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72 JAMES TREGASKIS, "Caxton Head," 634 WORCESTER DIALECT. Salisbury (Jesse) Glossary of Words and Phrases used in S.E. Worcestershire, together with some of the Sayings, Customs, Superstitions, Charms, etc., common in that district. 8vo. orig. wrappers, uncut. Presentation copy from the author. 6/- 1893 635 WORCESTERSHIRE. Views, as follows: Eckington Bridge; Evesham Bridge; Evesham Abbey Gate; Pershore; Strensham; near Hagley; Northwick Park. Roy. 8vo and 4to, engraved in aquatint by S. Ireland and Jukes. The 7 for 10/6 1784, etc. 636 WRIGHT (Thomas) Essays on Archæological Subjects, and on various questions connected with the History of Art, Science, and Literature, in the Middle Ages. 2 vols., cr. 8vo, cloth. 6/- 1861 637 WYCHERLEY (Wm.) Miscellany Poems: as Satyrs, Epistles, Love-verses, Songs, Sonnets. Folio (no portrait, and scribbling on some margins), FIRST EDITION, tall and clean copy, in old sheep, binding worn, Alex. Denny of Dumbarton book label. £250 1704 ***The publication of this volume of verse (much of it of a ribald nature) led the author into a friendship with Pope. 638 YACHTING round the West of England. By the Rev. A.G.L'Estrange, and Exeter College, Oxford. 8vo, FIRST EDITION, coloured frontispiece of 'Cromwell's Castle,' and vignette of St. Agnes' Lighthouse, orig. cloth, uncut. 6/- 1865 YORKSHIRE. 639 M [ERITON] (G,) The Praise of York-shire Ale Wherein is enumerated several Sorts of Drink, with a Discription of the Humors of most sorts of Drunckards. The Which is added, a York-shire Dialogue, in its pure natural Dialect, as it is now commonly spoken in the North parts of York-shire. The Third Edition. With the Addition of some Observations of the Dialect the Pronuntiation of Words in the East Ryding of Yorkshire. Together with a Collection of significant and usefull Proverbs. Sm. 8vo, old sheep. 2 guineas. York, Printed by J. White, for Francis Holdyard at the Signe of the Bible in Stone. Gate, 1697 ***Complete with the portion commencing "Thou Ugly Whore," pp. 73-78, which is generally suppressed on account of its extreme coarseness. 640 ROCH ABBEY; Aysgarth Bridge; Coverham Abbey; Ruins of old Abbey in Craven. A series of 4 original drawings in sepia, on tinted paper, by E. Paget. Each 4 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches. Arranged in oblong scrap-book. £276 (1791) 641 VALE OF COPLEY, Junction of the West Riding Union Railway with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, near Halifax. Extensive view of the vale, with a train about to cross the viaduct. 16 by 30 ins. Tinted lithograph by W. Monkhouse, of York, after J. Greenwood. Fine state. 2 guineas. Halifax (184-) ***Published shortly after the completion of the viaduct. (Sir) John Hawkshaw is given as the engineer, and James Mathias as resident engineer. 642 A LEEDS VOLUNTEER. Full length figure, in marching order, with knapsack and gun, a sergeant drilling a squad in background. 10 by 7 3/4 ins. Original finished water-colour drawing. 3 guineas. (1806) ***Accompanied by the published etching, which gives but a very crude idea of the original, and differs in several particulars, besides losing all the colour effect. It bears the imprint: Published Feby 3d 1806 by I. Heaton, Leeds. 643 YOUNG (Edward) The Complaint : or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality. 18mo, frontispiece, vellum, gilt, gilt edges. 4 guineas. A. Millar, 1751 ***Presentation copy from the author to George North, the numismatist, with both their names in the handwriting of Young on a strip of paper, also the autograph signatures of these successive owners: George North (1710-1772), Michael Lort, the antiquary (1725-1790). Richard Gough, antiquary (1735-1809), G. W. Le Grand, and Dawson Turner, antiquary (1775-1858). Printed for JAMES TREGASKIS, and Published by him at his House at the Sign of the "Caxton Head," 232, High Holborn, in the Parish of St. Giles-in-the Fields, London.
