e Marquis of Lansdowne was
disposed of. I well remember the original destination of
this numerous library: I well remember the long, beautiful,
and classically ornamented room, in which, embellished and
guarded by busts, and statues of gods and heroes, the books
were ranged in quiet and unmolested order, adjoining to the
noblest mansion in London. If the consideration of external,
or out-of-door, objects be put out of the question, this
Library-room had not its superior in Great Britain. Let us
now come to particulars: "_Bibliotheca Lansdowniana. A
Catalogue of the entire Library of the late most noble
William_ MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE; _sold by auction by Leigh and
Sotheby, &c. January_, 1806." 8vo. The following is but a
slender specimen of the printed books in the Lansdowne
collection.

NO. 359. Arthur Kynge (the story of the most noble and
Worthy) the whiche was fyrst of the worthyes christen, and
also of his noble and valyaunt knyghtes of the Round Table;
_newly imprynted and corrected, black letter, title-page
emblazoned, Turkey. Imp. at Lond. by Wyllyam Coplande_,
1557, folio. In the collection of Mr. Dent. L25 0_s._ 0_d._

361. Ashmole's (Elias) Institution, Laws, and Ceremonies of
the Order of the Garter, plates by Hollar, _L. Paper, green
morocco, border of gold, gilt leaves_, 1672, folio. 10 10 0

1384. Chronica del Rey Don Alonso el Onzeno, Roy de
Castilla, &c. _Liter. Goth. Mar. verd. Volladolid
[Transcriber's Note: Valladolid]._ 1551, folio. 11 11 0

1385. ---- del Rey Don Pedro. D. Enrrique [Transcriber's
Note: Enrique], y D. Juan, _Pampl._ 1591, folio. 5 15 6

1386. ---- des Reys de Portugal, D. Joanno I. D. Duarte, e
D. Alfonso, _Lisboa_, 1543, folio. 4 2 0

2499. Gazette, London, from the beginning, 1665 to 1722
inclusive, 73 vol. folio. 84 0 0

3438. Leyes del Reyno, del Don Philippe II. Recopilacion de
las, 2 tom. Alcala, 1581. folio. 1 5 0

3439. ---- de los Reynos de las Indias, del Don Carlos II. 2
tom. Madrid, 1681, folio. 3 10 0

4108. Money; a very curious Collection of Single Sheets,
&c., and with several MS. Memorandums and Papers on that
Subject, bound in one volume. 10 10 0

5544. Somers' (Lord) Tracts, 16 vol. Lond. 1748, 52. 63 0 0

5786. Stuart's (James) Antiquities of Athens