24175 also editor of the Lincolnshire Collection, uniform in size and 1875 the same, uniform in size and binding with the Publica- 24176 DUGDALE'S (Sir W.) Visitation of Yorke, 1665-66, 8vo. cloth, very 24177 ARMYTAGE (Geo. J.) Index to the Visitation of York by William DUGDALE, 8vo. sd. 10s "The pages of that book (Surtees Soc. Vol. 36) have been used in this Index for reference numbers, but the Index will be equally useful to any 24178 Anglesey. Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence upon the Claim of Arthur Viscount Valentia to the Earldom of Anglesey and Barony of Annesley, 1770-71 (1819)-Minutes of Evidence upon the Claims to the Titles of Viscount Valentia, Baron Mountnorris and Baron Altham 1772, Dublin (1819)-Report 24179 Berkeley: Minutes of Evidence on Earl of Berkeley's Pedigree, 1799, thick folio, hf. bd. 7s 6d Minutes of Evidence on the Petition of William Fitz- hardinge Berkeley, claiming the Barony of Berkeley, folio, hf. 24181 Authorities and Precedents in support of the Claim v. y. 1856-65 10s 24185 Huntingdon PEERAGE, comprising an account of the restoration 1820 "This curious volume is as exciting as a novel."-D. H. Kelly. 1851 Containing many curious particulars, as for instance, an ancestor of the 1857-8 24187 Shrewsbury. Minutes of Evidence on the Petition of Earl 1860 24190 Wensleydale. Minutes of Evidence on the Letters Patent 1856 1844-45 1863 COUNTY OF OF CORNWALL offered for Cash at the very low prices affixed: Maclean (Sir John, F.S.A.) Parochial and FAMILY HISTORY OF THE DEANERY OF TRIGG For a short time only, a copy may be had in parts below the The future selling price will be £8. 8s. 1868-79 Alike as a work of Family and Topographical History, and a learned The book begins with the Primeval and early Christian Monuments of the THE Visitations of the County of Cornwall, EDITED, WITH ADDITIONS, BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J. L. VIVIAN (Co-Editor of the Harleian Society's Publications), to be completed in 15 parts 4to. [of which thirteen are issued Subscription price £3. 15s Privately printed, 1880-83 The Subscription List is now closed; not a copy remains for sale with the author, who has transferred the few unsold copies to me. The Heralds' Visitations of Cornwall in the years 1530, 1573, and 1620 are partially contained in a Manuscript Collection generally known as the " Harleian MSS.," and have never yet been published. They are now offered to Subscribers in a comprehensive form, the descent of each family being brought down, where possible, to the present day, from authorities such as Wills, Inquisitions post mortem, Parish Registers, Deeds, Family Records, &c., every effort being made to secure accuracy, and to produce a standard work of authority on Cornish Genealogy. Numerous pedigrees of families, not contained in the Heralds' MSS., will be introduced, showing family descent and connection, and in cases where a family migrated into Cornwall from another county the Visitation pedigree of the family in that county is added. The work, in two volumes demy quarto with index, is now in course of issue in Parts, and will be completed as quickly as possible, the number of copies being strictly limited to 500. The Parts already issued have elicited the following among numerous notices: SIR ALBERT W. WOODS, Garter King of Arms, London-"It will prove a valuable addition to County Visitations." SIR J. BERNARD BURKE, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms, Dublin, author of "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage," "Burke's Landed Gentry," &c.-"The 'Visitations of Cornwall' are admirably edited, and will form a most valuable contribution to genealogical literature.' G. E. COKAYNE, ESQ., Lancaster Herald, College of Arms, London-"Let me congratulate you on your rapid progress, and thank you for the valuable matter you are giving us." The Genealogist, October, 1879-"So far, then, as to the genealogies of the ancient Cornish houses at least, we are promised that they shall no longer remain an unwritten page of history. The pedigrees recorded at these three Visitations are not only about to be published as originally recorded, but will be completed from sources such as wills, inquisitions post-morten, register extracts, fines, and other documents of public record as far as can be, and extended whenever possible to the present representatives. A cursory glance at those already printed in Col. Vivian's book is sufficient to satisfy the reader that no labour has been spared, or stone left unturned, to identify the Cornish noblesse of the day with their ancestors of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The genealogy of the house of Arundell alone occupies thirteen out of the forty pages of the first part of the book, and gives its pedigree in an unbroken line from Roger de Arundell, described in the Doomsday Book as holding lands in Dorset and Somerset, to the male representatives of the family now." The Fisheries of the Adriatic and the Fish THEREOF, to which is added a Systematic List of the Adriatic Fauna, by George L. Faber, Her British Majesty's Consul for Fiume, preceded by an Introduction by Dr. Günther, F.R.S., Keeper of the Department of Zoology, British Museum; one volume, small 4to. illustrated by a series of 20 elaborate Woodcuts, after Drawings by LEO LITTROW, and Engravings of Fishing Tackle, Nets, etc. "This handsome quarto volume of some three hundred pages may be regarded as the author's contribution to the International Fisheries Exhibition. It relates to fisheries of which comparatively little is known in this country, and will be found to afford many practical suggestions of much interest to British fish-culturists and fishermen. In the short introduction which Dr. A. Günther has written to the work he calls the attention of English pisciculturists to the methods practised by the Italians of rearing the fry of marine fishes, such as the red and grey mullets, the different flat fishes, eels, &c., in enclosed waters, and keeping them in captivity until they become a marketable size, a practice which, unlike the hatching of ova and allowing the fry to escape, is to be recommended by its yielding direct and immediate profitable results. "The work commences with a chapter on the Fauna of the Adriatic, and the haunts of the fish and invertebrate animals composing it. Next follows an historical account of the progress of the fisheries, which have been greatly affected by the varying political conditions of the countries that constitute the shores of the Adriatic. "The account of the fish markets on the coast of the Adriatic is very interesting. Passing over the fish recognized by ourselves as edible, we have others which are not valued in this country. The spiny dogfish is esteemed a delicacy, and as being greatly superior to the smooth hound and the spotted dogfish, which are also eaten. The flesh of the larger sharks also makes its appearance in the markets; whilst sea cucumbers and sea urchins-the latter in spawn-form important articles of food on the southern shores. The large sea turtle is sometimes to be seen in the Dalmatian markets, some specimens reaching a weight of 80lbs.; and at Fiume and all over Istria small freshwater turtles are largely consumed, being considered a great delicacy. They cost from twopence to threepence each, and are brought by the shipload from Greece and Albania. The preparation of the fish for food is worthy of notice. The echini are eaten raw; the sea-anemones and the smaller octopi or cuttle-fish are fried in oil, which is always used for this purpose in place of butter; the crabs are dressed with finely-cut garlic and parsley. BERNARD The last chapter of the work is devoted to the statistics of the fisheries, and then follows a useful table of the fauna of the Adriatic, excluding the birds, but comprising the other vertebrate classes and the invertebrata. Several useful appendices, containing the scientific, the English, and the local names of all the species enumerated or described, concludes this handsome and useful volume, which reflects great credit on the industry and ability of the author, and will prove of great value to those who are interested in the industry or in the animals it describes."-The Field, Oct. 27, 1883. "No comprehensive work has till now appeared in English on the sea fisheries of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and though Mr. Faber modestly refers to his volume as a Report meant to pave the way for a more general work on the subject, yet we cannot but regard it as a very valuable history of the marine fauna and fishing interests of the Adriatic. The volume contains a systematic list of the fishes, including the fresh-water forms of the watershed of the northern and eastern shores of the Adriatic, which has evidently been compiled with a great deal of care. The Italian local names in use on the Adriatic coasts and the Croatian names are also given; those of the latter dialect for the first time. "The author commences with a short description of the Adriatic Gulf. Its tides are inconsiderable, the normal rise and fall being only one and a half foot, and only one ebb and flow in twenty-four hours. The currents, however, are numerous, acting as modifiers of the effects of climate and influencing by their agency the diffusion of marine life. The nature of the sea bottom varies immensely, giving abundant choice to the various species of fish. The sea water proper is, in respect of the degree of saltness, about the same as the Atlantic under the tropic, but springs abound in some regions to such an extent as to render the surface water thereof quite fresh. With a for the most part moderate depth, yet 100 fathoms is reached near the islands of Zuri and Scoglio Pomo, and near the island of Meleda the bed has not been reached at 500 fathoms. "In the second chapter we find a history of the present state of the fisheries. The demand now exceeds the supply. The decrease is QUARITCH, 15 PICCADILLY, LONDON. ascribed to the effects of trawling, though without the slightest reason. One great drawback to the preserving of fish seems to be the State monopoly of salt. Full details as to the fishing of Italian boats in Austrian waters are also given. In the third chapter the various fishing districts and their peculiar products are detailed; besides fish, sponges are obtained in the vicinity of Crapano and coral near Zlarin. Pola is the best district in Istria for the tunny; it is now a town of 20,000 inhabitants, in 1856 it was a village of but 600 inhabitants. In value the sardine fishery holds the first rank, being computed at about £40,000 a year, while the tunny fishery yields about £15,000, and the red mullet take is calculated at £12,000. The average annual value of squid (Loligo sepiola) captured is £12,000. The various sorts of craft used in fishing are described and figured in Chapter IV, with calculations of the value, number of crew, &c. Nets, basket traps, fish weirs and ponds, are treated of in Chapter V. The tanning process is effected by a solution of the bark of Pinus maritimus in sea water, but for very fine nets the leaves of the pistachio, shumac, myrtle, and heath (Erica vulgaris) are used. Chapter VI describes the hooks and lines used. Chapter VII treats of the names applied to fishermen and various modes of fishing. The fish-markets of the Istrio-Dalmation coast are described in Chapter VIII. The well-defined sorts which appear in these markets may be given at ninety fishes, often uniting under one name various species of the same genus, thirty mollusks, and ten crustacea, Chemical Gazette, but in addition there will be found sea urchins (Echini), an actinia (A. cereus), and such an ugly form as Ascidia microcosmus. The methods of curing and cooking fish are detailed in Chapter IX. The curing of pilchards in oil after the fashion of sardines seems to have met with a well-earned success, but the tins have to be imported from England and the oil from Italy or France. Chapter X is devoted to statistics; those of the Austrian sea-fisheries are compiled with commendable exactitude and completeness, and are regularly published in the Austria, the statistical periodical of the Austrian Ministry of Commerce. We wish that we could say the same for our British sea-fisheries. The very valuable appendix contains a catalogue of the Adriatic marine fauna, and the local names given to the best known forms. The topography and illustrations of this handsome volume leave nothing to be desired even in these days of luxurious editions. We agree with Dr. Günther in believing that to the great number of persons who annually leave our shores for the Mediterranean in quest of sport and recreation this work will serve as a guide to a field of pleasant research, hitherto much neglected. It is also a most important contribution to the knowledge of the economic resources of the sea coast and rivers of a deeply interesting country, and we hope that one of the results of its publication may be to greatly develop a practical interest in the fishtreasures of of the Adriatic Gulf."-Nature, Oct. 25, 1883. or JOURNAL of PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY, conducted by W. Francis and H. Croft, from the beginning to its close, 1842 to 1859, 17 vols. 8vo. half calf, the last vol. in bds. £4. 10s 1842-59 Chemical News, with which is incorporated the Chemical Gazette, edited by W. Crookes, from the beginning in 1860 to May 23rd, 1884, Vol. I-XLVIII and part of XLIX, sm. 4to. forty vols. bound in twenty in hf. calf, the rest in parts, 1860-81 A complete set of the above two periodicals, 65 vols. and 21 parts, fifty-seven vols. in thirty-seven, half calf neat, the rest in parts, £25. Journal of the Chemical Society, containing the papers read before the Society and abstracts of chemical papers published in other Journals, from 1868 to 1883 and the January and February numbers of 1844 (nine nos. missing), 8vo. (published at £19.) in parts, £10. 1868-84 A long and important series of this valuable periodical. The absent nos. are 1869, August, September, October; 1871, December; 1873, March, April, May, June; 1874, January. The titles and indexes for 1872 and 1873 are also absent. BERNARD QUARITCH, 15 PICCADILLY, LONDON. |