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more exact account of the collections of Mr. John Leland, all written with his 

 own hand, in which his design was to set forth England in its true light. 



The next parcel of books are those of an equally industrious foreigner, the 

 late Mr. Francis Junius, the chief promoter of the Saxon learning whilst he 

 lived. These books he bequeathed to the university at his death, all of them 

 relating to the northern languages. Some of these are the old MSS. themselves, 

 others are cojues of the most considerable Saxon MSS. in the Cotton library» 

 &c. accurately transcribed by himself; or else his own works, almost ready for 

 the press, or lastly, some curious printed books, with his written notes and 

 amendments. Then follow the papers of Isaac Casaubon, the adversaria of Dr. 

 Langbain, both in their own hands. And afterwards a catalogue of part of the 

 MSS. bequeathed to the university by Dr. Mareschal. 



Next comes the titles of the Oriental MSS. of the learned Dr. Pocock, late 

 regius professor of Hebrew in this university, which the university bought of 

 his .widow. And a catalogue of the MSS. of Dr. Huntington, which the uni- 

 versity bought of him since his return from the east. As also those books 

 which the university bought of Dr. Hyde ; which three parcels containing in 

 them many books of an extraordinary price and value, joined to what was in the 

 library before, and has come in since, furnish any scholar with sufficient helps 

 to pursue his own studies in most of the languages. After these, there is an 

 account of the MSS. which Dr. Barlow bequeathed to the library ; which is 

 followed by the particulars of the MSS, left by Sir William Dugdale to the 

 Ashmolean museum, mostly written with his own hand. These are followed by 

 a catalogue of the MSS. given by Sir Henry Savil ; an account of some mathe- 

 matical instruments belonging to the geometry school, and a catalogue of the 

 printed books there, being all mathematical, which catalogue was never before 

 made public. Then comes a catalogue of the MSS. in the Ashmolean library, 

 which are ranged under the following heads, as, grammatici, rhetorici, musici, 

 geometras, astrologici, poemata, de re antiquaria, de re heraldica, historici, 

 vitae, historia naturalis, chimici, medici, anatomici, chirurgici, juridici, poli- 

 tici, orationes, geographici, theologici, magici, prophetic!, fatidici, miscellanei, 

 mechanici, et epistolae; with an appendix, and an account of the MSS. left to 

 the university by the late famous antiquary Mr. Anthony a Wood, which are 

 also laid up in the same Ashmolean museum. 



Lastly, come the titles of those MSS. which the university bought of 

 the same Mr. a Wood, and of those left to the public library by Dr. Fell, and 

 some others. These being between 8 and gOOO in numbers, make up the first 

 part of the first tome, which is shut up with every author's name, or tract, &c. 

 in the foregoing. catalogue. Since this catalogue was printed off, the university 



