A.D. 1794
The Editio princeps of the Bible in German, printed by Eggesteyn about 1466, was bought for £50.
A chronological Catalogue, in two folio volumes, of a very large and valuable collection of pamphlets (which had hitherto been kept in the Radcliffe Library), extending from 1603 to 1740, was made in 1793-4, by Mr. Abel Lendon, of Ch. Ch. (B.A. 1795, M.A. 1798.)
Mr. Rich. S. Skillerne, of All Souls’ (B.A. 1796, M.A. 1800), was employed in the Library.
With a view to the formation of a new Catalogue, the Curators at the end of the annual list made a first application for returns of such books existing in the several College libraries as were not in the Bodleian, in order thereby to accomplish what would be a most useful work, and is still a great desideratum, a General Catalogue of all the books in Oxford.