rely,
could never have meant to throw such "physic" as this "to
the dogs?!" But, to return.

8956. Anthologia Epig. Graec. 1494. 4to. _Exemp. impr. in
membranis._ 45 0 0

9308. Theocritus (absque ulla nota) 4to. _Editio Princeps._
31 10 0

9772. Plautus, 1472. folio. _Editio Princeps._ 36 0 0

11,215. Aulus Gellius, 1469, folio. _Edit. Princeps._ 58 16 0

11,233. Macrobius, 1472, folio. _Edit. Prin._ 33 12 0

12,141. Priscianus de art. gram. 1470. fol. _In Membranis._
51 9 0

[Sale Catalogue, 1789, 8vo.]

But--"Jam satis."

It probably escaped Lysander that, while the sale of the
Pinelli collection attracted crowds of bibliomaniacs to
Conduit Street, Hanover Square, a very fine library was
disposed of, in a quiet and comfortable manner, at the rooms
of Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby, in York Street, Covent Garden;
under the following title to the catalogue: _A Catalogue of
a very elegant and curious Cabinet of Books, lately imported
from France_, &c. (sold in May, 1789). My priced copy of
this catalogue affixes the name (in MS.) of MACARTNEY, as
the owner of this precious "Cabinet." There were only 1672
articles; containing a judicious sprinkling of what was
elegant, rare, and curious, in almost every department of
literature. The eleventh and twelfth days' sale were devoted
to MSS.; many of them of extraordinary beauty and
singularity. It was from this collection, no. 248, that
Lord Spencer obtained, for a comparatively small sum, one of
the most curious books (if not an unique volume) in the
class of early English printed ones, which are in his own
matchless collection. It is the "_Siege of Rhodes_," which
has a strong appearance of being the production of Caxton's
press. The copy is perfectly clean and almost uncut.]

[Footnote 400: If the reader will be pleased to turn to page
90, ante, he will find a tolerably copious and correct list
of the different sales of books which were once in the
possession of MONS. PARIS DE MEYZIEUX. In the same place he
will also find mention made of a singular circumstance
attending the sale of the above collection noticed by
Lysander. As a corollary, therefore, to what has been before
observed, take the following specimens of the books--with
the prices for which t