.
W. Christie-Miller, of Britwell Court, Maidenhead, is understood to
include many choice books, particularly early printed works, but no
particulars of it are available.

Holland House Library is one of great historic value and interest. It is
fully described by the Princess Marie Liechtenstein, in her monograph on
the place. Macaulay has described the appearance of the library in his
famous essay on Lord Holland. It is rather a collection formed by a
statesman and a literary man than by a bibliophile; there are over
10,000 volumes, many of which are privately printed books, presentation
copies; there is a large collection of historical works relating to
Italy, Portugal, and France; Spanish literature, a memento of the taste
of the third Lord Holland, is well represented; the collection of
Elzevirs is very fine, as is also that of the Greek and Latin classics,
and the highly curious collection of various copies of Charles James
Fox's 'James II.,' which belonged to different celebrities, is housed
here.

Mr. C. J. Toovey inherited from his father, the late James Toovey, a
fine library of exceptionally choice books; it is rich in monuments of
the Early English printers, one of its gems being a fine copy of the
'Boke of St. Albans'; Aldines probably form one of its largest sections,
whilst in bindings by the great masters of the French school of
bibliopegic art the library has very few equals. Many of these were
purchased by the late Mr. Toovey in Paris, long before the present rage
for them had commenced, so that, as an investment, they will doubtless
yield a handsome profit if they ever come into the market. The series of
Walton's 'Angler' includes the first edition, with a presentation
inscription by the author; there is also the largest known First Folio
edition of Shakespeare, to which reference has already been made.

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INDEX.

ADDISON, JOSEPH, 39, 108, 265, 267

Advocates, Library of the College of, 116

Ainsworth, W. Harrison, 83, 288, 289

Alchorne, S., 109

Alcuin, 2, 3, 139

Alde, John, 183

Aldersgate Street, 39

Aldine editions, 129-131, 300, 304

Aldus, 129

Alfred, 3

Allen, Thomas, 31

Almon, J., 250

Althorp Library, the, 50, _et seq._

America, book trade with, 189

America, tracts on, 90

Amherst of Hackney, Lord, 309

Anacreon, Stephen edition, 129

Anderson, Adam, 219

Anderson, G. B., 94