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 200 NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. vu. mas, 1913. liooxsxumss’ Caunocuns.-Massa. Msassns. Grnnorsa dz Raxscnsuno of Vienna have sent us their Catalogue 103 of Old and Rare Books. It contains a large number_ of curious items, and well-chosen illustrations in the text of the catalogue contribute not a little to render these enticing. Thus there are a good copy of the ‘ Opera Hrosvite illustris virginis et monlalns germane .... ,’ with 2 woodcuts by A. Diirer, printed at Nuremberg, 1501, 2,250k.; and a fine, copy of the ‘ Breviarium Romano- Germanum, Le., a translation of the Breviary into German made by Frangipani when a prisoner in Yemce from 1514 to 1518, and there printed, after it had been “ durch den bruder Jacob wyg_ barfuser ordens von Kolmar gecorrigirt vnd in ein solliche -ordnung gesetzt.” This volume, which is in -excellent condition, contains eleven woodcuts by Vavassore, and is printed in red and black, 1,800k. “ Ex libris ” of William Morris is an ex- .am le of ‘L’Hystoirc dt Croni/:gre du noble et vaillant Baudouyn, Conte de landres, lequel espousa le Diable,’ 680k. We must also mention .a first edition of ‘ Theuerdank.’ This work, It will be remembered, was comfosed by Dietrich- stein from material supplie to _him by _the Emperor Maximilian, and relates, ln allegorical form, the adventures by which the Emperor -obtained the hand of Mary of Burgundy. It was worked over by the Emgeror’s private secre- tary, and Printed in 1517; ut the first edition, save for a ew copies distributed after Maximil|an’s death, was not given to the public, and never reached the booksellers. The grice of the_ copy here lghered, which is in goo preservation, is 5,800 CATALOGUE 304, which we have received from Messrs. Maggs, contains an interesting 'Collection of Origina Etchings and of En%'avings. 'The Diirers are numerous and good. e may mention ‘ S.'Geneviéve,’ 221. 10s. ; ‘ S. J érome en Pénitence,’ also 221. 10s.; and the ‘ Life of the Virgin,’ the complete set of 40 woodcuts, arranged in sunk mounts and bound by Riviere in a folio, 1504-10, 751. A German woodcut, c. 1500, of the Cruciflxion, white on black, with numerous flgures and a rich border inset with miniatures -of saints, deserves attention; it costs 161. 16s. There are two original pen-and-ink drawings by Rembrandt; the etter, ‘ Abraham praying for Sodom,” is offered for 521. 10s. Of about a dozen -of his etchings the most imiportant is an impres- sion in second state of ‘ he Hundred Gunlder Print,” ‘ Christ healing the Sick,’ of which the price is 1051. From the Weizel and Huth collec- tions come two curious, and it appears unique, fifteenth-century German xylographic cuts-a "St, John Baptist’ and a ‘St. John Evangelist’; both are coloured in silver, emerald green, ultra- marine, lake, and yellow, and have a border of vermilion; each is offered for 251. Among the -etchin, in the division of modern artists we noticega an imgression of Muirhead Bone’s ‘ Great Gantry at C aring Cross,’ c. 1908, 175l., and D. Y. Cameron’s beautiful ‘ Holyrood,’ 1806, 421. Of Hedley Fitton’s work there are several good examples, chief of them the ‘St. Merri, Paris, 351. ‘There are nearly forty items after Turner’s work, including a number of ‘ Liber Studiorum ' plates, the most interesting being perhaps the ‘ R|zpah,’ engraved by Dunkarton (Grst state, 141. 14e.), and the ‘ YVinchelsea,’ engraved by Easling (first state, brown, 141. 14s.). Worth some special attention are a dozen or so Japanese items, among which are two works by Suzuki Harunobu, both signed- a seashore scene with two figures, 351., and a lady under a fruit-tree in blossom, 281. 10s. Mnssns. Hzxnv Yotnro 8: Sozss of Liverpool have sent us their Catalogue 438. The student of human nature who has 101. to spare has here the opportunity of acquiring 137 vols. of ‘The Annua Register/ running from the flrst number (1758) to 1893. It may be remembered that Burke was for a time the editor of it as well as princigal contributor. There are Bewick’s ‘ British irds,’ the 1832 edition, a good copy, 31. 30. ; ‘ Quadrupeds,’ first edition, 1790, 31. 10s. ; and ‘ Emp,” ilrst edition, 1818, 31. 15s. ; as well as engravings by that artist, and the memorial edition of his works in 5 vols., 1885-7, 31. 15s. Of three or four examples of early printing the most interesting would appear to be a co y of the ‘ Rationes breves Magni Rabi Samuelis .... de iudaismo ad fldem Catholicam conversi,’ “ im- pressum est Colonie apud Lys Kyrchen." It is undated, but belongs to about 1465, 101. 10s. Andrew Lang’s copy of ‘ Tom J ones,’ a Hrst edition bound by Dc Coverly, is offered for 81. 83. From the late Thos. Bartlett’s library comes a comvplete set of the ‘ Visitation of England and “ala ’ (17 vols.), with 8 vols. of Notes ; the ‘ Visitation of Ireland ’ (5 vols.); and 4 vols. of Parish Registers, printed at Sir F. A. Crisp’s rivate gress, an issue limited to 500 copies, 189;-1911, 21. 10s. There are also to be had here the Kelmscott Press ‘ Sonnets and Lyrical Poems ’ and ‘ Ballads and Narrative Poems by Rossetti, the two together 81. 10s. ; and the last book printed at that press, the ‘ Note ’ by William Morris on his aims in folmding it, which contains (among other things) an annotated list of the books printed there and a drawing by Burne-J ones engraved by Morris, 1898, 41. 10s. Seventeen volumes, comprising Nichols’s ‘ Literary Anec- dotes of the Eighteenth Century,’ and ‘ Illus- trations of the Literary Histori of the Eighteenth Century ’-a work which was egun in 1782 and continued by three generations of the same family for seventy-six years, the publication having extended from 1812 to 1858-are to be had for 251. We noticed also a flrst edition gourth title-gag?) of ‘ Paradise Lost,’ bound by iviere, of w 'c the price is 401. [Notices of other Catalogues held over.] jlntires tn (llnrrespunhmtz. 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