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title and Ad Lectorem, with a blank leaf. But it 

 was afterwards found that the Ad Lectorem would 

 want two pages more : accordingly v., vi., were 

 printed twice, and a blank leaf was pre-pasted, as 

 it is in my copy. This will be found to end 

 T. W.'s part with page 142., as actually happens. 

 All which I do not vouch for. A. De Morgan. 



The edition alluded to by P. H. F. is the most 

 valued of the small editions, particularly a good 

 copy. In 1726 Hogarth engraved his large set of 

 plates (12) to Butler's Hudibras, and fine im- 

 pressions will bear a good price in the market. 

 They were — 



" Printed and Sold by Philip Overton, Print and Map 

 Seller, at the Golden Buck near St. Dunstan's Church in 

 Fleet Street, and John Cooper, in James Street, Covent 

 Garden, 1726." 



What has become of the original drawings? 

 Mr. S. Ireland had ^ve, four were preserved in 

 Holland, and two more were existing somewhere 

 else in 1782. 



They were dedicated to William Ward, Esq., 

 of Great Houghton, Northamptonshire, and to 

 Allan Ramsay *, who took, or rather subscribed, 

 for thirty sets. On the plate of Hudibras and the 

 Lawyer he still continued spelling his name 

 Hogart, and I believe not until some time after 

 did he spell it as it is now, Hogarth. A. B. C. 



In a former description of my 12mo, edition of 

 Hudibras, 1732, I gave but a hasty sketch. Upon 

 further examination I find that it contains for a 

 frontispiece a portrait of " Mr. Samuel Butler," 

 beautifully engraved by S. V'''' Gucht. The next 

 plate represents Hudibras and Ralpho setting out. 

 Upon the top of this is engraved P. 15., which 

 page it fronts ; at the bottom I, and " Wm. Ho- 

 garth, Invt. et Sculpt." The next is placed at 

 p. 75. ; the plate is also engraved p. 75., but no 

 No. or engraver's name. The third and fourth 

 plates have the appearance of being re-engraved 

 plates ; the impressions are much clearer than the 

 others. Every plate throughout has the page 

 upon it where it is intended to be placed. All 

 the plates that bear Hogarth's name are also num- 

 bered. They are plates 1, 4, 5, 7, and 8. The 

 last plate at p. 182. is treble page width, folded. 

 There are three double page plates ; they occur at 

 pages 74, 88, and 130. None of the large plates 

 have Hogarth's name engraved upon them, only 

 the page. The paging is continuous. Part I. 

 ends with p. 142., catchword " Book." The title 

 for Part 11. is thus : 



" Hudibras. The Second Part. By the Author of the 

 First. Corrected and Amended with several Additions 

 and Annotations." 



* The Scotch poet, and editor of the Tea-Tabh Miscel- 

 lany, &c. 



Part II. ends with p. 233. Part III. has, differ- 

 ent from the other, an imprint, " London, printed 

 for B. Motte at the Middle Temple Gate, Fleet 

 Street, mdccxxxii." 



Contrary to P. H. F.'s edition. Part III. ends 

 with p. 400., and followed by 22 pages of Index, 

 not paged. There are ornaments in Part III. not 

 contained in either of the others, which leads me 

 to think that Parts I. &nd II. are the same as the 

 edition of 1726, and that Part III. is a reprint. 

 There are no plates in my edition in Part III. I 

 am aware there are plates published by Hogarth 

 illustrating that part of the poem. I remember 

 reading in C. M. Smith's World of London a de- 

 scription of the plate, " The Burning of the 

 Rump." I imagine that plate must occur in the 

 edition of 1726 in the third part. 



If, as A Hermit at Hampstead has suggested, 

 the editor of " N. & Q." be disposed to examine 

 the two editions, my copy is at his service, and 

 shall, upon a request from him, be immediately 

 forwarded. Deva. 



I have now before me a 12mo. edition of Hudi- 

 bras, dated 1732. The title-page is as follows : 



" Hudibras in three parts. Written in the time of the 

 Late Wars. Corrected and amended: with additions. 

 To which are added Annotations, with an exact Index of 

 the whole. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts, Design'd 

 and Engrav'd by Mr. Hogarth. London: Printed for 

 D. Midwinter and A. Ward, J. Walthoe, J. and J. Knap- 

 ton, R. Knaplock, B. Sprint, J. Tonson, J. Osborne, and 

 T. Longman, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, E. Robinson, 

 W. Mears, W. Innys, T. Woodward, F. Clay, D. Browne 

 and J. Poulson. 1732." 



There is a portrait of Mr. Samuel Butler as 

 frontispiece, which has at the bottom right-hand 

 corner J. F*: Gucht, Scul. There are only nine 

 other engravings, five of which are single, and 

 four folding. The single plates, which are the 

 best and clearest on the whole, have at the bot- 

 tom, Wm. Hogarth Inv*. et Sculp''. The folding 

 plates, two of which, including the " Skimmington," 

 are of a better class than the other two, have no 

 name whatever to them, and though inferior to the 

 single plates, I am inclined to believe they are the 

 work of Hogarth, as the style is evidently the 

 same, and the likeness of the knight correct 

 throughout. The Skimmington is the last en- 

 graving, and with the other to Part II. is misplaced. 

 The book is not my own, or it would have afforded 

 me much pleasure to have followed "A Hermit 

 AT Hampstead's" example, in offering to produce 

 it, but I shall be happy to reply to any queries. 

 I shall hope to see another copy of the same work 

 before long, and will send my notes upon it, if I 

 find anything likely to interest. Henri. 



If it will afford any satisfaction to your corre- 

 spondents, I may mention that I have a copy of 



