2_s._; de Lastanosa's Spanish medals, Huesca, fol., 1645,
2_l._ 2_s._--In _English_, the first edition of Shakspeare,
1623, which is now what a French bibliographer would say,
"presque introuvable," produced the sum of 3_l._ 3_s._; and
Fuller's Worthies, 18_s._!----_Fine Arts, Antiquities, and
Voyages._ Sandrart's works, in 9 folio volumes (of which a
fine perfect copy is now rarely to be met with, and of very
great value) were sold for 13_l._ 13_s._ only: Desgodetz
Roman edifices, Paris, 1682, 4_l._ 10_s._ Galleria
Giustiniano, 2 vols., fol., 13_l._ 13_s._ Le Brun's Voyages
in Muscovy, &c., in large paper, 4_l._ 4_s._ De Rossi's
Raccolta de Statue, &c., Rom., 1704, 6_l._ 10_s._ Medailles
du Regne de Louis le Grand: de l'Imp. Roy. 1. p. fol., 1702,
5_l._ 15_s._ 6_d._----The works on _Natural History_ brought
still higher prices: but the whole, from the present
depreciation of money, and increased rarity of the articles,
would now bring thrice the sums then given.--Of the _Greek
and Latin Classics_, the Pliny of 1469 and 1472 were sold to
Dr. Askew, for 11_l._ 11_s._ and 7_l._ 17_s._ 6_d._ At the
Doctor's sale they brought 43_l._ and 23_l._, although the
first was lately sold (A.D. 1805) among some duplicates of
books belonging to the British Museum, at a much lower
price: the copy was, in fact, neither large nor beautiful.
Those in Lord Spencer's, and the Hunter and Cracherode
collections, are greatly superior, and would each bring more
than double the price. From a priced copy of the sale
catalogue, upon _large paper_, and uncut, in my possession,
I find that the amount of the sale, consisting of 5126
articles, was 3091_l._ 6_s._ The _Prints, and Drawings_ of
Mr. Folkes occupied a sale of 8 days: and his _pictures_,
_gems_, _coins_, and _mathematical instruments_, of five
days. Mr. MARTIN FOLKES may justly be ranked among the most
useful, as well as splendid, literary characters, of which
this country can boast. He appears to have imbibed, at a
very early age, an extreme passion for science and
literature; and to have distinguished himself so much at the
University of Cambridge, under the able tuition of Dr.
Laughton, that, in his 23rd year, he was admitted a Fellow
of the Royal Society. About two years afterwards he was
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