sary, as well as brilliant, supplement to De
Bure. Just at this moment, I believe that Mr. Beloe's, and
my own, copy of the work, are the only ones in this
country.----CAILLEAU has the credit of being author of the
_Dictionnaire Bibliographique_, &c., in three volumes,
octavo, 1790--of which there are a sufficient number of
counterfeited and faulty re-impressions; but which, after
all, in its original shape, edit. 1790, is not free from
gross errors; however useful it is in many respects. I
suspect, however, that the Abbe DUCLOS had the greater share
in this publication: but, be this as it may, the fourth
supplemental volume (by the younger Brunet) is, in every
respect, a more accurate and valuable performance. OBERLIN,
librarian of the central school or college at Strasbourg, is
author of a bibliographical treatise particularly deserving
of the antiquary's attention: namely, _Essai d'annales de la
vie de Jean Gutenburg [Transcriber's Note: Gutenberg], &c._,
Stasb. [Transcriber's Note: Strasb.], an. ix., 8vo. His
other numerous (belles-lettres) works are minutely specified
by Peignot in his _Dict. de Bibliologie_, vol. iii., p. 230.
His edition of Horace, Argent., 1788, 4to., is both elegant
and correct.]

[Footnote 160: Let us go quietly through the modern French
school of bibliography.----Mons. JOSEPH VAN-PRAET is
principal librarian of the Imperial collection at Paris, and
is justly called, by some of his fellow-labourers in the
same career, "one of the first bibliographers in Europe." He
is known to me, as a bibliographical writer, only by the
part which he took, and so ably executed, in the Valliere
catalogue of 1783. Peignot informs us that M. Van-Praet is
now busy in composing a little work--which I am sure will
rejoice the hearts of all true bibliomaniacs to be apprised
of--called a _Catalogue raisonne_ of books PRINTED UPON
VELLUM; for which he has already prepared not fewer than
2000 articles! See the _Curiosites Bibliogr._, p. iij. Among
these VELLUM articles, gentle reader, I assure thee that
thine eyes will be blest with the description of "THE SHYP
OF FOOLES," printed by Pynson, 1509! The urbanity and
politeness of this distinguished librarian are equal to his
knowledge.----GOTTHELF FISCHER, a Saxon by birth, an