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In Case X. some of the Illuminations are very beautiful, 
as, for example, in Nos. 
6. Virgil. — On vellum. Printed at Venice by Aldus, in April, 
150L The first book printed in Italic types, and the earliest 
attempt to produce cheap books. It belonged to the Gonzaga 
family, and has the autographs of the two Cardinals, Ippolito and 
Ercole, as well as that of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. 
Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode. 
7. Martialis. Epigrammata. — On vellum. Printed at Venice by 
Aldus in 1501. From the library of King George III. 
10. Hours for the use of the Diocese of Paris. — On vellum. 
Printed at Paris by P. Pigouchet, about 1488. Purchased. 
VZ. Boccaccio. Des nobles et cleres femmes. — On vellum. Printed 
at Paris by Ant. Verard, in 1493. Henry VII. 's copy. From the 
old royal collection. 
In Case XL, containing specimens of Illustrations on wood 
and copper-plate, attention is called to the following : — • 
5. Breydenbach. Opus transmarine peregrinationis ad sepulchrum 
dominicum in Jherusnlem. Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. — On 
vellum. Printed at Mentz, in i 486. One of the earliest books 
of travel printed, and the first illustrated with folding views. 
From the library of King George III. 
6. Durer. Epitome in Divaj Parthenices Marise historiam ab 
Alberto Durero per figuras digestam; cum versibus Chelidonii. — 
Printed by Albert Durer at Nuremberg in 1511. From the 
library of King George III. 
9. Holbein. Historiarum Veteris Testamenti Icones. Lugduni, 
1539. — The second edition of Holbein's Bible cuts. 
11. Map of Cambridge, engraved by Ilichard Lyne. — in Caius, 
Historia Cantabrigiensis Academiae. Lond. 1574. — No other 
copy of this map known. A presentation copy of the book from 
John Parker, son of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, 
to James I. From the old royal collection. 
12. The procession at the Obsequies of Sir Philip Sydney, drawn 
and invented by T. L[ant], Gent., servant to the said honourable 
Knight, and engraven on copper by D. T. de Bry, in the city of 
London, 1587. — Inteuded to form a long roll. The only perfect 
copy known. Bequeathed by Miss Banks. 
In Case XII. are numerous books containing Autographs 
of distinguished or remarkable persons, as, for instance : Lord 
Bacon ; Michael Angelo ; Calvin ; Cecil, Lord Burghley ; 
Queen Katharine Parr ; Luther ; Melanchthon ; Milton j Sir 
