A few words remain to be said on the special Classification of MSS. and of Prints. As respects the former, I am acquainted with no arrangement which, in the main, is preferable to that adopted in the Index to the Harleian MSS. of the British Museum. As to the latter, the method pursued in the Imperial Library at Paris presents an excellent model. In the subjoined outline of a Classification for MSS. I have, in several particulars, modified the Harleian method.

Classification

of MSS.

6.

7.

General History of the Christian Church (including the History

of Monastic Orders. The Lives of Saints, and of

the Popes and all Collections of Ecclesiastical Biography).

General History of Modern Europe.

8. Particular History of the British Empire (including, in proper subdivisions "British Biography" and "Voyages and Travels" within the British Empire).

9.

Particular History of other European States (with like subdivisions).

10. History of Asia.

11. History of Africa.

12. History of America and the West Indies.

13. Heraldry and Genealogy.

14. Antiquities-other than those of particular States;--Collections

4.

5.

Treatises on Commerce, in particular.
Jurisprudence.

6. Collections of Laws (Parliamentary History; Collections of
Trials; and the like, should form subdivisions of the
Class HISTORY, under the name of the State to which
they respectively belong).

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4. General Collection of the Works of Polygraphic Writers and
Collections of Treatises in various languages.

5. Greek Classics.

6. Latin Classics.

7.

Collections of the works of Polygraphic Writers in the modern
languages.

8. Poetry and the Drama.

9. Literary History.

10. Literary Miscellanies.

11. Bibliography.

The Classification of the Prints in the Imperial Library at Paris is as follows:

A.

Aa.

Ab.

Ac.

GALLERIES, MUSEUMS, AND OTHER COLLECTIONS.

Galleries and Museums of France.

of Italy and of Southern Europe.
of Germany and of Northern Europe,

Ad. Works on Painted Glass; on Tapestry; Works of Ama

Classification of the Prints in the Imperial Library at Paris.

teurs, etc.

Da. Ancient French School from its origin to Rigaud (1660).
Db. Intermediate French School from Coypel to Vanloo (1671-1707).
Dc. Modern French School from Joseph Marie Vren (1710-1858).

E. ENGRAVES.

Ea. Engravers of various Countries, known as The Old Masters.
Eb. Italian Engravers.

Ec. German, Dutch, Flemish, and English Engravers.

Ed. Old French Engravers from the origin of French Engraving to the younger Drevet (1697).

Ee. Intermediate French Engravers from Daulle to Cochin

(1657-1715).

Ef. Modern French Engravers from Surugue (1717-1858).

F. SCULPTURE.

Fa. Collections of the Works of Sculptors.

Fb. Collections of Statues.

Fc. Collections of Bas-Reliefs.

Fd. Collections of engraved Gems.

G. ANTIQUITIES.

Ga. General Collections.

Gb. Particular Collections.

Ge. Roman Antiquities.

Gd. Antiquities of various Countries.

Ge. Ancient Medals.

H. ARCHITECTURE.

Ha. Works of French Architects.

Hb. Works of Foreign Architects.

Hc. Monuments and Masterpieces of Architecture.
Hd. Architectural Details and Miscellanies.

Mb. Systematic Encyclopædia (Encyclopédie Méthodique).-Intellect

Nd. English and North-European Portraits, Portraits not other

wise enumerated.

Ne. General Collections of Portraits in volumes.
Nf. Special Collections of Portraits in volumes.

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