i ?fDON: PRINTETD BY .'v-QOnFAtL AKO KINDER, AND PUBLISHED FOR THE AU.THOR PY lOHN VAN VOOR>iT. PATERNOSTER ROW. y^^/j TO FEAKCIS :^i> DUKE OF BEDFOED KG. 292837 \ .^ sftpft fmisti;p'/i^\^f ^ ^^*^ (U^uM^.- * /t (Ip;*' ,li{(l)t. ,w(?t«, .(Mv- , >«**?( ;>twW,.?(i»tH(J4i»i»>>(';4 ,-»y )tecdot<'s, vol. iv. p. lO.*}. Oldys' Dissertation. PREFACE. XV During the puritanical reign of the usurper Cromwell, Rinuccini, the Pope's legate, established presses at Kil- kenny and Waterford, for the purpose of disseminating those doctrines which he conceived to be essential to the interests of his master.* Dr. O'Conor styles them vile publications, -f- In the reign of James II. Obadiah Walker " set up cases of letters and a press in the back part of his lodg- ings, belonging to him as Master of University College, where he printed the works of Ab. Woodhead, his quondam tutor, and would have printed many more (all, or most, against the Church of England), had King James II. continued longer on the throne." | - Among the tracts printed at this press was, Some Rejlections, by Thomas Deane, Fellow of University Col- lege, an. 1688, \to. Walker had a license granted to him by the King, dated May, 1686, for the exclusive sale of certain books for twenty-one years. The list of them is printed in the second volume of Gutch's Miscellanea Curiosa : they are all in favour of the Roman Catholic religion. Dr. Lee, in a Memorial for the Bible Societies of Scotland, states that at Holyrood House several papers and works were printed, by the authority of James II. § * Cotton, Tj'pographical Gazetteer. + Coliimhanus, Letter 1 1 . X Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, by Bliss, vol. iv. : Bodleian Letters, i. p. 35. § Mr. Macaulay says, Lestrange was sent to Holyrood House by James, vol. ii. p. 1"24, See Wodrow, iii. x. 3. An account of tlie Holyrood printing will be found in Cotton's Typogra- phical Gazetteer, Second Edition, p. 126. XVI PREFACE. Few traces remain of private presses after this time ; the necessity for establishing them having pretty wqII subsided, from tlie tranquillity consequent on the Revo- lution ; politics and Religion, the two prime agents which supplied these secret presses, being generally allowed to state their claims and advance their arguments with tolerable freedom. The Rebellion in Scotland may per- haps have given rise to a temporary establishment of such a press. Dr. Cotton mentions, that a private press appears to have been once established at Ragland Castle, in Mon- mouthshire ; from whence issued, A Collection of Loyal Sonr/s, Poems, do. said to be privately printed, in 1750.* The purposes, to which the institution of private presses has been applied in later days, have differed considerably from those of former times. The more elegant branches of literature, poetry, and topography, have supplanted the controversies of the religious bigot and political partizan. To the slight but imperfect sketch already given, there remains but little to add. The first that occurs, is that of a press established at Glynde, near Lewes in Sussex ; "f- a seat belonging to the late Lord Hampden, which Dr. Cotton states to have been erected in the year 1770. The Bodleian Library contains the first sheet only of a poem, called The Summer Day, a Descriptive Pastoral, i'to. Glynd, 1770. + * Vide page ,51. + Tj'p. Gazetteer, 8vo. p. 108. [J Dr. Hiirdis, professor of poetry, Oxon, printed a volume of Lectures on Poetry. Printed at the author's own press, at Bishopstone, in Sussex. 1 797. 8vo. pp. ,330.— See Ilcber, pt. i. 3fi78.] PREFACE. XVll The celebrated John Wilkes had a press at his house, in Princes Court, Great George Street, Westminster, where he printed two works, mentioned in this volume.* At Hafod, in Cardiganshire, its late owner, Mr. Johnes, established a press ; from whence issued, as is well known, the Chronicles of Froissart, Monstrelet, and Joinville ; works which, independent of their typographical ex- cellence as the productions of a private press, have conferred a lasting benefit on the literature of the country. At Hartwell, in Buckinghamshire, when occupied by the exiled Royal Family of France, it is said that a press was used for the purpose of printing proclamations, and other small pieces, in support of the claims of the House of Bourbon. This imperfect account of private presses cannot better be closed than by the notice of that established at Winter Harbour, oft' Melville Island, by Captain Parry and his enterprising companions, in 1819 and 1820, when the sound of the tympan and frisket was heard, for the first time, amid " a bleak expanse, shagged o'er with wavy rocks, cheerless and void," and the North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle made its first ap- pearance. f [The Editor is indebted to the kindness of J. Winter Jones, Esq., F.S.A., of the British Museum, for the following account of the theatricals, and printing press, Vide pages 59, 61. t Printed fur sale, 1821. b xviii PREFACE. in the Arctic Expedition of 1850-1, under the command of Captain Austin. "Arctic Expedition undi-r the command of Capt. Austin, 1850-1. " A theatre was fitted up on board the ' Assistance,' and a corps of actors formed, under the management of Captain Onimanney. And on board the * Resolute' and ' Intrepid' saloons were opened for masquerade balls, several of which took place with great success during the long Arctic night. A printing-press was given to the Expedition by the Admiralty, for printing balloon-papers. There were no printers in the squadron, but some of the officers soon learned the art ; and besides balloon-papers, play-bills, and announcements of fancy dress balls, were regulai'ly sent to press. Several of the men, too, became adepts in the art of printing, and set up in type songs and other trifles, chiefly of their own composition. So great a passion, indeed, did printing become amongst them, that when at length their stock of paper was run out, they printed on chamois-leather, on shirts, and in one instance on a blanket." — Extract from the Preface to Arctic Miscellanies, by the Officers and Seamen of the Expedition. 1852. In the British Museum are some specimens of this Arctic printing-press. Two are play-bills, one printed on leather on both sides. " Royal Arctic Theatre. H.M.S. Assistance. Last night for the season. Friday, 28th February, 1851. Historical Drama, in two Acts, of Charles XII. After which, grand Phantasmagorial Magical Figures. To con- PREFACE. XIX elude with the new Pantomime of Zero. Doors open at six o'clock, commence at 6.30. — Griffitlis Island Printing Officer The second on pink paper, for January 9th, 1851. " The Farce of the Turned Head, Bombastes Furioso, and Zero. — Griffith's Island Printing Office.'" " The English Maiden's Song," sung in the Pantomime of *' Zero," printed on yellow paper. A sj)ecimen of the means adopted for dispersing intel- ligence by balloons, consisting of a message, printed on a slip of green silk.] In the present volume will be found a more particular history of other private presses, the number and impor- tance of their productions appearing to demand a more complete account.* Nothing more now remains for the Editor, than that he should discharge one of the pleasantest parts of his duty; namely, that of acknowledging the great kindness and valuable assistance he has received. To enumerate all the diiferent parties who have taken an interest in his undertaking, — who have aided him by their advice, and furnished him with several valuable com- munications, he would have to record a list which, however gratifying to himself, would most probably weary the reader's patience, and appear like an endeavour to throw over his work an air of consequence and value far beyond its deserts. In the work itself will be found his ac- knowledgments to several friends, for particular assistance ; Will appear in the volume now in preparation. b 2 XX PREFACE. but, although he refrains from swelling his list with the names of all to whose kindness he is indebted, he cannot content himself without particular mention of a few, whose assistance has been most material. From the earliest announcement of his intentions, the Venerable Archdeacon Wrangham has constantly favoured him with numerous and important communications, drawn, for the most part, from his own valuable library, rich in books of the class herein described.* The Venerable Archdeacon Cotton, whose bibliogra- phical knowledge is too well appreciated to require the feeble tribute of his pen, the Editor has to thank for several curious communications, and for his readiness in answering inquiries, which he has had occasion to trouble him with. To the Rev. Dr. Lamb, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he begs to return his thanks for his condescension in examining Archbishop Parker's work, not only in the Library of his own College, but in other Libraries of that University.-j- To the Rev. Dr. Bandinel, Keeper of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Rev. John Lodge, Keeper of the Public Library, at Cambridge, his thanks are due, for the great kindness with which they forwarded his views, and facilitated his access, not only to the treasures entrusted to their peculiar care, but to the various other Libraries dispersed in the different Colleges of the two * This excellent man died in 1844, and his valuable library was sold by- Messrs. Sotheby. See page .■i44. t Dr. Lamb died in IH49. PREFACE. XXI Universities ; and from the Keepers of which he is hound, for the most part, to acknowledge the greatest attention to his wishes. To the Rev. Dr. Bliss, his acknowledgments are due, for the very lively interest he has displayed in seconding his wishes during his visits to Oxford. To Charles George Young, Esq., r.S.A.,york Herald,* his thanks are pre-eminently due. The readiness, with which that gentleman renders his valuable assistance to any literary undertaking, is well known ; and the present work has had the benefit of his suggestions, and been enriched by several of the most important and valuable books described in it. To Mr. Thomas Moule, f he has to render his sincere thanks, not only for several interesting communications, but for the benefit of his correct taste, in many of the illustrations dispersed throughout the volume. From the Shakspeare Press, several of the works herein described have issued ; and to Mr. Nicol, the proprietor of that establishment, he is indebted for valu- able hints with respect to the works printed by him, as well as for some very interesting information, which, with- out his kindness, he should have been unable to have obtained. The Editor regrets that the expenses necessarily in- curred in printing this work, have been so considerable as to make it necessary to fix a high price upon it ; which he trusts will not be considered unreasonable, when it * Since Garter, t This diligent antiquary died June ]4, 1851. xxil TREFACE. can be truly stated that the sale of all the copies will not pay the expenses. But he will feel amply rewarded for the labour this attempt has cost him, should it be found worthy a place among the few bibliographical works of this country ; and, in the words of tlie Historian of the Aldine Press, " il conserve I'espoir qu'au moins par un petit nombre de personnes bien disposees en sa faveur, son livre ne sera point jugc labor irritus ct incassum." Mount Street, January, 1034. Several years have elapsed since the first edition of this attempt to describe works printed for private circvilation, appeared. In the interval numerous additions have accumulated, and the book having become scarce, the Editor has been induced to reprint it. Little alteration has been made, but the additions added comprise nearly twenty years. Some pamphlets of temporary interest have been omitted, and a few volumes which were discovered to have been printed for general circulation. The present edition contains Books only ; to have in- cluded, as in the first, the account of private presses and clubs would have increased the size of the volume, already too large, to an inconvenient bulk. If life and leisure are granted, this portion, including literary clubs which have been formed since, will be proceeded with. PREFACE. xxiii To have enumerated the names of the various friends to whom the Editor is indebted for information and assist- ance, would have exhibited an array, which, however gratifying to himself, would have savoured of affectation or vanity. In several instances they are recorded in the works described by their aid. He cannot, however, suffer it to go forth without mentioning a few to whom his thanks are especially due. The assistance derived from the learned bibliographer, Archdeacon Cotton, has been invaluable ; with a kindness and patience, the Editor cannot sufficiently acknowledge, he suggested numerous corrections and improvements, beside contributing some very curious information relative to Irish works, which it is to be regretted was not re- ceived in time to insert in their proper order. They will be found in the Addenda. To His Excellency M. Sylvain Van de Weyer, he owes the knowledge of several works, which, without his aid, would most probably have escaped notice. M. Van de Weyer's library is rich in volumes of this class. To James Maidment, Esq., he is indebted for the com- munication of several works connected with Scottish history and poetry, freely communicated from the valu- able collection he possesses in this class of literature. To David Laing, Esq., he is also under great obliga- tions for some interesting notes, relative to books pri- vately printed in Scotland. To John Gough Nichols, Esq., he owes much informa- tion relative to various works, many of which have ap- peared from the time-honoured press of Sylvanus Urban. To Henry Foss, Esq., whose retirement — a matter of XXIV PREFACE. regret to all literary collectors — from a pursuit he so zea- lously and 'ably followed, and almost tlie last of learned booksellers, he has to return his thanks for the patience with which he answered the numerous inquiries the Editor was under the necessity of making. * * However gratifying it is to observe the increased circulation and demand for books, which swarm at the railroad station, always excepting the reprint of trashy English novels, and French translations, it is impossible not to witness without a sigh, the passing away of those eminent booksellers, of the past and present day, to whose choice collections the scholar and the student alike resorted for the objects of their particular pursuit ; by whose zeal, industrj', and know- ledge, the private and public libraries of our country were enriched with the treasures of ancient and modem literature, happily preserved in the fine libraries at Althorp, Chatsworth, and "Wobum, and numerous others, and rendered acces- sible to the inquirer in the noble repositories of our national libraries.' A cur- sory mention of a few who have passed away, almost all in our own time, may not be considered out of place here, more especially as we fear they liave hardly left successors who tread the same path, or administer to the same wants. Robson, who brought the celebrated Pinelli collection into this country; Edwards, tracking the French revolutionary armies in their career, and securing the valuable literary plunder of ancient monastic or public libraries ; CuthcU and Priestley, whose valuable collection of the classics was so important to the student when the Continent was shut against importation ; Thoi-pe, whose energy was so remarkable; Rodd, whose acquaintance with English history was so great; and, lastly, the honoured descendants of " Honest Tom Payne," have yielded to the change, and retired to enjoy the literary leisure those labours for others so justly entitle them to. In what has been said, it is hoped it will not be imagined there is any inten- tion of disparaging the activity which administers to the great demand for books in the rapid appearance of small catalogues now so generally prevalent ; nor still more that the Editor is unmindful of what remains of the olden days — but it would be invidious to speak of the present ; and he must content himself with alluding only to one collection of the present times in theology, the value of which, and the knowledge of its proprietor, will be readily admitted by all who resort to it. ' Tlie Bodleian, Cambridge, Dublin, and Edinburgh. PREFACE. XXV Nor can he forget the assistance he derived from his friend and neighbour, Mr. Benjamin Wiffen, whose eager search after rare early -printed Spanish books, of a peculiar class, frequently brought under his notice several privately-printed works dispersed in the nume- rous catalogues which he consulted. He desires to return thanks to all, but for the reasons already mentioned, should have been glad to name them specifically; but he must not omit to thank his old and valued friend the publisher, (whose publications, by the most eminent writers in natural history, have contributed so much to assist its cultivation, and whose embellishments owe so much to his liberal expenditure and good taste,) for permitting the Editor to tax his kindness and patience in riding his hobby at a pace, which hardly any other publisher would have permitted. The Editor is well aware, that, notwithstanding the aid of liis friends and his own exertions, many books will have escaped notice; and several, from the inability to see them, are probably not correctly described. These are results to which all such works are liable ; he shall be content in having laid a foundation, which, if thought worthy, others can complete. .ToiiN Martin. May, in.')4. PRIVATELY PRINTED BOOKS. M.D.LXXII. E ANTIQUITATE BKITANNIC^ ECCLESIJi; ET PRIUILIGIIS ECCLESLE CANTUARIENSIS, CUM xUlCHIEi'lSUOPIS EIUSDEJkl. 70. A^: Dom: 1572. folio. Absentem qui rodit amicum, Qui non clefendit alio culpante, solutos dicavis, {sic) Qui captat risus hominum, famamq ; Fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit, hie niger est, huuc tu Romane caueto. It is not easy to ascertain, at this remote period, whether many of the works which are called privately printed, are strictly entitled to that distinction. The absence of a pubUsher's name is by no means a certain indication ; many of the volumes were wi-itten on points of religious or political controversy, and, being obnoxious to the prevail- ing system, were naturally put forth in a manner that might not B 2 M.D.LXXII. draw down the arm of the law u})ou the printer ; but that they were distributed secretly, and might be prnx-hased by the members of the sect whose opinions they supported, there can be little doubt ; many were imported from abroad : a list of them may be seen in Strj^i^e's Life of Parker,* — these bearing no place or publisher's name, are frequently designated as privately printed ; an eiToneous conclu- sion, as it was simply from fear of prosecution that these marks are found wanting. The rare and curious voliune now under consideration may, how- ever, justly be entitled a privately printed volume. Tlie copy which Archbishop Parker sent to the Lord Treasurer Burghley was accom- panied by a letter t in which he states : — " The reason of his employing himself in this study, was to make compensation for his not preaching oftener. For neither his health nor quiet would suffer him to be a common preacher ; yet he thought it not unfit for him to be otherwise occupied in some points of religion, for his meaning was by that his poor collection, thus caused to be printed and yet reserved to himself, to note at what time Augustin, his first predecessor, came into England, &c." The work was printed at Lambeth, by John Day : the archbishop states in another part of the same letter, "that he had within his house in wages, drawers [of pic- tures], and cutters [that is, engi'avers], painters, limners, writers, and bookbinders." The archbishop's share in this compilation has been a matter of considerable dispute. In the letter above mentioned, he states it to have been the amusement of his leisure hours ; and Dr. Drake, in the preface to his edition, is of opinion that Parker was himself the author. The fair conclusion, however, will I think be that the arch- bishop received considerable assistance from Dr. Ackworth % and Josselyn, his secretary. In the copy in the Lambeth library, there are several manuscript papers, letters, and notes ] among them will • Vol. ii. p. 392, t Strype's Life of Parker, vol. ii. pp. 244-5. + Dr. George Ackworth had been orator of the University of Cambridge, and became an inmate of Parker's house about 1570 ; which, Strj-pe observes, " was a kind of common receptacle for learned and ingenious men." M.D.LXXII. 3 be found some proofs that Ackworth and Josselyn had a considerable share in the compilation. At the beginning of the Life of St. Angus- tine, * we find this note : " These 24 pages of St. Augustine's Life were thus begun by George Ackworth, Dr. of laws, at the appoint- ment of Mathew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the lives of all the Archbishops should have in this course been perfected — (some words not intelligible) — but deth prevented it." Dr. Ackworth was living in 1576, but how long after is not known. In the title- page of the History, in the same copy, is the following note : " This historie was collected and penned by John Josselyn, one of the sons of Sir Thomas Josselyn, Knight, by the appointment and oversight of Mathew Parker, Ai-chbishop of Cant. ; the said John being enter- tained in the said Ai-chb. house, as one of his antic^uaries, to whom, besides the allowance afforded to hym in his house, he gave to hym the parsonage of HoUinbourn, in Kent, &c." There can be little doubt that the plan of the work was laid down by the archbishop ; and although he received considerable assistance in its progress, the materials were chiefly supplied from his own collections of ecclesias- tical history. The number of copies printed must have been very small. In the letter already quoted, the author states, " he had not given to four men in the whole I'ealm ; and peradventure, it shall never come to sight abroad, though some men, smelling of the printing it, were very desirous cravers of the same." Dr. Drake states, at the period he was preparing his new edition, that he had met with twenty-one copies. I have taken some pains to trace out those existing at the present time, the list of which is as foUows : — 1. The British Museum, Queen Elizabeth's copy. 2. In the same library. Lord Arundel's copy. 3. Lambeth library. 4. Cambridge Public Library, Bishop Moore's copy, Snd formed one of the collection presented to that University by George I. * This is the Life of St. Augustine, mentioned in the description of the copy in the Laml)eth Library. No. 3 — which see, B 2 4 M.D.LXXII. 5. Cambridge Public Library : with this is bound " Annales Witi- chendi Monachi Corbiensis." Franc. 1577. 6. Cambridge, Peter House, ex dono Andrese Peme, olim huius Coll. et Decani Cath. Eccl. Eliensis (circa 1589,) master of Peter House. He built the library, and left this among other volumes, amounting to 300. A letter from Perne, then Vice-Chancellor, to Parker, thank- ing him for his donation of books to the libraiy at Cambridge, is printed in Strype. 7. Oxford. Bodleian. Lord Oxford's copy, afterwards Rawlin- son's. In this copy is this note : — 5to Januarii, 1593. " Hunc Librum dono dedit Richardo Cosin Johannes Parker armgr. filius primogenitus Matthei Parker, nuper Cantuariensis Archiepi, cuius auspiciis et sumptibus liber iste et collectus et impressus est proprijs in sedibus Lamethse positis." 8. Oxford, Bodleian ; also Rawlinson's, and the copy mentioned in Strype's Life of Parker, as then in the hbraiy at Ely. 9. Oxford. Merton College. 10. Oxford. Magdalen College, "dono Richardi Boughton ejus. Coll. Socii." 11. Earl Sj)encer. 12. IMi'. Gren^•iUe (now in the British Museum). 13. Tlie Rev. T. Russell : formerly Mr. Bindley's, afterwards Mr. W. Taylor's, then Mr. Dent's, and purchased at the sale of his library. 14. Library of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. 15. Corpus Chi'isti College, Cambridge. Presented by Baker the antiquary. By a memorandum in the book, he appears to have pur- chased it at York, for 1^. lis. Qd. ; it is the copy mentioned in Strype's Life, as bemg Mr. Baker's intention to have presented to St. John's College ; in the copy of Strype's Life in that library, there is a note in Baker's hand-writing, " So intended by me, but I found reason to alter my intentions, and disposed of my three copies otherwise ; viz. two to the Archbishop of Cant., and one to Bene't College." Baker mentions a copy of this work, \\\i\\ various notes in the haud-wi'iting of Sir John Parker (the archbishop's son), and adds, " This copy is now in the possession of Lord Sunderland." M.D.LXXII. 5 16. Eton College Library. This copy, which is one of the books presented by Storer, was formerly Mr. Tutet's, who purchased it at West's sale, with the rare portrait by Hogeuberg, for 21. 25. The portrait has been taken out, and placed in the illustrated Granger in that library. The following note is in Rawlinson's hand-writing, " Collated, and according to my best thoughts, this edition perfect." It has a few illustrations added to it, and has a modern blue morocco binding, but the binder has played sad work with the margin. 17. Miss Currer, in her library at Eshton Hall, formerly Sir M. Sykes's ; it has the rare portrait by Hogenberg, for which Miss Currer paid 13^., she describes it as a most beautiful impression. 18. The Earl of Leicester, at Holkham, with the portrait. 19. Christ Church. Oxford. 20. Christ Church. Oxford. 21. Mr. Heber ; now in the library of the late William Henry Miller, Esq. These are all the copies I have been enabled, after considerable in- quiry, to discover. Whether the splencUd copy sent to the Lord Treasurer, which Parker states " that he had bound it costly, and laid in colours the arms of the Church of Canterbury, empaled with his own paternal coat," stiU remains in the library of his descendant, I have been unable to ascertain. It has been observed that no two copies of this work have been found alike ; and I can bear witness to the truth of the assertion in those I have collated. For this there is perhaps ^primd facie reason in Parker's own words : who says — " For the present he purposed to keejD it by him, while he lived, to add and mend as occasion should serve him, or utterly to suppress it, and to bren it." The variations are however so singxilar, that long as this account already is, the rarity of the volume will perhaps excuse giving an account of them as they occur in the copies enumerated above. The coUation of Nos. 1 and 2 will be found in Lowndes's Bibliogra- phical Manual, and I apprehend these to be the earliest copies that issued from Parker's press. Queen Elizabeth's is bound in green velvet ; the title-pages with the arms of the bishoprics are illuminated 6 M.D.LXXII. and on vellum. The volume is ruled throughout. Lord Arundel's copy " Ex dono Mathei Cantuarieusis Ai'chiepiscopi," has no velhmi leaves; but the arms of the bishoprics, with some of the capital letters, are illuminated. These two copies, with the one presented to Lord Burghley, most probably form part of the four the archbishop states as having been presented by him ; suice it is pretty certain that he would present his royal ^Mistress and her principal officers with the first that issued from the press. Li page 4 (of these two copies) — Augustine, the lines commencing " adde quod " are printed in two columns, and in italics ; at page 95, the enumeration of bishops and abbots, after the bishop of London, ends thus — " cum multis aliis episcopis et abbatis ut in Archiuis patet ; " this distinction prevails also in Nos. 4 and 10. In all the other copies (with the exception of !Mr. Grenville's, which was most probably printed subsequently,) the verses will be found not in double columns, but in long lines, and in Eoman cha- racters. The " multis ahis " are enumerated, occupying nearly half a page; with these copies also the Life of Parker,* printed in 1576, will frequently be found ; which is not the case with those which are considered the earlier ones. I proceed to notice the variations from the copies No. 1 and 2. No. 3. — Lambeth copy : contains in addition a single leaf, entitled " Cantrise status ab adventu Csesaris," signed B. C, who is stated to be Earth. Clei"k,t postea Decanus de Ai'cub. Lond. Life of Parker, * " For it is to be known, that our archbishop's life was written in elegant Latin, and ready for the printing, under the title of Matthjeus ; and though it came not forth with the rest of the Lives in the aforesaid book, yet it got into the press afterwards, and, as it seems, in the archbishop's life-time, and with his privity. Those (and they very few) that were printed, were kept carefully un- dispersed (I believe) in the archbishop's own possession till his death." — Strype, vol. ii. p. 246. t Dr. B.artholomew Clerk was a member of the University of Cambridge, and admitted in King's College in 1554; he was a very good scholar, and had an excellent Latin style ; tlirough the interest of Parker and Burghley, he was made, after much opposition on the part of Elizabeth, Dean of the Arches. M.D.LXXII. 7 l>p. 1 — 23. Oil the last leaf is the rare portrait of the archbishop. Two copies of the leaf of the wood-cut of the Public Schools, with Elizabeth at the back of one only. De Scholarum CoUegiorumque ; two leaves paged at the bottom, 27, 8, 9, 30. Catalogus Caucellm, &c. ; the arms of the colleges at the back, those of St. Peter and the University are as noiv borue : see remark on this, page 9. No vellum leaves in this copy : the title is written, and not printed : Scholarum Pub. Extructio is wanting. It contains also the Life of St. Augus- tine ; A — c in fours, printed in three columns, the text in the centre, and a commentary on both sides, of which Drake, who has reprinted it in his edition, says — "Fusior Augustini historia; opus rarum, ac nisi quatuor in exemplaribus frustra quserendum." It will be found in the Bodleian, No. 8 ; in the Chapter library of Westminster, No. 14; and in the Eton copy, No. 16. No. 4. — Cambridge; De Scholarum, &c., two leaves — the title-pages and the arms of the bishops are on vellum and emblazoned ; the volume is ruled throughout with red lines ; the capitals are illumi- nated. The single leaf "ac preeter," the " list of books," "Scholarum publicarum extructio," and errata, are wanting in this copy, which contains several marginal notes in the hand- writing of Parker. No. 5. — Cambridge. This copy contains the Life of Parker, pp. 1—18 (17, a single leaf, printed on one side only), 19, 20, 21, 22 (23 not paged) ; the arms of Peter House and Cambridge correct. No. 6. — Peter House. This copy contains the Life of Parker — but is very imperfect — it wants the title, last leaf of the preface, and pages 247, 8, 9, 50. No. 7. — Bodleian. This copy contains the Life of Parker. Catalog. Cane. : the wood-cut with the arms of Peter House and Cambridge, incorrect. Another leaf, the same, with the arms correct. Two copies of the wood-cuts of the schools as in No. 3. No. 8. — Bodleian. The wood-cut of Peter House and Cambridge, incorrect. It contains the History of Augustinus. No. 9. — Merton College. This copy contains the Life of Parker and two leaves of the wood-cut of the schools as in No. 7. The title is wanting, it is supplied by a leaf with a wood-cut from some other volume ; pp. 311, 12, 13, 14, are supplied by MSS. 8 M.D.LXXII. No. 10. — Magdalen College. This copy is veiy imperfect. The arms of the bishops, from Lanfrancus, p. 93, to Baldwinus, 127, have been cut out and pasted over the initial letter. The lines, " adde quod," and the archbishops, &c., as Xos. 1 and 2. No. 11. — Lord Spencer's. This copy contains the Life of Parker ; the title-page is on vellum ; the leaf of the arms of the ai'chbishops on vellum, illuminated ; and the Catalog. Cancel, ■wdth the arms of colleges on vellum, the arms only illuminated ; the leaf of the public schools, with EHzabeth, on vellum, the title illuminated. Tlie arms of Peter House and Cambridge incorrect. This copy wants, in " Do Vetustate," i^p. 57, 58, 63, 64. It contains the rare poxirait. No. 12. — Mr. Grenville's. Tliis copy contains the Life of Parker ; with the rare portrait, and Woodburn's copy of it :* but it is very imperfect : there is a variation in this copy found in no other. The lines at p. 4, of Augustine, are not in columns, but in long line ; and the enumeration of the abbots and bishops ends with the bishop of London, &c. " ut in Ai'chiuis patet." In aU other copies, when the lines have been printed in this manner, the bishops have always been enumerated at length. No. 13. — The Rev. T. Russell's copy, unfortunately wants several of the addenda, \-iz. the Catalogus Cane. ; the wood-cut of the public schools ; Catalogus, sixteen pages, &c. : but, to compensate in some degi'ee for these defects, it contains a very fine impression of the por- trait of the archbishop in its genuine state — and the volume is most admirably bound in blue morocco, by C. Lewis. No. 14. — In the library of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. This copy, although very incomplete, is remai'kable for containing the History of Augustine, mentioned in No. 3, but which has evi- dently been inserted after it had been bound. * The distinctions between the original and copj- in ]\Ir. Grenville's are these: In the inscription round the portrait, in the original, there is a mark of abbre- viation over " mudiis,"" not in the copy. The figures are 70 in the original, 69 in the copy; the date 1573 in the original, 1572 in the copy: the same varia- tions prevail in Mr. Russell's impression of the portrait, in the copy at Eton, the Duke of Buckingham's (sold at the sale of the " Stow Granger," No. '2iJ4), M.D.LXXII. 9 No. 15. — Corpus Christi College. This copy wants the title-page. The arms of Peter House and Cambridge are incorrect. It is rather singular, that, although Parker was so great a benefactor to this college, it did not possess a copy of his work, until Baker presented it. No. 16. — ^Eton College. This copy, which is certainly a very com- plete one, has the title-page and the cut of the public schools on vellum ; the life of Parker, and the rare " History of Augustine." The list of books given by Parker to his college is in MS. : there are several marginal notes ; and a letter from Dr. Dj-ake, who consulted it for the purpose of the new edition. No. 17. — Miss Currer. No. 18. — The Earl of Leicester. The following collation was made by the late Earl Spenser, and given to me by Dr. Dibdin. A MS. leaf with a quotation from Seneca, and another from Ecclesiasticus. A list of Bishops of London, from Richard Clifford, 1407, to Thomas Kempe, 1449. A note, as follows : — " Great St. Marie Church in Camb. was begiui 18. E. 4. finished 19. H. 8. quib' int'iectis annis Acadcmia ad sedi- ficac'onem ei'dem contulit 795^. 2s. Id. Int' qs, D^ Barrow, Rotulorum Custos, Archidiaconus Ccelcestrise, ac Aulae Regice soci' dedit 240^." The Title follows, printed on vellum and illuminated, with Sir Edward Coke's autogi'aph, stating that he received it from Sir John Parker, Kn*, son to the Ai-chbishop, as a present. A Preface, consisting of foiu- leaves, unpaged with a large illumi- nated capital on the first page. Signatures IT j to IT iij, the fourth without signature, finishing with 14 lines on recto-verso blank. De Vetustate Britannicae Ecclesite testimonia. 45 pages, of which that at Lambeth, and in Messrs. Colnaghi's. Mr. Woodburn says, that his was taken from an impression with the mark and figures exactly as he has copied them, but he has no recollection where that impression is at this time. It is remarkable that all the original impressions have evidently had the dates corrected since the engraving was executed ; impressions therefore of the portrait in the state of Mr. Woodburn's copy, must be very early, and very rare ; the original copper-plate is supposed to be in existence. 10 M.D.LXXII. page 15 is double, beiug marked 15a, 15b ; and page IG is quadruple 16a, 16b, 16c, 16d. The reverse of page 45 blank. An illuminated Title, on vellum, " De Arcliiep'is Ecclesie Cantua- rien' Septuaginta." Three leaves, unpaged, of Tables ; the first with sign. 1 ij, the two last §^ i and ij. The Lives of the Archbishops, beginning with St. Augustine. 424 pages numbered, of which page 4 is quadniple, page 91 blank on the reverse, page 122 octuple from 122a to 122h (being the life of Thomas h Becket), page 254 repeated by mistake, there being no 255, page 294 double, 315 misprinted 351. A leaf, with the very rare Portrait of Archbishop Parker ; inscrip- tion round it -^tatis sute Anno 69, Die Mensis Augusti sexto + Mudus transit et concupiscetia ejus. Anno Domini 1572. 4 Coats of Ai-ms at the comers R. Berg f. The Life of the Ai-chbishop, entitled Matthfeus. 12 leaves without numbers of pages, but the nine first numbered at the bottom from 1 to 18. A blank leaf. Then 3 more leaves, the two first numbei-ed in like manner from 19 to 22, the last mthout a No. with the Arms illumina- ted after the Colophon. The reverse of this leaf blank. An Lidex, consisting of 7 leaves, in three columns each, pages not numbered ; signatures irregular. A Title, illuminated arid printed on vellum, " Catalogus Cancella- riu" &c. Arms blazoned on the reverse. Another Title, illuminated and printed on vellum, a q' recto Ai'ea scholar' Cantebrigion sium (sic), &c. On the reverse an illuminated Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, with Justice and !Mercie supporting her Crown. Texts in Latin, above and below. A paper-leaf, containing a ISIS. List of Chancellors of the Univ. of Cambridge, from a.d. 1263 to 1498. A printed Table of 16 pages, mnnbered at the bottom, of the Officers of the University, from 1500 to 1573 (the two last filled up in MS.) A leaf, containing a List of Bishops from the Univ. of Cambridge, from 1501 to 1555 ; and ending with four Irish Bishops, from 1535 to 1561. M.D.LXXII. 1 1 A blauk leaf. Four leaves, paged at bottom, from 17 to 24, (the last, MS.), con- taining a Table of Statutes and other memoranda relating to Cam- bridge. One leaf, on the recto of which is an Inventory of Articles delivered to M. Bedell and Pearson, taxators, ft"om Cosin and Bojet, the former taxators. The reverse blank. One leaf, containing a List of other articles, the property of the University. One leaf, " De Scholaiiim, CoUegionimq : in Acad. Cantab. Patronis atque fuudatoribus. Two leaves, containing a List of Books given to the custody of the University by Archbishop Parker, describing the No. of pages in each. The two first Articles are the Nuremburg Chronicle 1493, and Montanus' Polyglott. Nothing else that appears of any great interest. Two leaves, entitled " Scholarum publicarum Extractio." Nine leaves, paged at bottom, from 31 to 47 (the last page un- numbered), containing an Accoimt of Halls and Colleges in Cam- bridge. One leaf, containing a page and a quarter of EiTata. One leaf MS., containing a Copy of a Letter from Melanchthon to Frederic Miconius. Another leaf, MS., containing a List of Books. The reverse blank. The whole of this volume is in most beautiful and perfect condi- tion ; and the impression of the Portrait remarkably good. No. 19 and 20. — Christ Church. These copies formerly belonged to Mr. Baker, the " Socius ejectus" of St. John's College, Cambridge. The first has this note " Ex dono Joannis Colbatch Theologiee prac- ticfo professoris," and contains in the " Hsec monumenta" after the catch- word, M. Bedel, on page 24, a leaf, commencing " M. Bedel et Pierson taxatores" and ending " Cantabridgia :" this leaf is generally deficient ; although the catch-word indicates it as wanting, and Drake has reprinted it in this manner. It contains the life of Parker, and is altogether a very complete copy, in beautiful condi- tion, bound in russia, and containing numerous manuscript notes, 12 M.D.LXXII. written in a very beautiful hand. Tlie arms of Peter House and Cambridge are wrong ; the enumeration of the abbots and bishops, at page 95 of the life of Augustine, at full length. The other copy, formerly belonging to Sir Christopher Hatton, and said to have been bought at the sale of Falconbridge's library, is by no means so complete ; but it contains, in the life of Parker, the fol- lowing variation ; page 19 of the life of the Archbishop, in all the other copies, is printed but on one side, and only on half the page. This copy contains the apparent deficient matter, three leaves not paged, the first the half-filled page 19, and two other leaves besides ; and then follows, as has been the case in the copies containing the life, page 20, commencing, "Jam de interiori," &c. In Dr. Drake's edition of this work, he has re-printed this matter ; it begins at the fourteenth line from the top of page 553 of his edition, with the words, "Tum duodecimo Aprilis," and ends at page 588, "in hoc obscrvantur." This copy, in aU probability, is the only one that contains these leaves, the copies in the libraries of Cambridge do not contain them, nor do those in the Bodleian, the British Museum, nor that in the library of Earl Spencer. In the copies in the British Museum, on the leaf with the catch- word, M. Bedel, in hoec omnia Monumenta, at Line 17, from the top, these words have been re-printed and pasted over others, "Nicholaus Catelowe sive Cantelepus." The two copies in the Bodleian Libraiy have not this castration, nor has Lord Spencer's ; and the words stand thus : " Hugonis de Catilupo Ai'chidiacono Glouernise." The correction would appear to be, therefore, the substitution of Nicholaus for Hugo. One of the copies in the Bodleian has the leaf, following the catch-word M. Bedel, commencing, "M, Bedel and Peer- son Taxatores." The other copy wants this leaf, and Lord Sj)encer's also. No. 21. — Mr. Hcber, now in the library of the late Wm. Henry Miller, Esq. Title page on vellum. M.D.LXXII. 18 Arms of Colleges 1 leaf. Plan of College 1 leaf. Preface 4 leaves. De Vetustate, as in Lowndes. Ai'ms of Bishopricks 1 leaf. Episcopi, &c., 1 leaf. De Eegum, &c., 2 leaves. Then the Lives p. 1—122 122 a— h 123—294 294 a— b 295—358. Pages 359-60-61-62 wanting. Pages 357-8 363-4 bis. Then p. 363.-424. Lidex 7 leaves. At page 95 Bishops enumerated at length. The lines "adde quod," in single lines. In those copies originally issued by Parker, the two following variations will be observed from what I consider to be those issued subsequently, \\z. — on the wood -cut leaf, " Catalogus Cancellm.," with the arms of the colleges at the back, the armorial bearings of Peter House will be found on a shield gules, charged with two keys saltierwise ; the arms of the University, a bridge, with the waves issuing through three arches ; above this device is an interior of a room, with a doctor seated and capped, between two priests standing in robes. In the later copies, the arms of Peter House will be found as now borne, viz. — Paly, or and gules, on a border of the second, an orle of crowns ; — and of the University, gules, on a cross ermine between four lions passant guardant or, a Bible clasped and garnished. The arms of Cambridge, as now borne, were granted in 1575 ; and from Parker being so closely connected with Cambridge, and perhaps being consulted on the grant, he very naturally had the erroneous bear- ings altered. In the copies No. 1 and 2, now in the British Museum, the corrected arms of Cambridge will be found pasted over the others, but those of Peter House remain incorrect. The edition of Hanau, folio, 1605, has been reprinted from one of the early copies, as the bishops and abbots end with " Ai-chiuis 14 M.D.LXXV. patet ;" in Dr. Drake's editiou, 1729, although they are enumerated, yet the ai'ms of Peter House and Cambridge ai'C printed with the wrong ai'morial bearings. It is impossible to conclude thia account without bearing testimony to the noble example which this eminent prelate held forth in the en- couragement of learnmg and learned men, which is shewn not only in the pubhcation and embellishment of this singular volume, but in the collection of curious and rare books which his library contained, now in Bene't College. The wood-cut here given is taken from his work, and is supposed to represent the archbishop preaching. SCHOLA ThAMENSIS EX FvNDATIONE loHANNIS WlLLIAMS MILITIS, DOMINI WlLLIAMS DE ThAME. God saue the Queene. folio. \575. The collation of this rare volume will be found in Mr. Upcott's English Topography, p. 1074, from the copy in the Royal Library, in the British Museum. There is one in the Bodleian Library, but un- fortunately imperfect. There is also a copy in the possession of the warden and fellows of New College, who are trustees of the school ; but I was unable, as well as Mr. Upcott, to obtain a sight of it. In Mr. Grenvillc's library is a copj^ on vellum, from which the fol- M.D.XCIV. 15 lowing note is taken. "Only three copies of this book are known, and all of them on paper, and all imperfect : one in the Bodleian library, one in the British Museum, and one in New College, Oxon." This copy, as far as I know, is the only one perfect, and the only one on vellum. The New College copy wants all the appendixes. A BRIEF TREATISE OF OaTHES EXACTED BY ORDI- NARIES AND Ecclesiastical Judges, to answer gene- rally TO ALL such Articles, or Interrogatories, AS pleaseth them to propound, and of their forced or constrained OATHES EX OFFICIO, WHERE- IN IS PROVED THAT THE SAME ARE UNLAWFUL. Circa 1582. Aio. pp. 58. This rare pamphlet was communicated to me by Sir Charles George Young, Garter. Sonnets to the Fairest C^lia. (By William Percy.) London: printed by Adam Islip, for W. P. 1594. Ato. A copy of this volume. " probably unique," is mentioned in the Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica, No. 570, and valued at 45^. A copy was in Heber's Sale Catalogue, part IV., No. 1806, with the following note, it is believed, from the pen of the best authority, on all matters connected with early English Poetry (Mr. Payne Collier). " Only one other copy of this work seems to be known. The scarcity is perhaps to be accounted for by the fact, that it was pri- vately printed for the author ; see the imprint." Since this note was written, Mr. Collier says, " Percy's Sonnets arc not worth much in themselves. " When I said, ' only one other copy seems to be known,' this was my belief when I wrote ; I have since seen two other copies." 16 M.D.XCIX. BA2IAIK0N AX2P0N. Divided into Three Bookes. Edinburgh : Printed by Robert Walde-graue, Printer to the King's Majestie. 1599. 44o. pp. 159. Dedication, a sonet, 1 leaf; Argument, a souet, do.; "To Henrie my dearest Sonne," 2 leaves. " This is the first edition of the work which has been supposed to have contributed more than any other to smooth James's accession to the Cro^vn, Its rarity and literary value wll be appreciated by the following extracts from M'Crie's Life of MelviUe. " Fond of seeing this work in print, and yet conscious that it would give gi'eat offence, James was anxious to keep it from the knowledge of his native sub- jects until circumstances should enable him to publish it with safety. ' With this view, the Printer being first sworn to secrecy,' says he, ' I only permitted seven of them to be printed, and these seven I dispersed among some of my trustiest servants to be kept close by them.' " " I have now," says M'Crie, " before me, a copy of the first edition, and I have no doubt that it is one of the seven copies (perhaps the only one now existing), to which that edition was limited. It is beautifully printed in a large Italic letter. Prefixed to it are two Sonnets, the first of which, entitled, ' The Dedication of the Booke,' is not to be found in the subsequent editions." The same note is in the "Gren-\dlle Catalogue," Vol. 1, page 366, and in " Heber's Catalogue," Pt. I., No. 3709 ; from the extreme rarity of the work, ]VIr. Heber's copy most probably came into Mr. Grenville's possession. M.DC.XLVI. AGN-^ Britannia Auster Ikno- GRAPHICUS, AD I. ViCECOMITEM ScUD- AMOREM, MaGN^ BrITANNI^ ReGIS APUD Regem Francorum Legatum. F. Charrier. 1637. 4^o. This book is said by Lowndes to be privately printed. The Generall Junto ; or, The Councell of Union, chosen equally out of england, scotland and ire- LAND, FOR THE BETTER COMPACTING OF THREE NaTIONS INTO ONE Monarchy. Anno Dom. 1642. By Henry Parker, who signs his initials at the end of the preface. " But fifty of them printed at the charge of Sir John Davers, not intended to be sold, but given away to particular friends." MS. note in the British Museum copy. Characters and Elegies. By Francis Wortley, Knight and Baronet. Printed in the yeare cioiacxLVi. 4tto. pp. 98. This book has usually been called privately printed, for which rea- son it is retained here, though I think it very doubtful. The reason 18 M.DC.XLVIII. given in the Censura Litoraria,* iu the accoiint of this book — that because no bookseller's name appears in the title-page it was most probably so — is a very unsatisfactory one. The elegies are, for the most part, on the Eoyalists who lost their Uves in the civil war. Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Francis, married the Honorable Sidney Montagu, second son of the first Earl of Sandwich, who took the name of Wortley ; from whom is descended the present John Stuart Wortley, second Baron Whamcliffe. There is an extremely rare portrait of Sir F. Wortley in armour, engi-aved by Hertocks, in small folio. It was sold at Sir M. Sykes' sale for 42^. An account of Sir F. Wortley and his works will be found iu Wood's Athenae, by BUss, vol. iii. 391. Otia Sacra. Optima Fides. Deus Nobis h^c Otia Fecit. London: Printed by Richard Cotes, 1648. i-to. pp. 174. This is the title prefixed to the rare volume of poetry by ftlildmay Fane, Earl of Westmoreland, engi-aved by INIarshall. That this volume was printed only for private distribution, is pretty clear from the following lines in the last page : "And what alone to friends he would impart, Hath not at all to do with fair or mart." An account of this volume will be found in the Bibliotheca Anglo-poetica, p. 405, where a copy is marked 2lL ; and in Brydges' Restituta, vol. ii. p. 96. There is a copy in Emmanuel College, Cam- bridge, where the author was educated ; but although inserted in the Catalogue, it could not be found when the editor inquired for it. Mi\ Malone's is in the Bodleian Library, -with the very curious dramatic collection formerly in his possession ; and there is one in the Gren- ville library. \^ol. ii. M.DC.LIV. 19 Enchiridium Epigrammatum, Latino-Anglicum. An Epitome of Essays Englished out of Latin, WITHOUT ElUCIDAT. EXPLANATORY, CONTAINING SIX Classes or Centuries : I. Of Theologicals ; II. Historicals ; III. Hete- r^ogenals ; IV. Bryto-Anglicals ; V. Miscella- neals ; VI. Mutualeteals : besides a Fardel of 76 Fragments. Lend. 1654. 12mo. The author of this work was Robert Vilvain. In the preface he says that it was printed purposely to bestow on his friends. " The folio volumes announced in the preface, were never printed, riiere is full enough of R. Vilvain in this volume, Longman has blundered in his Bib.-Poet., p. 369. This volume is complete in 191 [not 404) pages." Note by Mr. Grenville in his copy. Four Treatises. I. The Sufferings of the Saints : Most Comfortable. II. The Burning of Sodom, and the City called Sodom, Revel, xi. 8. Preached about a Moneth before the Burn- ing of London : Exceeding Lamentable. III. The Fruitfull Fasting : Very Profitable. IV. The Judgement of the World: Most Considerable. whereunto is added A small Part of the great Wickedness, and Sacrilegious Dealings of the Assistants of the great Anti-Christ, in the Diocess of Ossory. and A Sermon Preached at Cork House, Dublin, before Mr. Henry Cromwell, then Governor of Ireland. By Griffith Lord Bishop of Ossory. c 2 20 M.DC.LXX. London: Printed for the Author, to be Bestowed upon his Friends. 1666. Ato. Sufferings, pi3. 245. Petition, Dedication to the King, to the Reader, 9 leaves. Fruitful Fasting, pp. 24. Judgment of the World, pp. 35. Great Wickedness, pp. 59. Sermon, pp. 31. A copy of this work is in the GrenviUe Library, with the following note : " This book, as the title-page shows, was privately printed, and is so rare as to be little known. It contains much curious historical matter relating to the county of Kilkenny and diocese of Ossory, of which Ledwich and the other topogi'aphical wi-iters were quite ignorant." An account of Griffith Williams and his works will be found in Wood's Athense, by Bliss, vol. iv. p. 952, where the date of this one is given 1667. Fiestas de Aranjuez, translated from the Spa- nish OF Antonio de Mendoza, in Celebration of THE Birthday of Philip IV. in 1621. 4to. 1670. Privately Printed, as presentations to the translator's friends. In the notice preceding the prologue. Sir Eichard Fanshawe particularly refers to the suffering it to be printed, " to distribute amongst those who ask for it, for I have not the presumption to offer it to any. No friends persuade me to publish it, for I have none so vain. I rather think that their opinion would obstruct me in this resolution, finding in it those defects which are hidden from the proper author ; for in the things of other men, it is easie to be more wise ; and without denying the defects of mine, I have been very willing to content with some copies as many as seek them, deceived with that which was ow'd to so splendid an occasion." A notice of this work will be found in the preface to the "Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe." &vo. Lond. 1839, p. iv. M.DC.LXXXV. 21 The Mother's Legacy to her Unborn Child, By Elizabeth Ioceline. Oxford : Printed at the Theatre, for the satisfaction of the Person of Quality herein concerned. Ann: Dom : 1684. 12mo. pp.119. "Written by the grand-daughter of William Chaderton, succes- sively bishop of Chester and Lincoln. Collation : title, approbation by Thomas Good, five leaves ; letter of the authoress to her husband, Tourell locelin, nine leaves ; the legacy, j)p. 119." — Loivndes. This work was reprinted in 1852, by Blackwood, with a biogra- phical and historical introduction. There is an earlier edition than that above mentioned. See " Notes and Queries," vol. iv. p. 410. Succinct Genealogies of the Noble and Ancient Houses of Alno or de Alceto, Broc of Shephale, Latimer of Duntish, Drayton of Drayton, Mau- DuiT OF Werminster, Greene OF Drayton, Vere of Addington, Fitz-Lewes of West-Hornedon, How- ard OF Effingham, and Mordaunt of Turvey : Justified by Publick Records, Ancient and Extant Charters, Histories and other Authentic Proofs, and en- riched with divers Sculptures of Tombs, Images, Seals, and other Curiosities. By Robert Halstead. London: Printed in the Year of our Lord m.dc.lxxxv. folio, pp. 702. The collation of this volume will be found in Moule's Bibliotheca Heraldica, and in Upcott's Topography. It is well known that the name of the author was fictitious : " it was compiled," says Gough, " by Henry, second Earl of Peterborough, and the Rev. Mr. Rans, his chaplain, rector of Turvey, in Bedford- 22 M.DC.LXXXVIII. shire. The number was very Umited. Gen. Mordaunt in a letter * to Earl Spencer, writes, "I always understood about twenty onlywerQ printed, for the use of the family and private donations." They have never, however, been stated to exceed twenty-four. Copies are in the foUowng Ubraries : King's Library, British Museimi ; Duke of Devon- shire ; Marquess of Ailesbury ; Earl Spencer, fonxierly General Mor- daunt's ; ]\Ir. Poyntz ; Cambridge Public Library ; Bodleian Library; Heralds' College ; ]Mr. Botfield ;t the late Sir S. Taylor (bought at the sale of his library by !Mr. Bohn) ; Marquess of Bath ; % "Mr. Grenville ; Sir J. Thorold ; Sir T. Phillips (this copy is imperfect) ; Henry Di-um- moud, Esq. M.P. (bought by Mr. Pickering, at Lord Benvick's sale for 93^.) In Lord Spencer's library, is a MS. copy of the heraldic and genealogical portion of this work on vellum. ]\Ir. Macaulay frequently refers to this work in his valuable His- tory of England ; and in the interesting chapter on the habits and customs of our nation, at the close of Charles IL's reign, mentions that he had found in it much useful information on the subject of CofFee-Houses. Epistola Archimedis ad Regem Gelonem, Alb^e Gr^c^ reperta. Anno Mxss. Christianae, 1G88. \2mo, pp. 48. " Not published ; this copy given to Dr. Mead by the Editor Pit- cairn." Note in the copy in the Gren\alle Libraiy. * iEdes Althorpianae, p. 188. t Formerly in the Benedictine monastery of Landspring ; a present from the Earl of Peterborough. % A gift to the first Lord Weymouth, by Sir John Jerraayne, Bart. M.DC.XCI. 23 A SHORT Memorial of the Sufferings and Grie- vances PAST AND present OF THE PRESBYTERIANS OF Scotland, particularly of those of them called by NICK NAME CaMERONIANS. Printed in the year 1690. 4^0 pp. 56, title and preface pp. 6. Privately circulated; of great interest aud rarity. Communicated by James Maidment, Esq., to whom the editor is indebted for notices of several privately printed books. Advice to a Parson, on the true Art of Preach- ing, IN Opposition to Modern Practice. Written by a Person of Honour, to Dr. S — , his late Chaplain, made publick, chiefly for the Edification of Universities. Printed in the year 1691. 8vo. pp. 89. A j)oetical tract, in four cantos, which has usually been considered privately printed : it is rather doubtful. There is a copy in the Brit- ish Museum. Office for Penitents ; or, A Form of Prayer fit to be used in Sinful and Distracted Times. 1691. Svo. Privately printed. Prefixed is a porti'ait of John Ashton. — Loivndes. A John Ashton was executed for high treason in Janviary, 1691 ; an account of him will be found in Burnet, and Rapin. There are two portraits of him ; one in folio, painted by J. Ryley, and engi'aved by R. White ; another in 12mo. a copy of the former : whether he was the author of this book, I have been unable to ascertain. See Burnet'' s Hlstor)/ of his Own Times, vol. iii. p. 121. M.DCC. ISERY IS Virtue's Whet -stone. Reliqui^ Gethinian.e ; OR, Some Remains of the most ingenious and excellent lady, Grace Lady Gethin, lately deceased. Being a Collection of choice Discourses, pleasant Apo- thegmes, and witty Sentences; written by her for the most part, by way of essay, and at spare hours. Pub- lished by her nearest Relations, to preserve her memory, and digested for method's sake under proper heads. Prov. XXXI. 31. " Let her own works praise her in the gate." The Second Edition: * to which is added a Funeral Sermon by Dr. Birch, with the Inscription on her Monu- ment. Printed by D. Edwards, in Fetter Lane. 1700. 4/0. pp. 90. Sermon, pp. 28. Grace Lady Gethin, was the wife of Sir Richard Gethin, of Gethin Court in Ireland, daughter of Sir George Norton, of Abbots-Leigh in Somersetshire. She was buried in Westminster Abbey. In the south aisle of the choir is a mural monument, executed -^x-ith diftereut coloured marbles ; in the centre is a statue of the deceased kneeling between two angels. A sermon is still preached to perpetuate her memory eveiy Ash-Wednesday, followed by a dole of bread. • A copy of the First Edition was in Mr. Bright's sale, 2442; said to be pri- vately printed. M.DCC.I. 25 The book is principally a compilation from the works of Lord Bacon. In the preface it is stated, " They are not designed for every one's publick view, a few coi^ies being only intended to be printed, enough to preserve her memory, and for the private use of some persons who were personally acquainted with her." Prefixed is a portrait painted by Dickson, engraved by Faithorne, jun. ; there is another portrait, representing Lady Gethin in bed, with two females in attendance ; a figure of Death in the back-ground ; a cofl&n in front ; over the tester of the bed, an inscription, " Lady Get," a 4to. piint. There is an engra\'ing, in mezzotint, of the monument in Westminster Abbey, small folio. Copies of the book with the two portraits are rarely seen. Although her monument is at Westmin- ster, she is buried, says Mr. Chalmers, at Holling1)ourne in Kent. In Mr. Gren^-ille's library is a copy, third edition, printed for John Graves, in 1703 : as there is no mention in this edition of its being printed " only for her friends," it was most likely sold. This copy, formerly Dr. Farmer's, has an additional print of Lady Gethin, very rarely to be found. The most excellent Maria, in a Brief Character of her incomparable virtues and goodness, by her ETERNAL HoNOURER, SiR EdWARD DeRING, KnIGHT. London: Printed by R. Roberts, for the author. 1701. 8fo. pp. 261. Carmen sepulchrale, five leaves. In the epistle dedicatory to Madam Anne Edwin, of Hereford, the author states that he has caused a/ei/; copies to be printed, and in the address to the reader he states it was never designed for public view. It is an affectionate tribute to an excellent woman. The portrait is very rare, painted by ]\Iolliuarotto, engraved by R. White. It was sold for 8^. 10s. %d. at Mr. Bindley's sale. Mr. Gren\nlle's copy of this work is on larger and thicker paper than the ordinary copies, and a note states that " this is the only one he ever saw on large paper, and that the head, when a fine impression like this, is sold for 8^." 26 M.DCC.II. Curia Militaris ; or, A Treatise of the Court OF Chivalry, in three Books. 1. Concerning the Court itself, its Judges and Officers. 2. Of its Jurisdiction, and Causes there determinable. 3. Of the Process and Proceeding therein. With an Introduction, Containing some Animadversions on two posthumous Discourses concerning the Etymology, Antiquity, and Office of the Earl Marshall of England, ascribed to Mr. Camden, and published in the last edition of the Bri- tannia. By John Anstis, Esq., of the Middle Temple. Etenim quod dicere supervacaneum est prodest coguoscere. Sen. lib. iv. c. 1. do Benef. London : Printed by T. Mead, in Giltspur Street, near the back gate of St. Sepulchre's Church. 1702. 8vo. — Introduction, five leaves. Contents, pp. xli. This treatise was printed, but not published,* and was most pro- bably issued as a prospectus of the remainder of tlie work, which was never printed ; and although it has been stated by Noble, that it was printed for the use of friends, it is doubtful whether its sale was not general. It, however, affords an opportunity of stating that the curi- ous manuscript collections made by Mr. Anstis for this purpose, are now deposited in the British Museum, having been purchased by the trustees, at the sale of Sir G. Naylcr's library and manuscripts, in 1832 : they were sold at ^h\ Anstis's sale, in 1769, to Mr. Edmonson, for 21. 5s. A copy of this work wdth corrections by Peter Le Neve in the sale of Dawson Turner's hbrary ; Sotheby's, March, 1853. • Moulo, Bibliotheca Heraldica, p. 259. M.DCC.III. 27 A Journal or Account of William Daniel his LATE Expedition or Undertaking to go FROM London to Surrat in India. Giving a short but impartial relation of the Dangers, Distresses, Fatigvies, and Hindrances, happening to him during the said Expedition, till his return to England. London, printed in the year m.d.ccii. 8vo. (1702). After tlie title, dedication to the Governor of the East India Com- pany, a leaf of preface, and pp. 94, printed on thick paper — evidently for presents. Reliqui^ Gethinian^. The Third Edition, with a Copy of Verses written by Mr. Congreve. London : Printed for John Graves, at the Bible, in Salisbury-street, in the Strand. 1703. 4fo. The full title of this work is not repeated here, as it has already been given in the edition of 1700 : the copy in the King's hbrary, formerly Dr. Farmer's, has the portrait by Dickson, and print of the monument. The Case; or an Abstract of the Customs of the Mannor of Merdon, in the parish of Hurseley (Hursley), in the County of Southampton, Which are to be observed and performed by the Lord and Customary Tenants of the said Mannor, their Heirs and Successors for ever. As they were taken out of a Decree, made and inrolled in the Honourable Court of 28 . M.DCC.XI. Chancery. Together with some remarkable Passages, Suits at Law and in Equity, and the great differences and expenses therein. By Mathew Imber, Gent. London: Printed Anno Doin: 1707. small Svo. -p-p. 9S. " Priuted for private use. The suit about the manor of Merdon begau in 1691, when O. Cromwell, Esq. was lord (who, with about twenty of the tenants, died during the interval), and the decree was made in 1698, ratifying certain articles made in 1650, between Richard Major, then lord, and the tenants ; and an authenticated copy of it is preserved in Hursley cluirch." — Gough. Private Devotions for several Occasions Ordinary and Extraordinary. London: Printed for F. Pawlett, 1709. 8t^o. Institutiones Geometric^, impress.^, sed non edit/E, a Aldkich. 1709. Svo. The Life of Mr. Anthony a Wood, Historiogra- pher OF THE MOST FAMOUS UNIVERSITY OF OxFORD. With an Account of his Nativity, Education, Works, etc. London, Printed for the Author. 1711. 8ro., pp. 18. Tliis is an vni published work, privately priuted, and very rare iu small paper ; see Hearue's Lives of Lolaud, Hearnc and Wood. M.DCC.XIII. 29 " This is the only copy on large paper, being the Presentation copy from the Author to his brother T, Rawlinson. It was sold at Dent's sale for 91. 19s. Gt^." — Note in Mr. Gren\dUe's copy. Prefixed is a portrait of Wood by Burgher. De Valentinianorum H^REsi Conjecture, quibus iLLius Origo ex tEgyptiaca Theologia deducitur. Londini: Sumptibus Auctoris, typis G. Bowyer. 1711. Dedication to J. Ernest Grabe, one page ; text, pp. 3 — 27. One plate, between pp. 4, 5. Letter truly addressed to Mr. Jos. Wilson, representing a Matrimonial Case, By J. Shinke, 1711. 8vo. A curious volume of Family History, it contains an inventory of the goods and chattels, &c., of Sir John Williams, late of Langibby Castle, in the county of Monmouth, whose lady appears to have been a party in the present case; there are letters and affidavits also from Eliz. Pritchard, Benjamin Perkins, J. SuthfT, Mary Nuby, J. Cave, T. Baden, R. Rowe, Eleanor Morgan, &c. This note is from one of the catalogues of the late Mr. Thorpe. Spaccio della Bestia Trionfante; OR, the Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast. Translated from the Italian of Jordano Bruno. London : Printed in the year 1713. Svo. pp. 280. 30 M.DCC.XXI, In a note in Mr. Bindley's copy, sold at Lord Guildford's sale, Part I. No. 41, he says, that "the first copies of this edition were put forth with a manuscript title, and that the j^rinted title was an after- thought." This translation is commonly attributed to Toland ; but was really made by William Morehead, Esq., for the private use of Mr. Collins, and was never intended to be printed ; though shortly afterwards taken out of Mr. Collins' library by Toland, as he believed, and sent to the press. — Vide West's Catalogue, p. 44. Fifty copies only are said to have been printed. The original edition, Parigi, 1584, is stated to have been printed in London, and not at Paris ; and the impression limited to twenty copies only. Copy of a Decree of Chancery, between the Lord and Tenants of the Mannour of Ford, alias Fordshome, in the County of Salop. Shrewsbury, 1717. The Covenant to be the Lord's People, and to WALK after the Lord ; signed by the Church of Christ, under the Pastoral care of Joseph Jacob, A Servant of Christ Crucify'd. Deut. xxix. 1, with 2 Chron. xxiii. 16, and xxiv. 31. These are the Words of the Covenant, which the Lord commanded, &;c. London: Printed for the use of the Church, 1721. 8vo. pp. 32. This society seems to have lasted somewhat more than five years, and never to have numbered more than twenty males and twenty-five females. The copy before me is the only one, probably, now in ex- M.DCC.XXI. 31 istence ; and it is the same in which the several parties signed their names on becoming members. This " Church of Christ," in many particulars, resembled the Society of Friends. They covenant to dis- charge their several social and moral duties ; to abstain from all ex- cess, both in apparel and manner of living ; not to use profane, or even idle language ; and to contribute liberally to the support of their church. But they appoint a special minister, enjoin baptism, and allow of swearing by the name of God. Of Jacob and his fol- lowers, I have not yet discovered any particulars. For the communication of this rare volume, and the interesting note which accompanies it, the Editor is indebted to the learned Dr. Bliss, ever as ready as able to afford information on all matters connected with English literature. The First Part of Earl Coningsby's Case RELATIVE TO THE ViCARIDGE OF LeMPSTER IN Herefordshire ; Wherein is contained a full account of all the Tricks which the Lawyers Ecclesiastical and Temporal have made use of to deprive the said Earl of his undoubted right to present to the said Church of Lempster (not worth Twenty Pounds per annum), from the year 1712 to the last Sum- mer Assizes at Hereford, when the present Lord Chan- cellor, on pretence that it was his Majesty's right to present to the said Vicaridge of Lempster, though there is no such Vicaridge in the King's Books ; with Mr. Kettlehy, Recorder of Ludlow [confirmed in that place by his Lordship's interest], for his council, and Sir George Caswall, the Cashier of the South Sea Company [made by his Lordship a Justice of the Peace for that purpose], for his assistants ; Thomas Price, the Earl of Oxford's 32 M.DCC.XXI. Steward of his Courts, for his attorney; and Thomas Rodd, the vilest of all attornies, for Price his coadjutor, prosecuted a quare impedit against the said Earl, at the said Summer Assizes, with success ; but how that success was obtained, the Second Part of this Case will shew. London: Printed in the year 1721. folio, pp.27. Proofs to make good the Assertions in the Title-page of my Case RELATING TO THE ViCARIDGE OF LeMPSTER. folio, pp. 24. No title-page. An Abstract of Earl Coningsby's Title to Royal Franchises within his Liberty of Leominster, in the County of Hereford, with references to the SEVERAL Grants. folio. No title-page. Mr. Allen says,* " these pamphlets were privately printed in Lon- don, by order of Earl Coningsby, and a few copies were disti-ibuted amongst his friends, but the greater number were probably destroyed." Copies of these last three works are in ]Mr. Gough's topographical library in the Bodleian. Bibliotheca Herefordiensis. M.DCC.XXII. 33 Collections concerning the Manor of Harden, IN THE County of Hereford. 1722-1727. small folio. The collation of this very rare volume, will be found in Mr. Upcott's work on English Topography. Tlie original copies have no title page ; the scarcity of the index induced the Rev. Morgan Cove, prebendary of Hereford, to reprint, in 1813, at his own expense, twelve copies, being sheets Xxxxxxxx to Ddddddddd ; in all 28 pages. Dr. Cove also printed the same number of copies of a title page, and r brief histo- rical descent of the manor of Marden, 2 pages, from Duncomb's Here- fordshire. These reprints were all executed by Thomas Davies, printer, Hereford, and are nearly fac-similes of the tyx^e of the original volume. These collections contain authentic extracts and transcripts of in- junctions, records, &c., the originals of wliich were diificult of access, and many, in all probability, no longer exist. Tliomas, Earl of Con- ingsby, who compiled this laborious work, and printed it at his own cost (probably in London), attempted to establish, by the documents he had collected together, claims on private property in Marden, Am- berley, and other places in the vicinity, which he conceived ought to have belonged to him in right of his title of lord of the manor of Marden, which manor was purchased by him in 1717. "In the old tower at Hampton Court* there were some perfect and imperfect copies ; but it is supposed these rare volumes were by mis- take considered useless, and probably shared the fate of other waste paper." t * Hampton Court, in Herefordshire, was sold by George, Fifth Earl of Essex (who inherited the property by right of his mother), to Richard Arkwright, Esq., in the year 1809. Stukeley, in his Itinerary, gives a description of the house. In the " Gentleman's Magazine " of April, 182.5, there is an account of the publica- tions of Earl Coningsby. A copy was sold in 1851, by Sotheby, a note to which says, " Certainly one of the rarest books connected with county history ; at the Townley sale it produced 48/. 6s. M., and at Mr. Bindley's 24/. 3s. 0(/." t Allen, Bib. Herefordiensis, p. 66. D 34 M.DCC.XXII. The noble compiler of this volume was the first Earl of Coniiigsby, so created in 1719, and died in 1729 : his daughter Margaret was created Viscountess Coningsby of Hampton Court, but the title be- came extinct on her death in 1761. A large collection of IVIS. docu- ments relating to this family is in the British I\Iuseum.* Copies of this rare volume are in the following libraries, viz. — the British Museum, Bodleian, Marquis of Bath, Marquis of Bute, and Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart. : this last is illustrated. The Case of the Right Honourable Thomas, Earl of Coningsby, in relation to the Five Hundreds of Kington, Bodenham, Burghill, Shetford, and Corvarn, in the County of Hereford. 1723. folio, pp. 88. " This case of the Five Hundreds is not, to my knowledge, noticed by any collector or bibliographer. In a long course of collecting for Herefordshke, I have never met with any other copy of this book, which is, perhaps, the most rare of any of the strange publications of this most eccentric and irritable nobleman." t De Fide et Officiis Christianorum liber, AucTORE Thoma Burnetio, S.T.P. Londini, 1722, 4/o. pp. 223. " Dono dcdit pi-ocnobilis Comes de Macclesfield, Maguaj Britannise Cancellarius, cujus jussu et sumptibus quinquaginta tantum exem- plaria excusa fuenmt." — Note in copy at Ingestre, the seat of Earl Talbot. Additional MSS. 6G.03. + Allen, Bib. Herefordiensis. M.DCC.XXVI. 35 De Statu Mortuorum et Resurgentium Liber. accesserunt epistol^e bvje circa libellum de Arch^ologiis Philosophicis. AUCTORE TOMA BuRNETIOj S.T.P. Londini: 1723. 4^to. pp. 327. Epistola, pp. 58. In the preface to this volume it is stated, " Adhibita tamen est cautela ue in vulgus emanaret." The Statutes of the Most Honourable Order OF the Bath. London : Printed in the year 1725. 4^o. These statutes were reprinted in the year 1772, pp. 69, with the star of the order engraved on the title page ; and again in 1812, pp. 77. Short Preliminary Discourse to the History of Ireland to be Published by Anthony Raymond. 1725. Privately printed. Lowndes, p. 15-44. De Fide Mortuorum et Resurgentium Liber. AcCESSERUNT EpISTOL^ DU^ CIRCA LIBELLUM DE Arch^ologiis Philosophicis. AuCTORE ToMA BuRNETIO, S.T.P. Londini: 1726. 8?;o. pp. 302. D 2 36 M.DCC.XXVII. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the late Charles O'Conor, of Belanagare, Esq., By the Rev. Charles O'Conor. Dublin, 1T26. 8?;o. "This memoir of the O'Connor Family was never published. The author (the late Dr. O'Connor) destroyed the impression, after having given away a very few copies." Heher, Catalogue, part iv. 1270. De Fide et Officiis Christianorum Liber. Authore Thoma Burnetio, S.T.P. Londini : 1727. 8fo. pp. 190. " Non ut in \^ilgus ederentur (ne forte auctoris defuncti proposito fraus fieret), sed ut selectorum quonindam fidei, quasi depositum quoddam concredita, tarn a publicatione quam ab interitu tuta con- servarentur." — Preface. " Dr. Thomas Burnet had wi-ittcn a treatise, ' De Statu Mortuoram et Resurgentium,' of which he had a feio copies printed for the use of himself and his friends. One of these, after the author's death, happened to fall into Dr. Mead's hands ; who not knowing the author, but liking the book, had twenty-five copies handsomely printed in quarto. Maittaire revising the press, who made many blunders, by inserting manuscript notes and additions from the author's inter- leaved copy into improper places of the text, Mr. Wilkinson, of Lin- coln's Inn, who was executor to Dr. Burnet, lent Dr. j\Iead aftci-wards a corrected copy, of which Dr. Mead was at the expense of printing fifty copies, with a caution prefixed, to those chosen few on whom the book was Ijestowed, not to suffer it to be translated, or reprinted and published ; but this did not prevent a bad translation and a spui'ious edition soon after getting abroad. So, to do justice to the author's memory, Mr. AVilkinson himself caused an octavo edition to be printed and publislied, as well of this book as of another, entitled ' De Fide M.DCC.XXVIII. 37 et Officiis Christianorum,' of which Lord Chancellor Macclesfield had prevailed on him to suffer as many copies to be printed, and in the same size, as Dr. Mead's edition of the ' De Statu Mortuorum et Re- surgentium.' These gentlemen, with Maittaire, are the three persons whom Wilkinson means, but does not name, in the preface to his octavo edition of these two books in 1727."* The author of this work was Master of the Charter House in 1685 ; he is said to have missed the see of Canterbury on the death of Tillotson, on accoimt of his work entitled " Ai'chseologiso Philoso. phicse," He died in 1715. A BRIEF Enquiry relating to the Right of his Majesty's Royal Chapel, and the Privileges of his Servants within the Tower, In a Memorial addressed to the Right Hon. the Lord Viscount Lonsdale, Constable of his Majesty's Tower of London. 1728. folio. " Signed H. Haynes, privately dispersed, and now become, from that circumstance, extremely scarce. " Hopton Haynes was assay-master of the ]\Iint, and principal tally- writer of the Exchequer." t De Benedictione Patriarchs Jacobi Genes, xlix. Conjecture. Oxonii, Theatro Sheldoniano. 1728. 4^o. Lectori Prsefatio, pp. i — vui ; Text, pp. 1 — 53. * Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, vol. vi. p. 222. t Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, vol. ii. p. 141. 38 M.DCC.XXX. Ill the preface, it is stated that these conjectures were by G. Hooper, Bishop of Batli and Wells ; who printed, for friends only, one hundred copies, or fewer. The latter tract was edited, after the author's death, by Dr. Hunt, professor of Hebrew in Oxford, who signs the preface. The title-page contains a small copper engraA'ing, which, it appears, was expressly designed by the Bishop for this work. Devonshire Gems ; or, Engravings from a por- tion OF THE Collection of Gems in the possession OF HIS Grace the Duke of Devonshire. 1730. 4to. " This Collection of Gems was begun to be formed by William the third Duke of Devonshire, and enlarged by William the fourth Duke, who was desirous of having the whole sei'ies engraved. He wished the engi'a\'ings to be the precise representations of the originals. In his search, therefore, he was anxious to obtain an artist whose abilities were equal to the coj^yiug of the antique, and yet so much under command as not to improve any imperfection of the more moderate, or to fling on the more beautiful a cast of style, however admirable in itself, which the gem did not justify. It is not sui-j^rising, therefore, that some time elapsed before the Duke's inquiries met with success. " At length, about the year 1724, M. Gosmond, a Frenchman, was recommended as well qualified to answer his Grace's expectations. " The Duke, as was natural for a libei*al man, evinced his satisfaction by many offices of generosity. But these unfortunately met Avith no grateful return : perhaps they were even the very cause of ingi'atitude. For M. Gosmond, conceiving that he had so strong a hold of his patron's good opinion as to establish himself in the family, relaxed in his attention, and by degrees entered into dissipation. The work now went on slowly, and objects of expense continued to increase on him. His calls on the Duke, therefore, were more fi-equent, while his claims for patronage were diminishing; and thus every day forfeiting the esteem of his noble employer, the Duke was under the necessity of M.DCC.XXX. 39 doclariug to him, when ninety-nine plates were finished, that he had already paid considerably more than the stipulated sum for the whole work, and with the hope of obliging him to be more attentive, re- ^used to answer any further demands till the work should pi-oceed less negligently. ''Meeting with this unexpected refusal, and fearing the impatience of his creditors, M. Gosmond secretly left the kingdom, and cari'ied many of the plates with him. What became of him after his return to the Continent is uncertain : inquii'ies were made, but they proved ineffectual. " From this unlucky accident the Duke was frustrated in his jDur- pose ; nor was he enabled to make up a few sets for his friends of what even"were done. For, either impressions from several of the plates were not taken, or, if they were, they had been carried away by M. Gosmond. It does not appear what the number of plates left in the possession of the Duke amounted to. The Rev. C. M. Cracherode, whose taste and munificence are well known, could never obtain, though he made it an object, more than one hundred and one. " The following account is from Mr. West's Catalogue of Books? No. 2790— " ' The Duke of Devonshire's Cabinet of Gems, by Gosmond, 39 plates, being all that were engraved. M. Gosmond, a Frenchman, was employed by the old Duke of Devonshire to engrave his cabinet of gems, but when he had gone through the few here collected, he ran away, leaving some plates behind, and carrying the rest with him. What plates came into the Duke's hands he favoured me with proofs from : another parcel was purchased in France by the Hon. B. Bathurst, and presented to me by him. A.D. 1730.'"* From the preceding note, it will easily be understood that copies of this work are extremely rare. Dr. Dibdin,t in his account of it, states that only four copies are known — viz. in the libraries of the Duke of Devonshire, the late Mr. Cracherode (now in the British Note in Lord Spencer's copy. t ^des Althorpianse. 40 M.DCC.XXXIV. Museum, 101 plates), Earl of Besborough, * and Earl Spencer : in addition to these, tlie editor has ascertained that there are copies in the following libraries : — the Duke of Bedford (100 plates) ; Hunte- rian Museum, Glasgow ; Sir J. Thorold, ISh: Botfield, ^Mi-. Foimtaiue, and Sir A. Johnstone [fonnerly Mrs. Darner's] ; this last has ninety- eight plates. The original gems are in his Grace's mansion in Piccadilly. The Toast : an Epic Poem, in Four Books. Dublin : Printed in the year 1732. 8vo. pp. 96. The late Archdeacon Wrangham, to whom the editor of this volume was under the greatest obligation for much curious information, said there were only two books i^rinted. The satire is stated by Dr. Warton, to have been principal!}^ aimed at the Countess of Xewburgh. " Swift is said to have declared to a lady, if he had read the Toast when he was twenty years of age, he would never have written a satire." — See Moore's Journal, vol. ii. p. 240, Catalogus Librorum Bibliothec^ HONORABILIS SOCIETATIS MeDII TeMPLI LoNDINI. Ordine Dictionarii dispositus. Impress: Anno Domini 1734, Carolo Worsley, Armi- gero, Thesaurio existente. A quarto volume of 584 pages. * This copy wants plates 9, 19,24,26,28, 31, 34, .36, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 52, 71,76, 78, 86, and 89. M.DCCXXXVI. 41 An Account of the Funeral Ceremonies perform'd at Rome, in honour of the Princess Clementine Sobieski. Translated from the Roman Journal of Jan. 29, 1735. No. 2729. Printed in the year 1735. 8vo. pp. 16. For the communication of this scarce volume, the editor is indebted to James Maidment, Esq., to whose kind and Hberal assistance this work will owe much of its value. The bibliogi'aphical note that follows, is also from the same gentleman. "I never saw another copy than the one in my library, which is sumptuously bound in old red Morocco. At the end occurs a MS. ' Letter from a Gentleman to his friend, copy'd May, 1735,' giving an account of the Old Pretender. I need hardly remark that it is very much in his favour. Tlie printed tract was evidently intended for the exclusive use of the Jacobite nobility and gentry." The Toast : an Heroick Poem, in Four Books. Written originally by Frederick Scheffer : now DONE into English, and illustrated with Notes AND Observations, By Peregrine O'Donald, Esq. Dublin, printed. London, reprinted in the year 1736. 4^0. pp. 232. The following key to this poem is taken from a copy formerly in the possession of the editor. Page 2. — Myi'a. Lady Frances Bnidenell, sister to the Earl of Car- digan; married first to Count Newburgh, afterwards to Lord Bellew, and last to Sir Thomas Smith, Dr. King's uncle, but this match was not owned. 3.—.* *. AValpole. 42 M.DCC.XXXVI. Page 5. — Volcan. Captain J(jhn Pratt, Deputy Vicc-Ti-easnrer of Ireland. 7. — ]\Iars Chevalier. Sir Tliomas Smith. 8.— ]\Ii-s. D— , ]\Irs. Denton. 16. — Hortensius. Dr. Hort, Archbishop of Tuam. 17. — Mile. Butler, a Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guards. 20.— Tnilla. A that he kept. 27. — Lord A . Lord Viscount Allen. 37. — Ottor. Dr. Ti'otter, a Master in Chanceiy. 40. — Jocco. Robert Jocelyn, Esq., Attorney General, afterwards Lord Chancellor of IJreland. 49. — Little Ali. Lady Allen, wife of Lord Allen. 84. — Piercy. Sir Edward Pierce, Surveyor General of Irelarid. 86. — Lord Pam. Dr. Hort, Ai-chbishop of Tuam. *89. — A — p. Herrmg. *91._H— . Sir Richard Iloare. *91._G— n. Gideon. G. Gore. *92.— P— s. Pelhams. S. Pulteney. 107. — Altes. Lady Allen. Maccar. One IMi-. Macarty. 113. — Curculio. Capt. Cayley. *113. — Bocca. Bov/es, Lord Chief Baron. C— r. The ChanceUor. (Lord Talbot.) *114. — Miracides. Lord Bellew, MjTa's sou. 115.— P—r. Peter Daily. 125.—* *. Walpole. 126. — Cacus. Sir Edward Crofton ; he was executor to Sir Edward Pierce. 146.— • * *. Little Allen. Vir. Lady Allen. Traulus. Lord Allen. * *. Jocelyn. *. Bowes. E — wood. Ell wood — . King. 147. — E — pal. Episcojial. * *. Hoadly. •. Hurt. Juscus. Judge Ward. 149._Dill. Counsellor Dillon. 1 50. — Mac. Macartv. M.DCC.XXXVI. 43 Page 157. — Ondell aud Jocco. Dillon and Jocelyn., 158. — Surveyor. Charles Withers, brother-iu-law to Di-. King. 168.—* * * *. Duke of Grafton. S — 1 — gan. Skylagan ; a seat of Lord Allen's. 193.— Ld. J s. Lord Allen. 156. — In the note is the account of the usage of Dr. King. The author of this poem was the son of the Rev. Peregrine King born at Stepney in 1685, and was entered of Baliol College, Oxford, in 1701 ; he went to Ireland in 1727, when he wi-ote this Satire. He was author of various other works, a list of which will be found in Mr. Chalmers' life of him;* he died in 1763, and was buried at EaUng, but the inscription to his memory is at St. Mary Hall, Oxford. An edition of his works was printed in 1754, which see. ' Dr. King's picture is just put up in the Picture Gallery, and placed by his desire, next to Butler's. His heart is to be lodged in the chapel at St. Mary Hall, with an inscription, which he drew up himself The most remarkable part of it is this : ' Permultos habui amicos, at veros, stabiles, gi'atos (quse fortasse est gentis culpa), pcrpaucissimos. Plures habui inimicos, sed invidos, sed improbos, sed iuhumanos.' This, aud the whole of it, might, I think, very well have been omitted. I don't hear that he has left anything to be pub- lished. He printed, some years ago, a poem, in four books, called ' The Toast.' That edition was never published, but some copies of it given to his friends. The rest of the impression lay in his lodgings, and is now ordered to be burnt. It was a dirty subject, and it did not become the Doctor to spend so much time as he did in raking into it." — Letter of the Rev. Charles Godwyn, in Nichols' Anecdotes, vol. viii. p. 241. Reed's copy, with a manuscrijDt key, was purchased by the late Mr. Malone for 10^. 10s. Biographical Dictionary, vol. xix. p. 378. 44 M.DCC.XXXVII. The Honour of the Seals ; or, Memoirs of THE Noble Family of Talbot ; WITH THE Life of Lord Chancellor Talbot. Printed in the year 1737. 8vo. " Dr. Johnston, of Pontefract, wrote a history of the Talbot family, from then- Norman ancestor Eichard Talbot, to the Lord Edward Talbot, last Earl of Shrewsbury, of the house of Sheffield."* Carmen Episcenium Augustissim^ Russorum Imperatrici sacrum. 1737. A small i)oem, by I\Ir. Maittaire, printed only for private use."t Poems upon various occasions, written for the entertainment of THE AuTHOR, AND Printed for the Amusement of a few FRIENDS, PREJUDIC'd IN HIS FAVOUR. Oxford : Printed by Leon Lichfield, near East Gate, 1737. 8vo. pp. 78. By William Shenstone. " Some copies have, and some have not, the author's name on the title-page," Lowndes. Shenstone be- stowed uncommon pains to suppress this book, by collecting and destroying copies, wherever he met with them. " Nothing but the extreme rarity of this, the first printed produc- tion of Shenstone, would entitle the writings of so recent an author * Gough, British Topography, p. 545. f Nichols, Anecdotes, vol. ii. p. 104. M.DCC.XXXIX. 45 to a place in this collection. Our pastoral poet seems to have evinced his riper judgment by this attempt at suppression, as these early pieces give no great promise that the author would hereafter obtain a niche in the temple of poetic fame : but it is matter of exultation that he did not recover all the coi^ies, as it must ever be a desirable exercise to compare the first efilisions of an ingenious wi'iter with his more finished productions." IVIr. Park has given a minute account of these juvenile poems in the Censura Literaria, vol. i. p. 238, with a criticism upon each, and some short extracts.* The copy in the catalogue, from which this extract is taken, was priced at 15^. The Question of the Precedency of the Peers OF Ireland in England fairly statp;d IN A Letter to an English Lord, by a Nobleman OF THE OTHER KiNGDOM. Dublin : Printed in the year 1739. Svo. " Written and printed for private circulation only, by John Per- ceval Earl of Egmout, upon occasion of a memorial presented by his Lordship to his Majesty, 2nd November, 1733, respecting the prece- dency of the Irish peers in the ceremonial of the marriage of the Princess Royal with the Prince of Orange. It was reprinted, and published in 1761."t " Lord Egmont had, as is well known, excellent talents, and well adapted to the discharge of the highest public duties ; but they cm- braced a variety of objects; and in the genealogy of several British or Irish families, he was as particularly conversant as Atticus is stated to have been in that of the great Roman houses, the Marcelli, the Claudii, and others. His heraldic knowledge was also singiUarly * Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica, p. 344. + Moule, Bibliotheca Heraldica, p. ^56. 46 M.DCC.XLI. miuuto and circumstantial ; and on points of precedence, or adjusting the slow and solemn steps of exalted personages at public ceremo- nials, neither Mowbray nor Lancaster heralds, Blue Mantle or Rouge Dragon, could venture to approach his lordship."* A Genealogical Account of the Barclays of Urie, FORMERLY OF MaTHER ; EXTRACTED FROM ANCIENT Registers, and Authentic Documents. Together with Memoirs of the Life of Colonel David Barclay of Urie, and of his eldest son, the late Robert Barclay of Urie. Collected for the Information and use of their Posterity. Aberdeen : Printed by James Chalmers, Printer to the Town and University. 1740. 8vo. pp. 61. " Written by Robert Barclay, the son of the Apologist, and printed chiefly for distribution amongst his relations and friends : reprinted in 1821."t Athenian Letters : OR, The Epistolary Correspondence of an Agent OF THE King of Persia residing at Athens during the Peloponnesian War. London : 1741 — 3. 4 vols. 8vo. Twelve copies only were printed of this edition. The following are • Hardy, Life of Lord Charlemont, vol. i. p, 124. t Moule, Bibliotheca lleraldica, p. 3oi). M.DCC.XLI. 47 the writers of the letters, taken from Nichols's Literary Illustrations of the Eighteenth Century, vol. i. j). 33 : — P. — Hon. Philip Yorke, afterwards Earl of Hardwicke. C. — Hon. Charles Yorke. R.— Rev. Dr. G. H. Rooke, Master of Christ's College. G. — Dr. Green, Bishop of Lincoln. W. — ^Daniel Wray. H. — Rev. John Heaton, of Beue't College. E. — Dr. Heberdeu. O. — Henry Coventry. L. — Rev. Mr. LawTy, Prebendary of Rochester. T.— Mi-s. Catherine Talbot. B.— Rev. Dr. Birch.* S. — Dr. Salter, Master of the Charter House. Tlie preface to this edition was written by I\Ir. Charles Yorke, that to 1781 by Mr. Heaton. Mr. Gren\ille says in a note to his copy, " it contains some letters not to be found in the subsequent editions." Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. London : Printed in the year m.dcc.xli. By Thomas Lord Paget, son of Henry first Earl of Uxbridge : he died at Drayton, near Uxbridge, January, 1742. Tliis volume was inrinted a year before his death ; and in the adver- tisement it is stated, " that, for avoiding a general publication, he was brought to permit that a few books should be printed for the private use of himself and his intimate friends." He was M.P. for Stafford 1714 and 1722. Lord of the Bed-cham- ber to the Prince of Wales ; and on his accession to the throne as George IL, was continued in the same office. He was author of "An * In the MSS. in the British Museum will be found a considerable correspond- ence between the Yorke faniilj' and Dr. Birch relative to this work. 48 M.DCC.XLII. Essay on Human Life," in verse, 1734, 8vo., " Reflections \ipon the Administration of the Government," 1740.* A copy was in Bindley's Catalogue, part ii. 2242. A Catalogue of the Library of the Faculty OF Advocates, Edinburgh. Part the First. Edinburgh : Printed by Thomas, Walter and Thomas Ruddiman. m.dcc.xlii. folio, pp. 1 — 649. Part Second. Edinburgh: Printed by Balfour and SraelHe. M.DCC.LXXVI. pp. 1 — 598, Appendix to the Catalogue of the Advocates' Library. Edinburgh : Printed by William Smellie. folio, pp. 1—138. An alphabetical catalogue ; the first part was compiled by Thomas Ruddiman and "Walter Goodall, keepers of the library. The second part and the appendix by Alexander Brown, hbrarian. A sketch of its history and contents is in Home's "Introduction to Bibliogi-aphy," vol. ii. p. 635. An Account of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, from her first coming to Court, to the year 1710: in a Letter from herself to my Lord . London : Printed in the year m.dcc.xlii. roy. 8ro. jjp. oG2. * Nichols, Anecdotes, vol. ii. p. 115. M.DCC.XLII. 49 This volume was compiled by Hooke, the historian ; it was a work which attracted great notice at the period of its publication* — a few cotemporary criticisms are sulijoined. " Your friend, the Duchess of Marlborough, has, in your absence, employed me as your substitute; and I have brought Mr. Hooke t and her together, and having done that will leave the rest to them, not caring to meddle myself with an affair, which, I am sure, will not turn out at last to her satisfaction, though I hope and believe it wall to his advantage."! " This favourite Duchess, who, like the proud Duke of Epcrnon, lived to brave the successors in a Court where she had domineered, wound up her capricious life, where, it seems, she had begun it, with an apology for her conduct. The piece, though weakened by the piii- dence of those who were to correct it, though maimed by her Grace's own corrections, and though great part of it is rather the annals of a wardrobe than of a reign, yet has still curious anecdotes, and a few of those sallies of wit, which fourscore years of arrogance could not fail to produce in so fantastical an understanding." § " She had no true wisdom or greatness of mind, and was, in truth, a very weak, passionate woman. She spoke ill, and her Memoirs are very niean."|| "The spirit, humour, and language of this extraordinary piece proclaim it genuine. All that vivacity and contempt of dignities, which distinguish her from all other ladies, shine with such lustre in the book as to set it beyond comparison, except with Lord Claren- don's History, which I conceive to be like it, for this reason — he wi-ote it to shew that throughout his whole life he was ever in the right, and her ladyship has the goodness to publish her conduct, to shew that she was tiever once in the wrong. '''"^ * Another edition was printed for public sale in the same year. London. Printed by James Bettenham, for George Hawkins, at Milton's Head, between the two Temple gates. 8ro. pp. 316. t The Duchess left Mr. Hooke 5000/. X Earl of Chesterfield to Lord Marclimont — Marchmont Papers, vol. ii. p. 251. 4 Walpole, Noble Authors, by Park, vol. iv. p. 91. II Speaker Onslow's Note in Burnet's Own Time, vol. v. p. 326. Tl Gentleman's Magazine, 1742. p. 204. 50 M.DCC.XLVII. This is an extract from a long review of this work, said to hare been wTitten by Dr. Johnson. Catalogus Librorum Bibliothec^ Ecclesi.^ Christi Cantuariensis. Cantuariae: typis Jacobi Obree. m.dcc.xliii. Svo. An alphabetical catalogue, -ndthout dates. The Toast : an heroick Poem, in four Books. Written originally in Latin, by Frederick Scheffer : now done into English, and Illus- trated with Notes and Observations, by Pere- grine O'Donald, Esq. Dublin, printed. London, reprinted in the year 1747. 4to. pp. 232. The History of the Bible. Translated from the French, by R. G. jun., in 1746. London : Printed [by James Waugb] in the year 1747. folio, pp. 612. Table, two leaves ; at the end of which is printed, " Done at twelve years and a half old." This was a juvenile production of the eminent antiquary, the late Mr. Gough; no more than twenty-five copies were printed. Mr. Bowyer Nichols possesses one. M.DCCL. 51 The Case of the Free Scriveners of London : Set forth in a Report from a Couamittee of the Court of Assistants of the Company of Scriveners, London, to the ^Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Company, at their Court, holden the 2ord day of June, 1748. London : Printed in the year 1749. 4fo. pp. 88. •■ The Scriveners of London have been time out of mind a Society, or Company by prescription, and were originally called Common Scriveners, or "W^riters of the Court Letter of the City of London." A Modest Enquiry how far Catholics are guilty OF the horrid Tenets laid to their Charge, byS.B. Svo. 1749. From a bookseller's catalogue, who calls it privately printed. The Customs of the Israelites. Translated FROM the French of the Abbot Fleury, by R. G. 1750. Svo. Another juvenile production of the late ^Lr. Gough. A Collection of Loyal Songs, Poems, etc. Printed in the year 1750. Svo. pp. 72. A collection of Jacobite poems ; stated to be privately, most pro- bably printed for sale ; although, from the nature of the collection, very cautiously. E 2 52 M.DCC.LIV. Life of Sir John Leake, Bart., Admiral of the Fleet, etc. By Stephen Martin Leake. London : Printed by Bowyer. 1750. 8vo. pp.464. It is stated, in the preface, that fifty copies only ^Yel•e printed for the use of the family and friends. Collectanea Cantabridgiensia; or. Collections relating to Cambridge University, Town and County : Containing- the Monumental Inscriptions in all the Chapels of the several Colleges, &c., and Parish Churches in the Town, and in several others in the County ; with a list of the Mayors ; the most ancient Charters of the Town, and other historical Memoirs of several Colleges, &c. By Francis Blomefield, late of Caius College, now Rector of Tenfield and Brockdesh, Norfolk, and Minister of St. Mary-in-Costany, in the city of Norwich. Printed for the Author, at his house, in St. Giles' Parish, in the city of Norwich, in the year of our Lord 1750. 4/0. pp. 268. Opera Gul. King, LL.D. Avlje B.M.V. apud OxoNiENsis. Olim. Princip. " at qui Primorcs populi arripiiit populumque tributim. Scilicet uni scqims ^^rtuti atquc ejus amicis." M.DCC.LIV. 4'io. Preface, pp. viii. Opera, pp. 239. M.DCC.LVI. 53 " This volume is said never to have been published ; but on the death of the author the whole of the impression, except sixty copies, were destroyed by the author's executors." " The Toast " will be found in this volume, which contains a few vignettes.* Fragments of a Prospect from a Hill in Fife. Edinburgh. 4/o. pp. 38. No author's name or date, but written by George Wallace, Esq., Advocate, and forty copies printed for private distribution in the year 1754. The work was printed with the author's name at Edinbiu'gh, in 1796, 8vo.; and a second edition, with additions. Edinburgh, 1800, Svo. Tlie author was sou of the Eev. Dr. Wallace, one of the Ministers of Edinburgh, born in 1730 ; admitted Advocate in 1754, and died in 1805. History of the Noble Family of Carteret, ex- isting before the Reign of William the Con- queror, with the most memorable Actions and Achievements of the principal Persons thereof. 1756. Svo. " Privately printed ; no other copy of this book can be discovered in any catalogue, either of public or private collections, nor does it appear to exist in the British Museum. It seems to be equally un- known to writers who have written expressly on the same subject, and to bibliographers, as it is not mentioned in the copious account of works of heraldry and genealogy by Moule." — Thorpe's Catalogue, 1825. * Reed's Catalogue, No. 2204. 54 M.DCC.LVII. A copy was in 'Mi: Dent's library, No. 532. It is, most probably, only a portion of Collins' Peerage taken oft' separately, for the gratifi- cation of the family to whose history it relates : an edition (the 3rd) of tliat work was published in the same year. Letters from and to Sir Dudley Carleton, Knt., DURING HIS Embassy in Holland, from January, 1615-16, to December, 1620. London : Printed in the year 1757. 4^o. Preface, pp. 111. Letters, pp. 510. Index, 11 leaves. Only twenty copies were printed of this edition, which was edited by the Earl of Hardwicke. " His uegociations have been lately presented to the public ; it was not the fault of the minister or of the editor, that these transactions turned chiefly on the Spiod of Dort." * " These letters, if some allowances be made for party %'iolences and prejudices, contain more clear, accurate, and interesting accounts of that remarkable period of Dutch history to which they relate, than are anywhere extant." t Bibliothec.e Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis Catalogus. Londini. m.dcc.lvii. ro^al 8vo. pp. 349. Alphabetically arranged, and most probably compiled by Edwards the naturalist, who was then librarian. The libraiy was founded by the Marquis of Dorchester in 1650, and has been considerably aug- mented by subsequent donations : no continuation of it has been published. * Walpole, Noble Authors, by Park, vol. ii. p. 262. t Chalmers, Biographical Diet. vol. viii. p. 254. M.DCC.LX. 55 A State of Facts in Defence of His Majesty's Right to certain Fee-Farm Rents in the County of Norfolk. London: Printed in the year m.dcc.lviii. 4^o. pp. 88. By Philip Carteret Webb ; called by Horace Walpole a dirty wretch, from a supposed error in his evidence ou the trial iu the Court of Common Pleas, and for which he was afterwards indicted for per- jury, but acquitted. A copy is in 'Mr. Cough's library in the Bod- leian. Catalogus Librorum a. C. D. A. [Archie. Campbell, Ducis Argathelle.] Glasguae, in sedibus Academicis, excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, Academias Typographi. 1758. i^io. pp. 304. Iu a note iu a copy formerly Isaac Eeed's, he says, " This Cata- logue is perfect, though the word 'Finis'' is not printed. The library, soon after the beginning of the present king's reign [George III.] was purchased by the Earl of Bute." " Ai'chibald Campbell, Duke of Ai-gyle, died April 15th, 1751 : he had a great thirst for books, a head admirably turned to mechanics, was a patron of ingenious men, a promoter of discoveries, and one of the first great encouragers of plantmg iu England."* Poems, together with a Latin Oration. [By Sir James Marriott]. Printed by James Bettenliam. 1760. 8?'o. pp. 156. Walpole, Memoirs of George II. vol. i. p. 242. 56 M.DCC.LX, Second Title. Poems, avritten chiefly at the University of Cambridge, together with a Latin Oration upon the History and Genius of the Roman and Canon Laws, with a comparison of the Laws of England. Spoken in the Chaj)el, at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, December 2\, 1756. Tlie author, in the conchision to the preface, p. viii. intimates that the printing of this volume was with the view of obviating the opinion of there being other productions of his than are herein con- tained ; and also a desire of making to a few particular friends a present, in an academical way, which it is not in their power to purchase — " a circumstance which of itself gives value to trifles." Sir James Marriott was Advocate-General, and afterwards Judge of the Admiralty Court. He died April, 1803. Some Account of Browne Willis, Esq., LL.D., LATE Senior Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Read before the Society of Antiquaries of London, May and June, 1760. London. 1760. 4^o. A small tract of eight pages, to which is added a list of his works. Cole calls it " a paltry sketch." * * MSS. vol. xliii. p. 56. M.DCC.LXI. 57 Catalogue des Pierres Gravees tant en Relief qu'en Creux, de My Lord Comte de Bessborough, Pair d'Angleterre et d'Irlande, etc. Dresse par Laurent Natter, Graveur en pierres-fines et Medailleur, Membre de la Societe-Royale des Arts et Sciences, et de celle des Antiquaires de Londres, aussi bien que de I'Academie Etrusque. A Londres, de I'lmprimerie de J. Haberkorn, dans Grafton Street, Soho, m.dcc.lxi. 4to. Title, 2 leaves (of address to Lord Bessborough, and Advertise- ment), and pp. 28. Also 7 engraved plates, three of which Natter states had been engraved for a woi-k to be entitled "Museum Britan- nicum," but which he was forced to abandon for want of encourage- ment. De Gr^corum quinta Declinatione Imparisylla- BICA, ET INDE FORMATA LaTINORUM TERTIA QuiESTIO Grammatica. Adjiciuntnr loca aliquot ex auctoribus Graecis et Latinis explicata. Londini. Anno 1761. 4'to. pp. 93. By Jeremiah Markland. Forty copies only were printed, at the expense of Wilham Hall, Esq., of the Temple. It was afterwards reprinted, with the edition of Euripides' Supplices Mulieres, 1763. Dr. Burney's copy, with some notes, is in the British Museum. ]VIi-. Markland died July 7, 1776, and was buried in the church of Dork- ing, Surrey. 58 M.DCC.LXIII. Philemon. Printed for the Author. 1761. 8vo. pp. 35. The copy in the British Museum has beeu successively in posses- sion of Cole, Bishop of Ely (Dampier), Dr. Loi-t, and AIi-. Bindley ; a note in Cole's -writing says : — " This little tract was given to me in 1765, by I\Ir. Pliillips, the writer of it, and of the hfe of Cardinal Pole. It is supposed to be a sketch of the chief incidents of his own life : there were very few printed, and it is veiy difficult to get one, as the writer afterwards suppressed it. He had been entered among the Jesuits, but quitted them and was afterwards one of the Canons of Songi'es. Life of John Dollond, F.R.S. By John Kelly, LL.D. Rector of Copford, Essex. Circa 1762. "This life was printed for private distribution, by Messrs. Dol- lond. Besides the life, there is an appendix of various important papers relating to the discovery and uses of the achromatic te- lescope." * An Essay on Woman, in three Epistles. London : Printed for the Author, and sold by Mr. Gretton, in Bond Street, and Mr. Pottinger, in Pater- noster Row. 1763. 8vo. pp. 40. There is a title-page in French. This infamous poem was by the celebrated John Wilkes ; t his biogi'apher says twelve copies only were printed. "The Essay on * Chalmers, Biog Diet. vol. xii. p. 216. t Almon, Life of Wilkes, vol. i. p. 140. M.DCC.LXIII. 59 Woman," says Kidgell, * " is a parody on Mr. Pope's Essay on Man, almost line for line, printed in red. The frontispiece, engi-aved cu- riously on copper, contains the title of the poem ; the title is suc- ceeded by a few pages entitled Advertisement and Design." Tlae notes are said by Almon to have been principally contributed by Mr. Potter. On the title-page is an obscene print, imder which is an inscription in Greek, signifying the Saviour of the world. There is a long account of this work in the Gentleman's Magazine.t " This was an obscene poem which he printed at his private press, but can scarcely be said to have published it, as he printed only a very small number of copies (about twelve) to give away to certain friends."! This infamous production originated at Medmenham Abbey ; the scene of impious buffooneries of Wilkes and his companions. Horace Walpole § says : — "Fourteen copies only were printed ; one of which the ministry had bribed the printer to give up. Mr. Kid- gell, a clergyman, had obtained from the printer a copy of the Essay on Woman, which he felt it his duty to denounce. His own per- sonal character turned out far from being respectable." " Ce poeme infame est une parodie, presque vers pour vers, de I'Essai sur I'Homme de Pope. Le frontispiece, grave en taille douve, renferme le titre du poeme, avec une figure obscene, au-dessous de laquelle se lit une inscription en Grec, signifiant le Sauveur du vionde. Les notes ont ete en grande partie foumies par M. Potter." — Brunei. The North Briton. By J. Wilkes. Vol. III. " A few copies of a third volume of the North Briton were printed at his own private press, but were never published." In the Gen- * Kidgell, Narrative of a Libel, Essay on Woman. 4to. Lond. 1763. ■j- Almon, Life of Wilkes, vol. i. p. 12. X Chalmers, Life of Wilkes. § Letters to Lord Hertford. GO M.DCC.LXIII. tlemau's Magazine* it is said, — "Mr. Wilkes has caused a printing press to be set up under his owti direction, and has advertized the proceedings of the administration, with all the original papers, at the price of a guinea. The North Bnton has again made its ap- pearance." Some Observations on the late determination FOR DISCHARGING Mr. WiLKES FROM HIS COMMITMENT TO THE Tower of London, for being the Author AND Publisher of a Seditious Libel, called the True Briton, No. 45, by a Me.mber of the House of Commons (Phi. Carteret Webb). Printed in the year 1763. 4^o. Copies taken from the Records of the C. of K.B. 4to. 1763. A copy of this book was in Wilkes' Catalogue, No. 395 ; a note in it says that it was printed by P. C. Webb, one of the solicitors to the Ti-easury, but never published. He was solicitor during the period of the prosecution against Wilkes. Philip Carteret Webb, a distinguished antiquary, bom in 1700, was bred to the Law, chosen Member for Haslemere in 1754, and again in 1761 : he was appointed Secretary of Bauknipts under Lord Chancellor Hardmcke, and in 1765 one of the joint Solicitors of the Treasury. He died at Busbridge, Jime 22, 1770. aged 70. His hbraiy was sold Feb. 25, 1771, and sixteen folloA\'ing days. Nichols' Anecdotes, vol. ii. p. 280, where there is a list of liis works. » 176'3. p. -256. M.DCC.LXIII. 61 Anecdotes and Observations relating to Oliver Cromwell and his Family ; Serving to rectify several Errors concerning him, pub- lished by Nicolaus Comneniis Papadapoli, in his "His- toria Gynuiasii Patavini." London : Printed in the year 1763. 4^o. " This was printed for private circulation by James Burrow, Esq., Master of the Crown Office, who died in 1782. A portion of the work was printed in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1767." * Recherches sur l'Origine du Despotisme Oriental. OUVRAGE POSTHUME DE M. BoULANGER. " Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens " ALondi-es. 1763. l2mo. pp. 239. " Printed at Wilkes' private press, in George-street, Westminster, by Thomas Farmer, who also printed the Essay on Woman. He was first employed by Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill. Tliis was Wilkes' own copy, and has his autograph." t Memorial of Charles Howard, Esq., of Grey- stock, and Miss Frances Howard, of the Family of Norfolk in England. (1763.) 4^0. pp. 28. "Privately printed." Grenville Library. * Moule, Bibliotheca Heraldica, p. 398. + Extract from a note in a copy (No. 428) in the sale of the library of a distinguished collector (M. Aime), March 11, 1829. 62 M.DCC.LXV, The Second Part of a Literary Correspond- ence BETWEEN THE BiSHOP OF GLOUCESTER AND A LATE Professor of Oxford. Accurately printed from an authentic copy ; to which are added, the notes of the first Editor, with Notes ujoon Notes, and Remarks upon the Letters. 8vo. pp. 50. 1765. This work is a part of the appendix to Mr. Towne's Remarks upon Dr. Lowth's Letter to Bishop "Warbm-ton, reprinted by Dr. Lowth, for distribution among his friends ; only seventy-five copies were printed. Dr. Parr calls him the friend and advocate of War- burton, and the author of several acute and learned works. " I should tell you that a pamphlet written by Towne, in answer to Lo'^\i;h, has some things which are very well approved of. In the affau' of punishing idolatry \nth death, he is thought to have the advantage." Rev. Charles Godwyn. Nichols' Anecdotes, vol. rai. p. 244. Observations touching the Antiquity and Dig- nity OF THE Decree of Sergeant-at-Law. With Reasons against laying open the Court of Com- mon Pleas, as was proposed at the time of printing these Observations. Ordo amplissimus : et ordo is, qui est et Public! Concilii et omnium concilioinim auctor. Cicero de Pror^m. Consular. London. 1765. 8vo. pp. 167 : Table of Contents, three leaves ; Index, five leaves ; Errata, one leaf. The author was IMr. Wynne, who says in the pi'cface, — " a few copies for the entertainment of a friend or two." M.DCC.LXVI. 63 The History of the late Minority ; Exhibiting the Conduct, Principles, and Views of that Party, during the years 1762, 1763, 1764, and 1765. London : Printed in the year 1765. 8vo. It was reprinted, with some additions, in 1766. 8vo. pp. 332. Of the original edition tivelve copies only are said to have been printed. The Monthly Review styles it, " an inflammatory piece of party- work, which hath engrossed a much greater share of the public attention than it seems to have merited." An Apology for the Life of General Wolff, BY J. Mauduit. London. 8vo. 1765. A copy was in Mr. Heber's catalogue, pt. 3, No. 4888, where it is said only twenty-five co^iies were printed ; this copy had MS. cor- rections by the author. Catalogus continens Libros qui Bibliothec^ Ho- norabilis Societatis Medii Templi Londini additi fuerunt, ab anno 1734 ad hoc tempus. Ordine dictionarii dispositus. Impress : Anno Domini 1766. Prehonorabile Thoma Sewell, Milite, Scriniorum sacrorum Magistro, The- saurio existente. 4to. pp. 17. This catalogue is alphabetically arranged. Another catalogue, in two 8vo. volumes, arranged in classes and also alphabetically, was comp)iled by the present librarian, the Rev. J. H. Rowlett, and printed in 1845. In this collection are thirty-seven volumes of 64 M.DCC.LXVI. MSS., chiefly parliamentary and juridical. See an account of them in the first report of the Riblic Records, p. 375. There was a foiiner catalogue of this library printed in 1700, 8vo, under the dkection, and at the expense of Sir Bartholomew Shower. A copy of it is in the British Museum.* The Statutes of the Most Noble Order OF THE Garter. London : Printed in the year 1766. 4-to. These statutes were reprinted by J. Hayes in 1786, but vnth the date 1766 on the title, making 60 pp. ; to which the additional statutes of 1805 were subsequently added, making 63 pp. ; reprinted again in 1814, 78 pp., and additional statutes added in 1816, making 80 pp. ; reprinted 1825, 84 pp., to which edition the additional sta- tutes of 1831 were added, making 92 pp. These statutes are printed solely for the use of the knights of the order ; the impression is limited according to circumstances. FossiLiA Hantoniensia collecta, et in Mus.eo Britannico deposita, a Gustavo Brander, R.S., et S.A.S., Mus. Brit. Cur. Londini. 1766. 4'to. pp. 43. With nine plates, drawn and engraved by Green. The text for this work was wi'itten hj Dr. Solauder. • Home. Bibliography, vol. ii. p. 624. M.DCC.LXVII. 65 A Short View of the principal Seats and Gardens in and about Twickenham. London: Printed in the year 1767. 8vo. pp. 36. By ]\Irs. Pye, sister to H. J. Pye, poet laureate in the reign of George III. Poems, by a Lady. London: Printed in the year m.dcc.lxvii. l2mo, pp. 36. By Mrs. Pye, author of the previous vohime. " The Peep into the Gardens at Twickenham is a silly little book, of which a few little copies were printed some years ago for presents, and which now sets itself up as a vendible book. It is a most inac- curate, superficial, blundering account of Twickenham and other places, drawn up by a Jewess, who has married twice, and turned Christian, poetess, and authoress. She has printed her poems, too, and one complimentary copy of mine, which in good breeding I could not help sending her, in return for violent compliments in verse from her." * Acopy in Garrick's library, 1958: afterwards in Heber, pt. iv. 1922. Relation des Mesures qui furent prises dans LES Annees 1711, 1712, et 1713, pour introduire LA Liturgie Anglicane dans le Roiaume de Prusse ET dans l'Electorat de Hannover. Eclaircie par des Lettres et autres Pieces originales rela- tives A CE PrOJET. • Walpole to Cole, Letters, vol. iv. p. 14. F 66 M.DCC.LXIX. Le tout extrait d'un Manuscrit qui n'est pas encore rendu public, contcnant des Memoires de la Vie du Doc- teur Jean Sharp, Archveque d'York, traduit de I'Anglois, par J. T. Muysson, Ministre de la Chapelle Fraii9oise du Palais de St. James et de I'Eglise de la Savoie, a Londres. A Londres, imprime par W. Richardson, dans Fleet Street. 17G7. 4^to. pp. 117. Priuted for the use of ]Mr. Sharp's frieuds. Catalogus Veteris ^vi Varii Generis Monu- MENTORUM QU^E CiMELIARCHIO LyDE BrOWNE, ArM. Ant. Soc. Soc. Apud Wimbledon asservantur. 1768. Svo. Privately printed. A copy is in the British Museum. An Essay on the Original Genius of Homer. By Robert Wood, Esq. London. Bowyer. 1769. Svo. " Of this htcrary curiosity no more than seven copies were taken off ; one copy was retained by Mr. Bowyer, the printer. Amongst other curiosities in my small libraiy at Canoubuiy, is the copy which Mr. Bowyer kept, enriched by a few of his own notes ; and, what may be more curious to those who have had the mortification of de- ciphering my miserably bad hand- writing, the margin contains every addition and variation made afterwards by Mr. "Wood, fairly trans- cribed, jubente Botoyero manu pueri mei loannis A^ichols.'^* ]\Ir. * Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, vol. iii. p. 85. M.DCC.LXX. 67 Wood was the travelling tutor of the cclebi'ated Earl of Bridgewater. Several of his letters to the Duke of Bedford, his guardian, during their tour, are among the MSS. at Woburn Abbey. IMr. Wood was the well-kno^vn author of the " Euins of Balbec and Palrnp-a ;" he was Under Secretary of State, and died in 1771. The work was reprinted in 1775. Some Account of the late Peter Collinson, Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society OF Antiquarians, London: in a Letter to a Friend. London: Printed in the year 1770. 4to. pp. 18. Prefixed is a portrait, engi'aved by ]\Iiller. The Regulations and Establishment of the Household of Henry Algernon Percy, the Fifth Earl of Northumberland, at his Castles of Wre- siLL and Lekingfield, in Yorkshire. Begun Amio Domini 1512. London: Printed 1770. Svo. pp. 467: preceded by the Preface, pp. xxvi ; Kalendar, pp. x. " The following pages are copied from an ancient manuscript in the possession of the Duke and Duchess of Xorthumberland, who concei^■ing that so singular a curiosity might afford the same amuse- ment and pleasiu'e to others which it hath given to themselves, have caused a small impression to be taken off, merely to bestow in pre- sents to their friends." — Preface. Hume,* who has given an interestmg abstract of the contents of * Note Z, on tlie reign of Henrj- VII. F 2 68 M.DCC.LXXr. this volume, remarks, that it " 2'ives a true picture of ancient manners, and is one of the most singular monuments that English antiquity affords us." A new edition of this curious volume was published in 1827. John Free, the Political Songster. Birmingham. 1771. Hvo. Privately printed, at Baskei'ville's press.* CaTALOGUS LiBRORUM in BiBLIOTHECA AuL^ DlVJE Catherin.^, Cantabridgi^. Cantabridgire : Excudebat J. Ai'chdeacon, Academise typographus. m.dcc.lxxi. 4'to. pp. 94. An alphabetical catalogue, compiled by Mr. R-escott, son of a former master of the college. This is the only printed catalogue of the College libraries, with the exception of that of Queen's, compiled by the Rev. T. Home, in 2 vols. 8vo., which is printed for sale. Bishop Sherlock bequeathed his valuable library to this college, and a salary of 201. j)er annum to the librarian. CaTALOGUS LiBRORUM IN BiBLIOTHECA OsTERLEIENSl. Anno 1771. 4-to. pp. 116. " Bibliotheca hsec olim fuit honorabUis vii'i Bryan Fan-fax, cujus ab hferedibus pretio 2000 librarum redemit earn, Samuel Child LownJes, Bib. Manual. M.DCC.LXXII. 69 armiger, de Osterley Park. Catalogum curavit Thomas Morrell, S.T.P. cujus tnginti quinque excmplaria in suum et amicorum usum iniprimeuda voliiit dignissimus possessor. 1771." — Note by Dr. Lort, in Mr. Gouglis copy, now in the Bodleian Library. There is a copy ill the royal library at the British Museum. A MS. note in Isaac Eecd's copy says there were only twelve printed. This library con- tains the finest copy of Coverdale's Bible, and some of the produc- tions of Caxtou's press. The catalogue was sold at Watson Taylor's sale for hi. 7s. 6d., at Mr. Heber's, pt. ii. 1163, for 21. 18s. Od. Minutes of the Proceedings before the Lords' Committee for Privilege, on the " Claim to the Title of the Earl of Anglesey." London: Printed in the year 177 L Svo. pp. 64. Memoirs relating to the Queen of Bohemia. By one of her Ladies. No place, date, or printer's name. Circa 1772. 8vo. pp. 162, Tliis is evidently a private production, addressed " to my grand- daughter," and never completed. In a copy of the volume, which is a kind of historical novel, in the possession of Charles K. Sharpc, Esq., he has written the following note : — " The authoress of this book was Lady Frances Erskine, daughter of John, eleventh Earl of Mar. She was niece to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and married her cousin James Erskine, son of Lord Grange. She died at London, 20th of June, 1776. Tlae information as to this work I obtained from her descendants, the Hon. David Erskine and his son. This copy was formerly in the possession of Ai'chibald, Earl of EgUntounc." The editor is indebted to David Laing, Esq., 70 M.DCC.LXXII. librarian to the Signet Libraiy, Edinburgh, for the account of this work. SiGILLA AnTIQUA NoRFOLCIENSIA. Impressit lohannes Ives, S.A.S. Anno m.dcc.lxxii. l2mo. " This work consists of nine i)lates, engraved on wood, of old Nor- folk seals; prefixed is a portrait on copper of Mr. Martin, since prefixed to the History of Thetford."* 'Mr. ]\Iartin was Suffolk herald extraordinary, an ofiice re\'ived in his favour by the Earl of Suffolk ; a list of his works, chiefly on antiquarian subjects, will be found in his Life by Chalmers; he died June 9, 177G. Poems, by Michael Wodhull, Esq. London. 1772. 8vo. Witli a portrait of tlie author. One hundred and fifty copies were printed, says IMr. Nichols, of this edition. Tlie plates, says Eeed, were designed by Sterne. Statuta Aul^ Regi^ et Collegii de Brazenose in oxonio. Subjiciuntur excerpta ex compositionibus, et Testa- mentis Benefactorum, et alia qua3dam notatu digna ad idem Collegium pertinentia. A.D. M.DCC.LXXII. 8vo. pp. 108 : variae lectiones, &c. pp. 4 ; abstracts of compositions, &c. pp. Ixii ; con- tents, two leaves ; index, two leaves. * Nichols, Anecdotes, vol. iii. p. li)9. M.DCC.LXXIII. 71 " This book was printed solely for the private use of the members of that particular society to which it relates, and cannot be interesting to any othei's. When, therefore, it shall have answered the owner's purpose, and can be no longer of service to him, it is hoped and expected that he or his heirs will cause it either to be destroyed or returned to the College, and not permit it to fall into the hands of a bookseller, and be sold to any accidental purchaser." — Note prefixed to the copy in the possession of the present President of Brazen Nose, by whose permission the editor was allowed to extract it. The statutes of New College are in the Hargrave MS. Collection, British Museum, No. 337. Principles of Money, applied to the present State of Bengal. By Sir James Stewart. 1772. Uo. Many documents connected vni\\ the East India Company are pi-inted only for circulation among the jproprietors ; but though not published for sale, can scarcely be called privately printed. Perhaps this work was one so circulated. Tables of English Silver and Gold Coins; WITH AuTOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS. London. 1772. 4/o. An Account of Ireland, by a late Chief Secretary. Printed in 1773. Svo. By Lord Macartney. See his Life, by Sir John Barrow, Bart. A copy is in the lil^rary of Lord Clifden. 72 M.DCC.LXXIII. A Catalogue of the Antiquities, Houses, Parks, Plantations, Scenes, and Situations in England and Wales. Arranged according to the alphabetical order of the several Counties. (By Thomas Gray.) 127720. 1773. Printed for private distribution by the friend of the poet, 'Ms. Mason. Vide Upcott's Topography, vol. i. p. 25. Letters to the Right Honourable Lord Mans- field, FROM Andrew Stuart, Esq. London : Printed in the month of January, 1773. 4to. This edition was not printed for sale. " We talked of Mr. Andrew Stuart's elegant and plausible letters to Lord Mansfield, a copy of which had been sent by the author to Dr. Johnson." Johtison. — " They have not answered the end. They have not been talked of. I have never heard of them. This is owing to their not being sold. People seldom read a book which is given to them, and few are given." * " Have you heard of Mr. Andrew Stuart's letters to Lord Mansfield ? They will infonn you how abominable abuse is, and how you may tear a man limb from limb with the greatest good lireediug." f • Boswell's Life of Johnson, by Croker, vol. ii. p. "218. t H. Walpole to Mason, Letters, vol. i. p. 51. M.DCC.LXXIV. 73 An Abridgment of the Book of Common Prayer. 8vo. 1773. Printed at the expense of the late Lord Despencer, at West Wycombe, Bucks : abridged by the late Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart. Dr. Dibdin, from whom this information was derived, said the late Earl of Bute shewed this abridgment to him, in his library, at Petersham. It is not in the British Museum, nor in the Bodleian Library. * A Journal of a Summer's Excursion, by the Road OF Montecasino to Naples, and from thence over all the Southern Parts of Italy, Sicily, and Malta, in the Year 1772. Circa 1774. l2mo. pp. 141. Only twenty copies of this work were printed, with one in small 4to. A cojjy was in the library of the Duke of Buckingham, with many drawings and additional MS. notes of the author, by whom it was presented to the Marquess of Buckingham in 1787. — " This journal, without addition or emendation, is printed from the copy- book I always carried in my pocket, and took my notes in. William Young, Delaforde near Uxbridge, April 24, 1774." The editor is indebted to Mr. Smith, formerly librarian to the Duke of Buckingham, and editor of the Grenville Papers, for this and other valual)le information. Florm Anglic^, specimen, [imperfectum ET ineditum]. Anno 1774, inclioatum. Svo. pp. 104. " By Sir Thomas Gery CuUum, Bart., an assiduous collector of " Nichols, Anecdotes, vol. ii. p. 305. 74 M.DCC.LXXIV. Englisli plants, and a considerable contributor to English botany : he died in 1831. This work was suppressed on the appearance of the second edition of Hudson's Flora Auglica, and goes no further than the genus Daucus, a few copies only having been distributed grattiitously by the highly estimable author amongst his friends."* There is a copy in the library of the Linnscan Society. A Genealogical Account of the Family of LUTRELL, LoTTEREL, OR LuTTRELL. Milborne Port. 1774. ^to. Privately printed : Lowndes. A copy was in ^Ir. Nassau's sale, part i. 2570. The Siege of Jerusalem. 1774. %vo. " Of this piece, which was the production of Lady Strathmore, a few copies only were printed, to be given away. It has not been published, "t The author of this di-ama was daughter, and hehess of George Bowes, Esq., of Gibside, and married to John, ninth Earl of Strathmore. She died at Chi-istchurch, Hants, April 28, 1800 ; and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Letters. [1774]. Svo. pp. 55. (No title-page it is believed was printed.) * Smith, Eng. Flora, vol. i. p. 15. t Biograjiliia Dramatica, vol. i. p. 272. M.DCC.LXXV. 75 Containing forty-two Letters between Bishop Warburton and Mr. Bowyer. At the end is this postscript : — " *^* Twelve copies only of these Letters are pi'iutcd, from the originals. The three which were not sent, might perhaps have been thought exceptionable. Tlie concluding Letter was sent ; and finished the correspondence, in a manner which, it is hoped, could not oft'end." To this Mr. Nichols has added with a pen, the initials, " AV. B. 1774." On the first page he has also wi-itten, " Printed by W. Bowyer. Only twelve copies ; and most of these were destroyed.'''' The Letters are reprinted in Nichols' Literary Anecdotes. Letters to and from Sir Dudley Carleton, Knt., during his Embassy in Holland, from Ja- nuary IGyf, TO December 1620. The Second Edition, with large Additions to the His- torical Preface. London. m.dcc.lxxv. 4^o. pp. 510. Index 11 leaves. " Of this edition, published by Lord Hardwicke, only fifty copies were printed." * " Lord Hardmcke has indeed reprinted his heavy volume of Sir Dudley Cai'leton's dispatches, and says I was in the wi-ong to despise it. I never met with any body that thought otherwise." t • Nichols, Anecdotes. t Walpole to Cole. Correspondence, vol. iv. p. 34. 76 M.DCC.LXXVI. A SHORT Tour made in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-one. London : Printed in the year m.dcc.lxxv. Hvo. pp. 89. It is believed the writer was connected with the noble family of Percy. A Description of the Library at Merly House, IN Dorsetshire, the seat of Ralph Willett, Esq. 1776. " Of this little pamphlet, 200 copies were printed for the use of Mr. Willet's friends before he conceived the design, which in 1785 he put in execution, of having the whole engraved and published in superb folio." * The History of the Ancient Earls of Warren AND Surrey and their Descendants to the pre- sent Time. By the Rev. John Watson, M. A., F.A.S., AND Rector of Stockport in Cheshire. " His name shall live from generation to generation." — Eccl. xxxix. 9. Warrington: Printed by William Eyres. 1776. 4/o. pp. 437. " Only six copies of this impression were issued, for the purpose of obtaining information and correction. The book was afterwards Nichols, Anecdotes, vol. viii. p. 2. M.DCC.LXXVI. 77 published, in 1782." * The object of the work was to jn-ove the late Sir George Warren entitled to the ancient Earldom of Surrey ; but the attemjit did not succeed. Mr. Astle's copy is in the library of the Eoyal Institution, with numerous manuscript notes in the hand- witing of the author. Needwood Forest. [By Francis Noel Clarke Mundy.] Litchfield: Printed by John Jackson. 1776. 4^o. pp. 52. Mr. Mundy, of Marston, was a correspondent of Miss Seward's. RoBERTi SiMsoN, M.D. Matheseos nuper in Aca- DEMiA Glasguensi Professoris, Opera qu^dam re- liqua, scilicet. I. Apollonii Pergsei de sectione determinata, Libri 1 1 . restituti, duobus insuper libris aucti. — II. Porismatum liber, quo doctrinam hanc veterum Geometrarura et oblivione vindicare, et ad captuin hodiernorum adumbrare constitutum est. — III. De Logarithmis liber. — IV. De limitibus quantitatum et ration um, Fragmentum. — V. Appendix pauca continens probleniata ad illustrandum prgecipue veterum geometrarum analysin ; nunc primum post auctoris mortem in lucem edita, impensis Philippi Comitis Stanhope, cura vero Jacobi Clow in eadem Aca- demia Philosophise Professoris, cui, auctor omnia sua manuscripta testamento legaverat. Gratvnn, ut speratur, * Moule, Bibliotheca Heraldica, p. 427. 78 M.DCC.LXXVI. Geometris munus futurum nee Scriptoris, jam clarissimi, famae offer turum. Glasguae : In asdibus aeademicis, excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, academic typograplii. 1776. 4/0. pp. 594 : de Logaritlmiis, pj). 34 ; de Limitibus, pp. 33 ; Appendix, pp. 23. " A large volume, in the year 1776, was at Lord Stanhope's sole expense handsomely printed, under the care of ]\Ii'. Clow, and libe- rally distributed." * Eugenia, a Tragedy. By Samuel Hayes and Robert Carr, London: Printed for the Antlior. 1776. 8vo. pp.79. " This play, which appears to have been never acted, was written by the Eev. Samuel Hayes, author of several of the Seatouiau prize poems, and who was at one time usher in Westminster School. Robert Carr, who assisted him in writing it, appears to have been one of the Westminster Scholars about 1766, but I am unable to give any further account of him." t Bye-Laws, Rules, Orders, and Directions, for THE better Government of His ISIajesty's Royal Hospital for Seamen, at Greenwich. Made and confirmed at Three General Courts of the Commissioners and Governors of the said Hospital, held * Trail, Life of Simson. 4/0. Bath. 1812. t Notes aad Queries. March 5, 18.53. M.DCC.LXXVIII. 79 at the Admiralty Office, on the 16th and 18th of Decem- ber, 1775, and 16th of February, 1776. London : Printed by J. Harrison and S. Brooke, in Warwick Lane, m.dcc.lxxvi. 4 Triiiitatis, Oxen., et Collegii Medicorum Londiiiensis Socio. Londini. m.dcc.lxxx. 4^o. pp. 106. Errata, one leaf. With a porti'ait cngi'aved by Hall. The Decree, Deed of Uses, and Will of Henry Smith, Esq., by which divers Estates are settled to Charitable Uses. [London] : Printed by order of the Trustees. 1781. 8vo. pp. 40. Tliey relate to charitable estates left by I\Ir. Smith in the county of Surrey. Copy of Mr. John Stocks' Will and Codicils. 1781. 8vo. pp.88. No title-page; a copy in Mr. Ilibbort's Catalogue, No. 7618. M.DCC.LXXXI. 85 Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus; EX PRyESTANTIORIBUS, DESUMPTUS, QU^ IN DaCTYLIO- THEcis Ducis Marlburiensis CONSERVANTUR. London. 1781-1790. 2 vols. folio. Prefixed to the title-page of Vol. I. is an engraving by Bartolozzi, from a drawing by Cipriani* The title-page is in Latin and French. On the recto of the leaf follomng the title, " Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus — Choix de Pierres Antiques Gravees." On the reverse com- mences the first description, in Latin. After the plate of the gem, is a French translation of the description : this prevails throughout the work. PLATES— VOL. I. L Publii Scipionis Africani caput juvenile. IL Lucii Cornelii Syllse caput. III. Julii Csesaris caput laureatum. IV. Marci Juuii Bruti caput. V. Marci Junii Bruti caput, ciun caduceo et testudine. VI. Lepidi caput, cum lituo. VII. August! caput, cum corona radiate. VIII. Augusti Pontificis Maximi caput, cum pectore. IX. Marcelli, Octavise filii, caput. X. Livise Protome, cum capite laureate ct velato pectore. XI. Tiberii caput juvenile. XII. Germanici Togati Protome, cum capite laurcato. XIII. Agrippinse Majoris, uxoris Germanici, caput laureatum. XIV. Ejusdem Agrippinse, sub efl&gie Cereris. XV. Galbse caput laureatum. XVI. Ejusdem Galbse caput. XVII. Nervse Togati Protome, cum capite laureate. XVIII. Ejusdem Nervse caput. * The original drawing was in Sir M. Sykes' copy, now in the library of Sir John Thorold. 86 M.DCC.LXXXI. XIX. Marcianse, Trajani sororis, caput. XX. Sabiiico, Hadriani uxoris, caput. XXI. AutiiKii caput, cum pectore velato. XXII. CaracaUfe Togati Protome. XXIII. Caracallcu caput laureatum. XXrV. Julise, Sevcri uxoi-is, caput, cum pcctorc velato. XXV. Laocooutis caput. XXVI. Semiramidis caput, cum pectoi-c. XXVII. JMinervfe Alcidaj caput galcatum. XXVIII. Pliociouis caput. XXIX. Jovis et Junonis capita jugata. XXX. Veneris caj^ut. XXXI. Baccha) caput. XXXII. Hercules bibax, staus. XXXIII. Bacchus stans. XXXIV. Faunus, Tigridis iselli insideu.s. XXXV. Atlilcta stans. XXXVI. I\Iercunus stans. XXXVII. Mars stans. XXXVIII. Miles de rupe descendens. XXXIX. Diomedes cum Ulysse contendit. XL. Dei marini natantes. XLI. Miles vulneratus a militibus duobus sustentatiu-. XLII. Miles militi vulnerato ojiitulatur. XLIII. Mulier stolata cum Virgine. XLIV. Faunus pelle vestitus. XLV. Alexaiidri Magni effigies. XLVI. ^ueas a Diomede saxo percussus. XLVII. Pompse ob Victoriam. XLVIII. Amazon Amazontem morientem sustinet. XLIX. Fragmen Gemmae. L. Nuptise Psyches et Cupidinis. Tail-piece, engraved and drawn by Basire. M.DCC.LXXXI. 87 PLATES— VOL. n. Frontispiece drawn by Cipriani, engraved by Bartolozzi ; " Genius arresting the hand of Time;" the arms of the Marlborough family in the back ground. In the first state of this plate, the letter t, at the end of the word " droit," in the motto of the Spencer family, is left out. I. Ptolunifeus. IL Metrodorus. III. Socrates et Plato. IV. Alexandri Magni caput. V. Sappho. VI. Phryue. VII. Pyrrhus. VIII. Caput iguotum. IX. Caput ignotum. X. Medusa (profile). XL Medusa. XII. Minerva. XIII. Bacchus. XIV. Dete Libera} caput. XV. Bacchans Fcemina. XVI. Mercurius. XVII. Isis. XVIII. Hercules et lole. XIX. Brutus. XX. Annibal. XXI. Lucius Cornelius Sylla. XXII. Mecsenas. XXIII. M. Agrippa. XXIV. Livia Drusilla. XXV. Drusus, Tiberii filius. XXVI. Drusus, Germanici filius, XXVII. Antonia, ):el Agrippina. XXVIII. Domitia, rd Julia Titi. XXIX. Hadrianus. bH M.DCC.LXXXr. XXX. Autiuous. XXXI. Caput ignotum, Antoniui junioris forsaii. XXXII. Liicilla. XXXIII. Didius Juliauus Augustus, et Manila Scaiitilla Augusta. XXXIV. Cajjut Sliii Cauls. XXXV. Vaccse. XXXVI. Equi. XXXVII. Taurus a leone Intcrfcctus. XXXVIII. Mercurli Templum. XXXIX. Imperator liostem prostcrucns. XL. Coronls. XLI. C\ipidines. XLII. Ganymedes. XLIII. Ganymedes et Aquila. XLIV. Hercules Atovrocfyovos. XLV. Faunus. XLVI. Omphalc inccdens. XLVII. Triumphus. XLVIII. Biga. XLIX. Biga. L. SUenus, Tigris, &c. A tail-piece by Bartolozzi. After the tail-piece, a single leaf of errata. The Latin of the first volume of this work was the composition of the late Jacob Bryant; and that of the second volume, of the late Rev. Dr. Cole, Prebendary of Westminster. The translation into French of the first volume was by Dr. Maty,* and that of the second by Dr. Dutens. One hundred copies only are said to have been struck off, for presents. The gems were originally engraved with the inscription, "Ex Dactyliotheca Ducis Marlburiensis," on each, but this was subsequently erased, and the number of the plate inserted instead, above the subject ; but no complete copies with the • For which he was paid one hundred pounds. Nichols, Anecdotes, vol. iii p. 261. M.DCC.LXXXI. 89 inscription ai-e known. The plates are sometimes found without the inscription or number ; these are, of course, engravers' proofs. Mr. Wodehouse and Sir Mark Sykes had collected the largest number of impressions in both these states, which were dispersed at the sale of their prints, at very high prices. Other collectors have made the same attempt, with more or less success, as to number ; yet, to the collector, impressions in both states are very desirable, as the appearance of the ordinary copies is very inferior, owing to the person (said to have been a woman) employed being unaccustomed to copper-plate p»rinting. Mr. Cracherode's copy, in the British Museum, contains a letter from the Duke of Marlborough, in which he says, " he has picked out some of the best impressions for him." Vol. I. contains duplicates of the following plates, with the inscription, viz. Plates II, X, XVII, XXII, XXIV, XXVIII, XXIX, XXXVI, XL, XLIII, XLIV, XLVII, L, all printed in red ink : but this is not the case wdth all the copies with the inscription ; as they are printed sometimes in this colour, and sometimes in black. Tlie original gems are at Blenheim. The present Duke of Marl- borough has recently printed a new edition. Letters and Paragraphs, Printed in the "Coventry Mercury," in the Years 1780 and 1781, relating to Captain John Donellan, convicted of the Murder of Sir Theodosius Edward Allesley Bough- ton, Bart., at the Assizes held at Warwick, Friday, oOtli of March. 1781. 8ro. pp.32. With a view of the house as it was. " The total imx>ression of this vohuae, privately printed at the press of John Merridew, residing at 27, Lower Parade, in the parish of Leamington Priors, in the county of Warwick, for, and at the expense of Joseph Walter King Eyton, F.S.A. Lond. and Scot., of 90 M.DCC.LXXXI. Elgin Villa, in the parish and county aforesaid, Esquire, consists of twelve copies upon drawing paper." Elgin Villa, Leamington, Warwicksliire, Fcbi-uaiy, 1845. A copy is in the library of John Sheepshanks, Esq., to whom the editor is indebted for several interesting additions. Athenian Letters ; or, the Epistolary Corre- spondence OF an Agent of the King of Persia re- siding AT Athens during the Peloponnesian War: Containing the History of the Times, in Dispatches to Ministers of State at the Persian Court ; besides Letters on various Subjects between him and his Friends, London: Printed 1781. 4.4o. pp.473. Frontispiece from a design by Stuart. One hundred copies only were printed.* Metrica Qu.edam. 1781. 44o. By the late Bishop of Hereford (Huntingford). The late Rev. P. Hall, to whom I owe this notice, informed me there were only twenty copies printed. Another edition was printed in 1 782, in 8vo. * Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, vol. i. p. 33. M.DCC.LXXXIII. 91 Specimen of a History of Oxfordshire; BEING THE HiSTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF KiDDINGTON. By THE Rev. Thomas Warton, B.D. 1782. 4^0. Twenty copies only were printed of this edition. It was reprinted for sale, 17S3, and again in 1815 : " It is certainly better than what an oi'dinaiy hand could produce, yet not equal to what might have been expected from such a master." Dramatic Dialogues. London. 1782. 8vo. " By Tliomas Tyers, Esq., of the Inner Temple : printed, l^ut I. be- lieve never dispersed: about 130 pages."* Mr. Tyers was the Tom Restless of Johnson's Idler, No. 48; he died at Ashted, Surrey, Feb. 1, 1787. An Historical Essay on Mr. Addison. London. 1783. %vo. By the author of the previous work, " This Essay is not," says the writer in his preface, " for the world at large, but only for the little world of the writer's acquaintance." " Fifty copies only were printed." t The author of these works was the son of Jonathan Tyers, the founder of Vauxhall : he published a biographical sketch of Dr. Johnson, of which Boswell affects to speak slightingly ; the recent editor of that entertaining work thinks better of it .J * Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, vol. viii. p. 80, GOti. t Ibid., vol. viii. p. 125. X Boswell's Johnson, by Crokcr, vol. i. p. 314. 92 M.DCC.LXXXIII. Emm.e Anglorum Regin.e, Richardi I. Ducis NORMANNORUM FlLl.E, EnCOMIUM ; Incerto Auctorc scd coetaneo : item Gesta Gulielmi II. Ducis Norniannorum, Regis Anglorum I. London : Printed for B. White. 1783. 4/o. pp.380. " This book was printed, I believe, for private distribution only, with that disinterested love of literature, which, through a long life, has adorned and dignified the various and profound studies of Baron Maseres. The text is selected from the numerous pages of Du- chesne's Scriptores Normanni, and illustrated with very ample and curious English notes, and marginal abstracts of the contents, by the present editor." * There is some doubt whether this work was printed for private circulation. It was reprinted in 1807. WaLPOLIANA ; OR, A FEW ANECDOTES OF Sir Robert Walpole. Loudon. 1783. 4/o. " Lord Hardwickc has printed what he calls ' Walpoliana ; ' not many copies are printed, and these distributed to only particular people." t " I do not in the least guess or imagine what you mean by Lord Hardwicke's publication of a Walpoliana. Naturally it should mean a collection of sayings or anecdotes of my father, according to the French Anas, which began, I think, with those of Menage. Or, is it a collection of letters and state papers during his administration ? I own I am curious to know at least what this piece contains. I had not heard a word of it ; and, were it not for the name, I should have very Uttle inquisitiveness about it: for nothing upon earth * Censura Literaria, vol. iv. p. 149. t Dr. Loit to Cole. Uestitutac, vol. iv. p. 370. M.DCC.LXXXIII. 98 ever was duller than the three heaA'y tonics his lordship printed, of Sir Dudley Carleton^s Negociations.'''' * The Father's Revenge, A Tragedy, by the Earl of Carlisle. London : Printed by H. Hughes. 1783. A'to. pp. 81, First edition of the tragedy, reprinted by Buhner in 1800. "John- son praised the Earl of Carlisle's poems, which his lordship had published with his name, as not disdaining to be a candidate for literai-y fame." Mi*. Croker, in a note on this passage, says, " Lord Carlisle was not indeed a great poet, but he was superior to many whom Mr. Boswell was ready enough to admit into the 'sacred choir.' " His verses have good sense, sweetness, and elegance. It should be added, in justice to both Lord Carlisle and Lord Byron, that the latter very much regretted the flippant and unjust sarcasms he had uttered against his noble friend and relation, t Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents; In a series of Letters from various Parts of Europe. London : Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church- yard, and P. EInisley, in the Strand, m.dcc.lxxxiii. Ato. pp. 334 : Summary of Contents, seven leaves. Frontispiece drawn by Cipriani, engraved by Bartolozzi, repre- senting an incident connected with the history of a Prince of Carafa, in which the lady he was attached to appears as throwing * Walpole to Cole, Letters, vol. iv. p. 245. t Boswell 's Johnson, bj' Croker, vol. iv. p. 485, in the same work, vol. p. 136, a letter by Johnson to Mrs. Chapoue on this tragedy. 94 M.DCC.LXXXIII. herself from a rock: another plate, prefixed to the letter on the Grande Chartreuse, represents St. Bnino, kneeling in adoration, by the same artists. This volume is the production of the late Mi'. Beckford. Lord Spencer and IVIi*. Rogers have copies. This work was suppressed at the request of Lord Grantham, as it contained some severe reflections on the Dutch, a nation which it was then the policy of the English Government to conciliate. Mr. Beckford reprinted the su1)stance in 18.34, 2 vols. 8vo. Descent of the Crown of England. Table I. The true Hereditary Succession, from Eo^- bert the Great, King of Wessex, the Saxon Monarch of all England : Table II. The true Hereditary Succession from Wil- liam the Conqueror (supposing a Title in him by Con- quest) : Table III. The de facto Succession from Edmund .Ironside. 1783. This is a reprint of the same work, which was completed by the Ritsons, and originally printed in 1778, an account of which will be found in Mr. Moule's work. Of this edition ffty copies only are said to have been printed. The Pole Cat; or, Charles Jennings, the Rene- GADO Schoolmaster of Parsons Green, detected. Printed 178.3. " A very severe satire, written by Dr. Shebbeare, and privately printed." — Lowndes, 1U20. A copy in Sir M. Sykes' library, part iii. No. 17. M.DCC.LXXXIV. 95 Pedigree of Scott of Stokoe, in the Parish of Symondiuirn, and County of Northumberland, and late of Todrrick, Selkirkshire, North Britain : compiled by William Scott, M.B. Newcastle: Printed l)y T. Angus. Anno 1783. 8vo. pp. 27. A very scarce tract, printed at the expense of tlic editor. Iphigenia, a Tragedy, in Four Acts. In Rege tamen Pater est. — Ovid. 1783. 8vo. pp. 49. " By John Yorkc, of Gonrthwaite, Esq., Yorkshire." MS. note liy Mr. Napier, conununicated by Mr. Maidment. Sunday Evening. By Sir Herbert Croft. 8^;o. 1784. " These are all which the author is at the expense of printing for private perusal. H. C. Holywell, Oxford, June, 1784."* Conversations, Political and Familiar. London. 1784. 2 vols. 8^0. " By Mr. Tyers, and an enlargement of the Dramatic Dialogues printed in 1782. No more than twenty-five copies were printed, and • Uent.'s Mag. 1816, p. 4fi7. 96 M.DCC.LXXXV. which he sparingly distributed among his fi-ieuds."* A copy was ill Hobcr's Catalogue, part ii. 60G9. A Theologico-Controversialistical Conference, HELD AT THE HaGUE, THE 2nd OF JuNE, 1785, BETWEEN AN English Lutheran, a Scotch Calvinist, and a Dutch Rabeen ; In which the Sects of each are explained in so familiar a style that they become immediately comprehensible to the most illiterate and limited understanding. London: Printed for the Author. 1785. 2 vols. 8vo. Doubtful if privately printed. Botanical Tables, Containing the different Families of British Plants, distinguished by a few obvious parts of Fructification, ranged into a Synoptical method. London: [circa 1785]. 9 vols. 4. 1 7'2. M.DCC.LXXXVII. ]01 The Reveng!' of Guendolen. (1786)? Sro. pp. 9j?. " This poem is the production of Lord Carysfort. Dr, Watson, Bishop of Landaff, told me, in 1786, that twelve copies of it only were printed."— Note in Kced's copy. There is no title-page. Ileber, Part iv.. No. 18G0. Malvina. a Tragedy. Glasgow: Printed for Andrew Foulis. 1786. 8vo. pp. 65. A MS. note in Mr. Maidmcnt's copy states the author was Mr. John Reddel, surgeon, Glasgow. A pamphlet on Fever was pub- lished in 1788, at Glasgow, most probably by the author of this tragedy. The Memoir of Sir Hugh Cholmley, Knt. and Bart. Addressed to his two Sons : In which he gives some Account of his Family, and the distress they underwent in the Civil Wars, and how- far he himself was engaged in them ; taken from an original manuscript in his own handwriting, now in the possession of Nathaniel Cholmley, of Whitby and How- sham, in the comity of York, Esq. 1487. 4to. 1787. " Only one hundred copies were printed."* " This book, printed for private use by the present worthy representative of the family, is one of those many curious family histories which we have reason to believe were compiled during the 18tli, and perhaps preceding Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, vol. ix. p. 43. 102 M.DCC.LXXXVIII. century : a logiilar deduction of private life for six generations, from Sir Roger Cholmlcy of Flamborough, knighted by Henry VIII."* An 2\ccount of Tangier. By Sir Hugh Cholmley, Bart. ; With some Account of himself, and his Journey through France and Spain to that place, where he was engaged in building the Mole, in the time of King Charles II. ; and a Journal of the Work carrying on, and also some of his Speeches in Parliament, taken from manuscripts now in the possession of Nathaniel Cholmley, of Whitby and Howsham, in the county of York, Esq. 1787. 4^0. pp. 320. The Whole Proceedings in the Trial of an Ejectment, between Richard Goodright on the Demise of Mary Done, Widow, against David Ackerley, Gentleman ; At the Portmote Court of the city of Chester, on Monday the 27th day, and Tuesday, the 28th day of August, 1787. Chester : Printed by J. Fletcher. 1788. 8ro. A copy of this Trial was in Mr. Hibbert's Catalogue, No. 8084, and a note in it stated, " a few copies printed, for parties inte- rested." Gcntlfiuan's Magazine, vol. biii. p. 613. i M.DCC.LXXXVIII, 103 An Unfinished Letter to the Right Honourable William Pitt, concerning the New Dictionary of the English Language. By the Rev. Herbert Croft, LL.B. London: Printed in March, 1788. Svo. pp.44. Post- script, 4 leaves. The author states, " of these pages I have had a few copies pulled for my particular friends." He died at Paris, April 27, 1816 ; after a residence of fifteen years in that city. Johnson adopted his Memoir of Young, for his Lives of the Poets. Caius Valerius Catullus, recensuit Ioannes Wilkes, Anglvs. Londini: 1788. Typis loannis Nichols. Ato. pp. 124. " The whole impression consisted only of three copies on vellum, and one hundred on a beautiful writing paper; all of which have been bestowed in presents to characters of the first eminence."* " Immaculate ! not a stop misplaced or omitted." t Lord Spencer possesses one of the copies upon vellum. Life of Antony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury. Uo. This rare volume has no title. The following account is taken from a catalogue by Mr. Evans, who sold a copy in June, 1830. Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, vol. ix. p. 50. t Ibid. p. 4(i6. 104 M.DCC.LXXXVIII. " 'riiis is one of the rarest liiograpliical vokunes in the English language. When the first Lord Shaftesbury fled into Holland, he gave Locke a Memoir of his Life, which that celebrated man destroyed, being alarmed at the fate of Algernon Sydney. About the year 1 732, the then Earl of Shaftesbury placed the family papers and a manuscript memoir of his ancestor, written by Stringer (who had been clerk of the presentations to Lord Shaftesbury) in the hands of Benjamin Martyn, who drew up this memoir ; b\it the Earl did not esteem it sufficiently finished for publication. Dr. Gregory Sharpe, Master of the Temple, commenced its revision, but relinquished it. The late Earl finally committed it to the care of Dr. Kippis, and gave him five hundred pounds for his trouble. After the book and introduction by Kippis had been printed, a difference arose between the Earl of Shaftesbury and the Doctor, and Lord Shaftesbury caused the impression to be destroyed. The late Duke of Grafton oI)tained a copy which Dr. Kippis had pre- served, and it is believed no other copy was ever sold." This copy was purchased by Mr. Singer. Dr. Kii)pis died in 1795; and it was at the sale of his library that the Duke of Grafton obtained the copy mentioned by Mr. Evans ; this volume was most probably printed some time between the years 1789 and 1795. Memorial relative to the Office of the Lord Clerk Register, and the present State of the Public Records of Scotland. Edinburgh (April 10, 1788). ■ito. pp. iS. Drawn up by William Eobertson, Esq., Keeper of the Records. ^ M.DCC.LXXXIX. 105 Rules and Regulations OF THE Hainault Foresters (Co. Essex). 1789. l8mo. pp. 22. This work was brought under the editor's notice by the late Mr. Upcott ; who stated that a copy is in the British Museum. Thoughts on the Early Ages of the Irish Nation and History, and on the Ancient Establishment OF THE Milesian Families in that Kingdom ; with A PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE DESCENDANTS OF HeBER, THE ELDEST SoN OF MiLESIUS. 1789. 4/0. pp. 50. " Of this curious work, never intended for sale, two editions of one hundred copies each were printed, under the superintendence of Richard Joseph Sullivan, Esq., assisted by Mr. Barak Longmate, with a copious genealogical plate engraved by him ; entitled, a genealogical history of the Family of O'SuUivan More from Duach Doim, monarch of Ireland. Anno Mundi 3912."* Symptoms of Advice to the 0****rs of an Am- phibious Corps, with Notes of Naval Character. " Qui capit ille facit." A nglice, When the cap fits, wear it. By a Quondam Sub. London : Printed in the Year 1789, pp. 96. ♦ Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, vol. ix. p. h\. 106 M.DCC.LXXXIX. Cursory Remarks on some of the Ancient English Poets, particularly Milton. London, m.dcc.lxxxix. 8ro. pp. 146. This work was \\Titten by P. Neve : in a copy presented by him to Dr. Farmer, it is stated two hundred copies were printed. The authors noticed besides Milton, are Chaucer, Skeltou, Earl of Surrey, Spenser, Overbuiy, Jonson, Drummond, Denham, Waller, Butler, Wychcrley, Otway, Lee, and Dryden, Eaton Chronicle ; or, The Salt Box. 1789. Royal Svo. pp. 165. At tu Eatonis lepidos sale tinge libeUos Agnoscat mores quisque legatque suos : Augusts, cantare licet ^^dearis avenS,, Dum tua multorum \'incat avena tubas. This volume was edited by the late WilUam Gilford, editor of Massiuger, and the first editor of the Quarterly Re\dew, and is in- scribed to the noble originator. Earl Grosvenor, the father of the present Marquess of Westminster: the following is a copy of the address to the reader, dated Eaton Hall, 1789, — " In the summer of 1788, Lord Grosvenor, invited a numerous party of his relations, friends and acquaintance, to Eaton Hall, to celebrate the birthday of Lord Belgrave, who came of age in the spring of that year. As they met before the ari-ival of the period peculiarly set apart for the festival, his Lordship proposed in a spoi-tive moment, that a little journal should be kept of their pro- ceedings, and produced every morning at breakfast. As this could not occupy a large space, he further proposed to admit any Uttle piece of prose or verse, whose subject might not be entirely foreign from the company: and it was hoped by these means that a sheet might be served up every morning with the tea. The paper took its name from a Salt-box, which was apjiointed to receive the con- M.DCC.XC. 107 tribiitions. This was examined every evening; and the contents arranged and transcribed by the writer of this introduction, who had the honour of being appointed Editor." Ai'chdeacon Wrangham possessed two copies of tliis vohime. Selections from ** Les Recherches Philosopiiiques suR LES Americains," OF M. Paine. By M. W. Bath. 1789. 8vo. Edited by John Wilks. With copious notes. In the notice to the reader he says, " Care will be taken, it is hoped, that this copy may not fall into the hands of a publisher, as but few have been printed for the author's friends." History of the late Revolution in the Dutch Republic. 1789. 4/0. By George Ellis, the editor of " Specimens of the Early English Poets, Romances," &c. AuLii Flacci Persii Satyr/E, with Brewster's Translation. London: 1790. 4/o. pp. 112. There is no title-page to this edition, which was never completed — it was edited by Mr. Heber, and printed by Mr. Bulmer ; two hundred and fifty copies were printed, which are in Mr. Nicols' possession. 108 M.DCC.XC. blograpiiia scotica ; or, an attempt towards a History of the Lives and Writings of Eminent Men of Scotland. By Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. 1790. 4^0. with portraits. From Heber's Catalogue, part ii., 1651, formerly Mr. Biudloy's, where it is said to be " privately printed." It is not enimierated by Lowndes in his list of this author's works, but he mentions, as pri- vately printed, " A Specimen of Notes on the Statute Law of Scotland, with Specimen of a Glossary (1768)," 8vo. pp. 37. The " Biograpliia " contains lives of John Barclay, Mark Alexander Boyd, John Hamilton, Sir James Ramsay, George Lesley. The Life of Sir Francis Bernard, Baronet, Late Governor of Massachusets' Bay. London. 1790. Svo. pp.211. By his son, the late Sir Thomas Bernard, at one time Treasurer of the Foundling Hospital. Case of the Barony of Lisle. folio. 1790. lliis case, which, with the introduction, consists of seventeen folio pages, was dra\vn up by Hume Campbell, Esq. Its object was to show that the Barony of Lisle was a Barony by tcinire, and resting that assertion upon the recital in certain letters patent, granted in the 22nd of King Henry VI. " declaring that the pos- sessors of the Manor and Lordship of Kingston Lisle, had, by reason t)f that possession, been Barons and Lords of Lisle ; and by that name had place and seat in parliament from time immcnKirial; and M.DCC.XC. 109 conferring that right to the person who then possessed it, Sir John Talbot, and his heirs and assigns for ever." It then proceeds to state, that Sir John Dudley, the heir of Sir John Talbot, in the 29th of King Henry VIII., assigned the said Manor and Lordship to William Hyde, Esq., whose heir in 1749 assigned it to Abraham Atkins, Esq., in whom it was then vested, and being so vested, carried with it a right to the Barony annexed to the possession of the lands. The case was i)rinted for private use only, and it does not appear that Mr. Atkins pursued this object by any formal claim to the Crown. In 1824, Sir John Shelley Sidney made a claim, as one of the co- heirs to this dignity (he being heir-general of the same Sir John Dudley) ; but upon the ground of its being a Barony originating by writ,, and not by tenure ; After a hearing of this case in the House of Lords, it was in 1826, " Resolved, That there did not appear sufficient ground to advise his Majesty to allow the claim of the petitioner." The claim of Sir John Sidney was considered to have failed from the circumstance of his not being able to prove that Warin de Lisle, the ancestor of Sir John Dudley, although summoned, from the 43rd of Edward III. to the 6th of Richard II., ever sat in Parliament — a sitting consequent upon a writ being a point indispensably necessary to be proved, by the records of parliament, according to the rules laid down and rigidly observed by the House. One or two articles relating to claims of Peerage have been noticed in this work, but the editor is well aware, that very many of value and interest upon that subject are omitted, and which have been printed for private circulation, an account of which would have been a very desirable addition to his catalogue ; but he found it, until too late, exceedingly difficult to procure anything like an accurate list or series, of the numerous printed Cases on claims to the various honours of the Peerage : many have been preferred which have never proceeded beyond the report of his Majesty's Attorney-General, to whom the consideration of such petitions is in the first instance referred, though the statements of the cases pre- pared, and sometimes printed for private use and more convenient 110 M.DCC.XC. reference, are exceedingly curious. In instances where the claims are carried to the House of Lords, most elaborate cases have been prepared and printed, which abound in legal argument and recondite learning, deeply interesting to the lawj'er, the historian, and the antiquarJ^ As there is no inheritance more splendid than the dignity of the Peerage, it is to be lamented that no well-digested report of the numerous claims to such honours exists. The law of Dignities has never been discussed in that comprehensive form, which the im- portance of the subject demands. Few indeed are the reports of cases decided even during the last two centuries. The indefatigable Collins, in his Precedents of Baronies by Writ, supphed many cases, opinions, and judgments. Mr. Cruise, in his Treatise on Dignities, considering how little had been done before, did veiy much for the subject, wherein ^vill be found a brief systematic arrangement of the law respecting dignities or titles of honour, supported and illus- trated by a short statement of cases and claims to Peerages, that have been referred, either to Commissioners or the House of Peers, from the time of Elizabeth. The first work which can be called a Report of a claim of Peerage illustrating the subject with cases, was the admirable report of the Gardner claim, by Denis Le Marchant, now Sir Denis Le i\[archant, Bart, where the point at issue was, the legitimacy of the counter claimant : that work exhibits a curious and learned display of cases elucidatory of the law of legitimacy; and where a particular and fvdl account of the arguments urged in the Lords' Committees for Pi'ivileges, upon the final discussion and decision of the Banbury, case in 1813, will be found. This report has been followed by two others, those of the Lisle and Devon Peerage cases, by the late Sir Nicholas H. Nicholas: the former invohang the question of a writ of summons, and the necessity of pro\'ing a sitting under it to con- stitute a descendible Peerage — and the latter referring to the con- struction of the words of limitation in the patent of creation. A subsequent woi-k by that author on "Adulterine Bastardy," em- braces much valuable matter, and discusses at length the Banburj' case. M.DCC.XC. Ill In the library of Lincoln's Inn, there is a collection of printed cases U130U this subject, formerly belonging to Sergeant Hill ; and in the library of Sir Charles George Young, Garter, is a very valuable collection of similar cases, in several folio volumes; and also an extensive collection, containing the Minutes of Evidence taken before the House of Lords upon the hearing of claims, forming in the whole between thirty and forty folio volumes. Of the value and extent of this collection, the Editor was not aware, until the work had nearly passed the press, when the use of the col- lection was offered to him. Its extent precluded the practicability of availing himself of it at that time, but he indulged the hope of availing himself of these collections at a future period. Upon the present occasion they were still open to him, and he seriously enter- tained a hope of introducing much new matter upon their subject. On referring, however, again to these volumes, he finds the lapse of twenty years has added so extensively to the collections, that no ac- count which could do any justice to the subject, could be compressed within the limits to which this work could afford space. In fact the .subject is one for a separate volume; and considering, after re- flection, that very many of the printed cases in question, though of a private nature, are not strictly to be comprehended under the designation of privately-printed books or works, the author has re- luctantly yielded to the necessity of exclusion, rather than put forth an imperfect and unsatisfactory account of claims involving points of great legal and historical interest. Tlie materials are no less ample for, than the subject is worthy of, a separate Catalogue. Catalogue of the Books in the Library of Ralph WiLLETT, Esq., at Merly, in the County of Dorset. London: Printed in the Year 1790. ^vo. pp. 176. A classed catalogue. Mr. Willett was sheriff of the county of Dorset in 1760. A view of the house, engraved at his expense, is in Hutchins's " History of the County," vol. ii. p. 108. 112 iM.DCC.XC. The Right of thk Eldf.st Sons of the Peers of Scotland, to represent the Commons of that Part OF Great Britain in Parliament, considered. Printed in the year 1790. ito. pp. 44. Privately printed by Lord Daer. Tliis production originated in a rule which prevailed in Scotland, that the eldest sons of Scotch Peers were not eligible to sit in Parliament. Prior to the Union, there was some sort of principle for the thing ; for as the Lords and Commons sat together, the introduction of the heir apparent of a Peer might materially add to the power of the Peerage. After the Union, their sitting could hardly be dangerous, as the Peers and Commons were separated, and the expediency of altering the rule was the subject of a work now somewhat scarce, from the pen of Alexander Lord Sctomi, who adds to his designation " Advocate," from his being a member of the Scotch bar; entitled, '-'Thoughts on the Disqualification of the eldest Sons of the Peers of Scotland, to elect or be elected from that country to Parliament, with an Ap- pendix." London, 1788, 8v'o. Lord Daer, the eldest son of the Earl of Selkirk, went farther. He tried the right before the Court of Session and House of Peers, but unsuccessfully. He was a most acoomplished and talented young nobleman, but he died in 1794, before the earldom opened to him. He was bmied in the Cathedral of Exeter. The Editor is indebted to James Maidment, Esq., not only for this note, but for numerous valuable communications which are dispersed through the volume, more especially relating to the history and literature of Scotland, and without which assistance this catalogue would have been very incomplete. ©EO^PASTOT ■ KAPAKTHPES • H0IKOL Johannes Wilkes, Anglus, recensuit, Londini : typis Joannis Nicliols. 1790. 4/o, "Of this volume only one hundred and twenti/ were printed, and four on vellum : one to Count Ecviczky, one to Lord Spencer, one to M.DCC.XC. 113 Mr. Bindley ; the destination of the fourth I do not recollect." * A vellum coi)y was sold in Sir M. Sykes' sale, for 11. 2s. 6c/. ; and one in the Rev. T. WilUams', for 8^. 125. This volume, as well as the Catullus, was intended only for presents. Catalogue of the Library of Daniel Wray, Esq., F.R. and A.SS. ; Given by his Widow, agreeably to his wish, for the use of the Charter House, in the year 1785; and also of those Books which have been presented since that period. London: Printed in the Year m.dcc.xc. 8vo. pp. 176. AiTanged alphabetically ; the tracts are catalogued separately. Memoirs of a late eminent Bookseller. " Ubi lapsus 1 Quid feci." — Lord Courtenay's Motto. London: Printed in the Year m.dcc.xc. 8w. pp. 262. This is a Memoir of John Almon, Bookseller, of Piccadilly. (On the back of Title.) " The original of the several Letters here printed will for three months be put into the hands of the publisher, for the satisfaction of any gentleman who may doubt their authority." — Feb. l-ith, 1791. I do not recollect the authority for this being considered private. Almon died in 1805, and there is no mention of the work in a well- drawn up Memoir of him in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1805, p. 1179. • Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, vol. ix. p. 69.— It is in the Duke of Bedford's Library at Woburii >\.bbey. — Ed. I 114 M.DCC.XCI. Fragments of the History of John Bull. By Sir H. Polesworth. 1791. Svo. Panopticon : Postscript, Part I., containing further Particulars and Alterations relative to the PLan of constrviction origi- nally proposed ; principally adapted to the purpose of a Panopticon Penitentiary House. By Jeremy Bentham, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq. London : Printed for T. Payne, at the Mews-gate. 1791 . V2nio. pp. 239. Part II. 1791. V2mo. pp.232. At the sale of the late Sir James ]Mackintosh's library was a copy, with this note: " Unpublished; given to me by the author, when I dined te(e-d-te(e at his hermitage, Queen Square, Westminster, in January, 1804. "Bombar/, 1th Julij, 1804. J. Mackintosh." Hasty Productions. By Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. Norwich, 1791. Uo. " Only 25 copies were printed, some of which were burnt l>y his executrix, Mrs. Damer. They might all have gone to the fire, for they are sad trash." — Note in Mr. Grenville's copy. Mr. Grenville's authority on Bibliography is so great, that it is almost presumptuous to dispute it ; but I cannot help thinking that these " pi'oductions " were the work of his eccentric nephew, George Earl of Orford, who died in 1791. M.DCC.XCI. 115 Gr^c^ Lingua Conjugationes, IN usuM OrnatissimjE Fcem. Ann^e Damer. 4^0. 1791. " This was composed by the celebrated scholar, Li^'ie ; published for presents only." — Bookseller's Catalogue. Nomina Villarum of the County of Southampton ; Or, a List of Divisions, Boroughs, Hundreds, Liber- ties, Parishes and Tythings, within the said County, with the Quota each pays to the County Rate. Romsey. 1791. From a bookseller's catalogue ; it was unknown to Upcott, and is not in Gough's Catalogue of Topography. Essay on Political Tactics, Containing Six of the principal Rules proper to be observed by a Political Assembly in the process of forming a Decision ; with the Reasons on which they are grounded, and a comparative application of them to British and French practice : being a fragment of a larger work, a sketch of which is subjoined. By Jeremy Bentham, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq. London : Printed for T. Payne, at the Mews-gate. M.DCC.XCI. 4^0. pp. 66. At the end of tlic volume is a large table, entitled " Heads treated of in a work never published." I 2 llfi M.DCC.XCI. LUSUS POETICI, EX LUDO LITERARIO APUD JEdES Carthusianas, Londini : Quibus accessere Orationes binas in Suttoni laudeni in a.>clibus Carthusianis babitaB. 1791. 8vo. pp. 147. " Unpublished ; a verj' few copies printed for presents." — Gren- ville Catalogvs, p. 420. Catalogus impressorum librorum in Bibliotheca Universitatis Glasguensis, Secundum literarum ordinem dispositus. Impensis Academias, labore et studio Arcliibaldi Artbur, A.M., Pbilosopbias Moralis Professoris. Folio. Glasguae : in eedibus academicis excudebat Andreas Foulis, Academige Typograpbus, 1791. pp. 49G. An alphabetical catalogue of works in general htcrature, in which the titles are given in full, and printed in double columns. Catalogus impressorum librorum in Bibliotheca Universitatis Glasguensis, secundum literarum ordinem dispositus, etc. This volume, though bearing the same title and date as the above, is strictly a press catalogue, in which the titles of every book and i pamphlet are given, in the order they stand in the shelves ; it is ' printed in double columns, and extends to 390 pages, folio. j A Supplement to the Catalogue of Books in the University Library, Glasgow. Glasgow : Printed bj Andrew and Jolm ]\I. Duiieau, printers to tbe University, 1825. Sro. pp. o20. M.Dcc.xcr. 117 A Second Supplement to the Catalogue of Books IN THE University Library, Glasgow. Glasgow : Printed at the University press, by Edward Kliull, 65, Virginia Street. 1836. pp. 800. Svn. Eleven Annual Appendices to the Catalogue, each bearing Titles similar to the following : — Catalogue of Books bought, from August 20th, 1847, TILL August 20th, 1848, for the University Library^, out of the Compensation Eund, allowed BY Government on abolition of privilege under the Copyright Act. Glasgow : George Richardson, Printer to the Univer- sity, pp. 120. 8vo. Three Annual Appendices to the Catalogue, with Title similar to the following: — Twelfth Appendix to the Glasgow University Library Catalogue, 1849-50. Glasgow : George Richardson, Printer to the Univer- sity, pp. 58. 8vo. The titles in the two Supplements and Appendices are arranged under the authors' names, and all treat of general literature. It appeared better to keep the Catalogues of the Libraiy of Glas- gow College together, instead of arranging them under the different dates. They are not sold, but each professor is entitled to a copy. For this account the Editor is indebted to the Librarian, N. Jones, Esq. 118 M.DCC.XCII. Memorial, to shew that the Eldest Son of the King has right by his Birth, to the Principality AND Great Stewardship of Scotland, and is a Peer of that Kingdom, by the style and titles of Duke OF Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, and Lord of the Isles. Printed in the Year m.dcc.xci. 4.to. The Life and Adventures of Joseph Emin, an Armenian. Written in English by himself, London : Printed in the Year 1792. 8vo. pp. G40. Joseph Emin was an Armenian Christian, born in Persia in the year 1726. In 1731 he arrived in London from Calcutta; and after undergoing various hardships, obtained the patronage of the Duke of Northumberland, by whose interest he acquired a military education at Woolwich. " His character bears a strong resemblance to the ancient Chris- tian knights of romance. Virtuous, pious, and enthusiastic ; to raise the cross, and depress the crescent, seems to have been his chief aim : brave and hardy ; he formed a good and noble p^lrpose, and pursued it with unremitted ardour. A lascar sailor, a London porter, a volunteer on the continent of Europe, or a welcome guest at the greatest tables in Europe, he never lost sight of his first design."* " His life is probably very little known. The style of it is harsh and dry, half Oriental and half Enghsh, very obscure and unsatis- factory, but bearing evident marks of tnith and genuineness. Tlie author affects to throw a veil of mystery over his ancestry ; but it is * Life of Sir William Tones, p. 278, 4to. 1 M.DCC.XCII. 119 easy to discover that he thinks himself, or wishes to be thought, a descendant from the former sovereigns of Armenia.* Alexander's Expedition down the Hydaspes and THE Indus to the Indian Ocean. London. 4to. 1792. With the copy sent to Dr. Parr was the following account of this publication, by Mr. William Anstice : " The late Dr. Beddoes must be known to Dr. Parr by character, if he was not personally : in any case, the literary fragment which ac- companies this, cannot prove uninteresting. It owes its origin to a conversation which took place at the table of the late Mr. William Keynolds, in which some men of taste and genius contended that the poetic efEisions of Darwin were inimitable. Dr. Beddoes maintained a contrary opinion ; and to try the point, produced to the same party a short time afterwards, a manuscript of the present piece, as from his friend Darwin, and sent to him for his inspection, previous to publication : the advocates for Darwin's style were deceived, and the Doctor triumphed. Mr. Reynolds had it printed at his own ex- pense, but for obvious reasons it was not published, and therefore may never have met Dr. Parr's eye. It was printed in Madeley ; the types were set by a woman, and the engravings made on wood by the then and present clerk of this parish. " Madeley Wood, Oct. 9, 1819." Preface to Mrs. Carter's Letters, vol. i. p. xix. 120 M.DCO.XCII. Poems to Thespia : to which are added sonnets, etc. Oh, true name of Love, Tender aflfection ! genuine source of bliss Immaculate and pure ! the transient blaze Of passion soon subsides ; thy steadier fii'e Time but increases. Soft, coercive band, Connecting souls I without thee what is life ! Exeter : Printed by R. Trewman and Son, m.dcc.xcii. By H. Downman, M.D. 8vo. pp. 210. How poor, how basely frivolous the times In which I print, but pvMish not my rhjTues. —Page 1G9. The author was a physician at Exeter ; died in 1809. He appears to have changed his mind about not publishing, as an edition of these poems is stated to have been ijrinted in 1804. He wi-ote several other works, all poetical. Observations on the Regiam Majestatem, and Remarks on some of the Editions of the Parlia- ments OF Scotland. By John Davidson. Not printed for sale. Edinburgh. 8ro. 1792. " Mr. John Davidson, the first figure in the di^•ision entitled ' Con- j versatiou,' * was the son of a bookseller in Edinburgh, and followed the calling of a writer to the Signet. During the gi'eater part of his i life he enjoyed, perhaps, the most lucrative and respectable business Kaj'e's Edinburgh Portraits, vol. i. p. 243. J M.DCC.XCIII. 121 in Edinburgh. He was a man of superior abilities, and of great in- dustry. His literary acquirements were liigbly estimated by his friends, to whom he frequently rendered valuable assistance. For many years Mr. Davidson was agent for the Crown. He died at Edinburgh, 29th December, 1 797." — From the information of Da\'id Laing, Esq., librarian to the library of the ^vl•iters to the Signet, to whom the Editor is indebted for much valuable assistance. CONTEMPLATIO PhILOSOPHICA ; A Postliumous Work of the late Brook Taylor, LL.D., F.R.S., some time Secretary to the Royal Society. To which is added, a Life of the Author, by his Grandson, Sir William Young, F.R.S., A.SS. With an Appendix, containing sundry Original Papers, Letters from the Count Raymond de Montmort, Lord Bolingbroke, Mar- cilly de Villette, Bernouilli, &c. London : Printed by William Buhner and Co., Shake- speare Printing OiRce. 1793. 8^0. jjp. 150. Prefixed is a mezzotinto portrait of Brook Taylor, engi-aved by Earlom. In the copy formerly in the Stowe library is the following note by Horace Walpole : '■'■Berkeley Square, Feb. 15, 1793. " Lord Orford is extremely obliged to Mr. Seward for the valuable present of Mr. B. Taylor's Life : the preface is particularly good, and the account of biography of learned men admirably drawn and expressed. " Lord Orford will thank Mr. Seward much for a duplicate print of the head of Mr. Taylor, for his collection of English portraits." Mr. Hallam says of this work : — " It bespeaks the clear and acute understanding of this celebrated philosopher, and appears to me an 122 M.DCC.XCIII. entire refutation of the scholastic argument of Descartes ; one more fit for the Anselms, and such dealers in words, from whom it came, than for himself" — Literature of Europe, vol. ii. p. 441. Poems, By John Frederic Sackville, on various Subjects. " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, ne'er is, nor e'er will be." Pope. London : Printed in the Year m.dcc.xciii. 12»?o. pp. 59. Juvenile poems, written by the third Duke of Dorset, when Mr. Sackville. A vei-y limited number was printed. A Correspondence between Mr. Foulkes, who married Miss Philippa Trotter, and Edward Brown, Esq., of Barn-hill, Stamford, one of the Executors of the last Will and Testament of the late Rev. Brownlow Toller, of Billingborough, IN THE County of Lincoln, respecting the Will, and other matters. Vir bonus est quis \ 1793. 8ro. pp. 124. M.DCC.XCIII. 123 The Life of Thomas Egerton, Lord Chancellor OF England. [Circa 1793.] folio, pp. 59. " The Life of the Lord Chancellor, in the first edition of the Bio- graphia Britannica, consists of only between three and four pages. It was first altered and enlarged by his descendant the Eev. Francis Henry Egerton, brother of the present Earl of Bridgewater, so as to make twenty pages jDrinted in the manner of the Biographia Bri- tannica. Mr. H. F. Egerton made a present to me of the much en- larged Life in August, 1793. He afterwards made further enlarge- ment and alterations ; and this volume, containing fifty-nine pages, exclusive of the life of his father Dr. Egerton, Bishop of Durham, was the result. 21 Deceml^er, 1805."* It is believed that the following is a complete li.st of the books ^vritten and edited by the late Francis, eighth Earl of Bridgewater. 1. Tlie Life of Thomas Egerton, Lord Chancellor of England. Paris : roi/al Ato. pp. 608. Neither title-page, nor termination. 2. Another edition of the same Memoir : printed at Paris, by Didot I'Aine. 1812. imperial folio, pp. 64. 3. Four Letters from Spa, to John William Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater. Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, London. Svo. pp. 11. 4. A Letter to the Parisians and French Nation, upon Inland Navigation : in English and French, folio. 4*. Tlie First Part of a Letter to the Parisians and the French Nation, upon Inland Na\agation ; containing a Defence of the Public Character of his Grace Francis Egerton, late Duke of Bridgewater, &c. By the Honourable Francis Henry Egerton, &c. ; and including some Notices and Anecdotes concerning Mr. James Brindley. 8vo. pp. 155. 5. Aper§u Historique et Genealogique. Paris. 1827. 8vo. 6. A Fragment of an Ode of Sappho, from Louginus ; also an Ode of Sappho, from Dionysius Halicarn. pp. 26. Paris. 1815. 8vo. Note in Mr. Hargrave's copy, in the British Museum. 124 M.Dcc.xciir. 7. Letters to John William, Eiirl of Bridgewater, in 1820-21. Printed by Thomas Davison, London. 8vo. pp.16. 8. A Literal Translation of ]\lilton's Paradise Lost : in Italian and French. Paris: Didot. 4to. pp. 85. 9. Family Anecdotes. Paris: Didot. 4to. and 8vo. 10. The Life of John Egerton, Bishop of Dm-ham. Paris. foUo. There is an 8vo. edition, from the press of Davison, distributed by Mr. Woodificld in the county of Durham, at Newcastle, and in Nor- thumberland. 11. Description du Plan Incline Souterain, execute entre les deux biefs des Canaux Souterains, dans les Houilheres de Walkden-Moor en Angleterre, par le Due de Bridgewater. Par L'Hon. Francois Henry Egerton. A.Paris. An XI (1803). 8vo. pp. 19, and a Icmg Plan. The editor has heard of a catalogue of the different publications of this eccentric nobleman, in 4io. pp. 65 ; an account of the edition of Euripides, will be found mider the date 1796. Tlie Earl of Bridgewater died at Paris, April, 1829 ; by his vnW he bequeathed 8000;'. to the President of the Rcjyal Society, for a work " On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God," which legacy was distributed among the diftercnt writers of the well-known " Bridge- water Treatises." He bequeathed his manuscripts and autographs to the British Museum, with 5000^. to augment the collection of MSS., and the interest of 7()0()^. to the librarians who have charge of them. In addition to the works mentioned above, his Lordship is said * to have printed "Lcttre inedite de la Seigneurie de Florence an Pape Sixte IV., 21 Juillet, 1478." 4io. Paris. 1814. And in 1826, " Family Anecdotes," some extracts from which are in the " Literary Gazette," 1827. pp. 121, 15.3. * Gcntloman's Magazine, Juno, 1829. M.DCC.XCIV, 125 Claudiani Opera. [London.] 1793 — 6. small Svo. This work was priuted by Buliner, aud edited by the late Richard Heber, editor of the Persius mentioned in p. 107. Dr. Dibdin* states that one copy was taken off on veUum, for the late Mr. Edwards, the bookseller ; and that this edition was printed with a view of completing the deficiencies in the series of Classics published by Barbou ; the design was, however, abandoned. Tracts. I. On the Right of Citizens. II. Po- litical Government, and Political Liberty. III. The State of the Parochial Clergy of the Church of Ireland. By William Hales, D.D. Dublin : Printed by George Grierson, Parliament Street. 1794. Svo. I am unable to ascertain where the title of this work was obtained, and on a^iplying to the learned librarian of Trinity College, Dublin, Dr. Todd, that gentleman states it is not in that library, and at the same time expressed great doubt as to its having been written by Dr. Hales; and refers to the publication called "Anthologia Hibcrnica," pubhshed at the end of the last century, where a work with the above title was published anonymously in 1791. The Editor of the "Anthologia" speaks of the author as generally known, but unfortunately does not name him, although he publishes a letter to him from Edmund Burke. Further notices of the work will be found in the " Anthologia," with a statement that the author Bibliographical Decameron, vol. ii. p. 384. 126 M.DCC.XCIV. had prepared a second edition. The reputed author was a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin; had the living of Kcllesandra in 17»7; and died at an advanced age in 1831. Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Possession OF THE Earl of Hardwicke. 1T94. 4/0. pp. 91. Conipiled by the late Archdeacon Coxe, to whom the MSS. were of great use in the compilation of his various historical works. Museum Worsleyanum: Or, a Collection of Antique Basso-Relievos, Bustoes, Statues, and Gems. With Views of Places in the Le- vant, taken on the spot in the years m.dcc.lxxxv. vi. VII. Loudon. M.DCC.XCIV. 2 vols, folio. Sir Richard Worsley is said* to have expended upwards of 27,000/. in collecting the materials for this work, of which two hun- dred and fifty copies were printed. An analysis of the co)itents of the volumes will be found in Savage's Librarian.f In the year 1823 a new edition was announced by Mr. Prowett, the bookseller, which intention having been communicated to Lord Yarborough, liis lord- ship threatened to move for an injunction, on the ground that the copper-plates had been improperly obtained : but on Mr. Pi-owett undertaking that no more than two Inmdred and fifty copies should be printed, the publication was allowed to proceed. After these Bibliographita Decameron, vol. ii. ji. 387. t Vol. i. p. 07. M.DCC.XCIV. 127 copies had been printed, of which twenty-five were on India paper, the copper-plates were destroyed, in the presence of Lord Yarbo- rough's solicitor. Tliat the copper-plates had been abstracted from the late Sir Richard Worsley in an improper manner, there can be little doubt. They were purchased by an eminent printseller at a pawnbroker's sale, and by him resold to Mr. Prowett, for 400^. The following plates were missing, which the publisher was under the necessity of re-engra\dng for his new edition, ^^z. : — Portrait of Sir Eichard Worsley _ _ _ Vol. I. Death of General Wolfe ----- Vol. I. Two plates of antique Greek gems, nine subjects on each Vol. I. The large folding plate of the basso-relievo of the Parthenon Vol. II. Soon after these had been executed, a person called upon the pub- lisher, offering him the original plates for 150^. ; the offer was declined. These plates, it is presumed, are now in existence. Sir Richard Worsley is said to have distributed no more than twenty-seven copies of the original edition ; and to have given 200^. to the executors of a gentleman to whom he had presented one. It is scarcely possible, although the text for two hundred and fifty copies was printed, that that number of the original edition was ever completed : in all probability the text is either in existence, or has been condemned as waste paper. Mr. Townley's copy of the original edition was sold for 96?. 12s. Cojpies are in the British Museum, and in the library of the Society of Antiquaries. The drawings were sold by auction, at Stewart and Wheatley's, Piccadilly, for fifty guineas ; and were purchased for Lord Yarborough. Persius's Sixth Satire imitated. Squire's tale FROM Chaucer. 1794. Svo. Privately printed at the press of the late John Penn, Esq., at Stoke Park, Bucks, now the seat of Mr. Labouchcre. 128 M.DCC.XCIV. Poems in English, Scotch, and Latin. Majorcs inajora sonent ; niilii parva lociito Sufficit iu vestras sa^pe redire mauus. — >La.rt. Paisley : Printed by J. Nelson for the Author. 1794. pp. 140. 8vo. By James Grahame, Esq., Advocate. Considerable professional influence induced Mr. Grahame to come to the Scotch bar, where he practised a few years. Ultimately liis disinclination for legal avocations induced him to forsake a profession that might have been profitable, and to take holy orders. Alter et Idem, a New Review, No. I. for a Summer Month in 1794. Printed (but not for publication) by Smart and Covv- slade, Reading, Berks. 1794. 4to. pp. 119. By Robert P. Deverell. A presentation copy, with autograph, was in IVIi*. Eyton's library, No. 466. Mr. Deverell was author of several other works printed for sale. His work on Hieroglyphics mil be found in a subsequent page. Discourse, by way of general Preface to the Quarto Edition of Bishop Warburton's Works; Containing some account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author. London: Printed by John Nichols. 1794. 4^o. "Not printed for general sale; no more than 250 copies haviu" been taken off, to supply that number which had been printed of the Bishop's works." — Nichols' Anecdutes, vol. v. p. 641. " Privately pruited and sparingly distributed."' — to. pp. 105. 192 M.DCCC.XI. A Catalogue of Books on Angling; with SOME BRIEF NOTICES OF SEVERAL OF THEIR AuTHORS. London : Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt-court, Fleet- street. 1811. 8vo. pp. 21. Compiled by Sii" Heniy Ellis, K.H., principal librarian of the British Museum. Illustrationes Theopiirasti in usum Botanicorum, PR^ECirUE peregrinantium. Auctore John Stackhouse, Am. Soc. Linn. Lond. Hist. Nat. Soc. (Collegii Exon. Oxonii olim) Socio. Oxoiiii : E typographeo Clarendoniano. 1811. 8ro. pp. 91. Privately printed, at the expense of the late Dr. Thackeray, pro- vo.st of King's College, Cambridge. Legacy to his Daughter, on the Divinity of Truth in Writings and Resolutions, matured in the course OF Study, and Experience of a long Life. English and Italian. 1811. 2 vols. 4/0. This work was copied from a bookseller's catalogue. The editor has not succeeded in his attempts to procure an examination of the work itself. M.DCCC.XI. 193 The Little Book (sec the Tenth Chapter of Reve- lation), OR, A Close and Brief Elucidation of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Chapters of Revelations. By Eben-ezer — " Hitherto hath the Lord helped us," (Sam. vii. 12) — High Peak, Derbyshire, " Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall." — 1 Cor. X. 12. London: Printed by C. S tower, Patcrnoster-row. 1811. 8^0. pp. 74. Introduction, pp. 61. First Supplement, pp. 4. Second Supplement, pp. 128. Preface, 4 j:)p. The Second Supplement is printed at Sheffield, by J. Crome, as directed by Ebenezer Al-dred, Printer, Great- Hucklow, Derbyshire. 1816. " This extraordinary production is by the Rev. Ebenezer Aldred, Unitarian minister of Great-Hucklow, Co. Derby. It is of a religious political nature, and was intended to have been distributed by its author on the 12th of February, 1811, upon one of the city bridges ; but meeting with a Derbyshire friend, he was by him dissuaded from his purpose : and by this friend's further intervention, tlie whole impression of the book, except a very few copies, was with- dl■a^^^l effectually, if not destroyed. "The following paragi'aph appeared in the London papers of 1812: — 'The Rev. Eben. Aldred, a Dissenting minister from the High Peak in Derbyshire, appeared in a boat upon the Thames, on Thursday the 28th instant (February), dressed in a white linen robe, with his long hair flowing over his shoulders, and announced that the seven vials mentioned in the book of Revelations were about to be poured out upon the city of London.' "He j>rinted also (privately I have no doubt), 'Morning and Evening Prayers for the use of Individuals,' composed by different Unitarian mmisters, and printed at the expense of the Society of Unitarian Christians. Now reprinted, with a few alterations, by o 194 M.DCCC.XI. Ebcn-czer Al-drctl. 'Pray to thy Father iu secret.' — ^Matt. vi. 0. Printed by J. Crome, Sheffield. 1816. Small Svo, or \2riio. pp. .W; and one leaf of 'Texts of Scriptui-e.'" * Letters to Atticus. 1811. \2mo. pp. Go. By the late Viscount Fitzwilliam; who presented the fine col- lection of pictures and engravings to the University of Cambridge, now deposited in the building bearing his Bame. General Observations on the Writings OF St. Paul. By John Hey, D.D. Printed for the Author, by J. Seeley, Buckingham. 1811. Svo. pp. 143. Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809. By William Jackson Hooker, F.L.S. Yarmouth: Printed by J. Keymer, King-street. 1811. Not published. Svo. pp. 496. Index, &c., four leaves. PLATES. Frontispiece, an Icelandic ladj^, in her bridal dress. Plan of an Icelandic house, p. 89. EiTjption of the Geyser, p. 121. View of the Crater of Geyser, p. 122. * The editor derives this information from William Bateman, Esq., of Middle- ton Bakewell, to whom he ig indebted for several curious additions to his list. M.DCCC.XI, 195 Five hundred copies were privately printed, and teyi on large paper, given to members of the author's family. A second edition was published in 1813, two vols. Svo., for sale. Sir William Hooker is now curator of the Botanical Garden at Kew ; which is greatly indebted to his exertions to render it worthy the nation. Account of the Game of Curling. By a Member of the Duddingston Curling Society. Edinburgh : Printed at the Correspondent Office, 1811. Svo. pp.46. A few copies were printed on thick i')aper; these are very un- common. The Reaper, with Wensley-Dale, enlarged ; AND The Tourist [by Mander, Esq.]. York : Printed by William Blanshard. 2 vols, 8vo. "All but two copies destroyed, at the desire of the represent- atives.— W. B." Communicated to the editor by the late Archdeacon Wrangham. OEDIPUS Judaicus. By the Right Honourable William Drummond. ' "CEthpo conjectore opus est." — Plcmtus. London : Printed by A. J. Valpy, Took's-court, Chan- cery-lane. 1811. 8vo. pp.381. Preface, pp. Ixxxii. ; and 16 plates. " I have gotten a book by Sir W. Dnimmond (printed but not published), entitled ' QEdipus Judaicus,' in which he attempts to o 2 196 M.DCCC.XI. prove the greater part of the Old Testament an allegory, partieu- larly Genesis and Joshua. He professes himself a theist, in the preface, and handles the literal interpretation very roughly. I wish you could see it. IMr. W. has lent it me, and I confess to me it is worth fifty Watsons." * The late Dr. D'Oyly wi'ote some remarks upon this work in 1812, which were replied to by a \\Titcr under the name of Vindex. A review of both works ■ft'ill be found in the ninth volume of the Quarterly Review. Tre Opera Drammatiche, Prese nelle Visioni cle Dafni, e concatenate istorica- mente nell' ordine che segue, cioe, II Trionfo di Melibeo, La Apria Silene, e La Coronazione di Silene. Scritta da Dafni, ossia timi Dafni, cosi poeticamente divisato Arcade Pastore essendo nell' estasi del Sonno Magnetic©, edora consegnate doverosaniente al genio de' Dilettanti della lingua Italiana in ogni parte del mundo. Londra: della Stamperia de G. Buhner e Co. 1811. 4/0. pp. 238. Edited by Jlr. George Baldwin. Book Rarities; or, a Descriptive Catalogue of SOME OF THE MOST CuRIOUS, RaRE, AND VALUABLE Books, of Early Date; chiefly in the Collection OF George John, Earl Spencer, K.G. London. 1811. 8vo. By Dr. Dibdin. Thirty-six copies only were printed. Moore, Life of Lord Hyron, 4to., vol. i. p. 318. M.DCCC.XI. 197 Judgment of the Common Pleas, in Benyon AGAINST Evelyn, By Lord Chief Justice Bridgman, Trin. 14, Cha. II.; Including a Consideration, how far the Courts of West- minster Hall may adjudicate a Privilege of Parliament, without being concluded by the \^otes of either House. Extracted from Lord Chief Justice Bridgman's own Report. " Non in eos sine observantia, quels adversari videtur." London: Printed for W. Clarke and Sons, &c. 1811. 8vo. pp. 53. "Not yet published, nor intended to be so, at present; and when it shall be pubHshed, it will be with a preface." — IIS. Note in the title of the copy in the British Museum. Sketch of the Character of the late Duke of Devonshire. By R. Adair, Esq. M.P. London: Printed by W. Buhner and Co. 1811. 4^o. pp. 28. Tliis Sketch first appeared in the " Morning Chronicle," within a day or two of the Duke's decease. Fifty copies were afterwards printed in this form, at the expense of the Duchess of Devonshire : a portrait of the Duke usually accompanies the Memoir, engraved from a picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds. 198 M.DCCC.XII. Oratio de Ridiculo; iiabita Cantabrigi^ in sciiolis publicis, accedit etiam ab eodem scriptum, Carmen Comitiale. A. Cole. London. 1811. 4^o. Reprinted by the late Duke of IVIarlborougli. A copy was in tlic Wliitc Knights' library, No. 1134. Bibliography : a Poem. [London. 1812.] 8vo. pp. 24; including Preface. There is no title-page to this effiision, from the pen of Dr. Dibdin ; on which is impiiiited that oiAj fifty copies were stmck ofi". Letters from the Reverend Dr. Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester, to the Hon, Charles Yorke, FROM 1752 TO 1770. London: Printed by the Philanthropic Society, St. George's Fields. 1812. Uo. pp. 105. About one hundred copies of this edition were printed for private dititribution, at the exiwnsc of the Earl of Ilardwicke. CoNTES DES FoUS, and OTHER TrIFLES IN VeRSE, BY THE LATE JoHN BiGGE, EsQ., With Notes Critical and Explanatory. London : Printed for John Rodwell. 1812. Not published. M.DCCC.XII. 199 ViRGILIUS. This Boke treateth of the Lyfe of Virgilius, and of his Detli, and many Marvayles that he did, in hys Lyfe- tyme, by Whychcrafte and Nygromaneye, thorough the helpe of the Devyls of Hell. London. 4io. pp. 22. A reprint by E. V. Uttersou, Esq. : who says in tlic preface, " Mr. Douce's kiuducss enabled the editor to make the transcript from which this Httle tract is printed ; of it, only Jift^ copies on paper, and one on vclliim, are taken oft^ and those solely for private distri- bution." The vellum copy is in the British Museum ; it is a very indifferent specimen of modern vellum j)rinting. There were two copies, it is said, on vellum ; the second most probably in the pos- session of IVIi". Uttcrson. The publications of Mr. Uttcrson at his press in the Isle of Wight, are so numerous that it is judged best to print the account of them together; they will be described in the second part of this work, containing the works printed at private presses and by clubs. Extracts from the Letters of Elizabeth, Lucy, and Judith Ussher, late of the City of Waterford. Dublin : Printed by J. Jones, South Great George's- street. 1812. The Step-mother; a Tragedy. By Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, Knight of the Garter, etc., etc., etc. A new edition, with alterations. London: Printed by William Bulmer and Co., Cleve- land-row, St. James's. 1812. 8vo. pp. 158. 200 M.DCCC.XII. An Historical Letter to the Rev. Charles O'Connor, D.D., heretofore styling himself Co- LUMBANUS: UPON HIS FIVE ADDRESSES OR LeTTERS TO HIS Countrymen. From Francis Plowden, Esq. London. 1812. Svo. Not yet published. A note in the Grcnvillc copy, calls it " an impudent libel." The Father's Revenge; a Tragedy. By Frederick Earl of Carlisle, Knight of the Garter, etc., etc., etc. A new edition. London: Printed by William Buhner and Co., Cleve- land-row, St. James's. 1812. 8vo. pp. 150. Translations from the German, in Prose and Verse. " Make us eternal truths receive, And practise all that we believe." — Brydcn. Printed by E. Harding, Frogmore Lodge, Windsor. 1812. VZmo. pp. 112. Leaf following the title, with this inscription: "The gift of the Queen, to her beloved daughters, Charlotte- Aug. Matilda, Augusta- Sophia, Elizabeth-Mary, and Sophia: and, with her Majesty's per- mission, dedicated to their Royal Highnesses, by the translator, Ellis Cornelia Knight." Miss Knight was reader to Queen Charlotte, by whose desire this volume was composed ; thirty copies only were printed. M.DCCC.XII. 201 A Catalogue of Books, relating to the His- tory AND Topography of Italy, collected during THE years 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790. By Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart. Twelve copies printed. London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland- row, St. James's. 8vo. pp. 102. The collection described in this catalogue was most liberally pre- sented to the British Museum, by Sii' Richard Colt Iloai'e, in 1825. Miscellaneous Poems. Printed by E. Harding, Frogmore Lodge, Windsor. 1812. Small ^to. pp.90. Tliis volume contains a selection of poems, by William Robert Spencer, Samuel Rogers, Miss Knight, and others; prefixed is an etchmg, a view of Frogmore. Catalogus Librorum qui in Bibliotheca Blandfordiensi Reperiuntur. London: Printed by T. Bensley. 1812. 4^o. Contents. Fasciculus Primus. Theologia. Critici Sacri. Controversiaj, pp. 35. Fasciculus Secundus. Technici. Ludoram Gra^jhici. Lexica. Grammatici, pp. 23. Fasciculus Tertius. De Re Botanicd, et de Re Rustica, pp. 13. Fasciculus Quartus. Poetoj Epici. Drammatici, Lyi-ici, &c. variis Linguis, pp. 29. Fasciculus Quintus. Fabula) ct Fabulosa, pp. 29. 202 M.DCCC.XII. Fasciculus Scxtus. Facctico ct Satyra), i^p. 25. Fasciculus Septimus. Symbola et Emblemata, pp. 11. Fasciculus Octavus. Chronica. Topograpliica. Dcscriptiones Gentium, Homiimm, Eituum, &c., pp. 50. Fasciculus Konus. Sciiptores misceUanei Ingenio, Lcpore, Urba- nitate insigncs, pp. 5. Catalogus Librorum qui BibliotbecEB Blandfordiensi nuper additi sunt. 1814. pp. 35. This catalogue was compiled by Mr. Triphook ; the library, for- merly at White Knights, was sold by auction by ]\Ii'. Evans, in 1819 : it contained, among other rare works, the celebrated Boccacio of 1481, for which the Marquis of Blandford gave 2260^. at the Rox- burghc sale; it was purchased by Messrs. Longman and Co. for 918^. 155., and transferred at the same price to the late Earl Spencer, in whose magnificent collection it now remains. Memoirs of Mrs. Jebb. By George Wilson Meadley, Esq. London: Printed by Thomas Davison. 1812. 8co. pp. 62. JMr. Meadley was the author of a Life of Paley, Algernon Sidney, and other works, a list of which ^\aLl Ix? found in the Gentleman's Magazine, ]\Iarch, 1819. Sketch of the Life of John Lindsay Crawfurd, Esq., Containing a full and impartial Account of his Claim to the Title and Estates of George, Earl of Crawfurd and Lindsay. Dairy. 1812. 8vo. M.DCCC.XTI. 203 Descriptive Catalogue OF A Collection of Pictures, Comprehending Specimens of all the various Schools of Paintings, belonging to Sir Abraham Hume, Bart. London : Printed by G. Smeeton. m.dccc.xii. 4/ copies, for private distribution. 230 M.DCCC.XVI. Bromley Hill, the Seat of the Right Hon. Charles Long, M.P. ; a Sketch, BY George Cumberland. London: Printed Ly T. Bensley and Son, for R. Trip- hook, 23, Old Bond-street. 1816. Svo. pp. 59. Bromley Hill was the residence of the late Lord Faruborough ; to whose well-kuowii taste this seat owes much of its beauty. Copy of a Genealogical Account of the Bar- nard Family, now [1816] in the possession of Mr. John Barnard, of Nicoll's-square, London, Sil- ver-flatter. "Printed in 1816, for circidation amoug the friends and relations of the famil3^" * Correspondence, Legal Proceedings, and Evi- dences, respecting the Ancient School, attached TO Saint Paul's Cathedral. A new edition, considerably enlarged. London. 1816. 4/o. By Miss Maria Hackett, of Crosby-square, London. Tliis lady was subject to the witty remarks of the late facetious Canon of St. Paid's, Sidney Smith. Moule, Bibliotheca HeralJica. M.DCCC.XVII. 231 Dowland's Musical Banquet. Chiswick Press : by Charles Whittingliam. 1817. Edited by Mr. Singer. TwenUj-five copies ouly were printed. Dowland was the son of an eminent musician of the age of Shak- spearc. He i^rinted this Banquet in 1610. The Long Pack ; A Northumbrian Tale, an Hundred Years Old. George Angus, Printer, Newcastle. 1817. '^vo. pp. 24. Twelve copies only are said to have been printed of this tale, two of which were on vellum. Catalogue of Books in the Library of Robert Ferguson, of Raith, Esquire. Edinburgh : Printed at the Caledonian Mercury Press. 1817. 4^0. pp. 102; Index, two leaves. Essay on the proper Temper of the Mind to- wards God : addressed by the Earl of Carysfort to his Children. To which is added, a Disserta- tion on the Example of Christ. London: Printed by J. M'Creery, Black Horse, Fleet- street. 1817. \%no. "Not pubUshed. Ouly fifty copies printed." Mr. GreniUle's copy contains a note from the noble author, John Joshua, K.P. se- cond Lord, who died, April, 1828. 282 M.DCCC.XVII. Poems on several Occasions, in two Volumes. Volume First. Greenock: Printed by Donaldson and Macfarlane. 1817. Volume Second. Greenock : Printed by Robert Do- naldson. 1819. Svo. By John Dunlop, Esq., Collector of the Customs at Port Glasgow, father of John C. Dunlop, author of the " History of Fiction," 3 vols. 1814. lu reference to these occasional poems, the author says in his preface, " I have not, however, insulted the dignity of the press by publication, having allowed ten copies only to be thi'own oflt^ for par- ticular friends on whose indulgence I can rely." North of England and Scotland in m.dcc.iv. Edinburgh : William Blackwood, m.dccc.xvii. l2mo. pp. 71. Printed from a manuscript in the library of the late Thomas Johnes, Esq., of Hafod. At the back of the title page " only 100 copies printed, not for sale." W.Bell. Extracts from the Life of the Virtuous Christian and Renowned Queen Anne Boleigne. By George Wyatt, Esq. Written at the close of the Sixteenth Century. From the Manuscript Collections of the Rev. John Lewis. 1817. 4:tO. " The manusscript from which the present very interesting Memoir is printed, was purchased at the late Sir Peter Thomson's sale. It M.DCCC.xvir. 238 is in the hand-writing of the Rev. John Lewis, of the Isle of Thanet, the celebrated antiquary. It was jprinted in 1817, for a few noble- men and gentlemen ; but twenti/seven copies only having been taken off, it may be considered still to have almost the rarity of a manu- script." * Journal of a Tour through Part of France, Flanders, and Holland ; including a Visit to Paris, and a Walk over the Field of Waterloo; made in the summer of 1816. By Seth William Stevenson. Norwich ; Printed, not for sale, at the Norfolk Chro- nicle Press, by Stevenson, Matchett, and Stevenson. 1817. ^vo. pp. 34-9. App. pp. 8. Title, preface, &c., pp. xiv. The author of this Tour is one of the editors of the Norfolk Chronicle, and in 1833 served the office of mayor of Norwich. Selection of Curious and Entertaining Games at Chess, that have been actually played by John Cazenove. London. 1817. \2mo. " This book has only been circulated among the private friends of the author, who is, or was, the p)resident of the London Chess Club."t * Cavendisli, Life of Wolsey, by Singer, 2nd edit. p. 420. t Lowndes, Bibliographer's Manual. 234 M.DCCC.XVII. Tpie Statutes of the Collegiate Church of Ely, IN the original Latin; with Explanatory Notes, AND an English Translation. [By Church, of Spital-square.] London : Printed by Barnard and Farley, Skinner- street. 1817. 8vo. Not for sale. pp. 151 ; including tlie Title, Dedication to the Gentlemen and Inliabitants of the City of Ely, and Index of the Chapters, in Latin and English. This collection was not printed from the originals in the posses- Biou of the dean and chapter of Ely, and is said to contain many inaccuracies. A Topographical and Historical Description of THE Parish of Tixall, in the County of Stafford. By Sir Thomas Clifford, Bart., and Arthur Clifford, Esq. Paris : Printed by M. Nouzon, 9, Rue de Clery. 1817. 4^to. pp. 325. Fifty copies of pp. 153 and 154 were reprinted, on account of mis- nomers. Sir Thomas CUfford, the principal editor of the second volume, was the eldest son of the late Hon. Thomas Clifford ; fourth son of Hugh, Lord Clifford of Chudleigh. He was author of a reU- gious work, entitled, " L'Evangile Medite." At a late period of his life, he imbibed a taste for the study of history, antiquities, topo- gi-aphy, heraldry, and genealogy, in all of which he was conversant. Ho succeeded, on the death of Francis Constable, Esq., to the great estates of Burton Constable and "Wycliflf, in the county of York, on which occasion he assumed the name of Constable. He died at Ghent, 25th February, 1823, ret. GO. One copy of this work was in- M.DCCC.XVII. 235 laid ou elephant folio, foi' the ];)urpose of illustration ; in the embel- lishment of which Sir Thomas "was employed at the time of his death. It is very profusely illustrated with portraits and topogra- phical views, and forms two volumes, elegantly bound in russia, which were in the library at Tixall. The armorial bearings con- nected with the family, are all emblazoned on the margin of this copy, under the direction of the late Mr. Moule. Tixall is now the property of Earl Talbot. The Ubrary, it is believed, was removed to Burton Constable near Hull. Collectanea Cliffordiana ; in Three Parts: Containing, I. Anecdotes of Illustrious Personages of the name of Clifford. II. Historical and Genealogical Notices respecting the Origin and Antiquity of the Clif- ford Family. III. Clifford ; a Tragedy. Tu facito, mox quum matura adolevcrit setas, Sis memor, et te animo repetentem exempla tuorum Et pater ^Eneas, et a\T.iuculus excitct Hector. Virffil, JEn. B. xii. 438-40. By Arthur Clifford, Esq. Paris : Printed by M. Nouzon, 9, Rue de Clery. 1817. 8^0. Two Fables in Verse. By Sydney, Earl of Godolphin. Never before printed. [1817]. pp. 15. 4^0. Sydney, Earl of Godolphin, was Lord Treasurer in the reign of Queen Anne. The following note, in the hand- writing of the Editor, 236 M.DCCC.XVII. the late Mr. Coxc, the historian, was copied by pennission of the late Lord Dover, from the copy in his library : — " These two Fables in Verse, imitated from La Fontaine, which are printed in these pages from the original maniLscripts in the hand- wi'iting of Lord Godolphiu, were found among the papers left by Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, and preserved at Blenheim." A Third Fable in Verse, with a fac-simile of the hand-^vl'iting of the author, is attached to the former two. Twenty copies (ten on demy 4to. and ten on imperial 4to.) were printed of the Two Fables ; and twelve on demy 4to. and ten on imperial 4to., of the Third. A copy is in the Grenville library. Topographical Account of the Hundred of BosMERE IN Hampshire; Comprising the Parishes of Havant, Warblington, and Hayling. Ego apis Matinee More modoque, Grata carpentis thyma per laborem Plurimimi. HoR. Havant Press : Printed by Henry Skelton, West-street. 1817. Small Uo. pp. 112 ; Title, &c., pp. viii. " The follo-sving pages were compiled for the use of an intended History of Hampshire, undertaken by the Rev. WiUiam Bingley, under the patronage of the Right Hon. George Rose ; but as that book is laid aside, the Editor was induced to pubUsh a few copies to circulate among his friends." Only thirty copies printed. M.DCCC.XVII. 237 A Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Mont- morency, STYLED De MaRISCO, OR MoRRES, ANCIENT Lords of Marisco, or De Montemarisco, in the Peerage of England and Ireland, and respect- fully ADDRESSED TO HIS MaJESTY LoUIS XVIII., King of France and Navarre. By Henry de Montmorency-Morres, Knight of St. Louis, Colonel d'Etat Major in his Most Christian Majesty's Service. Printed at Paris. 1817. Uo. This, as well as the CUftbrd papers, p. 235, iUustrative of Enghsh families, and importaut generally as historical documents, has been inserted although printed abroad. The Pageant of the Company of Sheremen and Taylors in Coventry, as performed by them on the Festival of Corpus Christi; Together with other Pageants, exhibited on occasion of several Royal Visits to that City, and two Specimens of ancient Local Poetry. Coventry: Printed by W. Reader. 1817. 4^o. pp. 14 ; Title and Preface, two leaves. Edited by Mr. Thomas Sharp, of Coventiy, who says in the pre- face, " The celebrity of the Coventry Pageants gives a particular de- gree of interest to this portion of our national antiquities ; and he has been induced to print tivelve copies, for the purpose of bringing it more immediately to the knowledge of his antiquarian friends." 238 M.DCCC.XYIII. BiBLIOTHECA MS. StOWENSIS. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Stowe Library. Buckingham : Printed by J. Seeley. Vol. I. pp. xvi and 421. 1818. Vol. II. pp. vi and 606. 1819. Ap- pendix to Vol. I. pp. 80. 1819. 3 vols. 4fto. Comxjiled by the late learned Dr. O'Conor, libi-arian to tbc first Duke of Buckiiigbam and Chandos, wbo printed tivo hundred copies for private distribution. The MSS. are now in the possession of the Earl of Ashburnham, who piu'chased them for 8,000?. A sale cata^ logue had been prepared and printed by Messrs . Sotheby and Wil- kinson, June 11, 1849, eight days, which the private pui-chase above mentioned prevented. An Inquiry into the Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythology. By R. Payne Knight. London. 1818. 8vo. " Intended to be prefixed to the second volume of the Select Spe- cimens of Ancient Sculpture, published by the Society of Dilettanti ; but the necessarily slow progress of that work, in the exhausted state of the funds to be applied to it, affording the author little probabi- lity of seeing its completion, he has been induced to print this pro- posed part of it, that any information which he may have been able to collect, on a subject so interesting to all lovers of elegant art, may not be lost to his successors in such pursuits, but receive any additions and corrections which may render it more worthy to ap- pear in the splendid form, and with the beautiful illustrations of the preceding volume." Richard Payne Knight, of Downton Castle, Herefordshire, Esq., died in 1824: he bequeathed his medals, tba wings, and bronzes, to the British ^Museum : his library devolved to his brother, Thomas Knight, Esq., who inherited the estates. This essay is reprinted in the Classical Journal, vol. xxiii. M.DCCC.XVIIL 239 Letter to a Neapolitan from an Englishman. London: Printed by T. Davison. 1818. 8vo. Written by the late Lord Holland, to clear up some misconcep- tion by Murat, of a conversation which his lordship had held with him. A volume by a foreigner on this subject was in the library of the late Duke of Wellington : the pencil annotations in which by the Illustrious Man were anything but complimentary to the writer's veracity. Institutions; or, Advice to his Grandson. In Three Parts. By William Higford, Esq. London. 1 658. [London : Reprinted by W. Buhner and Co., Cleve- land-row, St. James's. 1818]. pp. 104. 8vo. Reprinted at the expense of Lieut.-General Burr. A gentleman of the name of Parsons, obtained a portion of the Scudamore pro- perty with General Burr, and assumed the name of Higford. In all probability, this book was written by a connection of the family. A Dream. ; Tacitfe quid vult sil)i uoctis imago 1 ***** ***** Dummodo tale nihil vigilans committere tentem ; Ssepe licet simili redeat sub imagine somnus. London: Printed by Bensley and Sons. 1818. 8vo. pp. 47. " Xot published : very remarkalile for the beauty of the drama- tic strokes in the dialogue ; a species of excellence which, since 240 iM.DCCC.XVIII. Berkeley, has been rare iu English composition. I beg this to be very carefully preserved. I leave the author's name to be guessed." * By Lord Holland ; who printed a veiy small number of copies, for private distribution. A Dyssiie of Sottleties ryght ryciielie sea- SONID ; OR, A GOODLIE GaRLAND OF DURESME EVER- GREENS PLAITED BY THE INGENIOUS. " Her moncks and lordlie priours rise to view. And all her faded garlands bloom anew." Imprynted by Master Francis Humble and his Felowes, for anenst ye Neptune in Foro Dunelmensi. m.dccc.xviii. 8^0. pp. 50. Only twenty copies were printed of this collection ; which was edited by the Rev. James Raiue, librarian of the Cathedral Library, and the late Richard Surtees, Esq., of Maiusforth, the historian of the county of Durham. Ralph Royster Doyster ; A Comedy. London: Reprinted in the year 1818. 8i'o. pp. 88. This comedy is said to have been written by Nicholas Udal, for- merly Master of Eton College ; where the unique copy, from which this reprint was made, is deposited. This impression, which was limited to twenty-five copies, was prmted at the expense of the Rev. Mr. Briggs : it was again printed, in 1821, by ill-. Pulham, of the East India House ; and also in a series of " Old Plays," published in * Note in Sir James Mackintosh's copy. M.DCCC. XVIII. 241 1830, hy T. White, Johnson's-court, Fleet-street. The editor is in- iebted for this information to Mr. WilUam Holgate, of the General Post OflBce, who collected a very curious dramatic library, remark- ible for its iBuc condition ; sold by auction, by Sotheby and Son, No- rember, 1831. Mr. Hallam* says, "In spite of its title, it is a play Df some merit, though the wit may seem designed for the purpose 3f natural merriment rather than critical glory. We find in it what is of no slight value, the earliest lively picture of London manners among the gallants and citizens, who furnished so much for the stage down to the civil wars." Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the College of Advocates, in Doctors' Commons. London : Printed by Charles Baldwin. 1818. 8vo. pp. 236. Compiled by Mr. Henry Butterworth, law bookseller. Fleet-street. A. new edition has been published since. Poems to the Memory of Thomson, in the Temple of the Muses, at Dryburgh Abbey. Edinburgh. 1818. Svo. These verses, written by the Eev. John Eichmond, of Southdean, were printed at the expense of the late Earl of Buchan, for presents, who printed privately some other trifling efflisions. In this abbey are deposited the remains of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. * Literature of Europe, vol. i. p. 612. 242 M.DCCC.XVIII. Account of Lord Boringdon's Accident and Death. 1818. 4!io. ; with a portrait. The subject of this memoir was the eldest son of the Earl of Morley. He died near Paris, in consequence of accidentally swal- lowing an ear of rye, in the twelfth year of his age. Memoir of the Origin and Incorporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond. London : Printed by J. Darling, Leadenliall-street. 1818. 8vo. pp. 247. By the late Joseph Cotton, Esq., Deputy-Master of the Trinity House. Catalogue of the Museum of John Heaviside, Esq., Comprising Human Anatomy, Natural and Morbid; Comparative Anatomy ; and Natural History. London : Printed by G. Woodfall, Angel-court, Skin- ner-street. 1818. 8vo. pp. 267. Appendix to Cata- logue, including Additions to tlie ]\Iorbid Anatomy, between 1818 and August, 1823. pp. 4. This Museum was dispersed by public auction, in 1829. A consi- derable portion was purchased by John Palmer De la Fons, Esq., then residing in the same premises, in George-street, Hanover- square ; who made some very valuable and curious additions, which in the season he most liberally threw open for the inspection of his friends and the scientific world. The Museum was disposed of in 1835. M.DCCC. XVIII. 248 Eagle's-Cliffe Legend. Stockton. 1818. 4to. Fifty copies printed as presents. Original Letters, from the Right Hon. Lady Mary W. Montague, to Sir James and Lady Fran- ces Steuart : AND Memoirs and Anecdotes of those distinguished Persons. Greenock: Printed by Robert Donaldson. 1818. l2mo. pp. 159. Title and preface, pp. vi. Edited by Mr. Dunlop, Collector of Excise at Greenock. A copy is in the Marquis of Bute's library. Farewell to Italy ; and Occasional Poems. By William Sotheby, Esq. London : Printed by W. Buhner and Co., Cleveland- row, St. James's. 1818. 4^o. pp. 65. Two hundi'cd and fifty copies were printed. An edition in 8vo. was reprinted subsequently, for sale. Mr. Sotheby died in 1834. A Collection of Royal Grants and other Docu- ments relative to the Constitution and Privi- leges of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edin- burgh M.DV.-M.DCCC.XIII. Printed at Edinburgh. 1818. 8vo. pp. 139. Pre- face and pp. viii. R 2 244 M.DCCC.XVIir. Letter to a highly respected Friend, on the SUBJECT OF CERTAIN ErRORS OF THE AnTINOMIAN Kind, which have lately sprung up in the West OF England, and are now making an alarming Progress throughout the Kingdom. By the Rev. John Simons, LL.B., Rector of Paul's Cray. London: Printed by Ellcrton and Henderson. 1818. 8vo. pp. CD. "A Letter never intended for the press, but soon to be published, vnih a Preface and Appendix, if it should be thought expedient to give it a wider circiUation." Hints on the Topography of Wiltshire. Queries submitted to the Consideration of the No- bility, &c., of the County of Wilts, with a View to promote a General History of the County. Salisbury. 1818. 8vo. Printed for private distribution by Sir Kichard Colt Hoare, Bai't. Miscellanea. J. G. 1818. i'to. pp. 83. This volume, printed at Edinburgh, contains translations of Addi- son's Machiuse Gesticulantes, Frowdc's Cursus Glaciales, &c. The author was James Glassford of Dongelston, advocate, who died at Edinburgh, July, 1845. He also printed another volume, entitled " Elegia3," without place or date ; it is a collection of English verse, pp. 30. There is another edition of it, pp. 39. M.D.CCCXIX. 245 La Prima Musa Clio ; translated from the Italian of Cesare Avena de Valdiere. Or, The Divine Traveller ; By George Baldwin. Exhibiting a series of Writings obtained in the ecstasy of Magnetic Sleep. Most important for the integrity of the Fact : most interesting to the Curious : most con- soling to tiie Afflicted : and most edifying to the Dubious among Mankind. [London : Printed by C. Richards, Warwick-street, Golden-square. 1818.] A thick 8vo. volume, origiually intended to form three. Genealogies of the Hindus, extracted from their Sacred Writings ; with an Introduction AND Alphabetical Index. By Francis Hamilton, M.D., Fellow of the Royal Societies and of the Societies of Antiquaries of London and Edinburgh, of the Linna?an Society of London, and of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. Edinburgh : Printed for the Author. 1819. (Dedi- cated to James, Duke of Montrose.) 8vo. pp. 126. Genealogical Tables of the Deities, Princes, Heroes, and Remarkable Personages of the Hindus, extracted from the Sacred Writings of THAT People. With an Introduction and Index. By Francis Hamilton, M.D., Fellow of the Royal 246 M.DCCC.XIX. Society and of the Societies of Antiquaries of London and Edinburgh, and of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. Edinburgli : Printed for the Author, by "William Aitkin. 1819. Large folio. Containing twenty-five engraved general Tables. Fifty copies of these works were printed for presentations to public libraries and crowned heads. Tour in Holland in the Year m.dccc.xix. London. \2mo. Privately piinted. Title, contents, and eiTata, \\ pages. Tour (which commences 14th August, 1819) 252 pages. There is no date on the title. The Art of Angling. Not intended for sale. London: Printed by W. Davy, 41, James-street, Gros- venor-square. [1819.] 12»20. pp. oo. A copy was in Mr. Haslewood's Library, No. 41 of his catalogue ; in which is a note stating he had never seen another. Memoir of the Claim of Mr. John Lindsay Craw- FURD TO the Title and Estates of Crawfurd and KiLBURNY. Paisley : Printed by John Neilson for ]Mr. Crawfurd.r 1819. 4to. pp. 12, and Pedigree. This tract is very rare. The Crawfurd estates devolved on the late Earl of Glasgow, as heir M.DCCC.XIX. 247 of the line of the Crawfurds, and the title has been adjudged to Lord BalcaiTcs, who is now Earl of Crawfurd and Baron Lyndsay. The Earldom of Lyndsay is still in abeyance. The following anecdote, highly honourable to the late Lord Glas- gow, has been communicated by a gentleman to whom the Editor is under _ very great obligation for different works relating to Scottish history and antiquities. " John Crawfurd, the forger, having returned to this country, again pursued his claims, but never got the length of the House of Peers. At this time the Cra^vfurd estates were in the possession of Lady Mary Lyndsay Crawfurd, the sister of the last recognised Earl of Crawfurd and Lyndsay. Her ladyship threw every impediment in the way of investigation ; but dying, Lord Glasgow succeeded to her estates, but not to her mode of opposition. He said, ' If this man be really what he declares, God forbid I should deprive him of his inheritance. Let him have every justice.' Accordingly his lord- ship furnished ample funds for a fair investigation, the result of which was, that this man, who died in the interim, and was suc- ceeded in his pretensions by a son, was proved to be — what was always the general belief — an impostor. Had the oi'iginal forgeries not been disclosed by a confederate, there is no doubt that this man would have got both title and estates." Sermons on the Decalogue ; To which is added, a Sermon on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, preached in the Parish Church of Nune- ham Courtenay, Oxon. By F. Haggitt, D.D., Rector of that Parish, and Prebendary of Durham. Not published. London : Printed for the Author, by J. Brettell, Ru- pert-street, Hay market. 1819. Svo. pp. 232. Dr. Haggitt was author of several works printed for sale. 248 M.DCCC.XIX. Catalogue of the Library OF THE Dean and Chapter of Norwich. London : Printed by G. Auld, Greville-street. 1819. 8vo. pp. 120. An alphabetical catalogue. " The books principally relate to Divinity, English History, and Classical Literatm-e ; and arc chiefly of recent donation, the gi'eater portion of the existing collection having been presented to the library by Frank Sayers, M.D. It is i^leasant also to notice the judicious additions of standard theological and historical works, by purchase from time to time, as the funds admit." Mr. Botfield* speaks in just praise of the presem^ation of conventual volumes, neither distinguished by excessive rarity, nor remarkable for im- common worth. Survey of Tullaroan, or Grace's Parish, in THE Cantred of Grace's Country, County of Kilkenny : being a Genealogical History of the Family of Grace, from their Settlement in Ire- land, temp. Hen. II., to the present Period. Dublin: Printed at the Faulkner Press. 1819. 8vo. pp. 160. " The impression of this neatly-printed work is restricted to ffti/ copies, for private distribution. The work is accompanied by ' A Descriptive Sketch of the Grace Mausoleum,' containing the monu- mental inscriptions of the family, with genealogical, biographical, and heraldic details, pi'inted at the same time and place, pp. 106 ; also limited to the same number of copies. The two parts form a handsome and interesting volume, being intended to be bound toge- ther; and contain a variety of graphic illustrations of considerable * Notes on Cathedral Libraries. M.DCCC.XIX. 249 local interest, consisting of twenty-nine original family portraits, en- graved by R. Grave, London ; thirty topographical plates ; and eleven heraldic subjects; together with two maps, the one a fac- simile of a survey of Grace's Parish, made in 1665, and the other of a survey made in 1818. The above genealogical and topogra- j)hical descriptions were written by Sheffield Grace, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, F.S.A. ; and the materials, consisting of several volumes in manuscript, evince infinite knowledge of the subject."* A Descriptive and Architectural Sketch of the Grace Mausoleum, in the Queen's County ; taken FROM the Statistical Account, or Parochial Sur- vey OF Ireland, By William Shaw Mason, Esq. Dublin. 1819. 8vo. This impression consists of fifty copies : and, as has been stated in the account of Mr. Grace's work, p, 248, usually accompanies that volume. AnE AdDICIOUN OF SCOTTIS CORNIKLIS AND DeIDIS. 4;t0. pp. 60. The first part of this volume has this title — " Heir foUowis ane schort Memoriale of the Scottis Corniklis for addicioun ;" and the second part, at p. 29, — " A short Chronicle of the Reign of James the Second, King of Scots." This historical fragment was printed from the Asloan MS. in the Auchinleck Library, at the expense of the late Thomas Thomson, Esq. A fac-simile of the writing is given. Moule, Bibliotheca Heraldica. 250 M.DCCC.XIX. A Discourse delivered in St. Mary's Church, June 11, 1819, before the University of Oxford, BEING the Festival of St. Barnabas. By J. Radford, B.D., Fellow of Lincoln College. Oxford: Printed by J. and T. Bartlett. 1819. Svo. pp. GO. Only thirty copies in'intecl, for private distribution. King Coal's Levee; or, Geological Etiquette; WITH Explanatory Notes. To which is added, the Council of the Metals. By John Scafe, Esq. Alnwick : Printed by J. Graham. 12mo. TvjcnUj-five copies were piinted of this work. A second etlitiou was printed in 1819. A Literal Translation of the Saxon Chronicle. Norwich: Printed by Stevenson and Co., for J. and A. Arch, Cornhill. 1819. \2mo. Translated by Miss Aiiua Gurney, of Norwich. Originally in- tended for sale ; but during its progress through the press, the translator hearing of the edition by Dr. Ingram, it was determined to cu'culate tliis translation privately. " The honour of having printed the first hteral version of the Saxon annals was reserved for a learned lady, the Elstob of her age." * IngraDi, Preface to the Saxon Chronicle. 4to. 1823. M.DCCC.XIX. 251 Catalogue of the Pictures, Casts, and Busts, BELONGING TO THE EaRL OF MoRLEY. Plymouth. 1819. The seat of the Eai-l of Morlcy, Saltram in Devonsliire, has been greatly improved by the present noble owner. It contains a fine collection of busts and paintings ; among the latter, a very choice collection of the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, a native of the county. Poetry of the College Magazine. Windsor: Printed by Knight and Son. 1819. Svo. pp. 104. The College Magazine was circulated in MS. by some Etonians. A selection of the poetry was printed for private distribution. One hunch'ed copies were, it is believed, printed. ]\Ir. MoiUtrie, one of the writers in the Etonian, a collection of Essays in three volumes octavo, was a contributor. Memoir of the Life of Lieut. -Col. Spencer Thomas Vassall ; with an elegiac Ode upon his Deatpi. By Miss Holford. Bristol. Svo. pp. 59. Col. Vassall was a gallant officer, Lieut.-Col. of the 38th Foot; which regiment he commanded in the expedition to South America, where he received a mortal wound while bravely leading his men, at the assault of the fortress of Monte Video, in the night between the 2ud and 3rd of Febmary, 1807. " Every bullet has its billet. The family of the late Colonel Vas- sall, of the 38th Regiment, have adopted this phrase among their 252 M.DCCC.XIX. mottos. In the attack on Moute Video iu 1807, where he com- manded that regiment, they missed the breach on their approach. The grape and musketry were so hot, that it di'ove the men into confusion, and would have made numbers of them retreat, but for his exertions. "VVTien he observed any of the men stoop or flinch, he cried out as loud as possible, ' Bi-avc 3Sth, my brave men, don't flinch, every bullet has its billet. Push on, foUow me, 38th.' He rallied them repeatedly in this manner, until he got them inside the breach. He was advancing to the main battery, when a grape shot broke his leg ; and as soon as he fell he cried out — ' Push on, somebody will take me up, my good soldiers, charge them ; never mind me, it is only the loss of a leg in the service.' He sat up and helped to tie on a handkerchief to stop the blood, and cried out all the time of the action, ' I care not for my leg, if my regiment do their duty, as I hope they ■will.' As soon as the town surrendered he heard the men cheer ; he joined them with as great spirits as if nothing had happened, and called them out to be carried at the head of his regiment. He died iu thr-ce days after. There is a monument to his memory in St. Paid's Church, Bristol." — John Bull, 15th De- cember, 1833. Premonitory Extracts ; Selected from various Authors of the religious Society of Friends ; with an Appendix, containing similar Ex- tracts from Writers of the Church of England : and Notes. [Not published.] Title as above, with "Rose, Printer, Bristol," at the bottom of the reverse side of the title. Preface, pp. i to iii, ending with Ninth Month, 1819. Corrigenda ct Addenda, and Index, two leaves, of which the last page is blank ; ii pp. 252 ; Appendix, pp. 253 to 338 ; Notes, pp. 339 to 420. Tliis work was edited b}- Dr. Gawen Ball, physician at Bristol. M.DCCC.XIX. 253 Some Account of Great Milton, in Oxfordshire. [By the Rev. Thomas Ellis, late Vicar of the Parish.] Oxford: Printed by W. Baxter, 1819. 8vo. pp.48. Tlic circumstance which gives the greatest interest to the history of this place, is that of its being the residence of the ancestors of our immortal poet of the same name. This manor was once in the possession of Sir Geoftrey Dormer, a wool- stapler in this county, and Lord Mayor of London, 1541 ; related to the noble family of Dormer, of Wing, Bucks. The Rectory is the corps of a Prebend in the Cathedral Church of Lincoln. Historical and Genealogical Account of the Clan or Family of Macdonald, from Somerlett, King of the Isles, Lord of Argyll and Kintyre, TO the present Period, more particularly as re- lating TO THE senior BrANCH OF THAT FaMILY, VIZ. THE Clan Ranald. In two parts. Part I. From Somerlett to John, Lord of the Isles. Part II. From John to the present Chief. Edinburgh : Printed by Duncan Stevenson and Co. 1819. Royal 8vo. Guilt ; or, the Anniversary. A Tragedy, in Four Acts, from the German OF Adolphus Mullner. Edinburgh : Printed by John Ballantyne and Co. 1819. 4;io. pp. 104. Ti'anslated by R. P. Gillies, Esq., aiithor of " Childe Alarique ;" the impression was limited io fifti/ cojnes. 254 M.DCCC.XIX. The Book of Death. London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland- row. 1819. Crown %vo. pp. 408; Index, six leaves; Errata, one page. The title is inclosed in a wood-cut border, composed of death's heads and sliin-boacs : in a few copies, this cut is printed in different colours. The work was edited by Samuel Dobree, Esq., of Waltham- stow ; sixty copies only were printed, for private circulation. In the title-page is a \agnette, a view of the editor's house. Appendix to a Vindication of the University OF Cambridge from the Reflections of Sir James Edward Smith, etc., etc. By James Henry Monk, B.D., Professor of Greek in tliat University, now Bishop of Gloucester. Cambridge : Printed at the University Press, in May, 1819. 8ro. pp. 55. Sir James Smith was a candidate for the Botanical chair in the University of Cambridge ; but did not succeed, owing to some ob- jections to his peculiar religious principles. The Farmer's Vision. By Thomas, Lord Erskine. London : Printed by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple- bar. 1819. Sro. pp. 25. A satirical poem, by the late Lord Ei'skine, chiefly intended to show the folly of farmers destroying rooks. M.DCCC.XIX. 255 A Statement of Reasons why the Right Rev. Bench of Bishops of the Established Church of England ought not to be called upon by the Friends of that Establishment to oppose the Bill brought into the House of Lords by Earl Grey, for the Abolition of the 25th and 30th of Charles the Second. By the Hon. Mr. Clifford. London: Printed by Keating, Brown, and Co., 38, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square. 1819. Svo., pp. 134. Preface, pp. xxviii ; Errata, one leaf. Tliis work was never completed. A very few copies were circu- lated among the friends of the autlior, the Hon. Hugh Clifford, since Lord Clifford of Chudleigli. Journal of the Operations of the Belvoir Foxhounds, from August 1st, 1817, to April 25th, 1818. " Forsan et hoec olim mcminisse juvabit." London : Printed by B. M'Millan, Bow-street, Covent- garden. Printer in ordinary to his Majesty. 1819. 4to. pp. 111. Letters written from the Continent, during a Six Weeks' Tour, in 1818. Afterwards published in the York Chronicle. York : Printed by Blanshard. 1819. 8t'0. pp. 119. By .Jonathan Gray, Esq. Fiftt/ copies printed. 256 M.DCCC.XIX. A Brief Summary of the Contents of a Manu- script, FORMERLY BELONGING TO THE LoRD WiLLIAM Howard, of Nawortii. Durham. 1819. Svo. pp. 31. Fifty copies were priutcd of this Summary, for private circulation, by Sir Cuthbcrt Sharp. lu the Castle of Xaworth, Lord Howard's apartments, containing a bed-room, oratory, and library, arc still shown. Many of the books belonging to the original possessor, " belted Will Howard," have his autograph : the valuable collection of MSS. is no longer there: some are deposited in the College of Arms, London. The Diary of Jacob Bee, from 1682 to 1706. Durham. 1819. Svo. pp. 26. Twenty-five copies were printed for private distribution, by the Editor of the former volume. Jacob Bee was brought Tip to the sister arts of skinner and glover, and flourished in his native city for three-quarters of a century. Pedigrees and Memoirs of the Families of Hoare, of Rishford, Com. Devon ; Hoare, of Walton, Com. Bucks ; Hoare, of London, Com. Middlesex; Hoare, OF Mitcham, Com. Surrey; Hoare, of Stourton, Com. Wilts; Hoare, of Barn-Elms, Com. Surrey; Hoare, of Boreham, Com. Essex. Collected and compiled by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart., a.d. 1819. [Bath.] i'fo. pp. 64. This accoiuit of the several families of Hoare is illustrated by the following plates :— M.DCCC.XX. 257 Richard Hoare, Esq., of Barn-Elms ; facing title-page. Henry Hoare, Esq., of Stourhcad ; Roth del., Wortliington sculp- sit, page 9. Richard Hoare, Esq., First Baronet; M. H. del., H. Meyer sculp - sit, page 11, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart., of Stourhead; engraved by H. Meyer, from a picture by H. Edridge, A.R.A. Henry Hoare, of Mitcliam, engraved by Henry Meyer, from a picture by Sir Thomas Lavirrence, R.A. Sir Richard Hoare, Knt. ■\ Henry Hoare, [ four small portraits on one plate Henry Hoare, [ engraved by Worthington. Sir Richard Hoare, Kiit. ' Ai-ms of the Family of Hoare, page 52. In this volume will also be found a short memoir of the life and works of the highly respected editor, the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart. ; whose various publications on topography are well known and highly esteemed. The additions made by the learned Baronet to his scat at Stour- head, are two handsome wings; the one appropriated to a picture gallery, and the other to a library. A Catalogue of the Library of Miss Currer, AT EsiiTON Hall, in the Deanery of Craven, and County of York. London : Robert Tripliook. 1820. 8vo. pp. 308. This Catalogue was compiled by Mr. Triphook. Fifty copies only are said to have been printed. A new edition has since appeared, compiled by Mr. Stewart ; an account of which will be found in a subsequent page. " Frances Mary Richardson Currer, only daughter and heiress of the Rev. Henry Richardson Currer, was born at Eshton Hall, the 3rd of INIarch, 1785. She is in possession of both the Richardson and Currer estates ; and inherits all the taste of the former family ; S 258 M.DCCC.XX, having collected a very large and valuable libraiy, and also possesses a fine collection of prints, sliclls, and fossils, in addition to what were collected by her gi'cat gi'andfather and great uncle." * Memorials of the Haliburtons, Edinburgh : Printed by James Ballantyne and Com- pany, at the Border Press. 1820. 4/o. Engi'aved frontispiece of the burial aisle of the Haliburtons (and of Sir Walter himself), in the chancel of the Abbey Church of Dry- burgh ; no name, but etched from a drawing by Mr. Skene, of Rubi- slaw. Prehminary Notice, 1 leaf, or pages iii and iv, in which it is stated that "Walter Scott, of Abl)otsford," was served heir to his grand-uncle, Robert Haliburton, of Nc^vmains. This Notice is dated Abbotsford, March, 1820. The " History of the Hahburtons in Drybm-gh" ends at p. 63. The Notice by the Editor (Sir Walter Scott), begins,— "Thirt\ copies have been thrown off of these Genealogical Memorials, intendc I only to gratify the wish of some respectable fi'ieuds of the present possessor of the Manuscript, whose families are mentioned in it."' Sir Walter was the representative of the family, as gi'and-nephew of Sir Robert Haliburton, of Newmains. In 1824, Sir Walter Scott reprinted some copies of the volume csi rather larger paper than the edition of 1820, printed by Janu- Ballantyne and Company at the Border Press. 4to. front, pp. i\ and 63. Two leaves, numbered i — iv, are added, entitled, " Decla- ration of the Persons within named, anent Muii-houselaw's Death '" (extracted from the Sheriff Court Record of Roxburghshire, May. 1716). In other x'espects this is a literal re^jrint of the edition in 1820. The Notice also begins, — " Thirty copies," &c., but now tin Editor is styled " Sir Walter Scott" of Abbotsford, and the date is changed to November, 1824. The above Declaration is added to illustrate a passage, " On the 50th page of the foregoing Mcnm rials/' &c. • Nichols, Illustrations, vol. i, p. 252. M.DCCC.XX. 259 BIBLIOTHEC^ REGI^ CATALOGUS. Londini : Excudebant Gul. Bulmei' and Gul. Nicol. M.DCCC.XX M.DCCC.XXIX. 5 Vols. foUo. Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc, Forming- the Geographical and Topographical Col- lection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the Third ; and presented by his Majesty King- George the Fourth, to the British Museum.* London : Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, by G. Woodfall, Angel-court, Skinner- street. M.DCCC.XXIX. Folio, pp.373; Lidex, pp. liii. Prefixed to the first volume is a portrait of the royal and illus- trious founder, George III., engraved by S. W. Reynolds, from a bust by John Bacon, R.A. On the first leaf of the Introduction is a re- presentation of the library at the Queen's House ; and at the end of the Introduction, a \'iew of the octagonal room, in -which a portion of the library was kept : they are engraved on -w'ood by J. Byfield, from drawings by Frederick Nash ; in the alterations of the Palace, these rooms have disappeared. The Catalogue of the Books was compiled by the late Sir Frede- rick Barnard, assisted by the late Nicholas Carlisle, Esq., and John Hulbert Glover, Esq., librarian to the Queen. The Geographical Catalogue was compiled by Alexander Mac- pherson, who assisted Mr. Arrowsmith in drawing some of the maps for Rees' Cyclopsedia. This noble collection, which has been well styled, " a gift greater than has been bestowed by any sovereign upon any nation, since the library of the Ptolemies was founded at Alexandria," t was pre- sented to the Nation by his late Majesty George IV. The letter of * This portion of the Royal Catalogue is also printed in 2 vols. 8vo. for general sale. t Sir Henry Ellis, Dedication to " Original Letters," First Series. S 2 260 M.PCCC.XX. the Royal donor, together ^\^th a few extracts from the Report of tlio Committee appointed by the Hoiise of Commons, are here intiD duced, as nccessar^^ to the history of the library. "Deak Lord Lrv'ERrooL, "The King, my late revered and excellent father, having formed, during a long series of years, a most valuable an'' extensive Library, consisting of about one himdred and twent thousand volumes, I have resolved to present this collection to tli' British Nation. " Whilst I have the satisfaction, by this means, of advancing the literature of my country, I also feel that 1 am paying a just tri])ute to the memory of a pai'cnt, whose life was adorned with every public and private virtue. "I desire to add, that I have gi*eat pleasure, my Lord, in makin this communication through you. " Believe me, with great regard, " Your sincere friend, " Pavilion, Brighton, Jamianj 15, 1823. " G. E.' The Committee appointed to report upon the Libraiy j)roceed t ■ state, that " the general plan of its formation appears to have betn determined upon by his late Majesty King George the Third, soimi after his accession to the throne; and the first extensive purcha~< which he made, was that of the library of Mr. Joseph Smith, tl. British consul at Venice, in 1762. " In 1768, Mr. Barnard, the librarian, was sent to the Continent li,\ his INIajesty ; and in France, Italy, and Germany, he bought nuuio- rous books of great rarity and value. Pre^^ous to his departure, he received a letter from Dr. Johnson,* who frcqiiently "\"isitcd the * The admirable letter of this pmiiient man, forming part of the history of the Royal collection, is not, it is trusted, inappropriately introduced. " Sir, " It is natural for a scholar to interest himself in an expe- dition undertaken like yours, for the importation of literature; and therefore, not having travelled myself, I am very little qualified to give advice to a tra- veller ; yet, that I may not seem inattentive to a design so worthy of regard, I M.DCCC.XX. 261 Library, i^ointing out the best means of completing it. The rules laid down in that letter have been followed with unremitting atten- tion. The Libraiy has been considered as very complete, for its extent, in all branches of science and literature : it is very lich in classics, in English history, in Italian, French, and Spanish litera- ture, and in the scarce, early printed books of the fifteenth century. will try whether the present state of my health will suffer me to lay before you what observation or report have suggested to me, that may direct your inquiries, or facilitate your success. Things, of which the mere rarity makes the value, and which are prized at a high rate, by a wantonness rather than by use, are always passing from poorer to richer countries ; and therefore, though Germany and Italy were principally productive of typographical curiosities, I do not much imagine that they are now to be found there in great abundance. An eagerness for scarce books, and early editions, which prevailed among the English about half a centiu'y ago, filled our shops with all the splendour and nicety of litera- ture ; and when the Harleian Catalogue was published, many of the books were bought for the library of the King of France. " I believe, however, that by the diligence with which you have enlarged the library under your care, the present stock is so nearly exhausted, that, till new purchases supply the booksellers with new stores, you will not be able to do much more than glean up single books, as accident shall produce them ; this, therefore, is the time for visiting the Continent. " What addition you can hope to make by ransacking other countries, we will now consider. English literature you will not seek in any place but in England. Classical learning is diffused everywhere, and is not, except by accident, more copious in one part of the polite world than in another ; but every country has literature of its own, which may be but gathered in its native soil. The studies of the learned are influenced by forms of government, and modes of religion; and therefore, those books are necessary and common in some places, which, where different opinions or different manners prevail, are of little use, and for that reason, rarely to be found. " Thus, in Italy you may expect to meet with canonists and scholastic divines; in Germany with writers on the feudal law; and in Holland with civilians. The schoolmen and canonists must not be neglected, for they are useful to many purposes ; nor too anxiously sought, for their influence among us is much lessened by the Reformation, Of the canonists, at least, a few eminent writers may be sufficient. The schoolmen are of more general value. But the feudal and civil law I cannot but wish to see complete. The feudal constitution is the origin of the law of property, over all the civilized part of Europe ; and 262 M.DCCC.XX. The sum expended in the purchase of Mr. Smith's library was about 10,000^., and the sum apphcd for the purchase of books, for a period of sixty years, has been about 2,000?. annually. It is also to be ob- sei"ved, that additions have been made to the collection by persons HJixious to shew their respect to his late Majesty, and to promote his views. Among these, the late Jacob Biyant deserves particularly to the civil law, as it is generally understood to include the law of nations, may be called, with great propriety, a regal study. Of these books, which have been often published, and diversified by various modes of impression, our Royal Library should have at least the most curious edition, the most splendid, and the most useful. The most curious edition is commonly the first, and the most useful may be expected among the last. Thus, of Tiilly's Offices, the edition of Fust is the most curious, and that of Graevius the most useful. The most splen- did, the eye will discern. With the old printers you are now become well acquainted : if you can find any collection of their productions to be sold, you will undoubtedly buy it ; but this can scarcelj' be hoped, and you must catch up single volumes where you can find them. In every place things often occur where they are least expected. I was shewn a Welsh Grammar, written in Welsh, and printed at Milan, I believe, before any Grammar of that language had been printed here. Of purchasing entire libraries, I know not whether the inconvenience may not overbalance the advantage. Of libraries collected with general views, one will have many books in common with another. When you have bought two collections, you will find that you have bought many books twice over, and many in each which you have left at home, and therefore did not want ; and when you have selected a small number, you will have the rest to sell at a great loss, or to transport hither, at perhaps a greater. It will generally be more commodious to buy the few that you want, at a price somewhat advanced, than to incumber yourself with useless books. But libraries collected for parti- cular studies, will be very valuable acquisitions. The collection of an eminent civilian, feudist, or mathematician, will perhaps have very few superfluities. Topography, or local historj', prevails much, in many parts of the Continent. I have been told, that scarcely a village of Italy wants its historian. These books may bo generally neglected, but some will deserve attention, by the cclebritj' of the place, the eminence of the authors, or the beauty of the sculp- tures. Sculpture has always been more cultivated among other nations than among us. The old art of cutting on wood, which decorated the books of ancient impression, was never carried here to any excellence; and the practice of engraving on copper which succeeded, has never been much employed among us in adorning books. The old books with wooden cuts are to be diligently sought; M.DCCC.XX. 263 be mentioned, as having euriched the Library with some of the rarest .specimens of the art of printing, at its commencement in this country. "The examination of the contents of the Royal Library, fur- nishes the strongest reason for placing it in the same building as the Museum Library ; the former being very rich in many of those classes in which the latter is very deficient; particularly in works illustrative of the history of printing, in geography, in he- raldry and antiquity, in theology, in various branches of belles lettres, in grammars and dictionaries, in Italian and Spanish lite- rature, and in general history." the designs were very often made by great masters, and the prints are such as cannot be made by any artist now living. It will be of great use to collect in every place maps of the adjacent country, and plans of towns, buildings, and gardens. By this care you will form a more valuable body of geography than can otherwise be had. Many countries have been very exactly surveyed ; but it must not be expected that the exactness of actual mensuration will be pre- served, when the maps are reduced by a contracted scale, and incorporated into a general system. " The King of Sardinia's Italian dominions are not large ; yet the maps made of them in the reign of Victor, fill two atlantic folios. This part of your design will deserve particular regard, because, in this, your success will always be pro- portionate to your diligence. " You are too well acquainted with literary history, not to know that many books derive their value from the reputation of the printers. Of the celebrated printers you do not need to be informed ; and if you did, might consult Baillet 'Jugemens dos Scavans.' The productions of Aldus are enumerated in the Bibliotheca Groeca, so that you may know when you have them all, which is always of use, as it prevents needless search. The great ornaments of a library furnished for magnificence as well as use, are the first editions, of which, there- fore, I would not willingly neglect the mention. You know, Sir, that the annals of typography begin with the Codex, 1457; but there is just reason to believe, that there are latent in obscure corners, books printed before it. The secular feast in memory of the invention of printing, is celebrated in the fortieth year of the century; if this tradition, therefore, is right, the art had in 1457 been already exercised nineteen years. " There prevails among typographical antiquaries a vague opinion, that the Bible had been printed three times before the edition of 1462, which Cahnet 264 M.DCCC.XX. The Library thus presented to the Nation is now deposited in the particular portion of the British Museum expressly built for its reception. An endeavour * has been made to convey an idea of the noble repository in which it is placed. At each end of the room is an inscription, recording the gift, in English and Latin ; the follow- ing is a copy of the latter : — REX . GEORGIVS . IIII . LECTISSIMAM . HANC . LIBRORVM . COPIAM . A . PATRE . GEORGIO . Ill . COMPARATAM . IN . MUSEO . BRTTANNICO . COLLOCARI . JVSSIT. ET . PVBLICAM . ESSE . VOLVIT . ANNO . REGNI . SVI . Ill . calls ' la premiere edition bien averee.' One of these editions has been lately discovered in a convent, and transplanted into the French King's Libraiy. Another copy has likewise been found, but I know not whether the same impression, or another. These discoveries are sufficient to raise hope, and instigate inquiry. In the purchase of old books, let me recommend you to inquire with great caution, whether they are perfect. In the first edition, the loss of a leaf is not easily observed. You remember how near we both were to purchasing a mutilated missal at a high price. " All this, perhaps, you know already, and therefore my letter maj- be of no use. I am, however, desirous to shew you, that I wish prosperity to your undertaking. One advice more I will give, of more importance than all the rest ; of which I, therefore, hope you will have still less need. You are going into a part of the world, divided, as it is said, between bigotry and atheism : such representations are always hyperbolical ; but there is certainlj' enough of both to alarm any mind solicitous for piety and truth ; let not the contempt of superstition precipitate into infidelity, or the horror of infidelity ensnare you into superstition. I sincerely wish you successful and happj-, for, " I am. Sir, " Your affectionate humble servant, " Mai/ 28, 1 768. " Sam. Johnson." " To F. A. Barnard, Esq." * Vide title page of this work: drawn by Mackenzie; engraved by John IjO Keux. M.DCCC.XX. 265 The collection of books here deposited is considered to consist of about 80,000 volumes ; exclusive of the valuable collection of maps, plans, and topogi-aphical views, the catalogue of which is contained in the vohmie before mentioned. About * thirty-five works, consist- ing, for the most part, of books printed in the fifteenth century, and which had been presented to his Majesty George III. by the cele- brated Jacob Biyant, were retained ; and a MS. volume of Memoranda by Dr. Johnson, presented to the King by Bennet Langton, Esq.t Two hundred copies of the Catalogue were printed, the expense of which was defrayed by a parliamentary vote. A very lilicral distri- bution was made of them ; viz. to the members of the Royal Family, the Cabinet IMinisters, the Universities, and other literary establishments of the United Kingdom ; to most of the foreign Potentates, Academies, and literary Societies of the Continent. In addition to the library, maps, and topograxihical drawings, a very valuable cabinet of ancient and modern coins and medals was also presented to the British Museum. It contains nearly 16,000 pieces, and is particularly rich in German coins, early Italian, English, and Dutch medals. Bruuet in his notice of the catalogiie, says, "Nous n'avons rien h en dire sous le rapport bibliogi-aphique, car ce n'est guere qu'uue simple table, oii les titres, fort pen dev61oppes, sout ranges par ordre alphabetique des noms des auteurs, ou du mot principal du titre, lorsque le livi'e est sans nom d'auteur." The Report previously quoted gave an account of the simis granted by Parliament for the purchase of woi'ks of art, science, and literature, since the foundation of the British Museum, in 1755: the following is the list: — £ 1753 For the Sloanian Collection . . . 20,000 1758 „ the Harleian Collection . . . 10,000 1772 „ the Hamilton Collection of Vases . 8,410 * An excellent Bibliographical Notice of the Royal Library is in the " Gen- tleman's Magazine," 1834, p. 235. t See Mr. Croker's edition of " BoswelTs .Johnson," vol. v. p. "2!l!). 266 M.DCCC.XX. £ 1805 For the Townley Collectiou of Statues . 20,000 1807 „ the Lansdown Manuscripts . . 4,925 1810 „ the Gre^■illc MineraL-s . . . 13,727 1813 „ the Ilai-grave Library . . , 8,000 1814 „ the remainder of the Townley Collection 8,200 1815 „ the Phigalian Marbles . . . 15,000 1816 „ the Elgin Marbles .... 35,000 1818 „ the Burney Library . . . 13,500 Since that Report, the following Special Parliamentary Grant- have been voted : — 1820 Mrs. Dondlle— Collection of Zoology 1824 Mr. Salt's Egyptian Antiquities 1825 Mr. Rich's ?»ISS. and Coins . 1831 Ai'undel MSS. by purchase and ex- change — estimated value 1834 Mr. Sam's collection of Egy^stian An- tiquities „ Mr. T. Hawkins' collectiou of Fossil Saurian remains .... 1835 EgyjDtiau Antiquities 1836 Egjqrtian Antiquities „ Antique Vases .... „ Etchings by the Dutch Masters „ Charlemagne Bible .... 1837 Mr. Broderip's Collectiou of Shells . „ Antique Vases .... 1838 Eg}q>tian Antiquities „ Siguor Campanari's Etruscan Anti- quities 600 1839 Signor Anastasy, for Egj'jitiau Anti- quities ..... „ Mr. Mantell's Geological Collection . 1840 IMi-. Hawkin's Collection of Fossils 1841 Mr. Stewart — Collection of Coins . £ s. d. 1,127 10 2,000 7,500 3,559 3 2,500 1,310 5 6,000 918 4 3,473 18 7 5,000 750 1,575 1,136 3 6 650 13 3 1,600 4,212 1,800 880 M.DCCC.XX. 267 1841 Ml'. Burgon — Collection of Coins „ Mr. Butlex' — Collection of Manuscripts 2,200 1842 Messrs. Smith — Collection of En- gi'avings ..... „ Mr. Gould — Collection of Zoology „ IVIr. Cuming — Collection of Zoology „ Mr. Tattam — Collection of Syriac Manuscripts .... „ Mr. Burgon — Collection of Antiquities 1843 Strawberry Hill — Collection of books, &c 1,018 „ Prince of Cauino's Antique Vases . „ Mr. Lambert's Botanical Specimens . „ Mr. Tattam — Syriac Manuscripts . ,, Engravings, tlio works of Eaphael Morglien 1844 Mr. Koch's Collection of Fossils . „ Mr. Tattam — Syriac Manuscripts „ Sculptures from Xanthus „ Coins from the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire ... . 1,200 „ Books, &c., from the Libraries of the Duke of Sussex, &c. . . 3,304 6 9 „ Coins from the Collection of the late Mr. Thomas 2,.500 1845 Duke of Sussex, &c., Collection of Books, &c. .... „ Xanthian Antiquities „ M. de Falconuet, Collection of Fossils „ Messrs. Smith, Collection of Prints, &c. 1846 Fossils from the Sub-Himalayan jMouu- tains (classifying) . . . 541 12 3 1847 Fossils fi'om the Sub -Himalayan Mountains 127 8 11 Marbles from Bodroon . . . 351 2 6 £ s. d. 4,000 2,200 2,390 350 650 730 600 1,018 1,300 384 1,000 1,575 1,000 45 1,000 1,095 13 3 1,387 1,000 7,705 268 M.DCCC.XX. £ s. d. 1847 Marbles from Kurdistan . . . 2,382 8 5 1848 Marbles from Assyria . . . 561 10 6 „ Messrs. Smith— Collection of Prints, 6cc. 4,200 „ Verstolk's Prints, &c. . . . 566 10 1849 Marbles from Assyi-ia . . . 837 9 4 1850 Marbles fi-om Assyria . . . 2,649 8 Ibrahim Pacha's Gold Coins . . 1,050 Historical Account of the Origine and Succession of the Family of Innes, Collected from Autlientick Writs in the Chartor-Chist of the Samen. From an original Manuscript in the Possession of His Grace the Duke of Roxburghe. Edinburgh : Printed by George Ramsay and Co., for Waugh and Innes, Hunter Square. 1820. Largo 4to. pp. 74, with a folding engraved plate, Insignia D. Hen- rici Innes ab eodem Junioris, &c. " Two hundred copies printed at the Duke's expense." Lowndes, p. 998. Some Account of St. John's Hospital, and the Free School, Coventry. 1820. A'to. This forms part of a volume of collections fur the History of Covcntiy, privately pi'inted by Thomas Sharp, Esq., an eminent antiquary of that city ; who printed six copies only, for private dis- ti'ibution. The following is a list of the collection : — I. Illustrations of the History and Antiquities of St. Michael M.DCCC.XX. 209 Church, Coventry ; from original, and mostly nnpnblished docu- ments. By Thomas Sharp. Coventry : Printed by W. Reader. 1818. 4to. pp. 55. II. lUustratious of the History and Antiquities of the Church of the Holy Trinity. Coventry. 1818. 4to. pp. 45. III. St. Nicholas' Church, Coventry. JSTo title. 4to. pp. 3, IV. Bablake Church, or Chapel, Coventry. No title. 4to. pp. 21. V. Account of St. John's Hospital. VI. Grey Friars, Coventry. No. title. 4to. pp. 12. VII. St. Mary Hall, Coventry. 4to. pp. 5. Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the City OF Glasgow, and its connected Suburbs ; Together with Population and Statistical Tables, rela- lative to Scotland and England. Compiled and arranged by James Cleland, Member of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures ; late one of the Magistrates, and Convener of the Trades' House, Glasgow. " An increase of population, when it follows its natural order, is not only a positive good in itself, but absolutely necessary, in the farther increase of the annual produce of the land, and labour of the country." — Malthus. " An active and industrious population is the stay and support of every well-governed community." — Colqulioun. Glasgow : Printed by James Hedderwick, for the Hon. the Magistrates and Council, the Governors of the Town Hospital, and the Commissioners of Police. 1820. Folio. pp. 40 ; Postscript, one leaf. ^Ir. Cleland was the author of a History of Glasgow, noticed in the Edinburgh Review. 270 M.DCCC.XX. Miscellanies : By Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, K.G. ]\ieditans migarum, et totus in illis. London: rrinted by J. F. Dove, St. John's-sqiiare. Sro. pp. 114. The noble author died 4th September, 1825. The Profligate ; A Comedy, by George Watson Taylor, Esq. [London,] Bulmer and Nicol. 1820. 4-to. pp.17. Two hundred copies were printed of this comedy. At the sale of the library at Earlstoke, several copies, which had not been distri- buted, were sold by auction. Memoirs Historical and Illustrative of the Botanical Garden at Chelsea, belonging to the Society of Apothecaries of London. London : Printed by R. Gilbert, St. Joliu's-square, Clerkenwell. 1820. 8vo. pp. 111. Compiled by Henry field, Esq., treasurer of the company, for the use of the members of the society only. La Dance Macabre. Uiuans qui voyez cesti dance Se souvent la regardez Vous scaires so bicn la gardez Q' honeur modain nest pas cheunce. M.DCCC.XX. 271 The above is the title of a reprint, in small 4io. (consisting of five leaves), of part of " La Dance Macabre," ^jrinted at Paris, by Nicole de la Barre, the 23d July, 1500 ; preserved in the British Museum. The reverse of the title-page is blank. The other four leaves are printed on both sides, have a wood-cut on the top of each page, and two stanzas of eight lines each, underneath. The wood-cut on the title, and above the colophon on the last page, are the same ; all the other wood-cuts are different, suiting the subjects. " Bibhogi-aphical Analysis of La Dance Macabre, preserved in the British Museum," on the two pages of leaf 6, with the colophon, " London : Printed by Samuel and Richard Bentley, Dorset-street, Fleet-street ;" with their certification, that only twenty-five copies on paper, and only six copies on vellum, were printed. Then follow, on the recto of leaf 7, some observations on the poem ; and an extract from Warton's History of Poetry. Cyllenius; a Poem. Pochi compagni a\Tai per 1' altra via Dice la turba, al \'il guadagno intesa. — Petrarca. Farley-Hill : Printed by J. Magennis. 1820. Svo. In Dr. Valpy's copy, at the sale of his library in 1832, it was stated that only twelve copies were printed, by the author himself, at his private press. Farley-Hill is distant seven miles from Read- ing. A second edition has since appeared, in two volumes. Mr. Dickinson, the author, died February 5, 1827. The followuig additional particulars have been forwarded to the Editor by a friend of Mr. Dickinson's : " I was acquainted for many years with Charles Dickinson, Esq., of Somersetshire, a gentleman of large fortune and of great accom- plishments in literature ; he, during a portion of his life, dedicated his leisure Lours to auto-printing ; he kept presses and types in his 272 M.DCCC.XX. apartments, and composed in a leaden style — I mean to say, that the patriotic, ultra-liberal principles which he professed he em- bodied in excellent poetry, and as Apollo gave him the verse, he printed ; but he wrote not his poem. 'Mv. Dickinson read his poems to me, portions indeed, for they formed some volumes quarto, of perhaps 800 pages each, in large type, and with margins to receive his corrections. One volume was, I think, a poem with this title, ' India ;' the date of printing prior to 1812." Historical View of the Forms and Powers of THE Court of Exchequer, in Scotland ; To which is added, an Appendix, containing the Rules of Procedure, and certain Minutes of Court, relating thereto. By Baron Sir John Clerk, Baronet, and Mr. Baron Scroope. Edinburgh : Printed by J. Hays and Co. 1820. Large Aio. pp. 343. Printctl from a MS. written before the year 1724, at the expense of the Court of Exchequer of Scotland, but not for sale. Catalogue of the Private Library of the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London. London : Printed by Luke Hansard and Sons. [Circa 1820.] 4/0. Twelve copies only were printed of this Catalogue, compiled for the private convenience of his Grace the late Ai'chbishop of Canter- bury (Dr. Howley), when Bishop of London. Since it was printed, his Grace had made very large additions to his collection. M.DCCC.XX. 273 An Attempt at a Glossary of some Words used IN Cheshire ; communicated to the Society of Antiquaries, by Roger Wilbraham, Esq., etc. From the Archaeologia, Vol. xix., with considerable Additions. London : Printed by W. Buhner and Co. 1820. l2mo. pp. 91. This volume was reprinted for general sale in 1826. Mr. Wilbra- ham was a member of the Roxburghe Club, and died in 1829. A portion of his hbrary, containing rare Italian literature, was sold by- auction by Mr. Evans, in June, 1829. A Trewe and Feythfull Hystorie of the redoubtable Prynce Radafanthus. London : Reprinted by R. and A. Taylor, Shoe-lane. 1820. Square l8mo. 20 leaves, black letter. Edited by John Adey Repton, Esq., who states that there was not a copy of the original in the British Museum, or Bodleian Library. Seventy-five copies were printed on plain i^apcr, three on coloured paper, and two on vellum. Mr. Repton is the author of several papers on architecture, which have appeared in the Archaeologia. Queen Mab, by Percy Bysshe Shelley. pp. 240. 8vo. Original edition, privately printed without a title-page ; a copy was in Mr. Hanrott's library, pt. 3, 2407, bound up with which was a handbill, folio, entitled "a Declaration of Rights," a seditious paper, printed for circulation in Ireland. T 274 M.DCCC.XXI. Catalogue of the Library of the Athen.eum, Liverpool. By George Burrell, Principal Librarian. " Sine libris, Dcus jam silet, justitia quiescit, torpet mcdicina, Pliilosophia manca est, Litera3 mutcc, omnia tcnebris involuta cimmeriis." — Bartholinus. Liverpool : Printed by Harris and Co. m.dccc.xx. 8i-o. pp. 404. A classed catalogue. The Iniikling in wliicli this library is placed, was opened in 1799, it is situated in Ch;irch-strect, said to be the first of the kind established in the kingdom. It contains the ]\ISS., &c., of the late WiUiam Roscoe, collected for his Lives of Lorenzo de Medici and Leo X. A new edition of the catalogue is said to be in preparation. Remorse, and other Poems. By Barry St. Leger. London. 1821. \%no. Fifty coi)ies only were printed of this volume. Mr. St. Leger was the editor of the "Album," a short-lived periodical, " Gilbert Earle," and other works. A memoir of him is in the " Gentleman's Maga- zine," 1829, p. 642. Thoughts, chiefly on serious Subjects. By William Danby, Esq., of Swinton Park, Yorkshire. Exeter : Printed for the Author by E. Woolmer, Ga- zette Office. 1821. 8ro. This work has been reprinted, with considerable alterations, and the addition of another volume. M.DCCC.XXI. 275 The residence of the author i,s at Swiiitou, near Masham. He was sheriff of the county of York in 1784 : he died Dec. 4th, 1833, £et. 82. " It is a book in which his neighbours could find notliing to amuse them, or which they thought it behoved them to admire ; but I have seldom seen a more amiable or a happier disposition portrayed than is there delineated." * Select Poems of Edward Hovel Thurlow, Lord Thurlow. Cliiswick: Printed by C. Wliittingham. 1821. Svo. pp.91. Lord Thurlow, the second of that title, assumed the name of Hovel, as lineal descendant of Eichard Hovel, an esquire of the body to Henry V. Besides this volume, he published several others, for sale. He died in 1829. Lord Thurlow's works were the subject of a severe article in the " Edinburgh Review," vol. xxxi., by T. Moore. Tales of the Cordelier Metamorphosed, as narrated in a manuscript from the borromeo Collection, and in the Cordelier Cheval of M. PiRON ; with Translations. London: Printed at the Sliakspeare Press, by Wil- liam Buhner and W. Nicol. 1821. Svo. pp. 54. Printed at the expense of George Hibbert, Esq., for private cir- culation, from a manuscript in the collection of the late Count Borromeo, of Padua ; at the sale of whose library, in 1817, it came Southey, Life, vol. vi. p. 78. T 2 27H M.DCCC.XXI. into Mr. Hibbert's possession ; it contains eleven ctcbings by Robert Cruickshank ; sixty-four copies only were printed. The frontispiece originally represented a female on her knees before a crucifix ; the editor, with proprietj^, made the alteration as it now appears in the volume ; few copies possess both prints. PoEsiAs Lyricas de Francisco de Voya Gancao Stockler, do Conselho de sua Magistade, Tenente gene- ral dos suos Exercitos, Commendador da Ordem de Cliristo ; Socio da Academia Ileal das Sciencias de LisLoa, da Sociedade Real de Londres, e da Sociedade Philosophica da Philadelphia. Londres : Inipresso por T. C. Hansard, Peterborongh- court, Fleet-street. 1821. 8vo. pp. 250. Dramas, Translations, and Occasional Poems, By Barbarina, Lady Dacre. In two volumes. " Per desio di Lode Non canto io, no ; ben per chi m'ama c m'odc." Vittoria Colonna. London : John Murray, m.dccc.xxi. 2 vols. Svu. "For you, then, my friends, I print a few copies of my Plays, Translations, and other trifling compositions ; that if ever you should be disposed to look at them again, the second peiaisal may at least be less troublesome than the first." — Preface. Lady Dacre, "whose Dramas," says tlic "Quarterly Review,"* • No. XCVII. M.DCCC.XXI. 277 " both tragic and comic, have been much and justly admired," is the second daughter of the late Admiral Sir Chalouer Ogle, Bart., and widow of Valentine Wilmot, Esq., married to Lord Dacre, November, 1819, who died March, 1851. A Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Li- brary OF the Inner Temple ; arranged in Classes. London : Printed by George Woodfall, Angel-court, Skinner-street. 182L 8vo. pp. 139. Compiled by the Rev. W. H. Rowlatt ; who informed the editor, that twenty-eight copies only were printed. FORTIGUERRI : Translation from the Italian of Fortiguerri, of the First Canto of Ricciardetto ; with an Introduction, con- cerning the principal Romantic, Burlesque, and other Mock-heroic Poems. [Not published.] London: Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars. 182L \2mo. Translated by the late Lord Glenbervie : it was reprinted for sale, in 8w., in 1822. Memoir on the Antiquity of the Zodiacs of Esneh and Dendera. London: Printed by A. J. Valpy. 1821. Svo. pp. Ill; with two plates. Written by the late Sir William Drummond, who died March 29, 1827, at Rome. 278 M.DCCC.XXI. Memoir of the late Captain Joseph Huddart, F.R.S. London : Printed by W. Phillips, George-yard. 1821. 4/0. pp. 102. Prefixed is a portrait of the Captain, from a picture by J. Hoppner, E.A.: he was an elder brother of the Trinity House, and died in 181G. The ]Mcnioir was wi'itten by his son, Sir Joseph Huddai-t, of Brjmkir, Caernarvonshire. A Writing, or Declaration, from the Law Book, to obliterate the House of the Revolver, or Solar System. Second Edition. By C. Houseman. London : Printed by A. J. Valpy, Red-Lion-court, Fleet-street. 1821. 8vo. i^p. 354. Twenty-five copies only are said to have been printed of thia strange compilation, which is an attack on the Newtonian system. The following illustrations will bo found in it : Page Page 8 The form of the Tabernacle. 172 Sacrifice of Apis. 10 Abram's Sacrifice. 177 Tomb of Psammuthis. 13 The Altar of Earth. 211 Fl^nng Roll. 33 The Molten Calf. 216 Isis. 44 DevicC; shewing the Plane- 243 Daniel and the Priests of tary System. BeU. 47 Sennacherib's Death. 285 Chammiuim. 87 The Tabernacle. 289 The Wedding Feast. 107 Portable Orrery. 307 Nebuchadnezzar. llG*Osii-is. 327 Molten Sea. 117 Solar System. 340 From the Tomb at Thebes. 146 Brahma, Veshnoo, Siva. 350 Interior of the tomb at 165 Osiris, from the tomb at Psammis. Thebes. M.DCCC.XXI. 279 Sketch of the Life of Sir Hugh Inglis, Bart. London, 8vo. 182L With a portrait. Privately printed. Poems by Alexander Scott, From a Manuscript written in the year m.d.lxviii. [Edinburgh : Printed by Balfour and Clarke. M.DCCc.xxi.] 8vo. pp. xvi and 104'. One hundred copies of this vokime were printed for private dis- tribution, by INIr. David Laing. The Poems wei'C printed from Ban- natyne's MS. collection, and this is the only collected edition of the works of an author who has been styled the " Scottish Anacreon." Report to the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Baron, and the Hon. the Barons of his Ma- jesty's Court of Exchequer in Scotland, by the King's Remembrancer, relative to the Tomb of King Robert the Bruce, and the Cathedral Church of Dunfermline. Edinburgh: Printed by Hay, Gall, and Co., Niddry- street. 1821. 4to. pp. 67. This Ecport was drawn up by Sir Henry Jardine, King's Remem- brancer ; and contains the following plates : — 1. Sketch of the new Church of Dunfermline. 2. Plan of the old and new Churches. 3. Fac-simile of the Inscription on the plate of copper on Bruce's coffin. 4. Measurement of the skeleton. 280 M.DCCC.XXI. Memoir of the Life of Lieut. -Gen. Daniel Burr ; With a Supplement, containing Letters, Documents relative to the Succession to the Estates of the Duchess of Norfolk, Inscriptions, &c. London : Printed by W. Buhner and W. Nicol, Cleve- land-row, St. James's. 1821. 8vo. pp. 180. At the death of the Duchess of Norfolk, many claimauts to the Scudamore estate appeared. E. F. Stanhope, Esq., who has taken the name of Scudamore, obtained half; the remainder has been divided between Lieut.-Gen. Burr and ^Ir. Parsons, who has taken the name of Higford. Journal of the Operations of the Belvoir Fox-hounds from August 7, 1820, to April 18, 1821. " Forsan et hsoc olim mcminisse juvabit." London: Printed by M'Millan, Bow-street, Covent- garden. 1821. 4^to. pp. 92. Tlie Belvoir Fox-hounds are an old and celebrated pack ; the Journals of their operations are very numerous ; the editor has met however, with those only which he has enumerated : the manage- ment has been transfeiTed by his Grace the Duke of Eutland to Lord Forester. Diciere di Annibal Caro, e di altri. A' RE Della Virtu. Calveley Hall. 1821. 8vo. pp.117. Privately pvhitcd by W. Davenport, Esq. Calveley Hall is near Barbridge, Cheshire. M.DCCC.XXI. 281 Thom^ Craigi Epithalamium, quo, Hknrici Darn- LEII ET MaRI^ ScOTORUM ReGIN^ NUPTIAS CELE- BRAVIT. Impressum Edinburgi anno m.d.lxv. Denuo editum anno m.dccc.xxi. \2mo. Edited by Mr. David Laing : who says in the preface, " Arnicis nonnullis gratificaturi, et simul qiialecunque Carmen, hand sua laude carcns, ab oblivioue ^nudicaturi, perpauca tantum exemplaria itcnim typis mandari jussimus." BiBLioTHECA Herefordiensis : Or, a Descriptive Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, Maps, Prints, &c., &c., relating to the County of Here- ford : compiled by John Allen, Jun. Hereford: Printed by J. Allen, High Town. 1821. Si'o. pp. 120. The compiler of this Catalogue was a bookseller at Hereford ; twenty-five copies were printed for private distribution. One copy was said to be printed on vellum. Mr. Allen died in 1831. See an account of the contents of the library, " Gentleman's Maga- zine," July, 1825. Repertorium Wiltonense. [Privately] printed with a view to facilitate inquiry into the Topography and Biography of Wiltshire, col- lected by Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart, [consisting of Members of Parliament, High Sheriffs, Gentry, &c.]. Fol. Bath. 1821. Only fifty copies privately printed for presents. 282 M.DCCC.XXI. Selection from the Papers of John St. Mawe, A.B,, LATE OF Trinity College, Cambridge. lepov vTTVOi/ Koi/iarat" dvrjCTKeiv fxrj Xe-yf tovs dyadovs. Call. Epig. " The wintry blast of death Kills not the buds of virtue ; no, they spread, Beneath the heavenly beams of brighter suns, Thi'ough endless ages, into higher powers." Thomson's Summer. London : Printed by W. M'Dowall, Pemberton-row, Gough-square. 1821. Svo. pp. 198. The author of this volume, a young man of considerable talents, died July 10, 1820. He was educated at St. Paul's School, and was a member of Trinity College, Cambridge. Essays on Petrarch. By Ugo Foscolo. Irrequietus homo perque omnes anxius anuos Ad mortem festinat iter. Mors optima rei'um. PQtrar. Africa, lib. vi. London : Printed for the Author, by Samuel and Ri- chard Bentley, Dorset-street, Fleet-street, m.dccc.xxi. Imjperial Svo. pp.121. In a note in ^Ir. Ilanrott's copy, it is said that only sixteen copies were printed of this edition. It was published for sale by Mr. ]\Iurray in 1823. M.DCCC.XXI. 283 MONASTICON WiLTONENSE : Containing a List of the Religious Houses in North and South Wiltshire ; compiled chiefly from Bishop Tan- ner's Notitia Monastica. Shaftesbury: Printed by J. Rutter. 1821. folio, pp. 46 ; Introduction, pp. vii. This work was edited by the late Sir Eichard Colt Hoare, Bart., whose object was to gain infornaation respecting these establish- ments by the circulation of a few copies, as well as to facilitate the labours of his coadjutors in the topography of the County of Wilts. Etchings of Views in the Vicarage of Letherhead, Surrey, By Harriet Dallaway. London : G. Woodfall, Printer, Skinner-street. Svo. M.DCCC.XXI. pp. 46, There are thirteen etchings, of which the following is a list : — 1. Lethcrhead, on the north-west, from Norbury Park. 2. Letherhead Church, from the south-west. 3. The Vicarage. 4. The Vicarage, with additions made in 1820. 5. The Vicarage, from the Vicarage-lane. 6. In the Garden ; the Nut-tree Walk, 7. The Water-walk, looking down the Eiver. 8. The Colonnade. 9. The Grotto. 10. The Engine-house. 11. The Vicar's Willow, Salix Babylonica. 12. River Mole, from the Vicarage-lane. 13. The Ale-house of Eliuour Rummyng. Prefixed is a short account of the village, by the Rev. James Dalla- way, (who died June 6, 1834,) in two letters to Richard Duppa, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn. 284 M.DCCC.XXII. Memoir of William Wilson, of Nether-Worton, Co. OxoN., Esq. Anno 1821. Mr. Wilson died August, 1821. A Collection of Fugitive Pieces in Verse, with some Originals. Never published. Edinburgh : Printed by J. H. m.dccc.xxi. 8vo. The following is a list of tlie contents : — 1. The Thimble. A Poem, by [Allen] Ramsay, pp. 4. 2. The Election. A New Song, by Burns, pp. 4. This related to the contest for liirkcudbright, between Murray of Broughton and Sirdon of Balmaghie. pp. 4. 3. Antiquum carmen Scoticum cui nomen Maggy Lauder, Latino nee non mctrice redditum et exinde facile cantandum. 12mo. 1 leaf. 4. Scraps. By the late Sir Alexander Boswell. pp. 4. 5. The Pledge ; or, the Real State of the Matter. By Sir M. S. Stewart, Bart. 1 leaf. 6. Multum in Pai"vo. pp. 4. 7. Cockembendie. Part IL* pp. 4. Journal of the Operations of the Belvoir Fox-hounds, from August 7, 1821, to April 6, 1822. " Forsau et htec olim meminisse juvabit." London : Printed by B. M'Millan, Bow-street, Covent- garden. 1822. 4/o. pp. 97. * This was a supplement to the preceding article. M.DCCC.XXIL 285 Select Sonnets of Petrarch, with Transla- tions AND illustrative NoTES. By James, late Earl of Charlemont. Dublin : Printed by William Folds and Son. 1822. pp. 1 13. " The object of these Translations may be best ascertained from the Inti'oduction. They form a small portion of a work found in a state nearly ready for publication among the author's papers, and intended to illustrate, in a similar manner, the wiitings of the gi'eat Italian poets, from Dante to Metastasio. A limited number of copies has been printed, for the perusal of his friends and admirers, at the desire of his nearest relative, to shew that the leisure mo- ments of a life devoted to the cause of his country, were devoted with equal ardour to that of literature ; and to teach those who come after, to what a height of elevation rank and talents can raise their possessor, by being unremittingly applied to the pm'poses for which they are vouchsafed by our Creator." " Lord Charlemont appears to have had a particular partiality for the people, as well as for the climate and literature, of Italy ; and his voluminous IVIS. history of the poetry of that country, com- mencing with Dante, and ending with Metastasio, furnishes most pleasing, accurate, and critical accounts of their best poets. From this MS. the Rev. Edward Groves has edited a privately printed and highly interesting volume." * Russell's Natural History of the Bee. 1822. 8vo. From the catalogue of the late Sir F. Frecling's library, No. 1205, where it is stated only two copies were privately printed by the Author from types cut by himself. * Memoirs of the Family of Grace, p. 81 , 286 M.DCCC.XXII. Ane Declaratioun of the iust and necessar Causes, moving vs of the Nobillitie of Scotland, AND VTHERS, YE KiNG's MaIESTEIS FAITHFUL SvB- lECTIS, to repair TO HIS HiENEs' PRESENCE, AND TO REMANE with him, for RESISTING OF THE PRESENT DaINGERIS APPEARING TO GoDDIS TREW RELIGION, AND PrOFESSOURS THAIROF, ETC., ETC. Derectit from Stirling, with spcciall command and li- cence to be prentit. Anno m.d.lxxxii. [Edinburgh. 1822.] l2mo. " The tract here presented to the public, is reprinted from a copy, supposed to be unique, preserved in the library of the Faculty of Advocates." Forty-five copies only wore reprinted by the editor, Mr. Maidnient. The Poet's Pilgrimage : in Four Cantos. " But how shall I, apprentice of the skill, That whilom in divinest wits did reign, Presume so high to stretch my humble quill 1" — Spenser's Faery Queen, Introduction to Book iii. London: Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Sti'and. M.DCCC.XXII. Of this work, 100 copies were privately struck off on foolscap quarto, intended only for presents to the author's friends ; and there was nowhere any mark of authorship. Afterwards it was found to be so much liked by a few people who read it, that Mr. Collier was persuaded to publish and put his name to it. A new title-page was printed in 1825, the only diflference being that he described it as " An Allegorical Poem," and that the author's name, I. Payne Collier, was inserted. There is also some change in the introduction, pai-ticularly by the insertion of a translation of one M.DCCC.XXII. 287 of Ai'iosto^s Capitoli Amorosi. It was advertised iii a few news- papers, but the advertisement was recalled instantly, as the author repented of what he had done, and not a copy was sold. Of the one hundi'ed copies originally printed, eighty-five were destroyed. Concise View of the Origin, Constitution, and Proceedings of the Honourable Society of the Governor and Assistants of London, of the New Plantation in Ulster, within the Realm of Ire- land, COMMONLY CALLED THE IrISH SoCIETY. Compiled, principally, from their Records. 1822. Printed by order of tire Court, by Gye and Balne, No. 38, Gracechurcli-street, London. Svo. In the Appendix is an account of the siege of Londonderry, from Leland's History of Ireland ; a translation of the Charter granted by Charles II. to the Irish Society, and of James I. to the town of Coleraiue ; Inquisitions ; Fishery cause, between the Society and the Marquis of Donegal, by David Babington, Law Agent ; Narrative of a Journey to the north of Ireland, in the year 1802, liy Eobert Sladc, Secretary ; the General Agent's Report on that Journey, on the Timber, and on Coleraine School. Twelve Etchings after Drawings and Engravings by Parmigiano and Andrea Meldolla, IN the Collection of Richard Ford. London. 1822. 4^o. Tlie plates are etched by Eichard Ford, Esq., who possesses a very valuable collection of engi-avings from the works of the old masters. There were never more than twenty printed, Mr. Ford is well known by his admirable works on Spain. 288 M.DCCC.XXII. Documents relative to the reception at Edin- burgh OF the Kings and Queens of Scotland, A.D. M.D.LXI. Printed at Edinburgh, a.d. m.dccc.xxii. ito. pp. 124. By Sir Patrick Walker, Heritable Usher of tlie White Rod. NuG^ Derelictj5 quas collegerunt J. M. et R. p. Edinburgi. 1822. 8vo. This title is prefixed to a volume coutaiuing eighteen or twenty tracts, printed in a separate form, at difierent periods ; afterwards collected, and a title, with list of contents added : a prefatory note states that it is probable not more than six complete sets are in existence. The initials on the title-page designate James Maid- ment, Esq., Advocate ; and Robert Pitcairn, Writer to the Signet. Two Copies of V^erses on the inieeting of King Charles the First and his Queen Henrietta Maria, in the Valley of Kineton, below Edge- Hill, in Warwickshire, July 13, 1643. Birmingham. 1 822. 4/o. By the late William Hamper, Esq., of Birmingham. In the title-page is an engra^•ing of the unique medal by Rawlins, struck upon this occasion, from the collection of William Staunton, Esq., of Langbridge. A short introduction, by 'Mr. Hamper, dated Deritend House, Birmingham, Febi-uary 9th, 1822, states, that "the verses, more interesting from their locality than any poetical merit, have ])ccn preserved in manuscript, among the private papers of that distinguished antiquary. Sir William Dugdale ; and from his M.DCcc.xxir. 289 interleaved almanacks the Queen's route, from Newark to Kineton, is now, for the first time given." The number printed was vci'y limited, for private circulation alone ; twenty-five copies are on large paper. William Hamper, Esq., was a very eminent antiquary, and author of many valuable communications to the Archoeologia. His principal work is the "Life and Diary of Sir William Dugdale ; " 1827. 4to. The latter period of his life was employed in preparing an appendix, consist- ing of several additional letters of that celebrated antiquary. Mi\ Hamper died at Highgate, near Birmingham, May 3, 1831, eet. 54. Reports from the Boards of Curators of the Museum of the College, to the Court of As- sistants of the Royal College of Surgeons of London. London : Printed by B. Carpenter and Son, 16, High- street, Aldgate. 1822. 8vo. pp. 221. Ten triennial re]3orts ; after which the mode was altered, both as to time and publication. Collections for a History of the ancient Family of Carlisle. Humilitatc. London. 1822. 4^o. pp. 414; Contents and Litro- duction, xvi. A wood-cut on the title-page, engraved by Bewick, with the in- scription, " Fuimus." The author says in the conclusion, " In this compilation, no soli- u 290 M.DCCC.XXII. citiide of an author need be entertained, as it is wiitten solely fui- private amusement ; no hopes of emolument can be indulged, as the work is not printed for sale ; and no thoughts of resentment can be intended — for of the long-forgotten dead, who would speak with unkindness ? I knew the name to be honourable — I \\ished it might have an historian." It was edited by the late Nicholas Carhsle,* F.R.S., M.R.I.A., Assistant Librarian to his Majesty, and FeUow and Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London. One hundi-ed copies were printed, for distribution among the author's friends, one of whom t says, "It is woiihy the author's taste and various erudition." Miscellaneous notices relating to China, and OUR Commercial Intercourse with that Country, INCLUDING A FEW TRANSLATIONS FROM THAT LAN- GUAGE. London. 1822. Svo. " Privately printed." — Grenvilh Catalogue, p. 687. * N. Carlisle, for more than forty years Secretary to the Royal Society of Antiquaries, died at Margate on Friday, the 27th August, 1847, in the se- venty-seventh year of his age. He added to his name the distinctions of K.H., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.A.S., &c., &c., and was the author of several works on archaeological subjects. His publications began about forty years ago, the first we can refer to being his " Topographical Dictionary of England," 2 vols. Uo. in 1808; the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" followed, in a 4^o. volume, 1810 ; that of Wales, another Ato., in 1811; and that of Scotland and the Islands of the British Seas, 2 vols. 4io., in 1813. In the arduous office which he held, Mr. Carlisle was a straightforward and upright functionary, setting his face against the intrigues and party movements which have so fre- quently distracted and injured the Society. t Dr. Parr. M.DCCC.XXII. 291 Records of the Origin and Proceedings of the outinian society, Founded for securing the advantages of Benevolence and Justice ; with aid of Monitory Suggestions in Cri- tical and Ethical Lectures, where no other provision can easily be made for that purpose ; or, particularly, pro- posing to lessen those Evils incident to the pursuit of Happiness by Marriage, or otherwise, from which the Complaint has sprung, that " the business of Every -body is that of Nobody." London: Printed by W. Nicol. 1822. 4^o. ; with plates. This society held their meetings at the house of the late Johu Penii, Esq., iii New-street, Spring-gardens. The record of its pro- ceedings was intended for sale ; but as the editor beUeves no pur- chaser was ever obtained for a single copy, and those which have found their way from the warehouse of the printer were distributed gratis, he has thought it entitled to insertion here. Outline Engravings and Descriptions of the WoBURN Abbey Marbles. [London], m.dccc.xxii. folio. This splendid representation of the valuable collection of marbles, in the possession of John, sixth Duke of Bedford, was printed at the expense of his Grace, and has been very liberally distributed among the friends and patrons of art. The gallery in which this collection is deposited " was built in the year 1789, from designs by Henry Holland, Esq. Its dimensions are, 138 feet in length ; 25 feet in breadth ; and 22 feet, 7 inches, in height. In the centre of the building are eight magnificent columns, supporting a dome ; each column consists of one entire stone : they u 2 292 M.DCCC.XXII. arc all ancient, and were discovered in excavations made at Eome, by the late IVIi'. Brand, of the Hoo. Two of them of Breccia Afri- cana, and two of Rigio. Their white marble capitals are also antique, and were discovered in the same excavations : they are of a very rich composite order, containing ornaments added to the com- bined decorations of the Ionic and Corinthian styles. At the eastern end of the Sculpture Gallery is the Temple of Liberty. At the western end is the Temple of the Graces. The visitor is con- ducted into the Gallery, through a small ante-room, ou the walls of which are engravings of some of Canova's most beautiful statues and groups of sculpture. Opposite to the entrance is a marble bust, by Garrard, of Mr. Holland, who built the Sculpture Gallery ; and another bust, by Chantrcy, of NoUekens, whose works adorn the interior of the Temple of Liberty." Tlie following is a list of the plates contained in this volume : — L South elevation of the Sculpture Gallery and Temples ; en- graved by H. Moses. IL Ground-plan of the Sculpture Gallery and Temples. III. Section of the Sculpture Gallery and Temples ; eugi-aved by E. Turrill. IV. Antique Bacchic Vase ; engraved by H. Moses. V. Apollo Musagetes, Minerva, and the Muses ; engraved by Charles Heath. \r[. Triumphal Procession of Bacchus and Hercules ; engraved by H. Moses. VII. Achilles at Scyros ; engraved by H. Moses. VIII. The Death of the Boar at Calj-don ; engraved by E. Fiuden. IX. Luna and Endymion ; engraved by E. GoodaU. X. Meleager and Atalauta ; engraved by H. Moses. XL Symbolical Animal, destroying a Deer ; engraved by George Corbould. XII. Bacchanalian Procession ; engraved by H. Moses. XIII. Phaidra and Hippolytus ; engraved by H. Moses. XIV. Ancient Mythological Basso-relievo. XV. The Lanti Vase ; Plate I. ; engraved by H. Moses. M.DCCC.XXII. 298 XVI. The Lanti Vase ; Plate II. ; engraved by H. Moses. XVII. Bacchus ; Plate I. ; engraved by H. Moses. XVIII. Bacclius ; Plate II. ; engraved by H. Moses. XIX. Minerva ; engraved by H. Moses. XX. Ceres ; engraved by H. Moses. XXI. Antique Bronze Faun ; engraved by H. Moses. XXII. Torso of Venus ; engraved by G. Corbould. XXIII. Torso of Apollo ; engraved by H. Moses. XXIV. Antoninus Pius. Scptimius Severus ; engraved by G. Corbould. XXV. ^Elius Verus. Marcus Aurelius ; engraved by H. Moses. XXVI. Trajan. Diadunienianus ; etched by Henry Corbould. XXVII. Hercules. Antique Larva, or Sepulchral Mask, Persius ; etched by Henry Corbould. XXVIII. Fragment of the statue of a Boy. Matidia. Ancient marble disk ; engi'aved by H. Moses. XXIX. Hector recommending his Son to the protection of the Gods ; an alto-relievo, by F. Chantrey, E.A. ; engraved by Henry Moses. XXX. Penelope's reluctance to produce the Bow of Ulysses : an alto-relievo, by F. Chantrey, R.A. ; engraved by Henry Moses. XXXI. The Wrath of Achilles : a basso-relievo, executed by Thor- valdsen, in 1815 ; etched by Henry Corbould. XXXII. Priam supplicating Achilles ; by the same artist as the former plate ; etched by Henry Corbould. XXXIII. Hector reproaching Paris ; basso-relievo, by Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A., executed in 1821 ; engraved by Henry Moses. XXXrV. Hero and Leander ; by Sir R. AVestmacott, R.A. ; en- graved by H. Moses. \ by Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A., ex- XXXV. Psyche, Plate I-, , , ■ -, ^oo i +i n u ■^ ' I ecutcd m 1822 : both engraved by H. XXXVI. Psyche, Plate II., I ^^^^^^ * ^ XXXA^II. Western elevation of the Temple of Liberty ; engraved by H. Moses.* The foundation of this Temple of Liberty was l:ud by Francis, Duke of 294 M.DCCC.XXII. XXXVIII. Group in the pcdimeut of the Temple of Liberty ; by J. Flaxman, E.A. ; cugi-aved by Charles Heath. XXXIX. Group m the south front of the Temple of Liberty ; by Sir R. Westmacott, R.A. ; engraved by H. Moses. XL. Eastern elevation of the Temple of the Graces ; erected from designs by Sir Jeffry AVyatt\'iUe, R.A. ; engraved by H. Moses. XLI. The Graces, plate I.; Canova, sculptor;* engi-aved by G. Corbould. XLII. The Graces, plate II. ; engraved by G. Corbould. XLIII. Lady Georgiana Elizabeth RusseU (RomiUy), eldest daugh- Bedford, a short time before his death ; and it was completed by his brother, John, sixth Duke. On the architrave is a Latin inscription, from the classical pen of the Rev. Dr. Parr: — HANC . iEDEM . LIBERTATI . SACRA M . ET . A . VIRO . PATRLE . BONORUM . QVE . CIVIVM . AMANTISSIMO . FRANCISCO . RVSSELL . BEDFORDI^ . DVCE . INCHOATVM . JOANNES . RVSSELL . H^RES . EIVS . EX . VOLVNTATE . FRATRIS . MORIENTXS . PERFICIENDAM . CATIAVIT . ANNO . . CHRISTI . CID lOCCC 111 . In this temple is the bust of Charles James Fox, by NoUekens, with some verses on the pedestal, by Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire : also the following busts of some of the most intimate friends of that statesman, by Nollekens, viz. Earl Grey, Lord John Townshend, Lord Robert Spencer, Lord Holland, General Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Hare. * The following elegant tribute to the memory of this eminent man is taken from the list of his works, in this volume. — " Whilst the foregoing testimony to the wonderful talents which Canova has displayed in this group of the Graces, was passing through the press, the afflicting intelligence of his death reached England. It may therefore be permitted to the possessor of this Collection to add to the page, the tribute which he feels to be due to the memory of tliat great sculptor ; as it was his good fortune, whilst visiting Italj', to enjoy the iiappiness of his society, and the benefit of his refined taste; and to possess him, afterwards, as a guest at Woburn Abbey. During this intercourse, he had the means of ob- serving, that the estimable qualities and amiable disposition of Antonio Canova, joined to his engaging simplicity of manners, endeared him to private friends, as much as his trauscendant abilities had done, to the admirers of whatever is sub- lime, or graceful, or attractive, in the highest departments of art." M.Dccc.xxir. 295 ter of the sixth Duke of Bedford ; Thorvaldsen, sculptor ; engraved by W. Finden. XLIV^. Lady Louisa Jane Russell ; now Marchioness of Abcrcorn ; by F. Chantrey, R.A., engi-aved by W. Finden. XLV. Gi'oup in the south front of the Temple of the Graces ; by Sir R. "Westmacott, R.A. ; engraved by H. Moses. XLVI. Cupid. Ancient Roman Sarcophagus. Cupid, engraved by H. Moses. In the title-page is a \-ignette of a Bull, by Garrard ; on the leaf of description of the ^-ignettcs, is the Bird of Jove, graspmg a thundei'bolt ; also by Garrard : the drawings were made by the late Henry Corbould. The text is beautifully printed by Mr. Xicol, at the Shakspeare Press ; it is not paged. The following is a colla- tion : — title, one leaf — list of plates, one leaf — Sculpture Gallery, half title, one leaf — descrii^tion of the Sculpture Gallery, two leaves — Marbles in the Sculpture Gallery one leaf — Descriptions of Plates V. VI. VII., two leaves each — vni. ix. x. xi. xii. xiii., one leaf each — XIV. XV. XVI., two leaves — xvii. xviii., one leaf — xix. to xxxiv., each one leaf of description — xxxxv. xxxvi., one leaf — xxxvii. two leaves — xsxvni. to XL. each one leaf — xli. xlii., the Graces, six leaves — XLin. XLiv. XLV., each one leaf — xxvi., three leaves — vignettes' de- scription, one leaf — a single leaf, giving a description of the copies in marble of some of the most admired statues and busts of an- tiquity — Appendix, oue leaf — Dissertation on the Lauti Vase, by the late James Christie, Esq., two leaves — Dissertation on an ancient Hynm to the Graces, by Ugo Foscolo, 23 pp. The descriptions which illustrate the marbles were, for the most part, written by the late Duke of Bedford ; who printed one hun- ch'ed and eighty copies, for private distribution. Copies are in the British Museum, and in the library of the Society of Antiquaries. The copper plates were destroyed, by desire of the Duke. 296 M.DCCC.XXII. Statuta CoLLEGii Reginalis apud Cantabrigi- ENSES ANNO M.D.LIX. A ReGIIS COMMISSARIIS RE- FORMATA : QUIBUS ACCEDUNT INTERPRETATIONES StA- TUTORUM A Preside et Sociis Sancit.^. "Volumus quod Statuta hujus Collegii siut tripai-tita; quorum hoeccc vera co^iia semper remaneat iu Turri, cum sigillis ct Jocalibus Collegii ; secunda remaneat in Camei'a Preesidentis ; tertia vero remaneat cateuata in vestibulo CapellK Collegii." — Stat- cap. 28. Cantabrigiae : Typis academicis, sumptibus Collegii Reginalis, excudit Joannes Smith. 1822. 4/o. pp. 76 ; Introduction, pp. vii. A Form for the Commemoration of Benefactors, TO BE USED IN THE ChAPEL OF St. MaRGARET AND St. Bernard, commonly called Queen's College, Cam- bridge. Cambridge : At the University Press, by J. Smith, 1823. pp. 18. A copy of tlie " Statutes," with the " Form," fomierly belonging to the Eev. G. C. Gorham, of Queen's College, was sold at Mr. Hib- bei-t's sale, and contained the following memorandum : — " Only fifty copies of this work were printed, under my care, from the autograph, now in the Muniment Tower of Queen's College, be- sides three copies on vellum. (See Note a, p. 1, Preface.)* The three vellum copies are approiji'iatcd according to the directions * (a) Vide Libnim MS., in camera Praesidis, cui titulus, " Order Book.'''' — "8. Jan. 1822, agreed; That a correct transcript be made of the original Statute Book ; that from such transcript, fifty copies be printed, which sliall be deposited in the custody of the master, for the use of the fellows ; and that throe be printed on vellum, to be deposited according to the directions of the 28tli chapter of the Statutes." M.Dccc.xxir. 297 in the 28th chap, of the Statutes. (Sec the title-page, motto.) The fifty copies were deposited with the President, for the sole use of the Society. The College granted one copy to the British Museum ; none being sold by the Society, the Museum had no claim. " This copy belonged to myself, as one of the five senior fellows of Queen's College : and was transferred by me to George Hibbert, Esq., of Portland-place. " The Initial Letters were drawn by myself on wood, and engraved over my drawings by Hughes. For the subjects of these illustrations see the published Catalogue of Queen's Coll. Library, Pref. " The Prolegomena were drawn up by me, not without a laborious search among the College records and muniments. " The Seals (which form a complete series) were drawn by B. How- latt, under my eye, from casts made by myself, by permission of the Society, from the actual impressions attached to College deeds. Of the seal, 1447, only one original exists ; the seal, 1460, exists only at Corpus Christi College ; and some of the others are recovered from fragments of several impressions, so that they may be said to be lost to the Society. " Clapham, 6 Sept. 1827. " G. C. Gorham." Poetical Sketches OF A Tour in the West of England. Printed for the Author, by J. Montgomery, Sheffield, for private distribution only. 1822. Svo. pp. 79. AVritten by Marmaduke Middleton, Esq., of Learn, in Co. Derby. " Robert Middleton, the last heir-male of this family, died in 1736. His daughter and heiress married Mr. Jonathan Oxley, of Sheffield ; pursuant to whose will, Marmaduke Carver (son of the Rev. Mr. Carver, of Morstham, in Yorkshire) took the name of Mid- dleton, in 1795, and is the present proprietor of Learn."* * Lysons, Magna Britannia. Derbyshire. 298 M.DCCC.XXII. Poetical Translations, By Henry Gosse. London : Printed by A. J. Valpy, Red-Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1822. 8vo. pp. 146. Printed for private gifts among the friends of the author, Henry Gosse, Esq., a magistrate for Surrey, residing at Epsom. The nEPI MOT2IKH2 of Plutarch, translated. Chiswick : From the Press of C. Whittingham, College House. 1822. l2mo. pp. 115. This translation is by J. H. Bromdy, of Hull ; the original text accompanies it. Prefixed is a frontispiece, representing Clio, from a drawng by Harriet Cheney. A copy in ]\Ir. Ej-ton's Catalogue. No. 1175. "Here begyneth a Littel Tome, and hathe to NAME, ©fje Hfncolne 'NoStgng : beynge a brefe Table OF certaine Bokes in the possession of Maister Thomas Frognall Dibdin Clerk ; which bookes be to be sold to him who shall gyue the moste for y« same." London. Printed by W. Buhner and Co. 1822. Svo. pp. 16. Only thirty-six copies were printed. Lowndes says, " this tract has been surreptitiously reprinted." A full account of the books obtained by the " practised hand of Eosicrusius" will be found in Mr. Botfield's interesting volume, " Notes on the Cathedral Libraries of England," who well remarks, in printing Mr. Garvey's letter, the librarian, " that those who are anxious for the intcgi-ity of those great collections which the wise and the good of former ages have handed down to us, may leai-n from hence the necessity of devising means, whereby such treasures M.DCCC.xxii. 299 may be preserved unimpaired and intact for posterity, more effectual than those which the venerable consort of Michael Honeywood, happily in no wise prescient of the future fate of these literary treasures, devised." In a copj in Thorpe's catalogue, 1835, is a note, part of which is here inserted: — "Only thirty-six copies were printed. Common copies have sold as high as four guineas. The books, nineteen in number, were purchased for five hundred guineas." Mr. Botfield further remarks, " the loss thus sustained by the ancient library of Lincoln Cathedral by the sale of the volumes thus inconsiderately, and, in my opinion, unjustifiably, detached, was compensated, in some degree, by the purchase of other books with the proceeds, and the addition to the original collection of the books thus purchased." In this opinion of the loss, we think most of our readers will coin- cide ; and we hope it is not the forerunner of the destruction of the ancient Cathedral libraries, whose books, and their grave and curiously- boiuid volumes, harmonise gracefully with the noble structures they adorn, in exchange for the poor utilitarian cheap railroad edi- tions, hastily got up and carelessly edited, which swarm on the publisher's counter and railroad station. It is due, however, to the curators of the library of Lincoln, to add, that the books obtained liy the exchange are not of the character alluded to ; " many woidd do honour to any library." A Tour in the Isle of Wight, in the Autumn OF 1820. Currente calamo, " Let us become acquainted with the beauties of our o'wii country before we explore those of a foreign laud." — Hints to Travellers. London : Printed by A. and R. Spottiswoode, New- street Square. 1822. l2mo. pp. 84. In Mr. Eyton's catalogue, celebrated for a very large collection of privately printed books, it is said to be by the late Countess of Blesinton. 300 M.DCCC.XXIII. A Catalogue of the Subscription Library at Kingston on Hull, established in December, 1775. Liverpool : Printed by G. F. Harris's Widow and Bro- tliers. M.DCcc.xxii. Sro. pp. 672. A classed Catalogue, for the most part on the plan of that of the Royal Institution, London. Compiled chiefly by Mr. Joseph Clarke, brother of the late Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Hull. Nine copies were on large paper. An Essay on Sculpture. No Title-page. 8vo. pp. 59, including false title and preface. Tlie author is Philip B. Duncan, Esq. It was i^riuted at Oxford, about 1822. On Instinct. (By the same Author.) No title. 8vo. pp. 32. About the same period. On Migration. (By the same.) No title. Sro. pp. 38. Same period. Castles of Alnwick and Warkworth, etc., from Sketches by C. F., Duchess of Northumberland. [London.] 1823. 4/o. pp. 39. Tliese representati(;ns of the splendid residences of the House of M.DCCC.XXIII. 801 Pei"cy, are all from the original designs of the accomplished lady of the late noble owner. They are drawn on stone by J. D. Harding ; the impression was limited to two hundred and fifty copies. The following is a list of the views : — Frontispiece — Saxon Gateway of the Inner Court. Distant view of Alnwick. Alnwick Castle, from the north demesne. Alnwick Castle, from the north- west. East view of Alnwick Castle. Aln-ft-ick Castle, from an old pic- ture. The Barbican. Avener's Tower, Caterer's Tower, I] Guard-house, ( on one plate. Hotspur's Seat, Constable's Tower, Postern Tower, j on Armourer's Tower, \ one West garret, Abbot's ^ plate. Tower, ^ The Dungeon. The Second Gateway. Quarterings. General Plan. Plan of ground floor. Plan of principal floor. Malcolm's Cross, \ vignettes I\Ionument of Wil- I on text, liam the Lion, j p. 15. Eecess in Saloon, vignette, p. 16. Entrance Gateway. Ancient Well, vignette, p. 18. Hulnc Abbey, Aagnette, p. 19. Interior of Hulne Abbey. Plan of Hulne Abbey. Gateway of Hulne Abbey, vig- nette, p. 22. Warkworth Castle, from an old picture. North \4ew of Warkworth Castle. Entrance Gate and Keep of Warkworth Castle. Keep of Warkworth Castle. Lion Towei", Warkworth. Gate-liouse of Warkworth Castle. Warkworth Castle, plan. Warkworth Castle, plan of ground floor. Warkworth Castle, plan of se- cond floor. Hermitage, vignette, p. 32. South view of Hermitage. Vignette, p, 34. Coquet Island. Percy's Cross. Hotspur's Tower, vignette, p. 39. The volume is also embellished with illuminated capitals, having historical allusion. 302 M.DCCC.XXIII. Leisure Hours ; By Richard Whitfield Ashworth. Scd tamcn et parvfc nouuuUa est gi-atia musfe. — Martial. Bishop's Stortforcl : Printed by William Thorogood, North-street. 1823. Svo. pp. 73. Journal of the Operations of the Belvoir Fox- Hounds, FROM August 7, 1822, to April 12, 1823. " Forsau ct hsec olim mcmiuisse juvabit." London : Printed by B. M'Millan, Bow- street, Covent- garden. 1823. Uo. pp. 80. De Capta a Mehemethe II., Constantinopoli. Leonard! Chiensis et Godefredi Lange Narrationes, sibi invieem collata? : accessere Isidori Cardinalis, e dupliei monumento, Epistola et Diicas super Urbe capta dele- toque Christianorum in Oriente imperio Monodia : recen- sebat et notis illustrabat Joann. Bapt. L'Ecuy Doctor Sorbonicus, Abbas Prsemonstrati. Lutetias Parisiorum : Suniptibus illustrissinii Domini D. Caroli Stuart, equitis aurati, Magnffi Britannia) Le- gati apud Rcgem Christianissimum. m.dccc.xxiii. Alo. pp. 131 ; Prac'fatio Editoris, pp. xii. Printed for private circulation, from a fac-simile of the manu- script in the Royal library at Paris, which is inserted in the volume, Trm-irr '"^^r^vtcnt^^ -^iAMrr:. CF "fef -^Ts: "wsas- sraaiKEg- 's^ ^3l ^S»? 'lytmr" x£ iitr Sn^^ x£ 5st- ■ TffSi ^mL. atf rot H i s: ±ns t*r<>-£: tt^ISI 2sc^ .^a~i .^nrrT". »! I r-^i 2 f->iJT^ 1 ■•'TTJ^arr^ T^T t11 ■St*j-i:i^"i aTnr -^.-TTTTt^ _2ai sniEsHE ^Ai " TIT TET riw^ T^«!Mjlilnsist of topographical views, armorial bearings, and portraits ; the principal part are from old copper-plates, which I^lr. M.DCCC.XXIII. 811 Grace obtained, and with impressions from which he has ilhistrated his vohime. At the end, the following additions will generally be found, — Lines to Sheffield Grace, Esq., by Charles Symmons, D.D., one leaf : Lines wiitteu at Jerpoint Abbey. 1820. pp. 16 : Verses in Irish, entitled, "Grace's Comitry ;" two leaves : Descent of the Family of Grace ; two leaves : a Table, Descent of the Graces of Gracefield : Monumental and other Inscriptions ; pp. 34. The volume is dedicated to the Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, with whose noble family the author is distantly con- nected. An Account of Greek Manuscripts, chiefly Biblical, which had been in the possession of THE LATE PrOFESSOR CaRLYLE, THE GREATER PART OF WHICH ARE NOW DEPOSITED IN THE ArCHIEPIS- copal Library, at Lambeth Palace. London: Printed by Richard Gilbert, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell. 1823. 8vo. Two hundred copies were printed of this Catalogue, compiled by the Rev. Henry John Todd. In it will be found an account of those MSS., which, being claimed by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, were returned to him. Sketch of the Life and Writings of Ferdoosee. Manchester: Printed for the Author. 1828. 12mo. Dedication, Advertisement, &c., 3 leaves, and pp. 56. "A small number of copies is printed separately, not for pub- lication, but for the use of a few friends." o12 M.DCCC.XXIII. BiBLIOTIIECA HlBERNICA : Or a Descriptive Catalogue of a Select Irish Library, collected for the Right Hon. Robert Peel, &c., &c. " Attamen audendiim est et Veritas investiganda," &c. — Shaio Masori's Parochial Survey of Ireland. " For not to be able to find what we know to be in our possession, is a more vexatious circumstance than the mere want of what we have neglected to procixre. Tliis catalogue will not only assist the forgetful, but direct the inquisitive." — Dr. Johmon. Dublin : Printed by W. Folds and Son, Great Strand- street. 1823. 8ro. This impression consists of fifty copies only. Svo. pp. 57 ; In- troduction, pp. v ; and a fac-simile of Sir John Davies's tract on Ireland. It was compiled by W. Shaw Mason. " A Ballad Book." [Edinburgh. 1823.] 12wo. pp. 123. This volume, which is dedicated to the late Sir Walter Scott, was printed at the expense of Charles Kirkpatrick Shai"pe, Esq. ; who thus commences his address to the " Courteous Reader : " — " As this book, of which only thirty copies were printed, shall cost thee no- thing, saving a little time thrown away on its perusal, which most antiquaries can very well spare, I -ndll make no apology to thee for compiling it." It contains fragments of forty-three ballads, chiefly from tradition. Sir Walter Scott styles it, "a curious collection, under the modest title of a ' Ballad Book,' which indicates, by a few notes only, the capacity which the editor possesses for supplying the most extensive and ingenious illustrations upon antiquarian subjects."* * Poetical Works, by Lockhart, vol. i. pp. 25, 84. M.DCCC.XXIIl. 318 Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria and Asia Minor, during the Years 1817 and 1818. By the Hon. Charles Leonard Irby and James Mangles, Commanders in the Royal Navy. London : T. White and Co. 1823. 8vo. pp. 5G0. Printed for private distribution. " Tliey are very valuable compositions, characterised throughout by a degree of modesty which sheds around them a pecuhar gi^ace." — Translator of Lahordiis Journey throtigh Arabia Petrcea, p. xix. " Well written, and full of accurate information." — Robinson, Biblical Researches, vol. iii. Appx. p. 24. The Odes of Anacreon of Teos : translated into English Measure, By Edw^ard Hovel Thurlow, Lord Thurlow. London. J. Warwick, Brooke-street, Holborn. Svo. pp. 81. 1823. The Flower and the Leaf, after Geoffrey Chaucer. By Edward Hovel Thurlow, Lord Thurlow. London. J. Warwick, Brooke-street, Holborn. 1823. Svo. pp. 30. A note in the copies of these works, in Mr. Hanrott's sale, No. 541, pt. iv, states, that no copies of these poems had been distributed among the friends of the author. Lord Thurlow died at Brighton, June 4, 1829, aged 47. 314 M.DCCC. XXIII. Remarks upon certain objections published in THE Dublin Newspaper called " The Warder," AGAINST the TiTHE-CoMPOSITION BiLL, NOW PENDING IN Parliament. [By Richard Laurence, Arclibishop of Cashel.] London: Printed by A. and R. Spottiswoode. 1823. 8vo. pp. 15. Not published : very few cojiies printed. Memoir of the Life and Family of the late Sir George Leonard Staunton, Bart. ; With an Appendix, consisting of Illustrations and Antliorities ; and a copious selection from liis private Correspondence. " His vaidous learning and elegant accomplishments at- tracted my attention and reverence ; his long political career, ever marked by honoiu', integrity, talent and bene- ficence, was beheld by his numerous friends with delight and respect ; and in these feelings no one participated more than myself." — Charles Butler's Reminiscences. Havant Press : Printed by Henry Skelton, West-street [for private circulation only]. 1823. Svo. pp. 400 ; De- dication and Contents, pp. xiii. Prefixed is a private plate of Sir George Leonard Staunton, Bart. ; Euglcheart x:)inxit, 1792, engraved by C. Picart ; at p. 369, a vignette from Sir George Staunton's account of Lord I\Iacartney's embassy to China. He died January 14, 1801, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. He was succeeded by his son, the editor of this volume, formerly member of parliament for Hampshire. M.DCCC.XXIV. 315 Notes of Proceedings and Occurrences DURING THE BRITISH EmBASSY TO PeKIN, IN 1816. Havant Press : Printed by Henry Skelton, West-street [for private circulation only]. 1824. 8vo. pp. 480. Written by Sir George Staunton, Bart., of Leigh House, Hamp- shire, formerly member of parliament for the southern division of that county. A Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures, comprehending Specimens of all the various Schools of Painting ; belonging to [London.] m.dccc.xxiv. 4tto. pp. 77. This Catalogue is descriptive of the collection belonging to Sir Abraham Hume, Bart. The pictures, on the death of Sir A. Hume, were bequeathed to the late Lord Alford, eldest son of Earl Brown ilow. Egypt ; a Descriptive Poem, with Notes. By a Traveller. Alexandria : Printed for the Author, by Alexander Draghi, at the European Press. 1824. 8vo. pp. 55. " Tliis poem was printed with a view to divert the author's at- tention, whilst suffering under severe affliction, as well as to give encouragement to a very worthy man, the i^rinter. It is the first English work carried through in Alexandria ; and as the compositor was entirely ignorant of the language in which it is written, the dif- ficulties that existed in correcting the proof-sheets may be easily imagined." By Henry Salt, Esq. Fifty copies were printed. This work, from being printed out of the country, did not come within the editor's list ; but as it was the first English work printed 316 M.DCCC.XXIV. in Alexaudria, aud from its being, in all probability, very little known, he has departed from his usual rule, by inserting it here. Mr. Salt was the companion of Lord Valentia, during his travels in India ; subsequently, consid-general in Eg}-pt ; where he died, leaving behind him a well-earned reputation for his proficiency in Oriental literature. "I have not printed it with my name, but as a ' Traveller,' nor will a single copy be sold." It is reprinted in Mr. Hall's Life of Salt, vol. ii. An Inquiry, on the grounds of Scripture and Reason, into the Rise and Import of the Eu- CHARisTic Symbols. Dublin : Printed by Richard Beere and Co., 28, Little Strand-street. 1824. 8t'o. pp. 93. By Alexander Knox, private Secretary to Lord Castlereagh, before the union ^vith Ireland. Fifty copies only are said to have been printed. It will be found in ]\Ir. Knox's Remains, third edition. 4 vols. 8fo. London. 1844. Statement OF the Services of Sir Stamford Raffles. London : Printed by Cox and Baylis, Great Queen- street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Nov. 1824. 4^o. pp. 72. A memoir of this eminent public servant was printed by his wdow. London. 1830. " His heart was full of enjoyment ; and, in the retii'ement for which he had so long sighed, and surrounded by all the ties which it had pleased God to spare to him, he indulged his haj)py spirit. In the midst of all these best of worldly treasures, in the bosom of his family, that spirit which had won its way through a greatly M.DCCC.XXIV. 817 chequered course, was suddenly summoned to the throne of God, ou the day previous to the completion of his forty-fiftl^ year, the 5th of July, 1826." In the same suburban school, where Sir Stamford Raffles received his education, the editor of these pages was also brought up. The re\'iewer, in the "Quarterly," of his widow's " Memoir " affects to sneer at subm-ban schools ; but that could not be a very bad one, where Sir Stamford laid the foundation of an education, which in after life raised him to svich weU-deserved emi- nence — and it should be recollected that these " Academies " were the only places accessible for the instruction of the sons of the middle class, now happily supplanted by such institutions as King's College, the City of London, and other schools. To-Day and Yesterday ; a Satire. Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham. 1824. 8vo. pp. 29. Written by Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, Minister to the Court of Tuscany ; author of another little tract published in the same year, caUed "The Life of Thomas Shovewell." Southendiana : or, Bagatelles PRODUCED IN THE SeASON OF 1823, AT SoUTHEND. Prittlewell : At the private Press of the Rev. F. Nolan. 1824. 8vo. This Little tract is introduced here, principally with the view of stating that the Rev. Frederic Nolan, vicar of Prittlewell, with the curacy of Southend attached to it, has a private press at the former place, where he printed this pamphlet for private circulation ; and also several other works at the same press, which are for sale. 318 M.DCCC.XXIV. Index ad Specimen Geographicum. Auctor D'Anvillh^ Regiae Hunianiorum Littcrarum Academiae et Scintiarum Petropolitanaj Socius. m.dcc.lxii. London. 1824. iage 20. And four printed tables of the Bagot pedigree. The honour of the peerage was conferred on this family, October 17th, 1780. Diary of a Traveller (James Forbes), over Alps and Appennines. 1824. 8vo. North Countrie Garland. Edinburgh. 1824. pp. 57. Title, Preface, and Con- tents, pp. vi. l2mo. "Many of the pieces in it had never before been published. Small as is the volume, it makes considerable additions to our ca- talogue of ancient ballads." — MotherweWs Minstrelsy. Edited by James Maidment, Esq., who printed thirti/ co])ies. Y S22 M.DCCC.XXIV. La Belle Marianne: a Tale of Truth and Woe. London: Printed by J. Nichols and Son, 25, Parlia- ment-street. 1821. 8ro. pp. 54. This tale was written by Dr. Dibdin, in the year 1802. In a note in the copy in Mr. Haslewood's Ubravy, it is said, " that the narra- tive grew out of facts."* Memoirs of the Life of Master John Shawe, sometime Vicar of Rotherham : afterwards Minister of Saint Mary's Church, Lecturer of the Holy Trinity Church, and Master of God's-House Hospital, at Kings- ton-upon-Hull : written hy Himself. With Notes ex- planatory and biographical, by John Broadley, F.S.A., F.L.S., Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, &c. Hull: Printed by J. Ferraby, Market-place. 1824. 8vo. pp. 121 ; Errata, one leaf. "This biographical sketch is now for the first time printed; it i^ taken from a manuscript preserved in the British ]\Iuseum, made by Dr. Tliomas Birch from the original manuscript, corrected and inter- lined in several places by Mr. Shawe himself." One hundred copies were printed, and four on large paper, at the expense of the editor, the late Mr. Broadley, for private circulatioi i among his friends. A Catalogue of Processes in the Registry of the High Court of Delegates, from 1609 to 1823. Printed by A. and R. Spottiswoode, New-street-square. Svo. pp. 84. This catalogue was printed privately for the College of Advocates. It was prepared by Dr. Addams, and contains nearly loOO cases. Seo Dibdin's " Reminiscences," p. l.')4. M.DCCC.XXIV. 823 Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Butler, Bishop of Lichfield, Manuscripts and Autographs. 1824. 440. This catalogue was in Mr. Eyton's coUectiun, No. 327 ; but it appears to be very rare, as it is unknown to the learned prelate's son. A note in iVEr. Eyton's copy says, " Never completed." It con- tains the whole of the printed books, and one page of manuso'ipts. Narrative of a Journey from Santiago de Chili to Buenos Ayres, IN July and August, 182L Pul)lishecl by John Murray. London. 18^4. 8vo. Fifty copies of this Jom-nal have lieen printed for the gratifica- tion of the writer's (Lieutenant Edward Hibbert) family, who, from their regard to his memory, will attach to it a value which it miglit otherwise not possess. Of this amiable and gallant young officer a memoir will be found in the "Gentleman's Magazine," vol. xciv. part. i. p. 185. The author states " that his Journal is only the catalogue of vex- ations that assailed him. With his mind sufficiently occupied in surmounting the difficulties that obstructed his journey, he had little leisure to profit by those few opportunities of remark which might have presented themselves during his rapid progress. Fa- tigued to death, hardly awake, memory failing, he hastily wrote what first occurred, and frequently fell asleep whilst noting down the events of the day." The Journal will well repay the reader. The descriptions of scenery are striking, and his portraits of his travelling companions and others, arc alike spirited and clever. Y 2 324 M.DCCC.XXV. Journal of a Trip to Paris, By the Dukf, and Duchess of Rutland, July, 1824. London. 1S;^1'. 4^o. Journal of a Short Trip to Paris, during THE Summer of 1825. London. 182.5. 4/o. These volumes are the j)roductiou of his Grace the Duke of Rut- land ; and are embellished with plates, from the pencU of the late accomplished Duchess ; who died November 28, 1825. These two were only printed for private distribution ; but the " Journal of a Tour in Belgium and Holland " (printed in 1823. Ato.) was sold. Outlines SELECTED FROM THE BlOTTING BoOK OF AN InVALID. "Vix ea nostra voco." — Ovid. London. 1825. 8vo. Only fiity copies were printed of this miscellany, consisting of Essays in prose and poetry, by the Hon. Robert Fulke Gre\'ille, son of Louisa, Countess of Mansfield, by her second marriage with the late Hon. Robert Fulke Gre\ille, brother of the late Earl of ■\Var\^-ick. Poems. By William Sotheby. London : Printed by William Nicol, Cleveland-row, St. James's. 1825. 8vo. pp. 281. Two hundred and fifty coi)ies were printed by 'Mr. Sotheby, of this edition of his poems, for private circulation among his friends. M.DCCC.XXV. 325 Catalogue of the Library of John Dent, Esq. Printed by W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press. 1825. 4^o. Tliis Catalogue, of which twenty copies only were printed, was made by Messrs. Payne and Foss. " Quoique range par ordre alpha- b^tique, il est en quelque sorte syst6matique ; par exemple, les ouvrages de tj'pographie y sont places sous le nom de comte, et jJusieurs articles sous le nom du sujet, comme: Scotland, Ireland, Coin, Entertainments, &c. ; les ouvi'ages de chaque auteur sont dans I'ordre chronologiquc, les titres donnes tout au long ct accompagnes de notes." — Brunet. The Library was sold by Mr. Evans, in the year 1827. Copies of this catalogue have produced 12^. Among other rarities in this Library was the celebrated vellum "Livy," printed at Rome, 1469; purchased by Messrs. Payne and Foss for 250 guineas, and after- wards transferred to the choice collection of the late Right Hon. Thomas Grenville. A Tour to the Rhine ; WITH Antiquarian and other Notices. London: Printed by S. and R. Bentley. 1825. d>vo. pp. 106. By W. G. Meredith, Esq., who died at Cairo in 1831, aged 27. He was the only son of the late George ]\Ieredith, Esq., of Nottingham Place, London, and Berrington Court, Worcestershire. Outlines for the Classification of a Library; Respectfully submitted to the consideration of the Frustees of the British Museum. London : Printed by G. Woodfall. 1825. Uo. By the Rev. Thomas Hartwell Home : one hundred copies were 32(> M.DCCC.XXV. printed for private circulation at the expense of the tiiistees of the British Museum. Mr. Panizzi, a good authority, states it to be the best he has ever seen, and in his evidence, printed in the report on the British Museum, 1835, says, — " I thought it an extremely good, as well as an elaborate outline of classification ; but I believe Mr. Home has changed his mind on various portions of it, and that his own copy, which is interleaved and interlined, would now give you a veiy different, as well as enlarged, classification, to what he then proi:)osed." The Eevercnd author says, in a communication to the editor^ that having seen many schemes put forth since his own was i^ub- lishcd, for the arrangement of Libraries, when reduced to plain mat- ters of fact, they do not really deviate from his own method. Though the writer looks upon a classed catalogue as an useless and expensive matter for a library like that in the British ]\Iuseum, he beheves Mr. Home's arrangement, as Mr. Panizzi observes, to be " extremely good." Mr. Home states that, in the sixth class, he shoidd in future substitute "Linguistics," or " Linguistical Science," for Grammar, as it comprehends all languages. Brunet is said to be the first who adojjted this tei'm, in his last edition of the " Manual," vol. 5. Mr. Home is the author of a valuable work, entitled " An Intro- duction to the Study of the Scriptures," which has gone through several editions. Epitaphs. Some of which have appeared in the " Literary Ga- zette " of March and April, 1828. London : Printed l)y W. Nicol. 1825. 8vo. pp.24. By William Bcckford, Esq. Printed for private circulation : a few of them appeared in the " Literary Gazette," and were accompanied by the following note from the author, addressed to the ecUtor : — "Sir, — Li my rambles about this neighbourhood, I collected the following verses from the tombstones of different churchyards. M.DCCC.XXV. 327 Some of the most whimsical, though nearly effaced, are still to be found in the cemetery of a rather considerable town on the high road from London to Bristol, and are, probably, the production of the same goose quill ; but whether welded by the Sexton, Clerk, or even Parson of the Parish, I could not learn : all I discovered upon the subject was, that some of them have been inscribed a good many years ago, apparently enough before the dawn of our present most wonderful poetical era. " I remain, Mr. Editor, " Viator." EXCERPTA SCOTICA. Edinburgi. 1825. Svo. By James Maidment, Esq. The volume contains twenty-nine articles, piinted on separate sheets. A note at the commencement says, " The preceding tracts were privately printed, and not more than six complete sets can be made up, in consequence of the limited impression of some of them." A Catalogue of Miniature Portraits in Enamel, By Henry Bone, Esq., R.A., in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. " Et te, repetentem exempla tuorum. Et pater yEneas, et a\iuaculus excitet Hector." Virgr. JEn. lib. xii. London : Printed by William Nicol, Shakespeare Press. 1825. 8^0. pp. Q)o ; Introduction, Title, &c. pp. viii. Tlie historical notices in this Catalogue were written by his Grace John, the sixth Duke of Bedford, who states in the Introduction, that "the idea of transferring these portraits from the perishable 828 M.DCCC.XXV. materials of oil paintings on panel or canvass, to the more durable and brilliant representations in enamel, was first suggested by a view of Mr. Bone's interesting Gallery of Portraits of the most dis- tinguished characters that flourished in the reign of Queen Eliza- beth ; a collection worthy of decorating the walls of that splendid residence of our kings, Windsor Castle." The following are the jjortraits which have been executed by "Mr. Bone : — 1. Philip, Ai'chdukc of Austria, afterwards King of Castile ; ob. 1506. 2. Joanna, his consort, second daughter of Ferdinand and Isa- bella, I^ng and Queen of Castile and Arragon. Tliese two jiortraits are coi)ied from original pictures, painted pro- bably by Mabuse, in 1506. 3. John Russell, first Earl of Bedford, and patriarch of the family, 4. Francis, second Earl of Bedford, only son of the first Earl. " It is probable that the originals of both these portraits are from Holbein." 5. Sir Francis Russell, third son of Francis, second Earl of Bed- ford. " There are no portraits," says the Duke, " of the first Countesses of Bedford, nor of the wife of this Lord Russell, in the collection at Woburn Abbey, or in any other with which I am acquainted." 6. William, Lord Russell of Thornhaugh, fourth son of Francis, second Earl of Bedford ; ob. 1613. 7. Elizabeth, Lady Russell of Thornhaugh, vdtc of the preceding : ob. 1611. It is related of this lady, that she accompanied her husband in wolf-hunting, when she was in Ireland. 8. Edward, third Earl of Bedford, only son of Francis, Lord Russell. 9. Lucy, Countess of Bedford ; ob. 1628; from a portrait said to be by Gerard Honthorst. 10. Francis, fourth Earl of Bedford; ob. 1641; '• the principal pro- M.DCCC.XXV. 329 moter of that tiaily stupendous work, known l)y the name of the Bedford Level." Taken from a very fine whole length, by Vandyck. 11. Katherine, Countess of Bedford, wife of the ijreceding Earl; from an original whole length, by Cornelius Jansen. 12. WiUiam, first Duke, and fifth Earl of Bedford; ob. 1700. " This enamel is taken from a picture of two whole-length por- traits, of William, Earl of Bedford, and his brother-in-law, George Digby, Earl of Bristol, a copy (or perhaps a duplicate, by Vandyck himself) from the fine picture in Earl Spencer's collection at Althorp." 13. Anne, Countess of Bedford, wife of the preceding ; ob. 1684. 14. William, Lord Russell, " the well-known martyr to the cause of his country." 15. Rachel, wife of William, Loi'd Russell, the author of the Letters. 16. Wriothesley, the second Duke, and sixth Earl of Bedford ; ob. 1711 ; from an original enamel, by Boit. 17. Elizabeth, wife of the preceding Duke; ob. 1724. Taken from the same enamel as the preceding. 18. Wriothesley, third Duke; ob. 1732; from a picture by Isaac Whood. 19. Anne, Duchess of Bedford, wife of the preceding; ob. 1762. 20. John, fourth Duke ; from a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. 21. Diana, first wife of John, Duke of Bedford; ob. 1735. 22. Gertrude, second wife of John, Duke of Bedford; ob. 1794; fi'om a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. 23. Francis, Marquis of Tavistock; ob. 1767; from Sir Joshua Reynolds. 24. Elizabeth, Marchioness of Ta\astock, wife of the preceding ; ob. 1768 ; from Sir Joshua Rejmolds. 25. Francis, fifth Duke of Bedford ; ob. 1802. There are five outline plates, representing the frames in which the miniatures are hung. There have been added the following : — 26. John, sixth Duke of Bedford, from a picture by Sir Thomas Lawrence. 830 M.UCCC.XXV. 27. Gcorgiana Elizabeth, first wife of John, sixth Duke of Bedford. 28. Georgiana, Duchess of Bedford, second wfe of John, sixth Duke of Bedford, from a picture by Haji;er. 29. Francis, seventh Duke of Bedford, from a picture by Castei-ton Smith, enamel by John Harlam. 30. Anna Maria, Duchess of Bedford, from a picture by Casterton Smith, enamel by John Harlam. 31. William, Marquis of Tavistock, from a picture by Frank Stone, enamel by John Harlam. HoRTUs Eric.eus Woburnensis: Or, a Catalogue of Heaths, in the Collection of the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. Alphabetically and systematically arranged. M.DCCC.xxv. 4/0. Engraved Title ; Introduction and Preface, pp. xiv ; Explanation of the plates, one leaf ; Alphabetical arrangement, pp. 29 ; Systematic arrange- ment, four leaves, paged 31 to 37; Letter from George Hayter, two leaves, paged 39, 40, 41. The Introduction was drawn up by John, sixth Duke of Bedford, K.G., at whose expense the work was printed, for private cu-culation. It contains the following plates : — 1. East %'iew of the Heath-house. 2. West view of the same. 3. Plan, elevation, and section of the Heath-house. 4. Plan of the Paiierre, for hardy Heaths. Habit of the leaves of Heaths, coloui-ed figux'cs, Plate I. Anthers, Flowers, and Inflorescence, coloured, Plate II. Flowers, coloured, Plate III. Flowers, coloured, Plate TV. Diagram of colours ; George Hayter invent, et J. Scott fecit. Gradations from black to white ; and from brown to white. M.DCCC.XXV. 381 Letter from the Hon. Alexander Maconociiie (Lord Meadowbank), to the Earl of Eldon. Edinburgh. 1825. 4to. pp. oO. Appendix, pp. 9. Relative to an attack on his Lordship by the late Chief Com- uiissiouer Adam in relation to certain jury proceedings. Very few copies printed and circulated. Observations on the Election Law of Scotland. Edinburgh. 1825. Not published. 4^to. pp. 34. Appendix pp. 10. Title, &c., pp. 4. By Lord Auchinlcck, father of James Boswcll, and grandfather of Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart. Sixty copies were printed, by James Allan Maconochic, Shcrift' of Orkney. Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Society. London: Printed by William Nicol, Cleveland-row, St. James's, m.dcccxxv. 4'to. pp. G04. An alphabetical Catalogue, made by Messrs. Payiie and Foss. A new Catalogue of the scientific portion of the Library, by M. Panizzi, is described subsequently. Elidure, and Edward ; Two Historical Dramatic Sketches. London : Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars. 1825. 8^0. By Mis. Fletcher, of Edinburgh. Mrs. Fletcher was an English :332 M.DCCC.xxv. lady, and the wife of Archibald Fletcher, Esq., Advocate, whom she survived. Mr. Fletcher was termed the Father of Scottish Reform, from his early advocacy of what are termed liberal principles. By his lady he had two sons (1), the late Myles Angus Fletcher, Esq., Advocate, who mai'ried Miss Clavering, niece of the last two Dukes of Argjdc, and by this lady he had issue. After her husband's demise, Mrs. Myles Fletcher married John Christison, Esq., Ad- vocate, brother of Professor Christison, of Edinburgh. (2) Angus, who was bred to the law, but who is now celebrated as a scidptor. Journal of a Week in Holland, IN THE Summer of 1824. Hull: Printed by Isaac Wilson, Lowgate. 1825. 8vo. pp. 16. By Jonathan Gray, Esq. Genealogical Memoirs OF THE Royal House of France ; Forming a Connnentary upon the Genealogical Table of that illustrious and ancient House, m.dccc.xviii. By the late Richard Barre, Lord Ashburton. London : Printed by William Nicol, Shakspeare Press, Cleveland-row, St. James's. 1825. folio, pp. 199; with a large Table of the Royal Family of France. At the back of the title is the following quotation from Gibbon, on the House of Courtenay : " Of all the families now extant, the most ancient doubtless, and the most illustrious, is the House of France, which has occiipied the same throne above eight hundred years, and descends in a clear and lineal series of males, from the middle of the ninth centuiy." M.DCCC.xxv. 333 Tliis woi'k was left ready for the press, at the death of Lord Ash- burton, in 1823, when the title became extinct ; it was printed for private circulation, in compliance with the noble author's wish, by his executors. His lordship was the son of the celebrated lawyer, John Dunning, on whom the honour of the peerage was confei-red. The Charter and Grant of the Company OF Stationers [1741]. Reprinted for private distribution by William Tyler. London. 1825. Sro. pp. 64. The original Charter bears date 1556. It was printed in 1741, by some dissatisfied freemen, with their own partial, and, as the editor is informed, erroneous statements. The Private Theatre of Kilkenny ; With introductory Observations on other private Theatres in Ireland, before it was opened. 1825. 4fo. pp. 134. This vokune contains portraits of Richard Power, Esq., Eight Hon, H. Grattan, .John Lyster, Esq., George Rothe, Esq., Humphrey But- ler, Esq., Thomas Moore, Esq., James Corry, Esq., Miss Smith (now Mrs. Bartley), and Miss Walsteiu — all performers at that theatre. The portraits were all privately engraved for this work.* In the " Edinburgh Review " (vol. xlvi. p. 368) is an interesting paper on pri- vate theatricals. " With the Theatricals of Kilkenny expired the last Note in Mr. Hanrott's copy. 334 M.DCCC.XXV. faint remains of what may be called the Social Era in Ireland. In the list of the actors at Shanc'.s Castle, in 1785, there occm-s one name, which, in the heai-ts of all true Irishmen, awakens feelings which they can hardly trust their lips to utter — Lord Edward Fitzgerald." Hints on Rural Residences. Its I'oof with weeds and mosses covered o'er, And honey-suckles climbing round the door ; While mantling vines along its walls are spread, And clustering ivy decks the landscape head. Knight's Landscape. London. 1825. ^to. pp. 107. By the late Nicholas Carlisle, Esq., F.SA. ; who iiiintcd onh seventy-five copies of this work, for private circulation. It is dedi- cated to Lord GrenviHe. The author once contemplated erecting ;i cottage ; and these " Hints " arose out of his intended design. A Gyfte for the Newe Yeare; Or, a Playne, Plesaunt, and Profytable Pathe Waie to the Black-Letter Paradyse. Emprynted over the grete Gate-wale offe Saincte Jlionnes Colledge, Cambridge, by Wyntonne Hattfeldc. Anno 1825. \2mo. pp. 20. Only twenty co])ies were printed of this little work, by the Rev. C. H. Ilartshorne, author of the " Book Rarities of Cambridge." 8ro M.DCCC.XXV. 335 Genealogical History of the Family of Brabazon; From its Origin, down to Sir William Brabazon, Lord Treasurer, and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, temp. Henry VIII., who died in 1552, the common ancestor of the Earls of Meath, and of the Brabazons of Brabazon Park, by Elizabeth Clifford, of the illustrious House of Clifford ; and thence from his only younger Son, Sir Anthony Brabazon, of Balinasloe Castle, Governor of Connaught, down to his present Representative, and Heir Male of this Branch, Sir William John Brabazon, of Brabazon Park, in the county of Mayo, Bart., now sur- viving. Paris : Printed by J. Smith, Rue Montmorency [for private distribvition only]. 1825. 4^o. pj). 21 ; Ap- pendix, pp. Ivi ; Fragment, par le Chevalier Courcelles, pp. 4. This work was edited by Hercules Sharp, Esq., of Domons, Northiam, Sussex ; and from its being closely connected with English history, the editor has introduced it here, although printed abroad. Fifty copies only are said to have been printed : this, how- ever, there is reason to think is an error. The author married the sister of Sir William John Brabazon, Bart., which circumstance induced him to undertake this history of the family. The arms are in lithography, indifferently cxeciited. Trifles in Verse ; by Marianne Baillie, London. 1825. [Not published.] X'^mo. pp. 48. Mrs. Baillie died in 1831. She was author of a " Tour on the Con- tinent," in one volume Swo., and "Sketches of the IManners and Cus- toms of Portugal," in two volumes. 336 M DCCC.XXV. Memoranda of Conversations with Lord Ed- ward O'BryeNj during the last few Weeks of THE Illness which teriMixated in his Decease. London : Printed by Ellerton and Henderson, Gough- square. 1825. 8vo. pp. 83. Lord Edward O'Bryen, brother of the Marquis of Thomond, married Lady Ehzaljeth Susan Somerset, second daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, the editor of this vohime. He died March 9, 1824. His ^^'idow married, secondly, November 11, 1829, Major- General James Orde. A Memoir of Thomas Green, Esq., of Ipswich ; With a Critique on his Writings, and an Account of his Family and Connexions. " Non omnis moriar." Ipswich : Printed by John Raw. 1825. 4^o. pp. 82. At p. 72 is a portrait of Mi'. Green, engraved by Worthington. The volume was edited by the Reverend Dr. Ford ; who says in the preface, " It may be necessary to state, that the imj^ression of tliis Memoir has been limited to one hxmdred copies ; which will be presented to the more immediate and intimate friends of the de- ceased." A list of Mr. Green's different works is given ; the most important of which was, " Extracts from the Diary of a Lover of Literature." 1810. Ato. The Earls of Derby, and the Verse Writers and Poets of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century. By Thomas Heywood, F.A.S. Manchester: Printed by Robinson and Bent. M, DCCC.XXV. Ato. pp. 44. Sixty-four copies were printed of this work, for private circulation. M.DCCC.XXVI. 337 A Narrative of an Excursion to Ireland, nv the Deputy Governor, Two Members of the Court, AND the Assistant Secretary, of the Honorable Irish Society of London. 1825. " ha!c oliiu mcminisse juvabit." — Virg. By the Deputy Governor. London : Printed by Charles Skipper, St. DunsLan's- lill. [1826.] 4to. pp. 103. Prefixed is a view of tlic Salmon-leap. The narrative was com- )ilcd by Gilpin Gorst, Esq. Catalogus librorum in Bibliotheca universi- 'atis Andrean^, secundum Literarum ordinem dis- ■OSITUS. Impensis Academia9 Andreanae. Typis Roberti Fonlis. Lcademiae Typographi. 1826. folio. Engraved in the title-page, the seal of the University. ilBRORUM IMPRESSORUM, QUI IN BlBLIOTHECA SciIOL^E Mercatorum Scissorum adservantur, Catalogus. Londini : Impensis Mercatorum Scissorum Soeietatis, jccudebat Guliehnus Barry, in vico dicto Bisliojjsgate. M.DCCC.xxvi. pp. 42. An alphabetical Catalogue. In the introduction will be found irious minutes of the Court of the jMerchant Tailors' Company, id a list of some of the donors. The library contains a fair col- ction of Hebrew and other Oriental books of reference ; some )od copies of the Fathers ; nearly all the standard classical and ,her Lexicons, and the best writers in English Theology. z 3.38 iM.DCCC.XXVI. The Merchant Tailors' Compaiij' devote twenty guineas per annum to the increase and keeping up of the Library ; and frequent presents have been made to it bv Members of the Court. Translations from the Servian Minstrelsy: To which are added some specimens of Anglo-Norman Romances. London. 1826. 4^o. " Of this volume a very small edition only has been printed for private circulation." * The reviewer adds a hope, that the use he has made of the "Minstrelsy " may lead to its publication. Some of the minor songs of the Ser\ians have been translated in the " Westminster Review." Precis of the Wars in Canada, from 1755 to THE Treaty of Ghent in 1814. With military and political reflections. By Maj. Gen. Sir James Carmichael Smyth, Bart. " The study of history, and the knowledge of past events, afford the best instructions for the regulation and conduct of human affairs." — Polyh ms. London. 1826. 8ro. pp. 185. Preface, &c., pp. xxii. On the half-title : — " X.B. This volume is printed by desire of His Gi'ace the Master-General, for the use and convenience of official people only. It is requested it may be considered as confidential by those persons to whom copies may be sent." Quartorly Roviow, vol. xxxv. p. fifi. M.DCCC.XXYI. 339 NuG^ Canor^, quas in Amicorum Gratiam IMPRIMI FECIT EtONENSIS, G. BoOTH. Typis J. Ham, Oxonioe. m.dccc.xxvi. 4ution. It originally ap- peared in a magazine, without the consent of the noble author. 346 M.DCCC.XXVI. The following is a list of the other privately printed publications of Lord Ellesmere, who kindly took the trouble to furnish it to the Editor ; it was thought it would ])e more convenient to place them all together, though they can scarcely be called books. 1. Boyle Farm. A Poem. 1827. This was published first in the " Literary Gazette," Anthout the author's permission, and subsequently published for sale, and went til rough eight editions. 2. The Paria. A Tragedy in one Act. Translated from the German of Michael Beer. 1836. 3. Town and Country. A Poem in one Canto. 1836. 4. Blue Beard, or dangerous Curiosity. A Justifiable Homicide. A Tragedy, in two Acts. 1841. 5. The Pilgrimage. A Poem. 1841. This was subsequently published with additions, in a volume called " Mediterranean Sketches." 6. Donna Charitea. Queen of Castille. A Drama, in three Acts. 1843. T. Alfred. A Drama, in one Act. 1844. M.DCCC.XXVII. 3-17 The Connection of Bath WITH THE Literature and Science of England. Read before the Literary and Philosophical Association, November 6th, 1826. By the Rev. Joseph Hunter, F.A.S. Et nos ahquod uouicnquc decusque Gessinius. — Virg. Printed by Richard Cruttwell, St. James's-street, Bath. 1827. ISweo. pp. 22. Of this Address only fifty copies were printed. Those who are acquainted with the distinguished Historian of South Yorkshire, and know how deeply he is imbued with the love of literature, will regret that this Tract is so limited in its impres- sion. It eminently deserves a more important form and a more extensive circulation. Considerations, addressed to the Archbishop OF Dublin and the Clergy who signed the peti- tion TO THE House of Commons for Protection. Dublin. 1827. (" Not published.") Svo. pp.33. A Letter from the Countess of Nithsdale, etc. ; with Remarks by Sheffield Grace, Esq., D.C.L. AND F.S.A. Splendide mendax. — Hor. London, m.dccc.xxvii. Svo, pp. 37 ; with a Table of Descent. Mr. Grace says, he " met with the original among a highly inter- 348 .M.DCCC.XXVII. esting collection of MSS. at Warduur Castle, while on a visit to my noble and accomplished friend, Lord Ai-undel." The letter is from Winifred Herbert, Countess of Nithsdale, to her sister, the Lady Lucy Herbert, abbess of the English Augustine nuns at Brages, containing a circumstantial account of the escape of her husband, William ^Maxwell, fifth Earl of Nithsdale, from the Tower of London, on Friday, the 23i'd of February, 1716. A beautiful ballad on the capture of Lord Nithsdale at the battle of Preston, originally printed in Cromek's Nithsdale and Galloway Songs, entitled " Lament for the Lord Maxwell," is by the late Allan Cunningham, and will be found in his " Poems." 12mo. London. 1847. Rambles in Waltham Forest, a Poem, Illustrated with Litliograplied Engravings. Privately printed. 1827. Small \to. By the late Countess of Blcssinton. Twenty-five cop)ics only printed. The Form of Morning and Evening Prayer, to THE USE OF THE UnITED ChURCH OF ENGLAND AND Ireland ; Together with the Psalms of David, and the Second Lessons, as they are appointed to be said every Morning in the Year : to which are added, the First Lessons to be read on Sundays : with Notes. London: Printed for J. Hatchard and Son. 1827. 2 vols. \2mo. Fi\ c hundred copies were printed of this work : compiled by the M.DCcc.xxvir. 349 late Hon. Charlotte Grimston, sister of the late Earl of Vcrulam, for the pni-posc of being sold ; but on application for permission, it was refused; they were therefore circulated privately. A new edition has since been printed, which, by an arrangement with tlic King's printer, is for sale. Stowe ; A Description of the House and Gardens of the Most Noble Richard Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple, Duke of Bucking-ham and Chandos ; Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Printed by J. Seeley, Buckingham. 1827. Imp. 4rivatc distribution. Imp. Svo. pp. 170. Descriptive Catalogue of some of the Cu- riosities, AND of the Minerals and Fossils, in THE Ledstone Museum, of the Rev. George Dodd, Rochdale. Ato. 1827. M.DCCC.XXVII. 353 Remarks upon an Essay on Government by James Mill, published in the Supplement to the En- cyclopedia Britannica. London: Ridgway. 1827. 4/o. (By Lewcson Smith, son of the Right Hon. Vernon Smith ;) p\i1> lished foi- private cii-ciilation by his father. Catalogue of the Library at Belvoir Castle, THE Seat of the Duke of Rutland. London. 1827. 4to. 41 leaves. Fifty copies were printed. Illustrations of Stone Circles, Cromlechs, and other Remains of the Aboriginal Britons, in the West of Cornwall. From Drawings made on the spot in 1826. By William Cotton, Esq., M.A. London : Printed by James Moyes. 4^to. pp. 46. Back of the title, " Douum Amicis — only twenty-five copies printed." " IVIi'. Cotton's little volume is indeed replete with details most attractive for the studious in our aboriginal monuments. It cannot, therefore, but be a matter of regret that the private impression has been limited to such a small number as twenty-five copies, which, by gi\'ing it the rarity of a MS., depirives a stranger of the hope of ever adding it to the shelves of his library."* A. J. Kempc, F.S.A. Gent.'s Magazine, Feb. IRS.'i. A A 354 M.DCCC.XXVII. A Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Library of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. London : Printed by William Nicol, Cleveland-row, St. James's. 1827. 8vo. pp. 6G. An alphabetical Catalogue, made by Mr. Foss. The library is said to be veiy incomplete in that class of books which it would be expected to contain. Ancient Scottish Ballads, recovered from Tradition, and never before published; With Notes, Historical and Explanatory, and an Ap- pendix, containing the Airs of several Ballads. Edinburgh. 1827. 8ro. Collected by G. R. Kiuloch ; noticed by Sir W. Scott in his intro- ductory remarks on popular poetry, prefixed to the ^Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. An Essay on the Modern Pronunciation of the Greek and Latin Languages. By Uvedale Price, Esq. Oxford: Printed by W. Baxter. 1827. 8vo. pp.249. "This small volume is a part only, but a considerable part, of what I have WTitten on the subject ; it contains, hovrever, the lead- ing positions and principles upon which my notions are founded. I thought it best to print, but not to publish it. Mine is a direct, undisguised, unqualified attack on the whole, and every part of our system." — Extract from the Preface. The wi'iter of this Essay was the author of a highly-esteemed work, entitled "An Essay on the Picturesque," and was subsequently created a Baronet. M.DCCC.XXVII. 855 A Catalogue of the Ilam Gallery. 1827. Ashbourn: Printed by W. Hoon. 1828. Imp. 4/o. pp. 21. Twenty-five copies were printed of this Catalogue for presents, at the expense of the owner, Jesse Watts Russell, of Ham, co. Staf- ford, Esq. Memorial of the Conversion of Jean Livingston, Lady Waristoun ; With an Account of her Carriage at her Execution, July, 1600. Edinburgh. 1827. ^to. pp. 37. Only a very few copies privately printed by C. K. Sharpe, Esq., for presents. It is a most striking account of the repentance of a beau- tiful woman, who murdered her husband, and was executed for the horrid fact at Edinburgh, the 4th or 5th of July, 1600. It is printed from the original MS. in the handwriting of an cyc-witness, preserved in the Advocates' Lil^rary. Catalogue of Works on the Peerage and Ba- ronetage of England, Scotland, and Ireland, IN THE Library of Sir Charles George Young, Garter. London. 1827. %vo. pp. 87. The preface states, — " The following pages present a catalogue of such printed works as can be designated Peerages, and occur in the library of the collector ; they will be found to contain nearly all that have issued from the press, to the year 1827." Fifty copies were printed, and ten on large paper. A A -2 85G M.DCCO.XXVII. Registrum Wiltunense, Saxonicum et Latinum, IN MusEo Britannico asservatum, ab anno regis Alfredi 892, AD ANNUM REGIS Eadwardi 1045. Nunc dcniuni Notis illustraverunt, J. Ingram, S.A.S. ; Sharon Turner, .A.S.S ; T. D. Fosbroke, S.A.S. ; Tho- mas Phillipps, Bart., S.A.S. ; Richard Colt Hoare, Bart., S.A.S. Sumptibus R. C. Hoare. Londini : Typis Nicolsianis. 100 exemplaiia ini- pressa. Anno 1827. folio , ])p. 56 ; Preface, pp. xi. All engraving of the seal of the Abbey of Wilton, engraved by liasire. Tiii.s volinne was printed at the expense of Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart. The editorial part was entrusted principally to the care of the late Sharon Turner, historian of the Anglo-Saxons. A Brief Account of Microscopical Observa- tions, made in the Months of June, July, and August, 1827, on the Particles contained in the Pollen of Plants ; and on the General Exist- ence OF Active Molecules in Organic and Inor- ganic Bodies. By Robert Brown, F.R.S., President of the Liunean Society. [Not published.] London. Svo. 1827. "This little unpublished pamphlet, consisting of sixteen pages, has excited more curiosity at home and al)road, than an}i;hing we recollect for many years. It is the production of a gentleman who is acknowledged by every one to stand at the head of Iwtanical M.DCCC.XXVII. 357 hisicnce, princeps botaaicorum, and who deserves confidence for the correctness of his observations, and for the faithfuhicss with which he records them. His discovery is no less than this, that the ulti- mate particles he can obtain from all bodies, organic and inorganic, have inherent motion, like unto vital action."* BiBLIOTHECA MaRSDENIANA, PhILOLOGICA ET Orientalis : A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts, collected with a view to a general comparison of Languages, and to the study of Oriental Literature. By William Marsden, F.R.S., etc. London: Printed by J. L. Cox, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. 1827. A-to. pp. 809. This catalogue contains — I. An Alphabetical Catalogue of Authors. — II. A Chronological Arrangement, in each Class of Literature. — III. Manuscripts. A Letter, stating the true Site of the ANCIENT Colony of Camulodunum. Printed by John Rutter, Shaftesbury, a.d. 1827. Tiiis tract was written by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart. It is noticed in the "Gentleman's Magazine ;" where the reviewer states that Sir Eichard has completely settled the point, as to Colchester being the undoubted Camulodunum. It was a reply to a tract by the Rev. John Skinner, read at the Philosophical and Literary So- ciety of Bristol, Feb. 8, 1827, who contended for Camerton, near Bath, as the Roman colony. Twenty-five copies printed. Loudon, Magazine of Natural History, vol. ii. p. 40. 358 M.DCCC.XXVIIT. Odyssey, Book V. London: James Ridgway, Piccadilly. 1827. 8vo. pp. 24. A translation, by Lord John Russell ; who printed only t\veuty- fivc copies, for private distribution. Verses written on THE Alameda at Ampthill Park. By J. H. WiFFEN. " Here, then, is the true Parnassus, Castalia, and the Muses : in the walks and shades of trees, the noblest raptures have been conceived. Here Poets have made their verses, Orators their panegyi'ics, Historians gi'ave relations, and the profound Philosophers have x^assed their lives, in repose and contemplation. Paradise itself was but a kind of nemorous temple." — Evelyn. London: Printed by James Moyes. 1827. 4^o. pp. 28. " Thirty copies only have been printed, for private distribution." Mr. Wiffen is well known as the translator of Tasso, and the his- torian of the House of Russell. Catalogue of the Library of the Corporation OF the City of London : instituted in the Year 1824. Printed for the use of the Corporation of the City of London. 1828. Svo. pp. 189. This Library was established in the year 1824, by a gi'antfrom the Corporation of •5 the free use of the volume." It contains thirty-two plates, engi-avcd by G. F. Storm, an artist of great industry and fideUty in this de- partment of art. Mr. Gage's copy has some of the plates illumi- nated, in imitation of the original, by the same artist. Observations on the Principles to be adopted IN THE establishment OF NEW MUNICIPAL CORPO- RATIONS ; Together with the heads of a Bill for their future Re- gulation and Government. By Francis Palgrave, of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Not published. London. 1832. Svo. pp. 71. Heads of proposed Bill, pp. xlvi. The tract was subsequently printed for sale. Journal of Mr. James Hart, one of the Mi- nisters OF Edinburgh, and one of the Commis- sioners DEPUTED by the ChURCH OF SCOTLAND TO congratulate George I. on his accession to the Throne, in the Year 1714. Edinburgh. 4/o. 1832. Edited by Principal Lee, and printed privately, it is understood, at the exiteuse of Mr. Duncan Stewart. M.DCCC.XXXIII. 436 The Pindar, of Wakefield's Legend ; With two lithographic Engravings. London : Printed by J. Moyes, Castle-street, Leicester- square. 1832. 8vo. The work was printed at the request of an Archery club, who hold their meetings alternately at Benham Park, and Sparsholt Place, in the county of Berks. Two hundred and fifty ]irintcd : it contains two views of the place of meeting, in lithography. Lansdowne MSS. 78, No. 67. Burghley Papers. The Names of all such Gentlemen of Accompte, as were residing within y® Citie of London, Liberties and Suburbes thereof, 28 Novembris, 1595, Anno 38 Eliza- bethae Reginse, &;c. ; endorsed, " Strangers beying not Citizes, lodgyg in London." pp. 8. Fifty copies only were printed, by Sir C. G. Young, Garter, in 1832. The original was written evidently to inform Lord Burghley what country gentlemen were then residing in London. Memorials of a Departed Friend. " She being dead, yet speaketh." — Heb. xi. 4. London : Printed by James and Luke G. Hansard and Sons, near Lincoln's-Lni-fields, 1833. 12mo. pp. 333. The preface is signed by the editor, C. D. [Mr. Charles Dyson], by whose wife the papers contained in the volume were written. F F 2 436 M.DCCC.XXXIII. Poetry; By the late Henry F. R. Soame, Esq., H.E.B. Loudon. 1833. \2mo. pp.41. Edited by Sii' Henry Edward Biinbury, Bart., cousin to the de- ceased author. Fugitive Pieces. By the late Adam Paterson, Esq., of Edinburgh, Advocate. Presented as a memorial of him, to his Friends and Companions. " The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord." London. 1833. 8vo. pp. 43. Prefixed is a memorial of the writer, a very excellent and ta- lented young man, who died of a consumptive malady, in the thirty- first year of his age. An Enquiry into the Early History OF Greek Sculpture. By the late James Christie, a Member of the Society of Dilettanti. London : Printed by William Clowes, Charing Cross, M.DCCC.XXXIII. 4^0. pp. 54. Prefixed is a poiirait of the late Mr. Christie, from a bust by Henry Behnes, drawn by Hemy Corbould, engraved by Eobert Graves. " The following pages were drawn up with the intention of ofler- M.DCCO.XXXIII. 437 iug them as an introduction to the second vohimc of select speci- mens of Ancient Sculpture, published by the society of Dilettanti. The design was not completed ; and they are now printed as a frag- ment of the History of Sculpture, originally intended." Fifty copies only were iDrinted, under the direction of Mr. Stirling Christie. Essay on the Mines of England, their Im- portance AS A Source of National Wealth, and AS A Channel for the Advantageous Employment of Private Capital. By G. Abbott. 1833. 8vo. Caleb Kniveton, the Incendiary. A Tale. (Not published.) Oxford : Printed by W. Baxter. 1833. l2mo. pp. 43. Dated Blithfield, Feb. 11, 1833, by F. E. P., i. e. the Rev. Francis Edward Paget, student of Christ Church, Oxford. A Catalogue of the Books of the Right Hon. Charles Viscount Bruce of Ampthill (son and heir-apparent of Thomas Earl of Ailesbury), AND Baron Bruce of Whorleton, in his Library at Totenham, in the County of Wiltes. Oxford: at the Theater, m.dccc.xxxiii. pp. 316. 4/0. 488 M.DCCC.XXXIII. Fancies of a Rhymer. Not published. Printed by Davison, Simmons, and Co., Whitefriars, London. 1833. l2mo. pp. 118. A juvenile production of the Rev. AJfred Gatty, Author of an interesting little volume called " The Bell." Bibliographical Notes on the Book of Jasher. By Thomas Hartwell Horne, B.D. London : Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-street Square, m.dcccxxxiii. 8vo. pp. 11. Mr. Horne printed only fifty copies of these Notes, for private cii- culation ; and, though they have been since inserted in the sixth and following editions of his " Introduction to the Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures," the history of this " literary forgery " is sufficiently curious to justify its insertion in this catalogue. The following account of it is given by Rowe Mores, in his Dissertation upon English Typographical Founders and Foundries, published in 1778 : — "In the year 1751, Mr. Hive published a pretended transla- tion of the Book of Jasher, said to have been made by one Alcuin, of Britain. The account given of the translation is fuU of glaring absurdities : but of the publication, this we can say, from the in- formation of the only one who is capable of informing us, because the business was a secret between the two. — Mr. Hive, in the night- time, had constantly a Hebrew Bible before him, and cases in his closet. He produced the copy for Jasher, and it was composed in private, and the forms worked off in the night time, in a private press room, by these two, after the men of the j^rinting house had left their work." Jacob Hive, the person here mentioned, was a type-founder and printer, who carried on business m London be- tween the years 1730 and 17G3, in which last year he died. Being M.DCCC.XXXIII. 4o9 not perfectly sound in his mind, he produced some strange works. In 1733, he published an Oration, intended to prove the plurality of worlds — and asserting that this earth is hell ; that the souls of men are apostate angels ; and that the fire to punish those confined to this world at the day of judgment, will be immaterial. In No- vember, 1751, he published the Book of Jasher, an account of which was given in the " Monthly Review " for December in the same year, which is printed in Mr. Home's tract ; who says, " With this quotation from the ' Monthly Review,' the author would have dis- missed the pretended Book of Jasher, had it not come to his know- ledge that very many individuals have been induced to purchase the reprint of this forgery, of which the following is the title : — " ' The Book of Jasher : with testimonies and notes, critical and historical, explanatory of the text : to which is prefixed, various readings, and a preliminary dissertation, proving the authenticity of the work. Translated into English from the Hebrew, by Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, of Britain, abbot of Canterbury, who went a pilgrimage into the Holy Land and Persia, where he discovered this voliuue in the city of Gazna. " ' Is not this written in the book of Jasher 1 — Joshua x. 13. " 'Behold, it is written in the book of Jasher. — 2 Sam. i. 18. " 'Bristol : printed for the Editor, by Philip Rose, 20, Broadmcad. Sold by Longman, London, m.dccc.xxix.' " 4to. Outlines of Ancient History, from the Deluge TO THE Division of the Roman Empire. Compiled from the Writings of the most fipproved Authors. London : Printed for the Author, by A. J. ValjDy. 1833. The work, though advertised as sold by Valpy, was never pub- lished. A few copies were given by the author, W. R. Gray Bates, tu his friends. 440 M.DCCC.XXXIII. A Chronological Table of the principal Greek Philosophers mentioned by Cicero, in his Books, *' De Natura Deorum." By W. R. Gray Bates. Printed by R. Todd, Oundle, 1833. Portraits by an Amateur. 1. Earl and Countess of Winton. 2. Lady Marie Stewart. 3. The Duke and Ducliess of Lauderdale. 4. The Duke of Lauderdale. 5. Viscount and Viscountess Dundee. 6. Madame de Stael. Not published for sale. M.DCCC.XXXIII. 4to. The amateur was the late Cliarles K. Sharpc, Esq. Twenty copies, and four on India paper, were thrown off. The etching of Madame de Stael is the best likeness extant. Maitland's Narrative of the Principal Acts of tpie Regency, during the Minority ; and other PAPERS relating TO THE HiSTORY OF MaRY, QuEEN of Scotland. (Ipswich) : R. Root. 4^o. 1833. Twenty -five leaves, including Title and Preface. "Fifty copies printed by W. S. Fitch, for private circulation." — Grenvilh libraiy. M.DCCC.XXXIII. 441 Memoir of the Rey. Cornelius Neale, M.A,, FORMERLY FeLLOW OF St. JoHN's CoLLEGE, CAM- BRIDGE. To which are added his Remains, being Sermons, Notes, and various other compositions in prose and verse. Collected and edited by the Rev. William Jowett,M.A., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. London. m.dccc.xxxiii. (Not published.) 8vo. pp. 068. Preface and Contents, pp. xiv. Three editions have subsequently been published, in fca/>. 8vo. Sonnets. By Edward Moxon. " In truth, the prison, into which wo doom Ourselves, no prison is ; and hence to me, In sundry moods, 't was pastime to be bound Within the Sonnet's scanty plot of ground." — Wordsworth. London, m.dccc.xxxiii. 8vo. pp. 46. Mr. Moxon is a publisher of celebrity : these Sonnets were for private circulation. Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau. By an Old Man. London. 1833. 8vo. This amusing volume was originally printed for private circula- tion, and reviewed in the "Quarterly Review;"* the wi'iter says, Vol. i. p. 308. 442 M.DCCC. XXXIII. " \Vc arc al)lc to l)car witness to the fidelity with which it repre- sents external nature — and its descriptions of social life will speak for themselves." The author is Sir Francis Head, Bart. Editions of this entertaining work will be found in all the towns adjacent to the Rhine, and the different German Biimncns. Irene, a Poem, in Six Cantos. Miscellaneous Poems. London : Printed by Mills, Jowett, and Mills, Bolt- court, Fleet-street. m.dccc.xxxiii. (Not published.) Svo. pp. 206. " Tlic following selection from poems by the late Lady North- ampton,* has been made, with the desire of preserving for her friends some — however inadequate — memorial. " Castle Ashhy, 1832." " Northampton." A Description of the Close Rolls in the Tower of London ; With an Account of the early Courts of I^aw and Equity, and various Historical Illustrations. By Thomas Duffus Hardy, F.S.A., of the Inner Temple. Printed for private circulation, m.dccc.xxxiii. Svo. pp. 192. This volume contains Mr. Hardy's Introduction prefixed to the Close lloUs, printed by order of his Majesty's Commissioners for Pubhc Records. * ^Margaret, wife of Siioiiccr Joshua Ahvyiie ('oiupton, secwiJ Maiqiiis of Northampton. M.DCCC.XXXIII. 443 Tlic work itself, from its size and cost, was not likely to fall into the hands of general readers, to whom an account of those valuable and inipoi'tant documents, and the subjects incidentally connected with them, might be interesting : Mr. Haixly therefore printed a limited number of cojpies in this form, to induce a more extended acqiiaintance with the nature of the Close Rolls. A Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manu- scripts IN THE Library of the Inner Temple: Arranged in Classes. London. 1833. 8vo. pp. 239. Compiled by the Rev. William Henry Rowlatt, jNI.A., Librarian. These books (chiefly on juridical subjects) are alphabetically arranged, with reference to the presses and shelves in which they are deposited. " The manuscripts in the Library of the Inner Temple are more than four hundred in number ; many of them are on subjects of divinity, general history, &c. &c. ; others are ancient MSS. of English historians; and the remainder treat on parhamentary matters, statute and common law, and on ecclesiastical matters, or arc copies and extracts from records, repertories to other repositories, and mis- cellaneous. These MSS. were originally in part collected and partly composed by William Petyt, Esq., a learned antiquary of the seven- teenth century, and keeper of the records in the Tower ; who bequeathed them to the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. The MSS. are in good preseirvation, and easily accessible. Particu- lars of their contents are in the First Report of the Public Records, pp. .375-378." — Home, Bihliogr. vol. ii. p. 624. " Selden left a most valuable library to his executors, Matthew Hale, John Vaughan, and Rowland Jewks, Esqrs., which they gene- rously would have bestowed on the society of the Inner Temple, if a proper p)lace should be provided to receive it : but, this being neglected, they gave it to the University of Oxford. Selden, himself, 444 M.DCCC.XXXIII. had originally iutciided it for Oxford, and had left it so in his will, but was offended, because when he applied for a manuscript in the Bodleian Library, they asked, according to usual custom, a bond of 1000^. for its restitution. This made him declare, with some passion, that they should never have his collection. The executors, however, considered that they were executors of his will, and not of his passion, and therefore destined the books, amounting to eight thousand volumes, for Oxford, where a noble room was added to the library for their reception. Burnet says, this collection was valued at some thousands of pounds, and was believed to be one of the most curious in Europe. It is supposed that Sir Matthew Hale gave some of Selden's MSS. respecting law to Lincoln's Inn library, as there is nothing of that kind among what were sent to the Bodleian ; and a few Mr. Soldcn gave to the Library of the College of Phy- sicians."* The following answer was returned to the Commissioners of Public Records, in their inquiries as to MSS. relative to English History. " There are not in the Inner Temple Library any of im- portance (alas ! for the neglect of Selden's), except those of which there does exist a printed catalogue. The infoi-mation furnished in 1800 (if any was furnished) related to those same manuscripts." 27th Nov., 1832. Two Lectures ON THE Remains of Ancient Pagan T3ritain, Illustrated with forty Lithographic Drawings of Dru- idical circles, barrows, cromlechs, sepulchral urns, celts, and other ancient memorials. By Thomas Stackhouse. London. 1833. 4«!o. pp. iv. and 76. Seventy-five copies printed for private distribution. Chalmers's Biograpliical Dictionary, vol. xxvii. p. 320. M.DCCC.XXXIII. 445 GiusTiNA : A Spanish Tale of real Life. A Poem, in Three Cantos. By E. S. L. Not published. [London.] 1833. 8vo. pp. 6S. By the Hon. Elizabeth Sophia Law, sister of Lord Ellcnl)oroiigh, who also published, for private circulation, the following, viz. : — Miscellaneous Poems; Dedicated to Joseph Jekyll, Esq., by E. S. L. Not published. [London.] 1832. 8vo. pp. 104. Il Viaggiatore. Dair Inglese di Oliver Goldsmith. Ricato in Verso Italiano, con altri Poemi ; e dedicato a sua Eccellenza il Duca di Somerset. Not published. Printed for John Rodwell, New Bond-street. 1832. l2mo, pp. 57. Catalogue of the Library collected by Miss Richardson Currer, at Eshton Hall, Craven, Yorkshire : By C. J. Stewart, bookseller. London : . Printed for private circulation only. M.DCCC.XXXIII. 8vo. pp. 501. An improved and enlarged edition of the Catalogue mentioned at page 267 : it contains the following plates : — Eshton Hall : drawn by Mackenzie ; engraved by S. Eawle. 446 M.DCCC.XXXIII. The Library, Eshton Hall : drawn by Mackenzie, from a sketch h}- C. J. Stewart ; engraved by S. Rawlc. The Drawing Room, Eshton Hall : by the same artists. View from the Library Window. One hundred copies were printed. A BRIEF Enquiry into the Antiquity, Honour, AND Estate of the Name and Family of Wake ; With a summary deduction of the lineal succession of the chief branches of it, from its first rise down to this present time. By William Wake, D.D., Rector of St. James's, Westminster ; Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, and afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. Warminster: Printed by J. L. Vardy. m.dccc.xxxiii. 8vo. pp. 68. " Only 100 copies imnted." Dedicated by Miss Etheldred Benctt to the Rev. Heni-y "Wake, ]\LA., Rector of Over Wallop, Hants ; Vicar of Mere, Wilts ; and Chaiilain to the Marquess of Winchester. Faust ; a Dramatic Poem, by Goethe. Translated into English Prose, with Remarks on former Translations, and Notes ; by the Translator of Savigny's " Of the Vocation of our Age for Legislature and Ju- risprudence." London. 1833. 8vo. pp. 279. [For private distri- bution ; not published.] This translation is by Abraham Hayward, Esq., the translator of M.DCCC. XXXIV. 447 '' Savigny on Legisliitiou," mentioned in page 408. It has since been reprinted for sale : in the preface to which edition the author states, — " I commenced this translation without the slightest idea of publishing it ; and even when, by aid of preface and notes, I thought I had produced a book which might contribute some- thing towards the promotion of German literature in this country, I still felt unwilling to cast it from me, beyond the power of altera- tion or recall. I therefore circulated the whole of the first impression amongst my acquaintance." A Cruise to Egypt, Palestine, and Greece, DURING Five Months' leave of Absence. By tlie Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurice, 2nd Life Guards. London: Printed by John Hill, Black-Horse-court, Fleet-street. 1834. 4^10. pp. 75. Eight plates en- graved in mezzotint. " These notes were never intended for the press, and arc not meant to be published. Tliey were printed for private distribution only." GuRDON Thornhaugh ; Essay on the Antiiquity OF THE CaSTEL OF NoRWICH, ITS FOUNDERS AND GO- VERNORS, FROM THE Kings of the East Angles DOWN TO MODERN TiMES. Norwich. 1834. 8vo. A private reprint by Hudson Gurncy, Esq., of a very curious manuscript, originally published anonymously at Norwich in 1728. " Mr. Gurdon was an active magistrate and Keceiver General of Nor- folk, in the reign of Queen Anne. He published, in the year 1731, the ' History of the High Court of Parliament,' together with a ' Historj' of the Court Baron and Coui't Leet.' 2 vols. 8vo." 448 M.DCCC.XXXIV. Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial large Brass Medals. By Captain William Henry Smyth, R.N., Member of the Royal Geographical Society, &c., &c. Bedford: James Webb, Printer, m.dccc.xxxiv. 4^o. pp. 352. Two hundred copies printed. The author, now a retired Rear- Admiral, has also printed in the Transactions of the Bedfordshire Ai'chseological Society, 1852, a catalogue of Bedford Tokens. Friendly Contributions for the Benefit of Three Infant Schools, in the Parish of Ken- sington. Printed solely for tlie Right Honourable the Lady Mary Fox. m.dccc.xxxiv. Kensington : Bournes, jun., Brothers, Church-street. l2mo. pp. 162. Dedicated, by permission, to Lord Holland, by his aflfectionate daughter, Mary Fox. The Plague of Marseilles in the Year 1720. From documents preserved in the Archives of the City, and published by authority, in the Year 1820. By John Ireland, D.D., Dean of Westminster. Read at the Royal College of Physicians, May 26, 1834. London, m.dccc.xxxiv. Small 4 4ttr4 t)4 1>ejiteJif) -co rijjc 45ur 'o'jnsjoiM 'cjiie T)4 1141). Ke 't). O' 11). "6)1111) n)o \\)r,\^\\]\). London : Printed by Robson, Levey and Franklyn, 46, St. Martin's-lane. 18o5. \2mo. pp. o^. It contains thirty-four religious songs, composed or collected by a poor fellow named David I\Iurphy, a native of Kinsalc, and who translated into Irish the prcftice written by "Charlotte Elizabeth" (the late Mrs. Tonna). INIurphy meditated publishing an Irish Dic- tionary, of which some portion was printed, but failing to receive the necessai'y support, he emigrated to America. The last heard of him was that he was piously manufacturing cannon in the back woods. * Vol. liv. p. .50.5. M.DCCC.XXXV. 459 Catalooue of the Works in Medicine and Na- tural History, contained in the Radclyffe Li- brary. Oxford : Printed by J. Colliiig-vvood, printer to the University, m.dccc.xxxv. Svo. pp. 330. Preface, pp. vii. Compiled by J. Kidd, M.D.. Kadclyfte librarian. Two Essays, on the Sublime and Beautiful, and on Duelling. By Charles Hay Cameron. Esq. (Not for joublication.) m.dccc.xxxv. 8vo. Extracts from the Literary and Scientific Correspondence of Richard Richardson, M.D., F.R.S., OF Brierley, Yorkshire, Illustrative of the State and Progress of Botany, and interspersed with information respecting the study of antiquities and general literature in Great Britain, during the first half of the eighteenth century. Yarmouth : Printed by Charles Sloman, King-street. m.dccc.xxxv. Svo. pp. 451. Index, G leaves. Plates. — Portrait of Richardson, litliograpli, facing title. North Brierley Hall, ditto j). xxv. Cedar of Lebanon, ditto p. xxxi. Edited by Dawson Turner, Esq., and printed at the expense of Miss Currer, the possessor of the correspondence from which this has been selected ; which, had it all been printed, Mr. Turner states would have formed eight volumes of the size of the present. 460 M.DCCC.XXXV. Poetical Descriptions of Orkney, m.dc.lii. (Eclinl)urgli. 1835.) small 4fo. pp. xxx, A bitter satire on the inhabitants of Orkney, possessing great merit, and containing much curious information as to the manners and customs of the natives of that i^lace in 1652. Printed from a MS. in the library of the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh. On the back of the title-page, " thirty-five copies printed for presents." Specimens of Ancient Hymns of the Western Church. Norwich. 1835. pp. 36. Hro. The number printed was fifty-six. A reprint of a very small collection of the above Hymns, pri- vately printed by Mr. Mathias, in Eome, 1818, and preceded by a Latin preface from his pen. To these the Editor (the Rev. Frederick Martin) has added some popular Monkish Latin verses, with trans- lations in English. Recollections of a few days spent with the Queen's Army in Spain, in Sept. 1834. London. 1835. l2mo. By a Graduate of Cambridge. Noticed in the " Quarterly Re- view : "* " His details of what he saw," says the writer, " though he aflects neither depth nor oi'iginaUty, are cmnous, as containing some sketches of the General Ofl&cers whose names have been trumpeted in England, and of those harrowing scenes, which are the necessary accompaniments of a civil war." Vol. liv. p. 186. M.DCCC.XXXV. 4()1 Poems, by Robert Chambers. " Ncc citliara carente." Edinburgh : Printed for private circulation, by T. Con- stable. M.DCCC.XXXV. Small Mo. pp. 48. " In presenting tliis little volume to liis friends," Mr. Chambers remarks, " the author deems it only necessary to state, that it con- tains nearly the whole of the versified compositions he has ever ■written." A Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution ; Systematically Classed. Preceded by an Historical and Bibliographical Account of the Establishment. Vol. L — The General Library. (Not published.) 1885. Svo. pp.669; Preface, pp. Ixviii. Prefixed, a plan of the Library. Vol. II. — The Tracts and Pamphlets. (Not published.) 1840. Sfo. pp. 658 ; pp. xxxiii ; Index, pp. xviii. Vol. III. — The General Library. Additions and revisions. The index of Authors. The Index of Subjects. (Not published.) 1842. pp. 667 ; Introduction, &c., pp. xcvi. It is to be regretted that the catalogue of the pamphlets has been suspended, and is only carried down to the letter f. 462 M.DCCC.XXXV. Winchester, and a few other Compositions IN Prose and Verse. Winchester: James Robbins, College-street. 1835. 4/0. pp. 82. By the Kev. Charles Townsend, Rector of Kingston-on-the-Sea near Brighton. A vohime, of which very few copies were printed by the author for his friends. Our readers may see a notice of it, "Written by Mr. Lockhart, in the " Quarterly Review " for July 1836, " The Reverend Charles Townsend (best on the list of Sussex parsons)." — Preston. A Genealogical Account of the Family of Druce of Goreing, in the County of Oxon, and those of Kin to the Children of George Druce, Citizen and Painter Stainer, of the Parish of All-Saints, Bread-street, in the City of London, BY WHOM this GeNEALOGY WAS TAKEN, AnNO DoM., 1735. Together with the different families of kin, their mar- riages and issue, 8cc. London : Printed in the Year m.dccc.xxxv. pp. .SO. 4/0. On the back of the title-page, " Reprinted from the edition of 1735, by E. Tucker, Perry's Place, Oxford Street. Fifty copies only printed." Privately printed l)y Charles Bridges, Esq., F.S.A. M.DCCC.XXXVI. 463 Poems on several Occasions from 1793 to 1816. Edinburgh : Printed by Neil and Company. 1836. Svo. pp. 124. By John Dunlop, Esq., Collector of tlie Customs, Port- Glasgow. They were collected by his sou, the author of the ''History of Fiction." Fifty copies printed. The poems are said to possess great merit. Narrative of the Oppressive Law Proceedings, AND other measures, RESORTED TO BY THE BRITISH Government, and numerous Private Individuals, TO overpower the Earl of Stirling, and subvert HIS Lawful Rights ; Also a Genealogical Account of the Family of Alex- ander, Earl of Stirling, &c., followed by an Historical View of their Hereditary Possessions in Nova Scotia, Canada, &c. By Ephraim Lockhart. Edinburgh. 1836. 4to. Not printed for sale. Catalogue of the Library of St. Paul's School. London: Printed 1836. (Not published.) Svo. From the perusal of " Vegetius de re Militari " in this library, Marlborough, when a student in the school, is said to have imbibed his taste for a military life. The copy is believed to be yet in the library ; but the disorder which prevails, prevented its being identified. In the gi'owing taste for reading, and the increase of 464 M.DCCC.XXXVI. libraries to satisfy it, this library will most probably not long remain in its present neglected condition. The Mercers' Company possess ample funds to endow a librarian, and to render the library itself ' worthy the founder. A Glossary of the Provincialisms in use in the County of Sussex. By' WilliAxM Durrant Cooper. "Jurat hoecsic obsoleta servari aliquando profitura." — Wackter. Printed for private distribution, by W. Fleet, printer. Herald Office, Brighton. 1836. 8vo. pp. 34. Excerpta. Selections from the Contributions of the Amici. "Forsau et hscc olim meminisse juvabit." — Vircf. Maidstone : Printed for the Amici. m.dccc.xxxvi. 8ro. pp. 151. Memoir of John Carpenter, Town Clerk of London in the Reigns of Henry V. and Henry VI. Compiled from original manuscripts and other au- thentic sources. By Thomas Brewer, of the Town Clerk's Office. London : Printed by Arthur Taylor, 39, Coleman- strcet. Svo, 1836. pp. 62. Preface, pp. x. Frontispiece, City of London School. M.DCCC.XXXVI. 4G5 Reflections on the Genealogy of our Lord AND Saviour Jesus Christ as recorded by St. Matthew and St. Luke. By Daniel Benham. London : John Cochran, Strand, m.dccc.xxxvi. 4/o. Marculfus. Read May 6, 1836, before the Leicestershire Literary Society. By T. Smith, Esq. Printed at the request of the Society. Leicester : Printed by J. Combe & Co. m.dccc.xxxvi. Royal 8vo. pp. 23. Preface and title, pp. xv. A very able disquisition on Marculfus, a monk, of the diocese of Paris, who lived in the reign of Clovis, about the year 660, and was author of the " Formulae," first published in 1613. A Journal of a Tour in Italy. " il bel paese, Ch' Appenin parte e'l mar circonde e I'Alpe." Petrarca: Sounetto cxiv. London. Privately printed. 5 vols. crown 8iw. Vol. I. Title, Dedication to Mrs. C * * * * and Contents, xxiv pages ; Journal, 356 pages. Vol. II. Title and Contents, xviii pages; Journal, 331 pages. Vol. III. Title and Contents, xxii pages ; Journal, 336 pages. Vol. IV. Title and Contents, xxiii pages ; Journal, 353 pages. Vol. V. Title and Contents, xxviii pages; Journal, 279 pages, which terminates on 26th May, 1836. H H 4G6 M.DCCC.XXXVI. Translations from the Italian. By Barbarina, Lady Dacre. (London.) m.dccc.xxxvi. 8vo. Note on back of the title-page, " 150 copies printed for private distribution." The translations are principally from Petrarch. Claim of Molineux Disney, Esq., to the Barony OF Hussey. m.dc.lxxx. With Remarks By W. B. D. D. Turnbull, Esq., Advocate, F.S.A. Scot. Edinburgh. 1836. 8vo. " The impression of this volume is strictly limited to forty copies, for i)rivate distribution." Account of Napoleon Bonaparte's coming on BOARD H.M.S. the Northumberland, August 7th, 1815. With Notes of Two Conversations held with him. Privately printed ; only fifty-two copies. By the Hon. W. H. Lyttlcton (fifth Lord Lyttleton), who died May 1, 1837. His Lordship is said to have also printed for private circulation, a "Catalogue of the Pictures at Hagley," and some "Prayers and Religious Meditations, for the use of his sons at college." * Gentleman's JMagazine, New Series, vol. viii. p. 83. M.DCCC.xxxvir. 467 Notices relating to Thomas Smith op Campden, AND TO Henry Smith, sometime Alderman of Lon- don. By the late Charles Perkins Gwilt, B.A , of Christchurch, Oxford, and of the Middle Temple, London, A descendant of the Family. London : Printed by George Woodfall. m.dccc.xxxvi. 8vo. pp. 80. Title, Preface, and Contents, pp. vii. Monument of Thomas Smith, in Campden Chureh, page 1. Two Views of the Elevation of ditto, page 6. Monument of Henry Smith, at Wandsworth Church, page 48. Some Notices of the Church of St. Patrick, Trim. Collected from various authorities. Trim: Printed by H. Griffith. 1837. small 8vo. pp. 38. Collected by the Very Reverend the Dean of Clonmacnois, Vicar of Trim, who has also added the following : — Some Notices of the Castle of Trim. Collected from various authorities. Second edition, enlarged. Trim: Printed by H. Griffith. 1840. small 8vo. pp. 143. The first edition was printed in 1835 ; and it is remarkable that these and the Annals, compiled by the same editor, the Very Reverend the Dean of Clonmacnois, are the first and only books H H 2 468 M.DCCC.XXXVII. that have been printed in this county, the largest and wealthiest in Ireland. The presei-vation of the ruins of Trim is chiefly to be ascribed to the energy and zeal of Dean Butler, the Vicar, who has taken immense pains, not only to coUect a great body of information on the subject of Trim, but also to bring to light and preserve many of its antiquities. Few towns vie with Trim, in dirt, laziness, and apathy.* Rhymes. By William Stewart Rose. " Stans pede in uuo." — Horat. Brighton. 1837. [Printed by Creasy and Baker.] 12mo. pp. 104. Title and last leaf with the printer's names. The last work of that accomplished scholar, and most witty and agreeable companion, Mr. Stewart Rose. Printed, we believe, with the author's consent, by his friend, Mr. Towusend, of Kingston-ou- the-Sea. A Brief Descriptive Catalogue of the Medals STRUCK in France and its Dependencies, between the Years 1789 and 1830, Contained in the Cabinet of the British Museum, with the Deficiencies noted. By the editor of " The Napoleon Medals." London: Printed by J. and C. Adlard. 1837. (Not printed for sale.) Svo. By Mr. Edward Edwards. " Beauties of the Bo\Tie," by W. R. Wilde. M.DCCC. XXXVII. 469 OwAiN Miles, and other Inedited Fragments OF Ancient English Poetry. (Small fac-simile vignette from the Auchinleck Manu- script.) Edinburgh, m.dccc.xxxvii. (1837.) post Svo. Thirty-two copies printed for private distribution, at the joint expense of Mr. Turubull, Advocate, and the Editor, Mr. Laing, of Edinburgh. Tragical Tales, and other Poems, By George Turbervile. Reprinted from the edition of 1587. Edinburgh. 1837. Uo, Printed for private circulation. " This reprint is strictly limited to fifty copies." Etchings of Ancient Capitals, etc. From driivviiigs by William Twopenny, Esq. " The world might stand amaz'd in this our age to see Those goodly Fanes of theirs, which irreligious wee Let every day decay." — Drayton's Polyolhion. — Eleventh Day. London: Printed by W. Nicol, 51, Pall Mall. 1837. folio. Six plates, with descriptions. Leaf, with dedi- cation to the Marchioness of Lansdowne, Preface one leaf. A single leaf following the dedication. " The following remarks are made merely with a view to give some kind of explanation of the etchings they accompany, and not with an intention to enter into any deep discussion, antiquarian or cri- 470 M.DCCC.XXXVII. tical. The object iu having the plates etched has been simply to place in the hands of those friends, who may care to possess them, representations of a few subjects remarkable either for beauty or curiosity." A Memoir of the Life and Works of William Wyon, Esq., A.R.A., Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint. "This glorious and still unrivalled country, to which all our hearts are bound by a thousand iudissohible ties." — Bishop Portevs, Led. xxiv. (London: Printed by W. Nicol.) 1837. 8ro. pp. 213. Postscript, pp. (jo. Supplement, pp. 17. Dra^NTi up by the late Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. A Catalogue Bibliographical and Critical OF Early English Literature, Forming a j^ortion of the Library at Bridgewater House, the property of the Right Hon. Lord Francis Egerton, M.P. (Earl of Ellesmere). By J. Payne Collier, F.S.A. London. 1837. 4/o. " The undertaking has been limited to early English Literature, because it is a department which, though less understood than some others, has of late j^ears attracted much attention, both in this and foreign countries. Had a wider field been chosen, it wouLI have been difficult to limit the work to any reasonable proportions ; and even now, not a few productions, particularly such as are of a graver cast and of larger dimensions, are not included. It was M.DCCC.XXXVII. 471 thought that the materials supplied by them would not accord with the lighter subjects of tracts in verse and prose, with wliich the library is peculiarly well furnished." — Extract from Preface. Welcome and Farewell ; a Tragedy. (Privately printed.) 1837. square \2mo. pp. 119. This tragedy is reviewed in the " Quarterly Review," * at the end of which the I'eviewer says, " The author of this graceful work, ]3riuted, we may observe, with singular taste and elegance, is under- stood to be the Rev. William Harness, a clergyman, whose recent volume of Sermons, eloquent without art or aftectation, and earnest without fanaticism, shows that he has not neglected the more serious duties of his profession, for an occasional holiday, enjoyed in the pleasant fields of poesy." Mr. Harness was contemporary with Lord Byron at Harrow. Some of Lord Byron's letters to him are printed in Moore's Life of the noble poet. Mr. Harness also printed The First-born. A Drama. London : Printed for private circulation, m.dccc.xliv. pp. 121 impost Svo.), besides title-page, dedication, and Dramatis Personse. The Remedy. The heading of a pamphlet, privately printed and circulated by Thomas Fowell Buxton, Esq., after the final act for emauciixxting Vol. Ixi. p. 38. 472 M.DCCC.X XXVIII. slaves in the West Indies. The object of the essay is to promote the establishment of a settlement on the River Niger, and to encourage the cultivation of the soil by the natives, as a means of putting an end to the slave-trade. There is no title-page, but it was printed by Clowes, circa 1837. 8vo. pp. 152. Catalogue of Theological Books, forming a Part of the Library of "William Harrison, Esq., of Cheshunt, Herts. 1837. 4/0. !Mr. Harrison was an eminent banister, whose chief practice was parliamentarj". The catalogue was entirely restricted to private circulation. Poems and Poetical Fragments. Wigan. 1838. 8vo. By Lord Lindsay, who printed for private circulation one hundred copies, and twenty on large paper. Suggestions for the Classification of the Library now collectino at the Athenaeum. By Spencer Hall. London. 1838. 8vo. These suggestions are by Mr. Hall, the intelligent libi'arian to tlic M.DCCC.XXXVIII. 473 club. The library is a very good one ; but we regret to add, that permission to refer to it by a non-member is a difficult afiair — a striking contrast to the Royal Institution, London Institution, and various other subscription libraries, to which a stranger may, with a proper introduction, obtain immediate access. The History and Illustrations of a House in THE Elizabethan style of Architecture, the Property of John Danby Palmer, Esq., and situ- ated IN the Borough Town of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. By C. J. Palmer, Esq., F.S.A., the drawings and engravings by H. Shaw, F.S.A. London: Printed for private distribution only. 1838. 4fto. pp. 25, and two leaves headed chapters iv. v. Forty- three Illustrations. Table of Contents, 2 leaves. A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Li- brary of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. By the Rev. Joseph Hunter, F.S.A. J^ondon. 1838. 8vo. pp. 157. Preface, pp. xvii. " The want of an Index to the Catalogue of Manuscripts having jeen long felt, an Index has been compiled by the librarian, Mr. 5pilsbury, and is bound at the end of the volume." Mr. Spilsbury has also printed for sale an interesting volume on Lincoln's Inn and its Library. 12mo. Lond. 185(». 474- M.DCCC.XXXVIII. The Voluspa. Read April 6tli, 1838, before the Leicestersliire Li- terary Society. By T. Smith, Esq., F.S.A. Printed at the request of the Society. Leicester: Printed by Combe and Crossley. 1838. Svo. jop. 61. Poems. Not published. London : Printed by Messrs. Clowes and Son. 1838. pp. about 120. 8vo. (By Alexander Cochrane.) With a dedication to his father, Sir Thomas Cochrane. One hunch'cd copies printed. Semina Flamm^ in Venis Silicis. Memoir of the Flintshire Yeomanry Cavalry, Commanded by Major the Earl Grosvenor. Chester : Printed by T. GriiRth, Grosvenor-street. 1838. Svo. pp. 97. Graphid^ ; OR, Characteristics of Painters. " Seju, und dn wirst eine. "Jedcr Character wird Dir ein eigenes Gemiilde herrUchc Gallcrie von Bildnessen znni Spiegel Deines Geistes urn versammelt habcu. "TiECKS Phaxtasien." London. 1838. Svo. Jiy Mr. II. Reeve. M.DCCC.XXXVIII. 475 Account of the Families of Birnie and Hamilton of Broom Hill. By John Birnie, Esq. Edited by W. B. D. D. Turnbull, Esq., Advocate, F.S.A., Scotland. Edinburgh : Printed for private distribution. m.dccc.xxxviii. 4to. pp. 82. Prefiice, &c., pp. xix. " Tlic impression of this volume is restricted to sixty copies." — Preface. Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, on the 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837. Not published. London. 1838. Svo. pp. 49, with a leaf of the Ascents to Mont Blanc. By Henry Martin Atkins ; from INIi". Eyton's catalogue, No. G4. It was a presentation copy to Soutlicy, and liad the Author's autograph. A Brief Memoir of the Life and Writings of the late William Marsden, D.C.L., F.R.S. Written by himself, with notes from his correspon- dence. London: Printed by J. L. Cox and Sons, for private circulation only. 1838. iio. pp. vii. and 101. " He enjoyed to a veiy advanced age extraordinary vigour of mind and body, equally respected and beloved for his learning, and very varied acquirements ; for his independent and disinterested cha- racter, and for his many social and domestic virtues." — Address of II.R.II. the Duke of Sussex, F.R.S., 30th November, 1831. 47G M.DCCC.XXXVIII. A Memoir of the Life of Edward, THIRD Baron Suffield. By Richard Mackenzie Bacon. Kot published. Nonvicli. 1838. 4fo. pp. 513. Title; Lady Suffield's Dedication to lier Children, 1 leaf; Editor's Preface, 1 leaf; Index, 5 leaves. Prefixed, a portrait of Lord Suffield. At page 139, a View of Giinton, lithogi-apti, by Lynch. Memoir of the late Dugald Stewart, Esq., Author of the " Philosophy of the Human Mind." By Lieut. -Col. Mathew Stewart. Edinburgh, m.dccc.xxxviii. 7'o?/al 8vo. pp. [iv.] 16. On the leaf following the above title, — ■" Originally published in the Annual Obituary for the year 1828. Longman and Co., London. Privately reprinted for the Author. (Twenty copies.) Edinburgh, 1838." An engraved portrait of Mr. Stewart is prefixed to these copies, and a notice of Mr. Stewart added pp. [viii.]. Mr. Stewart also printed privately the undermentioned : — Some Remarks on a Passage of Ammianus Marcellinus. London : W. Nicol. 1848. Half-sheet, number of copies, 5, small 8vo. ; and Title, and .5 large 4to. Considerations on the State of France. London : W. Nicol. 1848. 8vo. One and a quarter sheet. Twenty copies printed. M.DCCC.XXXI5. 477 ^Marbles, Brovzes and Fragments AT ChaTSTTORTH. M.DCCC. XXXVIII. 14 leaves. 4fo. r.. of L- - V i-tion of - ..i-^- of 3tL Journal of a Tour is Germany through the TyroL; Salzkammergut. the DanubEj Hungary, etc., during the Months of August,. September, AND October. 1So9. Printed bv W. H. Dalton, Cockspux -street, C„ - cross, (1839.) l2mo. pp. 280. B-Fr-: 154L Pinetum Woburnense; Or, a v,u:vo. pp. 22. A Parliament House Garland. ^vo. pp. 8. This last contains, among other things, two very clever songs by Andrew Skene, Esq., sometime Solicitor-General of Scotland, an able 480 M.DCCC.XXXIX. lawyer and excellent man, whose unexpected death alone prevented him from occupying a seat on the bench. Of the first, thirty copies were printed ; of the second, twenty. Catalogue of the Scientific Books in the Library of the Royal Society. London: R. & J. E. Taylor. 1839. 4io. Mr. Panizzi, in his evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons, on the British Museum, says, " This catalogue "will beat anything for absurdity. Scientific men have obliged me to adopt a plan, that does not deserve the name of a classed catalogue." Catalogue of the Works of Art in the pos- session of Sir Peter Paul Rubens, at the time of his decease ; Together with a fac-siniik^ of the original unpublished Letter from himself; and with Two Letters from Sir Balthazar Gerbier. 1839. pp. 18. 8vo. One hundred copies, and two on vellum, were printed at the ex- pense of Dawson Turner, Esq., of Yai*mouth. " Happy country, whose bankers and merchants are men of science and learning ! Of the true application of this observation, a more illustrious instance does not occur than that of ill*. Turner. He is deeply versed in classical and general knowledge, and possesses an unconmion degree of literary taste and critical sagacity. Those who have access to his library, and to his unrivalled collections of autographic letters and documents, from the most celebrated cha- mr f M.DCCC. XXXIX. 481 racters in every age and country, will admire the extent of his i-esearches, and the munificence of his spirit."* Since this was written, the larger portion of Mr. Tui*ner's library has been sold by Messrs. Sothcby. 1853. Statement of the Services of Ma.jor-General Sir Alexander Caldwell, G.C.B., Senior Officer OF the Bengal Artillery. (Without date, but about 1839.) roy, Svo. pp. 19. R. G. Durham, Printer, 9, Upper Berkeley-street, Portman -square. A Journal of a Voyage to, and Residence in, the Island of Jamaica, from 1801 to 1805, and of subsequent Events in England, from 1805 to 1811. By Maria, Lady Nugent. London. 1839. 2 vols. Siw. With a poi'trait of the Lady. A Journal from the Year 1811 till the Year 1815, "including a Voyage to, and Residence in, India, with a Tour to the North-Western parts OF the British Possessions in that Country, under THE Bengal Government. By Maria, Lady Nugent. London. 1839. 2 vols. Svo. With a portrait of the Author. Lady Nugent was the wife of General Sir George Nugent, Bart. ; * Dr. Valpy: Note in his own copy of Mr. Turner's Tour in Normandj'. I I 482 M.DCCC.XXXIX. seventh daughter of Cortland Skinner, Esq., Attoniey-General and Speaker of the House of Assembly of New Jersey, North America. She died in 1834. The Tour was not printed until several years after her death. Glencoe ; OR, THE Fate of the Macdonalds. A Tragedy, in Five Acts. Not published. (London. 1839.) 8vo. pp. 95. Title and Preface, pp. vi. By Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, late one of the puisne judges of the Court of Common Pleas. A Review of the References to the Hortus Malabaricus of Henry Van Rheede Van Draa- kenstein. Not published. Swansea : Printed at the Cambrian Office, by Murray and Rees. 8vo. pp. 70. Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Dublin Society. Dublin: Printed for the Society. 1839. 8ro. This consisted of 279 pages, including an Index. In 1850 it was re-issued, with a Supplement of 195 pages (including Index of Pamphlets), containing books added since 1839. The collection now comprises about 21,000 volumes. Tlie title, as it now stands is, " Catalogue of the Library of the Eoyal Dublin Society. Origi- xM DCCO. XXXIX. 483 iially published 1839. Re-issued, with Suppleiueut, Itt.jO. Dubliu : Printed by M. H. Gill, printer to the Royal Dubliu Society. m.i>cxx;.l." Il Trifoglio ; Ovvero scherzi metrici d'un luglese non pubblicatc, ma presentati a quei pochi amici cui piaque. " Meas esse aliquid putare nugas," SeconcTa impressione. Londra : Wertlieimer e Cia. m.dccc.xxxix. Svo. pp. 89. Privately printed by Dr. Hawtrey, Head ]\Iaster of Eton, recently elected Provost of the College. Notes taken during Travels in Africa. By the late John Davidson, F.R.S., F.S.A., etc. Printed for private distribution only. London : Printed by J. L. Cox and Sons, 75, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-Fields. 1839. 4to. pp. 218. Frontispiece : View of Wadnoon, lithogi-aph, from a sketch by the Author. Style of Buildings of Wadmoor, page 86. This enterprising traveller was barbarously murdered by the savages, owing to his not heeding the caution he had received, to travel in more meagre costume than he indulged in. The following memoranda have been contributed, by a relative of the unfortunate traveller : — "John Davidson, F.R.S., F.S.A., &c., born 3rd December, 1797, in London, was educated at an academy near London. Subsequently he entered the University of Edinburgh, with the intention of I I 2 484 M.DCCC.XXXIX. taking a degree, and practising as a physician. His licaltli failing, he was recommended to pass a winter in Italy, and went to Naples in 1828 ; on his recovery, gi\nng up all professional ideas. On his retnrn to England, he set out for Egypt and India, intending, if pos- sible, to proceed to China and Persia. Again his health failed, and, returning to Egj-pt, he made the tour of Palestine and Syi'ia. From these journeys he obtained the matter that formed the substance of many interesting papers, which he read at the meetings of various scientific societies, particularly one on the ' Water of Well Zem- Zcm,' at the Royal Society, in June, 1835. The papers on 'Jeru- salem, the Pyramids, and Thebes,' were read at the Royal Insti- tution. He travelled in the United States of America, Mexico, and Canada. His last journey, that to Africa, was in August 1835 : he arrived at the city of Morocco, February, 1836; there his know- ledge of medicine was of great service to him ; not only the court, but all the city came for ad\ace and medicine, which he gave, much to their surprise, gratis. In many instances presents were oflPei-ed, but always refused. As he once feared he would not be allowed to leave, and had to plead at last that his stock of medicine was gone, a large medicine chest was, by his desire, sent to the Sultan from this country. About the end of November, 1836, he started for the Great Desert, and, when only fifteen days from the object of his journey, was waylaid at a watering place, called Swekeya, by the tribe El-Harib, by one of whom he was deliberately shot. This occurred in the early part of Decenibei*, 1836." Nug.t; Metric.e ; By Sir H. H. Bakt. M.D. Not published. (London.) m.dccc.xxxix. Title, Preface and Con- tents, 3 leaves. 8vo. pp. 10. By the late Sir Heniy Halford, Bart. " Written to beguile the tedium of many a long day spent M.DCCC.XL. 485 in my j)rofessional pursuits." This work is noticed in the " Quar- terly Review."* The writer says, " Sir Henry was bred in a school, or at a time when the niceties of quantity were not enforced with proper regard." Catalogue of the Hoare Library, AT Stourhead, County Wilts ; With an Account of the Museum of Antiquities, a Catalogue of the Paintings and Drawings, and a Descrip- tion of the Mansion. By J. B. Nichols. London. Svo. 1840. Lives of the Lindsays; or, a Memoir OF THE Houses of Crawfurd and Balcarres. By Lord Lyndsay. Wigan. 1840. 4 vols. rot/. Svo. One hundred and fifty copies, and six in quarto, privately printed. An edition of the work was published in 3 vols. Svo. London, 1849. A Catalogue of the Library of the Oxford and Cambridge University Club. London : John Bohn, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. M.DCCC.XL. Svo. pp. 296. A classed and alphabetical catalogue, printed solely for the use of the members. * V^ol. Ixix. p. 4b'2. 486 M.DCCC.XL. A Few Letters concerning the Church Government in Scotland in 1690, From the Collection of the Earl of Leven and Mel- ville. Edinburgh : Printed for private circulation. 1840. 8ro. pp. 53. By W. Leslie Melville ; from "Sir. Eyton's Catalogue, 1064. Literary Conglomerate ; OR, A Combination of Various Thoughts and Facts. By p. B. Duncan. Oxford. 1840. l^rno. Observations on the Aurora Borealis, from September, 1834, to September, 1839. London: Printed by Moyes and Barclay. 8vo. 1842. By Robert Suow, Esq. Collection of Statutes for the University and the Colleges of Cambridge; Including various early documents : and the Letters patent, for the Election of Two IMembers of Parliament for tlie University and Colleges. London : William Clowes and Sons. 1840. 8vo. j)]). 359. Preface, &c., pp. xv. Privately i>rintcd by James Heywood, Escj., M.P. for Nortli Lan- cashire. M.lJCCC.XL. 487 The volume contains four " Codes of University Laws," which have been translated into English at the request of the editor. They are enumerated in the preface, with some notes upon them. It is a very interesting collection of documents, relative to the statutes of the university of Cambridge. Mr. Heywood has also printed for private circulation, Translations from the German. 1840. Copy of a Letter addressed to Dawson Turner, Esq., F.R.A., etc., on the occasion of the Death OF THE LATE DuKE OF BEDFORD (JoHN, SiXTH DuKE, K.G.): PARTICULARLY IN REFERENCE TO THE SERVICES RENDERED BY HiS GrACE TO BoTANY AND HORTI- CULTURE. " Lord of every princely art, Liberal hand and open heart." (Printed only for private distribution.) Glasgow: Printed by George Richardson. 1840. 8vo. pp. 25 ; with an engraving of the Willow-leaved Bed- fordia. By Sir W. J. Hooker. Dramatic and Poetical Works. Privately printed. Very rare. 1840. This is inserted on the authority of a bookseller's catalogue. The editor has been unable to gain any information relative to the work. 488 M.DCCC.XL. Two Lectures read before the Essay Society OF Exeter College, Oxford. Printed for private distribution. 1840. '8vo. pp. 100. Title and dedication, pp. v ; ixwik pax vohisciim qui Icgitis, two leaves. Only tliirty-tlu-ec copies were printed. Memoir of Mr. Sheridan. Leeds : Printed for J. Cross, 2, Commercial-street. 1840. \2mo. pp. 74. By the late Professor Smyth, of Cambridge. In the dedication to Miss Cotton, he says, that he did not draw up the Memoir with the intention to publish. It is said to have been as much as possible withdrawn from circidation. Case of Sir Colin Mackenzie, of Kilcoy, Ba- ronet, on his Claims to the Title and Dignity OF Earl of Buchan and Lord Auchterhouse. No date, but probably about 1840. folio, pp. 68, and Pedigree. This elaborate pleading, written by John Riddell, Esq., the eminent peerage lawyer, was never presented to the House of Peers, it having been discovered that Sir Colin was descended from the younger, and not the elder, daughter of James, seventh Earl of Buchan. The claim was to the old territorial earldom, and by no means interfered with the more modem peerage, now held by a younger branch of the ancient family of Mar. Mr. Douglas, of Brig- ton, it is understood, is the heir of line of the old title of Buchan. M.DCCC.XL. 489 A Concise Account of the Principal Works in Stained Glass that have been executed By Thomas Willement, of London, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. [Printed for private distribution.] London. 1840. 4