e sold for 1000 and more livres at
public sales. 3. _Dictionnaire, &c., des principaux livres
condamnes au feu, supprimes ou censures_, Paris, 1806, 8vo.,
2 vols. The very title of such a work must sharpen the edge
of curiosity with those bibliomaniacs who have never seen
it. 4. _Bibliographie Curieuse, ou Notice Raisonnee des
livres imprimes a cent exemplaires au plus, suivie d'une
notice de quelques ouvrages tires sur papier de couleur_,
Paris, 1808, 8vo. Only one hundred copies of this thin
volume were struck off: of which I possess the 86th copy,
according to Peignot's notification. Indeed I am fortunate
in having all his preceding works. Let us wish long life and
never-failing success to so brave a book-chevalier as
Gabriel Peignot.----FRANCOIS IGNACE FOURNIER, at 18 years of
age, published an elegantly printed little volume, entitled
_Essai Portatif de Bibliographie_, 1796, 8vo., of which only
26 copies were struck off. In the year 1805, this essay
assumed the form of a Dictionary, and appeared under the
title of _Dictionnaire portatif de Bibliographie, &c._,
8vo., comprising 17,000 articles, printed in a very small
character. Last year, in the month of May, Fournier put
forth a new edition of this _Dictionnaire_, considerably
augmented; but in which (such is the fate of bibliographical
studies) notwithstanding all the care of the author, Brunet
tells us that he has discovered not fewer than five hundred
errors! Let not Fournier, however be discouraged; in a few
years he will achieve something yet more worthy of his
laudable seal in bibliography.----ANTOINE-ALEXANDRE BARBIER,
librarian of the Council of State, has favoured us with an
admirably well executed work, entitled _Dictionnaire des
Ouvrages Anonymes et Pseudonymes, composes, traduits ou
publies en Francais, &c., accompagnee de notes historiques
et critiques_, Paris, _Imprimis Bibliogr._, 1806, 8vo., two
vols. See also art. "Conseil d'Etat," in the list of French
Catalogues, post. From these the reader will judge of the
warm thanks to which this eminent bibliographer is entitled
for his very useful labours.----G. BOUCHER de la Richarderie
has, in an especial manner, distinguished himself by his
_Bibliotheque Universelle des Voyages_, Paris, 1808, 8vo.,
six vols.: