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Acland, Frances Anne, 196. Adams, John, 157. Adamson, Benjamin, 208, 210. Adderley, John, 178. Adramytteum, Suffragan-Bishop of, 127. Æsculapius, represented on a book-plate, 84, 128. Affleck, J. H., 112. Allegory, in English book-plates, 34, 36, 72, 97, 190, 200. ——, wildness of on French book-plates, 142. ——, —— on American book-plates, 159, 160. Allen, —— 107. —— Charles Dexter, 150, 156, 159, 160. —— George, 106. American book-plates, 150-161. Amman, Jost, 124, 125, 126. Ancestry, pride in, expressed on book-plates, 179. Anderson, 154. —— John, 112. Anson, Thomas, 91. Apthorpe, East, 60. 'Armorial style,' the, 52. Atkinson, Buddle, 112. Avranches, Bishop of, 138. B., B. 220. Bacon, Sir Francis, 26. Bacon, Sir Nicholas, 26-28, 135. Bagford, John, his collections, 2, 26, 28, 188. Bailey, J. E., 23. Baldrey, John, 76. Barber, Joseph, 12-14. Barlow, Charles, 57. Baron, Bernard, 220. Barberini, Maffeo, 148. Bartolozzi, F., 15, 72, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 112, 214, 215. —— his receipt for engraving Lady Bessborough's book-plate, 94. Bath, Countess-Dowager of, 28, 38, 39, 188. —— Earl of, 38. —— book-plate engravers at, 203-212. 'Bath Oliver' biscuits, 86. Bavaria, Ducal, library of, at Munich, 132. Beaufort, Duke and Duchess of, 188. Beilby, Ralph, 109. Bell, Anning, 190. —— Thomas, 109. Bengough, James, 52. Bennet, R. H. Alexander, 88. Bentley, engraver, 106. Berry, Agnes, 96, 196. —— Mary, 177, 196. —— Robert, 196. Bessborough, Earl of, 92. Bessborough, Lady, 92. Bewick, Thomas, 108-113, 177, 189, 214, 215. —— book-plates engraved on copper by, 112. Bielke, Thure, 146. Bigges, Mr., 112. Birnie of Broomhill, 70. Bisse, Dr. Philip, 59. Blackstone, C., 213. Blazon, heraldic, method of representing, 22-24. ——, —— expressed by initials, 40. ——, —— verbal, 30. Bloomfield, Robert, 227-228. Blosséville, Viscomte de, 136. Boetius, 128. Bolton, William, 224. Bonner, engraver, 177. Book-plate, antiquity of the name, 6. —— appropriateness of the name, 5. —— collecting, early days of, 1-5. —— ——, morality of, 54. —— the largest English, 50. Book-plates, dates on, 42-47. —— the earliest, 17. —— —— English, 18. —— —— French, 18 —— —— Italian, 18. —— —— Swedish, 18. —— —— Swiss, 18. —— early use of in England, 20-47. —— necessity for the use of, 17. —— sizes of, 19, 121. —— where to be sought for in a volume, 18. —— English, prominent engravers of, 200-215. —— first used in Germany, 114. —— of famous people, 221-228. Book-stealing or spoiling, condemned on book-plates, 162-175. Books represented in book-plates, 99-102. Borbon-Busset, Viscount de, 141. Bosch, Lewis, 177, 218. Boston Public Library, the, 153. Bosworth, Dr. John, 70. Bouchart, A., 136. Bouchot, Henri, 23, 144. Bouttats family, the, 148, 203. Bowles, Henry, 213. Boyle, John, Lord, 222. Brackstone, John, 62. Bradshaw, Henry, 76. Brampton, 190. Brand, the Antiquary, 109. Brandenburg family, arms of, 114. —— Hildebrande, 114. Bransby, J. H., 107, 108. Bray, Dr. Thomas, 226. Bree, Martin, 46. Breiner, Count M. L., 122. Bridgeman, Henry Toye, 208, 210. Brownlowe, Dame Alice, 50. —— Sir William, 50. Brydges, the Hon. James, 50. Burghers, Michael, 34, 73, 74, 200. Burke, Sir Bernard, 2, note. Burnet, Bishop, 3, 5. —— John, 155. Burton, Dr. John, 78. Buxheim, 116. Byron, Lord, 16. Byrd, William, 152. Bysshe, Sir Edward, 31, 33. Cairnes, Sir Alexander, 73. —— Lady, 73. Callot, the works of, 6. Callowhill, Hannah, 152, note. Callendar, an American book-plate engraver, 154. Cambridge University, 26, 75. —— George I.'s gift to, 75, 202. Carew, Sir Nicholas, 11. Carington, Francis, 206, 208. Carlander, Herr, 146. Carlyle, Thomas, 224. Carr, Anne, 181. —— Thomas, 112. —— William, 181. Cassano-Serra, Duke of, 148. Carter, Thomas, 43. Castle, Egerton, 143. —— Hedingham, 104. Cartwright, J. J., 182. Caryer, Richard, 65. 'Celestial' style, the, 68. Ceys, A. T., 143. Charles I., statue of, at Charing Cross, 12. Charles XIII., book-plate of, 147. 'Charlie, Prince,' 87. Charlton, Charles, 110. Chetwynd, Walter, 40. Chinese Mandarin, figured on a book-plate, 143. Chippendale style, the, 59-65. Chodowiecki, D. N., 127. Chorley, W. B., 177. Cipriani, 90, 92. Clapham, A., 112. Clark, Charles, 172. Clayton, Sir Robert, 44. Clonfert, Bishop of, 57. Cobbe, R. C., 213. College book-plates, 54, 57. Collet, John, 183. —— Thomas, 183. —— William, 183. Collins, S. J., 213. Colonial book-plates, 151. Columbine, Francis, 52. Conway, Field-Marshal, 195. Conyers, John, 204. Cook, Captain, 225. —— James, 225. Cornwallis, Lord, 52. Cotes, Rev. H., 110. Courtney, William, 30. Cowper, William, 214. Cranach, Lucas, 124, 125. Crewe, Nathanael, Bishop of Durham, 52. Cunliffe, Foster, 91. —— Sir Foster, 90, 91. —— Sir Robert H., 90, 99. Cunningham, Allan, 82. Currer, Danson Richardson, 88. —— John, 88. Custos, Dominick, 127. Dalton, T., 226. Damer, Anne Seymour, 96, 193, 195, 196. —— Hon. John, 195, note. Dawkins, Henry, 154. Darlington, view of, 106. Dartmouth College, 159. Dasent, Sir George, 148. Dates on book-plates, 42-47. De Fleurieu, Chevalier, 143. Delafaye, Charles, 64, 208. Delphin edition, the, 138. De La Colombière, Vulsson, 23. De La Vallée, Melchior, 136. De Malherbe, Francis, 23, 140, 142. De Maridat, Peter, 175. De Menezes, Isabel, 94, 185. Derby, James, Earl of, 49-50. Dering, Sir Edward, 31, 180. —— Thomas, 154, 155. De Sales, Charles, 137. De Tabley, Lord, 1, 7, 48, 54, 60, 74, 75, 86, 88, 128, 131, 137, 148, 164, 168, 174, 183, 202, 203, 213, 218, 224. Diamond, Dr., 220. Dickens, Fr., 46. Dinwiddie, Robert, 155, 156. Dobson, Rev. I., 210. Doctors of Medicine, represented on a book-plate, 84. Doeg, Alexander, 112. Doolittle, Amos, 154. Dorset and Middlesex, Charles, Earl of, 221. Douglas, Dr., 15. Drummond, Dr. Thomas, 87, 214. Dual ownership of book-plates, 198. Dubarry, Countess, 140. Duché, Rev. Jacob, 158. Du Guernier, Louis, 73, 74. Duick, John, 86. Dürer, Albert, 17, 117, 118, 121. Duthy, John, 213. Ebner, Hieronimus, 117. Edinburgh, book-plate engravers at, 69. Egerton, Randolph, 40, 181. Elliston, Robert, 152. Elton, C. I., 117. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 57. Erasmus, 121. Eve, C., 65. Ex Libris Society, the, 1. —— appropriateness of the words for book-plates, 6-8. Eynes or Haynes, 34. Faber, John, Bishop of Vienna, 164. Faithorne, William, 36, 200, 218. 'Farmer's Boy,' the, 227, 228. Farmington Library, the, 159, 160. Fenwick, John, 184, 185. 'Festoon Style,' the, 65. Fincham, H. W., 2, 102. Fitzherbert, Thomas, 208. Fleming, Francis, 210. —— Sir William, 202. Flemish book-plates, 148-149. Fletcher, W. Y., 188. Foote, Benjamin Hatley, 65. Ford, H., engraver, 90. Fox, Charles James, 15, 44-46. —— Sir Stephen, 15. Franks, Sir A. Wollaston, 30, 46, 79, 106, 118, 121, 124, 136, 148, 204, 210. French book-plates, 97, 135-146. —— their chief interest, 138-139. —— styles in, 141-142. —— Revolution, effects of the, displayed on French book-plates, 141. Froben's press, 121. Fuhr, John William, 208. Fust, Sir Francis, 43. G., S., 226. Gage, Sir Thomas, 95. Gainsborough, anecdote of, 82. Garrick, David, 168-170. Gascoigne, T., 88, 90. Gaultier, Léonard, 136. George I., his gift to Cambridge University, 76, 202. George III., arms of, by Bartolozzi, 91. Germain, Lady Betty, 194. —— Sir William, 194. German book-plates, 114-134. Gibbs, James, 218, 219. Gift book-plates, 26, 28, 30, 36, 38, 39. Godfrey, John, 52. Goodford, Samuel, 59. Gore, Edward, 213. —— Thomas, 34, 73, 200. Gosden, Thomas, 103. Gould, Sir Nathaniel, 73. Græme, Elizabeth, 157-8. —— Dr. Thomas, 157. Gravelot, 78. Gray's Inn Library, the, 100. Greene, John, 33. —— T. W., 104. Gribelin, Simon, 189, 203, 226. Gricourt, Abbé de, 143. Grimston, Sir Samuel, 39. Grotesque heraldry on book-plates, 227. Gueullette, Thomas, 143. Gusthart, Dr. Robert, 210. H., W., 79, 143, 213. Hacket, Bishop, 36, 200, 218. Haistwell, Edward, 59. Hamilton, Walter, 22, 141, 144. Hanmer, Sir Thomas, 221. Hanover, House of, Oxford's suspected disloyalty to, 78. Hare, Sir Thomas, 59. Harington, Gostlet, 52. Harleian Collections, the, 192. Harley, Robert, 221, 222. Harrewyn, J., 149. Harrison, W., 213. Harrold, Countess of, 58. Harvard College, 153, 154, 159. Hasty Pudding Society, the, 159. Haviland, Thomas, 208. Haynes or Eynes, 34. Hedio, Andrew, 166. Hénault, M., 142. Henshaw, the engraver, 96. Hesketh family, arms of, 50. Hewer, William, 100. Hibbart, William, 79, 213. Hibbins, Lucius Henry, 59. Hillary, William, 208. Hoadly, Dr. John, 213. Hoare, arms of, 95. —— Frances Ann, 196. —— Richard, 95, 196. —— Sir Richard Colt, 95, 196. Hogarth, William, 6, 14, 56, 75, 79, 92, 112, 213, 220, 227. Holbein, drawings by, 91. Holcombe, John, 68. Holland, John, 79. Hollar's armorial work, 33. Holles, Henrietta Cavendish, 192. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 161. Holzschuher family, 125, 126. Hommeau, C. F., 168. Howard, Dr. Jackson, 2, 30, 32. Huet, Dr. P. D., 138. Hughes, John, 208. Hulett, John, 222. Hungerford, Sir George, 36. Hunloke, Sir Henry, 40. —— Henry, 179. Huntingdon, Selina, Countess of, 194. Hurd, Nathaniel, 154. Hustler, James, 59. —— Sir William, 52. I'Anson, Sir T. B., 68. Ingold, Father, 136. Ireland, John, 6. Irish book-plates, 69-70. Isham, Sir Charles, 11. —— Sir Thomas, 8-11, 200. Italian MSS., heraldic decoration of, 16. —— book-plates, 147-8, 218. Jacob, Herbert, 176. Jacobean style, the, 53-59. Jacobite Life-guards, the, 214. Jaquéri, Jean Eli, 212. James II., statue of, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 12. Jeffreys, Henrietta Louisa, Countess of Pomfret, 193. Jenkins, Miss, 2. Jesus College, 57. Jodrell, Paul, 50. Johnson, engraver, 154. Jones, G. L., Bishop of Kilmore, 66. Kendrick, Dr., 106. Kennett, White, Bishop of Peterborough, 102. Kent, Henry, Duke of, 58. Kerrich, Dr. Samuel, 14. Kilian, Lucas, 127. —— Wolffgang, 124, 127. Kilmore, Bishop of, 66. Kirby Hall, 104. Knatchbull, Thomas, 49. Knight, Hon. Henrietta, 213. Knöringen, John Giles, 180. Koler, Susanna, 127. Kressenstain, J. W., 126. Labouchere, Miss Norna, 186, 188, 190, 198. Ladies' book-plates, 186-199. Lamballe, Princess de, 198. Lambart, George, 6, 79. Landscape book-plates, 103. Larson, William, 12. Le Bas, engraver, 214. 'Legacy' book-plates, 28. Legh, Gerard, 23. Le Grand, engraver, 140. Leicester Warren, Hon. J. B., see De Tabley, Lord. Le Mercier, Father, 141. Lethieullier, John, 59. 'Library Interiors,' 99, 100, 144, 146. Libraries, Public, 99. Lichfield Cathedral, view of, 106. Lilienthal, Michael, 167. Linarti, Filippo, 218. Liverpool Library, the, 99, 100. Lloyd, Rev. John, 176. Locker, Capt. William, 103. Loggan, David, 8-11, 200. Lombe, Lady, 189. Lovat, Lord, 223. Lulin, Amadeus, 146. Lumisden, Andrew, 11, 87, 214. Lynch, Philip, 58. Lyttelton book-plate, 200. —— Sir Edward, 32. M., R., 213. Macciucca, Francesco Vargas, 171, 199. Macdonald, H., 174. Malassis, see Poulet-Malassis. Manchester Circulating Library, the, 99. —— Subscription Library, the, 99. Mantling, style of, 52. Marks, John, 174. Marlborough, Duchess of, 195. Marriott book-plate, the, 36. Marshall, William, 32, 200. Marsham, John, 33. Mason, Dame Anna Margaretta, 58, 189. Massie, Richard, 59. Massy, Francis, 208. Maury, Cardinal, 140. Mavericks, the, engravers, 154. Mayo, Lady, 190. Mercator, Daniel, 179. —— Nicholas, 179, 180. Methuen, Sir Paul, 222. Middlesex, Lionel, Earl of, ill-treatment of his wife, by, 38. Minerva, presented with a tomahawk, 159. Mitford, John, 96. Moises, Edward, 112. Monmouth, James, Duke of, 181. Moore, Bishop, library of, 75. —— O, 175. Morghen, Raphael, 147, 148. Mottoes, punning, 176. —— repeated in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, 120. Moule, Thomas, 6, 12. Mountaine, Robert, 212-213. Muilman, Peter, 104. Musgrave, Sir Christopher, 204. Myller, Sebastian, 127. Mynde, H., 103. Nack, J. B., 7, 8. 'Name Tickets,' 40, 134. —— used in France, 135. —— —— Germany, 135. Nash, 'Beau,' 206. Neptune, figured on a book-plate, 96. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 12. —— St. Michael's Church, view of, 109. New College, Oxford, 58. Newdigate, Richard, 52. New England Library, the, 153. Newport, Lady, 38. New York Society Library, 159. Nevill, Lady Dorothy, 199. Nicholson, Gilbert, 43. Nicholson, ——, an attorney at Lichfield, 106. North, Hon. Anne, 189. Nott, Fettiplace, 40. Nuremberg, Library of St. Laurence at, 183. Okey, family book-plate, 183. Oliver, Dr. William, 84, 86, 212. —— William, 210. Ord, John, 64. Oringen, 125. Orr, J., 70, note. Oxford, Earl of, 192, 193. —— Henrietta, Countess of, 14, 79, 81, 190, 193, 203. Oxford, suspected disloyalty of, to the House of Hanover, 78. Pagit, Justinian, 40. Pain, Anne, 198. —— Thomas, 198. Paper, its ancient scarcity, 116. Park, Thomas, 224. Parlington, library at, 88. Parochial Libraries, 167, 168, 203, 225, 226, 227. Parsons, Daniel, 21. Paynter, David, 44. Pembroke College, 57. Penn, Sophia, 213. —— Thomas, 151. —— William, 151, 152, note. Pennant, Henry, 208. Penny, Nicholas, 52. Pepys, Samuel, 8, 18, 40, 100, 178, 216-218. Pereira, Rev. H. W., 121. Perrault, Francis, 218. Personal particulars on book-plates, 178. Petrarca, Giuseppe, 122. Petra-Sancta, Father, his system of expressing metals and tinctures in heraldry, 23. Pfann, engraver, 216. Physicians, College of, 15. Picart, Bernard, 144. 'Picture' book-plates, 98-113. Pindar, Elizabeth, 188. Pine, John, 75, 76, 78, 79, 100, 202. Pirckheimer, Bilibald, 7, 17, 18, 117, 118, 162, 175, 220. Pitfield, Charles, 40, 178. Pocklington, Joseph, 65. Polish book-plates, 149. Pollard, engraver, 96. Pollen, Rev. George, 68. Pömer, Hector, 118, 120, 121. Pomfret, Lady, 193, 194. Pompadour, La, 140. Ponsonby, Hon. Gerald, 94. Pope, figured on a book-plate, 81. Porcellian Club, the, 159. Portal, Joseph, 213. Portrait book-plates, 36, 98, 196, 200, 216-220. Poulet-Malassis, M., 1, 7, 97, 135, 136, 141, 142. Powlet, C. S., 213. —— George, 213. Priestley, Joseph, 107. Prince Library, the, 153. —— Thomas, 153. Prior, Matthew, 182, 222. Punning Heraldry, instances of, upon book-plates, 125. Pye, engraver, 104, 106. Queens' College, Camb., 57. Raby, Lord, 181. Radcliffe Library, J. Gibbs's gift to, 218. Raigniauld, engraver, 136. Rayner, F., 226. Red-skins figured on book-plates, 159. Reilly, John, 53, 166, 167. Restoration, increase in number of book-plates, after the, 33. Revere, engraver, 154. Rieterin, Margretha, 118. Roberts-Brown, J., 2. Robinson, John, 59. —— Johnson, 208. —— Thomas, 176. —— Sir William, 46. Rochdale Circulating Library, the, 99. 'Rococo' style, the, 142, 147. Roe, engraver, 96. Rogers, Samuel, 224. Roos, Lady, 50, 188. —— Lord, 50, 52. Rosenberg, Count of, 127, 130, 131. Ross, T., 81. Rowney, Thomas, 52. Royal Society, Library of, 118. Royall, Isaac, 151, note. Rushout, Sir John, 59. Russian book-plates, 149. Rylands, J. Paul, 43, 100, 179. Sadeler, Giles, 124, 127, 132. —— Joseph, 124. St. Albans Grammar School, 39. St. David's, Bishop of, 59. St. Frances de Sales, 137. St. John figured on a book-plate, 167, 226, 227. St. John's College, Camb., 57. St. Paul figured on a book-plate, 124, 125. St. Peter figured on a book-plate, 125. St. Quintin, Sir William, 43. St. Thomas's Hospital, 59. Sartor, James, 202. Sartorius, Christopher, 202. Sayer, John, 52. Scharff, Gottfried Balthazar, 176. Schintz, Dr. C. S., 128. Scotch book-plates, 69-70. —— rebellion, the second, 12. Scripture, quoted in condemnation of book-stealing, 167. Scroope, Simon, 50. Seyringer, John, 175. Shakespeare represented on a book-plate, 81. Shelburne, Lord, his quarrel with Priestley, 107. Sheraton, Thomas, 66. Sherwin, John Keys, 72, 90, 96, 214, 215. Sibmacher, Hans, 126. Signeira, drawing by, 95. Sinton, engraving by, 137. Sion College Library, 102. Skeleton, one represented on a book-plate, 129. Skinner, J. [Jacob?], 64, 81, 84, 203-212. —— Matthew, 212. Skorina, F., 124. Sloane, Sir Hans, 12. Smyth, Sir John, 212. Southey, Robert, 209-210. Southwell (anon.), 34. —— Sir Robert, 40, 180. —— Hon. R. H., 103. Spanish book-plates, 148. Speratus, Paulus, 122, 166. Stanley, Sir Edward, 50. Stapylton, Sir Bryan, 46. —— Martin, 46. Stearne, Bishop John, 7. Stephens, William, 14. Sterne, Laurence, 223, 224. Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William, 19. Stourhead, 95. Strafford, Earl of, 182. Strange, Sir Robert, 11, 87, 214, 215. Strawberry Hill, 103, 106, 195. Study, praise of, on book-plate, 175-177. Sturgis, John, 213. Surgeons, College of, 15. Surtees, Robert, 68. Swaffham, parish library of, 226. Swedish book-plates, 146-147. Swift, Jonathan, 194. Swiss book-plates, 147. Sydenham, Sir Philip, 102, 184, 203. Sydney Sussex College, 30. Symons, John, 66. Tadcaster Library, 167. Talbot, Col. John, 30. —— C., 170. Tapestry in the House of Commons, 202. Terry, engraver, 104. Thomas, Sir Edmund, 212. Thompson, William, 52. Thoms, Mr., 220. Thoresby, the historian of Leeds, 184. Thorne, Peregrine Francis, 212. Titles, English, a stumbling-block to foreigners, 74. 'Tombstone Style,' the, 59. Tommins, Jean, 90. Tower of London, library of the Public Record Office in, 103, 104. Towneley, Richard, 184. Trémouille, Charlotte, Countess of Derby, 49. Tresham, Sir Francis, 28. —— Sir Lewis, 28. —— Sir Thomas, 28, 30. Trinity Hall, 57. Troschel, Hans, 124, 126. Turner, engraver, 154. Twemlow, William, 44. Tynemouth Priory, view of ruins of, 110. Tyneside, the, Bewick's sketching ground, 110-112. Tyrwhit, Francis, 179. Urban viii., book-plate of, 148. Vandergucht, Michael, 193, 202-203. Vander Noot, Count, 149, 185. Vennitzer, John, 183, 216. Venus figured on a book-plate, 92. Versailles, library at, 140. Vertue, George, 14, 56, 79, 192-193, 203. Vicars, Sir Arthur, 98, 146. Vienna, College of St. Nicholas at, 164. Von Hagenau, Ferdinand, 127. Von Zell, William, 116. Wadd, William, 15. Wakefield, Gilbert, 107. Wale, Samuel, 193. —— T., 87. Walker, H. P., 224. Walpole, Horace, 14, 15, 103, 106, 178, 195, 196, 203. Walters, Henry, 208. Wanly, Humphrey, 31. Warnecke, Herr, 16. Warrington, local volunteers, picture of one, 107. Warrington, view of, 106. Washington, George, 156, 157, 158. Way, G. L., 108. Welbeck, 190. Wentworth, Sir John, 50. —— Thomas, Earl of, 181, 182. Weobley Parish Library, 227. Wernerin, designer, 128. Wessenbrun, monastery of, 167. Westmoreland, Francis Fane, Earl of, 38. Wharton, Philip, Lord, 180. —— William, 40, 180. Wheatley, Henry, 106. White, engraver, 218. Wightwick, George, 173. Wigtown, Earl of, 210. Wilberforce, William, 225. Wilkes, John, 223. Willcox, Rev. F., 39. William III., effect of his invasion upon English fashions, 74. Williams, Rev. John, 153. Willis, Sherlock, 167, 168. Willmer, William, 30. Wiltshire, John, 81, 82, 86. Windham, Sir Edmund, 179. —— Thomas, 179. Winnington, Francis, 59. Wodroofe, John, 208. Wolsey, Cardinal, 18, 24. Woodward, Charles, 173. Worlidge, 213. 'Wreath and Ribbon Style,' the, 65. Wren, Sir Christopher, 12. Wyndham, Wadham, 78. Yale College, 159. Yates, engraving by, 91. —— James, 107.

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