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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. JANUARY.
MR. EDWARD BAKER'S Birmingham Catalogue 283 contains among works under Art Solon's ' Ancient Art Stoneware of the Low Countries,' 2 vols., folio, 1892, 21. 5s. In a list under Debrett is ' Dictionary of the Coronation,' 1902. There .are works under Folk-lore, Heraldry, and India. Under Mary, Queen of Scots, are Cowan's ' Who wrote the Casket Letters ? ' 2 vols., 16s., and Cust's ' Authentic Portraits,' based on the re- searches of Scharf, 18s. 6d. Napoleon items include Sergeant's ' The Burlesque Napoleon,'
- Lost Voyages ' by Rose, ' Surrender ' by Dick-
son, and ' New Letters.' Works under Occult include Paracelsus, 2 vols., 4to, cloth, new, 1894,
11. Is. Under Pottery are Solon's ' Old English Porcelain,' 11. 15s., and his ' Old French Faience,' 11. Is. Regimental Records include Almack's ' Royal Scots Greys,' limited edition on Japanese vellum, new, 1908, 21. 2s. Under Spain will be found ' The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain,' 3 vols., small 4to, 1907, 18s. 6d. ; and Calvert's ' Al- Jiambra,' 15s. Under Tibet is Landon's ' Lhasa,' .2 vols., royal 8vo, 1905, 15s.
Mr. Baker has also a short special list of 80 items, Catalogue 284, devoted to Astrological, Occult, and Spiritualistic Subjects. These in- clude Inman's ' Ancient Faiths,' 2 vols. bound in 4, 1868-9, 21. 12s. 6d. ; Wilson's ' Dictionary of Astrology,' 2 vols., 1819-20, 21. 10s. ; ' Incidents in the Life of Madame Blavatsky,' by Sinnett, .21. 2s. ; ' Gypsy Sorcery,' by Leland, 1891, ilimited edition, 11. 10s. ; and Mather's ' Kabbala Denudata,' 1887, 21. 2s.
Ellis's Catalogue 132 contains choice and scarce books, such as the first edition of Ogilby's ' xEsop,' 1651, in dark-blue morocco, 9Z. 9s. ; ithe first Spanish edition of Ariosto, 1549, 61. 6s. ; Castillo's ' The Courtyer,' 1561, first edition, unorocco, 111. 10s. ; Cotgrave's ' French-English .Dictionary,' first edition, folio, olive morocco, 1611, 12Z. ; a fine tall copy of Drayton's ' Poems,' 1619, 151. 15s. ; the first edition of Fielding's
- Amelia,' 4 vols., 1752, 51. 5s. ; the first collected
-edition of Forde's ' Virtus Rediviva,' 1661,
Wl. 10s. (this copy contains all the separate title- pages, and has written on the fly -leaf " Thomas Fforde, his booke cost 3s.") ; and the first edition of George Herbert's ' Remains,' 1652, 4Z. 4s. The best edition, black-letter, of Hall's * Union of the two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lan- castre & Yorke,' 1550, is 12Z. j and a beautiful 'Copy of the first edition of Chapman's ' Homer,' 2 vols. in 1, folio, 25Z. There is one of the most profusely illustrated books issued in France in the early years of the sixteenth century, Petrus de Natalibus, ' Catalogus Sanctorum et Gestorum eorum,' 1508, 12Z. 12s. An excellent copy of the 'Second Folio Shakespeare is priced 180Z., and a fine one of George Wither's collection of ' Em- 'blemes,' first edition, 1635, russia extra, 21Z.
A section of the Catalogue is devoted to Law, Trade, and Economics. The first edition of Chambon's ' Le Commerce de 1'Amerique par Marseille,' 2 vols., 4to, 1764, an important work for the Colonial history of America, is 4Z. 4s. Under Intrationes is a fine example of the Pyn- son press, ' Intrationum excellentissimus Liber,' tfolio, black-letter, calf, 22Z.
Messrs. Henry March Gilbert & Son send from
Winchester their Catalogue 36. The Magazine of
Art, 1887-98, is 11. 4s. Under Bohn are 22 vols.
of his Classical Library, half-vellum, 3Z. 17s. 6d. ;
under Brayley and Britton, ' The Beauties of
England and Whales,' 19 vols. in 24, 8vo, full calf,
1801, 1Z. 15s. ; and under Dickens, the first
edition of ' Dombey,' 1848, half -calf, 18s. There
are many items under Hants, including Duthy's
'Sketches,' 1839, 14s.; and Milner's 'Win-
chester,' second and best edition, 2 vols., 4to,
half-calf, 1809, 1Z. 2s. 6d. There is a fine set of
Hume and Smollett, 17 vols., calf, 1841, 1Z. 5s.
Other works include ' The International Library
of Famous Literature,' edited by Garnett, 20 vols.,
11. 10s. ; with oak stand, 2Z. ; Milman's ' Latin
Christianity,' 6 vols., 12s. ; Mommsen's ' Rome,'
4 vols. in 5, 1Z. 2s. 6d. ; and first edition of Rogers's
' Italy,' original boards, 1830, 1Z. 5s. (it will be
remembered that Rogers spent 10,OOOZ. in pro-
ducing this work). Under Waterloo are six tracts
bound in one volume, 1816-19, 10s. 6d. In the
Addenda are the Knebworth edition of Lytton ;
Wheatley's edition of Evelyn, 4 vols., 1Z. Is. ;
Lady Lennox's ' Life and Letters ' ; Siniles's
- Lives of the Engineers,' &c.
Messrs. Maggs Brothers' Catalogue 263 contains a choice collection of decorative engravings, principally by English and French artists of the eighteenth century, in monochrome and colour. Bartolozzi, Cosway, Morland, Reynolds, Row- landson, Say, J. R. Smith, C. Turner, and Wheatley are all represented ; among those after Rem- brandt are ' Judas casting down the Thirty Pieces of Silver,' ' Tobit protected by the Angel,' and ' The Standard-Bearer,' of which an illus- tration is given. Views of London include Waterloo Bridge, 1817 ; south view of London and Westminster from Denmark Hall, near Camberwell, 1779 ; and Somerset House from the Strand, 1819. Part IV. contains Napoleonic caricatures in colours. The Catalogue has many illustrations, among them being ' Children throwing Snowballs,' by Ward ; ' Children Nutting,' by Morland ; * Merry Wives of Windsor.' by Peters ; and ' Sleeping Nymph,' by Mrs. Opie.
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