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• in 1505 . Its excessive rarity caused Caron to issne the above reprint in the latter part of the last century . 260 . MISCELLANIES . —Scarce , curious , and valuable pieces , in verse and prose , from the most eminent wits of the age ( collected by William Ruddiman ) . Svo , calf extra . 15 s . Edinburgh , 1773 . Contents—Art of Dancing , Art of Lying , Harlequin-Horace , Art of Preaching , Art of Punning , & c , including Rodondo , or the State Jugglers , a Political Satire on Walpolethe Duke of NewcastleJohn Wilkesand otherswith a key to the

, , , , names inserted . The volume comes from the collection of Mr . Maidment , who paid £ 1 lis . 6 d . for it . 261 . MISCELLANIES . —Sufferings of John Coustos for Free-Masonry , and for refusing to turn Roman Catholic in the Inquisition at Lisbon , where he was sentenced to the galleys for four years . Portrait and two plates of tortures , very scarce . Dublin , 1746 . — Apology for Papists , by the Earl of Castlemain , 1746 . —Acts of the Parliament held in Dublin , in 1689—lb ., 1740 . —The Laws against Hereticks , by Popes , Emperors , and Considerations of tbe which ists from

Kin ^ s . lb ., 1744 . — Laws incapacitate Pap purchasing lands , from taking long leases , from lending money . 7 b ., 1739 . —With other pieces , in 1 vol ., 8 vo , half calf . 14 s . 1739—46 . 262 . MOLIERE . —The Complete Dramatic Works of Moliere , by Van Laun ( translator of Tai . ie ' s " History of English Literature" ) ; with Memoir , Introductions , and Appendices , wherein are given the passages borrowed or adapted from Moliere by English Dramatists , with Explanatory Notes . Illustrated by a Portrait and thirty-three etchings , executed specially for this edition , by M . Ad . Lalauze of Paris , India proofs , large paper , six vols ., 4 to , cloth , unopened edges . £ 8 8 s . Edinburgh , 1875 . " Not only the best

translation in existence , but the best to be hoped for . . . . It is a direct and valuable contribution to European scholarship . . . . The etchings by M . Lalauze constitute a valuable feature in the edition "—Athenceum . A copy in precisely similar condition was sold recently for £ 9 9 s . At the recent sale of Lord Hampton ' s library , better known as Sir John Pakington , sold by Sotheby , Wilkinson and Hodge , large prices were fetched for some exceedingly rare versions of the Scripturesamong which were the

, first edition of Coverdale ' s Bible and others , Tyndale ' s first Pentateuch and New Testament , etc . Besides these there were the Prayer Books of Edward VI ., Liturgies of Elizabeth , James I ., and Charles I ., and Laud ' s Scotch Liturgy , with a large collection of other Prayer Books , Primers of Henry VIII ., Edward VI ., Mary and Elizabeth , with many scarce books and some MSS ., of which an interesting one was the large " terrier" on vellumof the estates

, , of Serjeant Packington , who died in 1560 . The valuable books , removed from Westwood , near Droitwich , in Worcestershire , formed six hundred and thirt ytwo lots in the sale , which occupied three days . The great interest of the sale was , however , enhanced by the addition of a nearly perfect copy of the famous Guttenberg , or " Mazarine Bible , " which did not belong to the Westwood House library , but was that discovered in the sacristy of a village church

in Bavaria about four years ago , when it was purchased b y Mr . G . Kamensk y , the vendor on this occasion . This copy , which measures 14 | in . high , had the Old Testament only , and was complete to the end of Maccabees , where folio 486 and part of 506 are supplied in perfect facsimile . The public sale of this rare book , even in an imperfect state , has never occurred since the copy in the Perkins library was sold for £ 2 , 690 , and this large price represents the hih value set upon this first book printed with movable t . It was now

g ypes put up at the close of the second day ' s sale , and after a very strong competition fell to Mr . Quaritch's bidding of £ 760 . The most important of Lord Hampton ' s collection were : —Bible , with Apocrypha and prayers , 185 engravings , 1712— £ 18 5 s . ; Bonaventure ( St . ) Vita Christi , black letter , woodcuts , Wynkyn de Worde , 1530— £ 31 10 s . ; Prayer Book , 1717 , engraven by J . Sturtlarge paperportraits— £ 12 5 s . ; Byble ( whole ) by Miles Coverdale

, , , , b . l ., cuts , perfect except three leaves of tables , 1530— £ 22 5 s . ; Bible ( the Bishop ' s version ) , b . l ., cuts , portraits , R . Jugge , 1568 , some leaves mended—£ 26 10 s . ; Biblia Sacra Latina , MS ., vellum , illuminated , 14 th century —• £ 70 10 s . ( Ellis ) ; Biblia , translated by Miles Coverdale , b . l ., cuts , wanting map and prologue , several leaves meuded , title and epistle to Hen . VIII . in facsimile and other minor restorations in MS ., 1535— £ 2 S 5 ( Quaritch)—no complete