Particular editions of books likewise acquire great value for their relative scarcity. Of this kind are, 1. Editions printed from ancient manuscripts. 2. The first edition printed in a particular town. 3. Edi tions which have issued from the presses of celebra ted printers. 4. Editions distinguished by any pe culiar and extraordinary letters or characters. 5. E ditions published in foreign countries. 6. Editions which have never been exposed to sale. 7. Editions which have been sold under different titles. To what an enthusiastic height some bibliographers have carried their fondness for early editions, the follow ing facts will most strikingly illustrate. Ten guineas were paid for four odd leaves of an early edition of some of the works of Cicero. A first edition of Suetonius is valued at 100 guineas, and the Floren tine Homer was recently purchased for £95 sterling. The Mazarine Bible was sold in Edinburgh, in 1806, for 150 guineas ; and the first edition of Shakespeare, published in 1623, is valued nearly as high.
FOr further particulars on the subject of books, the reader may consult' Peignot Dictionnaire Rai sonn'e de Bibliologie, 3 torn. Peignot Dictionnaire I
des principas livres condainnal au feu supprimes ou censures. Peignot Essai de Curiosites bibliographiques. Dictionnaire Bibliographique, 4 tom. Paris, 1790— 1802. Fournier, Nouveau Dictionnaire Portatifde Bibliographic. Clarke's Bibliographical Dictionary, BarbierDictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes ou Pseu donymes. Miglius•et Stollius Bibliotheca anonymo rum etpsezulonyntorum. Clement Bibliotheque des livres di/Telles a trouver. Haym Bibliotheca Italia na. Debure Instructif: Bandini Ca talogus Codicunz bibliothecce Medicecc Laurentiance. Heineken Idle generale d'une collection d'Estampes. Panzer Annales Typographici. Mattaire Annaks Typographici." Meerman Origines Typographici. Brandolese Serie dell' edizione Aldine. Renouard Annales imprimerie des Aides. Audiffredi Ca talogus Romanorunz editionuin scculi xv. Harwbod, View of the various editions of Greek and Roman Classics. Dibdin, Introduction to the' rare and va luable Greek and Latin Classics. Amos and Her bert, Typographical Antiquiities of Great Britain and Ireland. Salden De fuzz at abusu libroruni. Bartho linus De legaidis." (c) (k)