Portrait of the author.
VAUGHAN, Robert Alfred.—Hours with the Mystics. A Contribution to the History of Religious Opinion. By Robert Alfred Vaughan B. A. Second Edition Revised and Augmented by the Author. London: John W. Parker and Son . . . 1860. Square post 8vo, half blue morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
VEGA, Garcilasso de la.—The Works of Garcilasso de la Vega, surnamed the Prince of Castilian Poets, Translated into English Verse; with a critical and historical Essay on Spanish Poetry, and a Life of the Author. By J. H. Wiffen. London: printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co. . . . 1823. 8vo, green levant morocco, back and side panels richly tooled, arms on the sides, gilt edges, by Rivière.
One of the twenty-five copies printed on large paper for presentation.
This copy, No. 9, was given by the translator to Samuel Rogers, the poet. It has a cancelled leaf at page xv, with autograph correction. Portrait of the author, by Cooper after Parez, and woodcut illustrations, proofs on India paper.
VERSES in Memory of a Lady. Written at Sandgate Castle, M DCC LXVIII. . . . London, Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt . . . M DCC LXVIII. 4to, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery.
Contains the half-title and final leaf of Advertisement.
VESPUCCI, Amerigo.—The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci reprinted in facsimile and translated From the rare original edition (Florence, 1505-6). London Bernard Quaritch . . . 1893. 4to, original paper covers, uncut edges.
Frontispiece and folded map, besides the woodcuts in the facsimile.
[VESTRIS, Madame.]—. . . Memoirs of the Life, public and private adventures, of Madame Vestris; [Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi—Mrs. Charles James Mathews] . . . with Interesting and Curious Anecdotes of celebrated and distinguished characters in the fashionable world. Detailing an interesting variety of singularly curious and amusing scenes, as performed before and behind the curtain, Both in Public and Private Life, "at home" and abroad. By a Naval Officer. Dedicated to the King. . . . Embellished with Portraits, and Curious Coloured Plates. London: printed & published by John Duncombe, . . . [n. d.] 12mo, half citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.