Bliss’s Reliquiæ Hearnianæ, 1869, vol. i. pp. 206, 207.
8
“Letters from the Bodleian,” vol. i. p. 214.
9
Dibdin’s “Reminiscences,” vol. i. p. 356 (note).
10
Bibliomania, Part V.
11
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.
12
Reliquiæ Hearnianæ, 1869, vol. ii. p. 172.
13
Leader Scott’s “Renaissance of Art in Italy,” 1883, p. 193.
14
“Letters from the Bodleian,” vol. i. p. 279 (note).
15
Putnam’s “Books and their Makers,” 1897, vol. i. p. 159.
16
Rogers’s “Agriculture and Prices,” vol. iv. pp. 509-604.
17
“Manners and Household Expenses” (Roxburghe Club).
18
“Books in Manuscript,” 1893, p. 43.
19
Leader Scott’s “Renaissance of Art in Italy,” 1883, p. 194.
20
Maitland’s “Dark Ages,” 1844, p. 272.
21
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.
22
Dr. Burney gave £620 for it at Towneley’s sale, 1815.
23
These particulars are obtained from the official reports.
24
J. H. Middleton, “Illuminated MSS.,” 1892, pp. 263-64.
25
Archæologia, xxv. 104.
26
“Life and Typography of William Caxton,” vol. ii. p. lix.
27
Archæologia, xlvi. 228, 229.
28
xxxvi. 284-310.
29
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.
30
Archæologia, vol. xxv. pp. 100-112.
31
Arber’s “Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers.”
32