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Valencia, 1493 ; a translation of Aristotle's Ethics, Seville, 

 1493; the editio princeps of the Enchiridion of Sextus 

 Pythagoraeus, edited by Laurentius Abstemius at Fano in 

 1502 ; Celadenus's Oration on the death of Pope Alexander VI., 

 Rome, 1503, most interesting, unique, and unknown to his- 

 torians until the acquisition of this copy ; Leonardo Dati, 

 Spera Volgare, Florence, 1514 ; Tolosani, Compendio di Spera 

 et Machina di Mondo, same place and date, a book remarkable 

 on many accounts, and especially for having been published 

 as a contribution to the reform of the calendar projected by 

 Pope Leo X. ; Michael Vratislaviensis, Introductorium 

 Astronomise Oracoviense, Cracow, 1507 ; Reisch, Margarita 

 Philosophica, Fribourg, 1503 ; vellum copies of Sannazaro's 

 Arcadia, Naples, 1504, and Bembo's Rime, Rome, 1548 ; 

 Capitoles de Cortes, 1525 and 1535, Lisbon, 1539 ; the French 

 romance of Jason, Alain Lotrian, Paris, about 1530; Cabe^-a 

 de Vaca's " Relacion," Zamora, 1542, the only other known 

 copy of which is in the Lenox Library at New York ; Calvin's 

 Sermons, Geneva, 1562 ; Spangenberg's Postilla on the 

 Gospels, translated into Slovenian by Jurisic, Lay bach, 1578, 

 the one perfect copy out of the only four known ; Alvarado, 

 Vocabulario en lengua Mixteca, Mexico, 1593, with MS. 

 additions; the first edition ofMoliere's Les Facheux, 1(362; 

 Le Depit Amoureux, 1663 ; Le Medecin Malgre Lui, 1667 ; 

 and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 1671 ; Gazeta de Montevideo, 

 1810, the first example of printing in that city, except for some 

 broadsides printed during the English occupation in 1807; 

 " The Gallery of Fashion," published in monthly parts by 

 N. Heidelofi" from January 1794 to March 1803, a splendid 

 book of costume, with numerous additional plates inserted in 

 this copy. 



The most important acquisition in early English books is 

 one of the highest interest, being the only known copy of the 

 first edition of a book by Bunyan, " Christian Behaviour ; or 

 the Fruits of True Christianity. By John Bunyan, a 

 Prisoner of Hope. London [1663]." This is the third of those 

 of Bunyan's books which were composed in prison^ and its 

 existence was unknown until this copy was discovered some 

 years ago in a chest of old books at Cranbrook, in Kent. An 

 unknown edition of Coverdale's New Testament, 1538, has 

 likewise been purchased, and the " Pathway to the pleasant 

 Pasture of delitesome and eternal 1 Paradyse," printed by 

 li. Bynneman about 1574, a book of the greatest rarity. An 

 almost unique acquisition, unfortunately imperfect, is Hart's 

 " Methode to read English," 1570, one of the earliest works 

 on phonetic orthography. Two very rare books of the 

 seventeenth century have been acquired besides the Bunyan, 

 " Posies for Rings, Handkerchers, and Gloves," 1645, and 

 Grantham's translation of the first three books of the Iliad, 

 1660-63. With these, may be mentioned two rare American 



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