_ Among them, was Mr. John
Towneley's matchless missal, decorated by the famous
Francesco Veronese--"one of the finest productions of the
kind ever imported from Italy:" see no. 296. For an
account of the books PRINTED UPON VELLUM in this collection,
see PART VI. Let us close this note with the _Bibliotheca
Boucheriana_; of which such respectable mention is above
justly made by Lysander. "_A Catalogue of the very valuable
and extensive Library of the late_ REV. JONATHAN BOUCHER,
_A.M., F.R.S., Vicar of Epsom, Surrey. Comprehending a fine
and curious collection in Divinity, History, &c.: sold by
auction by Leigh and Sotheby; in February_, 1806." _First
part_, 6646 articles: _Second part_, 1933 articles: _Third
part_, published in 1809: 857 articles. I attended many days
during this sale; but such was the warm fire, directed
especially towards divinity, kept up during nearly the whole
of it, that it required a heavier weight of metal than I was
able to bring into the field of battle to ensure any success
in the contest. I cannot help adding that these catalogues
are wretchedly printed.]

Ah, well-a-day!--have I not come to the close of my BOOK-HISTORY? Are
there any other bibliomaniacs of distinction yet to notice? Yes!--I
well remember the book-sale events of the last four years. I well
remember the curiosity excited by the collections of the MARQUIS OF
LANSDOWNE, JOHN BRAND, ISAAC REED, RICHARD PORSON, ALEXANDER
DALRYMPLE, and RICHARD GOUGH,[413] and with these I must absolutely
make my bibliomaniacal peroration! Illustrious men!----

[Footnote 413: For the same reason as has been adduced at p.
427, ante, and from a strong wish to render this _List of
Book Auctions_ as perfect as my opportunities will allow, I
shall persevere, at the foot of Lysander's narrative, in
submitting to the attention of the curious reader a still
further account of sales than those above alluded to in the
text. As this will be the last note in PART V., I hope,
however late the hour, or exhausted his patience, that the
reader will also persevere to the close of it, and then wish
the author "good night," along with his friends, whose
salutations are above so dramatically described. At the very
opening of the year in which Mr. Boucher's books were sold,
the magnificent collection of th