plentiful sprinkling of short literary and bibliographical
notes; according to _Bibl. Krohn_, p. 256, no.
3582.----BADENHAUPT. _Bibliotheca selectissima; sive
Catalogus librorum magnam partem philologicorum, quos inter
eminent. Auctores Graeci et Romani classica quos collegit
E.F. Badenhaupt_, Berol, 1773, 8vo. The pithy
bibliographical notes which are here and there scattered
throughout this catalogue, render it of estimation in the
opinion of the curious.----BALUZE. _Bibliotheca Balusiana;
seu catalogus librorum bibliothecae D.S. Baluzii, A. Gab.
Martin_, Paris, 1719, 8vo., two vols. Let any enlightened
bibliographers read the eulogy upon the venerable Baluze
(who died in his eighty-eighth year, and who was the great
Colbert's librarian), in the preface of the _Bibl.
Colbertina_ (vide post), and in the _Dict. Hist._ (Caen,
1789, vol. i., p. 443-4), and he will not hesitate a moment
about the propriety of giving this volume a conspicuous
place upon his shelf. From the _Bibl. Mencken_, p. 10, it
would appear that a third volume, containing translations of
some MSS. in the royal library, is wanting to make this
catalogue complete. This third volume is
uncommon.----BARBERINI. _Index Bibliothecae Francisci
Barberini Cardinalis. Romae, Typis Barberinis_, 1681, fol.,
three vols. in two. The widely spread celebrity of Cardinal
Barberini suffers no diminution from this publication of the
riches contained within his library. The authors are
arranged alphabetically, and not according to classes.
Although it be not the most luminous in its arrangement, or
the most accurate in its execution, this finely printed
catalogue will never remain long upon a bookseller's shelf
without a purchaser. It were much to be desired that our own
noblemen, who have fine collections of books, would put
forth (after the example of Cardinal Barberini) similar
publications.----BARTHELEMY. _Catalogue des Livres de la
Bibliotheque de M. l'Abbe Barthelemy, par M. Bernard_, 1800,
8vo. The high reputation of the owner of this collection
will always secure purchasers for this catalogue of useful
and interesting books.----BIBLIOGRAPHIE _des Pays Bas, avec
quelques notes. Nyon, en Suisse_, 1783, 4to. Only fifty
copies of this work were printed. It is a pity that Pe