Historie of Life and Death,' a very rare volume, painted by hand, folio, 1806, 4. 4s.; and the first 1638, 67. 6×.; Ralegh's Philip de Commines, 1614 iilustrated edition of Milton, 1688, 6/. 68. Under 47. 108. and Hollar's Theatrum Mulierum,' 1643, Psalms is the scarce edition of King James's trans201. There are some interesting homilies. lation, 1637, 41. 48. Under Navigation will be Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co.'s Price Current 669 found Seller's Coasting Pilot,' about 1670, 81. 85. contains Ampigollus's Liber Manualis, 1476, Under Early Printing are many choice specimens. bound with other black-letter theological incunabula There is a long list under Liverpool Authors. in one volume, folio, morocco extra, by De Coverley, Under Trials is Celebrated Trials and Remark14.; and the very rare first edition of Baxter's able Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence, 1413-1825, Saints' Everlasting Rest,' 1650, 87. 8. (the earliest. 15s. 6d. Borrow compiled this, and often refers to it in 'Lavengro' and 'Romany Rye.' edition known to Lowndes was 1653). There are sixty entries under Bible, and many of great rarity, including the Ashburnham copy of the Polyglott, 1657-69, 35.; the Tyndale and Coverdale edition, 1537, 551. and first edition of Cranmer's 1540, 52. 10s. The extremely rare Indulgence printed by Caxton, which Blades describes as No. 4 type, Westminster 1481, is 1957. "The Witchfinder's Charter' is the description of Sprenger and Krämer's 'Malleus Maleficarum,' c. 1486. This formed the great textbook on procedure in cases of witchcraft. Davison states that, "for the first time, trials were now legally conducted, and armed with Pope Innocent's bull they traversed Germany, leaving behind them a track of blood and fire......witches were no longer burned in twos and threes, but in scores and hundreds." Under John Merbeck, is the first English Concordance, 1550, 4. 48.; and under Cardinal Newman is a set of his works, 30 vols., 4. 48. The Prayer Books include Queen Elizabeth's, 217.; and Pickering's series of reprints, 1844, 7 vols., folio, vellum, 87. 88. There are a great many more important items, but space will not admit of our giving them. Mr. Thomas Thorp's Reading Catalogue 171 contains Ashmole's 'Berkshire,' 1719, 107. 107. Holland's Heroologia-Anglica,' 1620, 187. 18s.; Lavater, 1810, 51. 58.; and the rare first edition of White's Sel borne,' 1789, 12. 12. The first editions of Dickens include Oliver Twist' with the scarce "Fireside Keate," Bentley, 1838, 37. 10s. Under Drama are a number of prompt copies. Other items include Encyclopædia Britannica, half-morocco, Times office, 14/. Lists occur under London as well as under Military. A copy of Pickering's beautiful miniature Milton is priced 5s.; and a collection of 46 rare tracts, time of Cromwell, 4/. 48. Messrs. Henry Young & Sons, of Liverpool, have in their Catalogue CCCLXXVII. a beautiful Bible on vellum, 1320, 45. This is a fine specimen of the Bibles made for the private use of wealthy individuals during the fourteenth century, and comes from the Sutherland Collection. Bacon's Henry VII.,' tall copy of the first edition, 1622, is 97. 98.; first edition of Camden's Anglica,' &c., in a very fine James I. binding, 1602, 217.; and James I.'s copy of Camden's Britannia,' 1610, 37. 38. Under Costume is a souvenir of the Bal Costumé given by Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace, 12 May, 1842, 52 plates, hand coloured, with letterpress by Planché giving an account of the ball and names of the guests, 61. 68. This copy belonged to the Duke of Sutherland. The first edition of Meyrick and Smith's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands to the Sixth Century,' 1815, is 4. 48. Under Drama is a set of Inchbald, 42 vols., 12mo, 1809-11, 9/. 9%. 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