Prices of Books: An Inquiry into the Changes in the Price of Books which have occurred in England at different PeriodsWheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin)
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Prices of Books: An Inquiry into the Changes in the Price of Books which have occurred in England at different Periods
Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin)
Books -- Prices -- History
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
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