First shelf 52 Second shelf 26 78 First desk (sloping portion) 9 Under desk: one side 11 " " other side 13 24 33 -------- Second desk 21 11 10 21 42 -------- Third " " 26 13 10 23 49 -------- Fourth " " 15 18 14 32 47 -------- Fifth " " 19 11 10 21 40 -------- Sixth " " 20 9 10 19 39 250 -------- Within the trellis-work 27 355 We will next try to form some idea of the way in which this library was arranged; and first of the two shelves which begin "over the door." A shelf in this position is shewn in Carpaccio's well-known picture of S. Jerome in his study. It is set deskwise against the wall supported on iron brackets. As a large proportion of the fifty-two volumes on our shelf are described as of large size (_grant_), we shall be justified in assuming that each was 10 in. broad. The total therefore would occupy 520 in. or say 43 ft. at least, not allowing for intervals between them. This shelf extended from the door round the room to the fireplace, by which I suppose we are to understand that it began on the wall which contained the door, and was carried round the corner of the room up to the fireplace. The second shelf, at the same height as the preceding, contained only twenty-six volumes, fifteen of which are described as small (_petit_). A space of thirteen feet or even less will therefore be amply sufficient to contain them.