Tion of objects, is the _Bibliotheca Hispana Vetus et Nova_ of Nicholas
ANTONIO;[124] the first, and the best, bibliographical work which Spain,
notwithstanding her fine palaces and libraries, has ever produced. If
neither Philemon nor yourself, Lisardo, possess this latter work [and I
do not see it upon the shelves of this cabinet], seek for it with
avidity; and do not fear the pistoles which the purchase of it may cost
you. LIPENIUS[125] now claims a moment's notice; of whose _Bibliotheca
Realis_ Morhof is inclined to speak more favourably than other critics.
'Tis in six volumes; and it appeared from the years 1679 to 1685
inclusive. Not inferior to either of the preceding authors in taste,
erudition, and the number and importance of his works, was ADRIEN
BAILLET;[126] the simple pastor of Lardieres, and latterly the learned
and indefatigable librarian of Lamoignon. His _Jugemens des Savans_,
edited by De la Monnoye, is one of those works with which no man, fond
of typographical and bibliographical pursuits, can comfortably dispense.
I had nearly forgotten to warn you against the capricious works of
BEUGHEM; a man, nevertheless, of wonderful mental elasticity; but for
ever planning schemes too vast and too visionary for the human powers to
execute.[127] [Footnote 122: "Vir, qui in texendis catalogis totam pene
vitam consumpsit." "Homo ad Lexica et Catalogos conficiendos a natura
factus." Such is Morhof's account of LABBE; who, in the works
above-mentioned, in the text, has obtained an unperishable reputation as
a bibliographer. The _Bibliotheca Bibliothecarum_, thick duodecimo, or
crown octavo, has run through several impressions; of which the Leipsic
edit. of 1682, is as good as any; but TEISSER, in his work under the
same title, 1686, 4to., has greatly excelled Labbe's production, as well
by his corrections of err
