Sold at the Duchess of Portland’s sale in 1789 to Mr. Edwards for £215,—and at his sale in 1815 to the Duke of Marlborough for £637 15_s._ See Dibdin’s “_Bibliomania_,” ed. 1811, p. 253; and Timperley’s _Dictionary of Printers and Printing_, ed. 1839, p. 93. Footnote 37: One of the earliest and most curious of the Block-books, _Biblia Pauperum_, has been reproduced in fac-simile by Mr. J. Ph. Berjeau, from a copy in the British Museum. Footnote 38: Mr. Humphreys reads “Pluviam sicut arida tellus;” but in this, as in two or three other instances in this pl. 2, and p. 40, a botanical lens will show that the readings are those which I have given. I desire here to express to him my obligation for the courteous permission to make use of pl. 2, p. 40, of his work, for a photolith (see Plate VI.), to illustrate my remarks. Footnote 39: To follow out the subject of the _Biblia Pauperum_, or of Block-books in general, the Reader may consult Sotheby’s _Principia typographica, The Block-Books_, &c., 3 vols. 4to, London, 1858; Dibdin’s _Bibliotheca Spenseriana_, 4 vols. London, 1814, 1815; or Berjeau’s _Biblia Pauperum_, a fac-simile with an historical introduction, 4to: Trübner, London, 1859. Footnote 40: As in Nourry’s Lyons editions of 1509 and 1511, where the title given is, “~Destructoriũ vitiorum ex similitudinũ creaturarum exemplorũ appropriatiõe per modum dialogi~,” &c.; lge. 4to, in the Corser Library, from which we take—~De Sole et Luna~. [Illustration: _Lyons ed. 1511._] Footnote 41: The Title is “APOLOGI CREATVRARVM;” “Vtilia prudenti, imprudenti futilia. _G. de Jode excu._ 1584.” Footnote 42: An English translation, with wood engravings, appeared about the time of Shakespeare’s birth, it may be a few years earlier:—_The Tryumphes of Fraunces Petrarche_, “translated out of Italian into English by Hẽrye Parker knyght, lorde Morley,” sm. 4to. Footnote 43: See Brunet’s _Manuel_, iii. c. 85, and i. c. 1860; _Biog. Universelle_, “Zainer;” Timperley’s _Dictionary of Printers_, p. 197; and Bryan’s _Dict. of Engravers_, p. 918. Footnote 44: Langlois in his _Essai_, pp. 331–340, names thirty-two editions previous to A.D. 1730. Footnote 45: Be lenient, gentle Reader, if you chance to compare the above translation with the original; for even should you have learned by heart the two very large 4to volumes of Forcellini’s _Lexicon of all Latinity_, I believe you will find some nuts you cannot crack in the Latin verses of Jodocus Badius. Footnote 46: For a very good account of Joachim’s supposed works, consult a paper in _Notes and Queries_, September, 1862, pp. 181–3, by Mr. Jones, the excellent Librarian of the Chetham Library, Manchester; and for an account of the man, Aikin’s _General Biography_, v. pp. 478–80. Footnote 47: