Ballads of Books

by Unknown

[ [24] 'L. Annæi Senecæ Opera Omnia.' Lug. Bat., apud Elzevirios. 1649. With book-plate of the Duke of Sussex.

[ [25] 'Stratonis Epigrammata.' Altenburgi, 1764. Straton bound up in one volume with Epictetus! From the Beckford library.

[ [26] 'Opera Helii Eobani Hessi.' Yellow morocco, with the first arms of De Thou. Include a poem addressed "Lange, decus meum." Quantity of penultimate "Eobanus" taken for granted, metri gratiâ.

[ [27] 'La Journée du Chrétien.' Coutances, 1831. With inscription, "Léon Gambetta. Rue St. Honoré. Janvier 1, 1848."

[ [28] Villoison's 'Homer.' Venice, 1788. With Tessier's ticket and Schlegel's book-plate.

[ [29] 'Les Essais de Michel.' Seigneur de Montaigne. "Pour François le Febvre de Lyon, 1695." With autograph of Gul. Drummond, and cipresso e palma.

[ [30] "The little old foxed Molière," once the property of William Pott, unknown to fame.

Footnotes for "The Souls of Books":

[ [31] 'Comus.'

[ [32] 'Gulliver's Travels.'