

CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PRINTING AND LIBRARIES. 



PAGE' 



Introduction. Aldini. Italics. Octavos. Ink. Typogra- 

 phical Academy. Inscription over the Library of Aldus. 

 Dolphin. Price of Books. Cosmography. Hide. 

 Countess of Anjou. Bishop of Winchester. Louis XI. 

 Libraries of John and Charles V. Ignorance of the 

 early Ages. Council of Narbonne. Library of Ptolemy 

 Philadelphus. Destruction of Books. Cromwell. Con- 

 stable Bourbon. Taking of Buda. Alexandrian Library. 

 Discovery of MSS. Calligraphes. Sir R. Cotton. Maio. 

 Palimpsests. Books the Tribute of the Conquered. The 

 Pandects of Justinian. Treaty of Tolcntino. Haroun Al 

 Raschid. Clepsydra. Al Mamoun. Sir William Jones 13 



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 CHAPTER II. 



PAPYRUS MANUSCRIPTS. 



Papyxi of Herculancum. Their Discovery. Method of un- 

 rolling them. Only written upon one Side. Titles, where 

 placed. Present State of the 1756 MSS. Papyrus Paper 



