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Further, in these affluent shelves may be found those great costly works which cross the border of "three figures," and of which only one or two of the public libraries can boast, such as the Celebri Famiglie Italiane of Litta, Denon's Egypt, the great French work on the arts of the middle ages, and the like; and many is the scholar who, unable to gratify his cravings elsewhere, has owed it to Lucullus that he has seen something he was in search after in one of these great books, and has been able to put it to public use.
" came in upon me this morning, just as I was out of bed, for twenty-seven livres. Paid him, which took literally my last sous. When at Denon's, thought I might as well go to St.
Strabo says, that above the Memnonium, the precise locality of Denon's description, were the sepulchres of the kings of Thebes, in grottos cut out of the rock, being about forty in number, wonderfully executed and worthy to be seen.
I had once seen, at the residence of Monsieur Denon, where my father had taken me with him on a visit, a mummy brought from Egypt; and I believed in good faith that Monsieur Denon's mummy used to get up when no one was looking, leave its gilded case, put on a brown coat and powdered wig, and become transformed into Monsieur de Lessay.
The Baron Denon's work, through mistake, was given to Mademoiselle, and Robinson Crusoe was delivered to the Princesse, who rapidly looked through its pages.
I should like to have seen Denon's face!" "And Monsieur Denon did take a portrait of Mr. Rogers as Cupid, I believe?" "Come, madam, 'no scandal about Queen Elizabeth. Mr. Rogers is one of the most elegant-minded men in the country." "Nay! do not lecture me with such a laughing face, or else your moral will be utterly thrown away." "Ah! you have Retsch's 'Faust' there.
To sum up all, the impression made upon me by the Princesse Talleyrand was, that she differed in no way from any other princess I had ever met, except by a greater degree of reserve and formality than were in general evinced by them. I could not help smiling inwardly when looking at her, as I remembered Baron Denon's amusing story of the mistake she once made.
The plates, amounting to upwards of one hundred and forty in number, are entirely engraved from DENON'S original drawings, without any reduction or enlargement, with the exception of that representing the Battle of the Pyramids, the size of which has been increased at the express desire of BONAPARTE. I have often amused myself on a morning in contemplating these drawings; but the crowd of curious persons being generally great, I determined to seize the opportunity of examining them more at leisure to-day, when the French are entirely engaged in interchanging the compliments of the season.
And even to-day, dear Madame, while I reject that opinion as being without foundation, I must confess that Monsier de Lessay bore a very strong resemblance to Monsieur Denon's mummy. The fact is enough to explain why this person inspired me with fantastic terror. "In reality, Monsieur de Lessay was a small gentleman and a great philosopher.
Among them, those most deserving of attention are: ADANSON'S cabinet of Natural History, Rue de la Victoire. CASAS' cabinet of Models and Drawings, Rue de Seine, Faubourg St. Germain. CHARLES'S cabinet of Physics, Palais National des Sciences et des Arts. DENON'S cabinet of Drawings, &c. Hotel de Bouillon, Rue J. J. Rousseau.
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