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Architecture, and Natural History. Other items include George Canning's 'A Voice from Palace Yard,' 2*. 6d. ; Brockedon's 'Italy' and 'Road Book from London to Naples,' 2 vols., folio, 1835, 21. 2s. ; first edition of 'Shirley,' 3 vols., 1849, 12*-. 6d.; and first and second series of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society, 11 vols., 1843-92, 41. 4*. Under Wellington is the Order of Proceed- ings at the funeral in St. Paul's, with names of those who had tickets of admission. Catalogue 185 is devoted to Theology.

Mr. Goad of the Old Book Stores, Bath, has in Jiis Catalogue 6 Allibone, revised edition, 1902, .31. Us. Qd. ; ' Chambers's Encyclopedia,' 1906, .3?. 15*.; Dickens, "Library Edition," 6L 6*. ; Grote's 'Greece,' 10 vols., II. 5*.; Max Miiller's 'Chips from a German Workshop,' 4 vols., 11. 7s. 6d.; and Rabelais, illustrated by Heath Robinson, 11. 5s.

Messrs. Simmons & Waters, of Leamington Spa, devote their Catalogue 210 to Engraved Portraits, there are over 3,400, and among them are all sorts .and conditions of men. In one column alone we find Powell, the fire-eater ; Prescott, the historian ; Pratt, bookseller of Bath ; Price, a famous swindler, and Price, the Bodleian librarian ; Priestley ; Morley Punshon ; Dr. Pusey ; and Purcell. As the years of birth and death are given, the list forms an interesting record.

Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co., as we announced -on the 6th inst., have issued a very beautifully printed catalogue of an unusually choice collection of books and manuscripts. Each of the six hun- dred items is of exceptional interest. There is a matchless set of the first four Shakespeare folios, genuine throughout, and uniformly bound in red morocco by Lewis. This is priced at 7,000?. A fine copy of the Second Folio, with the very rare Smethwick imprint is 275?. ; a Third Folio is 200?. ; and a Fourth, 110?. Another issue of the Fourth Folio, with an extremely rare imprint, quite un- known to bibliographers, of which there is no copy in the British Museum, is 125?. There is also a remarkable series of Shakespeare quartos, includ- ing ' The Merchant of Venice,' first edition, 700?. A fine set of Steevens's edition of the ' Dramatic Works,' with etchings of 90 of the plates added, Boydell & Nicol, 1802, is 27?. 10*. ; and Pickering's beautiful "Diamond Edition," India paper, crimson morocco, by Bedford, 16?. 16*. The catalogue is rich in beautiful early illuminated manuscripts, besides containing a large collection of rare editions of the English Bible and of the various issues of the Book of Common Prayer. A perfect copy of Caxton's ' Golden Legend,' 1483, is priced 4,000?. Only about thirty copies of this edition are known, all more or less imperfect. This is probably the only perfect copy in existence, and it contains the legend of St. Thomas of Canterbury which has been a special object of destruction, being in nearly -every instance torn out of copies of the volume. The first edition of Spenser's ' Shepheardes Calender,' 1579, is 400?. Under Defoe are a very fine copy of the first edition of 'Robinson Crusoe,' 225?.; and the work as published in The London Post, 500?. "The Grenville copy of the latter in the British Museum (the only other which Messrs. Sotheran have been able to trace) is very imperfect. Under Milton is a series of the various issues of the first edition of 'Paradise Lost'; and under Izaak Walton are the first five editions of ' The Complete

Angler' and the first editions of the ' Lives,' 11 vols. 16mo, very choice copies, with presentation inscriptions by the author, 1,000?. The catalogue is full of interesting illustrations, and Messrs. Sotheran are right in commending it to the sym- pathetic perusal of the C9llector, and to the use and reference now and again of the Bibliographer.

Messrs. Henry Young & Sons, of Liverpool, have in their Catalogue CCCLXXIX. many rare and interesting books. These include Pickering's edition of ' The Complete Angler,' 1836, 10?. 10*. ; and a larger - paper copy of A Kempis, Pickering & Major, 1828, 31. 3*. Under Bartolozzi we find 'The Cabinet of Genius,' fine copy, scarce, 1787, 31. 10*. ; and Tuer's 'Bartolozzi and his Works,' first edition, 4?. 10*. There is a copy of the magnificent folio edition of Roberts's ' Holy Land,' 4 vols., blue morocco, 25?. ; also Dugdale's ' Monasticon Angli- canum,' 1817-30, 32?. Other important items are Rawlinson's 'Monarchies,' 6 vols., iincut, 7?. 15*.; Plutarch, 1612, 5?. 5*. ; Pyne's ' English Lake Dis- trict,' 12?. 12*.; BoswelPs 'Johnson,' 10 vols., binding by Riviere, 1835, 4?. 4*. ; Grammont's ' Memoirs, portraits, proofs before letters, 1809, 6?. 6*.; Macaulay's Works, 8 vols., 5?. 10*.; 'Lays of Ancient Rome,' first illustrated edition, full morocco, 1847, 5?. 5*. ; and ' The Newgate Calendar,' best edition, 6?. 6*. Among Dickens items are the first edition of ' Pickwick,' full calf, 5?. 15*. 6d. ; ' Sketches byBoz,' morocco, by Riviere, 8?. 8*.; and ' Nickleby,' with the extra portraits, 5?. 5*. Under Liverpool, as in most of Messrs. Young's cata- logues, is a long list, and we note a number of views by Herdman. These include 12 original water - colour drawings, 1859 - 70, each in a gold frame, 40?.

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