Loggan. 5 10 0

1045. Marmaduke Rawdon, by White; fine. 14 0 0

1048. Slingsby Bethel, _whole length_, by W. Sherwin (with
small copy). 17 5 0

1054. Samuel Malines, by Lombart; very fine. 12 0 0

1057. Thomas Killegrew, _as sitting with the dog_: by
Faithorne. 16 0 0

_A Catalogue of a very choice assemblage of ENGLISH
PORTRAITS, and of Foreigners who have visited England:
serving to illustrate GRANGER'S BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY; the
property of an eminent Collector_, &c., Sold by auction, by
Messrs. King and Lochee, April, 1810.

But it is time to pause. The present note may have
completely served to shew, not only that Lysander was right
in drawing such bold conclusions respecting the consequences
resulting from the publication of Granger's Biographical
History, and the capriciousness of print-fanciers respecting
impressions _in their various stages_, and with _all their
varieties_,--but, that the pursuit of PRINT-COLLECTING is
both costly and endless. For one 'fine and rare' _print_, by
Hollar, Faithorne, Elstracke, the Passes, Delaram, or White,
how many truly precious and useful _volumes_ may be
collected? "All this is vastly fine reasoning"--methinks I
hear a Grangerite exclaim--"but compare the comfort afforded
by your 'precious and useful volumes' with that arising from
the contemplation of eminent and extraordinary characters,
executed by the _burin_ of some of those graphic heroes
before-mentioned--and how despicable will the dry unadorned
volume appear!! On a dull, or rainy day, look at an
illustrated Shakespeare, or Hume, and then find it in your
heart, if you can, to depreciate the GRANGERIAN PASSION!!" I
answer, the Grangerite is madder than the Bibliomaniac:--and
so let the matter rest.]

Next let us discuss the serious subject of the _background_!--whether
it be square or oval; dark or light; put in or put out; stippled or
stroked; and sundry other similar, but most important, considerations.
Again; there are engravings of _different sizes_, and _at different
periods_, of the same individual, or object: and of these, the
varieties are as infinite as of any of those attached to the vegetable
system. I will not attempt even an outline of them. But I had nearly
forgotten to warn you, in your REMBRANDT _Prints_, to look sharply
after _the Bur