B., B., 220. Bacon, Sir Francis, 26. Bacon, Sir Nicholas, 26-28, 135. Bagford, John, his collections, 2, 26, 28, 188. Bailey, J. E., 23. Baldrey, John, 76. Barber, Joseph, 12-14. Barlow, Charles, 57. Baron, Bernard, 220. Barberini, Maffeo, 148. Bartolozzi, F., 15, 72, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 112, 214, 215. ---- his receipt for engraving Lady Bessborough's book-plate, 94. Bath, Countess-Dowager of, 28, 38, 39, 188. ---- Earl of, 38. ---- book-plate engravers at, 203-212. 'Bath Oliver' biscuits, 86. Bavaria, Ducal, library of, at Munich, 132. Beaufort, Duke and Duchess of, 188. Beilby, Ralph, 109. Bell, Anning, 190. ---- Thomas, 109. Bengough, James, 52. Bennet, R. H. Alexander, 88. Bentley, engraver, 106. Berry, Agnes, 96, 196. ---- Mary, 177, 196. ---- Robert, 196. Bessborough, Earl of, 92. Bessborough, Lady, 92. Bewick, Thomas, 108-113, 177, 189, 214, 215. ---- book-plates engraved on copper by, 112. Bielke, Thure, 146. Bigges, Mr., 112. Birnie of Broomhill, 70. Bisse, Dr. Philip, 59. Blackstone, C., 213. Blazon, heraldic, method of representing, 22-24. ----, ---- expressed by initials, 40. ----, ---- verbal, 30. Bloomfield, Robert, 227-228. Blosséville, Viscomte de, 136. Boetius, 128. Bolton, William, 224. Bonner, engraver, 177. Book-plate, antiquity of the name, 6. ---- appropriateness of the name, 5. ---- collecting, early days of, 1-5. ---- ----, morality of, 54. ---- the largest English, 50. Book-plates, dates on, 42-47. ---- the earliest, 17. ---- ---- English, 18. ---- ---- French, 18 ---- ---- Italian, 18. ---- ---- Swedish, 18. ---- ---- Swiss, 18. ---- early use of in England, 20-47. ---- necessity for the use of, 17. ---- sizes of, 19, 121. ---- where to be sought for in a volume, 18. ---- English, prominent engravers of, 200-215. ---- first used in Germany, 114. ---- of famous people, 221-228. Book-stealing or spoiling, condemned on book-plates, 162-175. Books represented in book-plates, 99-102. Borbon-Busset, Viscount de, 141. Bosch, Lewis, 177, 218. Boston Public Library, the, 153. Bosworth, Dr. John, 70. Bouchart, A., 136. Bouchot, Henri, 23, 144. Bouttats family, the, 148, 203. Bowles, Henry, 213. Boyle, John, Lord, 222. Brackstone, John, 62. Bradshaw, Henry, 76. Brampton, 190. Brand, the Antiquary, 109. Brandenburg family, arms of, 114. ---- Hildebrande, 114. Bransby, J. H., 107, 108. Bray, Dr. Thomas, 226. Bree, Martin, 46. Breiner, Count M. L., 122. Bridgeman, Henry Toye, 208, 210. Brownlowe, Dame Alice, 50. ---- Sir William, 50. Brydges, the Hon. James, 50. Burghers, Michael, 34, 73, 74, 200. Burke, Sir Bernard, 2, _note_. Burnet, Bishop, 3, 5. ---- John, 155. Burton, Dr. John, 78. Buxheim, 116. Byron, Lord, 16. Byrd, William, 152. Bysshe, Sir Edward, 31, 33.