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English Book Collectors

by William Younger Fletcher

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Royal Collectors
  3. 3John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, 1459?-1535
  4. 4Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1489-1556
  5. 5Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1504-1575
  6. 6Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, 1513?-1580
  7. 7Sir Thomas Smith, 1513-1577
  8. 8William Cecil, Lord Burghley, 1520-1598
  9. 9Thomas Wotton, 1521-1587
  10. 10Dr. Dee, 1527-1608
  11. 11Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 1532?-1588
  12. 12John, Lord Lumley, 1534?-1609
  13. 13George Carew, Earl of Totnes, 1555-1629
  14. 14Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, Bart., 1571-1631
  15. 15William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1573-1645
  16. 16Robert Burton, 1576-1640
  17. 17James Usher, Archbishop of Armagh, 1581-1656
  18. 18John Williams, Archbishop of York, 1582-1650
  19. 19John Selden, 1584-1654
  20. 20Thomas Howard, Earl of Norfolk, 1586-1646
  21. 21Richard Smith, 1590-1675
  22. 22George Thomason, Died 1666
  23. 23Sir Symonds D’Ewes, Bart., 1602-1650
  24. 24Sir Kenelm Digby, 1603-1665
  25. 25Ralph Sheldon, 1623-1684
  26. 26Dr. Francis Bernard, 1627-1698
  27. 27Samuel Pepys, 1633-1703
  28. 28Edward Stillingfleet, Bishop of Worcester, 1635-1699
  29. 29John Moore, Bishop of Ely, 1646-1714
  30. 30John Bagford, 1650?-1716
  31. 31Thomas Herbert, Eighth Earl of Pembroke, 1656-1733
  32. 32Narcissus Luttrell, 1657-1732
  33. 33Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., 1660-1753
  34. 34Peter Le Neve, 1661-1729
  35. 35Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford, 1661-1724 — Edward Harley, Sec…
  36. 36John Bridges, 1666-1724
  37. 37John Murray, 1670-1748
  38. 38Dr. Mead, 1673-1754
  39. 39Charles Spencer, Third Earl of Sunderland, 1674-1722
  40. 40Brian Fairfax, 1676-1749
  41. 41Thomas Hearne, 1678-1735
  42. 42Thomas Rawlinson, 1681-1725
  43. 43Joseph Smith, 1682-1770
  44. 44Dr. Richard Rawlinson, 1690-1755
  45. 45Martin Folkes, 1690-1754
  46. 46William Oldys, 1696-1761
  47. 47John Ratcliffe, -1776
  48. 48James West, 1704?-1772
  49. 49Benjamin Heath, 1704-1766
  50. 50Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
  51. 51Ralph Willett, 1719-1795
  52. 52Dr. Anthony Askew, 1722-1774
  53. 53Rev. C.M. Cracherode, 1730-1799
  54. 54John Towneley, 1731-1813
  55. 55Sir John Thorold, Bart., 1734-1815
  56. 56Rev. Richard Farmer, D.D., 1735-1797
  57. 57Richard Gough, 1735-1809
  58. 58George Steevens, 1736-1800
  59. 59James Bindley, 1737-1818
  60. 60William Petty Fitzmaurice, First Marquis of Lansdowne, 1737-1805
  61. 61Topham Beauclerk, 1739-1780
  62. 62Rev. Benjamin Heath, D.D., 1739-1817
  63. 63Major Thomas Pearson, 1740?-1781
  64. 64John Ker, Duke of Roxburghe, 1740-1804
  65. 65Michael Wodhull, 1740-1816
  66. 66Francis Hargrave, 1741?-1821
  67. 67Isaac Reed, 1742-1807
  68. 68Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., 1744-1820
  69. 69Rev. John Brand, 1744-1806
  70. 70John Dent, 1750?-1826
  71. 71Right Hon. Thomas Grenville, 1755-1846
  72. 72Francis Douce, 1757-1834
  73. 73James Edwards, 1757-1816
  74. 74George Hibbert, 1757-1837
  75. 75Rev. Charles Burney, D.D., 1757-1817
  76. 76George John, Second Earl Spencer, 1758-1834
  77. 77Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart., 1758-1838
  78. 78William Beckford, 1759-1844
  79. 79Frederick North, Fifth Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827
  80. 80George Spencer Churchill, Fifth Duke of Marlborough, 1766-1840
  81. 81Alexander, Tenth Duke of Hamilton, 1767-1852
  82. 82Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart., 1771-1823
  83. 83Richard Heber, 1773-1833
  84. 84Richard Grenville, First Duke of Buckingham, 1776-1839
  85. 85Henry Perkins, 1778-1855
  86. 86Frederick Perkins, 1780-1860
  87. 87John Bellingham Inglis, 1780-1870
  88. 88William Henry Miller, 1789-1848
  89. 89George Daniel, 1789-1864
  90. 90William, Sixth Duke of Devonshire, 1790-1858
  91. 91Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., 1792-1872
  92. 92Rev. Thomas Corser, 1793-1876
  93. 93David Laing, 1793-1878
  94. 94Bertram, Fourth Earl of Ashburnham, 1797-1878
  95. 95Sir William Tite, C.B., 1798-1873
  96. 96James Thomson Gibson-Craig, 1799-1886
  97. 97Alexander William, Twenty-Fifth Earl of Crawford, 1812-1880
  98. 98Henry Huth, 1815-1878
  99. 99Robert Samuel Turner, 1818-1887
  100. 100Frederick Locker-Lampson, 1821-1895
  101. 101William Morris, 1834-1896
  102. 102Alphabetical List of Sales

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