the interior of the latter
"companion meet" for its magnificent exterior. The
title-page of the first part announces the sale of the books
by auction by Mr. Christie; but the above offer having been
made for the whole collection, the same was forthwith
transported to Ireland. Collectors should take care that the
second part of this catalogue be not wanting, which is
oftentimes the case. A good index only is requisite to make
the BIBLIOTHECA FAGELIANA rank with the most valuable
publications of its kind in existence. It was compiled by
the well-known S. Paterson.----FAULTRIER. _Catalogus
Librorum Bibliothecae Domini Joachimi Faultrier, digestus a
Prosper Marchand_, Paris, 1709, 8vo. The bibliographical
introductory remarks, by Marchand, render this volume (which
rarely occurs) very acceptable to collectors of catalogues.
Maittaire has spoken well of the performance, _Annal.
Typog._ iii., p. 482. Consult also the _Mem. de l'Inst._,
vol. i., p. 675, and the _Dict. de Bibliologie_, vol. ii.,
p. 235, upon Marchand's introductory remarks relating to the
arrangement of a library.----FAVIER. _Catalogue des Livres
de la Bibliotheque de feu Mons. L'Abbe Favier, Pretre a
Lille_, Lille, 1765, 8vo. A well arranged catalogue of a
choice collection of books, which cost the Abbe fifty years
of pretty constant labour in amassing. Prefixed, are some
interesting notices of MSS.: and, among them, of a valuable
one of Froissart. The prints of the Abbe were afterwards
sold, from a catalogue of 143 pages, printed at Lisle in the
same year.----DU FRESNE. _Raphaelis Tricheti du Fresne
Bibliothecae Catalogus._ Paris, 1662, 4to. "I have observed,"
says Morhof, "a number of authors in this catalogue which I
have in vain sought after elsewhere. The typographical
errors (especially in regard to dates, adds Baillet) are
innumerable: and the theological, legal, and medical works,
comparatively few--but in the departments of history,
antiquities, and general literature, this collection is
wonderfully enriched--containing authors hardly ever heard
of." _Polyhist. Literar._, vol. i., p. 212. Colomies and
Labbe unite in conferring the highest praises upon Du Fresne
and his collection. See the _Jugemens des Savans_, vol. ii.,
p. 143; where, however, the confused