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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. MAY.
MESSRS. S. DRAYTON & SONS of Exeter senc two catalogues, Nos. 224 and 225. The former begins with books on engraved gems from Canon Shore's library. The general portion include? works on Africa, America, and Art ; ' The Cam' bridge Modern History,' 12 vols., cloth, new 11. Is. ; Legg's ' Coronation Records,' folio, 1901 II. Is. ; Hartley Coleridge's ' Poems,' uncut scarce, Leeds, 1833, 21. 2s. ; ' Domesday Book, 1 with notes by Ellis, 2 vols., 1833, 31. 3s. ; the first edition of Froude's ' Nemesis of Faith,' 1849 12s. Qd. ; and Burney's ' Account of the Hande Commemoration in 1784,' 4to, 18s. Qd. Under France is Masson's ' Josephine,' Goupil, 1899, folio, sewed, II. 5s. ; and under Military is Grose's ' Military Antiquities,' 2 vols., 4to, 1801, II. 8s. There are some old children's books. An edition of Pliny, 1477, is 61. Qs. ; a set of Black and White, 1891-1902, 20s. ; Lever's ' Dodd Family,' first edition, in the original parts, with covers and advertisements, 31. 3s. ; and Austin Dobson's edition of Richardson, 19 vols., cloth, new, 1902, U. 4s.
Catalogue 225 is devoted to Modern Theology.
Mr. J. Jacobs of the Bibliophile Press devotes his Catalogue 57 to books relating to the Hebrew people, mainly by Jewish authors. It opens with unique relics from K'ai-Fung-Foo, these being a cylindrical Sepher case of canvas-covered wood, estimated to be 400 years old, and recently recovered from a Mohammedan mosque ; and two rubbings on silk taken from an old stone monument in memory of the Ching Ching Cenoby. The synagogue with its rolls of the Pentateuch was destroyed by the uprising of the Yellow River circa 1403. The Sepher case contained one of the scrolls of the Law. The price of the relics is 50 guineas. The Catalogue forms an interesting record, as most of the modern Jewish authors are represented. There are several refutations of Colenso. Under Kann Collection is an illustrated catalogue, 4 vols., large 4to, Paris, 1907, '12Z. 12s. Under Music is Naumbourg's ' Chants Religieux des Israelites,' folio, 1863, 3Z. 3s. There is a list under Prayers, many of these reminding us of the patriotism of our fellow Jewish subjects ; these include prayers for the recovery of the Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward VII., Victoria's Jubilee, the funeral of Queen Victoria, Hospital Fund, the restoration of peace in South Africa, and success granted to our arms in India. Under Talmud is the only complete translation into a modern Language, being Rodkinson's translation into English, the second edition, revised and enlarged, 20 vols. in 10, royal 8vo, publisher's cloth, 10Z. 10s.; and another set, 61. 6s. This edition is the result of 40 years of arduous research. There are books in Hebrew, and Hebrew lexicons and grammars.
Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co.'s Price Current 714 contains a copy of ' Arche"ologie de 1'Empire de Russie,' 508 magnificent plates, 6 vols., atlas folio, in 4, and 6 vols. 4to of text (in Russian) in 2 vols., crushed levant, Moscow, 184953, very rare, 581. Under Angling is Major's second edition of ' The Complete Angler,' with the ' Lives,' Major's first edition, 2 vols., large paper, morocco, by Hayday, 51. 10*. There is also Pickering's third edition of the ' Angler,' half morocco, 1836. 91. 9. ; and a choice copy of the Rules of the
Walton and Cotton Club, 1840, 51. 5s Under
Arithmetic are copies of the first and second
editions of the first book on the subject, Borgo's
Libro de Abacho.' These are of great rarity, and Mr. Cecil Sotheran tells us in his notes that " no copy of the first edition has been sold by auction within the last 22 years." The price of the first edition, published 1484, is 40Z., and that of the second edition, published 1488, 211. There ia also the second book on arithmetic, Calandri's ' Aritmetica,' 1491. This copy is of the rare first edition, 311. 10s. Prof. De Morgan states that Calandri's " notion of a divisor is curious. When he divides by 8, he calls his divisor 7 ; demanding as it were, that quotient which, with seven more like itself, will make the dividend." An original copy of Botta's ' Monument de Ninive,' 5 vols., atlas folio, a presentation copy from Napoleon III., 1849-50, is 31Z. 10s. Botanical works include a complete set to 1903 of Curtis's Botanical Magazine. There are some choice fine- art catalogues. Under Camden is the
Britannia,' 4 vols., extended to 44 parts folio bv a fine old collection of extra-illustrations half- morocco, uncut, 1806, 45Z, A choice copy of Dugdale s ' Monasticon,' 8 vols., folio, blue morocco extra, 1817-30, is 34Z. There is a complete set of the English Dialect Society. Works on Dialling include Holwell's ' Clavis Horologise,' which con- tains a reprint of Father Line's account of his remarkable dial erected at Whitehall Garden. There are many choice sets of standard works, beautifully bound.
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MR. DANIEL HIP WELL writes to say that the obituary notice in The Time*, quoted ante, p. 340, refers to his father, and that he hopes to send further communications to ' N. & Q.' at an earlv date.
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