The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer; Vol. 4, July-Dec 1884 — John Shaqi
The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer; Vol. 4, July-Dec 1884Various
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The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer; Vol. 4, July-Dec 1884
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Archaeology -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Antiquities -- Periodicals
CATALOGUES of rare and curious books, all of which contain the names of
works of antiquarian interest, have reached us from Messrs. Meehan, 32,
Gay-street, Bath; Messrs. Reeves & Turner, 196, Strand, W.C.; Messrs.
Fawn & Son, 18, Queen’s-road, Bristol; Mr. W. P. Bennett, 3,
Bull-street, Birmingham; Mr. C. Hutt, Clement’s-inn-gateway, Strand,
W.C.; Messrs. Robson & Kerslake, 43, Cranbourne-street, W.C.; Mr. W. H.
Gee, 28, High-street, Oxford; Mr. W. Wesley, 28, Essex-street, Strand,
W.C.; Messrs. Jarvis & Son, 28, King William-street, W.C. The
last-named is called the “Dickens’s Catalogue,” and may be regarded as
complete a list as possible of the various editions of Dickens’s Works
and “Dickensana.” The complete set, inclusive of works, extra
illustrations, and portraits, is priced at £200; the price for the
“Dickensana,” which is described as “very interesting and scarce,” is
set down at another £60.
ON May 22 was celebrated in London, at Lutterworth, where he died, and
at other places in England, the Quincentenary of Wycliffe, the great
English Reformer. Among the most noticeable features of the
commemoration was the opening of a Wycliffe Exhibition at the British
Museum. Contemporary printed books and engravings and commemorative
medals formed the chief attractions in the Luther celebration last year.
To illustrate the life and works of his English predecessor the
resources of the manuscripts department have been chiefly drawn upon;
and as Wycliffe’s name, before all others, is identified with the
translation of the Bible into English, a great part of the collection
displayed in the King’s Library consisted of a fine series of
manuscripts of the two versions of the Wycliffe translation.
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