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copies of nearly four hundred papal bulls, bearing relation to the political or religiousaffairs of Sweden , the originals of which, in the revolutions of time, had been loft.Thefe bulls begin with the twelfth century, and end with the reign of John III . Mr.de Fredenheim brought back with him many obfervations on the countries throughwhich he travelled, particularly Italy , in maps, plans, drawings, and defcriptive books,with his own marginal notes. Different other manufcript defcriptions, and views drawn,in his prefence on the fpots, are either framed in his ftudy, or depofited in his port-folio.Among antique marbles j Hercules , Juno , Titus , Virgil. With thefe a numerous andftill more feleft collection of geographical maps ; Sweden and Italy perfectly complete,and many not yet printed. A map of South America , notwithftanding it is engraved,yet very fcarce, publifhed in 1775, in twelve large fheets, with notes fufficient for anentire atlas. Medals j in the number, that of Anthony and Cleopatra, extremely rare.A fucceffion in bronze, of a large fize, of the different Emperors, in excellent preferva-tion, he. A£la publica between Sweden and other powers, printed at the period onwhich they occurred, comprizing more than forty volumes in folio. A feledt libraryof fome thoufand volumes. Manufcripts on the hiftory of Sweden . Engravings, par-ticularly Italian. Portraits of Swedes and remarkable perfons of all countries. Portraitof Guftavus Adolphus, taken from life. A manufcript life of Linnaeus , noted and pre-fented by himfelf to the father of the prefent owner, the Archbifhop of Upfal. Mr.de Fredenheim, during his refidence at Rome , by refearches he made, determined theexa£t extent of the Forum Romanum . He caufed a monument to be made in thatcountry to the memory of his father, by Angelini the fculptor, in fine Carrara marble,which is placed in the cathedral at Upfal. In the piece, Religion marks the foul’sabode, and at the fame time points to the urn fuppofed to contain the afhesof the dead;below on the pedeftal is a bas reliefs which reprefents the Archbifhop foftering thefeiences; the infeription is elegantly fimple: Carolo Frederico Menander eccl. Suegothiccsarchiepifcopo pietas filii P. nat. 1712, ob. 1786. His translation of Tacitus into theSwedifh language is very highly efteemed. The lady of Mr. Fredenheim cultivatesniufic with great fuccefs; fo that his houfe may be looked upon as the rendezvous ofthe fine arts. For our part we mult add, that it is equally the court of complaifance,and with the utmoft fatisfaction, here proclaim our gratitude for all the kindnefs weindividually experienced, renewing at the fame time thofe exprellions of our regret fooften repeated before, at having refided fo long in Sweden before we made his ac-quaintance.
Mr. Nordin, member of the academy of eighteen, paffes for the beft-informed manin Sweden , on what regards the hiftory and antiquities of his own country. He hascompofed a work entitled, Direclorium chronologico-diplomaticam Sued a, in two volumes.The earlieft diploma and other a£ts, which relate to Swedifh affairs, begin in 800.Thefe are letters of the Popes , the greater part of which are alluded to by differentauthors ; their names are indicated, as well as the part of their works wherein mentionof them is made. He is in poffeflion of many valuable manufcripts. Exemplar epifto-larum Chrijlinee ; a work written by that Queen herfelf in her youth. It contains co-pies of letters in the Swedifh, German, Latin , and French languages, in fmall folio,three fourths margin.'—The ecclefiaftical ftatutes of Archbifhop EJkils of Lund , in 1124.Mention is made of this in the appendix of the laws of Scania in the Swedifh language.
‘—A code of laws for the whole kingdom, a manufcript of 1347 on vellum, incom-plete: in this the Runic letter th is found > It is in Swedifh, and never was printed, theclergy continually oppofing its abfolute recognition: this code was partly adopted in* 444 » and was in exiftence until 1734. Prifciamts, a Latin grammar in manufcript, in-vol. vi. 3 h complete.