Prices of Books

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Henry Wheatley

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2018

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Bliss’s Reliquiæ Hearnianæ, 1869, vol. i. pp. 206, 207.

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“Letters from the Bodleian,” vol. i. p. 214.

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Dibdin’s “Reminiscences,” vol. i. p. 356 (note).

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Bibliomania, Part V.

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An annotated translation of Auctio Davisiana was published in “Book-Lore,” vol. iii. p. 166; vol. iv. p. 1. The translator possesses a copy formerly belonging to Bishop Wordsworth of Lincoln, in which is written, in a contemporary hand, ex dono Bibliopolæ Ric Davis.

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Reliquiæ Hearnianæ, 1869, vol. ii. p. 172.

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Leader Scott’s “Renaissance of Art in Italy,” 1883, p. 193.

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“Letters from the Bodleian,” vol. i. p. 279 (note).

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Putnam’s “Books and their Makers,” 1897, vol. i. p. 159.

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Rogers’s “Agriculture and Prices,” vol. iv. pp. 509-604.

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“Manners and Household Expenses” (Roxburghe Club).

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“Books in Manuscript,” 1893, p. 43.

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Leader Scott’s “Renaissance of Art in Italy,” 1883, p. 194.

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Maitland’s “Dark Ages,” 1844, p. 272.

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Mr. Madan has given in Appendix A to his most useful and interesting work on “Books in Manuscript,” 1893, a list of public libraries which contain more than 4000 MSS. The largest collections are as follows:—British Museum, 52,000, and 162,000 charters; Bodleian Library, 31,000; Royal Library, Vienna, 20,000; Brussels, 30,000; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 80,000; Royal Library, Berlin, 16,000; Munich, 26,000; the Vatican, Rome, 23,600; Biblioteca Nazionale, Florence, 15,000; Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, 25,000.

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Dr. Burney gave £620 for it at Towneley’s sale, 1815.

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These particulars are obtained from the official reports.

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J. H. Middleton, “Illuminated MSS.,” 1892, pp. 263-64.

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Archæologia, xxv. 104.

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“Life and Typography of William Caxton,” vol. ii. p. lix.

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Archæologia, xlvi. 228, 229.

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xxxvi. 284-310.

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The late Mr. Cornelius Walford contributed to the Bibliographer some articles on Book Patents and Printing Patents. See vol. v. pp. 125, 156; vol. vi. pp. 129, 171.

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Archæologia, vol. xxv. pp. 100-112.

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Arber’s “Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers.”

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