Note 136:A — BOOK-AUCTIONS AND SALES.
Reading edition
The title-page of the catalogue contained the following whimsical motto from Ebulus:
ὀΚαι γαρ ὀ ταὼς διὰ τὸ σπάνίον θαῦμάζεταί.
(The peacock is admired on account of its rarity.)
Hearne speaks of Richard Rawlinson as 'vir antiquis moribus ornatus, perque eam viam euns, quæ ad immortalem gloriam ducit.'