▁Sp encer ▁later ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" the ▁fin est ▁library ▁yet ▁sold ▁in ▁Australia " ▁and ▁noted ▁that ▁"[ i ] t ▁was ▁rich ▁in ▁general ▁literature ▁as ▁well ▁in ▁Austral iana , ▁beginning ▁with ▁manuscript s ▁written ▁before ▁the ▁in vention ▁of ▁printing , ▁going ▁on ▁to ▁many ▁items ▁of ▁inc un ab ula , ▁then ▁on ▁to ▁great ▁books ▁through ▁the ▁centuries ." ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁buy ers ▁was ▁the ▁Public ▁Library ▁of ▁Victoria ▁which ▁sn apped ▁up ▁' a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁rare ▁and ▁important ▁works '. ▁These ▁included ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁early ▁B ibles , ▁Eu cl id ' s ▁Element a ▁( 1 4 8 2 ) ▁( one ▁of ▁only ▁three ▁complete ▁copies ▁in ▁the ▁world ), ▁the ▁' H end ri ks ▁collection ' ▁of ▁fly - le aves ▁and ▁title - pages , ▁number ing ▁over ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁pieces , ▁ 1 3 7 ▁volumes ▁of ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Johann ▁Wolfgang ▁von ▁Go ethe , ▁the ▁twenty - two ▁volumes ▁of ▁Georg ▁Kas par ▁Nag ler ' s ▁Ne ues ▁all geme ines ▁Künstler - L ex icon ▁( 1 8 3 5 – 1 8 5 2 ), ▁Richard ▁Earl om ' s ▁Liber ▁ver itat is , ▁or , ▁A ▁collection ▁of ▁two ▁hundred ▁prints , ▁after ▁the ▁original ▁designs ▁of ▁Claude ▁Le ▁Lor rain ▁( 1 7 7 7 ), ▁J . H . ▁Green ' s ▁A ▁catalog ue ▁and ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁the ▁works