English Collectors of Books & Manuscripts, 1530-1930, and Their Marks of Ownership

Aldines antiquary April Ashburnham autograph letters Barrois belonging bequeathed Bible biblio bibliographical bibliophiles Bibliotheca Lindesiana Bibliothèque bindings Bodleian book-plate books and manuscripts bookseller bought British Museum Britwell buyer Cambridge cata catalogue Caxtons century Clarke collector contained copies death December dispersed Duke Earl early English literature editions Edward Elizabethan Fairfax Murray February finest fly-leaf French George George Steevens Halliwell Hand-list Harleian Harleian library Henry Henry Yates Thompson Holford Huth illuminated manuscripts incunabula James July June large number laud library was sold logue London Lord Spencer lots M. R. James manu March Messrs November owner Oxford Paris Payne Phillipps MSS Pierpont Morgan library portion printed books printed on vellum purchased Quaritch Ricci Richard Heber Rowfant Roxburghe sale at Sotheby's scholar scripts Shakespearean shelf-marks signature Sir Thomas Phillipps sold by auction Sotheby Sunderland upper cover valuable library vellum vols volumes W. Y. Fletcher William Yates Thompson