200
NOTES AND QUEEIES. m s. m. MAR. n, wn.
' Towards a Grouping of Chinese Porcelain,' and
there is a fascinating page of illustrations of ' Old
Marcasite Jewellery ' discussed by Mr. Dudley
Falcke. The name indicates a mineral which is
really pyrite. The reviews in the number, as
usual, are well worth attention.
BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. MARCH.
MR. P. M. BARNARD'S new Tunbridge Wells Catalogue contains autographs, manuscripts, and documents, and includes a long. list of require- ments for the stable of Charles I. when Prince of Wales, 4Z. 4s. ; an interesting document by Sir Philip Sidney, 15L 15s. ; and a collection of MSS. of the Marquis Wellesley, 101. 10s. Under Words- worth is an unpublished sonnet, also 101. 10s. A division of the Catalogue is devoted to documents arranged topographically. Under Staffordshire is a Psalter, with a Kalendar (some leaves wanting), bound in modern black morocco, 281. Under John Evelyn is a collection of autographs of people mentioned in the Diary, 61. 10*. A list of the names will be sent on application. Under Louis XIV. is an apparently contemporary MS. account of the reign, 1643 to 1650, 31. 3s. There is a copy of ' Epicteti Stoici Philosophi Enchiridion,' 1670, which belonged to Isaac Watts, with notes by him, 2,1. 2s. The items in the Catalogue number 344, and are all fully described.
Mr. Bertram Dobell has in his Catalogue 193 some choice autograph letters, including those of Dickens, Hood, Mrs. Fitzherbert (" Perdita "), Sheridan, Tennyson, and Horace Walpole. Among first editions are * Peregrine Pickle,' 5Z. 10s. ; Lamb's Album verses, 31. 3s. ; Massin- ger's ' Fatal Dowry,' 61. 10s. ; Walton's Life of George Herbert, 4L 4*. ; Washbourne's ' Divine Poems,' 51. 5*. ; ' Poems by Ellis and Acton Bell,' Smith & Elder, 1846, 11. 5s. ; ' Tristram Shandy ' (Vols. I. and II., second edition ; Vols. III. to IX. first edition, with the author's signature in Vols. V., VII., and IX.); 'A Sentimental Journey,' second edition ; and Letters, first edition, to- gether 14 vols., 45Z. The general portion contains works under America, Cruikshank, Drama, and Folk-lore. Under Juvenile are books with quaint woodcuts, 1806-32 ; and under Shelley is the first edition of ' A Six Weeks' Tour,' Hookham, 1817, 21. 5s. The Catalogue closes with Foreign Books.
Messrs. Andrew Iredale & Son's Torquay Catalogue 79 contains the first edition of ' Shirley,'
3 vols., original cloth, 51. 5s. Under Charles I. is ' Eikon E'piste,' printed in 1649, in answer to
4 Eikon Alethine ' ; there are also in the same volume ' Lingua Testium,' 1651, and other pieces, small 4to, 51. 5s. There are first editions under Coleridge. A choice copy of Dibdin's ' Bibliotheca Spenceriana,' 4 vols., 1814-23, green morocco, is 61. 6s. ; his ' Tour in France,' is also 61. 6s. A presentation copy of Dugdale's ' Warwickshire,' russia by Riviere, is 10Z. Under Grangerized is Granger's ' Biographical History,' extended to 13 vols. by the insertion of a thousand portraits, 121. 10s. The first edition of ' Wood- stock ' may be had for a sovereign. A large-paper copy of Nash's ' Worcestershire,' 2 vols., folio, 1781-99, calf, is 10Z. There is a considerable section devoted to Religion and History of Religion.
Mr. Alexander W. Macphail's Edinburgh
Catalogue 106 contains Austin Dobson's edition
of Hogarth, 2 vols., imp. 4to., 4Z. 10s. ; Leigh
Hunt's W 7 orks, 7 vols., half-calf, 11. Is. ; Lanier's
' Shakspere and his Forerunners,' 2 vols., large
royal 8vo, with portfolio, 21. 2s. (Edition de Luxe,
only 102 printed, of which 10 were for England,
the remainder for the United States) ; and
Scott's novels, 25 vols., new half-calf, A. & C.
Black, 1897, 4Z. 4s. A " Breeches " Bible, 1611,
Barker's Concordance, a Prayer Book circa 1640,
and the Psalms in metre, the whole in one volume,
small 4to, are priced 11. 10s. There is a list under
Glasgow. A presentation copy of Ruskin's
lecture on war, privately printed, 1866, is a
guinea, and a relic of the past in the shape of an
antique tea-caddy, mahogany inlaid, with horn
cup for measuring, circa 1750-75, is 11. 15s.
Mr. W. M. Murphy's Liverpool Catalogue 102 contains Drayton s ' Polyolbion,' a fine clean copy, 1622, 121. 12s. Lists will be found under America, Art, Chap-books, Coloured Plates, and Costumes. Under Dickens is the first edition of ' Nickleby,' 21. 10s. Under Drama is Doran's ' Their Majesties' Servants,' 2 vols., half -calf, 1864, 11. 8s. Under French Illustrations is D'Aussy's ' Fables et Romans,' extra illustrated, 5 vols., 21. 10s. Under Leigh Hunt is The London Journal, 2 vols. in 1, 10s. 6d. There are works under Lancashire. The Edition de Luxe of Menpes's ' The World's Children,' in addition to the beautifully coloured plates, has a signed water-colour, 1903, 31. 3s. The Somers Tracts, 13 vols., 4to, 1809-15, are 31. 10s. Under Surrey is Brayley and Britton's work, 5 vols. in 10, 1850, 2/. 10s. Under Yorkshire will be found Whittaker, Halfpenny, and other well-known names.
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