Note 40 — THE BOOKS OF SAMUEL ROGERS
Reading edition
The prices obtained confirm this. Thetotaisum realised was £45,188:14:3. Of this the books represented no more than £1415:5. [41] This--with its triple range of bow-windows, from one of which Rogers used to watch his favourite sunsets--is now the residence of Lord Northcliffe. [42] Three of these--the "Noli me tangere" of Titian, Giorgione's "Knight in Armour," and Guide's "Ecce Homo"--are now in the National Gallery, to which they were bequeathed by Rogers. [43] Edinburgh Review, vol. civ. p. 105, by Abraham Hayward.