Catalogue of a portion of the ... library of John Milner ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans ... on May 18, and two following days / [John Milner].

  • Milner, John, Esq., active 1829.
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1829
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Credit: Catalogue of a portion of the ... library of John Milner ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans ... on May 18, and two following days / [John Milner]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CATALOGUE A i OF A PORTION OF THE CURIOUS AND CHOICE LIBRARY i. _ . a ,.,0' ' *4w\ V-X A4 ■■ - . • x. H • 'V > 'V V S v> > A ***?« OF vvo- aA- .v ?.r.: Y V\ ' } VT JOHN MILNER, ESQ. INCLUDING Debry’s Brief and True Report of Virginia, discovered by Sir R. Greinvile, and Som Pictures of the Pictes, one o’f the rarest of English Books when complete, in russia. Franc. 1590. Vitas Patrum, Renommed Lyves of Holy Faders, translated by Oaxton, very rare, beautiful copij, in morocco, Wynkyn de Worde, MCCCCXCV. Caxton’s Chronicle of England, olive morocco, CaxtOn, MCCCCLXXX. Caxton’s Description of Britayne and Ireland, mo- rocco, MCCCCLXXX. Description of England, bine morocco, Pynsony 1510. Purchas’s Pilgrims. 5 vol. with the rare frontispiece, in russia, 1625. Juliana Barnes’s Boke of Hawkynge and Hun- tynge, very rare, fine copy, in russia. Wynkyn' de Worde, MCCCCXCVI. Beste’s True Discourse of the Voiage of Discoverie of a Passage to Cathaia, with the two Maps, excessively rare, and believed to be unique, Bynneman, 1578. Davies Barbef-Surgion’s Travailes, extremely rare, 1611. Sir T. Smith’s Entertainment in Rushia, extremely rare, portrait of Sir T. Smith, 1605. Wheler’s Travels in Greece, large paper, 1682. Rees's Cyclopedia, or ' Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, 45 Vol. large paper, 1819. Noble Art of Venerie, first Edition, bound in Deer skin, with a silver Stag on the sides. Tubervile’s Book of Faulconrie, or Hawk- ing, first edition, bound in velvet, with a Falcon and Hawk in silver on the sides, 15/5. Gryndall’s Hawking, Hunting, Fouling, and Fishing, extremely rare, 1596. Juliana Barnes Boke of Hawking, Huntyng, &c. very rare, Copland. Gascoigne’s Woorkes, fine copy, in morocco, 1587- Doleman’s Conference about the next Succession, with the Genealogical Arbor, very rare, 1594. Leycester’s Civil Warres of England, with all the portraits, and a portrait of Ricraft, very rare, 1648. Frank's Northern Memoirs, Rare, 1694. Neale’s Direction for Travell, with the scarce portrait by Marshall, 1643. Walton’s Angler’s first, second, third and other Editions. Dennys’s Secrets of Angling, extremely rare, morocco, and a large assem- blage of curious Books of Early Voyages, Sports, Jests, &c. and an extensive Collection of the best Sale Catalogues, with Prices, which will be SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. EVANS, AT HIS HOUSE, No. 93, PALL MALL, On Monday, May 18, and Two following Days. 1829.