dance will be found for the gratification of that
darling passion, or insanity, now called by the name of Bibliomania!

[Footnote 410: _Bibliotheca Strangeiana; A Catalogue of the
general, curious, and extensive Library of that
distinguished naturalist and lover of the fine arts, the
late_ JOHN STRANGE, Esq., L.L.D. F.R.S. and S.A., many years
his Britannic Majesty's resident at the Republic of Venice.
Comprehending an extraordinary fine collection of books and
tracts, in most languages and sciences, to the number of
upwards of _four-score thousand, &c._ Digested by Samuel
Paterson. Sold by auction by Leigh and Sotheby, March 16,
1801, 8vo., 1256 articles. This is a plain, unaffected, but
exceedingly well-digested, catalogue of a very extraordinary
collection of books in all departments of literature. I do
not know whether it be not preferable, in point of
arrangement, to any catalogue compiled by Paterson. It has,
however, a wretched aspect; from the extreme indifference of
the paper.]

[Footnote 411: We will first give the title to the Catalogue
of the late Mr. WOODHOUSE'S Collection of Prints. "_A
Catalogue of the choice and valuable Collection of Antient
and Modern Prints, &c._, selected with the highest taste
from all the collections at home and abroad, &c. Sold by
auction by Mr. Christie; January, 1801." The _first part_
ends with the 5th day's sale; the second commences with the
sixth day's sale and concludes on the sixteenth, with the
Malborough [Transcriber's Note: Marlborough] Gems. Although
we may have to give specimens of some of the _rare and
precious_ prints contained in this collection, in the course
of PART VI. of this work, yet the reader, I would fain hope,
will not be displeased with the following interesting
extract, with the annexed prices, of the prints from the

MARLBOROUGH GEMS.

[_This assemblage, the result of twenty years' collecting,
contains a greater number than ever has been at one time
offered to the public.--The first volume is complete, and
may be accounted unique, as all the impressions are before
the numbers, the artists' names, or proofs without any
letters, as in the presentation copies: the subject of Cupid
and Psyche is with variations, and the whole may be regarded
as a great rarit