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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2"'J S. VI. 139., Aug. 28. '58. 



NOTES ON BOOKS AND BOOK SALES. 



Mr. Russell Smith has just published a volume on a 

 subject which has been the theme of many communica- 

 tions to this journal, namely, the "Armorial Bearings of 

 the Bishops of our Church." Tlie Blazon of Episcopaci/, 

 by the Rev. W. K. Riland Bedford, as the volume is en- 

 titled, is modestly described b)' the author " as an instal' 

 ment of information upon a subject hitherto neglected," 

 and as containing onlj' " the desultory collections of a 

 tyro in the science of blazonry ;■' but when Jlr. Bedford 

 adds, that " all that he can claim is the credit of having 

 examined almost every MS. and printed book of any 

 authority in the principal public libraries, and those pri- 

 vate collections which have been thrown open to him," 

 he says quite enough to earn for himself the thanks of all 

 who feel an interest in the subject. The volume contains 

 61 plates, on which are engraved the arms ascribed t(i the 

 Prelates of the difl'erent Sees from the earliest times — 

 with blank shields, which may be emblazoned with the 

 hearings of future bishops — the arms of each well de- 

 scribed, with the authority on which they are ascribed 

 to the respective holders, and an Index of names : so that 

 we think it will readily be admitted that our tyro in the 

 science of blazonry has done his work very completely. 



We have for some time intended to call the attention 

 of our readers to a little volume of very peculiar interest; 

 in which the writer has endeavoured to present to the 

 public, in a readable shape, a number of facts and stra« 

 notes collected by him during a stay of three years and a 

 half in Germany and France ; sometimes at work, some- 

 times tramping through the country. It is entitled A 

 Tramp's Wallet stored by an JSiit/Hsh Goldsmith during his 

 Wanderings in Germany and France. It gives us views 

 of the social condition of those countries which are not 

 to be gleaned from works of greater pretence, and, 

 while well worth reading by all, is one which will be 

 read with great advantage b}- all our hard-handed and 

 clear-headed workmen. 



Among other curious and rare books sold bj' Messrs. 

 Sotheby & Willcinson, on Aug. It), were the following 

 works by William Drummond of Hawthorndenne, Floivres 

 of Sion, or Spirituall Poems, to which is adjoyned his 

 Cypresse Grove, 4to., 1G23, 10/. Mausoleum ; or the 

 Choisest Flowers of the Epitaphs, written on the Death 

 of Prince Henrie, 4to., 1613, 8/. Forth Feasting, a Pane- 

 gyricke to the King's most excellent Majestic, 1st edit. 

 4to., 1617, SI. 15s. — This sale was peculiarly remarkable 

 for MiLTONiANA : Milton's Maske, Conms, 1st edit. 4to., 

 1637, 11?. Obsequies to the Memorie of Mr. Edward 

 King, and containing the 1st edit, of the Lycidas of Mil- 

 ton, 4to., 1638, '21. ICs. Paradise Lost, 1st edit. 4to., 1667, 

 5/. 5s. — Dugdale's Historical, Genealogical, and Historical 

 Works, 13 vols, fob, from George Chalmers's Collection, 

 35/. — A most rare and highly important Collection of 

 Printed Proclamations, tnnp. Queen Elizabeth, James I., 

 Charles I. and II., 6 vols, fob, 78/. 



The sale of Dr. Bliss's remarkable librarj' closrl on 

 Saturday, Aug. 21, when his Autograph Letters, His- 

 torical Documents, and valuable Manuscripts, passed 

 under the hammer at Messrs. Sotheby & Wilkinson's. A 

 MS. Letter of Chai-les I. to Queen Henrietta Maria, dated 

 Oxford, April 11, 164.5, 14/. — Six Letters of the Duke of 

 Marlborough to the Duke of Orraond, 1702-5, 13/. 10s.— 

 Forty-three Autograph Letters to the Duke of Ormond 

 on Political and other subjects from noblemen and others, 

 including two from the Duchess of Ormond, and three 

 from the Princess Sophia of Hanover, 1698—1707, 20/.— 

 Historical Papers temp. Charles I., Charles II., James II., 



William III., and Queen Anne, consisting of 140 articles 

 bound in 4 vols., 21/. — A Collection of 20 early English 

 Charters, commencing with King John, all on parchment, 

 50/. — Sir Thomas Lord Fairfax on The Employment of 

 my Solitude, described in Dr. Cotton's List of Bibles, pp. 

 xviii. and xx., 36/. 10s. — Ferdusi. The Shah Nameh, 

 being a Series of Poems on the Ancient History of Persia : 

 a superb MS. of the 17th cent., 80/. — Langbaine's Accoimt 

 of the English Dramatic Poets, interleaved in 4 vols., with 

 transcripts of all the MS. Notes and Additions of Oldys 

 and Bishop Percy, with a few by George Steevens, 4to., 

 1691. 6/. 15.?. This lot sold for 9/. on May 21, 1800, at 

 the dispersion of George Steevens's library. — Thomas 

 Machell's Common-Place Book, containing drawings of 

 old glass, monuments, buildings, coats of arms, coins, &c., 

 with descriptions, oblong 12mo., 11. 15s. 



Our old friend, Dr. Ferdinand Wolf, of Vienna, in con- 

 junction with Dr. Ebert, of Marburg, has announced a 

 new periodical work, which we have no doubt will be of 

 especial v.ilue and interest to Englisli as well as German 

 men of letters. It is entitled Jahrbuch fur Romanische 

 uud Englische Literatur (Annuairc pour servir a I'His- 

 toire des Litterateures Romanes ou Nco-latines et An- 

 glaises). 



We understand that Jlr. F. Macpherson, who for the 

 last eighteen years has been carrying on business at Ox- 

 ford, but was formerly well known to the bookselling 

 trade in London, and to a distinguished circle of literary 

 friends as the able assistant, and afterwards the successor 

 of Mr. Cuthell in Middle Row, Holborn, has now left Ox- 

 ford and returned to London, where he has opened an 

 establishment for old books in King William Street, West 

 Strand. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



WANTED TO PURCnASK. 



Particulars of Price, &c., of the following Books to be sent direct to 

 tlie !?entlemen by whom they are required, and whose names aud ad- 

 dresses are gi^'en for that purpose. 



Voltaiiie's Wokks: Prose Works. Vols. IX. aad X. ; Miscetlancous 

 Works, translated by Smollett, Vol. IV. 



"Wanted by Thomas Hrijics, Bookseller, Palatine Buildings, Ilunt's 

 Bank, Manchester. 



Black lock's Poems. Fourth Edition. 



Db. Gcii-lie on the Blind, trnnslated from the French by Sir R. 

 Philliits. Any Vi'orks on the Blind. 



Wanted by W. U. L., 127. Euston Boad, N. W. 



A CONCOKDANCE TO THfi BoOK OF CoMMON PbA VEK , pubUshed by HOpC, 



Great Marlborough Street. 



Wanted by Rei: J. P. Willinson, 76. Horseferry Boad, S. W. 



Jmong man'/ ollif Papers of interest which arc in ti/pe Kailiiifi for in- 

 sertion, are Anderson Papers. No. 4.; Sir Georpe C. Lewis. Rome on the 

 Great Sea; Mr. EInies on Epicurism; Had ilary Queen of Scots a 

 Daughter? Mr. Gutch's )-ci-isfi( Table of University Hoods, Die. 



Df LrA. The;/ are of course t!ie properlu of the Metribers of the Co!- 

 legc. 



H. T. E. The Key to Gulliver's Tr.-vvels r^'erred to was one ofCurlVs 

 choice productions. See " N. & Q.," •2nd S. ill. 501. 



J.iMEs Elsies. Thanks for the notice^ of Pal Carey, but the substance 

 ofijoitr article has been given in our 1st S. viii. 406. 



"Notes and Queries" is piihjisheii at noon on Friday, and is aho 

 issued in Monthly Parts. The suhscri/ition for Stamped Copies for 

 t.ix Months forwarded direct from the Publishers (including tlie Jlalf- 

 licarli) Index) is \\s. id., which maij be paid b« Post Office Order in 

 favour o/' Messrs. Bell and Daldy,186. Fleet Str«et, E.C.! to wlmm 

 all Communications fok the Editor should be addressed. 



