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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. DECEMBER.
MR. H. CLEAVER of Bath has in his Fortieth Catalogue a set of The Archaeological Journal, 1844-92, 49 vols., 81. 8s.; 'Murray's Handbook to the Cathedrals,' 7 vols., 2L 5s.; Winkles's Cathe- dral Churches,' 3 vols., \l. 10s. ; and Owen Jones's folio, 1868, 21. 2s. Under Astronomy are a number of items ; under Blake, the first edition of Blair's ' Grave,' 1808, 11. 5s. ; under the sisters Bronte, the Thornton Edition, 12 vols., II. 12*.; under Brown- ing, the complete uniform edition, 17 vols., 21. 5s. ; under Cervantes, the best library edition of ' Don Quixote,' 4 vols. , full calf, 31. 3s. ; and under Dickens, the Authentic Edition, 21 vols., half- levant, 101. 10s. A set of Fielding, 12 vols., 8vo, half-morocco, 1898, is 6/. 6s. Another fine set is that of Thackeray, large type, Library Edition, 24 vols., new half-calf, 1869, 121. 12s. Latest pur- chases include the following first editions : ' Mill on the Floss,' II. Is. ; ' Silas Marner,'10s. 6d. ; Hew- lett's ' The Road in Tuscany,' very scarce, II. 10s. ; .and Kingsley's ' Two Years Ago,' 12s. Qd.
Mr. Francis Edwards sends his December Cata- logue 299. We find the first edition of Ainsworth's
- Jack Sheppard,' illustrated by Cruikshank, 3 vols.,
full levant by Bedford, 1839, '91. Arundel Society Publications include the altarpiece by Memling in Lubeck Cathedral, 61.; and other choice works. Under Bacon are Pickering's large-paper edition, 1825-34, 16 vols., imperial 8vo, half red morocco, 101. 10s. ; and the first edition of ' The Advancement of Learning,' large paper, contemporary binding, 1605, 3QI. There is a fine book of original drawings from nature by C. F. Tomkins, ' Belgium, France, and Germany,' 1830, folio, half- morocco, 25/. First editions include ' Bells and Pomegranates,' Moxon, 1841-6, 32?. 10s. ; ' Hours of Idleness,' large paper, full calf by Zaehnsdorf, 1807, 16^. ; ' Through the Looking-Glass,' 1872, 51. ; ' Liber Amoris,' 1823, 51. ; Thomas Hughes's Works, 6 vols., 12/. 10s; ' Endymion,' original boards, 1818, 26^. ; ' Lamia, Isabella, and The Eve of St. Agnes,' 1820, 181.; Lamb's 'John Woodvil,' 1802, 111.; 'Satan in search of a Wife,' wrappers as issued, 1831, 12/. ; '* Tales from Shakespeare,' plates by Blake, 2 vols., 12mo, 401. ; 'Waverley,' 3 vols., 1814, 221. : 'Guy Mannering,' 3 vols., 1815, 7. : Swinburne's 'Poems and Ballads,' blue levant, Moxon, 1866, 11. 10*. ; and ' In Memoriam,' levant, Moxon, 1850, 31. 10s. There are also first editions of Dickens arid Thackeray. One of twenty-five special copies of Stirling-Maxwell's ' Annals of the Artists of Spain,' a presentation copy from the author, levant extra by Bedford, 4 vols., 1848, is 121. 10s.
Mr. John Grant of Edinburgh has in his December Catalogue sets of Fraser, 1830-82, com- plete except one part in last volume, 16/. 10s. ; The Nineteenth Century, 1877-1907, 101. 10s. ; and The Edinburgh, 1802-97, 151. 15s. There are Bibles and works on bibliography, including Brunet's ' Manuel du Libraire,' Didot, 1860-78, 8 vols., 4to, 111. Us. Works on Heraldry include Papworth and Morant's 'Alphabetical Dictionary, '2 vols., 1874, 11. Is. (there are references to more than fifty thousand coats of arms). Under Scotland are Lamb's ' Dundee,' 31. 3s. ; Fraser's ' Montgomeries, Earls of Eglinton,'
Microcosm of London,' 1808-10, 181. 10s. ; Ruskin
'Modern Painters,' 6 vols., 21. 14s.; and Symonds's
'Michelangelo,' 2 vols., Nimmo, 1893, 31. 10s.
Under Early Dramatists are the second folio of
Beaumont and Fletcher, 1679, 101. 10s. ; and the
first edition of Davenant, 1673, 51. 5s. There is a
set of the Reports of the Commission on Historical
Manuscripts, 100 vols., half-calf, new (4 parts
unbound), 1870-1907, 221. 10s. A first edition of
Dr. Harsnet's ' Popish Impostures,' 1603, is priced
101. 10s. This work is well known to scholars as
associated with Shakespeare and ' King Lear.'
Mr. George P. Johnston's Edinburgh Cata- logue 88 contains 160 items from the library of the late Dr. T. Graves Law. There is a collection of works on Jesuits and Seculars in the reign of Elizabeth, 14 vols. in 12, 301. A description of these is given. There are also works relating to Catholic Theology and Biblical criticism. Under Miscel- laneous we find ' Catalogue of the Books in the British Museum printed before 1640,' 3 vols., 1884, 11. 10s.; and Gerrard's ' Stonyhurst College,' 12s. Brerewood's ' Diversity of Languages and Religions,' contains references to America and how it was peopled, and states that the Philippine Islands number 11,000, "whereof 30 are subject to Spain," small 4to, 1614, 11. 7s. The first edition of Moni- penny's 'Chronicle,' wanting three leaves, is 21. 5s. ; Lord Cockburn's Writings, 9 vols., 4/. 4s.; and Hay's ' Panegyricus,' 4to, morocco extra, 1540, 31. 18s. The last is not mentioned by Lowndes or Brunet. It is an urgent plea for the reform of the Church, and states that in Scotland " there were engaged serving the table of the Lord men who knew not the alphabet." Turnbull's ' Legenda Catholica,' 1840, is 21. 12s.; and Dr. Hill Burton's copy of Tyrie's 'Refutation of ane Ansver made be Schir Johne Knox, 1573,' 31. 10s.
THE forthcoming portion of the ' Oxford English
Dictionary' is a treble section by Sir James A. H.
Murray, and it contains the words from "premisal"
to " prophesier " in Vol. VII. The number of words
recorded is 4,381, or 2,421 more than in any other
dictionary of the English language ; and the illus-
trative quotations (20,450) exceed by 17,388 any
previous achievement in this field.
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