We shall
prize the matchless volumes about to be committed to our care, not merely as
being embellished with the richest specimens of the graphic art, but as
possessing a real historical character; as enhancing, in no slight degree, the
value of works which we have long been accustomed to regard as most important
contributions to the annals and literature of our Country.
The
University of Oxford to Charlotte Sutherland, 1837