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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. i. JAN. 29, 1910.
BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. JANUARY.
MR. L. C. BRAUN'S Catalogue 62 contains the first edition of ' The Dunciad ' and ' The Rape of the Lock,' bound in one volume, II. 2s. Qd. ; Gilchrist's ' Life of Blake,' 2 vols., II. 10s. ; Gibbon's ' Rome,' 12 vols., full calf, 1820, 27. ; and Lowndes's ' Manuals,' 6 vols., 1890, 18s. Under Historical and Biographical Naval MSS., are the log-books of H.M.S. Assistance, employed in the search for Franklin, 1850-51, 21. 2s. Among works on natural history is Dodoens's ' New Herball,' black-letter, 1595, 21. 10s. Works of travel include one on Japan, ' Ambassades Me"morables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales,' Amsterdam, 1680, 21. 10s. Under Topography are a number of engravings, many of special interest relating to London. There are also engraved portraits.
Mr. Bertram Dobell's Catalogue 180 contains books from the library of John Henry Shorthouse, among them being A. Symonds's ' Sketches in Italy,' a presentation copy, with the following inscription : "To the Author of ' John Inglesant ' and ' The Little Schoolmaster Mark,' in sincere admiration of his genius. John Addington Symonds, Davoz, March 21, '85." There are also books from the library of the late William Wheeler Smith of New York. These include illuminated Horse, editions of Alciat and other books of emblems, many editions of ' The Dance of Death,' the books issued to members of the Bibliophile Society of Boston and the Grolier Club of New York, and many other valuable works. Another portion of the Catalogue is devoted to miscellaneous books. Mr. Dobell evidently believes in keeping some good wine to the last, for in the Addenda we find the Edition de Luxe of Edward FitzGerald's ' Letters and Literary Remains,' 7 vols., in the original silk binding, Macmillan, 1902-3, 31. 3s. ; Buxton Gorman's edition of Shelley's ' Prose Works,' 4 vols., original light-blue cloth, 1880, 61. 15s. ; the first edition of George Meredith's ' The Shaving of Shagpat,' 1856, 31. 10s. (unopened copy, not the original cloth, has a name lightly written on title) ; and a fine large copy of the first edition of Howell's ' Epistolae Ho-Elianae,' 1645, 47. 4s.
We congratulate Mr. A. H. Mayhew on the issue of his First Catalogue, which we should have noticed before but for pressure on our space. The second item in this is an extra- illustrated copy of the last book printed at the Kelmscott Press, being a note on William Morris's aims in founding the Press, by S. C. Cockerell, and an annotated list of the works printed thereat. The book has been inlaid to form a folio volume, and inserted are nearly all the original pro- spectuses, specimen leaves of most of the books, autograph letters from Morris and the Kelmscott Press secretaries, and portraits of Morris and others, vellum extra, uncut, 50Z. There are works relating to Shakespeare, folk-lore, art, &c.
Mr. Mayhew's Second Catalogue contains the only uniform edition of Ariosto and Boiardo, which was edited by Panizzi, and published by Pickering in 9 vols., 1830-34, this copy being in the original cloth and uncut, 21. 10s. ; Feuillet de Conches, ' Causeries d'un Curieux,' 4 vols, 1862-8, II. 10s. ; Froude's * England,' 12 vols., half -calf, 41. 10s. ; Nisard's ' Histoire des Livres Populaires,' 2 vols., half red morocco, 11. 10s. ;
Roscoe's edition of Swift, 2 vols., half -calf, II. Is. ;
the Library Edition of Thackeray, 22 vols.,
cloth, 1869, 51. 15s. ; a set of De Quincey, 15 vols.,
half-calf, .1863, 21. 15s. ; and the Illustrated
Library Edition of Dickens, 30 vols., original
cloth, uncut, 1874-6, 121. 12s. Under Shake-
speare is Charles Knight's second edition, 12 vols.,
1842, to which is added Douce's ' Illustrations,'
with the woodcuts by Jackson, 1839, the 13 vols.
bound in tree calf extra, 31. 15s.
Messrs. B. & J. F. Meehan of Bath have in their Catalogue 66 works and maps under Africa, Australasia, Bath, and China and Japan. Works under Family History include those of the Harington and Linley families. Under Furniture is Macquoid's * History of English Furniture,' with fine plates in colour by Shirley Slocombe, 4 vols., folio, cloth, new, 81. 8s. Under Medals, Military and Naval, is the MS. of a work by J. W. Fleming, 4th R.I.D. Guards, prepared for private circulation, but never published, one thousand pages, 4to, 1876, 81. 10s. Under Socialism is a collection of modern standard works, 17 vols., cloth, new, 21. 2s. Qd. There are a number of children's books, 1795-1851.
Mr. Zaehnsdorf has a catalogue of books in the beautiful bindings for which he is famous. We note a few. M. de Nolhac's ' Les Femmes de Versailles,' 5 parts, each containing 10 plates in colour enclosed in a silk brocade portfolio (edition limited to 100 copies), is 2007. Art works include ' Gainsborough,' by Armstrong, first edition, full levant after the style of Deroine, 181. 18s. ; ' Laurence,' by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, 81. ; ' Hoppner,' by McKay and Roberts, 107. 10s. ; and ' Michel Ange,' par Gebhart, 407. The general portion comprises Matthew Arnold, 8 vols., 57. ; Browning, 2 vols. in 1, 37. 10s. ; Mrs. Brown- ing, 37. 15s. ; Marshall's ' Cathedral Cities of France,' 67. ; Musset's * Poesies,' 2 vols., 67. 6s. ; Edgar Poe, 47. 15s. ; Bernard Shaw's ' Plays, Pleasant and Unpleasant,' 5 vols., 37. 10s. ; and Tennyson, 9 vols., 57. 7s. Qd.
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