f this were
true, it would make known a curious fact in Parisian
typography--for the usually received opinion among
bibliographers is that no printed book appeared in France
before the year 1467, when the art was first introduced at
_Tours_; and none at _Paris_ before the year 1469-70--when
Crantz and Friburger were engaged to print there.

12. _English Poetry, Romances, and Novels._

There could not have been fewer than 900 volumes in this
amusing department; and among them some editions of the
rarest occurrence. Every thing printed by Caxton on these
subjects, including a complete and magnificent copy of
_Morte d'Arthur_, was in the collection--and, in respect to
other curious works, it will be sufficient to mention only
the following, as a specimen. "Kynge-Richarde Cuer du Lyon,
W. de Worde, 1528: Gascoigne's Poesies, 1575--Spenser's
Shepheardes Calenders, 1586: Webbe's Discourse of English
Poetrie, 1586: Nash's Art of English Poesie, 1589." Some of
these volumes were afterwards marked by Osborne, in his
catalogues, at 3 or 4 shillings!

13. _Livres Francois, Ital., et Hispan._

There might have been 700 volumes in these foreign
languages, of which nearly 500 related to _poetry_
(exclusively of others in the foregoing and following
departments).

14. _Parliamentary Affairs and Trials._

Upwards of 400 volumes.

15. _Trade and Commerce._

About 300 volumes.

It will be seen from the preceding divisions, and from the
gradual diminution of the number of volumes in each, that I
have gone through the principal departments of the Harleian
collection of books: and yet there remain _fifty
departments_ to be enumerated! These are the following: 16.
_Critici et Opera collecta._ 17. _Vultus et Imagines Illust.
Virorum._ 18. _Pompae, Ceremoniae, et Exequiae._ 19. _De re
Militari, de Arte Equestri, et de re Navali._ 20.
_Heraldica._ 21. _Epistolae, Panegyrici, et Orationes._ 22.
_Bibliothecarii et Miscellanei._ 23. _Tractatus Pacis et
Politici._ 24. _Traductions des Auteurs Gr. et Latin._ 25.
_Translations from Greek and Latin Authors._ 26. _Laws,
Customs, &c., of the City of London._ 27. _Military, Naval
affairs, and Horsemanship._ 28. _Heraldry._ 9.
[Transcriber's Note: 29.] _Husbandry, Gardening,