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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. m. APRIL is, IDQB.
Mr. Henry Gray, of East Acton. Under Military
we find Dalby's ' Journal of the Household Brigade,'
1862-80, 19 vols., 5^. 5s. ; under Coinage, Lindsay's
' Coinage of the Heptarchy,' very scarce, 15s. Under
Yorkshire are Clarkson's ' Richmond,' 41. is., and
{Speight's ' Upper Wharfedale,' 21. 2$. There are
many works under Bedfordshire, including Lysons's
' Topographical Account,' 1806-13, 31. 3s., and sec-
tions of Harvey's 'History of Willey Hundred.'
Under Hammersmith is Faulkner's 'Antiquities'
of the parish, with notices of eminent persons,
1839, 30s. A large portion of the list is devoted
to works on families. These include the Emerson,
Menzies, Gondi, Howard, and others.
Murray's Nottingham Book Company have a copy of the " She " Bible, black letter, rare, 31. 3s. ; Dug- dale's ' Originea Juridiciales,' 1666, folio, first edition, 21. 10s. ; and Foster's ' Miniature Painters,' 4Z. 10s. The first sixteen volumes of the John Bull, 1820-36, are priced at 31. 13s. Qd. This newspaper is ex- tremely rare. A copy of Selden's ' Tracts,' 1683, folio, is priced 25s ; Sandys's translation of Ovid's
- Metamorphosis,' 1632, 21. 9s. Gd. Other items are
Smith's ' Antiquities of Westminster,' 1807, royal 4to, 21. 17*'. Qd. ; Waring's 'Art at the Exhibition of 1862,' 21. 7s. Qd. ; the first edition of ' Vanity Fair,' full calf, il. \7s.Qd. ; Rogers's 'Poems,' 1834, uncut, 21. 7s. Qd. ; and some Spanish works.
Mr. James Roche has a number of choice sets in fine oalf bindings. These include Byron, 17 vols., 1832-3, 21. 10s. ; Burke, 8 vols., 1852, 11. 10s. ; ' Curio- sities of Literature,' 1834, \l. 12s. Qd. ; 'Amenities of Literature,' 1841, II. 2s. Qd. ; and Scott, Cadell's edition, 1829, Ql. 6s. Among recent purchases are Boydell's prints, 1769, III. 11s. ; ' Chronicon Nurem- bergense,' rare, 1493, 25 guineas ; and ^yhitcombe's ' Naval Achievements of Great Britain,' 1816, scarce, 10?. 10s. There are a number of other works with coloured illustrations. ' The Orleans Gallery,' Paris, 1786-1806, is priced 8?. 8s. ; a handsome copy of Froissart, 2 vols. imperial 8vo, 1848, is priced 10?. 10s.; and Lewin's 'Birds,' 1789-91, IQl. 16s. There are also many works dealing with voyages and travels.
Mr. A. Russell Smith has a selection of topo-
Saphicai engravings relating to English counties, lie views are of great interest ; those of Middlesex include Chelsea, Buckingham Palace Road,Belgrave Road with the Spring Garden, Marylebone Gar- dens, and the Jew s Harp Tea Gardens, &c. ; most of these can be had for a shilling or two shillings each. The catalogue is well worth reading.
Messrs. W. H. Smith & Son's April list com- prises a number of new remainders.
Mr. Thomas Thorp, of Reading, includes in his list ' The Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, 5 1807, 10 vols. 12mo, 15s. ; Hamilton's ' Book-Plates, 1516-1895,' 10s. ; Sowerby's ' Botany,' 151. 15s. (pub- lished at 271. 15s.) ; Buffon, 30 vols. calf gilt, 1819, Ql. 6s. ; Holinshed's 'Chronicles,' 1577, 35s. ; and Stothard's ' Monumental Effigies of Great Britain,' 1817, 4?. 4s. Under Wales is Rowlands's 'Mona Antiqua Restaurata,' Dublin, 1723, II. 18s. Mr. Thorp has also a long list of books at Is. each.
Mr. H. T. Wake, of Fritchley, Derby, sends us four lists. These include autographs of Louis XVI. and Napoleon. There are also coins and curios. We must again express a wish that Mr. Wake would use ordinary type for his catalogues.
Messrs. Henry Young & Sons, of Liverpool, have some rare books in their illustrated April Catalogue,
including the first printed edition of Arrian's
' Expeditions of Alexander the Great,' 12mo, 1535;
a Bible in Latin, 1482, small folio, 11. 7s. (the colo-
phon states in Latin : "I am a Bible from Greek
and Hebrew sources. I call the gods and stars to
witness that in the whole world there is not any-
thing like unto me," &c.) ; 'Dialogues of Creatures
Moralised,' edited by Haslewood, copied from the
1481 edition, the type being specially cast for the
purpose, 1816, 51. 5s. ; and Syr Thomas Elyot's ' The
Castel of Helth,' 1541, 52. 15s. Qrl. ; this work is
seldom to be met with, and has never been reprinted
since 1595. Under Horse we find ' Heures a 1'Usage
de Rome,' printed by Vostre, of Paris, 1502, price 151.
This has over 500 wood engravings, in the main
Scriptural, but the secular subjects include hockey,
blind man's buff, snowballing, &c. There are a
number of works of the Kelmscott Press, and many
items under Ireland, London, Turner, and Bar-
tolozzi. There is also a copy of " the incomparable
edition of Virgil by Heyne," 1800, 81. &s. This
example contains a number of additional plates,
inserted by that "wealthy, enthusiastic, learned,
and fastidious book-collector," the Rev. Theodore
Williams (about 1820). Under Walpole is the first
edition of 'Copies of Seven Original Letters from
Edward VI. to Barnaby Fitz- Patrick,' Strawberry
Hill, 1772, 121. 12s. This is marked " unique," only
200 copies having been printed by Horace Walpole.
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