A Catalogue of the library of choice books, Latin and English, of ... Dr. Richard Lee of Kings-Hatfield in Hartfordshire, deceased which will be exposed (to sale by way of auction, or out-cry, or who bids most) at the Parsonage-house in Hatfield, on Tuesday the 28th day of April, 1685.

1685

A CATALOGUE OF THE Library of Choice Books LATIN and ENGLISH, Of the Reverend and Learned Dr. RICHARD LEE, Of Kings-Hatfield in Hartfordshire, deceased:

Which will be exposed (to Sale by way of Auction, or Out-cry, or who bids most) at the Parsonage-house in Hatfield, on Tuesday the 28th Day of April, 1685.

By the Appointment, and for the Benefit of Mrs. Eliz. Lee.

Catalogues are distributed gratis at the Coffee-Houses in St. Albans, Hartford, Ware, Barnet; in Hatfield, at the White Lion, to all Clergymen, Gentlemen, &c. that please to send or call for them. 1685.

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To the READER.

THis Catalogue contains the Library of (Dr. Richard Lee of Kings-Hatfield in Hartfordshire, lately deceased) consisting of the various Editions of the Bible, in the Oriental Languages, several of the best Latin and Greek Fathers, Commentators Ancient and Modern, Latin and English, &c. of the most general Ʋse, and greatest Esteem in their time, in all Volumes, (will be exposed to Sale by way of Auction, or who bids most) a Method of Sale so long practised, and still continued in great reputation with the Reverend and Learned Clergy of the City of London, that it hath incouraged and laid the Foundation of this attempt in the County of Hartford, not without some probable Prospect that the Worthy and Intelligent Clergy thereof, will heartily countenance, and readily promote so commendable an Essay, apparently tending to the Improvement of Learning in general, and so experimentally serviceable, and really beneficial to the Relicts and Executors of Divines, and Gentlemen, in the disposal of their Libraries.

This Sale will begin on Tuesday the 28th of April 1685. at the Parsonage-house in Hatfield, at One of the Clock exactly; and so continue daily, from 9 to 12 in the Morning, and from 2 to 7 in the Evening, till all the Books are sold: Therefore all Clergymen, Gentlemen, &c. are desired to be present exactly at the hour of Sale, the Books being sold in the order as Printed in the Catalogue, and those usually are, especially in this, the choicest.

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Conditions of Sale.

I. THat he who bids most is the Buyer; and if any Difference arise, which the Company cannot decide, then the Book or Books shall forthwith be exposed to Sale again.

II. That all the Books in this Catalogue, not otherwise expressed, (for ought we know) are perfect; but if any of them appear to be otherwise before they be taken away, the Buyer shall have his Choice of taking or leaving them.

III. That the Money for the Book or Books so bought, is to be paid by the Buyer at the time and place of Sale; where upon Payment thereof, the Book or Books shall be delivered.

IV. That the Books will be exposed to view all Monday the 27th, and the preceding part of Tuesday, before the hour prefixt for Sale, to all Persons that please to repair to the aforementioned Parsonage-house in Hatfield.

V. That for the Conveniency of Clergymen, Gentlemen, &c. that cannot possibly be present in Person, or by Proxy, if they please to send their Commission in time, with Directions to the Parsonage-house in Hatfield, a distinct account of the Number and Page of any Book or Books that they desire to have bought, and the Price they will give, signifying their Names and place of Abode, it shall be faithfully managed for them by the Persons attending the Auction.

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Libri Theologici. in Folio.

Libri Theologici in Quarto.

Libri Theologici in Octavo, Duodecimo, &c.

Divinity in Folio.

Divinity in Quarto.

Divinity in Octavo, Twelves, &c.

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Divinity, Twelves, Sixteens, &c.

Miscellanies, viz. History, Philology, &c. in Folio.

1 LAnnaeus Seneca's Works inlarged and Corrected by S. Lodge — Lond. —
2 Virg. Malvezzi's Discourses upon Cornelius Tacitus — 1642
3 Pet. Heylyn's Cosmographie, or History of the World in Four Books — 1666
4 Tho. Fuller's Pisgah-sight of Palestine, with all the Maps — 1650
5 History of Josephus, of the Wars, &c. of the Jews — 1640
6 —Hen. Foulis History of the Romish Treasons and Usurpations — 1671
7 —History of the Civil-Wars of Christendom, by G. Priorato — 1648
8 —Ja. Howell's History of the Life and Death of Lewis the 13th of France — 1646
9 —G. Bucke's History of Richard the Third, in Five Books — 1646
10 —Ld. Herbert's Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth — 1649
11 —Tho. May's History of the Parliament of England — 1647
12 —Fr. Biondi's History of the Civil-Wars of England, Two Parts compleat — 1641
13 —Jos. Sprigge's Englands Recovery, being an History of the Parliament Forces — 1647
14 — Faithful Register of Transactions in Parliament, in the 3d and 4th year of King Charles the 1st. by Th. Fuller — 1654
15 Sir Francis Bacon's Natural History in Ten Centuries — 1631
16 Nic. Culpepper's London Dispensatory, the Third Edition — 1651
17 Sir Tho. Browne's Enquiries into Vulgar Errors — 1646
18 Ld. Coke's 3d Part of the Institutes of the Laws of Engl. concern. High-Treas. &c. 1644

Miscellanies, viz. History, Philology, Law, &c. in Quarto.

19 CAmbden's Annals, and History of Queen Elizabeth —
20 Digby's Treatises of Bodies and of the Immortality of Souls — 1645
21 Dr. Charlton's Natural History of Nutrition, Life, &c. — 1659
22 Venner's Way and Manner of Living to attain to a Long-Life — 1650
23 Alex. Rosse's the Earth no Wandring-Star, except in the Heads of Wandr. Galileans 1646
24 Blundevile's Eight Treatises in Astronomy, Navigation, Geography — 1636
25 Feltham's Resolves upon various Subjects, with a Table — 1636
26 Sadler's Rights of the Kingdom and Customs of our Ancestors — 1649
27 Bacon's Historical Discourse of the Uniformity of the Government of England 1647
28 Dr. Cosens Abstract of Queen Elizabeths Injunctions, Canons, Constitutions —
29 —Apology for proceedings in Courts Ecclesiastical, 3d Part —
30 Godolphin's Abridgement of the Ecclesiastical Laws of this Kingdom — 1678
31 Cowelt's Interpreter of the signification of Words in the Law — 1637
32 Doderidg's English Lawyer, or a Method for Managing the Laws — 1631
33 Ld. Bacon's Elements of the Common Laws of England — 1639
34 —his Proficiency and Advancement of Learning — 1633
35 Jeane's Image Unbroken, in Defense of Eron Basilike against Milton — 1651
36 Brerewood's Enquiries touching Languages, and Religions in the World — 1635
37 Charron of Wisdom in Three Books, Englished by Samps. Lennard —
38 Prideaux's Compendious Introduction for Reading Histories — Oxon, 1648
39 Sir R. Barclay's Discourse of the Felicity of Man — Lond. 1603
[Page 22]40 Goodwyn and Rous Roman, Jewish and Attick Antiquities — Lond. 1641
41 Gale's Court of the Gentiles, 3. Vol. 3. Parts — Oxon, 1660
42 Seir Du Ryer's Alcoran of Mahomet, Englished out of Arabick — Lond. 1649
43 An Exercitation about Usurped Powers, and the difference betwixt Civil Power and Usurpation Stated —
44 Sophonisba, or Hanniball's Overthrow, a Tragedy, by Nat. Lee — 1676

Miscellanies, viz. History, Lives, Law, Physick, Octavo's, Twelves, &c.

Volumes of Sermons, and Tracts Bound, Quarto.

Bundles of Pamphlets, Quarto, viz. Sermons, &c.

Bundles of Pamphlets, in Folio.

49 ALg. Sidney's Tryal, Tryal of Pilkington, Shute, Cornish, Ld. Grey, Miles Prance his Narrative, Dangerfield's Narrative, Jennison's Narrative, Titus Oates of the Exorcismes of the Papists, and a Narrative of the Plot against K. Charles the 1st.
50 Collection of Speeches, Debates, Proceedings of the House of Commons about the Popish Plot, against our Religion and Liberties, Cabal of Jesuits discovered, Apology for the Students of Edenborow Burning the Pope, Letter about the Succession, written to a Parliament Man, with a Collection of Addresses, Messages, Orders, Votes, Debates, Reports, Resolutions, Declarations, Speeches by King and Chancellor, and of the Five Jesuits at Tiburn, Vindication of the Earl of Shaftsbury, 1682. Judgement and Decree of the University of Oxford, in their Convocation, 1683. against pernicious Books

THere will be also exposed to Sale the same way, in the Close of the Auction, a Large Collection of Scarce and Curious Tracts and Pamphlets, Ancient and Modern, of most Subjects (different from these Printed in the Catalogue) in Bundles; the Names and Designs of which, will be Read, and Number told at the time of Sale.

FINIS.

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