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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.
MR. THOMAS BAKER sends us his Catalogue 503.
It is largely devoted to old and modern English and
Foreign Theological Works. We note a complete
set of the Henry Bradshaw Society, 30 vols., 18/. ;
Martin Luther, Sammtliche Werke, and Exegetica
Opera Latina curayit Elsperger, together 93 vols.
in 73, 1826-57, half-morocco, 9/. 9*. ; Chrysostomi
Opera Omnia, 13 vols., Paris, 1858, 11. 15s.; Walsh's
' Vindication of the Loyal Formulary, or Irish
Remonstrance so graciously received by His
Majesty, A.D. 1661,' Dublin, 1674, 6^. 6*. ; Morland's
'Evangelical Churches of Piedmont,' 1665, 4/. 4*.;
Hook's 'Archbishops of Canterbury,' 11 vols.,
3J. 10*. ; set of the Publications of the Parker
Society, 55 vols., 21.; and 'Tracts for the Times,'
5 vols., 11. 18*. The general books include Reclus's
' Universal Geography,' edited by Ravenstein and
Keane, 19 vols., 6^. 6*. ; Finden's 'Byron Illustra-
tions,' 24*. ; and Christopher Wren's ' Life and
W r orks,' 326 - . 6d. There are interesting items under
Jacobite.
Mr. L. C. Braun's Catalogue 50 contains Ovid's ' Metamorphoses,' with Picart's plates, 1732, 25*. ; ' The Complete Angler,' first edition issued by Bagster, 1808, 30*.; ' Sir Joshua Reynolds's Life ' by Leslie and Tom Taylor, 45*. ; Montaigne, 1685-1711, 20*.; Huish's 'Memoirs of George IV.,' 30*.; Dodoens's 'Historic of Plants,' 1595, 4/. 4*.; La Fontaine, 1685, 30*. ; and ' Cabinet des Fees,' 1785, 4/. 10*. There are items under Early Editions, French and German Literature, Heraldry, Topo- graphy, &c.
Mr. Walter V. Daniell sends Part 3 of his Cata- logue of Topographical Literature. This contains Hertford to Mqnmonth. We note a few items. Under Greenwich Hospital is ' The Painted Chamber', with Nelson lying in State,' 15*. Lan- cashire maps include a Panoramic View of Liver- pool, 11. 1*. ; and Manchester, the South- West Prospect, 1728, If. 1*. Under Leicestershire is a copy of Nichols with the plates in perfect condition, S/. 16s. Lincolnshire includes Thompson's 'Antiqui- ties of Boston,' 1856, 21. 15*.; and a choice collection of 153 engravings in portfolio, 21. 15*. Under Hampstead are some pretty water-colours ; and iTiider Highgate is the study that Coleridge occupied during his residence with Dr. Gillman, an interest- ing lithograph byG. Scharf, 18 in. by 14 in., showing his bookcase, pictures, &c., 10*. The next part of the Catalogue will be exclusively devoted to London.
Mr. Bertram Dobell's Catalogue 147 includes books from the libraries of Dr. Garnett, Toole, Clement Scott, Charles Lever, and the Duke of Sutherland. There is a miniature portrait of Byron's executor Scrope Davies, with inscription on the back "Painted by Js. Holmes, 1816, for Lord Byron, Scrope Davies." It is in gold frame, I/. There are also original autograph MSS. of William Morris : ' Beowulf (first draft), 69 leaves, folio, half-morocco, 30/.; and 'Nupkins Awakened' (or ' The Tables Turned '), differing altogether from the printed copy, 211. The first edition of Whit- man s ' Leaves of Grass,' Brooklyn, New York, 1855, is 30^. ; the scarce Library Edition of Shelley, edited by Buxton Forman, 8 vols., original blue cloth, 1876-80, 91. 9*.; Randolph's ' Poems,' first edition, Oxford, 1638, 1QI. ; and the first edition of ' The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,' W. Taylor, 1719, 121. 12*. Other items include the first
edition of Sterne's 'Sentimental Journey,' 1768 r
If. 10*.; eleven books and pamphlets printed by
VV. J. Linton at the Appledore Press, 1882-95,
4/. 4*.; first edition of Shelley's ' Six W T eeks' Tour,'
uncut, Hookham & Oilier, 1817, 31. 3*. ; a collection
of 176 Playbills made by Toole, 1753-66, 12/. ; and
Carew's 'Poems,' a seventeenth-century MS., neatly
written in the same hand, circa 1640, 10/. 10*. We
have no further space, but almost each item in this
catalogue has a history of its own.
Mr. William Glaisher has a Catalogue of Popular Current Literature.
Mr. William Hitchman's Bristol Catalogue 44 contains a set of Lawrence & Bullen's "Italian Novelists," 9 vols., 10/. ; The Ancestor, 12 vols., 21. Howell and Cobbett's ' State Trials,' 1809 - 28, 34 vols., 14/. 14*.; Petit's 'Cathedrals of England,' 23 original drawings, 21. ; Morgan's ' Romano- British Mosaic Pavements,' describing the tessel- lated Pavements of England, county by county, 18*. ; 'Warwick Castle to the Present Day,' by the Countess of Warwick, 13*. Qd. ; and Johnstone and Croall's ' Nature-printed British Seaweeds,' 210 coloured plates by Bradbury, 1859-60, 4 vols. royal 8vo, 21. 2*.
Messrs. George Juckes & Co., of Birmingham, have in their Catalogue 176 Edwards's 'Anecdotes of Painters,' 1808, 21. 18*. 6rf. ; Collins's 'Peerage ' 9 vols., 1812, It. 15*.; 'Curiosities of Emblem Literature,' a scrapbook of drawings coloured by
TiQTirl Q7 Qu * J^prT7^1/v^cor1ia T*i-f-o-riTirt<- J /TTZ,
paintings of Cornwall coast scenery by W. Casley
for sale.
Mr. Alexander W. Macphail, of Edinburgh, includes in his Catalogue LXXXVIII. an interest- ing fifteenth-century manuscript, ' Scotus Pau- perum,' with letter inserted from the author dated 10 May, 1486, large 8vo, morocco, 4/. 10*. ; Drum- mond's 'Ancient Scottish Weapons,' 11. 18*. ; 'Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet,' 1807-12, 12 vols., 11 12*.; and 'Encyclopaedia Britannica,' 1861, 25*. There are a number of items under Edinburgh and Glasgow, and under Scott are a likeness in oil, 3/. 15*. ; and a copy of the statue by Greenshields, 18 in. by 12 in., It. 5*. There is a Ion'"- list of Trials.
Mr. E. Menken's Book Circular 174 con- tains important items under Ancient Religions. Lovers of heraldry will be interested in Foster's ' Marks and Ensigns of Honotir,' 3/. 3*. ; and Guigard's ' Armorial du Bibliophile,' 21. 15.y. Under Atlas occur the 'Atlas Historique,' 7 vols., folio, Amsterdam, 1739, &c., 51. 5*.; and the 'Atlas Curieux,' Paris, 1705-17, 3/. 3*. Other items include Segar and Edmondson's ' Baronagium Genealogicum,' 1764-84, 5/. 18*.; Burton's 'Arabian Nights,' Benares, 1885, 15/. ; a copy of the first edition of the ' Chronicon Nurembergense,' 36/. ; Roach Smith's 'Collectanea Antiqua,' 1848-80,' 7 vols., 51. 5*. ; and Mareschal's ' Les Faiences Anciennes et Modernes,' 2 vols., 3/. 3*. Genea- logists will be attracted by the entries under Foster, these including his ' Index to Printed Pedigrees,' 4 vols., unpublished, but ready for the
