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May be viewed two days prior. Catalogues may be had; if by post, on receipt of four stamps.

The Hopetown House Library, the Property of the Right Hon. the Earl of HOPETOUN.

MESSRS. SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE

the first boek printed with movable metal

of

will SELL by AUCTION, at their House, No. 13, Wellington-street, Strand, WC, on MONDAY, February 25, and Three Following Days, at I o clock precisely, the Valuable LIBRARY of the Right Hon. the Eari of HOPETOUN, removed from Hopetoun House, comprising Works of great rarity; including a fine Copy of the famous Mazarin or Gutenberg Latin Bible type-a Copy Balbi Catholicen printed in 1460 by Gutenberg-the Editio Princeps of Virgili Opera, printed in 1469 at Rome, and one of the rarest books in existence, and many other rare Editiones Principes printed in the ifteenth century-Aulus Gellius, a beautiful specimen of Clovis Eve's binding in the Grolier style-choice Copies of Works printed by Aldus (Incinding first Virgil and first and second Pe'rarca, printed on vellum), Stephanus Coifnæus. Bizevir, and other eminent typographers-splendid Bocks of Engravings-rare old Law Books printed in the fifteenth centary-scarce Editions of Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarca, Ariosto, and TassoHoubraken's Heads on Large Paper-Perrault, Homme Illustres, with brilliant portraits-British and Stafford Galleries, exquisitely coloured plates mounted on cardboard-Chippendale's Cabinet-maker's Director -Statuts de l'Ordre de S. Michel, printed on vellum, with arms of Henry IL. and device of Diane de Poictiers-Polifilo, first Aldine Edition, and several important Manuscripts, illuminated and historical, including a mest valuable Collection of Scottish State Papers - Early Earl Latin Classics, Ugolini Musica, with autograph of the famous F. Gaffori, author of several works on music, &c.

May be viewed two days prior. Catalogues may be had; if by post, on receipt of eight stamps.

Engravings, Drawings, and Paintings, part the Property of a Gentleman, deceased,

MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON will SELL by

AUCTION, at their House, 47. Leicester-square, W.C., on

WEDNESDAY, February 6, and Following Day, at ten minutes past I o clock precisely, a VALUABLE COLLECTION of ENGRAVINGS, including fine Portraits and Fancy Subjects-Scarce Prints and Etchings of A. Dürer, Rembrandt, Marc Antonio, W. Hollar, Penez, &c -Books of Engravings-Hogarth's Works, large folio, half-morocco-English and Foreign Toporaphy-Historical, Scriptural, and Classical SubjectsSporting Prints-Caricatures-a choice Collection of Modern English Proof Etchings and Engravings, &c. and a number of Drawings and Paintings.

Catalogues on receipt of two stamps.

Portion of the Library of a Dublin Professor-Old English Books and Tracts-Early Typography, &c.

MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON will SELL by

AUCTION at their House, 47, Leicester-square. W.C., on WEDNESDAY, February 13, and Two Following Days, at ten minutes past 1 o'clock precisely, a COLLECTION of ENGLISH and FOREIGN BOOKS in all Classes of Literature, including a PORTION of the LIBRARY of a DUBLIN PROFESSOR, and several small PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, comprising Transactions and Proceedings of Learned, Scientific and Literary Societies, English and Foreign-Specimens of Early Typography-Old English Books and Tracts-scarce Aldine Editions-Hootes Tasso, with Shelley's illustrations and the original drawings for the sam-Lafontaine, Contes-Skelton's Works on Oxford, Large Paper-Modern Books in History, Voyages, and Travels-Works on Science-Lilustrated Books-and Books of Prints, &c. Catalogues on receipt of two stamps. Autograph Letters.

MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON will SELL by

AUCTION, at their House, 47. Leicester-square, WC., on FRIDAY, February 15 at 3 o'clock, a small COLLECTION of AUTOGRAPH LETIERS chiefly Literary, Dramatic, and Musical, late the Property of W B. DONNE, Esq. Examiner of Plays, deceased, the late J. A. HERAUD, Esq., and others.

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Duplicates from the Library of a Gentleman; small Collection of Priwately Printed Books, and Books on Genealogy, Topоgraphy, &c.

MESSES, PUTTICK & SIMPSON will SELL

by AUCTION, at their House, 47, Leicester-square, W.C., on WEDNESDAY, February 27, and Following Days. at ten minutes past I o'clock precisely, DUPLICATES from the LIBRARY of a GENTLEMAN, and other PROPERTIES; comprising numerous valuable Books, Ancient and Modern, including Assemanus Bibliotheca Juris Orientalis, 6 Tois-Wilkins's Concilia, 4 vols.-Old MSS. - Lyndewoode's Provinciale, 2 editions-Strutt's Sylva, India proofs-Scott's Dryden Fergusson's Architecture-Honnorat, Dictionn FrançaisLorgan's Oxonia-Grillion Club Portraits-Gruner's Fresco Decorations aire Provençal -First Edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs and other Old and Modern Books of Prints, &c. Catalogues in preparation.

Law Books, Chancery Reports, House of Lords Cases, Useful Modern Text-Books, &c.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT in SCOTLAND.

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