[24] Mr. Madan has given in Appendix A to his most useful and interesting work on “Books in Manuscript,” 1893, a list of public libraries which contain more than 4000 MSS. The largest collections are as follows:—British Museum, 52,000, and 162,000 charters; Bodleian Library, 31,000; Royal Library, Vienna, 20,000; Brussels, 30,000; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 80,000; Royal Library, Berlin, 16,000; Munich, 26,000; the Vatican, Rome, 23,600; Biblioteca Nazionale, Florence, 15,000; Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, 25,000.
[25] Dr. Burney gave £620 for it at Towneley’s sale, 1815.
[26] These particulars are obtained from the official reports.
[27] J. H. Middleton, “Illuminated MSS.,” 1892, pp. 263-64.
[28] Archæologia, xxv. 104.
[29] “Life and Typography of William Caxton,” vol. ii. p. lix.
[30] Archæologia, xlvi. 228, 229.
[31] xxxvi. 284-310.
[32] Censura Literaria, iii. 370.
[33] The late Mr. Cornelius Walford contributed to the Bibliographer some articles on Book Patents and Printing Patents. See vol. v. pp. 125, 156; vol. vi. pp. 129, 171.