e qu'on assure) d'en offrir
plus de mille florins pour un seul exemplaire, encore ne
l'a-t-on pu decouvrir que depuis peu dans la bibliotheque
d'un tres-grand homme, qui l'a bien voulu donner pour ne plus
priver le public d'un si riche tresor," &c.

Who was Albertus Parvus? when and where was his work published?

Jarlzberg.

_English Translations of Erasmus' Encomium Moriae._--An English
translation of _The Praise of Folly_ (with Holbein's plates), I think
by Denham, Lond. 1709, alludes to _two_ previous translations; one by
Sir Thomas Challoner, 1549; the other it does not name. I should like
to know whose is the intermediate translation, and also what other
translations have been made of that curious work?

Jarlzberg.

_Symbols of the Four Evangelists_.--St. Matthew _an angel_; St. Mark,
_a lion_; St. Luke, _an ox_; St. John, _an eagle_. It is on account
of its being a symbol of the Resurrection that the _lion_ is assigned
to St. Mark as an emblem; St. Mark being called the historian of the
Resurrection. (This title he probably obtained from his gospel being
used on Easter Day.) The reason why the lion is taken as a symbol
of the Resurrection is to be found in the fabulous history of the
animal; according to which the whelp is born dead, and only receives
life at the expiration of three days, on being breathed on by
its father.--What are the reasons assigned for the other three
Evangelists' emblems?

Jarlzberg.

_Portrait by Boonen._--Can any of your correspondents state the
precise time when Boonen, said to be a pupil of Schalcken, flourished?
And what eminent geographer, Dutch or English, lived during such
period? This question is asked with reference to a picture by
Boonen,--a portrait of a singular visaged man, with his hand on a
globe, now at Mr. Peel's in Golden Square; the subject of which is
desired to be ascertained. It may be the portrait of an astrologer, if
the globe is celestial.

Z.

_Beaver Hats._--On the subject of beaver hats, I would ask what was
the price or value of a beaver hat in the time of Charles II.? I
find that Giles Davis of London, merchant, offered Timothy Wade,
Esq., "five pounds to buy a beaver hat," that he might he permitted
to surrender a lease of a piece of ground in Aldermanbury. (Vide
_Judicial Decree, Fire of London, dated 13. Dec. 1668. Add. MS. 5085._
No. 22.)

F.E.

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