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    Litta , folio ' Fami 1819 g lie -81 . Celebri ^ 22 Italiani ( % Molini , ) ' 10 vols .,

    roy X < Dap / V . AV hnis ^ Avy , et Chloe * . v ^« % r « •/ , ' , * 1718 ****** , £ li . ^~\ 11 ~ r *> s *¦ . + *>* ( Quaritch ; j Longus j ^ va a ^ * s ) ++ , ; a very beautiful Book of the Office of the

    Virgin , MS . on vellum , brought £ 41 ( Quaritch ); Rogers * Italy and Poems , ' 2 vols .,

    proofs 1 Stones 1830 of -34 Venice , £ 13 . / 5 s . 3 ( Quaritch vols . 1 ) st ; Raskin edition ' s

    £ 18 . 10 s . ; 'Examples of the A , rchitecture of , Venice' 3 parts in onelarge paperwith

    India , proof plates , 185 , 1 , £ 50 ( Sotheran , ) . Thiswe may noteis of all John Ruskin ' s

    books , the scarcestand , not the least beautiful . It is many years since , a copy has turned up

    at a sale , and indeed we do not remember a proof copy ever having been sold by public

    auction X . A The ' sale had not finished when •/ X we went to press .

    On the 6 th and 7 th insts . the following sales vr v v h i take pjace in the provinces b : —At Amers 0 T -

    ^^^^ r — ^ " ~ — ^^ ^ ^^^^^^ ^ v ^^ r ^ gr- ^ v ^ r ^^^^ ^^^ r ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ v ^^^ ^^^ p v ^^ p «^( ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ . 1 ^^ ^^^^^ ^ . ^ r v ^^ p ^ ^ V ^ ^ ' ^^ ^^^ ^^ B ^^^^ v ^ W ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ F ham Hill by Mr . Hunt , of High Wycombe ; at the Priory , Sedbury , by Mr . Hodges , of

    Sedbury ; at Union Quay , Dover ( 900 vols . ) by Worsfold and Hay wardof Market Square

    Dover ; at Langham Place , , Northampton , by , Messrs — . — Peirce —^ - ^^ " - ^^— - ^^ - ^^ - and ^ r ^ r i—— ^^ ^^^^ Thorp ^^^^ b ^^^ p ^ — | | — ^^^ n ^ ' e ^^^ , ^ h of ^^^ ^^ V Northamp ^ V ^^ ^^^ ^ V ^ ^^ ^^^ BV ^^ r ^ V ^ ^ V ^ V B ^^ ton ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ; v

    at Chipping Hill , Essex ( 400 vols . ) by Messrs . Hil Alrey l Terrace and Gardner Taunton , of by . ^^ F Witham Messrs , . Essex Villar ; and ^ at

    Haines — — — ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ' of ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ Hammel , ^ p ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ p ^^ w ^^ v «^ v ^^ r - ^^ r ^^^^ Street ^^ v , ^ H ^ f f ^^^ W ^ H ^^ V at ^ B ^ F ' ^ h ^ r J ^^ F ^^~ Weston ^^^^ ^^ r ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^¦ ' ^ F ^^^ Hill ^ " ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ Upper , Norwood ( 3 , 000 vols ; . ) , by Messrs . ,

    Mansell and Rowe . We have not seen the catalof Messrs .

    ogue Bray but they ' s ( of stat Claremont e they are , Hastings to sell ) sale * a large at Marina - ,

    tity of valuable books on the 13 th and quan 14 th insts ~ / ~ It ~ - ~ is i h worth » » « vh ¦ while v b 4 v to nr send » for i the — ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^«^^ ^^^ r \» ^ n ^ *^ ^» 'fcj ^^ ' ^^ *^ ^ r . ^^^ ^ i ^

    catalogue . A library of old books is to be dispersed

    bv by auction au ftti on on nn the + " , hft I 15 fifli th and a . nrl I 16 fiffi th insts inafa . at n . f Fareham by Messrs . Smith and Goldsmith ; on the same dates Messrs . Sheppard and

    Steere Wad vy ade e , ot of and . Leicester » if Man * fiRfr , fir , of sell r « 11 Church books "hnr » kst ; as a Road . » also n . lsn Messrs TVTp U » ar « . Norwood . , , pper

    is to The be late sold Mr b . Messrs Callcott Puttiek ' s large musical & Simpson library on

    the 5 th inst . y Many of . the books have copious notes and cuttings inserted .

    Some good editions of well-known books , I Work such — as *—¦* - » Strickland rw V- * ^> V «* AVVAJIVli ' s « k ^ ' Queens ^^ V « . V ^^ y « JL * J , ^ ' Mrs Jkr ^ UJL fcJV . * Jameson ^ r Ur-LtAVMVAi . ' s » w »

    9 in th Messrs insts s , . Oam . Puttick pbelFs ' s ' sale Chancellors of the 7 / th & , 8 c th , occu , and r

    large Messrs quantity , Hod of gson illustrations are preparing and for cuttings sale a

    relating to English and foreign topography , Ac WCC . & < V . O c . as an also nlfart a remarkabl if * aiVY- » 5 » Tr » l 7- « TVli 7 l la-r » rvii e and o-nri inter in +. fi » T » .

    with esting , London library , history of books , topograp dealing y h arg y , & exclusivel c . y

    At the end of this month Messrs . Puttiek late & Simpson Incumbent sell the of theolog Rdal ical and library in August of the

    they sell a large collection y ; of standard and

    miscellaneous nobleman . books from the library of a

    A collection of rate madrigals , dating f pm ! I 1588 to 1615 will be included in Messrs ^ . :

    Sotheby ' s sale , on the 16 th and three following days of this monthbesides which we

    notice ^ a number « of ^^ rare and , ^^ beautifull ^ . a ^^ ^^ y illus ^ ^ ^ - trated French works , & c .

    The sale of the second portion of the late Henry Stevens's historical collection , which we

    have before drawn attention to , will commence to-day ( July 1 ) . The sale will onloccupy two

    days , and the collection though small y is an extremely choice one . The priced catalogue will

    be valuable to keep for future reference . Two more noble owners are about to

    disperse portions of their collections of books , viz . the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshireand

    Viscount Hill . In the latter ' s library are , a very fine UUV series OU 1 J . VO of V / J . Gould MUUJ . U . ' s O Wo tl V / rk liVQ s , including XUVlUVilllg the UX 1 . V rare XOI 1 . C

    ^ Birds of Australia , '' Birds of Europe / and what we hesy will in a short time become

    prop as scarce , the c Birds of Asia . ' Besides such modern workssome very choice exemplars of

    ancient presses , are to be sold , including some by AldusJunta StephanusPlautinusElzevir

    Baskerville , Foulisand other , rare books , which , we have not , space to , call attention to .

    Students of dramatic literature will be interested in the announcement that over 900

    old Spanish comedies are to be sold , among other books of the late W . H . W . Tytheridge

    — — - — — - - ^ - ^ ~^» - H V - ^ - ~ —— ^ - ^ — W — ^— ~ ^^*^ B ^^^ and other owners by Messrs . Ptittick <&

    Simpson , the sale commencing on the l ^ tJi mat .

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    juiy r , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 729 ]

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    William C . H . Hood . —We are sorry bo record the death of Mr . W . C . H . Hoodwhich

    occurred recently at Brighton , at tbe , age of 69 years . Mr . Hood ' s father was a partner of

    Mr . Whittaker , the founder of the firm of Whittaker _ _ _ _ & Co . _ Mr . Whittaker / was ___ sue _ -

    ceeded by his nephew , Mr . Gilbert , and Mr . Hood by hi = * two sonsone of whom afterwards

    retired . When Mr . Gilbert , diedthe business was carried on by Mr . William , 0 . H . Hood

    until about two years ago , when it passed into the hands of another firm , although it still

    exists under the old designation . M . Ernest David . —The death is

    announced , at the age of 62 , of M . Ernest David , a well-known Franco-Jewish writer . He was

    a native of Nancy . His articles in the TJnivers Israelite attracted a great deal of

    attention . He translated into French George Eliot ' s * Daniel Deronda ' for the Indlpendance

    Beige , which was afterwards republished by his brother-in-law , M . Calmann-Levy .

    Besides important monographs on Sebastian Bach and Handelhe wrote ' La Poe ' sie et la Musi

    dans la Cambrie , ' and ' Histoire de la Nota que - tion Musicale depuis ses Oiigines . '

    the Johk well-known JRussELii 6 Dictionary Baktlett of . — Americanisms The author of

    died on May 28 . He was born on October 23 , , 1805 1805 . In Tn JN Nfiw ew York lork he ha took took par narc e in in establish f 5 stAhli « li - -

    chiefl ing , the y for bookstore the importation of Bartlett of forei and gn Wilford books . ,

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1886, page 729, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071886/page/11/