pies of this inestimable
production.----_Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores Veteres, a
Gale_; 1684, 91; folio, 3 volumes. There were but few copies
of this, now generally coveted, work printed upon large
paper. The difference between the small and the large, for
amplitude of margin and lustre of ink, is
inconceivable.----_Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores Varii, a
Sparke_; Lond. 1723, folio. The preface to this work shews
that there are copies of it, like those of Dr. Clarke's
edition of Caesar's Commentaries, upon paper of three
different sizes. The 'charta maxima' is worthy of a
conspicuous place upon the collector's shelf; though in any
shape the book has a creditable aspect.----_Recueil des
Historiens des Gaules, &c., par Boucquet_; 1738, 1786;
folio, 13 vols. It is hardly possible for the eye to gaze
upon a more intrinsically valuable work, or a finer set of
volumes, than are these, as now exhibited in Mr. Evans's
shop, and bound in fine old red morocco by the best binders
of France. They were once in my possession; but the 'res
angusta domi' compelled me to part with them, and to seek
for a copy not so tall by head and shoulders. Since the year
1786, two additional volumes have been published.

We will now discourse somewhat of English books.

_Scott's Discoverie of Whitcraft_; 1584, 4to. Of this work,
which has recently become popular from Mr. Douce's frequent
mention of it (Illustrations of Shakspeare, &c., 1806, 2
vols., 8vo.), my friend, Mr. Utterson, possesses a very
beautiful copy upon large paper. It is rarely one meets with
books printed in this country, before the year 1600, struck
off in such a manner. This copy, which is secured from
'winter and rough weather' by a stout coat of
skilfully-tool'd morocco, is probably unique.----_Weever's
Funeral Monuments_; 1631, folio. Mr. Samuel Lysons informs
me that he has a copy of this work upon large paper. I never
saw, or heard of, another similar one.----_Sanford's
Genealogical History_; 1707, folio. At the sale of Baron
Smyth's books, in 1809, Messrs. J. and A. Arch purchased a
copy of this work upon large paper for 46_l._ A monstrous
price! A similar copy is in the library of Mr. Grenville,
which was obtained from Mr. Evans of Pall-Mall. The curious
should purchase th