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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. APRIL.
MR. JOHN GRANT'S Edinburgh Catalogue contains a set of The Antiquary, 1880-1910, 46 vols., 51. 15s. ; and under Astronomy and Mathematics works from the library of the late Lord M'Laren. Under Bentham is Bowring's edition, 11 vols., full calf, 1843-59, 6Z. 10s. There is a set of Hobbes of Malmesbury, 16 vols., original cloth, uncut, '31. 3s. Under Bibliographica is the complete work, the 12 parts bound in 3 vols., 41. 4s. Murray's illustrated ' Childe Harold,' Ted morocco, 1841, is 21. 5s. Under Carlyle is i/he Ashburton Edition, 20 vols., cloth, 61. 10s. Under Drama are Hazlitt's ' Dodsley,' 15 vols., <6Z. 17s. Qd. ; Stockdale's edition of Ben Jonson, II. Is. Qd. ; and various volumes of Moxon's edition of the old dramatists and poets. There is a fine copy of Freeman's ' Norman Conquest,' 6 vols., original cloth, 51. Under Freemasonry is an early French Masonic songbook, 1752, privately printed, 21. 2s. ; and under French ^Literature will be found Littre, with the Supple- ment, 5 vols., 21. 14s., and a set of Lesage, 16 vols., -original boards, Paris, 1810, 21. 5s. A set of Hawthorne, 13 vols., is also 21. 5s. Under
- Hogarth is Baldwin & Cradock's edition, with the
two suppressed engravings, atlas folio, 1822, .31. 5s. Nichols's edition of Johnson's ' Poets,' 75 vols., 1790, calf, is 4Z. 15s. ; a set of the 'Library -of the Fathers,' edited by Newman, Pusey, and others, 41 vols., 1839-47, 4Z. 4s. ; and the first edition of ' The Biglow Papers,' Tiiibner, 1864, 12mo, original covers, in morocco case, 11. Is. There are French Court Memoirs, and fine speci- mens of bookbinding. Under Archaeological .Survey of India are Burgess's works. There are also works under Elzevir Press, Occult Litera- ture, Society of Friends, &c.
Messrs. Lupton Brothers of Burnley send their Catalogue 112, in which, among 'Bibles and 'Commentaries, are Alford's Greek Testament ; the Cambridge Bible, 1666-8 ; and Bishop Wordsworth's Bible, 16 vols., 1856-71, II. Is. Qd. '(published at 9Z. 9s. ). Ainsworth's ' Jack Shep- pard,' with Cruikshank's illustrations, 3 vols., .original cloth, Bentley, 1839, is 51. 15s. Under Costume is ' Historic Dress, 1607 to 1800,' 4to, 1906, II. Is. Other works include The Connoisseur, Vols. I. to XIII. in parts, 31. ; Hazlitt's ' Liber Amoris,' 15s. ; Fitzgerald's ' Lamb,' 6 vols., II. 2s. 6d. ; Lewes's ' Problems of Life and Mind,' 4 vols., II. 2s. Qd. ; Richardson's Life and Novels, 19 vols., 1902, 4Z. 4s. ; first edition of Newman's " Apologia,' 1864, 16s. ; Scott, 60 vols., original cloth, Cadell, 1830-34, 4.1. 4s. ; Ruskin's ' Modern Painters,' 6 vols., 1888, 21. 15s. ; and Whyte- Melville, edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Edition de Luxe, 24 vols., 1898-1902, 61. 6s. There are works under Archeology, Art and Artists, Biblio- rgraphy, Occultism, &c.
Messrs. Henry Young & Sons' Liverpool Cata- logue CCCCXX. contains an emblazoned copy of Lipscomb's ' Buckinghamshire,' 4 vols., levant, by Bedford, 1831-47, 55Z. Under Arthurian, Legend is c Layamon's Brut,' with Madden's Glossary, 1847, 3 vols., original boards, uncut, 4Z. 4s. There is a fine set of'Burke's works, 12 vols., calf, 1887, HZ. 11s. Under Cambridge is Cooper's ' Memorials,' proofs on India paper 3 vols., half blue morocco, 6Z. 6s. There are a
number of coloured plates. Folk - lore items
include Thoms's ' Lays and Legends,' 2 vols.,
half-calf, 1834, 15s. The Cruikshanks include
the Omnibus ' and ' Table Book,' brilliant original
impressions. A set of Darwin, 15 vols., half-
morocco, is 3Z. 10s. Under Drama is ' The New
English Theatre,' 12 vols., 12mo, mottled calf,
a fine set with brilliant impressions, 1776-7,
5Z. 5s. Under Early Printing is the rare editio
pnnceps of the letters of St. Bernard of Clairvaux
no name of printer or date, but about 1474, folio,
8Z. 8s. Under Pierce Egan is the first edition of
' Real Life in London,' 1821-2, calf, by Zaehnsdorf,
10Z. 15s. A handsome set of Ireland's ' English
Scenery,' 8 vols., full calf, 1793-1802, is 10Z. 10s.
There are choice works under Etching. The
original edition of Mirys's ' Figures de 1'Histoire
de la R^publique Romaine ' is 61. 6s. Works
under Heraldry include Holme's ' Academy of
Armory,' first edition, beautifully bound in the
finest crimson levant, 1688, 28Z. A fine set of
Clutterbuck's ' Hertford,' original edition, large
paper, several of the proof impressions coloured
by hand, full morocco, 1815-27, is 32Z. Among
illuminated MSS. is one of the Koran, bound in
Turkish morocco, about 1750, 7Z. 7s. Under
Ireland is Keating's ' History,' large paper, folio,
1726, full morocco by Bedford, 12Z. ; and under
Northumberland, Hodgson's ' History,' extra-
illustrated, 1820-58, 3 vols. in 7, half-morocco,
4to, 30Z. There is a large-paper copy of Lodge's
Portraits,' besides some old prints. Under
Thackeray is the original copperplate made from
the drawing ' Capt. Brock appears at Court
with my Lord Peterborough,' designed to illus-
trate ' Catherine.'
[Notices of other Catalogues held over.]
DANIEL HIPWELL. The following notice
appeared in The Times of 21 April :
" Hipwell. On the 16th inst., at the residence of his son, Richmond Hill, Surrey, Daniel Hipwell, formerly merchant of the City of London, in his 88th year."
Mr. Hipwell wrote much in ' N. & Q.,' contri- buting many useful biographical notes, from 6 S. vi. to 8 S. xii.
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