LONDON:

Printed by A. SPOTTIS WOODE, New-Street-Square.

ΤΟ

HIS MAJESTY,

LOUIS, KING OF BAVARIA,

WHOSE

MUNIFICENT PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS

HAS

ELEVATED THE POSITION AND CHARACTER OF HIS COUNTRY,

SECURED HIS OWN IMPERISHABLE RENOWN,

ADVANCED THE UNIVERSAL CAUSE OF CIVILIZATION,

AND

GIVEN AN EXAMPLE AND A STIMULUS TO THE OTHER SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE,