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Waterford Roll (The),— Illuminated 



Charter-Roll of Waterford, Temp. Richard II. 



*«* Amongst the Corporation Muniments of the City of Waterford is preserved 

 an ancient Illuminated Roll, of great interest and beauty, comprising all the early 

 Charters and Grajtts to the City of Waterford, from the time of Henry II. to 

 Richard II. A Jull-length Portrait of each King, -whose Charter is given — iftcludhig 

 Edward III., when young, and again at an advanced age — adorns the margin. 

 These Portraits, with the exception of four which are smaller, and on one sheet of 

 vellum, vary from eight to nine inches in length^some in armour^ and some in 

 robes of state, hi addition to these are Portraits of an A rchbishop i?i full canonicals, 

 of a Chancellor^ and of many of the chief Burgesses of the City of Waterford, as 

 well as singularly curious Portraits of the Mayors of Dublin, Waterford, Limerick, 

 and Cork, figured for the most Part in the quaint bipartite costume of the Second 

 Richard's reign, though partaking of many of the peculiarities of that of 

 Edward III. Altogether this ancient work partis unique of its kindin Ireland, 

 and deserves^ to be rescued from, oblivion, by the publication of the unedited Charters, 

 and of facsimiles of all the Illuminations. The production of such a work would 

 throw much light on the question of the art and social habits of the Anglo-Norman 

 settlers in Irela?idat tJte close of thefourteenth century. The Charters are, many 

 of them, highly important from, an historic point of view. 



The Ilhiminaiions have been accurately traced afid coloured for the work from a 

 copy carefully ^lade, by permission of the Mayor and Corporation of Waterford, by 

 the late George V. Du Noyer, Esg.,M.R^I.A. ; arid those Charters which have f tot 

 already appeared in print will be edited by the Rev. James Graves, A.B., 

 M.R.I. A., Hon. Sec. Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archeeological Society. 



The work will be brought out in the best manner, with embossed cover and 

 characteristic title-page ; ajid it will be put to press as soon as 250 subscribers a^e 

 obtained. The price, in itnperial i,to, is 10s. to subscribers, oryns, to non-subscribers. 



Wonderful Characters : Memoirs and 



Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons of Every Age and 

 Nation. From the text of Henry Wilson and James Caulfield. 

 Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Sixty-one full-page Engravings of 

 Extraordinary Persons, Is. dd. 



*.* There are so many curious matters discussed in this volume, thai any per- 

 son who takes it up vjitl not readily lay it down until he has read it through. 

 TIte Introduction is almost entirely devoted to a consideration o/ Pig-Faced 

 Ladies, and the various stories concerning them. 



Wright's (Andrew) Court-Hand Re- 

 stored ; or, Student's Assistant in Reading Old Deeds, Charters, 

 Records, &c. Half Morocco, a New Edition, \os. dd. 

 •** The best guide to the reading of old Records, dr'C. 



Wright's History of Caricature and 



the Grotesque in Art, in Literature, Sculpture, and Painting, from 

 the Earliest Times to the Present Day. By Thomas Wright, Esq., 

 M.A.,F.S.A. Profusely illustrated by Fairholt. Small 4to, cloth 

 extra gilt, red edges, 2ls. 



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