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librarian of the public collection at Mentz, has given us
the following interesting treatises, of which, I believe,
not five copies are to be found in this country:
namely--_Essai sur les Monumens Typographiques de Jean
Gutenberg, &c._, an. x. [1801], 4to.: and _Descriptions de
raretes typographiques et de Manuscrits remarquables, &c._,
Nuremb., 1801, 8vo.--the latter is in the German language,
and has cuts--with a portrait of Fust. By this time, the
work has most probably been translated into French, as it is
frequently referred to and highly spoken of by foreigners.
Peignot [_Dict. de Bibliologie_, vol. iii., p. 128] refers
us to the fine eulogy pronounced upon Fisher [Transcriber's
Note: Fischer] (not yet 40 years of age) by Camus, in his
"Voyage dans les departemens reunis," p. 12.----LAMBINET
will always be remembered and respected, as long as printing
and bibliography shall be studied, by his "_Recherches
Historiques Litteraires et Critiques, sur l'Origine de
L'Imprimerie; particulierement sur les premiers
etablissemens au_ XVme _siecle dans la Belgique_," &c.,
Brux., an. vii. (1798), 8vo. It is, indeed, a very
satisfactory performance: the result of judgment and
taste--rare union!----In like manner, RENOUARD has procured
for himself a bibliographical immortality by his _Annales de
l'Imprimerie des Aide_, 1803, 8vo., two vols.: a work almost
perfect of its kind, and by many degrees superior to
Bandini's dry _Annales Typog. Juntarum._, Lucae, 1761. In
Renouard's taste, accuracy and interest are delightfully
combined; and the work is printed with unrivalled beauty.
There were only six copies of it printed upon LARGE PAPER;
one of which I saw in the fine collection of the Rt. Hon. T.
Grenville.----Few modern bibliographers have displayed so
much diligence as GABRIEL PEIGNOT: from whom we have, 1.
_Dictionnaire Raisonne de Bibliologie_, Paris, 1802, 8vo.,
two vols., with a third, by way of supplement (1804). With
necessary corrections and additions, this work would answer
many useful purposes in an English translation. 2. _Essai de
Curiosites Bibliographiques_, 1804, 8vo. This is a very
amusing (but scarce and unconscionably dear) book. It
contains elaborate descriptions of many curious and
sumptuous works, which wer