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Preparing for Publication, 
With the Sanction of the Society of Arts, and the Committee of the Ancient and Medieval Exhibition, 
A Description of the Works of Ancient and Mediachal Art 
Collected at the Society of Arts in 1850: with Historical Introductions on the various Arts, and Notices of the Artists. 
By AUGUSTUS W. FRANKS, Honorary Secretary. 
The Work will be handsomely printed in super-royal 8vo., and will be amply illustrated with Wood Engravings by P. H. De la Motte. 
GEORGE BELL, 186. Fleet Street. 
HE CAMDEN SOCIETY, for the Publica- 
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2nd of May, at FOUR o’clock, precisely. 
THE LORD BRAYBROOKIE, the President, in the Chair. 
WituiaM J. Tuoms, Secretary. 
The following are the Publications of the Society for the year 
1849-50: — 
I. Inedited Letters of Queen Elizabeth, addressed to King 
James VI. of Scotland, between the years 1581 and 1594. From 
the Originals in the possession of the Rev. Edward Ryder, of 
Oaksey, Wilts. Edited by Joun Bruce, Esq. Treas. S.A. 
II. Chronicon Petroburgense. Nunc primum typis mandatum, 
curante THOMA STAPLETON. 
III. The Chronicle of Queen Jane, and of Two Years of Queen 
Mary, and especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyat, 
written by a Resident in the Tower of London. Edited, with 
illustrative Documents and Notes, by JoHN GouGH NICHOLs, 
Esq. F.S.A. 
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IBLIOMANA in the MIDDLE AGES. 
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*“ Whoever has the real Mr. Merryweather’s spirit will be in 
love with him before they reach the end of this volume. The 
author is full of pleasant enthusiasm, and has given us a volume 
of very curious facts.”"— Eclectic Review. 
SmmPKIN and Co. 
Magnificent Collection of Engravings, the Property of a distin- 
guished Amateur.— Nine Days’ Sale. 
M ESSRS. 8. LEIGH SOTHEBY and Co., 
Auctioneers of Literary Property and Works illustrative 
of the Fine Arts, will SELL by AUCTION, at their House, 
3. Wellington Street, Strand, on MONDAY, April 29, and eight 
following days (Sunday excepted), at One precisely each day, the 
magnificent Collection of ENGRAVINGS, the property of a dis- 
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with some superb Drawings by the most celebrated Masters of 
the different Schools of Eurepe. 
May be viewed four days prior to the sale. 
ready, and will be forwarded on application. 
Catalogues are now 
On the Ist of MAY next, 1850, will be published, price 2s. 6d. 
PART I. of 
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A Series of Representations of 
ARMS, JEWELLERY, GOLD AND SILVER PLATE, 
FURNITURE, ARMOUR, &c., 
In Royal and Noble Collections, Colleges, and Public Institutions, 
&c., and which 
FORMERLY BELONGED TO INDIVIDUALS 
EMINENT IN HISTORY. 
DRAWN FROM THE ORIGINALS AND ETCHED 
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Andiron, William III., at Windsor Castle. 
Candelabrum, Charles I., St. Bavon, Ghent. 
Silver-gilt Cup, Margaret Beaufort, Christ’s Colfege, Cambridge. 
To be completed in Ten Parts, price 2s. 6d. each. 
Large paper copies, 5s. 
Office, 198. Strand, London. 
A Second and Cheaper Edition of 
A DICTIONARY of ARCHAIC and PRO- 
VINCIAL WORDS, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and 
Ancient Customs. From the Reign of Edward I. By James 
OrcuarpD HALLIWELL, F.R.S., F.S.A., &c. 2 vols. 8vo., contain- 
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1/. 1s. cloth. 
It contains above 50,000 Words (embodying all the known 
scattered glossaries of the English language), forming a com- 
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heologians, and other authors whose works abound with allu- 
sions, of which explanations are not to be found in ordinary Dic- 
tionaries and books of reference. Most of the principal Archaisms 
are illustrated by examples selected from early inedited MSS. and 
rare books, and by far the greater portion will be found to be 
original authorities. 
J. R, Smira, 4. Old Compton Street, Soho, London. 
The beautiful Collection of Modern Drawings of a distinguished 
Amateur, 
fit) Betapdes? S. LEIGH SOTHEBY and Co., 
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Wellington Street, Strand, on THURSDAY, May 9, a small but 
very choice Collection of DRAWINGS, chiefly in Water Colours, 
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Wilson C. Stanfield, R.A, Sir A. Callcott, R.A. 
Watteau Cattermole De Wint 
Zuccherelli D. Cox Van Os 
Sir T. Lawrence Chambers Shelfhout 
Bonnington Muller Hildebrandt 
Stothard 
and many others of equal celebrity. They are the property of 
the same distinguished amateur by whom the superh collection of 
prints advertised above was formed, and have been selected with 
the most perfect taste and judgment 
May be viewed four days prior to the sale. Catalogues are now 
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Six Days? Sale of the Third Portion of the valuable Stock of 
Prints of Messrs. W. and G. Smith, the eminent Printsellers of 
Lisle Street. 
ESSRS. S. LEIGH SOTHEBY and Co., 
Auctioneers of Literary Property and Works illustrative 
of the Fine Arts, will SELL by AUCTION, at their House, 
3. Wellington Street, Strand, on MONDAY, May 13, and five 
following days, at One precisely each day, the third portion of 
the important and valuable Stock of PRINTS, the property of 
Messrs. W. and G. Smith, the Jong-established, well-known, and 
eminent Printsellers, of Lisle Street, Leicester Square, who have 
retired from business; comprising some of the works of the most 
eminent Engravers of the early Italian, German, Dutch, Flemish, 
French, and English Schools, including the matchless assem- 
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formerly in Count Fries’ Collection ; Engravers’ Proofs of Book 
Piates, &c., generally of the very highest quality, both as to im- 
pression and condition ; together with a very few fine Drawings 
by ancient and modern masters. 
May be viewed four days before the sale, and Catalogues had at 
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Printed by Toomas CLark Suaw, of No. 8. New Street Square, at No. 5. New Street Square, in the Parish of St.Bride, 
in the City of London ; and published by Grorcx BE 1, of No. 186. Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in 
the West, in the City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid.-— Saturday, April 27. 1850. 
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