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
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):
‘Basili?logia,’ 249
‘Her?ologia,’ 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
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