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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. m. MARCH 4, 1905.

' Echoes,' the rare first edition, 1846, 12* 6d. Under Derbyshire is a collection of 17 water-colour draw- ings, by Buckler, of Haddon Hall, 1800, 16/. 1G<. Under Isle of Wight is Stone's 'Architectural Anti- quities,' 31. 5s. ; and under Lake District, Fielding and Walton's ' Picturesque Tour,' 51. 5-?. The items under London and Middlesex are very interesting. These include Hackney, ' Free Customs and Privi- ledges of the Copyhold Tenants of Lord Went- worth,' 1675,2;. 12*. 6d. (ex-libris of Sir W. Besant) ; Faulkner's 'Chelsea,' 1810, 21. 15-*.; Prickett's 'Highgate,' 1842, 21. 12*. 6^. Under Kensington is a ' Plan of the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Counter's Bridge,' 11. 5s. A copy of ' London Cries,' 1700, is priced 41. 4s. ; ' London Street Views,' 1830-40, 31. 5s. (this shows the trades- men's shops with names) ; Stow's ' Survey,' 1764-5, ll.ls.; 'Views of Covent Garden Market,' 1811, '11. 17*'. 6-1. ; Holborn, 'The Old Red Lion.' 1840, 101. 10*. ; ' Entrance to Hyde Park,' 1844, 111. Us. ; and ' Leicester Fields,' 1825, 11. 7*. There is a copy of Buck's 'Views,' 331-.', also Kip's 'Views,' 63?. The entire catalogue is full of interest.
 * carce, 51. 10*. Under Cornwall is Hawker's

Mr. William Smith, of Reading, has a number of items under Antiquarian and Topographical, also curious collections of tracts, 1638, 1641, and 1661 : Early English Text Society's Publications, and many important books under Berkshire, Cornwall, Hampshire, London, Ireland, &c. There is a copy of the ' Heptameron,' Society of English Biblio- philists, 1894, 41. 4-s'., only 312 copies printed.

Messrs. Sotheran's catalogue, 11 February, con- tains De Gray Birch's ' Cartularium Saxonicum,' 4 vols. 4to, 3^. ; Baskerville's beautiful edition of Ariosto, Birmingham, 1773, Ctf. 6-s. (this is scarce); Ascham's 'Schoolmaster,' 1570, 15/. 15*.; a fine library set of The Contemporary Review, 241.; Duval's ' Caricatures,' a curious collection, 1843, 10^. 10*. ; Dickens's 'Christmas Books,' the five, in original cloth, 51. 5*. ; also other first editions of Dickens; a set of Florian, 15 vols. 18mo, 1784-92, very scarce, 101. 10*. ; Gough's 'Sepulchral Monu- ments,' 1786-96, very rare, 251. ; the new reissue of Jesse's ' Historical Memoirs,' 30 vols., half-morocco, '2~l. ; and Lysons's 'Environs of London,' 1790, 4001. This is a magnificent set, as it contains nearly 5,000 additional portraits, and the 4 vols. are extended to 26. Another copy is priced at 130^. There is a large-paper copy of Hodgson's 'Northumberland,' very rare, price 421. Matthew Hopkins's ' Discovery of Witches,' published at the Upper Halfe-Moone in Norwich, 1647, is 41. 10*. The catalogue describes this as " a rare and interesting publication of this infernal scoundrel." There are a number of private press publications, and some purchases from the library of the late Duke of Cambridge. These include a large-paper set of the Delphin Classics, with his crest on titles, half-calf, 131. 13*., published at 300^. unbound ; ' Cabinet des F6es,' 41 vols., QL 6*. ; and an important set of Grtevius's ' Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italias' and 'Thesaurus Sicilite,' altogether 24 vols. folio in 45, 1704-25, 5/. 5*. These also contain the duke's crest with old armorial book-plate. There is a long autograph letter of Andrew Marvell's, dated 14 Nov., 1676, to Sir Henry Thompson, respecting Nathaniel Bacon, the Virginian patriot, and other matters, 311. 10*.

Mr. Albert Sutton, of Manchester, has an interest- ing catalogue, consisting principally of philology, place-name*, and kindred subjects. There are a

number of Court memoirs, and a complete set of the Hellenic Society's Publications, 15^. 15*. ; also a number of trials, including the Tichborne, with biography by Dr. Kenealy, 9 vols. in 5, 41. 10*.

Mr. Thomas Thorp, of St. Martin's Lane, in his list includes The Anti- Jacobin Review, 58 vols., 1799-1820, 58*. ; ' Ingoldsby Legends,' 1840-55, scarce, 41. 4s. ; Boydell's ' Illustrations of Shakespeare,' 41. 10*. ; Everitt's ' English Caricaturists,' 1790-1886, 41. 4s.; Orme's ' Anecdotes of Personal Valour,' very rare, large paper, 1819, 101. 10*. ; and Cruikshank's ' Going to a Fight,' also rare, 12/. 10*. The scarce first edition of 'The Fortunate Mistress,' 1724, is 141. 14*. A first edition of ' Richard Feverel,' 1859, is 31. 3*. There are a number of seventeenth-century books in original bindings, also works on folk-lore, ancient religions, &c., and many political tracts.

Mr. George Winter, of Charing Cross Road, has Walpole's ' Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors,' 41. 15*. ; 'Print Collector's Manual,' 1844, II. 5*.; and ' Orchid Album,' scarce, 31. 3*. There are first editions of Lever's works and Thackeray, including ' Vanity Fair.' with the portrait of " Lord Steyne," very scarce, 31. 17*. 6(. Under Charles Lamb is a series of eight water-colour drawings by Paul Braddon. depicting the homes and haunts of Lamb, 21. 5*. There is the scarce first edition of Dickens's ' The Uncommercial Traveller,' original cloth, uncut, 3^. 3*. Among works on costume we find 'Costumes of the Russian People,' 1800, II. 1*. There are also a number of political tracts.

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