NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 275. 



A LIST OP 



MR. HALLIWELL'S PRIVATELY PRINTED WORKS. 



MK. SKEFFINGTON, having purchased the entire remainders of these yalnable works, begs to inform the public that only the small number 

 of Sixteen complete Sets remain, while the largest stock of any separate volume is but Eighteen, some being out of print, and several others 

 nearly so. Collectors of fine libraries may therefore rest assured that these publications must ere long become of great rarity. 



All are printed in Quarto, uniform with the works of the ROXBURGHE and other private Book Clubs, the impression of each work being 

 most strictly limited to a small number of copies. 



MORTE ARTHURE : The Alliterative Romance 



of the Death of King Arthur ; now first printed, from a Manuscript in 

 the Library of Lincoln Cathedral. Seventy-five Copies printed, bl. 

 »»» A very curious Romance, full of allusions interesting to the 

 Antiquary and Philologist. It contains nearly eight thousand 

 lines. 



Only One separate Copy left. 



IL* 



THE CASTLE OF LOVE : A Poem, by RO- 

 BERT GROSTESTE, Bishop of Lincoln : now first printed from in- 

 edited MSS. of the Fourteenth Century. One Hundred Copies printed. 

 IM. 



*»* This is a religious poetical Romance, unknown to Warton. 

 Its poetical merits are beyond its age. 



m. 

 CONTRIBUTIONS TO EARLY ENGLISH 



LITERATURE, derived chiefly from Rare Books and Ancient Inedited 

 Manuscripts from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century. Seventy- 

 five Copies printed. SI. 3s. 



Contents :— The Suddaine Turne of Fortune's Whecle, an in- 

 edited Poem, by Taylor, the Water Poet ; the Life of Saint Ka- 

 therine ; the Knight and his Wife : Dr. C»ius"8 Magical MS. ; the 

 Tale of the Smyth and his Dame ; the Booke of Robin Conscience j 

 Ballads on Hugh of Lincoln : Band, RufFr. and Cuffe : Newes out 

 of Islington ; a Derbyshire Mummer's Play ; the Interlude of 

 Youth. 



Out of prmt separately. 



IV. 



A NEW BOKE ABOUT SHAKSPEARE 



AND STRATKORD-ON-AVON, illuHrated with numerous woodcuts 

 and facsimiles of Shakspeare's Marriage Bond, and other curious Ar- 

 ticles. Seventy-five Copies printed. U. Is. 



Out of print separately. 



THE PALATINE ANTHOLOGY. An ex- 



tensive Collection of Ancient Poems and Ballads relating to Cheshire 

 and Lancashire ; to wliich is added THE PALATINE GARLAND. 

 One Hundred and Ten Copies printed, il. 2s. 



Out of print separately. 



THE YORKSHIRE ANTHOLOGY. — An 



Extensive Collection of Ballads and Poems, respecting the County of 

 Yorkshire. One Hundred and Ten Copies printed. 21. 2s. 



»«* This Work contains upw,irds of 400 pages, and includes a 

 reprint of the very curious Poem, called " Yorkshire Ale," 1697, 

 as well as a great variety of Old Yorksliire Ballads. 



VII. 



THE LITERATURE OF THE SIXTEENTH 



AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES, illustrated by Reprints of very 

 Rare Tracts. Seventy-five Copies printed. 21. 2s. 



Contents : — Harry White his Humour, set forth by M. P. — 

 Comedie of tlie two Italian Gentlemen — Tailor's Travels from 

 London to the Isle of Wight, lfrl8 — Wyll Bucke his Testament — 

 TheBoiike of Merry Riddles, 1629— Comedie of All for Money, 

 1578 — Wine, Beere, Ale, and Tobacco, 1630 — Johnson's New 

 Booke of New Conceites, 1630 — Love's Garland, 1624. 



Out of print separately. 

 VIII.* 



SOME ACCOUNT OF A COLLECTION OF 



SEVERAL THOUSAND BILLS, ACCOUNTS. AND INVEN- 

 TORIES, Illustrating the History of Prices between the Years 1650 and 

 1750, with Copious Extracts from Old Account-Books. Eighty Copies 

 printed. H. Is. 



**» This is an interesting account of a very curious and valuable 

 collection presented by Mr. llalliweU to the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution. 



IX.* 



THE POETRY OF WITCHCRAFT, Illustrated 



by Copies of the Plays on the Lancashire Witches, by Heywood and 

 Shadwell, viz., the " Late Lancashire Witches," and the '" Lancashire 

 Witches and Tegue o'Divelly, the Irish Priest." Eighty Copies printed. 

 21. 2s. 



THE NORFOLK ANTHOLOGY, a Collection 



of Poems, Ballads, and Rare Tracts, relating to the County of Norfolk. 

 Eighty Copies printed. 21. 2s. 



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XL* 



SOME ACCOUNT OF A COLLECTION OF 



ANTIQUITIES, COINS, MANUSCRIPTS, RARE BOOKS, AND 

 OTHER REI.IQUES, Illustrative of the Life and Works of Shak- 

 speare. Illustrated with Woodcuts. Eighty Copies printed. W. Is. 



XII.* 



ACCOUNT OF MANUSCRIPTS presented by 



Mr. Halliwell to the Public Library, Plymouth, with pieces by Dr. 

 Forman, Siiirley, &c., from inedited MSS., 4to. Eighty copies printed. 

 21. 2s. 



XIII, XIV. 



NOTICES OF AN UNIQUE EDITION OF 



THE ARCADIA, and of tbe Shaksperian Documents at Bridgewater 

 House. Two Tracts, 4to. Twenty-five copies printed. 



Out of print separately. 



A complete Set may, for the present, be obtained for 12?. 12s. Four Sets have been sold since this was issued a few weeks since, so only 

 Twelve Sets now remain. 'Those works rharked with an asterisk may be purchased at the prices affixed. The rest are out of print except m 

 complete Sets. 



All Applications for Copies to be made to MR. SKEFFINGTON, 163. Piccadillj-. 



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

 St. Bride, in the City of London ; and published by Oeorok Bell, of No. 186. Fleet Street, in the Pariih of St. Dunstan m the West, id the 

 City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid— Saturday, February 3, 1855. 



