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