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Catalogue of a selected portion of the valuable library at Hornby Castle, Bedale, Yorkshire, the property of his Grace the Duke of Leeds, containing many books finely bound in old Morocco, a very rare and fine binding for Anne of Denmark, a fine large copy of Smith's Generall Historie of Virginia, 1624, in a contemporary armorial binding, two large paper copies of Rowe's first Octavo Shakespeare, 1709, and bound in 9 vols., with specially printed title-pages, Congreve's copy of Hedelin's The Whole Art of the Stage, 1684, and an inscribed presentation copy of Wycherley's poems, 1704, MSS. and first editions of musical compositions including Handel, Hasse, and Purcell, XVII-XVIII century MS. cookery books, maps, etc., especially Popple's a map of the British Empire in America [1733], rare editions, including Bert's Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking, 1619, Heywood's Troia Britannica, 1609, Horman, Vulgaria, Pynson, 1519, Johnson's London, 1738, Linschoten's voyages [1598], Sir Isaac Newton's opticks, 1704, Wordsworth's poems, 1807, etc., which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. (G. D. Hobson, M.V.O., F. W. Warre, O.B.E., M.C., C. G. Des Graz, B.A., Miss E. Barlow, C. V. Pilkington, B.A.), auctioneers of literary property & works illustrative of the Fine Arts, at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond Street, W. (1), on Monday, the 2nd of June, 1930, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely

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