Holland House Library is one of great historic value and interest. It is fully described by the Princess Marie Liechtenstein, in her monograph on the place. Macaulay has described the appearance of the library in his famous essay on Lord Holland. It is rather a collection formed by a statesman and a literary man than by a bibliophile; there are over 10,000 volumes, many of which are privately printed books, presentation copies; there is a large collection of historical works relating to Italy, Portugal, and France; Spanish literature, a memento of the taste of the third Lord Holland, is well represented; the collection of Elzevirs is very fine, as is also that of the Greek and Latin classics, and the highly curious collection of various copies of Charles James Fox's 'James II.,' which belonged to different celebrities, is housed here. Mr. C. J. Toovey inherited from his father, the late James Toovey, a fine library of exceptionally choice books; it is rich in monuments of the Early English printers, one of its gems being a fine copy of the 'Boke of St. Albans'; Aldines probably form one of its largest sections, whilst in bindings by the great masters of the French school of bibliopegic art the library has very few equals. Many of these were purchased by the late Mr. Toovey in Paris, long before the present rage for them had commenced, so that, as an investment, they will doubtless yield a handsome profit if they ever come into the market. The series of Walton's 'Angler' includes the first edition, with a presentation inscription by the author; there is also the largest known First Folio edition of Shakespeare, to which reference has already been made. [Illustration] [Illustration] INDEX. ADDISON, JOSEPH, 39, 108, 265, 267 Advocates, Library of the College of, 116 Ainsworth, W. Harrison, 83, 288, 289 Alchorne, S., 109 Alcuin, 2, 3, 139 Alde, John, 183 Aldersgate Street, 39 Aldine editions, 129-131, 300, 304 Aldus, 129 Alfred, 3 Allen, Thomas, 31 Almon, J., 250 Althorp Library, the, 50, _et seq._ America, book trade with, 189 America, tracts on, 90 Amherst of Hackney, Lord, 309 Anacreon, Stephen edition, 129 Anderson, Adam, 219 Anderson, G. B., 94 Anderson, John, 193 Anglesey, Earl of, 27, 101 _note_ Angling books, Francis's, 93 Anson, Sir W. R., 305 'Anthologia Graeca' (1494), 130 'Apologie pour Herodote,' 314 Arch, J. and A., 186 Archaica Club, 79 Archer, Sir Anthony, 16 'Aristophanes' (1498), 129 Aristotle (1495-98), 130 Arthur, Thomas, 230 Arundel, Henry, Earl of, 15, 16, 18 Ascham, Roger, 307 Ascham's 'Toxophilus,' 120 Ashbee, Mr. H. S., 315 Ashburnham, Lord, 126, 285 Ashmole, Elias, 18 Askew, Dr. A., 41 Askew Sale, the, 128, _et seq._ Asperne, James, 186 Athelstan, 3 'Atticus,' 46 Auctions, book, 98, _et seq._, 210 Aulus Gellius, 'Noctes,' 307 Aylesford, Earl of, 89, 117 Bacon, Francis, 19