Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850 by Various
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Lowndes (_Bibliogr. Manual_) states that they are to be found in the
2nd ed. of the work (London, 1656. 12mo.). F.C.B. _Topography of Foreign Printing Presses_ (No. 18. p. 277.)--About twelve years ago, Valpy published a vol. of Supplements to _Lemprière's Dictionary_, by E.H. Barker. One of these contained a complete list of all the foreign towns in which books had been printed, with the Latin names given to them in alphabetical order. W. and N. Your correspondent "P.H.F." will find in _Cotton's Typographical Gazetteer_ (8vo. Clarendon Press, 1831), every information he will ordinarily require. J.M.S. Islington, March 7. 1850 _Dr. Hugh Todd's MSS._ (No. 18. p. 282.).--The only MS. in the library of University College, Oxford, is that mentioned by "F.M."; and it is described in the Catalogue, compiled by the Rev. H.O. Coxe, of the MSS. belonging to the College, p. 47. No. clxx. There is a note stating it was "ex dono Hugonis Todd, Socii, A.D. 1690." |
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