Chapter VII: Part II: =The Cabinet.= (2)

[Footnote 123: LAMBECIUS died at, one may almost say, the
premature age of 52: and the above work (in eight folio
volumes), which was left unfinished in consequence, (being
published between the years 1665-79 inclusive) gives us a
magnificent idea of what its author would have accomplished
[see particularly Reimanni _Bibl. Acroamatica_, p. 51] had
it pleased Providence to prolong so valuable an existence.
It was originally sold for 24 _imperiali_; but at the
commencement of the 18th century for not less than 80
_thaleri_, and a copy of it was scarcely ever to be met
with. Two reasons have been assigned for its great rarity,
and especially for that of the 8th volume; the one, that
Lambecius's heir, impatient at the slow sale of the work,
sold many copies of it to the keepers of herb-stalls: the
other, that, when the author was lying on his death-bed, his
servant maid, at the suggestion and from the stinginess of
the same heir, burnt many copies of this eighth volume
[which had recently left the press] to light the fire in the
chamber. This intelligence I glean from Vogt, p. 495: it had
escaped Baillet and Morhof. But consult De Bure, vol. vi.,
Nos. 6004-5. Reimannus published a _Bibliotheca
Acroamatica_, Hanov., 1712, 8vo., which is both an
entertaining volume and a useful compendium of Lambecius's
immense work. But in the years 1766-82, KOLLARIUS published
a new and improved edition of the entire commentaries, in
six folio volumes; embodying in this gigantic undertaking
the remarks which were scattered in his "_Analecta
Monumentorum omnis ævi Vindobonensia_," in two folio
volumes, 1761. A posthumous work of Kollarius, as a
supplement to his new edition of Lambecius's Commentaries,
was published in one folio volume, 1790. A complete set of
these volumes of Kollarius's bibliographical labours,
relating to the Vienna library, was in Serna Santander's
catalogue, vol. iv., no. 6291, as well as in Krohn's: in
which latter [nos. 3554, 3562] there are some useful
notices. See my account of M. Denis: post. Critics have
accused these "Commentaries concerning the MSS. in the
imperial library at Vienna," as containing a great deal of
rambling and desultory matter; but the vast erudition,
minute research, and unabateable diligence of its author,
will for ever secure to him the voice of public praise, as
loud and as hearty as he has received it from his abridger
Reimannus. In these volumes appeared the first account of
the Psalter, printed at Mentz in 1457, which was mistaken by
Lambecius for a MS. The reader will forgive my referring him
to a little essay upon this and the subsequent Psalters,
printed at Mentz, in 1459, 1490, &c., which was published by
me in the 2nd volume of the _Athenæum_, p. 360, 490.]

[Footnote 124: Morhof considers the labours of ANTONIO as
models of composition in their way. His grand work began to
be published in 1672, 2 vols., folio--being the _Bibliotheca
Hispana Nova_: this was succeeded, in 1696, by the
_Bibliotheca Hispana Antiqua_--in two folio volumes: the
prefaces and indexes contain every thing to satisfy the
hearts of Spanish Literati. A new edition of the first work
was published at Madrid, in 1783, 2 vols., folio; and of the
latter work, in 1788, 2 vols., folio.--These recent editions
are very rarely to be met with in our own country: abroad,
they seem to have materially lowered the prices of the
ancient ones, which had become excessively scarce. See
_Polyhist Literar._, vol. i., 203-4: _Dictionn. Bibliogr._,
vol. iv., p. 22: and _Mem. de l'Inst._, vol. i., 651. Let us
here not forget the learned Michael CASIRI'S _Bibliotheca
Arabico-Hispana Escorialensis_, published in two superb
folio volumes at Madrid in 1760. All these useful and
splendid works place the Spaniards upon a high footing with
their fellow-labourers in the same respectable career. De La
Serna Santander tells us that Casiri's work is dear, and
highly respected by the Literati. See _Cap. de Santander_,
vol iv., no. 6296.]

[Footnote 125: The _Bibliotheca Realis_, &c., of LIPENIUS
contains an account of works published in the departments of
_Jurisprudence_, _Medicine_, _Philosophy_, and _Theology_:
of these, the _Bibliotheca Theologica_, et _Philosophica_,
are considered by Morhof as the best executed. The _Bibl.
Juridica_ was, however, republished at Leipsic in two folio
volumes, 1757, with considerable additions. This latter is
the last Leipsic reprint of it. Saxius notices only the
re-impressions of 1720, 1736, 1742. See his _Onomast. Lit._,
vol. v., 588. I will just notice the _Bibliotheca Vetus et
Recens_ of KOENIGIUS, 1678, folio--as chart-makers notice
shoals--to be avoided. I had long thrown it out of my own
collection before I read its condemnation by Morhof. Perhaps
the following account of certain works, which appear to have
escaped the recollection of Lysander, may not be
unacceptable. In the year 1653, Father RAYNAUD, whose
lucubrations fill 20 folio volumes, published a quarto
volume at Lyons, under the title of "_Erotemata de malis ac
bonis Libris, deque justa aut injusta eorum conditione_;"
which he borowed [Transcriber's Note: borrowed] in part from
the "_Theotimus, seu de tollendis et expurgandis malis
libris_," (Paris, 1549, 8vo.) of Gabriel PUHTHERB. Of these
two works, if [Transcriber's Note: it] were difficult to
determine which is preferable. The bibliographer need not
deeply lament the want of either: consult the _Polyhist.
Literar._, vol. i., 177. In the year 1670, VOGLER published
a very sensible "_Universalis in notitiam cujusque generis
bonorum Scriptorum Introductio_"--of this work two
subsequent editions, one in 1691, the other in 1700, 4to.,
were published at Helmstadt. The last is the best; but the
second, to him who has neither, is also worth purchasing.
The seven dissertations "_De Libris legendis_" of BARTHOLIN,
Hafniæ, 1676, 8vo., are deserving of a good coat and a front
row in the bibliographer's cabinet. "Parvæ quidem molis
liberest, sed in quo quasi constipata sunt utilissima de
libris monita et notitiæ ad multas disciplinas utiles." So
speaks Morhof.]

[Footnote 126: ADRIEN BAILLET was the eldest of seven
children born in a second marriage. His parents were in
moderate circumstances: but Adrien very shortly displaying a
love of study and of book-collecting, no means, compatible
with their situation, were left untried by his parents to
gratify the wishes of so promising a child. From his
earliest youth, he had a strong predilection for the church;
and as a classical and appropriate education was then easily
to be procured in France, he went from school to college,
and at seventeen years of age had amassed, in two fair sized
volumes, a quantity of extracts from clever works; which,
perhaps having Beza's example in his mind, he entitled
_Juvenilia_. His masters saw and applauded his diligence;
and a rest of only five hours each night, during two years
and a half of this youthful period, afforded Baillet such
opportunities of acquiring knowledge as rarely fall to the
lot of a young man. This habit of short repose had not
forsaken him in his riper years: "he considered and treated
his body as an insolent enemy, which required constant
subjection; he would not suffer it to rest more than five
hours each night; he recruited it with only one meal a
day--drank no wine--never came near the fire--and walked out
but once a week." The consequence of this absurd regime was
that Baillet had ulcers in his legs, an erysipelatous
affection over his body, and was, in other respects,
afflicted as sedentary men usually are, who are glued to
their seats from morn till night, never mix in society, and
rarely breathe the pure air of heaven. These maladies
shortened the days of Baillet; after he had faithfully
served the LAMOIGNONS as a librarian of unparalleled
diligence and sagacity; leaving behind him a "_Catalogue des
Matieres_," in 35 volumes folio. "All the curious used to
come and see this catalogue: many bishops and magistrates
requested to have either copies or abridgments of it." When
Baillet was dragged, by his friend M. Hermant, from his
obscure vicarage of Lardiéres, to be Lamoignon's librarian,
he seems to have been beside himself for joy.--"I want a man
of such and such qualities," said Lamoignon.--"I will bring
one exactly to suit you," replied Hermant--"but you must put
up with a diseased and repulsive exterior."--"Nous avons
besoin de fond," said the sensible patron, "la forme ne
m'embarasse point; l'air de ce pays, et un grain de sel
discret, fera le reste: il en trouvera ici." Baillet came,
and his biographer tells us that Lamoignon and Hermant
"furent ravis de le voir." To the eternal honour of the
family in which he resided, the crazy body and nervous mind
of Baillet met with the tenderest treatment. Madame
Lamoignon and her son (the latter, a thorough bred
bibliomaniac; who, under the auspices of his master, soon
eclipsed the book celebrity of his father) always took a
pleasure in anticipating his wishes, soothing his
irritabilities, promoting his views, and speaking loudly and
constantly of the virtues of his head and heart. The last
moments of Baillet were marked with true Christian piety and
fortitude; and his last breath breathed a blessing upon his
benefactors. He died A.D. 1706, ætatis 56. Rest his ashes in
peace!--and come we now to his bibliographical publications.
His "_Jugemens des Savans_," was first published in 1685,
&c., in nine duodecimo volumes. Two other similar volumes of
_Anti Baillet_ succeeded it. The success and profits of this
work were very considerable. In the year 1722, a new edition
of it in seven volumes, quarto, was undertaken and completed
by De La Monnoye, with notes by the editor, and additions of
the original author. The "Anti Baillet" formed the 8th
volume. In the year 1725, De La Monnoye's edition, with his
notes placed under the text--the corrections and additions
incorporated--and two volumes of fresh matter, including the
Anti Baillet--was republished at Amsterdam, in eight
duodecimo volumes, forming 16 parts, and being, in every
respect, the best edition of the _Jugemens des Savans_. The
curious, however, should obtain the portrait of Baillet
prefixed to the edition of 1722; as the copy of it in the
latter edition is a most wretched performance. These
particulars, perhaps a little too long and tedious, are
gleaned from the "Abregé" de la Vie de Baillet, printed in
the two last editions of the work just described.]

[Footnote 127: It will not be necessary to notice _all_ the
multifarious productions, in MS. and in print, of this
indefatigable bibliographer; who had cut out work enough for
the lives of ten men, each succeeding the other, and well
employed from morn 'till even, to execute. This is
Marchand's round criticism: _Dict. Hist._ vol. i., p. 100.
Beughem's _Incunabula Typographica_, 1688, 12mo., is both
jejune and grossly erroneous. The "_Bibliographia Eruditorum
Critico-Curiosa_," 1689, 1701, 4 vols., 12mo., being an
alphabetical account of writers--extracts from whom are in
the public literary Journals of Europe from 1665 to
1700--with the title of their works--is Beughem's best
production, and if each volume had not had a separate
alphabet, and contained additions upon additions, the work
would have proved highly useful. His "_Gallia Euridita_,"
Amst., 1683, 12mo., is miserably perplexing. In addition to
Marchand, consult the _Polyhist. Literar._ of Morhof, vol.
i., p. 179; and the note therein subjoined. See also "_Bibl.
Creven._," vol. v., p. 298: _Cat. de Santander_, vol. iv.,
nos. 6273-4: 6281-2.]

PHIL. You have at length reached the close of the 17th century; but my limited knowledge of bibliographical literature supplies me with the recollection of two names which you have passed over: I mean, THOMAS BLOUNT and ANTONY-A-WOOD. There is surely something in these authors relating to editions of the works of the learned.

LYSAND. You have anticipated me in the mention of these names. I had not forgotten them. With the former,[128] I have no very intimate acquaintance; but of the latter I could talk in commendation till dinner time. Be sure, my good Lisardo, that you obtain _both_ editions of the _Athenæ Oxoniensis_.[129]

[Footnote 128: Sir Thomas Pope Blount's "_Censura
Celebriorum Authorum_," Londini, 1690, folio, is
unquestionably a learned work--the production of a rural and
retired life--"Umbraticam enim vitam et ab omni strepitu
remotam semper in delitiis habui,"--says its author, in the
preface. It treats chiefly of the most learned men, and
sparingly of the English. His "_Remarks upon Poetry_,"
Lond., 1694, 4to. (in English) is more frequently read and
referred to. It is a pity that he had not left out the whole
of what relates to the Greek and Latin, and confined himself
entirely to the English, poets. A life of Sir Thomas Pope
Blount will be found in the new edition of the _Biographia
Britannica_.]

[Footnote 129: The first, and, what Hearne over and over
again calls the genuine edition of the _Athenæ Oxoniensis_,
was published in two folio volumes, 1691, 1692. That a
_third_ volume was intended by the author himself may be
seen from Hearne's remarks in his _Thom. Caii. Vind. Antiq.
Oxon._, vol. i., p. xliii. For the character of the work
consult his _Rob. de Avesb._, pp. xxvi, xxxiii. After the
lapse of nearly half a century, it was judged expedient to
give a new edition of these valuable biographical memoirs;
and Dr. Tanner, afterwards bishop of St. Asaph, was selected
to be the editor of it. It was well known that Wood had not
only made large corrections to his own printed text, but had
written nearly _500_ new lives--his MS. of both being
preserved in the Ashmolean Museum. This new edition,
therefore, had every claim to public notice. When it
appeared, it was soon discovered to be a corrupt and garbled
performance; and that the genuine text of Wood, as well in
his correctness of the old, as in his compositions of the
new, lives, had been most capriciously copied. Dr. Tanner,
to defend himself, declared that Tonson "would never let him
see one sheet as they printed it." This was sufficiently
infamous for the bookseller; but the editor ought surely to
have abandoned a publication thus faithlessly conducted, or
to have entered his caveat in the preface, when it did
appear, that he would not be answerable for the authenticity
of the materials: neither of which were done. He wrote,
however, an exculpatory letter to Archbishop Wake, which the
reader may see at length in Mr. Beloe's _Anecdotes of
Literature_, vol. ii., p. 304. Consult the life of the
author in Mr. Gutch's valuable reprint of Wood's "_History
and Antiquities of the University of Oxford_," 1792, 4to., 2
vols.: also, Freytag's _Analect. Literar._, vol. ii., 1105.
I have great pleasure in closing this note, by observing
that Mr. Philip Bliss, of St. John's College, Oxford, is
busily engaged in giving us, what we shall all be glad to
hail, a new and faithful edition of Wood's text of the
_Athenæ Oxoniensis_, in five or six quarto volumes.]

We have now reached the boundaries of the 17th century, and are just entering upon the one which is past: and yet I have omitted to mention the very admirable _Polyhistor. Literarius_ of MORHOF:[130] a work by which I have been in a great measure guided in the opinions pronounced upon the bibliographers already introduced to you. This work, under a somewhat better form, and with a few necessary omissions and additions, one could wish to see translated into our own language. The name of MAITTAIRE strikes us with admiration and respect at the very opening of the 18th century. His elaborate _Annales Typographici_ have secured him the respect of posterity.[131] LE LONG, whose pursuits were chiefly biblical and historical, was his contemporary; an able, sedulous, and learned bibliographer. His whole soul was in his library; and he never spared the most painful toil in order to accomplish the various objects of his inquiry.[132] And here, my dear friends, let me pay a proper tribute of respect to the memory of an eminently learned and laborious scholar and bibliographer: I mean JOHN ALBERT FABRICIUS. His labours[133] shed a lustre upon the scholastic annals of the 18th century; for he opened, as it were, the gates of literature to the inquiring student; inviting him to enter the field and contemplate the diversity and beauty of the several flowers which grew therein--telling him by whom they were planted, and explaining how their growth and luxuriancy were to be regulated. There are few instructors to whom we owe so much; none to whom we are more indebted. Let his works, therefore, have a handsome binding, and a conspicuous place in your libraries: for happy is that man who has them at hand to facilitate his inquiries, or to solve his doubts. While Fabricius was thus laudably exercising his great talents in the cause of ancient literature, the illustrious name of LEIBNITZ[134] appeared as author of a work of essential utility to the historian and bibliographer. I allude to his _Scriptores Rerum Brunwicensium_, which has received a well pointed compliment from the polished pen of Gibbon. After the successful labours of Fabricius and Leibnitz, we may notice those of STRUVIUS! whose _Historical Library_[135] should be in every philological collection.

[Footnote 130: DANIEL GEORGE MORHOF, professor of poetry,
eloquence, and history, was librarian of the University of
Khiel. He published various works, but the above--the best
edition of which is of the date of 1747--is by far the most
learned and useful--"liber non sua laude privandus; cum
primus fere fuerit Morhofius qui hanc amoeniorum literarum
partem in meliorum redigerit." _Vogt._, pref. ix., edit.
1793. Its leading error is the want of method. His
"_Princeps Medicus_," 1665, 4to., is a very singular
dissertation upon the cure of the evil by the royal touch;
in the efficacy of which the author appears to have
believed. His "_Epistola de scypho vitreo per sonum humanæ
vocis rupto_," Kiloni, 1703, 4to.--which was occasioned by a
wine merchant of Amsterdam breaking a wine-glass by the
strength of his voice--is said to be full of curious matter.
Morhof died A.D. 1691, in his 53rd year: beloved by all who
knew the excellent and amiable qualities of his head and
heart. He was so laborious that he wrote during his meals.
His motto, chosen by himself,--PIETATE, CANDORE, PRUDENTIA,
should never be lost sight of by bibliomaniacs! His library
was large and select. These particulars are gleaned from the
_Dict. Historique_, Caen, 1789, vol. vi., p. 350.]

[Footnote 131: A compendious account of MAITTAIRE will be
found in the third edition of my _Introduction to the
Knowledge of rare and valuable Editions of the Greek and
Latin Classics_, vol. i., p. 148. See too Mr. Beloe's
_Anecdotes of Literature, &c._, vol iii., p. ix. The various
volumes of his _Annales Typographici_ are well described in
the _Bibl. Crevenn._, vol. v. p. 287. To these may be added,
in the bibliographical department, his _Historia
Stephanorum, vitas ipsorum ac libros complectens_, 1709,
8vo.--and the _Historia Typographorum aliquot Parisiensium
vitas et libros complectens_, 1717, 8vo.--Of these two
latter works, (which, from a contemporaneous catalogue, I
find were originally published at 4_s._ the common paper,)
Mr. T. Grenville has beautiful copies upon LARGE PAPER. The
books are rare in any shape. The principal merit of
Maittaire's _Annales Typographici_ consists in a great deal
of curious matter detailed in the notes; but the absence of
the "lucidus ordo" renders the perusal of these fatiguing
and unsatisfactory. The author brought a full and
well-informed mind to the task he undertook--but he wanted
taste and precision in the arrangement of his materials. The
eye wanders over a vast indigested mass; and information,
when it is to be acquired with excessive toil, is,
comparatively, seldom acquired. Panzer has adopted an
infinitely better plan, on the model of Orlandi; and if his
materials had been _printed_ with the same beauty with which
they appear to have been composed, and his annals had
descended to as late a period as those of Maittaire, his
work must have made us eventually forget that of his
predecessor. The bibliographer is, no doubt, aware that of
Maittaire's first volume there are two editions: why the
author did not reprint, in the second edition (1733), the
fac-simile of the epigram and epistle of Lascar prefixed to
the edition of the Anthology, 1496, and the Disquisition
concerning the ancient editions of Quintilian (both of which
were in the first edition of 1719), is absolutely
inexplicable. Maittaire was sharply attacked for this
absurdity, in the "Catalogus Auctorum," of the "_Annus
Tertius Sæcularis Inv. Art. Typog._," Harlem, 1741, 8vo., p.
11. "Rara certe Librum augendi methodus! (exclaims the
author) Satis patet auctorem hoc eo fecisse concilio, ut et
primæ et secundæ Libri sui editioni pretium suum constaret,
et una æque ac altera Lectoribus necessaria esset." Copies
of the Typographical Antiquities by Maittaire, upon LARGE
PAPER, are now exceedingly scarce. The work, in this shape,
has a noble appearance. While Maittaire was publishing his
Typographical Annals, ORLANDI put forth a similar work under
the title of "_Origine e Progressi della Stampa o sia dell'
Arte Impressoria, e Notizie dell' Opere stampate dall' Anno
1462, sino all' Anno 1500_." Bologna, 1722, 4to. Of this
work, which is rather a compendious account of the several
books published in the period above specified, there are
copies upon strong WRITING PAPER--which the curious prefer.
Although I have a long time considered it as superseded by
the labours of Maittaire and Panzer, yet I will not withhold
from the reader the following critique: "Cet ouvrage doit
presque nécessairement être annexé à celui de Maittaire à
cause de plusieurs notices et recherches, qui le rendent
fort curieux et intéressant." _Bibl. Crevenn._, vol. v.,
286-7. As we are upon publications treating of Typography,
we may notice the "_Annalium Typographicorum selecta quædam
capita_," Hamb., 1740, 4to., of LACKMAN; and HIRSCHIUS'S
supplement to the typographical labours of his
predecessors--in the "_Librorum ab Anno I. usque ad Annum L.
Sec. xvi. Typis exscriptorum ex Libraria quadam
supellectile, Norimbergæ collecta et observata, Millenarius
I._" &c. Noriberg, 1746, 4to. About this period was
published a very curious, and now uncommon, octavo volume,
of about 250 pages, by SEIZ; called "_Annus Tertius
Sæcularis Inventæ Artis Typographicæ_," Harlem, 1741--with
several very interesting cuts relating to Coster, the
supposed inventor of the art of printing. It is a little
strange that Lysander, in the above account of eminent
typographical writers, should omit to mention
CHEVILLIER--whose _L'Origine de l'Imprimerie de Paris, &c._,
1694, 4to., is a work of great merit, and is generally found
upon every bibliographer's shelf. Baillet had supplied him
with a pretty strong outline, in his short account of
Parisian printers. All the copies of Chevillier's book,
which I have seen, are printed upon what is called Foxey
paper. I believe there are none upon LARGE PAPER. We may
just notice LA CAILLE'S _Histoire de l'Imprimerie et de la
Librarie_, 1689, 4to., as a work full of errors. In order
that nothing may be wanting to complete the typographical
collection of the curious, let the "portraits of booksellers
and printers, from ancient times to our own," published at
Nuremberg, in 1726, folio--and "the Devices and Emblems" of
the same, published at the same place, in 1730, folio, be
procured, if possible. The Latin titles of these two latter
works, both by SCHOLTZIUS, will be found in the _Bibl.
Crevenn._ vol. v. 281. Renouard mentions the last in his
"_Annales de l'Imprimerie des Alde_," vol. ii. p. 63.
Meanwhile the _Monumenta Typographica_ of WOLFIUS, Hamb.,
1740, 2 vols., 8vo., embraces a number of curious and
scattered dissertations upon this interesting and valuable
art. It may be obtained for 8_s._ or 10_s._ at present! The
_Amoenitatus [Transcriber's Note: Amoenitates]
Literariæ, &c._, of SCHELHORN had like to have been passed
over. It was published in 14 small octavo volumes, at
Frankfort and Leipsic, from the year 1725 to 1731 inclusive.
The _Amoenitates Historiæ Ecclesiasticæ et Literariæ_, of
the same person, and published at the same place in two
octavo volumes, 1738, should accompany the foregoing work.
Both are scarce and sought after in this country. In the
former there are some curious dissertations, with cuts, upon
early printed books. Concerning the most ancient edition of
the Latin Bibles, Schelhorn put forth an express treatise,
which was published at Ulm in 1760, 4to. This latter work is
very desirable to the curious in biblical researches, as one
meets with constant mention of Schelhorn's bible. Let me not
omit ZAPF'S _Annales Typographiæ Augustanæ_, Aug. Vindel.,
1778; which was republished, with copious additions, at
Augsbourg, in two parts, 1786, 4to.--but unluckily, this
latter is printed in the German language. Upon Spanish
Typography (a very interesting subject), there is a
dissertation by Raymond Diosdado Caballero, entitled "_De
Prima Typographiæ Hispanicæ Ætate Specimen_," Rome, 1793,
4to.]

[Footnote 132: From the Latin life of LE LONG, prefixed to
his _Bibliotheca Sacra_, we learn that he was an adept in
most languages, ancient and modern; and that "in that part
of literature connected with BIBLIOGRAPHY (Typographorum et
Librorum Historia), he retained every thing so correctly in
his memory that he yielded to few literary men, certainly to
no bookseller." Of the early years of such a man it is a
pity that we have not a better account. His _Bibliotheca
Sacra_, Paris, 1725, folio, has been republished by MASCH
and BOERNER, in four volumes, 4to., 1778, and enriched with
copious and valuable additions. This latter work is quite
unrivalled: no young or old theologian, who takes any
interest in the various editions of the Holy Scriptures, in
almost all languages, can possibly dispense with such a fund
of sacred literature. The _Bibliothéque Historique de la
France_, 1719, folio, by the same learned and industrious
bibliographer, has met with a fate equally fortunate.
FONTETTE republished it in 1768, in five folio volumes, and
has immortalized himself and his predecessor by one of the
most useful and splendid productions that ever issued from
the press. De Bure used to sell copies of it upon LARGE
PAPER, in sheets, for 258 livres: according to the
advertisement subjoined to his catalogue of Count Macarty's
books in 1779, 8vo. The presses of England, which groan too
much beneath the weight of ephemeral travels and trumpery
novels, are doomed, I fear, long to continue strangers to
such works of national utility.]

[Footnote 133: The chief labours of Fabricius ("Vir [Greek:
ellênichôtatos]"--as Reimannus truly calls him), connected
with the present object of our pursuit, have the following
titles: 1. "_Bibliotheca Græca, sive Notitia Scriptorum
Græcorum, &c._," Hamb. 1705-8-14-18, &c., 4to., 14 vols.--of
which a new edition is now published by HARLES, with great
additions, and a fresh arrangement of the original matter:
twelve volumes have already been delivered to the public. 2.
_Bibliotheca Latina_; first published in one volume,
1703--then in three volumes, 1721, and afterwards in two
volumes, 1728, 4to.;--but the last and best edition is that
of 1773, in three vols. 8vo., published by Ernesti at
Leipsic--and yet not free from numerous errors. 3.
_Bibliographia Antiquaria_, 1716, 4to.: a new edition of
Schaffshausen, in 1760, 4to., has superseded the old one. A
work of this kind in our own language would be very useful,
and even entertaining. Fabricius has executed it in a
masterly manner. 4. _Bibliotheca Ecclesiastica, in quâ
continentur variorum authorum tractatus de scriptoribus
ecclesiasticis_, Hamb., 1718, folio. An excellent work; in
which the curious after theological tracts and their authors
will always find valuable information. It is generally
sharply contended for at book-auctions. 5. _Bibliotheca
Latina Mediæ et Infimæ Ætatis, &c._, Leipsic, 1734, 6 vols.
8vo.--again, with Schoettgenius's supplement, in 1754, 4to.,
6 vols. in 3. This latter is in every respect the best
edition of a work which is absolutely indispensable to the
philologist. A very excellent synopsis or critical account
of Fabricius's works was published at Ams., 1738, in 4to.,
which the student should procure. Let me here recommend the
_Historia Bibliothecæ Fabricianæ_, compiled by JOHN
FABRICIUS, 1717-24, 6 vols. 4to., as a necessary and
interesting supplement to the preceding works of John Albert
Fabricius. I have often gleaned some curious bibliographical
intelligence from its copious pages. The reader may consult
_Bibl. Crevenn._, vol. v., 272-3.]

[Footnote 134: He is noticed here only as the author of
"_Idea Bibliothecæ Publicæ secundum classes scientiarum
ordinandæ, fusior et contractior_," and of the "_Scriptores
Rerum Brunswicarum_," Hanov., 1707, fol., 3 vols. "The
antiquarian, who blushes at his alliance with Thomas Hearne,
will feel his profession ennobled by the name of LEIBNITZ.
That extraordinary genius embraced and improved the whole
circle of human science; and, after wrestling with Newton
and Clark in the sublime regions of geometry and
metaphysics, he could descend upon earth to examine the
uncouth characters and barbarous Latin of a chronicle or
charter." Gibbon: _Post. Works_, vol. ii., 712. Consult also
_Mem. de l'Inst._, vol. v., 648.]

[Footnote 135: I will not pretend to enumerate all the
learned works of BURCHARD GOTTHLIEB STRUVIUS. His
"_Bibliotheca Librorum Rariorum_" was published in 1719,
4to. The first edition of the _Bibliotheca Historica_
appeared as early as 1705: a very valuable one was published
by Buder, in 1740, 2 vols.: but the last, and by far the
most copious and valuable, is that which exhibits the joint
editorial labours of BUDER and MEUSEL, in eleven octavo
volumes, 1782, 1802--though I believe it does not contain
every thing which may be found in the edition of the _Bibl.
Hist. Selecta_, by Jugler, 1754, three vols. 8vo.: vide pp.
iv. and vii. of the preface of Meusel's edition. The _Bibl.
Hist. Select._, by Jugler, was formerly published under the
title of _Introd. in notitiam rei literariæ et usum
Bibliothecæ_. Jugler's edition of it contains a stiff
portrait of himself in a finely embroidered satin waistcoat.
The first volume, relating to foreign libraries, is very
interesting: but, unluckily, the work is rare. Of Struvius's
_Bibl. Saxonica_, 1736, 8vo., I never saw a copy.]

PHIL. You are advancing towards the middle of the 18th century, in enumerating foreign publications, without calling to mind that we have, at home, many laudable publications relating to typography and bibliography, which merit at least some notice, if not commendation.

LYSAND. I thank you for the reproof. It is true, I was running precipitately to introduce a crowd of foreigners to your notice, without paying my respects, by the way, to the _Historical Libraries_ of Bishop NICOLSON, the _Bibliotheca Literaria_ of WASSE, and the _Librarian_ of WILLIAM OLDYS. Nor should I omit to mention the still more creditable performance of Bishop TANNER: while the typographical publications of WATSON, PALMER, and MIDDLETON,[136] may as well be admitted into your libraries, if you are partial to such works; although upon this latter subject, the elegant quarto volume of AMES merits particular commendation.

[Footnote 136: Let us go gently over this _British_ ground,
which Lysander depictures in rather a flowery manner. The
first edition of BISHOP NICOLSON'S _English Historical
Library_ was published in the years 1696, 1697, and
1699--comprehending the entire three parts. In 1702, came
forth the _Scottish_ Historical library; and in 1724, the
_Irish_ Historical Library. These three libraries, with the
author's letter to Bishop Kennet in defence of the same, are
usually published in one volume; and the last and best
editions of the same are those of 1736, fol., and 1776, 4to.
Mr. John Nichols has recently published an entertaining
posthumous work of the bishop's _Epistolary Correspondence_,
in two octavo volumes, 1809. Some of these letters throw
light and interest upon the literature of the times. As to
the authority of Bishop Nicolson, in his historical matters,
I fear the sharp things which are said of his libraries by
Tyrrell (Pref. to _Hist. Engl._, vol. ii., p. 5.), and Wood
(_Athen. Brit._, vol. ii., col. 980, ed. 1721), all which
authorities are referred to by Mr. Nichols, are sufficiently
founded upon truth. He was a violent and wrong-headed writer
in many respects; but he had acumen, strength, and fancy.
The _Bibliotheca Literaria_ of WASSE (although his name does
not appear as the professed editor) is a truly solid and
valuable publication; worthy of the reputation of the
learned editor of Sallust. The work was published in
numbers, which were sold at one shilling each; but, I
suppose from the paucity of classical readers, it could not
be supported beyond the 10th number (1724); when it ceased
to be published. Some of the dissertations are very
interesting as well as erudite. OLDYS'S _British Librarian_
was published in six numbers, during the first six months of
the year 1737; forming, with the index, an octavo volume of
402 pages. It is difficult to say, from the conclusion (p.
373-4), whether the work was dropped for want of
encouragement, or from the capriciousness or indolence of
the author: but I suspect that the ground was suffered "to
lie fallow" (to use his own words) till it was suffocated
with weeds--owing to the _former_ cause: as Oldys never
suffered his pen to lie idle while he could "put money in
his purse" from his lucubrations. We shall speak of him more
particularly in PART V. Meanwhile, the reader is informed
that the _British Librarian_ is a work of no common
occurrence, or mean value. It is rigidly correct, if not
very learned, in bibliographical information. I once sent
three guineas to procure a copy of it, according to its
description, upon LARGE PAPER; but, on its arrival, I found
it to be not quite so large as my own tolerably
amply-margined copy. Bishop TANNER'S _Bibliotheca
Britanico-Hibernica_, which cost the author forty years'
labour, was published in 1748, folio; with a preface by Dr.
Wilkins. We must receive it with many thanks, imperfect and
erroneous as many parts of it are; but I hope the period is
not very remote when a literary friend, living, as he
constantly is, in an inexhaustible stock of British
literature of all kinds, will give us a new edition, with
copious additions and corrections, translated into our
native tongue. _The History of the Art of Printing_ by
WATSON, Edit., 1713, 8vo., is at best but a meagre
performance. It happens to be rare, and, therefore,
bibliomaniacs hunt after it. My copy of it, upon LARGE
PAPER, cost me 1_l._ 8_s._ It was formerly Paton's, of
Edinburgh, a knowing antiquary in Scottish printing. The
_History of Printing_, by PALMER, 1733, 4to., and Dr.
MIDDLETON'S _Dissertations upon the same_, 1735, 4to., have
been particularly treated by me, as well as the similar
works of AMES and HERBERT, in the first volume of my new
edition of Herbert's _British Typographical Antiquities_;
and the public is too well acquainted with the merits and
demerits of each to require their being pointed out in the
present place. I will close this note by observing that the
_Censuria Literaria_, in ten volumes octavo; and the
_British Bibliographer_ (now publishing) which grew out of
it; Mr. BELOE'S _Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books_,
six volumes, 8vo.; and Mr. Savage's continuation of _The
British Librarian_; are works which render the list of
English publications, relating to typography and curious
books, almost complete. I believe I may safely affirm that
the period is not very distant when some of these latter
publications, from the comparatively few copies which were
struck off, will become very rare.]

LIS. I am glad to hear such handsome things said of the performances of our own countrymen. I was fearful, from your frequent sly allusions, that we had nothing worth mentioning. But proceed with your Germans, Italians, and Frenchmen.

LYSAND. You draw too severe a conclusion. I have made no sly allusions. My invariable love of truth impels me to state facts as they arise. That we have philosophers, poets, scholars, divines, lovers and collectors of books, equal to those of any nation upon earth is most readily admitted. But bibliography has never been, till now, a popular (shall I say fashionable?) pursuit amongst the English.

LIS. Well, if what you call bibliography has produced such eminent men, and so many useful works, as those which have been just enumerated, I shall begin to have some little respect for this department of literature; and, indeed, I already feel impatient to go through the list of your bibliographical heroes.--Who is the next champion deserving of notice?

LYSAND. This confession gives me sincere pleasure. Only indulge me in my rambling manner of disquisition, and I will strive to satisfy you in every reasonable particular.

If ever you should be disposed to form a bibliographical collection, do not omit securing, when it comes across you, the best edition of Du Fresnoy's[137] _Methode pour étudier l'Histoire_: it is rare, and sought after in this country. And now--softly approach, and gently strew the flowers upon, the tomb of worthy NICERON:[138] Low lies the head, and quiescent has become the pen, of this most excellent and learned man!--whose productions have furnished biographers with some of their choicest materials, and whose devotion to literature and history has been a general theme of admiration and praise. The mention of this illustrious name, in such a manner, has excited in my mind a particular train of ideas. Let me, therefore, in imagination, conduct you both to yonder dark avenue of trees--and, descending a small flight of steps, near the bottom of which gushes out a salient stream--let us enter a spacious grotto, where every thing is cool and silent; and where small alabaster busts, of the greater number of those bibliographers I am about to mention, decorate the niches on each side of it. How tranquil and how congenial is such a resting place!--But let us pursue our inquires. Yonder sharp and well turned countenances, at the entrance of the grotto, are fixed there as representations of CARDINAL QUIRINI[139] and GOUJET; the _Bibliothéque Françoise_ of the latter of whom--with which I could wish book collectors, in general, to have a more intimate acquaintance--has obtained universal reputation.[140] Next to him, you may mark the amiable and expressive features of DAVID CLEMENT:[141] who, in his _Bibliothéque Curieuse_, has shown us how he could rove, like a bee, from flower to flower; sip what was sweet; and bring home his gleanings to a well-furnished hive. The principal fault of this bee (if I must keep up the simile) is that he was not sufficiently choice in the flowers which he visited; and, of course, did not always extract the purest honey. Nearly allied to Clement in sprightliness, and an equally gossipping bibliographer, was PROSPER MARCHAND;[142] whose works present us with some things no where else to be found, and who had examined many curious and rare volumes; as well as made himself thoroughly acquainted with the state of bibliography previous to his own times.

[Footnote 137: The last edition of this work is the one
which was printed in fifteen volumes, crown 8vo., at Paris,
1772: with a copious index--and proportionable improvements
in corrections and additions. It is now rare. I threw out
the old edition of 1729, four vols., 4to., upon LARGE PAPER;
and paid three guineas to boot for the new one, neatly
bound.]

[Footnote 138: It is quite delightful to read the account,
in the _Dict. Hist._, published at Caen, 1789, (vol. vi., p.
475) of JEAN PIERRE NICERON; whose whole life seems to have
been devoted to bibliography and literary history. Frank,
amiable, industrious, communicative, shrewd, and
learned--Niceron was the delight of his friends, and the
admiration of the public. His "_Memoires pour servir à
l'Histoire des Hommes Illustres, &c., avec un Catalogue
raisonné de leur Ouvrages_," was published from the years
1729 to 1740, in forty crown 8vo. volumes. A supplement of
three volumes, the latter of which is divided into _two
parts_, renders this very useful, and absolutely necessary,
work complete in 44 volumes. The bibliomaniac can never
enjoy perfect rest till he is in possession of it!]

[Footnote 139: QUIRINI published his "_Specimen variæ
Literaturæ quæ in urbe Brixiæ ejusque Ditione paulo post
Typographiæ incunabula florebat_," _&c._, at Brescia, in
1739; two vols., 8vo.: then followed "_Catalogo delle Opere
del Cardinale Quirini uscite alla luce quasi tuttee da'
Torchi di mi Gian Maria Rizzardi Stampatore in Brescia_,"
8vo. In 1751, Valois addressed to him his "_Discours sur les
Bibliothéques Publiques_," in 8vo.: his Eminence's reply to
the same was also published in 8vo. But the Cardinal's chief
reputation, as a bibliographer, arises from the work
entitled "_De Optimorum Scriptorum Editionibus_." Lindaugiæ,
1761, 4to. This is Schelhorn's edition of it, which is
chiefly coveted, and which is now a rare book in this
country. It is a little surprising that Lysander, in his
love of grand national biographical works, mingled with
bibliographical notices, should have omitted to mention the
_Bibliotheca Lusitana_ of Joaov and Barbosa, published at
Lisbon, 1741, in four magnificent folio volumes. A lover of
Portuguese literature will always consider this as "opus
splendidissimum et utilissimum."]

[Footnote 140: _La Bibliothéque Françoise, ou Histoire de la
Littérature Françoise_, of CLAUDE PIERRE GOUJET, in eighteen
volumes, crown 8vo., 1741, like the similar work of Niceron,
is perhaps a little too indiscriminate in the choice of its
objects: good, bad, and indifferent authors being enlisted
into the service. But it is the chéf-d'oeuvre of Goujet,
who was a man of wonderful parts; and no bibliographer can
be satisfied without it. Goujet was perhaps among the most
learned, if not the "facile princeps," of those who
cultivated ancient French literature. He liberally assisted
Niceron in his Memoires, and furnished Moreri with 2000
corrections for his Dictionary.]

[Footnote 141: The "_Bibliothèque Curieuse, Historique et
Critique, ou Catalogue raisonné de Livres difficiles à
trouver_," of DAVID CLEMENT, published at Gottingen,
Hanover, and Leipsic, in 9 quarto volumes, from the year
1750 to 1760--is, unfortunately, an unfinished production;
extending only to the letter H. The reader may find a
critique upon it in my _Introduction to the Greek and Latin
Classics_, vol. i., p. 370; which agrees, for the greater
part, with the observations in the _Bibl. Crevenn._, vol.
v., 290. The work is a _sine quâ non_ with collectors; but
in this country it begins to be--to use the figurative
language of some of the German bibliographers--"scarcer than
a white crow,"--or "a black swan." The reader may admit
which simile he pleases--or reject both! But, in sober
sadness, it is very rare, and unconscionably dear. I know
not whether it was the same CLEMENT who published "_Les cinq
Années Littéraires, ou Lettres de M. Clément, sur les
ouvrages de Littérature, qui ont parus dans les Années
1748--á 1752_;" Berlin, 1756, 12mo., two volumes. Where is
the proof of the assertion, so often repeated, that Clement
borrowed his notion of the above work from WENDLER'S
_Dissertatio de variis raritatis librorum impressorum
causis_, Jen., 1711, 4to.?--Wendler's book is rare among us:
as is also BERGER'S _Diatribe de libris rarioribus, &c._,
Berol. 1729, 8vo.]

[Footnote 142: The principal biographical labours of this
clever man have the following titles: "_Histoire de
l'Imprimerie_," La Haye, 1740, 4to.--an elegant and
interesting volume, which is frequently consulted by
typographical antiquaries. Of MERCIER'S supplement to it,
see note in the ensuing pages under the word "Mercier." His
"_Dictionnaire Historique, ou Memoires Critiques et
Littéraires_," in two folio volumes, 1758, was a posthumous
production; and a very extraordinary and amusing
bibliographical common-place book it is! My friend Mr.
Douce, than whom few are better able to appreciate such a
work, will hardly allow any one to have a warmer attachment
to it, or a more thorough acquaintance with its contents,
than himself--and yet there is no bibliographical work to
which I more cheerfully or frequently turn! In the editor's
advertisement we have an interesting account of Marchand:
who left behind, for publication, a number of scraps of
paper, sometimes no bigger than one's nail; upon which he
had written his remarks in so small a hand-writing that the
editor and printer were obliged to make use of a strong
magnifying glass to decypher it--"et c'est ici (continues
the former) sans doute le premier livre qui n'ait pu être
imprimé sans le secours continuel du Microscope." Marchand
died in 1753, and left his MSS. and books, in the true
spirit of a bibliomaniac, to the University of Leyden. I
see, from the conclusion of this latter authority, that a
new edition of Marchand's History of Printing was in
meditation to be published, after the publication of the
Dictionary. Whether Mercier availed himself of Marchand's
corrected copy, when he put forth his supplement to the
latter's typographical history, I have no means of
ascertaining. Certainly there never was a second edition of
the _Histoire de l'Imprimerie_, by Marchsnd [Transcriber's
Note: Marchand].]

Perhaps I ought to have noticed the unoccupied niche under which the name of VOGT[143] is inscribed; the title of whose work has been erroneously considered more seductive than the contents of it. As we go on, we approach FOURNIER; a man of lively parts, and considerable taste. His works are small in size, but they are written and printed with singular elegance.[144] See what a respectable and almost dignified air the highly finished bust of the pensionary MEERMAN[145] assumes! Few men attained to greater celebrity in his day; and few men better deserved the handsome things which were said of him. Polite, hospitable, of an inquisitive and active turn of mind--passionately addicted to rare and curious books--his library was a sort of bibliographical emporium, where the idle and the diligent alike met with a gracious reception. Peace to the manes of such a man! Turn we now round to view the features of that truly eminent and amiable bibliographer, DE BURE!

[Footnote 143: The earliest edition of VOGT'S _Catalogus
Librorum Rariorum_ was published in 1732; afterwards in
1737; again in 1748; again in 1752, much enlarged and
improved; and, for the last time, greatly enlarged and
corrected, forming by far the "editio optima," of the
work--at Frankfort and Leipsic, 1793, 8vo.--We are told, in
the new preface to this last edition, that the second and
third impressions were quickly dispersed and anxiously
sought after. Vogt is a greater favourite with me than with
the generality of bibliographers. His plan, and the
execution of it, are at once clear and concise; but he is
too prodigal of the term "rare." Whilst these editions of
Vogt's amusing work were coming forth, the following
productions were, from time to time, making their
appearance, and endeavouring perhaps to supplant its
reputation. First of all BEYER put forth his _Memoriæ
Historico-Criticæ Librorum Rariorum_. Dresd. and Lips.,
1734, 8vo.; as well has [Transcriber's Note: as] his _Arcana
Sacra Bibliothecarum Dresdensium_, 1738, 8vo.--with a
continuation to the latter, preceded by an epistle
concerning the electoral library, separately published in
the same year. Then ENGEL (in Republicâ Helveto-Bernensi
Bibliothecarius primus) published his _Bibliotheca
selectissima, sive Catalogus librorum in omni genere
scientiarum rarissimorum_, &c., Bernæ, 1743, 8vo.; in which
work some axioms are laid down concerning the rarity of
books not perhaps sufficiently correct; but in which a great
deal of curious matter, very neatly executed, will repay the
reader for any expense he may incur in the purchase of it.
Afterwards FREYTAG'S _Analecta Literaria de libris
rarioribus_, Lips., 1750, two vols. 8vo.;--and his
_Adparatus Literarius ubi libri partim antiqui partim rari
recensentur_, Lipsiæ, 1755, three volumes 8vo., highly
gratified the curious in bibliography. In the former work
the books are described alphabetically, which perhaps is the
better plan: in the latter, they are differently arranged,
with an alphabetical index. The latter is perhaps the more
valuable of the two, although the former has long been a
great favourite with many; yet, from Freytag's own
confession, he was not then so knowing in books, and had not
inspected the whole of what he described. They are both
requisite to the collector; and their author, who was an
enthusiast in bibliography, ranks high in the literature of
his country. In the last place we may notice the
_Florilegium Historico-Criticum Librorum Rariorum, cui multa
simul scitu jucunda intersperguntur_, &c., of DANIEL GERDES;
first published at Groningen, in 1740; but afterwards in
1763, 8vo., at the same place, the third and best edition.
It was meant, in part, to supply the omission of some rare
books in Vogt: and under this title it was published in the
_Miscellaneæ Groninganæ_, vol. ii., and vol. iii. This work
of Gerdes should have a convenient place in every
bibliographical cabinet. I will close this attempt to supply
Lysander's omission of some very respectable names connected
with bibliography by exhorting the reader to seize hold of a
work (whenever it comes across him, which will be rarely)
entitled _Bibliotheca Librorum Rariorum Universalis_, by
JOHN JACOB BAUER, a bookseller at Nuremberg, and printed
there in 1770, 8vo., two vols.; with three additional
volumes by way of Supplement, 1774-1791, which latter are
usually bound in one. It is an alphabetical Dictionary, like
Vogt's and Fournier's, of what are called rare books. The
descriptions are compendious, and the references
respectable, and sometimes numerous. My copy of this scarce,
dear, and wretchedly-printed, work, which is as large and
clean as possible, and bound in pale Russia, with marbled
edges to the leaves--cost me 5_l._ 5_s._]

[Footnote 144: We are indebted to PIERRE SIMON FOURNIER le
jeune, for some very beautiful interesting little volumes
connected with engraving and printing. 1. _Dissertation sur
l'Origine et les Progrés de l'art de Graver en Bois, &c._,
Paris, 1758, 8vo. 2. _De l'Origine et des Productions de
l'Imprimerie primitive en taille de bois_, Paris, 1759, 8vo.
3. _Traité sur l'Origine et les Progrés de l'Imprimerie_,
Paris, 1764. 4. _Observations sur un Ouvrage intitulé
Vindiciæ Typographicæ_, Paris, 1760. These treatises are
sometimes bound in one volume. They are all elegantly
printed, and rare. We may also mention--5. _Epreuves de deux
petits caractères nouvellement gravès, &c._, Paris, 1757;
and especially his chef-d'oeuvre. 6. _Manuel
Typographique_, Paris, 1764-6, 8vo., two vols.: of which
some copies want a few of the cuts: those upon LARGE PAPER
(there is one of this kind in the Cracherode collections)
are of the first rarity. Fournier's typographical manual
should be in every printing office: his types "are the
models (says his namesake,) of those of the best printed
books at Paris at this day." _Dict. Port. de Bibliogr._, p.
218, edit. 1706.]

[Footnote 145: The _Origines Typographicæ_ of MEERMAN, which
was published at the Hague in two handsome quarto volumes,
1765, (after the plan or prospectus had been published in
1761, 8vo.), secured its author a very general and rather
splendid reputation, till the hypothesis advanced therein,
concerning Laurence Coster, was refuted by Heinecken. The
reader is referred to a note in the first volume of my new
edition of the _Typographical Antiquities of Great Britain_,
p. xxxi. It is somewhat singular that, notwithstanding
Meerman's hypothesis is now exploded by the most knowing
bibliographers, his dissertation concerning the claims of
Haerlem should have been reprinted in French, with useful
notes, and an increased catalogue of all the books published
in the Low Countries, during the 15th century. This latter
work is entitled "_De l'Invention de l'Imprimerie, ou
analyse des deux ouvrages publiés sur cette matière par M.
Meerman, &c.; suivi d'une notice chronologique et raisonnée
des livres avec et sans date_," Paris, 1809, 8vo. The author
is Mons. Jansen. Prefixed there is an interesting account,
of Meerman. Lysander might have noticed, with the encomium
which it justly merits the _Vindiciæ Typographicæ_ of
SCHOEPFLIN, printed at Strasburg, in 1760, 4to.; where the
claimes of Gutenburg (a native of the same city) to the
invention of the typographic art are very forcibly and
successfully maintained.]

LIS. You absolutely transport me! I see all these interesting busts--I feel the delicious coolness of the grotto--I hear the stream running over a bed of pebbles--The zephyrs play upon my cheeks--O dolt that I was to abuse----

PHIL. Hear him, hear him![146]

[Footnote 146: Vide note at p. 37, ante.]

LYSAND. From my heart I pity and forgive you. But only look upon the bust of DE BURE; and every time that you open his _Bibliographie Instructive_,[147] confess, with a joyful heart, the obligations you are under to the author of it. Learn, at the same time, to despise the petty cavils of the whole Zoilean race; and blush for the Abbé RIVE,[148] that he could lend his name, and give the weight of his example, to the propagation of coarse and acrimonious censures.