J.K.

_Nicholas Breton's Fantasticks_ (Vol. ii., p. 375.).--In reply to the

second Bibliographical Query of J. MT., Edinburgh, respecting Nicholas

Breton's _Fantasticks_, I beg to inform him that my copy is perfect, and

contains twenty-two leaves. The title is _Fantasticks: seruing for a

perpetuall Prognostication_, with the subjects of the twenty-four

_Descants_, as they are called, in prose, contained in the volume. 4to. bl.

lett. London: Printed for Francis Williams, 1626. After this is a

dedication "To the worshipfull and worthy knight Sir Marke Ive, of Rivers

Hall, in Essex;" and a short address "To the Reader," one leaf. It is an

entertaining work, and contains some curious and useful remarks on our

ancient manners, customs, and habits. My copy had successively belonged to

Garrick, Fillingham, and Heber; the latter of whom has written in it, "Who

has ever seen another copy?"

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