Temple.
[J. V. S. suggests, "May it not in its complete state be 'Tandem Deo,
Optimo et Maximo,' and its translation, 'When all is done, let praise
be to God most mighty and most beneficent?'" and X. Z. says, "Possibly,
'Tandem desiderato opere mactus'--not, I think, a very choice specimen
of Latinity, but perhaps good enough for a fly-leaf."]
_Tandem D. O. M._ (Vol. iii., p. 62.).--Is not D. O. M. the common
abbreviation for "Deo Optimo Maximo?" and so the whole phrase an
acknowledgment by the painful (and probably pious) collector of the most
interesting library referred to, of his thanks to God on having "_at
length_" obtained possession of some long-coveted folio, or
vainly-sought-for edition?