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, plates, 3 vol. 1787, 94, folio. 16 16 0 5787. Stukeley's (Wm.) Itinerary, cuts, _Russia_, 2 vol. in vol. 1, 1776, folio. 21 0 0 5916. A very rare collection of Tracts, Documents, and Pamphlets, consisting of above 280 volumes, tending to illustrate the History of the French Revolution--together with more than 49 volumes relative to the transactions in the Low Countries, between the years 1787 and 1792, and their separation from the house of Austria:--amongst the above will be found the following works. Des Etats Generaux, &c. Par. 1789. 18 vol. Process Verbaux de la premiere Assemblee, 75 vol. Ditto de la seconde 16 vol. Ditto de la Convocation 32 vol. Revolution Francoise, 20 vol. from 1790 to 1803, wanting vol. 1, 2, and 13. La Bastile Devoilee. Par. 1789. Sir James M'Intosh's Vindiciae Gallicae, and numerous pieces relative to the Constitution and Administration of the French Government, in its Executive, Legislative, Judicial, and Financial Departments, by Messrs. Mirabeau, Turgot, Barrere, Calonne, Necker, &c. 168 0 0 I should observe that the PRINTS or ENGRAVINGS of the Marquis, together with the _printed prices_ for which they, and the foregoing library, were sold, are usually added to the Catalogue of the Books. In the spring of 1807, the MANUSCRIPTS belonging to the same noble collector were catalogued to be sold by public auction. These manuscripts, in the preface of the _first_ volume of the Catalogue, are said to 'form one of the noblest and most valuable private collections in the kingdom.' It is well known that the collection never came to the hammer; but was purchased by parliament for 6000_l._, and is deposited in the British Museum. A catalogue of it is now _sub prelo_; vide p. 89, ante. We are next to notice the sale by auction of the library of the late Rev. John Brand. The first part of this collection was disposed of in the Spring of 1807; and the catalogue had this title: _Bibliotheca Brandiana. A Catalogue of the unique, scarce, rare, curious, and numerous collection of Works, &c., being the entire Library of the late_ REV. JOHN BRAND, _Fellow and Secretary of the Antiquarian Society, Author of th
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