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THEOLOGY. [Fust and Schoefer,
of the Baron de Heiss by tbe Marquis de Paulmy. Both these copies
have the initials illuminated.
At Toulouse, the celebrated Count M £Carthy possesses the magnifi-
cent copy, which was formerly La Valliere s and Gaignat’s, and which
had previously belonged to the family of Soranzo at Venice. There is a
copy at Mentz, another in the Vatican, one at Milan, one at Florence,
(formerly Magliabechi’s,* and beautifully ornamented,) one at Naples
(belonging to the Duke de Cassano Serra), and one at Taloni : this
latter was one of the two belonging to Pope Pius VI. In Germany,
the Emperor of Austria possesses one : a second copy, from Prince Eu-
gene’s library, is now in the collection of Sir M. M. Sykes. The public
libraries of Dresden, Berlin, andMunich, each contain a copy: thatof
the latter was in the collection of Colbert, and the Prince de Soubise.
The Prince de Hesse Darmstadt, and the public librai’ies of Frankfort
and Ingolstadt also boast of copies.
In Portugal, the royal library at Lisbon contained two copies: one
had successively belonged to Boze, Gaignat, and Cotte; the other, to
the Cardinal de Cunha. The Bishop of Beja also possessed one.
In our own country, exclusively of the present copy, the Duke
of Marlborough, the Earl of Jersey, Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart.
and Mr. Edwards, each possess one. The first volume only is in tlie
Bodleian Library, and a beautiful and perfect one is in the British
Museum : the latter belonged to the late Mr. Cracherode, and was in
the Lamoignon eollection. Of these eight copies, I have seen five.
The reader will be pleased to remember that all the copies just de-
scribed are upon VELLUM.f We now proceed to enumerate a few of
the known copies upon paper.
* ‘ Editio Moguntise 1462, in fol. max. duobus voluminibus impress. et chartse per-
gamenae nitidissimae.’ Bibl. Maglialechiana, p. 327, 1793, folio. Fossi, the learned
editor of this valuable catalogue, describes the copy pretty much at large ; quoting
chiefly from Wurdtwein and Seemiller; and observing that, in the variations, it agrees
with those specified by these bibliographers. He subjoins a flimsey ms. note, written
at the end of the second volume, in the year 1566 : and erroneously calls it the first
printed Bible.
* The present owners of the eight or ten remaining copies upon vellum, which
were formerly in the collections of the Marshal d’Estrees, the President Verthamont,
Louis de Lomenie, Count Lauragais, Gaignat (3d copy), the ‘ Chartreux’ of Buxheim,
de Harlay, and Coustard—are not generally known. In the Iatter copy was a MS. memo-
randum in Latin,sufficientlycurious; ofvvhich thefollowing is the sense:—‘ J, Herman,
a German, workman of the honest and discreet John Guymier, sworn bookseller of the
THEOLOGY. [Fust and Schoefer,
of the Baron de Heiss by tbe Marquis de Paulmy. Both these copies
have the initials illuminated.
At Toulouse, the celebrated Count M £Carthy possesses the magnifi-
cent copy, which was formerly La Valliere s and Gaignat’s, and which
had previously belonged to the family of Soranzo at Venice. There is a
copy at Mentz, another in the Vatican, one at Milan, one at Florence,
(formerly Magliabechi’s,* and beautifully ornamented,) one at Naples
(belonging to the Duke de Cassano Serra), and one at Taloni : this
latter was one of the two belonging to Pope Pius VI. In Germany,
the Emperor of Austria possesses one : a second copy, from Prince Eu-
gene’s library, is now in the collection of Sir M. M. Sykes. The public
libraries of Dresden, Berlin, andMunich, each contain a copy: thatof
the latter was in the collection of Colbert, and the Prince de Soubise.
The Prince de Hesse Darmstadt, and the public librai’ies of Frankfort
and Ingolstadt also boast of copies.
In Portugal, the royal library at Lisbon contained two copies: one
had successively belonged to Boze, Gaignat, and Cotte; the other, to
the Cardinal de Cunha. The Bishop of Beja also possessed one.
In our own country, exclusively of the present copy, the Duke
of Marlborough, the Earl of Jersey, Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart.
and Mr. Edwards, each possess one. The first volume only is in tlie
Bodleian Library, and a beautiful and perfect one is in the British
Museum : the latter belonged to the late Mr. Cracherode, and was in
the Lamoignon eollection. Of these eight copies, I have seen five.
The reader will be pleased to remember that all the copies just de-
scribed are upon VELLUM.f We now proceed to enumerate a few of
the known copies upon paper.
* ‘ Editio Moguntise 1462, in fol. max. duobus voluminibus impress. et chartse per-
gamenae nitidissimae.’ Bibl. Maglialechiana, p. 327, 1793, folio. Fossi, the learned
editor of this valuable catalogue, describes the copy pretty much at large ; quoting
chiefly from Wurdtwein and Seemiller; and observing that, in the variations, it agrees
with those specified by these bibliographers. He subjoins a flimsey ms. note, written
at the end of the second volume, in the year 1566 : and erroneously calls it the first
printed Bible.
* The present owners of the eight or ten remaining copies upon vellum, which
were formerly in the collections of the Marshal d’Estrees, the President Verthamont,
Louis de Lomenie, Count Lauragais, Gaignat (3d copy), the ‘ Chartreux’ of Buxheim,
de Harlay, and Coustard—are not generally known. In the Iatter copy was a MS. memo-
randum in Latin,sufficientlycurious; ofvvhich thefollowing is the sense:—‘ J, Herman,
a German, workman of the honest and discreet John Guymier, sworn bookseller of the