BOHLER, JOHN. _b._ South Wingfield near Alfreton, Derbyshire 31 Dec. 1797; a stocking weaver; collector of medicinal plants for the doctors; an expert field botanist and microscopist; explored Snowdon and adjacent mountains about 1860; a great collector of rare fungi and other curious plants; published _Lichenes Britannici or specimens of the Lichens of Britain 16 monthly parts_ 1835–7; author of _A Flora of Roche Abbey_ in _Aveling’s Roche Abbey Yorkshire_ 1870; _The Flora of Sherwood Forest_ in R. White’s _Worksop, the Dukeries and Sherwood Forest_ 1875. _d._ Sheffield 24 Sep. 1872. _Reliquary xi_, 212–13 (1871); _R. White’s Worksop_ (1875) 303–26. BOHN, HENRY GEORGE (_eld. son of John Henry Martin Bohn of Soho, London, bookbinder 1758–1843_). _b._ 4 Jany. 1796; assisted his father; bookseller at 4 York st. Covent Garden 1831; brought out _A Catalogue of books_ 1841 containing 1948 pages and 23208 articles; built up a trade in remainder books in which he had no rival; published Standard library 1845, Scientific and antiquarian 1847, Classical 1848, Illustrated 1849, Shilling series 1850, Ecclesiastical 1851, Philological 1852 and British classics 1853, the whole numbering 617 volumes some of which he compiled and edited; author of _A dictionary of quotations from the English poets_ 1882; published _The bibliographer’s manual of English literature by W. T. Lowndes, new ed. revised, corrected and enlarged by H. G. Bohn 4 vols._ 1864; sold his Libraries to Bell and Daldy in 1864 for about £40,000 and his copyrights and plates to Chatto and Windus in Dec. 1874 for £20,000; his art collections were sold for £45,000 1875–78 and March 1885. _d._ North end house, Twickenham 22 Aug. 1884. _Bookseller Sep. 1884 pp._ 907–909. BOHN, JAMES GEORGE STUART BURGES (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ London 20 Dec. 1803; ed. at Winchester and Gottingen; assisted his father some years; bookseller at 12 King William st. Strand, London Feb. 1834, and at 66 St. James’s st. 1845–47; published a catalogue of 792 pages 1840; republished _Dugdale’s Monasticon 8 vols., folio 1846_; contributed to Family Herald; assistant editor of the _Reader_; prepared a catalogue of theological books of 704 pages for David Nutt 1857; compiled catalogues of foreign books for Nicholas Trubner for many years before his death. _d._ Peckham 4 Jany. 1880. _Bookseller Feb. 1880_, _pp._ 105–106. BOILEAU, ALEXANDER HENRY EDMONSTONE. _b._ 3 Feb. 1807; colonel Bengal engineers 8 June 1856 to death; M.G. 18 Oct. 1861. _d._ Cawnpore 30 June 1862.