n possession of a _priced Catalogue_ of this
collection, which once belonged to Herbert, and which
contains all the purchasers' names, as well as the sums
given. The purchasers were principally Herbert, Garrick,
Dodd, Elmsley, T. Payne, Richardson, Chapman, Wagstaff,
Bindley, and Gough. The following is a specimen of some
curious and interesting articles contained in this
celebrated library, and of the prices for which they once
sold!

No. 172. _Bale's brefe Chronycle relating to Syr Johan
Oldecastell_, 1544. The Life off the 70th Archbishopp off
Canterbury presentleye sittinge, 1574, &c. Life of Hen.
Hills, Printer to O. Cromwell, _with the Relation of what
passed between him and the Taylor's Wife in Black Friars_,
1688, _&c._ L0 7_s._ 9_d._

Purchased by Mores.

Nos. 361 to 367. Upwards of thirty _scarce Theological
Tracts_, in Latin and English 1 5 0

Nos. 746 to 784. A fine collection of early English
Translations, in black letter, with some good foreign
editions of the classics. Not exceeding, in the whole 10 10 0

Nos. 837, 838. Two copies of the _first edition_ of Bacon's
Essays, 1597! 0 0 6

The reader will just glance at No. 970, in the catalogue,
en passant, to

Nos. 1082 (L1 2s.) and 1091 (12s.); but more particularly to

No. 1173. Caxton's _Boke of Tulle of olde age_, &c. 1481.
Purchased by the late Mr. T. Payne 8 8 0

No. 1174. CAXTON'S _Boke which is sayd or called Cathon_,
&c. 1483. 5 0 0

Purchased by Alchorn.

No. 1256. CAXTON'S _Doctrinal of Sapyence_, 1489 6 6 0

Purchased by Alchorn.

No. 1257. CAXTON'S _Cordyal_, 1479 6 12 6

No. 1258. WYNKYN DE WORDE'S _Ocharde of Syon_, &c. 1519. 1 13 0

I will, however, only add that there were upwards of 150
articles of _Old Plays_, mostly in quarto. See page 73. Of
_Antiquities_, _Chronicles_, and _Topography_, it would be
difficult to pitch upon the rarest volumes. The collection,
including very few MSS., contained 3641 articles, or
probably nearly 7000 volumes. The Catalogue is uncommon.]

[Footnote 46: I am now arrived, pursuing my chronological
arrangement, at a very important period in the annals of
book-sales. The name and collection of Dr. ASKEW are so well
known in the bibliographical world that the reader need not