NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 265. 



Library and Collection of Antiquities of the 

 late Thomas Croftou Croker, Esq., F.S.A., 

 M.R.I.A., a.c. 



PUTTICK AND SIMPSON, 

 Auctioneers of Literary Property, will 

 SELL by AUCTION, at their Great Room, 

 ISl. Piccadilly, early in DECEMBER, the 

 Library and highly mtercstins Collection of 

 Antiquities of the late THOMAS CROFTON 

 CROKER, ESQ. The Irish, Celtic, Celto- 

 Britiah and Scandinavian Antiquities, are of 

 peculiar Interest in this Collection : also, an 

 interesting Collection of Antiquities from the 

 Burman Empire. Catalogues are preparing, 

 and will be sent on Application. 



Important and Rare Books, in choice Con- 

 dition, the Property of an eminent Collector. 



MESSRS. S. LEIGH SOTHEBY 

 & JOHN WILKINSON, Auctioneers 

 of Literary Property and Works connected with 

 the Fine Arts, will SELL by AUCTION, at 

 their House, 3. WellinKtou Street, Strand, on 

 THURSDAY, December 7, and Two following 

 Days, at 1 o'clock precisely, a very choice SE- 

 LECTION OF VALUABLE AND RARE 

 BOOKS, from the very fine Library of an emi- 

 nent Collector, comprisine the first four Folio 

 Editions of Shakspeare, Dound in russia by 

 Hering ; also, the IJoaden Copy of the second 

 edition, with a different Imprint, believed by 

 Malone to be unique — a very fine series of the 

 best editions of the Works of Sir W. Dugdale — 

 a remarkably choice collection on large paper 

 of the Publications of Thomas Hearne, and 

 other valuable Historical and Antiquarian 

 Works —an extraordinary assemblage of 

 Tracts, published during the reign of Charles I. 

 — Works of eminent English Theologians — a 

 magnificently-illustrated copy of the Memo- 

 rials of the Family of Grace — a collection of 

 the Bibliographical Rarities printed for and 

 edited by J. O. Halliwell, Esq. ; to wliich is 

 added, a Selection of Valuable Books, com- 

 prising English Topography and History, from 

 the Library of Mr. Gilman, of Hingham. 



May be viewed two days previous to the Sale, 

 and Catalogues had. 



Bohn's Standard Librart for December. 



COWPER'S COMPLETE 

 WORKS, edited by SOUTHEY : com- 

 prising hisPoems. Correspondence, and Trans- 

 lations ; with a Memoir of the Author. Illus- 

 trated with Fifty Fine Engravings on Steel, 

 after Designs by Harvey. Complete in 8 Vols. 

 Vols. VII. and VIII., containing the Trans- 

 lation of Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey." 

 Post 8to. cloth. 3s. 6d. each Volume. 

 HENRY G. BOHN, 4, 5, & 6. York Street, 

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Bohn's Classical Libr 



FOR December. 



XENOPHON'S CYROP^DIA 

 and HELLENICS, literally translated 

 hv the REV. J. S. WATSON. M.A., and the 

 REV. H. DALE, M.A., with Notes, &c. Post 

 8vo. cloth, .'is. 

 HENRY G. BOHN, 4. f>, & 6. York Street, 

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Bohn's British Classics for December. 



DEFOE'S WORKS, edited by 

 SIR WALTER SCOTT. Vol. III., 

 containing the Life of Moll Flanders, and the 

 History of the Devil. Post 8vo. cloth. 3s. 6d. 

 HENRY G. BOIIN, 4. 5, & 6. York Street, 

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Bohn's Ecclesiastical Librarv for 

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THE WORKS OF PHILO 

 JUD^US, translnted from the Greek by 

 C. D. YONGE, B.A. Vol. II. On the Confu- 

 sion of Languages. Who is the Heir of Divine 

 Things ? On the Doctrine that Dreams are 

 sent from God. On the Life of a Man occu- 

 pied with Affairs of State, &c. &c. Post Svo. 

 cloth. 5s. 

 HENRY G. BOHN, 4,5, & 6. York Street, 

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THE IMPEEIAL DICTION AEY, ENGLISH, TECimO- 



LOGICAL, AND SCIENTIFIC ; adapted to tlie present state of Literature, Science, and Art. 

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II. 



THE mPEEIAL GAZETTEER; A GENERAL Dic- 

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III. 



CYGWTMmA OE AGRICULTUEE, PRACTICAL AND 



SCIENTIFIC. By Fifty of the most eminent Farmers and Scientific Men of the day. Edited 

 by JOHNC. MORTON, Editor of tlie " Agricultural Gazette." One Thousand Hlustratious 

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IV. 



CANADA. A HISTORICAL. 



GEOGRAPHICAL. GEO- 



By W. H. SMITH. 



LOGICAL, AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF CANADA WEST, 

 Maps and other Illustrations. 2 vols., cloth, its. 



V. 



ITALY. ILLIISTRA.TED IN A SERIES OE VIEWS. 



Drawings by STANFIELD, R.A., ROBERTS, R.A., HARDING, PROUT, LEITCH, &c. 

 With Descriptions of the Scenes. Half-morocco, price 21. 16s. 



VI. 



ROBERT BURNS' WORKS, Complete EditioT^, with 



numerous Notes, and PROFESSOR WILSON'S celebrated Essay. Eighty Landscape and 

 Portrait Illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo., 36s. 



VII. 



THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD'S WORKS. IllustratefT by 



D. O. HILL, R.S.A. POETICAL WORKS, 5 vol".. 17.?. 6c?. TALES and SKETCHES, 6 vols., 

 21s. Each Vol. complete in itself, and sold separately, 3s. 6d. each. 



VIII. 



GOLDSMITH'S HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND 



ANIMATED NATURE. With numerous Notes. 2400 Illustrative Figures, of which 200 

 are Coloured. In 2 vols., 8vo., 40s. 



IX. 



With an 



GOLDSiyriTH'S MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. 



Essay on his Life and Writings. 37 Wood Engravings. 2 vols., cloth, 9s. 



X. 



CYCLOPi^.DIA OE DOMESTIC MEDICINE AND SUR- 



GERY. By THOMAS ANDREW, M.D. Engravings on Wood and Steel. 1 vol. 8vo., 

 cloth, 18*. 



BLACKIE & SON, Warwick Square, London ; Glasgow, and Edinburgh. 



Now ready. Gratis and Post Free. 



A CATALOGUE OF SE- 



J\ COND-HAND BOOKS. Classical, The- 

 ological, and Miscellaneous, including some 

 rare pieces in Puritan Divinity. 



A. HEYLIN, 28. Paternoster Bow. 



TO BOOK-BUYERS and COL- 

 LECTORS OF TOPOGRAPHY nnd 

 COUNTY HISTORY. —A NEW CATA- 

 LOGUE is now ready, consisting entirely of 

 Works relating to TOPOGRAPHY and 

 COITNTY HISTORY : also a Catalogue of 

 CHOICE, RARE, and CURIOUS BOOKS. 

 Either or these very interesting Catalogues wil 1 

 be sent by Post on receipt of Two Postage 

 Stamps to prepay it. 



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MILLER'S CATALOGUE of 

 ONE THOUSAND CHEAP BOOKS, 

 now ready. Postage Free to Book-buyers, con- 

 tains : Collections of Ballad Poetry, numerous 

 Works on Geography, Books on Political 

 Economy, Shakspeariana, a Select Number of 

 Books illustrated by George Cruikshank, to- 

 gether with the usual varieties in History, 

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 Works. 



JOHN MHXER, 43. Chandos Street, 

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This Day, a NEW CATALOGUE OF "YERY 

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QECOND-HAND BOOKS 



O on Sale by SOTHERAN & CO., 331. 

 Strand (opposite Somerset House). 



BOOKS PURCHASED in any Quantity. 



A CATALOGUE of a Splendid 

 Collection of AUTOGRAPHS belong- 

 ing to the late Mr. HUttner, which will be sold 

 by Auction at LEIPSIC on the 1 1th Decem- 

 ber, law, and may be had Gratis of MR. D. 

 NUTT, 270. Strand. If by Post, Six Stamps 

 required. 



This Collection comnrises 5123 lots, classed 

 according to the country, rank, and position of 

 the writers, and is worthy the attention of 

 Amateurs. 



A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, 



JV' comprising the celebrated Library of 

 PROF. HEYSE, of Berlin, which will be sold 

 by Auction on the 5th December, at Berlin. 

 Can be had Gratis of MR. D. NUTT, 270. 

 Strand. If by Post, Six Stamps required. 



The Catalogue contains 1644 lots of exceed- 

 ingly choice and rare Books, consisting chiefly 

 of OLD GERMAN LITERATURE, and of 

 Works printed in the fifteenth and sixteenth 

 centuries. 



Printed by Thomas Clark Shaw, of No. 10. Stonefleld Street, in the Parish of St. Mary, Islington, at No. 5. New Street Square, m the Parish of 

 St. Bride, in the City of London ; and published by Groroe Bell, of No. Hrt. Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the 

 City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid.- Saturday, November 25. 1854. 



