tions are sometimes
copious and valuable. This catalogue is indispensable to the
collector.----GUYON. _Catalogue des livres de la
Bibliotheque de feu M.J.B. Denis Guyon, Chev. Seigneur de
Sardiere, Ancien Capitaine au Regiment du Roi, et l'un des
Seigneurs du Canal de Briare._ Paris, 1759, 8vo. It is
justly said, in the "advertisement" prefixed to this
catalogue, that, in running over the different classes of
which the collection is composed, there will be found
articles "capable de piquer la curiosite des bibliophiles."
In ancient and modern poetry, and in romances--especially
relating to chivalry--this "ancient Captain" appears to have
been deeply versed. The advertisement is followed by 28
pages of "Eclaircissemens"--which give an interesting
account of some precious manuscripts of old poetry and
romances. A MS. note, in my copy of this catalogue, informs
me that the books were sold "en masse."----HEINSIUS. (NIC.)
_Nicolai Heinsii Bibliothecae Catalogus_, (1682) 8vo. A
portrait of the elegant and learned owner of this collection
faces the title-page. The books contained in it are
remarkable both for their rarity and intrinsic value; and a
great number of them were enriched with the notes of
Scaliger, Salmasius, and others. Few collections display
more judgment and taste in the selection than the present
one; and few critics have been of more essential service to
the cause of ancient classical literature than Nicholas
Heinsius. He excelled particularly in his editions of the
poets. Mr. Dyer, of Exeter, the bookseller, has a copy of
this catalogue, which was formerly Graevius's; in which that
celebrated critic has made marginal remarks concerning the
rarity and value of certain works described in
it.----HOHENDORF. _Bibliotheca Hohendorfiana; ou Catalogue
de la Bibliotheque de feu Mons. George Guillaume Baron de
Hohendorf: a la Haye_, 1720, 8vo., three parts. A
magnificent collection; which a MS. note, by Dr. Farmer (in
my copy of the catalogue), informs me was "added to the
Emperor's library at Vienna." In the _Bibl. Mencken_, p. 10,
it is thus loftily described: "Catalogus per-rarus
rarissimis libris superbiens."----HOYM. _Catalogus Librorum
Bibliothecae Caroli Henrici Comitis de Hoym_, 1738, 8vo. This
catalogue, which