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Bates 1778
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1778
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A CATALOGUE OF THE Genuine Library of BOOKS, SCARCE OLD PLAYS, AND A valuable Collection of Music, OF WILLIAM BATES, Esq; DECEASED; Which, by Order of the ADMINISTRATRIX, will be sold by Auction, By Meff. CHRISTIE and ANSELL, AT HIS LATE DWELLING HOUSE, In St. Martin’s Street, Leicester Fields, On WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1778, and following Day, precisely at 12 o’Clock. To be viewed on Friday the 14th, and to the Time of Sale, Sunday excepted. Catalogues may be had as above, and of Mess. CHRISTIE and ANSILL, Pall Mall.

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[vignette] Third Day’s Sale, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1778. BOOKS. OCTAVO & DUODECIMO.
1 A Large parcel of pamphlets, magazines, &c. &c.
2 A Large parcel of books, various
3 Graves’s amusements on the road of life, and 76 more, sew’d
4 love for money, or the boarding-school, by D’Ursey, and 51 more plays, 12mo.
5 the married philosopher, and 49 more plays, 8vo.
6 the widow bewitch’d, a comedy, and 49 more, ditto
7 an hospital for fools, and 49 more plays, ditto
8 the author, a comedy, by Foote, and 31 more, ditto
9 Creusa queen of Athens, a tragedy, by Whitehead, and 27 more, ditto
10 love in a village, and 28 more, ditto
11 the gentleman cully, a comedy, by C. Johnson, and 49 more, 4to.
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12 woman is a riddle, a comedy, and 49 more, ditto
13 the fool turn’d critic, by D’Urfey, and 49 more
14 a fool’s preferment, a comedy, and 49 more
15 a parcel of plays, 4to. 8vo. and 12mo.
16 twenty-nine octavo plays half-bound
17 plays, the fayre maide of the Exchange, 1637, Tottenham-Court, a comedy, by Nabbes, 1628, the sparagus garden, by Brome, 1640, the rivall friends, by Haussted, 1632, the conspiracie, by Chapman, 1625, cunning lovers, by Brome, 1654
18 plays, the Spanish tragedy, 1633, when you see me you know me, 1621, Peele’s chronicle of Edward I. 1593, Green’s Frier Bacon and Frier Bungay, Marlow’s reign of Edward II. 1612, Heywood’s King Edward IV. and I more
19 plays, a mad world my masters, by Middleton, 1640 love in its extasie, by Pepys, Goffe’s couragious Turk, Rowly’s match at mid-night 1633, slighted maid by Stapylton 1663, Heywood’s woman kilde with kindneis 1617, the antiquary by Mermion 1641, and 3
20 the virgin martyr, by Decker, and. Messenger, 1631, match me in London, by Decker, 1631, the honest whore, ditto, 1635, Sir Gyles Goosecappe, knt. 1636, the swaggering damsel, by Chamberlayne, 1640, the conspiracie, by Killigrew, 1638, and 2 more
21 the traytor, a tragedy, 1635, and 12 other plays, by Shirley
22 Shirley’s fix plays, 1653, Lilly’s ditto, 1632, Marston’s ditto, 1633, Goffe’s ditto, 1656, Cartwright’s ditto, 1650
23 Carlell’s two plays, 1657, and 4 more
34 Killigrew’s plays, 1665, Mounfort’s plays, 1720, and 2 more
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25 collection of operas, Italian and English, 12 v.
26 Hawkins’s origin of the English drama, 3 vol. 1773
27 Dryden’s dramatic works, 6 vol. 1762
28 Dryden’s miscellaneous works, 6 vol. Virgil, 3 vol. and 1 more
29 Congreve’s works, 3 vol. 1725, Lansdowne’s works, 3 vol. 1736
30 Fielding’s works, 12 vol. very neat 1706
31 Lillo’s plays, 2 vol. 1775, Brome’s 10 plavs, 2 vol. 1653
32 Shakspeare’s works, by Theobald, 8 vol. 1757
33 Dodsley’s collection of old plays, 12 vol. 1744
34 Shadwell’s plays, 4 vol. 1720, and 6 more
35 Centlivre’s plays, 3 vol. 1761, Lee’s plays, 3 vol. 1734.
36 Moliere’s plays, 6 vol. 1714, Rowe’s plays, 2 v. 1727
37 Behn’s plays, 4 vol. 1724, and 12 more
38 Cibber’s plays, vols. 1, 2 & 4, and 11 more
39 a collection of plays, 8 vol. neatly half-bound, green backs, and letter’d, the playhouse companion, 2 vol.
40 Ben Johnson’s works, 6 vol. 1716
41 Massinger’s dramatic works, 4 vol. 1761
42 a collection of plays, 4 vol. 8vo. half-bound
43 D’Urfey’s operas, &c. Suckling’s works, 1709, and 4 more
44 Meilan’s dramatic works, and 11 more
45 Hill’s dramatic works, vol. 2d, and 12 more
46 a collection of plays, 6 vol. 8vo. neatly half-bound, green backs, and letter’d
47 the Norfolk poetical miscellany, 2 vol. and 10 more
48 Beaumont and Fletcher’s works, 10 vol. half-bound 1750
49 Tournefort’s voyage into the Levant, 3 v. 1741, Egede’s description of Greenland, cuts, 1745, and 4 more
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QUARTO.
50 Blackwall’s sacred classics, 1725, and 5 more
51 Jeffreys’s miscellanies in prose and verse, and 2 more
52 Millar’s miscellaneous works, 1741, Moore’s poems, fables and plays 1756
53 Bate’s mysteries of nature and art, cuts 1654
54 Painter’s pallace of pleasure, black letter (imperfect), and 10 more
55 collection of old plays, 15 vol.
56 the Duchess of Newcastle’s plays, with her portrait, 1668, Lord Orrery’s plays, and 1 more
57 Killigrew’s plays, 1664, Howard’s plays, and 1 more
58 Davenant’s works, 1673, Drayton’s Poly-Olbion, 1613, and 3 more
59 Parthenissa, a romance, Clelia, a romance, and 3 more
60 Torriano’s Italian and English dictionary, 1659, and 2 more
61 Cowley’s works, with the cutter of Colemanstreet, 1700, and 4 more
62 Ward’s lives of the prosessors of Gresham College 1740
63 Stanley’s lives of the philosophers, cuts, imperf. 1687, Ralcigh’s history of the world 1628
64 Lestrange’s works of Josephus 1725
65 Basnage’s history of the Jews, 1708, Dr. Bates’s works 1700

MUSIC.
1 A Large parcel of printed music
2 a ditto of manuscript ditto
3 a parcel of ruled paper
4 a large collection of minuets, cotillons, hornpipes, country dances, &c.
5 Martini’s concertos, Smith’s quartetts, Felton’s concertos, op. 2da, with instrumental parts
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6 guida harmonica, by Geminiani, and 3
7 banquet of music, and 4
8 Paradies’ lessons, Geminiani’s sonatas, Martini’s overtures and grand concertos
9 manuscript harpsichord music, 6 books
10 second thought is best, an opera, by Mr. Bates, in score, with the parts separate
11 manuscript sonatos, by Bates, Boyce, Handel, &c.
12 music in the opera of Flora, and 5
13 various songs, catches, glees, &c. chiefly composed by Mr. Bates, 6 port-folios
14 ditto
15 manuscript anthems in score, Purcell’s Te Deum and Jubilate, and 2 more
16 Bates’s concertos, Just’s ditto, and Bourdani’s trios
17 Soloman, by Dr. Boyce, Travers’s canzonetts, and 1
18 Wagenseil’s sonatas, and 4
19 Handel’s songs, 3 vol.
20 opera songs, 2 vol. and 4
21 the padlock, and 10
22 Warren’s annual collection of catches, 7 books, and 6
23 Warren’s monthly collection of ditto
24 Christmas tale, Lionel and Clarissa, and 5 more
25 Purcell’s Orpheus Britannicus, 2 vol.
26 regole di musica dal Padre Giovanni Davella, and 2
27 Pharnaces, an opera, 3 vol. and I
28 Vogoleso, an opera, dal Signor, Berg, 3 tom. and 1
29 MSS. songs in score, 3 vol.
30 la buona figliuola, 3 tom, del Sig. Piccini & Lucio Papirio, dittatore del Sig. Giacomelli
31 Artaserse del Sig. Hasse, Siroe, 3 tom, del Sig. Vinci, and 3
32 judgment of Paris, by Purcell, anthems by Lampe, Hine, &c. and 4
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33 Uttini’s sonatas, Reading’s songs, music in Macbeth, and 3
34 harpsichord lessons by Bach, Agrell, Alberti, &c. and 1
*34 forty-two single overtures by Dibdin
35 lessons and duets by Bates, Pinto’s solos, and 3
36 Webbe’s sonatas, 2 books, Geminiani’s solos, and 4
37 Stanley’s 6 solds, Geminiani’s sonatas, Maschiti’s sonatas, and 2
38 Stabat Mater & salve Regina by Pergolesi, and a collection of Motets by Prenestini
39 four vols. of MSS. sonatas, and 2
40 Kircherii musurgia universalis, 2 tom. and 1
41 Mace’s music’s monument, Rameau’s treatise on composition, and Morley’s introduction to music
42 Antoniotti’s l’arte armonica, 2 vols. Heck’s art of playing the harpsichord, and Sympson’s compendium
43 historia musica contempi, Zarlino institutionl harmoniche, and 3
44 antiquae musicae scriptores Meibomio, 2 t. and 2
45 the oratorio of Zimri by Stanley, Dioclesian by Purcell, cantica sacra 2 books, and Milton’s hymn by Galliard
46 one folio vol. of ancient music
47 Bevin’s introduction to music, Lampe’s ditto, and 7
48 Dr. Nares on singing, Morley’s canzonets, and 9
40 Lully’s trios 3 books, and 8
50 a parcel of MSS. songs, glees, &c. chiefly composed by Mr. Bates
51 MSS. sonatas 3 books, and a collection of French psalms, 4 books
52 songs in the dragon of Wantley, Rameau’s concertos, and 7
53 Playford’s catches, Purcell’s ditto, and music’s miscellanie
54 Malcolm’s treatise on music
55 histoire de la musique, 2 tom, par Bourdalot, and 7
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56 Rousseau dictionaire de musique, and 2
57 Smith’s harmonics, and 2
58 Grassineau’s dictionary, Pepusch’s treatise on harmony, and 1
59 Tosi’s observations, and 8
60 demonstration du principe de l’harmonie par Ramcau, and 5
61 musicae, artis Cancndi, per Sebaldus Heydon, and 9
62 musical essays, and 10
63 trattato di musica del Sig. Tartini, and 8
64 musical miscellany, 6 vol.
65 harmonicorum, life. 12, de sonorum natura, authore Meesenno Paris 1648
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OCTAVO & DUODECIMO.
66 DODSLEY’s collection of poems, vol. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 more
67 Dryden’s Virgil, vol, 1, 3, and 10 more
68 Ogilvie’s poems, 2 v. and 19 more
69 Jones’s secret history of Whitehall, 2 v. and 11 more
70 the new atalantis, 4 v. sm. edit, and 8 more
71 Shenstone’s works, 3 v. very neat 1773
72 Digby’s Quintus Curtius, 2 v. 1726, Hughes’s poems, 2 v 1735, and 4 more
73 Ovidius in usum Delphini, 1724, and 9 more
74 Le Roux dictionaire comique, Amst. 1717, and 7 more
75 Cotton and Walton’s complete angler, cuts, 1760, and 7 more
76 Glanvilie of witches, history of apparitions, and 9 more
77 Pope’s works, 10 v. sm. edit, neat 1754
78 Pope’s Homer’s iliad and odyssey, 11 v. 1720 and 25
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79 Percy’s reliques of ancient English poetry, 3 v 1767
80 the arabian nights entertainments, 6 v.
81 the adventurer, 4 v. 1762
82 T. Brown’s works, 4 v. Addison’s works, 4 v.
83 the spectator, 8 vol. guardian, 2 vol.
84 Scarron’s comical works, 2 vol. and 6 more
85 Hervey’s meditations, 2 vol. and 8 more
86 Blackwall’s introduction to the classics, and 11 more
87 Browne’s (Wm.) poetical works, 3 vol. 1772, the works of the minor poets, 2 vol. and 3 more
88 Buckingham’s works, 2 vol. and 10 more
89 Young’s night thoughts, 2 vol. 1743, and 6 more
90 Lediard’s life of the Duke of Marlborough, 3 vol. Ludlow’s memoirs, 3 vol. and 6 more
91 Parthenay’s history of Poland, 2 vol. 1734, and 10 more
92 Ockley’s history of the Saracens, 2 vol. 1718, Spelman’s expedition of Cyrus, 2 vol. 1749, and 4 more
93 Lord Clarendon’s history of the rebellion, 6 vol. bound in 5 1712
94 Mottley’s history of the Czar of Muscovy, 3 vol. 1739, and 3 more
95 Jones’s geographical grammar, 2 vol. 1772
96 Harris’s astronomical dialogues, 1719, and 11 more
97 Beeckman’s voyage to Borneo, 1718, and 9 more
98 the Athenian oracle, 4 vol. net unisorm, and 6 more
99 Spenser’s fairy queen, 2 vol. 1758, Jarvis’s Don Quixote, with Stevens’s continuation, 3 vol.
100 Thomson’s seasons, Boyce’s poems, and 7 mor
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101 Verstegan’s antiquities of the English nation, 1655, Lemery’s curiosities in art and nature, cuts, 1711, and 10 more
102 Stevens’s comic songs, 1772, King’s heathen gods, Akenside’s poems, 1772, and 3 more
103 Ramsay’s evergreen, a collection ot Scots poems, 2 vol. and 18 more
104 Milton’s Paradise lost and regained, 2 vol. and 4 more
105 adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 4 vol. 1769, adventures of Roderick Random, 2 vol. 1766, and 5 more
106 Gay’s poems, 2 vol. 1731, Prior’s poems, 2 vol. 1741, the tales of the genii, 2 vol. cuts, 1766, and 2 more
107 Buckingham’s works, 2 vol. 1753, Oriental tales, 2 vol. cuts, 1745, and 2 more
108 Ovid’s art of love, Waller’s poems, 1758, and 4 more
109 life of Oliver Cromwell, 1743, and 6 more
110 Voiture’s works, 2 vol. 1736, Bruyere’s works, 2 vol. 1752, the adventures of Telemachus, 2 vol. 1713
111 the pleasing history, translated from the Chinese language, 4 vol. 1761, indiscreet toys, 2 vol. cuts 1749
112 Cockman’s Tully’s offices, and 5 more
113 Wilkins’s mathematical magick, 1691, and 6 more
114 every man his own broker 1761, and 5 more
115 Sterne’s works, viz. sermons 7 vols. Tristram Shandy vols. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, sentimental journey, 2 vol.
116 Boccace’s 100 novels 1712, and 5 more
117 Orrery’s life of Swift 1752, and 5 more
118 conduct of T. C. Phillips 3 vol. life of Colley Cibber 1740, and 2 more
119 Cowdry’s description of Wilton House 1752, and 7 more
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120 Taylor’s holy living and dying, and 6 more
121 universal magazine 6 odd vols 1747, &c. and 4, more
122 the London magazine 37 vols. 1732 and 1774, the years 1764, 66, 67, 68, 71 and 73 wanting
123 Dennis’s poetical works 2 vols. 1718, and 7 more

QUARTO.
124 Brown’s travels, cuts, 1672, and 8 more
125 Struys’s voyages by Morrison, 1683, maps and cuts to Anson’s voyage
126 two vols. of plays arid 5 more
127 two German books, with cuts, and 7 more
128 Astley’s collection of voyages and travels, 4 v. cuts, damag’d 1745
*128 Heard’s sentimental journey to Bath, &c. 1778

FOLIO.
129 Ligon’s history of Barbadoes, 1657, and 5 more
130 Bacon’s natural history, and 5 more
131 Aleman’s life of Gusman de Alfaroche, 1656 and 5 more
132 Speed’s history of Great Britain, 1623, and, 2 more
133 Davila’s history of the civil wars of France, 1678, and 5 more
134 Echard’s history of England, complete 1720
135 Ricaut’s lives of the popes, and 3 more
136 Heywood’s history of women, and 3 more
137 Spencer’s complete English traveller, cuts, 1771
138 Ogilby’s embassy to the Emperor of Japan, 1670, / Ogilby’s description of Africa, cuts, 1670, / Ogilby’s history of America, cuts 1671
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139 arithmetica, geometria & musica Boetii pulch. & nitid comp. 1492, Flud metaphysica, physica atque technica historia, typis de Bry, 1617
140 Churchill’s collection of voyages and travels, 8 v. cute complete and very neatly boupd, 1744