'Great Movements, who Achieved Them.' 'Great Movements, and Those who Achieved Them,' by Henry J. Nicoll, is reviewed on the and Those 3rd of December. One of the chapters, the Athenæum states, "stands out from all the rest as being not only by far the longest, but also by far the best. The eighty-five pages in which he chronicles the repeal of the fiscal restrictions on literature and the press' are really what he describes them, 'the fullest and most accurate account yet published of a most important movement which has been strangely neglected by historians.' It was Mr. Nicoll's good fortune to have access to the notes and collections of Mr. John Francis, who from first to last took an unostentatious but leading share in the agitation against taxes on knowledge which was brought to a successful issue twenty years ago, and accordingly this particular chapter is very instructive." The sale of the first portion of the Sunderland Library by Messrs. Puttick & Simpson commenced on Thursday, the 1st of December, and lasted ten days. The Athenæum of the 10th and 17th gives a record of the chief lots. The prices given for the most noted books were high-sometimes, indeed, sensational-while volumes of considerable interest were sold for "absurdly small sums." Mr. Quaritch was the principal buyer. The Romance of King Arthur The Sunder land Library. in Norman French, with 100 illuminated miniatures, realized 535% "Augustinus, De Civitate Dei, Libri XXII., editio princeps, no printer's name or place, 90l.; ditto, Romæ, Sweynheym et Pannartz, 1468, 1017.; ditto, Romæ, 1470, 371.; ditto, Venet., 1470, 421.; another copy, printed on vellum, with paintings and initial letters illuminated, 280/.; another copy, printed on vellum, with miniatures and ornamental setThe Bibles. tings, 1,000l......Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, 6 vols. in 4, the first polyglot Bible, fol., Compluti, 1514-7, 1957. Biblia Græca, 1518, the first complete edition of the Bible in Greek, 647. (Heber's copy produced 11. 11s.). Biblia Latina, Vulgatæ editionis, an ancient MS. on vellum, fourteenth century, 34. Biblia Sacra Latina, printed upon vellum, the first Bible printed with a date, 2 vols., 1,600l. (Mr. Perkins's copy in 1870 produced 780/.). Biblia Sacra Latina, 1475 (attributed to Richel's press), 271. (Perkins's copy produced 117.). Biblia Sacra Latina, J. P. Ferratis, Placentie (1476), supposed the first book printed at Placentia, 717. Biblia Sacra Latina, Vulgatæ editionis, impressit Mathias Moravus, 1476, 367. Biblia Sacra Latina, 2 vols. in 1, Ant. Coburger, 1477, 321. ...... Biblia Sacra, Vulgatæ editionis, Romæ, 1590, first edition of the Sixtine Bible, 781.; the second and revised edition of the preceding, 1592, 297. Biblia Sacra Latina, 8 vols., with the royal arms of Denmark on the sides, Parisiis, 1642, 411. Biblia Anglica: The Byble in Englyshe of the largest and greatest volume, Archbishop Cranmer's or the Great Bible, folio, E. Whitechurche, 1541, 1157. The Byble in Englishe, 1549, a reprint of the preceding, but defective, 251. Bible, with the arms and initials E. R.' of Queen Elizabeth, 1595, 631. Bible, with the arms of King James I., 1619, 617. Bible, King James's or Authorized Version, 3 vols., 1685, 261. Bible, 8vo., Edinb., J. Watson, 1715, 36. Bible, 12mo., Edinb., J. Watson, 1717, 31. 10s. Bible, 2 vols., Oxford, on vellum, Baskett, 1517, the edition known as the Vinegar Bible, 255. Bible, 2 vols., Baskerville's edition, 1763, 77. Biblia Gallica, le premier (et le second) volume de la Bible en François, Paris, Jehan Petit, 1520, 31. La Bible, 1535, the first French Bible published by the Protestants, 56/. Biblia Gallica, 1535 (imperfect), 29/. 10s. La Sainte Bible, avec annotations, &c., par M. René Bénoist, Paris, 1566, 55% La Saincte Bible Françoise, Paris, 1621, 40/. Biblia Italica, La Bibbia Sacra Vulgarizata per Nic. de Malermi, Venetia, 1481, 26. La Bibbia Vulgare, &c., Venetia, Bart. de Zanni, 1502, 557. Biblia Hispanica, Biblia en Lengua Española, 1553, the edition commonly known as the Jews' Bible or English French Boccaccio. the Ferrara Bible, 51/......Boccaccio, La Ruine des Nobles Hommes et Femmes, printed at Bruges by Colard Mansion, 1476, 920. Ditto, La Louenge et Vertue des Nobles et Cleres Dames (1493) et Le Rommant de la Rose (par De Lorris et De Meung), 1493, in 1 vol., 210/. Ditto, Il Decamerone, folio (Venet.), 1471, the first edition printed with a date (wanting five leaves), 585. Ditto, the second edition of the Decamerone with a date, 1472, 400/......De Bry's Large and Small Voyages, original edition, nearly complete, 1590-1634, 720/." The total amount produced was 19,373l. 10s. 6d. The electric light at the Royal Society. The chinchona. Storm at Glasgow. The "Science Gossip" for December 10th announces that "with Siemens's machines and Swan's lamps the meeting-room of the Royal Society and the approaches thereto are now lighted by electricity." It is also stated that "the Java process of shaving the bark of the chinchona, which was introduced into Darjeeling by Dr. King, has proved a decided success. bark renews itself perfectly within about a year, and the trees do not appear to have suffered the least check." And mention is made of Prof. Robert Grant's record of his observations "on the pressure of the wind on the night of November 21st and the morning of the 22nd at Glasgow. The wind pressure of the time of the greatest intensity of the storm was 48 lb. on the square foot. Dr. Grant has no hesitation in saying this was the most violent storm that had visited Glasgow for at least twenty years." Society for Promoting Christian The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge had until July confined its publications of foreign translations to versions of the Bible and Knowledge. Prayer Book. The Athenæum of December 17th states that the Foreign Translation Committee "is now empowered to publish any works which it may think conducive to the spread of Christian knowledge." The two thousandth volume of Baron Tauchnitz's "Collection of British Authors" is announced on December 24th to "be published on Tuesday next by Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. This volume, written by Mr. Henry Morley, was specially designed by the Baron as a memorial of the progress of his remarkable series. It is entitled 'Of English Literature in the Reign of Victoria, with a Glance at the Past.' The volume is preceded by a very interesting introduction, occupying no less than forty pages, of 'facsimiles of the signatures of authors in the Tauchnitz edition, photographed from their correspondence and agreements with Baron Tauchnitz.'"* * Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz founded the Tauchnitz printing and publishing business in 1837, under the style of Bernhard Tauchnitz, to distinguish the new firm Baron Tauchnitz's two thousandth volume. |
