A HAND-LIST

OF THE

EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE

PRESERVED IN THE

DOUCE COLLECTION

IN THE

BODLEIAN LIBRARY;

SELECTED FROM THE

PRINTED CATALOGUE OF THAT COLLECTION,

BY

J. O. HALLIWELL, Esq.

LONDON:

FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY.

1860.

PREFATORY NOTE.

THE following pages comprise a list of the principal volumes of early English literature preserved in the Douce Collection, selected from the printed Catalogue for the use of those students who do not care for the more modern portion of the library, and who find that a folio volume is inconvenient for constant reference.

The Douce Collection was bequeathed to the Bodleian Library in 1834. It contains numerous rarities, purchased many years previously from the collections of Henderson, Pearson, Farmer, and Herbert. There are many volumes that would be found elsewhere with great difficulty, and some few that are believed to be unique.

November, 1860.