etened by the remembrance of having spent the day in
useful and strenuous exertion." For an account of the
posterior fate of De Thou's library, consult the article
"SOUBISE," ante. I should add that, according to the _Bibl.
Solgeriana_, vol. iii., p. 243, no. 1431, there are
copies of this catalogue upon LARGE PAPER.----UFFENBACH.
_Catalogus universalis Bibliothecae Uffenbachinae librorum tam
typis quam manu exaratorum._ Francof. ad Moen, 1729, 8vo.,
4 vols. This catalogue is no mean acquisition to the
bibliographer's library. It rarely occurs in a perfect and
clean condition.----VALLIERE (DUC DE LA). _Catalogue des
Livres provenans de la Bibliotheque de M.L.D.D.L.V._, (M. le
Duc de la Valliere) _dispose et mis en ordre par Guill.
Franc. De Bure le Jeune._ Paris, 1767, 8vo., 2 vols.--_Des
Livres de la meme Bibliotheque._ Paris, 1772, 8vo.--_Des
Livres et Manuscrits de la meme Bibliotheque_, Paris, 1783,
8vo., 3 vols.--_Des Livres de la meme Bibliotheque_, Paris,
1783, 6 vols. 8vo. These twelve volumes of catalogues of
this nobleman's library impress us with a grand notion of
its extent and value--perhaps never exceeded by that of any
private collection! It would seem that the Duke de la
Valliere had two sales of part of his books (of which the
two first catalogues are notifications) during his
life-time: the two latter catalogues of sales having been
put forth after his decease. Of these latter (for the former
contain nothing remarkable in them, except that there are
copies of the first on LARGE PAPER, in 4to.), the impression
of 1783, which was compiled by Van Praet and De Bure, is the
most distinguished for its notices of MSS. and early printed
books: and in these departments it is truly precious, being
enriched with some of the choicest books in the Gaignat
Collection. Those printed UPON VELLUM alone would form a
little library! Of the impression of 1783, which has a
portrait of the owner prefixed, there were fifty copies
printed upon LARGE PAPER, in 4to., to harmonize with the
_Bibliographie Instructive_, and _Gaignat's Catalogue_. See
_Bibliographical Miscell._, vol. ii., 66. Twelve copies were
also printed in royal 8vo., upon fine stout VELLUM PAPER; of
which the Rt. Hon. T. Grenville has a beautiful uncut copy
in six vo