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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th s. xn. DEC. 19, im.
BOTH as regards the extra illustrations and the
general character of the contents, the Queen takes
precedence of most of the Christmas numbers.
BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. MESSRS. HENRY SOTHERAN & Co.'s Price Current, 12 December, contains a large number of Arctic subjects; a collection of autograph letters ot the royal family, statesmen, and authors, 1737-1855, 21/. ; an unpublished manuscript ballad (broadside) of the seventeenth century, relating to the ** Meal Tub Plot." There is with this a letter of Mr. Ebsworth, in which he says, " I have never met with any other copy, either in print or manuscript.' Under Botany we find Hooker's ' Flora of British India'; Dairy's 'Handbook of the Indian Flora' ; and Hyll's 'The Profitable Arte of Gardeninge,' 1572-68, rare. 8/. 10s. There is also an important remainder, ' The Orchid Grower's Manual/ by B. S. Williams. Byron's ' Hours of Idleness,' the rare first edition, is 52^. 10*. ; Bryan's 'Painters,' 5'2l. 10*. ; Camden's ' Britannia,' 55/. Under Dic- tionaries we find Godefroy and Littre. There is a magnificent copy of Lady Dilke's works on French Art, 4 vols., sumptuously bound in Levant morocco, with rich design in French style, very scarce, 1899- 1902, 451. Drama includes Bell's ' British Theatre,' and a collection of letters and notices of Madame Patti. 'Encyclopaedia Britannica,' 1875-89, ninth
edition and very rare. Works of interest are to be
found under India and Ireland. There is a copy of
the Fourth Folio Shakespeare, 47/. 10*., and a com-
plete set of the Atheixeum, 1828 to 1901, including
the advertisements, 118 vols. 4to, half-calf, 42/. The
catalogue says, "The Athenaeum needs no recom-
mendation."
The list of Mr. James Roche, of New Oxford Street, is varied and well worth perusal. It opens with a fine set of the Sporting Magazine, 1845-63, 20 guineas ; ' The Stafford Gallery,' containing 300 coloured illustrations, 1818, 15/. 15s. ; ' The Dresden Gallery' ; an original subscriber's copy of Roberta's ' Holy Land ' ; Cruikshank's Pierce Egan's ' Life in London,' the twelve parts in the original wrappers, <>0 guineas ; Layard's ' Nineveh,' 2 vols. royal folio ; the Montldu Mirror, 1796-1807 ; Chalmers's ' Bio- graphical Dictionary ' ; Shakespeare, Harding's 1)lates, large paper ; Forbes Watson's ' People of ndia' (this contains 468 portraits); 'Arthur of Little Britain,' 1814, only 175 copies printed ; a complete set of " Chiswick Poets/' 100 vols., 1822 ; ' Sketches by Boz,' uncut copy ; Boydell's ' Shake- speare ' and ' Shakespeare Gallery.' There are also a number of books on India and the East.
Mr. Walter T. Spencer, of New Oxford Street, has a fresh catalogue of a portion of his large collection of prints and drawings. These include Cruikshank, Gillray, Leech, " Phiz," Rowlandson, Rossetti (an original in water colours), Sir Joshua Reynolds (86 grand engravings), Dickensiana, Richard Doyle, Drama^ (under this heading are to be found portraits of Kean, Garrick, Braham, T. P. Cooke, &c., and a collection of playbills ranging from 1778). There are also some old miniature books.
A " Short Catalogue " from Mr. Voynich contains choice and rare books, many of them not in the British Museum. The subjects include English
Presses of the Sixteenth Century, French Early
Presses, Greek Presses, Oxford Presses, Occult
Science, Bibliography, Shakespeariana, Unknown
Incunabula, Typographical Monuments before 1475,
&c.
Mr. Charles Higham, of Farringdon Street, has a new catalogue containing a number of theological items from the libraries of two Eastern Anglian clergymen.
Those in want of engraved portraits at low prices will do well to have a look at Mr. A. Russell Smith's new list ; it includes all sorts and condi- tions of men and women.
The new catalogue of Mr. Richard Cameron, of Edinburgh, contains much to interest. Of special note are the works relating to Scotland. Among these we find ' New Statistical Account of Scot- land,' 1845, 15 vols. ; Drummond's ' Ancient Scottish Arms,' 1881 ; Edinburgh Literary Journal, complete, 1828-31 ; 80 vols. of the Edinburgh Courant ; set of old portraits of the kings of Scotland ; early maps and plans of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paisley, Perth ; books and maps relating to railways for Scotland, ranging from 1810 to 1828 ; Gale et Fell, k Scriptores Rerum Britannicarum Veterea,' 1684-91 ; and a con- temporary engraving of the Battle of Culloden. This original impression was issued 14 May, 1746. The catalogue also includes a statuette model (in plaster) of the Greenshields statue of Sir Walter Scott.
Mr. Albert Sutton, of Manchester, sends his Catalogue No. 118, containing C. Agrippa's * Trat- tato di Scientia d'Arme,' first edition, 1'2L, and a large number of works on Africa, America, and Angling. Under Cheshire we find a set of the ' Cheshire Sheaf,' and also the manuscript Order Book of the King's Cheshire Yeomanry, 1827-47- Other interesting items are Cruikshank's ' Humour- ist,' 1819-22 ; Linton's ' Masters of Wood Engraving,' large-paper copy ; military works, including ' Mili- tary Costume,' 1893, of which only twenty-five copies were produced for subscribers ; the ' Funeral Procession of the Duke of Wellington,' by Alken and Sala, measuring 67 feet long, in original cloth case, Ackermann, 1853, 11. Is. ; Beaumarchais, ' La Folle Journee, ou le Mariage de Figaro,' first edition, original wrapper, 8/. 8s. ; ' Bewickiana,' 3 vols., 1861, IQl. 10*. ; Dyer's 'Cambridge,' extra- illustrated copy ; Blackioood, 1817 to 1890, 152 vols. ; and Chamber^ Journal, 1832 to 1896.
A. J. D. (" Pews attached to Houses "). No
signature was written on the manuscript, so your
initials were appended.
ADRIAN WHEELER ("Corrections for Index"). Please send.
JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT. Baron of the Exche- quer will appear next week.
CORRIGENDA. P. 470, col. 2, 1. 5 from foot, for "Ormsby" read Ornsbv ; p. 474, col. 1, 1. 7, for " leisure " read licence ; 1. 25, for " then " read there.
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