(in his 36th year) to the deep regret of all his friends and
acquaintances, and, I had well nigh said, to the irreparable loss of
the University.]

[21] ["This observation is just; and it is to be hoped that they will soon
carry into execution the Royal ordonance of October, 1816, which
appropriates the apartments of the Treasury, contiguous, to be united
to the establishment, as they become void. However, what took place in
1825, respecting some buildings in the Rue Neuve des Petits Champs,
forbids us to suppose that this wished for addition will take place."
CRAPELET, p. 93.]

[22] [M. Crapelet admits the propriety of such a suggested improvement; and
hopes that government will soon take it up for the accommodation of
the Visitors--who sometimes are obliged to wait for a _vacancy_,
before they can commence these researches.]

[23] [Mons. Crapelet estimates the number of these splendid volumes (in
1825,) at "more than six thousand!"]

[24] [M. Crapelet might have considered this confession as a reason, or
apology, sufficient for not entering into all those details or
descriptions, which he seems surprised and vexed that I omitted to
travel into.]

[25] _An enquiry into the History of Engraving upon Copper and in
Wood_, 1816, 4to. 2 vol. by W.Y. Ottley. Mr. Ottley, in vol. i. p. 90,
has given the whole of the original cut: while in the first volume p.
iii. of the _Bibliotheca Spenceriana_, only the figure and date are
given.