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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. vn. M AK. s, 1913.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. MARCH.

MESSRS. GILHOFER & RANSCHBURG 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 monialis germane....,' with 2 woodcuts by A. Diirer, printed at Nuremberg, 1501, 2,250k. ; and a fine copy of the ' Breviarium Romano- Germanum,' i.e., a translation of the Breviary into German made by Frangipani when a prisoner in Venice from 1514 to 1518, and there printed, after it had "been " durch den bruder Jacob wyg barf user 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- ample of ' L'Hystoire & Croni/que du noble et vaillant Baudouyn, Conte de Flandres, lequel espousa le Diable,' 680k. We must also mention a first edition of ' Theuerdank.' This work, it -will be remembered, was composed by Dietrich- stein from material supplied to him by the Emperor Maximilian, and relates, in allegorical form, the adventures by which the Emperor obtained the hand of Mary of Burgundy. It was worked over by the Emperor's private secre- tary, and printed in 1517 ; but the first edition, save for a few copies distributed after Maximilian's -death, was not given to the public, and never reached the booksellers. The price of the copy here offered, which is in good preservation, is 5,800k.

CATALOGUE 304, which we have received from Messrs. Maggs, contains an interesting Collection of Original Etchings and of Engravings. The Diirers are numerous and good. We may mention ' S. Genevidve,' 221. 10s. ; ' S. Jerome en Penitence,' also 22Z. 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, 75Z. A German woodcut, c. 1500, of the Crucifixion, white on black, with numerous figures 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 better, ' Abraham praying for Sodom,' is offered for 521. 10s. Of about a dozen of his etchings the most important is an impres- sion in second state of ' The Hundred Guilder 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 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 etchings, in the division of modern artists we noticed an impression of Muirhead Bone's ' Great -Gantry at Charing Cross,' c. 1908, 175Z., and D. Y. Cameron's beautiful ' Holyrood,' 1896, 42Z. 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 ' Rizpah,'
 * St. John Baptist ' and a ' St. John Evangelist ' ;

engraved by Dunkarton (first state, 14Z. 14s.), and the ' Winchelsea,' engraved by Easling (first state, brown, 14Z. 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.

MESSRS. HENRY YOUNG & SONS 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 Annual Register,' running from the first number (1758) to 1893. It may be remembered that Burke was for a time the editor of it as well as principal contributor. There are Bewick's ' British Birds,' the 1832 edition, a good copy, 3Z. 3s. ; ' Quadrupeds,' first edition, 1790, 31. 10s. ; and ' .ZEiiop,' first edition, 1818, 3Z. 15s. ; as well as engravings by that artist, and the memorial edition of his works in 5 vols., 1885-7, 3Z. 15s. Of three or four examples of early printing the most interesting would appear to be a copy of the

' Rationes breves Magni Rabi Samuelis de

iudaismo ad fidem Catholicam conversi,' " im- pressum est Colonie apud Lys Kyrchen." It is undated, but belongs to about 1465, 10Z. 10s. Andrew Lang's copy of ' Tom Jones,' a first edition bound by De Coverly, is offered for 8Z. 8s. From the late Thos. Bartlett's library comes a complete set of the ' Visitation of England and Wales ' (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 private press, an issue limited to 500 copies, 1893-1911, 22Z. 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 8Z. 10s. ; and the last book printed at that press, the ' Note ' by William Morris on his aims in founding it, which contains (among other things) an annotated list of the books printed there and a drawing by Burne-Jones engraved by Morris, 1898, 4Z. 10s. Seventeen volumes, comprising Nichols's ' Literary Anec- dotes of the Eighteenth Century,' and ' Illus- trations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century ' a work which was begun 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 25Z. We noticed also a first edition (fourth title-page) of 'Paradise Lost,' bound by Riviere, of which the price is 40Z.

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CORRIGENDUM. Ante ('Richard Bull'), p. 171, col. 2, 1. 12, for " 12 March, 1814," read 11 Oct.,

1818.