G. TOMLINS, Secretary.
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ANTIQUARIAN GLEANINGS IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND: being examples of antique
furniture, plate, church decoration, objects of historical interest, &c.
Drawn and etched by W. B. SCOTT.
"A collection of antiquarian relics, chiefly in the decorative
branch of art, preserved in the Northern Counties, pourtrayed by a
very competent hand. Many of the objects possess considerable
interest; such as the chair of the Venerable Bede. Cromwell's sword
and watch, and the grace cup of Thomas-a-Becket. All are drawn with
that distinctness which makes them available for the Antiquarian,
for the Artist who is studying costumes, and for the study of
Decorative Art."--_Spectator_.
MEMOIRS OF MUSICK. By the Hon. ROGER NORTH, Attourney-General to James
I. Now first printed from the original MS. and edited, with copious
notes, by EDWARD F. RIMBAULT, LL.D., F.S.A., &c. &c. Quarto; with a
portrait; handsomely printed in 4to.; half-bound in Moroco, 15s.
This interesting MS., so frequently alluded to by Dr. Burney in the
course of his "History of Music," has been kindly placed at the disposal
of the Council of the Musical Antiquarian Society, by George Townshend
Smith, Esq., Organist of Hereford Cathedral. But the Council, not
feeling authorised to commence a series of literary publications, yet
impressed with the value of the work, have suggested its independent
publication to their Secretary, Dr.
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