1773)] Bleinheim. London, for J. Roberts, 1728. fol.

_BM; Harv._

71 J. Cæsaris quæ exstant Tabulis æneis. ornata 2 Vol. Corio Russico. apud Tonson _Charta Imper._

[Fol. Lond.1712. 10.]

Gaius Julius Cæsar (102-44 B.C.). G. Julii Cæsaris quæ extant. . . . Tabulis Æneis ornata. Londini, sumptibus & typis Jacobi Tonson, 1712. 2 vol. fol.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Newberry, Hunt._

A copy of this edition was listed under No. 1187 in the Hornby Castle Sale, 1930.

72 ---- Commentarii emendati et recogn. à Jo. Rosseto

[Fol. Lausannæ 1571. 1]

G. Julii Cæsaris commentarii, post omnes omnium editiones accurata sedulitate, . . . & studiosissimè recogniti à Joanne Rosseto. Lausannæ, excudebat Joannes Probus, 1571. fol.

_BM; Folg._

73 ---- Commentaires avec Remarques p le Sr. Sanson D' Abbeville

[4to. Par.1650. 13]

Les commentaires de Cesar. . . . Remarques sur la carte de l'ancienne Gaule tirée des commentaires de Cesar par le Sr Sanson d'Abbeville. A Paris, chez la veuve Jean Camusat et Pierre Le Petit, 1650. 4to.

_BN; Harv._

74 ---- Commentaries Translated into Eng. by Clemt. Edmonds

[Fol. Lond.1677. 1]

In the Savoy [London], by Tho. Newcomb, for Jonathan Edwin, 1677. fol.

Wing C200.

_BM; NYP, Cincinnati, Newberry, Hunt._

75 Chaucer's Works Old Edit. Black Letter

[Fol. Ib.1561. 1]

London, Jhon Kyngston for Jhon Wight, 1561. fol.

STC 5075 or 5076.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, Newberry, Hunt._

76 ---- Ditto. wth. his Life & a Glossogra -phy

[Fol Ib.1687. 1]

Wing C3736.

_BM; Harv, Princeton, Newberry, Hunt._

A copy of this edition was item No. 141 in the Leeds Sale, 1930.

77 ---- Ditto. wth. 3 Tales added by J. Urry. Best Edit.

[Fol. Ib.1721. 10]

Eighth edition. London, for Bernard Lintott, 1721. fol.

_BM; Harv, Folg, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

78 Cowley's (Abrah.) Works Compt. 9. Edit.

[Fol. Ib.1700. 9]

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667). The works. . . . The ninth edition. To which are added, some verses by the author, never before printed. London, for Henry Herringman; and are to be sold by Jacob Tonson and Thomas Bennet, 1700. fol.

Wing C6660.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, LC, Hunt._

79 ---- Ditto. 2 Vols. wth. Cuts. _L. Paper_

[8vo. Ib.1707. 19]

The tenth edition. Adorn'd with cuts. London, Jacob Tonson, 1707. 2 vol. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, LC, Michigan, Hunt._

80 ---- Ditto. 2 Vols. ---- Small Pap.

[8vo. Ib.1707. 27]

See No. 79.

A copy of this edition (listed as 3 vols.) was a part of item No. 126 (also a part of item No. 361) in the Leeds Sale, 1930.

81 Chardin's (Sir Jno.) Travels into Persia &c. Lent to Ld. Hervy

[Fol. Ib.1686. 9]

Sir John Chardin (1643-1713). The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies. London, for Moses Pitt, 1686. fol.

Wing C2043.

_BM; Harv, NYP, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

82 P. Corneille Theatre 2 Tom.

[Fol. Roven 1664. 1]

Pierre Corneille (1606-1684). Le Théâtre de P. Corneille. 2 vol. Imprimé à Rouen, et se vend à Paris chez Thomas Jolly, 1664. fol.

_BM; Harv, NYP (v. 1, 1663, de Luyne)._

Each volume of Congreve's copy bears this inscription: "Wm. Congreve the gift of my ffriend Mr. Jacob Tonson Senr." See J. Isaacs in _TLS_ for September 2, 1949.

83 ---- Ditto. 3 Tom.

[8vo. Ib.1660. 30]

Imprimé à Rouen, et se vend à Paris, chez Augustin Courbé et Guillaume de Luyne, 1660. 3 vol. 8vo.

_BM; BN, Harv, NYP, Hunt._

84 T ---- Poèmes Dramatiques 2 Tom.

[8vo. Ib.1661. 30]

Thomas Corneille (1625-1709). Poëmes dramatiques de T. Corneille. Imprimés à Rouen, et se vendent à Paris, chez Augustin Courbé et Guillaume de Luyne, 1661. 3 vol. 8vo.

_BN; Harv._

85 Cotgraves French & Eng. Dictionary

[Fol. Lond.1660. 9]

Randle Cotgrave (fl. 1610). A French and English dictionary. London, by William Hunt, 1660. fol.

Wing C6378.

_BM; Yale, Clark._

86 Cooperi (Tho) Thesaurus Linguæ Rom. et Britan.

[Fol. Ib.1584. 9]

Thomas Cooper (1517?-1594). Thesaurus linguæ Romanæ & Britannicæ. Londini, in ædibus Henrici Bynnemani, 1584. fol.

STC 5689.

_BM; Harv, Folg, Newberry, Hunt._

87 Cambridge Dictionary Eng. & Lat.

[4to. Camb.1693. 22]

Linguæ Romanæ dictionarium . . . a new dictionary [Engl. and Lat. Lat. and Engl.] Cambridge, for W. Rawlins, T. Dring, R. Chiswell, C. Harper, W. Crook, J. Place, and the executors of S. Leigh, 1693. 4to.

Wing L2354.

_BM; Yale, Peabody Inst. (Baltimore)._

88 Cyder, a Poem. _Large Paper_

[8vo. Lond.1708. 28]

John Philips (1676-1709). Cyder, a poem. In two books. London, Jacob Tonson, 1708. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

89 Callipædia made Eng. By N. Rowe

[8vo. Ib.1712. 20]

Claude Quillet (1602-1661). Callipædia. A poem. In four books . . . made English by N. Rowe. London, for E. Sanger and E. Curll, 1712. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, Folg, Hunt._

90 Cartwright's (Wm.) Comedies, Tragi-Com. with other Poems

[8vo. Ib.1651. 20]

William Cartwright (1611-1643). Comedies, tragi-comedies, with other poems. . . . The ayres and songs set by Mr. Henry Lawes. London, for Humphrey Moseley, 1651. 8vo.

Wing C709.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

91 Catulli, Tibulli, et Propertii Opera, cum variis Lectionibus Ch. Majori

[4to. Cantabr.1702. 17]

Cantabrigiae, typis Academicis, impensis Jacobi Tonson bibliopolæ Londin, 1702. 4to.

_BM; Harv, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin._

92 ---- Eadem cum Notis Variorum, et ex Recensione Graevii. 2 Vol.

[8vo. Traj.ad Rhen.1680 7]

Trajecti ad Rhenum, sumptibus Rudolphi a Zyll, 1680. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, Illinois._

93 ---- Eadem. cum Foliis deauratis apd Tonson

[12mo. Lond.1715. 24]

Londini, ex officinâ Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts, 1715. 12mo.

_BM; Harv, Illinois._

94 ---- Eadem

[24to. Amst.1686. 5]

Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, cum C. Galli fragmentis. Amsteledami, apud Isbrandum Haring, 1686. 24to.

_BM; Yale, Pennsylvania._

95 Catulli Opera Separatim. ex Recensione Is. Vossii

[4to. Lugd.Bat 1691. 7]

Editio secunda. Lugduni Batavorum, apud Danielem à Graesbeeck, Cornelium Boutesteyn, Johannis de Vivie, Petrus van der Aa, 1691. 4to.

_BM; Harv, LC, Cincinnati._

96 Congreve's (Wm.) Works 3 Vols. _L. Papr._

[8vo. Lond.1710. 28]

London, for Jacob Tonson, 1710. 3 voi. 8vo. (The pages of the large paper edition in the Huntington Library measure approximately 5½ by 8½ inches.)

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, Newberry, Hunt._

A copy of this edition was a part of item No. 548 in the Leeds Sale, 1930. Congreve presented one copy of his 1710 works to Joseph Keally (see Congreve's letter to Keally dated Nov. 9, 1710) and another to A. Henley, in which he wrote on the title page, "The Gift of the Author to A. Henley." (See J. Isaacs in _TLS_ for September 2, 1949).

97 ---- Ditto. 3 Vols. Small Papr.

[8vo. Ib.1710. 27]

Entry crossed through but legible.

See No. 96.

A copy of this edition was a part of item No. 548 in the Leeds Sale, 1930.

98 ---- Ditto. 2d Vol. _Fine Papr._

[12mo. Ib.1719. 27]

The works of Mr. William Congreve. . . . The third edition, revis'd by the author. London, for Jacob Tonson, 1719. 2 vol. 12mo.

_BM; Harv, Pennsylvania, Chicago._

A copy of this edition was item No. 156 in the Leeds Sale, 1930.

99 ---- Amendments of Mr Collier's False & imperfect Citations from ye Old Batchelour &c Large Paper

[8vo. Ib.1698. 8]

London, for J. Tonson, 1698.

Wing C5844.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

100 Collier's (Jerem.) View of ye Eng. Stage

[8vo. Ib.1698. 8]

Jeremy Collier (1650-1726). A short view of the immorality, and profaneness of the English stage. London, for S. Keble, R. Sare, and H. Hindmarsh, 1698. 8vo.

Wing C5263.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

Congreve probably bought the first of the three editions of 1698.

101 _Review of Mr Colliers View_

[8vo. Ib.1698 8]

A defense of dramatick poetry: being a review of Mr. Collier's View of the immorality and profaneness of the stage. London, for Eliz. Whitlock, 1698. 8vo.

The dedication to John, Viscount Lisburne, is signed "E. S." [Elkanah Settle?]

Wing F9051 (under Edward Filmer).

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, Newberry, Hunt._

102 _Reflections on ye Stage & Mr Collier's_ defence of ye View

[8vo. Ib.1699 8]

John Oldmixon (1678-1742). Reflections on the stage, and Mr. Collyer's Defense of the Short view. In four dialogues. London, for R. Parker and P. Buck, 1699. 8vo.

Wing 0262.

_Yale, Folg, Newberry, Hunt._

103 _Stage Vindicated_ agt. Mr Collier by _Edw. Filmer_

[8vo. Ib.1707 8]

Edward Filmer (b. 1652?). A defense of plays: or, The stage vindicated, from several passages in Mr. Collier's Short view. London, for Jacob Tonson, 1707. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, NYP, Folg, Newberry, Hunt._

104 Creech's (Tho.) Translation of Horace

[8vo. Ib.1688. 20]

Thomas Creech (1659-1700). The odes, satyrs, and epistles of Horace. Done into English. The second edition. London, for Jacob Tonson, 1688. 8vo.

Wing H2775.

_BM; Princeton, Michigan._

105 Collection of Treaties, Declarations of War &c _from 1648 to 1710_

[8vo. Ib.1710. 14]

A general collection of treatys, declarations of war, manifestos, and other publick papers, . . . from 1648 to the present time. London, by J. Darby for Andrew Bell and E. Sanger, 1710. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, NYP, LC, Virginia, Oregon._

106 ---- The Statutes now in force relating to High Treason. Bound in Turky Leather

[12mo. Ib.1709. 6]

A collection of the several statutes and parts of statutes, now in force, relating to high treason, and misprision of high treason. London, printed by C. Bill, and the executrix of T. Newcomb, 1709. 12mo.

_BM; Harv, NYP, LC, Minnesota, Hunt._

107 Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois 2 Tom.

[8vo. Paris 1722. 32]

Le nouveau cuisinier royal et bourgeois. 2 tom. Paris, chez Claude Prudhomme, 1722. 12mo.

_BM._

108 Cebetis Tabula Gr. Lat. _Notis Tho. Johnson_

[8vo. Lond.1720. 6]

Cebes. Tabula. Novâ versione, in puerorum usus, donata, ex selectioribus criticorum notis illustrata. . . . Opera Thomæ Johnson. Londini, impensis authoris, 1720. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, NYP._

109 Court Cookery, or the Compleat Eng. Cook By _Richd. Smith_

[8vo. Ib.1725 32]

Court cookery: or, The compleat English cook. . . . By R. Smith, Cook (under Mr. Lamb) to King William. London, for T. Wotton, 1725. 8vo.

_Bodleian; LC._

110 Compleat Court-Cook by _Mr Lamb_

[8vo. Ib.1710. 32]

Patrick Lamb. Royal cookery; or, The complete court-cook. Containing the choicest receipts in all the particular branches of cookery, now in use in the queen's palaces of St. James's, Kensington, Hampton-court, and Windsor. London, for Abel Roper, and sold by John Morphew, 1710. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, NYP, LC._

111 Clavis Homerica

[8vo. Rot.1655. 7]

Antonius Roberti (17th century). Clavis homerica, sive Lexicon vocabulorum omnium, quæ in Iliade Homeri, nec non potissimâ Odyssæ parte continentur . . . gr. & lat. Roterdami, ex officinâ Arnoldi Leers, 1655. 8vo.

_BM; Pennsylvania, Chicago._

112 Cornelianum Dolium. Com[oe]dia

[8vo. Lond.1638. 5]

Thomas Randolph (1605-1635). Cornelianum dolium. Com[oe]dia lepidissima. . . . Auctore, T. R. Londini, apud Tho. Harperum, et væneunt per Tho. Slaterum et Laurentium Chapman 1638. 12mo.

STC 20691.

_BM; Harv, Folg, LC, Newberry, Hunt._

113 Il Calloandro Fedele di Marini

[12mo. Ven.1654. 6]

Giovanni Ambrogio Marini (1594-1650).

A copy of a Venice, 1654, edition has not been found.

A copy published at Venice in 1652 may be consulted at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome.

114 Il Celimauro, Istoria Spagnvola

[12mo. Nap.1622. 5]

Not positively identified. Perhaps this was an Italian translation of a Spanish novel, the same novel that Antonio Giulio Brignole Sale (1605-1665) used about twenty years later as the source for _his_ _L'Istoria Spagnuola o il Celidoro_.

115 Cervantes Il Novelliere Castigliano

[8vo. Ven.1626. 3]

Miguel de Cervantes Saavadra (1547-1616). Il novelliere Castigliano . . . tradotto dalla lingua Spagnuola nell'Italiana dal Sig. Guglielmo Alessandro de Nouilieri, Clauelli. In Venetia, presso il Barezzi, 1626. 8vo.

_BM; Harv, Pennsylvania, California._

116 ---- Nouvelles 2 Tom.

[12mo. Amst.1709. 26]

Nouvelles . . . traduction nouvelle. Seconde édition, augmentée de plusieurs histoires. A Amsterdam, chez Claude Jordan, 1709. 2 tom. 12mo.

_BM._

117 Charron of Wisdom, English'd by Dr _Stanhope_ 2 Vols[.]

[8vo. Long.1697. 33]

Pierre Charron (1541-1603). Of Wisdom. Three books. Written originally in French, by the Sieur de Charron. . . . Made English by George Stanhope. London, for M. Gillyflower, etc., 1697. 2 vol. 8vo. [The first volume (516 pp.) contains