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Essex ? I shall be grateful for any informa-
tion in regard to F. M. v. H.'s friendship
with Furly.
Most, if not all, of the editions of the col- lected works of J. B. van Helmont in various languages have frontispieces containing small portrait heads of the two Van Helmonts, surrounded by eight genealogical shields ; but I have been unable to find out if such frontis- pieces belong to the Latin editions, Venetiis, 1651, and Hafnire or Francofurti, 1707, and to the French translation, Lyons, 1670. The copies of these particular editions which I have seen lacked frontispieces, and I am un- certain as to whether they ever contained such. All the other editions, however, with which I am familiar have frontispieces as described, although the individual engrav- ings differ. The engraver of the frontis- piece of the Elzevir edition of 1648 is given as C. de Man or de Moor. Which name is correct ? The only copies which I have seen are anonymous, being identical with the frontispiece of the 1652 Elzevir edition, which is anonymous. How, therefore, is it known that C. de Man or de Moor was the engraver ? There is an engraving by Oh. Ongheart 1 (second half of the nineteenth century) entitled ' Von Helmont,' which is a copy of the portrait of J. B. van Helmont in the Elzevir editions, but with the coiffure of F. M. v. H. Can any one inform me for what work this engraving of Onghena was made ? There is also an engraving of J. B. v. H. made by R. Cooper " from a print prefixed to his works, 1682," published by C. & H. Baldwyn, Newgate Street, appa- rently taken from some biographical dic- tionary or the like. For what work was Cooper's engraving made ?
It is certain that a pamphlet was published at Vienna in 1662 or 1663, violently attacking Francis Mercurius van Helmont at the time of his arrest by the Inquisition. This was presumably published at the instigation of the Jesuits, either in German or in Latin, inasmuch as his arrest was due to the activity of the Jesuits. Can the title, author, &c., be given, and the location of a copy of the work in question in any library?
Also circa 1693 a pamphlet was published entitled ' Some Queries proposed by(W. C.), an Inquirer after Truth.' This was written in defence of F. M. v. H.'s belief " that every man is often born, and hath twelve ages or tryal allow'd him in the world by God." This pamphlet led to the publication of ' An Answer' by J. H. (to which I referred at US. vii. 468), but the 'Queries 'is a dif- ferent work from the * Answer,' and from
F. M. v. H.'s own anonymous work entitled
' Two Hundred Queries,' &c., 1684. The
author's initials W. C., if not on the title-
page, are at least signed at the end. I seek
particulars as to the work, and as to the
existence of any copies.
Was F. -M. v. H.'s anonymous ' Cabba- listical Dialogue,' which was published in English in 1682, published in any other language than Latin and English ? and was his ' Rabbinical and Paraphrastical Exposi- tion of Genesis I.,' which was published with the English translation of the ' Cabbalistical Dialogue,' published in any other language than English ?
Lastly, can any of your readers inform me in what library or libraries a copy of the two following works can be found ?
- Een Brief wegens het Boekje van der
Wederkeer van de Zielen der menschen,* 1690.
Schmidius (Schmied, Johannes), ' Disser- tatio inauguralis de multiplici animarum reditu in corpora, auctori anonymo tractatus Seder Olam opposita,' Lipsiine, 1699.
F. S. DAHROW.
Point Loma, California.
ROYAL DESCENTS. The late Rev. A. Marwood Wilcox, who compiled numerous royal descent pedigrees, wrote that the descendants of Charles, second Earl of Egre- mont, possessed
"22 different legitimate (all Plantagenet) descents from King Edward III. viz., 3 through the father, and 19 through the mother of that peer."
I should be glad of any information regarding these descents. P. D. M.
NAPOLEON UPSIDE DOWN. The Times of 13 April reprints the following from its issue of 1814 :
"EUROPEAN MUSEUM. Napoleon Buonaparte, on horseback, as large as life, suspended with his head downwards, will be exhibited at the above National Establishment, every day this week, agreeable to the wishes of several illustrious strangers and foreigners of high distinction. Hours from 12 to 5. Admittance 1*. '
Was this intended for a joke? or did such an exhibition actually take place, and where, and for how long ?
J. LANDFEAB LUCAS.
LIVERPOOL REMINISCENCES. - Can any reader help me to identify a small octavo book of some 120 pages, bound in blue, of Liverpool reminiscences, and containing a contemporary account of the sailors' riot there in 1775 ? This book was seen some thirty years ago, and I am now qiiite unable to trace it. BBADSTOW.
