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NOTES AND QUERIES. t io s. x. DEC. 5, am.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. DECEMBER.

MESSRS. BR9WNE & BROWNE'S Newcastle Cata logue 93 contains a set of the Transactions of th< Institute of Naval Architects, 111. 10s. ; also of th< Newcastle Society of Antiquaries, very scarce, 30 American items include Godwyn's 'Negro's anc Indian's Advocate,' printed for the author, 1680, 51 Works on art include Pennell's 'Charles Keene, .31. 12s. 6d- ; and Bryan's 'Painters,' 5 vols., 51. 5s, Under Bewick will be found ' ^Esop,' Newcastle, 1818, SI. 8s. ; and ' Select Fables,' 1820, 10^. (both large-paper and uncut). Other books are Campbell's ' Chancellors and Justices,' best edition, 10 vols., uncut, 1849-69, 4. ; ' More Victories of Great Britain,' 42 choice coloured plates by Sutherland, Lewis, and others, very rare, 1824, 9/. 9s. ; the ' Martial Achievements,' 1815, 9/. 9s. ; first edition of ' Master Humphrey's Clock,' 3 vols., 18s. ; the rare first edition of ' Sketches by Boz,' 1836-7, 4/. ; and Eden's ' State of the Poor,'' 3 vols., 4to, 1797, 8/. 10s. There is a fine example of Ben Jonson, folio, calf extra by Riviere, 1640, 11. 10s. A copy of the first English Translation of ' Luther's Table Talk,' 1652, is priced 21. 2s. Under Cruikshank is the rare first edition of ' Life in London,' 1821, 8/. This is a fine clean copy.

Mr. Francis Edwards sends Part II. of his Cata- logue of Old English Literature. Among items of unusual interest are herbals and garden books, including Gervase Markham's ' The Country Man's Recreation,' 1640, 11. 16s. Among other entries are first editions of the following : Gay's 'Fables,' very rare, 201. ; ' The Vicar of Wakefield,' also very rare, 1766, 951. ; Froissart, 1523-5, 26^. ; Gray's ' Odes,' 1757, 8/. 8s. (the first book printed at Strawberry Hill); Locke's 'Human Understanding,' 1690, 31. 10s. ; and * Paradise Lost,' first edition, seventh title, small 4to, 1669, 301. There are some beautiful Hone, 1498, 1527-41. Among painted and illu- minated manuscripts is a Missal of great beauty, with upwards of 40 miniatures, fifteenth century, 200/. It was formerly in the collection of the Duke of Hamilton. Under Ben Jonson are two important items : a copy of Minucius's ' Octavius,' 24mo, 1627, which belonged to Jonson, and bears inscriptions and annotations in his handwriting, 45. ; and his 'Execration against Vulcan,' 1640, Izaak Walton's copy with his autograph signature, the Christian name in full, a rare form, and many interlineations by Walton, 20^.

Mr. E. Joseph's Catalogue 5 contains under Hablot Browne a series of 12 original water-colours, ' The Rivals,' represented by two boys bringing presents to a little girl, 30 guineas. Under Byron are the Prothero and Coleridge edition, large paper, 14 vols., small 4to, 4?. 10s.; and Finden's 'Illustra- tions,' 3 vols., in 27 parts as issued, half-morocco, 1833, 21. 2s. Croker's ' Boswell's Johnson,' 5 vols., half-calf, 1831, \s2l.ls.6d.; Chaucer, Pickering, 1830, 5 vols., uncut, scarce, 4Z. 10s.; I-amb's 'Tales from Shakespeare,' third edition. 20 plates by Blake, 2 vols., uncut, original labels, 1816, 21. 2s.; ' Peter Simple,' first illustrated edition, 3 vols., uncut, 1837, 51. 5s. ; Pyne's ' Royal Residences,' 3 vols., fine copy, 1819, 16 guineas ; Sowerby's ' Botany,' 1832-48, 12 vols., 81. 8s.; and Ralston's ' Songs of the Russian People,' 14s. A list under London includes Pen- nant, extra-illustrated, with 136 portraits and views, morocco extra, 1813, 11. 15s. A copy of Manning and Bray's 'Surrey,' 3 vols., folio, russia,

1804, is 14/. 10*. There is a collection of Voyages a i nd, T avels ' v A r i A ndel Socie ty's publications, in- clude Maynard s Descriptive Notices,' 1849 to 1873 2 vols. in 1, folio, half -morocco, 1869, 41. 10s. Maynard was for many years, until his death, the secretary of the Society.

Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co.'s Price Current 687 is the first part of a Catalogue of Works in Classical Literature, Philology, and Archaeology. Ihe first portion is devoted to Greek and Latin authors, including, of course, many rarities. Under Anacreon are the edttio princeps of the Odes and the edition in Latin printed by Thomas Richard b }"? d ln, ne volume, 1554-5, 21. 2s. The second edition of Archimedes, 1615, is 11. 5s. ; and Bekker's edition of Aristotle, 1831-6, 4 vols., 31. 3s. Under Auctores Latini Veteres is a series of 64 vols., 12mo old French mottled calf, 1753-89, 11. Is. Under Euclid is a large and fine copy of the first printed ? d oJi 10 o,>>/ ol m! old stam P ed leather in oaken boards, 1482 281. There is also the second edition, 1491,

vi i K n A - ta JJ and fresh c Py of the Aldine Euri- pides, 1503, is 61. 15s. ; and Rawlinson's ' Herodotus ' 4 vols., half-mcrocco by Riviere, 1858-60, 31 10s

Under Pindar is a large and sound copy of the Aldme edition 1513, 61. 6s. Plato, translated by ^7 yd n nh m m - and Tavlor > 5 v 'ols., royal 4to, 1804, is

r lr s - r T, hls was P ri ted a t the expense of the Duke of Norfolk, who locked up nearly the whole edition in his house, where it remained until long after his decease. A copy of the 'Dialogues,' translated by Jowett, 5 vols., 8vo, half-levant, is 61. 6s An example of the first issue of the first edition of Sophocles is of special interest, as it formerly belonged to Richard Porson, 1502, 12/. 12s. Among a number of Greek Testaments is George I.'s copy ol the edition printed from the types of Claude Garamond, 1550, 11. 5s. According to Dibdin, " the text is allowed to be not only more correct than that of the foregoing editions, but to be the parent of almost all the subsequent ones." The portion of the Catalogue devoted to Greek and Latin Philology: History of Classical Literature, con- tains over four hundred items. Mr. Sotheran appends an amusing note to the last edition of Withalss 'Dictionary in English and Latine ; devised for the Capacitie of Children and Young Beginners,' 12mo, 1634, 51. 5s. : "All editions of the work have now become very rare, both from constant thumbing and from use as scholastic

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