notomachia; _Venet._ Folio, 1499.
Mer des Histores; _Paris._ Folio, (no
date) 2 vols.
Monstrelet Chronique
de; _Paris._ Folio, (no
date) 3 vols.
Roman de la Rose; _Paris._ _Verard._ Folio, (no
date)
---- de Tristan; _ibid._ _id._ (no date)
---- d' Ogier le
Danois; _ibid._ _id._ (no date)
---- de Melis et
Lenin; _ibid._ _id._ (no date)

I have heard that Count M'Carthy's books do not exceed 4000
in number; and of these, perhaps, no private collector in
Europe has an equal number printed upon vellum. In our own
country, however, the finest VELLUM LIBRARY in the world
might be composed from the collections of His Majesty, the
Duke of Marlborough, Earl Spencer, Sir M.M. Sykes, Bart.,
Mr. Johnes, Mr. Coke, and the Quin collection. Yet let us
not forget the finest _vellum copy_ in the world of the
first edition of _Aristotle's works_ (wanting one volume)
which may be seen in the library of Corpus Christi College,
Oxford. Of Mr. Edward's _similar_ copy _of the first Livy_,
Lysander and myself (vide Part III.) have spoken like honest
bibliomaniacs. Earl Spencer possesses the rival volume,
printed by the same printers, (Sweynheym and Pannartz) and
upon the same material, in his Pliny Senior of 1470--But let
all quiet bibliomaniacs wait with patience till the work of
Mons. Praet upon this subject, alluded to at p. 68, ante,
shall have made its appearance! and then--let us see whether
we can prevail upon some Gnome to transport to us, through
the 'thin air,' Pynson's '_Ship of Fools_' UPON VELLUM!!]

LIS. Are we as successful in printing upon vellum as were our
forefathers?

LYSAND. Certainly not; if we except some of the works from the press
of Bodoni--which are oftentimes truly brilliant. But the fault, in
general, is rather in the preparation of the vellum than in the
execution of the press-work.

LOREN. You have seen, Lisardo, my small volumes of '_Heures_,' or
'_Missals_,' as they are called; some of them in MS. and