ed by the preceding displays of precious and
magnificent volumes. And first came on, in magnitude and
inportance [Transcriber's Note: importance], the sales of
ALEXANDER DALRYMPLE and PROFESSOR PORSON. Of these in turn.
_A Catalogue of the extensive and valuable Library of Books:
Part I. Late the property of_ ALEX. DALRYMPLE, Esq. F.R.S.,
_deceased_. Hydrographer to the Board of Admiralty, and the
Hon. East India Company, &c., sold by auction by King and
Lochee, May 29, 1809, 8vo.--7190 articles: _A Catalogue,
&c., Part II. of the same: sold by auction by the same_:
Nov. 1809.--8897 articles. I should add that there is a
stippled engraving of Dalrymple, with fac-simile of his
hand-writing, which faces the title page to _Part First_ of
this extraordinary and numerous collection; of books of
Geography, Voyages, and Travels. I strongly recommend copies
of these catalogues to be in every library of extent and
utility. We are now to notice: _A Catalogue of Part of the
Library of the late Richard Porson, A.M., Greek Professor of
the University of Cambridge_, &c.: sold by auction by Leigh
and Sotheby, June 16th, 1809, 8vo.--1391 articles: amount of
the books, 1254_l._ 18_s._ 6_d._ The subjoined is rather a
rich, though brief, specimen of some of the valuable books
contained in the library of this profound Greek scholar; in
whom the acuteness of Bentley, and the erudition of
Hemsterhusius, were more than revived.

NO. 116. Biblia Graeca, et Novum Testamentum Graece,
lectionibus D.J.J. Griesbach, 2 vols., boards, uncut, MS.
notes at the beginning of each vol. Hal. Sax. 1796-1806,
8vo. L8 15_s._ 0_d._

The notes amounted to the correction of 9 typographical
errors and 1 addition to a note of Griesbach's, consisting
of authorities he ought to have added.

182. Athenaeus, Gr. Lat., cum animadversionibus I. Casauboni,
2 vols., MS. notes, Lugduni, 1612, folio. 7 10 0

330. Chariton de Amor. Chaerae et Callirrhoe, Gr. Lat. cum
animadversionibus, J.P. d'Orville--Amst. 1750, 4to. 2 5 0

Porson's note in the beginning. 'Opus plenum eruditionis,
judicii et sagacitatis non item.'

559. Homeri Ilias et Odyssea (the Grenville edition) boards,
uncut, with the original portrait. Oxoniae, 4to., _large
paper_: 4 vols. 87 3 0

601. Eu