hall haunt at his expiring taper;--
Yet, 'tis a weakness of the wise,
To chuse the volume by the size,
And riot in the pond'rous prize--
Dear Copies--_printed on_ LARGE PAPER!

_Bibliosophia_; p. IV.

After these saucy attacks, can I venture upon discoursing,
in a sober note-like strain--upon those large and
magnificent volumes concerning which Lysander, above, pours
forth such a torrent of eloquence? Yes--gentle reader--I
will even venture!--and will lay a silver penny to boot (See
Peacham's '_Worth of a Penny_'--) that neither Dr. Ferriar
nor the 'Aspirant' could withhold their ejaculations of
rapture upon seeing any one of the following volumes walk
majestically into their libraries. Mark well, therefore, a
few scarce

WORKS PRINTED UPON LARGE PAPER.

_Lord Bacon's Essays_; 1798, 8vo. There were only six copies
of this edition struck off upon royal folio paper: one copy
is in the Cracherode collection, in the British Museum; and
another is in the library of Earl Spencer. Mr. Leigh, the
book-auctioneer, a long time ago observed that, if ever one
of these copies were to be sold at an auction, it would
probably bring -00_l._--! I will not insert the _first_
figure; but _two noughts_ followed it.----_Twenty Plays of
Shakspeare from the old quarto editions_; 1766, 8vo., 6
vols. Only twelve copies printed upon large paper. See
_Bibl. Steevens_: no. 1312; and p. 581,
ante.----_Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays_; 1780, 8vo., 12
vols. Only six copies struck off upon large paper. Bibl.
Woodhouse, no. 698.----_The Grenville Homer_; 1800, 4to.,
4 vols. Fifty copies of this magnificent work are said to
have been printed upon large paper; which have
embellishments of plates. Mr. Dent possesses the copy which
was Professor Porson's, and which was bought at the sale of
the Professor's library, in boards, for 87_l._, see p. 459,
ante. Seven years ago I saw a sumptuous copy in morocco,
knocked down for 99_l._ 15_s._----_Mathaei Paris, Monachi
Albanenses, &c.; Historia Major; a Wats_; Lond. 1640; folio.
This is a rare and magnificent work upon large paper; and is
usually bound in two volumes.----_Historiae Anglicanae
Scriptores X; a Twysden_; 1652, folio. Of equal rarity and
magnificence are co