English Book CollectorsROBERT HARLEY, FIRST EARL OF OXFORD, 1661-1724Reading editionChapter navigation105 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACEALPHABETICAL LIST OF COLLECTORSROYAL COLLECTORSJOHN FISHER, BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, 1459?-1535THOMAS CRANMER, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1489-1556MATTHEW PARKER, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1504-1575HENRY FITZALAN, EARL OF ARUNDEL, 1513?-1580SIR THOMAS SMITH, 1513-1577WILLIAM CECIL, LORD BURGHLEY, 1520-1598THOMAS WOTTON, 1521-1587DR. DEE, 1527-1608ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL OF LEICESTER, 1532?-1588JOHN, LORD LUMLEY, 1534?-1609.GEORGE CAREW, EARL OF TOTNES, 1555-1629SIR ROBERT BRUCE COTTON, Bart., 1571-1631WILLIAM LAUD, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1573-1645ROBERT BURTON, 1576-1640JAMES USHER, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH, 1581-1656JOHN WILLIAMS, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, 1582-1650JOHN SELDEN, 1584-1654THOMAS HOWARD, EARL OF NORFOLK, 1586-1646RICHARD SMITH, 1590-1675GEORGE THOMASON, died 1666SIR SYMONDS D'EWES, Bart., 1602-1650SIR KENELM DIGBY, 1603-1665RALPH SHELDON, 1623-1684DR. FRANCIS BERNARD, 1627-1698SAMUEL PEPYS, 1633-1703EDWARD STILLINGFLEET, BISHOP OF WORCESTER, 1635-1699JOHN MOORE, BISHOP OF ELY, 1646-1714JOHN BAGFORD, 1650?-1716THOMAS HERBERT, EIGHTH EARL OF PEMBROKE, 1656-1733NARCISSUS LUTTRELL, 1657-1732SIR HANS SLOANE, Bart., 1660-1753PETER LE NEVE, 1661-1729ROBERT HARLEY, FIRST EARL OF OXFORD, 1661-1724EDWARD HARLEY, SECOND EARL OF OXFORD, 1689-1741JOHN BRIDGES, 1666-1724JOHN MURRAY, 1670-1748DR. MEAD, 1673-1754CHARLES SPENCER, THIRD EARL OF SUNDERLAND, 1674-1722BRIAN FAIRFAX, 1676-1749THOMAS HEARNE, 1678-1735THOMAS RAWLINSON, 1681-1725JOSEPH SMITH, 1682-1770DR. RICHARD RAWLINSON, 1690-1755MARTIN FOLKES, 1690-1754WILLIAM OLDYS, 1696-1761JOHN RATCLIFFE, -1776JAMES WEST, 1704?-1772BENJAMIN HEATH, 1704-1766HORACE WALPOLE, FOURTH EARL OF ORFORD, 1717-1797RALPH WILLETT, 1719-1795DR. ANTHONY ASKEW, 1722-1774REV. C.M. CRACHERODE, 1730-1799JOHN TOWNELEY, 1731-1813SIR JOHN THOROLD, Bart., 1734-1815REV. RICHARD FARMER, D.D., 1735-1797RICHARD GOUGH, 1735-1809GEORGE STEEVENS, 1736-1800JAMES BINDLEY, 1737-1818WILLIAM PETTY FITZMAURICE, FIRST MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, 1737-1805TOPHAM BEAUCLERK, 1739-1780REV. BENJAMIN HEATH, D.D., 1739-1817MAJOR THOMAS PEARSON, 1740?-1781JOHN KER, DUKE OF ROXBURGHE, 1740-1804MICHAEL WODHULL, 1740-1816FRANCIS HARGRAVE, 1741?-1821ISAAC REED, 1742-1807SIR JOSEPH BANKS, Bart., 1744-1820REV. JOHN BRAND, 1744-1806JOHN DENT, 1750?-1826RIGHT HON. THOMAS GRENVILLE, 1755-1846FRANCIS DOUCE, 1757-1834JAMES EDWARDS, 1757-1816GEORGE HIBBERT, 1757-1837REV. CHARLES BURNEY, D.D., 1757-1817GEORGE JOHN, SECOND EARL SPENCER, 1758-1834SIR RICHARD COLT HOARE, Bart., 1758-1838WILLIAM BECKFORD, 1759-1844FREDERICK NORTH, FIFTH EARL OF GUILFORD, 1766-1827GEORGE SPENCER CHURCHILL, FIFTH DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, 1766-1840ALEXANDER, TENTH DUKE OF HAMILTON, 1767-1852SIR MARK MASTERMAN SYKES, Bart., 1771-1823RICHARD HEBER, 1773-1833RICHARD GRENVILLE, FIRST DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, 1776-1839HENRY PERKINS, 1778-1855FREDERICK PERKINS, 1780-1860JOHN BELLINGHAM INGLIS, 1780-1870WILLIAM HENRY MILLER, 1789-1848GEORGE DANIEL, 1789-1864WILLIAM, SIXTH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, 1790-1858SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS, Bart., 1792-1872REV. THOMAS CORSER, 1793-1876DAVID LAING, 1793-1878BERTRAM, FOURTH EARL OF ASHBURNHAM, 1797-1878SIR WILLIAM TITE, C.B., 1798-1873JAMES THOMSON GIBSON-CRAIG, 1799-1886ALEXANDER WILLIAM, TWENTY-FIFTH EARL OF CRAWFORD, 1812-1880HENRY HUTH, 1815-1878ROBERT SAMUEL TURNER, 1818-1887FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON, 1821-1895WILLIAM MORRIS, 1834-1896ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SALESPrevious chapter ←PETER LE NEVE, 1661-1729Next chapter →EDWARD HARLEY, SECOND EARL OF OXFORD, 1689-1741All chapters and sections (105)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACEALPHABETICAL LIST OF COLLECTORSROYAL COLLECTORSJOHN FISHER, BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, 1459?-1535THOMAS CRANMER, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1489-1556MATTHEW PARKER, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1504-1575HENRY FITZALAN, EARL OF ARUNDEL, 1513?-1580SIR THOMAS SMITH, 1513-1577WILLIAM CECIL, LORD BURGHLEY, 1520-1598THOMAS WOTTON, 1521-1587DR. DEE, 1527-1608ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL OF LEICESTER, 1532?-1588JOHN, LORD LUMLEY, 1534?-1609.GEORGE CAREW, EARL OF TOTNES, 1555-1629SIR ROBERT BRUCE COTTON, Bart., 1571-1631WILLIAM LAUD, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1573-1645ROBERT BURTON, 1576-1640JAMES USHER, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH, 1581-1656JOHN WILLIAMS, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, 1582-1650JOHN SELDEN, 1584-1654THOMAS HOWARD, EARL OF NORFOLK, 1586-1646RICHARD SMITH, 1590-1675GEORGE THOMASON, died 1666SIR SYMONDS D'EWES, Bart., 1602-1650SIR KENELM DIGBY, 1603-1665RALPH SHELDON, 1623-1684DR. FRANCIS BERNARD, 1627-1698SAMUEL PEPYS, 1633-1703EDWARD STILLINGFLEET, BISHOP OF WORCESTER, 1635-1699JOHN MOORE, BISHOP OF ELY, 1646-1714JOHN BAGFORD, 1650?-1716THOMAS HERBERT, EIGHTH EARL OF PEMBROKE, 1656-1733NARCISSUS LUTTRELL, 1657-1732SIR HANS SLOANE, Bart., 1660-1753PETER LE NEVE, 1661-1729ROBERT HARLEY, FIRST EARL OF OXFORD, 1661-1724EDWARD HARLEY, SECOND EARL OF OXFORD, 1689-1741JOHN BRIDGES, 1666-1724JOHN MURRAY, 1670-1748DR. MEAD, 1673-1754CHARLES SPENCER, THIRD EARL OF SUNDERLAND, 1674-1722BRIAN FAIRFAX, 1676-1749THOMAS HEARNE, 1678-1735THOMAS RAWLINSON, 1681-1725JOSEPH SMITH, 1682-1770DR. RICHARD RAWLINSON, 1690-1755MARTIN FOLKES, 1690-1754WILLIAM OLDYS, 1696-1761JOHN RATCLIFFE, -1776JAMES WEST, 1704?-1772BENJAMIN HEATH, 1704-1766HORACE WALPOLE, FOURTH EARL OF ORFORD, 1717-1797RALPH WILLETT, 1719-1795DR. ANTHONY ASKEW, 1722-1774REV. C.M. CRACHERODE, 1730-1799JOHN TOWNELEY, 1731-1813SIR JOHN THOROLD, Bart., 1734-1815REV. RICHARD FARMER, D.D., 1735-1797RICHARD GOUGH, 1735-1809GEORGE STEEVENS, 1736-1800JAMES BINDLEY, 1737-1818WILLIAM PETTY FITZMAURICE, FIRST MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, 1737-1805TOPHAM BEAUCLERK, 1739-1780REV. BENJAMIN HEATH, D.D., 1739-1817MAJOR THOMAS PEARSON, 1740?-1781JOHN KER, DUKE OF ROXBURGHE, 1740-1804MICHAEL WODHULL, 1740-1816FRANCIS HARGRAVE, 1741?-1821ISAAC REED, 1742-1807SIR JOSEPH BANKS, Bart., 1744-1820REV. JOHN BRAND, 1744-1806JOHN DENT, 1750?-1826RIGHT HON. THOMAS GRENVILLE, 1755-1846FRANCIS DOUCE, 1757-1834JAMES EDWARDS, 1757-1816GEORGE HIBBERT, 1757-1837REV. CHARLES BURNEY, D.D., 1757-1817GEORGE JOHN, SECOND EARL SPENCER, 1758-1834SIR RICHARD COLT HOARE, Bart., 1758-1838WILLIAM BECKFORD, 1759-1844FREDERICK NORTH, FIFTH EARL OF GUILFORD, 1766-1827GEORGE SPENCER CHURCHILL, FIFTH DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, 1766-1840ALEXANDER, TENTH DUKE OF HAMILTON, 1767-1852SIR MARK MASTERMAN SYKES, Bart., 1771-1823RICHARD HEBER, 1773-1833RICHARD GRENVILLE, FIRST DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, 1776-1839HENRY PERKINS, 1778-1855FREDERICK PERKINS, 1780-1860JOHN BELLINGHAM INGLIS, 1780-1870WILLIAM HENRY MILLER, 1789-1848GEORGE DANIEL, 1789-1864WILLIAM, SIXTH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, 1790-1858SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS, Bart., 1792-1872REV. THOMAS CORSER, 1793-1876DAVID LAING, 1793-1878BERTRAM, FOURTH EARL OF ASHBURNHAM, 1797-1878SIR WILLIAM TITE, C.B., 1798-1873JAMES THOMSON GIBSON-CRAIG, 1799-1886ALEXANDER WILLIAM, TWENTY-FIFTH EARL OF CRAWFORD, 1812-1880HENRY HUTH, 1815-1878ROBERT SAMUEL TURNER, 1818-1887FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON, 1821-1895WILLIAM MORRIS, 1834-1896ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SALESAND◇← PETER LE NEVE, 1661-1729EDWARD HARLEY, SECOND EARL OF OXFORD, 1689-1741 →