one must conceive a high respect
for the owner of this choice collection, from the amiable
sentiments which pervade the preface to the catalogue. It
has a good index; and is elegantly printed. My copy is upon
LARGE PAPER.----DE BOZE. _Catalogue des Livres du Cabinet de
M. Claude Gros de Boze._ Paris. _De l'Imp. Royale_, 1745,
small folio. This is the first printed catalogue of the
choice and magnificent library of De Boze, the friend and
correspondent of Dr. Mead, between whom presents of books
were continually passing--as they were the first collectors
of the day in their respective countries. Some have said 50,
some 35, others 25, and others ONLY 12 COPIES of this
impression were struck off, as presents for the collector's
friends. Consult _Bibl. Mead_, p. 81, no. 617. _Bibl.
Creven._, vol. v., 291. _Bauer's Bibl. Rarior._, vol. i.,
151. _Bibl. Curieuse_, p. 12. _Bibl. Askev._, no. 508.
Barbier's _Dict. des Anonymes_, vol. ii., no. 8002.----DE
BOZE, _de la meme bibliotheque_, 1753, 8vo. This catalogue,
which was executed by Martin, after the death of De Boze,
does not contain all the notices of works mentioned in the
preceding one. It is, however, well deserving of a place in
the bibliographer's library. Peignot tells us that there was
yet a _third_ catalogue printed, in 8vo., containing 192
pages, and giving an account of some books taken out of De
Boze's collection: a few of which are described in the
preceding edition of 1753. See his _Bibl. Cur._, p.
12.----BOZERIAN. _Notice des livres precieux ye
[Transcriber's Note: de] M. Bozerian, par M. Bailly_, 1798,
8vo. A cabinet of "precious books," indeed! The misfortune
is, so small a number of modern foreign catalogues come over
here that the best of them will be found in few of our
libraries. Whenever the "Bibliotheca Bozeriana" shall be
imported, it will not stop seven days upon a bookseller's
shelf!----BULTEAU. _Bibliotheca Bultelliana; (Caroli
Bulteau) a Gabr. Martin_, Paris, 1711, 12mo., 2 vols. in
one. This catalogue, which is carefully compiled, contains
curious and uncommon books; many of which were purchased for
the collections of Prefond, De Boze, and others.----BUNAU.
_Catalogus Bibliothecae Bunavianae._ Lipsiae, 1750. Six parts,
in three volumes, each volume havi