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
Richard III., Act respecting importation of books, 81
Ricraft’s ‘Oriental Languages,’ 220
Rodd (Thomas), bookseller, 34
Rogers (Thorold) on the prices of books, 55, 86
Roscoe (William), his library, 157
Rose (J. Anderson), his library, 173
Rossetti (Dante G.), ‘Sir Hugh the Heron,’ 258
‘Roxburghe Ballads,’ 142
Roxburghe sale, an epoch in book collecting, 17, 147, 153, 175
Ruskin’s (John) plea for the purchase of the Hamilton MSS., 69;
his Works, 259
Russell (Rev. J. F.), his library, 171
Russia, libraries in, bought by the yard, 14
‘St. Albans, Chronicle of,’ 214;
‘Boke of,’ 215
St. Paul’s Cathedral library, loss of MSS., 6
Sallustius (1470), 189
Salmond (W. D.), his library, 172
Sangar (Gabriel), sale of his library, 110
Scot’s ‘Discoverie of Witchcraft,’ 220
Scott’s (Sir Walter) Novels, 261;
published price of his Poems, 96
Seaman (Lazarus), sale of his library, 105
Seillière (Baron), his library, 171, 175
Selsey (Lord), his library, 165
Shakespeare’s Works:
Prices of, 223-240
First folio, 223-229
Second folio, 230-232
Third folio, 232
Fourth folio, 233
Separate plays, 234-239
Published price of separate plays, 94-96
Poems, 239, 240
Shelley’s Poems and Prose Treatises, 259
Shrewsbury (Earl of), his library, 164
Silius Italicus (1471), 189
Smalridge (George), ‘Auctio Davisiana,’ 37
Smith (Consul Joseph), his library bought by George III, 136;
his second library sold by auction, 136
Smith’s (Capt. J.) ‘Virginia,’ 221
Smith (Richard), sale of his library, 113
Smollett’s ‘History of England’ published by subscription, 102
Solly (Edward), his library, 171
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, auctioneers, 47
Southby (T. H.), his library, 172
Spencer (Earl), purchase of Revicksky and Cassano libraries, 15;
sale of Althorpe library, 16
Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene,’ 221
Stanley (Colonel), his library, 154
Stationers in the time of Henry VIII., 80
Stationers’ Company, 89
Steevens (George), his library, 148
Stevens (Henry), 21
Stourbridge Fair, sale of books there, 117
Stourhead heirlooms, 170, 175
Stowe collection of MSS., 70
Strawberry Hill sale, 162
Stuart (William), his library, 174
Sullivan (Sir Edward), his library, 172, 176
Sunderland library, 12, 166, 175
Sussex (Duke of), sale of his library, 162, 175
Sykes (Sir Mark Masterman), his library, 158, 175
Syston Park library, 170, 175
Talleyrand (Prince), his library, 156
Taylor (Baron), his library, 164
Taylor (George Watson), his library, 158
Tennyson’s Poems, 260
Thackerayana, 261
Thackeray’s Novels, 255
Thomas (Ernest) on Richard de Bury, 3
Thomas, the limner, 60
Thomason’s (George) Collection of Civil War Tracts, 6-9
Thorold (Sir J. H.), Syston Park library, 170, 175
Thoroton’s ‘Nottinghamshire,’ 246
Thorpe (Thomas), bookseller, 34;
his catalogues, 35
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