INDEX

Adam the royal goldsmith, 58

Æsopus (1485), 185

Albani Missal, vicissitudes of, 75

Alchorne (Stanesby), his library, purchased by Lord Spencer, 154

Allen (Thomas), his library, 144

Althorpe library purchased by Mrs. Rylands, 16

Americana, growth in value, 221

Anacreon, 1554, 185

Apponyi (Count Louis), his library, 173

Ariosto (1516), 190

Aristoteles (1483), 185; copy on vellum, 143

Arnold’s (Matthew) poems, 256

“Arthur (King),” 1557, 216

Ashburnham (Earl of), sale of his library, 174, 176; Ashburnham MSS., 70

Ashmole’s (Elias) library, 9

Ashwell (Rev. George), sale of his library, 119

Askew (Anthony), sale of his library, 138; MSS., 141

Astle (Edward), his library, 156

Atkyns’s ‘Gloucestershire,’ 244

Aubrey’s ‘Surrey,’ 244

Auchinleck library, 173

Auction, use of the word, 105

Auction sales: In the seventeenth century, 104-125 In the eighteenth century, 126-146 In the nineteenth century, 147-178

Auctioneer, print of, by Nicholls, 45

Auctioneers, 37-48

Augustinus, ‘De Civitate Dei,’ 192

Aungerville (Richard) = Richard de Bury, 3

Authors, remuneration of, 2, 14

Averages of book sales, 177

Aylesford (Earl of), his library, 171, 176

Bacon’s Henry VII., price, 94

Baker (Samuel), auctioneer, 134

Ballard (Thomas), auctioneer, 128, 130

Bancroft’s (T.) epigrams (1639), 216

Barnes’s (Juliana) ‘Treatyse of Fysshynge,’ 216

Barnfield’s (R.) ‘Lady Pecunia’ (1598), 216

Barrois collection of MSS., 72

Bateman (Lord), his library, 174

Bateman heirlooms, 173

Beauclerk (Topham), sale of his library, 140

Beaumont and Fletcher’s works, 221

Beckford (William), sales (1823) 158, (1882-3) 166, 175 ‘Poetical Sketches,’ 256

Bedford Missal, 75

Bedford (Francis), his library, 170

Beloe (William), 20

Bentley (T.), auctioneer, 118

Bent’s ‘General Catalogue,’ 93

Beresford-Hope (Rt. Hon. A. J. B.), his library, 170

Berri (Jean Due de), inventory of his library, 56

Berri (Duchesse de), her library, 159

Bernard (Charles), sale of his library, 127

Bernard (Dr. Francis), sale of his library, 119, 126

Berwick (Lord), his library, 162

Bible: ‘Biblia Sacra Latina,’ Gutenberg & Fust, price of, 182 ‘Biblia Sacra Latina,’ Fust & Schoeffer, price of, 182 Latin version of the Psalms, Fust & Schoeffer (1459), price of, 182 ‘Biblia Latina,’ N. Jensen, 183 In English, by Coverdale (1535), 183 Tyndale’s New Testament (1526), 183 Complutensian Polyglot (1514-17), 142, 183 Plantin Polyglot, 184 Walton’s Polyglot, 185 (Alcuin’s), at the British Museum, 74 (Eliot), 222

Bindings, sale of, 111; specimens of, 250-255

Bindley (James), his library, 157, 175; his portraits, &c., 158

Blake’s poems, 256

Blew (Rev. W. J.), his library, 174

Block books, price of, 181

Blomefield’s ‘Norfolk,’ 245

Boccaccio, 190; Valdarfer edition (1471), 154

Boece’s ‘Cronikles,’ translated by Bellenden, on vellum, 248

Bohn (Henry G.), bookseller, 35; sale of his ‘Epoch,’ 176

Bolland (Baron), his library, 162

Book-collecting as an investment, 19

Book sales in the nineteenth century which have realised over £10,000, 175

Book trade circa 1525, 85

Books: Imported into England, 81 Not to be sold at too high a price, 82 Sellers of, 26-48

Borromeo (Count), his library, 157

Botticelli’s drawings in illustration of Dante, 69

Boucher (Rev. Jonathan), his library, 151

Boyet, specimens of his binding, 253

Brabourne (Lord), his library, 173

Bradshaw (Henry), ‘St. Werburghe’ (1521), 216

Bradshaw (Henry), Notes on Dorne’s Day-Book, 84

Brand (Rev. John), his library, 151

Bridges (John), sale of his library, 111

Bright (B. H.), his library, 163

British Museum: Library of the kings and queens of England, 6 Manuscript collections at, 67

Britton (Thomas), sale of his books, 128

Broadley (John), his library, 160

Brontë’s ‘Jane Eyre,’ 262

Browne (Sir Thomas) on the increase of books, 10

Browning’s (Robert) ‘Pauline,’ 256

Bruno (Giordano), ‘Spaccio de la Bestia Trionfante,’ 241

Brydges (Sir Egerton), his list of book prices (1564), 88

Buccleuch (Duke of), his library, 172

Buckingham (Duke of), Stowe library, 163, 175; MSS., 163

Buckley (Rev. W. E.), his library, 173

Bullord (John), auctioneer, 44, 121; confused with Ballard by Nichols, 44

Bunbury (Sir E. H.), his library, 174

Burgess (Fred), his library, 173

Burney (Dr. Charles), purchase of his library for the British Museum, 67

Burns, Kilmarnock edition of his Poems (1786), 257

Burton (J. Hill) on collecting as an investment, 19

Bury (Richard de) and his ‘Philobiblon,’ 2-5

Bute’s (Earl of) botanical library, 144

Butler’s ‘Hudibras,’ published price, 98

Byron’s Poems, 258

Bysshe (Sir Edward), sale of his library, 111

Byzantine historians, 262

‘Cæsar,’ edited by Dr. Samuel Clarke, large paper, fall in price, 181

Campbell’s (Colin) ‘Vitruvius Britannicus,’ published price, 95

Canevari (Demetrio), specimen of binding from his library, 252

Carr (Samuel), auctioneer, 117

Cassano library bought by Lord Spencer, 15

Castell (Dr. Edmond), sale of his library, 117; his ‘Lexicon Heptaglotton,’ 14

Catalogue (monthly) of books, 100

Caxton: Changes in the value of the productions of his press, 193-214 Chaucer’s translation of Boethius, 109 ‘Golden Legend,’ its original price, 83 Caxtons, 137, 140; at Dr. Francis Bernard’s sale, 121

Chalmers (George), his library, 162

Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales,’ 2, (Caxton) 199, (Pynson) 217, (Wynkyn de Worde) 217; subscription for Urry’s edition, 100

Chiswell (Richard), auctioneer, 43, 109, 111, 113

Christie and Manson, auctioneers, 48

Church books, 86

Cicero: ‘Opera Omnia’ (1483), 185 ‘Epistolæ ad familiares’ (1467), 185 ‘Epistolæ’ (1471), 186 ‘Orationes’ (1472), 186

Clare (Earl of), his library, 166

Clarke (Dr. Hyde), his library, 174

Classics, editiones principes of the, 185; fall in the price of other editions, 180

Claudianus (1482), 186

Clavel’s (R.) catalogue of new books, 93

Cock (Mr.), auctioneer, 130, 132

Colard Mansion, a scribe before he turned printer, 67

Coleridge (Lord), his library, 174

Collins (Anthony), sale of his library, 131

Comerford (James), his library, 160

Cooper (William), first English auctioneer, 37, 104, 117

Copland’s (R.) reference to the price of books, 85

Corser (Rev. T.), his library, 165, 175

Cosens (Frederick William), his library, 172

Crampton (Alfred), his library, 174, 255

Crauford (Rev. C. H.), his library, 165

Crawford (Earl of), his library, 171, 175

Crawford (W. H.), Lakelands library, 173, 176

Crofts (Rev. Thomas), sale of his library, 140

Crossley (James), his library, 170

Currer (Miss Richardson), her library, 164

Cutwode’s (T.) ‘Caltha Poetarum,’ 217

Daly (Right Hon. Denis), his library, 144

Dampier’s (Bishop) library bought by the Duke of Devonshire, 16

Daniel (George), sale of his library, 164, 175

Dante, 190; ‘Divina Commedia’ illustrated by Botticelli, 69

Davis (Charles), auctioneer, 130

Davis (Richard): ‘Auctio Davisiana,’ 37 Sale of his stock, 117

Defoe’s ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ 246

Delisle (Léopold), his claim for stolen MSS., 72

Dent (John), his library, 159, 175

Deseuil (or Du Seuil), specimens of his binding, 253

D’Ewes’s (Sir Symonds) MSS. bought by Harley, 11

Diane de Poictiers, specimen of binding from her library, 251

Dibdin (Dr. T. F.), 21, 32

Dickens’s Novels, &c., 255, 261

Digby (Sir Kenelm), sale of his library, 112

Dillon (John), his library, 165

Domville (Sir Cecil), his library, 174

Dorne’s (John) Day-Book, 84

Drake’s ‘Eboracum,’ 245

Drummond of Hawthornden’s ‘Forth Feasting,’ 218

Du Fresnoy (H. Petit), specimen of binding from his library, 252

Dugdale’s ‘Warwickshire,’ 245

Dunsmore (John), 109, 111

Dunton’s (John) account of the booksellers of his time, 29

D’Urfey’s (T.) ‘Pills to Purge Melancholy,’ published price, 99

Dyneley (R. D.), his library, 172

Dyson (Humphrey), sale of his books, 115

East, destruction of MSS. in the, 55

Ebesham (William), 61

Edwards (James), his library, 149

Ellis’s (F. S.) stock, sale of, 176

Evans (Robert H.), bookseller and auctioneer, 34, 154

Eve (Clovis), specimen of his binding, 253

Fabyan’s ‘Chronicles,’ 218

Fagel (Greffier), his library, 148

Farmer (Richard), D.D., sale of his library, 145

Fashion in the prices of books, 17

Fastolfe’s books (1459), 57

Fielding’s (Henry) library, 135

Flavel’s (Rev. John) Works, published price, 95

Fletewode (William), sale of his library, 138

Folkes (Martin), sale of his library, 135

Fonthill Abbey sale, 158

Forbes (Sir Charles Stewart), his library, 174

Foster (Birket), his library, 173

Foxe’s ‘Acts and Monuments,’ 218

Frere (John Tudor), his library, 174

Frobisher’s ‘Three Voyages,’ 218

Froissart’s ‘Cronycles,’ 218

Gaisford (Thomas), his library, 172

Gardner (Cecil Dunn), his library, 166

Gellius (Aulus), 1469, 186; 1472, 186

Gennadius (John), his library, 173

Gibson-Craig (James T.), his library, 171, 175

Godolphin (John), sale of his library, 109

Goldsmith (Oliver): Sale of his library, 138 ‘Vicar of Wakefield,’ 247

Gordon (Sir Robert), Gordonstoun library, 156

Gosford (Earl of), his library, 170, 175

Gosset (Isaac), his library, 155

Gough, Richard: His library, 152 ‘Sepulchral Monuments,’ 245

Gramont Memoirs, published price, 97

Grangerising, 250

Greenhill (Thomas), sale of his library, 108

Greenwood (Jonathan), auctioneer, 43

Gringoire, ‘Les Fantasies de Mere Sote,’ 242

Grolier, specimens of binding from his library, 251

Guilford (Earl of), his library, 159, 175

Gulston (Joseph), sale of his library, 141, 166

Gurney (David), his library, 166

Hailstone (Edward), Walton Hall library, 173

Hakluyt’s ‘Navigations,’ 219

Halliwell-Phillipps (J. O.), his library, 177

Hamilton Palace MSS. sold to the German Government, 69, 169, 176

Hamilton’s (Duke of) library, 169, 175

Hampton (Lord), his library, 166

Hanrott (P. A.), his library, 160, 175

Hardwicke (Lord Chancellor), his library, 172

Harleian MSS. bought for the British Museum, 12

Harley library bought by T. Osborne, 13, 30

Harriot (T.), ‘Merveilleux et estrange Rapport,’ 219

Hartley (Leonard L.), his library, 171, 175

Haslewood (Joseph), his library, 160

Hawkins (Rev. W. B. L.), his library, 174

Hearne (Thomas): His remuneration, 15 Diaries sold for a hundred guineas, 129 Editions, original subscription, 101; depreciation in price, 260

Heath (Rev. Benjamin, D.D.), his library, 152

Heathcote (Robert), his library, 148

Heaton (Beresford R.), his library, 174

Heber (Richard): Collection of early sale catalogues, 112 Sale of his library, 160, 175

Henley (‘Orator’), sale of his library, 136

Henry VIII., Act respecting importation of books, 81

Hibbert (George), his library, 159

Hildyard (T. B. F.), his library, 174

Hill (Thomas), his library, 162

Hoare (Sir Richard Colt), his library, 170, 175

Holland (Henry): ‘Basiliōlogia,’ 249 ‘Herōologia,’ 249

Holmes’s ‘Life of the Queen,’ enhanced price, 102

Homerus (1488), 186

Homer’s ‘Iliad’: MS., 68 Subscription for Pope’s translation, 101 ‘Batrachomyomachia’ (1486), sold in Maittaire’s library, 133

Hope (Adrian), his library, 174

Hopetoun (Earl of), his library, 172

Horatius (1470), 186; printed by Didot (1799), on vellum, 248

Home (Rev. T. Hartwell) on MSS., 53

Howell (John), auctioneer, 119

Hunt’s (John) inventory of books (1483), with prices, 84

Hunter (John), his library, 155

Hurd (Philip), his library, 159

Hutchinson (Joshua H.), his library, 173

Illustrated books, 249, 250

Italian classics, 190

Jacomb (Dr. Thomas), sale of his library, 118

James I. as a book collector, 6

Jersey (Earl of), Osterley Park library, 171, 175

Johnson (Dr. Samuel): His work on the ‘Bibliotheca Harleiana,’ 31 English Dictionary, published price, 96 Sale of his library, 141

Johnson’s (Michael) address prefixed to an auction catalogue, 46

Jonson’s (Ben) Works, 221

Junot (Marshal), his library, 156

Justinus (1470), 186

Juvenalis et Persius, 187

Kidner (Thomas), sale of his library, 107

Kirton (Joseph), bookseller, ruined by the Fire of London, 28

Kloss (Dr.), his library, 161

Knight (Charles), pioneer in the cheapening of good literature, 28

‘Knocks-out,’ dishonesty of, 124

Lacy’s (T. H.) stock, sale of, 176

Laing (David), his library, 165, 175

Lakelands library, 173, 176

Lang (Andrew) on collecting as an investment, 20

Langford, auctioneer, 137

Lansdowne (Marquis of), sale of his library, 150; MSS., 137, 150

Larking (J. Wingfield), his library, 173

Larpent (Baron), his library, 174

Lawrence (Edwin H.), his library, 173

Leicester (Eleanor de Montfort, Countess of), pocket lectionary made for her (1265), 57

Leland (John) saved MSS. from destruction, 55

Libraries of the Middle Ages, destruction of, 5

Libri sales, 164, 175; collection of MSS., 71

Lilly’s stock, sale of, 176

Linschoten’s ‘Voyages,’ 219

Livius (1469), 187, (1470) 187

Lloyd (Bishop), sale of his library, 121

Lodge’s (T.) ‘Rosalynde,’ 219

Loggan’s ‘Oxonia,’ 95, 245; ‘Cantabrigia,’ 95, 245

Lok’s (H.) ‘Ecclesiastes,’ 219

London’s (William) ‘Catalogue of Vendible Books,’ 93

Longus, ‘Pastoralia,’ on vellum, 248

Lort (Michael, M.D.), sale of his library, 144

Louis XIII. and Anne of Austria, specimens of binding from their library, 252

Lucanus (1469), 187

Lucianus (1496), 188

Lyte (Rev. H. F.), his library, 163

Mackenzie (J. M.), his library, 172

Macready (W. C.), his library, 165

Madan (Falconer): Account of the Thomason Civil War Tracts, 6 Account of an historical mass-book, purchased for the Bodleian Library at a cheap price, 76 His edition of Dorne’s Day-Book, 84 On cost of MSS., 59 On collections of MSS., 67 (note)

Madox’s (Thomas) ‘History of the Exchequer,’ 14

Maitland (Dr. S. R.) on prices of books in the Middle Ages, 53, 58

Maittaire (Michael), sale of his library, 132

Malmesbury MSS. destroyed, 54

Malone (Edmond), his library, 157

Manton (Thomas), sale of his library, 108

Manuscript books, prices of, 49-78

Manuscripts in public libraries, 67 (note)

Marche (Richard du), illuminator, 57

Margaret (St.) of Scotland, her historical mass-book, 77

Marguerite de Montmorency, specimen of binding from her library, 252

Marguerite de Valois, specimen of binding from her library, 251

Marshall (Frank), his library, 172

Martialis (1471), 188; ‘Apud Vindelinum Spirensem,’ sold in Maittaire’s library, 134; original MS. copies of epigrams, sold for 3s. 6d., 1

Mason (George), his library, 145

Maunsell’s (Andrew) Catalogue of English Books, 90

Mead (Richard, M.D.), sale of his library, 134, 139

Meredith’s (George) Poems, 258

Merly library, 155, 175

Mezeray, ‘Histoire de France,’ 262

Middleton (Prof. J. H.) on MSS., 51, 58, 61, 63, 78

Millington (Edward), auctioneer, 37, 113, 117; elegy, 40

Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost,’ 219; published price, 96; ‘Comus,’ 220; Poems, 220

Minsheu’s Dictionary, published by subscription, 100

Molière’s Works, published price, 99

Monasteries as producers of books, 2

Money, change in the value of, as a factor in the prices of books, 50, 63

Monnier, specimens of his binding, 254

Moore’s (Bishop) library, 10; epigrams on its presentation to Cambridge University, 11

Moore’s (Thomas) Poems, profitable sale, 96

More (Sir William) of Loseley, his library, 87

Morris’s (William) Kelmscott Press publications, 247, 258; his collection of illuminated MSS., 73

Nassau (George), his library, 158

Niccolo Niccoli, book collector, 64

Nicholl (J. B.), his library, 165

Nichols’s ‘Leicestershire,’ 245

Nicol (George), bookseller, 34

Noailles (Comte de), his library, 161

North (John), his library, 158, 175

Ogilby’s (John) lottery of books, 94

Oliver (Mrs. Elizabeth), sale of her library, 119

Omar Khayyam, translated by Fitzgerald, 103

Orford (Earl of), his library, 174

Ormerod’s ‘Cheshire,’ 246

Osborne (Thomas), bookseller, 13 Purchase of the Harley library, 30 Charge of over-pricing the books unjust, 32

Ouvry (Frederick), his library, 169

Ovidius, 188

Oxford, book-sales at, 38

Paine (Cornelius), his library, 172

Paper, deterioration of, 24

Papillon’s (David) purchase of books, 13

Paris de Meyzieux, sale of his library, 142

Pastissier (Le) François (1655), 242

Paston (John), books sold by his executors to King’s Hall, Cambridge, 56

‘Paston Letters,’ extracts from, respecting cost of MSS., 60, 61

Patents for books, 89

Paterson (Samuel), auctioneer, 44, 136, 137, 138, 140, 148

Payne (J. T.), his library, 165

Payne (Roger), specimen of his binding, 254

Payne (Thomas), bookseller, 33

Payne & Foss’s stock, sale of, 176

Pearson (Major Thomas), sale of his library, 142

Pellet (Dr. Thomas), sale of his library, 131

Penn (Granville), his library, 164

Penrhyn (Lord), his library, 152

Pepys (Samuel): On the increased price of books after the Fire of London, 28 Subscriber to Ogilby’s lottery, 94 Original published price of the Diary, 97

Perkins (Frederick), his library, 172

Perkins (Henry), his library, 165, 175

Perrault, ‘Contes de ma Mere Loye,’ 242

Petrarca, 191; ‘Opere’ (1514), 143; his library, 54

Phillipps (Sir Thomas), his collection of MSS., 73, 174

‘Philobiblon,’ editions of, 3

Pickering (William), his private library, 164, 175

Pinelli library, 142

Pitt (Moses), 110

Plato (1513), 188

Plautus (1472), sold in Maittaire library, 134

Plays, published price of, 96

Plinius, 188

Plot’s ‘Oxfordshire,’ 246; ‘Staffordshire,’ 246

Poems printed in quarto, 96

Pole (Sir W.), his library, 174

‘Poliphili Hypnerotomachia,’ 191

Pollard (Alfred W.): On collecting as an investment, 20 On English book-sales, 106

Pope’s ‘Essay on Man,’ on vellum, 249

Porson (Richard), his library, 152

Price (Sir Charles), his library, 165

Prices: Vicissitudes of, 16 Causes of increase of price, 18, 21 Cautions respecting price, 263, 264 Depreciation, 262, 263 Of early printed books, 179-192 Of early English literature, 193-222 Of Shakespeare’s Works, 223-240 Of various classes of books, 241-264 County histories, 244-246 English classics, 246, 247 Books on vellum, 247-249 Illustrated books, 249, 250 Bindings, 250-255 Early editions of modern authors, 255-262

Prust (John), Canon of Windsor, 58

Psalmanazar’s (George) ‘Formosa,’ published price, 98

Published prices, 79-103

Publishers and stationers, 27

‘Purchas his Pilgrimes,’ price, 94, 220

Putnam (G. H.), his works on the history of bookselling, 26, 79

Puttick & Simpson, auctioneers, 47

Quaritch (Bernard), 21, 36; his remarkable catalogues, 36; catalogues of MSS., 68

Quintilianus (1470), 189

Ranew (Nathaniel), auctioneer, 110

Ratcliffe (John), sale of his library, 139

Rawlinson (Richard), sale of his library, 135

Rawlinson (Thomas), sale of his library, 126, 128

Reed (Isaac), his library, 152

Rees’s ‘Cyclopædia,’ published price, 97

Reid (H. G.), his library, 173

Revicksky’s (Count) library bought by Lord Spencer, 15

Reynbold (John), scribe, 59

Rhodes (Hugh), ‘Boke of Nurture,’ 220

Richard III., Act respecting importation of books, 81

Ricraft’s ‘Oriental Languages,’ 220

Rodd (Thomas), bookseller, 34

Rogers (Thorold) on the prices of books, 55, 86

Roscoe (William), his library, 157

Rose (J. Anderson), his library, 173

Rossetti (Dante G.), ‘Sir Hugh the Heron,’ 258

‘Roxburghe Ballads,’ 142

Roxburghe sale, an epoch in book collecting, 17, 147, 153, 175

Ruskin’s (John) plea for the purchase of the Hamilton MSS., 69; his Works, 259

Russell (Rev. J. F.), his library, 171

Russia, libraries in, bought by the yard, 14

‘St. Albans, Chronicle of,’ 214; ‘Boke of,’ 215

St. Paul’s Cathedral library, loss of MSS., 6

Sallustius (1470), 189

Salmond (W. D.), his library, 172

Sangar (Gabriel), sale of his library, 110

Scot’s ‘Discoverie of Witchcraft,’ 220

Scott’s (Sir Walter) Novels, 261; published price of his Poems, 96

Seaman (Lazarus), sale of his library, 105

Seillière (Baron), his library, 171, 175

Selsey (Lord), his library, 165

Shakespeare’s Works: Prices of, 223-240 First folio, 223-229 Second folio, 230-232 Third folio, 232 Fourth folio, 233 Separate plays, 234-239 Published price of separate plays, 94-96 Poems, 239, 240

Shelley’s Poems and Prose Treatises, 259

Shrewsbury (Earl of), his library, 164

Silius Italicus (1471), 189

Smalridge (George), ‘Auctio Davisiana,’ 37

Smith (Consul Joseph), his library bought by George III, 136; his second library sold by auction, 136

Smith’s (Capt. J.) ‘Virginia,’ 221

Smith (Richard), sale of his library, 113

Smollett’s ‘History of England’ published by subscription, 102

Solly (Edward), his library, 171

Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, auctioneers, 47

Southby (T. H.), his library, 172

Spencer (Earl), purchase of Revicksky and Cassano libraries, 15; sale of Althorpe library, 16

Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene,’ 221

Stanley (Colonel), his library, 154

Stationers in the time of Henry VIII., 80

Stationers’ Company, 89

Steevens (George), his library, 148

Stevens (Henry), 21

Stourbridge Fair, sale of books there, 117

Stourhead heirlooms, 170, 175

Stowe collection of MSS., 70

Strawberry Hill sale, 162

Stuart (William), his library, 174

Sullivan (Sir Edward), his library, 172, 176

Sunderland library, 12, 166, 175

Sussex (Duke of), sale of his library, 162, 175

Sykes (Sir Mark Masterman), his library, 158, 175

Syston Park library, 170, 175

Talleyrand (Prince), his library, 156

Taylor (Baron), his library, 164

Taylor (George Watson), his library, 158

Tennyson’s Poems, 260

Thackerayana, 261

Thackeray’s Novels, 255

Thomas (Ernest) on Richard de Bury, 3

Thomas, the limner, 60

Thomason’s (George) Collection of Civil War Tracts, 6-9

Thorold (Sir J. H.), Syston Park library, 170, 175

Thoroton’s ‘Nottinghamshire,’ 246

Thorpe (Thomas), bookseller, 34; his catalogues, 35

Thuanus, specimens of binding from his library, 251

Tite (Sir William), his library, 165, 175

Tooke (J. Horne), his library, 155

Toovey’s stock, sale of, 176

Towneley (John), his library, 155; drawings, &c., 155

Towneley Hall library, 170; MSS., 170

Townshend (Marquis of), his library, 154

‘Tristan,’ 192

Trithemius, his objections to printing, 66; scolds his monks, 66

Turner (Dawson), his library, 164

Turner (R. S.), his library, 172, 176

Utterson (E. V.), his library, 164

Valerius Maximus (1471), 189

Vellum, books printed on, 247-249

Vespasiano di Bisticci, book producer, 64

‘Vigilles des Mors,’ 192

Vincent (Dr.), his library, 156

Virgilius, 189

Vossius (Isaac), sale of his library, 12

Walford (B.), auctioneer, 118

Walpole’s (Horace) ‘Castle of Otranto,’ on vellum, 249; ‘Hieroglyphic Tales,’ 244; library, 162

Walton (Brian), Bishop of Chester, sale of his library, 117; his Polyglot Bible published by subscription, 100

Walton’s ‘Angler,’ published price, 98; present price, 247

Wanley (Humphrey) on the sale of Bridges’ library, 130

Warwick (Earl of), sale of his library, 110

Way (G. L.), his library, 166

Weever’s ‘Funeral Monuments,’ 221

West (James), sale of his library, 137;

his MSS. sold to Lord Shelburne, 137

Willett (Ralph), Merly library, 155, 175

Wills (Howard), his library, 173

Wimpole library, 172

Wodhull (Michael), his library, 171, 175

Wolf (John), a pirate bookseller, 89

Wood’s ‘Essay on Homer,’ 254

Woodhouse (John), his library, 149

Wordsworth’s ‘Excursion,’ published price, 97

Worsley (Benjamin), sale of his library, 109

Wren (Sir Christopher), sale of his library, 132

Wycliffe, unique tracts, 221

York (Duke of), his library, 159

Young (Alexander), his library, 172

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