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works. He was invariably anxious to lighten the cost to the 

 publishers as much as possible, and for this purpose he on 

 one occasion voluntarily renounced a counter-claim of 48,000 

 francs. 



By a royal order in council of August 16, 1820, it was 

 agreed to accept as an equivalent for the loan advanced to 

 Humboldt, four magnificent copies of his works, which were 

 presented by the king to the Universities of Berlin, Breslau, 

 Halle, and Bonn. 



