ome curiosities. Sold by
auction by Baker and Leigh, 18th May, 1774. 8vo. This
collection consisted of 537 articles, exclusively of the
coins, &c., which were 75 in number. Among the printed books
were several very curious ones; such as----no. 88. The
Death and Martyrdom of Campione the Jesuite, 1581, 8vo. 124.
Heywood's "If you know not me, you know nobody," 1623, 4to.
"This has a wood-cut of the whole length of Q. Elizabeth,
and is very scarce." 183. Fabyan's Chronicle. This I take it
was the first edition. 186. Promptuarium Parvulorum. Pynson,
folio, 1499. See Hearne's Peter Langtoft, vol. ii., 624-5.
228. Dives et Pauper; yis Tretyys ben dyvydit into elevene
partys, and ev'ry part is dyvidit into chapitalis. "The
above extremely curious and valuable Manuscript on vellum is
wrote on 539 pages. Vide Leland, vol. ii., 452: Bale, 609.
Pits, 660. MS., 4to." 236. Original Proclamations of Q.
Elizabeth, folio. "A most rare collection, and of very great
value: the Earl of Oxford once offered Mr. Martin one
hundred guineas for them, which he refused." Qu. what they
sold for? 237. The Pastyme of the People; the Cronycles of
dyvers Realmys, and most specyally of the Realme of Englond,
&c., by John Rastell. An elegant copy, in the original
binding, large folio, black-letter, London, 1529. "Supposed
to be only two or three copies existing;" but see page 337,
ante. The folio Manuscripts, extending to no. 345, are
very curious; especially the first 60 numbers.----IV.
_Bibliotheca Martiniana. A Catalogue of the entire Library
of the late eminent Antiquary_ Mr. THOMAS MARTIN, _of
Suffolk_. Containing some thousand volumes in every
Language, Art, and Science, a large collection of the
scarcest early Printers, and some hundreds of Manuscripts,
&c., which will begin to be sold very cheap, on Saturday,
June 5 (1773). By Martin Booth and John Berry, Booksellers,
at their Warehouse in the Angel Yard, Market Place, Norwich,
and continue on sale only two months: 8vo. This Catalogue is
full of curious, rare, and interesting books; containing
4895 articles; all priced. Take, as a sample, the following:

NO. 4071. Wynkyn de Worde's reprint of Juliana Berners' book
of Hawking, &c., 1496, folio, 1_l._ 11_s._ 6_d._: no.
4292. Copland's ditto of ditto,