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by William Younger Fletcher

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Author
Fletcher, William Younger, 1830-1913
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Jane Hyland, Brian Janes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
Z: Bibliography, Library science
Subject
Books -- Prices
Category
Text
eBook-No.
25000
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25000
Release Date
April 6, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.ENGLISH BOOK COLLECTORS
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.ALPHABETICAL LIST OF COLLECTORS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.ROYAL COLLECTORS — FOOTNOTES:
  6. 6.JOHN FISHER, BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, 1459?-1535
  7. 7.THOMAS CRANMER, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1489-1556
  8. 8.MATTHEW PARKER, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1504-1575 — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.HENRY FITZALAN, EARL OF ARUNDEL, 1513?-1580 — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.SIR THOMAS SMITH, 1513-1577 — FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11.WILLIAM CECIL, LORD BURGHLEY, 1520-1598
  12. 12.THOMAS WOTTON, 1521-1587 — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.DR. DEE, 1527-1608 — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL OF LEICESTER, 1532?-1588
  15. 15.JOHN, LORD LUMLEY, 1534?-1609. — FOOTNOTES:
  16. 16.GEORGE CAREW, EARL OF TOTNES, 1555-1629
  17. 17.SIR ROBERT BRUCE COTTON, Bart ., 1571-1631
  18. 18.WILLIAM LAUD, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1573-1645 — FOOTNOTES:
  19. 19.ROBERT BURTON, 1576-1640
  20. 20.JAMES USHER, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH, 1581-1656 — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.JOHN WILLIAMS, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, 1582-1650 — FOOTNOTES:
  22. 22.JOHN SELDEN, 1584-1654
  23. 23.THOMAS HOWARD, EARL OF NORFOLK, 1586-1646
  24. 24.RICHARD SMITH, 1590-1675 — FOOTNOTES:
  25. 25.GEORGE THOMASON, died 1666 — FOOTNOTES:
  26. 26.SIR SYMONDS D'EWES, Bart. , 1602-1650
  27. 27.SIR KENELM DIGBY, 1603-1665 — FOOTNOTES:
  28. 28.RALPH SHELDON, 1623-1684
  29. 29.DR. FRANCIS BERNARD, 1627-1698 — FOOTNOTES:
  30. 30.SAMUEL PEPYS, 1633-1703 — FOOTNOTES:
  31. 31.EDWARD STILLINGFLEET, BISHOP OF WORCESTER, 1635-1699 — FOOTNOTES:
  32. 32.JOHN MOORE, BISHOP OF ELY, 1646-1714
  33. 33.JOHN BAGFORD, 1650?-1716 — FOOTNOTES:
  34. 34.THOMAS HERBERT, EIGHTH EARL OF PEMBROKE, 1656-1733
  35. 35.NARCISSUS LUTTRELL, 1657-1732 — FOOTNOTES:
  36. 36.SIR HANS SLOANE, Bart. , 1660-1753 — FOOTNOTES:
  37. 37.PETER LE NEVE, 1661-1729 — FOOTNOTES:
  38. 38.ROBERT HARLEY, FIRST EARL OF OXFORD, 1661-1724
  39. 39.EDWARD HARLEY, SECOND EARL OF OXFORD, 1689-1741 — FOOTNOTES:
  40. 40.JOHN BRIDGES, 1666-1724 — FOOTNOTES:
  41. 41.JOHN MURRAY, 1670-1748
  42. 42.DR. MEAD, 1673-1754
  43. 43.CHARLES SPENCER, THIRD EARL OF SUNDERLAND, 1674-1722
  44. 44.BRIAN FAIRFAX, 1676-1749 — FOOTNOTES:
  45. 45.THOMAS HEARNE, 1678-1735 — FOOTNOTES:
  46. 46.THOMAS RAWLINSON, 1681-1725 — FOOTNOTES:
  47. 47.JOSEPH SMITH, 1682-1770 — FOOTNOTES:
  48. 48.DR. RICHARD RAWLINSON, 1690-1755 — FOOTNOTES:
  49. 49.MARTIN FOLKES, 1690-1754
  50. 50.WILLIAM OLDYS, 1696-1761
  51. 51.JOHN RATCLIFFE, -1776
  52. 52.JAMES WEST, 1704?-1772 — FOOTNOTES:
  53. 53.BENJAMIN HEATH, 1704-1766 — FOOTNOTES:
  54. 54.HORACE WALPOLE, FOURTH EARL OF ORFORD, 1717-1797
  55. 55.RALPH WILLETT, 1719-1795
  56. 56.DR. ANTHONY ASKEW, 1722-1774
  57. 57.REV. C.M. CRACHERODE, 1730-1799
  58. 58.JOHN TOWNELEY, 1731-1813 — FOOTNOTES:
  59. 59.SIR JOHN THOROLD, Bart. , 1734-1815
  60. 60.REV. RICHARD FARMER, D.D., 1735-1797 — FOOTNOTES:
  61. 61.RICHARD GOUGH, 1735-1809 — FOOTNOTES:
  62. 62.GEORGE STEEVENS, 1736-1800
  63. 63.JAMES BINDLEY, 1737-1818 — FOOTNOTES:
  64. 64.WILLIAM PETTY FITZMAURICE, FIRST MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, 1737-1805
  65. 65.TOPHAM BEAUCLERK, 1739-1780 — FOOTNOTES:
  66. 66.REV. BENJAMIN HEATH, D.D., 1739-1817 — FOOTNOTES:
  67. 67.MAJOR THOMAS PEARSON, 1740?-1781 — FOOTNOTES:
  68. 68.JOHN KER, DUKE OF ROXBURGHE, 1740-1804
  69. 69.MICHAEL WODHULL, 1740-1816
  70. 70.FRANCIS HARGRAVE, 1741?-1821
  71. 71.ISAAC REED, 1742-1807
  72. 72.SIR JOSEPH BANKS, Bart. , 1744-1820
  73. 73.REV. JOHN BRAND, 1744-1806
  74. 74.JOHN DENT, 1750?-1826 — FOOTNOTES:
  75. 75.RIGHT HON. THOMAS GRENVILLE, 1755-1846
  76. 76.FRANCIS DOUCE, 1757-1834
  77. 77.JAMES EDWARDS, 1757-1816
  78. 78.GEORGE HIBBERT, 1757-1837
  79. 79.REV. CHARLES BURNEY, D.D., 1757-1817
  80. 80.GEORGE JOHN, SECOND EARL SPENCER, 1758-1834
  81. 81.SIR RICHARD COLT HOARE, Bart. , 1758-1838
  82. 82.WILLIAM BECKFORD, 1759-1844
  83. 83.FREDERICK NORTH, FIFTH EARL OF GUILFORD, 1766-1827
  84. 84.GEORGE SPENCER CHURCHILL, FIFTH DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, 1766-1840
  85. 85.ALEXANDER, TENTH DUKE OF HAMILTON, 1767-1852
  86. 86.SIR MARK MASTERMAN SYKES, Bart. , 1771-1823
  87. 87.RICHARD HEBER, 1773-1833 — FOOTNOTES:
  88. 88.RICHARD GRENVILLE, FIRST DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, 1776-1839 — FOOTNOTES:
  89. 89.HENRY PERKINS, 1778-1855
  90. 90.FREDERICK PERKINS, 1780-1860
  91. 91.JOHN BELLINGHAM INGLIS, 1780-1870
  92. 92.WILLIAM HENRY MILLER, 1789-1848
  93. 93.GEORGE DANIEL, 1789-1864 — FOOTNOTES:
  94. 94.WILLIAM, SIXTH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, 1790-1858 — FOOTNOTES:
  95. 95.SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS, Bart. , 1792-1872 — FOOTNOTES:
  96. 96.REV. THOMAS CORSER, 1793-1876
  97. 97.DAVID LAING, 1793-1878 — FOOTNOTES:
  98. 98.BERTRAM, FOURTH EARL OF ASHBURNHAM, 1797-1878 — FOOTNOTES:
  99. 99.SIR WILLIAM TITE, C.B., 1798-1873
  100. 100.JAMES THOMSON GIBSON-CRAIG, 1799-1886
  101. 101.ALEXANDER WILLIAM, TWENTY-FIFTH EARL OF CRAWFORD, 1812-1880 — FOOTNOTES:
  102. 102.HENRY HUTH, 1815-1878 — FOOTNOTES:
  103. 103.ROBERT SAMUEL TURNER, 1818-1887
  104. 104.FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON, 1821-1895
  105. 105.WILLIAM MORRIS, 1834-1896
  106. 106.ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SALES — By Walter Stanley Graves . — ABBREVIATIONS.

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