e History of Newcastle,
Popular Antiquities, &c. Sold by auction by Mr. Stewart_,
May, 1807. This first part contained 8611 articles, or lots,
of printed books; exclusively of 243 lots of manuscripts.
Hereafter followeth, gentle reader, some specimens, selected
almost at random, of the 'unique, scarce, rare, and curious'
books contained in the said library of this far-famed
Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries.
NO. 67. _Ane Compendious Booke of Godly and Spiritual
Songs_, bl. lett. 8vo. Edinb. 1621. L4 4_s._ 0_d._
69. Academy of Pleasure, with portraits of Drayton, G.
Withers, F. Quarles, and B. Jonson, Lon. 1656, 8vo. 2 17 6
109. A Curtaine Lecture, _rare and curious_, frontispiece,
Lond. 1637, 8vo. 0 15 0
110. A Banquet of Jests, or Change of Cheare, with portrait
of Archee, the King's jester. _Rare._ Lond. 1659, 8vo. 4 10 0
227. Arnold's Chronicle of the Customs of London, a fine
copy, perfect, _printed by Pynson_, fol. 1521. 18 18 0
241. An Alvearie, or Quadruple Dictionarie, by Baret.
Francof. fol. 1580. 3 5 0
242. Dyalogue of Dives and Pauper, _that is to say, the Rich
and the Pore, fructuously tretyng upon the Ten
Commandments_, black-letter, printed by Pynson, fol. 1493. 4
3 0
272. Allot's England's Parnassus, 8vo. 1600. 2 10 0
282. A Booke of Fishing, with hooke and line, 1600, 8vo. A
Booke of Engines and Traps to take Polcats, Buzzards, Rats,
Mice, &c. cuts, _very rare_, [See p. 305, ante.] 3 3 0
283. Archy's Dream, sometimes jester to his Majestie, but
expelled the court by Canterbury's malice, _very rare_, 8vo.
1 13 0
337. A new Dialogue between the Angell of God and Shepherdes
in the Felde, black-letter. _Pr. by Day_, 8vo. 2 10 0
381. A Dialogue betweene two Neighbours, concernyng
Ceremonyes in the first year of Queen Mary, black-letter,
with portrait of Mary, by Delarum, from Roane, by
Michelwood, 1554, 8vo. 2 12 6
417. A short Inuentory of certayne idle Inventions,
black-letter, _very rare_. 2 15 0
418. A Juniper Lecture, with the Description of all Sorts of
Women, good and bad, _very rare_. Lond. 1639, 8vo. 1 16 0
454. A Quip for an Upstart Courtier; or a Quaint Dispute
betweene Velvet Breeches and Cloth Breeches, wherein is set
Downe the Disorders in all
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