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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. JANUARY.
r MR. ANDREW BAXENDINE'S Edinburgh Catalogue 121 contains some new books as well as second-hand ones and remainders. We note the ' Wellington Despatches,' with index, 13 vols., II. 5s. ; and Bewick's 'Birds ' and ' Quadrupeds/ -3 vols., half-morocco, Newcastle, 1816-21, II. 10s. Under Alpine is VVooster's ' Alpine Plants,' 2 vols., fine copy, 1Z. 10s. The " Ancient Classics for English Readers," 28 vols. in 14, half-calf, are II. 5s., and " Aldine Poets," 51 vols., cloth, as new, 21. 2s. Billings's ' Antiquities of Scotland,' 4 vols., 4to, half-morocco, 1845-52, a handsome copy, is 4Z. 10s. 6d. ; and the reprint, 1901, 21. Under Scotland is a complete set of the historians of Scotland, together 10 vols., cloth, 1871-80, 31. 15s. Qd. Under Scott are several entries, including 'The Border Antiquities,'
2 vols., 4to, old red morocco, 1814, 21. 2s. Under Burns are the first London edition with list of subscribers, red morocco, 1787, 3Z. 10s. 6d. ; and Allan Cunningham's edition, 8 vols., blue morocco, 21. 2s. The list, which is a varied one, contains fifteen hundred items.
Mr. F. C. Carter's Hornsey Catalogue 27 is devoted to Americana. There are in all four hundred items at moderate prices. A collection of trials, 29 pamphlets, 1795-1852, may be had for 21. 12s., and 11 Civil War pamphlets, 1849-65, for 12s. Qd.
Mr. Carter sends also (Extra Series 4) a Cata- logue of Deeds, Charters, and Autograph Letters. There are many documents relating to Gibbon, with some unpublished correspondence. Under
- St. Pancras is part of a plan showing a tea garden,
and there is an item of special interest at the
E resent time, a collection of 56 Peers' Proxies, lank, early nineteenth century, with signatures of Selkirk, Clinton, Shaftesbury, Verulam, Mac- aulay, and others, II. 5s.
Mr. George Gregory of Bath includes in his Catalogue numbered 199-200 the rare mezzotint ' The Daughters of Sir Thomas Frankland,' engraved by Ward after Hoppner, published 21 April, 1800, a magnificent impression, 100 guineas. Among the books are Fathers of the Church, miscellaneous Theology, Clark's " Foreign Theological Library," and Greek and Latin classics. Works from the library of the late Canon Griffiths comprise Atkyns's ' Glouces- tershire,' folio, 1768, 3Z. 15s. ; ' Percy Anecdotes,' 40 vols. in 20, 1Z. 7s. ; Skelton's ' Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata,' 2 vols., imperial 4to, 1823, 2Z. 2s. ; and Foxe's ' Book of Martyrs,' black-letter,
3 vols., folio, 1641, 4Z. 10s. There are some recent purchases, among which are ' The American Atlas,' 1775, 6Z. ; and Ackermann's ' Cambridge,' 2 vols., imperial 4to, half-morocco, 1815, a brilliantly coloured copy, 13Z. Under Bath are Nattes's Views, 28 coloured plates, royal folio, handsomely bound in calf, 1806, 9Z.
Mr. W T . M. Murphy's Liverpool Catalogue 160 contains the Transactions and Proceedinys of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 1872-93, i3Z. 10s. ; a handsome set of Punch, original issue, 1841- 1909, 137 vols. in 69 yearly volumes, half-morocco, 27Z. 10s. ; the Abbotsford Scott, 17 vols., half- vellum, 1842-6, 10?. ; and the Dauphin edition of Boileau, 2 vols., large 4to, morocco, a choice
copy, Paris, 1789, 5Z. 5s. Under Byroniana is the
first edition of the ' Genuine Rejected Addresses,'
original boards, very scarce, 1812, 4Z. Under
Ceramic is Hobson's 'Worcester Porcelain,'
6Z. 6s. A copy of ' The Century Dictionary,'
8 vols., full morocco, gilt, is priced 61. Among
many Dickens items is an extra-illustrated copy
of the first 8vo edition with autograph letter of
Dickens, levant, 1839, 6Z. 10s. Other works
include ' The Historians' History of the World,'
Times edition, 1907, 11Z. 10s. ; Smyth's ' Roman
Medals,' 1Z. 5s. ; Montaigne's ' Essais,' Paris,
1600, 4Z. 10s. ; the first edition of Rogers's ' Italy,'
1830, 2Z. 10s. ; and Spotiswoode's ' Church of
Scotland, 'fourth edition, 1677, 2Z. 10s. Dodsley's
' Collection of Old English Plays,' a fine fresh set,
is 7Z. 7s. Under Constable are a pair of mezzo-
tints, fine impressions, 15 guineas; also 'The
Rainbow,' 4 guineas.
Messrs. W. N. Pitcher & Co.'s Manchester Catalogue 189 contains all classes of literature. There is a large-paper copy of Angelo's ' Remi- niscences,' limited to 75 copies ; also a large- paper copy of ' The Picnic,' limited to 50 copies, together 3 vols., royal Svo, half-morocco, 1904-5, 5Z. 5s. Under Art Sales is Redford's ' History of Sales of Pictures,' 2 vols., scarce, 1888, 9Z. There is a set of the " Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes," 30 vols., half blue morocco, 7Z. 10s.; and the Caxton Edition of ' La Com^die Humaine,' 4Z. The Haworth Edition of the Brontes' works, 7 vols., is, 3Z. 7s. Qd. There are also the Cole- ridge and Prothero edition of Byron, the 17- volume edition of Browning, the Vierge edition of ' Don Quixote,' Ormerod's ' Cheshire,' and Fielding, 11 vols., with Life by Murphy. An extra-illustrated Lysons's ' Magna Britannia,' extended to 10 vols., half -morocco, 1806-22, is 16Z. 10s. Under Manchester are 12 original pencil drawings by Melton Prior, depicting scenes during the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1887, 71. 10s.
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Lucis (" Terrible Vautrin "). Vautrin is a desperate criminal in Balzac's ' Le Pere Goriot.'
XYLOGRAPITER (" Gruneisen "). He was for some years musical critic of The Athcmceum, and died in 1879. See life in ' D.N.B.'
CORRIGENDUM. 11 S. ii. 512, col. 1, 1. 4, for ' Balser " read Baker.
