Karl, Grand Duke of Frankfurt, Royal Highness: In a Lecture at the Museum in Frankfurt

travel he spent in Milan with the Count of Firmian, whose excellent and numerous library (8) he not only used but also sought to practice under him in public state affairs. His conduct and his diligence were so glorious and so distinguished that he was praised by the Count of Firmian in letters to his parents with the most deserved and just commendations. He finally left Italy and visited Salzburg, a city that is always remarkable for the traveler, and then Vienna, where he was always at the side of the Count of Firmian. After these

(8) The catalog of the same appeared under the following title: Bibliotheca Firmiana, or Treasury of Books which COUNT CAROLUS A FIRMIAN collected at great expense. Vol. V. Milan 1783. 4. maj. It consists of 9 volumes; however, it is a pity that it fell into unskilled hands, who perhaps never compiled a catalog, and this library would have truly deserved a better one.