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Booksellers' Catalogues.-November.
If the number of catalogues issued be a sign of book purchasers, trade with our old friends must indeed be prospering.
Mr. Thomas Baker has a good list, largely devoted to English and Foreign Theology, including S. Thomas Aquinas 18 vols. in 14, folio, 1570, 14l.; Baluzius, Vitæ Paparum Avenionensium, Paris, 1693, 10l. 10s.; Psalterium Pentaglotton, 1516, 5l. 5s. (this was the first Polyglot printed with the characters proper to each language); a complete set of the Bampton Lectures, 1780-1891, 35l.; and Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology, 88 vols., scarce, 3l. 10s. There are a number of interesting items under Aldine.
Mr. James G. Commin, of Exeter, has a set of The Ancestor, 12 vols., 2l. Under America is Las Casas's 'Narrative,' with De Bry's plates, representing the torments inflicted by the Spaniards on the Indians. This copy is in the original vellum, very rare, 1598, price 10l. Other items include The Archæological Journal, 1845-68, 25 vols., 4l. 15s.; the first six volumes of Bentley's Miscellany, 2l. 5s.; the first edition of Britton's 'Antiquities of Great Britain,' 1807-14, 4 vols., 2l. 5s.; Ackermann's 'Westminster Abbey,' 2 vols., 1812, 5l. 15s.; Princess Liechtenstein’s 'Holland House,' 1874, 3l. 10s.; and a complete set of Lysons's 'Magna Britannia,' 1806-22, 12l. 12s. Under Oxford is a series of coloured plates representing university costumes, Ackermann, 1815, 1l. 15s. Under Numismatic are several interesting items, including many of the publications of the Numismatic Society, 1836-1904, 24l. 10s. There are important lists under Family History, also under Devon, Cornwall, and other counties.
Mr. Bertram Dobell has A’Beckett’s ‘Comic Histogy of England] first edition, original cloth, 1847, . 3.-r.; Ainsworth’s ‘ Tower of London,’ first edition, in parts, 1840, 101. 10s.; ‘Lavengro,’ first edition, 11. 15s.; Higgins`s ‘The Celtic Druids,’ 1829, SU. 2~r.; Ebenezer Jones’s ‘Studies of Sensa- tion and Event,’ 1843, 21. 78. 6d.: Ovid’s ‘Meta- morphosis,’ black letter, 1612, 61. 6s.; ‘Real Life in London,’ 1822-3, 61. 6.s. ; ‘The VVorks of Taylor, the Water Poet,’ 1630, 41. 109.; and Mary Voll- stonecraft’s ‘Posthumous Works,’ 1798, 21. 29. There are a number of interesting pamphlets ; and under ‘ Chevalier, The Young,’ is a very rare book, ‘The Poetical Works of the Inimitable Don Carlos, commonly called the Young Chevalier,' 1745. 11. 10s. Mr. Dobell tells us he “has never seen another copy of it.” Mr. William Downing, of Birmingham, has the first edition of Bryce’s ‘ American Commonwealth,’ 3l. 38. (this contains passages omitted in later editionsk Planché’s ‘Cyclopaedia of Costume,’ 61. (is. ; uskin’s ‘Modern Painters,’ 1888, 81. 8s.; Burton’s ‘Arabian Nights ’ extremely scarce, 331. ms.; Rabelais, edition de luxe, 1890, 61. eq.; gud Stow’s ‘Survey,’ a very fine copy, 1720, 31. 18s. 6d. There are some items of specia interest relating to Birmingham. These include curious old documents, also letters of Boulton, Watt, and Thomas Warren, the Birmingham bookseller who invented cotton-spinning by machinery. He was a tner with Wyatt and Paul in the spinning Business, as was also Cave, the founder of The ¢7ent1eman's Magazmc. Messrs. William Georige’s Sons, of Bristol, have as catalogue devoted to opography, Heraldry, and Genealogy. A set of the Harleian Society’s pub- lications, 1869-93, is priced 271. 10.9. Mr. John Jeffery has some MSS., including ‘ French Prisoners of War, 1798,’ which contains particulars as to their number, cost of food, &c., %. ; under India, ‘The Mystery of the Nassack Treasure,’ 25.9. ; and under Africa, Correspondence between VVm. Shaw and the Colonial overnment of the Ca e respecting the carrying off of native children, 18410- 1844, 51. 53. Mr. Georg; P. Johnston, of Edinburglh, has some curious old ooks from the library of t e late John Scott, C.B., chiefly of Scottish interest. VVe note under John Knox ‘An Answer to a Letter of at Jesuit,’ small 8vo, 1572. This is the first edition and extremely rare, 301. The catalogue is illus- trated with facsimiles of some of the title-pages. Messrs. J. & J. Leighton have sent us Part IX., U-Z, of their catalogue of early printed books, manuscripts, and fine bindings. This completes the first alphabet, but recent purchases will require two or three more parts, with an index to the whole, forming a supplementary volume. This catalogue, with over 6,000 items and 1,350 illustra- tions, beautifully executed, is the largest illustrated catalogue of early printed books yet issued by a bookseller. Each item is of interest, but we have space to note only a few. Under Valturius is the earliest book wit woodcuts executed in North Italy having a date, 1472. price 251. There area number of rarities under Virgil. including a MS. of the fourteenth century, 121. l2s.: another of the fifteenth, 301. ; and a Virgil with 200 extraordinary woodcuts, Strasburg, Reinhard of Gruningen, 1502, in early mosaic binding, 1501. Under Voragine is ‘The Golden Legend,’ extremely rare, 1503, 551. Vallis’s ‘London’s Armory,’ 1677, 101. 10s., con- tains four more leaves than that in the British Museum. Walpole’s ‘Noble Authors,’ 5 vols., 1806. is 241. Under Walton is the second edition of ‘The Compleat Angler,’ 1655, 301.; also the fourth, 1668,181. The Beckford copy of VVeever’s ‘ Ancient Funerall Monuments] 1631, is priced 181. Messrs. Luzac &. Co. have a list of books devoted to the languages, literature, peoples, history, and geography of the Far East. This comprises selec- tions from several important private libraries, many of the items being of great interest. Mr. Alexander �V. Macphail, of Edinburgh, has Billings’s ‘Antiquities of Scotland,’ 1845-52, 41. 178. 6d.; Burns`s Poems, first Edinburgh edi- tion, 1787, 45~r.; also the first London edition. 1787, 61. 6s., an exceptionally tall copy; Drummond’s ‘ Ancient Scottish 'Weapons,’ 1881, 428. ; and Birk- beck Hill's ‘Footsteps of Dr. Johnson in Scotland,’ one of the 100 copies printed on vellum, 353. The list includes paintings and coloured engravings. There is a. French water-colour of Mary and Rizzio, in frame 45s. A number of interesting items occur under Edinburgh and Jacobite. Mr. W. Murphy, of Liverpool, has a very large collection of Playbills. arranged and bound in 119 vols., extending from 1779 to 1845. 15111. The entire number of bills exceeds 29,()00. Under Cruikshank is Carey’s ‘ Life in Paris.’ original boards, 1822, 251. A set of The Builder, 1843-85. is 51. ; Dalvimart’s ‘ Costumes of Turkey] 1802, 21. 10s.; pthe late G. L. Craik’s ‘ Romance o the Peerage]
