Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850

Corneille, OEuvres de, avec les commentaires de Voltaire, 12 vols. 8vo. best edition, newly hf. bd. calf, 36s. Paris 1817.

Diccionario de la Lingua Castellana por la Real Academia Espanola, tecera edicion, folio, calf neat, 12s. Madrid, 1791.

Edwards, Recherches sur les Langues Celtiques, 8vo. sd. 6s. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1844.

A very valuable and learned Celtic Polyglott Grammar, giving a Comparative View off the Breton, Gælic, Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and Basque Languages.

Enderbie's Cambria Triumphans, or Britain in its perfect Lustre showing the Origin and Antiquity of that Illustrious Nation; the Succession of their Kings and Princes, from the first to King Charles, 2 vols in 1, folio, Large Paper, numerous Coats of Arms, bds. leather back, uncut, 18s. London, 1661 (Bagster, 1810).

Faereyinga-Saga eller Faeroboernes Historie, in Icelandic, Danish, and the Faroer Dialect, by Rafn, imp. 8vo. Large Paper, bds. 7s. 6d. Klob. 1832

Heineken, Idée générale d'une Collection complette d'Estampes et Dissertation sur l'origine de la Gravure, plates, calf, 18s. 1771.

Johnson's Dictionary, Todd's last and best edition, 3 vols. 4to. calf gilt, 5l. 1827.

Junil Etymologicum Anglicanum, edidit Lye, folio, portrait by Vertue, calf, 18s. Oxf 1743.

A most important work for the study of English Etymologies.

Jurisprudentia Heroica, sive de Jure Belgarum circa Nobilitatem et Insignia, folio, several hundred Coats of Arms, all beautifully emblazoned in gold, silver, and colours, calf. A beautiful book, rare, 32s. Bruxelles, 1668.

Karamsin, Histoire de l'Empire de Russie, 11 vols 8vo. (pub. at 2l. 15s.) sd. 16s. Paris, 1819-26.

This French translation has been made under the patronage of the author, who has added many notes and references. Karamsin is the greatest of all the Russian writers.

Koch, Histoire abrégée des Traités de Paix entre les Puissances de l'Europe, depuis la Paix de Westphalie jusqu'a 1815, 15 vols. 8vo., stained, sewed, 32s. Paris, 1817-18.

A most important collection, originally published at 6l. 16s. 6d. and seldom met under price.

Lapponic Bible. Tat Ailes Tialog, Abme ja Addä Testamenta, 3 vols. 4to. bds. 24s. Hernösandesne, 1811.

Legonidec, Dictionnaire Celto-Breton ou Breton-Français, 8vo. sd. 7s. 6d. Algoulème, 1821.

Lhuyd's Archæologia Britannica, giving an Account of the Languages of the original Inhabitants of Britain, folio, hf. bd. calf, neat, scarce, 32s. Oxford, 1707.

Contains Armoric, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Grammars and Dictionaries.

Lope de Vega, Obras Sueltas, en Prosa y en Verso, 21 vols. small 4to. vellum, 3l. 10s. Madrid, 1776.

–—, another copy, Large Paper, sd., uncut, 3l. 3s.

Mabillon de Re Diplomatica, cum Supplemento, 2 vols. royal folio, Large Paper, numerous plates, fine copy in Dutch calf, 38s. Lut. Par. 170. 1704.

Magnusen (Finn) Runamo og Runerne, 4to. (742 pp.), 14 plates of Runic Antiquities, bds. 18s. Kyobenhavn, 1841.

Maurice, le Blason des Armoiries de tous les Chevaliers de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or, depuis la première Institution, folio, 450 plates, containing upwards of 2000 finely engraved Coats of Arms, calf, a beautiful book, 30s. La Haye, 1665.

O'Brien, Irish-English Dictionary, 4to. hf. bd., very scarce, 25s. Paris, 1768.

Pompeii illustrated with Picturesque Views from the Drawings by Col. Cockburn, with Plan and Details by Donaldson, 2 vols. in 1, imp. folio, 90 fine plates, some coloured, half morocco, 2l. 12s. 6d. 1827.

Rhæsi (D.) Cymbro-Brytannicæ Cymræcæve Linguæ Institutiones, small folio, inlaid title, calf, gilt edges, very scarce, 36s. 1592.

Selden's Titles of Honour, folio, best edition, portraits and plates calf, 16. 1672.

–—, another edition, folio, with Roger Twysden's autograph, calf, 10s. 1631.

Sismondi, Histoire des Républiques Italiennes, 16 vols. 8vo. best edition, a little stained, sd. 36s. Paris, 1818.

–—, another edition, 8 vols. royal 8vo. sd. 36s. Brux. 1839.

Snorro Sturleson, Heimskringla, seu Historia Regum Norvegicorum, editio nova opera Schöning, et Thorlacii, Islandice Danice, et Latine, 3 vols. in 1, folio, fine paper, sumptuously whole bound calf extra, leather joints, silk linings, gilt edges, 3l. 10s. Hauniæ, 1777-83.

These three volumes of this edition comprise the whole of the Heimskringla, as originally published in 1697 by Perinskiold, but with a Danish version in place of the Swedish, and considerable improvements both as regards text and notes.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries.

Nordisk Tidskrift for Oldkyndighed, 3 vols. 8vo., numerous fine plates of Antiquities, hf. bd. calf, 12s. Kiob. 1832-36.

Annaler for Nordisk Oldkyndighed (Annals for Northern Antiquities, edited by the Royal Society of Antiquaries), 1836-47, 8 vols. 8vo. numerous fine plates, 2 vols hf. bd. the rest sewed, 2l. 5s.

Antiquarisk Tidskrift, 1843-48, 3 vols. 8vo. plates, sewed, 9s. Copenh. 1845-48.

These three collections form one set, sold together for 3l.

Wachteri Glossarium Germanicum, continens Origins et Antiquitates totius Linguæ Germanicæ, 2 vols. in 1, folio, fine copy, old calf gilt, 25s. Lips. 1737.

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notes

1

See Parish Register of Hart, Durham, December 17th, 1596; of St. Nicholas, Newcastle, December 31st 1664.

2

Parish Register of St. Nicholas, Newcastle August 1st, 1616, and August 13th, 1620.