r_!

ALMAN. Mercy on us--what is this _Burr_?!

LYSAND. A slight imperfection only; which, as it rarely occurs, makes
the impression more valuable. It is only a sombre tinge attached to
the copper, before the plate is sufficiently polished by being worked;
and it gives a smeared effect, like smut upon a lady's face, to the
impression! But I am becoming satirical. Which is the next symptom
that you have written down for me to discourse upon?

LIS. I am quite attentive to this delineation of a _Print
Connoisseur_; and will not fail to mark _all the_ REMBRANDT[438]
_varieties_, and take heed to the _Burr_!

[Footnote 438: All the book and print world have heard of
DAULBY'S _Descriptive Catalogue of the works of Rembrandt_,
&c. Liverpool, 1796, 8vo. The author's collection of
Rembrandt's prints (according to a MS. note prefixed to my
copy of it, which is upon _large paper_ in 4to.--of which
_only fifty_ impressions were struck off) was sold at
Liverpool, in 1799, in one lot; and purchased by Messrs.
Colnaghi, Manson, and Vernon, for 610_l._ It was sold in
1800, in separate lots, for 650_l._, exclusively of every
expense; after the purchasers had been offered 800_l._ for
the same. Some of these prints came into the possession of
the late Mr. Woodhouse (vide p. 441, ante); and it is from
the Catalogue of _his_ Collection of prints that I present
the reader with the following

REMBRANDTIANA;

beseeching him to take due heed to what Lysander has above
alluded to by _all the Varieties and the Burr_!

Lot 5 Daulby 30. Abraham entertaining the three angels;
_very_ fine, _with the burr, on India paper_. L2 18_s._
0_d._

10 43. The Angel appearing to the Shepherds; _very fine,
presque unique_. 6 0 0

14 56. The flight into Egypt, in the style of Elsheimer; _on
India paper, the 1st impression, extremely rare_. 4 16 0

22 75. The Hundred Guilder Piece. This impression on India
paper, _with the burr_, is acknowledged by the greatest
connoisseurs in this kingdom to be the most brilliant
extant. 42 0 0

23 75. Ditto, restored plate, by Capt. Baillie, _likewise on
India paper, and very fine_. 2 12 6

25 77. The Good Samaritan; _the 1st impression with the
white tail_, most beautifully finished, with a light point,
and fine hand; very fine and rare. 6 6 0