About 800 volumes:--nearly equally divided into the English
and foreign languages. Among the English, were Caxton's
"Recuyell of the historys of Troye," 1471 (supposed to be
the first book printed in this country;) and his "Siege and
conquest of Jherusalem," 1481.

8. _Civil, Canon, and Statute Law._

At least 800 volumes: 300 in the foreign languages, and the
remaining in English.

9. _Books of Sculpture, Architecture, &c._

Not fewer than 900 volumes, comprehending every thing
published up to that period which was valuable or rare. Of
these, more than 700 were written in Latin, Italian, French,
or Spanish--and embellished with every beauty of graphic
illustration.

10. _Greek and Latin Classics; Grammars and Lexicons._

This very valuable body of Grecian and Roman literature
could not have included fewer than 2400 volumes--and, among
these, almost every work of rarity and excellence. In the
article of "Cicero" alone, there were 115 volumes printed in
the _fifteenth century_; every subsequent edition of that
and other authors, then distinguished for its accuracy or
erudition, may also, I believe, be discovered in the
catalogue. Most book-collectors know the sumptuous manner in
which the Harleian copies are bound.

11. _Books printed upon Vellum._

In this interesting department of typography, there were
about 220 volumes--upwards of 70 in folio, 40 in quarto, and
100 in octavo. Of the former, the most curious and rare
articles were the Mentz bible of 1462, 2 vols., and the
travels of Breydenbachus, printed at Mentz in 1486. "This
book is an uncommon object of curiosity, as it is, perhaps,
the first book of travels that was ever printed, and is
adorned with maps and pictures very remarkable. The view of
_Venice_ is more than five feet long, and the map of the
_Holy Land_ more than three; there are views of many other
cities. It is printed in the Gothic character." See _Bibl.
Harl._, vol. iii., no. 3213. The octavos were chiefly
"Heures a l'usage," so common at the beginning of the 16th
century: but, if the catalogue be correctly published, there
appears to have been one of these books printed at Paris, as
early as the year 1466, "extremely beautiful cuts." See the
_Bibl. Harl._, vol. iv., no. 18406. Now, i