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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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