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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. in. MAR. is, 1911.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. MARCH.

MR. LI C. BRAUN'S Catalogue 68 is devoted to Topographical Books and Engraved Views of Old London. We find many well-known places The Strand, Fleet Street, Covent Garden, Enfield, Hackney, Hammersmith, Chelsea, Kew Gardens, & c. and a number of engraved portraits.

Mr. Braun's Catalogue 69 contains, under Art and Illustrated Books, ' Artists at Home,' photo- graphed by MayaH, with notices by F. G. Stephens, Is. 6d. ; 'Catalogue of T. and J. Bewick's Works,'

2 vols., large paper, 18s. Qd. ; Sainsbury's ' His- tory of France,' 4to, 1845, 11. 10s. ; and Uzanne's ' La Franchise du Siecle,' blue morocco, 21. There is a list under Classics. ' Cranford,' illustrations by Thomson, morocco, uncut, is 15s. ; and Bvron's Works, with Life by Moore, 17 vols., half-calf, 3L A copy of ' The Greville Memoirs,' 5 vols is 21. In the Addenda are the first edition of ' Bleak House,' 7s. Qd. ; Pococke's ' Egypt,'

3 vols., folio, 1743-52, 11. 15s. ; Beranger, 3 vols., 11. 10s. ; Dr. Johnson's Works, 16 vols., New York 1903, 31. 3s. Lysons's ' Environs of Lon- don,' 5 vols., 4to, half-calf, 1811, 21. 10s. ; and Sainte-Beuve's ' Causeries du Lundi,' 15 vols., half-morocco, with Oscar Browning's ex-libris in each volume, 21. 12s. Qd. ; under Marlborough Gems is a series of beautiful reproductions in

Mr. Francis Edwards's Catalogue 307 contains, among works under America, a complete set of the original editions of Las Casas's treatises on Mexico, the West Indies, and South and Central America, gothic letter, 8 parts in 1 vol., small 4to, 1552-3, red morocco extra by F. Bedford, 3SZ., and Maudslay's ' Biologia Central! - Americana : Arrhjpoloev ' plates, 16 vols., folio, and text, 16 v*ls?, 4to; 1889-1902, 24?. Works under Art and Architecture include the Dictionary issued by the Architectural Publications Society, Masquellier's ' Florence,' Hamilton's ' Greek and Roman Antiquities,' and Vitruvius. -There are over a hundred items relating to Australasia. A fine copy of the Vinegar Bible, Oxford, 1717, is 11 Works under Bibliography include Dibdm s Decameron,' 3 vols., 1817, 10Z 16*. Works on Birds include Godman's Petrels, 1910, 15L 15s. The second edition of George Herbert s Country Parson,' 1671, is 21. 10s. Under Wagenar is ' The Mariners Mirrour,' with engraved title and 39 charts (including the movable compass), coloured by De Bry and others, folio (the lower corner of title-page wanting, and only 39 plates instead of 41), 25L In the Addenda of Standard Historical Works is a complete set of The Annual Register,' 1757-1907, 25Z.

Messrs. William George's Sons of Bristol send their Catalogue 324, entitled Americana, which should interest all Americans. Messrs. George must have bestowed much pains in bringing to- gether these eighteen hundred items relating to America. We note a few. Almon's Parlia- mentary Register, 35 vols., 1775-So, is 47. 4s. This is a record of everything which passed in Parliament bearing upon the state of the American j Colonies. Andrews's ' History of the VVar, j 4 vols., 1785-6, is 3Z. 10s. ; Smith's Narrative j

of Andre,' 1808, 3Z. 10s. ; the first English edition of the first American Prayer Book, 1785, 31. 15s. ; Cartwright's ' Labrador,' 3 vols., royal 4to 1792, 31. 18s. ; Gordon's ' United States,' 4 vols., 1788, 21. 2s. (in the list of subscribers occurs George Washington) ; Heriot's ' Travels through Canada,' 1807, 21. 10s. ; and Lewis and Clarke's ' Travels,' Longmans, 1814, 51. 5s. There is a variety of maps, including Moll's. Among engravings is a brilliant copper-plate of the Declaration of Independence, with portraits of all the signers, in maple and gold frame, 31. 15s.

Messrs. James Rimell & Son's Catalogue 224 is a good miscellaneous list. We find Addison, Tonson's editions, together 10 -vols., 1713-65, 4L 14s. Qd. Under JEsop is Dodsley's translation, Baskerville, 1761, calf by Bedford, 31. 5s. ; and under JEsop and Gay, Stockdale's editions of the Fables, together 4 vols., new calf gilt, 1793, 12L 12s. Major's edition of ' The Complete Angler.' large paper, proofs, 1824-5, 2 vols., is 4L 14s. Qd. Under Alpine is Laborde's ' Tableaux,' 400 fine views, 3 vols. in 5, royal folio, old French calf, Paris, 1780, 91. A set of the Duke of Buck- ingham's Memoirs, 10 vols., half-calf, 1853-61, is 11. 10s. ; and the second edition of ' The Anatomy of Melancholy,' 1624, 11. Is. Under Children's Books is a rare collection, Ql. 16s. Qd. Under Crime will be found the ' New Newgate Calendar ' and a collection of tracts by Fielding and others. There are first editions of Dickens. The large-paper edition of Symonds's ' Wine, Women, and Song,' one of fifty copies, is 31. 10s. Under Tobacco is a collection of 155 engraved tobacco papers previous to 1770, with figures of Indians, ships, portraits, &c., mounted in a folio volume, 35Z. It was made by Winston, manager of the Haymarket Theatre, and comes from the Beaufoy Collection.

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