4, 8vo. 339 articles: total amount,
4640_l._--being almost 14_l._ an article. I attended both
days of this sale and the reader shall judge of my own
satisfaction, by that which _he_ must receive from a perusal
of the following specimens of this _Bibliotheca
Splendidissima_.

NO. 221. A most complete set of Sir William Dugdale's Works,
containing Monasticon Anglicanum, in 5 vols. 1655;
Monasticon, vol. 1, editio secunda, 2 vols.; Monasticon, in
English, with Steevens's Continuation, 3 vols.;
Warwickshire, first edition; Warwickshire, second edition,
by Thomas, 2 vols.; St. Paul's, first and second edition, 2
vols.; Baronage, 2 vols.; History of Imbanking, first and
second editions, 2 vols.; Origines Juridiciales, third
edition; View of the Troubles; Summons of the Nobility;
Usage of Arms and office of Lord Chancellor. _This fine set
of Dugdale is elegantly bound in Russia leather in 23
volumes._ L136 10_s._ 0_d._

(Now worth 250_l._)

222. Biographia Britannica, 7 vols. 1747, folio. A matchless
set illustrated with portraits, fine and rare, and
_elegantly bound in Russia leather_. 99 15 0

223. Homeri Ilias et Odyssea, 4 vols. Glasgow, 1756, fol. An
unique copy, on _large paper_, illustrated with Flaxman's
plates to the Iliad, and original drawings, by Miss Wilkes,
to the Odyssey; _superbly bound in blue Turkey_. 39 18 0

225. Milton's Poetical Works, large paper, Tonson, 1695.
Milton's Historical Works, &c., by Birch, 2 vols. large
paper, 1738, 3 vols. _elegantly bound in Russia leather_. 5
10 0

229. Ogilby's Historical Works, containing Britannia, China,
2 vols. Japan, Asia, Africa, and America, with fine plates
by Hollar, 7 vols. folio, _fine copy in Russia_. 18 18 0

234. Lord Clarendon's History of the Grand Rebellion, 6
vols. folio, _large paper, splendidly bound in morocco_,
1702. 49 7 0

235. Winwood's Memorials of Affairs of State, 3 vols. 1725.
_Large Paper, elegantly bound, and gilt leaves_. 5 18 0

239. Wood's Athenae Oxonienses, 2 vols. best edition, 1721.
_A fine copy on Large Paper, elegantly bound in Russia, with
gilt leaves_, Fol. 7 17 6

From no. 292 to 307, inclusive (only 14 volumes), there
was a set of "_Painted Missals and curious manuscripts_,"
which were sold for 724_l.