269 Curiosa. Henry the Eighth, and George the Fourth; or, the Case Fairly Stated. By Thomas Harral. Second Edition, with additions. Frontispiece containing four finely engraved portraits. 12mo., old half calf, board sides. London, 1820. Scarce. $7.50
Contents: Strictures, historical and illustrative, on the English Law of Divorce; with a General View of the Modes of Adultery in the Ecclesiastical Courts, etc.; Historical Sketch of the Trials of Henry the Eighth's Queens—Catharine of Arragon, Anne Boleyn and Catharine Howard; Narrative of the Proceedings Against Her Majesty, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, whilst Princess of Wales, etc., etc.
270 Johnson (Samuel). The Life of. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works. By James Boswell. Illustrated. 4 vols. Johnson's Lives of the British Poets. Compiled by William Hazlitt. Illustrated. 4 vols. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. By James Boswell. Illustrated. Together 9 vols. Post 8vo., half blue polished calf, leather labels, gilt tops, uncut. London, n. d. $20.00
A well printed handy edition of the Life of Johnson, and his Lives of the British Poets, including his Tour to the Hebrides.
271 Apuleius, the Works of. Comprising the Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass, the God of Socrates, the Florida, and his Defence, or a Discourse on Magic. A new translation, to which are added a Metrical Version of Cupid and Psyche, and Mrs. Tighe's Psyche. Finely engraved frontispiece. 12mo. New three-quarter red levant morocco extra, gilt tooled back, gilt top. London, 1889. $7.50
An expurgated edition with additional notes.
272 A'Beckett (G. A.). The Comic History of England. With 20-full-page hand-colored etchings and 200 woodcuts, by John Leech. 2 vols. bound in one. 8vo., full polished claret calf extra, full gilt-back (slightly rubbed), marbled edges. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., n. d. $10.00
An exceptionally fine copy with early impressions of Leech's best work—finely colored by hand.
273 Carlyle (Thomas). A History of the First Forty Years of His Life, 1795-1835. 2 vols. Also, A History of his Life in London. 1834-1881. 2 vols. Portrait. By James Anthony Froude. Together 4 vols. 8vo., original cloth. New York: Scribners, 1882-84. $7.50