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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. VIL APRIL 6, 1907.

1824, 4/. 4*. (the name of the author, which has .added a group of words to the English language, ought not to oe misspelt by a specialist in books); .and Jesse's 'Beau Brummell,' first edition, 2 vols., 1844, 21. 5s.

Mr. C. Richardson, of Manchester, has in his ^Catalogue 48 many American items, which include Kane's ' Wanderings among the North American Indians,' 21. 10*.; and Belknap's ' New Hampshire,' .3 vols., Boston, 1813, 4/. 10*. Under Bedforshire is Fishers 'Collections, Historical and Topographical,' 1817-28, 31. 10.s\ Under Cambridge are the Prize Poems from the institution of the prize by the Rev. Thos. Seaton in 1750 to 1806, II. Devonshire com- iprises Payne's ' Picturesque Views,' 1826, 2/. 5*.; and Hampshire Wise's ' New Forest,' 21. Under Ireland we find Davies's ' Discoverie why Ireland was never entirely Subdued,' 1612, 4^. 10*.; also King's 'State of the Protestants,' 1691, II. 5s. A long list under Lancashire includes Baines's ' County Palatine,' 4 vols., 4to, full blue calf, 1836, 3/. 10*.; Herdman's ' Pictorial Relics of Ancient Liverpool,' 2 vols., folio, 1878, 4. 4*.; and Roby's ' Traditions,' both series, original edition, 4 vols., 1829-31, 21. 2*. Under Scotland is Chalmers's ' Caledonia,' 8 vols., 4to, 1887-1902, 31. The Shakespeare list includes Payne Collier's, 1844-53, 9 vols., a beautiful set in half crimson morocco, 31 3*. A copy of Hogg's ' Life of Shelley,' scarce, Moxon, 1858, is 21.

Mr. James Roche's List 152 is an interesting miscellaneous collection. A fine copy of Elwin and Courthope's edition of Pope, 10 vols. , three-quarter morocco, is 6^. 12* del.; but the name of Mr. El win's coadjutor is misspelt " Courthorpe." Under Battle of Trafalgar are Dodd's four coloured plates, framed, 4/. 18*. Qd. Macaulay's Works, 10 vols., full calf, . are SI. 18*. 6d.; Mahon's 'England,' 7 vols., calf, 'II. 11*. 6d.; Cruikshank's 'Omnibus,' special India- proof set, 1842, 51. 5*.; 'Sketches by Boz,' 3 vols., calf extra by Zaehnsdorf, 31. 10*.; and Grote's 'Greece,' 12 vols., 4<f. 18*. 6d. Under Illustrated Books are Nansen's 'Farthest North,' 2 vols., royal - 8vo., uncut, 6*. 6d.; and Granger's 'Biographical History,' 6 vols., half-calf, 1824, 21. 10*. Peake's ' French Costume,' 1815, is 3f. 10*.; Queen Victoria's Coronation Procession to the Abbey, a panoramic view 10 ft. long, 18*. Qd.; and the Procession in the Abbey the same price. We would suggest to Mr. Roche that he should instruct his cataloguers to arrange the items differently; for instance, few would look^ under Essays for Lamb's 'Elia,' Fox Bourne's ' English Newspapers,' or Jeffrey's ' Con- tributions to the "Edinburgh."' Then under " Choice " a number of standard works are so placed because they are handsomely bound. There is, in -our opinion, nothing better than the straightforward alphabetical arrangement, except where there may be a large number of items on a special subject.

Mr. Thomas Thorp sends from Reading his Third Clearance Catalogue, containing a long African list, also many items under Arctic and Art, in-

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eluding the ' Art

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Salterio,' 12mo, 1833, 3s. There are some interest- ing tracts, 1642-1727.

Mr. Wilfrid M. Voynich's Catalogue 22 is, as usual with Mr. Voynich's catalogues, full of rare books. Americana comprise a copy of Lorerizana's ' Historia de Nueva-Espana,' containing the second, third, and fourth letters of Cortes, Mexico, 1770, 7/. 7*.; Dralymont's ' Spanish Pilgrime,' 1625, 31. 3*.; Monardes's ' loyfull Newes out of the New-found Worlde,' translated by John Frampton, which com- mences with a notice of Columbus s discovery, and contains a long article on tobacco, 1596, 251.; and Ringrose's ' Bucaniers of America,' large paper, 1684-5, 551. There are items under Bibles, Chess, Classics, and Customs and Manners. There is an extremely rare edition of 'The Pilgrim's Progress' in French, Basle, 1711, 51. 5s. Under Presses are many rarities, and under Incunabula a magnificent specimen from the first press at Strasburg, 1470, 12/. 12*. The last item in the catalogue is not the least, being a thousand-pounder. This is a Map of the World on the Equidistant Polar Projection, sixteenth century, on parchment. Prof Ravenstein says: "This fragment of a MS. map of the world in two Polar hemispheres of a radius of 178 min. was discovered in the original binding of a book printed in Italy in 1536."

At the moment of going to press we have received from Messrs. Sotheran a catalogue of very choice books, the 600 items being of the total value of 40,000/. We shall notice this on April 20th with other catalogues.

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