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chap, an assemblage, there were doubtless many in- 
different productions; but, among them, some 
paintings of unequalled merit, and especially one 
of the finest works of Salvator Rosa. The sub- 
ject represented the martyrdom of St. Sebastian ; 
and it had been executed with all his sublimity 
and energy. The gallery was chiefly filled with 
pictures by the Flemish Masters. 
Library of The library, botanic garden, and museum ot 
BMc,hnc ' Count Bolter line, ranked among the finest sights 
in Europe. That nobleman had not only col- 
lected the rarest copies of all the Classic Authors , 
but of some of them, particularly of Virgil, he 
had so many editions, that they were sufficient 
alone to constitute a library. His books were 
not kept in one particular apartment, but they 
occupied a number of different rooms. They 
were all bound beneath his own roof; affording 
sufficient employment for several workmen, 
retained constantly in the house for this purpose. 
He had almost all the Editiones Frincipes ; and 
his collection of books printed during th q fifteenth 
century amounted to near six thousand volumes. 
According to Orlandi 1 , the number ot works 
( 1 ) Origine * Progressi della Stampa, da Peregrin. Anton. Orlandi. 
nonoma', 1722. The author found Orlandi'* hand-writing, and the 
signature of his name, in a curious edition of Suetonius, in theMostyn 
Library, North Wales. See the account of it m Pennant s History of 
IVhiteforcl and Holywell, p. 83. 
