The Chairman (Mr. Bullen) said he trusted all present were lovers of books, and liked to see them clothed in an ornamental and appropriate style. There were one or two points which Mr. Wheatley had passed over rather lightly, on which, possibly, some gentlemen present might offer some remarks. He might mention one great amateur of binding, who seemed to have escaped Mr. Wheatley's attention—which he might easily have done, as his books had only lately come into vogue—a certain Baron de Longepierre, who lived towards the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th century. He was a literary man, and wrote several dramas, which were all of them damned until he fell back on the stock subject of Medea, in which he was successful. He was so elated with his success that he determined to have all his books ornamented with the golden fleece. They were most charmingly bound in morocco of various colours, and in the centre and corners of each cover he had a golden fleece stamped. These books had lately become quite the rage, and a small specimen would sell for £150 to £200. With reference to ancient bookbinding, a subject which did not seem very well known, there was a book published by Schwarzius, being a collection of dissertations delivered between 1705 and 1716, at Altdorf; which was afterwards re-edited and published by Dr. Lenschner, at Leipsic, in 1756. Any one interested in this branch of the subject, might refer to it with confidence, and would find in it a perfect mine of learning.