Note 260 — Chapter I · (continued 2)

In comparing Rich’s (1832, £4 4s.) and recent prices, there does not seem to be much appreciation in the value of the book during the last fifty years for ordinary copies; but Quaritch has priced the Beckford (no. 735, copy so high as £52. There are copies in the Library of Congress, Carter-Brown, Harvard College, and Boston Public Library. Cf. Ticknor Catalogue; Sabin, no. 31,544; Carter-Brown, ii. 2; Murphy, 1206; Court, 169.