Notes and Queries, Number 48, September 28, 1850 by Various
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2. Geneva, 1693, folio.
3. ------, 1694, folio. 4. ------, 1705, folio. 5. ColoniƦ Allobrogum, 1720, folio. 6. Oxon. 1740-43, 2 vols. folio. Dr. Waterland rendered important aid in bringing out this edition, which Bp. Marsh pronounces "the best." It seems from some letters of Waterland's to John Loveday, Esq. (works by Van Mildert, 1843, vol. vi. p. 423-436.), that Chapman, a petty canon of Windsor, was the editor. 7. Basil, 1741-5, 2 vols. folio. This is said to be an exact reprint from the Oxford edition. Watt and Dr. Clarke mention an edition, 1749, 2 vols. folio; but I cannot trace any copy of such edition. JOHN I. DREDGE. * * * * * {280} SIR GAMMER VANS. In reply to C.'s inquiry (Vol. ii., p. 89.) as to a comic story about one _Sir Gammer Vans_, I have pleasure in communicating what little information I have on the subject. Some years ago, when I was quite a boy, the story was told me by an Irish clergyman, since deceased. He |
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