P.S.--The books enumerated in this MS., under the other printers' names,
are some of them very curious, and others almost unknown at the present
time.
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Minor Queries.
_John Bunyan._--The following advertisement is copied from the
_Mercurius Reformatus_ of June 11, 1690, vol. ii. No. 27.:
"Mr. John Bunyan, Author of the _Pilgrim's Progress_, and many
other excellent Books, that have found great Acceptance, hath
left behind him Ten Manuscripts prepared by himself for the
Press before his Death: His Widow is desired to print them (with
some other of his Works, which have been already printed, but
are at present not to be had), which will make together a Book
of 10s. in sheets, in Fol. All persons who desire so great and
good a Work should be performed with speed, are desired to send
in 5s. for their first Payment to Dorman Newman, at the King's
Arms in the Poultrey, London: Who is empower'd to give Receipts
for the same."
Can any of your readers say whether such a publication as that which is
here proposed ever took place: that is, a publication of "ten
manuscripts," of which none had been previously printed?