A copy of the extremely rare Polish version of the Bible, made by the
Socinians at the expense of Prince Nicholas Radzivil, and printed in
1563, was bought for £45[300]; and a folio Psalter, printed by Fust and
Schoeffer in 1459, (finished Aug. 29), on vellum, for £70. The second
vellum printed book in the Library is a copy of Durandus' _Rationale_,
printed by the same printers in the same year, but completed on Oct. 6.
This was bought in 1790 for £80 10_s._ Large additions were made to the
collection of Aldines.
The name of Lady Hester Stanhope occurs among the benefactors as
presenting an Arabic MS. of the Romance of Antar, in thirty volumes.
[300] The rarity of this edition was caused by its being bought up and
destroyed by the sons of Prince Radzivil.