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of view, and then, since they are rare, guotes the published library catalogues in
which the editions were found. He also tried to find out when and in what form
the owner could have accessed the copy.
William Guthrie’s (1708-1770) and John Gray’s (1723?-1811) multi-volume
history of the world, published in English" and German," was published in two
editions in German (Leipzig"" and Troppau-Brünn—Wien""), and was translated
by ten scholars (they worked on a single volume each). Volume 15 (Band) is the
history of the Hungarian Kingdom." In it, when discussing the reign of Matthias
Hunyadi, they did not fail to mention the library, rich in printed documents and
53 (GUTHRIE-GRAY 1764-1767.
4 Tr work has an internal “Volume (Band)” and “Part (Theil)” numbering system, published in different
numbers of volumes per edition. For example, the Troppau-Brno-Vienna edition has 98 volumes. In
this, the relevant and quotable Hungarian volume is No. 52.
55 GUTHRIE-GRaAY 1765-1795.
16 GuUTHRIE-GRAY 1785-1805
57 In the Troppau-Brno-Vienna edition, this makes three volumes.
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