At the sale of the books of the poet Gray, by Messrs. Sotheby and
Wilkinson, on Aug. 28, his copies of Clarendon and of Burnet's _Own
Times_ (vol. i.), with many MSS. notes written by him in the margins,
were bought for £49 10_s._ and £2 18_s._ respectively[348]. Perfect
specimens of facsimiles, which would defy detection, were obtained for
the completion of the Library copy of Coverdale's Bible; being
pen-and-ink copies of the title, from Lord Leicester's copy, and of the
map of Palestine, from Lord Jersey's copy, executed with admirable skill
by the late well-known facsimilist, Mr. J. Harris.
A Supplemental Catalogue of the printed books, comprehending all the
accessions which had been made during the years 1835-1847, was published
in this year, in one folio volume, under the editorship of the Rev.
Alfred Hackman, M.A., by whom the greater part of the earlier Catalogue
had been compiled, as mentioned at p. 268.
On March 27, Convocation voted an addition of £50 _per annum_ to the
stipends of the Sub-librarians.
_Recovery of Pococke MS. 32._ See p. 81.
_Malone's Correspondence._ See p. 232.
[348] The Clarendon had been previously sold at an auction on Nov. 29,
1845, by Messrs. Evans, with various other books which had belonged to
Gray.