von dreyerley Zustandt des Menschen unnd dessen
newen Geburt.'' 1639.



It is scarcely fair to make capital out

of the blunders of booksellers' catalogues,
which are often printed in a great hurry,
and cannot possibly possess the advantage
of correction which a book does. But
one or two examples may be given without
any censure being intended on the
booksellers.

In a French catalogue the works of
the famous philosopher Robert Boyle
appeared under the following singular
French form: BOY (le), Chymista scepticus
vel dubia et paradoxa chymico-physica, &c.

``Mr. Tul. Cicero's Epistles'' looks
strange, but the mistake is but small.
The very natural blunder respecting the
title of Shelley's _Prometheus Unbound_
actually did occur; and, what is more, it
was expected by Theodore Hook. This is
an accurate copy of the description in the
catalogue of a year or two back:--

``Shelley's Prometheus _Unbound_.