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quarto, which will be found in press D. on the twentythird shelf, being the fifteenth Book on that shelf. Another copy of the same "Directions" will be found in the tenth volume of the octavo edition of Bishop Warburton's Works, in press Ff, on the fourth shelf, being the twenty-eighth book on that shelf. So, in p. 164,

HOADLY (Benjamin, Bishop of Winchester) A Plain Account of the Nature and End of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. folio, Works, Vol. III. [Q. 1. 7.]

This piece of Bishop Hoadly's gave rise to several controversial treatises, the best of which will be found in the page referred to, with some of the vindications which they occasioned: no detached copy of the " Plain Account" being in the library, the introduction of the article with reference to the volume of the Bishop's Works, renders the Catalogue complete.

In like manner, where any particular treatise might be sought under two heads, it has been inserted under such heads.

In the case of anonymous books or editions (that is, those to which no editor's name appears), and of pseudonymous books, or those which have fictitious names of authors or editors attached to them, the names of the real or concealed authors or editors have been given in brackets; in some few instances from contemporaneous manuscript memoranda in the books themselves, but principally from minute research among the best bibliographical sources, to which the editor could obtain access, as in the following instances :

Page 9.-Novum Testamentum, Græce, post priores Steph. Cur

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cellæi et D.D. Oxoniensium labores. Cum Prolegomenis G. D. T. M. D. [i. e. Gerardi De Trajecto Mosa, Doctore], et Notis in fine adjectis. 8vo. Amstelodami, 1711. [R. 7. 58.]

Page 84.—An Enquiry into the meaning of Demoniacks in the

New Testament. By T. P. A. P. O. A. B. I. T. C. O. S. [The Precentor And Prebendary Of Alton Borealis In The Church Of Salisbury, that is, Arthur Ashley SYKES, D.D.] 8vo. London, 1737. [A. 17. 44.]

Page 103.—A Defence of Pluralities, or holding two Benefices with Cure of Souls; as now practised in the Church of England. [By Henry WHARTON.] 8vo. London, 1703. [M. 19. 41.] Pluralities Indefensible: a Treatise humbly offered to the Consideration of the Parliament of Great Britain. By a Presbyter of the Church of England. [Richard NEWTON.] 8vo. London, 1743. [I. 7. 33.]

Although there are many rare early printed books, and some Editiones Principes, or first Editions of Classic Authors, which would have afforded ample materials for bibliographical annotation, the Editor has found it necessary to abstain from any illustrations of this kind, in consequence of the extent to which it would have enlarged the Catalogue. Those books, therefore, which have been printed before the year 1500, have their dates in black letter, to indicate their typographical rarity. The only instances, in which the editor has allowed himself to enter into any bibliographical remarks, have been, in the notices of ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS, Communicated by the Rev. Samuel LEE, M. A., Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge; and of the GREEK, LATIN, and ENGLISH MANUSCRIPTS communicated by the Rev. G. C. GORHAM, B. D.; and also in the Analyses of the splendid publications, executed under the direction

of the Commissioners on the Public Records of the Realm, in pp. 486--494. The full account given of these works, (the Editor trusts) no one will regret, who duly estimates their value and importance for the elucidation of the national and constitutional history of England.

In the course of preparing the manuscript of the Catalogue for press, great numbers of Controversial Tracts were discovered. These have been disposed in the following manner, viz: FIRST, the original or parent article in Roman Type, like the rest of the Catalogue; SECONDLY, the answer or answers to it in Italic Type; THIRDLY, the replication or replications to such answers, -whether by the original author or by any other writer in his behalf,—in Roman Type; and LASTLY, the Rejoinders to such Replications, if any, in Italic. The advantage, resulting from this mode of arrangement, will be perceived at once by referring to the publications relative to the Arian, Socinian, and Bangorian Controversies, and also to the Treatises in Defence of Divine Revelation, in reply to the particular attacks of some modern sceptics; where it will be seen, that the rise, progress, and termination of a controversy has been exhibited at one view.

The Editor has paid every attention in his power, to ensure correctness of dates and orthographical accuracy: and he indulges the hope, that there will be found a much smaller number of mistakes than could be expected in a work of such extent, composed in so many different languages, and containing such a multitude of Proper Names, Dates, and Figures.

London, March 1, 1827.

T. H. H.

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