The gold-headed cane . These were amongst many others which Icannot now specify, but which were then re-garded as rare, magnificent, giants, imperial,atlas, elephant, princes of editions!! As no one had enjoyed greater opportuni-ties, possessed more sufficient means to gratifyhis taste, or had an acuter descrimination, theBibliotheca Askeviana was well known to all,both at home and abroad, who were in theleast eminent for bibliographical as he had expressed a wish that his booksmight be unreservedly submitted to sale afterhis decease, the public became ultimately bene-fited by his
The gold-headed cane . These were amongst many others which Icannot now specify, but which were then re-garded as rare, magnificent, giants, imperial,atlas, elephant, princes of editions!! As no one had enjoyed greater opportuni-ties, possessed more sufficient means to gratifyhis taste, or had an acuter descrimination, theBibliotheca Askeviana was well known to all,both at home and abroad, who were in theleast eminent for bibliographical as he had expressed a wish that his booksmight be unreservedly submitted to sale afterhis decease, the public became ultimately bene-fited by his pursuits, and many a collectionwas afterwards enriched by an ExemplarAskevianum. The sale (apud S. Baker etG. Leigh, in vico dicto York Street, CoventGarden, Februar. 1775) occupied twentydays. But the library of my present master wasnot, as I have said before, the only attractionwhich our house afforded: to many of hisguests, the recital of his adventures duringhis travels abroad was a constant source of 158 * This model is about 12 inches high, is of unbakedpotters clay, and is now in the possession of Sir LucasPepys, Bart., whose lady is the daughter of Dr. Askew. ASKEW. 159 amusement; and we saw most foreigners whocame to London. Dr. Askew had been in theEast, and so vague and magnificent was theopinion formed at that time of an orientaltraveller, that I verily believe he was supposedto have been able to speak all the languages ofthat quarter of the globe. It was from somesuch notion as this that they brought to him aChinese, by name Chequa, who (however im-perfect their oral communication might be)seemed so grateful for the attention and kind-ness he had received, that he requested beforehis departure from England to be permitted tomake a model of the Doctor in his robes;which being readily granted, we sat to thestranger: and this is the specimen of his in-genuity, rendered with Chinese fidelity. From what has been said of the pursuits ofDr. Askew, it may be infer
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