to have been concealed by the Jews nearly 200 years:
the author of it is supposed to have lived at a period not
much later than the destruction of Jerusalem." The Islandic
bible of 1664, "not to be met with, without the utmost
difficulty, and therefore a real curiosity." The works of
Hemmerlin, Basil: 1497; "the author was ranked in the first
class of those whose works were condemned by the church of
Rome." The Mozarabic Missal printed at Toledo, in 1500--of
which some account is given at p. 161, ante. The collection
of _English_ books in Divinity could not have amounted to
less than 2500 volumes. Among the rarest of these, printed
in the fifteenth century, was "The Festyvall, begynning at
the fyrst Sonday of Advent, in worship of God and all his
Sayntes," &c., printed at Paris, in 1495. There was ten
books printed by Caxton, and some exceedingly curious ones
by Wynkyn de Worde and Pynson.

2. _History and Antiquities._

There appear to have been, on the whole, nearly 4000 volumes
in this department: of which, some of those relating to
Great Britain were inestimable, from the quantity of MS.
notes by Sir William Dugdale, Archbishop Parker, Thomas
Rawlinson, Thomas Baker, &c. The preceding number includes
600 relating to the history and antiquities of Italy; 500 to
those of France. (This part of the catalogue deserves
particular attention, as it contains a larger collection of
pieces relating to the history of France than was, perhaps,
ever exposed to sale in this nation; here being not only the
ancient chronicles and general histories, but the memoirs of
particular men, and the genealogies of most of the families
illustrious for their antiquity. See _Bibl. Harl._, vol.
iii., p. 159.) 150 to those of Spain; and about 250 relating
to Germany and the United Provinces.

3. _Books of Prints, Sculpture, and Drawings._

In this department, rich beyond description, there could not
have been fewer than 20,000 articles, on the smallest
computation: of which nearly 2000 were original drawings by
the great Italian and Flemish masters. The works of CALLOT
were preserved in 4 large volumes, containing not fewer than
_nine hundred and twelve prints_. "All choice impressions,
and making the completest set of his works that are to be