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17 been found. Mr Repp, however, has a distinct recol- lection of a few things stated in the report alluded to, — viz. ls£, That the discrepancy as to the number of volumes in the original and in the keeper’s catalogue was not considerable; but, 2d, That there was some discre- pancy as to the editions of certain valuable works, it sometimes appearing that those received here were less valuable than those entered in the original catalogue; and 3d, That the condition of the Sale Catalogue was in a high'degree objectionable, inasmuch as it was not numbered nor paged, nor in any instance provided with a catchword, and thus, each individual page was quite independent of that which preceded or followed; and farther, that although a bound book, and apparently bound in London, it was, nevertheless, very considerably thicker in the back than at the front. Mr Repp there- fore reported, that it was altogether such a document as appeared to him ought not to have been received without inquiry. Subsequently to the period of the report by Mr Repp, now referred to, a communication relative to the Spanish Library was made to the Faculty by the Curators in an annual report, bearing no date, but which must have been laid before the Faculty, either in 1831 or 1832. It is signed by the following gentlemen:—Messrs George Joseph Bell, James Keay, John Dunlop, James Walker, Robert Thomson, and is as follows:— “ Spanish Library.—The whole of this library has been arranged in shelves in the entrance to the Thorkelin Room, and has been for some months accessible to members of the Faculty. The Curators regret to mention, that the extent of this library is not nearly equal to what was originally supposed, as they have the best reason to believe that it does not, at the very utmost, exceed 3400 volumes. They are informed, however, that the library was sold according to a catalogue, now in the hands of Dr Irving, which was compared, at the time of sale, with the books sold, and they have no reason to doubt that all the books thus sold were transmitted to the library. A list has been made up of such works in this library as are defective, and also of various popular or valuable Spanish works which are not to be found in it, with the view of having B


Statement

Statement to the Faculty of Advocates
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1834
Tungumál
Enska
Blaðsíður
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