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scientific manner. This valuable collection was purchased a few days ago for the library of a German philosopher and admirer of Spinoza.

The second Catalogue describes an Alexander von Humboldt library, containing a nearly complete collection of this writer's works. There are 178 numbers, all bibliographically described. Alexander von Humboldt's most important publication, the gigantic description of his voyages of 'discovery in South and Central America, in 18 vols. folio and 10 vols. 4to, is a very rare book, of which only a few complete copies are known. The collection of Messrs. Baer & Co. contains a perfect set of this work, with all the coloured plates, formerly in the possession of Princess Louise of the Netherlands, daughter of Frederic William III., King of Prussia. Besides Von Humboldt's works, there are to be found in thi; library the most important books on him and a good collection of portraits. The whole is to be sold for 450Z.

CATALOGUES Nos. 209-11 have reached us from Mr. George Gregory, 5 and 5A, Argyle Street, Bath. Amongst other items we notice ' Annals of Sporting,' 50Z. ; Constable's ' English Land- scape,' 20Z. ; ' Dictionary of National Biography,' 68 vols., 261. ; Gower's ' Confessio Amantis,' 1554, 211. ; and ' La Russie ' in 6 vols., printed entirely on vellum, with duplicate plates, one hand coloured and one plain, also on vellum, 1813, one of the three copies printed, 807. A unique item is Walter Savage Landor's own corrected proof-sheet copy of the excessively rare ' Idyllia Heroica,' Pisa, 1820, of which only some 30 copies are known. In Landor's writing occurs the following note : " Don Luigi Gerish for whose benefit I ordered the book to be pub- lisht engaged to correct the prefs [proofs]. He cd not construe episodii, etc. (this is not only in the nature of an episode) so the fool corrected i into a. There are a few faults of my own further on." On top of title is written the name of John King Eagles. Mr. Gregory has also an extensive collection of new books at reduced prices, among which we observe Audsley's ' Ornamental Arts of Japan,' 2 vols., 10Z. ; Jesse's ' Historical Memoirs,' 30 vols., 101. ; and a complete set of Nature, 87 vols., 251.

MESSRS. HENRY SOTHERAN & Co. have just issued their Catalogue 722, in which we see offered complete sets of ' Hansard's Parlia- mentary Debates,' ' The Annual Register,' and British and Foreign State Papers ; an exceptionally large number of Books on Airman- ship ; the first edition of Coryat's ' Crudities,' and a copy of the same author's ' Crambe ' in the original vellum binding ; the first edition of Milton's ' Paradise Regained ' in the original binding ; and many interesting books relating io America, &c.

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