Note 27:A — BOOK-HUNTING AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING.
Reading edition
In Hearne's 'Diary,' published by the Oxford Historical Society, there is a very quaint note about the Duke of Lauderdale, who is described as 'a Curious Collector of Books, and when in London would very often go to ye Booksellers shops and pick up wt curious Books he could meet with; but yt in his Elder years he lost much of his Learning by minding too much Politicks.'