TRANSLATION OF THE PHILOBIBLON

I find I can answer the Query of L.S. (Vol. ii., p. l53.), who asks, "Where can I procure a *translation* of Robert de Bury's *Philobiblon*?" A translation was published by Mr. Rodd, in 1832, of which the following is the title:— "Philobiblon: a Treatise on the Love of Books, by Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham, written in MCCCXLIV; and translated from the first Edition, MCCCCLXXIII, with some Collations. London: Printed for Thomas Rodd, 2 Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, 1832." This translation is a small 8vo. volume, of which there is a copy in the Douce collection in the Bodleian; a…