CORNELL UNIVERSITY — LIBRARY. 6l 



work on Egypt ; a complete series of the French ' ' Moni- 

 tenr ' ' from 1 789 ; a set of the London ' ' Times, ' ' beginning 

 with the year 184S, and a set of Piranesi's engravings 

 of Roman antiquities and works of art, the copy pre- 

 sented by Pope Clement, XIV., to the English Duke of 

 Cumberland. The cases in the middle, well repay ex- 

 amination. One contains a collection of incunabula, or 

 cradle collection, comprising works printed before 1500. 

 Many of the books are adorned with beautifully illumi- 

 nated initials, and some are printed on vellum. The 

 presses of Gutemberg, Zell, Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde, 

 and many others, are represented. There are besides a 

 number of black letter volumes, specimens of early Ameri- 

 can printing, a book of autographs of Washington, 

 Franklin and Lafayette, secured by the University at an 

 expense of $1000, books with autographs from the private 

 libraries of Leigh Hunt, Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate 

 and others, and books illustrated by the wood-cuts of 

 Albrecht Durer and Holbein, with other specimens of 

 early engraving. In other cases are several Japanese 

 and Chinese books, some costly works printed in colors, 

 specimens of the bindings of famous craftsmen, Sans- 

 crit, Persian, Arabic, Hindustani and Ethiopic manu- 

 scripts, several Latin manuscripts on vellum, an unpub- 

 lished German passion play of the fifteenth century, a 

 collection of French Revolutionary money, together with 

 the autographs of most of the Presidents of the United 

 States. On the walls of the Library are a number of 

 paintings, among them being portraits of Mr. Cornell 

 and Mr. McGraw, of Goldwin Smith, George William 



