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:
- 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;
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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):
- 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):
- Gordon (Sir Robert), Gordonstoun library, 156
- Gosford (Earl of), his library, 170, 175
- Gosset (Isaac), his library, 155
- Gough, Richard:
- 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):
- Heath (Rev. Benjamin, D.D.), his library, 152
- Heathcote (Robert), his library, 148
- Heaton (Beresford R.), his library, 174
- Heber (Richard):
- 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):
- Holmes’s ‘Life of the Queen,’ enhanced price, 102
- Homerus (1488), 186
- Homer’s ‘Iliad’:
- 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
- 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):
- 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;
- 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;
- 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):
- 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;
- 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;
- 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
- 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):
- Perkins (Frederick), his library, 172
- Perkins (Henry), his library, 165, 175
- Perrault, ‘Contes de ma Mere Loye,’ 242
- Petrarca, 191;
- 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.):
- 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
- 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:
- 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;
- 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