collector. There were only 513 articles, or lots; but
these in general were both curious and valuable. I will give
a specimen or two of the TUTET CABINET of books.
NO. 10. Various Catalogues of Curiosities, elegantly bound
in 14 volumes, and a few loose: _most of them priced, with
the purchasers' names_. A.D. 1721 to 1783, 8vo. L3 16_s._
0_d._
55. Two volumes of ancient and modern cards, _eleg. in
russia_ 5 5 0
[These volumes were purchased by Mr. Payne's father, and of
him by Mr. Gough. At the sale of the MSS. of the latter
(1810) they were purchased by Mr. Robert Triphook,
bookseller, of St. James's Street; with a view of making
them instrumental to a work which he is projecting, _Upon
the History and Antiquity of Playing Cards_.]
86. Broughton's Concent of Scripture: _printed upon vellum_
1 2 0
118. Snelling's Silver Coinage,--1762; ditto Gold Coinage,
1763; ditto Copper Coinage, 1768; ditto Miscellaneous Views,
1769; ditto Jettons, 1769: all in folio 7 0 0
"These form a complete set of Snelling's works in folio, and
are interspersed with a great number of very useful and
interesting notes and observations, by Mr. Tutet."
126. The Byble, &c. Printed by Grafton and Whitchurch, 1537,
folio 3 3 0
[There is a note here by Tutet which does not evince any
profound knowledge of English etymology.]
168. Rede me and be not wroth, 12mo., no place nor date 1 11 6
175. Servetus de Trinitatis erroribus, _cor. tur._, 1531,
12mo. 3 14 0
316. ---- de Trinitate divina, Lond., 1723, 4to. 1 12 0
329. The Arte and Crafte to know well to dye. _Printed by
Caxton_, 1490, folio 2 2 0
337. Hautin, Figures des Monnoyes de France, 1619, folio 6 0 0
364. Parker de Antiq. Brit. Ecclesiae, 1572, folio. A long
and curious note is here appended 4 4 0
371. The Boke of Hawkinge, Huntynge, and Fysshynge, 1496,
fol. 2 9 0
372. Sancta Peregrinatio in Mont. Syon, &c. 1486, folio 7 7 0
["This is the first book of travels that was ever printed.
The maps are very remarkable; that of the Holy Land is above
4 feet long."]
463. Spaccio della Bestia trionfante. _Paris_, 1584, 8vo. 7
7 0
477. Expositio Sancti Jeronimi in Symbolum Apostolorum,
_cor. maur. Oxon._, 1468, 4to. 16 5 0
479. Po
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