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Excerpt from The British Critic, Vol. 39: For January, February, March, April, May, June 1812 Uring that paroxyfm of biblomania which was lately {o prevalent in London, it was not, we believe, often afked, what is the ufe or intrinfic value offuch a book, how faris it capable of afi'ord ing in rue'tion 0r delight -but when was it printed P by whom how many copies of it are known If only one, two, or three, the value immediately rofe beyond all bounds; and the book brought inch a price, as the living author would fcarcely have afked for all his library, or all his works. Before his book is printed, every author can tell of one work at lead of which only 0726 perfefz' copy exifis, yet we do not hear that many of them_have had fuch offers for their hidden treafures. Our bufinefs, notfirifily with either of thele clafi'es. We treat not of fcarce books, but of thofe which, in the efiimation oftheir authors, are rather too plentiful and our preface is allotted to the recapitulation of works which, in our opinion never ought to be fcarce; being calculated rather to benefit lociety by their circulation, than to be hoarded up in choice cabinets, as the wonder of colleelors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."