2"d S. VIII. Oct. 2D. '59.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Sales of Literary Property. 



MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON beg to an- 

 nounce that their Season for SALES of LITERARY PRO- 

 PERTY and WORKS of ART will commence on MONDAY, October 

 31. In calling attention to the subjoined Announcements of forth- 

 comina Sales Messrs. Puttiek & Simpson invite attention to the great 

 facilities they are enabled to offer in effectinK the advantageous disposal 

 of Property consigned to them for Sale. Prominently amongst them 

 fire their very extensive and commodious Premises, most centrally 

 situate, including a very spacious and well-lighted Auction Gallery, 

 Warehouses, Offices, &c. 



The Shelf- Room in the Large Gallery will afford convenient means 

 for the 



Displuti of upwards of Fifteen Thousand Volumes at one time. 



The Wall-space, suited for the Exhibition of Pictures and Engrav- 

 ings, amounts to nearly 5,000 superficial feet, the area of the floor being 

 about 1,600 feet. 



Messrs. Puttiek & Simpson farther respectfully submit that their own 

 considerable experience in Sales of the kind alluded to, and their ex- 

 tensive connexion of more than half-a-century's standing (their busi- 

 ness having been established in 1 791, in Piccadilly, whence tliey removed 

 in March, 1859), and the careful circulation of their Catalogues in all 

 parts of the Country, and, when necessary, throughout Europe and 

 America, constitute advantages that cannot fail to ensure a beneficial 

 result in any business with which they may be honoured. 



Sales of Music and Musical Instruments are held Monthly during the 

 Season. Messrs. Puttiek & Simpson are able to offer unusual facilities 

 in this branch of their business, which has been specially cultivated by 

 their house for many years past. 



Small Consignments are received and reserved for insertion in appro- 

 priate Sales, affording to the owner of a few Lots the same advantages 

 as are offered to the possessor of a large Collection. 



Valuations for testamentary or other purposes. 



♦«* Warehouse Entrance in Princes Street. 



Library of the late EDWARD HUGHES, ESQ., F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., 

 &c.— Five Days' Sale. 



MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, Auctioneers 

 of Litemcj' Property, will SELL by AUCTION, at their new and 

 very spacious Premises, 47. Leicester Square, W.C., on MONDAY, 

 October 31, and following Days, the LIBRARY of the late EDWARD 

 HUGHES, ESQ., F.R.A.S.,F.R.G.S., Head-Master of the Royal Naval 

 Lower School, Greenwich, together with another Library : comprising 

 Augustini Opera, 12 vols, in 8, presentation copy from Bishop Cosen to 

 the great Earl of Clarendon — Foxe's Martyrs, 3 vols, best edition, largo 

 paper — Stillingfleet's Works, 6vols. — Rapin and Tindal's England, 

 5 vols. — Common Prayer for Scotland, 1637 — Liber Festivalis, by W. de 

 Worde, 1499 — Sydenham Society's Publications, a set — Yarrell's Bri- 

 tish Birds and Fislies, and other beautifully Illustrated Works on 

 Natural History, published by Van Voorst— a large Collection of Books 

 in the various Classes of English and Foreign Theology, Classics, Na- 

 tural History, Astronomy, Steam Navigation, and the Sciences gene- 

 rally—a few Engravings, large Diagrams, and Drawings made for a 

 Public Lecturer — Bookcases, &c. 



Catalogues will be sent on receipt of Two Stamps. 



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Library of an eminent Antiquary. 



ESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, Auctioneers 



of Literary Property, are preparing for immediate SALE the 



LIBRARY of an EMINENT ANTIQUARY ; including Gra;vii ct 



Gronovii Thesaurus Antiquitatum, et Gruteri Inscriptiones, 29 vols 



Spelman's Glossary, best edition — Wetstein's Greek Testament, 2 vols. 



— Clemens Alexandrinus, ed. Potter — Thurloe's State Papers. 7 vols— 

 Morant's Essex, 2 vols., fine copy — Browne Willis's Buckinghamshire 



— Memoires de 1' Academic des Inscriptions, 50 vols., fine copy — Arch- 



soologia, nearly a set _ Camden Society's Publications, complete set 



Lazamon's Brut, edited by Sir Frederic Madden, 3 vols Variorum 



and Delphin Editions of the Classics — and the Works of Standard 

 Writers on Antiquities, Archasology, Painting, Sculpture, Numisma- 

 tics, &c. 



Catalogues are in the press. 



Autographs, Prints, Important Ancient Drawings, Illustrations of 

 Family History, the Collection of the late J . BELL, Esq. 



If ESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, Auctioneers 

 L of Literary Property, are preparing for immediate SALE, by di- 

 rection of the Executors, the COLLECTION of the late J. BELL, Esq., 

 of Wall's-End; consisting of Autograph Letters, Collections for Family 

 History, Heraldry, Engravings, very numerous and interesting Ancient 

 Drawings, particularly an important assemblage of the Works of the 

 celebrated Dandini Family, with those of their Pupils, contained in 

 Nineteen Atlas Folio Volumes, with numerous other Articles of cu- 

 riosity and interest. 



Catalogues are preparing. 



Music. _ The Surplus Stock of an eminent Publishing House. 



MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, Auctioneers 

 of Literary Property, will SELL by AUCTION, al their new and 

 very spacious Premises, 47. Leicester Square, W. C, early in NOVEM- 

 BER, a COLLECTION of MUSIC, being the surplus Stock of an 

 eminent Publishing House ; comprising Modern Publications of the 



Compositions of the most esteemed Writers, of Vocal and Pianoforte 

 Music, and also including popular Instrumental AVorks, Music for 

 Military Bands, Ac — also, a large Collection of Portraits of Musical 

 Celebrities of the present and past Centuries — some Private Plates, 

 neatly framed and glazed _ a fine Basso-Rilievo of Mendelssohn, &c. 



Catalogues are preparing. 

 Highly Interesting Collection of Bewick's Works. 



MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, Auctioneers 

 of Literary Property, will SELL by AUCTION, at their new 

 and very spacious Premises, 47. Leicester Square, W.C., in NO- 

 VEMBER, one of the largest and most important Collections of the 

 WORKS of THOMAS and JOHN BEWICK which has ever appeared 

 for sale, comprising not only their most celebrated works, in fine con- 

 dition .but embracing their smaller and less known productions, original 

 wood-blocks engraved by them, &c.; also two sets of the Newcastle 

 Typographical Society's Publications, Jackson's History of Wood En- 

 gravings, and a variety of Works illustrative of the History and An- 

 tiquities of our Northern Counties, as well as of the progress of Modern 

 Wood Engraving from the days of Bewick. 



Theological and Classical Library of a well-known Editor and Divine. 



MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, Auctioneers 

 of Literary Property, will SELL by AUCTION, at their new 

 and very spacious Premises, 47. I^eicester Square, W.C., in NO- 

 VEMBER, the LIBRARY of a well-known EDITOR and DIVINE, 

 sometime deceased, comprising a well-selected Collection of Classical 

 and Theological Literature. 



Catalogues are preparing. 



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Engravings and Drawings. 



ESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, Auctioneers 



of Literary Property, will SELL by AUCTION, at their new 



and very spacious Premises, 47. Leicester Square, W. C, in NO- 

 VEMBER, a large COLLECTION of ENGRAVINGS, chiefly Modem, 

 including also iniuneroua curious Caricatures, arranged and classified, 

 by Gillray, Humphrey, Rowjandson, &c.— Ancient and Modern Draw- 

 ings, Framed Prints, &c. 



Catalogues are preparing. 

 Music and Musical Literature, the Library of an Amateur, deceased. 



MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, Auctioneers 

 of Literary Property, will SELL by AUCTION, at their new and 

 very spacious Premises, 47. Leicester Square. W.C., in DECEMBER, an 

 unusually extensive and important LIBRARY of MUSIC and MUSI- 

 CAL LITERATURE, the Collection of an Amateur, comprising all 

 the best treatises on the history and theory of Music, a very large col- 

 lection of editions of the Psalms, with and without music. Hymn Books, 

 Hymn Tune Books, old Vocal Music, Song Books, curious alike for 

 poetry and music, &c. 



Catalogues are in preparation. 



Richly-bound Library of Standard English Literature, and Fine Books 

 of Prints. 



MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, Auctioneers 

 of Literary Property, will SELL by AUCTION, at their new 

 and very spacious Premises, 47. Leicester Square, W.C, in DE- 

 CEMBER, the LIBRARY of a GENTLEMAN leaving England, 

 comprising best editions of the works of the most celebrated English 

 writers in Theology, History, Poetry, and General Literature, Picture 

 Galleries (including matchless copies of the Miisce Franeais, Mus^e 

 Royal, Florence, Orleans, and Houghton Galleries), the Library, al- 

 most without exception, being richly bound in calf and morocco by F. 

 Bedford. 



Catalogues are preparing. 



Curious Books and Tracts, for the most part relating to America. 



MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, Auctioneers 

 of Literary Property, will SELL by AUCTION, at their new and 

 very spacious Premises, 47. Leicester Square, W. C, in DECEMBER, a 

 large and curious COLLECTION,numbering several Thousand Pieces of 

 Books and Tracts, the larger Portion of which relate to American His- 

 tory and Literature : comprising also many scarce works in General 

 Literature — a Copy of the First Edition of Foxe's Martyrology (8vo. 

 1551), the only copy which has yet appeared for Sale. 



Catalogues are preparing. 



Autographs, chiefly from the celebrated Collection of the late 

 DAWSON TURNER", Esq. 



MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, " Auctioneers 

 of Literary Property, will SELL by AUCTION, at their new and 

 very spacious Premises, 47. Leicester Square, W.C, early in the Season, 

 a Collection of Autograph Letters, consisting chiefly of duplicates and 

 surplus examples, consigned by various purchasers of bound series of 

 Autographs, in the important Collection of the late DAWSON 

 TURNER, Esq. These selections embrace many most interesting and 

 important articles, of which further particulars will be announced. 



Catalogues are in preparation. 



