copyright, for six hundred and thirty pounds.

In addition to his _Observations on Popular Antiquities_, which appeared
in 1777, Brand published a work on the _History and Antiquities of the
town and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne_ in 1789; and in 1775 a poem _On
Illicit Love, written among the ruins of Godstow Nunnery, near
Oxford_--the place where the celebrated Rosamond, the mistress of Henry
II., was buried. He also contributed many papers to the _Archaeologia_ of
the Society of Antiquaries.

Nichols, in his _Literary Anecdotes_,[90] says of Brand that 'his
manners, somewhat repulsive to a stranger, became easy on closer
acquaintance, and he loved to communicate to men of literary and
antiquarian taste the result of his researches on any subject in which
they might require information.'

JOHN DENT, 1750?-1826

Mr. John Dent was born about the middle of the eighteenth century. His
father is said to have been the master of a school in a small town in
Cumberland. At an early age he entered the banking-house of Messrs.
Child and Co. of London as a clerk, and in 1795 rose to be a partner in
the firm. In 1790 he was elected Member of Parliament for the borough
of Leicester, and held the seat during five successive Parliaments
until the dissolution in 1812. Six years later he was chosen Member for
Poole, which he represented till 1826. He died at his residence in
Hertford Street, Mayfair, on the 14th of December 1826.

Mr. Dent, who was a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of
Antiquaries, accumulated a very fine library, which was very rich in the
Greek and Latin Classics and early English literature. It also contained
some very beautiful manuscripts. After his death it was sold in two
parts by Mr. Evans of Pall Mall. The first sale, which took place on
March the 29th, 1827, and eight following days, consisted of fifteen
hundred and two lots, and realised six thousand two hundred and
seventy-eight pounds, twelve shillings. The second portion of the books
was sold on the 25th of the succeeding month and eight following days.
There were one thousand four hundred and seventy-four lots in this sale,
which brought eight thousand seven hundred and sixty-two pounds, seven
shillings. The following are a few of the many very rare books which
this noble collection contained, and the prices which were obtained for
them:--

Fust and Schoeffer's Latin Bible of 1462, one hundred and seventy-three
pounds, five