679 
Lombardy, History of. - . - . qu? 
Lucidary = - No Date. 
Lyndewood - - - -— qu? 
“Mirror of the World - - . £481 
Ovid’s Metamorphoses ~— - 4480 
Paris and Vienne - _ 1485 
Pilgrimage of the Soul - - 1485 
Polychronicon Se ~ 1482 
Proverbs of Pisa - - = 478 
Reynard thé Fox _~ - - 1481 
cere TTS 2 tr en 1484. 
Russel, Oration of = - ~ No Date 
Siege ne Rhodes = _ Ditto 
Speculum Vite Christi - Ditto 
Statutes - - - Ditto 
Troy, Recueil ¢es Wigs - Ditto 
Histories of - A “4471 
Tully of Old Age, &c. - 1481- 
Vi reil’s 7Eneid - = 1490 
W ork of Sapience = = ~ N o Date | 
Among the more importa nt of Caxten’s 
works of which elaborate descriptions 
are given, may ‘be mentioned “Ee Re- 
cueul. des r distoires des Trois.” The first 
‘book printed by him, and unknown to 
German bibliographers The second 
article which Mr. Dibdin gives entire, 
jntitled “ Propositio clarissimi. Oratoris 
Magistri Johannis Russell, appears to 
iidive been who! ly unknown to Lewis, 
Oldys, Ames, and Herbert: and wascom- 
municated by the kindness of the Mar- 
quis oF Blandford, The extracts from 
Caxton’s Hsop, in his Majesty’s s Library, 
Retrospect of French Literature Hi istory. 
accompanied ad specimens. of the wood- 
cuts, form another article of uncommon 
interest: as well asthe “ Book of’ the 
‘Nobie Historyes of Kynge Arthur, and 
of certeyn of his Kins yghtes,” tol. ‘1485: the- 
‘most curious, amusing, and scarce of all 
Caxtoi’s works. The only copy of which, 
at present. known, is in the Library. of 
Loid Jersey at Osterley. 
Beside specimens of all the varicties of 
Type employed by Caxton, the wor is 
embellished with two Portraits of Ames, 
two of Herbert, one of Lewis, and the 
three cupposed portraits of Caxton in » 
one plate; with other portraits, in a 
superior style, of Dr. Mead, Lord Ox- 
ford, and Maittaire: and, before the 
Supple: ment, we have an accurate fac- 
simile of an unique jrint, supposed to be 
executed by ‘Thomaso ‘Finiguerra, the 
disceverer of the art of cnpravine upon 
copper. 
Aiter what has been already said, we 
can hardly have occasion to express a 
hope that the future “progress of the 
wors may be properly encouraged. 
‘The zeal, the industry, and the taste 
of the E ditor, are equ lly conspicuous in 
the compilation of the volume and in the 
assemblage of its embellishments. Nor 
has the Printer been backward in con- 
tributing his share of labour to make the 
appearance of the work correspond with 
its Contents. 
“4 ; , ee 
HALF-YEARLY RETROSPECT OF FRENCH LITERATURE. 
IIE commercial communication with 
pense; ina limited degree, has been 
Jately re-o pened, i cousequence of 
which a kee number of books, in ev ery 
department of literature, have been im- 
ported into this country. They willena- 
ble us im future to present our readers 
“with a greater variety, as well as a better 
selection, than heretoiore; and we have 
A the present oc. asion, introduced se- 
veral works published in different parts 
of Germany, Denmark , Russia, &ec. We 
have also added, for the first time, the 
transactions of foreign academies, with 
an account of the prizes offered, for 
scientific discoveries, and works of 
merit, eT GS 
HISTORY. 
£6 Egbices Historiques, Politiques, Phi- 
_losophig wes & Particulieres, de Henri St. 
Jorn, Sc.” - Letters, Historical, Political, 
Pailosophical, and Private, of i enry: St. 
John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, from 
the year 1710, until LIPB, gantaining the 
secret of the negotiations of the peace 
of Utrecht, a variety of details relative 
to history, philcsop hy, and literature, 
with notes and explanations concerning 
these mattcrs, as well as various persons 
mentioned by Bolingbroke. The whole pre- 
ceded- by an historical account of his lite, 
a catalogue of his works, &c. Paris, 1808. 
3 vols. 8vo.\ Imported by Mr. De ] shite, 
Nassau-sireet, price 1]. 16g. oye ee 
The memory of the celebrated 
man whose inedited letters are here 
collected, seems to be still respect- 
ed on the continent, although his very 
hame appears to be nearly. forgotten 
in his native land. ‘The family of St. 
John, we are told, came originaily from 
Nor mandy, and occupied a distinguished 
situation in. the army of William the 
Conqueror, at the battle of Hastings, 
fought Oct. 14, 1066. This. victorions 
‘prince. conferred. lands on ‘St. Jean, or 
St. John, and he afterwards marnied 1 the 
A heiress of the, house of Pord, one of the 
“most 
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