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