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'Butterflies,' 9s.; Owen's 'Skeptics of the French Renaissance,' 3s. 6d.; and Smith's 'Monograms,' 7s. 6d. 'Supernatural Religion,' pronounced by Matthew Arnold to be "learned and exact," is now offered at 6s. There is a good list under Natural History, Science, &c.
Messrs. Myers & Co. send two Catalogues. No. 133 is devoted to Rare Old Maps and a Selection of Views. There are early American maps and interesting American views; European maps (one showing Europe in the reign of Queen Anne); London views and plans (including one of London and the country adjacent, 1797, 31. 3s.); and views of Oxford Colleges.
Catalogue 134 contains general literature. A fine copy of Ackermann's 'Public Schools,' 1816, is 24l.; and a presentation copy from Carlyle of his 'Life of Schiller,' 1825, 7l. 7s. Under Tom Moore is a set of choice proofs of Maclise's illustrations to the 'Irish Melodies,' 161 plates, with letter of the poet, 6 vols., folio, 15l. 15s. A set of Buskin, Edition de Luxe, 35 vols., half-calf extra, is 32l.; Boydell's 'Illustrations of Shakespeare,' 1803, 17l. 10s.; and a nice set of the 'Percy Anecdotes,' 5l. 5s. Under Shelley is the first English edition of 'The Cenci,' original wrappers, uncut, 1821, 3l. 3s. There is a small collection of finely bound and rare editions of the classics.
Messrs. Pitcher's Manchester Catalogue 162 contains the 'Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers,' with a list of books in occult chemistry, 8vo, 1815, 6l. 6s. A note on the fly-leaf says that "F. Barrett is the author." Under Astrology is Kirby and Bishop's 'The Marrow of Astrology,' small 4to, old calf, 1681-7, 4l. 4s.; under Bewick, 'Select Fables,' first edition, largest paper, a splendid copy, 1820, 8l., and under Ballads, 'Merry Ballads, edited by Farmer, privately printed, 1897, 4l. 15s. One of the 550 copies of the "Bibliothèque de Carabas," reprints of scarce fifteenth and sixteenth-century works, 8 vols., 1887-96, is 4l. 4s.; 'The Encyclopædia Britannica,' with supplementary volumes, 35 in all, in oak bookcase, 10l. 10s; Goethe's Works, with life by Dole, illustrated Library Edition, 14 vols., 1903, 6l. 6s.; Hobbes's 'Leviathan,' the scarce first edition, 1651, bound in old style by Rivière, 2l. 10s.; and a collection of Jefferies's works, all first editions, 24 vols., 7l. 7s. A collection of 20 large steel plates by Landseer of Queen Victoria's pets, with portrait of her Majesty, artist's proof, is 5l.; a handsome set of Motley, 11 vols., tree calf, by Rivière, 1889-1904, 9l.; Rousseau, 'Les Confessions,' preface by Jules Claretie, 1889, 4l. 4s.; and 'Vanity Fair Album,' 14 vols., 1869-82, 3l. 16s.
Messrs. Simmons & Waters send us from Leamington Spa two catalogues, Nos. 225 and 226. The former opens with the first edition of 'She Stoops to Conquer,' new morocco by Rivière, 30l. Under Ballooning is an account of 'Five Aerial Voyages in Scotland,' by Lunardi, 2 plates and portrait, 8vo, calf gilt, 1786, 3l. 3s. Under Tradesmen's Tokens of the 17th Century are 41 lists taken from Boyne, edited by Dr. Williamson, at prices varying from 1s. to 3s. 6d. for each county. There are also several works on coins. Books on London include Rendle and Norman's 'Inns of Old Southwark,' half-morocco, 1l. 1s. There is a pretty set of Montaigne, 7 vols., crimson calf, 18s. Pickering's 'Shakespeare,' 11 vols., full calf, is 2l. 17s. 6d.; and the best edition of Voltaire, 70 vols., Paris, 1784-9, 1l. 15s.
Catalogue 226 is devoted to Old Engravings, and contains a number of Baxter prints, including a rare plate of Prince Albert in the uniform of the 11th Hussars, in frame, 2l. 5s.; Queen Victoria, also in frame, 2l. (both about 1853); and a portrait of Peel, 1l. 12s. 6d. Other subjects by Baxter are 'Love's Letter-Box,' 'The First Lesson,' and 'The Wreck of the Reliance off Boulogne,' 1842. There are a number of Bunbury plates, and English and French caricatures. Under Constable is 'The Rainbow; or, Salisbury Cathedral,' engraved by Lucas, in frame, 10l. 10s.; and under Corbould are four water-colours, about 1790, 4l. 4s. A portrait of Wesley in oil, in frame, is 3l. 10s.; and one of Izaak Walton, a copy by Farmiloe of Huysmans's picture, 3l. 17s. 6d. There are a number of historical portraits at low prices. A souvenir of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, 1788, is an ivory fan which shows the plan of the boxes, 1l. 17s. 6d. The names of the box-holders are given, so that the owner of the fan could tell the occupiers of any particular box.
Messrs. Henry Young & Sons' Liverpool Catalogue CCCXCIV. contains specimens of royal bindings. Under Actors is 'Les Souvenirs du vieil Amateur dramatique,' containing 100 figures engraved and coloured by hand, Paris, 1820, 12mo, morocco, 4l. 4s. The first six volumes of Ainsworth's Magazine, original edition, red morocco, are 6l. 6s. There is a complete set of the "Bibliotheca Curiosa," 64 vols., 6l. 6s.; and a set of Lord Bolingbroke's Works, 7 vols., 4to, 1777-98, 5l. 15s. Other items include Browning, large paper, 16 vols., blue levant, 15l. 15s.; 'Cellini, Recherches sur sa Vie,' by E. Plon, 82 fine plates, Japanese paper, 9l. 9s.; and 'The Domesday Book,' printed by order of George III., folio, 1783-1816, 15l. 15s. There is a fine set of Thiers's 'Histoire de la Révolution Française,' extra-illustrated, Paris, 1865, 32l. 'The Grammont Memoirs,' 1811, are 9l. 9s. Under Milton is the edition with life by Todd, largest paper, blue morocco, 5l. 5s. Among art works is Frankau's 'William and James Ward,' 13l. 13s. There are important items under Greek and Latin Classics, Scotland, and Tennyson (including the first edition of 'In Memoriam,' 5l. 5s.).
Among the forthcoming publications of the Oxford University Press are Stow's 'Survey of London,' edited, with an introduction and notes, by C. L. Kingsford; 'Folk-Memory; or, the Continuity of British Archæology,' by Walter Johnson; in "The Stuart and Tudor Library," Turberville's 'Noble Arte of Venerie or Hunting,' Wilson's 'Arte of Rhetorique' (1585), edited, with an introduction, by G. H. Mair, and 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' (the quarto of 1602), with an introduction by W. W. Greg; and notable additions to "The Oxford Poets" and "The Oxford Library of Prose and Poetry."
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