ed by every species of almost enviable enthusiasm. His anecdotes,
engrafted on them, were racy and sparkling; and I am not quite sure
whether it was not in contemplation by him to build a small
"_oratoire_" to the memories of Caxton and Wynkyn De Worde. He
considered the folios of the latter, in the fifteenth century, to be
miracles of typographical execution; and, being a poet himself, would
have been in veritable ecstacies had he lived to see the UNIQUE
CHAUCER of 1498, which it was my good luck to obtain for the library
of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Grenville. I will add but a few specimens of
his library--

No. L _s._ _d._

26 Armony of Byrdes, printed by Wyght.
12mo., a poem, in six line stanzas.
Mr. Heber's copy. A little volume of
indescribable rarity 12 15 0

221 Arnold's Chronicle, 4to., printed at Antwerp,
by Doesborch (1502)? 9 2 6

406 Boccus and Sydracke, printed by Godfray,
at the wits and charge of Robert
Saltousde, Monke of Canterbury, 4to. 5 8 6

1092 Cicero de Officiis, Ulric Zel 11 11 0

1156 Chaucer's Troylus and Cresseyde, printed
by Pynson. (1526.) Folio. This volume
had been successively in the
libraries of Hubert, the Duke of Roxburghe,
and Mr. Herbert. It was in
parts imperfect 25 0 0

1255 Marston's Scourge of Villanie. (1598.)
12mo. First edition: of terrific rarity 18 5 0

1624 Glanville, de Proprietatibus Rerum.
Printed by W. de Worde. Folio 17 0 0

1848 Holland's Heroologia Anglica. (1620.)
Folio. So tall a copy that it had the
appearance of large paper 8 2 6

2138 Shakspeare's Venus and Adonis. (1596.)
12mo. Third edition 91 0 0

2187 Shakspeare's Lucrece. First edition.
1594. Quarto 105 0 0

(This was the Lincoln-Chapter copy.)

The entire produce of the sale was L3019.

ULPIAN, the associate of Hortensius, was, and _is_ (I rejoice to add)
a Barrister-at-Law, and one of the six Clerks in Chancery. In the
_Decameron_, vol. iii. p. --, he appears under the more euphonous as
well as