ollector; comprising some very early printed
books of extreme rarity, numerous French, Spanish, and Italian early
Romances, an extensive series of ancient Italian Books quoted by the
_Academia della Crusea,_ ancient and modern Books of Travels, and
Oriental Books and MSS.; amongst which latter are the original MSS. of
the celebrated M. Jules de Klaproth.
We have received the following Catalogues:--
"A Catalogue of Scientific and Mathematical Books, comprising
Architecture, Astrology, Magic, Chess, and other Games; Fine Arts,
Heraldry, Naval and Military, Numismatics, Penmanship and Short
Hand, Typography, and Miscellaneous Books now selling at the
reduced prices affixed by William Brown, 130. and 131. Old Street,
St. Luke's, London."
"Catalogue (Part I. Feb. 1. 1850) of Choise, Useful and Curious
Books in most departments of Literature, on Sale, at the very low
prices affixed, by John Russell Smith, 4, Old Compton Street, Soho
Square."
"William Dobson Reeves' Catalogue of Books (Many Rare and Curious),
now on Sale at 98. Chancery Lane."
"Catalogue of very Cheap Books, chiefly Divinity, with a Selection
of Miscellaneous Literature, on Sale, for Ready Money, by T.
Arthur, No. 496. New Oxford street."
"A Catalogue of Fathers of the Church, and Ecclesiastical Writers
to the Fifteenth Century, arranged in Chronological Order, with
Collections, Analyses and Selections, Illustrative and Introductory
Works, and an Alphabetical Index of Authors; on Sale at the Low
Prices affixed, for Ready Money, by C.J. Stewart, 11. King William
Street, West Strand."
We had occasion in a former Number (No. 5. p. 78) to speak in terms of
high and deserved praise of Mr. Stewart's "Catalogue of Bibles and
Biblical Literature;" the present is no less deserving of commendation,
in as much as it gives not only the Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers
in Chronological order, according to Centuries (to each of which, by the
way, Mr. Stewart affixes its distinctive character, Apostolic, Gnostic,
&c., as given by Cave); but also marking the precise period in which
they severally flourished, so as to show their succession in each
century. So that this Catalogue, with its Index, and its tempting
quotations from Cranmer and Bishop Hall, which we regret we have not
room to quote, will really be most useful to all Students of Theology
and Ecc
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