ects, I say,
for a minute upon these two bibliographical stimuli, he will
hasten (if he have it not already) to seize upon that volume
of which the following is but an imperfect specimen of the
treasures contained in it: "_Bibliotheca Croftsiana: A
Catalogue of the curious and distinguished Library of the
late Reverend and Learned_ THOMAS CROFTS, A.M., &c. Sold by
auction, by Mr. Paterson, in April, 1783," 8vo. This
collection, containing 8360 articles, although not quite so
generally useful as the preceding, is admirably well
arranged; and evinces, from the rarity of some of the
volumes in the more curious departments of literature, the
sound bibliographical knowledge and correct taste of Mr.
Crofts: who was, in truth, both a scholar and bibliomaniac
of no ordinary reputation. I hasten to treat the reader with
the following _Excerpta Croftsiana_: being a selection of
articles from this catalogue, quite according with the
present prevailing fashion of Book-Collecting:

NO. 2741. Raccolta de Poeti Provenzali MS. antiq.
_Supermembr._, 8vo., _cor. turc. avec une table des noms des
troubadours contenu dans ce MS._ L5 7_s._ 6_d._

4920. Les cent nouvelles nouvelles, _Lettres Gothiques_,
fig. fol., _velin Paris, imprimees par Nic. Desprez_. M.D.V.
2 15 0

4921. Le Chevalier de la Tour. Et le guidon des guerres;
_lettres Gothiques, fig. fol. maroq. rouge, imprime a Paris,
pour Guil. Eustace._ M.D.XIV. 2 17 0

4922. Le premier, second, et tiers volume de Lancelot du
Lac; _nouvellement imprime a Paris. L'an mil cinq cens et
xx, pour Michel le Noir; Lettres Gothiques, fig. fol. maroq.
rouge_ 10 15 0

4923. Le premier et le second volume du Sainct Greaal,
contenant la conqueste dudict Sainct Greaal, faicte par
Lancelot du Lac, Galaad Perceval et Boors; _Lettres
Gothiques, fig. fol. maroq. rouge, Paris, imprime par Phel
le Noir_, M.D.XXIII 5 7 6

"Ce volume est un des plus rares de la classe des Romans de
Chevalerie. T.C."

4924. Ci Commence Guy de Warwick chevalier Dangleterre qui
en son tems fit plusieurs prouesses et conquestes en
Allemaigne, Ytalie, et Dannemarche. Et aussi sur les
infidelles ennemys de la Crestiente; _Lettres Gothiques,
fig. fol. maroq. rouge. Paris, imprime par Ant. Couteau_,
M.D.XXV.