PREFACE. 



VII 



Eaiiies has compared the titles of works contained in his own library 

 and in the Lenox, aud recourse lias been had to a number of librarians 

 tbrou^^liout the country for tracings, ])hoto^iaplis, etc. The result is 

 that of the oL7 works des -ribed <li' ri.sii comparison of pr.xd" has been 

 made direct with the original sources in the case of 4'J4. In this later 

 reading- collations and desi'riptions have l)een entered into more fully 

 than had previously been done and capital letters tre^ited with moie 

 severitv. 



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